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(By Associated Press)
CAMP LEWIS. TACOMA. Wash.
Dec. 14.—Probably In no other can
tonment in the United States have
sports been given so prominent a post
tion as at Camp Lewis, the largest of
them all and Capt. T. G. Cook, camp
athletic director has just completed
the most comprehensive report on the
athletic situation as yet given out.
Camp athletic funds are unusually
high due both to the successful at
tendance of the various competitions
aud to the generous contributions in
money and equipment that has been
coming in.
Officers returning here after visits
to eastern cantonments as well as
camps of the national guard state
that athletics in all branches here
are on a more popular basis than any
where else.
Capt. Cook’s staff has grown from
•o»e man to almst a score and his
office in headquarters is one of the
busiest in the administration building.
Many national champions are
among the men and officers and the
fact that enlisted men and officers
vie with each other in the sports is
believed to be one of the chief rea
sons for the impetus.
Capt. Cook’s report in full follows:
Twelve football fields completely
equipped with goal posts, seating ca
pacity, etc.
Six Y. M. C. A. athletic fields with
basket ball, volley ball, courts, etc.
Note: These courts are kept open on
Sundays for the use of the men, and
nil equipment is furnished by the Y.
M. C. A.
Sixteen baseball diamonds, with
games in progress.
One athletic field with a quarter
mile track, 220 yard straight-away, 10
lanes. Note: several other fields are
to be constructed in the spring.
The new Camp Lewis field, recent
ly completed with bleachers seating
18,000, football field, baseball diamond
and quarter mile track is without a
doubt the finest field in the North
west. With the addition of this field
the representative teams of he 91 st
, Division have an ideal place for con
tests in various sports.
ATHLETICS.
Football
Twelve regimental football teams
1 playing series for the division cham
i pionshlp, six games played every
Wednesday and Sunday. A large all
I ver trophy goes to the winner. Sev
! eral regiments have held company
' series for the regimental champion
ship. All teams are completely equip
i ped, the expense being borne by the
! regimental fund.
The 91st division team that is play
ing weekly games. During the Christ
mas holidays the team will make a
two weeks' trip to California, playing
two games. The commanding gener
al has approved this trip.
On November 10th the tram met
the U. S. Marine Corps team of Mare
Island, California, at the Tacoma
Stadium. Twenty-five thousand peo
ple witnessed the game.
TRACK
Several field meets have been held
which were a big success. On Oc
tober 24th (Liberty Bond Day) the
division championship meet was held
before 10,000 soldiers. There were
688 entries representing picked men
from each unit in the contest, while
65 officials handled the meet, which
was run off in two and one-half hours.
BASEBALL
Every unit has a baseball team and
a large number of company teams
played various series. Baseball is
still being played as we have been'
having some wonderful weather. A:
large number of minor and majorj
league players are in the cantonment
while college and high school players1
are numbered by the hundreds.
SOCCER FOOTBALL.
This game is very popular and a
great many teams are competing the
sport. A league is being formed com
posed of representative company
teams.
BOXING
We have organized this department
along the same lines as the division
athletic council. The regimental ath
letic officer selects one non-com or
private from each company. These
men in turn select from four to six
men as assistants, who in turn in
struct various groups. By his plan
every man in the company receives
Instruction In elementary boxing. This
work is under the supervision of Wil
lie Ritchie who works on a regular
schedule, meeting the company in
structors twice weekly for one hour
periods.
He will follow out the plans form
! ulated by the commission which pro
vides for teaching boxing to every
man. as this exercise is considered by
! the war department to be of invalu
able assistance in furthering profici
ency in bayonet fighting.
I 11 >8 considered a good thing, when
ever possible, to select for this train
ing. as instructors, non-commissioned
officers, or if these are not available,
I then privates who have had previous
boxing experience, providing the lat
, ter in the opinion of the commanding
officer, are also qualified for Instruc
tors.
Before any boxing contests are stag
ed, a ring must be provided to meet
the approval of the athletic director
I under the following conditions:
(1) Inside measurement of ropes to'
! be not less than 16 feet; 18 or 20 feet'
preferred.
(2) Posts that secure ropes to stand
1 to 2 feet back from inside measure-1
ment of ring. I
(3) Floor of ring to be covered with
canvass and padded at least 1 inch
with saw dust or carpet padding.'
Padding to extend 1 foot outside of in
side measurement of ring.
(4) Ropes to be wrapped with cloth.
The boxing championship of the
division will be worked out as fol
lows:
Weights to be 125-135-145-155-165,
and heavyweight.
First the company championship:
second the regimental championship;
and third the championship of the .
division. The last will be a mammoth
affair with sixteen units being rep-'
resented.
BASKETBALL
Corporal Edgar Kienholz, a well1
known coach of the northwest, re
cently assigned to special detail to the 1
office of the athletic director, will be
in charge of this work.
(1) A league composed*"T>f four
teams in each company has been or-!
ganized. These teams will settle the j
company championship in a round- i
robin series.
(2) The representative company ]
teams wilt play a series to settle the
regimental supremacy.
(3) The division championship ser
ies will consit of 16 teams, one from
each unit.
(4) There will be over 400 teams in
the company series.
(5) The 91st division representa
tive team will meet all the teams of
the Northwest and from the material
that we have, a strong team should
be developed.
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The division team has asked me
to act as head coach and I will en
deavor to find the necessary time to
do so. |
WRESTLING
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Corporal Lloyd E. Ireland, known as
“Kid Irish," champion featherweight
wrestler of the world, has Deen as
signed on special detail to the office
of the athletic director.
Corporal Ireland will act as the
wrestling instructor and also give a
course in jiu jitsu, the latter being
of great value in hand to hand en
counters.
A comprehensive scheme of instrue
tion has been worked out whereby the
men will all receive instruction along
the same lines followed by “Willie
Ritchie” in boxing.
The company regimental and divis
ion championships will be held in
wrestling at the various weights.
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