Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-15
PICKED TEAMS
PLAY IN co, C
West and Middle West Play
Good Ball in Opening Game,
Westerners Lose BY 7 to 3
Score.

Let's go! Provisional Go. G, Ordnance
Supply School opened the baseball sea-
son at Camp Hancock sunday with
game between teams picked from the
Oregon and California University trained
men for one team and the Northwestern
Chicago FASTENERS on the other, the West
erners coming out on the small end of
7-to-3 score.
the home of the Georgia Peach, it was
not exactly big league in character. but
IT proved means of showing the em-
bryonic Walter Johnsons Benny Kauffs,
Hal Chases and Chick Gandls of the pro-
posed Supply School league which it is
planned to form directly after the quar-
anttne is lifted from the different COM
panies.
Though the men were not in the best
of condition, a pretty good brand of ball
was played when everything was taken
into consideration.
Mayer and Lemplle dd the heaving for
the Chicago Northwestern garg of pas
timers, which was cap;ajucG ~ J. r. Nc
Coy of Chicago, while Corcoran and Ed
wards did the throwing for the Western
ers. Howard Gildea of Oregon active
captain. Riggs did the receiving for the
Chicago NorthweSternerS, and looked as
though he would have the baCkstopping
job of Company c cinched when finally
company team is made up. Edwards was
the versatile Western backstop. reliev-
ing Corcoran in the box in the fifth. He
proved effective in all except one inning
although the stuff which he had on he
BAH appeared to be minus IN quantity.
Reynolds finished behind the bat for the
Oregon-California bunch and did good
work.
Corcoran. Oregon had all Kinds of
stuff on the ball, striking out eight men
In five innings. His control was not al
ways the best which gave several of
the Chicago Northwesterners free pass
ages to first base, and weak support
helped the total of runs,
The contest could not have been called
a free hitting affair as the winners only
tod afr1Hr ina fiNnra hnTy
credited to Mayer LemplIe, Machotra
and Graybill, while the opposing team
had five bingles to their credit, these
being ehalked up to the credit Of Ed
Clellan.
The fielding feature Of the game came
in the last Of the eighth when With one
Lemplse's long fly to right field with
one hand and doubled off Riggs at first
base by his heav to billiard.
Northwestern, took their lives in their
hands when they consented to be UNI
pires, but the players, thinking of the
promised big dinner ahead of them were
charitable and let them live. Tim Ma
loney did the scoring and if any play
ers were robbed of hits. he is the one
that is responsible.
Now that the ice is broken and the
thought that the ball players will be out
on the diamond at every opportunity
getting in shape for the opening or the
proposed Ordnance Supply School lea
que with team entered from every
company. The Co. C teams may play
against next Sunday
Those who took part in the game Sun
day were: Chicago Observation-Disclosures
catcher; Mayer and Lempke, pitchers:
Jergstom and Brown, first base; Teller,
Machotra, second base; Tiersen. ]. 0.
King. shortstop Swift, C. w. King third
base; Wolff, right field High, Mueller,
center field; Graybill and Carter, right
field Oregon California Edwards,
catcher and prltcher. Slmola and Court
ney second base. Diller. first base; Jer-
berg and Egan shortstop; Devine. Gildea
and St German. third base; Woodward
andw Mcclellan right field; Reynolds,
catcher and left field; Norquist left
field: Corcoran pitcher; LoYich. center
field.