The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-01-25
Boxers From the United States
Find Rich Pickings and
Easy Bouts.
DUEL YIELDS TO FOOTBALL
Civilians as Well as Military Engage
in Games-Workers Suspicious
of Middle Glass Clubs, but
Have Many Themselves

boxers who have filtered into Gel
MANY have found rich pickings an
easy bouts. Recently in Munich say
a bout between clever German pro
fessional and a young German-Ameri
can. saws correspondent of thu
New York Herald. The German hat
the footwork technique of a fencer
and he always made regulation mum
her of swings before placing a blow
He also had several extremely pretty
fancy steps with his feet. The young
American was tritfe wild and I'M
scientific, but he had learned how tt
use his fists in Milwaukee. He was all
over the ring until finally he stretched
the old school scientist out on the mat
in the third round
This instance is one common In Ger
man sports generally. The Old con-
yentional etiquette games in which
people learned to defend their honor
are giving way to sports which people
play and pay to see for the fun OF the
game.
Duejlina Yields to Football
Mensur the old formal duelling, and
gymnastics, the only purpose OF when
was 70 give athletes chance to dis
play their muscles, are giving way to
football and track sports. II the
Hohenzollerns hope to win their way
back to the hearts of the German
masses they must discard their plumed
helmets and shining armor and come
back in football togs. The young
princes must make name in races or
track meets and show Willingness to-
rub elbows with the crowd at the races
and themselves take part in track
meets.
as long as exercise meant drill, some
thing connected with duty, German
youth did it because they had to- ana
fried then to offset the effects by over
eating and drinking and complete IN
ertia out of hours. Their dlstaste Tor
sports began in the schools, where
they had only drills preparing them 70
be soldiers.
German universities had a way OF
mixing sports just as they did learn
ing. with stiff collars, court etiquette
and fifteenth century ideals of honor.
ONLY duelling could thrive in this at
and this could be defined as
blood letting intimately connected with
much smoke, more beer ana mostly
formality. Such sports were marks OF
social superiority and never pastlme.
To he sure tennis had begun to come
in hut it was made more rendezvous
and tearoom than sport.
The only organization where physical
exercise held sway were the turn
gymnastic societies, such as
those in the middle West in America.
But these, too, were crippled by the
efforts of political parties and the
to nationalize and par
ticularize them. They became and
still are entangled in political prelu-
docs The burgers have their turn
vereins and the workers have theirs.
Under no circumstances would they
think of communicating each other by
having meet Indeed the workers
ire more exclusive insisting that |
members have union cards and IN some
,luhs that they be members of Socialist |
parties.
Atmosphere of Democracy.
The fall of the Hohenzollerns, the
md of universal service and the
gradual spread of democratic ideas
,as created an atmosphere for the
lind of sports which people follow to
.niov themselves. American welfare
in Germany are over
iooded with requests for training in
morris and equipment The world
tudent federation movement has made
his part of its work here. Several
american sport experts have been
oaching secrets Of soccer and track
ontests.
One of the army trainers with the
soblenz forces has been offered an at
post in Germany when the
rmv of occupation goes home. In
>resden and Halle the students have
nd out track and athletic fields on
heir own initiative.
Soccer has become almost the ma
Ional game. Swiss, Dutch and Aus
rian teams come to Berlin to play.
ONE time ago team of British sol
fers from the Berlin military mission
,et a team from the German military
olice. AS might have been expected
on both sides were highly
randalized. but the men enjoyed
lemselveS.
significant transformation also
as taken place in the German army.
ow that service Is no longer com
ulsory the German staff has had to
,ake It attractive. The new drill
,oks In addition to prescribing setting
D exercises have large place for
,orts. Army championship games
ere held in the Berlin stadium this
INNER. They had running, shot put
ng and swimming, organized as
limitation contests. Some of the ,
inning was military, with full pack,
it most Of 1t was on American sport
les. {
Boxing and football are not, how {
yer. included as compulsory. The