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Wednesday, Nov. 13.
SPORTS " Os Interest to the Soldiers of Camp Hancock d
J. Howard Berry, Hancock Football Star, Breaking Away For Big Gain
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Action photograph taken at Hancock-Charleston game Saturday at Warren Park, shewing Howard Berry, former all-American star, now coach
and quarterback of the Machine Gun Training Center's sterling football eleven, skirting left andijetting clear for a brilliant run which netted his
team a gain of thirty yards, just before he was injured and forced out of the game.
“Brownies” Play the Charleston
Bluejackets Thrilling 7 to 7 Tie
One of Most Thrilling Gridiron Contests Ever Witnessed at
Augusta—Fumble Cost Hancock the Game—Berry In
jured and Goes Out of Game Early—Fester
and Rawson Star For Machine Gunners
(Gy Joe Jacobs)
Tn one of the most spectacular grid
iron contests ever witnessed in this
part of the country. Camp Hancock’s
sterling eleven was held even by a ,
strong football aggregation from the i
Charleston Naval Station.
Both teams must be given credit for
their wonderful playing, the game be
ing one of the cleanest and fastest be
tween service teams so far this season.
Berry was the first one to display sen
sational foi i when he went-around
right > lid, in lirst quarter. for a
twenty-five yard gain, and it was a
misfortune for the Hancock eleven
when the former Penn star was dis
abled in the second quarter. t
In the machine gunners’ backfield.
Foster and Rawson were undoubtedly >
the stars. Time and again these two j
men would go through the Charleston •
line for big gains, and it was on one
of these gains for hirty y ards that I
Foster carried the pigskin across the |
Hancock line, scoring their lone
touchdown.
Poor Judgment by P.ote.
There is no doubt that Charleston
would have never scored their touch
down if it weren't for the fact that
Quarterback Rote, who substituted for ’
Berry, used poor judgnc'n’ when Han- j
cock had the ball on their four-yard ■
line, and Rote - ailed for a forward j
pass which failed. Rote again showed ;
ids poor judgment when, with but five
minutes more play, with the hall on I
Hancock's twenty-yard lino, instead of •
kicking out of danger he called for a *
play from center to Fullback Foster. ;
Foster fumbled the ball because of a ;
po pass, and Turgeon of Charleston I
dashed forward from Charleston’s line, !
swooped the pigskin in his arms and
went acrosswith the Charleston touch- !
down which tied the score.
Kilgore and Swope Play Excellent i
Game.
“Killy” Kilgore played an excellent J
game on the Hancock backfield while 1
he was in there. <)n several occa- |
bions he was seen tackling three '
Charleston men at one time, and it .
was during on of these skirmishes >
that he w badly injured and carried ’
off the field. A great deal of credit is |
duo (’apt. Swupc, fullback on the;
Charleston team, for hi- splendid work. :
it was Swope who accomplished most I
of the ground gaining for the Navy |
team, and if it hud not been for his j
great playing there :.•■ no doubt ’that
the Mae. Gunners would have
rolled up a bigger score against their
rivals.
The Line-up.
Ha: ock (7) Charleston (7)
Position
Mills Turgeon I
L. E.
Gerber Skusen
L. T.
Lancaster Gressette
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Put the United War
Fund Over Says “Hank” ,
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“HANK” GOWD7.
Paris. October 27. <By Mail.) —
"Hank" Gawdy. baseball star 'before
he donned the khaki and chevrons of
an American army sergeant, has sent
a ringing message to sport fans in
the United States to support the move
ment for maintaining the splendid,
winning morale of the American ex
peditionary forces through the seven
agencies combined in the United War
Work campaign. Gowdy uses the Y.
M C. A. as an example of what it,
the K. of €’., the Salvation Army and
others are doing overseas.
'When the men on your team knock
home runs every time, we win.” said
Gowdv. “Now, pardner, that’j what
the Y* M. C. A. is doing in France. Its
services are sure indispensable f -r ev-
Fry one of us,soldiers. Americans get
behind in their championship drive for
financial backing.”
