Evening star., 1926-10-10
This and That
By Charles z. TracesUeH.

Thousa nds of ashingtonians have
never been to St. Louis. but St. Louis
came to them last Tuesday. when the
third game of the world series was
broa dcast.
Certainly such yelling as .roa red
from loud speakers then was never
heard over the air before. as the
frantic st. Louis base ball fans
screamed their heads off. aided by
every species of sound-making device
obtainable
Jack Spratt. the cat. sitting in his
living room in Washington, set UP
sundry meows as a protest against
the shrill whistle emitted by an un-
known gentleman of st. Louis sit
ting some place in the stands near
the microphone.
AS Graham McNamee, premier
sports announcer. filled in the time
taken out by the half hour rain. We
thought seriously Of sending him a
telegram, as follows:
Pet cat objects strenuously to
gentleman near you with whistle.
Now meowing in protest louder than
St Louis fam"
There was another st. Louis gen.
tleman with triangle, upon which
ne beat with fervor throughout the
game. This noise also aroused Jacks
Ire. Between it and the whistle his
ears were constantly laid back, his
eyes round with Indignation.
Jack. being little fellow in fur.
had no idea that he was listening tn
one Of the wonders of the modern
world. He was not impressed with
the fact that the noises to which he
objected were being made hundreds
of miles away.
As for US. we got quite kick" out
OF that broadcasting. AS far as we
can recall, the broadcasting Of the
games from st. Louis is the first time
that an event has come to Washington
listeners.in from so far a point west.
Perhaps the late President Harding
spoke from farther point, we ara
not sure. Then. too, there was the
wonderful telephone demonstration
several years ago when San Fran,
cisco voices were heard over Washing,
ton radio sets.
Just about the time radio listener,
here begin to feel that radio is an oil,
story something happens to pep VI
their interest. The world series thi
year is doing 1t to the king ans
queens taste.
1t Is callous person. indeed, VIII
can listen to the enthusiasm of a who'll
city as far away as the Mississipp.
and not get BIT Of thrill out Of T.:
Washington has had two world seri,1
OF its own. and knows how to apprecs
ate the way the St. Louis enthu sis ats
feel.
Washington. an Eastern city, got A
never-to-be forgotten tingle out Of that
first great world series in which It's
base ball team participated. with the
famous last game in which Walter
johnson came through"
We did pretty bit Of yelling. then.
but absolutely nothing that could
equal st. Louis. They are still q BIT
wild and woolly out there. For the
first 10 minutes the game was IN
progress McNamee was speaking
against steady roar of screams,
bells, whistles. yells. shrieks, cheers.
II did a persons soul good to lis
ten to the racket. Unrestrained en-
thusiasTn Is good for us all. now
and then. Modern city life tends TO
make us pent up our perfectly
wholesome emotions.
st. Louis. however, had no such
inhibitions
When Jess Haines knocked his homA
run a million loud speakers through.
out America simply rocked with the
sound let loose by the cheering, mad
st. Louisiana.
, The COW bells tangled. the gentle
man with the triangle beat upon 1t
with abandon. the fellow away off
there with the shrill whistle bleV
with all his lungs.
Above the roar Graham McNamee
was trying to make himself heard,
to tell us something we had already
san sed that the 81 I,nuis nifcher haA
| achieved what is generally regarded
as the impossible for . pitehsr-a
home run. :.