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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. - I VW I | J V U V lit L L 2 333 Page 5