“Hank’s” last public appearance In
America was at the 1917 world’s se
ries when he Ct .ccted funds for taae
balls and bats for soldiers.*i
I A G.
Murray Prochnow
C.
Branca Watson
R. G.
Hawkins Flaherty
R. T.
Guimares Wheeler
R. E.
Berry (Capt.) Berg
Q.
Crosley Sherfy
L. H. B.
ilgore Snipe
R. H. B.
Foster Swope
F. B.
Referee- E. P. Kelly, Ist Lieutenant,
Camp Gordon, formerly Dartmouth.
Umpire—Major George P. Butler,
University of Georgia, now of Augus
ta. Head Linesman G. T. Rhodes,
■ Augusta.
I Substitutes: Hancock--Rawson for
; Kilgore, Rote for Berry. Richter for
! Mills, David for Crosley. Austin for
'Richter. Eek berg for David
I Charleston Burden for Watson.
Brogan for Wheeler. Watson for Bur
den.
Attendance. 10.000.
Score by quarters:
Ist 2d 3rd 4th Ttl.
Hancock ... 7 0 0 0 7
1 Charleston. . 0 0 0 77
I Touchdowns -Hancock 1, by Foster:
; Charleston 1. by Turgeon.
j Goals Hancock 1, by Berry; |
Charleston 1, by Swope.
First Quarter.
[ Swope kicks off for Navy to Berry. I
j Berry gains 45 yards. Hancock’s ball!
’■on her 45-yard line. Berry gains 10 :
! yards around left end. Foster gains
5 yards through right tackle. Foster
I carries’ ball 8 yards through center.
Berry carries ball through right tackle
for 3 yards. Foster goes through coo
per for 8 yard gain. Berry carries ball
I through right tackle for 3 yards. Fos-
I ter goes through center for 8 yards,
i Swope throws Berry an 8 yard loss
I going nrou. d right end. Swope inter
.cents forward pass.
I Charleston’s ball on her 20 yard line.
Sherfy goes through left tackle for
ifour yards. Swope goes through een
for one yard gain. Swope carries
.ball around right end for 3 yards. |
I Swope kicks to Berry. Berry returns!
j around right end for 25 yards.
i Hancock’s ball in midfield. Berry |
goes through center for 5 yard gain.
I Berry gains 2 yards through left
(tackle. Berry goes through center fox*
■ > yard gain. First down for Hancock. I
i Foster runs thirty yards around right
end and goes across the line for the
first touchdown of the game. Han
cock 6. ’Charleston 0. Berry kicks
goal, making score 7-.. Murray kicks
off for Hancock, the pigskin going fifty
yards. I
(Charleston’s ball on the 20 yard line.
Sherfy through left tackle for 4 yard
gain. Sherfy adds 4 more yards
through the same place. Swope
•thrown; no gain. Swope punts to
’ Berry, who returns ball for 8 yard !
1 gain. |
Hancock ball in midfield. Berry
punts to Charleston’s 30 yard line. i
Charleston’s ball on Hancock’s 20
yard line. Swope gains 5 yards
through right tackle. Swope again
gains 3 yards through left, tackle.
Charleston penalised 5 yards off side.
Swope punts, ball rolling 60 yards
Hancock's ball on 30 yard line.
Berry goes through right guard for 2
yard gain. Berry punts 45 yards and I
Snipe returns 25 yards off side. Snipe
adds 3 yards through left tackle.
Swope gains one yard through center.
Forward pass Swope to Turgeon, ;
Charleston making first down. Sherfy f
gains two yards through center. First j
quarter ends with ball in Charleston’s I
possession on Hancock’s 20 yard line. !
Second Quarter.
Charleston’s ball. Snipe gains one :
yard through left guard. Charleston i
attempts forward pass but. fails.
