Show I I Sport Shots By Jack Keene Beene F vr 1 Th The part coHe college e men played In the war w forms forme an Important chapter In history The Thc college athletes athletes athletes ath ath- letes contributed their share sharer The history history his his- I tory of or Princeton athletes In the war warIs warIs waris Is an nn example Tho ranks of Princeton athletes have suffered I hea heavily In tho war an and the lists include e euch such well known names as Poe Poc Cochran Foulke nn and Reid Se Seventeen former members member of or Princeton teams have 0 given their lives In the war an and the wounded so far reported increases the casualties to twenty six It Is significant that the largest loll toll has been taken among tho the football players of or whom eight have o been killed an and six others wound wound- wounded ed Baseball iris has lot lost three killed rowing roWIng rowing row- row ing ing- two to killed track one killed and andone andone one ono wounded and other sports sport three killed an and one wounded One of or the tho rest est known of these was wa Johnny Johnn Poe 95 the tho first Princeton man killed In the tho war lie He volunteered tho the first year of the war and antl fell Celt In September 1915 1916 while fighting with tho the famous Scotch regiment the tho Black Watch atch At the br brittle battle of or Loos ho he had gone one out with Ith a supply of or bombs bomb When hen henhe he lie was w half halt wa way across No Mans Man's Land he was hit by a a. bullet probably from tho the gun of an enem enemy sharpshooter As ho fell ho cried to his companions Never er e mind me go ahead with the bombs Football ll and war were kindred subjects subjects subjects sub sub- In his mind He was a a. close student student stu stu- tu- tu dent ent of military tactics particularly of ot Napoleons Napoleon's campaigns and he use used to entertain his friends s with the tho full tull story of ot the battle battlo of or Waterloo The rhe son of or State Senator Cochran of ot Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania Garry was associated with his father In n largo large business Interests As lieutenant In the Pennsylvania guard he served on the Mexican I bOr border CT In 1916 He ile went to France last spring In the field artillery ry and antI two months later dlo died of or tuberculosis following pneumonia A member of the Poe family of ot Baltimore Bal Dal- Johnny Poe POI was wan one of or the greatest backs tho the game of or football has developed His brother Neilson Ioe 97 of or the championship varsity of at 1986 is In France with the tho Twenty eighth Infantry and nd was ue- ue verel verely woun wounded a Ho lie received ed two citations citations cita cita- for tor bravery ery under fire the trench French French war cross s and the tho United States distinguished service cross A nephew Edgar Egar Allan Poe Jr 18 18 who played end is ir in tho the marines an and was wan severely wo wounded at Chateau Thierry but pluckily wrote that he wa was j allright all allright rl right ht only a little weak nn and under underweight I weight Xo No name Is better kno known n In t American American American Amer Amer- ican football than that of ot Garry Cochran 98 08 captain ci of or the tho championship champion champion- ship team of 96 lG which beat Yalo 2 24 to 6 G and Is generally recognized as Princeton's greatest team te Walter alter I Camp chose Garr Garry Cochran and Frank Hinkey as the ends of ot his hie All All- I American team of all endS time Cochran was waa a gre great end and was ns equally fa ra- ra r as a a. leader and coach As coach j II C he gave ave the tho University of California f fIts i Its first great success s. s Ho Ha was Wll he herd head 11 coach conch of or John Do Witts Witt's victorious team of or 1903 and for tor years ho he contributed contributed con con- to Princeton's success on the tho tho I gridiron i I Walter alter L. L Foulke 05 captain of ot the tho 1904 team and antI ono one of the great goat greatest est running halfbacks of or hl his time died In service at nn an aviation I camp In Texas Tex Tex- as Capt Cant Phineas P P. P Christie 12 quarterback was wall killed early cary last bIt yearby year yearby i by tho the bursting of or a big gun Jun at i Fort Jort ort Sill Warden aren McLean 12 of Philadelphia t guard on the victorious I 1911 team wa was j killed b by y being thrown n from his horsy horsa ors while v on dut duty at Fort 1 Oglethorpe Camp Warden artl n McLean of t Chattanooga Chatta Chatta- Chattanooga was named In his honor John 1 V V. V Grainger Jr 1 12 halfback died at j I Camp Cami Gor Gordon on Capt Charles D. D Baker Daker 13 tackle died of wounds received In Inthe Inthe inthe the fighting on the He had ro- ro tho the French war cross crOSB |