New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22

"Hobey" Baker is now flying in
France. We had dinner with him and
companion shortly before they sailed.
Flying is lot like most sports"
said Baker. There must be the same
attention paid to form; a man must
think quickly, and after that II is q
matter Of inherent fitness"
Bakers msrvelously quick eye and
tho lean muscles he has trained 20 CO.
ordinate with his brain and eye GER
tainly will make of him valuable and
a practical hier. IL is such instances,
indeed, that present in concentrated
form the whole argument of the value
OF sport TO America. Berry would be
less an athlete were il not for college
football and would lack that added
Physical poise the game has given him.
Hockey, football and baseball made Of
"Hobey" Baker--or would make OF any
other man OF his normal courage and
physique-one Of the finest pieces OF
fighting machinery we ever shall send
to France.
Sport Never More Important
The relation Of sport to our physical
fitness as a nation never was more
important than il is now. With this
H. view, and with the sentiment that
would naturally surround them any
how, il might be said that there are
two corkinG football games TO be
played in New York this coming Sat.
urday.
Whom Camp Devens meets Camp
Upton at the Polo Grounds Saturday
considerable military fur should As.
The Camp Upton team has been ex.
tremely modest in its claims this sea-
son, but list Of the personnel OF its
eleven which has just come 20 hand.
combined with the fact that the team
IS well coached, makes IL altogether
probable that the Haughton-trained
camp Devens eleven will have 10 do a
lot of hustling Saturday.
Some OF the better known men on
Uptons machine are Captain Crawford
BIagden, famous Harvard tackle. who
is holding down similar position on
the Division eleven; CAPTAIN Harry
kempner, Harvard back; Lieutenant NJ
j. Hayes, who last year played on Col
gates cording team; Lieutenant Oar
I'm, the only white nan who ever
PLAYED on the Carlisle Indian team:
Lieutenant Phil Sheridan. grandson of
inc Civil War hero, who played oud a.
Notre Dame; Lieutenant Woodring. of
vanderbilt, who came into prominence
by bootlng the drop kick that defeated
the Carlisle Indians several years ago.
Lieutenant Colbach, one Of the fastest
Dach0 ever turred out Of Bowdoin Col
.ege; Lieutenant Roth, Cornell pIay-
er, and Lieutenant Parker, who PLAYED
with Penn. VI
The prvates, also, are making a good
showing; Among them is Roscoe, a
schoIastlc star OF the metropolitan dis
Hlct' Meyers, who throws a forward
pass Ike baseball; Starkey, who
Played centre 20 the famous Walter
Eckersall, and others.
Strong Array of Coache,
The team is being coached bv Can.
tam Blagden and Captain Storer. both
OF Harvard. They have charge OF the
line; Bomeisler, the All-American Yale
star, is coaching the ends, and Frank
Click, OF Princeton, has charge OF the
backs.
It goes without saying that thi, team
Is handsomely capacitated 20 take care
of itself.
The list Of officers who have kep. IN
football training at Camp Deyens, in
spite OF the prohibition against their
playing, reads like a segment from foot
balls blue book. Many Of these men will
be seen at the Polo Grounds now that
the bar on their playing has been re-
moved.
Among the college stars who have
been working with Coach Percy Haugh-
ton are Captain c. A. Coolidge, OF Hsr-
ward; Captain David Henry, OF Brown.
Lieutenant Melville Weston. of Har-
ward; Captain Hosea Harris. of Har-
ward; Lieutenant Hugh HARRISON. OF
Yale; Captain Harry Gardner and Lieu
tenant William Robinson, Of Harvard:
Lieutenant Cy Toolsn. OF Williams;
Lieutenant George Hoban, OF Dart,
mouth; Lieutenant Thomas TEACHER
and Lieutenant Henry Ninot, Of Har.
ward.
As an added feature there will be 4
drill Of the Camp Upton troops.
The other game to feature a service
team will be played at Ebbets Field be-
tween the snsppy Rutgers eleven and
that from the Newport Naval Reserve.
OF all service teams cupid" Blacks
team has been the most lsuded, con-
tanning as it does such stars az Bar
rett, Gerrish, Schlachter, Miller and
Hite, but against Rutgers il probably
will meet an eleven faster than any IL
has yet encountered