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Show TROOP K. WILL GO II FOR ATHLETICS JIT IMf All members of cavalry Troop K are expected to drill at 8 o'clock tonight to-night in the armory and to take part afterward with specially invited guests in a smoker and social session, which will be enlivened by several boxing and wrestling bouts. Mystery envelops the athletic program. pro-gram. Persons having the confidence of Troop K recruiting officers declare the entertainment will be of the old-fashioned, old-fashioned, thrilling kind Soldiers will not tolerate any monkey mon-key business, they say, in their amateur ama-teur athletic sports. They want the real thing in boxing and wrestling the combination of cave man strength and scientific skill and cunning. The best fights in all pugdora, as well as the best wrestling and fencing, are seen in the amateur sports of the soldiers and sailors of the United I States. The "limit" is their regular diet. Big Jim Meets His Match. For example: Jim Jeffries, after his fiasco with the "big smoke." Johnson, was boss of a booze emporium empor-ium on the Los Angeles Rialto. All red-blooded visitors trecfuented his place, of course, as they do that of Tom Sharkey at San Francisco. Sol-, Sol-, diers and sailors especially for a long time made a practice of visiting big Jim's place to size up the ex-chanpion and moralize on his downfall. One day hail a dozen sailors from a cruiser at the port of Los Angeles-San Angeles-San Pedro strode into Jeffries' Bacchanalian Bac-chanalian palace. After satisfying ! their thirst, the smallest one of the sailors sang out "Bring out the big i fellow. I can lick him myself." Big Jim was in genial mood. He set 'em up and exchanged civilities, but the sailor spokesman went too far and the great bear aimed a playful play-ful slap at his face. Instantly the sailors formed a ring, the little sailor stepped back and the recent champion cham-pion was facing another of the sailors, a perfect Hercules, with enormous biceps, a gorilla reach, a prognathous jaw and no nock at all. Jeff tossed his head from side to side a characteristic movement and his terrible right went out in greeting. greet-ing. He then dropped into a crouch and the sailor was on guard. Jim swung, laughing, and the next moment he saw stars. The sailor was all over him, tapping him at will, keeping keep-ing up. tne fun till the former champ was tired. The sailor was one of the young champions of the Pacific fleet; there are several of them. So It is also in the army. To Foster Athletic Sport. Troop K will luster amateur athletic ath-letic sports, the same as at the San Francisco Presidio and other great military centers. Tonight's program will be the beginning. It will be sport for red-blooded men. Mollycoddles aren't invited. All members of the troop have been commanded to attend and patriotic business men and workingmen who are interested in making Troop K the crack unit of the Utah contingent of the reserve army are specially invited. in-vited. Troop K's recruiting officers especially espe-cially desire to interest young men who are members of the uniformed ranks of the great fraternities, like those of the Woodmen, the Pythians, the Eagles and others. To all knightly young men who like social enjoyment and martial sports, togeLner with opportunities to rise high in patriotic service, Troop K offers of-fers rare advantages. The organization of the troop also means distinction, perhaps fame, for ogden anu Utah, besides adding within with-in a year or two about $25,000 a year to the civic payroll A splendid new armory is to be built and Uncle Sam will bo generous in providing every .far.iiDv or niakios. Troon K a Derfectl cavalry organization. i oo |