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COMPANIES E AND
F FIGHT TO DRAW
A Hard Fought Gridiron Strug
gle at Camp Hancock
Yesterday.
A hard fought gridiron struggle be
tween Companies E and F of the Penn
syqlvania Engineers yesterday resulted
in a tie score, 6-6. Forward pass plays
were responsible for both scores.
Barkley, former Lehigh University ath
lete and star end, scored for E Company
in the third period, after taking a long
pass from Thackrah, the fullback.
In the closing minutes of play F Com
pany made a first down on the ten-yard
line and Jermyn scored in three tries
through the E line.
Stubborn defense by both teams kept
the ball well centered between the goals
in the early part of the game.
Score by periods:
Company E Position. Company F
Barkley O’Donnell
Left end.
Carlin Manners
Left tackle.
Carter Harrington
, Left guard.
Motherwell McMenamin
Center.
Delpino Larson
Right guard.
McMurtrie
Right tackle.
Delaney Fallon
„ Right end.
fawley Lovett
Quarterback.
Cuddy Jermyn
Right halfback.
Newlin Gillespie
, Left halfback.
1 hackrah McGowan
112 INFAnTRY~ATHLETICS
ON LIBERTY LOAN DAY
" Great Athletic Program, With
Every Company Taking Part,
Feature of Day.
A great athletic program, with every
company in the 112th regiment having
some part in it, featured Liberty Loan
Lay on Wednesday. With the pass
privilege curtailed from midnight on
Tuesday until 8 o’clock Thursday
morning, every soldier was obliged to
remain within camp limits.
So, during the morning hours, as well
as in the afternoon and evening, the
Liberty Loan campaign for subscrip
tions went on, and the bays gave lib
erally. The presence of every man in
camp made canvassinb comparatively
easy, but it was more difficult in the
afternoon as hundreds of the boys in
khaki flocked out upon the drill field
to see the football game between the
Headquarters and Machine Gun teams
and the splendid baseball game be
tween Erie and Kane.
Ball Game Is a Dandy.
The teams lined up a& follows:
Company G
Kelly, leftfield.
Dinley, rightfield.
Donosky, second base.
Vogel, shortstop.
Diver, third base.
Bretz, first base.
Ench, Centerfield.
Russell, catch.
Hart, pitch.
Company E
Baumparty, center field.
Bergren, shortstop.
Merook, third base.
Brown, second base.
McEnteer, catch.
Reese, leftfield.
Litwick, first base.
Letman, rightfield.
Costello, pitch.
The lone run was scored in the sev
enth inning by McEnteer, a fumble by
Ench proving costly when Litwick
banged the ball to center field.
Other Athletic Exhibits.
The football game, full of plenty of
excitement, and one of the hardest
fought the boys have been treated to
since the season opened, ndd 0 to 0.
Th Headquarters bays, however, are a
little ahead of the Machine Gun fel
lows, but spectators declared it a draw.
Several basketball contests, boxing
and a volley ball game were also on
the program. The athletic events fin
ished as follows:
100-yard final—r-
First, Kern, of B, 10 1-5 seconds.
Second, Mahaffey of I,
Third, Hoover of K.
One Mile run—
First, Bromonde of I, 5 minutes, 32
seconds.
Second, Martz of F.
220-Yard Dash-
First, Denning of C.
Second, Beltz of E.
Third, Merock of E.
Time, 24 2-5 seconds.
Tug-of-War—Won by Team B, two
of three pulls.
Standing High Jump-
First, Ross of M. G Co.
Second, Porter of Hq.
Third, Brinser of Hq.
Jump, 4 feet, 4 inches.
Running Higli Jump—*
First, Harvey of C.
Second, Roberts of D.
Page 6
Sports and Recreation
GEORGE R. FLEMING, ASSOCIATE DIVISIONAL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
TRENCH AND CAMP
Third, Porter, Hq.
Jump, 5 feet.
Shot Put —
First, McKay of B, 34 feet 10 inches.
Second, Cozad of F,, 30 feet 4 inches.
