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Dec. 5, 1917.
Sports and Recreational Activities at Camp
GEO. R. FLEMING, ASSOCIATE DI VISIONAL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
BATTALIONS PLAY
SCORELESS GAME
108th and 109th Machine Gun
Athletes Battle on Gridiron.
Game Replete With Thrills.
Teams representing the 108th and
109th Machine Gun Battalions played
a scoreless game on the 108th Bat;
taiion’s drill ground Saturdaj r after
noon.
During the second quarter the 108th
carried the pig skin to within fifteen
feet of the 109th Battalion's goal but
there they met a stonewall defense and
were unable to' push the ball across for
a count. Forward passes were used at
frequent intervals, netting both sides
substantial gains.
It was the first appearance of the
109th team in a game and they did re
markably well with but a few hours of
signal practice.
109th M. G. Eh. Co “B” 108th M. G. Bn.
LlyeTMall
Right End.
Wills Gehis
Right Guard.
Litzenberger Price
Right Tackle.
Klump Shuker
Center.
Aston Reinhart-Spickler
Left End.
Myers > Hawk
Left Guard.
Smith Johnson-Smith
Left Tackle.
Stephens.. .. Eisenbrown
Quarter Back.
Shertzer .. .. Schweiger
Righ Half Back.
Hagan Bush
Left Half Back.
Kall Alison
Full Back.
Referee, Captain Gilford, 107th M. G.
Battalion.
Time Keener, Marks, Co. “B” 108th
M. G. Battalion.
Hime Keeper, Sergeant Fohn, Co.
"C” -109th M. G. Battalion.
109TH F A HOLDS
OPPONENTS SCORELESS
The 109th Field Artillery boasts of
one of the strongest football teams in
the division, not having been scored
upon to date and playing some of the
best teams in this section. The team
has not been relieved from any c_’ their
military duties to , ractice and is made
up of material mo§t of which never
knew the game until a little over a
month ago- Their record so far in
games played is as folows:
Ammunition Try’ 0; 109th Artil
lery, 32.
Trench Mortar Battery, 0; 109th Ar
tillery, 36.
Battery E, 107th F. A.. 0; 109th Ar
tillery, 6.
Co. F, A ibulance Train, 0; 109th Ar
tillery, 26.
Battery B, 107 ht F. A., 0; 109th Ar
tillery, 35. .
The team is being coached by Lieut
Edward Brown, former athletic in
structor at the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., high
school and is managed bv Sergeant D
B Thomas, Headquarters Company
and captained by First Sergeant Her
bert T. Hughes, Battery C.
Any teams in the division wishing
games cai. arrange for same through
Lieut. Brown, athletic director of the
regiment or through Sergeant Thomas
Headquarters Company.
109th Artillery Glee Club.
A glee club, which is limited to a
double quartette and a small chorus
h s beem’formed in the 109th Field Ar
tillery and has participated in a num
ber of the church services of the regi
ment as w 11 as at several Y. M. C. A.
functions. The club is progressing
very nicely and is rapidly rounding into
shape under the instruction of L eut.
Edward Brown, Battery D, 109th F. A.
It is hoped that all singers in the reg
iment, whether they can read music or
not, will try for this club.
Married Men Will
Play Single Men
Colonel Williams, of the Ammunition
Train, and his ofifeers have organized
a series of five volley ball games, to be
played between the married and single
men. The losers of the series will pro
vide a supper for the winners.
FOOTBALL VICTIMS LESS
Football exacted a toll of twelve
victims during the 1917 season which
ended with Thanksgiving Day games,
The number was six less than in
1916 and four less than two years ago.
In 1914 there were 15 deaths.
BROKE ANKLE_PRACTICI IMG
Roy Hacker, Headquarters Company
109th Machine Gun Battalion, broke his
ankle while practicing on the basket
bail court Saturday afternoon. His loss
is a blow to the San-Hqrs team, as
I’acker was one of the best men.
TRENCH AND CAMP
109TH F. A. DEFEATS
BATTERY 8., 107TH
In one of the scrappiest games seen
at Camp Hancock, the 109th Field A'r
tillery football team defeated Battery
B, 107th Field Artillery, on Thanks
giving Day, by the one-sided score of
34 to 0. A big crowd witnessed the
contest, which resulted in a number of
pensonal encounters. The 109th boys
were too much for Battery B, but the
latter showed great determination- and
spirit. The game was fast and furious
fro mthe start and those who were
present stated it was one of the best
they had ever seen.
Will Play The
Division Team
The phenomenal success of the foot
ball team of the 109th Field Artillery
has aroused keen enthusiasm among
lovers of the game. The team is un
usually strong and has not met with a
single defeat since being in camp, nor
have they been scored on. The 109th
fans are now looking forward to a
game between the 28th division team
and the 109th and if it can be ar
ranged, it will be an event worth see
ing. It is hoped that a definite date
will be set soon.
AMBULANCE SOCCER TEAM
WINS FROM 110TH INF.
Today (Sunday) the vanquishers of the
crack soccer team composed of English
Tommies. Ambulance Co. No. 2 of Ta
cony, Philadelphia, defeated a team corn
rosed of players selected from the 110th
Rergiment Infantry, by four goals to
nothing.
