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Georges Carpen tierj.; Glad of Chance to Serve His Counlry as an Aviator
Tells of Many Thrills Encountered While Bat
tling Among the Clouds; Hopes to Return
to Squared Cirele When War Is at an End.
By Georges Carpentier.
F 1 had not been, as some say,
& born boxer, aviation would
have absorbed me even be.
fore the war. My admiration for
the explolts of the birdmen goes
back, jt seems to me, almost to
my infancy; that is to say, to the
time when such exploits began,
#ince this aerfal sport is in fact
younger than [ am.
Long before 1 had made a little
;e:)ul:auo: w:‘th four-ounce gloves,
ollowad the feats of the avia
tors from afar, since
no_better. 1 o9t @
even or eight years ago,
my name as a 1 novice wai k:o'lfig
only to a few amateurs of my
own town, the first dollar I was
able to save was devoted to a
vigit to the aerodrome of Bray
élle, near Doual, where a meeting
;/nra held. the program of which
ore names so modest tha y
forgotten them, RSN
That was the first time I ever
saw an aeroplane, except in the
illustrated papers, and 1 was abgo
lutely astounded.
To be frank, 1 envied the ath
letes of the air, and if anyone had
made me an offer to become one
of them 1 believe I would have
promptly left the little pugilistic
ring for that other ring of infinite
size which is called space,
Fortunately, my mentor, Des
camps, was there to bring me
back to realities. With that strong
confldence which always animated
him, he removed one after another
the many obstacles on the rough
road which I had to travel to at
tain success in the art which, a
long time before, he had declared
Wt‘xgr 'k:.orn in me. .
: is youngster has pugilism in
his blood,” he ropoahcr to every
one who would listen, and to some
who would not.
DOES NOT REGRET
30ING IN FOR AVIATION,
It is curious that, having resist
ed the temptation to quit pugiliem
for aviation, 1 eventually became
an aviator. From any point of
view, therefore, I have nothing to
regret.
Certainly | have no cause for
complaint, because, in realizin
what was formerly my dream. 1
am also conscious that | have,
within the scope of my modest
powers, rendered service to my
country and, at least, done my lit
tle turn of duty in the terrible
conditions which have rrevailed
for three years.
This explains why and how I am
now found playing my part in the
great draima as an aviator, instead
of an infantryman, or in the ar
tillery, or cavalry, or as an auto
mobilist.
I have never completely forgot
ten my previous obsession for fly
. ing, and I remember the day when
I presented myself at the recruit
ing station in Paris, coming
straight from London, where the
clap of thunder of August 1, 1914,
had caught me,
1 belonged to the class of 1914,
which, ordinarily, would not have
been called into service until the
following year, and enroliment was
many months away. [ enlisted,
and my enlistment gave me the
right to wear a uniform after
August 6, 1914—the uniform of an
aviator,
To be quite frank about it. [ had
not yet become a real flyer, but
only a motor car driver in the
service of an officer at St. Cyr.
1t may be believed that I was en
raged by this assignment. My
burning desire was to pilot an
aeroplane on the battle front, not
an automobile between Paris and
Versailles, It took me many
months to realize my ambition.
On January 3, 1915, 1 was sent
to the camp at Avord as a stu
dent-pilct, and on May 21, after
gserving an apprenticeship which
was quite ®tisfactory (only one
little collision, for which the blame
rested on others), I obtained the
long-desired brevet.
PROUD ON BECOMING
A REAL AVIATOR.
I felt that no king had anything
on me, to use a bit of slang, and
1 firmly believe that no victory :n
the ring could have given me soO
much pleasure. But I have no in
tention of inflicting upon my read
ers all the little details of my mil
itary career. However, the chief
items are as follows:
On May 21, 1915, 1 arrived at
Bourget, duly qualified as a pilot.
A month later I joined a bombard
ing squadron of airplanes at the
battle frent. In the regular course
of duty I was sent out on scouting
work, to make ].hnlngrnphs of en
emy work and to observe the dis
positions of their troops, and to
make maps. Eventually I was or
dered to join the infantry in at
tacks. ¢
1t was in carrying out these or
ders. the most difficult and the
most perilous in my experience,
that T obtained the citation which
brought me the military medal on
the occasion of the recapture of
Fort Douaumont, on October 25,
1916. Thirteen months earlier,
on September 25, 1915, a former
citation, following the Champagne
offensive, earned for me the War
Cross, with-a palm.
