Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-27
Y. M. E. A. MAN
FULL
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Two Hundred Youths From
San Francisco Prize Fight
. Section off to Camp.

San Francisco. Calf, Aug. a.
From south Of the slot" q portion
OF San Francisco where It Is said.
three worlds champion pugilists in
bygone days lived on the same street
at n same time, a couple OF hundred
red listed selective draft men swung
down Market street to the Ferry
coma. Wash. Another cluster with a
wholly different ancestral nationality
showing in thick curling black hair.
quick smiles ana splendid teeth.
swirled out into the Embarcadero. the
big plaza which fronts the Ferry
building to the music Of an accordian
PLAYING "Tipperary." and the two
gates together. leaving the outer wait
ing rooms packed tight with friends,
and relatives. A young ma in uni
form boarded their train with them.
and sat down at one end of AGAR. He
wore the khaki of the Y. M. c. A.
Half way to Sacramento, the mo
mentary depression of departure be-
gan to fade. Youth became alert. So
did the young man in khaki who
entered into a discussion Of the pos
sibilities of accordian music, with h
owner Of that instrument. Presently
1t was discoursing to the extent of it's
billowing powers. and the chorus Of
Rose Marie swelled above the a
din. The singing vent on for hours.
In the next car half a dozen card
games were running. with an observ-
err or two for each player. The car
was busy. and the Y. NJ C..sAp man.
only a moment, TO see that no lone
some souls were isolating themselves.
The thirdl-car had nothing to do.
apparently. Nobody was playing; no.
body was singing. A row was brew
ing in a far corner. From nowhere
in particular a get of boxing gloves
revealed themselves in the young
mans hands. and q moment later
they were attached to the wrists of
two youths known as preliminary
fighters in h four round non-profes-
sional bouts allowed in California.
Cramped as to footwork by the mar
row isles, they whaled away ,undaunt-
ed, and the squabblers at the end of
the car stopped their row. to see the
fun. They did not take their griev-
lance up again. = b
In another car, half a dozen DOM
! tho games were started, with sets
} provided by the men who wore the
khaki.
But the find of the trip appeared in
a young vaudeville actor. among the
drafted men, who was on the "big
time circuit II private life. He gave
his Sketch" he gave imitations Of
other actors sketches; he recited, he
sang. until, in fairness to his firing
voice, the men, shut of their still en-
thusiastic comrades from further en-.
cores.
At station stops. the young man II
uniform moved from group to group
nearly always with a word of pride
in the conduct Of the e 1t ap.
peared they themselves. had not not
ed their good behavior particularly
sbut after he spoke. they began to pay
attention. "Cut out the rough stuff
became. a talisman through which the
restless outdoor youths. held them
selves and each other in check, dur
ing many hours of travel.
In quiet times. the 7. M. G. A. mar
did a little. rough first aid" Ont
man proclaimed hoarsely that he hai
a cold in his throat and his coughing
would KEEP his companions awake. A
wet towel. surmounted by q dry one
gave him somewhat the appearance
of an .Elizabethan courtier. but he dit
gan to be restless; it was .ntpped out
A blistered foot was treated to
chamois skin pad after the Objection
OF the Plattsburg manual. Whel
these things were accomplished. tn
men were. waiting for GONE fresh sug
gestion for amusement.
At Roseburg, Ore.r the. trail
stopped some time. Out came tn,
boxing gloves-ten sets Of them. TIL!
IL. M. G. A, mar had b good supply
It appeared and the citizens Of Rose
burg were treated to some Of the hes
strictly amateur bouts . on thi