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May 10, 1919 THE POP-VALVE Page 5.

[Graphic, titled "SPORT PAGE"]

VARSITY WINS AT

MONTIERCHAUME

Word was received by telephone on Tuesday

evening that the Regimental team had taken

over the Montierchaume team by a one nothing

score. Anderson worked for the Camp team in

the pitchers battle and did great work. The

Varsity expects to clean up on this tour and

to cinch a place in the SOS finals.

THE CAMP BASEBALL LEAGUE

The reorganized Camp league is offering some

excellent attractions during the good weather

and considerable interest is being taken in the

games. But the new officials have not been

able to get the league records in shape and the

official standing was not available when the

copy department closed for this number. It is

hoped that the new officials will take a greater

interest in the records of the league and keep

them up to date. they have promised to do so

and will probably make some arrangement to

have the standing posted daily at some con-

venient place where the fans can it ver.

The new officials of the league who will work

under the direction of the Camp Athletic

Officer, Lieut. R.S. Fraser, are: President, Pri-

vate H.W. Murphy, "118;" Vice President, Pri-

vate 1cl H.C. Pfister, "121;" Secretary, Sergeant

Russel Cline, "120."

Tuesday evening's game betwen P.W.E. Co.

240 and Headquarters-Band teams was largely

attended and very exciting. Headquarters team

won the game by an 8 to 5 score but no one

expected the contest to end peacefully.

So far, no move has beenb made to have the

Provisional trades Schools companies enter

teams in the league; with two teams from these

companies, some excellent baseball ought to be

given the fans of the camp.

THE VARSITY'S RECORD

The individual and team fielding and batting

averages of the Regimental team for the month

of April, during which it played and won ten

games, is as follows:

Player Pos. G. P. Bat. Av. Fldg. Av.

Kloth LF 10 .543 .875

Maloney CF 10 .485 .961

Fair P 4 .429 .909

Cowan RF 8 .419 1000

Mohrman SS 10 .355 .932

McShannic 3B 9 .353 .840

Anderson P 4 .333 1000

Kniveton 1B 9 .324 .923

Geyer C 9 .267 .957

Knight LF & CF 5 .250 1000

Reed P 4 .222 .917

Hare C 2 .200 .857

Morgan 2B 10 .121 .884

Cocker RF 2 .111 1000

Selig SS & 2B 3 .000 .444

Smith 3B 1 .000 1000

Gaffney 1B 1 .000 .827

TEAM AVERAGES 10 .335 .912

The schedule of the team up until May 20, in

the SOS elimination contest includes the games

at Gievres today and tomorrow, Lyons on the

13th; Montierchaume plays here on the 15th;

Tours on 17 and 18, and St. Aignan on the 20th.

KNOCKOUT FEATURES FIGHT CARD

"Patsy" Brown, the pride of Decize, was'nt

satisfied with his performance on April 25th,

when George Johnson of "119" laid him

away, so he came back for more on May 2, and

got it. Johnson had the best of the bout but

Brown managed to hang on until the third,

round, when Johnson repeated on the right-to-

the-jaw movement, and Brown went back to

Decize still wondering what caused the six

moons in the sky.

The whole show was good and fight fans who

stay away from these Friday evening parties

are missing out on some splendid attractions.

The first bout of the May 2 show was a three

section battle between Farley, "119" and

Shepard of 1st Prov. Trades school in wich

Farley got the decision on points. Davis and

Robertson of the 113th Labor Bn., two colored

Yanks, furnished the second bout which was a

comedy from the moment one of Robertson's

fellow townsmen from the States recognized

him, to the last bell. Fisher, "110" and Lewis

of Decize fought three rounds to a draw.

The real feature of the evening was the

fourth event between two 160 pounders,

Kerrigan of "110" and "Spike" Hennessy

of "116" which was fast and furious and had

all the earmarks of a grudge fight. Both men

accepted a lot of punishment in the mill, the

first round honors of which went to Kerrigan

while Hennessy excelled in the remaining two,

getting the decision.

Sgt. Jones of "121" gave satisfaction as

referee for the bouts and his decisions were all

fair.

BRIEF ITEMS GATHERED AROUND

THE CAMP

The YMCA Ice Cream factory opened up on

last Saturday afternoon and the first "fruits of

the freezer" were great, in spite of the little

bit of salt that crept in somehow. But the

second issue was perfect, and to Miss Leonard

and her assistants goes the unlimited gratitude

of the Camp. The next thing we're looking for

is that promised "Moffitt Cocktail". According

to its press agents, everything's there but the

actual taste, and it come close to that.

The Welfare committee staged another

successful dance on last Saturday night, and in

spite of the terrible weather and the lack of

Transportation, on hundred and fifty couples

were in attendance and had as good a time as

at any previous dance. The Camp Band was

back on the job and fiilled the two dancing

compartments with dreamy and jazzy melodies.

