Lorain Youth Joins Canadian Regiment
"Lorain Youth Badly Hurt In Arras Battle Athlete Hit in Charge Up Vimy Ridge, Parents." Plain Dealer 17 Apr. 1917: 15. NewsBank. Web. 18 May 2016.
Lorain youth athlete joins a Canadian regiment in order to fight in the Great War. He joins prior to the United States joining, and joins in 1914. He even rejects a minor league baseball offer to go fight. He gets shot in the hip, and is injured in the Battle of Arras.
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