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Show j Football Teams In Porto Rico NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 7 Football. I not sodcer, but the-man-to-man inter-collegiate type has been started in Porto Rico and the soldiers are taking tak-ing to It liko ducks 'to water, despite heat and sandy playing field that elsewhere else-where would be considered too heavy for fast team work. ' The First battalion of the 37th regiment regi-ment started the football craze lato in September by challenging the rest of the regiment. Neither sldo scored but two broken noses were reported among tho casualties. This was the Tlrst blood drawn by the warriors and it added such zest to the life of the camp that the 373rd regiment has taken up the game. As a result of the interest in the football games the athletic director has added tho sport to the regular program of "play day" events for the troops. This is probably the first appearance of football in the tropics. |