As 1 have just said, an assign
ment to the infantry for an avi
ator means about the most trying
work which Is demanded of the
flyer, although the men who do
these feats remain obscure and
unknown, while all the glory goes
and very properly—to the special
,{sts who fight single combats and
thrilling duels in the alr,
The flyer who is assigned to the
infantry must furnish to his staff
officers the most minute details on
the situation and position of our
own troops during a battle or oth
er action, whether offensive or de
fensive.
The aviator charged with this
duty must, therefore, fly very low,
80 a 8 to maintain permanent con
tact with the troops. He “con-
Vverses” with them’' by means of
bombs or rockets, the number and
color of which carry well-defined
meanings,
On their part, the soldiers be
low mark out their lines in white
panels and make signals, which
are recorded by the observer with
’ the aviator,
DROP OBSERVATIONS
‘FROM AEROPLANE.
| As soon as the required facts
~are obtained they must be dropped
~at once at the statlon of the com
mandant of the section in the
form of a card properly marked.
When this has been accomplish
ed the pilot sails on and descends
some distance beyond, perhaps 100
yards, sometimes more. And dur
ing all this time the enemy 18 pep
gerlng him with shells and rifle
re.
There {8 not much chance in all
this 1o play the grand role. Some
times an artist of the air, llke
Pegoud, keeps right on, not com
ing down at all. As for me, | have
escaped unharmed in all my ex
peditions, but 1 have often re
turned with my machine riddled
by fragments of shells, and even
bullets.
During the battle of Verdun my
observer one day found on landing
that hig helmet had been plerced
by a bullet which passed through
it from side to side. However,
these are the risks of the trade,
and far be it from me to com
plain.
But to conclude with a note
more sportlike, more a.gproprhte
for an article hke this, I" shall re
ply to a question which doubtless
has arigen in the minds of some
of my readers, if I may judge from
. the number of those who have put
the questicn to me since the great
war transformed me from a boxer
into a filyver. Where lles my pref
erence—my interest, whether pa
triotic or finanefal, being put to
one side?
Put in another way, the ques
tion is this: Were it possible to
g 0 backward in time, which would
give me the greater pleasure, box
ing or aviation?
HEXRT 1S STILL
IN BOXING RING.
1 shall prove false the old saying
that a man never loves the pro
fession which devolves upon him,
or into which he grows, and say
at once that my heart ig in the
ring, small as it seems after the
experiences I have had in the last
two yvears.
i contend that boxing has in
finitely more of the spirit of sport,
is vastly more athletic, than avia
tion.
lLeaving aside the leaders in
each class, for they are always
the exceptions, ‘and taking the
average man, | assert that the
boxer, looking at him solely from
the athletic side, is greatly su
perior to the aviator.
A man of mediocre value, in a
musgcular sense, may be made into
a fair human bird, but he will
never make a boxer. The expla
nation of this apparent anomaly
lies in the fact that, contrary to
the view of those who do not un
derstand these things, It is easier
to learn to drive an airplane than
to shift and adjust one's guard
aceording to the rules of the ring.
That is why I am determined,
when this war is finished, if Prov
jdence permits it, to become again
a simple boxer. 1 may add that, If
such an outcome is not for me,
nothing could give me such satis
faction as the knowledge that I
served my country as an aviator.
Swimming Stars in
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- Big Detroit Meet
DETROIT, MICH., July 21.—1 f present
plans are realized, the four-mile De
troit river swim to be staged by the
local Y. M. C. A. July 28 will boast
cosiderable of a national aspect.
Tom Clemens, swimming director at
the "Y,” already has received the en
tries of Luis Grupp, of Pittsburg, and
Johnny KEvers, of the Illinois A, C. In
vitations have been extended to all of
the aquatic stars of importance in the
United States, and it 18 hoped that such
well-known performers as Norman
Ross, Ludy Langer, Bud Walen, Perry
MeGillivray and Herman Laubis will be
among the contestants.
