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lit. . . . .*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•All*! ♦• ♦• ♦The' VorldofSport♦ •♦ •♦ # ♦ • • * * * •-* mfm 1 • • * • f •• •• *.••* *!.■•!• • • • * *' • *j.’,m *♦ »«M* • f •.«!• I • ♦» • • • •1 • « m 't m-m i • im m ,m • m m m m m m m m♦ S' *ft ' * • • * •BRANDON ATHLETEf LGtN WINS LACROSSEWINS GOLD NEDALSEWELL SPORTSGAME FROM BRANDONForty-Fifth LostFigin d»-f ♦**. t **lt;i Brandon in SooriflI hi minion Day by si scorofive tow The game was rather strenu-« »k from start to finish, and some1 **hvv clie«ki«i *as indulged in. Vin-Baseball Matchat Sewell Campj i ent, for Brandon, was cheeked pretBrandon lend* the wav at Sewellcamp in the individual championshipof the athletic events which were comSaturdayme. T. IO. Williams of the 45th, won the goldly f lose and did not get going till thelast quarter.Military Tournament and AthleticMeet at Big Military Camp onDominion DayBrandon lined up as follow•: Huntlt; r. Pauf, Simpson, Jones, Powers,F racer, V’in cent, Thornas, H. Crane,SPLENDID HORSEMANSHIPV. CraneVisitors Were Treated to Somemedal for open com petition to th«whole camp, by winning first iduce inthe running high Jump, running broadjump standing broad jump and 12«yards hurdles.The 4.5th battalionstands fifth in the battalion championships Williams belongs to “D company of the 45th, atrd secured twentyjiomts.Squadron Sergt. Maj, Stammers, ofthe 10th Mounted Rifles, was the runner-up In the individual championwith fifteen ioin»s.shipThe 40thRAPID CITY DEFEATSFine Contests During theBRANDON LACROSSEDay’s Pr gramThe military tournament and at.iTEAM: SCORE 7-1letic meet opened at Sewell camp Thursday morning at nine o’clock.Brandon laeroa.se hoys met defeatat Rapid City Tuesday night.Thecore the Rapid City boys piled upwas seven to one, which was all thatThe weather in the early part of theday was ideal but towards noon itchanged, turning cold with an occasional heavy shower of rain.Hundreds of visitors arrived from Bran-the locals could tally. A heavy show-t r of rain about Be ten o'clock madebattalion from Regina and |Hints inthe ground very slippery and fastSouthern Saskatchewan won the replay all but impossible. This was ingitueniai championship with flfty-lavor of the Brandon boys, as on aeight iioints. second place going to thelast field the Rapid City players10th Mounted Rifles front Regina withwould have accumulated a greaterforty-six points. The Cist battalioni-illy than they did.from Winnipeg, which arrived in theTwo consecutive victories had madecamp five days before the meet wasthe Brandon players very confidentdon.Winnipeg and surroundingpoints to witness one of the biggestprograms of sports that has everbeen put on in one day. Much creditis due to the members of the sportscommittee for the manner in whichthings were run, there being no delays, Great interest was taken inthe horse racing during the afternoon, every race being closely con-hcid, secured third plane with a totali.nd practices were neglected so thatof thirty three points.when they faced a team that hadbeen out every night, rain or shine.Plan Sport Dayswith some of the best lacrosse playIncreased interest in athletics is he-lt; is in Manitoba on its line-up, theying taken as a result of the meet, byfared curtain defeat.tin* various units in camp and severalRapid City secured one goal eachregimental sports’ days are beingin the first and second quarters, hotplanned for the near future Towardsin the third they cut loose and scorthe end of this month the associa-lt; d five. Their defence after takingtion will hold another meet which willthe measure of the Brandon playerstake the form of a gymkana.t ooklotsofchancesandrepeatedly carried the ball down theThe battalion standing is as fol- field, going in with swuft passes for alows:r core. The Brandon defence wfas unPoints46th battalion .. .. .. .. .. 58: hie to cope with the onslaughts andthe home played so wide open and the10th C. M. R.'s ..• #46passes were so lobbed that the Rapid61st battalion .• ** 71*♦ »•ocity defence always had time to cover1„. S. H20up in the pinches.45th Battalion............2053rd battalion• %m *• ♦14!In order to defeat Rapid‘City the local players have to change their tac-5th Artillery ..* * •• • • ••8lies and go in on the home with shorttested.Great excitement prevailedover the tug-of-war withmenfrom the different battalions.The most interesting part of theprogram was the tent pegging competition. The easy manner in whichthe men sat on their horses and usedtheir lances was a treat and gave theimpression that once the Canadiancavalry get in amongst the Germansthere will be very few' of the enemyleft. During the early part of theafternoon a cowboy gave an exhibition of broncho busting which wasvery interesting to all.After supper the final baseballgame was played off between the45thth battalion and the 53rd battalion. For the first tw?o innings thegame wTas a pitchers’ battle, hut theremainder o fthe game was a slugging contest and the 53rd Won out34th F. G. H, ..* *• •* •4 4th battalion ..• #* *O#1t nappy passes and the whole teamwill have to get into better condition.•♦th C, M. R.’s............ 11 Only one penalty was inflicted andR. E1that a minor one.by the close score of 17—16. Themembers of both battalions wereturned out in full strength to root fortheir teams and they caused lots ofamusement fo rhe visitors.
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Brandon Weekly Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Jul 08, 1915
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