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Show Iff L JBXER'S TACTICS h j, m A SKIRMISH Hfl t i 1 , 1 vSoftScrs Remember How Feeny H Got Out of a Tight Cor B ner in Ring. I W.1T ON THE GERMANS H .ACdoae Quarter Count Enemy Out fll Whm Feeny Qoet on Leave He Qeti W Token of Appreciation for flj Lesions In Self-Detente. H ' Ciir&Jon. How tho tactics of tho IvjTjrJ'i; ring got two little groups of Brlt-jfk" Brlt-jfk" anOdtora out of n tight cornor, and ( tfrtx32aiy gave them tho victory In u H Uivr -"Acrnp" with superior numbers J -.irTtflv! taciny, Is told In nn Interesting jnura oonuiiunlcntcu by "a correspond Hi ckviT C tho London Tlmi'H. Hm ,j 1!Re rvtory opens with n glove contest HI , ts t swim lit by four largo ncctylcno HI ' I'mtni'i; on tiers of benches and boxes HI .jtri&itralreds of khnkl-clnd men. They HI :iim.' roost of them been fighting all Hfl r-!rrcj7i tho week, and now they are HJ . ijwJu tn watch other men fight with fll iq Two men In overcoats step Hf tfaniuffh tho ropes. As tho gloves are J rtufihve adjusted nn ofllcor steps Into H fjfwrtfios. llu Is loudly cheered. Hfl "X ntziTound contest," ho snys, "be- J -;Stoie two Irishmen. (Cheers.) Ser- J itmeut Kennedy Macdona, eleven stono fll fltons.juid.Qimrterma'Jter Sergeant Tim flj JJwT, cloven stone." J Owffli boxers nro flno specimens. Foe- fll t!i. aUhough ho gives nway only two flj' $au&t, looks much tho lighter. Ills flflj nvir atlstens In the white light. As H- .&':& his gloves his muscles ripple H "jJnwrfwrlut to shoulder, mid his client H ' jTwnlwd with n pnddlng of muscle HI -sSr .'V.vrk up either hnnd. Mncdorm Is Hm ilifi. Ills friune looks nlmnst rigid. fll """ISwip Is not the same subtle piny of HJ irttie raucl, but ho seems mnde of HflL 'Stmt, ami he hns nbnorninlly long nrms. fl" TT.'rt nrs look ns If they hnd been j ;jtsrxled flat ngnlnst tho Hide of his HS lituit Tho referco calls, "Seconds flj .xetT flflj Exchange Blowt From the Start. fll 'due two boxers step Into the middle Hf ci.ttw ring mid shako hands. There Is Hflj (-aii noise fluvo that of tho slip, slip of HI iltiti wft kid hoots over tho reslned HJ .'j5Bn.a.'. Feeny feints with Ids left, hut HM 3ne- other drnws back n pneo warily. H ' Tfre frt.it hns told Feeny something, HB mttS Ultra Is tho quick phut-phut of HI XtnlCnm- on flesh ns he lends a left J ?.uuU -right to tho head. As ho steps Hi .fss3L Ihe other man steps In nnd lnnds H - jLhivnl ono on tho Junction of the ribs. H Tht blow hns told. Still circling, HI 'Vnay gets Ills man Into the salient of HJ 73sw roiies nnd rushes In with n well- Ha -rtneaKl but badly plnnncd attack. He HHJ titux .the Hhorter reach by Inches, nnd Hfl itu 'Aairuvs ho must fight to tho body HB aa& come Inside tho long-rango blows HB r at 3Iwdonn. Then ho gets homo agnln Hfl ( . I'! 2)? older man Is sent hnrd bnk flfll -T fire ropes, but, being n mnster of Hfl jcrarcrrnft, conies bnck from them ns flfll ;Zd4taroTvxffroni u cntnpult, nnd Ills left HJ tmU'jxund with full shoulder weight flfll t l;vA It. Feeny takes It ducking, but Bflw cii tate; the glnvo comes homo over flfll V2M.