A number of local business men have
contributed cups, medals and special
prizes for the first three to finish,
s
Big Stars Out of
Tennis Title Pla
& y
Eight of the ten high ranking play
ers of last year are in the service of the
Government bécause of the war and an
other is in Japan. With the absence of
these stars and with no champlonship
at stake this yaer, the United States
Lawn Tennis Association may have its
work cut out to make a success of the
patriotic tournament, which takes the
place of the national championghips, at
the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills,
1.. 1., the latter part of Auf‘usl. The
committee is going ahead with its plans
and expects to stage a successful tour
nament,
Kilbane and Leonard
Get $555 a Minute
John Shibe, business manager of the
Philadelphia Athletics, is interested in
the plan to promote boxing contests on
the club’s grounds, at Twentg'-flrst street
and Lehigh avenue, The biggest con
test arranged in the six-round bout be
tween Johnny Kilbane and Benny Leon
ard on July 25. - A purse of $20,600 is to
be given the boxers, each receiving $lO.-
000, or at the rate of $1,666 a round for
eighteen minutes’ work, or $5560 a min
‘ute, or $9.25 a second. It will be a no
decision contest,
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1017,
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By G. W. Mackey.
OWN of e T. M C. A
Building, on Luckie street,
there s a hole in the
ground 6) feet long, 25 teet wide
and from 4 to 10 feet deep. This
hole in the ground is lined with
white tile artd filled with pure
filtered water, and it is the scene
of the buslest spot in Atlanta
every aftemoon from 4 o'clock
until the last call for supper is
sounded by many a patient
houcewife,
Interest in swimming and aqua
tic stunts at the “Y" is greater
this summer than at any other
time in the association's history.
Mr. Howard Holt has charge of
the swimming pools, and many
men are profiting by his series of
lessons.
Tomorrow night will see a
splendid exhibition of swimming
staged, and some of the best tal
ent in the association will be lined
up in the gifferent evenis. The
meet is a home affair for the
members of the association, and
all are invited to attend and
bring their friends along. The
ladies are especially invited to be
present, and they will be treated
tfo the beat exhibition of swim
ming and fancy stunts that has
been uncovered in many days.
The entry list is a large one and
will no dcubt be increased before
the setting of tomorrow's sun. The
contestants to date include H. O.
Rogers, Morris Sullivan, Steve
Hartney, Rae Neville, Thee Abh.
bey, W. H. Lee, E. E. Elrod, Phil
Schoneck, Ed Jarvis, J. J. Single
ton, E. M. Jones, Jr., J. L. Har
grave, Julian Youmans, George |
Manning, L.. J. Anderson, W. H.
Wickham, Norman Fudge and
Howard Holt.
The program will begin with a
20-yard swim, and in this event
a splendid exhibition of the fast
crawl stroke will be shown. At
present four men hold the asso
ciation record of ten seconds in
this event, and an effort will be
made to put this record in the
realm of ancient history. The
plunge for distance will be close
ly contested. Several of the men
who will enter this event have
tried on several occaslgns to
knock the end out of th& pool
they having plunged the entire
length of the big basin.
The running broad dive is an
event in which the assoclation
record will probably be broken.
In this event much depends upon
the springboard, and as a new
board has recently been placed
in the pool, with @amphasis on the
spring, the men are almost sure
to lower the former record. The
60-yard swim is long enough to
bring forth some good efforts on
the part of the contestants. The
20-yard underwater swim al- |
ways proves an attractive event,
and In this contest the men will |
glide under the water in true sub
marine style, |
The exhibition of fancy diving
to follow will he the star event
of the program. 'fig attempt will |
be made to elabdrate on this ‘
event, as some of the best form
divers in the city will take part
in it, and their efforts will be
well worth seeing by those who
appreciate this attractive form of
aquatie sport.
After the diving contest, geveral
novelty events will be held, in
cluding an obstacle relay race. It
fs planned to have two barrels
held in place along the course,
and also a pole stretched across
the water., In the course of the
relay the men will crawl over
and circle the pole, swim through
the barrels and then touch off
their teammate, This Is sure to
call for lote of fun. The meet
will close with a fast 20-yard re
lay. The men will be lined up
in two evenly matched teams, (
and each man will swim a dis
tance of 20 yards. This should
prove an exciting event all the
way through. ‘
With such a program of events
and a splendid list of contegting
awimmers, it is hoped that many
will take advantage of witnessing
the exhibition. The hour set is
%:15, and all are asked to be in
their scats at that time. Plenty
of seats will be arranged for the
visitors.
