The Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1, No. 1, February 8, 1918: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
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The Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1, No. 1, February 8, 1918: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
World War, 1914-1918 -- Periodicals; World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Periodicals
Speaking of the great John L., we suppose that "Handsome Jim" Corbett is
the only old time champion who can at all aspire to Sullivan's place in
public esteem.
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We seem to know the tune of this anonymous contribution, but we never
have heard these words before:
We're in the trenches now,
The slacker milks the cow,
And the son of a Hun
Must skeedaddle and run,
For we're in the trenches now.
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FOR A LIVE SPORT PAGE.
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THIS IS poor apology for
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A LIVE SPORT page but it
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MAKES A beginning and
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SOMEBODY had to do it
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AND I was the goat but
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WITH YOUR help we'll
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DO BETTER next time if you
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WRITE US some notes from
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YOUR CAMP and send us
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SOME VERSES for
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ONE GUY can't handle this
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ALL himself and
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ANYBODY could do the job
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BETTER than I can you know
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WE WANT to find a
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REAL SPORTING editor somewhere
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AND WISH this job
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OFF ON him and then
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WE'LL buy a cable from
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BACK home and tell him
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TO HOP to it.
C. P. C.
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INDOOR SPORTS
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SATURDAY NIGHT.
First you take a basin,
Place it on the stove,
Wait about an hour or so,
Shoo away the drove
Of your jeering billet mates
Betting you won't dare;
Then you spread a slicker
On the floor with care.
Next you doff your O. D.,
And your undershirt.
Wrap a towel 'round your waist,
Wrestle with the dirt;
Do not get the sponge too wet--
Little drops will trickle
Down a soldier's trouser legs--
Golly! How they tickle!
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