-i7n. The round Is over. Hflj .bu. nioro tho boxers fnco each flfll ifiic imt they now know eneh other's flfll sruVcs. It Is a good round, but when flfll "ifivitAhes It shows thnt tho man with Hflj fhtf ftJmrter rench must get In close ta fll Wrt intonent, who lns the range of HI 4.rnc He knows this, too, so lie lights Hfl ttitt-Kt. tunneling Into 3tocdonu's defenso IE trrft inlm nnd short-nrm hooks, clinch- flj iaTOlion hard pressed nnd smothering :&. Otf lircuk-iiwny. Foeny nttacks flj wtOa -ft flurry of quick In-flgtitlng. "Oo flj '?ri;wdnT "Keep nt him 1" tho crowd flj . hwrHH. And Feeny docs as ndvlscd, III Stmtriona, unwary, hns allowed him- J -rJi-ff in lio backed Into n corner, nnd, fll rrnfelc ns n terrier, tho shorter-armed flj Mtoua artops Inside his guard and gets flj iru(! with two -full-power punches on flj ' tttJlii- -ivslnr plexus. Macdona sways, flj ,cdu.im a st hi Into tho ring, and then flj - Xiiliv in n henp with ono arm relaxed flj .";vwr the lower rope. Tho refereo flj rrr-idhoH tho count of "Ten" beforo the flj 3Qdrn man moves At nil. flj "t2ood scrap," says tha machine-gun flj kttlfcMC to n fellow lieutenant, "hut Fee- flj .tcj-oroc-M never havo won If ho hadn't flj jjnt la .close quarters." flj A Week Later; the Trenehet. flj week Inter. Two Ilttlo groups of flj' -"WW nrc -sheltering In two shell holes flj -Ar-out .tirald the German wire. The flj r.-Xn'-cJit two hundred yards uhead of flj .- t3ii'lb -aro occupied. A spray of inn- flj :fAark'un bullets plnys across the lips flj . .sCeie holes, and two men who were flj i-r-aV.lng "look-see" nro srttlng groan- HI tta-s'Jn -tbo bottom of tho trench. Tho Hfl i M jinrtles aro twenty ynrds apart. HB iV'notly tho machine Run stops Its flj pittfr and thero Is rompnrntlvo silence. flj T!l-o Is nn Isolated thud In tho dls- ft ! t"ixxoie .and tho crescendo of nn np fll jxraACblng shell. It bursts like an elder flfl! -tvcwJer puff, high nnd to tho left, but flBj i.kti of the shrapnel reaches ono of flj1 ;rlXe-rfhell holes. flj "Ciio men hnvo been out slnco before flj Jkxvm, for they wero an advanced pa- flj T&cdL They were discovered by the J t-nves only nn hour ngo, however, and flj -iralr position Is now mndo unenviable, J -'Hiift Kiound behind slopes nnd they J v'uld be exposed to machine-gun flro flj ytiftl 4ho long way to their trenches, flj "Wow tho artillery Is beginning to search J itecn out. flflj ' They Try Out Feene Tactic. J )Hnm tho right shell holo there Is flj -mi fiottw of white, and slowly n Morse H ' KraMtaago Is sent with n leaf torn from Hfl &.i notebook. "Try Foeny's tactics," It HHHfli spells out. "How nbout It?" The officer offi-cer who receives the message smiles to himself. "Yes," he answers, "we rill start when you signal. Give us five minutes." The signal Is given. Both groups dash forward nnd only ono man falls. Breathless, but revengeful, they fall 'Into tho mnchlne-gun emplacement. There Is some quick work with tho bnyonct, tho gun is wrecked, a dugout Is bombed, four prisoners nro taken. Ten minutes later, leaving two parties of Germans bombing each other Industriously Indus-triously over n traverse, the rnlders streak across tho No Mnn's Land. They nro seen, but tho mnchlno gun Is out of action nnd rifle fire Is all thnt they havo to fear. Then our men see them nnd a heavy covering fire is kept up. They fall over tho parapet, bounce off tho firing step and llo panting on the duck boards In the bottom bot-tom of the trench. And Feeny, who went on leave tho next week, found nn envelope wnttlng for him before ho left. There were two hundred-frnnc notes In It nnd n message of eleven words : "In payment for lessons received In tho noble nrt of self-defense." |