The evening world. Newspaper, May 21, 1918, Page 14

x t ‘ 412 B.C. WITHOUT OF FATIGUE. Our American Negro Soldier Do- ing Great Fighting, Especially With Bayonets, Against the Germans. Covrizh! 1918 by 1 The New ¥ HE American KPO suldiers are already giving the Germans laste of their fighting quality Men of their race can feel atremely proud of Private Needham Robert and Private Henry Johnson, by from Now’ York, who have rece!ye the Freneh Croix de for horule fighting, The performance 8 of Roberts and Johnson were just what might have been expected. Down at Upton the other soldiers watched the negro regiment stationed there a couple of months ago with the greatest interest “Those boys certainly do love the bayonet,” said an officer to me one day when we were watching ‘ t darkies at work. And they did. Cold steel is the of the African. handling it centuries of hand-to-hand fighting with and heavy knife. The negro regimes Went through bayonet Practice with Il the fury of actual ¢ ertainly weapon Ile has been bred to in natur asna The negro regiments will do great | fighting in this war, The feats of Roberts and Johnson, already described in the news, de serve a place in history, Surprised in an outpost by two dozen Germany on patrol and after prisoners, Rob erts was knocked down and wounded by bursting hand the ground he threw grenades at the edvancing Germans with his hand, bis right being disabled, Meay while Johnson ki « rifle shot nade, Lying ed o rian with and another with hie clubbed gun, and was struck by three revolver bullets. — Three mans teleed the wounded Roberts to drag Nim away, and Johnson turned and ushed at them, killing two with his heavy bolo knife, This broke up the part The remaining Germany panic stricken by such furlous re- sistance, retreated, Johnson, before he collapsed, hurled one more gren- All of these negro infantrymen are trained boxers and wonders with th eves, FAMOUS amateur athicte now serving in France writes home: “We've just had an athletic meet T went in five events, won two firs a second and @ third. The piizes were all cash and [ cleaned uy forty-two francs. 1 suppose if the A. A. U, heard of this they'd de- clare me a ‘pro.’ It wouldn't worry me.” The A. A. U. isn't going to declare any army athletes “professionals” be- cause they compete in the Regular Ariny sports for cash priges or any Over Kind of prizes. If the A, A, U. did there'd be a new A. A. U. But probably the A. A. U, doesn't care to interfere with any detail of army ath- Je tic Affairs, Soldiering Is essentially a professional care The soldier can't be a “mug hunter.” He couldn't carry any “mugs” around with him. A sol- dier is supposed to take part in any form of army athletic competition, id he will compete for nothing but the joy of winning or for whatever prizes the officers (ell him to compete dor, A soldier lives u life that is under No regulation aside from that of the military government. When the war is over he can come right back as an amateur athlete if he was an ama- teur before—and if he cares for such mild excitement after playing in the greatest game of them all, ILLY GIBSON wires that Benny Leonard leaves for New York May 26 and that he will be revdy to show his skill for the sol- diers whenever called upon. Benny Wil go, right back to Upton, where his brother Charlie has been filling dis place as ubsence, Leonard has done no fighting for himself on the Western trip, He was detailed by the Commission on Train. ing Camp Activities to help the rais- ing of army athletic funds on the Corst When he went West Leonard was stiff and heavy from the hard grind 4 Upton competition in the ring have brought him back to his champlonship form, wid he will go to work again with Dew enthusiasm and pep. instructor during his UNDAY afternoon at Grounds a large number of the best athletes in New York will| ompete in running, jumping and elght throwing events. The re- cetpts will go to of Camp Dix and Fort Slocum, Jack € | ets, Pat McDorald, Dave Polltzer DIOGENES HAS BEEN ACTIVE SINCE Probably the rest and the| the Polo} the athletic funds ANY VISIBLE SIGNS THAT A HUSIKY Guy LiKe Ts ALWAYS DRAWS A CADDIE Them Ideal Soldiers, Says Head of P. S. A. L. | By Bruce Copeland. OYS—sturdy young specimens of B American manhood—have al ways figured largely in. the activities of Gen. Ge Ww. Win- gute because