The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-20
THE SHINING OF BILL WHITE
BY N. ID. Cochran

Evidently William Allen Whites periodical trips
to Chicago New York and other haunts OF sin out
side of the pure atmosphere of Kansas has had a
degenerating influence upon young man brought
nm in the thoroughly good Kansas environment
Anyhow Bill committed terrible crime the other
day, and right in Emporia. Moreover he was prazen
about it. 1t appears that the once perfectly good
Kansan got all het up the worlds series be-
tween the Cardinals and the Yanks, and not only mac
his paper, the En1poria Gazette, publish to Emporla
fans the play-byplay story of the game on SUNDAY
but Bill got out in front of his print shop with his
wife where they sat camp chairs and watched the
game.
Before the Sunday game Editor White had an
nounced that his enterprsng paper would report the
game on a magnetic board in front of the
Gazette office Whereupon the ministerial alliance of
Emporia got busy and worked up an lnulehaiI anu
outraged wrath.
Where Editor Whites Methodist foot slipped was
In announcing in the Gazette that the game would
be reported the magnetic score board a nan noul
after church service" That's what made the ministers
of the alliance They issued screening protest
against the use, lin the same BREATH, or the words
church service" and ball game"
Whereupon Editor White, who Is something OF
a Kansas Christian his account, came back
with biting editorial rejoinder. Now Bits In bad.
In spite of the beloved blue laws of Kansas he and
his good in front of the Gazette office on
cann chairs and attended redhot baseball game on
Sunday. -.
as a. sinner who has fallen from grace 1t was the
last and crucial game of the worlds series. The
Cardinals and the Yanks each had won three games
Whichever won that Sunday game became chdiiploH vi
the baseball world. And the game full of thrers
Babe Ruth hit home run into the right Held
bleachers and Shortstop Thevenow OF ST. Louis maze
a marvellous catch of high hot liner from the New
York bat Of Catcher SEVERED. At one time, with
the score 8 and in favor of st. Louis, the Yanks
had the bases full with two out and Tony Lazzer at
bat At that critical moment Rogers Hornsby called
on old man Alexander to come in from the bull pen
and save the day And Alexander the Great struck
Tony out.
At any minute somebody apt to break that
game up and give victory to the Yanks. 1t was
tense situation all the way through. So even If Bill
White snned there extenuatng circumstances
But even If it Sunday the band played
the national anthem before the umpire yelled, Play
ball and every man present was pure 100 per cent
American, they stood unanimously and took OF
their hats If band could be heard in Empora it
is safe gamble that Bill White got off his camp stool
and stood up because the crowd was there to see
whether he did not
People listened to the game the radio
at their own didn't stand of course for no
body could see whether they did not. And most
people stand up because somebody else is looking.
Be that as it may, want to speak kind word
for Editor White the members Of the ministers
alliance of Emporia. Don't condemn the poor devil
to hell just he heard Sunday baseball game
over the radio If he snned the provocation
didn't act as attraction. So give Bill Whites
sof us editors expect to go when Gle and
we want to meet Bill White there.
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