Evening journal., 1921-07-02
men
At PLATTSBURG
Local College Athletes May
Win Camp Champion
ship Cup
5 DELAWARE BOYS
ON BASEBALL TEAM
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special 70 The Evening Journal.
NEWARK. July Letters re-
ceived here from some OF the Uni
versity OF Delaware students now al
Camp Plattsburg. n. Y. say that the
work is now well organized and the
boys are enjoying themselves. There
are about forty Delaware students
at the camp. and the indications. ac-
cording to these. are that they will
win the athletic championship OF the
camp. The address Of the members
Of the Delaware unit is Second Com
pany. r. o. T. c. Camp. Plattsburg
Barracks. n. Y. This camp is to
break up one week earlier than was
originally intended. and demobniza-
ton will be on July 20 or 21.
Melvin Hopkins. one Of the Della
ware students at the camp. in a let
ter TO a local friend. gives the fol-
lowing interesting information as TO
what the Delaware boys are doing:
THE Delaware unit Of the Re
served Officers Training Corps under
command of Major w. ]. Morrissey,
Of Syracuse University. has complet-
ed its first week Of scheduled work
The members Of the unit have set
tied down TO real military methods.
Sore muscles of the first few days
have been ironed out. the effects OF
| innoculations and vaccinations have
subsided, and every one is in the
best OF physical condition.
The work is varied and II Is due
TO this that II is helpful 10 a high
degree. Outside Of work on the rife
range and the pistol range, the other
courses do not cover more than four
to eight hours each. The range work
is continued throughout the term Of
camp. in an effort to create shots
and efficient instructors from the
students in training. The other
courses which the Delaware men
have attended during the week are
field engineering; the study Of the
structure and the use of the .37-MAf
! guns and the trench mortars; the
use Of the machine gun; camp sani-
tat.on; elementary field service to-
gether with the control of troops in
camp. on the march and in battle:
physical training, guard manual and
ceremonies
Major Lathe b. Rowe. who is in
charge of the military department OF
the University of Delaware, has
command OF the Fourth Company
This company is composed Of stu
dents from Lehigh. Lafayette. Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute. George
town University and Drexel. The
Delaware unit forms the major part
OF the Second Company. which is
composed Of students from the Uni
versity Of Delaware. Syracuse. Co
lumbia- Rutgers. City College OF New
York and Pennsylvania
Preparations are now being made
for the publication Of the r. o. T. C.
Annual, a souvenir booklet Of the
Plattsburg Camp of 1921. The book
let contains articles on each univer-
sity or college represented. Melvin
Hopkins, of Dover. has been selected
as one Of the representatives Of the
staff from the Second Company, and
Earl Brown. of Philadelphia, is as
sistant.
"In sports. the Delaware represen-
tatives bid fair 10 bring home the
i cup offered 10 the college or univer.
sity winning the most points In the
! field day events on the last day OF
camp. The baseball team OF the Sec
ond Company is tied with the First
/. Company for first place. Seven oi
the nine men on the company team
are Delaware men. They are: ]. r
Wilson, of Smyrna; T. r Dantz. oi
Lincoln University. Pa; c. A Nut.
ter. of Milford; J. p. Robbins, OF
, Wilmington; II. B. Alexander, of OF
. City. Pa; r. H. CARL. of Camden
n. J.; f. d. Brandt of Camden
N. J. OF these, the first five are or
the r. o. T. c. team, which repre-.
sents the entire camp. The r. o. r
c. team has not been defeated. and
the Second Company team has los
! bur one game"