The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-02
SOLDIER ATHLETES
TO BE nv LIMELIGHT
Pugilistic Bouts Between the Leading A.
Il. f. Boxers Of the Various Weight
Divisions Win Be Staged in
Paris This Winter.

New York, Nov. Even though there
may be some curtailment of hostilities
on the various fronts during the coming
winter, there will be plenty of fighting
in Paris. Pugilistic bouts between the
leading A. r. f. boxers Of the various
weight divisions will be staged weekly
for the benefit Of the American and allied
soldiers, quartered or on furlough in the
French capital The athletic department
of the Y. NJ, G. A. has leased the famous
Palais de Glaze for the winter, and every
Wednesday night will be "boxing night"
until springtime brings return of out
door sports.
The Palais de Glaze is an ideal place
for ring contests. 1t has seating ca.
pacity Of 1000, with standing room for
Several hundred more The ring will be
up in the center OF the hall, so that ev-
cry seat will command good view. The
building is in the Champs Elysees, cor.
ner of the avenue d'Antin, central
location easily accessible by the Metro
subway.
All talent for the boxing programs
will be furnished by members of the
American expeditionary force IL is
planned to conduct the main shows in
the form of a continuous tournament, so
that in time the Paris division champion.
ships in the various classes may be es-
tablished. Toward the end of the season
it was hoped TO bring IN the champions
of other districts and hold tournament
that will develop the star boxers In the
entire A. 4. F.
F. w, Stone of the Y. NJ. c. A. Il
matchmaker. He was for years promi.
nent in promoting amateur boxing for
the Chicago A. A. and is relied upon TO
bring together the right men. The aim
OF the committee is to develop boxing
among large number of men, rather
than to exploit few professionals. At
the same time, men who have had ring
experience will not be barred. Eight
bouts each Wednesday night is the limit,
with four rounds as the usual distance.
but in some cases with wind-ups over
longer routes Eight -ounce gloves will be
used, the idea being to increase the
knowledge of the game among soldiers,
rather than to furnish material for the
hospitals.
The probability that the powerful
football team Of the Georgia School of
Technology viii figure prominently in
the war fund games OF the present month
attracts attention anew to some of its
remarkable gridiron formations. OF these
none il more famous than the so-caIled
slump shift. as described by its origina-
ter, coach Heisman. 1t is as follows:
when the shift is put into effect, ev-
cry man except the center is back Of the
scrimmage line. The distance Of the
guards, tackles, ends and backfeld men
from the line depends upon what kind Of
play is to be attempted The whole idea
Of pulling 10 men of the team back Of
the line Is to give concerted action and
a preponderating force when driven
against the enemy line.
'In 1910 it occurred TO me that moth
ing much was gained by asking my tack
les and guards, standing shoulder ia
shoulder with the enemy linesmen, to
batter down those men. II was task
almost impossible, because, TO get ram
ming power into drive, certain mo-
mentum is necessary. And that momen.
tum is gained only by run.
$50 ] pulled my guards and tackles
back to form first line of interference
The halfbacks and ends form the second
line. The moment the ball il passed, the
two lines of interference move forward
with all possible speed and when, in a
concerted formation, it hits a struggling
enemy line, the inevitable happens. The
enemy line is knocked down. In cases
where an end run, fake, kick, for
ward pass or some trick play is to be
engineered, the double line of interior.
ence serves as an effectual mask.
"The beauty Of that formation is that
every conceivable play can be made from
IL. Georgia Tech. makes practically all
its plays from that formation line
bucks, end runs, criss-cross passes and
forward passes. just how successful the
Jump shift has been when using the
aerial attack is shown by the fact that
Is per cent of all Georgia Techs forward
passes during the past four years have
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