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CHAPTER Xxx.
achass win FrIt..s

SUeAs WIN FFfhAs
We were swimming In money, from
the receipts Of our theatrical venture,
and had forgotten all about the war.
when an order came through that our
brignde would again take over their
sector Of the line.
The day that these orders were IS
sued. our captain assembled the COM
pany and asked for volunteers TO 20 to
the Machlne Gun school at st. Omar.
! volunteered and was accepted.
Sixteen men from our brigade left
for the course In machine gunnery.
This course lasted two weeks and we
retoined our unit and were assigned to
the brigade machine gun company. II
almost broke my heart TO leave my
company mates.
The gun we used was the yickers,
Light 1903, water cooled.
! was still a member Of the Suicide
club, having Jumped from the frying
pan into the fire. ! was assigned TO
section !, gun No. 2, and the first time
I'm" took position In the front-line
trench.
During the day our gun would be
dismounted on the fire step ready for
instant use. We shared dugout with
the Lewis gunners. At "stand TO" we
would mount our gun on the parapet
and 90 on watch beside II until "stand
down" In the morning. Then the gun
would be, dismounted and again placed
In readiness on the FIRE step.
We did eight days In the front-line
trench without anything unusual hap
pening outside Of the ordinary trench
routine. On the night that we were to
Garry out" bombing raid against the
German lines was pulled of. This raid
Ing party consisted Of sixty company
men. sixteen bombers, and four Lewis
machine guns with their crews.
The raid took the Boches by surprise
and was a complete success, the party
bringing back tIenty-one prisoners
The Germans must have been awful
ly sore, because they turned loose
barrage Of shrapnel, with a few Min
nies" and "whIzz bangs" intermixed.
The shells were dropping into our front
line like hailstones.
To get even. we could have left the
prisoners in the FIRE trench, in charge
Of the men on guard and let them click
Fritz's strafeing but Tommy does not
treat prisoners that way.
Five of them were brought into my
dugout and turned over to me SO that
they would be safe from the German
fire.
In the candlelight, they looked very
much shaken, nerves gone and chalky
faces, with the exception Of one.
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OVER THE TOP

