Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-19
SOME CLASSY BOXING;
OTHER SPORT EVENTS
Large Audience at s Block Y. II. G.
A., Enjoys Fine Program Of Ath-
letic Performances and Music.

Saturday night large audience at
the s block Y. nj. c. A. enjoyed some
classy boxing and other clever per-
agreement among the companies in the
camp, the bouts were each three two,
minute rounds. The first bout was be-
tween Hughey Blair Of Company X
315th. and Bobby Wolgast of Company
II. Blair outweighed his opponent
about Twenty-Five pounds. but, never
thelessy Wolgast was game and fought
hard. However Blair was also there
with the punch and, with his, extra
weight. had the best of the argument.
Wolgast 10 willing to meet him again.
so they may stage another contest in
the near future. -
Buck Kilroy of Company X and
Kantrow OF Company II next took the
floor. The two were pretty evenly
matched in weight as we'll az in other
respects. For the first two rounds
Kilroy possibly had a little on his OPP
ponent. but near the end Of the third
round Kantroy dealt him heavy blow
which ended the bout.
For the third bout the contestants
were Whitley Baker of Company and
Young Johnny Dundee Of the Supply
Company, S15th. These two well known
boxers gave an exhibition Of what box
ing should be in fast bout. Bakers
weight gave him an advantage over
Dundee, but the latter was game and
gave a good account Of himself r.
Then blindfold match between Dave
Weston and Cam Wistner, both of Conn
pany X, s15th, AFFORDED great merri-
ment to the spectators. Both swung
their arms furiOusly in an effort to
strike each other. Occasionally one Of
them mistook q bystander on the stage
for his missing foe and straightway
biffed him one.
A short cessation Of hostilities took
place at this point, and Wrinkle of Com.
pany H sang few OF his songs in the
way nobody but Wrinkle can sing.
Canavan of Headquarters Company was
introduced and sang his own compo-
sition, Nobody Was Jealous of Me-"
As an encore he sang, touching little
ballad about his motllSr-in-law.,
sparring Exhibition by Pupils.
Whitley Baker introduced one OF his
pupils, Van. Obenburg OF Company I.
with whom he gave O sparring- exlli =
bition. For beginner in the art, Van
obenburg showed class and promise Of
some day becoming an expert But
training with boxer Of Bakers CALI
Der Is no. cinch. nor is this game learned
without hard knocks. =
The last act ON the evenings pro-
gram was a blindfold match between
Simmenton and Lyons. both OF Com
pany K. During this match much
laughter was caused when one Of the
boxers mistook Whitley Baker, who
was standing near one of the stage
doors. for. his opponent and drove him
from the stage with many blows =.
Next Saturday night the block
stage will be occupied with a second
boxing tournament Blair and KantrOw
have arranged for q bout, while KilrOy
and Wolgast will be there IL opponents
Of their weight can be found. Johnny
Dundee is willing to box any man i'm
the camp under 125 pounds, so bout
OF this kind may be pulled off, Mullen,
a. eatherweight of Company X, will
box another featherwefght The full
program cannot be announced at pres
ent, but there will be something doing,
according to present indications.
Wrinkle and several other good sing
ers will be present to provide enter
tainment for the 1ufis between bouts.