The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-29
Many College
, Stars Are In
Training There
Chicago j, Boys Help Enter
tain White SOX

DALLAS. Texas. March 90 - Camp
Dick undoubtedly could win the worlds
military championship IN almost any
branch Of sport lut for ono thluE u
might not Rye the nrht Kind N .hih-
letss QUO day Tor "a contest arranged the
day before
IloIng n concentration camp, II Ia ar
ncuit 10 concentrate on anything except
work, because the personnel Oi the camp
In subject TO cOnGtnnt change. ln realty
Il IN u clearing house for all the other
aviation schools iu me country. Cadets
are received from all direction and may
stay fOw days or months. depending
on what squadron they are assigned TO-
Great Majority College Athlstss
Elnety.iiye percent Of tho officers and
cadets are college men. Hud close 20 20
percent Of the cOlleglnnH are athletes,
while the majority ~ tho non-colloglhnh
have taken part In some branch OF tho
sport before volunteering their services
to tho nation In the most hazardous
branch of the service
mp strong enough 60 heat almost any
other camp Or caut0nment n II were
not for me constant Uniting which
makes the formation Of q gcfmhnent
lineup imposslhlg. baseball captaln.
for instance. might arrange game IN
the morning for the afternoon Of that
self-mm day and lose his crack battery
before time 10 play the game. That II
, how little the boys know when they are
n be sent somewhere else TO obtain
their commissions as flers. .
1900 Fllers In Training.
Camp Dick varies greatly ln enroll
ment A. the meas hall where tho white
SoI lunched with the avintors yesterday.
there are accommodA for feeding
5000 hungry bows under one roof, but at
present the camp has only 800 In train
x lot of them are Chicago boys. -Four
squadtOng are from the Illinois ground
school md two from Cornell Prnc-
tirnlly all Of these cadets are from Chi.
cago Or nearby cities ana towns. You
can imagine that tho white SoT wcro
welcome guests 20 those lads from HI
nols.
Col stsevsr In Command
The commanding officer ~ tho camp,
an by adoption. lie Il graduate n
West Point and something ~ nomnd
but has identified himself with chicago
since his stny there while In charge NJ
training the high school cadets IN mill
tary tlctics Col Siecyer also ia an
and 70 military morale
Baseball swimming and golf Rrs tho
leading sports INDUCED I'm this spring
The camp baseball tournament practically
has been completed md Squadron four
teen Il ~ assured oi winning the pen-
nant as the white SoN OF beating tho
Giants last fall Tho coming camp
champions by the wRv are chiefly "A
Chicago squadron. and among tho play
erg Nre Crewc. formerly Of De Paul.
Harrington. formerly NJ st. lgnatius,
and Hewus, former Purdue star, and
afterYard With Peoria.
U. OF Chicago Battery.
In Squadron nine Hru LATku and Max
well. former University ~ Chicago hat
terry. and PurmRu of Ohio state The
commanding officers chauffeur II Col
Her from Atlanta. who WAS given a try
out as pitcher by Washington and later
worked Tor tho Atlanta team " the
Southern league,
These dre only a few NJ the many IN
miliar names on the rosters Of the ar
aren't sqlHdronE
The swimming team ~ present CON
lains such stars as Norman Ross. holder
Of three worlds records and Bob Rem
son n Wisconsin who has won lieu
tenancy
Hartman Of Dog Fame There.
Fred Hartman, hero Of the Winnipeg
Minneapolis dog race. who made him
self famous nv hclping drag in his own
sled after losing his lead dogs. s Nn-
other Of Camn Dicks flying cadets
Football lie represented hv Sexton of
Brown, all American half back
But these hoys are not now striving