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~-Si~ Hundred and Fourth Engineers' Crack Eleven Throu~'h for 6-to-O Victory Over Headquarters
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aspir11nts for gridiron honors. H(,adquarters Tro~)p, ,)th ("orps, were the victims, 6-0 the score, The 604th t:ngineers are now COI'pStroop champions of the 5th (;orps, , 'raiued knee Rube did not get into the g1'ffie, hut' LJ ( 1l lng h to .~ sp )w I t' t t 'd' a Iia , w 0 \\as SU)S I U e ,pr ov fl d to he .. ' q, uarterhack. d of 'no , mean ahility, The ,fiel(.l was in poor cond Itlon, covere WIth
snow ' This an enthusIastIc !Jut was on(' occasio!l crowd when all present was the lowest for. and accounted hnc~ priva!e
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Feb. .25, 1919.--VIl]I~rs-surSulze IS all excIted and there IS ~ buzzing .atm~s.phere around the ?Dteen that has not bee.n.wltne!!sed SInce It was st~rted. L~rge (orces of me~ are. pollcl~gthe place, and the ordinary b~rrenness so I~uch In evIdence I.n~h~ ,good,ol~ day~ has totally dJsappea,red, 1here are fancy CUItams III the wI,Jldo~s, and large
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Frall~e,
adorn
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decoratea In
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What is a football game withont a b,~md? Even the loyal snp- i door is under new rule, pm'tcl's of the defeat.ed team found tI~te to, gathe~ '?roUl~d the: We will no longer have to use onr IlIt;SS kits for writing" tables, 604th Engi1lcc~s Regllncntal Ijand whIle saId musIcIans Issued i nor will it be necessary to pull the time-honored alibi to the heaucoup mUSIC, folks at home for not writing. The place can be swept with a Thc EIlf{ineers outcl~!ssed and qutplaycd the He~ldquartcrs j liroom now, while ~ve all have memories of the days when Troop, and plowed their ~vay throu!{h the Hea(~quarters defense nothing short of a Kansas cyclone could extract the cigarette
tavor of the Y. M, C. A, !he new ruler of the canteen I~ a Jeal, honest-to-goodness AmerIcan woman-the first that we ve seelt , , smce wc Ieft t h e L an d 0f J"Ib erty, MISS 01 Ive.."" I In lams IS h er ' ' ' '
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quarter.
Hall
carrYIng
the hall,
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paper
wrappers
from
the corners
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of the old
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..~~cecortheoth~r, t' I h tk' d Stanfoi'tllaucomwasntparlcuarwa In Hur~ey ;..;Iranes, dollars or pounds, it was all the ,Icnptam! . ones tried cashing old rent Jeceipts and Lashway.",", 't Id 't k Wh en th e men ,., ~UL GO'd..mlthc;initial I ~von n having a place to write sl.lock of wor, ; believed ,they
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f I' 0 money we gave llm-same, Someofthew!~e Chinese laundry tickets. hand read it ~s generally e ave recovere d ( rom th down to take things as
that
th~
regiment
will
settle
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fathers, sweethe~lrts and wives may have their own reasqJlS for thankfulnes~ that ~he wa~ is ,over, ,b~' A, E, F. b,reathed a specIal find v~ry bIg sIgh at ~~. Bloodv 13111 shook the du,t of ()erm~IIJV fr(,m hIs
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the war's most terrible horrqrs-the magazine cover soldier! a long-felt want. As a result. "The 604th Engineer" makes its For m~InY months have we shivered when he went "over the initial bow in this issue. Th~ policy of this paper-for a short to.p," atlireg in the late lamented campaign hat and canv_as :1; me at least-wil] be that of humor, good (ell:wshiP: ,w,hat leggings-neither of which have ever been seen in the A, E, F, flews we can gather, and perhaps som~ collstructlve crItIcIsm e;cept on the person of some i~norant gink in the S, 0, s, I or the organization members: Of course, cboi
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VILLIBRS-SUR~SUIZE,
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FRANCE
for Ilnll; by
Society
It is being whispered around about to be engaged!. Madeline and Sgt. Caldwell are in social clrcles that Mademoiselle
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Published Every OnJ;e in a While. Never Entered a Post Offl"e PRICE. BEAUCOVP FRANCS. ,-:::
Capt. Barton was agreeably surprised to have Sgt. 1st CI. Pardec of the 27th Engineers drop in on him the other day.