Standing Broad Jump—
First, Roberts of D., 8 feet 9 inches.
Second, Graham of B.
Third, Mountz of D.
Running Broad Jump—
First, Kerr of 8., 17 feet A inches.
Second, Burgoon of D, 17 feet.
Third, Porter of Hq.
Relay races, five teams particiuating
—Distance One mile, with each team
man going 220 yard’s—won by F; sec
ond B; third I. Those on winning team,
Ritchey, Steen, Beatty, Martz, Blair,
McConnell, Creswell and Fleming.
Captain D. L. Sutherland and Lieut.
John F. Graff, Jr., who heads the ath
letic committee for the regiment, had
charge of the events and acted as the
clerks of course. Lieut. Frederick
Blankenship was the announcer, and
Lieuts. Course, Dilcher and Bleacher,
of the old Eighth Regiment, assisted
In getting the races started. Six re
serve corps officers were also on the
committee.
FOOTBALL AT A GLANCE
Camp Gordon, 26; 110th Regiment, 0.
Pittsburg, 14; U. of Pa., 6.
Georgia Tech, 0; Allegheny, 0.
Geneva, 0; W. & J-, 33.
Springfield, 28; Worcester Tech, 0.
Bowdoin, 13; Bates, 0.
Amherst, 14; Wesleyan, 9.
Holy Cross, 13; Rhode Island, 0.
Williams, 9; Columbia, 6.
Rutgers, 28; Fordham, 0.
Lehigh, 33; Lebanon Valley, 7.
Swathmore, 46; F. & M., 0.
Muhlenberg, 6; Lafayette, 0.
West Virginia, 60; Gettysburg, 0.
Penn. State, 8; W. Va. Wesleyan, 7.
P. M. C-, 14; Gallandit, 6.
Yale Fresh, 7; Penn, Fresh, 7.
Andover, 7; Howard Radio, 7.
Exeter, 0; Princeton Fresh. 12.
West Point, 21; Villa Nova, 7.
Cornell, 20; Bucknell, 0.
Princeton, 7; Camp Dix, 0.
Harvard, 0; Camp Devons, 0.
Brown, 7; Colgate, 6.
Chicago, 6; Northwestern 0.
GAME IN THE AIR
Tn granting the Army permission to re
sume the gridiron sport this fall, Secre
tary of War Baker was careful to em
phasize the fact that this did not carry
with it the usual game with the Navy.
In the order granting the Middies per
mission to play this fall nothing was said
of the annual game with West Point. It
can be stated on the highest authority,
however, that strong official influence has
and is being brought to bear upon Mr.
Baker to allow the soldiers to meet the
sailors in New York City on November
24, the date originally set for the contest.
Up to the present time Secretary Baker
has refused to recede from his stand when
issuing his order for the Cadets to resume
the game this fall. The strongest argu
ment used in the attempt to influence
Mr. Baker to rescind his order against
a game with the Navy is that this year’s
game should be played for army and navy
charity exclusively, that the usual free
admission to West Point and Anpapolis
students and their friends be denied, and
that every person who enters the Polo
Gorunds be required to pay $2.50 or $3
for a seat.
This is a powerful argument at this
particular time, when such a game
under such conditions would easily
net anywhere from SBO,OOO to SIOO,-
000. all depending upon the price per
seat and the extra seating capacity
that could be provided.
FIELD BAKER GYMNASTICS.
An instructor comes down from the Y.
M. C. A. each morning and proceeds to
send the bodys of the boys into strange
snake-like postures. Os all our apt pu
pils the brown derby was awarded to
“Pop” Hillman who we can truthfully say
deserve credit for inventing new exer
cises while performing the old and doing
both at the same time, needless to say
he is a star at our new game. “Wallop
ball.” In wallop the "all” is silent like
the razor in shave.
Dippy Column.
We are proud to announce the safe re
turn of Private Kurtz from Field Hospital
No. 109. Who said “they never come
back.”
We have lots of dough still we need
(knead) it.
