US Army Infantry School - Doughboy Yearbook (Fort Benning, GA)

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Lee made his debut and Won for 1 the Infantry in the first battle While Finnessey and Davis were used against the Atlantans in the second. Florida came next and the 'Gators brought up the best team they have ever put in the field. I-Iartmann and Dixon, Florida aces, hurled their teams to victory in both games, the Infantry dropping the first 9 to 3 and losing the second to the Floridians 5 to 4 after a very exciting ten inning engagement. The Infantry pitchers had been Worked overtime and the shortage of reserve material was badly felt. Under the servere strain none of the Infantry slabmen Were at their best and princi- pally as a result of this unavoidable Weakness the next two series were dropped to Michigan and Mercer. The Wolve1'ines took the first game by hard fighting in the final innings after the In- fantry had accumulated a seemingly safe lead. The Infantry outhit and outfielded the Mich- igan team in this game but When Yost's men did hit the bases were occupied and the game was lost by a 9 to 8 score. The second game was easy for the visitors. Two Infantry pitchers were hit hard While We accumulated the big total of six errors. Eleven of Yost's men had crossed the rubber when the curtain went down and the Infantry had been blanked. The Infantry again fielded raggedly in the Mercer games and this, coupled with hard hitting on the part of the Baptists and superb pitching by Tige Stone, Thompson and Ryals, opposing slabsters, gave the Mercerites both games II to I and 6 to 4. A decided reversal of form came in the Alabama series. The Infantry made a clean sweep against the Crimson Tide. Davis

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Pantone, the Georgia star, fought out a brilliant ten inning twirlers' battle which finally went to Georgia by a score of 5 to 4. Davis pitched a wonderful game under most ad- verse weather conditions and with the spectators wearing overcoats to shut out the chilly blasts. The second game proved a replica of the first as far as close- w ' I U en ness was concerned. Jones and Sale, a newcomer to the Bulldog ranks, pitched beautiful games and the battle wound up in a I to I tie. The game was called at the end of the ninth in order to allow the Infantry to make train connections. Jones yielded but live hits while the Infantry touched up the Georgia slab artist for a total of eight but were unable to bunch these at crucial I'IlOIT1CI'lfS- V - -1 F ' ... , ' 'SJ' fi' ..,A'i -a- 4. 1-:IB F if-3 4 ,ll 'ffl iff. 4 lsxfqgg. r -'-.,,,.w- ---my 4 I . vzlwigi -- .,.-1--.xml ' .Ai .1 . I 'f'3K'Ef'? 'kv Y. 1--gf -Q.- Q cgi ,W A ,Y -,Q .. it-wif! H f ,- Q P- A 1' .f ' LY:-'-V 5 'U ,, ,C .1 w v 'L eg, - in f 48,3 14 Cl But the Auburn and Georgia series were costly. Half the team, including Jones and Davis, two of our pitching mainstays, carried lame arms for several weeks as a result of the wintry weather. The home season formally opened with Auburn on lVIarch 24th. As in the previous series the 'Tigers romped to a victory in the first game taking a rather one sided contest by the tune of S to o. The Infantry pitchers were hit hard for a total of fourteen hits, a decided factor in the Auburn Victory. But it was a different story the next day. Finnessey went on the mound for the Blue and pitched us into a brilliant 8 to 4 victory. lVIoulton, Auburn's pride, was hit when hits meant runs, and Tiger errors were costly. Oglethorpe came as the next home card. Rain prevented the first game so a double header was booked for the following day. The twin bill was split, the Infantry taking the first game 5 to 4 and the Petrels the second 4 to 1. Bill fzfssiiliiilie ggi' fix,

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held the Tuscaloosa lads to a few scattered hits while we took the long end of a 7 to I tally in the first game, and Lee scored a victory the following day when the In fantry won a ' slugging match by the big score of I3 to 7. ' Batting had improved in the Alabama series and the or T ..-4 fielding was much better, particularly in the infield. ln- -. L fantry twirlvrs were getting rid of sore arms acquired early V I in the season and were working with more stuff on the ball. ' As a result the Infantry again scored a victory the fol- lowing week when the North Georgia Aggies were defeated in a close and exciting game. The visitors staged a great 1 rally in the last two frames but were nose-d out by the close - ' l 'X'f-'N g V gg margin of 6 to 5. Rose and Davis did the pitching for provement. us in this game and the entire team showed marked im- The Aggies evened matters the next day when they staged an eighth inning comeback and won 9 to 8. The Infantry held a four run lead up to this time but the visitors went wild and put over four runs in the eighth and won the game when they pushed over another in the ninth. The game was featured by y hard hitting by both teams when hits meant runs. Georgia came down for a return series the follow- C 'e'Nm' IIUNM ing week and proved a powerful dose. The Bulldogs were running on high, and hard hitting coupled with splendid pitching by Thomas, Dekle and Pantone gave them both games, I4 to 2 and ro to 3. The Infantry was held to five scattered hits in the first game and six in the second. Georgia showed a marked improvement over the Athens series and was without doubt the strongest college team we faced Y, ii:'j , ' ,'i... V, N last year. W Q , - 'ti' V' . -' +L .ea Q-xii. But revenge came for these gag QT, two losses when the Infantry ff 'fy cleaned up the Sewanee series. ,H ' . agp 5 - -. : ---. --W-H ---A' -1 --. Three games were booked with the Purple Tees but i ggs prevented the second game- - - - .. '1'. '. 1 JOHCS let the Vlslfofs down Wlth - - ' - 1ef foul- hltg in the H1-St battle Wh11e J,:,.eem:.dfnmf,..,,...at-taai., 1.ff...e-.1-ts...t..e.s as -..:13ma.:.e-a..t.Qwf-gf: the Infantry hit hard and won 6 Ur. LEHAIAN, Con. IIANNAH