Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
NOW IT'S MILITARY FOOTBALL
Seven Games Between Inter Service
and "Ria Ten" EIevens in Two DAYS.

Seven Games Between lnter-Service
and "Bis Ten" EIevens in Two Days.
Chicago, Nov. 2S.-With the Big
Ten" season ended. military football
brand Of gridiron sport distinctively
new to middle west followers of the
game-will be served in appetizins
combinations on Thanksgiving day and
Saturday. Seven games will be played
between inter-service, inter-camp and
western conference elevens on the two
days AS proceeds Of the contests are
to be donated to soldier funds, more
than 100000 is expected to be raised.
Here is the Thanksgiving day pro-
gram:
Ohio State, champions Of the Big
Ten" vs.. Camp Sherman of Cihillicothe,
O.. at Columbus.
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
VS.. Fort Sheridan % fficers at Stage
Field, Chicago
Illinois vs.. Camp Funston at Fort
Riley, Kan.
This is the schedule for Saturday:
Washington and Jefferson VS.. Camp
Sherman at Toledo.
Purdue vs.. Camp Zachary Taylor at
Louisville.
Camp Dodge VS.. Camp Funston at
Omaha.
Camp Grant VS.. Camp Custer at
Stage Field. Chicago.
Popular favorites OF years ago, who
made names for themselves playing on
college teams. will be in the line-ups
Of the soldier and navy elevens. also
the games promise to carry inspiring
military settings. Military bands, so
ciety groups, generals and men In pub
lie life will contribute to the scenes.
What Ohioans regard as the choicest
football menu offered on Thanksgiving
will be played at Columbus. Neither
the strong Camp Sherman eleven nor
Ohio State has been defeated this sea-
son, and it looks like an even money
game, with the soldiers stacking in
dividual prowess against Ohio States
machine work.
All reserved seats have been sold,
boxes alone being auctioned for more
than $1,000. Almost 10000 probably
will witness the battle. including crack
platoons of drafted soldiers which will
give exhibitions Of progress Of the ma
tional army training as part Of the
afternoon program. Proceeds amount
ing to probably 100000 or $4,000 will
be placed in trust to be used as an
emergency fund for the Ohio selectives
when they go to France.
Camp Sherman's eleven Is made up
Of many former college stars, most Of
them officers in the national army.
Among them are Captain Edmunds
old Michigan star; lMarting. Yale CEN
ter: Monk, Cornell: Goebel, Yale; Gar
ao11 Snnvn vo1o. ESiNhnn
laub, Notre Dame; Overbaugh, Brown,
and many others.
"Chick" Hartley, the wonderful Ohio
State backfle!d man and All-American
player, Is the stellar performer Of the
varsity team. The university eleven
probably will take the field just as it
did in games which Won for 1t the
big Ten" championship.
With both lineups studded with COL
lege football luminaries Of the last ten
years, the Great Lakes Naval Training
station and the Fort Sheridan Officers
elevens will battle on Stage field. an
important Army-Navy gridiron strug-
gle Judging from the advance sale
and the general enthusiasm at both
camps. thirty thousand fans will see
the service match.
The Fort Sheridan lineup sounds
more like an all-American eleven than
q training camp aggregation. The line
will be made up Of Benbrook Michigan,
and Allmindinger. Michigan. at the
guards; Oftsie. Wisconsin, and Hen
ming, Michigan Aggies. at the ends;
Thomas and Yer Wiebe, Harvard at
tackles and Paul des Jardien, Chicago,
center. Wheaton, Yale, and Turner.
Dartmouth. will alternate at quarter;
Jimmy Craig. Michigan, Dolly" Gray,
Chicago, and Plisha, Notre Dame, at
the halves, and Jesse Spaulding, Yale,
and ski" Sauer, Chicago. at full.
Benbrook was picked generality, as
all American guard IN 1911 and 1912.
Jimmy Craig earned the same honor
as half back in 1918. Joe Plisha was
an honorary all-western selection at
Notre Dame for two seasons, while
Paul ("Shorty") Des Jardien was chos-
en- BY walter Camp ~ center on his
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