Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
MEDICAL MEN WIN
BASE BALL TROPHY
Unit Back in Good GraCeS on
Eve of Departure From
Camp Humphreys.

Staff Correspondent of The Star.

| Staff Correspondent of The Star
FORT HUMPHREYS, Va, August
pa touch of humor was added by
| the band to the ceremonies before the
massed troops Of the 121st Regiment
Of Engineers, National Guard Of the
District of Columbia, here today that
| brought smiles to the rigid counte-
| nances of the officers and nearly dis
PEELED their military dignity.
1t came when Col. John ". Och
mann. commanding the regiment
called for the Irish medical detach-
ment to march to the front and center
| of the line to receive from him the
| regimental trophy for having won the
regimental base ball championship.
AS soon as Capt. Hyman d. Shapiro
! had given the order to march forward
| the band, remembering the disturb
ance of several nights ago which was
charged to the hospital outfit. struck
up the "Wearin' of the Green" and
| these recalcitrants hit "a stride and
rhythm that would have done justice
! to veterans.
Gives Cup to Sergt. Hilleary.
| In presenting the cup Col. Oehmann
| complimented the team and told them
| that they could be good soldiers If
they wanted TO and asked them to
|
was handed to Sergt. Norman Hill
earX When the detachment returned
| to its position the regiment marched
! in review and after the band left
| the field it again struck up the popu-
| lar Irish ballad and serenaded the
| medical detachment all the way to
| their barracks, where a great cheer
| went up from all the. troops.
Then Sergt. Jack Carroll was dis
patched to the parade ground with
instructions to tell Maj. George ].
Allen, their former commander, that
there was another melee in the medi-
cal detachment, with possibilities OF
| spreading. This officer came on the
double, only to find the detachment
peacefully lined up at attention.
Former Sergt. Philip +. higgins,
! reduced as a result of the recent dis
turbance, stepped to the front and
told Maj. Allen that it was the wish
| Of the members of the detachment
| that he accept the cup as a mark
| of love and esteem which the mem
bers held for him. The cup would be
his permanently, higgins said, the
medical team having won it three
| consecutive times.
Maj. Allen. in declining to accept
the base ball trophy. told the men
| that it belonged to them, and should
be preserved in their company quar-
ters at the armory. He paid a high
tribute to them as soldiers, and said
| that the presentation had touched
him deeply.
Personnel Of Winning Team.
The men composing the champion
ship team are Norman Hilleary,
catcher; W. j. higgins, Horace Duffy
and Roy Haney, pitchers; John Belt,
~ la
Philip higgins and Bernard Buscher,
intielders: Ernest Fowler, Ray Sulli-
van, William O'Keefe. Robert Kirby
and Charles Ready. outfielders.
Three cheers for Maj. Allen con-
Guided the ceremonies.
The troops spent the greater part
of the day going through inspections
and in competitive drill. Col. Och
mann said that Capt. J. D. Andrews,
the inspecting officer, after looking
over the arms of the District troops,
said they were in better condition
than those of the regulars. When he
inspected the mess Of the I'd Bat |
TALON, commanded by Maj. Julian 5.
diff and directly in charge of Mess
Sergt. William II. Green, he praised
its cleanliness and said it, too. would
provide Il lesson for some mess Shacks
of the regulars.
IbillSHi bctuS lIitii ld0L night AZ
camp the regimental parade SEIZED |
uled for this afternoon was called Oft,
in order to give the troops period OF
recreation, and sdne OF them mo-
tored to Washington.
Regulars Guard Camp.
The officers planned for eventual |
tiles, especially in view Of the fact |
that the entire commissioned person |
mel was attending a regimental ban |
Quet at tie George Mason Hotel in |
Alexandria. Even the officers of the |
guard were relieved for the social |
function, and the guarding of the |
camp was turned over to the regular |
troops, with their officers in charge.
The officers We're determined there !
should he no repetition of the dis |
turbance earlier in the week. when |
all the non-commissioned officers were |
out OF camp, and which resulted in J
charges against four members of the |
Medical Detachment. Although these |
charges were referred several days |
ago to Maj. Julian S. Oliff. command. |
ing the End Battalion, for investiga- |
ton and recommendation, that officer !
announced that he had not completed |
his report, and probably would not do |
SO for several weeks.
Lieut.. Col Harry E. Gladman, ex- |