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The Next Most Valuable Shot.

Next to putting, what is known as
the second shot is the most valuable
in the game. If man has control Of
his mid lion or ma SHE he is always
dangerous. This shot is much more
important, IN my opinion, than the tee
shot. And in regard TO the mashie |
have noticed an interesting shift OF
late. I watched Vardon closely when
at work with his CLUB, and saw that
ne did not take nearly SO much turf
as most golfers do. In fact, he took
very little, playing much more de-
liberate stroke.
This second shot is the one wherein
the profe ssionals as rule have big
advantage over most amateurs.
frst-class amateur is likely to drive
as well AS a professional, or in close
range He is likely to putt as ~eI:
But there are few amateurs who can
use rnid-iron and ma SHE with those
who make living from the game.
One OF the main points to remember
in playing this shot is TO keep your
head still, your eye glued on that BAH,
and not to sway the BODY. Most golfers
want 10 40 too much work. They are
not content to let the club heip them
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NATIONAL COMMISSION AWARD
Fred Lamline of Rockford Goes to
ST. Louis Cardinals.

CINCINNATI, November s1.-The ma
tional base bah commission todav
awarded the services Of Player Fr'd
Lamline to the st. Louis club OF a."
National League. ......
The Rockford club OF the Three I
League claimed Lamlinc under the rc-
serve clause. but the commission ruled
that the evidence showed that t.p
Rock ford club manager had signed ttt.
name of the president OF the 'lub 90
the players uncondif ionHl release an
held this release Ia Ice valid S4sGilt
after he obtained this documeUt lam
line signed with the st LOutn riub
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,ta lt&s. ns bp aaa u " imam NssEie detea'ed
t-inaI ro',rS E;,ij,n Hentie dste.ted ,J;rss
TayIc- by !, ~, and !:
Co..oIatioas- FiaaI roTaa-DnnaM r Hewitt
defeated \ /. Qra.utaIce, BY . up and /.
c-lrs,s ,.ili do,,;,+ 10 .r...1,. s,r
.,,;s.d "a -. .t,+ ..ut',9s,s = Sir
p,d Co.., Ci,jI il 10 ,n,'r., o' 80
rof ~ ,'..-.,,,i...st NJ, .,a,,..oIi go. 80
change was made month or so ago.
and the members of the club are now
trying their best to accGstorn them
selves TO the new name
r,,.,.,,, so,,. ,,..,., g..
- .'H " - a'''a 10.
| ..iIsae., - 80 a. ~ '.'S o"' ~ J.
| 'I,., =. '-.a'''' "lpi.n mp y,to
I 'it! ,5: ~ ~ 50 .'e 'i.o ~.
HF|iueu " i,ai.a.Ihp !" nuiiip'i u s i.s
"a" 80 i ~ A8 ''itn ~ a. a - = :
- .''i i'i'I4eHt. "iti ''e pids ,'aitih
| til.tf ne" idtAHss. 'ne prize 70 pe
! cup given og one OF the prohlnent
soiA'ls nt@aaz.hes ~ any ciho "hicn
YOU'D give l.e system f.ai an ana
uled during the wear that 1t has
! finally decided to give up the idea and
| TO end its season with the comp,etion
/ of the event now being PLAYED.
/
! f Il. Pyle and charles II. ormf have
not yet gotten rid OF that tie for the
net score prize IN the handicap event
OF the Columbia tournament This
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COLUMBIA HEIGHTS WINS.
Defeats Petworth Eleven in Last
Quarter. 6 to 0.

