Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
DIX SOLDIERS IN
GAME WITH MEADE
Wrightstown Football Team
Favorites Over Admiral
Outfit for Battle Today
ANDERSON AT QUARTER

tCle Sans fighting men in this city
will bo at play today, but the play will he
somc scrap at that. Tho rcgmental cham
pions of Camp Dix meet the regimentai
champions of Camp Meade in n game TO
decide the football supremacy OF the two
contonments on Franklin Field this after
noon at g O'Clock and with all array OF
former college and club stars the game
should develop into a classic that will sur
pass In gridiron worth any Of tho annual
army and navy games In other days.
Tho game today will bring to Il close
ono of tho best football years that has
been known in the history OF the game.
Although college football has not thrived
this season as it has in the past tho re-
turn of so many former stars through the
medium of camp games has aided to great
extent the revival of enthusiasm.
Embraced in the battle array of tho
two camp teams today are men who have
gained national fame on the gridiron and
many other lesser lights on the football
horizon. And these are only n few of the
renowned players in the camp, but the
teams that will struggle today are not the
pick Of tho best players in the two cam
tonments. They are tho elevcns which
won the elimination regimental contests
Both Infantry Teams
Both the teams in the game are from the
infantry. The 3l4th Infantry Regiment
captured the title at Meade and the 31lth
Infantry the championship at the New Jor-
sey camp. IT is II peculiar fact that tho
men on the Meade team are all from this
state and those from WrightstoWn are all
from the "Skeeter" state
great throng of men in khaki will he
within the gates of Franklin Field for the
contest Meade is sending 5000 of the boys
on special train and they will all be at
the game. Wrightstown will send about
the same number, and It is safe to say
that there will be about two or three thou
sand soldiers and sailors from other camps,
that crowd of about $4,000 men in
khaki will be in the stands This sight
alone without mention of n football game.
should be enough TO draw several thousand
civilians TO the field.
Tho soldiers arc greatly enthused over
the prospect of getting home over the
week end for some of the men who viii go
TO the game from Meade are Philadelphians.
AS was aptly put by writer in the Camp
Dix News, IL will be IAN excellent chance
for fighters to see a real fight pa and ma,
and sis and honey at the same time.
Two Great Generals
The two open field runners and genera Is
will be at tho helm of the respective
clevcns. One Is Lieutenant O. g. Anderson
quarterback OH the Camp Dix team aud
tho other Is Lieutenant Everett Mylin, tho
Meade quarter
one year ago Anderson was helping col
| gate clean up its rivals, and he did it with
such a show of ability and cleverncss that
| he was chosen by Walter Camp for tho Al
American team Anderson IL one of tho
best open field runners in tho history OF
the game, and his selection, of plays has
! won the admiration Of well-known football
| authorities
| Everett Mylln needs no Introduction &c
| the followers OF Penn. For~thc last tive
| wears he has bccu tho captain of the
Franklin and Marshall team. and although
| surrounded by poor players Mylin stood ont
| against great machines as a star OF the
first water
| Two years ago those who the Frank
| lin and Marshall game on Franklin Field
| will remember how Mylin showed UP How,
| ard Berry, the Red and Blue hero. Berry
| was playing quarterback that season and
! Mylin broke through the Penn first and
| secondary defense. He came down the
| field at a ten-sccond clip with only Berry
| between him and the goal line Berry
| managed to place one hand on him, but
! that was shaken off with one twist of the
| little chaps hips.
| Another player well known to Penn foot
| ball supporters is on the Meade eleven
| He is Eddie Thayer, famous drop-kickcI
| of n few years ago. Thayer Is the young
| chap who beat the Marine team here some
| weeks ago with drop-kick when he was
| playing with the Meade officers eleven.
| DESPITE the fact that Myln and Thaycr
! are in the Meade lineup, the Dix players
| are slight favorites for the victory, Tho
| Wrightstown lads outweigh the Admira
outfit by seven and a half pounds TO q
| man. and that Is some advantage on wet
| and slippery field. where weight counts
Tho Dix team averages 17iic to l6I.