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TRENCH AND CAMP

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Physical Activities of the Soldiers at Sevier
By C. W. Knebel, Camp Physical Director.

SNEEDEN WINS FROM SLAGLE.

In one of the wrestling matches
pulled in the Division, "Bill" Sneeden,
Co. A. 105th Engineers put E. M. Sla-
gle, of Co. A, 113th Machine Gun Bat-
allion, shoulders to the mat, two out
of three falls to a finish, on Friday
night at Unit 83.

Both of these men ar egreat big
"Huskies," Slagle weighing 170 lbs.,
and Sneeden 180 lbs. They went at
each other fast and furious and it was
"nip and tuck" until Sneeden got a
body scissors and Slagle had to give
up. The first fall being 8 minutes
time. When time was called Slagle
rushed Sneeden and in four minutes
Slagle got a hammer lock and head-
lock combination on Sneeden, second
fall went to Slagle. Sneeden went in
strong for the third fall and after
some beautiful work by both men he
secured a head-scissor and hammer-
lock on Slagle and the last fall ended
in six minutes.

Mr. James J. Caldwell, of the En-
gineers, and old timer, refereed the
bout to the satisfaction of all. After
the finish Slagle challenged Sneeden
for a return bout at Unit 85, which
was accepted. If you want to see
some fast work be sure and see this
match that will soon be pulled off.

BASE HOSPITAL WINS.

The Base Hospital boys took on the
Engineer Train last Saturday and
swamped them in seven innings by a
score of 11 to 0. In justice to the
Train they were handicapped by some
of their best players being out of the
game. Also they do not get very
much time for practice, and they de-
serve credit for the showing they
made.

It is to be regretted that the En-
gineers have not organized teams. Lots
of good material can be found among
them but preparedness is first, they
have a lot to learn before Crossing
and are putting in every day getting
just as much as they can.

The Engineers are taking Hand-to
Hand fighting, all that can be detail-
ed for it in the morning, and are fast
getting on to the various holds. They
put "Pep" into their work, get it
quick and execute it with "Snap."
Nothing is more valuable in than this.
It is giving the men self-control and
confidence and takes away the odds
of going up against a man larger than
yourself.

FIELD HOSPITAL TEAM ADDS
ANOTHER.

Last Saturday afternoon on the
Field Hospital Diamond the Q. M. C.
was defeated by a score of 2 to 0.
Thompson was on the mound and did
some great work. Gibson, the ex-Cit-
adel star did the twirling for the Q.
M. C. and did great work. His sup-
port was a little off but he stuck to
it in great style.

The Field Hospital is just about
ready to claim the Division champion-
ship and mean to take it to France.
If you doubt this just try them out for
they are always open for a game.

Harvey Hester is back from Leon
Springs, where he qualified for a com-
mission. It is a famioliar sight to see
him on the field putting "pep" into
the bunch.

Among the spectators was Lienten-
ant Colonel Clemmenger, commanding
the Sanitary Train, he was right there
on the job until the very end of the
game.

Public Opinion in Minnesota Op-
poses the Big Fight.

Public opinion is against the Wil-
lard-Fulton fight, and when the pub-
lic opinion opposes anything then the
chances for success are about equal
to butting ones face against a stone
wall. Public opinion is stronger that
the law itself. This is proven by the
agitation against the Willard-Fulton
fight. It was proposed to make it a ten
round affair, and such contests are
legal in Minnesota, but the action of
Willard in refusing to keep to his
original offer to fight any man in the
world for the benefit of the Red
Cross, has sored the sporting public.
This offer was only a bluff, and the
Americans in the time of war time
do not like a bluffer. When it was
proposed to hold the fight between
Willard and Fulton the contest was
immediately barred in many places.
Then Minnesota promoters sought a
contest under the limit permitted in
the state. It was well known that
they could not go over ten rounds,
and many such bouts had been held
there without interference from the
authorities, and had this been an
ordinary affair it probably would
have gone through with like the
others. But at once the people began
to protest. They did not want Willard
and they were not slow in expressing
themselves. Then, as a sort of sop to
these objections, it was announced
that a portions of the receipts were
to go to the army fund and the men
were to be paid off in Liberty Bonds.
But this sort of a thing did not work,
and the kick against the fight went
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CAMP SEVIER SPORT GOSSIP.