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‘““SNAPPED"”’ IN ACTION WHILE PRACTICING THEIR
EVENTS AT LAKEWOOD DURING THE PAST WEEK.
S tville
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
Sonnets of a Shortstop.
i
| had eleven chances yesterday
And took 'em all without a skip—just so!
1 guess the guys who said that | would blow
Will think it over now, but what do they
Know about baseball? Every half-baked jay
That has the price to sit in Knockers’ Row
Is there to show how much he doesn’'t know
And shows it plenty when he has his say.
Eleven chances! That was all | had!
Seven assists—four put-outs- clean and slick!
His Nibs, the manager, says I'm the lad
And now | know for sure I'm there to stick,
| piped a little queen up in the stand
And once or twice | seen her wave her hand.
I,
You get tough breaks in baseball—that's a cinch!
It ain’t all easy sailing for a guy.
You kinda lose your goat—you don’t know why
And flooey! goes a ball you ought to clinch
An easy chance, that looked like apple pie—
And then the boneheads holler “Where’s yer eye?”
And pan you like some crowd that's out to lynch.
Today a grounder took a rotten bound
And got me on the beezer, and the stands
Began to knock me like | was a hound
And ask “Why don’t you make 'em hit your hand- "'
| got an error from the Official Scorer
And now my nose is sore and | am sorer!
Health Hints for Bleacherites.
NEVER TRY TG HOLD TWO SEATS for tardy friends on a big
day. If your friends can not get there when vou do, they will come too
late to save you.
Never pick a guarrel with a man who is rooting for the home team,
Do not slide about nervously on your seat in the bleachers.
Never take your best girl to the bleachers even when she wauts
you to save money. Buy her a seat in the stand and walt for her
after the game,
Childhood Dreams.
'Mid war's relentless rumors
I sit alone and dream
Of the dear old Boston Bloomers :
A Ladies’ Baseball Team.
They had no airs and graces
To captivate a gent;
Their fortunes were their faces
And they never had a cent
How well do I remember
Each village lady’s frown
When one day in September
The Bloomers came to tow) ’
The village husbands hurried
To see the game that day
And all the wives were worried,
Though why I can not say.
Ah, these are drab and prose days
So of the past | sing,
IFor girls were girls in those days
And had their little fling.
Has life lost all its humor?
Indeed it looks that way,
For ne'er a Boston Bloomer
Iv in our midst today'
.
As Ed Smith
B Seeslt R
HERE'S no way of getting
I away from the fact, even
though certain wrestling
men would like to do so, that Joe
Stecher Is stil! a big factor in the
heavyweight game, Whatever
may be your opinion of the result
of the April mateh in which Earl
Caddock defeated him, the fact
remains that Joe Is lable to come
back at any time and while we
wouldn't predict that he would
ever be able to beat Caddock, he
is quite llable to beat any of the
others,
Stecher was in an unfortunate
position. He went through a lot
of old-timers with such speed and
accuracy that the public was led
to believe by overenthusiastic
press agents of an amateur type
that he was utterly unbeatable,
Joe was only a kid and didn't
have the poise and acumen of a
seasoned athlete. 1 firmly believe
that was the basis of a lot of his
troubles.
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Stecher lost to John Olin In a
queer mannaer that was entirely
honest, then couldn't defeat Ed
Lewis. On top of that Barl Cad
dock came along and defeated
him cleanly. Then it was that the
public seemed to gpt the idea that
Stecher was throu;h‘ Fancy that,
and Joe not yet 23 years old!
o od )
To my notion, Joe is still ambi
tious and wants to continue in the
game that he i{s only starting. He
did wonders, far more than a
thoroughly seasoned athlete,
which Joe was not, could have
been expected to do. He beat all
of the old-timers and v:ld the job
up thoroughly and decisively. To
ask more of a mere kid was ridic
ulous.
Caddock, like Stecher, is a
wrestler of rather limited expe
rience any way you take it. He is
a mere junior, as wrestlers run, It
is known that a wrestler does not
attain his athletic majority until
he Is up around 28 or so. But
Caddock is a great wrestler—one
of the greatest—but that does not
invalidate the prediction that
Stecher is liable to yet give him a
lot of trouble.
