The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-07
Brother Harry Protests

Harry came up to college mai
fall to see me. q showed him some
of my stuff.
"Now listen, Bert" ne admon-
ished, you curve the old neck over
your books and forget baseball.
into it if i had had your chance
to 60 to college?"
Sure you would" / declared.
Harry tried to hide a grin.
You are going to either be head
o: the family's bakery corporation,
OF else you are going to take up
some swell profession" he declared
rather hotIy.
Baseball Is a pretty good profess
sion-look here, Harry, I'm not a
ten-year-old kid the way ] was at
the time you left home. Dhere
isn't q professor in this college,
from the newest assistant up to and
including the cid prexy. who makes
anywhere near as much as you
make" I argued.
IAN right. Bert. play around
while o are in college. I'm going
to send you abroad for. what is it
they call it?"
Postgraduate"
Right. Professional baseball
isn't for you any more than dress
making Is for me-"
We shook hands, but all the
time l as saying to myself, "I1l
show you! I'll show you / a
play Just IS good ball - ever you
cam"
And that was swell-headed Of me,
because J really believe he could
play better ball when he was fif-
teen or sixteen than I could right
then, nineteen and in my second
year in college.
In the Spring I made the ball
team, not as a sub. but as a regular.
MY constant training had helped.
The wonderful talk Coach Simns
had given me had been the reason
wi had. given a show that WIN
ter. Some would-be genius had .
couple of show-girl friends come up
to help us. that Is. to help the boys
who were to impersonate girls.
These show-girls taught them about
makeup and some rather intricate
steps.
Because I was dark and getting
rather heavy I was cast for the VII.
| lain. The fact that I had q sort Of
baritone. such as 1t was. also helped.
I became decidedly friendly with
one 81 the girls, Dolly Dawson. Sne
was q good little sport and lots OF
fun.
After the show we continued to
hit Boston with a company I got
away for q couple days to run down
and see her.
when we started u baseball /
thought Coach SimmS was gong
to fall on my neck and tell me how
much ! had improved.
He did nothing Of the sort.
You've got 2 little more speed,
to have room In your head for any
thing except trick curves. They
steal q lot Of bases on you
And so on and on. To hear him
tail one Would think that I wa,
worse than ever this season.
All through this ! managed te
get along with my s TSars VIII w.sno by
sevidence that / would startie thu
college faculty, or any one else. a.
e brilliant scholar, but 1t couldn'
be said that I was carried alon'
because Of my ball playing.
We went to Providence to pla!
game. :
When we got off the train Their
stood Dolly Davsonl -.
She was with q company tina
had been trying out there. The
had another week to run and the
they were going to open In Me-
York. Dolly read the papers. sh
knew that our team was coming !
that evening.
It was q grand reunion. ! went I
the show. Of course, and met ~
back stage. We staged q rarty att
the show, Just the two Of US.
know that the sun was shown
o pink edge when I finally got
ms hotel and craWled IN.