The American Legion Weekly [Volume 4, No45 (November 10, 1922)] . d to track events. Althoughtrack was the most popular of thesports—bringing out crowds estimatedas high as ten thousand—there werealso aquatic events, and golfing, andtennis, and a rifle match. Each of theseevents proved popular. Golf and ten-nis had their crowds, and fully twothousand people must have watched thewater meet. The rifle shoot in itself was a Georgia won it, Minnesota scaredthe life out of the Georgians by shoot-ing perfect scores for nearly five hun-dred rounds. This event attracted wideattention fro


The American Legion Weekly [Volume 4, No45 (November 10, 1922)] . d to track events. Althoughtrack was the most popular of thesports—bringing out crowds estimatedas high as ten thousand—there werealso aquatic events, and golfing, andtennis, and a rifle match. Each of theseevents proved popular. Golf and ten-nis had their crowds, and fully twothousand people must have watched thewater meet. The rifle shoot in itself was a Georgia won it, Minnesota scaredthe life out of the Georgians by shoot-ing perfect scores for nearly five hun-dred rounds. This event attracted wideattention from regular army men sta-tioned near New Orleans, and wontheir commendation, too, in showingthat the service men of four years agohave not lost their shooting results were as follows: 100-Yard Dash: First Heat: Lever (NrwYork), first; Cochran (Mississippi), second:Hayslip (Nebraska), third. Time: 10 4-5 Second Heat: Paulu (Iowa), first; Bui. (Continued on page 21) PAGE 20 THE AMERICAN LEGION WEEKLY In the Land of the Praline By Wallgren. ON m$ New ORLtAH$ <-e Ram STitir (shirt Sleevesv«ER£. -me. Vogue)


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