The Washington times., 1924-07-12

Inc SENATORS remain on top, IL
single game, and the fans continl
series games this fall at the Griff
unique reasons why Washington is
The Bureau of Engraving and
Printing in the Capitol City is the
logical place to manufacture paste.
boards for the October classic; this
Government plant would make
tickets enough for all. The i'm.
portance of world series would
cause the diplomats and attaches
at the various foreign embassies in
Washington to attend the games,
and they would become enamoreo
OF baseball and recommend that il
become the official internationa.
game and a peaceful means Of
settling disputes between differen,
countries.
Washington has marvellous au.
tumn weather. Washington is the
most charming city in the league,
Boston and New York excepted, and
baseball has become refined enoue.i
for charm and civic attractiveness
to cut some figure in the selection
OF the ideal spot to stage the sport.
A world series in Washington in
October would serve to pep up the
November Presidential election.
The Washington fans are the
fairest there are; also the most
patient and long suffering. Is it
not about time they had their
reward?
It takes a lot of money to pay
off world series athletes, but lust
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Washington is the city Of mag
nificent distances. Is not twenty
years magnificent enough distance
to come questing a pennant? And
fancy how beautiful a pennant
would look reflected in the lagoon
in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
Washington has plenty Of marble
and bronze statutes; isn't it time to
ert1;t a few idols to flesh and blood,
draped appropriately in flannel
shirts and short trousers? New
York has had plenty of exclusive
work series; could that city stand
the strain Of another one on top
of the exhaustive Democratic ma.
tional convention? Would 1t not
be safer to let Washington in on it?
a
not to have Artilleryman Babe Ruth
in the world series, but think of
all the artiilerymen at Fort Myer
who would like to crash the gate
of such an event. In PENNSYLVANIA
avenue Washington has the widest
base path in the majors. It leads
from home plate at the White
House straight to first at tht Capt..
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ington this year. 1t was all laid
by the "oil'' sprinkled around at the
last inquiring session of Congress.
And dust is bad thing in baseball
games 1t so often gets into the UNI
pire's eyes.
But the umpiring of a world
series in Washington would be on a
very exalted plane with the SUI
preme Court of the United States Of
America calling the balls and strikes.
The Griffith STADIUM may not be
very large, but think of the spare
room in the Smithsonian Institution.
Washington has lots of historic
landmarks, but the collection will
not be complete until the guides of
the sightseeing tours can pointout
the exact spot where the hit struck
that won the Senators a baseball
championship.
Washington deserves a world
series If for no other reason than
that all the fans in the country
have been pulling for Pitcher Wal
ter johnson to get the chance to
realize a ball players greatest
ambition.
The Department of Agriculture
would see that the "gardners' per.
forming in a Washington world Sc.
ries were on the job every minute.
There would be daily distributions
of packets of free seeds to the fans
The Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives could be the Official
announcer of the batting orders and
add tone to the affair. All unusual
plays could be instantly recorded
at the Patent Office. The official
box scores could be framed and
hung in the Library Of Congress.
The Department of Justice could
see that everything was on the
up and up" and the War Depart.
ment put the kibosh on the ticket
spectators. A special session OF
Congress could be called so that all
Senator's and so forth could be on
hand to get their "cut" of the IAN.
ME Oaklies" and in return pass A
bill rewarding the world series win.
ner with pensions for life.
If the Senators won out 1t would
give excuse for repeating that IA
nous phrase, "All is quiet along the
Potomac" remark that has made
many persons unacquainted with
Washington believe that it is a dull
place.
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