| Show I BASEBALL LOVED BY OUR MIES Yanks Like to Swat Old Pill All Equipment in Use By I. I E. E Sanborn CHICAGO April 24 One 24 One year yea I of war has demonstrated that baseball is this nations nation's pastime more forcibly than a dozen successful major league campaigns could prove provo it tt The diamond game Is IR shown to be a most popular means of individual diversion in distinction from the amusement it was known own to be Everywhere I have been this winter while visiting sl Texas training ra camps n to learn of their athletic activities baseball base base- s ball has been shown to be the most at attractive at- at form of exercise among all branches of the service when the men hien were given their choice of sports as is the case In most of or the This lanot Is la camps not hut hilt taken th fh lh far n I I I r I I I n. n po no of the individual participation u in III I athletics I I These tabulations are V pt nearly earhl everywhere by the physical directors director's as assistants assistants assistants as- as at the Y M 1st C C. A. A huts li must be accepted as accurate and im Im- Im partial AIDS MORALE OF FIGHTERS What this association has done to I I maintain the morale of the soldiers must be seen to be understood Personally f r rhad 1 had absolute absolutely no conception of it until thrown Into contact with training camp activities In III speaking of it to non I have learned there is a considerable considerable con con- portion of the PU public IlC it t thinks of Y M. M C. C A A. efforts to entertain entertain enter enter- tam tain the soldiers as being wholly religious I or educational Christianity and instruction are not neglected by Jy any n ans I 1 I do not want I to be misunderstood t T as conveying tJ that Impression p ss The men in charge of f these I huts prepare widely programs designed e to o interest e tI the army r men lr and t to improve ob b both their ir spiritual ii i it and mental t welfare But U that t Is not IO all they do for they keep other t I men Se hs I devising ways wars and providing pro equipment I to help hell keep the fighting boys in good physical condl condition Uon a and nd free from that most dangerous of oC all complaints complaints home home- I sickness Y V WORK OF REAL BENEFIT I Ir If IC by disseminating this information I t Ican Ican can add a a. few mites to the amount that 1 will be subscribed for the next Y V. M. M C. C i A A. A drive or donated before then the p purpose e of oC this article will be PI pitched Some of the athletic equipment needed bv by the physical directors is given free fice Clark Griffith with his bat and ball bail fund probably has done more than any other one individual to help amuse the soldiers soldier both here and abroad But the task of ot supplying the necessary equipment is tremendous far too big for an any indi Indi- vidual Consequently the 3 Y 1 ai at r ha has Ita undertaken to make up some of oC the deficiency and Its system results in making a certain amount of ot equipment cover a lot of ground HOW EQUIPMENT IS DIVIDED I Instead of giving athletic paraphernalia nalia naila to certain units for permanent possession pos poe I session it loans equipment on request When the boys are through with their game gane Jl It t is returned and accounted for Some idea of the tIte storage room necessary necessary I sary can be gained from the fact In one cantonment alone there were 5 0 ball bait games gaines played in one week and It rained two days of ot that week A lot of these games had to take place simultaneously I because time for sport is prescribed b by rule and Is confined to a very ery small part of a week I SOLDIERS NEED PLAY I. I It nev M I Is permitted to interfere re with 1 the business of making soldiers but hut the be I Ii i commanding officers have learned or knew bv by experience before they wore the eagles or or the stars on their shoulders that all work and no pia play dulls the spirit even en of a fighting man There Is no doubt about the need of ot lots of athletic equipment nor any question question question ques ques- tion about its being put to splendid use It is treasured and han handled led with care to make It last as long as possible This Is not second hand information I i. know kilOw I it from Crom first hand observation If It you have bought all the Liberty bon hOMS borns s you can afford save nave another dolar dollar dolor dol dol- I lar or two II and nd help the folks who are devoting their time to aiding the soldiers am and sailors to Uy play l as well as fl fight ht I A |
