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THE WADSWORTH GAS ATTACK a n d RIO GRANDE RATTLER i 5 CAMP SPORTS EDITED B7 F. J. ASHLEY M c D e r m o t t s h o w s c l a s s a s THUMPER. New Fistic Light Discovered Already by Frank Moran. A num ber of earnest young men wagged their padded fists at each other in a num b er of bouts at the K. of C. Clubhouse S a tur day night, D ecem b er 15th. It was the first of a series of soirees to be given by F rank Moran, the taw n y topped gladiator who is in camp to help us develop a punch. The bouts were to have been held in the Red Triangle Tent, but the tent blew down so F rank took his battlers, and a large audience, to the K. of C. building. M cDermott Stops Coldgrave. The star of the evening was Fred Mc Dermott, a very able bodied young m an from Albany, N. Y., who came south to spend the w inter w ith w h a t used to be the 2d Field H o spital Co. He liked it so well down here he decided to stay. The clim ate evidently agreed w ith Fred. He brandished as mean a collection of knuckles as any man has shown around this camp for many a moon. H is first opponent was Billy Cold- grave of the 108th Infantry. Remember th a t nam e —Coldgrave. Fred laid Billy low in the second round. Then Fred, who is an am a teur champion up in the sunny N o rth, gave an exhibition w ith F ran k Moran, in which he did very creditably. F rank didn’t tro t out “Mary A n n ,” the justly celebrated clout w ith which he used to knock Jim Coffey for a shower- bath shack, hut he showed an appreciative audience th a t he would be a m ighty danger ous m a n to pick on. Other Bouts. Jack Collins, 106th M. G. Batt., convinced Billy B rym a n of the 102d Engineers th a t Billy was better at building roads than w al loping in an argum e n t th a t lasted two rounds. They weighed 145 lbs. A1 Shannon, M. G. Co., 47th Inf., was too much for B illy Freem an, C'o. E., 106th Inf., 125 lbs. Freedm an Pepper, Co. H., 106th Inf., 150 lbs., failed to live up to his last name and lost to Jesse Robinson, 3d Ambulance Co. Jim m y Stewart, Hdqts. Co., 106th Inf., and F rank Clump, of the sam e company, 133 lbs., fought a good draw. The bouts were most exciting. They were so w a rm the soldiers forgot the chill breezes. T h e re will be more of them , under the direction of F rank Moran. COMPANY K’S MAN WINS LONG RACE Vic Voteretsas, of Seventy-First Infantry, Finishes First in Cross Country Run. Vic Voter etsas, Company K, 71st infantry, showed his heels to a classy field of hill and dales in the initial cross-country run of the 27th division over a four-mile course, Saturday, December 15th. V o teretsas breasted the tape at the finish just two seconds ahead of Nick Gianapolus, of the 106th. The last mile and a half developed into a duel between the two Greek runners. Voteretsas displayed the greatest stam ina of the two, and managed to come through in a thrillin g finish. Frankie Zuna, of the 14th infantry, landed third place. The prize for the company finishing a squad first w e n t to the B company, of the 102d engineers. A score or more of valuable prizes, donated by the m e rchants of Spartanburg, were dis tributed among the runners. The team prize was a silver trophy. The runners finished in the order nam e d : Name. Regim ent. Time. Vic V o teretsas, Company K, 71st 22:56 Nick Gianapolus, H o spital Corps, 106th 22:58 F rank Zuna, 14th ................. .. .................. 23:53 R. W illiams, Base H o spital ............. 24:20 C. F. Blankenberg, Company F, 102d e n g in e e r s ............... ................ 24:32 F ran k Davey, Company B, 102d en gineers .......... 24:38 Jerry Flynn, Company B, 102d en gineers ....................................................... 24:42 C. Swartz, Company D, 102d infantry. 25:14 Lemberg, 14th ......................... .. ................ 24:59 DeSilva, 14th ........................... 25:26 E. F. Naylor, Company F, 102 en gineers ................................................ 26:05 Sergt. L. W ebster, 71st in f a n tr y 26:11 J. Duffy, Company L, 105th ................. 26:15 C. Duror, H o spital Corps, 107th ........ .. 26:31 C. J. Lilly, Company L, 105th ............... 26:15 Charlie Davis, 14th .................................. 26:52 H enry Hare, Company H, 102d en gineers ..................................................... 27:02 Shiftman, Company B, 102d engineers 27:19 L. Caldwell, Company B, 102 engineers 27:33 McLoy, Company B, 102 engineers. .. 27:38 Powell, Company B, 102d en g in e e r s ... 27:40 Freshler, H e a d q u a rters Company, 1 0 6 t h ........................................................... 27:41 T. E. Pierce, 107th . ................................ 28:12 Hotkms, 107th ............................................ 28:19 Scott, 1 0 6 t h .................................................. 28:24 Corporal Hall, Company K, 105th......... 28:25 Longnecker, 106th infantry ................ 28:39 Phil Murdel, Company B, 107th .......... 28:57 Heilni, H e a d q u a rters Company, 106th. 29.03 FRANK MORAN TO CONDUCT BOX- ING BOUTS. F rank Moran, the boxing instructor for the division, already has his plans under way ‘for m any contests among the men. He m et several hundred of the soldiers at a m eeting presided over by Capt. E. W. Moore, of the division staff, who told the men th a t General O’Ryan was much in ter ested in boxing and w anted to encourage the sport all he could. Moran has already booked prelim inary bouts. Seven contests were staged last Saturday night in the Redpath tent. Others will be held soon, to try out the men and determ ine to w h a t class they belong. COMPANY I BEATS COMPANY M, 105TH INFANTRY. On the initial attem p t for gridiron honors Co. I, 105th Infantry made good by defeating Co. M of the same regim e n t 6 to 2. The game was played Saturday afternoon, December 8th, and although the field was in a sloppy condition from an all-night rain, there was an abundance of good, snappy plays th a t made the fans forget the cold. The stars of the game were Gibson, Byrne, Parker, Sabo, H ind and Lieut. Maxim for Co. I. Slocum and Riley played a fast game for C'o. M. Lieut. Maxim proved to be an ideal center, being surprisingly fast for a big man. Gib son and Byrne made good ground-gaining runs and H ind at tackle showed some of his old-time college form. Co. M was the first to score, the wind car rying the ball on the kickoff over I Co.’s goal-line for a touchdown. From th a t tim e on Co. I held the upper hand and in the third quarter by line-bucking and end runs managed to get the ball over their oppon ent’s line, P a rker carrying the ball. Even a second class private can give orders. To whom? To the Gas A ttack advertiser. R. C. Fisher, Company B, 102d en gineers ....................................................... 29:12 Milo Robetor, 54th infantry brigade.. 29:18 Ackerley, 106th infantry ....................... 29:22 Tom Forster, 107th .................................. 29:27 R. Crook, Company F, 102d engineers. 29:48 Joe Flynn, Company B, 102d engineers 30:17 W illiams, 107th .......................................... 30:18: Peabody, 107th .......................................... 30:34 T. Pierce, 107th ....................... 30:53 W. L. Douglas, 14th ................................ 31:01
