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TRENCH AND CAMP

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Physical Activities Progressing at Camp Sevier
By A. E. Marriott, Camp Physical Director.

ATHLETICS AT
THE REMOUNT.

At Unit 262 at the remount sta-
tion the work is going ahead rapidly.
New base ball diamond shaped up
several days ago is one of the chief
attractions at the station and games
are being staged at regular intervals.
A new athletic field is to be con-
structed close to the 'Y' building this
week. A basket ball court, volleyball,
quoites, etc., will be installed. The
boxing at the remount will be given
a prominent place the coming week.
A roped ring 24 feet square will be
put in and boxing instruction and
exhibitions will be held several
nights weekly. A base ball league
will be organized in a few days. An
effort will be made to get a team
from the truck companies to enter.

Physical Director Richardson is
getting aquainted with the boys ra-
pidly and in a few days he will no
doubt feel perfectly at home. Rich
was the Physical Director at Unit 85
but was transferred to the Remount
about two weeks ago.

Physical Director Bill Hunter of
Unit has been transferred to Miami,
Fla., to take up Physical Work in the
City Association in that city Bill has
made many friends at the Unit on
the hill who regret his leaving but
his new duties will give him ample
opportunity to build up a big work
in the Florida city. Best of luck to
you Bill.

Who Is Going To
Win First Place.

Every man in the Ammunition
Train is becoming familiar with
some form of athletics. When the
companies report for their physical
period, twenty minutes is taken for
Hand to Hand Fihting, Boxing, and
calesthenics, the rest of the period
is then devoted to recreational
gase, such as baseball, volley-ball,
medicine ball and othe mass games.

The baseball league is now going
in full swing and the question that
is facing the Ammuniton Train is,
Who is going to win first place in the
league. Company A, is going at full
pace and so is Company F. Captain
Gantt is rather proud of the Lenoir
Borthers when they are in a game of
baseball for they usually get a three-
bagger and sometimes the pill falls
over the P. & N. track.

It will be only a short time until
the physical director will pick the
first team will represent the 105th
Ammunition Train. Who is going to
make the team is now a big ques-
tion for every man is going to be giv-
en a chance to show what he is made
of.

The officers of the 105th Ammuni-
tion Train are quiet a bunch of
athletes and the regiment is look-
ing forward for the great game that
is to be played between Major Mer-
chant and Major Silcoxs' men. The
game will be umpired by Colonel
Lewis, who has been spending the
past week on the artillery range
and will no doubt have a good eye
after destroying the targets.

We would like also for the camp to
know that our big Chaplain [i?]s play-
ing first base for the Headquarters
team and then they failed to win
from Company A.

The standing of the teams and the
hitting average of the batters is
being kept by the physical director:

Standing of Teams Through Tues-
day, March 19th.

Teams Played Won Lost P.C.
Company A 3 3 0 1000
Company F 2 2 0 1000
Hdq. Co. 4 2 2 500
Bakery 2 1 1 500
Company C 2 1 1 500
Company B 1 0 1 000
Company E 1 0 1 000
Company G 1 0 1 000
Company D 2 0 2 000

Battling average of men who have
played in tow or more games and
who are hitting above 300.

Names A.B. Hits P.C.
Jackson, Bakery 8 3 375
Reeves, Co. D 7 5 710
Lenoir, S. D., Co. A 13 7 538
Lenoir, D. C., Co. A 15 8 533
Priester, Co. C 8 4 500
King, Hdq. 9 4 444
Bagwell, Bakery 8 3 375
Boniface, Co. C 8 3 375
Lee, Co. C 8 3 375
Moore, Co. A 14 5 357
Morrison, Hdq. 12 4 333
Norton, Hdq. 12 4 333

Base Ball Booming
At Base Hospital.

Baseball seems to be the major ac-
tivity with the Field Hospital these
days, and indications are from re-
ports received that the Field Hosp-
ital team will not be out of the run-
ning when the Camp Championiship
is handed out. Sergeant Bugler B.
W. Wayland from Knoxville, seems
to be the shining light in athletics
his work is to be commended, as he
has rounded into being one of the
fastest teams in the Division. The
Field Hospital team is the pennant
winners of last year. They carried
off the Division honors in fine shape.
They also have to their credit the
defeat of the Fort Oglethorpe
champions. They defeated the pen-
nant winners of the Carolina League
and the Appalatchian League. The
team line up is as follows:

C. King, Appa. League.
P. Guinn, East Tenn. League.
P. Thompson, Carolina League.
P. Creel, Greenville.
1st B. Beach, East Tenn. League.
2nd B. Paschell, High School.
3rd J. Doyle, City League, Knox-
ville.
S. S. Pete Doyle, Southern League.
R. F. Bowman, City League, Knox-
ville.
C. F. Doyle, City League, Knox-
ville.
L. F. Shook, Asheville.

