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May 8
Sports antißecreational Activities at Camp
108THF.A.WINS
FROM JACKSON TEAM
Game Played at Camp Jackson
While Artillery Regiment was
on Hike. Brilliant Game, 1 to
0 Score.
Talk about your worlds series! There
Ttever was a world’s series game that
could approach that game between Han
cock and Jackson which was played Tues
day afternoon, April 30th.
As soon as the 108th Regiment got into
Camp Jackson on their hike, they chal
lenged the Jackson team and through
Chaplain MacFetridge a game was soon
arranged. The game started at* 6 p. m..
with Powers and Hetzel as batterymen
for tlie 108lh and from the start the game
was a nip and tuck affair. The game dis
closed some real inside baseball and the
first three innings were largely one, two,
three affairs. In the fourth inning, how
ever, through the strategy of the man
ager. Chaplain MacFetridge. the 108th
squeezed a run over the pan, which was
enough to win the game.
Os course the best team won. but it was
a matter of doubt for some time as to
who was the best team, as the Jackson
team is clever. They know baseball and
plav it like professionals, and it was no
disgrace to bow to the 108th team as they
played like world's champions. A fly ball
to the outfield was just 1 he rolling the
ball down a sewer as Hie ca...eldeis look
care of all flvs in fine style. The infield
was a stonewall and could the 108th team
plav at this form all the time, it would be
a difficult manner to defeat them. The
score, oh yes, 1-0 favor Hancock.
B. RICHARDS.
REPORT OF ATHLETIC
GAMES FOR APRIL
No. No.
No. Partici- Specta-
Games. pants. tators.
Athletics 87 1.678 2.350
Baske' Ball 507 6,(27 1,926
Base Ball 541 11,223 15,816
Boxing 874 750 19,333
Setting up drills.. 322 12.848 260
Playground Ball * 182 3,471 485
Foot Bal! 60 982 785
Soccer .......... 55 1.580 680
Vollev Ball 1.392 17,806 994
Push' Ball 12 820 1.150
Wrestling 16 3- -’AI?
Medicine Ball .... 159 L..»15 34.
Gym Work + 50 200
Tumbling 7 23 4_.->
Social Gaines ... < -A *3O
Fencing 1 . 117 200
Bomb Throwing . 7 30 .>0
Gymnastic Games 168 19,150 100
Tennis 20 38 322
Tug of War 21 697 750
Shot Put 120 2,315 900
Quoits 161 550 250
Total ,4?322 83,424 49,629
BOXERS POSE FOR FILMS
USING BAYO.NET ‘GLOVES’
Films showing the relationship between
boxing and bayoneting and demonstrating
the methods of using the bayonet have
been prepared by the Commissions on
Training Camp Activities of the War and
Navy Departments and distributed for
exhibition in the various National Army
and National Guard cantonments and
naval stations to facilitate the education
of the soldiers and sailors along these
lines. • „
Noted Eoxers Pose.
.Tohnnv Kilbane, Benny Leonard. Im<‘._
McCoy and Janies J. Corbett posed for
the pictures, illustrating in detail the
proper wav of starting and landing the
different blows and how to put the full
force of the body behind them. Their
counterparts in bayoneting are demon
strated by Capt. James Donovan, of the
Canadian Army, who was instructor i”
bayonet fighting at Shornecliff. England,
Capt. Donovan spent 22 months tn the
trenches and was wounded at Ypres.
'.'Bavoncting is boxing witli a gun ir
your hands” is one of the expressive
subtitles of the film which afterward
shows Johnny Kilbane starting a left
hook for the head of Benny Leonard, and
Capt. Donovan using the same move
ments in sending his bayonet slashing
for tlie neck of an armed antagonist.
Similarity Clearly Shown.
The similarly between other blows in
boxing and bayoneting is also shown ir
the film. For Instance, a soldier using
a right hook to the jaw duplicates the
blow when he swings the butt of his guv
on the jaw of a foe. In addition, the
pictures make clear that a man who han
developed speed on his feet through box
ing has a decided advantage over his op
ponent in a duel with cold seeel..
COMPANY F, 103RD
TION TRAIN, DEFEATS
BASE HOSPITAL
In a lively game of baseball played on
Friday afternoon between the nine from
the Base Hospital and the nine from
Company F, of the 103rd Ammunition
Train, the latter team defeated tlie for
mer by a 2 to 1 score.. The game was
full of real class from start to finish,
victory being undecided till the last man
was out in «the ninth inning, making one
of the best games played so far in camp.
