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Show lis win ily IR ATHLETIC Buff Brilliant Regimental view Also Features Tuej. ( day at Camp Kearny. i WINNERS ARE CHOSEN fl Will Represent Regiment in U Divisional Contests f Tomorrow. . Jp ' , By FLOYD A. TIMMERMAN, Stafl' Correspondent. CAMP KEARNY, Cal., May 22.-Ath. letics and a regimental review featured the activities In the Utah camp this morning, and all other work was called off. The Utah men found plenty to do, for nearly 400 of them participated In the J elimination contest which will decide who jjjllfl shall represent the regiment in the bt ,., divisional contests to be held Friday am Sunday. F battery men, boys froS t southern part of the state, jumped IntMufl prominence auring mo cumesis ana the vr score sheets show that the boys ot p 1 battery won the wall-scaling contest, the 1 I shelter-tent pitching, took third place In ' the tug of war. second place In the relay and walked relay with the laughable shoe Jlf race. . , ' Men from B battery also climbed into the limelight by winning several first places and placing men in nearly even' ilf event. lit Following are the results' of the contests con-tests and the men who will participate C in the big games with the hopes of bring. C ing home tho divisional championship: Winners of Contests. One mile race Private George French ol B battery, first: Wagoner Lewis P. Cam- 1 eron. E battery, second: Private Charles j H Jackson. C battery, third. Time 4:61, J Baseball relay D battery, first; E battery, bat-tery, second; B battery, third. Distance five miles. Time 3:30. f Pitch and nnpitch race Won by Wagoner Wag-oner Elic Dubers and Private Herbert J. J Brewster of the supply company. Time P Tug of war Won by A battery; second, I. B battery; third, F battery. Twelve men on team. Shelter tent pitching F Tjattery, first; B battery, second; D batten', third. Time 2:27. Wall scaling Won by headquarters company: F battery, second; D battery, third. Time 27 seconds. Eight men fin teams. , 1.000 vards relay B batten', first; F battery,' second. Time 2:00 4-5. Ten men on teams. Equipments race Vivian C. Gibson, B battery, first; Lloyd S. Parpan, K batten, second; Chester W. Doolittlc, D battery, third. Litter race Clyde W. Bone and Benjamin Ben-jamin H. White of sanitary detachment flrsl : Private Keaton and Ezra Day of headquarters, second: Clarence W. Haw- 1 kins and John Vissers, headquarters com- I pany. third. Time 34 seconds. TkT Shoe, race Harry Sinims, Jr., hca7 -a quarters company, first; Lynn Openshavi iv. F batterv, second: Frank Larson, C ban ten', third. Time 1:00 4-5. Will Represent Utah. Lieutenant Lloyd If. fuffin ana Cor-V poral Lylse Judd arc. the men reported 1 for the Utah representation, for they have worked on the 'contests for days and have fired the men with the proper enthusiasm. en-thusiasm. Lieutenant Duffin has been made regimental athletic officer since the transfer of Lieutenant. Harold Jennings to the officers' training camp for duty. Major Alex R. Thomas was referee, while Coropral A. H. Hickman of F battery bat-tery held down the clerk of course job. Starters were Captain Lloyd Garrison and Lieutenant George M. Cannon. Judges at the finish were Major Ijerov Bourne, Major W. E. Kneass and Major Willard Christopherson. Corporal .lurid and Captain Freeman !R'. Williams were timers. Sergeant Jack Tannenbaum and Sergeant August H. Pulse, announcers, I and Ernest Blake Moore, assistant. The first official exhibit ion of the gun and caisson race was pulled off during lie games and the spectators were surprised at the speed witli which the men hitched, harnessed and raced and unllmbered for action. This team is expected to bring to Utah the divisional championship. The mule race, in which the animals aro hitched and raced a short distance, also produced thrills a.s the wagon swung and. slid behind the galloping mules. Regimental Review. As a climax to the-auccessfuul morning games came a regimental review which made the officers feel proud of the manner man-ner in which the Utah boys appeared In the parade with their rifles. As tho soldiers sol-diers marched out to their places on the parade grounds, every' man swinging In unison to tlie marching strains of the regimental band, Colonel William C. Webb turned to those near him and uttered ut-tered words of compliment. Before the formation the men had been selected and placed in line according to their height. This added mucli to the appear- . ance of the men. After the regimental i formation had been made the soldiery! passed in review before Colonel Webb turned to their batlery streets. Tho reviews will now be scheduled -fch 1 Wednesday and Saturday. FollOiW; t'ie 1 review the men were dismissed am many V of them left for San Diego to enjoy the afternoon. , |