Those that have seen Jess Willard
working out have found the heavy
weight champion fearfully fat and
say that he has an awful amount of
work ahead of him if he is to get in
shape by July 4th, Two years of
practical idleness has put Willard up
to the problem of staging a come-
back. And staging that is not the
eaisest thing in the world. The kind
Jefferies staged is still well remem-
bered.

Private Grover Cleveland Alexan-
der, as he is known today, pitched a
two-hit game against the Cardinals
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Army Move May Give Bethlehem
Football Tiles.

Uncle Sam--none less--may decide
the soccer championship of the Uni-
ted States this week. Just at this
time U. S. holds the signed contract
of three of the stars of the national
champions of the kicking game, the
Fall River, (Mass.) Royers. If spec-
ial dispensation is not made for these
three soldier-kickers the supremacy
of the country's association football
in all likelihood will pass to the
former title holders of the Bethlehem
Steel Company.

At best the champions will not be
at their stongest. Captain Tommy
Swords, mainstay of the forward line,
has been a sufferer from the grip for
a number of weeks, has not been able
to practice regularly and is not like-
ly to be himself against the Pen-
nsylvania this time. It was Swords
who, in the first minute of play of
last year's title match swept the then
two-time champion Bethlehems off
their feet--and off their throne as
well-with a daring goal that proved
to be the only tally of the ninety
minutes of tense play.

Thomas Underwood, the Rover's
right full-back, is conseded to be
lost to the team for the crucial game.
His army camp is so far removed
from the scene of the contest that he
is not being counted upon by the Fall
River club's management.

Gideon LaPierre, the stellar half-
back, of the champions, and one
other bright star in the usual line-
up of the Rovers are in training for
a greater game overseas, and only re-
cently their regiment was moved to
a port of embarkation on the Atlantic
Coast. They were able to obtain
furloughs for the semi-finals a week
ago at River Fall, when the Rovers
defeated the West Hudsons, of Har-
rison, N. J., by 3 goals to 1, but, even
if they are still at the port the latter
part of this week, it is improvable
that they will be permitted to absent
themselves to participate in the final
for the National Challenge trophy.

Ten thousands fans is the record
for a crowd in New England, but
plans are being made to have 15,000
fans at this year's final.

FIELD MEET 114TH F. A.
First Event--100 yd. Dash

First Preliminary--
First--Johnson, Battery C.
Second--Hays, Battery A.
Third--McKissick, Battery B.
Second preliminary--
First--Head, Battery F.
Second--Buchanan, Battery A.
Third--Battery E.
Finals--
First--Hays, Bat. A, 5 points.
Second--Johnson, Bat. C, 3 points.
Third--Buchanan, Bat. A, 1 point.

Medicine Ball Race
Winners, Battery E, 5 points.

Relay Race
Battery E, first, 5 points.
Battery A, second, 3 points.
Battery B, third, 1 point.

Running Broad Jump
Swing, Bat. B, first, 5 points.
Derrington, Bat. D, second 3 points
Wells, Bat. C, third, 1 point.

Running High Jump
Wade, Bat. A, first, 5 points.
Wells, Bat. C, second, 3 points.
Emerson, Bat. E, third, 1 point.

Hop, Skip and Jump
Huggins, Bat. E, first, 5 points.
Calhoun, Bat. A, second, 3 points.
Moody, Bat. D, third, 1 point.

Tug of War
Battery D, winner, 5 points.
(By elimination.)
Battery A, first, 17 points.
Battery E, second, 16 points.
Battery D, third, 9 points.
Battery C, fourth, 7 points.
Battery B, fifth, 6 points.

