New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-29
SHORE LEAVE FOR $4,000.
But Not a Drunken Sailor Was
To Be Met Anywhere.
LADS FROM FLEET SEE CITY
Had Enough Money. Too, for
$4,000 Cases of Artificial
Stupefactlon-


20 permit the drunken sailor 10 occupy uI-
challenged a prominent part in the picture
Of that fading time.
Fourteen thousand laclSies left tneif Sta'
Nosrd and other watches yesterday aho
-oa-,ed about New York with money
enough 70 guarantee an average OF ""
headaches for each man before SIX "e''S
end 14eo0 cases Of artificial s'upelsc''""
Before ravoilie to-day. But drunken sailor
-rse s1r,ost as rare as a sailor on shore
who looked for a safety deposit Naei1 OF
who stopped 10 count his change
Modest. cheerful. obliging tackles were
ever1-D here. clean sporTsmen. intelligent
travellers. some OF whom were frank
enough 10 say. however, that they were
dead sick or the navy and would 20 into
tho army. only friends in that branch or
the service had already warned 'hem that
the army was worse than the naYy-ano
their friends had tried both berths-
TO l. 4 coal pasSer on the hattleship
Louisiana t1t he Is a true SPORTSMAN He
lerjovs beer and ciEarettes-m much beer and
. rioiculuils number OF cigarettes he does
-'o- beast about anything except the ship
arl her CIV bui ne Acknowledged having
smoked Twelve packs Of cigarettes on last
iT-v~zGaV night g4e WAS not rolling in
rnono-. nor Wa any OF tho Louisiana crew.
THAT was because they Were sportsmen-
.-rt n4rpo,loi on September g he said,
''anl Q ,t,.:ht a. remember. We WAS at
.Iiar1tor Roads. We challenged The bat
l-1eship Georgia in a cutter race The lads
-.n -le Louisiana sent The chief master at
arms ia get tho Georgia men 70 cover the
u Louisiana money. He couldn't t-ei them
10 cover al the money that We was anN-
Sous 10 rrit on our crew. All that the
George puf Gr We cOverod-see7
coxsvain WHO Never Lost Race.
The race was 80 ne three miles straight
.avs. n tp0elve-oar boats The crews was
le-ri7oed "a lights and jerseys and sneakers
lNcnc ~ TIE Georgia lads tipped scales at
less Than 17n pounds We had lot Of light
lads aut We had been training for 2 wear
Tho Georgia had been racing for year
.rH- Pro~,nov, chief bos'n's mate the
Louisiana was our coKsWain. and he lad
7rc.-er lost q cutter race for the Louisiana
ON the round the world tour We raced the
IUnois-cleaned her up when she was
ehalapecu. We cleaned Up one OF the lime
iuiccrs. They thought they could pull bet
ser IN rough weather than any other kind.
hut We took their money-that was suf-
5i~ieut We had three men down in the
l,osr pulling out water when we vas rae
sng those lime jricers and then We beat
'em All around the world We beat every
thing thai wanted TO race. We cleaned UP
she Maryland near q small town Out Frisco
way. I can't remember places.
1T was easy TO see the Georgia was just
q case Of reschin' out and pickin' it Of
bet every damn cent / had-Sloo-and
wasn't the only enc that bet every cent
they had. either We all done il. And the
officers bet thousands.
AT $50 they was of. The cutters were
cheered by each battleship IS they rassed-
.,F-1-
ing line was abreast the Georgia, TOO far
foT US 10 see who tossed oars first So We
kept on cheering like lot Of boobs not
knowing that our $1,000 was wafted-gone
in other words We was beat by a boat
and hall
Stakes Four Years More in Navy.
The stroke oarsman Oh the Georgia was
sour days overtime-he should have been
raid of four days before the race. you
understand. lie said if ne lost the race he
would ship over. and that would mean an
ether four years Ia the navy. He bet 5000
OF the race. So he las $500 now. and has
gone 10 Wisconsin 10 buy chicken farm
or some other damn Thing
How did the Louisiana boys feel" was
asked
/ The lads on our ships could see New
j YCk through a long glass You can say
all You want about our bunch but they
were bunch % good losers. They lost all
their money. but they didn't get sore about
f. The Georgia won the money. but didn't
get 10 The big burg. She bowed a gun
rnuzzle OF aud Went 10 Norfolk We lost
cur money. but are having a gooc time,
just Tho same.
We was outclassed. but ] would back
our crev again. OF course. ] might not
hack Them SO heavy. but they belong 10
rhe ship. lou know and. or course. Td
hack 'err. We don't have lot Of money
10 be sports on. hat What do have il
Eoes."
Take eRerytninE together. you like being
On Tire navy Was asked
Like icing IN the navy? Say this IS the
first decent liberty i've had since The 9Th
of Jul<. We had sundown liberty OF New
port lat monrh-rhat's from 70 q. m Ia
O'Clock az night They give us a big clam
lake ~ NeRpoit.
But IRE ComnlissarY steward Is alWays
Tecdu - doge-hoIoEnas. YOU understand.
1iim and 8 Fight abous every dav He gives
- dog eighteen firnos = week Hos a
SKINNY lad. afraid sonchodv olsen got fa'
while he's losing weight
Steward Is Past Redemption.
II rou Iu, this in the paper III nail II
our Grinkiu- wafer We just have to hayl
linn cut ever rcp and then. But & dom
seem - do him no GOOD Stealth ham
On him orcn iu ? while don't have no per
Tnaneut effect. reifher. He just raves 2
little AND leeps IN feeding dogs
Well Sh'pn1stes. lets aUit chewtn' the
rag said \ iarkie from the South Caro-
lima. ~ here's there = burlesgue show?
Tins towns TOO biE. ID sooner bs in a
smaller town. ] spent $50 last night and
I'm getting short working man in these
days is simply ont of luck II ne amt got
$4,000 xoeo0 Hes simply out Of luck
snd that's al there is 10 il"
You have a Sirl in every port-that sill
holds good. doesn't it, they were asked
'-Not unless she speaks the English Ian
guage. said the lag from the South Caro-
lima
Captain ~. -. Damn OF the Idaho IA
trusting that the distinction Of having out
shot the feet Al tho practice will be &C
corded his vessel. and that the broad red
pennsnf. with black bail in the centre
viii fiy, in consequence. AT her fore during
the coming year
of ssth street are anchored In the North
River the Minnesota. the Vermont the
Mississippi and the Idaho COMPRISING ,ba
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