Mgr. Wayland hails from Knox-
ville and is one of the livest wires at
Unit 83. He has managed a football
team, basketball team and now is
putting it over in baseball in fine
shape. Wayland has been on the
stage in vaudeville in the Keith Cir-
cuit. He was in the company with
Paul Gilmore for a time and later
jumped into the Movies. He has been
of great assistance in the entertain-
ment work of the Camp.

Play Furman.

The second game of the series be-
tween the Hospital team and Fur-
man University is to be staged March
20th, at Unit 83 diamond. The teams
are matched for a series of three
games. The first being played and
worn in fine style by the streatcher
bearers. The score being 14 to 6.
The game going easily to the soldier
boys. The second game will no doubt
end up the same way as we have the
confidence in the Sammies on the
hill and know that they will fight the
contest and finish. The game will
start promptly at 2.30 o'clock.

MACHINE GUNNERS
DEFEAT ARTILLERYMEN

Co. B of the 114th M. G. Btn.
easily defeaated Battery A of the
115th Artillery Saturday to the tune
of 5 to 0. Altho the Machine gunners
put the game on ice in the third in-
ning; the Artillerymen did not give
up but put up a fast interesting
game throughout.

Carson, who was on the mound for
the Machine gunners, had the Bat-
tery boys at his mercy during the
entire game, being ably supported by
his team-mates.

Anderson at third for the M. G.
boys put up a wonderful game at
the 3rd sack; ''nabbing'' all that
came his way besides making four
safe bingles out of 5 trips to the pan.
Magee. Cook and Lowry also shone.

For the Artillerymen Arnold was
the bright luminary.

The game yas played on the Ar-
tillery field and was witnessed by a
huge crowd.

The Machine Gun boys are out af-
ter the pennant in the camp league
and each and every one of them are
sure that they will make their pres-
ence felt.

Score: R. H. E.
B .. .. .. 004 001 0--5 11 3
115 .. .. .. 000 000 0--0 2 3

Batteries: Carson and Magee, Arn-
old and Alston.

Co. B 114 M. G. Btn. has won all
five of their games and boasts of the
best individual organization team in
the division. Opinions to the contrary
address
Sgt. Sam S. Diamond,
Co. B, 114 M G Btn.,
Camp Sevier, S. C.

Engineers to Learn
To Fight By Hand.

Hand to Hand Fighting Instruc-
tions was started this week at the
105th, Engineers a full batallion will
receive the instruction and later the
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Athletic Notes From
The 119th and 120th.

Athletics at Unit 84 have been
going along in great shape the past
week The bayonet instructors are
taking the hand to hand fighting
course, Hazel taking the men of the
119th and Giblette the 120th.

The 120th and 119th Inf. Regts.
were shown two very fine reels of
moving pictures on the relationship
of boxing and bayonet fighting these
pictures made a good impression and
will undoubtedly prove of benefit to
the men who saw them.

Rembert and Mann of the 115th
Machine Gun Battalion were sent to
Camp Wadsworth with a team of
wrestlers and boxers from this camp
last Friday night, Rembert held his
men to a draw while Mann won his
match We feel proud of these men
and think they are about as good as
you can find in any camp at their
weights, they are both to wrestle
next Friday night at the Hippodrome
against men from Wadsworth who
are coming down to try their luck
once more

Tuesday night Mr. Giblette gave a
lecture on Inside Baseball or How to
play ball with your head as well as
your hands Base ball is very popular
in these regiments and some good
games are pulled off when the time
can be found.

Co. D 120 Inf has a fast team and
some mighty good ball players are
on the team they are out for the
Brigade cahmpionship and inciden-
tally the Division flag. It will take a
good team to beat them. They ex-
pect to play Furman College this
Saturday and will undoubtedly give a
good account of themselves.

We have to work on an organiz-
ed basis and have excellent coopera-
tion of the officers.

Fine Baseball Dia-
mond at Signal Corps

Physical Director Gardner started
the Hand to Hand Fighting instruc-
tion at the 105th Field Signal Bat-
allion this week. For sometime past
the men in this batallion have re-
ceived company boxing instruction
but the hand to hand fighting work
had not been given Military boxing
instruction will be resumed in the
near future at the signal unit.

Baseball is on the jump 5 teams
being orgnaized and are working
hard to shape up for the Unit and
Division honors. The Ordanance, the
Q. M., The mobile repair shop, have
teams. The Outpost Company and
the Radio Company may organize
teams.

The baseball diamond is in fine
shape at this point, a backstop and
bleachers have been erected and the
boys all fixed for the national game
for the rest of the season.

Boxing instruction and boxing ex-
hibitions are being staged daily at
the building and the many boxing
fans are being given ample enter-
tainment by the various boxers in the
Signal Batallion.

The entire 105th Field Signal Bat-
allion is receiving instruction in ath-
letics 8 hours weekly.

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entire regiment will no doubt be giv-
en the instruction. The work is be
handled by Physical Director Giblet-
te of Unit 80. Hunter Physical Direc-
tor of Unit 83 has been transferred
to Miami, Fla., and until a new
Physical Director is detailed to that
Unit the work will be in charge of
Mr. Giblette.

