THE RIO GRANDE RATTLER P A G E 6

A thletics By Stuart J . S a k s

B A S E B A L L B O X I N G F O O T B A L L

A C H A L L E N G E . The 2nd Texas Infantry chal­

lenges any regiment of the New Y o r k Div is ion to a football game to be played i n Corpus Christ!. The Texas team w i l l pay the expenses of the team, accepting their chal-challenge, and are wi l l ing to play at any time.

W H A T A R E Y O U G O I N G T O D O A B O U T IT?

Though the football season is onw over i n the Enst, i t i s no't too late to accept the challenge of the 2nd Texas Infantry, which appears in this column.

W i t h the vast amount of good material on hand, the 1st Cavalry would have l i t t l e or no trouble in getting a rat t l ing good team to­gether which should make the Tex-ana hustle to hold their past laurels. The Texas team has not been beaten

so far this season, and feel that they are f i t to conquer the world. To those interested, the Sporting E d i ­

tor of The Batt ler w i l l give f u l l de­tai ls . This challenge should be ac­cepted and should be a big game for the followers of the game i n Texas at this time.

Thanksgiving Football Results

Colgate 28, Brown 0. Penn. 23, Cornell 3. x

Pittsburg 31, Penn State 0. W. & J . 12, Rutgers 9. Rochester .10, Vermont 6. Fordham 14, "Villa Nova 7.

(Continued from Page 1.) of each one a number was chalked. This to help the judges at the finish. L t : Col. Henry S. Sternberger, Division Quartermaster, the Official Starter, then shouted, " A r e you ready?" Thereupon, the line wavered, and broke when he commanded " G e t s e t ! " The over-anx­ious runners were ordered back into place, and the second start was a clean one, the 102 runners dashing off ! * one.

Then, at the very start of the race, lt was obvious that there were many dif­ferent ways for the runners to use their judgment. Some jogged along rather slowly, to save their strength for the final spurt, while others, taking advan-

BORDER B I T S

Last Saturday the 1st Cavalry bas­ket ball team defeated the 22nd Engi ­neers on the Cavalry Y. jVL C. A . courts by the score of 18-10.

The bowling league now in its last stage is being hotly contested. The 2nd McAl len team sti l l holds the lead by a small margin.

What i f Colgate should beat Brown. Written for the Incinerator before the game.

Score—Colgate 28, Brown 0. Wel l , what of it?

TO F O R M L E A G U E

In the next few days a basket­ball and tennis league w i l l be formed between teams from 22nd Engineers, 4th F ie ld Hospital and the 1st Cavalry. This program is being worked out by the Cavalry Y . M . C. A . , and a l l games w i l l be played on the Y . M . C. A. ' athletic field. There is a great interest among the different troops and every day finds some team out for practice in preparation for the coming series. The field is one of the finest in the N . «Y. Division and affords ample space to stage several .games at the same time. There w\ll* undoubtly be other games between the different regiments played at .a -latter date.

G U A R D C H A M P S I N M O V I E S

The Fourth Ambulance Company of Syracuse has in its ranks two of the best known exponents of aerial trapeze work in the country today in Jack Layden and Charles Anson. On Thanks--giving Day during an exhibition given at the Fourth's camp, M r . Layden made a record breaking leap from a plat­form constructed for the occasion to his partner's hands, a feat seldom at­tempted without safety nets. M r . L a y ­den is an old professional, having been connected with the Aer ia l Fisher 's , and the- F ly ing Hughes,' two of the - fore­most troupes in hippodrome work. M r . Anson is a noted amateur and holds the English N a v y championship. Upon the return of the Fourth to Syracuse, they wi l l accept a contract tendered by the New York Hippodrome. On Tuesday, Messrs Layden and Anson played be-for the Pathe Weekly photographer.

Lieutenant -Charles Daly , head coach of the Army football team, w i l l re­turn to his station in Honolula by transport while Captain Ernest Graves, line coach, and Lieutenant Priehard and Merr i l lat are on their way to the Mexican Border.

