The Washington times., 1918-10-30
SERVICE LEAGUE CALLS
FOR FIFTEEN CONTESTS

Service football for Washington
during the remainder of November
and the first half of December be-
comes an assurance today. The
Spanish flu, which has halted prae-
tically all football practice during
the past month, will give way to a
ffteen-game football schedule at
American, League Park, beginning
November 8.
Representatives Of eleven football
teams met last night, adopted a
schedule, and finally cut the league
down to six teams for Saturday and
Sunday football here
Camp Humphreys, Of Aecotink, Va,
with some fifteen thousand soldiers
from which to draw, is expected to
be represented by first class eleven
OF local interest are the Army
Medical School, the Naval Gun Fac
tory. Of the Navy Yard; the Seaman
Gunners, also OF the Navy Yard, but
late of the Great Lakes naval train
ing station; the Chemical Warfare
eleven, OF Camp Leach, winner OF two
games already played, and the
Marines.
At the present writing the Indian
Head Regimental team and the
Marines Headquarters team are in
the circuit, but a game has been ar
ranged between these elevens to de-
termine which shall be eliminated for
the making up OF the six-team CIT
cult
Those who formed the circuit were
Robert Doyle, ]. V. Hockmann. Sea
man Gunners; Lieut. Wesler Cox.
Army Medical School; J, C. McComas,
Naval Gun Factory; Capt c. F. Dietz,
Indian Head; Sergt- z. A Darr, Ma
rines Headquarters; Lieut. ]. P.
Soderstrom, Camp Humphreys;
Ronald Kichline, Camp Leach. and
representatives from Fort Myer,
Catholic University, and the Bureau
Of Yards and Docks.
The Catholic University, Fort Myer
elevens, OF which there were three,
and the Yards and Docks men, with
drew from league competition. but
scheduled games with the othAr
elevens.
According to the schedule drawn
up, each team plays fve games The
contests are booked to start on No
vember at American League Park
Officials will be Central Board men
and selected from local ranks.
The American League Park held
has been surveyed and the gridiron
laid out The held will run east and
west, the west goal posts being on
the first base line and the east posts
just in front of the jury box The
field parallels the third base pavilion
and grandstand.
The schedule adopted Is as follows:
November 9-Army Medical VS..
Camp Leach
November 1o-seamAn Gunners VS..
Gun Factory.
November 1s-camp Humphreys vs..
Marines.
November 1T-Army Medical vs.
November 23-seaman Gunners vs.
Marines.
November 2LCamp Humphreys VS..
Camp Leach.
November 2s-Army Mcdicos vs..
Seaman Gunners.
November 2s-Camp Leach VS.. Ma
rines.
November so-camp Humphreys
VS.. Gun Factory.
December Army Medicos vs.
December Seaman Gunners VS
Camp Leach.
December s-Marines vs. Gun Fac
tory.
December 14-Army Medicos vs..
Marines.
December 15-Seaman Gunners VS..
Camp Humphreys.
December Clamp Leach vs.. Gun
Factory.
According to the schedule. two
games will be played on Thanksgiv-
ing Day. One contest will be played
in the morning and the other in the
afternoon
Fifty-cent football will be offered to
the fans. and all seats in the park
will be sold at that price It is
planned to have bands at the games.
and to encourage the snort in every
way. Representatives OF the elevens
gathered at the meeting said their
teams would be composed OF many
former college players, and that all OF
the elevens had been under way for
some time, but were awaiting the
lifting OF the ban before starting
out