The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-25
TALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

EN AOANhS cHAy 80 ~ ~
N pop bottles at Ebbets fieldl
The thirsty customer quaffs his IA
vorite beverage out Of paper cup,
and realizes how futile an instru-
ment Of protest paper cup can be.
It SCENT that during the recent
series with the Cubs couple OF
bottles were cast in the general d.
rection Of an umpire. In one OF
the games with the Cardinals
voungster tossed a bit Of glassware
as a gesture of impotence, and
though he missed atroeiously. he
was thrown into the cooler.
IN. abandonment Of the pop bottle in
BrookIyn already has had a deleterious e.
feet on Harry stevens receipts. IL de-
2 vsIops that whsn Dop Is served out OF pa
ner eups the fans aren't 50 thirsty. u
+, seems that hitherto mauv Of the BrookiFn
. enthusiasts bought their pop not so muen
for the thirst aueneher. but for the COM
fortinK feel Of the glassware Apparenty
= lot Of the customers get a bigger kick
ont Of the game " thew have an agency
for vigorous protest rixht at hand. The
bottle Is more effective than the souavk.
E mis- IS not the first time that BROOKLYN
has received such marked at.snti9Sn s,id 50ii
E league Several years ego he made SIM
liar ruling With rsfgsct 70 Ri9 9,Sst ba o.
prred7 The Dodgers ran riRnt INTO
series Of sixth placesi
THERE is no getting away from
the fact that the pop bottle IS
an essential part Of highly geared
baseball enthusiasm. 1t is the SYM
Dol OF vigorous, keen thought and
the cvmbal of civic fervor and ever
ready protest. The bottle has
peculiar. quaint significance IN
BROOKLYN. Were there a baseball
crest for Dodgers it would show a
( pop bottle rampant on a field streVn
with umpires.
OF course. VIC may be a bit old fashioned
about such matters. bat We simply cannot
get excited and alarmed over the fact that
divers pieces Of glassware were tossed
vaerantIy-and neEiiEibly and neEligently
at umpIres who CHANGED to be in Brook
3 Ivn. When an umpire is at Ebbets field
he ought 20 know about It. Anyway. we're
for those BROOKLYN fans-pOp bottles or
paper cups. And the thought occurs:-
suppose the BOYS begin bringing their own2
MANY years ago the Galesburg
WI club. Missouri League, long
since defunct. had a 22-year-old
pitching sensation by the name of
Alexander. Grover Cleveland his
parents had named him, for he was
born to a democratic father. who
was a stanch admirer Of the then
current occupant Of the White
House. The next season found
Alexander in indianapolis, as he had
. been drafted. But he could not stick
with the HoosierS. He went TO SYRIA
cuse and then was drafted again by
the Phillies.
Now comes old Galesburg to remember
those days Of 1900 and rush to the rescue
Of Alexander in his hour of need. Old
timers in GaleSburg remember how Grover
used to cut them down. While there no
longer is league team in the Illinois
town. Gsleshurg Is ready with the best
Il has to offer-a Job on a semt-pr0tes-
sional outfit.
ing an unconditional release-the second
he has gotten in something like month.
The years rest heavily on the 43-year-old
righthander-the years and his own weak
nesSes. To make matters worse has
wrenched leg
n
DUT Galesburg doesn't care about
ID his weakness. It just remem-
bers the days of 1909 and the pitcher
it sent out to become one of the
o. greatest of all time. 1t calls old
Aleck back. And if he comes back
they'll be waiting at the station,
Just as if he hadn't been tossed
i. overheard by Dallas-waiting with a
welcome that will bring back to old
Pete memories of the kid right
handler who stood the IllinoiS-Mis-
souri, League on It's ear, with the
world before him.
The parade :-seHs to have passed by.
But GaleSburg stili has an old bugie
somewhere in an attic 10 polish up and
bring cut to blow for Grover Cleveland
Alexander.