Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-05
Us. ARMY IN
GERMANY OPENS
BALL SEASON
Baseball Takes Lead Over
All Other Sports. Among:
! Men on the Rhine.

scoblenz, April 1s.-CMail.)-The
bnsch hall SEASON. on. the Rhine has
sappnned and now. Is in full swing. for
4 Ne national game follows the Ameri-t
Ec$1nS ttag. Uncle Sans army here has
+ I kssa93'hig. League" of Its, own and, with
9aaSen precedence over all other forms
IF sport.
Cohleriz has three teams entered in
Ahc league. while mines from Ander-
zach. Neuwied,s Fingers. Maycn and
$ANh make up the eight teams. Two
Teams and, while II 1sstoo carly in the
Eesson to !prcdicts whether n Ty
AaI,obbs or babe. Ruths will be de-
yeloped. the brand Of baseball which
tiiI"' being disheds out here would COM
pare ~favorahiy with high class ANA
teur or semi-professional teams which
play Saturday games in medium sized
eittee In the United States. t6A .
Besides the regular league, every
company has it's baseball nine and
from these are taken from lime to
time ambitious youngsters to Eradu-
ate Ein the "big league"
Boxing and soccer football which
'haXe been to the fore during the past
winter have nor practically been relc-
gated to the second place. The Third
battalion Of the Eighth infantry won
khe soccer championship from the
Eecpnd battalion OF the Eighth In
Eantry and the footballs have now
been put in camphor until the fall.
l Boxing, in spite Of the. hot weather,
still retains much of the vogue it has
enjoyed during the winter. At the
Young Mems Christian association
'Liberty hut a few evenings & be-
tween 1000 and 5000 officers and
enlisted men, with General Allen oc-
cupSinE q. rinEside seat, gathered to
seessa. ten round, bout between Leo
HuEgins Of Jersey City. the feather
weight champion Of the American
army Of Occupation, and Dienard, the
French champion, who had come NJ
from Mayence to try conclusions with
the American.
The French champion won and, al
though, the doughboys were, greatly
disappointed at. the defeat of their
/yavorite, they cheered tho winner with
as much enthusiasm as if he had been
one of them. Some pretty fair fight.
ers have been developed.
The basketball season closed carly
In April and the pennant was won by
the. Eighth infantry. @
Officers. have become addicted tc
lhe polo habit. -Four teams are play
ing semi-week1y games and the corn
handing general is taking n deep in.
tterest in the games File is encouraE.
.lng young officers to take up riding
as he told the IT, was
Zone branch Of tho service in which
I've were somewhat behind tho other
armies sof occupation On the Rhine
,Ihis deficiency is being prompt,
ffcnedied, however.
The spring trials of the Coblen;
Racing club which took place earl!
in April developed ONE spirited rae
ing ,ovcrsthc half mile track. Forty
four horses. ridden by American arm!
officers wereAentered in the i've race
Ing tho affair would l1aNe locke Xix
real racing at any well regulated
track.
The Nm. c. A. is maintaining 8
trnfIis courts throughout the area. an
nine courts i~HaC6bleAk. - "
& golf rb,ltsc With a, we'll appointe'
club house; is In operation at. Air
drcmc field . few miles out of Cob
~ .surtl.er well freduented spot is tn
sir-sw library composed of $500
I, ,5n1es. under the management Of tn
Il II. G.. A. and which is opened t
on. ars and men from 1 to 10, p. II
ne salvation Army canteen an
Ms club is also very popular wit
fhr boys.
Both welfare orga nizations arc do
:, Ing their utmost 10 make the Amer
= can soldier in Germany feel some
what nearer home and it is the con
scnsus of opinion, from the com
n,andins general down, that. they ar
doing wonderful work and that thei
dcparture>from the field would Great
4 void which it would be in1possibl
to fill. II