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Wednesday, Sept. 25.
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BASEBALL REVOLUTION
TO FOLLOW THE WAR I
Johnny Evors, Interviewed in
France, Says Old Regime is
Dead.
□y Edward M. Thierry.
(Paris Correspondent of the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.;
Paris.—Revjulutionary reorganization of
baseball Will be inevitable after the war
• —with major league teams recruited ex
clusively from men who have fought for
Uncle Sam in Era nee.
That is the radical statement made
to the N. E. A. representative in Paris
by .Johnny Evers for in any years a big
league star and member of several
world’s champion t< ants.
Evers is now in Erance, attached to
the Knights of Columbus verseas unit,
promoting baseball among American sol- 1
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! diers and teaching the French hw to play
| the American national game.
j "They say the soldiers of this war will
i he a power in politics back home after
its over." Evers said, "Quite likely—but
I put a bet down that the boys fighting
I o\ i r here will be the big power in the re
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w ill never be
j fore—the same old stars drawing fabulous
salaries. The game was received its
death blow till the war is over- and won
for democracy. And the big league stars
of the future and of the minor leagues,
too, of course- are the doughboys playing
here with in the sound of the guns, In the
rest and recuperation camps and in the
innumerable American military centers
scattered over France.
"Boys never heard of in baseball are
goihg back home not only with bright
military records, but possessors of base
ball fame earned in games snatched be
tween battles
"I’d almost be willing to bet that after
the war the baseball fans in the major
and minor league circuits will hoot off
the fTJHd any player, no matter how good,
if he can’t show that he’s done his bit
lor Uncle ~Sa mV*
Evers' opinion was born of his survey
of conditions here of the spirit of the men
in the American army, of their continued
interest in the game aHKexhibited in their
own games here, and of their candidly
expressed approval of the suspension of
professional baseball in thes tates for the
duration of the war.
Every regiment has its baseball team
and In Paris the troops stationed in or
I near the capital league season—the Paris
; league—which ended late in August. The
I season ended with eighteen teams m>t. of
thirty that started, the others having
been compelled to withdraw because of
troop movements.
At the outset. French army commanders
sent men to watch the games with the
view of introducing baseball to French
soldiers. The results are meager, how
ever. During the latter part of August,
after Evers’ arrival, he has been touring
the French front at the official invita
tion of General Vidal. He was furnished
a staff of interpreters and the necessary
"material de baseball,,—meaning bats and
balls —and in, various sectors he laid out
diamonds, showed the pnilus how the
game was played and picked teams and
umpired games. Byt the time Evers loft
French camps early in September to
give baseball a boost among the Ameri-"
can soldiers, the French were enthralled
with baseball.
In French newspapers Evers is hailed
as "Monsieur Jeannot Evers, ancien
champion do baseball do Chicago, le mai
tro dp geographic de la deuxieme base,
celebre professeur du sport national am
ericaln"—which is to say approximately.
"Mr. Johnny Evers, old baseball cham
pion of Chicago, the man who mastered
the geography of second base, celebrated
professor of the national American
sport."
"All right. If they say so," said Evers,
"but. what did thev want to tack on that
‘anclen’ business for?"
SAMMIES CUT HAY
TO CLEAR BASEBALL
DIAMOND IN FRANCE
BY E. A. BATCHELOR.
Paris.—Suppose you were . 1 dress
ed up in a baseball uniform and had
no place to play the game; would you
give it up as a bad job or go out and 1
make a field?
The soldiers in one nameless town
i the zone of advance found thern
: ’ves very' much up against it for a
ball field this summer. There wasn't
a place big and level enough.
O- course they could play cat~h in the
streets or in the square, but t-'at -ind
of sport soon palls. The men "crab
bed” about the’’.- hard luck d said
unpleasant things about a town that
didn't have a ball park.
The Y. M. C. A. Secretary hoard the
"crabbing." and set himself t> the task
of solving a problem.
Hay and Baseball.
