River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-08-14


were heroes greater than President
or other potentates. These youth
are the best in the business, draw
ing salaries rivalling Mr.. w. ]. BIS
stipend as Secretary of State bu
both are living within their incom,
and living well, Judging from APP
pearances.
A large silver loving cup stand
ing three feet high, carried by two
men, surrounded by players ano
moving picture cameras, next APP
peared on the scene and then the
game was on. Seventeen thousand
people yelled a good share of the
time as though they were doing the
| playing. They cheered Johnson
jeered Cobb, howled at the umpire
when he was wrong and through il
all had good time generally. The
man in white joined in the applause
and just to show he knew the rules
OF the game, he arose in the seventh
inning and stretched with the null
tltude. Understand, am faithful.
ly chronioling what occurred be-
cause have been asked occasional
ly keep constituents in touch with
governmental matters including
Congress. AS the President and
most OF Congress were at the game,
nothing else is to be written for that
day excepting to say that over on
Capitol Hill. in plain view of the
grounds, the Sen t, kept saving
away at tariff schedules.
Some honest, serious minded cit.
izen may say the President ought to
have been attending to public bust
ness at the White House, but every
boy in the country including thous-
ands with gray heads. will agree
hat the few hours spent at a game
by President Wilson were more
restful, invigorating and healthful
than barrel of tonies, though
mixed by the best M. DIS in the
country,
Presidents are not the only great
men to pattern after, and when the
boy takes few minutes for two old
cat or antiover, training to be flu
ture Ty Cobb or Walter Johnson,
he may not be SO far off after all
He knows they are great athletes,
second to none, sincerely admired
by countless thousands for what
they are, not what they they appear
to be, whereas President is loved
by many in proportion to the plums
he distributes, Is ia hot water from
the day he runs in the election un-
til he lays down the office, and the
boy remembers that Wilson's last
three predecessors drank from
bitter cup when they asked to re-
new their contracts for another
term because all were put out of
the game by bullets or ballots.
Stars cannot keep the eenteF of
the stage everlastingly but the av-
erage boy would be willing to drop
back into lesser league after few
years in the spot light. rather than
strive for professorships or editori-
al chairs which appear to be the
bush league positions for our re-
tired Executives. Then too, the
average boy knows the chances are
against his becoming President,
while he gets no limit of fun, hope
and physical development in train
ing for Cobb's place. Don't keep
your own nose or the boys, too
close to the grind stone, is lesson
of the game. Take an occasional
day off with the entire FAMILY in
Guiding the mother who gets few
easy innings out of the 365 days in
the annual house game.
Baseball has used up space in
tended for a brief discussion of diff
ferences between Republican Sena-
tors on the tariff, but had to
choose between two important sub
iects and boys both young and old
er grown will generally approve my
choice.