Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-20
CAPITAL CADET CONSUMES EIGHT STEAKS
TO WIN EATING MATCH BY MARGIN OF ONE
James Pimper, II. Bests
Central High Buddy at
Camp Simms.
PRIZE FOR ADDED WEIGHT
Winner Touches 1856, Against
. 1870 for -Up--Final
Dinner Tonight.

Ninetv-eieht in the shade might be
light diet time for some folks, but 70,
the high school cadets in training foi
the rast three weeks at Camp Simms
it's been lust about right for mass at
tack on food. If II hadn't been, James
Pimper and William l.. Rothrock. Cen
trsl High School students, never would
have been able to set away With eight
and seven steaks respectively at last
nights dinner!
That's Just about the way Mai. A,
W. Maish, U. S. A.. assistant professor
Of military science and tactics. an
nounced the story to The Star today
when he was telling this paper that
Lieut. Morton Silverberg OF Centrars
Company F was the only cadet in camp
TO qualify as expert rifieman," But
The Star wanted 10 know more about
that steak business. and this is what 1t
found out and duly verified
with Trimmings"
Each battle with the vitamines at
Camp Simms revealed the brave, but
last nights dinner produced the great
est heroes. Pimper. who lives out at
90 Primrose street. Chevy Chase. Md.
ate all of eight steaks. while his buddy.
Rothrock. totaled seven Each steak
was cut from sirloin of beef and they
averaged inches long by 81, inches
wide. cut plenty thick. OF course the
meal included the accoutrements Of any
well balanced menu and the boys con-
sumed their share Of potatoes. sliced
tomatoes. green vegetable and bread
and butter, topping the whole of with
nnrtiou of water melon.
There's possibility OF an explanation
of this slaughter of the steaks: when
the cadets encamped. the officers In
charge told them there'd be camp store
checks as prizes for the boys who gain
ed the most weight Then there's that
swimming pool down in the cool green
valley, to saw nothing OF the regular
hours. CLIMBED at both ends with organ
lied calisthenics.
Awards Tonight
The prize winners have not vet been
announced and they won't be until to-
night. when the presentation of awards
will take place following the final din
ner at camp. The champion eaters
are bidding for honors with l55 pounds
for l7-year-old Pimper. and $50 pounds
for 16-year-old Rothrock Tonight's final
dinner might change the eating rat
ings. for Mai. Mash said today the
menu viii include roast chicken with
sage stuffing, mashed potatoes. peas
sliced tomatoes. lettuce, bread and but
ter and lemonade
The final formal competitions of the
camp period viii be held this afternoon,
when the manual Of arms and saber
drills viii be conducted and judged by
Lieut.. Cot. Wallace NJ. Craigie. u. s. A..
professor OF military science and tactics:
and his assistants. including Mai
Mash. Mai. John j. Donovan and Maj.
Raymond @. Payne.
The rife awards were announced
yesterday. when Silverberg was named
the only man to merit the expert
rifleman" award.
Sharpshooter medals were won by
H l.. Watson, with a score of 29s:
j. Ludlun1. with 294, and j. H. Howard,
with eco, all Of Central High School.
The winners of "marksman" honors
and their respective scores were: A. d.
Morris. Central, 2S4; M. CuIverwell.
Central. 283: James M. Dietz, Eastern,
ats: Ollie Mcclure. Western, 273: Ed
ward Odom. Western, al: T. r. Denny.
Western, 268. J. D. Layton, Business,
259: Lieut.. Col william b. Hanback,,
regimental commander, Central, 258:
e. Marshall Grinder. Eastern, 25a:
T. Z. B. Wilkes, Western, 254: A. D..
Kennedy. Central. ass; Don Warwick
Central. 252: w. Draper. Western. Isl !:
K. Latimer. Western. ESQ: H. L. Wood
ward. Central, 244: r. Linger. Nc
kinney. 243. and e. Morris. Western, 242.