PriMPIlipifQflM 5 funmi urumuuii IU s mwmm K: Made Total of 251/2 Points in Athletic Meet on Fourth. Fort McPherson Finished Second; Camp Green* Is Officially Reported as Ninth. BY DICK JEMISON. Atlanta, Ga., July 14.?Camp JackjK son, the big artillery camp at iolumHSv bia, S. C., was the winner of the Vic< tory athletic meet held July 4, ac ref. cording to the official compilation of points, with a total of 25 4^2 points. Fort McPherson. Atlanta. Ga.. finished second with 8 1-2 points and Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala., third with 8 points. Th$ order of the other camps competing and their S& points is as follows: Ejgi'.,, Miami 6 7-12, Arcadia 6 1-3, Shelby | 8, Gordon 5, West Point 4 3-4, Greene r and Johnston 3 each, Sevier 2 3-4, ^ Georgia Tech 2 1-2, Paris Island nad rv, Oglethorpe 2 each. Fort Morgan 1 1-2, Kj?' Park Field and Wadsworth 1 each, Rf," Charleston 7-12. Other camps competing were Fort ; Caswell. Fort Screven, Amerlcus, Fort Dada, Mississippi A. & M. and Key Kip West. Of lhe camps in the southeastern lv>. department eligible to, compete, 24 I did so. This monster army and navy track and field championship was held under the auspices of the Y. M. iv . C. A. and with the sanction of Col. Thos. RIdway, C. A. ry., acting comji&& mandant of the southeastern depart/ ment, and Rear Admiral F. E. Beatty, V- U. S. N., commanding the Sixth naval district. A beautiful pennant suitably inv scribed^ js to be presented to Camp __ Jackson, the department winners, and the raising of this trophy at that camp will probably be observed with fitting ceremonies and jubilation. One of the conditions of the meet was that each contestant should com- I pete equipped in regulation trousers &?' and shoes. Under these conditions, | the time in the sprint events and the *&' distances in the field events are re- j markable. j SoYne of the marks established closely approached those made in . civil life and under more ideal conditiorts. These marks are likely to stand for some time to com*. It is estimated that some 10,000 khaki and blue clad athletes particiB?;vV" pated and that some 150,000 specta? tors witnessed the establishing of these ?& marks. One feature in connection with the ggj*': meet was the, relay race which was won by four colored soldiers competBsCi ing under the colors of the Colored depot" brigade at Camp Gordon. They *#7*1 ^showed their heels to all the other v athletes in the department. Lieut. J6e Loomis, tlie famous runner of the Chicago Athletic club, easlly walked away with the 100-yard dash, his specialty prior to his enter" ing the service. Another unusual feature of the meet was that officers, "non-coms," privates eft*;' and seamen competed in the same '/ events. /No individual departmental winner of points could be compiled inasmuch as, under the rules, no contestant was permitted to- compete in more than three events. ^ ' ft*. -t The individual winners in each of fflkV . ' the ten events for the dpartmntal I tltl are as follows: Private J. L. Sewell. cadet detachment, Carlstrom field, won the 50-yard dash in 2-5 seconds. Lieut. Joe Loomis, First brigade, ' F. A. R. D., won the 100-yard dash in 10 1-5 seconds. |gK;|V;; Sergeant A. B. MahafTy. base hospital, Camp Jackson, won the 220yard dash in 24 seconds. ?./ Private F. -A.#Drinkwater, Second .BSC brigade. F. A. R. D., Camp Jackson, gir j won the mile run in 5 minutes 13 seconds. Private F. T. Illsley, First brigade, P. A. R. D.. Camp Jackson, won the sDrr''half mile run in 2 minutes 13 sectwre&ionds. Sergeant H. A. Stuckey, 139th Field * artillery, Camp Shelby.won the run-l-nlng broad'Jump frith 10 feet 1-2 Inch. Private R. G. Letick, First brigade,* F. A. R. D., Camp Jackson, won the - running high jump with 5 feet 11 r' ^ inches, Privates A. Morski, J. Friday, W. Camp Sheridan, Ala., won the sema-' I PO'l - ' a pw * ?&W w* '^^1 jm / jvi Here wc have them. Three are t the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. Wor] squadron of the Fifth Aviation regim The cup in the foreground is the ' phore signalling contest in 2 minutes 22 2-5 seconds. P '--- *-- -? P TT? 1? nr? TT> T> jrrivatcs u. n. r raimo, ?? m. x-. xw?ers and J. C. Pulliam, base hospital No. 65, Fort McPherson, Ga.. won the stretcher bearer rach in 10 seconds. Privates Fred Martin, Lomzo Holt, Davis' Drayden and Sergeant B. Jarnett, colored depot brigade, Camp Gordon, won the relay race in 3 minutes 44 2-5 seconds. A complete list of the first, second and third plaTce winners with the ties for second and third places, can be found in the accompanying table. BROADWAY STAR HELPS AMUSE SOLDIER CROWD On Friday evening, July 1,2, at the K. of C. building No 3, located at the base hospital there was given a snappy vaudeville show which was thor| oughly enjoyed by the large crowd present. "Billy" Cloonan, the wellI known Broadway star, did some very ! clever work as a character comedian and drew one round of applause after another. All cares and worries were completely forgotten while listening to his stories and,seeing his funny antics. Frank Tronolone, pianist and singer, entertained the boys with some wonderful Jazz music, and rendered for their approval a brand new song entitled "Bring Back My Daddy to Me." He