OCR Text |
Show IT'S A GRAND OLD GAME. (By Fred Fulton). They called -Robert Fulton a flirver, A bonehead, a nut and a ioka, But he managed to steam up ths river And left the world watching his smoke. They called Bobert Fulton a flivver, With an ivory dome on his spine. They called Bob a joke, but they still watch his smoke, So wait a while, Steve, and watch mine. A ball player's strike in winter is much like an ice cotter's strike in summer. sum-mer. We read with a feeling of gladness in our bosom that the Cardinals have not been strengthened for the approaching approach-ing season 's race. Last year they were strong enough to suit even the most fastidious nostril. Ability sometimes is a fanlt. Joe Bush is so good that Connie Mack wants to get rid of him. WINTER SPORT. Holdouts, holdouts everywhere, J Everywhere you go. Holdouts fill the winter air Thick as flakes of snow. But the snow in gentle spring Mildly melts away. Holdouts will be baseballing In the month of May. Our baseball magnates are not in favor fa-vor of war. They are just recovering from one. We note by the public prints that Les Darey, the famous actor, is in our midst. It is rumored that he once was a pugilist. Met Knoekemunconsciouj Brown. Having given up hope of meeting Darcy in the ring, Mr. Brown is determined to show him up aa an actor. He will appear ap-pear presently in a Greek drama, written writ-ten for him by Euripides Choromokos. WHAT'S THE USE? The Tragedy of tte Missing Picture. A lady of the chorus went in swimming. The mercurv was seventeen below. She did not heed the breezes that were skimming Across the nver ud driving ice and snow. She cut a lot of ente and fancy capers, While men on shore were frozen to the knees; Next day her pietnre wasn't in the papers. And so the lady died of heart disease. Far be it from ns to butt into the affairs of the American Bowling congress, con-gress, but we Insist that Milwaukee is an appropriate spot for a bowling tournament. tour-nament. We hope to see the day when professional pro-fessional football becomes a popular sport in this country. Not that we have any use for professional football. We jnst'want to live that long. |