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Enginccrs repair roadS. We are engineers. Ther~ are onemillion miles of war-rutted roads in France. That.'s the. answer. Before we finisb there is no doubt that the tWIll castles, thc traditional ellgineer sYlnbol, will be replaced by a more, suitahle cmblelll~two slwvels crossed above an Irish chariot. "
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Everybody ls glad toc~ee Lieut. Frank Roderer back after t~~ ",-7-", DANCE AT THE HOTEL DU COMMERCE. weeks in the hospital. j. , A few of the elite of "(:" Company- attended the hobnail ball .., at the fashionable Hotel duCommercie Monday evening. Among F~rloughs are bei~g granted, hu~ the one all ~he fellows ~ lookIng forward to IS an ocean trlp~e way tIcket, please. Rumor has it that theA. E. F: is to he paid off with cognac' hereafter. The Government figures there is only about three' hours difference anyway.
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the guests \vere Sgt. Toms, beautifully attired in his evening ~~uit (fatigue). He spoke fluently and fluidly to the French maidens 011 such appropriate topics as "oui, mademoiselle," "cognac finis." Another was Sgt. Lang; professor of French. The orchestra featured the "Coru Willie" one-step. E OLD !)O4TH.
,,'There's a soldier hoy who's blue When he looks back':'n his stay in France And the things that he's gone through.
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Some enterprising jeweler.could make a small fortune ing watches, for about 75 per cent of the tinlepieces sick c:Jll-shell shock, you know.
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We came overseas in September And were eager to enter the fray To "do our bit" and help win the war For the good old U. S. A. But orders were slow in coming, After we came to France 'Ve were billeted here and billeted there, . And never seemed to advance. But finally there came an order That we were going up to the front And would surely !(et our fill. !... "e dJd our bit. m the Argonne / :~n_daccomplJshed all our.work "\, e tought through mud, wlth rats 311dsl1llle - An&iiOThing did ,,'e snlrk. '
T'was back at Auzeville,
We have a number of traveling salesmenm the company, , most of them are out on the road, hut)nstead of selling g they are making little 0)1.5 out/ of big on6S. " It will be noticed that the editorial box of this paper doe& not contain the stereotyped phrase, "Entered in the Umpty-Ump post office as second class matter. Once and for all we want it distinctly understood that the 60-l'th Engincer is strictly fir6t class matter!!! ~ Sgt. Bill Resser IS still ?untIng for the guy at First A Headquarters who told hIm "on the level" that- the 6 would be in the States by Febmary 1. Pretty tough. Bill, we admire your nerve for backing your optimism with cash. Bcats the pussyfooting of'tb~e "Russia" cre )t'han I, -~==:::-~~
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I~oredo Taft urges all AI\lerican soldiers without fail to se~ the \\"onders and beauties of French and Italian architecture:'
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agree. All we now ask IS for the distinguished sculptor to show us some means of getting loose.to see said architecture. Trips are certainly hell. Sgt. Bickhart returns frOlll school"; ",,; ;
We have grousedand talked and had our quarl"el8 . And have also bee? h~ppy and gay, ,
But.now that the st.rlfe IS ended '\e all see a happIer day. For we are on the homeward lap And we're going back with a smile ' And twill be only a few months more, When we can laugh at that "last rong mile."