' Charleston again attempts forward
pass but it does not work.
Hancock’s ball on their 0 yard line. !
Foster goes through left tackle for 15 I
yard gain. Crosley then gains five '
yards through rig’. tackle. Hancock
!is penalized 15 yards for holding. ;
Berry gains six yards through left end.
Berry gains 20 yards around left end.
but goes out of bounds. Ball is
brought back to where play started.
Berry punts forty yards to Swope, who (
is thrown after gaining two yards. I
Gerber brings Swope down.
Charleston’s ball. Swipe goes around ;
left end for five yards. Sherfy adds
three yards through left end. Swope
makes first down for Charleston.
Sherfy gains five yards around right
end. Snipe fails to gain in attempt :
through center. Sherfy gains three '.
yards through off tackle. Swope again ;
makes first down through center. .
Sherfy gains three yards through off
tackle. Swope again makes first down ;
through center. Sherfy fails to gain. ;
Swope goes through left guard for j
; three yards. Swope thrown for a loss
of ten yards by Hawkins. Rawson of
Hancock substitutes for ilgore at left [
half back. Swope punts to Berry, I
who returns ten yards.
Hancock's ball on their 15 yard line.
Rawson goes through left tackle for I
five yards. Berry gains ten yards .
(through left tackle and makes first
down. Foster adds seven yards |
through center. Berry, on a criss- j
cross, gains three yards and makes »
first down again. During the scrim- (
'mage Berry is injured, his left ankle;
| being twisted, and Harry Rote goes in i
|at quarter for Hancock. Foster goes!
through left guard for two yards. !
Roto is then thrown for a loss of three
yards. Rawson gains five yards
through left tackle. Rote punts to I
Swope. Swope thrown by Hawkins
after making three yard gain around
left end.
Charleston’s ball. Sherfy makes
eight yard gain on off tackle play.
Swope goes through center lor first
down. Swope again makes first down
on a ten yard gain. Snipe goes
through right guard for one yard.
Richter of Hancock goes in for Mills
at left end. Snipe goes around . left
end for four yards. Sherfy fails to
gain around right end. Swope makes
15 yard gain, going around right end.
Snipe adds two yards more through
right guard. Crosley intercepts
Charleston forward pass. Time is
called.
Third Quarter, Second Half.
Murray kicks off for Hancock. Snipe
of Charleston returns 15 yards. .
Charleston’s ball. Sherfy goes through j
right tackle for four yard gain. Snipe '
attempts to go through left tackle but j
[fails to gain. Swope is then thrown
for loss of eight yards. Swope punts I
to Roto, who returns 15 yards.
Hancock’s ball. Foster goes through |
left tackle for eight yards. Rawson [
adds fifteen yards, gqlng through left ’
[tackle, making first down for Camp!
I Hancock. Foster gains eight yards:
I more through left tackle, Burden of
I Charleston substitutes for Watson at
•right guard. Foster then carries the
’bait through right tackle, making an
other fin t down I lot e ’
Foster adds six yards through left
tackle. Crosley goes through center
for another first down. Foster fum
bles and Rawson recovers. Rote gains (
eight yards around left end. David i
goes in for Crosley at left half back', j
Hancock fails to make first down.
Charleston’s ball on theii ten yard -
line. -Swope tries to go aroutyl left i
end but fails to gain. Swope then j
goes around right end for a 28 yard ;
[gain. First down for Charleston.!
Snipe is thrown for loss of two yards. [
I Swope goes around left end for ten
I yards, making another first down,
i Swope fumbles and Hawkins of Han
cock recovers the ball.
Hancock’s bail. Foster goes through
left tackle for eight yards. Rote gains
four yards through center and makes
first down. Austin goes in for Richter !
lat left end- Foster hits line and goes
I through center for seven yards. Fos
ter makes ten yards more and first
down on a play around loft end. Rote
carries ball through left tackle for
gain of five, yards. Six yards to go
! for a touchdown. Rote gains one yard
i around left end. Hancock attempts
forward pass but fails. Third quarter
over.