Military boxing instruction will
follow the Hand to Hand Fighting
course. This work is entire different
from the Hand to Hand Fighting. Its
object and points of attack are not
the same. Its outlined in such a
manner as to permit the entire div-
ision to be given instruction twice
weekly.

SUPPLIES READY
AT THE RANGE.

Physcial Director Geo. (Mike)
Zeigler of Unit 86 has been transfer-
red to the new Unit just established
at the Artillery Range at Cleveland's
Mills about 20 miles from the camp.
Mike is quite happly in his new field
and expects to do a big piece of work
with the cannon pointers while on
their visit to the range. A first class
Unit athletic equipment has been
sent to the range for Mike to work
with. He has been promised a big
base ball field, volley ball courts,
basket ball, etc., and has started to
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THREE DIAMONDS
AROUND UNIT 85.

At Unit 85 W. A. Johnson, the new
Physical Director reports renewed
activity in all branches of athletics.
Unit 85 is fast going ahead and in-
dications are that it will be on top
in a few weeks if the activities de-
velops as they have in the past week.

There was five baseball games
staged in that section of the camp on
last Saturday afternoon. The follow-
ing teams played. Co. B 114 Trench
Mortor Battery vs. Co. G 118 Infan-
try. 118 lost the game, score 13 to
3. Bat. A 115 Field Artillery play-
ed Co. B 114 M. G. Batallion. Co. D
117 Infantry vs. 105 Signal Batallion
Co. G 118 vs. a second team of the
105th Signal Battalion.

Boxing instruction and exhibitions
are being staged every night at the
building. A number of good boxers
are on the exhibition list and furnish
some fine entertainment for the lov-
ers of the game. The boxing instruc-
tion is carried on the Physical
Director. The type of work is the re-
gular boxing instruction. The Mili-
tary boxing instruction will get start-
ed at Unit about the 1st of the
month.

Three baseball diamonds are about
finished at 85. Wire and lumber have
been sent to the Unit for back
stops, etc., and in a few days a real
baseball diamond at three points can
be looked for. One near Division
Headquarters just above 85. One is
being constructed by the 117th Inf.
on their drill grounds, and one on
the 118th, Drill grounds. Another di-
amond will be put in shape in a few
days. An effort will be made to have
at least five good baseball diamonds
on the drill grounds in this section.

Hand to Hand Fighting is being
taught at the 117th Infantry by
Johnson and Hazle. This work will
be turned over to Johnson entirely
Monday and Hazle will return to his
Unit at the 119th Infantry. The
Hand to Hand Fighting instruction
is being given the officers and bay-
onet fighting instructors at the 117th.
the work is progressing rapidly and
will be followked by military box-
ing instruction.

The 117th Infantry baseball team
will journey to town to play the
Furman University team on Friday
afternoon. This will be one of the
first big games played out of camp
by a regimental team. The two teams
are evenly matched and one of the
best games of the season can be
looked for. The line up of the teams
has not as yet been announced, but
both teams are strong and well bal-
anced and big doings is promised the
fans on Friday. Lt. Leach Athletic
Director of the 117th Infantry and
Physical Director Johnson of Unit 85
will accompany the team to town.
This is but the first of a series of
games that will be played between
the Regimental teams and the teams
in Greenville. Good baseball will be
witnessed all season in these games
and both the soldiers and the city teams
have seasoned experienced players.

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work shaping them up for the big
doings when the boys arrive.

A floored tent 40 by 60 feet is now
being erected for the Sammies at the
new range and movies, a piano, vic-
trola, etc., will are already on the
ground waiting for the gunners to
enjoy them.

Physical Activities at Unit 86.

V. G. Derryberry has replaced
Zigler, who was transferred to the
Y. M. C. A. hut at the range as
Physical Secretary of Unit 86. Pre-
vious to his assignment here at
Camp Sevier, he was First Assistant
Athletic Director of the Marine Y.
M. C. A. at Paris Island, S. C.

Monday afternoon was the scene
of a spirited baseball contest be-
tween Batteries A and C of the 114th
Field Artillery. There is quite a bit
of friendly rivalry among these two
Batteries, and this interest and en-
thusiasm was quite manifest through
out the game. The feature of the
game was the pitching of Wade for
Battery A. Pitchers were Hodge for
Battery C, and Wade for Battery A.
Time of game one hour, fifteen min-
utes. Although Battery A won by the
score of 5 to 2, Battery C succeeded
in ringing up 13 hits to their ou-
ponents 10.

Tuesday afternoon Batteries A and
B struggled through nine innings of
baseball to a tie, score nine to nine.
B battery got off to a bad start, and
A scored five runs in the first inning.
In the fourth inning Battery B set-
tled down and from these the rally
started which finally enabled them
to tie their opponents. The game was
comparatively free from errors, and

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