Following is the line-up:
Base Hospital. Co. F, 103rd Am. Tr.
Dwyer Webb
Shortstop.
Cobb Keltz
First Base.
Donohue Campbell
Left Field.
Howard Grusharper
Catch.
Butler Furman
Third Bage.
Stone Horan
Right Field.
Putman McCune
Second Base.
Kolp Smith
Pitch.
Lavoire Muldowney
Center Field.
TRENCH AND CAMP
CHESS AND WAR
By Sgt. T. Elmer Moon
119th Ord. Depot Co.
“One of the fascinations of chess is
its antiquity, it is the mental heritage
of the ages, and its lineage can be
traced to many peoples. The first
chronicle of a game occurs in the Bible
when Adam sacrificed a rib, to get
a mate.
Pieces were first made from bone,
and shaped pebbles; then came wood
ebony, and our present-day boxwood;
cards are nothing more than chess
men on paper, made to gratify a tired
Parisian court.
The first authentic record we have,
is from China, where the proto-type of
our modern structure and technique,
had its foundation, and goes back as
far as 2,000 years B. C. Japanehas a
modified forth, which is played on a
hundred squares (the butch game of
"Salta” is also played on the same
number of squares, and is an hybrid of
chess and checkers), then comes In
dia. where th- sacred white cow tvas
used as the symbol of that which
should be protected at all costs, cu
riously—and logically—it had the
greatest range; unlike our king of to
day which is restricted to one move in
any direction.
Then the merchants traveled east
ward, from the Hellas aizl Egypt,
and brought back exotic fruits and
cloths, so they also brought this pat
riarch of games, and by virtue of the
customs and conditions, peculiar to
their own country, made certain
changes in the positions and powers of
the pieces and pawns.
It remained for Persia, long before
Omar camouflaged Fate' in the guise
of the Grape; to give us our present
form of the great mental pastime. The
fable goes—A certain just king had
two sons, the elder who was to inherit
the throne was a capricious chap, who
liked nothing so well as wine, women
and song, he was an able fellow, but
would not settle down to this “king
business”; all the wise men had a
crack at him. but his ways could not be
changed: now the younger son was
not very intelligen. ,and was a crafty
guy, very domine.ering, and the people
were afraid that he would become the
ruler; however, the Tourt-fool asked
permission to ta';e the young man in
hand, everyone but the king laughed
at him, who, with much wisdom, and
not a little sarcasm, observed that if
the philosophers couldn't do anything
with him, certainly a fool could no no
less, nd bade him hit the high spots
on his errand.
Now the sport liked games; so the
fool set to work rtiaking a checker
board, and funny little pieces of wood;
enticed the prince into trying his hand,
and explained that it was a miniature
battlefield, where the king stood in
background and directed his minions
in the fight; at each end he placed
his castles, and next to them each, a
knight on horsesback (these things
the prince understood well) now no
one should ge into battle without the
aid of Spiritual help, so he placed next
to the knights, a bishop, and advice
of an adroit queen is not to be de
spised (even in a fight, she sometimes
succeeds where a man’s bravery would
not) so he placed her at the king’s side,
in front of all these eight pieces, he put
one foot-soldier (pawn) each. To make
the contest interesting, he gave the
enemy the same number and positions
of men and pieces, right here you can
see th eprinciple of modern warfare —
the staff and line—the line without the
staff is helpless to carry on, and the
staff without the line is useless.
A general figures his fighting power
in terms of men and mobility (other
factors enter into the computation also,
such as morale, which is in direct ratio
to the righteousness of a cause; and
stamina, Which is enthusiasm to .the
n’th power, a knowledge of the disposi
tion and strength of the enemy, and
terrain conditions) thus an excellent
analogy can be made between the dis
position and function of the chess
men, and actual battle conditions.
