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A FAN'S DIARY.

(March Fifteenth.)
We have the greatest team this year beneath the shining sun.
I've studied up the dope on them, yes, every blooming one.
Our fielders are spectacular; and you will throw a fit
When you discover how this bunch can play the game and hit.

Our manager, Mike Johnson, is the only one best bet;
He knows exactly what to do, and what new men to get.
They say he is a wonder at developing a team;
And on the side he always has some pennant-winning scheme.

Jack Smith's a star at second base, while Jones is great at third;
Young Riley is a Matthewson, and Jackson is a bird;
You'll never find a better pair upon the firing line—
The very ones to give this town a pennant-winning nine.

There's no more use in talking, we have got the old flag cinched;
I can see that banner waving, with the pennant good as pinched.

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