Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-19
Old Army Game Is Passing
Uncle Sam Long on Outdoor; Short on Indoor
Sports.

Special - Tho world
CAMP TRAVIS. Texas. Aug Is -
Like tho old army horse. the
old army bean. tho old army. can.
teen and the old army fever. tho
grand old army game rapidly ls
passing
Despite explosive protests Of the
Liberty motor and ~ moro common
slsterH. the army mule stll ls shuf
ling uionE doing a certain amount
- drudgrry. though the American
soldier mess today carries greater
variety than tho average family
table. tho hoan has not yet vanished.
though liquor has gone from ali
camps the camp exchange ls "a mod
l'ed cantccn though reduced ~ "a
minimum through sanitation and in-
oculnuou once iu while rlse ~
typhoid fever is discovered among
the Yankee soldiers So No is with
that card game that once was am
indispensable part ~ tho soldiers
NE though barred as gambling
medium now has not been uhtu
don"d altogether by The doughboys
Schemes of tho soldiers 60 escape
the vigilance 0f the ufriccr- and par
tclpdte IN an occasional game Of
poker would DO credit 10 tho Htrtt-
'gic brain ~ an oklahoma boot.
logger The time h0uur,I pIuu of
poHrug iookouts who from their
posts NJ vantage can spot 1000 officer
approaching in ample umu iu give
tho participants d chance 90 tumble
Into hunks and foiru deep Iumbcr
before tho di4turbcr rrfs close
enough tp rot wise ls ono ~ tho
most common Tho fact that there
ure no checks 90 conceal Can games
run ON "a cash ba-isl and that
blanket spread over cot serves as
q table. q takes only fraction ~
section 20 "clcan house" n 10 is in
day time. war map. always kept
handy spread upon tho cot D. "a never
failing abb for the congregation ~
so many around a single bunk such
n play also tends 10 give the impress
sion that the boys are Cager 60 know
moro about the big game over there
than they can got during the eight
or ten hours of intensive instruction
they receive daily Lights go out
at o'clock. but 10 n surprising how
FAR O. little candle throws it5 light
over q tent floor yet not visible from
without 10 certainly IL
There is another little game
that tho soldiers have found g. not
quite so hazardous In that evidence
Is moro easily and quickly destroyed
than in either stud or draw ltg
origin can bo traced back 90 biblical
times though 10 has taken the duskt
sons OF Ham TO brinE,it Co pcrfar.
ton n might also Gc noted here
that with the aid OF drill and mor-
curry descendants Of Isaac have
eliminated "a great deal of the
chance once connected with It
But in spite Of this 10 unquost'ouahly
comes honestly by ~ mQdcrn title
NJ Indoor Niger Polo" a pair OF
blankets spread smoothly upon q
barr1ck bunk makes am excellent
polo ground and the protection Of
such llyouts gives the soldier am cx-
cellsnt study IN the art of camou- .
flage.
In waging war against all forms
Of gambling the military has 10 on
civilian methods OF cuuflscation. I
Property seized IN raids boy civil Of
hcers on gambling games is de-
struyed The only property avail
able for Confiscntion In the army rs
the pot" and this goes into the
company fund" eventually 90 be Z
distributed among members Of the
company I'm the form Of Ice cream
and other luSuries Sometimes the
hauIs amount 10 $50 10 500 md
there is a suspicion among tho vic
Tins that the hankerinE Tor lux
lrics frequently lead hungry lads
10 tip or the raidinF squads.
The army is long on outdoor ath-
Ietics, but short on indoor sports