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here of the combat tactics of the
japanese, their soldiers are high
ly proficient at digging them
selves in" when the enemy is be-
lieved near. The new American
infantryman is also learning to
"dig himself into" the earth on
short notice and camouflage the
surrounding terrain. Fox holes
and slit trenches are dug by the
Individual soldier, with his in
trenching tool Ga shovel or a
pick, in much less than an hour.
All these exercises help the
soldier to acquire feeling for
the terrain" No investment of
time or energy pays him greater
dividends if an emergency should
come. It is on the terrain that
combat takes place. The more at
home the soldier is on the ter
rain, the better he can serve his
country and himself. It is not
just a matter of technical know
ledge; it is more the development
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THE TERRAIN

American Leg1OnnalreS Will tell
you that the greatest shortening
In the training given to selective
service men in World War I, was
the pancity of tactical training
while in camp. Troops went to
France without knowing how to
find their way around on strange
ground, without having developed
a feeling for the terrain. This
lack of training was due not to
amy oversight by the Stats, but
TO sheer lack Of time.
Today, thanks to our foresight
as a nation, more time can be
given to training. Combat train
ing can not only be included in
the present training program; it
can be stressed, and is. Now that
war has come again, the modern
soldier is prepared for it, and
will not be a needless casualty.
Terrain is the military term for
ground which has tactical char
acteristics. "A civilian" said my
company commander at Camp
Forrest, Tenn, ''looks at open
ground as part of the scenery,
or as a potential golf course, or
a place where grain would grow
or a house might be built. A
trained soldier looks at terrain
through the eyes of tactician.
He doesn't see a gentle slope, but
"a good position from which mach
Inc guns can fire. A creek to
him is not a purling stream, but
a military obstacle. He is more
interested in whether it can be
forded than in whether it contains
fish"
So, each area Of open or wood
ed ground has its military advan-
tages and disadvantages. Each
feature is an asset or a liability,
depending on the location and
nature of hostile troops, the num-
Der and kinds of weapons in our
forces, and the number and mobil-
ity of our troops.
For more than a week at Camp
Forrest, my fellow-selectees and
I were given training in estimat-
ing distances The squad leader
wDIld pick out some object on
our immediate front and ask each
member of the group to approx
mate the distance. Then one of
the men would pace the distance
and SEE how nearly correct our
estimate was. Having a pretty
good idea of what 100 years look
ed like, from watching football
games On a 1O0-yard gridiron, I
wasn't long in getting the feeling
of accurate distance estimating.
Basis Of Firing
Estimating distance is impor-
tant, the officers told us, because
it is the basis of group firing
with the rifle. It profits you lit
tie to be a good shot at known
distances on the rifle range if you
cannot quickly estimate the range
when you are on unfamiliar ter
rain.
My platoon sergeant said that
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request for 1000, OOO, 900 for the

