Dublin Core
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
a your?
”
te
ey paid
thn has
» vot Bra-
waiver
waiver
1 is $1.)
Bragan
ioting
how I
igh and
‘ose 44
uit 400.
ow the
n, too
cis
ness
jndence
ik Bolling
man and
‘ of «the
ednesday!
situation
it season
se effect
ae
3 in Mil-
* out this);
right to
id, “I'm
‘have a
yem out
te’s a lot
bound to
yers but
baseball.
: @5 8 are
lers, yet
* take it
s got to
yself ‘al-
the fans
id make
better.”
“el
4 wranre
a EY. fae
Time: Ou
&y GLIVER E, KUECHLE, Sports Editor .
Sap Peatyl ae
f fF Talk -
INCE the baseball writers’
little festival with “booths.” The
idea does have possibilities, and
if the Braves would only co-
~loperate in a last gesture of fare-
well, everybody would have a
gocd time. Atlanta might even
send up Mayor Ivan Allen to
participate, 5
‘Bartholomay’s Bath’
HERE could be a, water
dunking booth, for instance,
which “might be: called “Bar-
tholomay’s Bath.” Bill would
be perched on a chair above a
tank of ice cold water, with the
chair so ‘triggered it would
dump him into the tank when-
ever a small target was proper-
y hit. Ice could be idumped|
into the water periodically to be
sure the water was cold. Fans
would pay 25¢ for three balls.
A fraternity paddling booth
could be set up with a certain
end in mind. For 25c, each fan
would get one whack with- al:
wooden paddle at the posterior
of Mayor Allen of Atlanta.
“Ivan the Terrible’ the booth
could be called.
There could be a booth known
as “McHale's Meringue.” John
would stick his head through a
hole in a sheet of canvas.and
try to duck fistfuls of meringue
ichool un-
ame head
Riverside
next 10
ams won
mnference
In win-
des, his
3k game
‘as foot-
_ became}
1. His
‘idwest
mpion-
record
oh
Why Not a Festival Instead of Dinner?’
annual dinner for fans in Jan-} ;
uary may be the last here for some. time, it might not| -
be 2 bad idea to do something special~even get away from} .
the dinner idea entirely and into something like a friendly
—25¢ a fistful. But only one
fistful at a time. It wouldn't
necessarily have to be me-
ringue, either. Custard would do
—anything soft and fluffy, for
this would be all in fun and in
the friendly spirit of the festi-
val,
A booth, “Reynolds Rear,”
would have fine possibilities. It
“pin the tail on the donkey”
which blindfolded children
play. Tom could fill the role of
donkey. Three tails and pins
—hat pins—could be sold for
50c,
Troubadour Dor
§ LITTLE side attractions,
a troubadour and leading his
two pooches which now answer
“Cola,” could wander through
the crowd and occasionally
ing act. .
Ernie Johnson could imper-
sonate Warren Giles and with
map and pointer explain how
the distance between Milwau-
kee and Minneapolis is really
distance between, Milwaukee
80, not 95.
Earl Yerxa could pass out old
Braves programs — free -- and
\ |when things got a little dull
Austin Brown could shoot off
Mullen could sing “Hello, Dolly”
with Bobby Bragan on the obge.
dinner would serve several] pur-
poses. It would raise the money
to enable the baseball writers
here to continue their scholar-
buy a college, It would give
baseball fans here an outlet for
their frustrations. And it would,
parting gesture to the city they} -
have treated so “well.”
would be something like: thel,.
Don Davidson, dressed like}
to the names of “Coca” \and) -
break into his skateless skat-)
only 240 miles, not 345, and the).
and Chicago is really only|~-
those tiny lady crackers. John} «
Such a festival in place of aj
ship fund. Jn fact, it might raise].
‘enough money to let the writers
as mentioned, allow the Chicago
owners to make a worth while! -
1
SS ee eae %
=
Ouax
na |