Fort Casey Coastal Defense 1903

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FORT CASEY SOLDIERS
(1903 - 1943)

14th Coast Artillery (1941)

Whidbey Island, Coupeville, Washington

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Fort Casey gave up football after the 1904 season in favor of the Gaelic version and baseball. When war broke out in Europe, Fort Casey again found itself with football men and resurrected a team in 1917. A reported game between Whatcom High and Second Company of Fort Casey in November was not the regular Ft. Casey team as Boyd, Powell, Carroll, Clark and Hill were barred from playing against the school boys.

In 1930 the uniforms of Fort Casey were sold to outfit the Coupeville High School team as football had again been shelved during the 1920's.

Once again as war broke out in 1941, Fort Casey used football as a physical and morale boost with the soldiers stationed there. The team would be coached by 1937 Gonzaga captain Russell Haberman. The Casey men took a beating on the chin when they faced argueably the best military team on the entire west coast when Camp Lewis, known as the Arkansas Travelers won 53-0. The Tacoma team was slated to host California's Moffett Field Flyers for the championship but the attack on Pearl Harbor caused the cancellation.

The 1943 team featured former pro players Russell Gaffney (Brooklyn Dodgers) and Ted Saluda (Philadelphia Eagles) but still found cohesion and wins in short supply.

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1903 Team

Front: Skaggs, Creech, Reamis, Downie, 1st Lt. E.C. Long, Harrington, Kendrick, 2nd Row: Larson, Borgman, Wolfe, Turman, Williamson, Sullivan, Cook, 3rd Row: J.H. Merrill, McElin, Flynn, Merrill, Capt. Carbourn, Dr. Green, Burrows

1917 Players included:

Stevens (E), "Casey" Jones (T), Roy Carroll (G), Russ Boyd (C), Billings (G), Alverson (T), Clarke (Capt/E), Don Clark (QB), Jack Fay (HB), Ray Hill (HB), Courtney Smith (FB), Ray Stanton, Burpee, Roy Powell

1941 Players included:

Wirtz (E), Ostrom (T), Stockton (G), Beardsley (C), Theobald (G), Zimmerman (T), Wertz (E), Rankin (QB), Sambroski (HB), Aronsen (HB), W. Hazzard (FB), Liesten (HB), Busch, Shell, Tudda, Edes, Fletcher, Medvid (G), Jones (C), L. Johnson (G), Amthor (HB), Wendt (E), Eades. Loukes, R.Hazard (E), Pete Buda (QB), Neibauer

1943 Players included:

Russel Gaffney (T), Ted Saluda (T), Joe Kupsco (QB), Pete Buda (FB)

1903
Military Indepedent
Record: 0-2
Sponsor: US Army
Coach Lt. E.C. Long

1904
Military Indepedent
Record: 3-0
Sponsor: US Army
Manager Berry
Coach

1917
Military Indepedent
Record: 2-1
Sponsor: US Army
Coach Lt. Fullerton
Asst Sgt Albertson

1941
Puget Sound Army Football League Section 2
Record: 1-4
Sponsor: US Army
Coach Sgt Russell Haberman
Asst Cpl Hagen, Cpl Jones

1943
Puget Sound Harbor Defense League
Record: 0-2
Sponsor: US Army
Coach

Schedules and Results
Date	Opponent	Score
1903 Oct 17	USS New York Cruisers	PPD
1903 Oct	University of Washington JVs	0-21
1903 Nov 6	USS New York Cruisers (Bremerton)	5-31


1904 Oct 26	Fort Flagler Soldiers 2nds	25-0
1904 Nov 5	Fort Flagler Soldiers	17-0
1904 Nov 24	Fort Flagler Soldiers	29-0


1917 Oct 20	Fort Flagler 3rd Battalion	18-0
1917 Nov 2	Univ Washington Naval Training School	0-13


1941 Oct 20	Fort Lewis 163rd Infantry	0-33
1941 Oct 26	@ Bremerton Red Raiders	0-13
1941 Nov 5	Fort Flagler	W
1941 Nov 12	Fort Lewis 103rd Anti Tank	6-25
1941 Nov 16	Camp Lewis Arkansas Travelers	0-53
1941 Nov 24	Fort Lewis 7th Infantry


1943 Oct 31	@ Seattle Ironmen	0-59
1943 Nov 7	Fort Worden Soldiers	0-13