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

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Ja u -s f 9' A A ll! 411 Z, X -5. l -Y, . AS EN RESULTS January 2 Wofford College at Fort Benning January 4 University of Georgia at Fort Benning January 11 Albany Y. M. C. A. at Fort Benning Inf. Sch 33 27 17 January 16 Auburn QAlabarna Polytechnic Inst.Q at Auburn 18 January 26 Fort McPherson at Fort Benning February 1 Columbus Y. M. C. A. at Columbus February 11 Howard College at Fort Benning February 19 Albany Y. M. C. A. at Albany February 21 Auburn at Fort Benning February 26 Columbus Y. M. C. A. at Fort Benning 50 25 20 27 27 27 Opponents 32 36 35 42 26 28 23 57 17 26 .L'v':11f1 'L'f . A ,F ff K ...,., ,, , ,. . I . NEFF FORTIER. 2 1 l i ffl C ' , z 2 J J - '-5 -ff S Q' ff 1 5 5 M-L l QS' ,qw ,gn Am x . mv MCKENNA

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-K ' N W . In 54.1924 nousnaqjmx Y. M. C. A. won, by one basket. Howard College, from Birmingham played us next, and they too went home with the top side of the score. In the second game with the Albany Y. M. C. A., played at Albany, The Infantry was again outplayed by this wonderful team. Back from Albany to greet Auburn in a return match, with alibis in their favor and playing an air tight floor game, The Infantry School quintet gained its stride and held Auburn scoreless for the entire last half-winning the game 27 to 17. In a determined, hectic struggle, the Columbus Y. M. C. A. met the Infantry in the post gymasium in the last game of the season. The Infantry- men finished the season in a blaze of glory by winning this game by a one point margin, after forty minutes of fury. The team was coached by Captain Lambert, who was also a prominent player in the position of forward. Other players in the forward position were Franz, Kjelstrom, and Buck-three excellent soldier performers. The center position was executed by Ankcorn. Pearson also performed in this capacity. At the position of guard McKenna, acting team captain, and Fortier were main stays. This position was well augmented by Neff and Mil- burn. Other players on the squad were Davis, Boatwright and Perwein. 5.1,-,,, M. .. KJELSTROM BUCK ANKCORN 'Q' it - .56 ui ss' vi? 'as'- 4 l nb

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I -X ff? , 41 1' 59.1. 1 Q f- x I .. -, .. , dw g -. . ,A PGLO BYE-BOLO at Fort Benning has been steadily growing in importance as 'ff a sport and as a means of diversion and exercise for an increasing- n f ly greater number of officers and their families as well as citizens qi, of Columbus. During the past year three or four playing teams have been in existence. Prior to June 1923 four teams were playing as follows: 29th Infantry, 83rd Field Artillery, Infantry School Blues and Infantry School Yellows, but since the latter date it has been necessary to reduce this number by eliminating one of the Infantry School teams because of the shortage of mounts suitable for Polo. At the present time there are about thirty-five players of the game at Fort Benning who regularly participate in games. This number would be more than double were the requisite number of mounts availiable. The active supporters of the game include practically every member of the gar- rison and a large number of civilians. The interest in Polo can best be in- dicated by the number of spectators who witness the match games played weekly on the post, the at- Tv tendance at which varies from I 200 to 500 spectators. X At present two fields are provided, one a good dirt field and the other a good turf field. An additional turf field is in- cluded in the Recreational Project, work on which has actually begun. During the fall of 1923 a team representing Fort Ben- ning played three games with a mixed civilian, National Guard and Reserve Corps team from Birmingham, two games at Birmingham and Q one at Benning. Much inter- mh est in Polo was aroused at ,GQi'n?5u2bv, YFIIL il l - l i X I L LV Y V 1 1 YJ 15' i 'f .,' S 9 .1 , s 1, 1 5 . ua N. i s ---'--A QWUW' I .