The Columbia Heights A. C. defeated
the strong Petworth A. c. in a well
played game yesterday by one touch
down in the early part of the last quar-
ter. The defensive work of both elev-
ems was very good. although the CO.
lumbia line held the better when Pet
worth Threatened to score. For the
winners the work of Martin at full
Gallagher at quarter and Hix' at right
tackle was very good. Knapp for the
losers excelled in circling the ends.
This game is the second of a series
of three between the two clubs, Pet
worth winning the first game. 140. The
third and decisive game will probably
be played next Saturday afternoon
The lineup and summary follow:
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plan went over The course Friday
morning with representatives of the
golf committee. The special commit
tee in charge of golf is anxious to find
o0t what is the consensus of opinion
Ia.aong the play ers, in order that the
matter may he more inteiligentiy acted
upon At the annual meeting os the club
December {.
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so. There are some
superstitions t h a t
are general, but
nearly every pitch
er has a certain be-
lief of his own re-
garding some fea-
ture of the game
that he adheres to
very closely. The
very t h o u & h t of
scoring a. ahIlt -OIlt
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Interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs

I.oca! 3ndoo.. .solf received lis first
setback last vees !; vixen It vas learn
81 tina. John " Br7"l.eT OF Colu.aota
has de-idea 20 give up Ms indoor
course in tGs H-aggasnaa building.
Bras-Her was tEe first % taEe up the
,.arre here. and MS course was tne
most ac5i"e of tire local ones Lass year,
as Il was tfrown open 70 ali of the
golfers Of The city, and many Of them
took advantage % his Invitation ard
tsed It. As Il matter OF cact. the
Ey~awner "cos,rse' held The on4r local
tournament when picked teams from
Chevy Chase nd Colum Dia play ed, and
silver cups were given as prizes. Al
though the game really has not vet
rotten 4 good footho!d here il has
many followers and it will no doubt
he surprising to learn that Brawner' S
reason for giving Up his course il
that ne believes II hurts his outdoor
same.
For the second consecutive year
T.ichard Beattle has won the club
championship At BaHHocls burn. coming
out on top in the harvest home
event. when he beat !. Martin Scran
age, ] Up, in the finals THANKSGIVING
day. This makes the cup his pernIa :
rent property. as the green committee
last year decided that il should 20 to
rCD VIII he put up next year. but il
must be won three times before be-
coming permanent property OF the win
rCr. Things looked very dark .or
Rsalie At the sixteenth hole. when
ScrlYa.-e was ". but B.attie cap
tered the last . getting the decision
= the home hole, when his opponeu,
missed "a sSort Dutt for 4 half The
event WAS run of aS per schedule " iii
he fr4is 81 ali sixteens compiler ed
ThrrsG9'. Hhc summaries OF the weeks
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reputation as foot racer with the
volunteer fire department of Marshall
town, Iowa, struck the fancy of CAP
Anson, who signed him for his Chi
cago team in 1884. He played with
Anson for four years and was released
to Pittsburgh in 1888: in 1889 he played
with Pittsburgh and Toledo: in 1880
came back to Pittsburgh and wound
up with Brooklyn. That is about all
there Is to his base ball career. He
never was a great ball player. though
he could run a lot and he was fea-
tured on that account.
Sporting Editor Star:
Give address of Zeke WrSley, for
merly manager Of Tri-State League.
A. NJ. c.
Address of George w. [Zeke) Wrigley
not in our record, but it is likely let
ter addressed to some Philadelphia
newspaper will reach him, as 1t Is our
impression he makes his hang out in
the Quaker city.
Sporting Editor Star:
Where were Kid Carscy aud Billy
Gilbert the past season. ANNoN.
We haven't anything on Kid Carsey
since he took 10 umpiring n the Tri-
state League In 1s0s-s. Billy Gilbert,
according 10 our information. handled
nm independent team In New York city
the past season.
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Sporting Editor Star:
Two are out and a man on third
batter strikes out; catcher drops ball.
but throws to third. catching runner
off third for the third out. Would the
pitcher get credit for the strike out,
and would the catcher get an error:
J. S.
Would give pitcher strike out and
charge catcher with passed ball, not an
error, for allowing batsman to reach
f1rst, since 1t seems in such a dumb play
batter would have to be credited with
going to first, whether he really got
there or not.
Sporting Editor Star:
Batsman has two strikes. third strike
passes and hits catcher on breast pro-
tector. Batsman swung at ball and in
making complete swing strikes the bail
after bounding back from the catcher
ball goes foul What would have been
decision if 1t had gone fair?
We won't know absolutely what deci-
sion shall be given in case where bat
ter has two chances TO hit ball until
ruling is established that viii stand
as a precedent. Something OF the kind
is involved In the Pittsburgh Pin IA
delphia protest now before the Ma
tional League. In play cited We would
hold that batter has had his third
strike and would b. out for interfer-
ence " he hit ball on rebound, whether
Intentional or not, or fair or foul.
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out or to figure in the stroke. Arms,
body, legs and head are all used in a
wild tumble that brings on disaster.
In both putting and approaching more
shots are missed by moving the head
than through any other agency.
Here is still another aid to the short
game in golf-that is, the pratcice of
concentration. Never take your mind
off your play for a second. This is a
fault. this lack of concentration, that
many very fine golfers have. They
don't come by it naturally, and they
have never practiced it. If all the best
friends 1 ever had in the world were
following match in which I was
playing, j would never know they We're
around. I have seen Travis in q friend
ly bour-ball match fail even to smile
when some one sprung good joke.
He would be so intent upon the play
that he would refuse to let any outside
element enter his thoughts. And then.
later on in the clubhouse, after the
match was over. he would propa bly,
recall the joke or the funny incident
with a. laugh.
This matter i'm concentration is one
too often overlooked III golf. It is
especially needed around the putting
greens, where perfect coordination
of brain and muscle are required, and
where the shot is SO delicate that the
slightest slip means failure. And in
golf. II he will, a man can practice
thinking-prac ctice with his head as
we'll as with his legs and arms and
feet
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ouimet's Ideal Disposition.