’Town Raises Coin ¢
.
Send Star to Mich.
SAGINAW, MICH., July 21.—Resid
ents of Saginaw, who have taken
pride in the athletic achievements of
their high school star, Earl Brooks, re
cently held a public demonstration to ob
tain funds to send him to the Univer
sity of Michigan. Brooks ls generally
consldered the greatest all around ath
lete ever developed in Saginaw valley.
His father is dead. His mother is an
invalid, Brooks worked his way
through high school and his record at
interscholastic meets has been sensa
tlonal. He won his hi%h school letter
for four years in baseball, football, bas
ketball and track athletics. As a piteh
er his work hLas attracted the attention
of major league scouts and’ his friends
belleve Michigan will have another
George Sisler.
Stepping Out of Box
The attention of umplres is called to
the faet that a growing practice on the
ni'rt of batters is one reason why base
all game sometimes are longer than
hey need be.
The habit of batters stepping out of
the box for little or no cause is spread
ing and there is no good reason why It
should be allowed. What is meant is
hatters, in a moment of petulance at
real or famcied dellberateness on lhei
part of the pitcher, stepping out of the
box and thus wasting more time,
At the least sign of slowness or hesl
tancy by the pitcher, out of the box
xl(-{)fl the batter, much as a peevigh
child might be expected to do. It's a
childish thing to do, any way.
Ted Meredith Writes
For Running Shoes
James K (““Ted’’) Meredith, the
world’'s middle-distance champion run
ner, who is at present with an aviation
corps at Ilthaca, recently wrote to Sam
uel J. Dallas, secretary of the Meadow
brook Club, to send a pair of 7% E
sprinting shoes to the aviators’ camp.
Meredith can not resist the temptation
to again get into spiked shoes, and for
this reason advised Dallas to send him
a palr at once, Meredith will in the
near future have Saturday afternoons to
himself, and it Is hls plan to enter some
meets. He intends to get Into condition
for the national championships which
have been planned for Philadelphia next
month,
Omaha's Speedway
To Be Dismantled
OMAHA, NEBR., July 21.—The Omaha
motor speedway, sald by many expert
automobile drivers to be one of the fast
est mile tracks in the world, will be dls
mantled.
Several world's records were made on
the board oval, including the twenty-flve
mile mark established by KEddle Ricken
bacher; the flve-mile record by Dario
Resta, and the local lap record by Ralph
Mulford. Two men were killed while
racing on the track, Dan Colombo,
mechanlclan for Alvo Franchi, was killed
by a fall of 100 feet from the top of the
track, and Red Milburn, a motorcycle
rider, died from Injurles received when
his front wheel collapsed.
COACHES TO BECOME TRAINERS,
It 18 probable that many of the expert
‘onches who have been instructing col
tege and club teams in track and other
~ports, as well as physical directors of
the leading colleges, will be taken Intol
the Government service, They will be
given charge of the men in the various
camps as physical trainers for the army.
College Directors Meet in August
to Decide Fate of Gridiron
Sport for the Coming Season.
HE question of what is in store
T for gridiron enthusiasts during
the present war crisis will be
answered the latter part of this month
when the chief moguls of the inter
collegiate world gather uat their
scheduled convention in Washington,
D. C, on August 2
It is most diMicult to make pre
dictions at this time as to just what
action these college officials will
take. However, it may be said that
their decision in the matter will
volce the sentiment of a majority of
gridiron fans
The coming conference of the rep
resentatives of the National Inter
collegiate Athletic Assoclation should
prove the most important in the his
tory of sports in this country. Dele
gates from every college, preparatory
and high school of the country have
been invited to attend.
In fact, every individual who has
any interest whatsoever in intercol
leglate happenings is to be made wel
come at the coming gathering of
moguls. true test of the sentiment
of the athletlc world is to be made
On the decision of this monster gath
ering hinges the continuation of ail
intercollegiate sports. - .