The Y. M. C. A. man decided that
the hay was r eady for harvest!., and
set out to find who owned it. He
found six tenants. To get u»e six to
agree to begin the .ai vest at once
would be harder than cornering the
common stock of a big cor -oratlon.
’ But the secretary was game. He
I took h’s troubles to the burgomaster,
who was a good friend to the "Y." The
Burgomaster told the town crier to
I go out and teli th* six tenants ’t was
j time to get In the hay. He gave the
.American authority to cut h hay
I himself with . soldier detail if the ten
ants didn’t begin the work bj 3 p. rn.
that day.
Six of the three hay farmers
ed and proceeded to ply scythes.
The other three paid no attention to
I order. So the Y. M. C. A. man got a
j dotal! of eight under command
• oi a corporal and staged a Maud Mul
• ter sketch.
The Y. M, C. A. man discovered
th- potential diamond on Tuesday
morning. On Thursday after loon nt
5:3C, a game of baselall v/ns started.
The playing surface was perhap., not
so good as that of the Polo g? • de,
but it was good enough and there
I a backstop and everything.
Five hundred soldiers marched to
the field for the "grand opening." In
addition to the plat do rotihu no on
the diamond, two indoor ball games,
corcor, quotta, and boxing m. In
stituted.
Thank goodness, the males going to
Franco are not delayed!
Wednesday Night
Athetics Going Well
at Building 78
For the past week baseball and bas
’ ketball have been the major games.
, If you were hero last Wednesday
< evening and saw the embryo officers
; playing ball no doubt but that you for
‘ got yourself and thought that you
, were watching a big league game. The
• account of the games are given in an
other article, read them and you can
‘ judge for yourself.
; Monday night was the first real ath
letic night that we have had for some
time. The crowd was large and the
’ enthusiasm was running right. The
‘ 13th company came down strong yell
ing for the little champion wrestler,
• i feset r.
The first match was pulled oSf by
r Hester and (tirl Leiljahult. It was
j very exciting from start to finish. It
p resulted in a draw. It will be tried
f over next Monday night.
t Hester also wrestled with the Big
» Boy, Haddison, of the 54th Company.
( Maddison showed to the crowd that he
. was as strong as a mule but was out of
; condition.
The last match was' staged between
’ Neiss of the 12th Company, (). T. S.,
; and Middleton. Neiss was light, but
he had the pep. He soon put Middle
i ton’s back to Hie mat Neiss is a good
> man and will be hard to handle.
.All boxers and wrestlers have a cor
dial invitation to be here next Monday
night and have a good time.
HUGO BEZDEK TAKES
CHARGE AT REINSTATE
State Collene, Pa.—Hugo Beaded. Penn
sylvania state’s new director of athletics,
this week made his Initial blow in East
ern football circles. He stepped on the
State College gridiron and tok charge of
a small squad of candidates. There is
not a single veteran, letter man or reg
ular in his list, of aspirants.
Fresh from his triumphs on the Pa
cific coast, where he brought the Uni
versity of Oregon eleven to the attention
of Eastern critics, Bezdek is making his
Penn State debut under most discour
aging conditions. Tils system is wholly
new t<> the inexperienced men, his sched
ule is the stiffest over arranged for a
Penn State team; he has no previous var
sity men in his outfit, and there is no
positive assurance from the college and
military authorities that he will have a
practice period set aside for him.
But Bezdek is game. He has tackled
the instruction of bis twenty-three man
squad with vim and enthusiasm, and if
his first week’s work is to he a criterion,
he is destined to gain wide recognition
in the East as a football mentor par ex
cellence.
If Penn State keeps up the bars against
the freshmen, much valuable material will
be lost to Bezdik. for more than 1100
| new boys will enter college when it re
open.*: next Wednesday.
WHIFFS
Edited By
DICK JEMISON
! Fraternizing
THE HATCHET has been buried.
