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hi M M lll| HU W* H Mni fk\ / I I H ®YF’fY 1 \ zl > /MW I l_ 4 ‘ ymT" K\ v ♦ V ¥*" V 1 ’ \ V 1 1/TT 1: ' J' 1 CAVALRY OFFICERS PLAY BASEBALL Physical Director Marvil! Sees Funny Angles of Game. (By A. H. Marvill,, Physical Director at Building No. 78.) World’s series baseball now being in vogue, the officers of the First Penn sylvania Cavalry attempted to demon strate how the great national pastime should not be played. A large crowd was present including three ladies, Y. M. C. A. Secretary Keltkamp and High Private Vanderslice, of Troop A. The cheering began in the first inning when the umpire was hit With a piched ball; ,but the playing did not begin until the seventh. The game ended in a tie at 8 apiece in the sixth frame- In the second stanza, a bugler almost ended the game by blowing mess call. The bugler is now working on the wood pile. The game started in the first inning when Pitcher “Whitey” Meade, after a careful but awe inspiring wind-up, heaved the pill over the Y. M. C. A. Building. Afetr the first two batters had reached the base safely, Horner stepped tothe plate. Whitey decided to work him carefully so he put on full speed. Horner did not see the ball; neither did the catcher. A couple of fellows from Tenth Infantry brought back the ball on Sunday. Horner walk ed. Then* with the bases full, Dick son drew a pass but the umpire called ' him ou>, not having any place to put him. Before the side was out four big runs were across the plate. However, the First Squadron came from behind and tied it up before the game ended. The contest scintillated with star plays and players. Catcher Dithrich was the stellar light of the afternoon. He watched every ball —watched them go past. He managed to stop two — with his stomach- Captain Harris struck out man after man only to see them race .around the sacks. He was encouraged by the support in right field. No one hit any in that direction. Lieut. DeHaven was also a bright star. He made a brilliant stop in the second session and thre.v the ball to first base, knocking two limbs off a tree in the next' lot. The 'Eddie Collins of the game was Mike Gibbons at second. Mike caught one—once —and then sat on the base. He played a comfortable game all through? A feature which brought the crowd to its feet was the steal of second and third by Lieut. Gribbel. With the fourth strike on McAnulty, he sprang from the hassock with the speed of a deer. Half way to the second sack he tripped anl fell but his outstretched hand hit the bag. His steal of third was even more spectacular. He took only one stride when Dickson tripped him and again he fell, but being a trifle taller than the tallest pine in this sec tion he again landed on the bag. He came home on the only hit of.the S’^ me amid deafening applause by the ladies. SeCOnd Di S thrich ro c: BF . —C: 2b. £ Good.’ Colahan, ss. R °Se, Tt DeHaven. If. Moore, cf . Gribbel, cf. Chambers, rs. Myers, rs. Score: 8 First Squadron g Second Squadron ...1 FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN 112TH INFANTRY "’The league oonsl»ls ot Stoj The first few games played will beW battalion championship, and thes teams will then play for regimental Ch r t Ttis h !v P i.h the Athletic Cou„- cil to play the championship games on Thanksgiving Day. Much interest is being shown in the league and rooters, consisting of both officers and enlisted men, were much in evidence at the first game. Six games are to be played each week, two on each Wednesday, Satur day, and Sunday. Last Sunday Co. M defeated Co. K by the scoyeYsf 20-0, while Co. A was the winner over Co. B, 9-0. The games to be played this week are: Wednesday—Co. E vs. Co. M: Sup ply Company vs. Sanitary Detail. Saturday, Oct. 27—Co. I vs. Co. L; Co. C vs. Co. D. Sunday. Oct. 28—Co. E vs Co. G; Headquarters Company vs. Sanitary Detail. Members of the football squads, not to exceed 25 men, are allowed one-half hour from drill during which time they are to practice. Page 14 Sports and Recreation TRENCH AND CAMP Y. M. C. A. ASSISTINS ATHLETIC OFFICER Much Equipment Loaned to Various Units. Divisional Football Game at Atlanta. By Camp Physical Director George