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Nov. 21, 1917.
Sports and Recreational Activities at Camp
GEO. R. FLEMING, ASSOCIATE DIVISIONAL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
107THM.G. BATTALION
HAS BIG FIELD DAY
General O’Neill Commends
Contestants. Company 0 and
Company D Tie for Honors.
Excitement and enthusiasm ran high
at the field day sports of the 107th Ma
chine Gun Battalion last Wednesday, near
division headquarters. With the old
Fourth Regiment Band playing enliven
ing airs and the presence of many spec
tators, including Brigadier General C. T.
O’Neill, the affair was quite pretentious.
Considerable rivalry was manifested
among the companies. Co. C and Co. I)
tied for Hirst place, with 25 points. Co. B
had 21 and Co. A secured 18. Genera!
O’Neill was an interested spectator and
praised the winners warmly.
Chaplain Bollman took an active part
in the sports. Another program has been
arranged for today.
Fallowing were the winners:
One hundred-yard dash: First, Fitch,
Co. 2: second, Boucher, Co. D; third, Far
inger, Co. B.
Running broad jump: First, Snyder.
Co. C; second, Holohan, Co. A; third,
Boucher, Co. I).
Undressing contest: First. Bollman,
Co. D; second, Kiefer, Co. C; third, Loose,
Co. A.
One mile relay: First, Streicher, Stro
ham, Hartman, Walmer, Co. D; second,
Ralph, Goodman, Diechert. Kiefer, Co.
C; third, Snyder, Steel, Raymond, Zettle
mayer, Co. B. .
Range finding: First, Corporal Bell.
Co. A, Sergeant Nevin, Co. B; second,
third, Sergeant Zimmerman, Co. C. The
distance was 447 yards and the winner
figures the distance 450 yards.
Signaling: First, Fahringer, Emswel
ler, Fetterman, Ellenberger, Co. B; second
Felty. Zerger. Ralph. Schugar, Co. C;
third, Fitch, Hahler, Ran, Reed, Co. A.
High jump: Renninger, Co. B, and .Sun
day. Co. A, tie for first; Felty, Co. C,
third.
Baseball throwing: Aurntz, Co. D, first,
296.5 feet; Kline. Co. C, second. 293.1 feet;
Renninger, Co. B. third, 288.4. feet.
Cigarette rolling: Smith, Co. D. first;
Ringler, Co. B, second; Brower, Co. C.
third.
Tug of war: Co. C team, first; Co, B
team, second; Co. D team, third.
WANTS FOOTBALL GAMES
Lieutenant Boger has organized a foot
ball team in the 111th Ambulance Com
pany. Most of the players are experi
enced college men. With a nucleus of
stars, such as “Red” Corboy, of Pitt;
Gerheart Mwntns. Smith, Heller, Grieves,
of Franklin and Marshall; Leidig, of
Bloomsburg Normal, and Krimmel, of St.
Joseph C. C., a strong team has been de
veloped. But two games have been play
ed, both of which were easily won. Their
second-tring men are also playing off a
schedule.
The company has a good field directly
in the rear of its street. Both teams of
this company have open dates, which they
would like to fill. Any team desiring a
good game can arrange such by com
municating with Sergeant B. W. Lutten
berger, 111th Ambulance Co., of 103 d San
itary Train, Camp Hancock, Ga.
Saturday’s Scores
Penn 16, Michigan 0.
Army 50, Lebanon 0.
Fordham 27, Cornell 6.
Pittsburg 27, Carnegie Tech 0.
West Virginia 7, W. & J. 0.
Wesleyan 6, Columbia 0.
Princeton 41. Cape May 0.
Syracuse 26. Colgate 7.
Lehigh 34, P. M. C. 0.
Brown 19, Colby 7.
Yale 7, Trinitv 0.
Bucknell 6, Gettsyburg 6.
Penn State 31, Maryland 0.
Camp Hancock 13, Charleston Navy 7.
Georgia Tech 98, Carlisle 0.
Navy 81. Villa NOva 3.
Camp Dix 19, Devens 0.
Williams 29, Amherst 0.
ALMGSTiJOOMEN
STUDYING FRENCH
Despite Handicap, Professor
Foster Interests Many Officers
and Men in Studying Language
Although there have been many handi
caps, Prof. Foster, who has supervised the
instruction of French for the Y. M. C. A.
at Camp Hancock, reports about 1,500 of
ficers and men in classes, with more than
fifty men in normal classes.