Sammy Mayer and Walter Barraro, ri
vals in bas ball when Atlanta and New
Orleans were fighting for the pennant,
are now in Y. M. ('. A. work and were at
the Blue Ridge training school, which has
just closed.
i
Other Baseball Stars.
OTTO JORDAN, Vinegar Bill Breiten
stein. Billy Laval and Charlie West were
i other baseball stars wKo were in attend
ance at the school. Jordan formerly
played with Atlanta, Breitenstein and
, Laval with Sally League teams and West
was aJI-Southern third-sacker while n
member of the Wake Forest College
nine.
Grid Game Represented.
FOOTBALL was not without its repre
sentation at the school. Frank Dobson,
now camp physical director at (’amp
Jackson, and formerly coach of Clemson,
Richmond, Tech, Georgia and other
teams, was among present. Then
there was Vaughn Blake, the only Van- ;
derbjlt star, and Dr. E. J. Stewart, for
mer coach at the University of Ne
braska.
An Av'ator.
FREEMAN 8. PENNY, who is going to
Camp Sheridan as a building physical
director, a member of the British Royal
Flying Uorpß, was also an attendant at
Che school, Mr. Penny won his Hpurw in
France, and was discharged from the
service when Injured when his piano
crashed to earth. Hjs flying mate was
killed in the nine accident,
Olympic Champ,
ATHLETICS was ronresrnted nt the
school in person of V. H. Blanchard, for
mer coach of Phillips-Andover and a
member of the American O’vmplc team
that went to Stockholm in 1912. J Maury
Gandy, former Southern A. A. U sprint
TRENCH AND CAMP
champion, was among the track men
present at the school.
Basketball.
THE GREAT INDOOR game of basket
ball was represented at the school by R.
Y. "Bob" Ware, Jr., the famous center
and forward of the great Birmingham
Athletic Club teams of several years back.
Bob is going to Camp Sheridan as a
physical director.
Many Athletes Enlist
In Y.M.C.A.War Work
Well Known Ball Players,
Olympic and Other Athletes.
By Dick Jemison.
Blue Ridge, N. C.—The six weeks In
tensive school of instruction for Y. M. C.
A. physical directors just ended was at
> tended by some of the best known ath
letes in America.
There were professional ball players,
Olympic champions, basketball stars,
football coaches and men in other ath
letic pursuits at the school.
I These men are going to the various
camps of the southeastern department,
■ o lther as building or camp physical di
rectors.
There were about fifty men who took
; the course just completed. Among the
number were the following well known
stars:
In baseball. Billy Laval, former Sal
ly League manager; Otto Jordan, former
Atlanta manager; Sammv Mayor, former
Cracker cent erf-elder; Walter Barbate,
| former Now Orleans shortstop; Vinegar
Bill Breitenstein, former Sally League
pitcher; and Charlie West, former all-
Southern third baseman with Wake For
est.
In football, among the former stars at
the school were.: Frank Dobson. who
coached at Tech. Georgia, Richmond,
Clemson and other schools; Vaughn
Blake, the famous Vanderbilt star ana
Dr. E. P. Stewart, formerly roach of the
[University of Nebraska.
In athletics, J. Maury Ganndy, former
Southern A. A. U. sprint champion and
V. S. Blanchard, former’ Olympic champ
were among those taking the course.
The Roval Flying Corps was repre
sented in Freeman S. Penny, who is go
ing to <’amp Sheridan. Mr. Penny re
ceived his spurs in battle in Flanders,
and was h< ..orably discharged from the
service by reason of Injur es sustained
when his plane fell several hundred feet.
His flying mate was instantly killed in
the accident.
Basketball’s contribution to the "Y"
service is represented by R. Y. Ware,
who was the star center and forward of
the Birmingham Athletic Club team for
several seasons.
From this list of men it can be seen
the high calibre of athletics who arc
turning their talents to helping promote
the morale of Uncle Sam’s fighting
forces by imparting this knowledge to
the boys In the "y” physical activities
during the rest periods in the camps.