R. Fleming. In an effort to be of service to men who are located some distance from the Y. M. C. A. building, athletic equipment has been loaned to the base hospital, athletic officer, Lieutenant Feldermann; Military Police, athletic officer, Frank R. Baird; 103rd Ammunition Train; 109th Field Ar tillery, athletic officer, Lieutenant Brown; 107:h Field Artillery, athletic officer, Lieu tenant Ball; 107th Machine Gun Battalion, athletic officer, Lieutenant ager; Ord nance Depot Company. Captain Racons: and a few" balls and bats to help out their own I supplies to the Quartermaster’s Corps, Captain French, who has fine vol ley ball and basket ball courts for his men. • The following athletic equipment pro vided by the War Work Council of the Young Men’s Christian Association is available or being used by the men of the division: 18 dozen baseballs, 100 bats, 75 volley balls and nets, 25 basket balls and goals, 21 soccer foot balls, 10 rugby foot balls, 18 catchers’ outfits, 28 gloves, 42 medicine balls, 210 quoits, 13y 2 dozen playground baseballs, 21 sets of boxing gloves, 17 sets of bases;, also bladders, score books, megaphones, whistles, indi cators, etc. Our athletic library at each building consists of official rules for indoor and outdoor baseball, volley ball, basket ball foot ball, cross country runs, track and relay teams, and books on indoor and outdoor gymnastic games. All of the association physical directors are trained and experienced men. Their time and energies are at the disposal of the officers and men of this division. They can give talks on health, recreation, clean sports, habits; teach new games, or instruct in old and help make out sched ules. Call on them and get acquainted. Big Games This Week. Tuesday, Fair Grounds —Two teams from the 110th Infantry. Saturday, Fair Grounds —Two teams from 108th Field ospital. Saturday, Atlanta—Regimental cham pionship team from the 110th Infantry will play the Camp Gordon Division cham pions. The proceeds of these games are to be used to secure additional athletic equipment. Boost! We have secured from Mr. E. G. Kalb fleisch, the use of the Augusta ball park roller, weighing 600 pounds. This was brought to camp through the courtesy of Captain French. It is a great roller for basket ball and volley ball courts, if you need it, send in a request. Through the co-operation of the city officials we have secured a small five ton roller which required one of Major Wheeler’s small trucks to haul it out. it takes four horse-power, or 50 man-power to pull it around and is fine for rolling football or baseball grounds. Can vou use it? Send requests to Associate Di visional Athletic Director, Army Y. M. C. A. Headquarters, telephone, Camr Hancock, No. 39. CAVALRY‘OFFiCERS PLAY BASEBALL Thrilling (?) Game Ends in Tie. Humorous From Start to Finish. One of the biggest, as well as the most humorous games of ball played since the Spanish-American War, was staged Saturday afternoon on the First Pennsylvania Cavalry ball ground when the officers of the first squadron, crossed bats with the officers of the second squadron, and when the game was finished, or rather, when the play ers had to cease, the spore was a tie. Both teams had 8 runs in their favor and to win the title, three more in nings will have to be played to dis tinguish the winner for the game broke up at the ending of the sixth. In the first inning the ofifeers of the second squadron were first to bat and the first three men up landed safely on first, in fact, very player on the team had a chance to hit the ball in the first inning, but only three runs were scored. Captain Roberts, Lieuts. Dickson and Goheen each scored a run in the first. When the first squadron came to bat, they did not go very far in the scoring line, not a run being scored. During the second and third innings neither team had a man cross home plate. Lieut, Chambers had the misfortune of being hit in the mouth in the third inning, being hit on a wild throw. In the fourth inning things were made interesting. Roberts and Go heen scored another run before their side retired, making the score 5 to 0, in favor of the second squadron. The officers of the First thought it was then time