Although the ball team from General Headquarters of the First Corps Area offered the Crimson Varsity no trouble as a squad, the individual here of the game was soldier-pitcher Jack Thompson, who put fear into Harvard hearts last Friday afternoon. The Crimson had little trouble in taking the contest 7 to 3 from the out-of-practice doughboys.
Saturday the team was rained out of a scheduled meeting with Brown at Providence and will have to wait until this Wednesday to play the Bruins. Before Brown travels up here, however, the Varsity will go to Camp Edwards tomorrow. The week's program will conclude with a game with the Boston Hellenics Friday afternoon.
Thompson Inspiring
The game with the Army last Friday was anything but a thriller, except for Thompson's performance. The former member of Seranton in the Eastern League and Greenboro in the Piedmont threw the home team batters the fastest ball they had seen for a long time, and then turned around to lead his team at bat with a solid single and a two-run homer in the ninth over Ned Fitzgibbons' head. Although Thompson struck out four, his lack of practice was evident in the eight passes he issued.
Pitcher Joe Phelan and Captain Bart Harvey did the hitting for the Crimson, each collecting a pair of singles. Bill Barnes made the only other extra base hit in the ball game with a futile double to right in the first inning.
Coach Floyd Stahl made one change in his starting lineup by inserting Billy Fitz at first base. Fitz, a just-entered Freshman, is the first man of his class to take advantage of the new ruling allowing Freshmen to play on Harvard Varsities for the duration.
Fitz at First
By placing Fitz at first, Stahl shifted Ned Fitzgibbons to center field, where he played when he captained his Freshman nine. The strange terrain seemed to affect both players as neither could get a hit and both committed errors at their new posts.
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