In this matter of goifng tempera ment
and concentration Ouimet is far above
the average He has the ideal DISPOSE
ton for a winning PLAYER. His mind is
centered entirely upon the game from the
first snot TO the last, and he doesn't get
furried or upset over any bad luck or
poor shot
IL going back to the winning shot in
golf-that- is. the putt-there are few
condensed suggestions that in conclusion
| would Ike TO give:
/. Stand well over the ball and keep
your head still.
2. Keep your eye on that bail and don't t
move your body.
3. Cat out the jab or the stab. learn the
pendulum swing, and get a follow
through with the club.
4. Cultivate. i'll practice well as play,
the knack OF being a trhe beyond the
hole If you mss. Make d steady prac-
tice Of giving the call a chance.
>. Cultivate the habit of Concentra ton.
6. Cultivate the habit of confidence and
determ nation, for mental faults can be
improved rs well as physical ones.
!. And then practice putting wherever
and whenever YOU get the chance.
F. Next week Mr. Travers will write on
Getting Back OF Your Game
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Cobb's Record Against Clubs.

Cobb batted 1000 gainst seven pitch
ers, the best known of whom is Jim
Shaw OF the Nationals, lately injured
in hunting accident near Pittsburgh,
and he bingled .S33 against Fritz
Coumbe. a Cleveland southpaw, who
distinguished himself by stopping the
White Sox last spring when they were
having an extended winning streak. 1t
reflected no great credit on Cobb to
hit for .62o against Jack Warhop and
600 against Jim Walker and Leonard
Cole, for two OF these men We're re-
leased and the other wound up the sea-
son on the suspended list. Cobb's aver
age OF .5S5 against Jim Scott of the
White SoX, probably the best curve
ball pitcher in the American League,
and his record of .556 against Eddie
Cicotte of the same team, knuckle
ball artist. must have pleased him and
peeved them. Herb Pennock and Gro
yer Lowdermiik We're jumped by Cobb
for averages OF .571 and 53S, respec-
lively. and there We're eleven slabmen
whom he located for 500 batting
mark.
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BY BILLY EVANS.

