Show ATHLETIC NOTES Continued From Preceding Page bring men into personal contact games like football boxing and ana wrestling but it also recognizes the fact that all nil sports have a salutary effect and that some of them like Tike track athletics for example example ex ex- ample do a good job in fitting men for trench warfare Track athletics are are re ideal for army men in In that the they teach them the tile ri right ht way wa- of running jumping and aud hurdling So important important im im- im are they the that one of the thc I big cantonments cantonment's is insistent that er e every one of its sohl ers be able to rim run yar yards s within a given gi time be able abl to jump so far and so 50 high and ana throw a band hand grenade g a n certain distance And in ill all cantonments they arc are spec specializing ing ing- ingon on producing trained runners for the thc si signal corps men who will do a big job when the forces now flOW in in training are arc overseas While the thc army is not IlOt insistent on developing sports so I gather along championship lines it sees no special harm in holding bolding championships cham cham- for the reason that they tend to stimulate interest in any given sport True they bring out and further develop the tile leaders leaders lead lead- ers era in these particular sports but that i is no reason why they prevent prevent pre pre- I vent the tile bulk bull of the thc men from doing their athletic bit The history history his Ills tory of American sport clearly shows that sport is best stimulated stimulated stimulated in this wn way and those who are h trying ng to work ot other bel plans in army sport port may be driving against their main object object object-a. a normal normal normal nor nor- mal life in so far as possible for forthe forthe the tile men in service serice Another not fine sport for t the arm army is lawn tennis as it afford affords af af- af- af fords ford officers especially an nn opportunity op op- op- op for exercise of a strenuous kind within the limited time at their commands There is a demand for tennis equipment al already nl- nl ready from our forces overseas as no less than dozen balls and SO 80 nets have already been requested Dick Williams s. former former for for- mer national champion who is known to be overseas has bas spoken of the uses made of athletic equipment provided b by the Y M. M C C. A. A and it is no far step of imagination to state stat that this tills game will be largely ely used bj by our officers officer just back from trench duty to bring them back to norma nor nor- mal ma Tu Tn the cantonments n a demand demand de de- de- de mand is alrea already y known to exist As the U. U S S. S National Lawn Tennis association is one une of the ladin leading patriotic pah sport bodies in the country as witnessed by its patriotic tournaments for the tile purpose of buin buying and tennis ambulances a manned by tennis players for work at the tile front there is every even reason to believe believe be be- lieve e that tennis will bo be stimulated t mu- mu Intel b bJ 13 that organization in in our various arious various cantonments This is a n seeing far organization as it has funds in hand for the tile purpose e of creating interest in tennis in those sections of the country where interest is most needed What more worth worthy cause than to use these funds fund in fn our various arious various c cantonments Not only onI would it carry out out the lie purpose of the fund but it would provide added wholesome recreation for both officers ls and men I think it was Mal Mai 81 Logan Log former fornier for for- mer nier star quarterback at Harvard nr 1 now a n commissioned officer in our army armr who told mo me of an inci- inci clent in the examination of enlisted en- en listed ri men at one of the cantonments canton canton- ments which shows how hio anxious American boys are arc to get into service There was a lot of them assembled in the examining room connected with the medical department and two or ur three would be sent together into another another another an an- other room for a final looking looking- on over r. r One of the tile tei te tests ts is to have e a candidate sit on the thc edge of or a ta tabie table tu ta- ble hIe with his legs dangling over ocr and then strike tike him on Oil the thc kneecap kneecap kneecap knee knee- cap to note the on of the leg Three men came in iii all stripped and all anxious to make good A captain glanced lanced at them and commanded them to hop on the table Then an n odd thing tilIng happened Instead of sitting on tho the edge of the table all un three of them jumped on top of it and began began be be- gan goan hopping around on one foot When rhen the tile captain got through explaining ex et- what he wanted them to todo todo do tIo all nIl three joined in the laugh |