Fifst, in the front line trenches, are
the pawns, or foot-soldiers; defending
the more valuable pieces in their rear;
—a company of infantry runs out, P-K
4—protected by the big guns, imme
diately the e..emy engages with them
P-K 4—blocking his further progress;
then a machine gun is brought up B-B
4—with its deadly enfilaled fire; an
aeroplane soars over the lines Kt-K-
B 3—and attacks the advanced com
pany similarly, one flies out over
White’s vanguard, defending; Kt.- B
3—and the enemy place a machine gun
in a shell hole—-B-B 4, we attack his
defending company—Kt.-K B 3 —and
he defends—Kt.-Q B 3—a supporting
company goes half-way—P-Q 3—and
the enemy does likewise, undsr cover
of our infantry screen a machine gun
gets the range on the'enemy aeroplane
—B-Kt. s—is attacked by sharpshoot
ers —P-K R 3—retires to a concealed
position—B-KR 4 —still keeping a bead
on the flier) then the enemy similarly
bears on our aeroplane—B-K Kt s—is5 —is
sighted—P-K R 3 —and retreats to K-
R 4—headquarters shifts its position—
EVER Y AMERICAN SHOULD
KNOW HOWTO SHOOT
It Is Necessary That Every Soldier Know How to Shoot—and
Shoot Straight-—and It is of Vital Importance, Too, That
Those Who Are Not dn the Firing Line Should Learn to
Shoot.
( .BY PETER P. CARNEY,
(Editor National Sports Syndicate.>
“I want every American soldier to be
able to shoot.”
That sentence —brief and to the point—
is from the lips of the commander of the
American forces abroad—General John J.
Pershing.
Every American soldier should be able
to shoot—and shoot straight—and so
should every American. This feeling is
becoming more prevalent every day. The
Learn To Shoot idea is traveling fast.
The National Shooting Associations are
doing their utmost to encourage every one
to take up shooting as a means of re-'
creation and protection.- Quite naturally
the government approves.
Learn to Shoot.
Every boy and man in Switzerland
knows how to shoot and there is no valid
reason why every American should not
be able to shoot. It is compulsory that
the Swiss learn to shoot. A boy at the
ago c* seven is given a gun and taught
how to use it. Every one must serve
some time in the army: several weeks
each year, and in this period of time ono
demonstrates his fitness.
There is no need of compulsory legisla
tion on this point in the United States,
for Americans are fully awake to the
fact that they must. Learn To Shoot.
Knowing how to shoot is tlie best form of
preparedness. Since the advent of
America into the World War Home De
fense Guards have been formed in every
state; the National Rifle Association lias
taken a new lease on life and the trap
shooting clubs have become places of the
utmost importance. Working on the same
line as the Home Defense is the Na
tional Association of Shot Gun Owners.
In places the Home Defense Corps lias
been supplied with rifles, but in a great
number of places this auxiliary defense
has been equipped with shotguns. Shot
guns can be used more often because
long-distance shooting or heavy execu
tion at short range is unnecessary. New
York and Massachusetts Home Defense
Corps are fully equipped with shotguns.
The police in many cities have been sup
plied with riot guns and to be a member
of the National Association of Shot Gun
Owners it is necessary to own a gun and
have 50 rounds of ammunition.
Explode Grenades In Air.
Cattles —the Enemy's eyes see the man
euver, and counter —Castle —Now the
position is symmetrical, the only ad
vantage is—White hears the move, and
endeavors to force a weakness in the
defense.
There are various openings and de
fenses —those open and gambit games
for brilliant players, such as Danish,
Queen’s Gambit, Scotch Game, Centre
Game; and those close, calculating
games, such as Ruy Lopez and French
Defense—as Sydney Sharp, ex
champion of Perjnsylvania, says, “If
you play differently, you lose differ
ently,” but don’t play indifferently.
Chess is viewed by most people as
something bordering on the mysterious,
and that it takes a mathematical mind
to understand it—to those who think
so, can be given the advice-Edgar Al
len Poe gave to an egotistical versifier,
Siiouid Both Eyes Be Kepi
Open When Aiming at Target ?
It is hard to teach an old dog new
tricks, and that is the principal rea
son why many of our veteran sports
men who received their shooting edu
cation In the old school still follow
the habit of aiming with one eye and
closing the other.
As a matter of fact probably three
out of every four sportsmen, or 75 per
cent, use one only while the other 25
per cent use both eyes.
It is obvious that there must be a
decided advantage when both eyes are
open, when we consider the disadvan
tage of using a binocular for instance
with one eye closed. With one eye,
the field is necessarily smaller and the
view not nearly as clear as when both
eyes are used. •
If one has always kept both eyes
open while aiming a gun of any kind
there will never be any wish to take
up one-eye aiming. But should the
sportsman of the one-eye aiming habit
wish to change over to two-eye aim
ing he will find it rather difficult at
first owing to the fact that the brain
has been trained to register only what
one eye sees. This is usually referred
to as the "master eye,” not that it is
the stronger of the two, but because it
has been trained to function in this
way.
