The Washington herald., 1918-01-12
NEED BOXING
IN The ARMY
Frank Moran Claims 1t Gives
Men Advantage in Per-
sonal Encounter.

New York, Jan. 11.-Frank Moran,
looking as sleek as a cavalry officer
in his training camp activities uni
form, raced into town last night,
first to gather up his training
traps. second. to buy a new set OF
punching bags, and last and most
important. to take eucalyptus baths
in an effort to break up cold that
had him talking hardly louder
than a whisper. Despite his cold
Moran looked remarkably Mt, and
he declared he is.
81 hated to leave my boys" he
said with a grin. "and I'll be back
as soon as l hustle my stun to-
gether. First of all I'm going to
try to induce BARLEY Madden 20
come down there to help me train
for my little affair with Fred Full
ton. which will take place in New
Orleans on the night of February
%. I'll do my work right there
before and after my class time. so
that the boys will get the full
benefit of seeing how a man goes
about getting himself into a COM
bative mood.
That's it. A combative mood!
You know 1 went to see Gen.
O'Ryan when / arrived at Camp
Wadsworth. and I'm for him with
all I've got.
Moran, you'se the man we
want around here he said when
came into his quarters to talk
things over. He jumped up to greet
me with the finest sort of en-
thusiasm. And after we shook he
put up his hands and squared of
TO me-yes, he DID. the general
squared of to me as neat as you
please and fairly roared: Moran,
boxing is thing as essential as a
fine gun to make a corking good
soldier, and by CAD. Frank, 1 know
you'll do it.
We've got a wonderful lot of fine
young fellows down here. and they're
as true blue as any set of men who
ever counted fours, but i know and
you know they must lack just that
something that you're going to in
| still in them-the spirit Of what per-
sonal encounter really means. You
know what I'm driving at You've
| been in the service, you've been all
| around the world and you know what
| it is to meet your fellow man in a
personal encounter
That's what this war is, Moran
one great, big personal encounter,
and we've GOT to teach these young
fellows that feeling-pep,-pepper
and the confidence that a man gains
when he feels that he can handle
| himself. Boxing will Do it, Moran,
and they've GOT to box.
If we haven't got gloves enough.
| why, send them at ii with their bare
! fists. What does a black eye mat
| ter? There'll be a lot OF US killed
over there. Boxing will do, II, my
boy. and you GO TO THEM
And up went the Generals hands
again" added Moran. well. by
George Godfrey. you know Gen.
Organ just sent me out Of his quar-
tiers steaming- Just think of fine
fellow like him squaring of in his
enthusiasm! went to them, believe
| Francis Charles
The General was right You know
many of those boys, used to comforts,
and in thousands of cases a meek
and noncombative existence, hadn't
the slightest conception OF what it
/ meant to meet a man toe-to-tee and
eye-to-eye in a struggle for suprem-
J acy-to face a burglar or a footpad
for instance. ] was simply carried
away with the work of feeling them
out and seeing with my own ewes
the daily improvement in Iombative-
ness as the General so aptly put it,