Show lAtHs Is Bliss in T Texas exes Military Athletic Circles It Appears PASO ASO Texas Feb 26 UP UP- UP BlIss Is looking like a coach's se these jS days Theres There's an anSle ane ante te e under every mesquite jom rO almost any barracks of Fort Vort Bliss antiaircraft train train- R lenter with its troops Possible ff Possible to shake out an Mete ete of sizable dimensions 8 the trainees from Illinois sas the District t of as New Mexico and In way A in nod however goes to the t- t artillery Arkansas I. I tco national guard for what Is probably probably probably ably the most remarkable athletic athletic athletic ath ath- letic contingent ever to answer mess call in this mans man's army The has a near-corner near on basketball with a ready-made ready quintet from Arkansas State col col- col- col lege This outfit battery C of Jonesboro played together from Junior high school days annexed two Arkansas state championships championships championships champion champion- ships and now has copped its first game in the regimental league ague 77 12 from Hot Springs On hand also is the Little Rock sol softball ball team twice Arkansas state champions From Arkansas Tech Russellville Russell- Russell ville yule Is about the entire football squad of 25 players including Jim and Jim Keeton Tech lost men to Uncle Sam when the was called to to active duty With Tech's squad and Major W. W H H. BUI Wood former coach at West Point to handle it It is not hard to foresee some gridIron gridIron gridiron grid grid- iron work fancy-work next fall Major Wood recently arrived for duty duty- at Fort Bliss The coast artillery of Illinois Chicago has its share of basketball big shots IncludIng Including includIng ing Harry Olympic basketball bas baa as- as star Also playing on the Illinois regimental team is Pat Connolly Connoll former Texas College of Mines I In boxing the counts Johnny Sowa Chicago Golden Gloves champion champlon and Ross Barber Barber Barber Bar Bar- ber another Golden Glover and anda a member of the victorious C Y 0 Hawaiian squad Among the pros pros Billy Billy Goelz former welter wrestling champion champion champion cham cham- pion now a corporal with the wrestles in El EI Paso mat emporiums on nights off ott The coast artillery of the District of Columbia has shaped up a rate first-rate ring team under the mentorship of Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lie tenant George W. W Boozer former star athlete of Mississippi State On the squad is Philip Swanner Golden Gloves heavyweight fi finalist fI- fI Eddie and George all all well known in Washington rings There are others plenty others plenty of them them and and generally Its It's possible to report that boys who kept the folks cheering back home are doing all right in the olive olive- drab of Uncle Sams Sam's army |