Citizens Military Training Camp - Full Pack Yearbook (Fort Leavenworth, KS)

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I ' THE FULL PACK BOXING Under training of 2nd Lieutenant Philip Kernan, 17th Inf., sixty-six boxers turned out for boxing on the first afternoon of sports. Though this number dwindled to less than thirty before the middle of the month, the class of boxers left was above average. Lieu- tenant-Mullett took a hand and put much needed pep into the fight game. The first fight show was held on Thursday, August 6, five days sooner than the first fight show of the 1924 camp. The second show was held on Saturday of the first week and established boxing at once as the most popular evening attraction of the camp. After the middle of the month fight shows were held four times a week. Not only was there a 100 percent attendance among students, but hundreds oflcivilians thronged into camp to hear the short band concert before the fights and to see the fur fly . They were not disappointed, for plenty of fighters hit the floor at every exhibition. More than 3,000 persons saw the final bouts. I The judges generally were Captains Hebert and Scudder and Lieutenant Kernan. The referees were Lieutenant Mullett and, later, Captain Scudder. The announcer was Captain Bollenbeck. ' Silver loving cups were awarded to the champions in each of nine classes. A silver trophy for the most popular fighter was won by Francis B. Printup, Company I , fa Basic student from Fort Riley, Kansas, who also won the lightweight championship. - THE BOXING CHAMPIONS ' The champions in their weights were the following: Flyweight: Jesse Gilmore, Co.: E , Downs, Kan. Bantamweight: R. Arnold, Co. K , Scammon, Kan. Featherweight: Ed. Courter Co. f'L , Iola, Kan. Jr. Lightweight: Marvin Quillan, Headquarters Co., Texarkana, Ark. Lightweight: Frank Print- up, Co. I , Fort Riley, Kan. Welterweight: C. Lewis, Co. L , Waldron, Ark. Middleweight: Billyjames, Headquarters Co., junc- tion City, Kan. Lightweight: F. O. Keeny, Co. K , Winfield, Kan. l Heavyweight: I. E. Smith, I Battery, Benton, Ark. A Tor Row-Printup, Lewis, james, Keeney. I ' Bo'r'roM Row-Gilmore, Arnold, Courter, Quillan. Pagr Seventy-:even