The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-26
BAKERS TACTICS
!, WIN A SKIRMIsH
>Sos&ers Remember How Feeny
Got Out of Tight Cor
ner in Ring.
Iay IT ON THE GERMANS
&c Crosse Quarters Count Enemy Out
Ssser Feeny Goes on Leave He Gets
Token Of Appreciation for
Lessons In seIf.Defense.

&cb1ON6 III ScIr-OcIGnbes
Eear,tOn.--How the tactics Of the
Trslss ring got two little groups of Brit
Esh ssSidlers out of tight corner, and
lsSssSi7lally gave them the victory In O
sIcSgy SCRAP" with superior numbers
~ tire enemy, is told In an interesting
sa0yTy communicated by "a correspond
sssN~ fa the London Times.
TrE@ story opens with a glove contest
- a. noon lit by four large acetylene
8'anissSs on tiers Of benches and boxes
az Busireds Of khaki.clad men. They
31Tza Tnost of them been fighting all
csen,Isssi the week. and now they are
4ssauT - watch other men fight-with
S1xnsS- Two men In overcoats step
rs1nswrx1n the ropes. As the gloves are
Sasesag adjusted an officer steps into
Tts. iaAng. He Is loudly cheered.
on adx-round contest" he says, "be.
-sswey,a two IrIshmen. (Cheers.) Ser
..sxnssh Kennedy Macedonia, eleven stone
cevvS and Quartermaster Sergeant Tim
&ssrn,g, eleven stone"
iAsas boxers are fine specimens. Fee
eJx, ssAtAough he gives away only two
lJssras1s, looks much the lighter. His
Nbxt,Y xtistens In the white light. As
Z GSs sssssaes his gloves his muscles ripple
;ymsn wrist to shoulder. and his chest
ysN sSsniSed with a padding Of muscle
ga HACK up either hand Macedonia is
.-c,sdfer. His frame looks almost rigid.
~ rNss1e Is not the same subtle play of
Jeis muscles, but he seems made of
ltrsr. and he has abnermally long arms
aris ears look as If they had been
fsGgacned fiat against the side of his
ssruZI The referee calls, SECONDS
uST-
Exchange Blows From the Start.
Tue two boxers step into the middle
N Ihs r1ng and shake hands. There Is
LII Noise save that Of the Slip slip OF
isibs sUft kid boots over the resined
.szvhs. ,Feeny feints with his left but
III. other draws back pace warily.
The sesnt has told Feeny something,
sssss there Is the quick phut-phut of
NszftDer on flesh as he leads q left
rat, lfght to the head. As he steps
gN3a ihe other man steps In and lands
@xhss blow has told. Still circling,
xserY gets his man into the salient OF
v,ns ropes and rushes In with n well.
Trrssra but badly planned attack. He
Siaa che shorter reach by inches. and
Ise &nsws he must fight to the body
mt come inside the long-range blows
nj M,rtiona. Then he gets home again
xxa Ehe older man Is sent hard back
ia Sne ropes, but, being a master of
,rfrrwcraft, comes back from them as
- atsDown' from catapult, and his left
.un~sa round with full shoulder weight
zsnaass a. Feeny takes It ducking, but
IN fste; the glove comes home over
'aHa seg7e- The round is over.
,Tessce more the boxers face each
-;JEfhrS-, bnt they now know each others
s:srficS. 1t Is n good round, but when
'E1 FINISHES II shows that the man with
sf,e Shorter reach must get In close to
ORR exponent, who has the range of
sIsx- He knows this, too, so he fights
Enard 1unneling into Macdona's defense
Suf3t Sabs and short-Rrm hooks. clinch-
I2G wffen hard pressed and smotherlng
I'm Inc break-away. Feeny attacks
e<frn n furry of quick in-fghting. "Go
In ;sSSlnr" keep at him !" the crowd
shSrsCs. And Feeny does as advised.
Sasce'iona. unwary, has allowed him.
tsrfG ro be backed into a corner, and.
'p.Gra as terrier, the shorter-armed
dilun steps inside his guard and gets
sSimnSs with two full-power punches on
.S.sae solar plexus. Macedonia sways,
.nsi,Gsss a step into the ring, and then
.GaIas IN a heap with one arm relaxed
Jssr the lower rope. The referee
r,ssrShes the count Of "Ten" before the
Srsisan man moves at all.
'1SOSd scrap" says the machlne-gun
s1s'hass 10 fellow lieutenant, "but Fee
.ziw S7Soid never have won II he hadn't
sar 40 close quarters"
n Week Later; the Trenches.
kgSpsel later. Two little groups of
,'ssn are sheNering in two shell holes
mr. oait amid the German wire. The
:1nenches two hundred yards ahead Of
vS,eB are occupied. A spray Of ma
'fiAaegun bullets plays across the lips
NJ che holes. and two men who were
Erai.ing a '.iook-see" are sitting groan.
'-Ya IN the bottom of the trench. The
) 'NvSs parties are twenty yards apart,
Prtascptly the machine gun stops its
ostter and there is comparative silence.
There is an isolated thud in the dis
aknse and the crescendo Of an ap
Iroaching shell. 1t bursts like an elder
pawler pun. high and to the left, but
ssSsEe OF the shrapnel reaches one of
ysAe shell holes.
Nhe men have been out since before
q. -ks~n- for they were an advanced pa
7tInsL. They were discovered by the
8sches only an hour ago, however, and
ri,haIr position is now made unenviable
%hs ground behind slopes and they
would be exposed to machlne-gun fire
an the long way to their trenches