Fourth Quarter.
Charleston’s ball on Hancock's 20
yard line. Watson goes in for Bar
!don. Sherfy' makes five yard gain
. through right tackle. Snipe fails on
attempt to go through left, tackle.
| Swope gains four yards on a shift |
1 play. Swope then punts .35 yards and ;
(Rote of Hancock returns 29 yards.!
Brogan of Charleston substitutes for [
Wheeler at left end. Foster fails to |
gain. Foster makes two yards through |
center. Rote punts, Charleston returns '
five yards.
j Charleston's ball. Swope circles J
I around left end for a gain of thirty
i yards. Charleston is penalized five '
•yards for off side.
! Swope attempts to go around right, j
•end and is thrown for a loss of five I
• yards. Swope then punts to Roto, who !
(returns for a gain of twenty yards. |
Hancock’s ball. Rote gains one yard
’around left end. Foster makes a yard I
[through right tackle. Foster fumbles.;
• Gressette recovers the pigskin for |
‘ Charleston. On a forward pass in split ;
formation Charleston makes three,
yards. Another Charleston forward'
[ pass fails. Swope punts fifty yards.
I Hancock’s ball on their twenty yard '
j line. Poster gains two yards through i
center. On the next play Foster furn
■ bles the liall on the twenty-five yard
I line, and Turgeon of Charleston re-j
■covers the pigskin and goes across
Charleston’s line, scoring their first.
(touchdown. Swope then kicks goal
and ties score. Hancock 7, Charleston
j7. Eckbcrg goes in for David at full
(back for Hancock. Wheeler goes in
! for Snipe of Charleston.
I Charleston’s ball. Swope kicks off
for Charleston. Hancock’s ball. Eck-
' berg punts to Swope, who returns for '
five yards. Sherfy is thrown for loss [
of five yards around right end. Swope ;
(attempts forward pass. Austin inter-
' cepts and returns four yards.
! Hancock's ball in midfield. Eckberg
. tries forward pass, which is intercept
ed by Sherfy of Charleston.
j Charlestons ball. Wheeler gains two
[yards through left tackle. Fulton goes '
jin for Sherfy of Charleston. Charles
' ton penalized five yards off side,
j Swope punts out of bounds.
j Hancock’s ball on 20 yard line. Fos-
I ter goes through center for seven yard
TRENCH AND CAMP
TEN THOUSAND FANS
SAW THE BIG GAME
(By Private Emanuel Diamond.)
Seven to seven!
Ten thousand football ans who yes
terday afternoon witnessed the stir
ring contest between the powerful
[l’.etnp Hancock eleven and the vaunted
! t<-ain from the Charleston Naval Sta
j tion at Warren Park will remember
that score—7 to 7.
[ It was one of those strange turns
lof the game -a freak of fortune—a
»sudden unforeseen twist that robbed
the Machine Gunners from a victory
that they had earned And instead of
triumph for which the Emma Gees
[fought for three quarters of the bit
ter contest, it was a tie score that they
had to be content with.
Robbed of its two stars Captain
Howard Berry, the famous Al Ameri
• can gridiron hero and KHgore, the
husky, plunging halfback- Camp Han
coek nevertheless fought, on against
the strong aggregation from the naval
station, but for the unfortunate
fumble by Foster, who played a ster
ling game all along, in the shadow of
his own goal and only five minutes
more to play, the Machine Gunners
uld have celebrated a 7 to 0 vic
tory.
It was tough to have to be satisfied
with a tie after struggling against
odds for more than vne-half of the
game, and surprising the spectators by
hold ng a smashing combination like
ti-.e sailor hoys in h ash, despite the
fact that the two men upon whom
('.imp Hancock depended most, « r ere
out.