~ Arthur ouy Rmpsy. an Amssias sOIai

ants dispensed With Their soft beds
that particular night.
Nevertheless II In not the fault Of
the individual offlcer. II is just the sur.
yival Of quaint old English custom.
You know an Englishman cannot be
changed In day.
But the average English ofiicer II q
good sport. He will sit on q fre step
aud listen respectfully 70 Private
Jones theory Of the way the war
should be conducted. This war is
gradually crumbling the once insur.
mountable wall OF caste.
You would be convinced OF this II
you could zee King George 20 among
his men on an inspecting tour under
IRE. or pause before O little wooden
cross in some shell-tosaed field with
tears In LIS eyes as he reads the In.
scription. And a little later perhaps
bend over wounded man ON stretch.
or, patting him on the head.
More than once In hospital I have
seen a titled Red Cross nurse fetching
and carrying for wounded soldier.
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prayer, hoping that one of his strays
will get some poor unsuspectlng Frit2
in the napper hundreds of yards be.
hind the lines. 1t generally does that's
the reason the Boches hate the nun
from Erin's isle.
The Saxons, though better than the
Prussians and Bavarians, have q nasty
trait of treachery in their makeup.
At one point Of the line where the
trenches '7ere very close, a stake was
driven into the ground midway be-
tween the hostile lines. At night when
1t was his turn, Tommy would crawl
to this ,take and attach some London
papers to 1t, while at the foot he would
place tins Of bully beet. fags, sweets,
and other dellcacies that he had re-
ceived from Blighty in the ever looked
for parcel. Later on Fritz would come
out and get these luxuries.
The next night Tommy would 60 out
to see what Fritz put into his stocking.
The donation generally consisted Of a
paper from Berlin, telling who was
winning the war, some timed sausages,
cigars, and occasionally a little beer,
but funny thing, Tommy never re-
turned with the beer unless 1t was in
side of him. His platoon got a Whit of
his breath one night and the offending
Tommy lost his job.
One night young English sergeant
crawled to the stake and as he tried to
detach the German paper a bomb ex-
ploded and mangled him horribly. Fritz
had set a trap and gained another vic
tim which was only one more black
mark against him In the book of this
war. From that time on diplomatic re-
lations were severed, /.
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which perhaps Is sinking into the mud
1.-The bolt couldn't be opened with q
team OF horses II Is no rusty-but he
spits on his sleeve and slowly pOllshes
his bayonet; when this IL done he also
Is ready TO argue with Fritz.
II Is not necessary to mention the
colonlals 1.-THE Canadians. Australians
and New Zealanders). the whole world
knows what they have done for Eng.
land.
The Australian and New Zealander
is termed the "Anzac." taking the
name from the first letters Of their Of
hcinl designation. Australian and New
Zealand army corps.
Tommy divides the German army
into three classes according to their
nghtlng abilities. They rank as fol.
lows; Prusslans. Bavarinns and Sax.
ons.
When up against O PrussIan regi.
ment II Is q case Of keep your napper
below the parapet and duck. A bang
bang all the time and war IL on. The
Bavarians are little better. but the
Snxons are fairly good sports and are
willing occasionally to behave as gen.
tiemen and take II easy. but you can.
not trust any Of them oyerlOng.
At one point Of the line the trenches
were about thlrty-twO yards apart.
This sounds horrible. but In fact II was
easy, because neither side could shell
the enemy's front.llne trench for fear
shells would drop into their own. This
eliminated artillery fire.
In these trenches when up against
the Prussians and Bayarians, Tommy
had hot time Of II, but when the Sax
ons took over" It was picnic; they
would yell across that they were Sax.
ons and would not fire. Both sides
would sit on the parapet and carry on
conversation. This generally consist.
ed of Tommy telling them how much
he loved the kaiser. while the Saxons
Informed Tommy that King George
was a particular friend Of theirs and
hoped that he was doing nicely.
When the Saxons were to be relieved
by Prussians or Bavarians, they would
yell this Information across No Mans
Land and Tommy would Immediately
tumble into his trench and keen his
head down.
If an English regiment was to be re-
lieved by the wild Irish. Tommy would
tell the Saxons, and Immediately a vol
ley Of "Donner und Blltzens" could
be heard and II was Fritz's turn to get
crick In his back from STOPPING, and
the people in Berlin would close their
windows.
Usually when an Irishman takes over
trench, just before "stand down In
the morning, he stickS his rifle oger
the top, aimed In the direction Of Ber.
lin. and engages In what is known ss
the "tnad minute" This consists OF
firing fifteen shots In a minute. He
Is not aiming at anything In particular
just sends over each shot with e
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great big fellow. He looked very much
at ease. I liked him from the start.
got out the rum jar and gave each
nip and passed around some fags,
the old reliable Woodbines. The other
prisoners looked their gratitude, but
the big fellow said in English, THANK
you, sir, the rum is excellent and l ap-
preciate 1t, also your kindness"
He told me his name was Carl
Schmidt, of the Sixty-sixth Bavarian
Light infantry; that he had lived six
years in New York (knew the city bet,
ter than I did), had been to Coney
island and many Of our ball games. He
was regular fan. / couldn't make him
believe that Hans Wagner wasn't the,
best ball player in the world.
From New York he had gone to Lon.
don, where he worked as waiter In
the Hotel Russell. Just before the war
he went home to Germany to see his
parents, the war came and he was con-
scripted.
He told me he was very sorry to
hear that London was in ruins from
the Zeppelin raids. I could not con-
vince him otherwise, for hadn't he seen
moving pictures in one of the German
cities of st. Paul's cathedral in ruins.
: ! changed the subject because he
was SO stubborn in his belief. 1t was
my intention to try and pump him for
Information as to the methods of the
German snipers, who had been caus-
Ing us trouble In the last few days.
! broached the subject and he shut
up like clam, After few minutes
he very innocently said:
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Returning TO Tommy. I think his
spirit Is best shown in the questions he
asks. II is never "who Is going TO win"
but always "how long win II takeT'
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Can't Toy with Fred.

The Philadelphia National League
club. in the hope Of attracting more
than a handful OF fans to the ball
yard Saturday, billed q double-header
with the Chicago Cubs without first
learning something. Then they pro-
ceeded to discover that they couldn't
toy with Fred Mitchell, manager OF
the Cubs.
''Therem be no double-header with
the Cubs" said Fred. determinedly.
I'm the frst place. 1t is unconstl-
tutional to book one on a first series,
and in the second, we have already
agreed to a date in September to play
of this postponed game"
But we've already sent our ad-
vertisements to the morning papers"
growled a representative OF the Pills.
Then change en-" came the calm
repIv from Mitchell. "ThereIl be no
doubIe-header with the Cubs. We're
in frst place, and we don't intend to
drop out without knowing something
about il"
And only one game was played.
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''MISCH" GUREVICH
IS AWARDED. FOUR
EETTERSAT TECH

