Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1918 — EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR SPORT IS GIVEN BRITISH SAILOR TO KEEP IN PROPER TRIM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR SPORT IS GIVEN BRITISH SAILOR TO KEEP IN PROPER TRIM

Although the German high sea fleet will not come out and give the British fleet a chance which it is so ea.gerly waiting for, the grand fleet has an Immense amount of work to do in maintaining effective sea command. In spite of this every opportunity for sport and entertainment is utilized in order to keep the men in trim. This photo, the first of its kind to arrive in this country, shows. a boxing exhibition on board a British battleship waiting at its base in instant readiness for action. It is greatly due to the efforts of these sailors and thousands more like them that the German fleet has not dared to come forth arid attack dur coast;