request for $39,OOO,OOO, 900 for the
year beginning July /.
The first woman ever to appear
before a congressional committee
on behalf of the War Department,
Mrs. Hobby, attired in the new
w. A. A. c. uniform, told among
other things how 400 candidates
for the officers training school
would report for instruction on
July Is.
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in normal circumstances, your
platoon leader is the one to es-
innate the range for the entire
group. But the first thing to
learn about combat is that the
normal does not always happen.
You must know how to form SIM
pie combat functions yourself,
for you may someday be called
to lead your squad or platoon in
the absence CD of your officers
or non-coms.
AS for observation, a soldier
must teach himself to see with
his mind as well as his eye. What
are the military features OF the
terrain? They might be a hill, a
valley, woods, a stream or stream
bed. a marsh, a road, a grain or
corn field, hummock OF ground,
a prominent rock, a tall tree, a
clump of underground, fenses, a
railroad, telephone or teleprapn
wires, and a score of other fea-
lures.
If an object has military value
it must be included in your OBJ
servation scope. If it is part
of the terrain from which you
are the enemy might deliver RI
lie, machine-gun, or mortar IRE
it is a military feature. If it pro-
vides cover-that is, conceal
mentor you or the enemy it is
a military feature. This is just
a sample of what might be deslg-
mated as a feature of military
significance.
Back To Nature
Probably one of the most val
liable things we new men have
learned is how to find our way
from one place to another. Those
who have lived among street
signs and traffic cops all their
lives now have to depend on ma
ture, maps, compasses, and their
own devices when they are IN
the field. Nature tells them a
great deal. How to tell north by
drawing an imaginary line ex-
tending the forward lip OF the
Bib Dipper when stars are out
how to tell from the moss at the
base side of a tree which are the
points of a compass, how to de-
termine the line of north and
south on a sunny day by pointing
the hour hand of watch at the
sun, then bisecting the angle made
by the hour hand and II o'clock.
The commonest method OF
finding direction is by reference
to a map, as any motorist knows.
"Orienting" a map, the army calls
it, and it consists merely OF
bringing the map into agreement
with the ground. A military map
is oriented in the same manner as
road map, except that the roads
on military maps never have the
mileage printed alongside them.
If you want to find the distance
between two points on military
map, you must use the scale OF
miles or the scale of yards at the
bottom of the map, or estimate
the distance by the grid lines.
Grid Lines
Grid lines are something else.
On every military map is impos-
ed a set of printed lines, which
form large squares. They have
no geographical value, but mere
ly enable you to deal with one
square portion of the map at a
time. The grids give you a quick
method of obtaining approximate
distances. They also serve anoth-
er purpose: to enable you to 10
cate any point on the map when
you are given a map reference in
an order. On a military map, you
can locate a point exactly; on
commercial map, only approx
mately.
According to news received
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of a sort of sixth sense. Using
your head has a lot to do with
it.
(This is the eleventh of a series
of articles ON the army life by
Rey LOwery, former editor of
The News, who is now private
in the United States army and
stationed at Camp Forrest, TENN
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;'PETTICOAT ARMY"
is ASSURED FUNDS

' Washington = Oveta Culp Hob
by, director of the new Women's
Auxiliary Army Corps, asked a
House appropriations subcommit-
tee for $4,000, OO0-and walked
away with assurances that she
would get it.
eve will approve the full a
mount" remarked Chairman Sny-
der Cd, Pa, chairman of the
subcommittee which is holding
hearings on a War Department
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Men Classified
By Local Board

The following men were re-
Gently classified by the local
draft board:
Victor Marvin Roupe $50 Ia
William B. Scarborough - AT
Woodrow Geo. Pennington Ia
Robert Glenn McNeill - 4-F
Claude Allen McNeill 80 Ia
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Soldiers of Production

solde9s production" working
Industry uniforms Some uniforms
GLE workers vital production jobs shown below
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Kansas Schools Urged
To Stop Sports, Give
Labor 10 Farms
State Director Backed
By Governor; Football
May Be CurtoiIed
P, the Associated Press.

z, the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kans., Sept. 30-Kan-
sas high school football players may
quit worrying about the pigskin and
start looking after the pig.
George McCarty, State director OF
the Farm Security Administration
recommends that high school ath-
letics be abandoned for the duration
of the war emergency to provide a
labor reservoir.
There's a lot of energy going to
waste on the football field" he re-
marked, his eye on reports of grow
ing critical farm labor shortages.
Others agreed sports might have
to be curtailed.
Its more important to win the
war than football games" Gov.
Payne r. Rather expressed it.
Gov. Rather suggested that schools
and Federal, State and local govern
ing agencies release workers to aid
the farmers.
In fact, the Governor went so far
as to state these students and en-
ployes should be drafted for the
work, though no such step is con-
. templated Immediately.
The Governor asserted that IAN
idle Kansas farm aids the Axis as
surely as shutdown in a vital war
plant.
The football player found a friend
in E. A. Thomas, secretary of the
State High School Activities Asso-
citation. Said he: Football may
have to be curtailed in isolated in
stances, but why close up COM
pletely?"
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Lyons Bids for Sixth
Straight Over Cubs
In City Battles
Py the Associated Press.

