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Show SAYS FRENCH EXCEL IN AMATEUR BOXING NFW YORK, Sept. 13. Nursing a broken hand, which he received while teaching French poilus boxing in the public square in Saint Quentin. Professor Robert Fnimett Monroe of Transylvania university arrived here from the devastated devas-tated regions of France with the firm conviction that the French amateur boxers box-ers are superior to those in the Vnited States. Professor Monroe taught the French to box, from Paris to Belgium, and fooii will return to France to work in the devastated areas. "I worked in 'Y' athletic centers at Chantilly. Laon, Saint Quentin and other points, and in all of tht-m I came to the conclusion that the Frenchman was a better amateur boxer than our own Americans. Amer-icans. When they box, they work at it harder. 1 believe. They go at It more like profeshnals. are mor earnest. "Basketbail has gotten a foothold in France. This American game appears quite popular. Volley ball, of course, is not so new to them. Baseball has taken better among the younger soldiers." |