It was easily seen from the start that
Ambulance Co., had the better team and
during the first half, scored two goals
through the fine shots of Rooney, the
Gashing center-forward. Upon resuming
play, however. Ambulance team slack
< ned up somewhat but managed to ac
count for two more tallies through Roon
ey and Mason, this being the extent of
the scoring. We play this team a re
turn game on their field which is lo
cated on the Cavalry Drill ground. We
also expect a return game with the Eng-
Vsh Tommies in the near future. The
line-up:
Ambulance Infantry
Co. No. 2. Rgt. No. 110.
J. Weingard, -r.f.b. G. Westl.f.b.
T. Oxley .. .c.h.b. D. Boyd ...r.h.b.
J. Mason . ...0.1. C. Heller, . .].h.b.
H. Über i.l. W. Rooney ...c.f.
H. Rodgers ...i.r. C. Matchak. ..o.r.
Moss (goal) Jaconvellie .l.f.b.
Crompton ...r.f.b. Massare ...r.h.b.
Beaumont . .c.hb. Fransko . ...l.h.b.
Smith o.r. Alston i.r.
Callum c.f. Gregory 0.1.
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MANY BASKET BALL
COURTS IN USE
Athletic Director Fleming Ex
pects Three New Men Within
Week to Replace Physical
Directors Who Enlisted.
The statistical report of the activi
ties of the Army Y. M. C. A. along re
creational lines is necessarily omitted
from this week’s “Trench and Camp.”
Four assistants enlisting for service
and only two new men reporting has
seriously handicapped our work for the
past week.
We are expecting three additional
new men within the week and hope to
get the new organization on a working
basis in as short a space of time as
possible. New basket ball, foot ball,
and volley ball equipment is arriving
and being put into use.
Following is a list of the basket ball
courts in use almost continuously:
One at each Y. M. C. A. building.
One at 110th Infantry.
One at 107th Machine Gun Battalion.
One at 108th Machine Gun Battalion.
One at 109th Machine Gun Battalion.
One at Military Police.
One at Headquarters Signal Corps.
One at 103rd Engineers.
One at 103rd Ammunition Train .
One at 109th Field Artillery.
One at Motor Supply Company.
, GEO. R. FLEMING,
Associate Division Athletic Director.
Football Scores
At Atlanta: Tech 68, Auburn 7.
At Philadelphia: Pennsylvania 37; Cor
nell 0.
At Boston: Camp Devens 0; Newport
Navy Reserves 0.
At Chester: Pennsylvania Military 30;
Albright 0.
At Nashville: Vanderbilt 13; Sewanee
five.
At Birmingham: Alabama 6; Camp
Gordon 19.
At Carlisle: Jackcan 17; Bucknell 0.
At Baltimore: Johns Hopkins 0; Mary
land State 7.
At Columbus: Ohio State 28; Camp
Sherman Soldiers 0.
At Allentown; Muhlenberg 0; Ursinus 0.
At Lancaster: Franklin and Marshall
7; Gettysburg 0.
At Fort Riley: Illinois 28; Camp Fun
ston 0.
At Pittsburg: Pittsburg 28; Pennsyl
vania State 6.
At Richmond: Washington and Jeffer
son 14; Washington and Lee 0.
At Washington: Georgetown 27; Allen
town Ambulance Team 0.
At New York: Forham 35; Camp Up
ton 0.
FOOTBALL AT
FIELD BAKERY
The first and second sections of the
takers played a brilliant and fast game*
of football on the Quartermaster’s field,
resulting in a 6 to 0 victory for the sec
ond section. Among those to star in
th? contest were Lynch, Fleck and B.
Hardy for the losers, and Franklin, Dun
gey. Kiloran and Skelley for the winners.
Any f ekm desiring to meet with a strong
combination, communicate with Sgt.
Fleck, Field Babery 102. The line-up:
Ist Shift. 2nd Shift
B. Hardy Kiloran
Left end.
McCoy Skelley
Left tackle.
Given Callahan
Left guard.
Kcchesperger V. Hardy
Center.
Hay ■ Kelley
Right guard.
Stewart Bastian
Right tackle.
Aurand Schmehl
Right end.
Lynch Dungey
Quarterback.
Branca Bennett
Left halfback.
Croft Jameson
Right halfback.
Fleck Franklin
Fullback.
Touchdown. —Kiloran. Substitutions—
Metzger for Croft, Freeland for Stew
art,. Bastian for Schmehl. Riley for Bas
tian. Time of kuarters, 10 minutes.
Referee, Jacque, 110th Inf. Umpire, Reb
er, F. 8., 102. Heeadlinesman, Rogers,
F. 8., 102.
LIEUT. FREDLEY ARRANGES
VOLLEY_BALL SERIES
A series of Volley Ball contests be
tween teams from the various com
panies of the 109th Machine Gun Bat
talion has been scheduled by Lieut.
Fredley, inspector instructor of the bat
talion. In the first series teams pick
ed from different squads in each com
pany will compete. The winners of
that series will be matched against
teams from other companies in the
battalion.
DIX DEFEATED MEADE.
The Camp Dix football team defeated
Camp Meade on Saturday by the score
of 13 to 6. Camp Dix is at Wrights
town. N. J., and the team represented
the 311th Infantry. The Meade players
were from the 314th Infantry.
CAMP SHERMAN LOST TO W. & J.
Camp Sherman lost to the Washington
and Jefferson University team at To
ledo, Ohio, on Saturday, by the score of
7 to 0. Captain McCreight scored all
the spoints.
FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS.
H. C. Hamilton, the noted sport
writer, awards the Eastern football
championship to Pittsburgh; the I
South to Georgia Tech, and the West
ern to Ohio State.
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