Ps the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 30.-Ted Lyons,
H-year-old pitching veteran of the
Chicago White Sox. who in the last
five years has whipped the Cubs five
successive times in city series starts,
bids for his sixth in a row today as
the crosstown rivals open their
annual fall series.
Lyons, who won IA games and lost
7 this season, will be opposed by Big
Bill Lee. winner of 13 and loser of
the same number.
The first two games of the series
will be played at Wrigley Field, home
of the National League Cubs, who
have not won a city series since 1890.
The next two will be played at
Comlskey Park. Succeeding games
in the best-four- of seven arrange
ment will alternate at the two parks.
All Wrigley Field games will begin
at 2:30 r.m. &C, w. T), all those at
Comiskey Park at 8:15 pm.
&C. w. .TD.
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Gone Are the Special Trains, Even for Yonks

The Of the baseball
baseball
long
the Yankeesth
cal
Now travelling baseball
in
a
putting good interest
the bleachr
ticket holders asking $40
pennant and not
S a
Evening star., 1942-09-30

/ North Carolina State, and he re-
ports the Colonials are stacking up
against a dangerous passer in the
175-pound Laluna, quarterback and
chief threat in Richmond's T at
tack.
Well work on pass defense and
blocking all week." says Baker.
Generally our blocking was pretty
sad against Western Maryland but
the blocking We got from Pete La
bukas was exceptionally good. He's
our blocking back and he was the
best player on the field"
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Yankee Bke Hedge Opening Rng Opposed
Win, Lose or Draw
A Brave Front in Another Wartime Series
BY FRANCIS {. STAN

ST LOUIS, Sept. 30-Ths world for
the duration but the baseball bigges
they are making outward displays
Ola Judge Lands the high commissioner the industry,
muggng Tor the Harbor
den VIII Harrdge Ford of the National
Leagues nave issued their stock of
YOU'D never think there on- you think very
hard
But this perhaps parallel Yod
have back 1918 background
mat was the last series held in wartime But
major
providing OF the distance
the material of which buttons
sgnhcantWere
metal button, the
as lcng as he stand O plastic
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Wilson Must Depend
On Green Material
For Grid Team
Coach HeinteI Planning
To Test All Of Squad
In St. AIbdns Game
BY GEORGE HUBER.

Even with one game, rs victory
over Randolph-Macon last Satur-
day, out of the way, Coach Carl
Heintel of Wilson Highs football
team still is uncertain who his reg
ular players will be. The Tiger
mentor had planned to use the game
at Front Royal as a test for all his
squad, but it was played under such
adverse weather and ground condi-
tions that little could be done. So
this Fridays game against st. AL
bans will be used for experiment
with many substitutions planned to
try various combinations.
Lack Of experience and weight are
Wilson'S main problems. Only three
letter men are on the team. John
Croakian, guard; Richard Humph-
ries, tackle, and Phillip Funk. end.
Croakian still is easing a knee in
jured this summer. He didn't play
Saturday and likely will be missing
again on Friday. Otherwise the two
letter men are sure starters with
the rest of the lineup in doubt and
likely to remain that way until near
game time.
The Tigers last year used mix
ture of various systems, single wing,
double wing and even some T plays,
and in practice this has been con-
tinued. "Its matter of fitting all
sorts of plays to the material we
have" explains Heintel.
Those who are the leading candi-
dates for regular positions, in ad-
dition to the letter men, are Paul
Geyer, Hyatt McCeney. Morgan
Huff, Fred Cochrane and Maurice
Brewton. ends; Fremont Hudson,
Ken Hack, Tom Brewer and Will
liam Sandmeyer, tackles; Kidd Rob-
erts, Gordon ONeill, Charles Hum
phreys, Harry Booth and Robert
Henry guards; William Tanney and
Robert Schaeffer, centers; Julian
Owens, William Haycock and John
Keyser, quarterbacks; Henry Stout.
Robert CroWell, Tom Barbee, Joe
Lombardo, Walter Bauman and
Larry Farnham, halfbacks, and Rob-
ert Mcclure. Ed Henshaw and John
Murray, fullbacks
Of this backfleld group, Brewton
has been doing most of the kicking,
with Funk also dropping back from
his end post for some booting, while
the passers are Crowell, Barbee and
Lombardo.
Evening star., 1942-09-30

apiece, the Birds erupted in the
eighth for four hits and three tallies
Centerfielder Jim Gleeson, who led
the Columbus batters with seven
hits and a 1868 average for the series
started it with double. ~...
Augie Bergamo, Pep Young and
Rae Blaemire ratified off singles to
chase the runs home.
Chiefs without Slab Ace.
The Chiefs. who also finished third
in their league behind Newark and
Montreal, were handicapped in a
bid for their first series title by the
illness of Pilot Jewel Ems ace hurler,
EWell Blackwell. Hospitallzed with
cold, Blackwell did not appear in
the classic.
Fine pitching featured the con-
tests between the two clubs, both
weak at the plate, in which Colum-
bus batted .239 and Syracuse, .237.
Total attendance for the five en-
counters was 21,229.
Evening star., 1942-09-30
G. w. Stresses Means to STOP
Spiders FIoshy Aerial Game

