The Washington herald., 1916-06-25

country.
The call for the mobilization Of the
/ National Guards for duty on the MeXi-
can border has stripped the District of
| Columbia of most of its star athletes.
The absence of many of these local ath-
meets, baseball games. football games,
and sporting events in general of a great
deal of pep" and interest
few surveyors rods from the pali-
sades of the historic Potomac. under the
/ towers OF the big wireless at Radio, Va,
are encamped 1000 spirited Americans, the
strength OF its roster beng mostly Dis
! trict athletes, who in the present and
past have made history in local athletics.
These athletes answered President Will
sons call to arms with the same earnest
ness that they would answer the call OF
! play in baseball, or respond to the whistle
I or gun at a gridiron game or track meet.
| One trip through this khaki city al Camp
I Radio by the old-time followers of Local
/ sports brings back memories of many Il
heated athletic contest, in which these
same khaki-clad soldiers competed. rs
| teammates and enemies. but not so now.
To a man these same athletics are ready
/ to face any issue which may arise and
are awaiting anxiously to move towa I'd
the border at the call of Uncle Sam.
| Many of these athletes joined the Dis
I trict militia because the arnury pro-
vides a good place TO train and the COM
petition among the Guardsrnen has al
ways been of the keenest sort. Local fol-
lowers have oftentimes witnessed these
athletes in action.
! Capt E. H Brain of Company NJ,
( Third Regiment, has been member of
! the Guards athletic association for a
/ great many years, while Lieut. w. B.
White will be remembered as one OF the
best high jumpers ever turned out by the
Guard. In this same company can be
| found Sergt. Bernard Licarione, captain
of the Vigilant football team in 1914, and
coach of the crack Mohawk Athletic
! Club last fall. Licarione is we'll known In
I the local gridiron ranks. as he played for
! five years on the local independent cham
pions.
Russell Belt. of Company NJ is
sprinter OF no small ability and is at
present one of the officers OF the Mohawk
Club. Red Trumble is a football player,
having been in the lineup of Eastern
I High School a few years ago, while Alex
Licarione and W. Luscomb are two other
well-known athletes that Company NJ
/ can boast Of. Clarence Bussius, who serv
| ed them up for the Bureau team last
! season, is also a member of Company NJ
! Company L. Of the Third Regiment,
can also boast of quite n few weIl-known
I y.
: In the Masonic ball game two Saturdays
ago, is one of the best outieIders in the
/ city, while Ed T Willis and Allen HGr-
ringtOn. Of the Army and Navy preps'
baseball team, are also in the ranks of
Company l.. This same company boasts
, of the expert rifle team. namely, Gooch
/ Myers. Irish Wheeler. L. H. Steel and
( Ed. SisIer. Milton Kid Whip. of Ard
( more roped arena fame. is a member of
Company L.
/ The machine gun battalion has quite
/ few scattered among its ranks Lieut.
Schlosser is one or the best basket-b ball
| players ever developed in the ranks of
the local Guard. Since quitting the
game "Schlitz." as he is known among
/ his friends, has been coach of the local
college teams and last season handled
the local high school series and many
| college games as an official p. H. HUNT.
! Of Central High fame, is with the Ma
chine Gun Company, while Smith, a run
, ner; Welch, of the Alpine nine. and Nc
| Kerron, of the Jersey City High School
basketball team. are among its ranks.
Sergt. Boyd, of Company X. is proud
! of the number of athletes in his company.
/ Company X finished second in the ma
! tional rifle match at Jacksonville Fla,
| last year. The team roster was Sergt.
Harry F. Richardson. the District Militia
champion; Lieut.. F. c. Martin. Hichker
Shields, and Corporal SPENCER.
! Company I, of the Third Regiment, has
the champion wall scaling team. which
is made up Of Sergt. ireland. r. E DenTp-
sey, Corporal King, W. A. Dempsey,
Sergt. F. Parkhurst, Frank Reynolds,
Jacob Weiser, and Corporal Simmons.
! In Company H can be found Seabright
! and Neehem, Of Hilltop team of the
Rosedale League: f. c. Davidson. of
Gibraltars; Corporal Ahern, Of st. johns
/ College; f. c. Finch. of Reformation;
Eddie Upton, of the Mohawks, and
| Smith, OF the Gibraltars. In the cavalry
| troop is E. F. Watson. of Lehigh Uni
versity, the champion welter-weight
wrestler of the intercollegiate meet.
| Sergt. Harry Dove, famed a few years
ago for his ability to plow through lire;
! Roomere of the Mohawks; William. W.
Quinn, formerly of Business High School;
Johnny Mace the middle-weight fighter
and Joe Moore, another of pugiistic
fame, are members of Company l. Third
Regiment
| Jap" Holland, former center of the
Vigilants; Kid Greek, local feather
weight title holder: Young Thomas. well
known here in pugilLstic ranks; Kid Nc
Cauley, another feather-weight battler.
and Tickey Taylor are a few of the SOL
dier boys of Company l.
In the ranks of Company Fl can be
| found Bif Johnson, the pitcher of the
Machinist team of the Potomac League;
Skull Hunt, of the Machinists team; Tim
Ragon, of the Viligant football lean;
Corporal Harry smithson. well known a
few years back in local amateur baseball
| and Bernard Cannon, one of the lest
| football players ever developed in this
/ city.
Lieut.. Earl Smthson will be remem-
oered as one of the best short-distance
runners that this city has ever produced,
and Shorty Moye. who is well-known
local minor league ball player, are in the
ranks of Company H, while Pat o'Brien
Edwin Giblin and Devere weedoH. OF
Western High School baseball and toot
ball, are also in this company.
Carroll Institutes crack marathon
Is represented by no. others than Eddie
Bland and little A. Schmidt. Coomer,
OF the Tulip A. c.; scoot, of Peck basket
ball team; Keene. OF the Empire bssrb,li
team, are also members Of Company N.
Capt Frank Lockhead VIII be rer,,p,-