Most ball p1ayears are superstitious.
A majority, of pitchers are particularly
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NATIONAL LEAGUE 1894
1915 SHUT-OUT RECORD

the spot to start Nehf. He knew that
if the youngster mana ged to beat the
fast-Eoing Pittsburgher it would give
him just the confidence h.e needed.
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,al If 30. G--B.ca 40 XXX. 1;-E';
Al. RxP. BxP: ~ R1I' Exprh. ~ X Il. r
o6ch: -. K-B. Exc: -; P-Ei: B-B4: f..
H-9J lI.-EGcn: A.. h-oa R-B1ch: - Xxx.
rxP: ~. Rosa. K-R2: i0 I:-I;6 and r,-'s
the draw with the threatened mate by E-hG.
ESD-GAAIE By RINCk.
BI.ACE.
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WHITE,

WHITE.
White 10 play and draw.
R-Ktsch K-B, kt-kti ESQ
= H-B6ch k-Qi kt-H,ch ~ moves
3 R-OGch XXI htAo draw
4 Re! kxE
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cleveland. rlch and Donovan. Nss
York
.t2s-MOrtou. cleveland.
.0tl-tiHliia. Washington
.o0o-M ood. iioHtonl Iphunup f'ilH
cage. rollamots. HletsiHnd teft.ri
and Russell, New huttt MnffHrfIr.
Philadelphia Hinlsr Hnd koon .f
I.oulFi Herpcr. pumVn, ana uir
washinStsA
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Likes Star Pitchers.

u
whom he located for a 500 batting
mark.
Likes Star Pitchers.
Tyrus the Thumper hit 400 or better
against such star heavers as Ray
Caldwell and Babe" Ruth, and 800 o..
better against such recognized master
mechanics as Walter Johnson, Joe
Boehling, Ernie Shore, Hub Leonard,
"Reb" Russell and Urban Faber. The
only delivery clerks who kept Cobb
from batting at 500 clip We're,
besides the eieyen zen men w who held him
Off. Willie Mitchell. Tom Sheehan.
George Foster. Chester Hoff, Carl
Weilman. Meldon Wolfgang, Bill Dom
ovan, cy Pieh. Guy Morton and Bert
Gallia..
Galiia confined Cobb to one hit in
fourteen times at bat, said safety being
manufactured the last time Tyrus had
chance to face the Texan. 1t was 4
double, poled when the bases were
full. and it left the sacks empty. Tyrus
generally manages to eventually even
old accounts with men who have baffied
him, and possibly will get back at
Dumont, Morisette, Sisler and Harper
i'll 1916. If he doesn't it will be because
they are in the minor leagues.
The batting average of Cobb against
son will be found below:
Average Against All Pitchers.
1.o00-Carter, Cleveland: Brown, New
York: Pillion, Eccles and Nabors, Phila-
delphia; Baumgardner, ST. Louis; Shaw.
Washington.
.S33-Coumbe, Cleveland.
.625-Warhop, New York.
.6o0-Walker. Cleveland Cole, New
York
.5s3-scott. Chicago.
.57l-Pennock. Philadelphia Boston.
.55S-Cicotte. Chicago.
.53S-Lowdermilk, ST. Louis.
.500-Mays. Gregg and Collins. Bos- |
ton; Steen. Harstad and Klepfer. Cleve- !
land; McHale and keating. New York; |
ryman, st. Louis; Hopper, Washing ton. |
.455-Hamilton, st. Louis.
.444-Knowlson. Philadelphia; James.
.437-Hagerman Cleveland.
.4o9-Ruth, Boston: Bressler. Phila-
delphia.
.4os-Caldwell, New York.
.379-Johnson. Washington.
.310--Russell. Chicago.
.3si-Boehling. Washington; Bush.
Mogridge, New York: Fillingim and |
Davis. Philadelphia; Hoch. 81. Louis.
.30s-Ayers. Washington.
.2se--rlshcr. New York.
.ssb-wyckofr. Philadelphia.
.s6o-rosier. Boston. Hon. ST. Louis.
.sai weiiman. ~. isouia
.:oV-wolfgans. Chicago. Jones.
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Sportln. Editor star.
day. IA. r,
Billy Sundsy. who had won :. some
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Copyright. 1915. by " G. Evans)
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Short Game in General.