in the glowing flush of hoyhood Gen, Wingate, himself a sol- |dier of his flag, could see the grim, inscrutable faces of fighting men In the service of their country. he twig of to-day—the tree of to- morrow, Gen, Wingate would muse several years back (perhaps fifteen or twenty) whenever he saw big and Mtile boys romping home from school, playing their games on the common or with bowed heads in church wht they listened to the word of their Maker. Pope declared that “just us the twig is bent, the tree Is inclined,” Mterally taking the very words right out of Gen, Wingate’s mouth. When the North and South sought one another's throat with fratricidal fury, Gen. Wingate had barely tained his majority, but five years hence his manhood was tempered with the strength of charactor wh only intensive military training give, And it was during the great Civil War that Gen, Wingate, Presi- dent ef the Public School Athletic League, became convinced that the athle wakes the best soldi he said yesterday at the annual meeting of the league at which all the offi cers were re-elected, WINGATE DEVISES PLAN FOR SCHOOLBOY DISCIPLINE, For yeurs the officers of the P. 8. A. L. had predicted that impending war was inevitable, und urged that the kreat mass of the city's youth should be made strong, alert, disciplined and trained to become expert with the rifle. elicited howls of protests from the smug throats of pucifista, some of whom sought to quell the rising sent ments as members of the Board of Education, A majority of the school principals were in favor of the plan for military training, and eventually it was introduced While the Board of Education was deadlocked over the question, the offi- cluls of the P. 8. A. L., led by Gen Wingate, devised a means of dis plining the schoolboys in the manual farms in spite of the pacifist edu- cutors, Soon every available armory was filled at various times with boys in uniform, who had come to partici- pate in the military training with the consent of their parents and princt- pals Weeks and months sped quick and little by littl these hund schoolboys became practical de | of their country should come. Finally, with the war cloud in the offiing, they flocked to the call to |arms as thoroughly conditioned young men, Who did not need to be taught how to drill and shoot When the »| tional Army by ds of nders tine ever first consignment of Na- troops embarked Tor Mie Voekle, Jim Plant and Terry) France there were hundreds of former Halpin are among the contestants. | P. 8. A. L. boys in their midst. Since — |then they have been sailing for the | Chg M'GOORTY is worried be- cause be can't get enough fight- ing in the army. dicin't get it. Valt a bit, Eddie. acrupping to do on the other side, Eddie wanted @ furlong to fight Phil Harrison and There'll be some other side from the local cantonments almost every week. Hundreds have been in the fighting trenches for weeks; hundreds of others are either there or on the way. Many have al- ready distinguished themselves for bravery under fire and during other crucia) moments when disaster threat~ 7 tuwe THIS - - - - Jobtain the names of from 300 to 450) 108 of brook school in a resi- | at-| | who hi Such pleas for preparedness | he | THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1918. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK _ Making Good in Trenches, | Copyright, 1 by TI Fistic News and Gossip By John Pollock dd unte iid stem the Marly last y tndonmitall tide manhood 5,000 schoolboys ac If the Armory A. A y cit which ts to conduct open alr boxing hows this summer, te 81 ful in getting a llvense from the New Hoxing Commission at its regular tively enrolled tn the P.S. A. L. we weekly meeting at Trenton, N. J., to- receiving military training, Whenlday, the officials Intend to stage its Hern at teclured @ vast majority of first show on Monday evening, May Kut in the sections beyond Greater |27. The principals in the main go New York « lack of military training | will be Frankle Calahan of Brooklyn turned hundreds back. of the PLS. A as physically fit of the others were rejected While the P, 8. A. L. has found dificult to compile the names of Practically former members who have entered the service, it is believed that fully 75 per cent, of those who have en- listed tn New York since the first were former schoolboy