The Washington times., 1921-03-20

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warning strangers and tin can toul
small pox to the pip.
Some long whiskered guy up il
to make food last forever or some
that same dog being the Washingt'
The expert has sent down q whole
lot OF stun that he wants the athletes
toary. He thinks George Mcbride or
Jim Shaw will write q long thesis
about this stun, IL either or both be
alive at the time, and then he'll sell
the recipe to the home brewers. wax
wealthy and retire to his Virginia
! estate and live happy over after.
Well. we don't blame the guy. at
that. II he can get away with II. but
we're betting the players will rebel
in about one more day, and here's
why:
The women are kidding the scheme.
the women being the ladyiike and ef-
hcient corps of waitresses at the
Tampa Bay Hotel.
BROUGHT ON .NEw STUFF.
Taking our regular place ut Miss
Anna Carroll's table yesterday noon,
following the beautiful sail across
the bay from st. Petersburg we or
dered lunch, just a little. fsh, some
cold tongue, potato salad. strawberry
shortcake and glass of milk
This isn't that kingfsh you or
dered," said the sprightly Miss Car
roll. Its that new stun you ball
players have to eat today"
rBall players? How do you get
that way?' we replied.
Aren't you a ball player?'
Il should say not. SO tell US about
the kingfish." -
what are you. IL you are not a
ball player?' she said.
We confessed our crime, bringing q
grin to Miss Carrolls face.
well, you can have the kinEfish.
then, IL you want It. but the ball
players have to have a soup. a flsh.
and some apple pie today. That Is
some strange kind of an invention or
something" she explained. "I think
il is crazy stun. myself. The idea Of
keeping them from having that love-
ly strawberry shortcake and making
them eat that heavy, soggy apple pie.
IL was a ball player, know what
I'd tell them"
ATE THE FUNNY FISH.
And having conversed with Miss
Carroll. we can almost guess exactly
what she would say. too.
We ate that funny nsh. 1t was
covered with some sort OF gravy and
tasted to us just like fish,. All fish
taste alike to US. anyway, so the
long, -whiskered gfnk up In Washing
ton can't get rich on this testimonial,
no, sir. We escaped the apple pie,
thanks to Miss Carroll, and reveled
in luscious strawberry shortcake, the
kind that mother used to make. Oh,
yum, yum!
But about tomorrow even these
ball players are going to note that
we're lodging some of the dishes
they're getting and then will come
the yell President Grifith says
they're going to eat it till IT'S all gone.
Wise George Mcbride says nothing.
but he grins q, lot and we are willing
to wager a slightly used cigarette
that. III the kick is put up in the
right way and by the right men. the
dehydrated food, IL that's what 1t is
called. will be given the gate here in
Tampa and the last poison squad in
the history Of baseball will have died
the death.
But right now the GrfYs are a
piosn squad upon whom Is being
practiced a trick to discover whether
soggy apple tie,l to quote the estima-
Bile Miss Anna Carroll. is. as appetite
ing as delicious. juicy strawberry
shortcake made by q wizard chef.
REVOLT DUE ANY TIME.
BY tomorrow. possibly tonight,
Erunlbling will begin. BY Tuesday,
the Bolsheviki will be yelling for
strawberry shortcake. The professor
gent back there in Washington viii
DO well to stay away from the ball
park this summer, il the rebellion
falls down here. His life won't be
safe, that's all.
The first evil effect OF the new diet
whether soup. Ssh or apple pie, was
noted in the wretched form exhibited
by Harry Courtney. tho long and lean
southpaw, who started the game
against tho Phillies yesterday. H.
had nothing whatever in the deceiy-
ing line. He did not even have the
well known prayer. He faded from
the works in the second inning to let
Hank Shanks, a real ball player, get
into the game and win Ii with a re-
sounding wallop to center that drove
ever two runs. The Griffs won. 7 70
4. But no thanks to Courtney. The
slender singer Is on the ragged edge
yth Manager Mcbride because of his
Tack of ambition and this coming
week will be a hard one for him.
George MoSridge followed Courtney
and, after a bad start in. which the
Phillies bumped him for three hits
and MI III.