Not only putting, but the short game
in general must be cultivated The
chip shot from off the green is a highly
important one When Ouimet was
lighting for his chance 10 tie Vardon
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tion events which have heretofore
passed ii by because OF it's abbrevi-
ated COURSE. and It is understood that
the club is going 10 put IN bid toi,
either The Championship tourney Itself
or that for the club~ champion shi? vi
the association for 1917.
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Allan Lard and Sam Dslzeli won the
first and second prizes. respectively. In
last saturdays event at Chevy Chase,
an eightcen-hoio handicap against par.
Lard was down and Dalzell down.
About twcnty-nyt competed
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Chevy Chase golfers, who are inter-
ssted IN the three nine .ho,o couBse
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24

.TLoTH and cassock cover many
stout, valiant and patriotic
heart" the Bishop Of London,
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
Since the War Tax on Tea, Smaller
Cups Are Popular.
LONDON, January 16.

LONDON. January IL.
I Dearest Belovedest:
z was rather town-keeping Christ
mas, belovedest. we went to the
country, you know, but it was just
II for the Christmas week end, Thurs
day to Tuesday.
People are keen now on being near
things, and country house parties take
some fixing up these days, too, with so
many men away, so many women not
particularly festive, and mourning in so
many homes. Hunting will be going
strong, though, very shortly, and hear
OF some shooting parties being arranged.
There's a great stock of game that's
got to be killed down and l expect the
King will do some shooting as soon as
he gets the chance.
There was talk of the court spending
Christmas at Windsor when we were
down there last week; seems the poor
old royal borough's feeling a bit out of
It, what with the King being with the
army and so many millions of other
places. But It was York cottage as
usual, and Windsor had them for a week
or two later. OF course, at both places
the games positively in cIumps, simply
asking for the guns.
Queen Alexandra had intended going
TO Sandringham. but the east coast, to
put 1t mildly, is place of alarms and
excursions leading into the center of the
country. At the age T seventy summers,
as Queen Alexandra is, even II one
doesn't look 1t, one doesn't depart will
ingly from old habits and doesn't desire
to be shot at by marauding German
ships.
The Kaiser's illness made one sit up
and think bit, didn't 1t? And now they
say that the old Emperor Francis Jo-
seph's in a bad way-likely to depart
this sphere at any moment OF course,
one cannot Believe everything that one
hears in these days Of excitement But
II the old emperor does go-shaIl we go
into mourning, wonder? Does one for
the enemy? Or does war cancel that
most Interchangeable law of the Medes and
Persians- etiquette?
These Hapsburgs, what a history of
blood theirs is, isn't It? Only a year
ago the Emperor's heir. Francis Ferdi-
nand, was shooting with the King at
Windsor, and to think that II was his
death that caused all this terrible war!
His son died scandalously and secretly.
His wife was stabbed by an Anarchist.
There are some lives that II can be no
great grief to cult. His, l should think,
is one of them.
most informal show, the Kings visit
to the front seems to have been, doesn't
It? And one of the most popular things,
with some people, that he has done. Mud
seems to have been the general back
ground, and foreground, too, and also
the general wear. And Of course be-
lovedest, our King doesn't look every
inch a king as much as he might, espe-
cially when he is standing near great big,
strapping soldiers. But 1t isn't the
Kings fault that his legs aren't as long
and thick as they might be, or that his
shoulders stoop too much. 1t is the
heart that counts. and his, surely, Is In
the right place
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24

