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CAODOCK TO TAKE ■PART IN TOURNEYKarl* Mike ODowd and Mike GibW** Will Be Seen in Action at ( amp B«h1 at.MEET PLANNED FOB JAN. |»re jn.is IIn-1It*d’ id ■in I'K- 'n. Winner* In KiMti to Challeng* (tapin Funs Ion - Kec*lpt* |o Ljmna-I!‘ *ium fund.iuk.lt; “of Camp Dodge. Jan. 14 -The flnali a for. the tournament with Camp Fu*.| hton will be held In !»♦•* Moines. Bt the collBeum on Jan. \*f. They will er| Include five boxing events. five wre*t-,j i ling «*venls ami competition in Av« special events, including grenadt | throwing, bayonet contest, stretcher* race, shuttle race and relay race. h‘‘ The winners In these event* will besent against Camp Funaton. at Kan-' saa City. Convention hall, on Jan. 2i 0jjand 26. Some noted athletes wlU be •e seen in action on the Camp Dodge , teams In this tournament Caddock lis! will be the representative In thebeaTy u I weight class of wrestler*. Mike lu.0’lowd may be ihlt;* middleweight rep-ntl resent a live in the boxing tejun. with jn| these two to build a team on. it should ... be a winner. Mike O’llowd. the mld-* die weight champion of the wciTld, |ls should holrl his own against the best: that Fun s'* on can send against him. Not many people expect to see Cad-doek thrown either. dlt;j! Many men arc working out daily f‘-1 getting In condition for the tryout*. hof Among them are Lyman, a wrestler. 5,f I^Idbv. a boxer: S.cel. another \toxtr. k*jand several other good‘men from the 'ul, base hospital corps.;,,ti Labe Safro. Ollie Anderson, Billy 3*’ Koach and Woodhall. who arc all experts with the gloves and have been ir | in many fights, will he seen in action ?whe tulmedabers.ledterheasnt.byat*fotrkm-liendIn the tryouts on Jan. IU. ll has not been determined whether Mike Gibbons will be allowed to participit* a: against Kunston or not. en | The grenade throwers and men in bs the special events are being picked | by the expert instructors in these 1 lines at the ramp. Men from the ho*-sc! pital and ambulance units will be g!v-asjen a chance to show their wares lu ,nl the stretcher bearer race and the other er special events.Lieutenant Farley and .Mike Gibbons are picking the bayonet men. Gibbons is also picking the representatives for the tryout* in boring. Earl Caddock will handle the wrestlers.and Pd. Director Grlfllth will coach the meo in the special events and beside* supervise the whole team.Divide Funds. Convention hail at Kansas City is a mammoth building capable of seating many thousand people. The funds of the show will be divided between Camp Dodge and Camp Funston and devoted to the gmnasium fund* of the two institutions. The money collected at the coliseum in Dex Moioei will also be devoted to the same purpose.This will be the first athletic *how of this kind ever staged and the athletic council of the division 1* very hopeful that it will be a success. Itsolit-Ishbe' k* a rare °PPor,un*t' 10 se* l*irwirdheworld champions in grenade throwing and bayonet work. The program will be announced later.
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Rock Island Argus
Rock Island, Illinois, US
Mon, Jan 14, 1918
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