Evening star., 1918-04-12

Maryland State must select men to
captain its base ball team this spring and
foot ball team next fall Mornhinweg.
who was chosen to lead both, has entered
the Army and will not be available for
either. In all probability another man
would have had to be elected for foot ball
anyway, al It was discovered after his
election that Mornhinweg was not eligible
for captain.
Rigxs Ii about the only choice for the
captaincy Of base ball. as he II the only
Individual left from the 1917 nine. He Is
playing shortstop and ought to make an
excellent leeder coster , J, the iosieai a
has held down the center position on the
State eleven two years and prior to that
played one year at tackle for Western
Maryland College.
A New York writer recently asked an
Army officer what type OF athlete makes
tho best aviator. Some things In his
stYssrsy rspy Msss sSs Statement e. which at
tributes horseback riding ~ the best sport
for the deveiopn1ent Of mon Tor aviation
work It also is stated that Germany
Airy foroeS Here Ii the statement quoted
from the Army officer:
mo special type. But the men who
sss, sso,a ad xba have ng
gamee-foot ball, basket ball: base ball,
hand ball and fencefs-and best OF al,
think, men who can ride well You
army recruited practically all Of its fiiers
from the cavalry forces, Riders make
heady, daring Aviators and they have
that nimbleness OF hand that is SO essen
tial for a frst-class flyer. Personally. l
would rather have q good rider any time:
Next to him want q good foot ball
player. However. you never can tell
about these big strapp!ns athletes Some
Of them develop hands like hams and
turn out rather poor niers.
Another class Of men who have been
somewhat disappointing In their devel-
opment are the automobile drivers.
mechanical part of the game. but that
il only the ground work Of the art Of
aviation. Another thing, recklessness
is not a good attribute for hier. In
fact. the authorities want none Of that
kind.
I'VE get two men. one a big, we'll
developed athlete and the other the
weedy. unimpressive sort, who does not
appear to have any stamina or too mucn
CUTS The thin. weedy fellow is more
the we'll developed athlete. However,
all in all. our material is splendid. I
know that before this war is over we
are going to demonstrate our superb
r.
is an ideal aviator. German niers have
shown daring and ability. but the Ger
man is notoriously poor flier in the
face Of adverse conditions. Put him IN
bad place and he's done for. Brave
as he might be. he will yield under that
Teuton Characteristic. Down in his
heart the German is q gutter. What
ever success the Germans attain comes
from organization"
,ruA~ao~ hv ubat Roonav vernstain
former local amateur base ball star,
| has to say of-condttions in American
camps In France soldiers wearing the
uniform Of the United States Army
about. ~ tar a. living conditions arc
| concerned. Here - letter received
| from vernstein. who 10 in Paris as
| member Of naval aviation unit:
| conditions have not changed much over
| here. Things move along about the
T, same. though there possibly is a grad
ual speeding UP on the part OF the old
articles in The Star and. believe me. it
| is good to get bit Of news about the
| fellows at home. The paper comes
here about once every two weeks, but
so Interested In nearly everything In
and read 1t is completely worn out.
II weigh eighty kilos. or 17e pounds!
30 you can readily see that Uncle sam
Is taking good care OF ua. One cannot
help but Improve his health IN the Navy,
% we'll regulated 10 everything that It
sms.t .d n. kespin N Eosd hva ans
| Of the best camps In France. ana cer-
tainiy our onicers could not be sur
passed, bsoaues they give 10 Svsfything
possible and DO all In their power for
Sunday Aither in a truck or In n m otor