Show A STRENUOUS SKY PiLOT There is a strenuous chaplain at the League Island Navy yard His name Is Carroll I Wright and he is making religion re-ligion more popular than It ever was among the jack tars Mr Wrights motto is Make the body healthy and the soul becomes more tillable With that purpose In view I he has arranged ar-ranged a series of boxing matches among the sailors and he referees the bouts personally The Rev Mr Wright insists upon L twentyfourfoot ring and Marquis of Qucensberry rules He allows abortarm Jabs on the breakaway breaka-way but will not tolerate punching In clindhes Occasionally he stretches his prerogatives preroga-tives au referee to cheer the combatants The boxers always brighten up wonder fully even though they are a lilt groggy when the chaplain yells Good swing Jim or Go In at him now Bill The chaplain himself Is no slouch with the gloves Once In u while he put them on and gives a backward pupil points and a black eye I has been his experience that the more black eyes and bloody ncses he can dole out to the men the more passive and tractable they are when ho steps out of the ring opens the Bible and says Let us pray I expect to have something to occupy the boys time continually said Mi Wright yesterday When there Is no boxing we will have singing clog dancIng danc-Ing and vaudeville entertainments on the ships and In the dining hall of the camp I shall organize and train n football foot-ball team htio In the fall and I shan challenge the best teams In the country I find that there Is good talent here and I shall makp use of It I you dont keep a mans thoughts on wholesome things they are sure to find their way into unwholesome channels Chaplain Wright Is a minister of the Church of Christ He came to League Island from the receiving ship Wabash at Boston He served two years on the battleship Massachusetts and a year on the New York Philadelphia North American |