Harry Le Gore, the bri l l iant halfback of Yale , made his football start under the coaching of Frank Sommer, at Mer-ceraburg. .

Oliphant, Y i d a l and Place, three stars of the Armys backfield each weigh 171 pounds, while Gerhardt, the quarter back tips the scales at 145.

With the passing of Squadron A goes a corking good polo team and as fine a set of football players as in the coun­try.

" S q u i r e " Grimes of Troop D, 1st Cavalry proved himself to be a real sportsman last week when he shot an eight foot rattler. Some snake, E h what?

Pittsburg and the Army went through the season without defeat. Brown almost did, but to Colgate goes the glory for their eleventh hour stroke.

Cadet Lawrance Jones, class of '18 at the United States Mi l i tary Acad­emy has been elected captain of the Army team for next season. Jones played guard last year, but was shift­ed to tackle this season, .where be play­ed against the Navy. He is 21 years old and was appointed to West Point from Washington, D . C.

Yale has come back to its own. For the first time in seven years Old E l i has taken the measure of a Harvard eleven, coached by Percy Haughton.

C9TH D E F E A T S T H E 4 T H A M B U L A N C E C O M P A N Y

ad just after the President's call last June. He does not belong to any ath­letic club.

Nor does tho winner of the second prize, Corporal Henry K i r k , also of Co. F, born in Vermont, twenty-nine years ago. They have l i t t le i n common be­sides. Donoth is nearly a six-footer, while K i r k is five foot five. The latter by the way served four years in the Marine Corps but was a horseshoer when the call came.

Though handicapped by being num­bered 13 at the start, Pvt . Peter W i l -kins of Co. D knew he had to keep up his good record, having won the ful l -pock dash last September. So he came in third. ' Pete was born in New York

tage of the flat straightaway, sprinted I 21 years ago of Irish-American parents for a good lead. Some made straight j and has been an amateur runner ever for the goal, and encountered a fence, | since. He has run for the Paulist Fath-arid cactus on the other side. Others ! era; he is track manager of the Federal stil l chose a route including the long-1 A . C ; he runs any race from a dash to est stretch of the fiat field. a marathon—and so on. Pete, by the

Donath was one of those who sprint-1 way, is 09 inches tall and weighs 160. ed. In fact he led the field from start No Twelfth Infantry event is corn-to finish. Also, he kept as close as poa-1 plcte without Babby Malone, and so, aible to a bee-line, taking advantage j as a matter of course, we record that of trails that made only short detours. Corporal Thomas Malone of the Machin Which, we must admit, is a Prussian | Gun Co. took fourth. Bab has seen characteristic that one may expect in a j twenty-five summers in New York and native of Bremen. i one

And it was a case where directness, whether Teutonic or otherwise, made I like Wilkins he is of Irish-American one win. The wilderness between the I slock, aud a well known athlete. He was " W h i t e House F i e l d " and the Cavalry a Dewitt Clinton High School runner, camp is a mase 'of vague trails, each and won the annual N . Y . World P . S. more crooked than the other. We. have [A. L . t medal in a mile race, but left the heard that there were instances of two- ranks of the amateurs to become a p u p -runners meeting head-on. The mounted | list, which profession he alternates with Clerks of the Course, having the ad- that of skilled automobile mechanic, vantage of a wider field of view, wit- The fifth place was captured by Pvt . •eased many amusing incidents, as did [Richard Rogers of Company H , who is

Cafe Delmonico, Jr . , Tuesday night, dinner being served at nine o'clock. The chapter members present included Chester B. Bahn, Claude Bentley, Dav­id S. Ear l l , Bede E . Hutchinson, Guy E . Mcndell, Arthur Gwynn, Edward Stevens and Charles G. Woodruff. The invited guests were: Irving Bl int , Ro­land D. Glahn, Graver C. Johnson, F . Lucien Hale, Richard Harrison, Robert Hul l , Phil l ip JClink, Walter Chaskel and Alfred H . Smith.

