The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-10
ODDS AND ENDS
WALKING DOWN Eighth

looked like gold.
Wanna buy a ring, buddy?"
he asked me. "Give it to you
nice and cheap"
shook my head.
mot interested" told him.
Sorry"
you're missing q good buy"
he insisted. "It's gold, mister.
absolute gold. And there's moth.
ing better than gold today, mis-
ter. Nothing better in the
world"
IT don't doubt that" assured
him. you're quite right. But
just the same I'm not inter.
ested in your ring"
He went right on talking as
though I had said nothing at
all.
Eyes, sir" he went on. there's
nothing like gold. When you
got gold today, you really got
something. No matter where
you go in the world, they al
ways want gold. That's the
beauty of a thing like this. It
means you always got some.
thing, no matter what happens.
"You take the American dol.
lar today. Just look what's
happened to it. It amt worth
more than so cents, and tomor-
row it may be a dime"
He pounded his fists. He was
growing very excited, indeed,
and it was most amusing to me.
He was certainly giving out a
terrific sales talk in connection
with that ring.
1.-THE dollar keeps dropping"
he cried, land nobody knows
what the end will be. That's
why I keep saying that gold is
better than anything today.
When you got gold, you know
what you got. But when you
got dollars, where are you?". ,.
He suddenly changed his tone.
80 I tell you what I'll do"
he added confidentially, It'll let
you have this beautiful gold
ring for only five dollars!".
Rain in the Bowl
Football creates more nuts
than any other game in the
world. Watching Columbia play
the other afternoon, for ex-
ample. sat in the pouring rain
for almost three hours. I was
wringing wet, cold and uncom.
Portable. Yet there was-with
some $4,000 others for company.
And hardly anyone left until the
game was over.
It looks as though Columbia
has another fine team. The
chanC are that they will knock
over all their opponents this
year, with the exception of
Navy. I hope they beat Navy,
too, for the sake of Lou Little,
Columbia'S coach. There isn't a
sweller guy in the game.
All Of which reminds me of a
little untold story that hap
pened after the Rose Bowl game
on January /. When the Colum.
bia boys arrived back in New
York, they were greeted like con-
quering heroes. The Mayor
welcomed them at the City Hall,
and the entire team was given
the keys to the city. The Mayor
told them the town was theirs.
That night, most of the team
attended a party in an apart.
ment house near the university.
Around 2 in the morning, some
of the neighbors complained of
the noise. And two cops showed
up with a threat of jail if the
party didn't tame down.
Some day! In the morning,
the keys to the city. And that
same night, a warning of the
cooler for too much noise!
Switching abruptly from foot
ball to baseball, you might be
interested in this young man
called Dizzy Dean. His actions
may seem a bit peculiar to
some, but I'm starting to
wonder if his title of Dizzy is
quite deserved.
Back around the early part of
September, Dizzy and his
brother signed a contract to ap-
pear in vaudeville. They agreed
to accept the sum of 5000 a
week for the two of them. But
Dizzy insisted upon an extra
clause in the contract. His
team was some six games be-
hind, but there was a slim
chance that they might come
through for the. pennant. So
this is the clause that went
into the contract:
If, by an act Of God, st.
Louis wins the pennant, this
contract is null and void"
st. Louis won that pennant.
The Dean boys are going on the
stage, but-becauSe of that
clause-they'u now get $4,000 a
week instead Of 5000.
Dizzy, did you say?...
Still a Kid
It actually happened the
other night, insists Allan Gil.