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Wednesday, October 2.
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SHOOT 'EM WITH BOTH EYES
OPEN, SAYS JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Bandmaster, Who is Also One
of the Greatest Trapshooting
Bugs, Gives Some Good Ad
vice
Shoot with both eyes open and get 'em
every time.’’
That's the advice of John Philip Sousa,
sometimes known as a bandmaster, some
times as Lieutenant Sousa, f. S. N., but
f< r the moment speaking as a trapshooter
of long experience and for some years
president of tht American Amateur Trap*
shooters' Association, '<
The trapshooters are in high glee just
now. because shotguns have been play- .
ing an important part in the recent suc
cesses of our troops, so important a part
that the Germans wire provoked to the
point of calling them barbarous, there
being some subtle distinction in the Ger
man mind between scattering shot with
a shrapnel shell and with a shotgun shell.
The load they are reported as using
in the shotguns Iri the trenches will go
through a two-inch plank at 10ft yards,
covering an area of nine square feet.
“The Germans can nevr-r stand against
our marksmen. We are too good shots.”
Sousa believes.
“But win* do vnu sav 'Shnot with both
eye: open'? Isn't it instinctive to - close
ot'C eye when sighting a rifle?"
“Ye.'-, it is instinctive, but most in
stinctive things are wrong. We have to
snecially train and put checks on our in
stincts all the time, and shooting is no
exception.
Whv Thty Should B« Coen.
“Why should you use only one eye
when shooting? Do you look at a pretty'
girl with only one eye? Do you squint :
up one eye when you read?
“No, sir, my boy, keep both c) your ;
eyes open when you shoot —rifle or shut
pu;i. Nature has taken care that one eye
will do the actual sighting we call that
the pilot eye -and that the other will re
main passive. The arrangement of vision
varies in different people."
And to demonstrate this point Sousa,
made tjie interviewer sight an object
across the room through a finger ring,
keeping both eyes open.
“Now close one eye."
The interviewer did so. and the object
was still in range.
“Now, the other.'
The object appeared a foot out of
range. T 4
“That merely shows that in your rase
the right eye is the pilot eye. But your
passive left eye, if you kept it open,
would be roving around, doubling your
horizon and free to detect the slightest
motion elsewhere.
“Let a Hun stick his head up three
’eet away from where you happen to be.
liming with one eye closed, and you'd
probably never see him. And you want
:o see all the Huns you cap when you’ve
sot a gun handy.
“So, I say. shoot with both eyes open."
“I thought the army was supposed to
!>e dry?" "It is." “Well, why do they
continue those ‘setting-up’ exercises I
lead about?"
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A PERFECT t>w
! Football Outlook at
1 Penn. State Not Bright
State College, Pa.—With the opening
of college thit< week, Penn State's foot
ball outlook brightened considerably
Despite the fact that only one veteran,
Charley Way, the quarterback, is in
Bezdek's squad, and the remaining
candidates are light and inexperienced,
the prospects have assumed a more
roseate hue.
Rezdek, even though he has almost
a hundred players aspiring for posi
tions, is not sanguine. He foresees a
hard road ahead to whip his men into
3 formidable aggregation. And he is
studying his candidates closely so that
no potential materia! may be over
looked when the first weeding-out pro
cess begins.
Army Eleven
Beats Aviators
In Opening Game
West Point, N. Y.—The army opened
its football session here today by defeat
ing aviators from Mitchel Field, Mineola,
20 to 0. Two aviators made the trip by
airplanes. The visiting team comprised
entirely former college nlayers, many of
them stars. Norgren. formerly of Chi
cago, and Pliska, of Notre Dame, played
the best game for the aviators, while
Gene Vidal. VandergrafT. McQurrie and
Barton starred for the army.
FRENCH WANT
ATHLETICS
As an indication of the interest being
taken in athletic events of all kinds
by the French people, it is only neces
sary to give the attendance figures at
a monster meet held at Columbus, a
suburb of Paris, recently.
With the poorest kind of street car
facilities, over 50,000 persons crowded
the big sporting field of the racing
club of France, located about fivq
miles from the gates of Paris to see
the French and American athletes per
form and also to see a squad of war
tanks in an exhibition.