In addition to these men, there is a
large class of rookies still in training
here and another class opens next week.
Ted Meredith Says
Athletics Will Help
Us to Win the War
"The lad who has learned his lesson
of taking a sound drubbing in athletics
without showing the ’yellow streak’ Is
the soldier that the Allies want over
here.” This statement was contained
in a letter received recently In America
from Ted Meredith, of Pennsylvania, the
world’s record holder of the half-mile,
who with Tommy Lennon, another noted
sprinter, nw ois flying in France witli
the American aviation forces.
'The tr ed veteran of the athletic He’d.”
he added, "makes the superior soldier.
Sportsmen in America should do all in
their power to prove to the gneral pub
lic throughout the United States that
I athletics are playing a most Important
part in the groat strife over here. To
discontinue athletics at the present time
would be an unthinkable hardship to the
men both behind and .on the firing line.
Supporters mu.it be constantly bark
ing up the boys tn the first line trenches
iif the victory for which we are all hop-
I Ing Is to be achieved and nothing keeps
a man as game and aggressive as to
give him all the athletic play he desires
during his time off duty."
Physical directors representing the Y.
M. C. A. and other organizations who
have been making a spec nl study of this
phase of the soldier’s life, report that
th>v have seen our men return to their
rest billets after a hard go In the
trenches and immediately begin to play
| baseball, quoits end engage tn wrestling
and boxing bouts. Basebr/. of course,
iis the most popular, and has made a
strong appeal tn our nli’ei who are learn
ing the sport rapidly. It Is not an un
familiar sight to nee groups of two or
three Americans Umbering up after a
night tn ’trenches and dugouts, tn full
view of the rnemfe’s I'ncs. Probably the
most famous games of baseball which
have been played nn the other side, were
the one in London before King George,
and the other in the historic Tulllertes
Gardens, between American sailors and
Y. M. C. A. worlds.
WOMAN’S WAY.
Tt taken a woman to observe every ac
tion of a man without appearing to know .
ho Is on earth.
Gay you caw it In the Trench and
<amp.
SECOND BATTALION
HOLDS ANOTHER MEET
C. M. G. 0. T. S. Wednesday
Athletic Meet Now An Estab
lished Custom. One Held Last
Wednesday Proves Interest
ing Event
Following the now established cus
tom, the men of the second battalion
of the C. M. G. O. T. S., assembled on
Wednesday afternoon to take part in
the program of athletics. From time
to time new features have been added
to the program until now, the list of
events run off has become quite for
midable basket ball, added this Wed
nesday, proved one of the most inter
esting sports of the day. Four con
tests took place and all were clever
and hard fought. The first game
brought together the 7th and Sth com
panies. The speed and dash of the
•boys from the Bth rather dazzled the
7th crowd which is evidenced by the
score of 21 to 4 in favor of the Bth
company. Next come the clash be
tween the 9th and 10th companies. The
9th company proved the superior in
basket finding task by a score of 17 to
7. Then followed the game between
thh 11t+i and 12th companies, and when
tbe dust had settled, giving the score
keepers a chance to see their sheets,
Qw 11th company was found on top of
a score 13 to 6. Finally came the fight
between the 26th and the 7th com
panies. The end of this contest found
the 7th company floored for the sec
ond time in the day. The defeat only
came after the hardest kind of playing,
however, as the score of 6 to 2 in favor
of the 26th company attested.
Vieing in interest with the basket
ball games were the baseball games.
Editors throughout the land who have
bemoaned the demise of baseball,
reckoned without thought of the army
camps and cantonments. Had any
one of them been present to listen to
the lutsy cheers bf the enthusiasts
who yelled for the different teams on
Wednesday afternoon, a change of
feeling might have been experienced.
The first contest was a rather desul
tory affair between the 12th and 26th
companies. Th© 2th company, playing
cleanly, cleverly, and efficient, dazzled
their opponents, in a most complete
manner.