Here’s hoping Private Carr’s eyebrow
will cut its visit to the lip short and re
turn here it belongs.
Our official baker—Bones.
Our official machinist—Fusser.
Our official hard guy—Cambulance.
Our official comedian—Slim.
Private Garner received a letter. After
studying the contents of the letter for
about three hours he ejaculated “Gee.
its from my girl.”
Last Wednesday afternoon a very pret
ty military wedding was solemnized in
the mess hall of the Eighth Regiment,
when Miss Margaret Kellam Leary, of
Ridgway, Pa., became the wife of Capt.
John A. Smith Logan, a reserve officer
attached to Company B of the Eighth In
fantry.
The ceremony was performed by Cap
tain Harry N. Bassler, chaplain of the
Eighth, while the bride was gjven away
by her father, Captain S. A. Leary of the
112th Infantry. The colonel and many
officers of the Eighth and 112th Infantry
were in attendance.
Early possibilities of service in France
hastened the wedding.
Y. M. C. A.
RECREATION REPORT FOR
THE WEEK
No. Spec-
Num- of ta-
ber. Men. tors.
Setting up drills ....10 1,615 300
Base ball 23 435 2,070
1 Foot ball 25 582 8,530
Basket ball 34 425 750
Volley ball 331 3,997 2,640
Quoits 10 40 25
Boxing 8 16 325
Soccer 11 287 450
Playground base ball 2 918 12
Medicine ball 14 970 150
Mass athletics 44 8,055 249
Morning staff exer-
cises 2 9
Totals .510 17,349 15,201
Number of match games 269
Number of leagues organized .... 2
Number of men enrolled 363
Personal interviews 3
Talks or lectures ]
Subject Bible
Number of men 10
The increase of 8,275 men over last
week engaged in recreative work, and
of 7,535 spectators, is almost entirely
due to Liberty Bond Day, which was
largely devoted by entire regiments to
recreative games. Each of the men
attached to the Y. M. C. A. buildings
put in practically the entire day in
assisting the athletic officers in direct
ing the activities.
Recreational games in the One Hun
dred and Ninth Infantry are now in
full swing. Lieutenant Harry Fryck
berg of Company A, is one of Phila
delphia’s prominent athletes. He re
alizes the value of competitive ath
letics in the training of’fighting men.
With the co-operation of George K,
Tyson, the Y. M. C. A. physical in
structor of building No. 79, a few sim
ple games with the medicine ball were
introduced. These games soon attract
ed the attention of Major Meehan,
commander of the first battalion of the
One Hundred and Ninth. For a num
ber of years the major has been in
terested irt promoting clean amateur
athletics in Philadelphia and the vi
cinity. He is a prominent member of
the Middle Athletic Union and the Mil
itary Athletic League. Major Meehan
was quick to realize the value of these
games in welding the men into strong
sturdy units, full of team work and
lacking in petty jealousy. The inter
est in this work has spread rapidly and
the Y. M. C. A. physical instructor is
a much sought after man.
Realizing the value of athletics for
the men, the officers of the One-Hun
dred and Ninth are trying it for them
selves. A visitor who passes through
the regiment just before the mess hout
will hear loud shouts and outbursts of
laughter near the officers’ mess. An
investigation will reveal a scene of of
ficers busily engaged in the game of
volley ball? Captains and a colonel, as
well as lieutenants try their hand. One
of the "regular fans,” is “Jim Nasium,”
the newspaper correspondent. If the
cartoonist of a rival newspaper could
see this ardent gentleman in his bursts
of enthusiastic endeavor, the result
ing cartoons might be of exceeding in
terest to the dear old “General Public.”
Interest in this game has spread to
the men. A court has been arranged
in the company street of the Sanitary
Detachment and this is used frequent
ly.
On Thursday evening, October 25,
the first series of boxing matches was
held. A wealth oi. excellent material
was unearthed. Every one of the ten
bouts was filled witn action from the
word “G 0 to the announcement of
“Time.” Chick Heyers of Company
L, who is a well known fighter, acted
as referee, while Davis of the Machine
Gun Company was Timekeeper. The
popularity of these bouts was demon
strated by the presence of nearly every
man in the regiment and their vig
orous applause.
