N E W YQR] DIVISION - O'Ryan's Roughnecks
N E W YQR] DIVISION - O'Ryan's Roughnecks
N E W YQR] DIVISION - O'Ryan's Roughnecks
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FEATHERWEIGHT BATTLERS<br />
• STILL GROWLING.<br />
Barney Williams' Rivals Tired of Debating<br />
Demand Scraps Instead<br />
of Words.<br />
By Fred J. Ashley.<br />
Recently the Gas Attack sporting editor<br />
has been swamped with letters, relative to<br />
the Camp Wadsworth featherweight problem.<br />
Our three most insistent contributors<br />
have been Barney Williams, the present<br />
title-holder, and the managers of Hughey<br />
Rodden and Kiddie Diamond, his two most<br />
prominent rivals. Each man seems to be<br />
trying to get the other "all het up" and have<br />
him start something, but no one seems to<br />
be taking the initiative as far as settling all<br />
preliminaries goes.<br />
all. They have heard enough and read<br />
enough on all sides and have been able to<br />
judge just how good all concerned are rhetorically.<br />
What they want to know is how<br />
good they are physically—and that develops<br />
into a case of "put up or shut up."<br />
We are sure all the men interested<br />
want<br />
the matter brought to a head. The only<br />
solution is a fight to a finish, a method<br />
which will be perfectly agreeable to the<br />
athletic authorities. The fighters are here,<br />
the ring is ready, Frank Moran would only<br />
be tickled silly to officiate and there will be<br />
thirty thousand interested fighters at Wadsworth<br />
finally satisfied. The Gas Attack offers<br />
its service in ending the preliminary,<br />
once and for all.<br />
Our two latest contributions<br />
follow.<br />
Mr. P. J. Ashley,<br />
Dear Sir:—The "Gas Attack" of the 16th<br />
printed an interview with "Barney Williams,"<br />
(Battery E) in which he stated he<br />
would meet Rodden as soon as Rodden<br />
would agree to a match. In it was the<br />
knock that Rodden "likes to talk a good<br />
deal." To the boys of Battery B this was<br />
one huge joke, and not playing square with<br />
Rodden. Hugh Rodden, as we know him, is<br />
a quite plain fellow, a good soldier, not a<br />
blusterer, always willing to give advice, and<br />
instructions in the "manly art." He doesn't<br />
drink, smoke or dissipate in any way. A<br />
real clean living chap—an example of what<br />
clean living and boxing will do for a man.<br />
As we understand it Rodden is to meet<br />
Williams shortly. We are all looking forward<br />
to it. We all figure Rodden the better<br />
of the two. May the best man win.<br />
In all justice to Hugh Rodden somethingmi<br />
ght be printed to give others the chance<br />
to judge a man as he really is.<br />
Most respectfully yours,<br />
CORPORAL T. E. DONOVAN,<br />
Battery B, 105th F. A.<br />
GAS ATTACK 23<br />
108TH INFANTRY BASEBALL LEAGUE.<br />
The companies of the 108th Regiment<br />
have organized a baseball league. Sixteen<br />
teams are in the field and each one is confident<br />
of being able to win the regimental<br />
pennant. The first meeting of the magnates<br />
was held at Y. M. C. A. No. 96. One man<br />
from each company was present. The<br />
league was officially organized and a schedule<br />
of games drawn up by Mr. Stezeman,<br />
physical director of No. 96. Each team will<br />
play every other team in the regiment once,<br />
four games being played every Wednesday,<br />
Saturday and Sunday. Umpires from among<br />
the officers of the 108th were chosen, and an<br />
official ball was decided upon. Chaplain<br />
Jaynes was elected president of the league<br />
and Corporal Wickersham, Co. D, was<br />
chosen secretary and official scorer.<br />