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up louder than ever, and from the
latest reports that have come East
the indignatin against Willards' man-
ner of doing business and sneaking
out of his offer to give his end of the
fight to the Red Cross has grown so
strong there is little chance of the
bout being permitted to take place.
It is likely that the promoters will
take the tip and try and land some
other place for the bout, as if they
persist in their efforts to go through
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as his farewell to the baseball. He
left immediately after the game for
Camp Funston. Good luck, Alex.

Fannie Durrack, the Australian
swimmer, broke Claire Galligan's
world's record for the 500 yd. dash,
making the distance in 7 minutes,
8 1-4 seconds, according to mail ad-
vices from New South Wales. Miss
Galligan's time for the distance was
7 3 1-4.

A track and eld meet will be held
in the Harvard Sadium, June 8th,
between the army and navy athle-
tics.

CAPTAIN J. R. BENDER TRANS-
FERRED.

Captain John R. Bender, who has
been the Division Athletic Director
for the past eight months, has been
transferred to Fort Bliss, El Paso,
Texas. Captain Bender will have the
same kind of work and will still be
dealing in athletics. While in this
camp he made many friends and
wokred faithfully trying to build up
athletics in this camp. Captain Ben-
der, has made a wonderful record as a
coach in the leading Universities of
this country and we all wish him good
luck in the city of El Paso.

STUNT NIGHT AT 83.

Saturday night was again Stunt
night at Unit 83. Several funny
stunts were pulled and everybody
joined in and put life into the work.
Some impromptu tnmblers came out
and put on some good work until the
close.

Saturday night, May 4th, and old
time "Spelling Match" will be staged,
so get up on your spelling and come
over and take off the honors.
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The large wrestling mat is in the
building and is being used every night.
Come over and get in on the game
while the mat is here. We only have
it for ten days so let's make hay while
the sun shines.

The building is being fixed up and
it will only be a short time until we
have the brightest building in the
whole camp. We expect an officers
annex to be added at once and then
we will be fixed proper.

The volley-ball courts have been
completed and they are being used
constantly after retreat. Come and
get in the game and limber up with
light exercise every day. It will do
you a world of good after a hard days'
work.

ATHLETICS

Athletic activities of the Signal
Corps, Mobile Ordnance and the
Quartermaster Corps.

Much interest is being shown in all
field sports while the men are off
duty, but the center of interest is in
baseball, volley-ball and indoor-base-
ball. The April showers have inter-
fered with baseball practice, but with
a few evening on the field either of
our teams will make it interesting for
any team in the camp.

Volley-ball is being practiced daily
and if any team in camp desires a
real live contest just let it be known
to our league and set the date for a
trial.

We also challenge any team for a
contest in indoor baseball for under
the direction of an old league player,
Mr. Sutka, we are able to meet with
confidence any league.

While the field sports fill a large
place in our re-reational work, the
indoor sports are in keeping with
them. For boxing we represent
"Mike" King the renowned camp
fighter who is always ready to meet
anyone.

For wrestling, we offer as light
weight wrestlers, the Singleton Bros.,
who are at any time ready to try
their skill on the mat. While they do
not have access to the mat for train-
ing, if anyone by chance happen
around the Mobile Repair Shop re-
servation before the "Early morning
notes" are sounded, he would see
"Bill" and "Coy" on long runs and
other exercises to develope endur-
ance. Anyone desiring a light weight
match can secure same by applying
to Sergeant Alf Claggett, promoter
for the Mobile Repair Shop.

For heavy weights, we posess "Cy-
clone Bob" and "Brunco Bob" both
from Nebraska. "Cyclone Bob" is in
excellent condition for anyone either
from Camp Sevier or any other camp
who desires his shoulders placed on
the mat. "Brunco Bob," is also in
good condition and deserves much
credit for keeping "Cyclone Bob" in
such good trim.

