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May 1 *
Sports and Recreational Activities at Camp
CO. B, THIRD P. 0. R.,
WINS AGAIN
Defeats Co. E By 6 to 3 Score
Henderson Twirls Great Game.
Jones Does Sensational Field
ing—Snappy Game.
After spotting the opposition a three
run lead in the opening inning of Sat
urday’s game, the Company B boys, set
tled down to business and emerged on
the long end of a 6-to-3 score.
< The game was very Interesting through
out, being replete witli good pitching and
fast fielding. Hesse started,on the mound
for Nelson’s team but gave way to Hen
derson with one out in tho initial stanza.
From then on it was a pitchers’ battle,
with Henderson being the better in the
pinches. Barto also twirled a good game,
whiffing eleven batters, but failed to re
ceive the sensational support accorded to
his opponent.
Johnny Jones, the speedy short fielder
of Co. B. was the big noise in the field,
accepting fourteen chances without an
error, several of them ebing on balls that
were ticketed for safe hits. The other
members of both teams performed in a
creditable way, each team being charged
with but two misplays.
Jones and Thorngren —were Nelson’s
leading sluggers each poling out a double
and a single. Ward, Wilson and Barto
led with the stick for Co. K, Wilson being
credited with two twosackers. ward a
three-baser and a single and Barto a
double and single.
The game was undoubtedly the fastest
and most exciting which has been staged
in the ordnance camp. Incidentally Co.
B. still remains undefeated, having won
all four games played. Manager Nelson
sure has a snappy bunch of ball tossers
who are always sure to give a good ac
count of themselves regardless of the out
come of the game.
The line-up:
Co. B Martin, cf.: Bishop, 2b.; Jones,
ss.; Thomas, 3b,;, Wilson, c.; Lustbadcr,
Ib,; Ray, rs.; Thorngren, If.; Hesse, p •
Henderson, p.
Co. E.—Levinson, lb.; Murr, 3b.; Ward,
ss.; Wilson, 2b.; Barto, p.; Sisk, If.; Wild,
rs.; Klop, c.; Vowles, cf.
Score by innings: RHE
8 200 003 01*—6 10 2
Co. E3OO 000 000—3 7 2
Summary: Three”base hit. Ward. Two
base hits. Wilson (2), Barto. Jones,
thorngren. Struck out, by Barto 11 by
Henderson 5. Bases on balls, by Hesse
1. by Henderson 3.- Stolen bases,'Thomas
(2). Sacrifice hit, Jones. Sacrifice fiv,
Nelson (2). Left on base, Co R 4 Co
E 8. Time, 2 hours. Umpires, Wolff and
i ohalem.
A CLEAN SLATE
FOR_COMPANY B
In the intercompany league of the Third
Provisional Ordnance Regiment, Co. B
still remains undefeated. On Wednesday.
Manager Nelson's boys maintained a per
fect standing by defeating Co. F by tho
one-s.ded score of 20 to 8. Although the
game rather farcical it was replete
with clean hitting and interesting
throughout.
There were several bits of sensational
fielding, the nttist outstanding one being
fhird Baseman Thomas' (of B) play on
< onen s liner in the last inning l , Jack go
ing in the air and spearing the ball with
one hand and thereby ending the game.
Score by innings: RHE
Co. 8003 325 34‘-r-20 19 0
Co. F. .103 031 000— 8 15 9
Batteries—Co. B, Martin. Kelliher and
Nelson; Co. F, Brown. Kinch. Kurch and
Arcon and Kurch. Time, 2:25. Umpires
Stahl z and Johnson.
GAME FIGHTER NEVER
TAKES A KNOCKOUT
“A game fighter never takes a knock
out.” sa’d Jimmy Dunn, manager of
Johnny Kilbane, feather champ, and
Kid Wolfe, bantam star, at a little fight
fanning bee recently, and when several
present prepared to give him an argu
ment Dunn went on to explain just how
he meant it.
”1 won't say that a game fighter never
takes a knockout—but hardlv ever. I
am sure that a big per cent, of the kayos
w see in the ring are not real knock
outs at all. A fighter that is thoroughly
game at heart will pull through the rough
est sort of a beating before he will re
fuse to get up from the floor on the
count.
"Once in a great while you will see a
* k. o. that is the real thing, but that sort
is the result of a very fast and accurate
ly timed blow that lands exactly on the
right spot. And if the proper amount of
steam is behind it the recipient will not
be “dogging it” when he doesn't get up
before the count of ten. In fact, he is
not likely to get up for quite a few more
seconds thereafter.
