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I 2 GAS ATTACK C A MP SPO RT E d i t e d b y C O R P O R A L F \ J . A S H L E Y 51ST PIONEERS STILL GOING STRONG. Take Three Games in Pioneer League Program. The 51st Pioneers are continuing th e ir fast w o rk on the baseball field and are well on th e ir way to the title position in the P i oneer League. They had a c4rcus day con test w ith the 58th Pioneers w inning 27 to 1, followed it by trouncing the 326th Field Signal B a ttalion 13 to 7, and made it three straig h t by an 8 to 2. v ictory over the 4th Pioneers. Fountain was on the mound in the last game and showed his usual pep, w h ile D’- Amato, the 51st southpaw brought his list of consecutive w ins to five by taking the other two games. The games-— R H E 58 th Pioneers .10006 000 0— 1 4 6 51st Pioneers .1 5311259 x—27 36 2 Batteries-—M orrison and Veley; D’Amato and Lewis. 326th F. S. B ...1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2— 7 8 3 51st Pioneers .1 0400305 x—13 15 2 B a tteries—Mitchell and M a r tin; D’Amato and Lewis. 51st Pioneers .1 0032002 0—■ 8 10 3 4th Pioneers .000000 00 2— 2 6 4 B a tteries—Fountain and L e w is; H o lden and -Creedon. ATHLETES OF NOTE TO TRAIN SOLDIERS. Campaign of Y. M. C. A. for Workers to Go Abroad Gains Results. NICK W INS IN NEW YORK MEET. Nick Gianakopolous, the Flying Greek of the 106th Infantry, added another diamond studded m edal to his collection of trophies last week when he won the One-Mile Heavy M arching O rder event at the Greek-Amer- The Novice— “ There’s only one thing I don’t see about this flying game.’ ’ The old A v iator— “ W azzat?” The Novice— “ W hen you’re sailing thru the breeze at a hundred miles an hour, and the engine stalls and the self-starter goes flooey, WHO GETS OUT AND CRANKS?” W. S. Langford, Big Bill Edw a rds and their associates on th e College Comm ittee on recruiting for Y. M. C. A. w ork overseas, have announced th a t they have secured such prom inent m en in the athletic world as David L. Fultz, F ran k Quinby, baseball coach a t Yale; E llery C. H u n tington, of Colgate; Jack Magee, of Bowdoin, and Sparrow Rob ertson. Among the prom inent college ath letes of recent years who have enlisted to supervise the play of Uncle Sam ’s fighting m en abroad are H arold H. Short, Floyd Ris- ley, and W. H. Sayon, Jr., of Princeton, George M. Clark, of Yale, E. H. Jew e tt, of Columbia, who has two sons in the service; Archie H ahn, of Michigan, Jam e s A. Blath- erwick, of D artm o u th, and J. B. Pugsley, of Colby. All these m e n and m any others have agreed to handle for the Y. M. C. A. the athletic w o rk in F rance w ith the expedition ary forces. Over there m any a director has found th a t in form ing a regim e n tal track team every m a n has appeared in a running suit on a field day. B aseball games are the regular thing, often so close to the front line trenches th a t the crash of bat against ball vies w ith the bursting of a German shrapnel shell. U n d e r the direction of the Y. M. C. A., a half-mile track has been con structed near the sector w h ich th e Am er icans are guarding exclusively. As our forces increase, more tracks will be con structed, under the supervision of Sparrow Robertson. Mr. J. L. Anguish and Mr. F. A. Cunning ham of the Army Y. M. C. A. at Camp W a d s w orth, are to be m em b ers of this party sail ing for overseas work. AMMUNITION TRAIN VS. REMOUNT 307. VOLLEY BALL POPULAR AT Y. M. O. A. NO. 95. Volley ball is being played w ith pep and vim about the section Y. M. C. A. No. 95. Most of the officers have a court and play every evening. Co. I, 51st Pioneers, have an inter-tent league and much enthusiasm is be ing shown in determ ining the best squad team. Co. I company team beat the 8th Penn, band, who are attached to the 51st Pioneers. The results of these games show how excit ing and hard-fought the games were. A fter ican games in New York. He started from scratch, giving handicaps up to one hun dred yards, but managed to reach the tape a lap in the lead. His tim e was five m in utes and thirty-five seconds. Remount* AB R H A PO Stack, cf ................. 4 1 0 O' 4 H em erlein, ss ...... 3 2 1 2 2 Gerlach, 2b . . . . 2 1 1 1 3 McClain, If ......... . . . 3 6 0 0 4 E h rhardt 3b 4 6 1 0' O' Behrens, rf ............... 4 o 2 0 0 Brown, c 2 6 0 1 5 Metoski, p . . . . 3 6 0 2 0* Hoil, c ............ o 0 0 2 Ludlow, lb ............... .... 4 6 2 0 7 T o tals .............. 30 4 7 6 27 Amm, T rain. AB R H A PO K o ttecher, cf ...... 3 O' 0 6 2 Church, 2b 4 0 2 2 3 John, r f ..................... -O' 0 0 3 Connors, ss 4 0 1 2 0 Cochran, If ........ ... 3 0 0 O' 3 Snyder, 3b 3 0 0 1 O' Spitz, lb ................... . . . 4 0 1 0 8 W h ite, p . . . . ............ 3 0' 0 2 0 Dawson, c . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 2 1 4 Totals ........... , . . ,31 O' 6 8 24 SAXON VS. REMOUNT 307. Remount. AB R H A PO Smith, c f ................... . . . 5 2 2 .0 0 H em erlein, ss . . . . . . 4 O' 0 0 0 Gerlach, 2 b ............... . . . 4 0 2 0 1 McClain, If ............... 4 1 0 0 2 E h rhardt, 3b 4 0 1 0 O Behrens, r f ............... . . . 4 0 O 0 1 Horl, c 4 2 2 3 9 Ludlow, lb . 4 0 0 O' 14 Erdm an, p . .. .. .. .......... 4 1 1 5 0 T o tals ........... . , . 37 6 8 8 27 Saxon. AB R H A PO Lawson, 2b ............... 5 0 0 2 2 Holt, ss ........... 4 0 0 2 9 Bogan, 3b ......... 4 0 1 1 1 Arnold, c .......... . . . 4 0 1 0 5 W alker, p ................. . . . 3 1 1 1 2 Taylor, cf ......... ... 3 01 6 0 2 Johnson, r f ............... , . , 3 0 1 0 1 Lamb, If . . . 3 0 1 0 4- Terry, lb .......... 3 0 0 1 10 Totals . ..................... „ , . 32 1 5 7 27 w inning the first game 21-18, Co. I pulled up from behind, and after several servings, pulled the second game out of the fire 21-20. It was some game, as the two team s have developed the essential of the game, team work. Line-Up. Co. I, 51st Pioneers—Lewis, Black, Mc Leod, Rogers, Fields, Fitzsim m ons. 8th Penn. Band.—Clark, Lebro, Beach, Tarasi, Grimm, Davies.