athletes w Nad had military training. In the outlying districts of Brook- and Queens, high schoo! though comparatively — small, have the names of 170 to 1 200, while Manhattan ne larger have Nigh schools only been able euch, Publle School No. Iyn, although a sma dential district, has 500 former P. A. L, athletes In th FOR VALOR, The Intermediate schools, where t 8 are all in the upper grades, o ce much larger numbers, Pub chools Nos, 188 and 62 (M aving 830 and 1,200 respectively. may be interesting to note t School No, 62 is located In the mide eust sid fully 90 per cent sians or Polish Hebrews. Fully 60 ve trained at the Long Isla cantonments are former P. 8. A. members, and from timo to time sev- » have been rewarded for eral oft distinguished valor, Tedford H, Car who won the P. S.A. L. swimmi a medal for saving t all boys were passed more than one-third all army and navy. |P. S. A. L. BOYS WIN HONORS, nhattan), | Publle | and a majority of its pupils are either Rus- per cent. of the young men May by diving twice through | and Jimmy Duffy, the west side light- weight, they having been signed up to-day by the matchmaker. Callahan it]is to receive a guarantee of $850. its For the second tim {n @ month Harry Wills, the fast and clever colored bearywelght, scored « knockout over Sam Langford, the veteran colored fighter of Boston at Panama on Sunday, Harry finiohed Sam in the seventh round of « twenty- round contest, punishing bim so badly that his seconds threw up the sponge to him from @ sure Knockout, Wills ts now considered the bes: colored “heary" fu the business ho of Owing (o the fact that I'ankie “Young” Britt, the New Bedford lightweigut, had «! Of agreement for @ battle on M: which was S.| the name dato that the officials of the Armory A. A, of Boston had thought of putting bim on with Johnny Dundee at their show, his go with avd articles night of June 4, he an He Johnny Dundee will take part in bis first bout since his illaess at the Olympla A, A, of Phile- delphia on next Monday night, matchmaker of the elub, tou raugements for the butt, | meet Eddie Morgan, the English boxer, in the Jetar bout at @ show on that niglit, Dundes will eet into shape for the go at Billy Grupy’s gym. asim, | It completed all ar He Not caring to take any chances of injuring hia Nanda in hin bout with Onear Anderson, the leary Weight af Denmark, at North Adams, Mas nd L. ‘Thuraday night, which would prevent him from 1M, | mesiing Frank Moran at the big losing abow Ng | for the Ned Crom at Madiaon Square Garten hi on Wriday night, Nill Brennan haa called off his go with Andemon so an to be eure aud be 8 fect of water in its hold and plug-| oo hand tw bax Moran, sing a leak at the bottom. Hobey aie Baker and Tommy Lennan, both for-] Another big boxing whow for the Red Cre mer schoolboy stars, have become | will te staged at the Armory A. A. of Jomey distinguished in the Aviation Corps. | City om next Batuntay night. "There will. be ——— several real battles fought with Irankie Hurns, the crack Jewey City bantamweight, meeting Johnny Solahers of Brooklyn or some other good Vantam in the star bout of euwht rounda Jeff Sanit), Young Rector and many other good fighter will box, nos (Babe) as Ruth, piteher, a r of the Lew Tendier, the Ihiladeljsh k lightweight Boston Red Sox, was overcome while on | hae just been matched for er batt whie the way to yway Park and was taken | Wil net ne has oft 000 for his to a hospital, where physicians said he end, His opponent will be Vincent Pokornt, the Was suffering with an acute throat affec- | promtaing Cleveland lightweight hey will come Hon, Hospital doctors suld he probably | together in tie main event of ten rounds at a would be out of the game for several + Y Sete for Several | open air show to tw staged by Matt Hinkel on May NN ARBOR, Mich,, May 21.