was well received. Corporal Lang introduced a very good Juggling act, and was applauded very much at the end of his act. . Private John O'Keefe and Private Francis Loonie treated the bQy sto three rounds of fast boxing with lots of action. Private Joe Lowery. late of the Smart Set company, a blg^Broadway production introduced his wonderful singing ar^d dancing act and scored heavily with it. "Billy" Henry, in a wonderful Irish act, kept the boys laughing with his Irish songs. Corporal W. Mundy did some real jazz dancing and was well likel. The show was closed by the Darktown Follies, a trop of singers and^dancers, which was very good. STUNT NIGHT PROGRAM \ GIVEN AT Y. M. C. A. 105 The usual *tunt night at "Y" 406 took place Tuesday night under the ! direction of Harry Herzfeld, physical | director, and was in the form of a musicale. The Depot band of the ' aviation camp, under the command of Lieutenant Arndt and Director Ser Beam joacpu jr. ivcut, icuucicu u i highly pleasing program. The concert was given on the spacious grounds outside of the "Y" building and was attended by one of the largest audiences of the season. After the outdoor concert a short entertainment was continued inside of the building consisting of recitations 'and sons. Sergeant Ben Bear, Twenty-second aero squadron presented a number of short stories that were , well received and roundly applav.Jed Acting Social Secretary Jesse Gray, alias Elder Cobb, again made his bow ; to the soldiers of this building with : songs and recitations making his usual J hit. Camp secretary, Dr. J. W. Grogan, | closed the evening with a short talk | and lialect stories that were heartily j received by all present. 1 v ' ; ilT ? WINNERS OF ATRLETIC MEET Wwm ? VtlR^^Bl ;AJH mmak.< \WmpM tic boys who carried away the honors icing up a ?um total of 27 points thcs ient showed that they were "ace high* V. M. C. A trophy which tlicy won. MEDICAL CORPS COMBATS SOCIAL DISEASE AMONG SOLDIERS WITH SUCCESS Expeditionary Forces Maintaining Annual Rate of Less Than I 75 a Thousand?Home Record Better. | Washington, July f4?Figures made rti? K11/. trv/lot/ l>i- tha apmir nin.llr-il I'"""*- "J ?"? '"J HIV?IV?i corps furnish striking proof of the ! success with whicli social disea.se j among the troops is being curbed both here and in France as a result of ' cleaning up campaigns in communl: ties near the camps with the co-operi atlon of the civil authoritle . The dls; ease is the greatest foe of military efficiency in any army, but the vigorI ous campaign being waged against it I among American troop i already has , gone far toward keeping the army fit. I In France, with probably 700.000 men mobilized, the rate reported on June 13 showeti less than one new j case per thousand men each week. BeI fore th4 war. the lowest rate in the I regular army was* double this, I For more than 30 weeks the expe! ditionary forces have maintained an i annual rate of less than 75 per thousj and. or less than two new cases a I week. In the United States the rec ord was even better. The average annual rate per thousand for the period being: National guard. 76; regular army 98; national army 128. Medical authorities estimate the annual rate -andnot only for ^ HI Tht'tUlUNam \ Ai. ra // f$rlMtUlU$" \ Many thousands of army me I lieves swollen, "shoe sore" feet i agent made. Try it tonighf-ai action. All druggists' in tubes, '* H DO THIS: Write today for Test Packs* W Of send 10c in stamps foe specisl Tn "% i a 1111 &w W H I In tlio Fourth of July meet held under e representatives of the camouflage ' In tl?c Line of athletics here in camp. ^ in the United States for all troops, at XaT^JB 21 the thousand, which would mean jiTjryg one new case per thousand every two nilllyj "Of the total number of cases among troops in this country." the ll'l statement said, "five-sixth were con- ^Tr IK ' trncted before induction in*. > the mil- (R Qyto 1, itary ser"ice. Of the newly inducted W QT/4jfg| i men. seven out of every hundred have i the HIkm^p when hrnni'hl to ennin " B BjB Thin disease, it is stated, claimed W I more victims than any other commu- ft i nicable disease during the period from U y B ffll , September to May and more men ^Lft I |U I were withdrawn from 'active service ~~ HpSxftJ |o naccount of it than because of in- UlD Juries. Or.lv about 100 men. however. have been discharged as physically un- I I 1^171 | At for military service, cures having I II B HI j been efTected in the other cases. B BJ|B [ PHYSICAL DIRI-XTOll JOINS ARMY ijfilj Harry K. CJrausnick. who for the \\ ft 3r fi-M ! past six months has been connected \\ j with the Y. M. C. A. in the capacity \\ j of physical director at "Y" 102, has jUP^jW | joined Uncle Sam's army He has been ; in athletics all of his life and was an BTmH Iable Instructor in many ports. The VjOEK] men in his unit have expressed their WiP aj (sincere regrets at his going. Mr. y ^jfl . Orausnick has been of great service v >3fcz|E3 ! in the promotion of athletic activities \jL23j I and also acted as physical instructor \ I for regiments In his vicinity. For the i past two weeks the 680th aerial squadron received special gymnastic work urS ^3 and sitting-up exercises under his per sonal direction. j\XCWx ?? m i EH r! ^-