Ice Cream, cake, coffee and lemonade was the

lunch menu, and the French girls now know

what real Ice Cream is. After Miss Leonard

gets things working right and gets the soda

fountain idea over, the girls of Nevers will be

"Soda Fiends" like most American girls. The

dance was perfect in all departments and the

Welfare Committee certainly deserves beaucoup

praise for it's efforts.

Supply Company 326, one of the units now

quartered in the Casual section of our Camp, is

all "busted up," its personnel being split up

into other units. But as usual the Top Kicker

(they always do get in on the gravy) fell in nice

and drew a trip to Washington with the records.

The Top Kicker is Sgt. T. P. Foster and he

leaves for the States "toot sweet," making the

trip in first class compartments all the way.

These Top Kickers have a tough time of it.

An orderly for one of the Co -- high ranking

officers, who now lives at Camp Stephenson,

called the guard house one day recently

and wanted to know "when the hot water would

be turned on and where the officers' bath room

was located at"!! Not getting the desired

information, he called on the Commander of the

Guard and -- well the C. G. informed him that

the hot water would be turned on in a

reasonable time after he had built a fire in the

bath house that is a little different from those

at the leading hotels. Sorry for the orderly's

superior, but some of us had to use a bath of

the same kind while the temperature was

considerably lower than on the day in question.

It is with pleasure that we note the change

in the attitude of RAILS AND SAILS toward

the fellows who have that unconquerable

desire to go home. But honest R&S your little

screed on Spring and Easter dinners over-here

and over-there was'nt a bit consoling. If you

meant to make us feel homesick, you succeeded.

The only thing we have on you now is that

you have made friends with the Verneuil

"Clacker" (LETS GO). Don't forget that they

judge papers as well as other animals, by the

company they keep!

The MARTIAN, weekly paper of Mars Hospital

Center, closed its nine month engagement in

the A. E. F. with a wonderful farewell number

dated April 27th. Sergt. Jim Savery, Editor-in

Chief closed up all his affairs last week, after

getting out the farewell number almost unaided.

Some of our reasons for hating to see Jim and

the MARTIAN leave are selfish, but some some are

not and the A. E. F. is losing something va-

luable in the closing of this clever little paper.

The best wishes of the POP-VALVE Staff goes

to the Staff of the MARTIAN, together with our

wishes for a happy, snappy trip to the United

States for them.

Early in January, Lieut. Alex Broadhead put

in a request for discharge in England. The

papers in the case have been floating around in

the military channel since that date, and have

touched at many ports along the channel,

judging by the number of indorsements, some

22 in number, which made the file of papers

quite bulky. The Lieutenant who, in civil life,

answers to "Scotty', did'nt even read 21 of the

indorsements; he says the last one is the only

one worth reading -- it instructed him to

proceed to somewhere for discharge, and then

to England. Lieut. Broadhead takes with him

the best wishes of a host of friends in which the

enlisted set is heavily represented.

On a recent inspection day, the following

dialogue was picked up by a company repre-

sentative. Inspecting Officer to Buck: "Is that

the only pair of shoes you have?"

Buck: (absent-mind-edly) "Yeah" -- Insp.

Off.: "You meant to add 'Sir' did'nt you?

Buck (Still dreaming): "Yeah"! (Sergeant take

his name!)

Many notices like this one, quoted from The

Earth Mover, will probably be delivered by

the mailmen, after July 1st. Card from a local

station agent to a "studious" citizen: "Sir --

Plase send without delay for the case of Books

directed to you which is lying at this station

and LEAKING badly!"

The health of Camp Stephenson is remarkably

good. The strength of the command is now

comparitively low 1850 officiers and men being

stationed here, but even at this figure, the

health statistics are more than good. In the

past three months, there has been but one death

in the ranks. The daily average of men off

duty on account of illness or disability rarely

exceeds fifty. At the present time there are no

contagious diseases or serious illnesses among

the men. And there have been no epedimics

since the Flu was put under control last year.

The second dance given by the officers of the

Camp was held in the Officers Clubhouse on

last Wednesday evening, and was even more

successful socially than the first dance, two weeks

ago. The Camp Band furnished the music and

the Camp Ice Cream Factory furnished the

refreshments and did a much better freezer job

than Lieut. Nelson performed for the last dance.

More than sixty couples attended and apparently

enjoyed the entire program.

The Second Pioneer Infantry's "Pioneer In-

fantry Players" entertained the Camp for two

nights this week with a clever, snappy per-

formance. The "imitation" girls were the best

seen in the Auditorium and added considerably

to the attractiveness of the show. One of the

comedians "put one over on" practically the

whole audience when he requested it to stand

while he rendered the New National Anthem --

"How Dry I AM."

Members of the "Old 49th" will be pleased to

learn of the good fortune of Franklin M. Dunn,

who, since his recent transfer to the Army

Service Corps, has been made Sergeant-Major

at the headquarters of the Intermediate Section

The "Duke" is pleased, of course, but is willing

to trade his arm-ful of chevron for just one

evening in Baltimore.

Imprimerie Fortin et Cie, Nevers-Paris.