Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-03

( army army. and navy training camps land
ap r is sure TO bring great reward.
shoulder in France General PershinG
Is their leader. lie is tho field coach
In m Is great big game. the greatest
with millions OF men and big guns on
nc sidc, the world to play FOR and God
american training camps men are he
ing put into condition. Let me give
ms advice: Put into your athletic ac-
"; let the knowledge of what is go
ing on make all train the harder.
c MAJ ,,. Ike football has to have good
Every scrimmaEe represents battle.
the offense and defense winning and
yards are synonymons sains. an" Gone ien
IeIshinS has taken the rough material
ana ana, Is recreating it. He has given
gears are gas masks.
Il Is true in war az il is true in
man who shirks in time Of need.
There is no place, in the firing. limo for
seeks the aid OF no such man. I have
no doubt that the records show that
inc athletic contests at the training
camps have transformed many a youth
VINO was inclined to be afraid into a
rear thoroughbred and fearless fighter.
PROUD TO THINK nELLs WOULD
'N''N'' HAHN OisD III"
recall day at Yale field in New
Haven when Princeton beat Yale, and
how the PRINCETON enthusiasts swarmcd
up on the field and Carried the victori-
happiness II was then to think, not so
tnrc S S6 tho JOY i, meant to tho vic,
town the college he'll would be ringing
and the boys there who had been un-
a ia,H to be at the game would be re
would prepare a his bon fire around the
cannon. pictured our reception when
The team cam. came home. Think of the
reception when that great American
team on the other side comes home
Inc need OF physical recreation and
shis War has See9 fieaGy proved by
nize it was General Pcrshing. Now all
INC allied commanders recognize it.
the men are loud in their, praise Of it.
good athlete. makes a good soldier,
and good soldier always is a good
| have. talked with physical dircc-
tors tors Of the !; II. {. ~. the Knights of
banded together in this war. II is a
great pleasure to hear them enthuse
over the fcats OF their charges and
look forward 10 new records in every
Line OF spor! after the boys como home.
Their muscles, have been steelcd and
their courage knows no limits. 7 have
been told by these physical directors
that the kinds OF athletics in which
lndu!gins are almost without number,
and that the permanent plants created
together with tho great spread of in
terest In the competitions among men
Will make this more athletic nation
for many years after the war.
II: Nap %n,,9 said ~ An army travels or
travels on it's Muscle nS s"sf'e the hun INNS IS
r1,idfi ,earnins. The resoureefulness.
which arc the ground work OF bur
great American sports have laid tho
foundation for the wonder army OF the
never mink Of possinie setbsck e' l. ss
us at all times be animated with the
dereI by Napoleon n a crisis in the
dd no, to mo ose the boy Sss The boy
Still he did not stir At a third com
mand he Strengthened up and said:
dead" He did so and the troops moved
forward and we're victorious. 1t is
lean athletics. and is anmatinG the
American Army. to- day. 1t is the spirit
that has won this war.
In closing let ME repeat the won
derful poem by Henry Newboldt. whose
S manr i,nes seem ; fitting euloEy to
now on the other side:
Vita I.ampndn.
Ihcres breathiess hush in the Close
Ten to make and the match to win
y humping pitch and binding light,
An hour to play and the last man in
And it's not for the sake of ribboned.
coat
Or the selfish hope OF a seasons
fame
But his captains hand on his shoulder
Play up; play up! and play the
The sand of the desert is sodden red
Red with the wreck OF a square that
broke,
The Gattlinss damned and the Colonel
dead
And the regiment blind with dust and
smoke.
The r bH nks OF death has brimmed its
And England's far, and honor
But the voice OF a schoolboy rallies
the ranks
Play upi!., play up! and play the
This is the word that year by year
while in her place the school Is set
Every one OF the sons must hear.
And mono that hears 1t dAFes forget
Thus they all with a joyful mind l
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