FRB - The Pop Valve, Journal publié par les soldats américains installés à Vauzelles, près de Nevers (Nièvre), item 18
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Page 6. THE POP-VALVE May 10, 1919.
[Cartoon, titled "UNIVERSITY COURSES AT VERNEUIL"]
The rain stopped suddenly on last Sunday
afternoon, the clouds rolled by, the Sun oblig-
ingly came out for a couple of hours, and the
Camp, with it's large crowd of visitors, enjoyed
an almost Perfect Day. The Band offered a
delightful concert, the baseball game was close
and intensely exciting; the only-unpleasant
feature was the barefaced manner, in which
the local team was robbed by the umpire from
Verneuil.
At the beginning, we want to make it clear
that no fault can be found with the players on
the Verneuil -- pardon us, Lyons -- team. The
players are all good, clean sportsmen and
worthy of a better place to represent than
Verneuil, which has a reputation of getting
things without regard for the "other fellow."
The fault in this case lies with the Verneuil
management, the Section Athletic officer, and
the umpire who accompanied the team from
Verneuil.
The Camp Stephenson team defeated the
Verneuil team on their own field and on the
field at Verneuil. Both games were undisputed
victories, and according to all angles of the
Square Deal the team should stand eliminated
from the S.O.S. finals. But someone in Verneuil
evidently "has something" on the Section
Athletic Officer, for he has been handing them
things at our expense right along. His latest
move was to let the Verneuil team back in the
running, camouflaged as the team representing
the Lyons district. If Lyons has'nt a ball team
of its own, there is no justice in having a team
from such a great distance represent it.
This move was the poorest excuse yet handed
out by the Section Athletic Department.
And Sundays game which Verneuil claims
as a victory by a 4 to 3 score, was nothing less
than LOOT for the decisions of Lieut. Stout, the
Verneuil umpire, indicate that his eyes are in
class "D" condition or that his conscience is
in need of attention. While several of his
decisions were raw, the last and worst was
the limit. The Verneuil second baseman caught
the throw meant to catch Mohrman at second,
between his knees and could'nt possibly have
touched the runner. In proof of this contention,
he tried to tag him after "Rabbit" was touching
the bag. It was a clear case of robbery, nothing
less, and if Camp Stephenson protests this game
-- as it should -- and the Athletic Officer orders
it played over on neutral grounds with neutral
officials, the fans will cover all the -- confidence
-- the Verueuil rooters can gather up, all on
our team to win. Our sympathy goes to this
perfectly good ball team from Verneuil for
having such a pack at it's back. And our
thanks go to the fellow from Verneuil who
handled his megaphone so entertainly. He
was one of the bright spots of the session and
his line of comedy was appreciated, even if it
was at our expense. This ball game should
have been a tie game at the end of the ninth,
or by rights a 3 to 2 score with the Camp team
on the winning end.
The collection of "scare head" headlines,
advertisements and cheap bunk, appearing in
A.E.F. newspaper circles under the name of
LETS GO, takes a slap at the POP-VALVE, in
"gutter" English, in it's May 3 number. The
motive was an item in our first number in
regard to the relative attractiveness of our
Camp and Shops and that of the "Great Junk
Pile" at Verneuil.
LETS GO, according to it's own confession
(Editorial page): "emenates 'weakly' from Hill
(A.P.O.) 772," and it has all the earmarks of
its sale-price -- One Clacker. Among other
things, it calls ours a Pinhead Publication and
in the sense of the "controlling end of a sharp
pointed object", we plead guilty. That our
jab-bing apparatus is in good shape is proven
in the quality of it's comeback. We understand
that LETS GO is printed on a second hand
press, and it is'nt hard to believe after seeing
the paper. It has no license to call any kind of
paper used in the A.E.F. harsh names.
Camp Stephenson has Verneuil "hanging on
the ropes" in everything worth while. We
operate the largest and best Car and Locomot-
ive shops in France, not a junk yard, and we
do more in the space alloted to us than the
Verneuil crowd could do in a space equal to the
whole area of France.
It is hoped here that when our baseball teams
meet again, the Verneuil rooters will bring
something with them besides wind and bunk,
and we hope that LETS GO will publish a full
account of the game instead of a line of alibi
stuff, in the slinging of which it shines,
b'leve us.
[Cartoon]
-
Page 6. THE POP-VALVE May 10, 1919.
[Cartoon, titled "UNIVERSITY COURSES AT NERVEUIL"]
The rain stopped suddenly on last Sunday
afternoon, the clouds rolled by, the Sun oblig-
ingly came out for a couple of hours, and the
Camp, with it's large crowd of visitors, enjoyed
an almost Perfect Day. The Band offered a
delightful concert, the baseball game was close
and intensely exciting; the only-unpleasant
feature was the barefaced manner, in which
the local team was robbed by the umpire from
Verneuil.