to'start, and they did. Gib bons was the first man up and landed safe on first, stole second and third and landed home scoring the first run. Myers and DeHaven were thrown out at first. Gribbel singled, stole second and third, and on a single of West, scored the second run. McAulty was next up and he hit the real hit of the game for three bases, scoring Good and West. The squadron was retired with the score 5 to 4. In the fifth inning, the second squad ron did not score, but the first did. Two runs to their credit in that in ning by Captain Good and Lieutenant Gibbons. At the close of this inning the score was 6 to 5 in favor of the First. The score incented the second squad ron team and they went into the battle hot. Roberts was first up and kicked one for two sacks, followed by Goheen with a base on balls. After a block ball Roberts stole third and the umpire call ed it out but the team would not stand for it and a wonderful indignation meeting was held and it was some time before the game was resumed. Roberts was finally sent back to third and he scored on a single by Horner, closely followed by Goheen, who arrived home on a pass ball. Moore singled and scored Horner. The team was now two points ahead of the first. When they came to the bat thqy worked out two runs. West and McAulty each scored a run, making a tie score. The game ceased on account of the time and it has not been decided when it will be played. The line-up of the teams: Second Squadron. First Squadron. Capt. Roberts, ss, Lt. West, 3b. Lt. Goheen, 3b. Lt. McAulty, c. Stokes Lt. Katz, lb. Lt.. Dickson, 2b. Lt. Meade, p. Shoemaker Capt. Good, ss. Lt. Horner, lb. Lt. Gibbons, 2b. Maj. Horner, cf. Capt. Myers, rs. Lt. Kline, If. Callahan Lt. Chambers, rs. Lt. DeHaven, cf Shoemaker. Lt. Gribbel, If. Lt. Dithrich, c. 9,000 Win " . Y. M. C. A. SPORTS Athletic Director Fleming Presents Record of Great Activity. An unusual feature is presented in the report of Associate Camp Physi cal Director George R. Fleming for the week ending October 21. It will be noted in reading the follwlng sta tistical report tha t more men en gaged in the games than there were spectators. Invariably, during athlet ic contests, quite the reverse is true, and the showing is splendid: No. Spec- Men. tators. Setting up Drillsl9.. 1246.. 230 Base Ball 24.. 550..1517 Foot Ball 12.. 296..3333 Basket Ball 21.. 205.. 318 Volley Ballßß.. 1130.. 677 Quoits ..19.. 50.. 50 Boxing7.. 14... 15 Wrestling 47.. 94.. 417 Soccer .. 4.. 101.. 417 Play ground Base Ball. 2.. 40'.. 40 Medicine Ball 10.. 572.. 205 Mass Athletics3o..47o3.. 90 Morning Staff Exercise. 4.. 24.. Totals 330 9070 7666 FOOTBALLTI EAGUE IN 112TH INFANTRY The first game of football of the new regimental league was played between Company F and Company G. The final score showed Company G leading by the scall score of 6 to 0. The game was close and fast until the finish. Great interest is being shown in the football league and the race for regi mental championship is going to be close. The first few games played will be for battalion champoinship, the regi ment being divided into four battal ions. The headquarters Company, the Machine Gun Company, Supply Com pany, and the Hospital Corps form ing the Fourth Battalion. The games are to be played Wednes day, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The schedule for this week is as follows: Wednesday, October 24th, 2 o’clock. Supply Company vs. Sanitary Detach ment. 3:30 o’clock. Company E vs. Company M. Saturday, October 27 th, 2 p. m.— Company I vs. Company L; 3:30 p. m., Company C vs. Company D. Sunday, October 28th, 2 p. m., Com pany E vs. Company G; ,:30 p. m., Headquarters vs. Sanitary Detach ment. Following is the personnel of the 112th Regimental Athletic League: First Lieut. John F. Graff, Athletic Officer. First Lieut. Philip L. Webster, As sistant Athletic Officer. First Lieut. Joseph P. Connel, As sistant Athletic Officer. Second Lieut. F. O. Blankenship. Sergeant G. L. Paulson, Co. A. ’ Corp. Stewart Graham, Co. B. Sergeant William Murphy, Co. C. Oct 24, Sergeant A. L. Stormer, Cd. D. Sergeant Frank B. Fleming, Ca. F. Sergeant Albert Johnston, Co. G. Sergeant Jay A. White, Co. H. Sergeant Ralph