Coach Johnny Baker feverishly is
preparing his George Washington
University gridders to halt the &C
curate aerials of Richmond's Joe
Laluna Saturday night at Griffith
Stadium but in dwelling on defense
he hasn't abandoned attack.
The Colonials were secuted thor
oughly by Richmond Coach Johnny
Fenlon as they walloped Western
Maryland last week, so Baker has
equipped his club with several new
plays designed to confuse the Spi-
ders.
Baker twice has seen Richmond
in action against Camp Pickett and
Evening star., 1942-09-30

eol NilllouI d SSIlOllS Injury, COil-
trast to last year, when several of
its stars were banged up at the
start. What's more, the Vikings
proved better team than even
their 1876 victory would indicate.
Coach Jan Jankowski particularly
was pleased by the work of Fullback
Bob Troll, sub who certainly would
be on the first team now except that
Maurice Horton is the starter in
the fullback slot and he also was
outstanding. Jan is working out a
combination whereby both will be
in the same backfield, with Troll
taking halfback post He won't
start on Friday, but he will see
plenty of action.
Central is plentifully supplied
with good backs, and if the big
starting line, for which there are
few reserves. can hold up, the
Vikings certainly will be in for an
other good season. If they get past
st, Johns they might have another
undefeated season, at least until
the Westinghouse tilt on October
%. and don't think the Generals
aren't pointing for that tilt.
The Johnnies are handicapped a
bit for Fridays game. their first OF
the season, by injuries to their two
best backs, Georges Hughes and
Charlie Wilson, Hughes, a 190-
FOUNDER and a kicker. runner ano
passer rated with the best, has bao
left arm that's a swollen mass oi
vari-colored bruises and torn liga
ments from below the elbow to his
shoulder. He can pass and kick
without trouble, but the first time
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Radio to Garry Comes to All Countries

the trains soldiers
thinking baseball
the series starting Possibly he had been
have his railroad legs shortly thereafter fell violently
his Texas after furlough
assumed the Yankees playing the Dodgers
his reading hadn't realized that the
and passed the "Bums."
the be condensed like
all parts of the world There civilians
familiar with the players
Evening star., 1942-09-30

nlgnt Dy Qe1edtlng the international
League Syracuse Chiefs, AZ.
The victory gave Manager Eddie
Dyer's club, which finished third
behind Kansas City and Milwaukee
in the regular season standings, the
series, games to /. They battled
their way through 16 play-off games
to victory and series pot" of
$5,35675.
Red Birds Bunch Hits.
The Western teams triumph gave
the American Association a 14-11
edge in the annual post-season series
dating from 1904. The Red Birds last
year walloped Montreal for the title.
Columbus roared to it's fourth
straight win over Syracuse last night
behind the Shit hurling of Ted
Wilks.
Charley Red Barrett, making
his second start against Columbus,
gave the Red Birds only eight hits
but they were punched
With the count knotted at run
Evening star., 1942-09-30

San Francisco Bay Packers. had
hard decision to make the other
day, He got off shift at am.
the day the Packers were sched-
uled to play the Coast Guard.
Earl was afraid that if he went
to bed he'd oversleep and miss
the game, so he stayed up long
enough to spring 79 yards for a
touchdown that gave his team
7-6 decision.
Cleaning the cuff Receipts of
the East-WeS football game at
San Francisco New Year Day
will be split between the Shrine
Hospital and the Army and Navy
Relief Funds. Ending a flock
OF rumors, Sea Frolic and Sea
Patrol, two of the most advanced
OF Seabiscuit's offspring, are due
to race at the Bay Meadows
meeting that begins Saturday.
Evening star., 1942-09-30
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.
Wide World Sports Writer