The boxing enthusiasts of the Camp want<br />
the featherweight title decided once and for MULLINARI AND MACK IN SIX FAST<br />
ROUNDS.<br />
Johnnie Mullinari and Red Mack appeared<br />
in a special six-round bout at Unit 95 last<br />
Monday night. Mack was at Mullinari all<br />
the time but failed to find any weak spots<br />
in the Flushing champ's defense.<br />
"Big Tent" on their last meeting, he said, "I<br />
have already fought Diamond three times<br />
and do not care to meet him again." Why ?<br />
Is it because Kiddie is too hard for him?<br />
Diamond is now matched to box Johnny<br />
Mullinari in a 15-round bout. This is the<br />
boy who Williams told "to go and get a<br />
reputation." Everyone who has seen this<br />
boy in action is convinced that if they<br />
meet, Barney can "kiss his belt good-bye."<br />
Diamond is taking this boxer on, regardless<br />
of his good showing with larger men.<br />
Diamond will box Williams, any number<br />
of rounds, to a finish if necessary, immediately<br />
after his present match, providing<br />
Barney comes to earth again. By the way,<br />
I always thought Barney was in the Artillery<br />
instead of the Aviation Corps ?<br />
Williams is not passing the "buck" to us,<br />
it was passed to him long ago and now he<br />
is trying to "camouflage" it through the<br />
Gas Attack.<br />
M<br />
SERGEANT F. M. SHORT,<br />
Co. E, 52nd Pioneer Infantry.<br />
l<br />
COAKLEY<br />
Artillery<br />
TAKES 4 SECONDS IN<br />
105TH TRACK<br />
MEET.<br />
Show Big Improvement in<br />
Monthly<br />
Competition.<br />
Coakley of Battery F starred in the athletic<br />
meet held by the 105th Artillery last<br />
Saturday. The events were closed to the<br />
men of the Bronx-Brooklyn unit. Coakley<br />
was unable to get home first, in any of the<br />
races, but in each case he was nosed out of<br />
a victory by a few inches.<br />
Lieutenant George McNulty, the old<br />
Brooklyn athlete, was sponsor for the meet<br />
and succeeded in getting a big field for each<br />
event. Harvey Conn and Frank Moran, the<br />
Division athletics directors, officiated.<br />
The<br />
Summaries.<br />
75-Yard Dash—Wehrman, Battery F,<br />
Coakley, Battery F, second, and Eddie<br />
first;<br />
Mossier,<br />
Headquarters Company, third. Time<br />
8 4-5 seconds.<br />
Mile Run—Booth, Headquarters<br />
Company,<br />
first; Sands, Battery F, second, and Herman,<br />
Battery F, third. Time, 4 minutes<br />
2 3-5 seconds.<br />
440-Yard Run—Waters, Battery F, first;<br />
Coakley, Battery F, second, and Jacobs,<br />
Headquarters Company, third. Time, 55 1-5<br />
seconds.<br />
8 80-Yard Relay-Headquarters Company,<br />
Weinberg, Van Netten, Booth and Mossier,<br />
first; Battery C, Wallace, Harris, Sack man<br />
and De Camello, second, and Battery F,<br />
Tietz, Wehrman, Coakley and Matchi, third.<br />
Time, 1 minute 49 1-5 seconds.<br />
Running Broad Jump—Simon, Brigade<br />
Headquarters, 18 feet 1 inch, first; Coakley,<br />
Battery F, 17 feet 1 inch, second, and<br />
Wehrman, Battery F, 16 feet 9 inches,<br />
third.<br />
Shot Put— Roddin, Battery D, 39 feet 5<br />
1-2 inches, first; Coakley, Battery F, 38<br />
feet 9 inches, second, and Waltham, Battery<br />
C, 38 feet 4 inches, third.<br />
Running High Jump—Purdy, Battery A,<br />
5 feet 8 inches, first; Folsman,, Battery E,<br />
5 feet 2 inches, second, and Brown, Battery<br />
B, 5 feet 1 inch, third.<br />
A T T H E R I G H T P R I C E<br />
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COMPANY " E , " 52ND PIONEER IN<br />
FANTRY.<br />
Barney Williams claims that Kiddie Diamond<br />
is indulging in nothing but talk. Barney<br />
fails to remember that right in the<br />
(OPPOSITE THE CLEVELAND HOTEL)