“But when I say that game fighters
never take a knockout I mean that they
are never put away in the fashion that
is quite, common in boxing. A game
fighter that knows anything about box
ing at all will usually be able to keep on
his feet through the round even though
the waves are dashing high and with the
rest between rounds he conies back with
a fair chance to even up later. Unless
his opponent is much better or smarter
a fighter knows that he has probably
worn himself down quite a lot in his ef
forts to put over the finishing wallop.
4 I ve watched the fight game for many
”ars and I believe there is every truth
in what I have said. Most of the’knock
outs you see are merely cases of too
much discouragement and not enough
real gameness. The boy that is takiifg
a lot of punches begins to tire under
them and feels that he’d rather have
the thing come to a dose. So that when
an unusually stiff punch comes his way
he ‘takes a dive’ and stays on the mat a
while."
TRENCH AND CAMP
Casey’s Comeback
(By Herman L. Schick.)
The Mudville fans were sick and sore
for many a summer day
And through the gloom in Mudville town
there shone no cheering ray.
For the theme of every gossip, the talk
in every hall.
Was how the mighty Casey had failed
to hit the ball.
And Mudville scorned the mighty man
who failed to win the fray.
They found their golden idol was made
of common clay;
They called him every epithet their scorn
could conjure up.
And everybody shunned him from the
mayor to the pup.
That same old club came back one day
that beat the Mudville nine,
That same old pitcher graced tho slab
and smiled a smile benign.
The Mudville fans looked on aghast and
'twas with aching heart,
For Mudville veterans didn't have a look
in from the start.
The bSseball battle fiercely raged beneath
a scorching sun.
And in the last half of the ninth the
score stood two to none;
Then Flynn again hit safelv, to the won
derment of all.
And Blake again lambasted the leather
from the ball.
Five thousand shouting fans went wild
and beat (the torrid air.
Pop bottles showered the ground like
rain and gleamed like diamonds there.
They flashed the message to the town,
where whistles screamed like sin.
And e'efri the church bells started loose
and swelled the deafening din.
In the coacher’s box the manager pranc
ed wildly up and down,
He challenged nations to a fight, he
blessed the good old town.
He yelled and whistled, pawed the air.
and gave the tango dance.
And then he stood as petrified—for now
was Casey's chance!
Hie eye shot toward the mourner's bench
where lonely Casey sat,
His cap pulled deep ’upon' his face his
teeth sunk in his bat.
He saw the fire in Casey’s eve—he saw
his look of hale—
And then in accents hoarse and harsh
he called him to the plate.
ATHLETIC REPORT FOR
WEEK ENDING APRIL 27
Following is a statistical report for
week ending April 27, 1918, of outdoor
■
No. No. No.
Games Partici- Specta-
~ pants tors
Setting up drills ..102 7113 100
Baseball no j 70l 4950
Basketball 91* 1314 jqr.
Vollayball 351 5049 539
Pushball 1 90 50
Tug of War lii 497 499
Boxing.. , 59 118 4)()0
Soccer 15 255 320
Playground Ball ..118 15.30 70
Medicine Ball .. ..’2.3- 389 r
Mass Athletics . . 12 79 59
Tennis 10 ig 59
Company Games ..103 . 10580 100
H uol !' s w- 64 234 <?00
Bomb Throwing .. 5 10 r.o
Tumbling .3 44
Foot Balj 9 234 '35
Social Games .... 4 43 49
Total HU 29345 11560
SOUSA AGAIN PRESIDENT
OF TRAPSHOOTERS’ ASS’N
Lieut. John Philip Sousa. U. S. A., for
the third time has been chosen as presi
dent of the American Amateur Trap
shooters' Association. Lieutenant Sousa
was the first president of the association.
Other officers selected to aid the fa
mous bandmaster in his effort to make
the A. A ,T. A.' the national body for
trapshooters are Dr. Horace Betts of Wil
mington, Del., first vice president; Ralph
L. Spotts of New York City, second vice
president: Edwgrd H. Morse of Hartford,
Conn., third vice president; Harold A
Knight if Syracuse, N. Y., secretary, and
L. W. Hutchins of New York, genera'
manager.
Dr. Betts is the only officer besides
Lieutenant Sousa who has been connected
with the organization since its inception.
Ralph Spotts is the former American
champion at 200 targets and one of the
best shots in the country, and E. 11.
Morse is treasurer of the Hartford Gun
Club and a high type of sportsman. Mr.
Hutchins is the former editor of Outdoor
Life.
