The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-17
To-day's Sport
Parade
BY HENRY McLEMORE
Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

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New York, March II -. (UP)--
There comes time in every mans
life when he's got to catch up with
his needlework. Consider me. ]
am behind 373 stitches on my de-
sign for a sofa pillow, which de-
picts in the humanistic manner u
pine cone just deprived of its
young, coming over the mountain
like Kate Smith.
I am dropping stitches in my
cubicle, which sets high over the
East River and commands sweep
ing view of greensboro, when a
l'large noise watts itself up to me.
This noise has q semblance OF Q
huzzah, a whoopla, a horray and
a whoopee. I drop my embroidery.
I know what 1t Is. The Babe has
signed! The Babe and Colonel
Jake have signed the treaty Of St.
Petersburg.
Well, I am not one to get excited
and poke by head out Of the win
dow every time there Is q rainbow
looping over Brooklyn, but l see
down in 42nd street a lot of peo-
Pile carrying on as II they had just
got married and were getting rice
thrown at them, or as II this was
the Fourth OF July and somebody
had set off q firecracker under the
marshal of the Fourth Of July
parade.
Confronted with all this hilerity
in the streets below, all this hurl-
ing of ticker tape, all this footing
of ferry boat horns, all this shout
ing and bowling, I slammed down
the window and went back, heart
heavy, to my typewriter, and here
I am.
Down below, friends, they are
celebrating because Babe Ruth will
be batting out of right field when
the Yankees cut out this Florida
grapefruit business and get up
here in New York and start play
ing baseball.
But as for me, I am inclined to
lay my weary head down on my
desk and sight off sigh for u
young person with bullying biceps,
named George Selkirk. Please
don't get him mixed up with Alex
ander Selkirk.
George. a young man from Joizy
New Joizy) has been flogging
flies for the Yanks while Mister
Ruth has been busy Dustin 'em
down the fairway. pitchin' 'em to
the pin and a-poutin' away at COL
onel Jake.
George Selkirk has been stand
| ing out there in right field In 81
Petersburg, sweating under that
| c., no N z
Dreams that said to him -. In the
reverie that comes to man who
has to play right field under a
Florida sun That said to him.
George, you're hot stuff. They
sent you up there to bat for Ruth
pal, and what did you do? A triple
a double, and single. And. O
catch that speaker'd been PROUD
of. George. just think how you'll
feel when you step out there in the
stadium with $4,000 folks. a-look'
in on. And you a-taking the place
of the mighty Babe.
George Selkirk probably doesn
like to think about those dream'
now. Even though he made
triple, a double and a single. Tht
Babe is in right field. George Sci
kirk, the jolly rookie. who mos
certainly has been able to smaci
a ball when he sa wone, must hav'
been a Crestfallen critter whei
word came that Mister Ruth hat
broken down. and In these days o
economic depression. accepted
$4,000 to chase balls and pa
them.
There are no objections from
this department about what Mis-
ter Ruth receives In the way o
salary. Mister Ruth Is not U
blame for the emotional disturb
ances which occur In the preas
of Mister George Selkirk.
But anyway, I feel sorry for tn
man, ! know what Il Is to hav'
your dreams go haywire. one
dreamed an uncle OF mine In Aus
traiia left me a 500 and a house
broken kangaroo,