Along the sidelines watching the
train struggle to maintain he touch
, own advantage they had gain< .1 in
[the carl.v part of the contest sit Cap
i tain Berry. A wrenched ankle kept
; him there and helpless h<- watched the
I Charleston boys gain their ou lidown
!by a lucky fumble.
The crowd yelled for him. They
missed that dazzling figure, which for
most of the first half had time and
[a.ga-n rijiped through the well-knit line
of the naval station. Howard Berry
i sat silent. bu‘ his heart was out there
. lighting with his team which he could
i not play vilh.
With .lorry and Kilgoro in there the
result would have been different. With
Captain Berry out, the team showed
that it lacked the aggressive spirit
which the fiery lieutenant insi ‘ in
the team. Kilgore, after playing his
usual brilliant, game, was forced to
retire when st uck in the head and
; (i.azi-d s ? that he was unable to resume
I playing.
| Camp Hancock hold on to the rig
skin an.l Berry made tolling gains
ag-t nst i line that gave way ]ih». paper
before his stormy, plunges. It was Fos
ter wljjO eluded the navy lads and gal-
[ loping 35 yards neatly placed the ball
! behind the Charleston goal for a
( touchdown. Berry kicked the goal and
Camp Hancock had a lead of seven to
nothing.
Then it as that Fate took Killy
Kilgore out of the game. The sailors
tried desperately to overcome the lead,
but tiie (’amp Hancock boys tight ned
up in the pinches and they could not
gain when they got within striking
! d stan* <>f the goal.
Next Berry nnped to the s'delines,
andthen it was that the navy 'earn
took a sudden brace and began their
rally, which ended when the whistle
blow, closing the half.
It was an even fight, in .he second
half The third quarter found the Camp
Hancock prides forcing their way
twice to the shadow of the Charleston
goal. In the first rush, they lost, the
ball on downs when on the 10-yard
line. The next time they wore aga ; n
a few from the goal lire and
lost their opportunity when a forward
pass over the line went astray.
In the fourth period the tide turned
suddenly. A long kick by Swope, cap
t iof the sailors, rolled over the goal
I line and the ball was put into play on
j t!.o 20-yard line. It was then that
; Foster made his costly fumble and
j Turgeon of the naval station, grabbing
I th • ball, carried it over.
I Harry Rote substituted for Berry
(and ran tho team well. Rawron took
I Kilgore’s place at left half. But the
I team missed Berry and Kiigorc. Tow
( ever, the Camp Hancock eleven ust
j be given cret.it for the great fight it
put up, which would have ended in
I \ -ctory were it not for a fluky fumble,
j It was a picturesque crow hich
I rooted hard for v etory. It was the
I first time the Camp Hancock boys had
an opportunity of seeing its great
1 team in action, and the soldiers were
j not. going to miss this game.
I And there wore pretty girls every
■ where. Some of them took advantage
’ of the gala occasion to collect funds
jfo ■ the French orphans. Wearing tri
; colored sashe;. and blue bonnets, they
j wended the r way among the so'diers
i who proved generous donors. Girl
■ Scouts also took up contributions.
: Al Raymond entertained with some
: snicy songs that kept the crowd ; n
good humor between the halves. The
boys from the Officers’ Training
i School showed they could sing by
joining in the colors.
There were cheers for everybody,
and everything. The team was cheer
ed. the girls were cheered, and the
band was cheered especially when it
played Dixie.
Brigad ; er General Edwards and his
staff were present. Fritzi Scheff also
sat in ;he grandstand and watched the
i game.
When the final whistle blew, it was
’ undecided as to which team should get
i the ball, for the score wastied. So a
coin was flipped, and Camp Hancock
got the football.
Then every one went home, even
the colored lads who had witnessed
the game from th'* branches of the
trees surrounding the jark.
gain. Rote goes through left tackle
for gain f seven yards and makes
first down.
Game ends with ball in possession
of Hancock in midfield.
