| Show ENGINEERS ARE I II GREAT AID IN I I ATHLETIC WORK j I Construct Parks for Holding Hold Hold- 1 ing rr ol or Various I I Contests I New cw York Nov XO S. S S Much Much has been heen written regarding the thc wonderful work worl I of or the American en engineers In France both at the lie bases of oC the United States I army and along U th n many connecting lines which hook up the tho front lines I with the sources of or supply Thero There Is however cr another side to their activity it which is just as remarkable and l 3 praiseworthy worth especially especially since It Il Is j gratuitous and done clone after ordinary working hours It is the preparing of or tl fields enclosures for the soldier I or soldier j athletes athlete without which it would bo be I impossible to play pIa or 01 hold man many of oC the i names games and antI contests rl Stories of or the helpful work worl of ot the engineers In this direction arts are constantly constantly constantly con- con I being sent ent bade back hac It across tho the seas along the following lines Recently Re- Re ReI I a Y M C C. A A. A athletic director I with an engineer regiment In the center center cen- cen i j ter of oC France felt discouraged regarding re- re reI j I garding outlook for sports There Thore was I no riold fit It for baseball football or ur even basketball To 10 relieve his mind I ho tol told 1 his trouble to a sergeant Hits If H If its a baseball field you on want tho lie sergeant sor well weH have it it A rocky uneven and generally g desolate desolate desolate des des- I pasture was selected as tho the only possible place upon which a ball bal part park could be built The physical director I thought that pos possibly after aCter a years year's work something might be bc made oC it r That was before he I knew new the engineers engl- engl neels neel's well It took just three days to l skin off the field level lc It roll it and put it in condition for Cor Ila play even cven evento Itu j I to tu the building building- of a fine tino wire netting I j backstop 1 and marking out tho t-ho foul toul j lines with flags nags The Job was done by bythe bytho y I tho the men loon after thc they hind had put in a i hard hal day Flay at their regular tasks Practically Practical- Practical i ly h tho whole regiment assisted at one j I tine time or another With the tho baseball field In operation I It was decided to promote boxing The I drawback was that there thero was no place to stage bouts except the thc floor of oC the hut limit and anti the tho men who wanted to read reador or write or listen to the music machine ran ma- maI lOa lOa-I I chine wouldn't stand for fOl that Again the sergeant was consulted In three days das he had i put ut up near the hut lout as asgood asgood I good a a. ring riuS' as ever cr staged stag a championship championship cham cham- bout bouL It has a well construct ed cd platform ropes arranged ed In the tho the j proper manner padded ded floor floorn and ind n a I timekeepers S gong rho They didn't say I j where whre tile the they Jot got the tho boards hoards and nobody y I I seemed d to care because the officers who ml might ht have hac been fussy were too tuo b 1 busy crowding Into ringside seats tat for I Iwho tho rho opening performance These arc are but two Isolated Incidents of or what the tho engineers do when their help IB Is needed needed need need- ed to keep the tho sport spirit alive need need-I |