'MIsch" Gurevich, Techs little
strong man, is the first athlete Of the
institution to gain letters in four
sports,
Gurevich will receive his awards In
baseball and track, and will have
competed successfully in no less than
four branches OF athletics during the
year.
Last fall GurevIch played in the line
on the football team and was. rated
as one OF the strongest players in
the schools. Later he went out for
the basketball team, and after being
retired several times on personal
fouls came through with some fne
performances at guard. He earned
his letter in the sport and was elected
captain OF the team for next year.
In baseball, Gurevich was captain
Of the team and caught during the
season. 1t was discovered that he
was a pretty fair tavelin thrower, so
he went out for that event and
won IL.
Four letters for Gurevich IN one
year is a new mark for Tech ath-
letes to shoot at.
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MACK SAYS
BROWNS SHOULD Be
WINNERS OF TITLE

ST. LOUIS, June 1o.-Connie Mack,
manager OF the Athletics, says Sports
mans Park should house a pennant
winner this season for the first time
in history. In other words, Con-
ME picks the Browns to win the
American League flag.
Il haven't seen a club in the league
better than the Browns" Connie re
marked while here. They can do
everything a good ball club should
do Moreover. they have the pitch
ers, and their secondary strength is
the best in the circuit New York
and Boston are good clubs, but I'll
pick the Browns"
Connie has won six pennants In
the American League, hence should
be able TO recognize a good club when
he sees one.
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LOOKING
EN-
OKER
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER

It was midafternoon at the Old
Mems Home. The old-timers were
gathered around a newspaper. They
were Sitting out on the front porch,
some smoking, some chewing all
dreaming Of other days.
Gee, boys" gasped Deacon" Phil
lippi, mick Altrock won a game for
Washington yesterday. Can it be the
old Nick We knew"
Sure, that's his picture" chimed
in Sam Lever; that's old Nick"
yep, an he beat Detroit, 3 to ?,
added the Deacon" What do you
! know about that7"
Then. to the surprise Of ALI Lady
Baldwin stirred his -creaking bones
and tottered down of the porch
/ Across the lot a bunch Of kids were
playing sides" and right to them
| hobbled the ancient Lady Bald
win.
Here. one O. you kids" said Bald
| win. take q mitt I'm going to warm
up this old left wing O. mine.
what are you tryin' to dor shout
ed Amos Rusie from the porch get
| into the inftrmary?'
Nav, I'm goin' in training for
Clark Grifhth's pitching stan"
And the next morning saw cap.
Arson knocking grounders, with
! Lady" Baldwin, Jack Chesbro, sam
Lever, Deacon" Phillippi, Noodles
Hahn and kid" Nichols warming up
in turn with Jack Warner and chief
thinner.
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tourney FOR BOYS
!. SLATED THIS WEEK
TO Be HELD AUG. |

y .T91v hCoc a1TGf zugC
WashinEton's junior and boys.
championship tennis tournament, orr
ginaIly set -foE Iune IS has been post
poned until August ]. according to
Louis l. Doyle, National Lawn Ten
mis- Association representative CT the
community tennis center here.
Other tennis centers hold their
tournament just before the annual
junior and boys tournament At For-
rest Hills, L l., and II was reccntiy
decided to stage the Washington
event at a later date.
Doyle points out that more boys
will be interested In the even: later
in the season At present The Su-
burban League juniors are getting
ready for a junior tournament Pete
Knapp, OF the Princeton CldD, 10 In
charge Of the AFFAIR and line y
expected to be gotten on AL CT The
youngsters IN the circuit. -r--fa.i.l
A Suburban Junior League is *
pected to get under way inst as soon
as the tournament Is run or. i Is
expected that a number OF young
sters will be gotten in line ready fer
the big junior tournament and boys'
tournament later In the summer.
Doyle expects q big entry list tbs
summer as the winners in singles
are to be sent up for the big event
at Forrest Hills. Boys who are work
ing will be given a change to com
pete as the tournament will be held
late in the afternoon. in time for
competition after working hours
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FINGLEADERS
TOSHONSTROKES
OUT At COLUMBIA

