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Show Hank Gowdy Denies Report of Death; Is Now in Ccblenz rTti Ttte AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPA-TION, OCCUPA-TION, Dk. 27. (By Csurisr to Nancy.) "I ! wish to dsny emphatically th, f . -port that I am dead. Tho raw-bonsd doughboy who nisaf this uncorpssliko uttoranco was Ssrgaant Hank Qowdy, who is still undsr contract as a catchsr with tha Boston Bravss, and tho first ball playar to anlist in ths war. Tha rsported dead man was busily angaged stowing awsy a two-inch .bosfsteak in a hotel in Coblans whon ho gavo ths ha to .rly r.pnrt. that h had fallen ill tho fighting in tho Argonno forest. Sergeant Gowdy sa.d hia chief concern was for his mothsr. who is old and who might have Buffered from the ahock of unconfirmed re- j ports about hie wellbeing. "All the big league playera over here are anxioua to get home be-fore be-fore the training aeason." declared Gowdy. "I have lost two seasons of playing, but waa glad to do my i bit for Uncle Sam." j |