The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-05
A BIG MONTH
January Filled With Sports and
Athletics.

January is to be a big month in
athletics at Camp Funston. Sports
will be conducted in the Eighty-ninth
division training camp on even a more
intensive scale than in the big colleges,
for it is the belief of those directing
the training of Uncle Sans fighters,
that a soldier must have physical
training just as much as military
training to combat the boche.
A skilled boxer it has been found,
makes a skillful bayonet fighter;
trained football player has the jump
on the other fellow in going cover the
top" or in any emergency where speed
war methods it has been demonstrated
that there is much hand-to-hand
fighting, and the strongest surest,
best conditioned man usually wins-in
battle that means life.
The basketball team, coached by
Capt. George Fricke, of st. Louis has
part of its schedule arranged and in
cludes the following contests, aside
from the game played with the Camp
Dodge team in Kansas City New
Years night:
January 8, Camp Doniphan at Kan
sas City.
January 10, Kansas University at
Lawrence.
January IS. Nebraska Wesleyan at
Lincoln.
January 10, Nebraska University at
Lincoln.
January 26,- Camp Dodge at Des
MOineS or Omaha.
Inter-company basketball cham
pionships have begun A round-robin
tournament, in which each company
team will meet each other company
team in the regiment or separate unit
will be played The team scoring" the
highest percentage of wins will play
in the division company championship.
A loving GU p will be awarded
Champions.
Besides the members of the division
team, there are many well known col
lege basket ball players in the division
and the tournament is expected to
bring out players of big caliber.
Soccer football is to have a front
place in the program. The division,
a1l-St. Louis team will play a series OF
exhibition games Sunday afternoons
during the month and efforts are being
made to arrange an intercamp sched-
ule with Camp Doniphan and Camp
Dodge.
The Inter-company soccer cham
pionships will begin Saturday Janu-
airy IL, and a round-robin tournament
will be played. A cup will be awarded
to the winners.
The boxing and wrestling schools
will continue underline direction Of Bob
McAllister, former Pacific Coast mid
d1eweight, who is the division boxing
"A SCnoQui6 OF 1nCer-CaI1p
boxing and wrestling tournaments be-
tween Camp Funston, Camp Dodge
and Camp Doniphan is being arranged
for the latter part of January. Camp
Funston has a number of able fistic
performers, including Tyler Thomas,
and some good bouts should be staged
when the rival Sammies get together
| in the roped arena.
| Tryouts for the division boxing and
wrestling teams will be held, beginning
Saturday and Wednesday following.
| Nearly 100 boxers and wrestlers will
try for places on the teams.
The value of track athletics is not
to be lost sight of in the training of
| efficient soldiers. A twelve-lap board
track win be constructed at once on
the main athletic field and practice for
| the division track team will begin as
soon as the track is completed. A re-
j lay carnival between athletes of Camp
Funston, Dodge and Doniphan will be
held in Kansas City January &c. An
inter-regimental relay carnival will be
staged here January 90