Years of Operation: 1917

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Team Headquarters: 

Fort Lewis Military Base

Fort Lewis, Washington

Owner: United States Army

General Manager: Lt Mallum (1917)

Coaches:  Capt. Trevanion G. "Van" Cook, (1917) Capt Brumage (1920)

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1917 Camp Lewis Championship

Honors

Camp Lewis was established in 1917 by citizens of Pierce County who purchased land and donated it to the military to build a base to train soldiers for WWI.  The Soldiers won 5 games, tied Washington State before losing to the Mare Island Marines of California.  A rematch was played in the 1918 Rose Bowl with the Marines again taking the game from the Camp Lewis soldiers, in a game that is said to have "saved the Rose Bowl" from nearly being scrapped during World War I and the financial loses organizers had taken in the years prior.  25,000 fans came out to see the Marines and the Army battle it out and thus saved the bowl game later to become "the Grandaddy of them all".

Romney scored the only TD for the soldiers in the Rose Bowl match up and McKay kicked the conversion through.

Former Spokane Athletic Club head man, Travanion Cook coached the Camp Lewis Eleven's.

1917 players:

McKay - End

Trevanion "Van" G. Cook - Tackle

Snyder - Guard

Russell - Center

Christensen - Guard

Bartlett - Tackle

McRae - End

Sharpe - Quarterback

McKay - Halfback

Dick Romney - Halfback

Craig - Fullback

Gard - End

Dee - End

Green - Center

Lane - Center

Lynch - Tackle

Klenholz - Tackle

McKinney - Halfback

Kapple - Quarterback

Montieth - Fullback

"Happy" Van Pelt

Charles Kelly -Guard

Speck Hurlburt

Earny Vesper

1918

Lyle Bigbee - QB/HB

Harold Huyck - QB (Syracuse)

Lt Frank Skadan - QB

Ira Blackwell  - FB

1917 Schedule/Results (5-2-1):

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