Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-20
Johnny Lore, Not Killed.
Back From War Safe, But
Wounded, and Full of Thrill
ing Stories.

Copyright 1919, by The Press Pub
fishing Co.
tThe New York Evening World and
Albuquerque JournalD
Say. amt dead one Where
did Mr.. Edgren get that stuff that
was knocked off? I'm pretty I've
dead one don't you think? Why.
that news nearly killed my mother
When | sent word to her THAI
was home safe, and in the hospital
she came down and punched me all
over TO see if | was sure alive
There was johnny Lore standing ne
fore us full of life and ready TO SPILL
ont war stuff a mile minute. Some
well meaning friend had written a
letter TO Bob Edgren, some tinl9 be
fore, conveying the sad news that
Johnny had been shot to pieces, and
bob printed the letter for what it
was worth.
We all had remembered .Iohnny
Lore. one of the toughest OF the
tough among the lightweights "a few
years back. and naturally We're sad
dened by the information But when
Johnny breeZed in on us, as lively
as a cricket although machine
bullet had gone through his left
IDlHn from the lllSlut u lIlt pui-
side. we were glad to see him.
Johnny arrived in France on Dec
Grafton day, and was in the trenches
on July 4, fine day for it, as ne
says
Johnny then began TO spin out sto-
ries of his experiences which would
fill a book There was no rotation TO
his experiences, but that didn't mat
ter The first thing he said was:
Why, Mr.. Treanor. you'd be proud
YOU are an American if you could
have seen how our boys fought. They
went in to clean up, and do IT quick.
We weren't with the Americans. our
gang was with the Twenty seventh di-
vision, and the Thrtieth, and We were
mixed up with the Fourth English
army, along with the Scotch, Aus
traIian and British at St. Quentin.
And. say, that Hndenburg line,
continued Johnny, the allies were
afraid of il for four years. When we
got on the Job we took ii in about two
hours and a half | got lost am ong the
Australians at the time, and let me
tell you those boys can fight and so
can the Canadians, but the fanks
come first The English? Oh, they're
fine stretcher- bearers and road
suaracrs, but back, away back, of the
firing line
johnny went over the top three
times before he got his health de-
stroyer, as ne calls it. But before That
he had a gratifying experience. He
tells II like this.
There was q machine gun nest
which was holding up our whole bat
TALON Volunteers We're called for to
find il. and, like every other time
every Yank volunteered Anyhow, ]
was sent out with six other boys TO
find the guy who was shooting the
thing We found him. but he knocked
off four of us first, There were only
three of us eft when we. got within
twenty five feet of him. He hollored
'kamerad. but couldn't see that
with four of my pals dead all around
me, so | just tossed "A bomb at him.
He came out in pieces. / got his
watch and a letter his girl wrote him
from berlin. Some souvenir. Oh?
That's when you hate German, when
he kills your pals from behind
bush.
Why say, after that ] nearly got
in lot of trouble. The =. G. (provost
guard wanted to arrest me- Contin-
ued Johnny, for not taking the guy
prisoner instead CT knocking him off.
They told MS politely To take prison
ers. but | didn't think they meant it,
Anyhow, | figured. what's the use of
taking prisoners. They ate up all our
chow"
Al this point Johnny was afraid he
had been talking TOO much. I'm not
much at this stuff he remarked,
"and | don't want the gang up on
Tenth avenue to think I'm all swelled
mp. They may say that need Il big
ger hat or something like that. butt
honest, I'm not that way at all"
Put this in the Red Book and
don't let anybody tell you any differ
ent. This English chan Wilde beat
our Pal Moore a city block 1t was
Colonel Cox of the United States army
talking The colonel was in charge
of the army boxers who went to Lon
don from France for the recent inter
national boxing tournament. He has
Just arrived N New York
Yes went on the colonel. IF they
had been wearing regulation five
ounce gloves instead of ten-ouncc pill
lows Wilde would have put Moore
away in the second round. Moore
has dancing style which is attractive
but not effective"
The colonel remarked that the only
one who got the worst of IL in the
London tournament was Ritchie
Mitchell of Milwaukee. He did we'll
but as matter of fact left his fight
on the road lie had lot of trouble
making the weight, 1875 pounds" said
the colonel.
The hes: fighter IN the show" con-
tinued the colonel, was Mike 0'Dowd
He fought men bigger than himself
and walked through them easily
Colonel Cox explained the defeat OF
our army boxers Ike this: I'VE had
three firsts and two seconds, and the
British only three firsts still they
were awarded more points than we
were. You sec when an English boxer
was beaten he got point for being
good loser, while we got nothing
when defeated
Looks as if they expected our boys
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