S. Summerton, Co. L Sergeant Thos. A. Elgin, Co. K. Sergeant Edward A. Madden, Co. L. Sergeant Frank McKelvey, Co. M. Wag. G. E. Mohnkern, Sup. Co. Private Charles J. Shields, Head quarters Company. All company commanders are mem bers ex-officio of the athletic council. Each company commander will be permitted to excuse football squad (not to exceed 25 men) of their com pany from drill at 4:30 o’clock p. m. The men of the football squad will not be required to stand retreat but they will be required to report for in spection of arms and roll call at the convenience of the company comman der. FIELD HOSPITAL . RIVALS KEITH’S Great Concert Given by Tal ented Soldiers. Elaborate Ar rangements. Talk about your Keith's Circuit if you will but the open air concert given by Field Hospital No. 111, for merly Field Hospital No. 3, of Phil adelphia, Pa., on Monday evening, Oc tober 15th, at the Camp, had them all “skinned a mile,” to put it in the words of the boys who were there and saw the whole wonderful per formance. A real stage, built and designed by Lt. Logie, twenty five feet square, with footlights and orchestra pit, an auditorium surrounded by a rustic femje festooned with Georgia ever geen pines and hung with strings of electri lights furnished an exquisite and novel setting for the elabroate program. There were singing and dancing, classy monologues, musical selections, black face comedy, by the men of the company, ably assisted by a few ex clusive society singers and classical dancers from the nearby town of 'Au gusta, staged under the direction of Sergt. Marrie Bopp. There were officers and enlisted men present from all parts of the camp as well as a goodly number of guests from among the townspeople of hospitable Augusta, who voted the concert a grand success by the num erous and prolonged bursts of ap plause all through the performance. After it was all over the guests were further royally treated to a light lunch in the company mess hall and went home satisfied that the soldier boys from Pennsylvania sure know how to do things and that Field Hospital No. 11l from Philadelphia was particularly a wonder. An unusual feature of the entertainment was the exhibition of an underground hospital built by the men for instruction purposes. Field Hospital No. 11l is ably com manded by Major Eugene Swayne, who recruited the company of about eighty three men from the vicinity of his office, 1712 Wallace Street, in Philadelphia. Major Swayne was a captain of Field Hospital No. 2 of Ta comy when ordered to recruit a new field Hospital at the time of the break with Germany. Monday night’s concert was the first of a series of such concerts to be held every Monday evening for the benefit of the men and their friends. That the first one was such a grand success speaks well for the officers and men of a “rookie" organization. The building of the stage, carpenter work, wiring, lighting features, deco rations as well as the talent fdr the concert was all furnished by members of the company. “If they do ais well on the other side”, an officer present was heard to say, “there woh’t be much left for the Drafted Army to do.” Following was the program: ’ 1— Overture—loth Regiment Infantry Band. 2 Welcome address —Major Crampton —Director Field Hospitals. 3 William Carson, and Chorus— Co. H, 10th Regiment. 4 W’ickersham and Anderson—C. A, 10th Regiment. 5 Popular Songs—Private Reese —F. H. No. 111. 6 “We Three” —F. H. No. 111. 7 Vocal Selection Miss Terrence Battey. 8 — Cy Hecker—Motor Truck, No. 1. 9 Cornet Duett. 10 — Ragtime Piano Player Artie Jones. 11 — The Honey Boy Singer—Sgt. Morrie Bopp. 12— Low Franks—Field Bakery. 13 — Eccentric Dance —Paul Dawson A- F. H. No. 110. W 14 — “Maloney”—Sgt. Lew Soyer —loth V Regiment. 15— Vocal Selection Miss Margaret Battle. 16— Dance Specialty—Erline Perkins. 17 — Tenor Solo —Arthur Erving, F. H No. 111. 18— Military Fpur—F. H. No. 111. 19— Comedy SoUgs— Leo Dawson, F. H. No. 111. 20 — Finally—Songs of the South— Introducing Lew Wenchler as “Queen of the Race”—By 10th Reg iment Inst. Band. poor spongely; Duffer—Say, young Spongely surely likes his cigarettes, doesn't he? Puffer —Don’t know for sure, but he likes the other fellow’s.