At the beginning, we want to make it clear
that no fault can be found with the players on
the Verneuil -- pardon us, Lyons -- team. The
players are all good, clean sportsmen and
worthy of a better place to represent than
Verneuil, which has a reputation of getting
things without regard for the "other fellow."
The fault in this case lies with the Verneuil
management, the Section Athletic officer, and
the umpire who accompanied the team from
Verneuil.
The Camp Stephenson team defeated the
Verneuil team on their own field and on the
field at Verneuil. Both games were undisputed
victories, and according to all angles of the
Square Deal the team should stand eliminated
from the S.O.S. finals. But someone in Verneuil
evidently "has something" on the Section
Athletic Officer, for he has been handing them
things at our expense right along. His latest
move was to let the Verneuil team back in the
running, camouflaged as the team representing
the Lyons district. If Lyons has'nt a ball team
of its own, there is no justice in having a team
from such a great distance represent it.
This move was the poorest excuse yet handed
out by the Section Athletic Department.
And Sundays game which Verneuil claims
as a victory by a 4 to 3 score, was nothing less
than LOOT for the decisions of Lieut. Stout, the
Verneuil umpire, indicate that his eyes are in
class "D" condition or that his conscience is
in need of attention. While several of his
decisions were raw, the last and worst was
the limit. The Verneuil second baseman caught
the throw meant to catch Mohrman at second,
between his knees and could'nt possibly have
touched the runner. In proof of this contention,
he tried to tag him after "Rabbit" was touching
the bag. It was a clear case of robbery, nothing
less, and if Camp Stephenson protests this game
-- as it should -- and the Athletic Officer orders
it played over on neutral grounds with neutral
officials, the fans will cover all the -- confidence
-- the Verueuil rooters can gather up, all on
our team to win. Our sympathy goes to this
perfectly good ball team from Verneuil for
having such a pack at it's back. And our
thanks go to the fellow from Verneuil who
handled his megaphone so entertainly. He
was one of the bright spots of the session and
his line of comedy was appreciated, even if it
was at our expense. This ball game should
have been a tie game at the end of the ninth,
or by rights a 3 to 2 score with the Camp team
on the winning end.
The collection of "scare head" headlines,
advertisements and cheap bunk, appearing in
A.E.F. newspaper circles under the name of
LETS GO, takes a slap at the POP-VALVE, in
"gutter" English, in it's May 3 number. The
motive was an item in our first number in
regard to the relative attractiveness of our
Camp and Shops and that of the "Great Junk
Pile" at Verneuil.
LETS GO, according to it's own confession
(Editorial page): "emenates 'weakly' from Hill
(A.P.O.) 772," and it has all the earmarks of
its sale-price -- One Clacker. Among other
things, it calls ours a Pinhead Publication and
in the sense of the "controlling end of a sharp
pointed object", we plead guilty. That our
jab-bing apparatus is in good shape is proven
in the quality of it's comeback. We understand
that LETS GO is printed on a second hand
press, and it is'nt hard to believe after seeing
the paper. It has no license to call any kind of
paper used in the A.E.F. harsh names.
Camp Stephenson has Verneuil "hanging on
the ropes" in everything worth while. We
operate the largest and best Car and Locomot-
ive shops in France, not a junk yard, and we
do more in the space alloted to us than the
Verneuil crowd could do in a space equal to the
whole area of France.
It is hoped here that when our baseball teams
meet again, the Verneuil rooters will bring
something with them besides wind and bunk,
and we hope that LETS GO will publish a full
account of the game instead of a line of alibi
stuff, in the slinging of which it shines,
b'leve us.
[Cartoon]
-
Page 6. THE POP-VALVE May 10, 1919.
[Cartoon, titled "UNIVERSITY COURSES AT NERVEUIL"]
The rain stopped suddenly on last Sunday
afternoon, the clouds rolled by, the Sun oblig-
ingly came out for a couple of hours, and the
Camp, with it's large crowd of visitors, enjoyed
an almost Perfect Day. The Band offered a
delightful concert, the baseball game was close
and intensely exciting; the only-unpleasant
feature was the barefaced manner, in which
the local team was robbed by the umpire from
Verneuil.
At the beginning, we want to make it clear
that no fault can be found with the players on
the Verneuil -- pardon us, Lyons -- team. The
players are all good, clean sportsmen and
worthy of a better place to represent than
Verneuil, which has a reputation of getting
things without regard for the "other fellow."
