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Show Jiujitsu Art Enables Yanks " To Down All Manner of Huns By Thornton Fisher NEW YORK. Oct. 21. There Isn't much sun nine left In ths battered soul of a Berlin sausage maker at the front these days. Whenever he holds s pair of kings his opponent across ths tabts goea over ths lop with three of a kind or a full house snd cleans ths board. And now with the remaining stakes hesped upon ths labia, ths A merles n sthlets "frisks" a fresh ace from his sleeve and Increases ths Berlin "beauty's Incline Hon to quit ths gams while hs still holds ths deed to his union suit. Much hsa been written concerning ths reluctance with -which Heinle mixes It at closs quarters with his foe. His affection af-fection for ths bayonet haa been limited solely to Its usefulness ss an art Ids for frying fish over an open firs. So far as hs Is personally concerned, there Isn't a single good point sbout ths bayonet. And now. even though possesses! of a weapon, hs Is vary likely to have tt unceremoniously un-ceremoniously confiscated by an unarmed member Of the allied) forces, who may at the same time break Frits s wishbone in the operation. For the American soldier ta being taught how to most expedltloua-ly expedltloua-ly manhandle and maul an opponent regardless re-gardless of the enemy's sue snd condition con-dition of equipment. The method employed em-ployed by your old t'nele Ham is the ancient Japanese art of Jiujitsu. and It la guaranteed to bend a Rhine river rowdy into the general shspe of a woof snd everyone knows what an Impossible figure a woof owns Lieutenant Ferry L. Croahy. a former cartoonist on the e'arf of the Fvening World, who has recently returned from ths fighting front, where he was wounded at Chateau Thierry. was the single American officer to be chosen by the department de-partment to imparl tha jl or iU er- whatever It ta to his fellow efftcera. For threw moot ha he was Initiated daily Into the mysteries of Jiujnau by HaneRhl. the Jap. and Allan ftmlth, both hold era of the black belt of Japan, the hlgheat honor conferred upon thoa skilled In the art of throwing a man on hie ear. The knowledge gained hy officers and men I has made It possible, when necessary, for an unarmed soldier to upset far more I than a German's calculations at close , grips. Croahy has returned from France to continue his instruction! at Camp Iewis, in the ststs of Washington, by develop- Ing skill in the art of Jiujitsu, a soldier, 1 though prone on ths ground. Is enabled to disconnect the bayonet from the gun of an advancing German and atmultan- oualy throw him to the ground and add I a broken leg to the already b'irden worn body of the squars head. lie hae also been taught (even though an apparent adtantage favors Frits) to disarm him snd by singularly few motions mo-tions rruMh his chest. Added to this I curriculum Is s symem of counter holds land throws tn the event thst the enemy ehould poaeese like skill. It Is a notabls and rharacteriatic fact, however, that the substantial portion of this instruction contains offensive tactics. Offensive always offensive. 'rosby say a that a soldier who has become proficient In boxing will rapld'y develop skill In ths Jspaneee art, and likewise becomes exceptionally adroit In the tiae of the bayonet, for tn both cases the banic principle of boxing Ilea at the foundation of their successful use. But again comes a distinction, t'nllke boxing, the man who haa fought in the ring discover that he is taught how to ret on the offensive and stay there. In bayoner practice he is taught to thrust on a parry. It la not slmniy essenttat that he parry In defense, bit he must thrust st the same time, fiuch men as leonard. Lew's, Dempsey. rjiMyvie and McFarland have thia faculty developed to a fine edge and each should mnke unusually un-usually capable bayonet workers snd Jiu-jitsu Jiu-jitsu opera'ors. These fighter hit. going go-ing In and punch coming ti. Fvery second they are In the ring they are sg-greaeiveiy sg-greaeiveiy active snd are continually advancing. ad-vancing. It Is Interesting In this connection to know that Mike 'llbbone. Parkev Mr-sarland, Mr-sarland, Johnny KUnane. Willie Rilehle, Benny Leonard ard other camp boxing inet rue tor a are lea vlng t heir respective rams for a sesalon of bayonet Instruction Instruc-tion at Camp Gordon. Can you Imagine that outfit going over for a hoettla vlalt to a Herman trench1 The Berlin sausage makers have an outlook aa bright as the back of a hlark cat's ear. |