s-nai-rEYa-FHEfna-

eersTTE6Y- -TH9fne~
II yeH know solf., go out 70 colurn-
bia Saturday and see four OF the
country's greatest players exhibit
their skill
II you don't know golf. accept Co
Iumbia's cordial Invitation to be pres
emit and see fouF. champions and ex-
champions illustrate their use Of the
clubs. It will be a practical lesson
in golf for all those who DO not care
to follew the players around the
beautiful Columbia Country Clubs
course.
Chick Evans. national amateur and
open champion; Jim Barnes, the
Western champion; walter Hagen,
champion in 1914. and Freddy Nc
Leod. ,coluTpbia,s pro- Eho was cham
pion IN 1908. are 70 play in a four
some for ths1 Bsnefit OF lthS American
Red Cross. Before they start away.
both in the morning and the after
noon. each player will exhibit his
own style on the home green for
the enlightenment Of the spectators.
Plans are under way 20 care for
the largest thronE ever attracted BY
golf match.
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MARINES BREAK EVEN
IN BILL WITH NAVY MEN

ouantico Marines broke even in the big
double. bill staged at. American League
Park yesterday With the picked Navy
teams.
The Marines won the openeroy to O.,
and were routed by 6 to 3 in the second
contest. Mike Cantwell, former George
town University pitcher. won the open
ing battle. Captain Matthews players
pounded three Quantico twirlers all over
the lot in the second game.
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CHICAGO CUBS LEADING
AFTER GAME STRUGGLE

The Chicago Cubs have displaced
the Giants as leaders in the National
League pennant race, holding the
honor by a margin Of but one game.
Tomorrow they open a four-game Sc.
ries on the Polo Grounds, and the fur
should fly, for the Giants are most
anxious to crawl back to their old
place at the head Of the parade.
The Cubs have put up a game
struggle They lost Grover Alexan-
der almost at the beginning of the
campaign; but they kept right at it
and managed TO catch up with the
Giants, who had started OF with but
one defeat in the hrst two weeks.
Last week the Cubs won all hve
games played, while the Giants were
breaking even in six.
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WHITE SOX CLOSING
ON TEAMS IN FRONT

The Chicago White Sox are
slowly closing in on the Yankees and
Red Sox. Today the worlds cham
pions are In third place, just three
and a half games behind the Boston
Red SoX.
The Chicagoans copied five out OF
six games last week, making the best
record in the league. The Griffs
winning five out Of seven, did sec
Ond best.
The st. Louis Browns squirt was
given a rude jolt by the Yankees, the
Mound City bunch winning but one
out Of seven games played.
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Tom should Succeed.

Camp Meade has obtained a capable
boxing instructor in Tommy Gibbons
Of st. Paul, MINI, for he is at once
q clever boxer and an intelligent
Young man. He wouldn't be any
thing else and still be a brother OF
Mike Gibbons.
Tom Gibbons is a lightning-fast
middIeweight, who mas learned much
from working constantly with his
brother. Thus. too, he has picked up
Mikes frst-class methods Of teaching
boxing to the enlisted men at Camp
Dodge. Meade will benefit therefrom
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SHAW TOFACE BROWNIES
IN SERIES FIRST GAME

By JOE S. JACKSON.

DETROIT 10Mr Griffith turned his and his aten
ton Detroit though still quite willing, urged
tell why he should not have lost either Of the
games dropped His doesn't show the
convinced but the that the
Sunday victory him he admits
Jim Shaw his Gif has
four straight that Jones' took
ranking And he has watched with much interest the
remarkable waoping handed the
wondering happened along the Also
If Shaw who expected give
rtnff nnain
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SUBURBAN LEAGUE IN
LINE FOR OPENING

Suburban Tennis League Clubs.
eight strong, will get away 10 the
1915 start on Saturday. according to
present plans.
Euclid plays at Petworth, Holmead
at Racquet, Standards at Argyle and
Princeton at the Home Club. The
league may be cut down to six clubs
and the schedule revised before the
start Saturday.
The PetwoTth club will probably
forfeit. and il is understood that the
Home Club is having difficulty with
courts.
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PRINTERS TAKE ONE.

Tho Capital Publishers won out in
another interesting baseball game
from the American Red Cross team
by 3. to =. Serrin, for the Publishers,
allowed three hits. Calvert, OF the
Cappubs. got three safeties and led
both team In hitting.
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cAss JOINS NAVY.