" H e r e ' s t o ' the good old frat, boys," was the keynote of the toast list commemorating the sixth anniver­sary of the founding of the National organization which followed the serv­ing of this menu; Olives, celery, con­somme en tasse, baked Virginia ham, chicken, ala king, shoe string potatoes, early June peas, corn on the cob, com­bination salad, chocolate cake ala P h i U , Danana ice cream and demi tasse. President Woodruff presided as toast-master. The toasts were intermingled with fraternity and Border service songs. Felicitations were exchanged by wire with the mother chapter at Syracuse and the. grand council officers at Albany. The menu cards, attrac­tively done in the fraternity colors,

down here. He is five-f oot-seven ! royal purple and gold, served also as tall and weighs 160 like Wilkins. A l so ' the favors. Out " o n pass," the cele-

1 brntion extended into the "wee sma' hours" of the morning.

T H E 14TH I N F A N T R Y R E C E I V E S M E D A L S

Interesting Ceremony When Over One Thousand Medals are Presented

By Officers' Wives.

the mounted spectators. '22 years old, 3 inches over six feet ta l l , The officials of the course were Col. ai>d weighs 175 pounds. Rogers is a

DeBevoise of the First Cavalry, Major Downs and Roosevelt of the 12th, as­sisted by a score of troopers selected from the 1st Cavalry and Squadron A . It was not so much in the wilderness that they were needed as through the various camps that the runners had to cross. The panting, perspiring, dough-

splendid physical specimen but has not done more than the average young fel­low in the way of athleties. He is a good jumper.

These five men came in with only a few seconds between. It was just after them that the first ""bunching" occur­

red—a group of some six or eight run-

A M U S E U M T H E A T R E For this .coming week tbe Amuseum

offers a very attractive program for its patrons. Pathe Gold Rooster, Para-mounts, and Blue B i r d features go to make up the b i l l . H a z i l Dawn, the at­tractive Lasky star w i l l appear i n , " T h e Feud G i r l , " on Thursday and on the following day " T h e Fear of Pov­e r t y " with Florence L a Badie in the title role. On Saturday Myrt le Gon­zales and an a l l star cast w i l l appear in the B lu e B i r d feature, " T h e G i r l of Lost L a k e . " A romance of the great out door which pictures the great west in a l l its glory. Mignon Anderson and Sally Cnote w i l l play on Sunday in the sensational drama, " H e r Husbands w i f e . " I n the very near future Annette Kellerman w i l l be shown in her in i t ia l production, "Neptunes Daughter ." In this photoplay Miss Kellerman is shown to a good advantage and produces many fine scenes.

The G9th Infantry Association foot­ball team strengthened its claim to the Sixth Division championship by de­feating the 4th Ambulance Company eleven Thanksgiving day by a score of 5 to 1. The teams wi l l meet in a return game in tbe near future, and a third match is in prospect i f the Fourth turns the tables.'

Captain Bede Hutchinson of the 4th won the toss aud kicked off at first 50. DeVoy of the 69th scored the f irst goal after a foul by R Anson in 15 minutes. The second goal was kick­ed by DeVoy after a foul by Gronau after 27 minutes of play. Tbe half ended with the score, 69th 2, 4th 0. DeVoy kicked off in the second half and after ten minutes of play, Bur­rows sent the ball across the Fourth's goal, and four minutes later repeated the score. A minute later Stevens of the Fourth drove the ball across after a foul by McCarthy for the Ambulance men's only goal, with but three min­utes of play left D. Voy scored the last goal for the 69th. F ina l score, 69th 5; 4th 1.

D. Voy at outside left, Burrows at inside left, Captain McCarthy at right halfback and Gnllahgerr at cente played an excellent game for the vic­tors, who include several well known Irish amateurs.

For the 4th Ambulance, Haines at | left back, Moss at outside right, Cap- J tain Hutchinson at center forward, Stevens at inside left, and G. II. Jen­nings at inside right, played well .

