The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-13
Busy Times for Buck
Private and Correspondent
Continued from pace u


gram to be left out on this account
Tuesday morning the old rain god
got busy early and sent down rath-
er heavy shower, which, however,
failed to stop the drill or dampen the
spirits of the enthusiastic soldiers,
who would not allow any such a
thing as a bit of rain to stand in the
way of their drilling. On Wednesday
morning there was an almost con-
tinuous drizzle, but the men remained
on the drill grounds without even
DOMINIC their slickers. Shortly be-
fore the companies completed their
drill on Thursday afternoon terri
fc shower came down. The men, who
had been out on the field, all at
ternoon, carrying their packs for in
spection, simply put on their slickers
and paid no attention to the rain.
The officers, however, were S. 0. l..
for the reason that they carried no
slickers and came back soaked while
the enlisted men kept dry. At pres
ent it looks as though there would
be considerable rain while the troops
are here.
Tuesday evening Company L and
Company | engaged in hot seven
innings twilight baseball game, which
the former team won by a score OF
10 to 6. Some real baseball was ex-
hibited in this contest by the star
players of the two organizations.
Company LIS lineup included Ru-
dolf Bigelow and Rudolph Pelkey as
pitchers, "Bucco" Berry catcher,
Bruce Fitzpatrick, first base Rus
sell Melvin, second base Bert Pelk-
ev, third base; "Poley" Mayo. center
field; "Red" Pelkev. right field. Yves
ten Rankin, left field. Cyrus DUSTY"
Rhodes, umpire. Our company far
outshone Company in every depart
ment of the came. Their batsmen
had hard work hitting Bigelow's
speed. "Bucco" demonstrated that
he was a catcher of unusual ability.
Fitzpatrick played star "ame on the
initial sack, while Melvin accepted
every chance without an error at the
keystone bag. Bert Pelkey guarded
the hot corner like a veteran, While
the outfelders -erformed in an eX-
cellent manner. The real feature OF
h game was smashir" three bag
ger whacked out by Top Sergeant
MAYO in the last frame which
brought home three runs and put the
game on Ice. -,
The bows work so hard during the
dav that at night time the enthusiasm
for sports is considerably waned, but
it is expected there will be some real
game between the different compan-
les before the encampment closes
Company l is anxious to play the
Newnort. boys again and Company j
is also asking for a game with the
diamond stars of the border city ag-
pregation. Our company has plenty
of good material and tits very
simple matter to pick a winning
team.
On Tuesday night Company L took
its turn on Guard dutv throughout
the entire regiment area. And let II
be said right here that Newport
men made reputation for them
selves on that memorable occasion.
1t was the first time that any of these
men had performed this line of mill
tary duty and they acquitted them
selves admirably and set swift pace
that the companies will have trouble
following. The men were on duty at
different intervals for the "a hours:
Those on guard were Lieut.. Donald
]. Emery, officer of the dav' Lieut. |
Harley Stevens, commander of the
guard: Sergeant Arthur Mooney, ser
geant of the guard, Corporals Bob
bvo Henrichon, Elk Landry, Lyle
Fitzpatrick, and William Johnson and
Privates Arthur Palm, "Bucco"
Berry, Albert Berry, Donald Akin,
Joseph Akin, Leonard Carter, Joseph |
Carter, Martin Lauter, Rudolph Bu-
teau, Edwin Camp, Fred L. Robinson,
Reginald Burns, Philip Aubin, Earl
Lewis, Harold Blodah, Thomas Aims
boro and Edmund Burgess.
The boys certainly performed their
duty in a soldierly manner, receiving |
coommendation from the officer of the |
dav for their fine work. Some of the |
persons stopped thought the guards
were bit severe, but they should re-
member that he boys were only car
rving out their orders to the letter.
It rained hard all night and many of |
the guards were forced to stand
all of this, but there was no |
kick from anv quarter |