Many men are indifferent to the im
portance of knowing the French language
and are unwilling to set aside their leis
ure time for the work. There is nothing
compulsory about the study and with the
recent reorganization, which upset the
preliminary plans of Prof. Foster, there
have been many drawbacks in the work of
organizing the classes.
The English-French handbook Issued by
the National Security League has been
used almost exclusively, although many
manuals of the so-called Detwiler method
have been sold to the students. Ten class
es have been organized among the offi
cers, including about 500 men. Among
the enlisted men, 2,000 have enrolled at
various times but the total officers and
men at the present time is a trifle more
than 1,500. Normal classes have been
organized in sot r units and in addition,
several Y. M. C. A. secretaries have been
taking instruction under Prof, Foster’s
direction.
Prof. Foster has been assisted by some
of the enlisted men and Mme. Jean
Pichoud, Miss Elenore Hill, Mlle. Auman,
Mrs. Rae and Prof. J. B. Lockhart. Cor
tina and Rosenthal records, with lantern
slides, are in use and have proven very
helpful.
TRENCH AND CAMP
Army Humbles Navy
In Fast Football Game
Wallen Intercepts Forward Pass and Runs 80 Yards for
Touchdown, Big Crowd Present. Band Stirs Spectators.
Game Replete With Sensational Plays.
With a perfect sky and in the pres
enceof thousands of soldiers the Camp
Haitcock division football team trounc
ed Charleston Navy Yard on Saturday
by the score of 13 to 7.
It was as exciting game as one
could wish to see. There were for
tvard passes galore, long end runs, line
smashes, shift formations, and in fact,
a little bit of everything was served up
for the enjoyment of the spectators.
There was enthusiasm aplenty and
yhen the crowd seemed a trifle quiet,
the excellent band of the 107th Field
Artillery, enlivened things with all.
kinds of popular tunes, including sev
eral of their own manufacture.
When play began, the grand stand
was filled, while on the opposite side,
a number of army trucks and automo
biles were parked. Several British of
ficers were present and watched the
game carefully and one took several
photographs of the scenes about the
field. Brigadier General C. T. O’Neill
and a number of oficers occupied seats
on the side lines.
The Navy boys put up a strong bat
tle, and had it not been for the injury
to Barber, their star quarter, just be
fore the ending of the first half, the
result might have been closer, al
though we feel confident Camp Han
cock would have triumphed. Navy
displayed good speed and plenty of
pep. but it was difficult getting through
the line. The intercepted pass by Wal
len was the most spectacular play pre
sented by the Navy boys and resulted
in first blood for them. This only
served to arop.se the fighting spirit
of the Hancock players and from that
time on, the Navy boys were never se
riously in danger of adding to their
score.
Wallen’s run was one of the prettiest
ever seen on the gridiron. Snatching
the ball as it was hurled to one of the
Hancock men, Wallen dashed at top
speed across the field and succeeded in
eluding all his pursuers, showing great
sprinting ability as he covered the 89
yards between him and the goal. Bar
ber kicked a goal.
After a succession of plunges and
short end runs by Gold and Hendron
and an exchange of punts, the first
half ended with the score 7-0 in favor
of the Navy- Soon after the third
quarter opened, the Hancock boys
rushed the ball to the goal line, Gold
going over for a touchdown. Wicker
sham failed to toe the ball between the
bars and Navy led by one point. Aftefr
a series of punts and end runs, in
cluding a sensational forward pass
from Hendron to Wickersham, netting
12 yards, the ball was taken to Navy’s
one-yard line. Gold took it across for
a touchdown and Wickersham kicked
the goal, giving the Hancock boys a
safe lead and ending the scoring. Dur
ing the playing, Aipern was removed
from the game for slugging.
Gold, Wickersham, Webster and Hen
dron shone for the local team and prov
ed equal to the task every time, Gold’s
plunging and Wickersham’s receiving
of two forward passes being the fea
tures. Webster broke through the
Navy line and stopped play after play
and Quarterback Hendorn handled his
men skilfully. Wallen, Barber and
Bird, a former Carlisle India player,
with Hale, did most of the ground
gaining for the visitors. The line-up
was as follows:
Navy. Position. Army.
Hale Wickersham
Left End.
McC’arey Humes
Left Tackle.
Mildrum Wolfe
Left Guard,
Quain, Aipern
Center.
Nearly 15,000 Men in ¥. M. C. A. Athletics
Report for Week Ending November 11th.
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING,
ARMY Y. M. C. A.,
Camp Hancock.
