Sport: Powwow

Hall to the Redskins, Hail victory, Braves on the warpath, Fight for old D. C. . . .

Lustily singing this battle hymn, 10,000 Washingtonians jampacked ten special trains last week, journeyed to Manhattan. Marching up Broadway behind a 90-piece brass band decked in Indian costume, the hilarious invaders were amazed to see no excitement. Back home in Washington the rah-rah spirit was everywhere. On the streets, in the night clubs, at the movies, in the Supreme Court corridors, people were humming:

Scalp 'em, swamp 'em; We will take 'em...

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