MACHINE GUNNERS
PLAY CAMP TAYLOR
ON NEXT SATURDAY
Game Will Take Place at
Louisville, Ky.
(By Joo Jacobs.)
Now that the game with the Charles
ton Naval Station is a thing of the
past. Coach Berry will devote all his
itontlon this week in preparing the
Mahine Gun Training Center's eleven
i for the game with Camp Taylor next
Saturday, which if. scheduled to take
place at Louisville. Ky. While the
| M.ihine Gunners only played a tie
game with the Bluejackets it. was no
means a disgrace, for previous to the
short lapse of vigilance which was
sufficient to enable the Pride of the
i Southern Naval Forces to even the
score, they outplayed them decisively
in every period.
Punch Was Missing.
Hancock had several chances to
score, the most noteworthy of which
coming in the third period, when af
ter a series of good plays, the bad
was carried to the Bluejackets’ four
yard line. Within the shadow of the
goal posts, the Machine Gun eleven
lost its punch, however, and a golden
opportunity was lost, which no doubt
would have resulted in a different
story and a victory for Hancock.
Fumbling Still Weak Point.
While the Blue and Red warriors
did all that was expected in playing
Charleston, after their chief mainstay,
J. Howard Berry, Jr., was forced out
of the game due to an injury, there
were other flaws in the work of the
Hancock Emma G »es, which marred
victory. Chief of these was the fumble
Which gave Charleston the ball and a
real opportunity for a touchdown late
in the fourth period.
Hancock Backs Good.
The Hancock backs also did al! that
was expected of them, cons dering the
absence of theii- sterling performer,
Berry, both on offense and defense. In
carrying the ball they were low, bard
runners, difficult to tackle and hard to
bring down. Foster at fullback, and
Rawson at right halfback, showed
great promise.
Line Showed Splendid Form.
The line Murray, center; “Joe”
Lancaster and Branca, guards; Gerber
and Hawkins, tackles; Guimares,
“Fred” Mills and “Staff” Austin, ends
played a great game. They had
plenty of drive, ami it will be a hard
one for many a team to beat. Mur
ray was a signing point, in the show
ing of the line, time and again break
ing through and smothering the run
ner before he\iad a chance to get
started. Not fa> behind Murray it.
his playing was Jlkwains, who j layed
a bang-up game at right tackle. The.
showing of Guimares. Mills and Aus
tin at the wng positions, was all that
could be expected, Guimares sho ing,
in cleverness in bringing the Charles
ton runner to earth on several occa
sions.
Many Stars on Camp Taylor Team.
The Machine Gunners have a tough
proposition to encounter when thej
line up again. . the Camp Taylor grid
iron warriors. Former stars of inter
collegiate fame represent Camp Zach
ary Taylor on the football field th's
siason.’ The team, which has been se
ll cted by Haul J. Davis, eamp athletic
director of Taylor, is composed of the
following players:
King, Notre Dame, iTght end; Han
cock. University of Wisconsin, right
tackle; Campbell. Michigan Aggies,
right guard; Feeney, Notre Dame,
center; Caldwell, Wabash College, left
tackle: Haskell, Perdue University,
left guard; Lammers, Rose Poley In
stitute, left end; Jenkins, University
of lowa, quarterback; Briscoe, Okla
homa Aggies, right halfback; Hamil
ton Un v-rsity of Montana, left half
bak; Hoffman, Crnell University,
fullback.
ORDNAME ELEVEN
DEFEATS CLEMSON
SCORE, 64 TO 13
Special to The Herald.
Anderson, S. C.—The Ordnance eleven
from Camo Hancock outplayed Clemson
fit to 13 ’here Saturday afternoon in a
"amo in which Conover, Silverman. Bre
los and Grubb starred for the soldiers.
The Ordnance made three touchdowns
in the first period, two by Grunn and one
by Silverman. Clemson snored by a for
ward pass. Frew to Thornton. Logan.
q,r the Ordnance, intercepted a forward
pass and ran forty yards for a touchdown.
