The Detroit times., 1916-06-28
Mobilization of Militia Hits American
Athletics Hard---Many Stars Are Called
and College
Sports Suffer
Most

Athletics IN every section OF the
United States will be hard hit wher
Johnny goes marching away
The mobilization OF the National
Guard OF New York will rob the In
ternstional championship meet
scheduled this summer at Newark
y. j.. OF It's promised orilliance.
II Is estimated that there are
1000 athletes members OF regiments
n Greater New York and many top
liners are leaving for the front
Among them are holders OF olym'
pic. national and metropolitan titles.
Hsunes Kolehmainen. the Finn,
considered the greatest amateur dis
lance runner IN the world. balks on
going 70 the Mexican border with
the Fourteenth New York regiment
He says the regiment sought him
only FOR athletics, Homer Baker,
middle distance star. is member
ot the Ssventy-hrst. William Plant.
junior national walking champion.
and James Plant. junior Met" mile
champion. will march with the Thir-
yeenth
Prominent among the other Goth
am athletes to see service are Frank
Stephenson. Abe Lemoerg. Frank
LSRose. Jim Rosenberger. Hugh
Hirshon. Nick Gianakopolus, Matt
Gels. Roy Morse and W. z. Bursch,
track men and Marathoners: A. o.
Lake. national champion cyclist,
and L. Carney. Eddie Goodwin. Dan
Dries and Billy waeldner. bikers,
and J Matsukes, weight thorver.
Among Isle's stars 10 see service
are Seth Low, captain OF the varsity
crew Morris Hadley, son OF the
Yale president. and Roland Vaughn,
captain OF the nine.
Stars galore in the middle west
are donning their fighting togs to
rally 10 the colors University Of
Illinois will lose Bernard G. Hal
strom. he star fullbeck OF the 1918
championship eleven. He IS just
one o; a number of college stars
leaving with the L. oi l. battery.
Battery c. the famous north shore
mi!,ionsire's squad OF Chicago is
composed Of some Of the foremost
athletes of the eastern universities.
Bruce n. Smith. Harvard All-Amer-
Jean football end. t. one OF three
Hswensn's in ne battery ne also
is ylc-r-e tder' of The Western
Gols association
jess He0Iey. famous Yale grid
dar and Ar present coach OF the
Taiss-.t.. Of fuva eleven, Is pri-
Eate i0 d. s-s' section. Tom Ham
-ord Wla-igau's 1907 All,American
star. j. sergeant of the sixth sec
-ton. hn1y Orimeyer. YalN football
man I'D member of The racing crew
n 1907 is also enrolled J W. Mar
shall. track captain OF Yale. in 1907
is a corporal n The Sixth company
rrincetons football glory will b.
renresented by Roy F. Bard Fran
els Butler. former Yale sprinter is
priSate in the frst section George
Richardson. former coach OF the
Yale hman grid squad, Is lieu.
tenant. Perry smith a famous end
AT Yale. il a corporal. as is Alber'
A. sercomb. Sercomb played foot
-all for the Blue in 1912.
Fraser Hale and : Powell Grit
f,hs Of the skokie Golf club. are in
the battery. The former. few
years ago. enjoyed an international
reputation on the links. u II.
scribner. Of Onwentsia Country
club. is chief engineer OF the bat.
terry
Organized baseball Is liable 70
lose several performers, too. Carl
Zimmerman, a Chicagoan, this sea
son with the Davenport (ThTee-L
leaEuel club. has started for the
border with the machine gun com
pany OF the First Illinois Regiment.
Francis Parkman. bow on the Har
ward freshman crew. has received
a TEN mporary leave OF absence from
the Eighth regiment, whose call be
has answered. He was the only
member OF the Crimson boat anect-
ed by the mobilization orders.
Among the latest enlistments are
those OF 10 Loomis, champion sprint
er. who has joined the medical corps
OF the regular army as assistant,
and Marcus A. RED Wilkinson,
Syracuse university star fulleack,
who ,s in camp with Troop D. First
New York cavalry.
The football team that is hardest
hlt IL that of the Michigan Aggies.
The Farmers lose Capt. Henuing,
Guard vandervoort and Quarterback
Springer.