Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Sports Poems

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My transfer brought her to my lip.
Her transfer wrought me a slip.
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No one is entitled to win;
It is sports; that’s why it is sports.
A weak team can shock a strong team.
Who will win? Anybody’s guess;
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Sports were substituted to wars
To release man's killing spirit.
They are harmless, less expensive.
Sportsmen and viewers are thus fed.
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A defeat in a war is all peril
Whereas in a sport it will not be so.
A triumph in a war is all glory
Whereas in a sport it is less likely.
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