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 13, 1917.
Number Number of
of Men. Spectators.
Setting-Up Drills
Baseball 7 1-3 450
Football -9 <55 2200
Basket Ball .58 620 798
Volley Ball •24« -248 .10
Quoits 15 30 33
Boxing }!> £2 150
Playground Baseball ••. • 18 356 150
Medicine Ball 7 4a9 aO
Mans Athletics J -765 80
Morning Staff Exercise ? 20 -0
Match Games • *Jj{
J 10 . . . .
Reported by Athletic Officers ,227 5740 500
Totals • -706 11921 7511
Report from Athletic Officers was from units loaned Athletic Equipment
from the Army Y. M. C. A.
Respectf”’ly submitted,
As ociate Divisional Athletic Director.
GEORGE R. FLEMING,
Gallagher .'Riley
Right Guard.
B. Webster
Right Tackle.
Bird Moore
Right End.
BarberHendron
.. Quarterback.
Kaiser Harper
Left Halfback.
O’Neill Gold
Fullback.
Substitutes: Navy, Smoak for Wal
len, Wallen for Barber, Henerbery for
Hale, Franke for Gallagher, Franke for
Mildrum, Gallagher for Franke; Army,
Wilson for Harper, Comiskey for Fitg
gerald, Egan for Hendron, Hill for
Edgar, McAloon for Aipern. Touch
downs, Gold 2, Wallen 1. Time of
quarters, 10 and 11 minutes. Referee,
Brown (Penn. State); umpire, Smith
(Yale); head linesman, Landis, (Pitts
burg).
NOTES OF GAME.
When the Navy .made their appear
ance on the field, they were given a
great ovation, proving the sportsman
ship of the big crowd. However, this
generous spirit of affection was soon
forgotten in the cries from the excited
fans: “Kill him!” or “Get him!” or
when a Navy man was laid out tem
porarily: “That’s another!” sung out
in a gleeful sort of manner, as if the
player’s death would be cordially wel
comed.
On account of the sudden absence of
Walter Camp. Jr., and the illness of
Major Thompson, the coaching of the
Hancock team fell to Captain Brown,
of Company A, 112th Infantry, a
Princeton man. The success on Satur
day is a tribute to his work.
Catch Camp arrived from Washing
ton in time to se ehis team wallop the
sailors.
To George R. Fleming, associate di
visional athletic director, is due much
of the credit for the business arrange
ments. Fleming called all his Y. M.
C. A. physical directors into action in
the handling ot the sale of tickets.
There was a substantial balance left
after all expenses were paid.
Bandmaster Signor, of the 107th
Field Artillery, knows how to keep the
crowd interested. At the close of the
game, the band executed the snake
dneet in front of the grand stand, led
by this peppery leader. The band
plays well and Signor made quite a hit
with this sinuous directing.
Lieut. Brown, of Penn State, and
Lieut. Smith, of Yale, refereed and
umpired the game in a most impartial
manner.
It looked serious when Wallen made
his 80-yard run a few minutes after
play began.
And when Hancock failed to kick the
goal, some of the fans were a trifle
skeptical about the result.
Jakey’s heart is in the right place.
He didn't mean to do it.
Wickersham handled forward passes
from any angle. If he got his hands
on the ball, it was his.
Webster was in the game every min
ute of the game and his tackling saved
the situation many times.
EPIDEMIC OF MARRIAGES.
Since the troops have arrived at Camp
Hancock, the records of the Richmond
County ordinary show that sixty-two
weddings have occurred, an average of
twenty a month for three months, since
August 17th, when the first license was
seem ed. All the brides came ,f£om Penn
sylvania.
SOLDIERS BATTLE
TO TIE IN BASEBALL
Company B and Company M
of 109th Infantry Unable to
Finish Game on Account of
Darkness.
Those persons who hastened from War
ren Field at the close of the Charleston
Navy Yard-Camp Hancock football game
on Saturday, missed an interesting game
of baseball. The opposing teams were
from Co., B and Co, M, of the 109th In
fantry. With weather more fitted for the
American national game than football,
the advertising signs in leftfield and the
fact that the Co. M boys wore the old
uniforms of the Phillies, made the ardent
Philadelphia baseball fan imagine he was
back at Broad and Huntington Streets.
It is understood, however, that the brand
of ball was not quite up to the standard
of Grover Alexander or George Whitted.
The game provided considerable interest
for 300 soldiers.
