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April 17.
Sports and Recreational Activities at Camp
THROWING HAND
GRENADES IS FAVORITE
SPORT OF FRENCHMEN
Records Kept and Competitions
Are Arranged Frequently,
Practice is Greatly En
couraged By Officers.
Throwing hand grenades has become a
favorite sport among- French infantry
men and its practice is greatly encour
aged by the officers says the Associated
Press. JI ■•ords are kept and competitions
arranged frequently among.the men of th
various units and rivalry in skill has
reached a high point. A good grenadier
must be strong, accurate and quick. It
has been' found by the instructors that
any man of normal physical capacity may
fulfill these conditions.
The leading promoter of efficiency in
hand-grenade throwing in the French
army is a naval man, Lieut. Hebert, who
even before 'he war was well known
throughout ' ance as an expert on ath
letics. In fact, it was he who founded
the University of Athletics in the vicinity
of Rheims. where boys were scientifically
trained in all branches of sports.
Lieut. Hebert has compiled records of
tong throws. Among them are many .re
ports of remarkable ones, which are'in
terest irtg to ball players in the Ameri
can army, who after their training per
iod is over, may find time to enter some
of the competitions now being arranged
for soldiers of al! the allied armies. Some
of the longest distances are:
Private Lebrun of the 79th infantry
regiment, 220 feet in one direction, 203
, i nthe other direction, an average of
211 feet 6 inches.
Private Bacnacou of the 18th infantry
regiment. 210 feet 11 inches in one,direc
tion, 202 feet 7 inches in the other, an
average of 206 feet 9 inches.
The grenade, thrown weighs 1 pound
and 2
throws are made in opposite directions
and the average distance is credited to
the thrower. Thus no competitor ob
tains any advantage from the lav of the
ground.
Other competitions take account of the
accuracy of the throw and of the speed
with which the grenades arc thrown. The
best performance registered hitherto in
this latter competition is tliat of Private
Aptel, of tlie 49th infantry regiment who
in one minute, threw 44 grenades w ith
which l.e made 27 direct hits at a dis
tance of 75 feet on a target about f
feet high by 6 feet wide.
PUSH BALL SPORT
IS FULL OF “PEP”
Good Recreation, Interesting
to Play, Amusing to Watch.
Grows Popular.
Push Ball lias made good. It has add
ed more '•pep” to our recreation than
any single addition to our equipment i
is more interesting to watch than foot
ball and more amusing incidents arise
in five minutes than is produced by
clowns in a regular circus oi two hours.
In the 107th 1* leld Artillery, one man
Clinging to the ball, was roiled clear over
n. on to the head of the opposing players
much to their discomfort, nt the field hos
pital the ball suddenly bounced out of
the crowd directly on to the neck of an
interested spectator who immediately lost
interest in the proceedings. The first
thing he said was, "Get his number."
Getting hit by the ball unawares is like
S' 111 ? a Military Policeman. With
the ball being pushed along the ground
one man conceived the idea of laying
down under it to get it started up in the
air. Ihe scheme worked. The ball rose
in Ute air and about 40 men fell over the
man on the ground.
If you want some real strenuous exer
r ise ask your Y. M. C. A. building phv
sical director, what days the ball is
scheduled to be at your building. Then
get together and be there too. From
fifty lO one hundred men on a team will
get good results.
JIU JITSU LECTURE;
TOMMY O’TOOLE BOXES
Wednesday night was a big night for
the boxing and wrestling fans at Build
ing 23L
Ur. Knowles of Augusta struck a popu
lar chord with his lecture on physical
culture anil what it would do for a mar
After the lecture he demonstrated some
of the holds in Jiu Jitsu.
After the lecture six fast boxing and
wrestling matches were pulled off.
Tommy O’Too! of the clever little boxer
from E. Battery of the 109th Field Artil
lery boxed three bouts with three dif
ferent lads.
Tommy is in a class by himself and kept
things moving but did not take advantage
if the boys he worked out with. He would
stick his head out and stop a fast ont
every once in a while but it was impos
sible for them to knock the good natured
smile, that he always wears, from his
face.
