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Show THOUSANDS OF JACK1ES ! APPLY FOR ATHLETiCSj WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 21. -A ! aporta program which provides for me ! winter months by the opening of a huge f new gymnasium !s announced at Fori a- ) mouth fN. H ) naw prison, where TI5d I sailors registered thla month for athlet- I lea. According to :eorge V. Brown, ath- letlc director of the First naval district. ! the registration waa made with reference 1 to the personal choice of the men ana their previous experience In aporta. The numbers reported to the navy commission commis-sion on training camp activities are as j fotiowa: Foot hall. 7M; socrer. 41: basket ben. ?r.: volleyball. 1W; caltathentca. &40; playground ball. 204, miscellaneous. 1600. Complying with the general plan to provide re. reatlonal sport for every sailor, two football teamiee have been organised and will play until the weather preventa. i i For the winter months the gymnast um will be opened on November 1. This I building will accommodate seven volley-j haM courts mid four bsketall courts. j |