The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-09-02
Harding Makes
An Address In
Baseball Slang

MARION O., Sept 2.--Putting
his political creed into tho vernacular
OF baseball. senator Harding de-
livered front porch speech today
to the players OF the Chicago National
league club. appealing for better
team work by the American nation.
ION the home grounds under the
rules"
Many issues. including the league
of nations. one-man government, pre-
paredness and progrcssivism -wero
touched on by Senator Harding in
declaring his love for the great Amer
lean game. The Cub players had
come to Marion TO play a special ex-
hibition game late in the day as u
personal compliment to the nominee.
In another speech. delivered to n
committee representing several as
/ sociatiors OF teachers, the senator
said tho low compensation of teachers
had brought on IA crisis' In educa-
tion. and pledged himself TO do every.
thing In his power to secure better
pay for the profession.
saluting the baseball players
simply Nv Cubs" Senator Harding
| plunged directly into his discourse OF
| political issues as an analogues to the
/ problems Of the diamond. lie said;
~. =. Played BADLY
"lt Is my observation that the ma
/ tionHl team. now playing for the
United States, played loosely and
/ muffcd disappointingly In our dOmcs'
| tic AFFAIRS and theh struck out al
Paris. No one can dispute the Amer
lean team played badly when It goi
ON Il foreign field.
AS "a spokesman Tor the republi.
can party | am urging team play IN
government. ON the home grounds
with all the home fans behind us
and team play when we represent
America In the ail-thc-world series
| There are too many batting above
three hundred to rely ON one hitter
"And I am advocating somethint
! morc-play according to the rules
The rules in the supreme American
game are In the federal constitution
and the umpire II the American peo
pie. There was n meeting OF League
officials where the contcnding team
tried Il squeeze play and expected
TO score six tn one against United
States. but the American Henate wa
ready with the bail at the plate. an'
We are still flying our penMnt, whicl
we won at nome and hold respected
throughout the world
Talks To Teachers
In his talk to the teachers. Sena
tor Harding praised the prOfossio
and said II carried zone OF the mos
profound responsibilities given to an
man or woman
"The disadvantages that besc
! your prof feagiOn," he continued, I'm
dicatc IA serious menace to our ma
.tiOnal institutions. II Is indeed
crisis In American education tina
confronts us. If VIZ continue to al
low our public instructors to strug
, gle with heggarly wages we sha
, find ourselves with closed schools
our education will langulsh and fai
we have reached a crisis. whe
: II II imperative that something mu,
he done. Let us support adequatel
: the standards OF our schools. II
. all Americans recognize the ncccssit
: aud determine upon relief
? at IN fair to say that the fedcrf
government II not responsible an
cannot assume to treHpass, but 1t ca
l give of its influence. 1t can point ou
. the peril which ought to be cloarl
evident to every community. II ca
I emphasize the present crisis an
. make an unfailing call for the cdt
! cationnl preparedness for citiZenshi
: which is 30 essential to our continue
triumphs."