PENN, STATE ELECTS
TRACK TEAM CAPTAIN
State College, Pa.—William 11. Ganze
mullcr. Penn State’s national sprint
champion, today was elected captain of
the Blue and White track team. He
succeeds Larry Shields, holder of state’s
half-mile and mile records, who with
rdew from college to enter military serv
ice. Captain-elect Ganzemuller is a
member of the junior class in the school
of engineering. He is one of three let
ter men remaining in Coach Martin’s
track squad. Krall, the quartermiler,
and Jeffries, a jumper, are the other two
veterans on hand.
TRENCH AND CAMP
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PATRIOTS
Report of Physical Department
of “Y” For Week Ending
April 13th
Setting up drills 52 40000 ■
■ Baseball 151 3695 3175
Basketball 138 1724 238
Volley ball 226 2836 125
Push ball 2 450 25
Recreation 2 11 200
Boxing 65 132 1500
Soccer 15 437 60
Playground ball 15 497 100
Medicine ball 69 1215 90
Mass athletics 62 385 300
Games 59 8500 100
Quoits 21 56 25
Wrestling 1 2 400
Tumbling 3 10 100
Social games 3 10
Totals ~... ,887 23960 6738
TWILIGHT LEAGUE
SCHEDULE 112TH INF.
COMPANY TEAM SCHEDULE
TWILIGHT LEAGUE.
Company II vs. Hdq. on April 18.
Company G vs. M.G. on April 18.
Company E vs. Sun. on April 19.
Company F vs. San. on April 19.
Sanitary vs. Company E on April 22.
Supply vs. Company F on April 22.
Hdq. vs. Company G on April 23.
M. G. vs. Company I-I ‘on April 23.
Company A vs. Company I on April 25.
Company B vs. Company K on April 25.
Company C vs. Company L on April 26.
Company I) vs. Company M on Aiiril 26.
Company K vs. Hdq. on April 29.
Company M vs. Sanitary on April 29.
Company L vs. Supply on April 3(1.
Company t vs. M. G. on April 30.
Company H vs. Company A on May 2.
Company E vs. Company D on May 2.
Company F vs. Company C on April 3.
Company G vs. Company B on May 3.
BASEBALL CHALLENGE
Battery f the 109th Field Artillery
challenge., any baseball team in camp.
Send all acceptances of this challenge to
C. A. Bierce, Physical Director, Bldg. 231.
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American soldiers passing through their own barbed wire on their way to the German tre ches. r i he Amer
ican artillery hits destroyed tiie enemy barbed wire defenses, and the boys are leaving for the attack.
TO THE BOYS OF COMPANY
“A,” 11 ITH INFANTRY
Here’s to the boys of old Pa.,
Our loyal soldiers of Company "A"
They are going over to France
To teach tile Germans how to dance.
On each the Captain can depend
To serve his country to the end,
Oh, they will have the beast at bay—
But over the top goes .Company “A."
For under their coats of khaki hue
Beats the heart of democracy true.
The Central Powers we are going to
slay,
This is the slogan of Company “A.”
—By Miss E. M.‘ Pallor.
PITCHERS’ BATTLE IN
HARD FOUGHT GAME
~’ l ’ l J e Ka , m f played Sunday between the
111th and the 112th Infantry was a pitch
ers battle with Hart of the 112th having
the big end in his favor. The attend
ance was the largest of any game played
on the 112th drill grounds. Line-up and
score totals follow:
112th Infantry 111th infantry
Kelley, if. Andrews, vs.
Hartung, cf. !' rad T y ‘u P ’
, Cunningham, cf.
J ilesshifter, rs. McKenney, 3rd b.
Montgomery, 3db. Lohrman, 2nd b.
Baker, 2db. Langford, c.
Lehman, lb. Doust, e.
Gardner, ss. Haley, If.
Whitstone, e. Lahner, rs.
Hart, p. Hart. Ist b.
Ab. R. H. Po. A. E. Ab. R. H. Po. A. E.
