The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-10
GAMES IN CAMP
Great Interest and Activity Are
Manifested.
Football Pre-eminent - The
Coming Event Schedules.
SPORTS OF ALL KINDS
Basket Ball, Soccer, Wrestling
Bouts, VOIley Ball.
All Come In for Theif Share
of Attention.

Owing to the season of the year,
football is at this time the pre-emi
nent sport at the camp, nevertheless
other branches of athletics are under
way to be started at the earliest pos
sible time and the athletic directory
of the Eighty-ninth division is SPAR
ing no efforts to make this division
stand out prominently for the ath-
letics developed in all branches. I'm
der the direction of Lieut.. Paul With
ington this work is being carried on
in a most commendable fashion, for
he has not only thus far succeeded in
whipping together football team
composed of letter" men of fame,
from all colleges in all parts. of the
United States; but has seen to it that
men In every company team are get
ting the proper sort of instruction. 81
At present there are company and
regimental teams playing according to
schedules laid out for them. One
hundred and thirteen games have
been played and some twenty-five
games are scheduled for this Satur-
day. The company schedule is in
progress at this time and the regi-
mental schedule will follow, after the
! champions for the various regiments
have been decided.
The division team has played St.
Mary's college, defeating them by a
score of 10 to 0 won from Iowa State
Teachers college, with a score of -
to 0, and from Colorado college, 46
to 0, and from Henry Kendall college
last Saturday with a score of 6 to 6.
| The remainder of the schedule
| promises to be a very interesting one,
| inasmuch as there are some teams
| composed of men who have made rec
ords for themselves in their schools
and the schools with which the divi-
sion team has games are from bigger
schools. The schedule completed TO
date is as follows:
Nov. 10, Missouri School of Mines at
| Funston.
Nov. IT, Camp Dodge at Kansas City
| or Omaha
| Nov. "a, Great Lakes naval training
school at Kansas City.
Nov. 30, University of Illinois at
Funston.
Dec. 8, University of Nebraska at
| Funston.
Dec. Is, Camp Macarthur at Waco.
1t is not known whether or not the
| division team will have any games
other than those mentioned above,
however, it is very likely there will be
some with other good teams in the
| central states.
Soccer has not lost out at the camp,
| nor has it given away for football, for
| at this time Private Brannigan, man
| who has been managing and coaching
| a professional soccer team in st. Louis,
| is organizing his staff of coaches and
is making preparation to play the first
| company teams on December 2. The
| division will have an all-star soccer
team, as it has an all-star football
| team The athletic director is busy
| making arrangements with some of
| the best soccer teams in the country,
| and Camp Funston will see some real
| soccer playing.
| - Arrangements are being made to
| have a basketball court for every COM
| pany and each company will have Il
| coach to instruct the men to play the
tgame. Each company will have
! company team and will play against
other companies for honors. Regi-
| mental games will also be held IN
basketball.
Lieutenant wilmington looks for a
professional basketball team even
better than the football and soccer
teams and the athletic office is busy
now making arrangements for some
games with the best teams that can
be found. Basket ball has been COM
| ing to the 'front.' in the middle west
and the enthusiasm in the colder
| weather game is expected to be geart-
The commission on Training Camp
activities has assigned Mr.. Bob Nc
Allister to this camp to take charge
of the instructions in boxing. Mr..
McAllister says that there. are some
| two hundred experienced boxers in
the camp and it is planned to have an
instructor for each company. Boxing
is one of the chief sports in the army
and navy and much effort is going to
be given to this form of exercise.
Boxing instructions will be given in
every barracks and bouts will be
scheduled between the representatives
of the different companies and regi-
ments. Professional bouts will be
given later on when some place is ar
ranged where they can be held.
All officers and men are to receive
individual instruction in wrestling,
under the direction of Private Floyd
Domer and thirty other instructors
from the personnel These instruct
ors will select men from the various
companies to act as company instruct
ors and company and regimental
matches will be scheduled in the same
manner as in the other sports. Pro-
fessional exhibitions will be given pro-
viding suitable indoor space can be
used.
In connection with the wrestling 1t
is planned to give instructions in self
| defense. This training will be given
under the direction of Captain Hazlett
| of the infantry school Of arms.
Track and field sports are being de-
Il Veloped at this time. Plans are being
/ completed to hold an inter-company
/ cross country championship meet on
| November %. A track team and in
dividuals in other field sports will rep
| resent the division at meets during the
| winter. The division will be entered
in the Kansas City Athletic club meet
In addition to the work being done
| by the division office toward develop
ing many athletes there are nine ath-
| letic directors in the nine different
| buildings, now open. of the Y. NJ. c. A
| Each of these directors is furnishing
| equipment and giving all possible aid
| to these men who are enthusiastic
| | about some branch of athletics Small
err football teams, volley ball, soccer
baseball etc, are beng instructed BY
| | these men.
III The forms and varieties of athletic.