at Chaumont and Sgt. Johnson from furlough-only to find their luxurious steam-heated apartment on the Rue No Com- ': ' pray occupied by a couple: of new offic~rs. We of you cx-luxury lovers to the society of those the morning with icicles on the eyebrows and . beneath the undershirt. Brethren of the Hayloft witness two new neophytes to our high and ship! \F'
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-~Ild we'll make a pledge and keep it, No matter what comes betwecn, P,t. ..Tamcs Drury, A Company, considers himself the! The 604th has some of the finest men, iest man in the outfit. He receiv~d t\VO packages fron; Old France has ever seen. rePs, in I~ondon, and neither one contained a can of sardine PVT C A GRACE hardtack. . .. - , " Med. Det., 604th Engrs. ~~~_2=,~-, "',~"Cf;~;,,~i;':,"~~""~-~;;:';c': :,"~p~~~.. .c :"c
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MUD-BATTLERS GET LONG-D~FERRED CREDIT. During Evcty had There we Suize, ourselves b 'Iding q~:rrying and on lllg stands adays, !ioing About commanding are busily b or der technical detached barracks, for and bunk 10tJ the no fatigue men officer engai!ed and in man some was now we the did past a month stipulated practice from traveling and rebuilt This roads. road were at 5th roads, Horse would and be playing offit'ers sent them amusing didu't away this outfit amount the hikes upper by 8 ch.eveaux. some finished, Some surveys, established. Corps and Show. erecting Everybody to real 4ave see musi,. anything duwn to and near do, now the so t~,' they] Swiss of in the has of been athletics, heavy Argonne conventional Arriving barracks, we the and I.: in in order a busy and marching down bunch. then to means Villiers-surto make started were put military was alld a job hand the" put buildgr~ndnowquit
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and
Cycle
Drivers
Given
Boost. .
enjoyable the jump are got located, 40 busy comfortable. and rock, repairing making schools service, repairing Corps one
order. where of
Now.let's appr~clated Day to and to day "Willie" ,you .get ..~ourlers mfrequent no sloucb se1:Y;~ ~Il.,.t~e 1 ::~~rts Allen, .dall, forge; Sergeant Bara:, PrIvates I~ thIng mud, or and that a~d gettIng and good who of
a out
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one
o( sits been 0.
workIng Tra?sport without the one m order time. for~et to !;IrIng wl.nter battling Amolll( the Master (,,)rporal,s Stefanclh Br'Jwnlee. Barlley favorite or two to
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sectI.on. stoppl~g snow, meals have And the the the weather ruts "~as?lme ,EllglUeer ~eff, and I.ast Ken-:. Desbut all the when motor t'?.~ I" ~eram :t
transportation,
hommees,
~nen
meal the
cold h~l~s It
from
easy
Headquarters,
surprised some
the
604!))
011 furlough.
Matson,
thewselves
f!IPP
and
Oldfield nodg"
,benzine
buggy.
are who
among to to
the
furloughers
from
the
604th.
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sunshIne
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t a b ,),) , or/so ,
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Id
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longing
eyes
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duty dethe a in -is
shIps
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or
QppOr-, are
be f ore
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ha\e
JoIning 604th
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been , Uuh
between
,
m~n
who ,
were
emlre
stranger, .
go.vernmem's their
sending al1d
the hotel.
men bills
lighted
General maximunl majority
with
of of to
paying
this
a good
mO:it thoughtful
and his vacatiol1 ,'arrying a be ,'ao:ation. p a 11 staff. on
transportation It a
arrangemem
gives minimwn allotmems much-lleeded to mall\" the
011 the
frano:s.
part
men \Vith a for rest
of
he
the
hest fellowship
possIble
means
enlisted of for as
nlemher-
mel1
heavy
dependem, It
rather
a restricted,
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Tile I) I' gg ~s t I ) I .an ch ,0 . course, , --h wou Id JJe tl Ie t wIn thl'i i ' I' ' " Inneapo ] IS an d ", P au,)U I t th ere are ~cores 0 f men ,.,!. I
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"pa]s"
of the
the old
ofh,is
604th regiment
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in the
tourillg his
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the possession
F. in ,
Luited
States \vould be
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\vith able,
the
Pri\.ate
Growdy,
the
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Kid,.'
indignantly
denies
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every
state
that of purity, a
he But a plot It
freely charge him the that of police 6/)4th hIs did man, roonl
of
cheers
at
AixA. \irtue
idea F. 2 sto,.e
of fas~ion. In
this a
a "C"
but
certail1
Well, assliming
peddled make it
they
comained
harmless Mr. so
Growdy'~ although
reached pa\'ement
without to
sky
appear
time
ago
the and by
warning
was
.sounded
to
mess
ser-
CORN
WILLY.
f!,eants have
must seem to
Q.M.C.