LOST
Small solid gold Ladies’ Watch, be
tween Park at Station and 529 Wat
kins Street. Watch was in brown
pocket book, stem was broken and
name engraved in case. Liberal reward
if returned to 529 Watskins Street.
FINE GYMNASIUM
OPENS IN CITY Y
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With the floors renovated, the lines
given a fresh coat of paint, thel ighting
effects and windows thoroughly up to
the minute ana a number of minor im
/ movements made, the gymnasium at the
Augusta Y. M. C. A. opened on Monday
for the f; and winter season, present
g ing a s;>:- mid opportunity to the sol
diers of ’he camp, as well as to the men
ind boys <.f the city, to enjoy indoor
’ athletic sports of all kinds.
’ T > th-.- professional athletes and col
n lege men among the soldiers this oppor-
R t unity will be especially welcome, en
1, aoling then: to keep fit along the lines
e of their sptcial ability, -whether it. be
the parallel bars, the flying rings, basket
. ball, handball, volley ball or swimming.
The swimming pool has been open all
■ summer and thousands of soldiers have
a taken advantage of the opportunity for
o a cool swim With the opening of the
s gymnasium Pvt Carl Oszy of the Main I
* Training Icpot, holder o fthe A. A. U.S
■championship for New York City, on the
parallel bars, has become a regular visi-
- tor at he “Y," working out almost
daily on th*» appariaus.
Physical Director Edward T. White,
wh> begins his third sear as director or
ph’ sical work in Augusta to which the
soldiers will be w« t ome; in addition there
will be considerable recreational exer-I
rise in the form of volley ball, indoor !
baseball, 1 askcthall and other sports. At
? th< present time an interesting handball ‘
tournament is in progress among the
business men and a similar tournament
4 ■.ill be organized among th soldirs as
■ . as a sufficient number have en
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! FLIGHT OF GAME BIRDS
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1 The Hawk is the Fastest Flier
and the Crow is the Slowest
> By the Statistician.
While there is considerable variation
in the speed of flight of game birds, the
table below may be taken as the most, ac
curate approximation of the comparative
speed at which the better known wild
t birds fly.
a The crow may be taken as an example
of the slower flying bird, with a rate of
35 to 55 feet a second, and with an
r average speed of 45 miles an hour, while
” many species of hawks attain the re
g markably fast speed of 200 feet a second,
q Here is the table showing the average
e speed in flight:
Feet per Aver-
Bird Second age
r Quail6s to S 5 75
Puffed grouse 60 to 90 75
Snipe 50 to 70 65
Mallard 55 to 90 75
Wood duck 70 to 90 80
Teal 120 to 140 130:
- Canvasback 130 to 160 1451
Canada geese 100 to 120 llo|
Red head 110 to 130 120:
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. It may be said that if ducks are scared ;
fl they can reach mavimum speed at will, .
d and this sprinting flight is usually what!
the gunner has to make allowance for.
On the other hand, many wildfowl are
jumped and killed while hovering over
■ decoys and moving slowly, and birds like
■ snipe and quail are often killed before
I they have attained full speed.
I Upland birds are not often shot while
■ passing the gun at right angles, but go-
■ ing straight away, quartering or twist
fl ing.
Meet In France
I Three New York athletes now in
I khaki held an unexpected reunion just [
| behind the lines in France. E. C. Sta- '
■ ley, a Mohawk A. V. runner, writing
| to a fellow-club member, tells of meet-
I ing Vic Veteretsas, the sturdy little
I Greek* long distance runner, and while
I they were talking of old times, along
j came Harry Jameson, also a Mohawk
J man. This meeting happened to fall
I on pay day, but the wildest dissipation
I that Staley mentions is indulgence in
I coffee and cake at a Y. M. C. A. hut.
FOOTBALL TEAM
I A foot ball team is being organized-
■ for the Specialist School by Capt. T. B.
I Crigler and Lt. A. A. Millman.
TRENCH AND CAMP
Opening Boxing Show at Third
Group Ring Proves Big Success
Twenty-four rounds of excellent
boxing, a dashing wrestling exhibition
and splendid vaudeville formed an ex
cellent opening for the Friday night,
September 27th, boxing entertainments
which will form a regular part of the
Third Group regime from now on. This
group has lots of good fighters and
plenty of game amateurs, and there
should be plenty of material for such
a. show each week.