The game was fast and clean.

boys were warmly "cheered by the Cav- friers clambering, at the same time out alrymen, the Engineers, the Supply vat the last ditch. Train men, the " M e d i c o s , " and by r The manner of carrying the rifie may their brother infantrymen of the Sixty- be of interest. Several ways were tried ninth, across whose camp some of them hut the race does not seem to show cnt. The officials saw to" i t that no d i - any is much better than the others, rectinns were shouted by over-sympa- j Donath.had his slung across his back; thetic spectators. Several of the racers K i rk and Malone trailed theirs, W i l -might have won i f someone had shouted [kins carried his at the right shoulder ' * Hey, brother, you 're going the wrong l all the way without even shifting his way." . Instead of which, the crowds Ihold, and Rogers alternated between opened up respectfully and made them' 1 the trai l and right shoulder positions, think they were headed right. The The outside officers who acted as of-eourse was ably clerked and as a result j ficinls were unanimous in their enthu-it was a close race a l l the way. Net siasm for the race as an event of value one protest has been made, because no lb a military as well as a physical way. dispute was made possible. Jflnjor Halahan, commanding the Signal

No matter what route they chose, a l l .Battalion, who is thoroughly familiar of the runners had to cross four deep with the ground, expressed his aston-and wide ditches—two irrigation canals j ishnrent at the remarkable time made in the cactus before " h i t t i n g " the , by the winner and the first score of camps, one roadside ditch along the finishers.., " I think the finish at our Hidalgo road, and just before the radio station was appropriate," he ad-finish, a camp drainage ditch about ded. " Y o u r Colonel might, sometime seven feet deep, five feet wide at the have to send a wireless in a hurry, and bottom, and with steep sides. This last I have- no mounted messenger available, hazard could not be seen unti l you were in which case the conditions would be almost on top of i t , and it was enough J duplicated," to take the heart out of eny ordinary [ Major Reagan said he admired the runner who is saving the last bits of his] spirit shown not only by the entrants reserve" strength for the finish of n/j [/,,, t,v their friends whose' enthusiasm!

But not out of a Dandy Dozen | startled him, they worked nearly ai ) hard shouting encouragement and hand-

That last ditch wi l l never be for-1 ing slices of lemons to the runners as gotten by any of the runners, or by any j did the latter. " I t all shows you men of those who witnessed the Sisyphean • have a lot of Hoboken s p i r i t . " This tsrggles of which i t was the scene. It last expression he explained was one changed the positions of a good many he and his friends of younger days used runners, assording to the speed w i t h ! t o employ to denote " g u t s , " " s a n d , " which they conqered it . . However, it in short, the do-or-die spirit, made no difference in the cases of the . The first five men to finish, were -first five. Nor. did it knock out any- uorted by the 12th Infantry band, were body. As soon as each runner emerged marched up the regimental street soon from it , he would stagger along the last | after the race was over. They receiv-remaining yards to the finish, and then I ed on ovation that a Roman emperor look back to laugh at those behind. Would have been proud of. But there The Colonel knew his men when he I was more glory to follow. Later in the choose that course. Not one caved in,} morning, the regiment was paraded i n and Capt. Lynn and his able assistants their honor. They were excused from from the Hospital Corps did not have | carrying rifles, and when the regiment

A D I N N E R D A N C E

Last Thursday night a very pretty l itt le dinner dance was given at the Helen's Palm Cafe by several men of the 1st Cavalry. The place was very prettily decorated in the oarnge color of the cava',?.*/. The large table was ar­ranged like a' horseshoe with orange streamers to each place from an Eng­lish saddle in the center. After the fine Thanksgiving dinner, dancing was enjoyed way into the young hours of the morning.

