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Show ! Y. M. C. A. GAMES By Paul Purman NO DANGER of Jack becoming dull boy while the Y. M. C A. is on the Job. They take care of it, mighty effectirely too, that the men in the army, and navy, over here and over there, have plenty of recreation recrea-tion when their duties are over. In every army and navy camp, training school and canton-.mcnt canton-.mcnt there are thousands of men whose athletic abilities fall short , of those required for active competition on camp and company team. It is for the benefit of these men that the Y. M. C A. has devoted a creat deal of fime in devising games which will be of as : much interest a.s the regular football, baseball, basketball, track -category, at the same time furnishing healthful competitive sport jiind reMful recreation. I 'hese same games, if adopted in school, would give the majority ma-jority of pupils, usually eliminated from school and class games, a chance to compete in games of their own, in which the athletic skill needed in regular school athletics is unnecessary. Y. M. 6. A. military outfits have been painfully short of athletic ath-letic equipment since the organization started its campaigns in army and navy camps and it developed upon members of the athletic boards to devise games which could be played without equipment I or with material of the simplest kind. This was taken up in schools for Y" instructors and numerous games were invented, 'which, while holding the interest of the men and providing recrea- Hum :tnj rrrclsr, mulJ It plated yitlnnn (lie el.ilnntf pjraplu'r; jnalia needed in most athletic contests. Most schools likewise lack athletic equipment and funds for purchasing any. For this additional reason these games are particularly well fitted for school ath- j " lelics. ' Kelay races uf all sorts, games in which the medicine ball. volley ball and basket ball are used, complicated tag games in which'an entire company of men may participate are the favorites. The old tug of war, which had' almost been forgotten in the athletic curriculum, has been revived and other games of the little red schoolhouse have been disinterred, dressed up in new clothes, iand put into play. Almost all are winning instant popularity. i (In the next article the wand relay race will be discussed.) j |