Should the delegates at the confer
ence vote for the restoration of ath.
letics there is little question but that
each and every school of learning will
adjust itg strongest and most power
ful shoulder to the wheels of their
respective athletic band wagon, while,
on the other hand, should the senti
ment of the assembled delegates
prove to be opposed to the revival
of athletics, Intercollegiate sports
will suffer a sudden death.
On the final voting of the delegates
hangs the question of whether ath
letics shall form part of the daily
life of Uncle Sam’'s future fighters or
not.
| Difficult to Predict.
It is most difficult for anyone to
predict the coming action of the Na
tional Intercollegiate Athletic Asso
ciation. No canvass, no matter how
thorough it may be, could possibly
'gauge the coming action of the as
' sembled delegates. In fact, every at
tempt to uncover the sentiment of
the intercollegiate world as to the
restoration of athletics has been met
with a rebuff. Only one or two of the
chief moguls have expressed them
selves on the subject. A majority af
firm that their minds are open to
reasoning, but when questioned as
to whether it's an argument for or
against the revival of sports, they
are hoping to hear, they reply, “Let
ug hear both sides."” GSO
It is safe to say, however, that a
majority of our Western seats of
learning will send their delegates
fully instructed on this point. Alon
zo A. Stagg, a gridiron and diamond
star at Yale some 25 years ago, and
recognized as one of the brainiest
coaches of the athletic world, is one
who is firmly behind the movement
for a restoration of all branches of
sport. #
The Chicago mentor has pointed out
the great henefits to be deprived from
an athletic training. Also, he is sure
to offer much argument as to why
such training will help to prepare the
‘ynuths of this country to face a for
eign foe,
‘ He has tabulated a long list of the
athletic champlons who have joined
Uncle Sam's fighting forces, and is
ready to convince all hands that men
‘of this type are the ones most wanted
in the United States army and navy. ‘
~ Also, the fact that all branches of
gports are being indulged in by the
soldier eandidates at our concentra
tion camps is another factor which is
sure to add much welght to his argu
ments. Then again, the fact that he
himself has been accepted by the Gov
ernment as an athletic instructor at
the Pacific Coast student officers’
training camp is another thing which
is sure to add force to his plea for the
revival of sports.
Stagg Strong for Athletics.
It was the determined fight of Coach
Stagg which caused a majority of our
Middle Western colleges to retaln
athletics since the outbreak of war,
The same spirit which madé his grid
fron elevens the most conslstent per
formers of all teams west of the
Alleghenies has proved the stumbling
block for the hysteria that invaded
Bastern athletic fields.
Stagg is the individual who refused
to abandon athletics upon the decla
ratlon of war. He held steadfast tn‘
the opinfon that athletics were the
most important asset of a soldier's
makeup. He s sure to come East to
the meeting in Washington reinforced
with abundance of arguments.
Major A. J. Pickering, of the ath
letie board of the University of Penn
sylvania, is another who Is open to
his declarations that athletics should
be revived. In fact, it was prinei
pally to the stand taken by Major
Pickering that the Keystone State
collegians continued all sports during
the past scholastic term.,
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Hold Big Regatta,
Is Official's Advice
MINNEAPOLIS, July 21.—-The regatta
of the American Power Boat Association,
scheduled to be held here on August
23-25, will not be calleq off on account
of the war, according to George Mowry,
chairman of the committee in charge of
the regatta. Mowry received a telegram
from %’runklln . Roosevelt, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, urging that all
scheduled regattas be held,
“Should it become apparent later that
the men, especially those employed on
the engines of power boats, would be
more useful in the service, regattas can
then bhe called off,” Roosevelt advised.
Preparations for this year's meeting
are going forward rapidly and local en
thusliasts hope to have a large fleld of
entries. Six boats, including Miss Min
neapolis, holder of the world's record,
have been entered.
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| By Lawrence Perry.
