Show Germans Convinced Yankees Are on Job When They Play Ball By J J. J VI V United Press Staff Correspondent AMERICAN FIELD hEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS HEAD HEAD- QUARTERS France Oct 1 1 By y Mall l Boche Boche prisoners workIng work- work lag ins near one of the American camps wouldn't believe our troops were really Americans until they saw them play pIa ball It happened thus The s used to meet a lit littie little little lit lit- tle tie bunch of the tho German prisoners on the road every day Once In a awhile awhile awhile while they would strike one who could speak English and English and the story was always the same You cant can't tell us youre you're Americans Americans Ameri Amen cans said one German spokes spokes- man Youre En English lIsh In American Amen Ameri can uniforms The Americans cant can't bring over troops because the theU I U boats U-boats are sinking their trans trans- ports One day when the had hadan hadan hadan an afternoon off two company ball bail teams fought out the regimental championship on a typical old oM sand lot Working In a distant field the tIle Germans stalled on the tho Job watching the game One of the players met meta a Boche on his way back I won asked the prisoner prisoner pris pris- oner In English I We did 6 to 4 The German gave In You must be Americans allright all allright allright right he remarked sadly No Englishman could play ball bali like liko you OU fellows did I know because I I used to be a fan when I was Jn In America I |