Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1918 — FAMOUS ATHLETES NOW IN UNCLE SAM’S SERVICE AT CAMP LEWIS, WASHINGTON [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FAMOUS ATHLETES NOW IN UNCLE SAM’S SERVICE AT CAMP LEWIS, WASHINGTON

These eight famous athletes have deserted the field of sport for the field of battle and athletic glory for Old Glory. They are now serving at Camp Lewis, American Lake, Washington. Seated, left to right: Lieut. W. L. Stanton, former football coach; Capt. L. A. Wattelet, baseball manager and owner of several Western teams; Rev. Father J. Galvin, former Dublin university football star, and Robert L Simpson, world’s champion hurdler. Standing, left to right: Corp. L. E. Ireland, featherweight wrestler; Capt. T. G. Cook, director of athletics at Camp Lewis; Willie Ritchie, former lightweight champion boxer, and Eddie Heinholz, former star all-round athlete of the State college of Washington.