Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-02
MANY COLLEGE
STARS AT CAMP
Camp Dick a Training Ground
for Thousands of Aviators;
White SoX Camp Guests.
-FOUR CHICAGO SoUADRoNS
Fred Hartman, Hero of Fa.
nous Dog Race, Also There;
Cream of Americas Fliers.

DALLAS. Texas, April Camp
DICK undoubtedly could win the
worlds military championship In al
most any branch OF sport but for one
tAlnE II might not have the right
kn1 OF athletes one day for "A con
test arranged the day before
icing a ccucentration camp, Il Is
dUllrult 10 concentrate on anything
except work. because the pcrsonnp III
Of Ihc camp Is subject to conrtRnt
change In reality II IL n clearing
mouse for all the other aviation
schools TN the country. Cadets are
received from all directions and may
stay a f'~V days or months. depend
lns on what squadron they are AS
signed TO-
Nincty.five per cent Of the off
GERS and cadets arc college men.
ana close TO 7b por cent Of the col
IoElnny are athletes. while the ma
loritN Of tho rOn-colleRians have Ia o.
ken part In some branch Of the
sport before volunteering their serv-
Ices 10 the nation in the most haz-
ardouS branch OF the service.
Constant Shifting.
From these boys teams could be
made up strong enough to beat al
most any other camp or cantonment.
n II were not for the. constant shift
ing which mokcs the formatio OF a
permanent llpeup impossible. A
baseball captain. for instance, might
arrange game I'm the morning for
the afternoon Of that SELF same day
and lose his crack battery before the
time 10 play the game. That is how
Ittle the boys know when they are
TO be sent somewhere else TO obtain
lhclr com missions nS fliers
Camp Dick vHries greatly In en-
rollmcnt AZ the moss hHll where
tho White Sox lunched with the avi-
htors yesterday. there are aCommo~
dations for feeding eight thousand
hungry boys under one roof but at
present the camp has only 500 In
training
A lot of them arc Chicago boys
-Four squhdrons are from the MI
noiF ground school and two from
Cornell. Practically all OF these ca
dets are from Chicago or nearby
cities ana towns You can imagine
that the While Sox were welcome
guests TO those lads from Illinois.
Colonel Steever In Command
The commanding officer Of the
camp Lieut. Col E Il. Sttcver, jr.. Is
NhlcaECau 10y adoption. lie rs a
ErNuato Of West Point and some
thing Of nomad but has identified
himself with Chicago since his stay
there while In charge OF training
the high school cadets in military
t1Ctics. Colonel Steeycr also Is an
uid 20 military mGrulc.
Baseball. swimming and golf are
the leading sports INDUCED I'm tbis
spring The camp baseball tourn.t
men. practically has been completed
and squadron fourteen ls az assured
~ winning the pcnuHnt as the White
Soy ~ heItlng the Giants last fall
The coming camp champions. by the
way. are chiefly a Chicago squadron
aud among tho players are Crcwc.
formerly with De Paul; Harrington
formerly n' 50 Ieuatius and Hew-
lrs former Purdue star, and after.
walos with Peoria.
I. ~ Chicago Hnttcry.
In squadron uiup are IArkin ana
Maxwell. former kuir"rsity ~ chi
cllo battery and Iurmtu Of ohio
stat, Tho commanding officers
chauffeur is Collier from Atlanta,
who WIS given a tryoui ass 70 pitrher
hy Washington and I1'pr worked Tor
] Inc .AfN1fIfh Nf AIIA ..| ..'' 90
[ league
Thorc arc only few ~ tho many
familiar names on the rosters "f
| the different slunlr.ns
THE swimming team H' pre- 'nt
contains yuch stars 0s Norman l.1s'.
holder of three worlds records" and
Rob Henson Of Wisconsin who has
won neuirr2ncN
Hartman nf Dog Fame Ihcrr.
Frcd Hartman. hero of 'Hn Win
ripcr- Minneapolis dog race. who
made himself famous ty helping
| drag in his own slcd 1Nor losing hs
| Head dors g. another af Camp NigkS
| living radtI Fo7thlII Dr. rrrfr''ni-
cd by sovtnr Of Brown HII.Aw'rl-
| can hulfhlck
Rut these bows arc n"' In" strive
| .rg fur houors in tho.r f.rt~r--t.rlis
! Thcy have come from n'' nnf'' ~
| the nation 70 learn Co fIy v.' enough
60 drop houhrron Ilu07 n EN'0 "a
chance. Altho every lad OF them