In the 100 pound class, Jordan of
Company A, was winner over Conlin
of Company E. Reed of Company’ A,
won from Corporal Heyne of Company
E. Stead of Company K, defeated
O’Donnell of Company A. Carberry of
Company A, outpointed Barrow of
Company L, won from Brady of Com
pany B, 130-35. Dougherty, Company
K, won from Griffith, Company B, by
the knockout route. Wells, Company
G, outpointed Breen, Company E. The
star bout of the evening occurred to the
class when Feeney, A Company, de
feated Sturgis, H Company. Feeney is
to meet Cravath of B Company next
Thursday evening.
The most exciting bouts were those
between Flannery, Company A, and
O'Brien, Company L, and Meyers, Com
pany M, and Bowers, Vompany A. Both
bouts ended in a draw arrf tne crowd
clamored for an extra round. On sev
eral occasions the men were knocked
through the ropes.
The bouts consisted of two rounds
of two minutes each, with an intermis
sion of one minute. The honors were
carried off by A Company, with four
winners and two draws. Another
series of bouts will occur on Thursday,
November Ist.
Oct. 31, 1917.
The One Hundred and Tenth Regi
mental football team went to Atlanta
Friday night to play the Camp Gordon
divisional team. This team was com
posed of college men, mostly officers, in
the conscripted army. Naturally we
lost 26-0.
For the first three-quarters of tha
game, however, the One Hundred and
Tenth Regimental team put up as
game a fight against odds, as has been
seen for some time. During the last
half of the game fresh men were con
stantly being put in, which in the last
quarter proved the finishing toucn —
three touchdowns being scored against
us in this quarter. Wickerham and
Lee were the stars of the game. Lee’s
kuicks averaging 50 yards. No con
sistent gains could be made around the
ends, practically all gains by Gordon
being made through the line.
It was an ideal day, although a little
warm for football. Ninety men from
the One Hundred and Tenth composed
the cheering section for our team.
Their enthusiasm should have won the
game. The following made the trip:
Major and Mrs. Thompson.
Major and Mrs. Anderson.
Colonel Crockston.
Captain and Mrs. Aiken.
Captain Doan.
Walter Camp, Jr.
E. G. Kalbfleish.
George R. Fleming and Wickerham
Whitehill, Long, McCooley, Lee, Scho
les, Alpern, Brown, Murray, Farrell,
Truxal, Weber, McManus, Albright,
Garrett, Sincock, Coulter and Flanni
gan, the players.
Referee W. Camp, Jr.
Umpire, Anderson, of University of
Georgia.
Time of quarters, 10 minutes.
A return game to be played in Au
gusta against a picked team of our di
vision will give football enthusiasts a
chance to see a battle royal.
THE ‘PHUNPHIENDS 7 AT
FIELD HOSPITAL NO. 111
The boys of Field Hospital No. 11l
were treated to a vaudeville surprise on
Wednesday afternoon by the "Phund
Fiends,” one of Loew’s classy vaudeville
acts that was filling an engagement in
Augusta.
Just as the boys were busy eating their
noon mess several blasts from an auto
horn announced tke arrival of six, pretty,
smiling girls under the personal escort
of Sergeant Morris Bopp and Cook Sam
Jones. The boys greeted the girls with
three lusty cheers and the girls in re
sponse gave them a song and dance ex
hibition which brought forth applause
that shook the mess hall. A camp cook
ed dinner served in true army style was
served to the girls.
Special Sale
—of
Soldiers’
Trunks
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—at—
Cashin-Belt Co.
730 BROAD STREET
Opposite Monument.
STEAMER TRUNKS
Sale Price This Week
$8 to sls
Values sls to $20.00.
Everything a Soldier
needs in the way of
wear and travel.
Drop in and let us
show you.
Cashin-Belt Co.
730 BROAD STREET
Opposite Monument