It may be said, therefore, that it one
has accustomed himself to the exclus
ive use of one eye in all shooting it
would be best to continue to aim as
heretofore. In the case of a new
shooter, however, it would be a dis
tinct advantage for him to start right
by using both eyes, thereby training
the brain to register the sight correct
ly from the s.art.
Charles Askins, an authority on the
subject, says:
“The style of aiming with both eyes
open may be exactly the same as with
one closed; that is. the gun is brought
up and there is a slight pause long
The main idea is to educate every one
to shoot before the government has to do
it. The government is now developing
shooting in its many branches. Rifles are
used exclusively in tlie trenches, but Ibis
may not always be the case. It has been
suggested that trapshooters be placed in
the front line trenches during the day
time to shoot at the break hand grenades
before they reach their destination.
This has been tried and it was found
that a good tra])shooter had no difficulty
in bagging the grenades and exploding
them in the air. There are upward of
100,000 trapshooters • in the National
Army. From this number General Per
shing and his staff should lie able to se
lect many first-class trap shots who
could step into the grsUline trenches and
with scatter guns play havoc with the
hand grenades thrown by the Huns. This
means that the shotgun will play an im
portant part in warfare in the future.
Learn to Shoot.
Getting down to brass tacks, we need
a c tizenry trained in arms. Tlie govern
ment realizes this—so does the groat in
dustrial establishments Tlie Western
Electric Company, the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, and the .Shipbuilding Cor
porations that are turning out the great
fleet for the government are firm believ
ers in having their employes know how to
handle flrmarms. There are 35 gun clubs
on the system of the Pennsylvania Rail
road. At nearly every one of the ship
yards will be found a regularly organized
gun club.
Trapshooting is qncouraged by these or
ganizations not only as a patriotic sport,
a means of recreation au.> a Healthful ex
ercise, lint as a duty that every one
should perform. Being able to shoot
means that one is better able to protect
himself, his home and his country.
The War Department is erecting 86
traps, purchasing one million targets a
week, and making trapshooting one of the
courses of instruction in the flying schools
and the military schools of aeronautics,
showed that it is giving considerable at
tention io the shotgun and its mission.
Traps are in use at all of the flyng
schools, where every pupil shoots at 50
clay targets each week, and at tlie mil
itary schools of aeronautics, as -well as
in some of tlie cantonments.
who remarked in a blase manner.
‘That writing poetry was very tedious,”
whereupon Poe observed, “Poetry is
difficult, only to those who should let
it alone.”
The writer agrees that one must
have a sense of strategy and tactics, to
become proficient in the game; but you
do not have to be a genius—as a mat
ter of sact —Napoleon, whom we con
cede to be a master of war, was a poor
chess-player, and would get violently
angry, dashing the piectss off the board
when anyone beat him; these contra
dictions frequently occur.
To those who work hard, physically,
chess is a splendid stimulant, your
body is quiet but your head is going
forty miles an hour; and to those who
work with their brain, chess is a di
version, and keeps their wits keyed up
to pitch.
enough for the eye to find the front
sight, which is then placed upon the
point of aim.
“The focussing of the eye upon the
front sight, however, will probably
not be so sharp as with one eye shut,
with the consequence that the vision
of the game will be less dimmed. The
man accustomed to aiming with, one
eye closed may find it best to teach
himself to shoot with both eyes open
while focussing upon the sight after
his •acquired fashion.
“However, this is not the favorite or
most effective mode of two-eye aim
ing. Modern wing shots have pro
nounced in favor the Carver method
of gun pointing. While this style of
shotgun aiming is of modern origin,
yet it is the oldest of all systems of
directing a missile. It was used by
the rock slingers, the spear throwers,
the dart casters, and was brought to
the greatest perfection by the long
bowmen .
“Shooting in this fashion, an Indian
will drive a penny from between a
split stick with half his shots at 50
feet or strike a running deer at 300.
and doubtless the Anglo-Saxon bow
men were much better shots than any
Indian.”
CO. H, 3RD PROV. REG.
WINS 11 INNING GAME
With the loss of several good ball play
ers, due to transfer. Company H trimmed
Company E in a thrilling 11-lnning game
last Wednesday afterriQon to the score of
7 to 6. McCanns hit to left field and
scored the winning run for Company H.
Wolthius pitched another good game for
Co. H. Barto pitched good ball for the
losers. i
Company H claims to have a regular
old-time league umpire in “Shorty” Coons,
the wild cook. “Shorty” was never known
to change a decision while umpiring ball
games. He has a “wonderful” voice, too.
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