Enf;ithe ~-~" -,"c,-o
Bevill demal
is be a on
has surgeoll,
been
attached much
soldier,
this joy of
those
organization a great
who with
as many.
have the had
regiThe
oc-
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deser\ing, and
must of a
that saying
these feed?
don't is,
funds
fill "Charity
on
the
helts starts
of at
the home."
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604th
to
neers.
\Ve 'Igony
expend real
this
side.
prolong
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artist
wheel
al!d
pullicans,
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boxers is corning.
didn't
have Saturday
a at
to the at rllU
their night, he
at
th'e' their anof Kid 1 SHpply mem'? straightelJ Persolmel you My it folks
~ Sergeam out. Sergeant give me Swenson-\Vell, a new pair of I'll tell you nnd what I'll Adams-Sa\", say the~are.not Swen:ion, getting what it, and al;out I mv \vantvotI . Tlldo fix vou; . allotto .
championships atteml>t We al1d bacon, and to he has will exp,ect Battling Foxy a great then be that
made
share the is
Adams; ailotment.
breeches
omfit
us-and
with fast grouchy. around to us work. g~tting service gray, Heasley the of eyes, Go records. while "C" and to is to Paris recuperate. make
It
is
reported
that
Miss
Williams
of
the
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has
requested
the
services
l"-orming ")fiek" fJnly The foose is, duce \\"t. ClitlOI1 Say. -'"t'Obber? B.,. ~II this old with is
of
for
SergeaJJt :lla,ior
Sunday 011 purposes. singing famous gang harmollY Williams can on j)rovide musieal has ha,:e a
Himes
Some hymns.
to
:iillg
poor But
il!
"simp"
the
choir
told her
she is.
that ":Irick"
"top
are
busy
nowadays
a bear
(;ompany,
getting wril1kles
knows
one-the
"Onward, remember
Headquarters
olle
question
desired
effect? infurmcd as soon soft job. us that he as he ohtailJS 'Vhat are has his you. -Dlade dis':'. K 'a,pp';;;='
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Since signing the armistice the A. E. F. has, in addition to prQ'-: ! moting athletics, gpne mto the show business. Fine! Inste~' SOCCER. of entertaining l'ritz, we'll entertain ourselves. t , ,. . . , . . ; '" The men In the orgal1lzatlon are dlsplaymg a keen Illterest III This o~tflot has been lucky enough to draw some good nurq;, tile ,l(ame, and are anxiously awaiting the opportunity of seeini"
25th of,last mo~th by the 26th DI~Islon a good, clean ~~enmg1i I nlanship qualities of this organization; the officers and men proffer their services in order to insure the formation e?tertamment. The sho,,:, was gener?usly s!udded ~vlth brl,:Ji I readily
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team that would hold its own with any : of a ,\. t::: F. We are be able tomuch, equipment and ourteam in the sti]l shy soccer
On the 27th the 5211d Pioneers sent over a fun barrage was really worth while. They called it the "Montfaucon
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Engineers
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d use b y 604th ~. J:;ngIr,ec:-rs. ,
~h~l~ .regiment will take the ropcr amoun! of interest in s~~;.t actlltles and help the lIoys along they can In a very short tm~~ develop a class of entertain~ent that will do credit to the enti-~ A. E. F. "
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60~th Engineers, 32., ' 33;>th Ambulance TraIn, O. There ~vas plenty of opportunity for the old leather lung cre;,v to voice their opinion and sentiments last Saturday when the
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, This seems to be the important question in every one's .11Ii[,~ just now, and tllere are several angl~8' from which to view t!,,~ question. Although peace seems assured it is not yet decrm',~~" It looks as if Europe was going.io quiet down to the peat,-e./'11 pursuit of happiliess, yet strange things sometii11es happen, al}d this seems to be the reason why casuals, coast artillery m';M small units are being sent home first. We are still a long wa~?from the end of this war game. Patience is the prime essentt:;~\. We.can't.all go first, but ~e can make the ~iu~c ~ecm short l '~c
takIl1g tbIllgS as they come III a cheerful, optimIstic sort of ~v!
