The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-10-11


big varsity team at Christmas time,
but the athletic system will take care
of the fellow who has not specialized
in athletics"
Cooks Big Plans.
Cook has some big plans in the
making. He plans to have Is regi-
mental elevens-picked from the best
players in each company-beside the
cantonment's all-star eleven, which
will come from the cream Of the foot
ball players among the $4,000 men to
be assembled here. In laying out the
camp the engineers We're liberal in al
lotting space for the athletic side of
camp life and at various points on the
reservation of $4,000 acres are found
spacious Fairgrounds. However, it is
expected that some of the title games
will be played at the Stadium in Ia
coma. This amphitheater accommo-
dates 10000 people and is ideal for
such games and it furnishes seating
accommodations not found at the
camp. Cook is now dickering for a
game between an all-star eleven and
the Washington State College at the
Stadium october 49, The navy has .
heavy and fine team practicing at
Bremerton. which is the navy head
quarters up the coast so miles. A
game for the championship of the army
and navy on the northwestern coast
would pack the stadium, but this game
will not be played for some weeks
There are scores of, fine college ath-
letes now on the ground and eacf
night the thud of the football can bt
heard at various points on the can.
Torment.
Football Popular Sport.
While football promises to take frs
rank among the sports to be offered tt
the soldiers, baseball will be played
for weeks yet and any kind hearted
citizen who wants to make boys hap
ply should send gloves and balls tt
their friends in Montana companies
No sooner has the command dismiss
ed" been given than there is rusl
for the limited number of gloves an(
balls in barracks and all up and dow
the three mile rows of barracks can b.
seen the boys playing catch. The on
of doors life and the emphasis PLACED
on physical fitness has stimulated ath
letics, although the soldiers get hare
work during the drill hours. Montana
boys who have never gone in for ath
Iletics can be found at the playground
each night.
Other Sports.
Cook plans to have boxing ant
; wrestling tournaments To date tn,
boxing and wrestling matches hav'
been conducted at the Y. NJ c. A. tent
the brightest spot of the camp grount
at present But Cook is going to taxi
advantage of the rivalry that exists
between states, between regiment
and between companies to promote thu
boxing and wrestling matches. Becaus
of the multitude of companies it will
be impossible for ivan" to take per
, sonal charge of such contests, but h
will detail his assistants to the worl
and assume the work of directing al
athletic activities.
Dewitt Van Court will in all proba
bility be appointed boxing instructor
at Camp Lewis. James J. Corbett
former heavyweight champion, witt
was recently appointed boxing in
structor of the national army, favor
the appointment of the veteran NIT
wielder, whose headquarters are nov
: in San Francisco. However the Off
: cial appointment has not been made
Wan Court has developed some fin
boxers and he will have plenty of ma
terial to work on here.