Show Tooele e Depot Plays Game The Hard Way TOOELE Utah Baseball is definitely the favorite sport among the soldiers of the depot company stationed here at the vast Tooele ordnance depot They even planned their own baseball field and outfitted it in every de de- deI de- I tail Lieutenant Colonel C. C A. A DeCamps DeCamp's DeCamps DeCamp's DeCamps DeCamp's De- De Camps Camp's post engineers engineer's office surveyed surveyed surveyed sur sur- the plot but exigencies of war demands at the Tooele depot had curbed the proposed project When the arrived their group of obtained permission permission permission per per- mission through their special service service service ice officer Lieutenant Richard W. W Riehm to proceed with the task of rigging a a. diamond It was a a. crude affair in its first days The infield was jagged and ordinary grounders often reacted like a a. destroyer in an Atlantic gale The backstop fashioned out of the salvage lumber and trong strong willing hands was the first baseball baseball baseball base base- ball touch to dot the otherwise barren area Then came long back-aching back sessions with hoe and rake Home plate and the pitchers pitcher's slab were readied from sturdy pine by company company com corn pany carpenters and driven into position From the loose soil rose the mound from which could toss their slants at enemy batters Even the company mess hall played its role in the preparation of the diamond It was a a. co consid considerate sid sid- erate kitchen staff that produced empty potato sacks to be used for bases The project had the wholehearted ed approval of Colonel Henry E. E Minton commanding officer of the Tooele depot and other officers of the post spurred the boys' boys ef ef- ef- ef forts This week the new T TOD 0 D baseball baseball baseball base base- ball park was in popular use The was tackling the Depot club in Its Tooele Valley County league opener On hand for the debut would be the company officers and post officials to see the soldiers in action on their own field Whenever the diamond is not in use the Tooele Depot Girls' Girls softball softball softball soft- soft ball team conducts its practice drills The main concern of the crew now is to find enough opposition to keep the team pied |