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

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1- I . ,nf 4719. 'xii 7 In ,,: 1 , lk' x, 'lc O , X: 4 usuaov team was coached by Major Milburn, assisted by Majors Philoon and Sibert of the Advanced Class, Captain Lambert and Lieutenant Billo. While the won and lost column indicates a poor season, to those who witnessed The Infantry School battles in 1923 there will ever be a memory of the best fighting team yet produced by the battling Doughboys down by the Upatoi. Starting with a win from Piedmont they then lost to Spring Hill by one point. The first game on foreign soil went to Mercer by one touch down- the best played game of the whole season in which Sharpe was the main offensive factor for the Infantry. Returning for the next fray, Wofford Col- lege was victor in a heart breaking contest by the one point route. A journey to Auburn marked the third occasion when The Infantry School was forced to bow to the colors of Orange and Blue in football. Then came the North Georgia Agricultural College which was soundly thrashed in the Infantry back yard. Carson and Newman, in a hard fought affair, defeated the In- fantry eleven as did Oglethorpe University. Now came a real come-back- the heavy fighting Marine team failing to do the expected and being turned back from the Southern Service Championship for the second time by the Doughboys. The post-season game with the University of Mississippi Went to the University by a small score. The features of the squad's performance during the season were vicious tackling, indomitable fighting spirit, and cooperation. Had the squad pos- sessed the natural athletic ability or the experience of former football teams, the Won and lost columns would exhibit another story. RESULTS . Inf. Sch. Opponents September 29 Piedmont College at Columbus 12 O October 6 Spring Hill College at Columbus 13 14 October 13 Mercer University at Macon O 7 October 20 Wofford College at Columbus 12 13 October 27 Auburn at Auburn - 0 34 November 2 North Georgia Agricultural College at Fort Benning 20 0 November 10 Carson and Newman College at Columbus 6 16 November 17 Oglethorpe University at Columbus 0 37 November 24 Marines CParris Islandj at Fort Benning 14 0 CSouthern Service Championshipj December 1 University of Mississippi at Columbus 7 19 0 Xl fi IES? W- Q 1 V 3 if i f ,i r f, S S i- , ' . 5 I , Y ix, ,I fx gg-A 'ijt .I

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, Q K. G H., -- 'If 3 Q.. -. .- JV jf . - A A V .u-ef' N i if I I A: ?I924-' noususov ' X FOOTBALL Motto Honorable Victory or None. ' NDER the direction and supervision of the Third Section Depart- W NWN Q ment of General Subjects, The Infantry School for the third ,Q ... I, consecutive year launched its representative athletic teams into the campaign for sporting honors in the realm of southern col- legesg and in each instance they once more represented the In- fantry in southern college athletic sports with honor and with credit. lt Facing the longest, most strenuous, and best arranged schedule in football ever attempted at the school, the athletic authorities began in the sweltering month of August to assemble prospective candidates. At the completion of this assembly for practice it was noted that not one f f member of the varsity team of 1922 was present. I' f However, such splendid soldier athletes as Davis, p ' Lapine, Steelman, Daniels, Sharpe, Swantic, Sanlo- -fp.-: wich, and Kjelstrom, who had served honorably as scrubs, were on handg and for the first time in The In- fantry School athletic his- tory enlisted men furnished the nucleus for the varsity team. Dwyer, Douthit and Stew- art, who had prepped at West Point, enlisted for a commission. The Company Officers' Class furnished ex- cellent material for the squad in Ankcorn, Boat- wright, Halsey, Fortier, Gor- man, McKenna, Reed, and Neff. The remainder of the squad was composed of sol- diers who graduated from intra-mural football. The Y MILBLIRN ZELLARS E' to 'S I F 1 lu ,sf 4 x nb

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6 -N A X U924- nous!-:adv oy' Ji.. . 44 f .X j 1' f ,. A Q A .N , vw . , , DOUGHBOY VARSITY SQUAD 1923 if ri A w + ,1 5' A 'Hi 5 -r L ' ,.A. ,. I Top Row, Left to Right: ZELLARS, CQORMAN, RTED Dwi ER SWANTIC, STEELMAN, ANKCORN, BILLO, I-IALSEY, FORTIER DAVIS LAPINF, BOATNVRIGHT. Middle Row, Left to Right: NEFF, L1NDs1:s, SHXRPE, SFEEL, KJELS'I'ORM, PARKER, DONNELLY, XVALIGURQKI Bottom Row, Left to right: MILBURN, STEWART, BLCK, DOUTHIT, PERINIGANI, DANIELS, SANLOQICH, AKERS BROWN BRONVN A 1..- 11 i 1 0 - W W5 'Y N 'al A .su 1' Y- 'ev- I 4 s 1 up