The fault in this case lies with the Verneuil
management, the Section Athletic officer, and
the umpire who accompanied the team from
Verneuil.
The Camp Stephenson team defeated the
Verneuil team on their own field and on the
field at Verneuil. Both games were undisputed
victories, and according to all angles of the
Square Deal the team should stand eliminated
from the S.O.S. finals. But someone in Verneuil
evidently "has something" on the Section
Athletic Officer, for he has been handing them
things at our expense right along. His latest
move was to let the Verneuil team back in the
running, camouflaged as the team representing
the Lyons district. If Lyons has'nt a ball team
of its own, there is no justice in having a team
from such a great distance represent it.
This move was the poorest excuse yet handed
out by the Section Athletic Department.
And Sundays game which Verneuil claims
as a victory by a 4 to 3 score, was nothing less
than LOOT for the decisions of Lieut. Stout, the
Verneuil umpire, indicate that his eyes are in
class "D" condition or that his conscience is
in need of attention. While several of his
decisions were raw, the last and worst was
the limit. The Verneuil second baseman caught
the throw meant to catch Mohrman at second,
between his knees and could'nt possibly have
touched the runner. In proof of this contention,
he tried to tag him after "Rabbit" was touching
the bag. It was a clear case of robbery, nothing
less, and if Camp Stephenson protests this game
-- as it should -- and the Athletic Officer orders
it played over on neutral grounds with neutral
officials, the fans will cover all the -- confidence
-- the Verueuil rooters can gather up, all on
our team to win. Our sympathy goes to this
perfectly good ball team from Verneuil for
having such a pack at it's back. And our
thanks go to the fellow from Verneuil who
handled his megaphone so entertainly. He
was one of the bright spots of the session and
his line of comedy was appreciated, even if it
was at our expense. This ball game should
have been a tie game at the end of the ninth,
or by rights a 3 to 2 score with the Camp team
on the winning end.
The collection of "scare head" headlines,
advertisements and cheap bunk, appearing in
A.E.F. newspaper circles under the name of
LETS GO, takes a slap at the POP-VALVE, in
"gutter" English, in it's May 3 number. The
motive was an item in our first number in
regard to the relative attractiveness of our
Camp and Shops and that of the "Great Junk
Pile" at Verneuil.
LETS GO, according to it's own confession
(Editorial page): "emenates 'weakly' from Hill
(A.P.O.) 772," and it has all the earmarks of
its sale-price -- One Clacker. Among other
things, it calls ours a Pinhead Publication and
in the sense of the "controlling end of a sharp
pointed object", we plead guilty. That our
jab-bing apparatus is in good shape is proven
in the quality of it's comeback. We understand
that LETS GO is printed on a second hand
press, and it is'nt hard to believe after seeing
the paper. It has no license to call any kind of
paper used in the A.E.F. harsh names.
Camp Stephenson has Verneuil "hanging on
the ropes" in everything worth while. We
operate the largest and best Car and Locomot-
ive shops in France, not a junk yard, and we
do more in the space alloted to us than the
Verneuil crowd could do in a space equal to the
whole area of France.
It is hoped here that when our baseball teams
meet again, the Verneuil rooters will bring
something with them besides wind and bunk,
and we hope that LETS GO will publish a full
account of the game instead of a line of alibi
stuff, in the slinging of which it shines,
b'leve us.
-
Page 6. THE POP-VALVE May 10, 1919.
[Cartoon, titled "UNIVERSITY COURSES AT NERVEUIL"]
The rain stopped suddenly on last Sunday
afternoon, the clouds rolled by, the Sun oblig-
ingly came out for a couple of hours, and the
Camp, with it's large crowd of visitors, enjoyed
an almost Perfect Day. The Band offered a
delightful concert, the baseball game was close
and intensely exciting; the only-unpleasant
feature was the barefaced manner, in which
the local team was robbed by the umpire from
Verneuil.
At the beginning, we want to make it clear
that no fault can be found with the players on
the Verneuil -- pardon us, Lyons -- team. The
players are all good, clean sportsmen and
worthy of a better place to represent than
Verneuil, which has a reputation of getting
things without regard for the "other fellow."
The fault in this case lies with the Verneuil
management, the Section Athletic officer, and
the umpire who accompanied the team from
Verneuil.
