The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1920-07-24
BASE BALL. DOPE AND
OTHER STUFF
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AuC lupAot NNe AuNc%AS 6tpu~M
all day yesterday on account Of not
being invited 70 the spread at East
End Park, and thought he had bet
ter cool ets before putting out any
thing. But, say, don't you think the
Treasurer Of the Club--the man who.
handles the money--should have been
invited along with our smiling and.
good looking Presidentg The ex-
cuse handed in to the Dcp- writer.
was that the fair fans thought he
would be too busy nursing the baby
t to come Ssssilile ttl.shc banquet. OF course
this writer never gets hungry, but
he occasionally feels like eating. If
all the stories that are being circu-
lated are true, there was some spread.
We don't believe anything we hear
the proof Of the pudding is the eat
ing--as the Dopist did not get even
a smell, he refuses to believe that
there was anything special set out.
We put the fair fans on guard, that
we will try to hand you something
through the dope columns to even
the score.
We regret being forced to call at
tention to little event that hap
pened at the base ball banquet that
came very near causing bit Of EN-
barrassment. It seems that Big
Aleck, not being coatans to cover
the whole territory from left field to
right field, in the chicken department,
was attempting to cover from third
to first in the pastry game when High
and Handsome called the turn just
as Aleck Yves digging IN for first,
hands outstrctched and mouth wide
open. This same Hi, firmly but gent
ly, let it be known that all territory
around first, in the pastry depart
ment, would be looked after with
great eclat by himself This ended
the argument, as Alsck told us this
morning that he could see by the cut
of His eye and the hungry look
around his mouth that he meant bus-
mess. The ones privileged to be-
present at this spread, say that there
were no errors made by the team;
that they all stood up to the board
and played mans part.
Roy Reams, one Of ths Morristown
baseball fans, was up to see his Club
hand up the walloping on last Thurs
day. Mr.. Reams said that Norris
town had raised this week the sum
of $4,000 and turned same over to
OFT Riggs to finance the team down
there. He stated that the citizens
were awakening to the feet that
Greeneville was supporting their team
in Royal shane, and that Morristown
did not propose to be outdone. He
assured US that the Morristcwn team
were in the race to the finish. Mr.
Reams is one of the WeesnerrReams
Furniture Coz, of Morristown, and
one of their most progressive citi-
sens. When a man who earns his
money in the furniture game Is will
ing to give some of it up to finance
\ ball team he ii real fan. 1T
ts sa,d ticks to get the dollars in
} aforementioned game Tit is not.
ike the auto business or some Of
hess other soft snaps, that an YOU
have to do is to get a, building and
gather in the coin; Ell, Venus?
Greeneville fans will have to con
tent themselves without base ball un-
til Thursday, July Goth, when we
hook up with the league leaders
Elizabethton--for a three game. Sc
ries on the home lot. we predict
hat by that date the home fans will
be SO hungry for the game that. we
will have some record crowds whether
our team wins or loses on the road,
We are out 10 win, but we must see
The games-the real test is In being
a good loser.
The Dope sheet is not primarily IN
tended to dabble into domestic diff
culties, although we have been ac-
cused of starting some things in per
fectly peaceful households. But after
the raw deal that some of these an,
parently happily married danes have
handed US, we will probably be forced
20 depart occasionally from the peace
full paths of baseball and wander in.
10 the storm tossed sea of local matri
n1onial mishaps, and see if we can
get solace for our wounded feelings.
We do not care so much for the slight
handed us, as we have means of
tedress, but there is poor Mr.. Null
len, the best Secretary in the League
no. we did not say umpire--who
has no comeback except by the Jesse
James route, which he has been trav.
cling so long that it has lost its kick
Yes, we are fond of Ohio, but will
hardly propose the Damon stunt, tc
umpire in his stead, as we are still
neededat Home. Domus ct placens
uxor for me.
Our boys play ball like leaguers
one day and like high school boys the
next. What's the matter? We be-
lieye that when we get our six games
ner week, that our team will settle
down and play the brand of bali they
are capable Of We refuse to be cast
down. If the team loses, it is all
right. If we are not invited out, il
is all right. Deep within us is inn
planted that love of the game that
refuses to be quenched. Victory il
so much sweeter when not expected
Come on out; do your part. We viii
win enough games to let the air lof
expectancy pervade the atmosphere
of the game.
Eddie King says that The resolu-
tons in regard to the banquet have
been prepared. and that he is nrac-