Sergeant McKee of the 1st Cavalry and Miss Hazel Archer had charge of arrangements. Those who attended were: Miss Thomas and Miss K i n g of Pharr, Miss Agee and Miss Kinney of Mission, Miss Williams and Miss Arch­er of Corpus Christi, Miss Hal l , and Miss Archer of McAllen. Corp. Sehantz, Sergt. Hallenereutz of the 11th U . S. Cavalry, Serg. McKee, Corp. Wood, Berg. Li t t le , Serg. Wellington, Privates Parker, Sehriver, Bigelow, Jones and Horrower.

On November 24th the Border Ser­vice medals provided by the citizens' Committee, representing the citizens of the Borough of Brooklyn, were pre­sented to the 14th Infantry. The com­mittee was headed by Borough Presi­dent Louis H . Pounds as honorary chairman and Ex-Mayor A . L . Kline as chairman. The* actual presentation of the medals was made by a commit­tee of women. Mrs. Foote headed this committee and was assisted by the wives of the various company captains and Col. Fgpte's staff. Representing the staff was Mrs. N . L . Careia, Mrs. F. N . Baldwin, Mrs. C. F . Hoder and Mrs. T. F. Donavan.

Tbe heads of the sub-committees of ladies for each company was as fol­lows: Company A , Mrs. L . De Har-Company C, Mrs. E . H . Wondely; Company D, Mrs. H . Starrett; Com­pany F , Mrs. F . G. Hetzel; Company G, Mrs. O. Carlson; Company H , Mrs. J . J . Byron; Company I, Mrs. J . B . Guise; Company K , Mrs. A . Clements; Company L , Mrs. Will iam Blaisdell, and Company M , Mrs. G. G. Hollander.

Representing- the Headquarters com­pany was Mrs. W. R, Jackson, the supply company, Mrs. H . A . Summers, the medical department, Mrs. J . J . Lyons, and the machine gun company, Mrs. N . W. Thompson.

There were 1035 medals given to the members of the Fourteenth.

" G O N E , B U T NOT FORGOTTEN. '

race, runners.

R E S I G N A T I O N OF OFFICERS I N N E W Y O R K S T A T E

The following officers of the New York National Guard, who have re­signed, have been honorably discharged Majors Charles F. Haider and Freder­ick W. Baldwin, Capt. .Charles W. Ber­ry, and 2nd Lieut. George S. Norman, of the 14th Infantry; Major Almet R. Latson, J . A . G. ; Major W. J . Carlin, I. G. D. ; Major Walter F. Barnes, 2nd Brigade; Capt. Carl F . Isburg, 2nd Inf ; 1st Lieut. W. H . Wells, 47th Inf., and 2nd Lieut. E . Badd, 1st Inf. The fol­lowing officers have been recently com­missioned: Lieut. Col. Latham R. Reed and 2nd Lieuts. Clarence P . Cummings, F . H . Cruger, 69th Regiment; 1st Lts. Roland Tompkins, 7th Inf Phinnep, 74th Infantry, Harry, B

a single " c a s e " on their hands The judges at the finish were Coyinel

Conrow, Majers, Reagan," Hallahan and Chandler. They had made the best of provisions for ascertaining the finishing positions of nil Garche and othei

had formed in line of companies, they were marched front and center with the officers. While these were com­manded " T a k e your posts," they were to remain beside, the Colonel and the

unners, and Captain j regiment passed before them, officers lent a hand, < In that ceremony there was some-

but there were several close bunches, thing of the impressiveness of French defying judgment, and so it. has been j military functions; It was simple and decided to publish only the names of solemn, modest and magnificent, the first five.