DIES MONIES. Iowa, June lo.-June
Cass, left fielder with the Des Moines
club, is the latest Western Lacquer
to ioin the colors. He enlisted at the
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
and probably will play with the
tackles team. Cas- was batting close
10 the $50 mark He had a spriug
trial. with the Washington GTihmeu.
but was not retained BY CTark Gflhtth
because Of being in the draft
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KING GEORGE A ROOTER
AT BASEBALL CONTESTS

LONDON. June liking George Is a
baseball fan
Lieut. G. NJ. Price. sports officer Of
sunningdaIe Canadian Hospital. wrote
to the Anglo-American League, asking
for a place In the league for the Sun
ningdale team.
in regard TO the popularity OF our
team, need only point out that his ma
jesty. the King. makes a practice Of at
tending our games at Sunnlngdale
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DOWN COME YANKEES;
RED SOX CLIMB BACK

The New York Yankees are. again
in second place today. They enjoyed
the honors OF leading the league
race for just one day, June 9. BY
nightfau they were back in second
place, for they lost to the Browns, ,
to 4, in. twelve innings, while the
Bostonians were withdrawing the
Indians, to o.
However. the Red Sox are just
barely holding their own these days.
They lead by just one game.
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WINS RuRRER CANT.

Rapids A. c. players won the rub
Der game from the st. Peters Juniors
by to on the Monument grounds
yesterday and will play at Alexan-
dria next Sunday.
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'REXA. c. PLAYERS
HANGyRE.ENE::NTH
a--s-asr zvT
WIN TAKING BOTH

Manager James Wright's Rex A c.
players are boasting Of eleven
straight wins today. The Rex lads
had nine to their credit up to yes
terday and went out to Union League
Park for the doubple win against
the Ordnance Club and the Truxton
A c. players.
The Ordnance players were routed
by q 10 to 3 score. as the Rex lads
got sfter Murphy -for-three IN the
hrst. two IN the second, and seven In
the third. Ferguson pitched until his
| team got so far ahead that Barrett
was entrusted with the hurting.
There was some satisfaction to the
second win as Truxton A. c. players
maintained the Rex men had ditched
the date. When the counting started
Rex was too strong, and won out by
10 to /. Twenty six runs were scored
in sixteen innings on twenty-eight
hits by the Rex players, and Man
ager Wright called IT a days sport
Young Mems Hebrew Association
baseball players gained a 4 to 3 win
over the Arlingtons yesterday when
Luber proved an adept with the fail
Sunday Y. N, H A. players have
a game here with either Richmond
Tor, Norfolk on Sunday on the trt-eity
tide games. ~---- s
with Agriculture ahead in the De
partmental League by counting eight
stIaights recently Finance and Ac-
counts and the Engineers are scrap
ping Il out for second place.
The revised shedule Of games for
the remainder OF the month is as
follows:
June 1O-supply-Control vs. Agriculture
June ii-Finanee and Accounts W Ensi-
June l2-war Risk Insurance Va Com
June Is-supply-ControI ". Personnel.
june i4-Finanes and Accounts VS.. Com
June 1s-AEriculture vs. War Trads Board.
June 1T-supply-Control W. War RiAk In
June is-commsrcs vs.. Engineers
June lS-Personnel vs.. Finance and Ae-
June sO-war Trade Board vs.. War Risk
Juns sl-AsrieuIturs W conmeros.
June Z-Personnel W. Engineers
June 24-War Trade Beard ~ supply
June 2s-Finanes and Accounts vs.. War
Risk Insurance. ...-.......
I June 2b-PerFonnel W. AsIlcuALuEe-
June Z7-Engineers va. War Risk InsuE-
ance.
June 2s-Commercs vs.. supply Control.
June I9-Engineers vs. War Trade Board.
/ July War Risk Insurance. W. Personnel.
! July 1-war Trade Board Commerce.
July s-supply-controi vs. Finance and
AccOuFtH
Gun and Quadrangle will play to-
| day in the Navy Yard League. The
/ Gun division players are tied up with
1 Tool and Miscellaneous for second
place following their Saturday win.
| ClofIeps. leading the league at pres
ent. will play Ordnance tomorrow
afternoon. Wednesday the Torpedo
and T. and VI. players get into action!
while on Thursday Quadrangle and
| Ordnance battle.
Friday Gun and Torpedo play
while the Saturday contest Is SEIZED
uled for the Cloffsps and Tool and
/ Miscellaneous players.
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wortIs and Music.

I'm only sore that Baker got that
80. 500" is the latest baseball melody,
words by Chief Bender and music by
Bender, Alexander, killifer, and Pas
kert
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Will AWARD Letters.

Letters viii be awarded Central
High Sahool athletes on Wednesday
morning. Central has won the foot
ball. baseball, basketball and tennis
titles 90 far.