Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1917 — TO CONTINUE MILITARY TOIL [ARTICLE]
TO CONTINUE MILITARY TOIL
American League Teams to Be Kept at Drilling All Season—Good Lesson Jn Patriotism. Don’t mistake about this, the American league teams are going to continue their military drilling all season, unless Ban Johnson loses his grip on things, and none believes that possible. Many a time this summer you’ll go out to the ball park a bit early to see the players performing their various evolutions. It will be a standing lesson in patriotism to you, especially you youngsters eligible for military service. So. don’t think there’s any joke about this, for there isn’t.