—Michi Robby Gunnis, who held many open air shows took the lead in. the conference | at Shite Meld, wie home of the Philadelphia Club ball tithe race by defeating Liinois | of whe American League, last year, has secured @ 8 to 4. Timely hitting by the Wolverines, | on the same place to hold we of thene with Hlinois’s errors, netted Michigan's | ghg © thie summ He is now wying to eign runs 7 tn Champion Peie Herman (0 meet Joe Lyne oo : June 1 unnis expecla to get Herman for 40 Lae ey MTMmMered | oor cent, of the receijis and Lynch 20 per cent, MIX hits and rin the ffth : shed for the vi a Boston won, 11 to « total ays held Clevela to five hits, In the eighth he hit Speal on top of the head. ‘The latter did 1 collapse, but ran the bi Hoston hit s twenty-four bi Evander Childs High Schoo teum annexed its ninth conse ro of the season by trouncing Townsend Harris Hall nine in the ¢. N. Y. stadium by the score The Bronx players maintaine throughout and thelr advantage never threatened, Jordan, with four h in five times at bat, and Mirshfeld, w . record of five hits in us many times bat, led the victorious team in hitting PHILADELPHIA. May 21 out and the buses full in the fourteen inning, Merlin Kopp of the Athlet tale home, beating Detrolt 6 to'¢ 8 based: had reached third on @ pass, a steal and Gardner's single. 0b of 9 to 3 was | With two nd 1. | Western of nd Tt has just been learned that J, as Dot Dew 4 wae guaranteed for bie. ten-n Mike at St. Paul The money was tied up by a court onler which John Heisler got out against the officials of the an} pirt bad eetthel 2 C* | Dempery, y. the 85,000 nd go a fow weeks ago, which he with Milly > yay Dempey until claim against as of Weehay bn gett Although the off Sportamen's ( { LL been Unsuoreent tie New Jemey Horing Heximer'a ad & Norse from ieaion {9 bold box 1s awrmo at Riding Academy, the ere of Frankie Burne and Joe Loneh han hed the manager of the clud that they will y to ome other club in New Jamey to put the bout between the boys if they don't its | ith | at on receive @ license from the Commission to-day, nth es He Basebal} Te-Pay, 8.45 P.M. NY, Yan. re) cage, Volo’ Grinade, “Adim, Boor—Adre ) Hy fj _ they are surpassing past perform- Dundee has therefore been postponed until the | Jack Hanlon, | ing dim wo t?\ Britton and Ted Lewis who have met ! | | | Le i 18 doing itself proud tp | favorite, and Bill Brennan of Chicago. ‘and j will finish the sea rame be 44} Would monopolize the hall of fame laa final game between Manual and fo" dieching go-hit kames. However, nis contest will be one worth |On that day, against ris High going a long way to witness, Two of | School, Joe Stack, the Clinton star, Me stat ‘school. boy trirlers, in| entered his name with the Brooklyn Greater New York, Juceam of Manual | eats by pitching @ no-hit, no-run | Queens Borough High Bohool Athletic} top ‘the Bp, @ A. Ie championship the annual meet on Saturday at As- | NONOrs. ah torla Vield to Pushing, or thirteen e ot ay years, since the beginning of the as Tt took eleven innings for Peddic IT MIGHT ALARM SOME BASEBALL FANS TO KNOW THE DAILY DEATH RATE ON THE BASES. A FUNNY THING ABOUT GOLF IS— Press Publishing Cu. (The New York Evening World), WE A Pook SHRIMP LiKe TAIS Awaers GETS Acappe Lite av IMISS HELEN RICE WINS FIRST “MET”. GL’ TANS TM Chopin School Player Defeats Miss Winifred Aydelotte in Straight Sets. ' | Miss Helen Rice of Chapin School won the first metropolitan girls’ lawn tennis championships on the courte of | West Side Tennis Club, at Forest Hills, Jofeatirg Miss Winifred Aydelotte | suraignt sets by a score of 6—2, 6—2. in the semi-final round Miss Rice dis- posed of Miss Joy Hansel, likewise in straight sets, and by score of 64, 64, ‘The Brooklyn junior tennis champion- ship at the Terrace Club narrowed down to the final round, the remaining cen- tenders for the title being Vincent Rich- | ards, the national boys’ champion, and | Harold Taylor, holder of the Metropoli }tan junior championship. Richards won his way to the advanced posttion fm the }tournament by disposing of twa’ con- tenders, In the third round he van- 4 Richard Myers of Philadelph and in the semi-final rout ‘ald Emerson at 6—0 6: + also disposed of a Philadelphian. Pfingst, but only after a sptrited ree-set_ match, The score was 3—6 —4, is, PITTSBURGH, Pa., May Greb to-day carried the marks of his ardest rin attle, following his fight ith “Soldier” Bartfleld at Forbes Field losing the first si Red Cross Boxing Show — At Garden Friday Night Expected to Draw $50,000 pate" Sear Ten Bouts of Ten Rounds, Each Are on Programme as Now Arranged. many times, will meet again, Every | time they met it has been a flercely contested affair, Lewis is the welter- | welght champion, yet don't be shocked if Isritton should take his measure, as jhe declures he is going to strive his] utmost to put the Englishman