The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-10
THE.
PRINCIPAL DRILL
Continued from Page One.)
ready a popular diversion. Football
teams will be in the spotlight soon.


ready popular diversion. Football
teams will be in the spotlight soon.
There is a world of star athletic ma
terial among the recruits. In re
cent baseball game between the De-
Moines western league champions ant
a camp team, every soldier player II
the lineup was at one time a member
of some professional baseball league
In a recent track meet held between
the members of two companies college
stars from all parts of the country par
ticipated.
Every man is expected to learn the
fundamentals Of boxing and for thai
reason Mike" Gibbons, we'll known
fistic champion, will come to Caml
Dodge about the middle Of the month
to take charge of the boxing.
Camp Athletic Director Griffith has
announced that all recruit will have
to take part in some kind Of sport
General Plummer has ordered that
one full hour a day be allotted to ath
letics. Director Griffith plans to i'm
port some Of the French army games
that have been developed since the
war started. These games are design
ed to cultivate agility in the recruit
just as boxing helps a man to be q
better bayonet fighter. Those who
prefer the games of, football, basket
ball, boxing, wrestling and kindred
active sports will have chance to
take any one of them during the hour
But if not, the recruit will have to &c
into the special army games.
So much athletes. with several
scores of football teams, a few hun
Idred boxing matches, etc, is going to
'require a great deal of athletic equip
'ment. The army does not supply it.
Therefore big campaign is being
conducted to raise money to buy the
stuff for the soldiers. High schools in
the four states represented at Camp
Dodge are asked to give a part of
their athletic receipts to the fund.
High schools are urged to give enter
tainments to raise money. All ath'
letic contests i'll Des Moines will con-
tribute a share to the returns.
The hope is to furnish each COM
pany at the cantonment one or more
boxes of sporting goods. A box con-
sists of the following equipment: Six
ball bats, twelve baseballs, one chest
protector, one catcher's mask, one
catcher's mitt, one first baseman's
glove. six association footballs Ito be
used for soccer, volleyball or basket
ball, two extra bladders). lacing and
pump for same, two Rugby footballs,
two sets of quoits with posts, six play
ground balls, four play ground bats,
two six pound medicine balls, three
official whistles. ten sets of boxing
gloves and a set of rule books.
The only thing these 10000 men
have to fear now is tuberculosis. A
special staff of physicians have been
selected to examine every man at the
camp for tuberculosis.
Many notable men nationally will
visit Camp Dodge during the winter.
This will include leading figures in
the sports, the theatricals, the educa-
tional and the government circles.
One of the first will be former Presi-
dent Taft. who is scheduled to speak
in Des Moines on October Goth. While
he is here it is planned to hold the
first public parade of national army
soldiers. General Plunmer has an
nounced that the battalion which
shows the best efficiency at drill by
that date will be selected to parade
before Taft in Des Mo!nes.