The first bout of the evening was
a wrestling bout between McLeod and
Wiberg, both of the 36th Company.
Though McLeod was at least ten
I X nds heavier than Wiberg, the latter
put up a mighty game struggle, and
only was pinned to the matt with a
full body hold and double arm lock in
right minutes and twenty seconds.
Both boys were clover and it would be
a pleasure for them to be matched with
men more evenly weighted.
The first of the boxing bouts pro
mised much interest. Neither of the
boys bad had much experience. Corp!.
Williams, of the 29th Company, hav
[ ing boxed three times, and Lawrence
of the same company never having
had the gloves on before. Willliams
opened the first round with somewhat
the more confidence of the two, but two
or three times was evidently surprised
at Lawrence's ability to land heavy
blows through his guard. And even
round, with Williams slightly the fa
vorite.
In the second round Lawrence seem
ed to get his bearings a little moer,
and earned as plit round without a
I shadow of a doubt. Williams out
fought with him in the last, half of the
frame by his game and heady come
back. The final frame found the less
experienced lad slightly fagged out,
and Williams landed on him at will,
though never having his man in dan
ger of a knockout. Williams’ bout on
points.
Erdy Vs. Galente.
Erdy, the young but sensational
bantamweight from New York, c ro.;sed
gloves with Tony Galente from the
“Fighting 29th’’ in the next bout. The
diminutive New Yorker from the 25th
Company weighed in at 111, while Ga
lente tipped the beeam at 123, but the
little fire-eater seemed not at all wor
ries and wn far hist man fro he
eflrst bell.. Erdy is one of those clever
boxers who jumps in with a left jab,
and maybe a right cross, and then
clinches. Whatever work he does af
ter that is at short range, lie kes
good care of himself in a fight and his
opponent had better keep both eyes
open for those jabs, which la.id like
a streak of lightning.
Erdy did all the boxing that was
done in this light, and was awarded
the decision. After the bout it was
announced that Erdy would hook up
soon with that popular champion, Dan
ny Murphy of the 33d Company. It
ought to be a great scrimmage. It will
be a good experienced man against a
younger, quicker and huskier < ppo
nent.
Quick Work.
The next mill started with a rush
and finished the same way. Two 175-
pounders, Frank, of the 29th Company
and Garone, of the 36th Company. The
former rushed into the ring, dragging
off his shoes as he came, and the lat
ter waited. The bell sounded anc
Frank dashed into* Garone, both fists
connecting, and Garone rushed frorr
the ring. It was all over in less
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than three seconds, and left t/.e audi- enjoyable evening.
Jack Williams Retains Championship
In Boxing Ring
At the usual Thursday night boxing
and wrestling tournament at the Knights
of Columbus Building No. J. Wrightsboro
Road, a monster crowd which completely
encirculted the roped square-ring with
row after row of interested spectators
composed of officers and men numbering
over ten thousand, witnessed the pugilis
• tic and wrestling program offered for
the evening.
The star bout was between Jack Wil
liam:-; of the 21s’ Co., Welterweight Cahrn
pion of Camp Hancock, and Eddie Bart
lett of the Officers Training School. Both
men had present hosts of admirers ami
there was unlimited speculation as to the
winner., as each of the boxers during
I the past three weeks have given their
| followers reassuring statements of their
superb condition and confidence in the
i outcome. Therefore an unusual amount
of interest was attached to the decision.
After a dispute as to the number of
rounds the bout was to go, which delay
ed the fight for a few minutes, WilliaAis
agreed to Bartlett’s demand that the con
test should be limited to four rounds, after
vainly attempting to induce Eddie to pro
long it for six rounds. The gong sounded
and Williams apparently impatient and
irritated by the misunderstanding as to
the length of the fight rushed at Bartlett
throwjng caution aside and overpowering
Eddie with his whirlwind attack, who was
forced to retreat from one corner of the
ring to the other in his desperate efforts
to stem the fierce onslaughts. At the end
of this round, it clearly apparent to
all that it. was just a question of time
as to how long Bartlett, would last. The
second round opened witji Wiliams again
fore ng the fight with right crosses to
Bartlett’s jaw. After a half minute of
slaughter, Jack connected a superpower
ful blow on Eddie's chin, which knocked
him to the floor for the count. The vic
tor was triumphantly raised to the
shoulders of his cluthching friends who
jumped up to the platform and carried
him to the dressing room. Jack Williams
has again demonstrated that he is with
out a peer in the welterweight division at
this Camp and that his crown of Welter
weight champion rests securely on his
head. His sportsmanship and modesy has
provoked universal praise and admiration
throughout Camp.