Crossing the tape 21 minutes, 8 4-5 seconds after the start. Private Will iam Donath. of Company F , won the priv­ilege of posing for the picture of the in­fantrymen which of the " T w e l f t h New York Infantrj Poinl-to-Point Cup ".donated by Lieut C. W, Wickershom. ' He also won a re

F R A T E R N I T Y B A N Q U E T I N 6 T H DIVISION

plica of the cup and a cash prize of twenty-five dollars. " W i l h e i m ' ' is 22 years old, a native of Bremen, and only a few years in this country. He enlist-

One of the most .delightful fraternity to decorate the face j banquets held "somewhere on the Bor­

d e r " was that of Zeta-Alpha Chapter of Phi-Upsilon, the only active lodge maintained in the Sixth Division, com­posed of- members of the Fourth Am­bulance Company of Syracuse, who at Confection home are affiliated with Zeta Chapte Plates were laid for seventeen at the W

T H A N K S G I V I N G A T D I V I S I O N H E A D Q U A R T E R S

Major General O'Ryan and staff en­joyed their Thanksgiving dinner i n the field as a military family and at one o'clock sat down to a twelve course dinner, splendidly cooked and well serv­ed. The occasion was made more home­like by the presence of two* ladies, Mrs. Edward Olmsted, wife of Major Olm­sted and Mrs. Frederic E . Humphries, wife of Major Humphries. The Gen­eral carved the turkey and the printed menus contained a few family bayonet thrusts that were highly enjoyed. The dinner was as follows:

Sardine Relish Native Grape Fruit Creamed Oyster Soup

Olives, P i n Money Pickles, Chow Chow Filet of Sole, Tartar Sauce

Breast of Wild Duck, Current Jelly Creamed Potatoes

Celery Roast Stuffed Texas Turkey

Cranberry Sauce Mashed Potatoes

Boiled Onions Creamed Squash

Hot Biscuits Lettuce and Asparagus Salad

French Dressing Hot Mince Pie Pumpkin Pie

Fancy Ice Cream Home Made Fruit Cake

Toasted Crackers and Cheese Nuts, Stem Raisins

Demi Tasse

Tbe commanding officers of the two Syracuse units still on the Border— Captain Jefferson B. Latta of the 4th Ambulance 'Company and Captain Ches­ter H . K i n g of Troop D, First Cavalry, received .the..following telegram from ex-congressman John R. Clancy, presi­dent of the Syracuse Chamber of Com­merce:

" T o you, the officers and individual men of your charge, the Syracuse Cham­ber of Commerce extends hearty greet­ings this Thanksgiving. We feel we have great thanks to offer this year in that a l l of you who left work and loved ones so ̂ willingly are invJ*Ood health and morale at this time. With wishes for the very best Thanksgiving and a 9peedy"iretura."

W H O C A R E S I N T E X A S ?

An instrument has been invented to quickly and accurately check the align­ment of automobile wheels to ascer­tain i f they track correctly.

Good Eats The A n n u a l L ibrary Dinner Given by the Civic League

i n Mission Saturday, De­cember 9th.

ALL HONE COOKING Meats vegetables and Home­

made Pies , Dont miss

this.

lute Rock Cigarettes Cigars

COLUMBIA THEATRE

A Red Hot Stack of Wheats

B r o w n e d to per f e c t i on a n d f i t f o r k i n g s .

A l l k inds of short orders

PIES A GOOD P L A C E TO E A T

T h e l i t t l e p lace jus t to the left of the

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Centrally Located in McAllen Convenient To Drop in

And See The "Movies" To-Morrow

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West Point certainly turned out a wonderful football team this past sea­son, and the future C. O.'s made the football world sit up and take notice. Among the 'stars1 are Captain McEwan and Oliphant, These two players were tbe backbone' of the squad.

In Oliphant, the Army had one of the greatest players of a l l times. H e led a l l playert

i vidua! scoring. The recent victory of the

the Navy gives West Poinl record comparable to that burg, except for the fact not beat as good teams as from the Smoke City . Tbe most noteworthy victory, aside from •—-the triumph over the Navy was gained F O U p H A N T , H A [ . f B A C K over Notre Damo. 1 • * ' ' " r 11 'Tinwihswai-i****

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Why Wait T o have y o u r p i c tures deve loped a n d p r i n t e d . W e s u p p l y the qu i ckes t s e r v i c e here o n t h e B o r d e r .

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