Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-26
COLLEGE ATHLETES ARE
 RALLYlNG TO COL0RS

The records of enlistment for war service up to the present indicate that the amateurs are responding far more readily to Uncle Sam's call for fight ing men than, are the professional athletes. Among those already en- listed are many stars in football, ten his, polo, swimming and rowing, and also many famous performers on the track and in the field. After the close of the college season the num- Der will probably receive large in- crease.
 A number of Harvard athletes, both of the present and past, have joined the colors. The sensational work of Charlie Brickley, Sam Felton, Ken Parson and Trafford Hicks on the gridiron few years ago is still fresh inthe memory of all followers of Crim- son atheltics. All four of the old gridiron warriors are members of Harvard's army unit.
 J. Howard Berry, the Pentathlon winner and Pennsylvania's most fa- nous athlete, has joined the army avi- ation corps.
 Clarence J. Griffin, who with Will liam Johnston holds the national doub- les tennis championship, is among those who have entered the training camp at Plattsburg.
 Another champion, Ted Meredith, the worlds champion middle distance winner, has volunteered for the fly ing corps. Joe Higgins, one of the best quarter-milers in the country, has volunteered with Meredith. Michael McDermott, national cham" pion breast stroke swimmer and three times winner of the Mississippi valley marathon, has joined the aviation corps of the navy.
 1 Ted Cam, another noted swimmer and holder of several championship titles, has enlisted in the United States naval reserve. His brother. Howard Cam, captain of the New York uni versity football and baseball teams; Paul Mooney. who played center on ] the same gridiron team, and Garland Reese. New York Athletic club pole valuter, have also joined the naval re- serve.
 { Andy Ward, the national champion amateur sprinter, has been accepted for the officers reserve camp at Fort Sheridan.
 The first marathoner of note to join the army is Johnny Hayes, the hero of the London Olympic games. John ny has enlisted in the Plattsburg corps.
 Andy Kelly of Holy Cross college, who holds the New England inter- collegiate records for the 100 and 220- yard runs, has enlisted in the ramy. l Devereux Milburn, one of Ameri- ca's most celebrated polo players and 1 contestant in several of the inter- national matches, has joined Water
 bury cavalry organization. Milbun was a member of the American polo team that went to England in 1909 and won the international trophy.
 Laurens (Spike) Schull, a noted ath- lete of Chicago university, has en- listed for service at the officers train ing camp at Fort Sheridan. Schul] was captain and pitcher of the Ma room baseball team and all-Western tackle in 1915.
 No fewer than thirteen members of the 1916 football squad at the Uni lversity of Minnesota have responded to the call for service. Mauser, cap tain of, this years team, is member of the Iowa national guard Gray|
 joined the Marine crops. sinclair sign ed, up with an ambulance corps for service in France, and Van Nest and Anderson have taken up intensive farming. Eight other members of the Gopher eleven have enlisted for the officers reserve training camps.