New-York tribune., 1918-10-20
w alter Camp to
Map Mid-West's S
War Fund Drive
Great Lakes Station to Stage
Athletics on Unpre-
cedented Scale

NEW HAVEN, Oct. 19.-Walter Camp.
Yale's former athletic head, now ath-
letic director of the Navy Commission
on Training Camp Activities, left here
last night to assist in organizing the
campaign in the Central West for the
sA7O,00o,00o which it is proposed TO
rsiee in the November war drive, part
ly by using the athletic resources OF
the country.
Conferences were planned with ath
lesic officials in Detroit and in Chicago
representing universities, amateur ath-
letic clubs, professional sport organ
izers and navy officials, relative TO or
ganizing .the athletic programme for
the week of November 1117.
In the East the executive committee,
consisting Of Herbert l.. Pratt, the Am
herst graduate who gave an athletic
plant to his college; Julian W. Curtiss
FOR years Yale's athletic organizer, ano
William w. Roper, former Princeton
football coach, will direct the main
features of the organization Of the ath-
letic work. Camp will appeal to Middle
Western athletic leaders for general
support of the plan and will indicate
details Of the organization for the
biggest drive in the history of Ameri-
can athletics.
Camps Own Idea
Camp last spring devised the idea OF
using American athletics a. a whole for
patriotic service. On Lexington Day.
April l9, he ordered the athletic di
rectors IN the navy stations to hold
relay races, and for the first time III
nA tiofn pf ta nt,.yy CIV of
let!c feature was carried out on q sin
gle day all over the country. This was
in the interest Of the third Liberty
Loan, which was IN progress at that
sine. Camp planned Washington-to-
Boston relay race between navy and
army runners for the present week.
while the fourth Liberty Loan was in
progress, to add TO the interest in the
loan campaign, but the army authori
ties were unable to accept his chal-
lenge.
The drive OF November 11-17 is
splendid development OF his idea Of
using the athletics Of America for
, patriotic purposes. He believes tina,
the Great Mid West furnishes the
most fertile field Of America in which
Co develop the idea and he will spend
several days in organizing the move
nent. AS athletic head of the Com
mission on Training Camp Activities
he will map out the programme for the
Great Lakes Station, where Beau"
Olcott, the former Yale football star
Is athletic director
The athletic possibilities of the Great
! Lakes Station, the most extensive IL
the world. for the coming drive. are
practically unlimited. No major
league baseball nine possessed such
material for its team as the Great
Lax Stctt L, y
no five universities in the country
would ever be able 10 match. in com
b!ned strength. the football resources
OF the teams which Beau" Olcott viii
coach this fall.
Biggest Programme Ever
The track team of the station won
the A. A. L. championship this year
IN the meet which was held at the
Great Lakes Station. The programme
which the Great Lakes athletes viii
frame for the War Drive is expecscd
, 10 prove the most extensive of any
! American organization OF any kind
military, athletic or university.
Yale's attitude toward the drive j.
one of keen sympa .hy, as expressed
by Professor Robert \. Corwin, head
OF the athletic committee of the uni
verslty, and Major Samuel A. Welldon.
mead of the university under the Stu
dent Army Training corps regime.
NO athletic teams have been organ
lzed TO represent the university ihis
3sll, but It has been hoped BIZ bota
-messrs. Corwin and Weldon thsz
4oo'bail eleven might be formed f..
Swo or three service games in Nove,n-
cel, aitAough no time is allotted the
men Tor practice except on Ssturdav 49,,
possibly Sunday. ~ uay u
-, NO , decision yet has been reached b.,
the Yale authorities regsrdinc nIaIio.
a a. game WITH some other UNIVERSITY fo5
me benefit of the War Drive.