away. . + " other great fight should be that By Alex, Sullivan. |beteen Frank Moran, the Pittsburgh 1 ra vitig around|the Inepiring| mom mack & ceo. wallop. Prennls Red Cross in arranging for) Johnny Dundee vs. Eddie Wallace are {bouts that will be rattling set-tos, Harry Greb and Gunboat Smith and Jeff Smith and Augie Ratner are sure to provide interesting fistic competi- tions. Battling Levinsky and Jim Coffey are sure to keep the fans on their toes throughout, Jack Sharkey and Joe bein. e 3 ene! Lynch, two fast bantame, will delight g the most generous class in the | iione who like to see the midgets in| world when it came to unloosening| action, their purse strings for a worthy| Not wouly have the present day box: 8 rs rallied to the Red Cross, but all the cause, but tn the present instance! ciatimers, such as Jack’ McAuliffe. | Patsy Haley, Young Corbett, Joe Bernstein, Young Griffo, Jack Skelly, Abe Attell, Freddie Welsh and others have asked to be matched, but the| show would last a week if all the boys who were willing were put on, so their Jackson and} the monster show, Pices of the allted motion Square Boxers ways under the aus- theatrical and picture team, at Madison Garden on Friday night. and boxing fans have al- enjoyed the reputation of ances, Just think of the card that Messrs. Joe Humphreys and Charlie Harvey have arranged. There are ten ten- round bouts and every " willoba & ae Abas roge of these | "Not only are tho boxers, ma # real fight, In every in-/ ang promoters doing their bit toward stance the princtpals will do their|making Friday night's show in the best to gain the honors. Many of the |Garden a huge success, but the fans bouts arranged are between such|are now making @ drive to the box| bitter rivals that {t would not be| office in the Garden and at the va- surprising if several resulted in|rious agencies, which indicates at knockouts, }least a $50,000 house Friday night. Every boxer who volunteered—and |John McCormack, the famous singer, there were only @ few who didn't—|who is a great fan, paid $1,000 for a insisted that he moet the best man|box. Thisafternoon Raymond Hitch- | possible, and that the bout should be|cock and a bevy of pretty girls will| a real honest-to-goodness scrap—not | visit Wall Street in a tally-ho and| one of those parlor exhibitions auction set seats, To-morrow Bob | So you've got to hand it to the box-| Hilliard, another popular actor, will | ers for their generous spirit. Jack|do a similar stunt at the Jamaica | ‘track, | NLIKE Staten the Manhattan-Bronx- | Island division, the Brooklyn schools of the P, %. A. I. baseball tournament are fur- nishing the most interesting fight for « title ina P. 8, A. L. championship thas has been witnessed in many & In a game that wa: featured by |sensational fielding on the part of | the winners, Brooklyn Prep. defeated | Erasmus Hall at Commercial Fleld Saturday by the score of 6 to 1. The Prep, infleld was Itke a stone wall. Drive after drive, many of them \abelled for two or three bases, were on season, While in the division on|60bbled up by Eschmann, Hawkins 7 Tierne: ts. this side of the Bridge it 1s almost a und Tierney and turned into put outs. Although Hehl received wonderful support from his teammates, his work in the box was of a high order, ‘The Crown Heights twirler allowed four hits—two of the scratchy kind—and struck out eight Flatbush batters. The batting honors went to O'Rourke, the Prop right fielder. This young- ster had a perfect average. Out of three trips to the plate he got two sin- gles and a home rua. He also stole two bases, certainty that Evander will carry off the honors, conditions are much dif- ferent in Brooklyn. Out of five teams battling for the championship, three of them, Krasm Manual and Coin- nereial, are now tied for first place, from the present outlook it ap- if at least two of these teams ion in a tie for the honors, Brooklyn P. 8. Brasmius is al certain to be one of the teams. As lo the other it wi entirely depend upon the outcome of Up to Saturday it looked very much as if the Brooklyn school boy twirlers : : Il came, He also struck out fourteen and Hageman of Commercial will un” men, It was by far the cleverest per- doubtedly be opposed to one another | formance turned in by & Munhattan Sa aenie ea etens imot duecam wot the | School boy, this season. Clinton won eee