The Washington times., 1924-07-17

The leading pitcher Of the Amer
lean League thought moment and
then said, Maybe you better not
put in anything about my father
being q saloonkeeper. My mother
never approved Of the business.
Besides It was quite q while ago.
out IN Winslow, Arizona. Father
was also q cattle man. That's what
you better call him.
What pity young Hollis does
not sanction the saloonkeeping
chapter In his memoirs. Think Of
the dramatic possibilities, viz, Tod.
ding child playing innocently in
grog shop Of stern parent. Rolling
tony glasses" up and down the
mahogany and growing to himself
ct the way they curve and break
las they tan off the bar onto the
floor, sprinkIed with red sand ami
eawdust. '.Haw, haw," laughs q
Joy jovial customer, slapping tho
proprietor on the back, your kids
going to be pitcher when he
grows up
Not II ! know 4, groWls the
stern parent. ball players are
3 worthless lot, from what I've
seen Of 'em.''
Years pass. The child has grown
TO the dawn Of manhood. He has
become irked with his fathers oc
cupation. Painting the threats OF
the thirsty in the Painted Valley
Of Arizona does not appeal to him
as an art he wants to pursue him.
self. Prohibition tracts have come
his way, and he has fallen under
their spell. Then he says:
There is deception in those
glasses dad sets out to his patrons.
Three shots Of some Of It and the
guys whirl around and are out. ii
I ever deceive any one with stuff
/ pass out it's going to be stuff
on a. baseball. I'm going to be q
dry. and so darned dry that III
never even throw q spit ball. I'll
show the old man whether ball
players are worthless lot. I'll
make him eat his words, with q
chaser Of ice cream soda water.
That's the drink for this era.
The stern parent grows angry at
his sons views and expels him
from the old gin mill Homestead. IN
the teeth Of q raging snow storm
II such a thing is possible in that
Southwest country. But why couldn't
b snow storm be painted in the
Painted Valley OF Arizona?) That
would be the second act The third,
would show the young hero raised
to fame and fortune. In the dry
and honorable occupation Of base.
ball, and the stern parent thrown
out of work by prohibition and see
ing the error OF his former ways,
only too ready for the fond recon
citation that would bring the final
curtain.
Alas, that Hollis ThurstOn can.
not see this angle Of the baseball
biography business and must In.
sist that his father was q cattle
man! Still at that. young Thurs
toms story is all right. Thirteen
victories before the league season,
Is half over make any pitchers
story all right especially with his
manager.
Thurston admits one thing about
his ''pater" without quibbling; he
was Irish. All! cow the secret of
his baseball success Is out! But papa
Thurston was not altogether Irish.
The name is Danish, according to
Hollis. who himself could never be
taken for q melancholy Dane, except
when musing whether mention Of
the saloon business is proper itcm
Tor entry in y young mans registry
IN the Who's Who Of Curveoiogy.
Thurston's mother was Irish, so
that racial strain is largest in his
makeup. It gives Kim his blue Dyes,
tair skin and regular features. He
was born twenty-five years ago at
fremont. Neb., State coming more
and more to the fore In producing
athletic celebrities. At the tender
age OF one and half years Hollis