Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-21
SPECIALIST SCHOOL
ENJOYS BOXING
AND VAUDEVILLE

| Exciting boxing bouts and u cracker
| jack vaudeville show kept the boys of
the Specialists School, NJ. C. T. c. hap
| Ply last week. The show was given
Saturday afternoon in "Y" II, with
vaudeville artists from Augusta thea
ters participating. The boxing bouts
were held at the K. of c. arena We'd
nesday night
| The 'Y" was packed with soldiers.
| The Hudson Sisters entertained
| charmingly with singing and dancing.
Belle Oliver, coon shouter scored a
terrific hit. Corp. Cooper, contortion-
list, pleased immensely. The Ray
| Montgomery seXtette, with five pretty
| girls, kept the khaki clad boys merry.
Bob Murphy gave a snappy monologue.
Marie Starwick, singing coincidence,
made all sit up and take notice at her
entertaining act Sawtelle and Knight
! comedy jugglers. completed the bill,
and ttey did very well. Colonel Oven
shine and other officers of the school
attended.
AS in the previous week. the star
attraction of the boxing carnival was Il
! battle royal" between nine negroes.
| Lieut.. Murphy Of the Main Training
| Depot, was refereee, and he made the
colored soldiers put up a real battle.
| The lieutenant struck in his ring with
the scrappers, and would not permit
J any stdlling, When man was found
| to be stalling he was put out of the
ring. John Nelson was the winner,
the prize being 24-hour pass with
| spending money.
j The Shines" mixed it up at the
start and two of them clinched and
battling hard, went over the ropes to-
gether. The crowd yelled to permit
one of them to return. Lieut. Murphy
said there were no set rules for a bat
| lp I,1 4rI@ q,
vote The spectators were unanimous
| for the return of the negro. and back
| he went.
But he was able to remain back in
| the ring only short time as all OF
| the other fighters went at him with u
massed attack File fought hard to de-
/ fend himself, but in jiffy was hurled
outside the ropes.
Cleveland Rastus Joyce, one of the
! negroes, was announced as the winner
| of II fights and never knocked out. but
about 80 minutes, when Nelson and
owen johnson were the only ones To
remain Nelson was declared the
champion
Arthur DeLano. Headquarters Co.
and Art Field, two little lads, were in
the ring only a lew seconds when
they accidentally banged their heads
| together InEdpdCltatllE poth Ihey
will fight again soon.
Harold McGay School Co / for En-
listed Students, and Frank Forest
School Co. 2, Enlisted Students. en-
gagged in smuggling match with Me
Kay winning
Young Lufkin, Headquarters Co,
and Fighting Cook Weaver, Sigma
Corps, fought a darw. and win oc
matched up again.
Sergt 'Shaughnessy, l.. IL B. De-
partment. and Pop Slattery. St..ool Co
3, entertained with closer order fight
ing, Slattery winning easily.
Charlie Nelson. Co l for Enlisted
Students, defeated Kid Goldstem
Headquarters Co. in three round
bout.
Lieuts Harley and Mile were
judges and Lieut.. Lewis tlmekeeper
| Mess Sergt. Samuel Freed. Co. l. En-
listed Students was announcer, Sergr
Freed and Sergt. First Glass, Robert
Fitzgerald were matchmakers.
Both the vaudeville show md the
boxing bouts were arranged by Lieut.
Albert A. Millman who is seeing that
the members of the Specialists Schoo
get ample clean entertainments. He
has arranged for another boxing car
nival for tonight wednesday, and
! another vaudeville show COR next Sat
urday afternoon.