ORDNANCE ATHLETICS
The provisional companies in the Ord
nance Training Camp have athletic offi
cers appointed who are already intro
ducing the Camp Hancock athletic pro
grams. Volley ball and many forms of
informal games are being used to give
the boys involuntary exercise and recre
ation.
Some very good talent in boxing is also
showing up in'that section of camp. The
boxing rings at Y buildings 77, 78 and 79
are in use several nights each week, giv
ing these men places to keep in trim in
the manly art of self-defense. All inter
ested are urged to get in touch with ath
letic officers and to sign up for bouts.
And from five thousand throats or more
there rose a dismal groan,
The faces in the stands went white, th!
bleachers gave a moan—
A moan that had the sadness of the black
and awful pit.
For Casey—he who lost that game—was
asked to get a hit.
But Casey grimly grabbed his bat and
at the plate he stood.
The pitcher smiled, the catcher laughed
behind his wiry hood.
And Casey’s face went red with wrath,
and then grew deathly pale.
For once he knew how feels the dog with
a tin can at his tail.
The first one over was too wide, but tho
umpire called it “fair,"
(He ought to have been flayed alive- ami
roasted then and there.)
The second one was far too low. but the
umpire yelled “Strike tiew!"
And 'round the soul of Casey the air
grew strangely blue.
A deathlike stillness gripped the fans, and
e'en the groans bad died;
There were no cheers for Casey now, but
only "Drat his hide!”
And again the pitcher loosed the ball,
and again—But what was that?
It sounded like the crack of doom—but
it came from Casey's bat!
Ten thousand eyes thjn saw the ball, as
if it had been shot
From out some rifled cannon’s mouth—
and it traveled sizzling hot.
It swirled aloft o’er center field into the
sky's clear blue—
It rapidly became a speok, then vanish
ed from the view.
And then five thousand throats loosed
up and yelled like men gone mad—
Ten thousand arms waved furiously and
hats went to the bad.
And from tho farthest bleachers to thu
grandstand’s swellest guy—
They wept and laughed atid cussed and
blest till all their throats went dry.
Oh, somewhere in our baseball land the
shadows thickly fall.
The winds are sighing somewhere and
somewhere hangs death's pall—
And somewhere liearts are breaking and
towns are rest of fame,
But there's no gloom in Mudville, for
Casey won the game!
RECREATIVE SPORTS
HOLD HIGH INTEREST
AT ARTILLERY QUARTERS
Any time of day the different men of
the Artillery companies may be seen out
learning the complications of Volley ball.
They find that there is a lot more exer
cise in the game than one would think at
first sight. As a rule players are apt to
judge a game too quickly. This seems
especially true of Volley Ball. Serving,
returning tlie-ball, or playing it to a team
mate, and working it back over tho not
to the opposing side,' requires a good bit
of activity and skill. Among the officers
and men of the 107th, 108th, ami 109th
Field Artillery Regiments this game is
being developed into one of the major
sports with lots of competition and good
fun.
Volley Ball. Baseball, Bull in the Ring,
and other informal games are being used
to a great extent during the rest periods
while the men are bn the* drill fields. This
stunt is coming to be a common pro
cedure with many of the drill masters. In
all places where this program is put to
use the games are very surely proving
their worth. The Tug-of-War rope is
also being used to a large extent in the
same capacity ami is also making good.
The men in the Trhpch Mortar Battery
have been pulling themselves into good
physical fitness with the rope.
Boxing among the Battery Boys has
made good along with these other sports.
In C Battery Tommy O'Toole is at pres
ent playing the star role as he has been
an expert, with the gloves for years. He
has picked out of the company several
other clever boxers and arranged many
interesting bouts. Elmer James and Kid
Phillips are among the fast lot of fighters
out that way and are willing and ready
to meet and comers of their weights.
Wednesday night some fast bouts will be
staged at Building 231 with these boys.
CO. B WINS_ FROM CO. I
Manager Nelson Will Try to
Accommodate Any Teams
Desiring' Games.
Co. B won the second game in the
Third Provisional Regimental League, de
feating Co. I very decisively by the score
of 20 to 3. Martin pitched a very good
game for Co. B, allowing seven scattered
hits. The feature, of the game was the
heavy batting by Co. B. Nelson and Jones
poling the ball for four bases and 'Bishop
and Ginot each making a threebagger.
In all, Co. B hit for 29 bases.