33 3 9 27 13 I 32 1 6 24 12 4
Struck out by Hart, 12. Hit by pitched
bail. Montgomery.
' Struck out by Bradley, 7.
FIRE DESTROYS
ZEP FACTORIES
Zurich, April 15. —The Zeppelin fac
tories at Mamzell, near Frledrichshaven,
were destroyed by fire Saturday night, it
learned here today.
BOXING SHOW
AT THE BALL PARK
Wadsworth Ring Men to Go
Against Hancock Boxers. ■
Billy Armstrong, boxing director at
Camp Hancock, has completed
ments for a boxing show at the Augusta
ball park tonight in which Cainp Wads
worth men will be pitted against Han
cock ring artists. Billy, who has been in
Spartanburg the past couple of days con
ferring with Frank Moran, the noted
heavyweight who has fought Willard and
Johnson, and who is now boxing director
at Camp Wadsworth expects some real
live boxing.
The main event will be a s : x-round
decision bout between Mike Ponovan, one
of file cleverest middle weights in Amer
ica. and Jackie Clark, whom Hancock men
believe can hold his own with' any mid
dleweight in the country. Jimmy O’Day
and Jack Cuddv will mix it up for ten
rounds. Harry Kilburn and Kid Diamond
for eight rounds, while Tom Walsh and
Knockout. Brown, two sturdv hc:r'’v
weights, will stage a G,-round go. The
men chosen to represent both llancoc'-
and Wadsw< rth are the pick of their
class at the respective camps.
Frank Moran will accomnany the Soar
tanburg boxers •to Augusta. The pres
ence in the citv of this star pugilist will
be quite an event in sporting circles.
TEACH SWIMMING
New Haven, Conn. —Every sailor in the
various training stations throughout the
country is to be taught to swim as a
military requirement, according to plans
announced today by Walter Camp, gen
oral director of navy athletics of I lie
navy department commission on training
camp activities.
in a survey of the training stations.
Director Camp lias found that almost 50
per cent of embryo sailors arc unable
to swim. This condition, lie says, al
though alarming, is easily cxp’ained in
asumch as most of the men hive had
little opportunity in this direction as
they have come from communties and
cities where facilities for aquatic sports
are not available.
Two methods are being employed in
the naval stations in teaching the sail
ors to swim. One is in the water, the
natural way, and the other is on dry
land. To a novice the idea of a man
learning to swim on land wou'd seem
ridiculous but it lias proved to lie one
of the best means of conditioning the
men for the course in water instruction
that follows, and completes their train
ing.
"Swimming is one of the' few exer
cises that tend toward a finer ard more
uniform physical development,” Director
Camp declares. “It produces a clear
cut and supple body where other sports
only develop a part of it. In addition,
swimming stands almost without a rival
as a lucrative sport, for where is the
man who doesn't prefer a plunge in the
surf to any other form of recreation on
a hot summer’s day?”
"Every sailor should be .taught how
to swim." Director Camp concludes, “ft
is imperative. A sailor who doesn’t
know how to swim is like a carpenter
who doesn't know how to use a ham
mer.”
FACTS ABOUT AUGUSTA.
United States Weather Bureau's
statistics showing the wonderful clim
ate of Augusta, Ga.
EXCELS THE RIVIERA.
The follow'ng figures compiled by
E. D. Emigh, local forecaster of
Un ted States Weather Bureau, speaks
columes for the healthful and favor
able climate of Augusta and vic’nity.
For the winter months the aver
age temperature at Augusta is nor
mally 43 degrees, the highest daily
temperature averages 53 degrees and
the lowest 39 degrees. Records below
*2O degrees are infrequent and records
below 10 degrees very seldom occur.
There is an average of 2,321 hours
of sunshine during the year, or sixty
three per cent, of the possible amount.
Further information can be gleaned
from the accompanying table.
SUNSHINE PERCENTAGE.
January 51
February 55
March 62
April 65
May 66
June 69
July 66
August 69
September 70
October 71
November 69
December 53
Year 63
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