' Milliard skirted right end for a touch-
Idown on a sixty yard forward pass. Welsh
j to Brelos for another touchdown.
1 At the beginning of the third period
I Armstrong of Clemson sustained a broken
I knee-cap.
i Silverman made a fake play and skirted
(right end without interference for a thir
i tv yard run and a touchdown. Allison re
covered a fifty yard pass and made Clem-
I son’s second and last score.
! The feature of the game was Silver
man’s running over a broken field and
I Hott’s charging on the line. Brelos con-
I tributed a hair-raising run without in
’ torference Clemson’s lines for ninety
! yards. AHison. Frew and Thonton star
! red for Clemson.
“Y” Workers For Russia
The Y. M. C. A. will aid in the re
! constructnin of Russia and will also
i extend its activities to Siberia, ac
j cording to recent announcements.
’ Forty British and American Red
Triangle workers are now in Siberia,
while it is stated from Tokiu that the
Japanese “Y” *'ill also dispatch a con
tingent lu work with the allies.
Over the Top in Sports
BY JOE JACOBS
COFFROTH TRYING TO BRING
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS TO
MEET AMERICA’S BEST.
“Sunny” Jim Coffroth, the Califor
nia fistic manager who is at the heaa
of the boxing division of the work to
raise $170,00L000 for expenses ■. > carry
the necessary war work among the
American soldiers in France and In
this country, has cabled to Jimmy
Wilde, the world’s champion flyweight
boxer who has made such a wonder
ful record in England, and Georges
Carpentier, the French champion, ii»
an effort to obtain their services foi
bouts in this country in aid of the
fund.
If Jess Willard, the heavyweight
champion of the world, can be induced
to keep h’s word to box for the funa,
there is a possibility that Carpentier
may be selected to box him. It is
known that the champion has been
willing to box the. Frenchman in pref
erence to Dempsey, so there is more
than an even chance of the match be
ing arranged, providing, of course, the
French government permits Carpen
tier to make the trip.
German Fighters Not Game.
One writer commenting on German
glove fighters calls attention to the
fact that in his long experience he
never knew a man of that nationality
in the ring to be what fight followers
call “dead game.’’ In fact, u would
be difficult in all ring history to recall
the name of ; German fighter who was
a. game man. There has never been
many German fighters. Men from that
country did not care for glove or fist
lighting because they did not like to
get hurt. They did not like to suffer
physical pain. The boxers or fighters
in whom German blood flowed were
Men of Camp Hancock
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ferocious enough as long as they be
lieved that they could whip their an
tagonist. They were merciless, too,
when they saw their rivals staggering
helplessly as a result of painful blows.
But whenever those Germans discov
ered that they were in danger of sus
taining serious injuries in the ring
they invariably snowed the yellow
streak.
Old- time followers of boxing v/ill re
call the bout in the North betwe n thu
giant Herr Placke and Kid McCoy.
The big German, who must havw
weighed fully 60 pounds more than
McCoy, and who was a very powerful
man and could hit hard enough tu
kill any ordinary athlete, was a fairly
good boxer, but he did not have thu
heart of a mosquito, and after they
had been’boxing for a few rounds Mc-
Coy hit him a couple of hard punches
on the nose and brought the blood In
a stream. Placke, who was not in
jured at all outside of his nose bleed
ing, quit cold and refused to box any
longer. He was yellow through ana
through, although he came into the
ring like a conquering hero and seem
ed to act as if he had the fight al
ready won when he stood up to shako
hands with McCoy in the opening
round. The writer above referred to
compares the German Army to the
German fighter, and says: “The Ger
man is groggy and helplessly beaten.
The yellow streak is again showing
itself in the plaintive wailings for an
armistice and peace. Nothing like thw
good old Anglo-Saxon wallop that has
won big glove fights and victories on
the battlefield.”
BOXING MAKES~SOLDIERS FAST.
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