Co. B has a very fast team and is very
anxious to meet the strongest teams in
the camp. If any teams /lesiro games no
tify Manager S. M. Nelson, Co. -B, Third
Provisional Regiment, Ordnance Training
Camp, and they surely will be accommo
dated if possible.
BOXING TO BE BIG
TEN-COLLEGE SPORT
It is probable that the manly are of
self-defense—boxing—will soon become
one of the major sports In the Western
colleges. At a recent meeting of the
Western Intercollegiate Athletic Asso
ciations the advisability of the project
was discussed in full and very satisfac
torily, and a 'meet committee was ap
pointed to investigate how boxing could
best be brought into the college sport
curriculum.
AMBULANCE TRAIN
DEFEATS 10 BTHF.A.
Scoi’e 9 to 5, Winners Claim
Championship of Division
Sunday afternoon before a large crowd,
the Ambulance Baseball team defeated
the 108th Field Artillery. The 108th had
heretofore claimed the Divisional
Championship, whichc laim was disput
ed by the Ambulance Company. The
superiority was definitely settled when
the ambulance team batted around in
the fourth inning and drove Ropperer
out of the box. They have now won
thirty-two games and have not lost any.
defeating the Hospital Companies,
Quartermaster Corps. 109th Field Artil
lery. 111th Infantry and 108th Field Ar
tillery. The 108th Field Artillery have
beaten the rest of the contenders, so
with this victory the Ambulance Com
panies ..claim the championship of.the 28th
Division.
McHaffie had the Artillery team at his
mercy at all times, striking out sixteen
men and nine out of the first twelve that
score 8 to 1 2 T oward ," le en d. "ith the
score 8 to 2, he eased up. Carroll Fow
®R. aad Waddell l"d in hitting, fm- ArtL
lerj, struck out four times. Line up-
, 1 ? 8t ? Field Artillery. '
1 adget, 2nd; Rath, ss; Wadde’l Ist
lowers, s; Kristine. I; Hetzel m- Me'
Moutrie, 3rd; O'Dare, r; I;m„ ~
Brennen, p. -ivuppei, p,
rum. Ambulance Companies.
Liulwig st UH}? C £ rr °,"' 3d - 112th;’
James s' pith th i : «s. 112th
h.iiuch, s, iizth, Lydic, I 111th • ivn
• a Tr>th- r« th: Bennett - Lll lib.’ Stitt’
U2tK t Carey ’ *"■ 112th; McHaffie, p,
Score: , T
108th Artillery R ’ r H ;. ’’2
Ambulance Co.’s
Shooting Is a Sport
That \Vill Always
Te Popular
It is the One Pastime That
Knows No Age Limitations
The One Form of Recreation
in Which the Veteran Holds
His Own.
Throughout the ages the snort of
forT o n r e ot h a e S r bCen
Mt^hat^heVsh 1 ' Wii " Peol>le
in tim: t or^a^° Uld PrePa,e wa >-
alvw/vs P i Illp llnat shooting has
always been popular ibis m ..
e -r'i \ 1,0 limit Io skill with the
rifled tube and the polished bore
can J< OnK i as the ma,e of lhe species
beeches or hp “ t lad ir >
whiXs. &n ° Wy " air and
Best flhots are Veterans
lho°n V s the best Shots a,fJ wav past
ii ■ ‘’ r afie li,nit and their names
winners
i<eS
ha V a e re to° f g?’ e faC f
in his particular line. One of tho
is tl"rflm P lT a J S V? 1 footing ma tel
n from you. that °' d age cannot ta '<*
tia^i s th f a r e e t. iS P,enty l ° SUbstan -
Take, for instance, the All-American
Trapshooting Team. This group of
men, six in number, made a trip
abroad in 1901 and in a series of
matches with the best teams that the
other countries could produce, they
never met defeat. Seventen years
have lapsed and every one of the six is
still rated as a top notcher!
The gray-haired baseball player is
th exception, but you often see the
grayhaired man at the traps compet
ing with his son and frequently his
grandson.
Take up shooting in some form, for
it is a sport that yon can stick to with
the assurance that you will always
enjoy it and that your skill will slay
with you until the age when nothing
remains of life but a host of pleasant
recollections.
CO. B HAS FLYING
START IN LEAGUE
Co. B .of the Third Provisional Regi
ment, Ordnance Training Camp, has got
ten away with a Hying start in the newly
formed regimental baseball league. With
other victories, Co. B defeated Co. A,
9-2, in a very well played game. Hender
son pitched a very steady game for < 'o.
B and at no time was he in danger. The
fielding and hitting of Jones was the feat
ure ot the game.
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