. History of Battery B, One Hundred Third Field Artillery, Twenty-sixth Division, with pictorical supplement; . ent to Boxford. There the manlygame of rugby was started. One ofthe linest teams possible, fully equippedas a result of a Battery collection,prepared to meet all comers. Emidy was elected captain, Lieut. Langdonagreed to coach the team, and Sergeant Churchill was made team lined uj) with Emidy and Redfernas ends; Howell and Smith,tackles; Melarkey and Mason guards; Donelly, centre; Stewart, Chase,Tillinghast and Crowe in the backfield, with S. Roberts, Albee, Allen,Miller
. History of Battery B, One Hundred Third Field Artillery, Twenty-sixth Division, with pictorical supplement; . ent to Boxford. There the manlygame of rugby was started. One ofthe linest teams possible, fully equippedas a result of a Battery collection,prepared to meet all comers. Emidy was elected captain, Lieut. Langdonagreed to coach the team, and Sergeant Churchill was made team lined uj) with Emidy and Redfernas ends; Howell and Smith,tackles; Melarkey and Mason guards; Donelly, centre; Stewart, Chase,Tillinghast and Crowe in the backfield, with S. Roberts, Albee, Allen,Miller, Wolf and Ryley ready as subs. An attractive schedule was arranged but the second battalion pulledout, much to ouv (.lisappointment. This broke up the schedule. Agame, however, was arranged with F Battery who claimed to be went down 30-0. They didnt e^•en have a show. Redfernshowed his utter disregard for the human anatomy when he broke anopponents leg when tackling him. Having tasted blood, only one thing would satisfy. We must haveA Batterys hide. Accordingly a game was arranged for the next. Our IVlascol. [138] Saturday, but A Battery, after talking over what happened to F, beggedoff, on the ground that they needed more practice. Headquarters company and a lieutenant were substituted. The ex-cavalry men were rugged. They fought hard, and at the old drivinggame it seemed a toss-up who would win. But the value of brains and acollege education showed up. Emidy doped up a couple of trick plays,told them to Stewart, they worked them—final score, Battery B 14^Headquarters Co., o. Loudly now the call rose to Bring on those A Batteries. A datewas set but again we were denied. Rumor has it that every man in ABattery used to say a prayer every night that something would interveneto save them from the impending defeat. Their prayers were the date of the game we were on our way overseas. After arriving in France we had little or no time for athletics excep
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