The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-22
HOME BALL GAMES
ONLY REAL THINGS
Writes Mrs. Kalbfield from
ADMINISTRATIVE Sand
Stays.

Mrs. Helen Kalbfeld, who has been
srerding some weeks in Atlanta, IN
recent interesting letter TO Inc
News says: ,,D,,,
q have been out to Fort McPher-
son a couple times lately with pur-
pose of calling on our brave Palatka
hovs. but each time | was told they
we're on duty and couldn't pc SEEN
Whether this is true or not, am IN
able to say, for it is an establlshea
fact that it really takes a pull to get
to see any one out there. It's war
all right, and it's going to be What
Sherman said it was. But the SOL
diers here are magnificent sight;
thew all look so healthy and so hne.
One reason, I'm sure, is due to the
fact that a soldier that is under the
influence of drink is a rare thing. 10
see on the streets, and an impossible
thing at Fort Mcpherson. They are
all wonderful patrons OF the SHOWS
(movies) and baseball. And as you
know, right now I'm off when you
talk about baseball.
haven't missed game since |
arrived, and yesterday | thought ia
have to 90 out on the diamond and
beat up the jumps. don't know
who he is, and don't want to. | on.
w know that he robbed Atlanta OF
/ two chances at vital moment, ana
then to make matters worse, Roy Mo
ran cleft fielder for the Crackers
came to bat and the catcher and
pitcher of Chattanooga had confer
ence midway between home plate and
pitchers box, and the catcher stepped
at side o. home plate and threw nm
four balls with the bases full, and
walked one man in preference to
allowing Moran to hit it. But you
don't knew Moran, do you? Well
he's Atlanta's pride, their crack
swatter with the bat. 0! | liked to
| have died. With the rest | yelled
Coward. Boob. And every mean
thing YOU could think of. And over
5000 people there to see Atlanta robb-
ed and beaten! Poor old, fat Char
lie Frank, who used to manage New
Orleans, looked as though he had been
run through a thleshing machine
when the game was over.
The "Crackers" will be here longer
than l can stay, but as long as |
can find quarter, that man who
sells tickets for baseball will get it.,
for none of the theatcrs or movie
houses will take my dimes and quar-
tiers, which they declare to be "coun-
terfeit."
We are seeing lots of pictures that
were presented at the Grand long ago,
and of course many that we have not
seen. This is a great city and they
do things here, but it's true as Cos
pei, that when you get Palatka sand
in your shoes, you just want to go
back, and all the fine shows and all
the pictures and baseball games won't
take away that longing to see the dear
faces at home, and when you say
baseball, why, there isn't fan in At
lanta that gets the real joy out of
baseball that we get when Lew Bar
stow is pitching, Holden playing
short, Fred Merrill catching, Tim in
the field and when it comes to UNI
pire, why man, there hasn't been one
in these diggings can hold candle to
Herman Lecks. And then there is
the satisfaction we all have of get
ting back to Smiths or Rays and
Chewing the rag" about how we
would have played it. Well. that's
baseball, and that tells it all.
Believe me the college set here
haven't forgotten how near Lew Bar
stow came to taking the game from
them when he was here twirling for
the University of Florida.
am going out to Fort McPher-
son this afternoon and make an eff
fort to see Tom Russell and BIZ
Walton. Will he home soon to tell
what ! am unable to write-Helen
Kalbfield.