NEW YORK, Sept. 3o.-Just to
give you an idea what the Cardi-
mails are up against, they came
from 10 games behind on August
to cop the pennant by winning
43 Of SO games. During the same
stretch the Red Sox won IS out
of AZ and gained only 3i2 on the
Yankees. Joe Mccarthy says the
Yanks haven't bothered about
scouting their World Series rivals,
but they've been taking lessons
from Buddy HaSsett, an ex-
National Lacquer. Billy South
worth, jr., son of the Cards
manager and first player in Or
ganized ball to enlist, now is a
captain in the Army Air Corps.
Add travel troubles; Funnyman
Al Schacht, who just opened a
restaurant here. didn't make the
Evening star., 1942-09-30

golf pro, finds that a sharp hook
isn't always troublesome. Re-
Gently he went out on the Gun
nison River and hooked g.
pound trout. next day he re-
turned to the same spot and
hooked 7l2-pounder. Presum-
ably they had to be sliced
to get 'em into a frying pan.
Jim Reed, former Topeka and
Burlington 0owa) sports scribe,
is back in Topeka working for
Radio Station WIBW and taking
some courses at Washburn U. as
a member of the Enlisted Army
Reserve. The Cardinals cele-
brated their pennant by attending
a barn dance. That's one way of
stable-izing their emotions.
Wide awake Earl Minne-
weather. who works in the ship
yards and plays football for the
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Mcdonald Earns Trophy
For Baseball Rudioino
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30.-For the
second time in II years Arch Nc
Donald of Washington Station
WJSV has been named the Nation s
outstanding baseball broadcaster by
the Sporting News, national base
ball weekly.
The jovial. rotund Mcdonald was
lauded for maintaining interest in
Washington despite broadcasting
the activities of seventh-place
club and received a 2-foot bronze
trophy as an award. He previously
won the award in 1882 for broad
casting Chattanooga games.
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Harper, Pro Grid Center,
Becomes Army Privote

By The Associated Press.
SAN ANGELO, Tex, Sept. 30
Maurice Leharper, center fol-
the Philadelphia Eagles and the
Pittsburgh Steelers in the National
Professional Football League, be-
comes a private in the Army today
He will be physical education
director for the advanced bombar-
dler school here.
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Armstrong Will Fight
Zuritu October 13

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30.-Henry
Armstrong, former world triple
boxing champion now on the come
back trail, will meet Mexico's light
weight champion. Juan zurita, here
October 13, Promoter Snowy Baker
has announced
Armstrong, former featherWeight
lightweight and welterweight title
holder faces Oakland's Earl Turner
in Oakland tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Northeast Season Ended

Northeast Juniors have cance,ea
their baseball game for snndsv
OCTOBER 4, against Vienna Cardinals
ana closed their season. PLAYERS
are requested to turn in their mi
forms to Manager C. P. Brown not
later than October 10.
Evening star., 1942-09-30
BoseboII's Done Okoy by Uncle Sam

II this is the last Of the classics the duration
remembered Never
treating
the developments
there's little to do except admire the people.
Baseball done all right raising
for relief furnishing
and the professional
this full limit
viii toward the
hat will be remembered
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Cotton BowIers See
Enough Home Fans
To Keep Up Tilt
BY the Associated Press.

DALLAS, Sept 30.-There will be
a Cotton Bowl football game jan
uary /.
Directors of the Cotton Bowl As
soclation met yesterday and de-
cided there are enough fans near
Dallas to keep the game alive even
If gasoline rationing maroons more
distant customers.
They left to the Executive Com
mittee decision on whether the
Southwestern Conference champion
would meet collegiate foe or a
service eleven.
Evening star., 1942-09-30

he's hit it may be his finish, for that
game anyway. 1t may be that he
can't block or carry the ball and if
he plays at all it likely will be for
one or two plays at time where
his kicking and passing are needed.
Wilson has bad ankle that might
be able to bear his weight on Friday.
Both will play if at all possible. The
Johnny line, like Central's, is big
and fast as far as starters are con-
cerned, but reserves here also are
needed. G.. E. H.
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Minor Leagues
3y the Associated Press.

~ tIIb fiooVCIdteU FIESS.
LITTLE WORLD SERIES.
Columbus (American Association, 4;
syracuse international Leaguel, ..
Columbus won, four games to one)
DIXIE SERIES,
Shreveport fTexas League), 4: Nash
vile tSouthern Associa tion), 2.
one).
PACIFIC COAST PLAYOFF.
Seattle, ,; Los Angeles, l. (Seattle
leads, one game to none).
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Marine Needs More Steum

Noble Ferrin, Louisville tKy)
basket ball star, was able to ioin
/ the marines after steaming off so
Of his 290 pounds. Now he can't find
uniform to fit him.