Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-20
|lTHLET|Cs ON BOOM
aETH NAVAL DISTRICT
ALIVE WITH ACTIVITY
Taking Great Interest In
81 sports of Roth Land aud
Water Variety.

'SSssahe value of athletics TO the men in
CHE United States Navy cannot he
according TO James y.
'sIracy. ..spor,ihg editor q; Navy Lie
a periodical written ana
SsaassAtlso by enlisted ipen OF the tli'n
s33SAtka FSDist,lct Lhe \ncauuu,rtcis VI
2S3fxntcn arc al norfolk, .usinlH
n Tracy mas to'ioweu ,nv growth
s{puitnenls iavoraoly upon the efforts
k1ss t-outs a. Young. "'hlettc director
sPGs the stSavy Io.n,ntSSlun CA framing
sysenth ACTIVITIES. 10 start new sports
SBsllu svrganihc pupuIar a,nlcucs among
3Sts biIeyackets AR. ohn" Was APP
llgnteu ASST marcm by water camp,
slltaln'hg came COMMISSION hci"tt
prs appointments. Ast. Dung Was
I'm ali-around athlete ~ the diversity
sbr. Pennsylvania. In 1913. he Vas
Skciecteu by water camp as hatt-hack
Pm the ALI American "!c>cn
1T ts Stai,tII& 'ati. S,. Mr.
1fFfacy t;that cISnt montnS aSr, ath-
ffetics We're at a Stanusti!i at l.e laval
s{{1psratins BASE. mere were tao bpse-
PAL mines. no tank OF aquatic sports.
stloatrack meets. amd, ia snort, gen
ss3fral dulmess in the major sports pre-
NAILED. To-day the conditions are
quite the reverse and the Naval liase
Ind the entire district are tairiy alive
NTH athletic carnivalS.
sts.sl1ast May. the t'iitn Naval District
HSaseban LeaEu" was organized with
Sight clubs On the roster of the
are familiar in the major leaguc. Pete
;ESMduff and Vie Alldrias" OF the Cubs
End Bill Morrisette, OF IN" Giants aud
pike Carmody. of pUiSnur2h. played
With the Mineswecpers team. Tod
Browns. and ChTistenhuiy. Of the Reds.
.fplayed with the Naval Base nine. while
5fsBaby Doll" Jacobsen. OF tn" iiTowms.
mas the star OF the st Helena team.
AN ali-sta nine was picked and play-
3SuS many outside games
NAVAL BASE HAS DoNI\G
STAR or FIRST MAGNITUDE
,ssss4fsBoXtng. also. has come into it's own
tand the Naval Base mas stars OF nat
5i6nal magnitude. Jack Perry. the
welterwsisht. is about the
lstocky youngstcr has been slowing
away his opponents in most Of the con
stssts. Harry Martonr. the army cham
fplon. who was TO have met Kenny
SSIaeonafd in New York. proved easy pick
Ang for Perry, and the hardy sailor
sEot the decision after four rounds Of
Another clever younEstcr is Andy
sAlcMahon. According 10 Mr. Tracy.
ssAicAIabon. Il Philadelphia lightweight,
SNaSai ,tase bouts lie is scheduled 20
smeet Perry in III" near future. anl
fmany baliere the irishman from the
SQuaker City will come through with
sthe hgno;s, Jack Heating. the former
sheayyWeig light champion. of the navy.
mas oeen appointed head boxing "a
-
sol talGnt it is apparent that Jack has
sheen successful.
Swimming also has proved populn~.
!and daily classes are being held IA the
waters OF Chesapeake Bay. The embryo
Swimmers a"r put through dry land
stt urset fi.:' later they are allowed to
senter the water.
~ Besides developinn Individual .ih-
itetics, mnci attention T.; given :" mass
gaines N,ery day companies Il mon
are Put through settingup exercise IN |
SNartoIs otfer mass SoortS. III" short.
khand system of scttiu"-up exercises
3originhted by Walter Camp is used
ifttt-h 81 eat success
Il Nen tly 900 candidates renortcd for
lthe fQpthall teams this IN L. avery
unit III the district is represented by
Sits own eleven
"Frqm this extensive program" said
MI: Tracy 1T is apparent that attn
4 lettcs of every sort should hc en-
Scouraaed among the men in the SER
sSficc. And being one Of the BOYS !
IAN rfadily state that SPORTS will re-
tHceiVe k3o create c"-oporat!oa than
from the lueiackcts"