Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-13
CAMP MEADE NOTES.

the blood OF the men Of Meade. Many
Of the soldiers who paid little atten-
ton to the pastime in civil life are
now taking the liveliest sort of inter-
est in playing the game themselves.
Figures compiled by the division ath-
letic committee for April show that
10000 men took part in the diamond
sport last month. Seven hundred and
seventy-four games were played. There
were 80 basket ball games, with l. O29
men participating: LAC QUOT games.
with 2.211 players; 1853 boxing bouts.
81 wrestling bouts and 1863 volley ball
games. with 1927 players.
There are to be a number Of changes
in the lineup of the camp team before
it crosses bats with the Chicago White
formerly Of the Newark 1nternationa1s.
will probably pitch for the Army team.
Buck Becker. who formerly pitched
came to camp with the last bunch of
selectives from the District Of Column
bia, will try out for a place on the
division nine this week, and will most
likely be in the lineup next Saturday.
Monk" Fraser of Company c. District
who caught for the cham
pion Agriculture team in Washington
several years ago, will catch for the
camp team next Sunday. The backstop
position Is always a difficult one, but
Fraser has demonstrated that he Is the
best man for the place. The Washing
ton man is an accurate pegger. who is
especially good at cutting off hunts in
front. of the plato or running down
base lines. Besides his defensive work
he manages to get hits at the right
time. Fraser has the habit of encour-
aging his pitchers by a running fire of
comment. which is a big help.
Jack Bentley. who once pitched for
the Washington Nationals. is also sure
Of q place on the camp nine. His cir
cuslike fielding of infleld hits yesterday
and flne bat work demonstrated that he
has lost none Of his base ball form.
"cappy' Lansan Of Company c. Dis
trict Battalion. who played shortstop in
Sundays game. proved equal to the
job. and will undoubtedly be in next
Sundays line-up. He Is one of the
Frank salb Of Company c, who pitch
ed the first half of the game Sunday
for the Army team, was unable to And
the plate quite frequently. even though
he tried nothing much but straight balls.
He hardly measured up to the require
ments of this position, but may be tried
out somewhere else.
Corp. Prentiss of Company c has
been granted five-day furlough. and
has left for Rocky Mount N. c., to
visit "a friend" 1t will be recalled that
Corp. Prentiss acted as secretary for
Private William ]. Compiler. who was
flooded with proposals of marriage fol-
lowing the announcement that he had
fallen heir to 100000 through the will
Of an uncle in California. His comrades
freely limited that five days" is gen.
orally the duration Of a honeymoon
tary has saved the prettiest girl who
applied for the job Of wife to the rich
soldier for himself. AS for Compiler.
he thinks the girls who wrote him very
foolish. and has answered none of their
letters. So far as he was personally
the whole matter was a
huge joke.
Private Wrestburg. a major league
ball player, who came to Meade with
the last quota Of selectives. and is at
tached to the Depot Brigade. will try
out for a place on the division nine this
week.
Three Company c men, District Bat
talon. are slated to appear In the box
alter next Thursday night. They are
Privates Jack O'Donnel. welterweight:
H. w. Brown. featherweight. and kid"
bantamweight class.
Mess Sergeant Niedomanski and Cook
Bailey served up big spread Tor the
bali team. which was en-
tertained at Company B barracks Sun
day night. The menu included roast
beef. potato salad. pickles and chow
chow, apple pie and Ice tea
Owen J. Harris. Knights of Columbus
and former diamond star.
who arranged the big league series at
Meade, was taken i'll yesterday and
had to leave for his home in Baltimore.
District machine gunners who met
heir old friend. Lieut.. Gordon Yates. IN
yesterday were not deter
red by the shiny gold bar which the
'ormer wears from greeting the new sub !
altern without paying too much atten- |
separate the private from the COM
nissioned officer. Lieut. Yates was
his service stripe showing six
months service at the front In France. |
he 10 now assistant in one of the |
,f1ices Of the adjutant general At the