Jn the first inning, Ferrish. of Co. B,
reached first on an error. He was ad
vanced to third when Gavanes was safe
as Lewis dropped the throw. Ferrish
scored a moment later when Russell hit
safely to right. Ce. M scored in the
third. Hits by Eckert, Wilson and Sheri
dan, coupled with four bases on balls,
issued by Gavanes, allowed three runs to
cross the plate. Gavanes steadied him
self, and, with the bases filled, struck
out Meyers for the third out. In the
fourth, Gavanes again struck out two
men, raising his total to six against four
for Wilson. In this inning Co. M. tied
the score on hits by Gavanes, Murdock
and McDonald. Monsky was hit by a
pitched ball. Owing to the late hour of
starting, the light was now rapidly fading
and the game was called.
The line-up:
Co. B. Co. M.
Ferrish, 3b. Lang. If.
Cravath, If. Sheridan, cf.
Laurance, ss. Hulmes, 3b.
Gavanes, p. Lewis, lb.
Russell, rs. Price, c.
Monsky, lb. Browne, ss.
Murdock, c. Meyers, 2b.
Ballict, 2b. Eckert, rs.
McDonald, rs . Wilson, p.
Score— R. H. E.
Company B 3 1 2
Company M 3 4 2
Strikeouts —By Gavanes, 6; by Wilson,
4.
THE ROLL
OF HONOR
f
General Pershing has reported to the
war department that two men were kill
ed in action on November 13th. Three
were severely wounded and three slightly
wounded. The casualties are:
Killed—Sergeant John F. Czajka;
father, Albert Czajka, Milwaukee, and
Private Stanley Jajiovicz; sister, Sophia
Giebutovicz, East Boston. Mass.
Severely wounded—Privates Earl E. Au
rand; mother, Emma Aurand, Harris
burg, Pa.; Francis Belvins, father, Mack
Blevins, Eckman, W. Va.; Edward F. Ca
hill, mother, Bridget Cahill, Bakerton, Pa.
Slightly wounded —Sergeant John A.
Logan; father, Charles Logan, Mount
Carmel, Pa.; Privates Chester Johnson;
father, Samuel Johnson, Forest Hill, La.;
Robert L. Redd, mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Redd, Burneyvilie, Okla.
General Pershing also reported that
Corporal Samuel Parrott, Marine Corps,
died November 16th from natural causes.
His mother, Mrs. L. B. Bynum, lives at
202 Pollock St., Newbern, N. C.
Private Valentine H. Newton, head
quarters camp, Marine Corps, died No
vember 13th, from self-inflicted gunshot
wound; mother, Mrs. Margaret Newton,
Arkville, N. Y.
Sergeant George E. Merkle, Signal
Corps, was accidentally killed November
17th. His wife lives in Philadelphia.
Three More Death*.
Washington.—A casualty list, cabled by
General Pershing to the war department
today shows one man killed by accident
and two deaths from natural causes. It
follows:
"Sergeant Carl G. Shew, coast artillery,
died November 15th, struck by train;
mother, Mrs. Nellie Shew, Brooklyn, N. Y.
I’rivate Marcellus S. Cobb, infantry,
died November 10th of broncho-pneumo
nia, mother, Mrs. Viola Cobb, Beakland,
Maine.
Private, first class, Howard E. Raw
lings, headquarters company, died No
vember 14th, of broncho-pneumonia,
emergency address, Floyd Vader, friend,
Warner, N. Y,
Private Rex E. Blackwood, infantry,
died November 9th of natural causes.
His father is E. M. Blackwood of West
Pembroke, Maine.
HILL FEATURED.
At Armory Flail, on Friday evening,
Headquarters team of the 109th Infantry
defeated Co. I, 110th Infantry, at basket
ball by the score of 29 to 23. The feature
of the game was the fast work of Harry
Hill, fiormerly of State League Club,
Pittsburg, Pa.
PRAISESCAMPS
Governor Brumbaugh issued a state
ment declaring that as a result of his visit
to six camps where there are Pennsyl
vania soldiers he could assure the people
of Pennsylvania that their sons in nation
al service are “under careful supervision
and display commendable interest, even
enthusiasm for training they are receiv
ing. The governor commends the water
supply, sanitary arrangements, barracks,
clothing, food and other arrangements.
He visited Fort Oglethorpe and Camps
Gordon, Hancock, Lee, Meade and Sher
man.
The governor says he was particularly
impressed by the fact that the men use
the Y. M. C. A. rooms in large numbers
daily and highly commends the associa
tion’s work at the camps.
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