Evening star., 1933-03-17
FILL THE Stems"
TO Be SUNG AGAIN
"Brown October AIe,' With
"OId Heidelberg" and 9th
ers, to Be Learned Anew.
nv FRANCIS J. POWERS,

LTILL the stems for dear old
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ring"
Back with beer will come the
robust drinking songs our fathers
sang during their bright college
days. The newer generation is
totally unacquainted with Hof-
braus and Rathskellers, but the
old lads will not be slow in teach
ing and again there will be a mar
ket for long-hladed pocket knives;
else how can our modern collie
gians carve their initials and fra
ternity seals on the long oaken
tables.
The Hey, hey, Nonnie" and Hot
Cha Cha" music Of the present day
will 60 poorly with a stein Of beer, and
it will surprise me none at all to hear
the class of '33 learning "Old Heidel-
berg" Brown October Ale" and Here's
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anticipation of the coming Of the brau.
College spirit will become something OF
q brave voice again, and within q short
time the famous old college drinking
places will have their modern counter
parts.
OUCH college officials as have talked
- with believe the return OF beer will
reduce the amount Of drinking done
~ hall uyhirh will rloo
athletic directors who must have stadia
swept from stern to stern after each
big game Drinking at foot ball games
will not disappear entirely, for at its
best Brown October ale is nothing with
which to warm the feet on frigid No
Vember afternoons. So bathtub gin and
red likker will not be entirely elimi-
mated. But for the most part college
athletic heads are favorable to the re-
turn of beer.
Golf clubs are certain to profit from
1egalized beer, since it is quite certain
they will be permitted to serve 1t to
members For almost decade the
majority Of country clubs have operated
their dining rooms and restaurants at
q loss. The beer will afford them q
commodity on which profit may be
realized. The conviyiality Of locker
rooms can be maintained with beer
LIe same 8S Will IuOtc pOtcilt VI A41Ao
and with less noise and bfeakage.
WHILE beer may not have the power
w of q wee dock and doris 1t can
make the star and differ forget
his missed puts, and a-inch cups will
be popular IN locker rooms II not on
the green's.
Base ball magnatss are another group
who will give three cheers when the
first batch Of legalized beer Is unloaded.
Not alone from the possibility that IT
may be sold within their parks, but Tor
the general welfare Of the players.
Managers. even the most severe dis
ciplinarians, never have held strongly
against beer. I have heard many Of
them argue that few crooks of beer
after q hard game was good tonic.
But OF recent years, with beer OF quality
denied them, many players have occa-
sionally frequented places where beV-
erages Of uncertain age but great po-
tency could be obtained. And man
ayers liked that not at all. Your aver
age base ball player is contended crea-
ture and with mild beer available few
OF them will search for the stronger
Nntages and managers and owners Will
have fewer worries.
T believe the return of beer will have
j a noticeable effect on the cnthusi-
asm of the base ball fan. He can
generate more enthusiasm for the heme
team and more raneor toward the vis-
itors after a few noggins Of ale than
ever was possible after batch OF pop.
The boys from the Rhine Valley in
Cincinnati will be more strongly be-
hind the Reds, and the Blue Shirts from
Kerry Patch are going to put new en-
thusiasm into their cheering for the
Browns and Cardinals. In short, the
followers of sports, who for the most
part always have been liberal in their
tendencies, will be more cheerful after
the Verboten sign has been taken down
and that cheerfulness will be reflected
in their attitude toward their recrea-
tional life. may be wrong, but be-
lieve interest in base ball is going to
pick up with the return of beer.