The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-14
K. Of (. Workers Find American Soldiers A
 Strong Athletic Lot

champion team. Pete Noonan of the
 Philadelphia Athletics developed a
 strong team at Esch, and was later
 one of the umpires in the A. E. F.
 finals. Tommy Dowd, another big
 leaguer in k. of c. uniform devel-
 oped the Fourth Division Lea gue. Jim
 Fogarty, former manager of the
 Jersey City, N. J. team, managed the
 American Embarkation Center team.
 and Jack Barry, the old New YorK
 Giant star, assisted in the k. of C.
 baseball activities. Johnny Carroll.
 Tommy O'Mara and J. B. Kerin. one
 time umpire in the National League
 held the indicator in the soldier
 games. O'Mara set a new baseball
 record when he flew from Columbes
 les Bellies to TriaI, Germany to um- pire game.
 In these last months of the Amer lcan occupation of Germany and en- cam pment in France baseball has been the favorite sport fostered b,- me K. of C., but its record in tba 1urtheFH nee of boxing as a snort aud not profession even surpa ssed the summer pastfme- The K. of C. made boxing to the tired dorghboy what inc light musical comedy has always been | to the tired business man. In every 1 area where American troops were 1 ol'leted In barns, poorly lighted halls. ! III open fields and in the spacious 1 recreation halls, the K. of c. staged i Interesting bouts
 | The program of the K of c. box-
 Ing chief, J. J. Carey provided amuse- l ment as well IS exercise for the en-
 listed men. He pitted French boxers against the best in the A. F F and | 10 the surprise of the American bows ] the French made an impression which 1 was hardly the popular idea of their l fisuc powers. Sam Fitzpatrick a K i or C. boxing man, who 20 years be-
 Tore brought Peter Jackson to France
 and later visited Paris with Kid La vigne, discovered that the French i boxers could fight with their fists this time. Before they used their feet con I tinually.
 Boxers and fight promoters of na- | tional reputation conducted the bouts | for the K. of c. The record of the
 Caseys was such that the army ath- | le1ic off1clals gave the organization | the exclusive privilege of staeing con-
 tests, and approximately a million sol | dfers saw the bouts in Paris, Coblenz.
 Le Mans, and other centers. Alex Me l Lean, K. of C. director with the 1 Third Army alone staged 400 bouts
 Billy Roche, Danny Dunn, Biz Mack | ay, Eddie Conway, Frank Flynn | Judge Duffy, Tommy Mcfarland | and Eddie ORourke were big factors 1 in the success of the program The greatest race ever staged in | France was the marathon the K of ! C. arranged from Chatieu Thierry l over the shell-torn roads to the Place
 de la Concorde, Paris. which was won 1 by Mthey Lynch of Newark N J. l It was on the anniversary of the day
 the American machine gunners were | making their attack on Chateau 1 Thierry bridge. The runners coursed | their way under canopies of flowers l in some of the cities along the route Owen Merrick handled the swim 1 ming meets of the A E. F. for the
 K. of c. and George Lamothe, in-
 ternational fencer, taught the boys | the use of the foils. Bill McCabe
 another K. of c. instructor. was the l first to suggest the international re- | getta recently held. Together with 1 basketball, tennis, soccer and rugby,
 the K. of secretaries assisted in all ] the athletic programs of the A. B. F. | Walter Cruise is playing a fine brand l of ball in the outfield for the Braves l Tony Boeckel, recently obtained | by the Braves from the Pirates, has l already made himself a favorite with | the Boston fans
 Ping Bodie refused to make a trip l to the Smithsonian Institute Why | should I go over there and see a | lot of stuffed animals ?'' said Ping. | Golfers in Canada played their anna
 teur championship over the Lambton | links at Toronto recently, after a | lapse of five years. The last time the
 event was held was in 1914. when
 George s. Lyon, eight times winner, ] came out ahead of the field. The Lambton course is considered one of | the most difficult in Canada, because of it's exacting fairways, good length and difficult water hazards.
 Ed Konetchy, first sacker of the Dodgers, holds a record for this if not several seasons by hitting safe'y ten times in ten times at bat and Roger Pechinpaugh of the Yankees
 and Babe" Ruth of Boston snars
 the honors in each having hit safe in twenty consecutive games.
 Charles E. Brickley, the once famous
 Harvard football star, is now a Wall street broker. Unless Charley has | changed his tactics he's hulling the | market, and that is no ''bul," be- lieve me!
 After making more than a million 1 dollars as heavyweight boxing l champion, the late John L. Sullivan | left an estate valued at $3,624.71, ac- cording to valuations on the property.