TENNIS:
No use in putting up that Entry List yet*The rackets are
still on the way-very much still,-as now word has been heard of
then since they were shipped.But they ought to be along pretty
soon,and then we’ll see how many Bill Tildens and Pat O’Hara
Woods there aie/cn the Post.Of course,the title natch may have
to be played cr> anowshoes.bv.t that sh ouldn’t worry anybody up
in this neck of th3 woods.We’ll see that the drifts are removed
from the Courts,if we have to call out the Pill Rol lers to do
it*
BASKETBALL:
Boxing Promoter Jackman having put his protege,Butler,
into prime condition for a go with Harry Wills.the fight ring
has been removed from the Gym floor,and the hoop artists are
commencing to begin practice.Loud wails have been heard from
the direction of Juneau and Douglas, and the gnashing of teeth
from Skagtown,for this year's Post Team is going to be good,
and we’ll be hanged if we care who knows it* To help the cause
of the backet-shooters a new rolling motion picture screen has
been installed by the E &*R«Off’icer,and soon both baskets will
be in active use*Go.to it,boys,we:re out to clean up this year*
Skag will be easy,Haines about the same,-but Douglas and Juneau
will have to be given the surprise of their young lives*
BASEBALL:
That championship game between ”2” and nF” seems fated
not tc be pulled off* If it isn; t lain it’s snow, and if it isn’t
snow,-then it’s Fatigue. But Sgts.Knorr and Andy are doing their
best to put the affair across, and with the help of the Weather
Man,the grace of the Duty Sergeants,and a lot of luck,we may
find out for sure juat what company really wears the Pennant
Crown around these diggings*
WE ARE REQUESTED TO ANNOUNCE
that there will be a Dawnce at ”A*B*” Hall,
Haines*Alaska,on tomorrow night, (Saturday,Sept*the Twooth,-com
mencing at 9*00 P*M, The melody will be furnished by the Post
Jazz Twins,-refreshments will be serted,-and the tax for indul
ging in the festivities will be the sum of one buck,six bits
plus two more,-or the well known -ONE DOLLAR BILL or CARTWHEEL*
(Hey,how about it,-don’t we get 10 percent for advertis
ing this shindig!)
N.B.U* THE band:
’’Francais a la A*E*F*”
"This,” said the manager of the summer hotel,who was
showing a prospective guest over the place,”is the music room*”
’’Yeah!” murmured the visiting vet,’’the TOOT SUITE,as it
were”*
(American Legion Weekly)