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Show EE iiiEll I REHL.IIEOO Former Gridiron Star Falls on Grenade to Save Men ! in Trenches. ATLANTA, Hn., Nov. 23. Concrete proof tllllt tllfi Kfl-UL illtiT-OOlli'ylillO gllllH- of foolbiill devfrli.ps t lio finli t ink' tnai inf t, nurve and tho ' ni'Vcr-Kjiy-diii sp i rl L Ikis just co-no to light in n lctt.-r r.(.fiv,'d li.rL t'vum C:ilnin Quimby AH-H-.n. fnninM-ly !! .-Mi or of u loral m-ws-imp.-r. Tinw i-itli t!i- .".12". Mi infantry ovlt Hhto. I'nolMlu M.-llnn u-ril.s of .;k- nf il, nrnKt lt.T..1.i. in.-i-l.MUM lla- wr, wi:I Kirk'1 N'HI, f..ruuT qunrirtinck otl--1 Lie Aul.mni rifiiiismuu, nrt u- 1 1 f - Kirko f'-M on n smoliinp hand cronadc m n Yn tiki-.; trm.'li wli.-ii la? saw it was p"iC 1o , oih.ui iui-1 luol.ahlv Kill n Imn.di oi Ins men. witli1 lu-t lh- satiu- uiu'-froi 1 ns if it wiis n lima" t : 11 mi a ftK.;lni!l t;rhlirun. No tlm -it lit t.f liiin'-lf, only hia iiii.-u. Nowdl brim,- a 11 -ii t . iii in i'nrle Sam's Iui-ol-s. 'J'li.' l'-ll.-r. in pari, fi Mows: "It"' - Ni'wi'll, r-'i-i-u r Auburn football rT nr. ! Ims rM.layod tho win..- .-ooln-ss in Ffaii.-i? Uiat p lu. rs"d In slimv on !h" suilh'Tn ridinuis. , i- "Kir;-.,' has h.'cii s. uT.-ly wmidi'd a:;.l may1 I. iiovi-i- bo ablo i'i soc H.-livo sLTvir.. a-aiu. All' ;i lici-aii.- ho rlsUi-il bis Life to savu t lie life of: 'I uno m his n.-ii. ! '!(. was nt M - Newell was ins' met In;; Hi'Veral reeruits. lie wiis sliowing Uiem how to throw hand sreua-h-s. "It w:is after L!:-ill hours, but NowolL do-1 do-1 term i nod lo iurl;o ins iila'onn the best in his company, wad w.-rhiug ovcriiiuo with his men. "Dae big recruit pulled the: Fa i u y on a prnrndo, Ld the handle that starts tho fuse burning i;o. and tlien 'lnsl his nem;. Instead of throwing tho grenade he droi-pyd it in the. .; Ireiii'li and ran. 1 "No well and Ben.'ral others wore Htiimllng j it near. i "Th,e-o grenades pvplodo five r.eeonds after ; Mho dfi-uiaiing luiivM" , is turned loose. ! "Newell could have slopped around the 1ravve In !h" lr.-;.eh :v.d u'onc seed frc. It nr. Ihreo of his men would have ln-en blown to bits. 3 "Newell, well nivar- th:tt the gremido hail 4 about. ,lwo see-mis left before it wenr off. J made a dive i.o- li;o tisini; lo pick it up uud thnnv it over tho p-irapet. 1 "Hut iH'i'ore Iio ceiild reach it. It" exploded. J "Newell fell oU tho exploding grenade just j s he used lo smother a tumbled football. (i;ie 1 o(,lho men In tho trench was hilled outright. I finother died shortly afterward and Newell was 1 wounded iu a dozen or more placis." |