Most Beats Eddie Hoffman.
The prel moinary brought together in
a three round bout Eddie Hoffr an and K.
i Most, both of the 64th Company. Both
I men stood toe to toe and depended on
slugging ability to win the decision.
[After throe rounds of ceaseless endeavor
’to score a knockout, the Judges were
, compelled to render a decision. By rea
-1 son nf Most’s more effective punches, he
l received the verdict.
Wrestling Matc-i A Draw.
The next number was a half hour
wrestling exhibition between Karl Lilji
hault of the Supply Co. and B. Bessioni
of the 21st Co. Liljihalt, the lightweight
wrestling champion of the Machine Gun
Training Center, was extended to his
limit by Bessioni. These two men had
the ten thousand men present jumping
from their seats throughout their engage
ment. First one would asume the initi
ative ami relax, at which time the other
would take advantage of his opponents’
spent efforts and force offensive. It
was a most exciting scene and a pretty
exhib tlon of the numerous grasps wrest-
I lers with a knowledge of the game possess
‘to overcome an adversary. At the termi
nation of the half hour, (he Judges ren
dered a decision of draw, which was en
thusiastically received by the spectators.
All who witnessed this match are desir
ous to see these two men paired tip
again in a return hout for a longer period,
preferably one hour. Howard Berry,
world’s champion athlete refereed the
match, which added additional interest.
Lt. Berry was on the all-American Foot
ball team of 1915 and 1916.
Easterman Wins on Points.
Herman Esterman of the 64th Co., out
pointed Young Sullivan of the Ist Devel
opment Co., in a pretty three round go.
Both men boxed at top speed but were
unable to apply the knockout.
Schenk vs. Hoffman.
Morris Schenk of the 27th Co., showed
his worthiness as a contender for the
t ence breathless and wondering how it
i hall happened. Wo hope the next man |
- that Frank meets wiil have .enough to I
, stand up in front of that first rush.
s Danny Murphy, the diminutive ban- |
? tamweight champion of Camp Hancock I
R and his sparring partner, Jimmie'
1 Ward, both of the 33d Company, gave I
i? a pretty exhibition bout, which showed ;
i our Danny at his best, and gave Willie ’
Erdy a sight at what he will ha e to |
s meet next Thursday.* Murphy told
1 the correspondent after the bout that '
he was confident of beating Erdy, and j
i was advising all his friends to* spend;
r their month’s pay on him. If ho feels t
1 that good about it, and Erdy is as
1 sure as he tells, well, it ought to be a
! fight worth seeing.
: Cummings and I’rovonga, the former
0 of thl 34th Company, and the latter
from the 30th Company, put up a
splendid fight, and had the audience
out of their seats for the entire three
R rounds. Neither of these boys had
fought much befoe and it was Cum
mings’ first time in a ring. But he
was game all the way through. With
T his nose and mouth bleeding in the
’ first round, he fought back all the way
( and had his man staggering in the
last round. Another round and it.
would have been either man’s fight.
He earned a draw and the judges’ de- j
cision seemed to gain great favor with i
the crowd. We should like to see
these boys hook up again.
Real Knock-out.
Frank Brady scored the first real
’ knock-out of the evening in the sixth !
bout, putting Joe Delaney, of the 29th '
p Company, out for the count in the sec- I
1 ond round of his three round bout. The
man from the 31st Company seems to
‘ s be rather a wild boxer, and it would
l’ do him a lot of good to get in with a
' man who really would be a match for ■
" him. Delaney seemed to have some 1
good punches, hut laid down rather
easily, considering what some of the
other men took in the way of punish-
I inent.
