Show LITTLE MEN TO FORM ONE OF BEST REGIMENTS UNCLE SAM WILL HAVE HA Bantams Will ViII Be Big F Factor Factor Fac Fac- actor ac- ac tor in Winning the War Government Now Thinks Hi war department recently an announced an- an T THE flounced It would not object t to the formation of ot bantam regiments providing the men included in these units were otherwise physically sound The Issue was brought before the e department department de de- de- de by letters from men too small smail to get Into the under army regulations reg reg- who declared they should b bot bi given a chance to serve their country an and P poInted 3 out that many of the greatest greatest greatest great- great est fighters were n ere small men It Is not difficult to undersized men In Athletics t who have bave be n w wonders In their fields of endt endeavor avor little men who have nave outstripped d their larger brothers Three years ealS ago the Boston Braves won the d National NaMon a l le league e championship a and world series The greatest in pitcher er era of 1 the outfit was Dick Rudolph a short stubby fellow who had been Thought too small Email by McGraw and was not given n a a. chance with the Giants The shortstop of the club was Rabbit Maranville one of the smallest men in baseball and On one of the greatest Infielders the game has produced Baseball has produced other great littie lit little tle tie champions Johnny flyweight champion of the world probably could win against any of the aay Present ban ban- tams Jack Dillon the little giant is one of the greatest little men to ever batter his way through the big heavyweight heavyweight heavy- heavy we weight class Joe Walcott Walco t greatest of welterweights was a little y fellow Elmer Oliphant West Points Point's great allaround all all- around star is much smaller than his teammates Football has produced many great little men Casey of Harvard Is a little fellow Hez Hes Clark the old Indiana halfback was short and stuney Golf has given us Bob Jones the boy wonder and Walter J. J Travis A number of our great distance runners runners run run- ners have been little men John Paul Jones and Norman Taber two of the greatest rollers milers were little lOttie fellows You can store a lot of fight and and- stamina in a small body Uncle Sam Sara knows that that that-no no wonder he permits the organization of bantam regiments |