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of at
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There. i~ a l~t 9f wo}'~in1!. and fretting by s(~~_fe~v il:: b~~_i,Qf;~he 6:J;;t~!~q4 ~be,pt~,c~tth~c?lq Marfne litar was vIctuals III tile states abou~what. to do Wltll tile r:wrlllJlg s,~ .,t.. c outstanrllll!i; feature nr ~fiaUle. Ite earrie~ the baJI, on' of the A. E. F., and the calamIty howlers are m the helghi~f every other play and ne,er faJleo to make the dIstance. :-;ext their glory, which is to be expected, for there have al~vays be~ to Lrsclla, Lawrence played a fine game, !lnd during the third a series of flurries following the decJaration of ~var or pea~':" period intercepted an Ambulallce pass and rambled through for But following close on the hee]s of these periods of unrest tll~ '!I 40-yardbike for a touchdown. He also played a good defensive have always been long periods of prosperity, and slaJiing alo*g' game and made several good t-ackles. Kauth" at full, aJso did in the late autumil of this year we predict unprecedented proi;notewo~thy worl" as did Davis, Hall and Yarn. The latter, playperity whieh will last many years. There is no use to do al1)'. ing his first game of football, gave e~'idence of deVt:loping into a thing for the returning soldiers; nor do we expect anything b.!!~ first-class guard. - , our old jobs back. The people back home seem to think thitt the A. E. F. are a hunch of babies. They are mistaken. 1;:hi':Jo~ js a bunch of real He Men coming back, quite ca;pable of taki~g care of themselves, and we want no petting; all we want :~" sensible lreatmeut. And the fellows who have been dra'V~t;f" our salaries while we have been doing II. little Job over he~ that was really necessary, can very easily afford to divvy 1ip no~v. " , There bas been a lot of taiji about giving the A. E. F. an extt~ month's pay~in fact so much talk about it that we dJ)n't kniiw ,vhether we will get it or not. But for the information of ail. tlIere are three things a soldier will never refuse~blankets,c'ia good feed, and more pay. Accent on the last item. -~ ~-~ BANQUET MEMORABLE . AFFAIR.
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To: Miss Fat Rox. Subject: Marriage. Reason: (1) You speak English. (2) Your father has a good job. (3) I've had army experience in fighting. (4) I can eat any kind of cooking.
Military answer: Returned. disapproved.
more'toward the transport. , , , fhe b~nquet was a real affair. quite the most elaborate thing 'r, the kllld th,e ~O4th. has e~'er atteI~pted. There were no formal
$peeches, hut It IS' said that the Major, Capt~in Van Ness, ~ie~tenant Moreland a?d ?thers ul~bent fr,om th~Jr cu.st.omary dignIty and m.ade contrJbutlons wpleh assIst~d m raIsIllg the laugh t,otHI. fhe ~'ery last speech of the evel1lng w.as the shortest. and "et, expressed fully :what, ~~'eal! feel regardJng th~ loss 0: the
affected, Major \ oung rose and after a perIod Boys, we are all damned sorry to see you go." of sIlence
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being only one case. '"""Sgt. Bertelsen, of the non-com staff, was sentenced to 30 dais' hard labor (in the topog. office) for being drunk and disorderly_,
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Speak,ng of sport champIons, we submIt the name of "Bud" Budlong of the personnel office for the coming A. E. F. ehampion-
. . , ., ships. We don't know how "Bud" is at track athletics, but if his !he FrIda;v, Janua~y 31, Issue of the S~tars.and. ~trIpes COil.' pro~v~ss at ph~'sical disl?la~'can be compared with his ability at talned the aId of a ~e!l~nown house whIch lead. For a ye;.r AmerIca's most famous II1door sport he should be a world-beater. or mor.e, you, ha~'e be~n ~n, ~od',~ Great ,O~t ?f Doors; if ~!U I '~'hen it eome~ t? the de.vious gam~ which invol~-es frequent menread Ieturmng to an ~nsIde joh, etc. It s a cillch the nut thnt I tIon of a certaIn mysterIous ';Auntle." ';Bud" is undoubtedl the wrote that ad ne~'er dId squads east in" France. ! niftiest proposition sinee the days of Hoyle. y c ".",. . ..7.o;.,c::,,~";., '"~ - ,,="~"t' . " - "",;
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