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THE WADSWORTH GAS ATTACK a n d RIO GRANDE RATTLER EW FRINCESS RINK One Block West of Cleveland Hotel Busses Stop at Door $ The game was hard fought and the num e r ous spectators held in suspense as to its out come until the last m inute of play. The final count gave the victory to the 74th boys. The score stood 17 to 16 in their favor. COMPANY K, 105TH, HAS SUCCESSFUL TRIP. As announced a week ago the H ornell boys of Company K, 105th Infantry, made a flying trip to their hom e tow n to m eet a picked team in an exhibition game. The doughboys not only showed their superior knowledge of the gridiron science but they also brought back over fifteen hundred dol lars of the gate receipts to be added to their mess fund. The K eleven was prepared for the trip by -Mr. Jenney, of the Y. M. C. A., and they certainly reflected the skill of the form e r M illiken College star. The following account of the contest ap-* peared in the H o rnell Telegram : SP A R T A N B U R G H E R O E S . They Won the Football Game at Hornell Yesterday by 13 to 0. (Special to the Telegram .) Hornell, N. Y.—On a field ankle deep in mud, and alm o st obscured by a blinding snow storm th a t raged part of the time, the boys of Company K, old 3rd infantry, w ent over the top this afternoon and beat the Erie football eleven by a score of 13 to 0. The soldier boys came all the way from Spartanburg, S. C., for the game, which was w itnessed by a fair-sized crowd of loyal fans. The game was m ighty close and in teresting. The Company K boys made their first score in the first quarter by persistent line bucking. A fter th a t the H o rnell boys settled down to real football and there was no more scoring until the final quarter, when Em ery picked up the ball on a fum ble and ran it back to the E rie goal post for the second touchdown. Tonight a big dance was given at the arm o ry for the soldiers. S e rgeant Neal P rangen of the soldier team was painfully injured during the gam e. E m ery and Colson w ere stars for the sol diers. Following is the line-up: Company K. Erses. Left End Colson ................ . O’Quinn Left Tackle Em ery .......... Rogers Left Guard Newman ................... Moran Center Gipp .......... Kellogg Right Guard H a lstead .......... Cassidy Right Tackle Blakeslee ......................... Kirw in Right End Schaum b erg B. Mosgrove Q u a rterback Talbot ........................... O’Brien Left H alfback H o ran ............................ E ister Fullback U rban P. Mosgrove Prangen, Ross ................ J. Mosgrove Score by periods: Company K 6 0 7 0—13 Fries .......... 0 0 0 0— 0 Touchdown: Horan, Emery. Referees: H u lek and B rainard alternating. Head Linesm an: King, Alfred. 105TH MACHINE GUN FOOTBALL. Troop C of old Squadron A had no trouble recently in defeating its ancient rival, Troop B, by a score of 20 to 7. It was the third tim e the two team s have m et this season, each of the preceding contests end ing ^ w ithout a score on either side. B Troop scored first when Tucker snatch ed a C fumble at midfield and aided by the splendid interference of Stern m ade a flying trip to the goal line. In the second quarter the w inners began to show their strength. Taking every ad vantage of its superior w eight and speed the C unit carried the oval from one end of the field to the other for its initial touchdown, Bram ley doing the scoring. The last half proved a cinch for C. Con tinued line plunging and a clever assort m e n t of long and short passes had the losing team com p letely baffled. SECOND PROVISIONAL BRIGADE ORGANIZED. An athletic association has been formed in the 2nd Provisional Brigade com prising the 1st, 14th and 74th infantry regim ents. Its object is to prom ote athletics among these three outfits and to arrange a series of games to be held under its supervision. The following com m ittee has been ap pointed to prom u lgate the plans and get things in running order: Mr. Davis, Y. M. C. A.; 1st Sgt. Mulligan, Co. “M” 74th Inf.; Sgt. Rick, Co. “M” 74th Inf.; Sgt. Donohue, Co. “B ” 1st Inf., and Sgt. O’Brien, Co. “D ” 14th Inf. They m et T h u rsday m o rning in the brigade Y. M. C. A. building and drew up a set of rules to be observed in all the as sociation athletic activities. The sports which will be prom oted include baseball, basket-ball, soccer and volley ball. A schedule has been arranged w hereby two games in different branches of sport will be held W ednesday and Saturday after noon of each week. The work of the com m ittee is under the direct supervision of Mr. Davis who before he gave his services to the Y. M. C. A. was director of sports in the high schools of Pittsburg. He is exper ienced in this line of work and w ithout question many interesting features in the line of sports will be pulled off under his guidance. . “ GROUSING.” We do a lot of grousing in the 27th D ivi sion. “'G rousing” is British slang for grumb ling and for cursing out the life m ilitary. We kick at the mess. We kick if the Topper sets us to extracting stumps from the face of South Carolina. We kick at the weather. W e just naturally kick. And it doesn’t get us a thing! If we saved up all these kicks till we get to France, we ’d have enough kick ing energy stored up to boot the K aiser for a field goal from a difficult angle. On the level now, is the chow so very much worse than you got back home? Are you ever hungry ? Are you ever cold if you put your blankets on right, and carve up enough trees to stoke the Sibley? Are you overworked! D o n ’t you feel a lot better physically than when you were back home committing assault and battery to get a seat in the up-town sub way express at 5:30. W h at did you expect in the army? Did you think you were getting into a pillow fight? Did you expect the Captain to bring your toast and eggs to you at 9:30? If you ever think you’re having a rough and tough time of it, just think about the poor old German. He gets less food, less money, is treated like a dog by his officers, and in return for all this he is going to get a fine lam basting. You are on the winning team. Y o u ’ve got the pennant cinched before you start. All you’ve got to do is convince the Toot that he is licked. P r e tty soft! D e a l w i t h th e s t o r e s t h a t a d v e r t i s e in T h e G a s A t t a c k a n d y o u ’l l g e t a s q u a r e d e a l.
