New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-18
New York Police to Replace
BLACK Hussars at Yaphank
Jimmy Flynn Former Sergeant Blows SQUAD to Sarsapara
on Hearing News for Who Ever Heard of Negro Patrol
men When There Are Irishmen To Be Hadp

partment swimming instructor, who
established Battery Coney Island rec
ord IN 1910, and says he likes the job of
leading the way on n swim TO France.
Heroes or not, none of the policemen
or firemen Of the first increment was so
honored as Charley Holmes, of Truck
10, to whom Acting Battalion Chief
Russ dedicated n handmade poem that
has been printed by private subscrip-
ton and widely circulated through the
department. Verse No. runs like this /:
So Charley Holmes is packing UP, and is Oft
TO fight the Huns
Hes going to drop the ladder and hose and
fight with bomb and guns.
Oh, what gay sight IL will be ms down
broadway he'll prance
He'll leave us all in sadness-but. oh. what
Joy in Francel
Not so bad, eh ? for a poet eternally
being interrupted at his task by the
clatter of fire alarms.
Boxing Livens Up Camp
The first big job of prospective po-
liceman is TO establish for himself a
certain ascendancy over "hoi polloi."
That the provisional company of mill
tary police has already done, thanks to
the prowess of Jim Smith. of the East
Fifty-first Street "house."
Boxing matches were the first thing
the men of the National Army thought
of when they cast about for amuse-
ments with which to occupy their spare
hours. Mostly the matches were infor-
nal affairs. in which the participants
showed more fervor than skill.
Then arose one Young Fox, sport
ing tonsoralist, whom the draft babe
lay down his razor. Young Fox had al
ways wanted to develop into a prize
fight promoter, and he saw his chance
in camp when no came a cross a per-
son of similar leaning-to wit, Young
Frank.
The draft had caught Young Frank.
too. Out of his element and disconso-
late, he readily responded to the ad-
vances of Young Fox, who had seen him
perform in various CLUB exhibitions"
and spoke his own language.
Under the management of Young Fox,
Young Frank became a person of con-
sequence, whose name was admiringly
banded about every barracks One after
another, in public encounters in the
Y. NJ. c. A. tent used by the BLACK
Hussars," he polished off all corners
every night.
A black hope who outweighed Young
Frank by twenty pounds was the final
victim. Hardly had he heard the count
taken on the "Husssr" champion when
came a challenge delivered through
Jimmy Flynn. II was the moment for
which the rookie military policemen
had been waiting. They had wished to
keep their own hands clear of the blood
of African kings, but nevertheless
wished to show themselves masters Of
the camp.
lrlshman Cleans Up
Jim Smith. who lacked considerably
Of matching Young Franks weight, was
put into the ring last night with the
champion Young Frank had IL all TO
himself In the first and second rounds.
for science was on his side And so.
too, at the beginning OF the third
round, until Jimmy Flynn yelled, "Quit
boxin', Jim; this is just a pinch you're
making"
And within few seconds Jim Smith
technically had made his "pinch" with
a grim expedition that was a science
In itself, and Young Frank was back
in the prelim. class.
In one of the two great Y VI. c. A.
"huts" there was an entertainment to-
night of a different sort, with David
Bispham on the programme for Danny
Deever."