The Camp Stephenson team defeated the
Verneuil team on their own field and on the
field at Verneuil. Both games were undisputed
victories, and according to all angles of the
Square Deal the team should stand eliminated
from the S.O.S. finals. But someone in Verneuil
evidently "has something" on the Section
Athletic Officer, for he has been handing them
things at our expense right along. His latest
move was to let the Verneuil team back in the
running, camouflaged as the team representing
the Lyons district. If Lyons has'nt a ball team
of its own, there is no justice in having a team
from such a great distance represent it.
This move was the poorest excuse yet handed
out by the Section Athletic Department.
And Sundays game which Verneuil claims
as a victory by a 4 to 3 score, was nothing less
than LOOT for the decisions of Lieut. Stout, the
Verneuil umpire, indicate that his eyes are in
class "D" condition or that his conscience is
in need of attention. While several of his
decisions were raw, the last and worst was
the limit. The Verneuil second baseman caught
the throw meant to catch Mohrman at second,
between his knees and could'nt possibly have
touched the runner. In proof of this contention,
he tried to tag him after "Rabbit" was touching
the bag. It was a clear case of robbery, nothing
less, and if Camp Stephenson protests this game
-- as it should -- and the Athletic Officer orders
it played over on neutral grounds with neutral
officials, the fans will cover all the -- confidence
-- the Verueuil rooters can gather up, all on
our team to win. Our sympathy goes to this
perfectly good ball team from Verneuil for
having such a pack at it's back. And our
thanks go to the fellow from Verneuil who
handled his megaphone so entertainly. He
was one of the bright spots of the session and
his line of comedy was appreciated, even if it
was at our expense. This ball game should
have been a tie game at the end of the ninth,
or by rights a 3 to 2 score with the Camp team
on the winning end.
The collection of "scare head" headlines,
advertisements and cheap bunk, appearing in
-
Page 6. THE POP-VALVE May 10, 1919.
[Cartoon, titled "UNIVERSITY COURSES AT NERVEUIL"]
The rain stopped suddenly on last Sunday
afternoon, the clouds rolled by, the Sun oblig-
ingly came out for a couple of hours, and the
Camp, with it's large crowd of visitors, enjoyed
an almost Perfect Day. The Band offered a
delightful concert, the baseball game was close
and intensely exciting; the only-unpleasant
feature was the barefaced manner, in which
the local team was robbed by the umpire from
Verneuil.
At the beginning, we want to make it clear
that no fault can be found with the players on
the Verneuil -- pardon us, Lyons -- team. The
players are all good, clean sportsmen and
worthy of a better place to represent than
Verneuil, which has a reputation of getting
things without regard for the "other fellow."
The fault in this case lies with the Verneuil
management, the Section Athletic officer, and
the umpire who accompanied the team from
Verneuil.
The Camp Stephenson team defeated the
Verneuil team on their own field and on the
field at Verneuil. Both games were undisputed
victories, and according to all angles of the
Square Deal the team should stand eliminated
from the S.O.S. finals. But someone in Verneuil
evidently "has something" on the Section
Athletic Officer, for he has been handing them
things at our expense right along. His latest
move was to let the Verneuil team back in the
running, camouflaged as the team representing
the Lyons district. If Lyons has'nt a ball team
of its own, there is no justice in having a team
-
Page 6. THE POP-VALVE May 10, 1919.
[Cartoon, titled "UNIVERSITY COURSES AT NERVEUIL"]
The rain stopped suddenly on last Sunday
afternoon, the clouds rolled by, the Sun oblig-
ingly came out for a couple of hours, and the
Camp, with it's large crowd of visitors, enjoyed
an almost Perfect Day. The Band offered a
delightful concert, the baseball game was close
and intensely exciting; the only-unpleasant
feature was the barefaced manner, in which
the local team was robbed by the umpire from
Verneuil.
At the beginning, we want to make it clear
that no fault can be found with the players on
the Verneuil -- pardon us, Lyons -- team. The
players are all good, clean sportsmen and
worthy of a better place to represent than
Verneuil, which has a reputation of getting
things without regard for the "other fellow."
The fault in this case lies with the Verneuil
management, the Section Athletic officer, and
the umpire who accompanied the team from
Verneuil.
-
Page 6. THE POP-VALVE May 10, 1919.
[Cartoon, titled "UNIVERSITY COURSES AT NERVEUIL"]
The rain stopped suddenly on last Sunday
afternoon, the clouds rolled by, the Sun oblig-
ingly came out for a couple of hours, and the
Camp, with it's large crowd of visitors, enjoyed
an almost Perfect Day. The Band offered a
delightful concert, the baseball game was close
and intensely exciting; the only-unpleasant
feature was the barefaced manner, in which
the local team was robbed by the umpire from
Verneuil.
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- Médiathèque municipale Jean Jaurès de Nevers
May 10, 1919
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