The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-26

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.G:cc &c: F.aH". I.~rs t,snn two
rlo":ns late: i" Ens Oh the ":tng
!:n". AID from til" moUlc2: nc went
in;o action i;c n;2:ic history for the
l.. 70 ciroH;c;crs.
Tweuty-four hours after his .rnSi.
nIent reached Sluvicny on tho Narr"
he had swum that narrow but danger
ous stream under the cover of the
shades OF night. n ,uacrine-Cun bat
terry. four automatic rifles and the
pick Of III" best sharpshootcrs Of the
Sevel@h Infantry. United States recu.
lars. to rescue Il wounded poiiU who
had escaped from the Huns and who
was facing death either from starva.
ton or a bullet from friend or foe.
Shot and. shell fell around Tub" as he
cNti tSu pul is ali hEO"S, lie
found his man and swan back with
him safely to the friendly side Of the
Marine.
And it was all for : baby
Tub" came back few weeks ago
and instead OF one cross he brought
two. the Crot1 de Guerre and the
American Distinguished Service Cross.
and where the shoulders of his uni
form were bare when he left here in
April there now CLEAN two silver bars
denotinc his promotion 70 a captaincy.
He had won all these honors in less
than four months time.
Don't know Tub" Flannervo Then
you don't know PittShurGh: for the
Flannerys are one OF the +. rs in that
city Of steel magnates. smoke and
ieunesse doree. Tub" was christened
Walter Rogers Flanncry In that city
shortly after he first saw the sun on
March 90. 1891. He received his sou.
briquet at Mount St Marv's College.
Emmittsburg. Md. where he rose e
he captain OF the football team in his
senior year. No more popular athleta
ever attended the old Mount than did
Tub" whose departure from that in.
stitutioa is one of the richcss stories
among the alumni at their annual
gatherings: And this is the reason
that Tub" did not graduate.
First Battle on Cridiron
The NountaineerS were playing the
Baltimore City College team. The
odds were going against the boys from
EmmittSbure. and Tub" began to use
hcrculean methods to stem the tide Of
defeat. In his eaGernesS for victory he
did not resort TO the language OF the
Sunday school and un inu:e than one
occasion he used words not found in
even an unabridged dictionary. The
result was that the vice president OF
the college gently reproved Tub" for
his epithc,s. and Tub" acknowledged
the corn.
Football games arc not won by the
words Please and II beg your par
don" Tub" knew that and K some
what diShearteAod inn 10 find that he
was curbed in his conduct OF his
eleven. He returned 10 the gridiroH.
however. and went at what seemed
forlorn hope with renewed rigor.
Slowly but surely his team began to
gain upon his opponents. 1t was fatal
TO Tub" fo. he forgot all about the
admonition Of his superior. forgot his
very presence and soon was again
urging his men on with the lash OF
that verracu,ar which is effective. IL
not printable.
There was 4 pause in the conflict
while they permitted one Of the
players to be carried from the field.
Then straight to Captain Flannery
walked the dignitied clergyman. This
time he made it plain to tub
that his method Of speeding up has
associates was rot in keeping with
the training he vas receiving at
the Mount. and then came Tubs
famous reply: You may know how
running a football team" and with
these words he strobe off the field The
next cla:. he left E,rnmittsburG, and that
IS WHY walter Rogers Flannery was
not among the graduates Of his class
on Xxi day.
The following year he went to
GEORGETOWN University. htrt his stay
there was briefer than that at Mount
S.. Mary's. and he returned TO PITTS
burgh. bent upon business career.
He entered the employ OF his father.
James J. Flannery. then tho president
of the American Eaaadium Company
o,d now chairman Of its board OK
directors. lis rise here was rape
Cd i,e ,,:aGc = study OF metalur%F
wiz: ;.ic .c..iit ;il.;t he was transferred
% ;::c Ford automobile plant In De-
;ro.. i: 1915. rs Hlr:ailurSical engineer
n 10 cxrc::;ucrIal department. The
i>orr corporation uses vast quantities
c.yu..a,!i';n Steel IL tho construction
=: =, :Hac::i2"S.
The Girl II. left HS:i,inl Him
f:.ao..n ..-I.as- ;iad C1ul.!m!!ii27'
. e,.. INC: md =, -'r:2lly rich @::c's
j. TO :.-;scr of J. < !:arHe:y. ~
..1:;-c f::1s, hn a -ays remained
az TO his friends. \ yea. boH're
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