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with it in Minnesota there may be a
new law rushed through the legisla-
ture which would put an end to box-
ing for many years to come. It's bad
business to try to bunch public opin-
ion when it sets in against an affair
like a glove fight.

Aviators Have Track Meet.

One of the most exciting track
meets of the season took place over
at the Aviation Section. Captain Hig-
gins expects to turn out some real
track men in the near future and he
is beginning to work his men and
get them all in condition for the
next meet that is coming off. The
brick layers won all honors in the
meet by getting a total of 28 points
and the medical men comes second
with a total of 23. The following
events were run off in order:

1st--100 yd. Dash.
2nd--220 yd. Race.
3rd--440 yd. Race.
4th--880 yd. Race.
5th--Shot Put.
6th--Running broad jump.
7th--880 yd. Relay race.

Physical Director King is working
with the Aviation Section and he ex-
pects to have a strong bunch of ath-
letices in the near future.

Ammunition Train Wins.

LLast Saturday afternoon the 11th
Cons't. Co. of the Aviation Section
went down into defeat to the strong
nine of the Ammunition Train but it
took 13 innings to tell who was
going to be the winner. After hard
playing by both sides and good team
work the score ended by a score of
12 to 11. Flowers of the Ammunition
Train pitched a wonderful game of
ball while the old timer S. D. Lenoir
was behind the bat holding him.

Many of the Ammunition Train's
best athletes have just returned and
this will no doubt strengthen the
Ammunition Train considerable.
Every one of the men are in perfect
physical condition especially after
going through such a stiff three
months that is given at Leon
Springs.

CALL FOR MATTY.

If our soldiers in France want
Christy Mathewson to come over
there as baseball instructor in our
camps he should go without a mom-
ent's hesitation. As between that and
managing the Cincinnati RReds there
is nothing that should delay instant
decision.

It is a rare compliment to our na-
tional game that those near the
sanguinary battle lines have baseball
enough in minds to call for its most
advertised idol. It would be a grace-
ful compliments to these same men
by organized baseball if Mathewson
were sent abroad at his earliest con-
venience. Organized Baseball prefer-
redly to defray every penny of the
expense.

Boxing Patrons Buy Liberty Bonds.

Boxing is doingg its part in raising
money for the Liberty Loan and
helping the country in other ways
connected with the war. It was so
long ago that $7,500 was raised in
Philadelphia through a boxing en-
tertainment given for the Overseas
Tobacco Fund. At every boxing show
held in the city of Philadelphia ap-
peals are made for money for the
various war funds and as a general
thing they meet with liberal res-
ponse. Recruiting speeches are made
from the boxing rings and many re-
cruits from the Marine Corps and the
Navy have been secured right in the
clubs as the results of these speeches.
On the plaza at City Hall every day
there are boxing shows which attract
thousands of people and the appeals
made for the Liberty Loan have been
responded to most generously
through these events. Boxers have
gone from the city to towns up
through the state and giving exhibi-
tions which have resulted in liberal
contributions for the Loan. And it is
the same way in the cities through-
out the country, the crowds which
flock to the boxing shows seem to be
liberial minded and patriotic. At
Baltimore recently appeals have been
made at the boxing bouts given by
the Clubs. At the first of two shows
at which these appeals were made,
the subscription amounted to $35,000
for the Liberty Loan and the appeal
made at the show following that
netted $23,000, making a total of
close to $60,000 for the two shows.

REMOUNT ATHLETICS.

Except in an informal way, every-
thing at the Remount, in the way of
athletics, has been somewhat back-
ward for the past few days. We had
planned to go to Spartanburg last
Saturday, April 27th, for the purpose
of playing the Remount team there,
but for certain reasons our going was
prevented. Our practice continues,
however, despite all, and within the
next few days we expect to collect the
broken forces and renew our attacks.

Sergeant Morch, one of our leading
men is back on the job we are glad
to report, after spending several days
in the Lone Star State.