The Washington times., 1930-06-17
UP
IN INSECT
RAGE
BY JARRETT WATERS

~ WAee CuS nIuCn INNING. 1uS
WeazelE were ahead by two runs
but the Panthers were In the
|. midst Of q batting rally which
could not be denied.
The scene was a vacant lot
where two alley baseball teams
were playing for the 'Avenoo
championship.
'Hey Mike" was yCne shrill
yell. when yuh gonna change
that pitcher? The Partners
are batting him all over the lot
and IL you don't watch out
they'll win this ball game"
Mike didn't answer. He was
half afraid because the pitcher in
question would have knocked his
block off il he took him out.
"Oh Tor q maIager," was all
Mike could say. "a manager to
take this pitcher ont, q guy who
could do these things and show
these monkeys why it's done.
also how TO play bali like
know we can play but don't be-
cause Of quarre1s."
The Panthers kept UP their
batting rally. They scored not
only two runs but three--enough
to win the ball game. And Mike
didn't take the pitcher out. .
The next day Mike put q no
tice in the paper that the team
was in need of q manager. He
wasn't going to try and manage
any more when his players
, wouldn't listen to him and his
pitcher would knock his block off
II he was taken out of the game.
Then came the answer to his
prayers. A Ikeable chap moved
into town and, unawares Of the
appeal in print Of the Wea7elS,
announced to friends that he was
going to organize q baseball team.
AS iris Speaker was the talk
Of the day then. because he was
the spark Of the washington
clubs outfield, this chap. after in
tereSting the boys, decided on
their final say-s0 TO call the team
U4AC AAAO 0RCMAEAos
Our little friend Mike was In
the crowd Of boys gathered around
this new idol Of the neighbOr-
hood. He was the defeated cham
pion, his team having broken up
after losing to the Panthsrs de-
spite his promise to rectlfy things
by getting q new manager. He
nudged himself that after ali
things were breaking even though
he could not make them break be-
fore.
They'll find. out what 1t
means to have . manager"
1nused Mike, "and that pitcher
; Of mine will come out Of the
box without knocking anybOdy's
block off too. It's o great day
for this neighbOrhOOd, III say"
And gallantly by Mike 1t was.
The new. managers name was
Coleman. so he said, Harold
"Spud Coleman, and his chief en-
joyment in life was baseball. And
when he could teach the young
Sters the game he was greater en-
joyed by it. Thus the entrance Of
Spud Coleman to the lives of
the Weazels who were beaten for
the Avenue championship by the
Panthers.
Harold Spud Coleman has done
Q lot for his collection Of young
sters and the Mike who saw they
needed manager but who could
not manage himself.
With the iris Speakers, Cole
man won two Capital City League
insect championships in the years
Of 1926 and 1927, while during
these years the team finished sec.
; ond In the French League twice.
The seasons Of 1928 and 1929
found Coleman out of town, but
back this year with the reorgaili-
zation Of the Speakers under the
name Of the Spud ColemAh In.
SectS.
The Spud Colemans have several
Of the former Iris Speakers, al
though many Of them during Cole
mans absence signed with other
teams or went with the Spengler
Post nine, in the American Legion
, series.
This year the Colemans are back
In the Capital City Insect League.
They're not on top at present, but
the season Is young and the play
ers enthusiastic. A championship
is their aim and they mean to
work for It.