El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
.REPAIRSHOP MEN
ARE LIVE BUNCH
Put on Some Good Athletic
Entertainment; Also Have
Musical Talent.

The manly art" during the past
few days has been discovering a
wealth of talent at the various e.
Paso camps. but. pending the actual
decision of the squared circle. the
hustllng boys OF the quartermasters
mechanical repair shop unit No. sos,
are making a strenuous boast that
their constellation of glove stars can
outshine any other galaxy in this
vicinity. Friday nights have been
selected as the weeks tryout occa-
sion and the evening Of Washington's
birthday anniversary broke all rec
ords for variety and class Of talent
The fighting talent scheduled to ap-
pear al Camp Pershing ~" hall.
every participant in which will no
doubt be ready to defend the honor
Of unit No. sos as often as the men
of Fort Bliss, Bierne, Baker and the
Sth engineers care to risk the en-
counter, reads as follows:
Wrestling.
william Josey. 100 lbs. VS.. Natals
Salucci, 100. lbs. best two out Of
three falls.
Sergt. Carl Perea- 40 lbs vs.
Sergt W. C. Williams, 40 lbs, three
rounds.
Elmer Lewis, 40 lbs. VS.. W. D.
Heenan, 135 lbs, four rounds.
E R "Piledriver" Schultz, 100 lbs.
VS.. William Moore, 100 lbs, four
J. B. Gallagher, $50 lbs. VS.. E. P.
Davis, $50 lbs, three rounds
Corp. L. A Hoket, 135 lbs, VS.. cook
Andrew Perrenchio, 1S5 lbs. three
Semi final bout: A P. Sweeney.
rs lbs VS.. Sergt J. ". Williams.
40 lbs, rounds.
lbs. VS.. o. a Lipstraw, $50 lbss four
rounds.
The evenings events were arranged
and given under the direction OF
athletic officer Lieut. W. J. SiegaL
The official announcer was Sergt J.
V. Allen
Musical and Minstrel Talent.
Tonight the musical and minstrel
talent of Camp Pershing announces
a program that. in the opinion Of their
hackers, will turn the champions Of
every other FL Paso camp green with
envy, as soon as they learn the par
ticulars.
Another Of those unexpected but
constantly transpirinG incidents which
serve to keep warm the comradely
relationship between the 'FY'' secre-
taries and the soldier boys. occurred
at Camp Pershing this week, when
Sergt Edward COnlon, OF unit 305,
company a, presented TO building
secretary Guy two dozen splendid
records for the fine Victrola IN the
local 'Y'' hall.
The safety first system OF triple
typhus vaccination has now, by
headquarters order, been prescribed
for the Y. II. c. A army staff in the
FL Paso district, and one by one they
are going through the process
Some New Musical Talent.
Camp Pershing boys have been
treated TO several inspiring concerts
of late by the 64th infantry band.
under the leadership OF conductor
Rodgers. but there are some fine
musicians in the S05th unit itself.
who are cropping out in almost every
corner. One Of these is mess sergeant
Allen. whose enthusiastic friends
praise as a sort Of composite dupli-
cate TO John Philip Sousa. Eddie Foy
and John Mccormack. Sergt. Allen
is far more than an amateur. having
n record OF delightful entertainments
to his credit in the east
The SGD field artillery band has
also recently provided a fine time for
the boys OF the s05th at the Camp
Pershing ''Y" under the direction Of
band leader Leacock-
The high class business acumen Of
the boys Of this 505th unit. together
with their just natural hankering