A ‘Larry English,” the best boxer above
e middleweight in the camp, fought a
splendid exhibition with Hoffman, of
II the Headquarters Company. He is a
" wonderful boxer, and it was a pleasure
e and an education to see one of the old
" masters working out here at camp. He
e has fought both Mike Gibbons and Jack
r Dillon, the well known llhters.
r j The last tight was between Young
Welman and Huggerty, both of the
s 29th Company. Both boys weighed in
s at 140 pounds and the latter boy came
J, in willing and anxious to get every
e thing that was coming. He got it,
and in less than 20 seconds after the
gsng, he was counted out. Welman
s has a very convincing left jab, and it
A is a good one to avoid, for it has now
8 knocked out two good men and true,
P and will do the same for others who do
■ not learn to duck when they com?, n.
The bouts and rounds were nter-
A spersed with some good music by the
a ’l’hird Grorup Band. Sheperd Klein,
Deane Berlin, Weinstein and Bolger
gave a splendid singing and jazz en
tertainment between bouts, and Sie
h gel, one time dancer on Keith's cir
• - cult, gave his inimitable dancing in
y, tepretations.
ie Credit is due to Lieut. A. W. Kil
g gore, who managed and got together
t- the talent for the exhibition, and a
d large measure of credit is due .to the
ts boys who so cheerfully got up and box,
n sing, dance and play that their fellow
is soldiers and officers may spend an
welterweight title by his easy victory
i over Geo. Hoffman of the sahme Company
• in a three round bout. Hoffman showed
he is one of the gumest boys that ever
i appeared at the K. of (arena, as he had
; to adsorb a terrific punishment. Schenk
: displayed a good left jab and a shamshing
right cross.
Waltz Shows His Class.
Sjimmy Waltz, an old favorite, mixed
It up with Joe I»owd of the 26th Co.
Waltz, who is one of the cleverest light
weight boxers in the country, easily out
pointed his heavier opponent and received
the decision at the end of the third
round.
The Referee for the boxing was Lieut.
Wm. Murphy, who has just returned from
a furlough. He was rendered an ovation
by the crowd, whoso favor he has won
by his skillful judgment in refereeiog the
bouths at the K. of 4’. Arena.
The Judges were Lent. Col. Lee. Com
manding Officer of the 3rd Group, and
Lieut. Geo. W. Truesdell.
The 3,000 Metre Run
The feature of the recent athletic meet
held in Paris was the 3,000 metres run
in which there were 25 contestants, Ver
meulen, French title ladder, starting from
scratch and winning the race in the new
record time of 3:49 1-5. breaking the
mark held by Jean Houin, which was
made two years ago. Abel Kiviat, the
American champion, was to have been a
starter, but his unit was sent to the
front two days prior to the meet. The
American star would have had to have
been at hi<s very best to have competed
with the French title holder.
Bluff That Failed
General Plumer, who has recently been
recalled to France from Italy, can be
very ironical when he chooses, as the
following story proves:
.Shortly before the war when he held
the Irish command, a regiment, was be
ing maneuvered before him on a field
day, and the colonel in charge .succeeded
in getting his men mixed up pretty thor
oughly.
However, he went grimly on, and at
last, calling a halt, rode up to Plumer
with an air of importance.
“I flatter myself that was extremely
well done, sir," he said, evidently with
the idea of trying to bluff that noth
ing had gone wrong.
“Oh. excellent," was General Plum
er’s suave reply. “But may I ask what
on earth you were trying to do?” —Pear-
son's Weekly.
POETRY.
This morning
I stepped out of my tent
And the band was playing a different
piece
And the sentinel
On number one post
Came to present arms
He thought they were playing
The national anthem
And I thought so too
And stood at attention and saluted
And they weren’t
Darn him!
NIN ET K ENTH COMPA NY.
There was no doubt about it. Miss
Misselto thought she could sing, and
was greatly gratified when she heard
that a male acquaintance appreciated
the fact.
“So Bertie praised my singing, did
he?” she asked her informer.
"He.did that. He said it was heav
enly.”
“Did he really say that?” she ask
ed again breathlessly.
“Well, not exactly, but he probably
meant that anyway. He said it was
unearthly,”
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