present fund matinee the other day she
wore the same sort of mixture Of light
colors the Queens so fond of, a cream
frock picked out with white pink, and
somewhat elderly hat that was furred as
we'll as feathered Aigrettes, when
ones only eighteen, are a bit over
whelming. don't you think so-unless, Of
course, they are audacious.
But the audacity touch is going out,
they say. In fact, it's not done any
longer. We're not forward now or bold,
but quiet, earliest, helpful One of the
leaders Of I-know-everything-an
going-to-do-everything cult has taken the
veil-no, the cap, / mean, the hospital
nurses cap. And all the rest, Of course,
has got to be in the picture. Stead Of
white faces, hennad' hair and insistent
mouth, We now cultivate a positively
Victorian Appearance blush AMI quite
pale eyelashes, plus an expression Of
mixed patience and purity thstd simply
be ruined by Up salye and things. And
to sit up like good chaperoned kittens
and beg nicely and silently for cream and
kindness is the new attitude.
And so are our tight skirts, aren't
they? Talk about Highlanders' kits,
we're positively getting fluffy again. No
wonder they've been sale-ing at Lucille's
and Hayward's and places, for the frocks
made Yesterday are as different from the
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24

and If you don't do what she tells you
well, no one'll look at you, that's all.
Life's a spangled path from frock to
frock. Wear the wrong one and yor
might as we'll be dead.
And we're beginning to want our pret-
ty clothes, again, too, thank goodness
some Of US. Things have bucked up lots,
you know, since they told US more bout
what's going on and we're getting quito
CHEEKY again in places, specially those
where officers on leave do congregate.
Let's eat andsdrink. for tomorroW-well,
tomorrow we may be In Egypt or Flan-
ders or any other faraway place. That's
the prevailing idea. It seems, and we
stay-behinds have got to rise to the oc-
casion, OF course.
Princes looked almost like old times,
but for the khaki, Sunday afternoon, and
they've reopened Murray's, and l believe
the Lotus (Which smells as sweet now,
only under another nsme). And the
Four hundred, you know, has been go
ing stronger all the time. And as to the
10 o'clock closing time, that only means,
Of course, that instead Of b. and g., or
hzz, you imbibe-er-ginger ale from
the fatal hour onward. At the restau
rants people are still not wearing their
gladdest rags. But II we're not dressing
much we're dining more. mean the
menus Q very. very elaborate affair
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
Improving the Memory.

Notebooks are the worst enemies Of
good memory. II you don't use your
legs, the muscles get fabby and are un-
able to stand any suddep strain imposed
upon them. The same thing happens
with the memory. When you form the
habit of jotting down in a notebook
every trifing item you wish to remem-
Der, you cannot reasonably expect the
neglected memory to do its work ef-
ficiently.
You have, perhaps, heard that the best
way to make sure of awaking at a par
ticular hour in the morning is to say
the hour aloud to yourself several times
Just before nesting down to sleep.
Should you intend to rise at o'clock
you impress the hour upon your mind so
firmly that you are almost sure to awake
somewhere near 1t.
BY extending this system you can OBJ
tain a quite serviceable memory. Asso-
ciate things together. Make an assertion
like, After have cleaned my bicycle to-
morrow / must do so-and-so," and let the
command sink in. The two duties may
be totally dissimilar, yet you win think
of them together, because one Is q sort Of
peg upon which the other hangs
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
Clerical Heroes on Batt1efie1ds

while another clerical lieutenant. Able
Grenier, was struck down in leading his
men In Q charge.
Many heroic deeds, too, are being re-
corded Of chaplains in the British army.
One Of these was during some of the hot
test fighting at Mons. witnessing the cru
elites practiced by the Germans on the
British wounded. he became so indignant
that he shot one German and became a
combatant on the spot. An excellent
shot, he did a good deal of execution
among those of the enemy who had
aroused his anger. and kept on fighting
until he received a wound in the leg
which necessitated his removal by the
ambulance corps.
The history Of British campaigns Of
the past, however, contains many stories
of brave deeds performed by army chap
lains, and although only on one occasion
has a Victoria Cross been awarded to an
army chaplain, scores Of them have dis
tinguished themselves by gallant acts