Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-19
FORMER ATHLETES
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Earl Roger and sBumps''
Buell. Soon TO Join Ayia-
ton Section Abroad.
.BYs ii. c. Byrd.

Earl Roger and Bumps" Buell.. two
Washington boys recently commits
stoned in the Aviation Corps. have re-
ceived orders to. go to France. They
are booked to leave shortly from an
Atlantic port, Both have received
commissions in the bombing division.
Both youngsters are former local high
school and Maryland State athletes.
Roger played foot ball and base ball
at. Western and Buell. ran and broad
jumped for Central. They engaged
in the same sports for State.
Roger & speaks enthusiastically re-
garding work in the aviation section.
According to his opinion it really is
a sport rather than a supposedly dam
gerous work. What Roger says:
Most people think that an aviator
ought to be scared half to death all
the time he is in the air. Really, one
never thinks about falling or any
thing OF the kind. I've been through
and never yet has the thought Of
dropping passed through my mind. To
tell syou the truth, I'm much more
cautious about running an automobile
than an aerop1ane. To me there's no
more danger running one than there
is the other.
Practice in actual battle formations
and mimic fights afford lot of thrills
at times, as careful maneuverfng Is
required and sometimes one has to
think and act almost simultaneously.
But for an aviator the worst fate that
can befall him is to be kept on the
ground for several weeks. Practical
living
all the time.
Roger mentioned Agnew Of Central.
Davidson OF Western, Mason andsev-
era1 other former Washington school,
boys now at Ellington Field. Texas.
Also he gives the first account re-
former Western High School Athlete.
was killed and further states: that
Jack was the most popular captain in
his regiment. A letter to Roger from
Paul Treanor. former local tennis
player who was in Adams company
Adams in that last fight, tells the
story:
ut was just after we began to drive
the Germans back at Chateau Thierry
that we adams company became
enmeshed in q counter attack by the
boche. They surrounded US and for
ty-three of us were cut Off from the
remainder of the troops. We had
only two things to do-surrender or
fight it out. We decided on the lat
ter and formed what was practical
ly close foot ball Interference. Then
we started to cut our way back to-
ward our own lines.
when we saw that we were going
to win through all right the fellows
spread oct more in a fan-shaped forma-
ton and we actually not only got back
to our lines, but carried with US 143
prisoners. Just before that fighting
Jack had been gassed. He had been
ordered to go back to recuperate, but
refused to leave, his men. The gas
always leaves a man with weak
heart. and it was the shock Of high
explosive shell that dropped near us
that was responsible for Jacks death.
When we picked him up we found
that he had died without single
scratch in the way Of wound"
What Treanor did not mention in
his letter was the fact that because
of his fine bravery in that fight back
toward the American line he was i'm
ordered back ITO an officers
training camp for a. three-month
course to get commission.
Tonight the District Base Ball AS
ISOLATION will hold a meeting in order
to make arrangements for a continu-
ance of the schedule Of championship
games. Preparations must be made
for the final game in section / and
for the playing of postponed contests
in section 2.