Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1918 — NOT DISTURBED BY SHELLS [ARTICLE]

NOT DISTURBED BY SHELLS

Motortruck Drivers Continue Baseball Game While Germans Keep Up Terrific Fire. “You don’t hear sgMuch about these motor transport drivers,” said the captain, “but don’t forget they are part of the big job, and ,a big part. And don’t forget they have dangerous work to do. “The supplies have got to go forward, whatever the conditions, and I have neyer had a man yet show any inclination to shirk dr dodge or complain when he had to go under heavy fire and deliver his supplies. “I’ll give you an example of their spirit. After a recent hard push we had an afternoon off, so the men arranged a ball game just back of the front with a rival outfit. They had played about two Innings when this kid here (pointing to a young driver standing by) came up to bat. Then the fun started. "Two big German shells lit in the outfield. The rival pitcher turned around to see what the trouble was. Another Shell fell just back of second base. Once more the pitcher halfway turned, when the kid at bat called out: ‘Aw, what the •; come on and stick it over.’ The pitcher stuck one over and the kid cracked out a double to right”—Stars and Stripes.