New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-29
MORE ATHLETES
GIVE UP LIVES
TO GOD OF WAR
Latest British Casualty
List Contains Many
Noted Sportsmen

| LONDON, Jan. So.-Drltish eP''
continue to fall in the great war. the
names Of large number of prominent
athletes appearing in the latest casu-
atty list issued. Lieutenant j. Oswald
Knight, formerly reported as missing
but now stated to have been SIAM
was the famous Northampton County
hockey player, well known ericketer
and a fine all-round sportsman.
]. wilkins, killed in action, was the
we'll known West of England lnterna'
tional Rugby footballer of the Bristol
Club. He played for England twice
against Wales. T. B. G. Piggott,
wounded, is the amateur golf cham
pion of Sussex and a prominent men,
Der Of the Eastbourne and Seaferd
clubs.
Another splendid sll-round Scottish
athlete has made the big sacrifice IN
Lieutenant G. W. Holme. At school
he was captain of the cricket, football
and hockey teams and at Oxford he
was a member Of his college eleven
Pembroke, and also represented the
university. The death in action is
reported of Fred Stevens, the well
known cricketer, footballer and boxer,
of Shirenewton.
A Brilliant Fullback
Douglas Morgan, Hull City's bril-
I'll Il M
while T. Pearson. of Clapton ORIENT,
has been wounded. Arthur Dunkley,
one of the best Northampton runners,
is reported as missing, while Joe
Shill. famous in the west Of England
as a cyclist, has died Of typhoid fever
while on active service with the Mo-
tor Transport in East Africa.
W. West. the we'll known East Mid
lands and Northampton Rugby foot
bsller, has died of wounds. b. II.
Walker, the famous walker of the Mid
dlesex and Surrey Walking clubs. who
was a competitor in the twenty-four-
hour race which T. +. Hammond won
at the Shepherds Bush Stadium in
September 1908, with the worlds rec
ord of 191 miles $50 yards, has been
badly wounded.
Lieutenant S. H. Dow, one of the
leading tennis players in the west OF
Scotland has been killed. Two well
known French boxers have been badly
wounded, Jean Poesy having had leg
shot away, while Adrien Hogan has
lost the sight Of an eye.
Further honors have been awarded
many well-known sportsmen for bril-
liant services on the battlefield. Cap
tain Frederick II. Crews has received
the Military Cross for conspicuous
bravery. He is the well-known Ravens
bourne and Herne Hill Harriers athlete.
In 1912 he WAS on the team which won
the one-mile running team champion
ship of the City of London Athletic
and Swimming Association, and also
the cross-country championship of the
London Business Houses A. A. A.
Jockey Now Corporal
Frank Wootton, the famous fat race
jockey, has been promoted to corporal
in the Army Service Corps. d. r.
listed in the Shropshire Light Infantry.
has been awarded the Distinguished
Conduct Medal. Captain F. r. Shaw,
who has gained the Military Cross, was
we'll known on the cricket and football
fields of York In the Irish champion
ships, he won the 100 and 200-yard
trophies.
Major A. W Bartholomew, D. s. O.,
who has been made brevet lieutenant
colonel, gained great name for him
self at Rugby football, hockey and
racquets for Marlborough College and
at hockey for Oxford University. Major
". c. Harrison, who received the Dis
tinguished Service Order. is the we'll
known Old Edwardian and English foot
baller. Corporal w. Z. Wise, who has
been awarded the Military Medal. il
the old academical quarter back.
Lieutenant r. Thorpe, a recipient Of
the Military Cross, is a well-known Ed
inburgh University athlete. A similar
honor has been conferred on Captain
A. B. Cheves, who used to play half
back in the Edinburgh Wanderers, Cap
tain J. B. Gourlay, the old Merchiston
and Wanderers forward, Captain W. @.
Stuart, the Watsonisn three-quarter
and Scottish cricketer, and Lieutenant
A M. Stephen, the old Fettes half back.