Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-31
One Hundred and Ninth
Field Artillery Field Day

Wednesday. Oct. 24th. was a gala day
for the 10sth Field Artillery, formerly
the Third Pennsylvania Field Artillery.
The day was set aside for two purposes,
namely to show our patriotism by sub
scrtbing to the second Liberty Loan, and
to exhibit our athletic ability The regf-
ment as a whole responded nobly to the
cali for financial aid. 1t was due to the
untring efforts of the physical directors,
G. Davies and ID. Hughes. that Battery
G was able to emerge victorious in four
of the eight field events.
In the 100-yard dash there were en-
tries for each battery, but as usual the
Dawes of Battery G., who is one of the
dismounted tug of war team which was
captained by Sergeant GFabos1y, and de-
serves special communication as they en-
tered the contest with no practice and
emerged victorious with apparently lit
tie difficulty.
One of the most interesting events was
the mounted wrestling match. When
the various contestants entered the field
it reminded one Of those old tournaments
held by knights and lords. After several
minutes Of expert riding and struggling
among the contestants, there were but
two left on the field, Thomas of Battery
and Arbchesily of Battery G. Some
fierce struggling ensued ad finally Arb
SCneSky succeeded IN UnSeAtInS MS Opp0-
nent and, midst the cheers of his G Bat
terry men, was carried across the field
Battery c was also fortunate in Sc
curing first place in the running high
jump captured by Corporal Hahn, whose
exhibition of high jumping also delighted
thu vast crowd.
In the most humorous event, the mixed
shoe race, Merrill of Battery G took Sec
ond place. Semmers of the same bat
terry who apparently had secured first
place was for some technically disquali
fed
After the exciting events of the morn
ing the men were keyed to the proper
pitch in anticipation of the football game
in the afternoon. The game was played
under the supervision of Lieutenant
Brown, the former Penn State Star. who
served as referee, AS umpire. Leuten-
ant Hogg, who in his college days played
with the University of Pennsylvania,
served in a very efficient manner
The second battalion team was COM
posed Of men from Batteries d, f and
#, while the team of the first battalion
was made llp of men from A. b and c
batteries,
From the first sound of the whistle If
was apparent that the first battalion
team, composed mostly of men with
much gridiron experience, would emerge
Victors. The lire presented an almost
stone wall defense and many times the
swift ba cks of the second were thrown
for losses, while repeatedly the first bat
talon backs would skirt the ends for
long runs ana so place themselves III u
position to intercept forward passes. The
honor of scoring the first touchdown fell
to McKune Of Battery A, who took ad-
vantage of a tumble and crossed the
line. Houston Of Battery 3, who played
right tackle. proved by his excellent
playing to be one of the best line men
on the field. The guard positions were
filled by McKune, the Hazeton star,
and Enke, the erstwhiie Gettysburg star.
In the center Morgan innumerable
times broke up the plays before they had
really started, and many attempted punts
were blocked by him. The beautifully
executed punts of Quarterback Fl.
Hughes were well handled by the ends,
Davies and Hahn.
Ii end runs were needed it was safe
bet to give tn eball to RED Hughes,
Many times Turk" Jones would hurl
his ponderous weight against the oppos-
ing line. and he was ably seconded by
Evans, who scored the second touchdown
following Herb" Hughes spectacular
run of SO yards.
Quarterback IT. Hughes. who inter
cepted a forward pass and with splen>
did interference by Evans ran fifty yards.
The second battalion employed forward
passes to good advantage and their
backs made several very consistent
gains. Tender, ana end and Gunster, at
quarter, proved to be their most conss~
tent ground gamers.
The final score of the game was 1870
in favor of the first battalion, and all
present were thoroughly pleased with the
sportsmanlilzs manner in which the ath-
letes conducted themselves.
Plans are now being made for the or
ganization of q basketball team.
The men of c Battery have great in
terest in sports because of support given
them by the officers of the battery.