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

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to I. Finnessey and Davis worked in the last game which proved to be a hitfest but we outhit the Tigers and took the big end of a 9 to 4 score. Our fielding was splendid in both games. . A road trip followed which completed the season and which proved very successful, for three out of five hard games were won. Vanderbilt came first and the Infantry won the first of the two annual games in Nash- ville. Davis and Richardson engaged in a pitching duel and the former claimed a shade the better of the argument. The game was close throughout but the Infantry batted in the winning run in the eighth. Score: 6 to 5. The Commodores evened the series next day when Greek kept our hits scattered and enabled his teammates to win a 4 to I battle. The Infantrymen hit almost as hard as Vandy but not at such opportune moments and we had ten men die on the sacks. 'mm lim lmsm A double booking with Sewanee followed on the Tiger campus. Lee pitched the Doughboys to a 3 to 1 victory in the first game While rain prevented the second. The team was showing its best form of the year and was ready for the return series with the brilliant l,l15I'T. IIoXN1-:N lVIercer team at lVIacon. Sweet revenge was taken for the defeats at Columbus when the In- fantry hit three Baptist pitchers at will and won by the healthy margin of I2 to 5. Davis held Nlercer to seven hits -.im but the Infantry infield accumulated seven Y: blunders and these materially helped to 1-A gg- ' give the Baptists their five tallies. Our Q P I R sluggers hit for the healthy total of eigh- W gy H teen hits and nine of our twelve runs were - AL ML N L earned. .ff- The second game proved to be a weird 4 mm battle. Pitchers were hit hard and a startl- ff y ing total of runs accumulated. The In- iy x fantry established a record by scoring ele- ven runs in one inning but they were not , 'J sufficient to win because Nlercer finally gl 5 ,I nosed out a I3 to I2 victory. Ragged field- f'i.'y WFJYA, ing materially helped to drop the contest.

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It is hoped that Mellon, ex-Cincinnati Red receiver, will recover from a severe injury acquired in the Tulane football game in time to get into harness. It was with great regret that We parted with the services of Larry Cobb, two years a first string catcher, who was ordered away after the first Week of practice. Four of last season's infielders are again in uniform-Kent Nelson on the first sack, George Honnen on second, and Lindsey and Cooper at third. The new material is abundant with fine infield talent and includes a roster too numerous to mention. Some twenty candidates are arriving for positions in the outfield and included in these are Kgelstrom and Smith who filled two garden berths last season. The squad has an unusually heavy assortment of good hitters. Colonel Hannah is again in charge of the Doughboy destinies, and a most successful season is anticipated. z, For r is ali kg..