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GAS ATTACK C A M P S P O R T S E d i t e d b y F \ *J. A S H L E Y FRANK MORAN FORGED TO QUIT BEFORE FULTON IN THIRD ROUND. Camp W adsworth’s Boxing Instructor Succumbs to Old Wound. New Orleans, Feb. 25.—Frank Moran, boxing instructor at Camp Wadsworth, S. C., was knocked out in the first two min utes of the third round of Ms fight with Fred Fulton, of Rochester, Minn. Fulton opened the old cut over Frank's right eye in the first round. It was a souvenir of his last battle with Jim Coffey. The gash opened wider in the second' round, completely blinding the Pittsburger and when the third round started he was unable to see his opponent. Following a clinch during which Fulton sent uppercut after uppercut to Moran’s jaw without a re turn punch, the W esterner drove home the winner to the chin. Frank fell to The floor and Ms seconds gave Fulton the credit of a knockout by tossing in the sponge. Frank was the aggressor at the start. He rushed Fulton, sending shot after shot to his head and face. Near the end of the ses sion, Fulton, came back with a left jab to the body and right cross to the face opening the old cut above Moran’s right optic. Moran continued on the offensive in , the next round. He volleyed with both fists to the ribs and fane, and managed to drive Fulton into a corner. Fred recovered quick ly, however, and assuming the offensive fought out to the center of the ring using jabs and swings to the face and body. He was playing for the cut and had Moran cov ered with blood at the bell. Moran could barely see when he opened the third. Fulton landed at will and after two minutes, put over the money-maker. Moran weighed 198 ringside while Fulton had the advantage on the scales with 215. Sam Goldstein, of New Orleans, referred. - SHANNON BACK IN FORM. Shannon, Company 8, 53d Pioneers, and Devine, of the 105th Machine Battalion, fur nished the feature bout of the regular week ly boxing program at Unit 96 last Monday night. The other battles brought together Jerome, Company B, 53d Pioneers (130), and Cracco, Headquarters, same regiment (135); Rosoff (13>0) and- Sehreiber (140), both of Company €, 53d Pioneers; Maher, Company C, 107th Infantry (135), and Yanduessen, Supply Company, 1.07th Infantry ,(130), and Merriman and Simonds, two 140 pounders from Company G, 108th Infantry. HEAVYWEIGHTS A-PLENTY AT 97, The most noticeable thing at the bouts at Unit 97 over among the artillery and trains outfits, last Saturday, was the total absence of boxers of the lighter variety. Every one of the performers looked capable of handling the heaviest gun in the camp all by Ms lonely. The first setto was’between Taylor (155), Battery 0, 106th Field Artillery, and Lawson (150), of the Field Artillery Headquarters. They went at it with a will and despite a couple of extra rounds, neither man could get shade enough to win the decision. Prarie (158), Headquarters, 106th Field Artillery, and Raffelty (145), Company F, 102d Ammunition Train, furnished a lively battle. Rafferty was the aggressor most of the time and landed a few pile-driver slams, but Prarie was game and stuck it out. Monaback, a company-mate of Rafferty, also scored a win in his argument with Smallwood, Company C, 102d Supply Train. He did all the fighting. The last bout was a Mutt and Jeff affair with Muncie (190) and McGrath (150), both of Battery C, 106th Field Artillery, pulling the Bud Fisher stuff. _ Muncie had almost a foot in height on his opponent, but before long found this a disadvantage. McGrath eluded most of the big fellow’s blows and managed to dart in under Ms defense, send ing over a few snappy shots of Ms own. TITLE BOUTS AT UNIT 93. The winners of ,the bouts at Unit 93 last Monday night were selected to meet the representatives of Unit 95 this coming week for the championship of the two organiza tions. The first bout was a draw between Col lins, Company C, 106th Infantry and McGill, Company B, same regiment. It is the sec ond time in a month that the pair have met without reaching a decision. Tommasso, Company O, and Beddo, Ma chine Gun Company, both of the 106th In fantry, tried conclusions in the second. Tommasso won. Judging by aggressiveness, the third fight was the best of the evening. Williams, Company D, and Leflowitz, Company C,. 106th Infantry, were the participants. It was a give and take scrap with Williams a little quicker at the former art. Sergeant Brown, of Company D, 106th In- fantry, defeated Pierson, one of his plat- toon corporals in the fourth. The final, a middleweight bout, went to Madden, of Com pany B, over -Kotin, Company C. COMPANY C, 105TH, WINS SLUG PEST. In a real old-fashioned slug fest, Company C, 105th Infantry, beat the 55th Pioneers in the baseball diamond last Sunday, 17 to 12. Rooks was knocked out of the box in the second inning by the heavy hitting of the winners. He was succeeded by Coldrove who had a little better luck but in. the sev enth session he also found himself in No- Man’s Land and only escaped after seven runs had been garnered from Ms delivery. The Pioneers did not get started until the seventh, when they got four men across the plate, Ball, McAvoy and Donahue each con tributing a home-run wallop. Score by innings . . . . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7—R. H. E. Co. C, 105th I n f . . . . . 3 4 0 2 O' 1 7—17-17-1 55th Pioneers ......0 3 0 1 2 2 2—12-12-3 Batteries—Burchart and Cohen. Rooks, Coldrove and Ball. Company D won a 12 to 9 victory over Company B, both of the 106th Infantry on the diamond last Tuesday. Neither team was in good shape. SNAPPY BASEBALL IN THE 108TH. Company F, of the 108th Infantry, downed Company A on the baseball field last Sun day by a score of 3 to 5. Smith and Cook were in the points for the winners, while the losing battery was composed of Geety, Lehr and Doran. Each side was weak on the de fense and guilty of frequent errors, but F’s heavier hitting counted. Delinger, of Com pany F, started the swat fest by driving the first pitched ball for a home.ran. DIAMOND AFTER WILLIAMS. Sergeant Fred Short, Company E, 52nd Pioneers is unsatisfied by the result of the recent four round bout between his man, Kiddie Diamond and Barney Williams. He wants the supremacy decided by a ten or twenty round affair, and recounts that in the 20-round fight at the Border and the 10- round bout at the Spartanburg Boxing Club, draws were announced each time. He says: “On behalf of Diamond I am ready to match him with Williams or any other 130-pounder in this or any other camp. Kiddie has always volunteered Ms services at any entertainm ent in this camp for the benefit of the soldiers. He has never dis appointed or held out for a monetary con sideration, while on the other hand, Will iams has refused to appear because there was no money in it. \The Gas Attack I am sure could arrange through Mr. Moran to have this bout pulled off over the long route and decide once and for all the boss of the 130 pounders.” .
