Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1918 — FAMOUS TENNIS CHAMPION TRAINS IN OFFICERS’ RESERVE AT PLATTSBURG [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FAMOUS TENNIS CHAMPION TRAINS IN OFFICERS’ RESERVE AT PLATTSBURG

R. Norris Williams, noted tennis champion, is one of the famous athletes in training in the Officers’ Reserve corps at Plattsburg. Many of the champion athletes of the country are training for officerships in this branch of the service. The ranks 5f the Officers’ Reserve are filled with the best possible material, the best young bl>od in America. The 5,000 men have arrived in camp and the training is under good headway. It is the largest officers training camp in the world. In- three months time these men are expected to be ready to drill the men produced by the selective draft.