Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Kalbfus akaberekerwa muMauch Chunk, Pennsylvania kune aimbova Mary Electra Jones naDr Joseph Kalbfus, anozivikanwa munyika yose anochengetedza mhuka dzesango akashanda semuchengeti mukuru wemhuka dzesango mudunhu rePennsylvania uye munyori mukuru weHurumende Game Commission kwemakore mazhinji. Akaenda kuSelwyn Hall muReading, Pennsylvania asati agadzwa kubva mudunhu rePennsylvania kuenda kuUnited States Naval Academy muAnnapolis, Maryland. Somumwe midshipman paNaval Academy, akatamba nhabvu uye aive kaputeni wechikwata che baseball mukati megore rake rekutanga rekirasi, uye akadzidziswa achifamba pamusoro pemvura munguva yezhizha ari muNaval Academy Practice Ship muna 1895, 1896, uye 1897. Muzhizha ra1898, panguva yeHondo yeSpain neAmerica, akashanda ari mungarava yehondo, akapupurira kunyura kweiyo uye Hondo yeSantiago Bay. Gare gare muzhizha iroro akabatanidzwa mukukombwa kweCuba ari mungarava yemhepo, ngarava ine zvigamba, uye chikepe chine zvombo. Mushure mokunge apedza kudzidzira kufamba nengarava, akapedza kudzidza paNaval Academy muna 1899 uye akatanga makore maviri anodiwa ekutanga basa rekufamba mugungwa semutungamiri wezvikepe akapfuura. Achienda kuzvitsuwa zvePhilippine ari mungarava yecollier, akabatanidzwa muPhilippine Insurrection
Muna 1900 na1901 vari mungarava ine zvombo zvemauto uye mungarava inotakura zvinhu Akagamuchira basa rake reEnsign musi waJuly 27, 1901.