the Comimorciny Star in| DY the score of 6 to 0, Stack ts surely Yerdint eee eee ners’ duels | Tunding into form and undoubtedly eee crear eaitneetic dia. | Will make Evander hustle to win when Clinton and the Bronx school hook up for their final game on Wednes- di A victory for the Red and Black will place them in a tle with Evander mond by the score of 1 to 0, For the first time in the history of clation, Bryant High has carried home | Institute of Hightstown, N. J., to get |the trophy. It was the sterling per-|the verdict over Poly Pi at Dyker formance of Crawford that carried the |Heights on Saturday score day for Flushing. This schoolboy | was 2 to 0, It was a pitchers’ battle marvel won the half and mile runs in excellent time. Flushing scored 63 between MacLean for Peddie and Car- In Harkness Race. ————— | Benny Kauffman in six fast rounds. The initial workout for the 100-mile | Harkness Handicap at the Sheepshead Wills Stops utord. Bay Speedway was confined m to PANAMA, May 21.—Harry Wilis, ne testing of motors in short t 5 Zoston 1 : 7 Oldiield, Vail, Mulford and one or two) {ie Boston neero from further buntsh others were clocked 4 iles an| m i hour now until the day of the Williams Defeats McGovern, big r hoon practice spins. The hee Rigel vine lightwefght sensation in the person of In the time allowance they Frankie Williams was revealed to the for the Harkness compotition, Louls| patrons of the Olympla A. A. here las Chevrolet will be placed on serateh, the | night, when ina six-round bout Willtams veteran Frenehinan’s reward for winning | scored an eat Victory over Young Terry the Speedway title last nm. ‘The | MeGovern, also of th ty id handicaps to be given the others are still a matter of speculatior Ralph De Palma prising admissi any handi win this contest.” sald the Italian dare- devil to-day, any one say afterward it was due to the time allow: intend to make a request of the race oM- Leonard's Bouts Add $12,000 More, diers and was increased by $12,000 last receipts and voluntary c a boxing benefit, at which Bi ard, lightweight’ champion « instructor at Camp U cipal attraction, paper writers’ decision over Loui of this city tr ou § Springs Company team by 4 score of 11 to 3 on the Prospect Park ball grounds, | The batter: and Conway. rao for Poly, Faoh twirler allowed points as against 60 for Bryant. Rich- | five hits, The Peddie boy struck out mond Hill was third, with 36 points, and Newton was fourth, with 32, Far Rockaway was a bad last, with only 3 points. eizht men, while Carrao made twelve Peddie men fan tho air, Reed for Peddie and MoRea for Poly were the stars of the game, me pulling it to a draw in t Ret , rtfield gathered a lot of off tried all honors in the Louis Chevrolet | Put on Scratch | ay for Joe Leoni HIA, May 21.—Joe Leon- trooklyn bantam, regis- at the Olympia A. A by decisively whipping man PHILAL ard, the crack da big hit night tel here last kro pugilist, defeated the veteran Sam wieford in seven rounds, the latter's nds throwing up the sponge to say: ime trials quently were attempted, De Palma, Resta, though Chevrolet, will be morning and afters! PHILADELPHIA, May —A new With characteristic — sportsinanship, ade the rather sur- » that he didn't want p. "I am very anxtous to SPORTING. | | “but [I don't care to haye e I received. Therefore, I 's that they put me on sc ——_—— | To-Morrow JAMAICA LONG ISLAND $2,000 NEWTOWN STAKES THE ATLANTIC HANDICAP and Four other Good Races INNING AT 4 SPECIAL @ Penna. atch," LOS ANGELE: Sailors , May 21.—The Sol- Camp Athletic Fund night by | ributions at Leonard won a four-round bout O11 Stars Win Again, In a spirited game the Richard Alre Stars defeated the Kallway S ed by i Stand, ®i3.301 Ladies, 81.65, Including War Tax, for the Oil Stars was Wal: 10% of our total sales for Thursday, May 23rd, will be donated to the American Red Cross Fund. Cigarettes!! A Chance of a Lifetime Buy them for the boys in the camps (boxes of one hundred) —for your friends —for yourself, 50 Million Turkish Blend Cigarettes Usually Sold at 20c and 30c > 10c = of ten mt Also boxes of twenty and one hundred at 20c and $1.00 Having contracted for the entire Turkish cigarette manufacturer, we Opportunity at your disposal. Output of a, now put the At all stores of Acker, Merrall & Condit EST. 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