ALTER CAMF has studied the
W intercollegiate situation as o
| lates to football and has des
cided that the game is not altoget] e
out of the question for any coll -4
or university next fall. Mr.
findings are herewith presented: S
“There are three distinet points b
be taken note of In the consid ion
of whether the important football -
situations will be represented
leams next fall, o
"These toree are:
“(1) The possibility of suffiel ¢
time for prectice, ¥
"(2) The question of material, ]
“(8) The question of sentiment. i
“Taking these up in order, as to the
first—the possibllity of sufficient tin
for practice. At almost all the w
versities and colleges, the curricul T
proper will be carried on as wu "
At most of themn military drill and
instruction will be added to the
riculum. This will naturally fall
the hours formerly devoted to at] -
letics. But as ‘all work and no p Y
makes Jack a dull boy,' the ch o
are that two out of the six afte ng
might be (with the consent of ¢
iilitary instructors and the desire of
the men) devoted to football p e
tice, A certain gain would also ¢o o
from military drill on the condi
ing side so that it would be falr &
raise this practice ratio from 331-3
per cent—the ratio of two days cut o .
BlX—t6 50 per cent, or equivalent to
three days out of six.” g
Material Not Scarce.
“As to the second question—that of
material. The larger part of the two
upper classes will undoubtedly have
lent themselves to the service of the
country, so that the two lower ¢ s
are the only ones to be counted upon,
This would mean freshman materia
of last year with perhaps ome
sprinkling of the scrub teams. A team
made up from such material with the
above 50 per cent of practice shoule
be, as far as the standard and va
riety of play is concerned, at the end
of November very nearly where &
'varsity team would be at the begii
ning of the first week in November,
with possibly a little advanced phys
ical Condition. Would two such te
meeting in the place of the ial
'varsity teams render a good account
of themselves before one of our crit=
Acal and typical football crowds? P L
sonally, I believe they would. I think
the usual tactics would be acquired
and the physical condition would not
|be bad. I believe our trainers at 3
colleges could accomplish this.
“Now, to take up the last questi Mfi
—sentiment. Under this heading
would come the practical problem of
adjusting expense to receipts. Would
people care enough about such a eo #
test to attend in considerable num
bers? Secondly, would the proba lity
of such a contest detract from any
one's rendering service to the greater
cause of country? The easiest ay
to attack this problem at the larger
}volleges would be to send cut at once,
just as in the fall application b i
are distributed, pledges for signatures
reading somewhatas follows: [ here«
by apply for —— geats for the
game, to be played on November —-—,
it being understood that conditions
may prevent such a contest, in which
case this amount inclosed ig to go to
the general unlversity fund for the
contination of teachers’ salaries,
application blank must be returned to
the university treasurer on or before
July I.’
Would Be Prepared. o
“By adopting this means, the uv_.
versiy authorities would know posi<s
tive'y what they can afford to exp 2.
in preparaiion, and in time to act un. ;x
derstandingly, and their word would
be accepted loyally if they deters "
mined that conditions in the fall made
it inadvisable to have football. No ™
one is desirous of forgetting theses
rious business at hand, but a cle P
understanding of the situation would
help on all sides. The chances are
that sueh a course would clear the
way for football and general athletics =
of a character less dependent upom
large expenditures, but quite enough =
to furnish interest and relaxation
from what would otherwise be tod
much depressing influences,”
Fencing Benefited ‘
One sport that has undoubtedly bon«f;g
efited immensely through the war i
fencing. Here and there throughout the!
United States. where the men are wont
to use the folls, duelling sword and
saber for their exercise, has been noted |
a tremendous Increase in interest in the
anclent art of fencing. B
The war 1&g, of course, responsible for
this condition, and this is a remarkable
thing, in view of the fact that the o
has become completely obsolete in mods
ern warfare. True, the bayonet ;
plays an Im{mrlnm part in fighting, ands
right here is where fencing becoms
worth while from the soldier's oW -
point Fencing trains the eyve and arn
and makes the soldier quicker of so ,;fi’f
In speaking of the benefits derfved
from fencing, a French master L]
folls says: 5
“Fencing for centuries has been, ar
is today, a recognized factor as a Spe
and an exceedingly worthy and Interes
ing exercise. Moreover, it has been
that a fencer can learn more of a
gon in a 16-minute bout than he migl
in vears of acquaintance—whether loyi
in hig acknowledgment, gentle, s "
antagonistic In his manner and 0!
wise in judgment, quick in action am
execution, S Vi
“Not only is every muscle in the bhodys
brought into play by fencing, but ti a
powers of the brain and eye are quicks
ened.” TN
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s. AMERICA COLD TO HARNESS.
Running horse racing is popul "’fi
South American cities. The light ha
ness sport has few if any suppo o
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