Not once did the 12th company men
appear dangerous. The closest they
came to scoring was in the first inning
when they managed to place a man on
third and one on second with none out.
Winter, pitching for the 26th company,
redeemed himself, however, by fanning
the next three men to face him. The
final score was 14 to 0 in favor of the
26th company.
The second game between the 7th
and Bth companies proved the closest
and most interesting of the afternoon.
Both teams played an excellent brand
of ball and fought hard until the very
last minute of the game. The Bth
company finally pulled to the lead and
won by a score of 3 to 2.
The match between the 9th and 10th
companies pulled the curtain on base
ball for the afternoon. They exhibited
air-tight ball as the final score of 1 to
0 in favor of the 9th company showed.
The boxing and wrestling started be
fore the baseball game came to a close,
and proved so interesting that they
detracted considerable of the basebail
enthusiasts. EUis of the 7th company,
and Trotter of the 9th company boxed
first and furnished the? crowd many a
thrill. The men were clever and re
sourceful and neither was able to gain
an advantage ov>r the other. The
Judges decided tbe bout a draw. In
the next two bouts, Dunham of the
111 h company won the decision over
May of the 7th company. Both bouts
were of a clean and clever nature and
the judges experienced great difficulty
in deciding the winners.
Unlike the boxing matches, the vic
tories in th© wrestling matches were
all of a clean nature. In all eases the
victor showed marked superiority over
his adversary and made quick 'disposi
tion of him. Winter of the 26th com
pany won over Armstrong of the 11th
company; Weis of the Bth company
won over Welter of the 7th company;
Robinson of the 11th company won
over Phillipps of the 7th company;
and Sasnowski of the 7th company won
over Breitwiser of the 11th company.
Throughout the afternoon the track
and field events were taking place and
in their course uncorked some star per
formers. The summary is as follows:
100-yard dash—
First, Hall, Bth Company, 19 feet,
second, Morkey, 7th Company, 18
8 inches; third, Smith, L. C., Sth com
pany, 16 feet 6 1-2 inches.
50-yard dash—
First, Hull, 9th company, Malcolm,
12th Company; Adams, Bth Company.
Running High Jump—
First, Gillis, 11th Company; second,
Hall, Bth Company; third, Folger, 9th
Company.
Standing High Jump—
First, Martin, 9th Company; second,
Covington, 11th third, Gillis,
11th Company.
Standing Broad Jump—
First. Smith, 7th Company, 9 feet
8 1-2 inches; second, Covington, 11th
Company, 9 feet 7 3-4 inches; third,
Martin, 9th Company 9 feet 7 inches.
The cross-country rare usually one
of the big features of the meet was un
avoidably postponed.
A Reflection
By Marie Conde.
Metropolitan Opera House Company.
Editor Note.—Marie Conde, who is in
private life Mrs. Ernestine Cobern Beyer,
is a daughter of Dr. Camden M. Cobern,
Religious Work Director for the “Y.” at
Camp Hancock.
I looked Into my mirror.
And saw a little face,
That bobbed above a collar
Os coffee-colored lace.
I saw two eyes of sapphire
That shouted "howdyedo!”
Before they drooped demurely
To hide the precious blue.
A nose to hantour tilted,
With quite r regal air,
A dimple saying “kiss me”
A stubborn chin —“you dare.”
straightway I wrote a letter,
And mailed It to the sky,
“Dear Lord! I thank you kindly,
There's none so fair ns I.
Tn find myself so lovely
Was such r sweet surprise,
But you must know, my mirror.
Was my true lover’s ©yes.
Corporal (name deleted by censor)
Is the champion optimist in tho (de
leted by censor) regiment. On his first
visit to Paris nn air raid was in prog
ress. nnd n« bo observed tho Parisians,
all Intent on tho taubes, he said to his
companion:
“Thorn's one thing about this air
stuff.”
“And that is?--”
“It keeps you looking up.”
(Reply deleted by censor).
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