The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-10
SPORT At
THE CAMP
Athletics Flourishing at
10th Infantry Head.
quarters.

A good all-round athlete has ar
rived at Camp Mckinley in the person
of the son of Major Van Vliet, thu
| veteran sportsman of the 10th Infan
try
The young man is a graduate of tn,
Columbian University, Washington
where he played second base on the
varsity nine and end on the football
team. In 1904 he won the inter-scho-
| lastic tennis tournament.
Van Vliet, Jr., has been engaged in
year in connection with the United
| States Geological Survey and is al
| present visiting Honolulu on leave OF
absence.
He and his father put up a strong
doubles game of tennis and achieved
much fame. playing as a team at the
Presidio.-
A great deal of tennis is being play
ed at Camp Mckinley at present, by
the officers. The camp court is now in
excellent condition and very fast.
Baseball is booming at the camp, the
recent decisive victory of the Tenth
over the Metropolitan Meat Market
nine, very fair team, having opened
the eyes of the soldiers to the posi-
bility of obtaining yet greater honors
on the diamond
The 10th Infantry team has come
along wonderfully, having to their
credit wins from the Chinese Athletic
Club, the Marines and the Met. Meats.
Today there is hardly a nine outside
of the senior league combinations that
has a license to beat the Camp Nc
Kinleyites.
The soldiers are now out with a chal-
lenge to play the neWlyformed all
Portuguese nine.
If it were certain that the Tenth
were going to remain here permanent
ly, the team would take a chance in
one of the leagues. The stay of the
garrison, however, is at the best in
definite and therefore the Tenth will
continue to play such unattached
teams as may be knocking about the
bushes.
The soldiers need another pitcher.
Fenner is a good man but when he
can't play there is no one to take his
place unless there be an as yet I'M
twirler among the recently
arrived men.
The monthly athletic meets at the
camp keep sporting interest at high
pitch. These affairs are required by
the War Department and the COM
officer fixes the dates when |
they shall be held.
All the enlisted men participate in !
the events, regardless of ability, the :
of each man being compul-
sorry.
The men are graded in order that |
everyone may have chance to be re-
turned a winner. At one meeting the
oppose each other and
at the next field day the good men are
Company rivalry is keen and the /
sports have been instrumental in pro-
lucing a commendable and healthy es-
orit de corps.
At present the best 100 and 220yards
men are Horne of Co. NJ, and Cassidy
IF Co. L.
Co. K has a mortgage on the shot
,utters, Dykes and Armstrong being
he camp record holders.
Castle of Co M is the champion run
hing high jumper and so far no one
has been found able to make him ex-
end himself.
Thompson of Co. L and Carey of Co.
VI are the Tenth's star broad jumpers.
The next field day will probabl be
held in Kapiolani Park, the last Fri
lay of this month.
Just how much the post has bene-
tied athletically by the recent draft of
lew men, is not yet known, as the
lew material has not been tried out
is yet. Great things are expected of
more than one individual, however.
There are a number of good hand
,all players at the camp and there Is
ome talk of a tournament in the near
uture. There is a very useful hand
,all court at the post.
The men mainly responsible for the
'ogue which athletics enjoys at Camp
Mckinley are Major Van Vliet and
Captains Schoeffel and Bush, the two
ormer officers being old and tried ex-
'erts at most American games.