The Washington times., 1938-04-22


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For the father-sonS banquet
Of the Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation is dedicated solely to
the juveniles, with the elders
being along more as guardians
than guests.
Here Is a banquet which is
Just about ready for the ivy
league. 1t had its beginning IA
years ago, so you see 1t will
only be q year or two now be-
fore men who were kids then,
may be bringing along their own
progeny.
One of the entertainment fea-
lures has annually been the pres
ence Of stars of the sports firma-
ment. Down the years some
mighty names have broken
bread with the boys, mingled
among them for an hour or o
and left their signatures in hun
dredS Of autograph books.
Griff a Regular
Babe Ruth numbers among
them. So do Lou Gehrig, Joe
Cronin. Bump Hadley and Moe
Berg. Umpire George Moriarty
has appeared numerous times
with his American League film,
play Ball." and for years Joe
Judge and Sam Rice were fix
lures.
Clark Griffith will be attend.
ing his fifteenth father-sons ban
quet come Sunday and as in pre-
Vious years he will not be there
enptyhanded. Because he long
since established the custom Of
giving every kid present q CON-
plimentary ticket for q given
game at the ball park.
Sidney Lust seems to be the
perennial chairman of these
banquets, a good job q few years
back when he inherited the post
bringing the responsibility again
to him for the fourth year.
Snowman Lust promises to
not disappoint either the kids or
their elders this year.
For sports celebrities he Is
swinging largely to football, be-
ing that no professional baseball
teams will be in Washington Sun
day.
Malone and Leen1dns
That bronzed Texan. Charley
Malone, rangy right end Of the
Washington Redskins, will be
the main football objet dart,
with Tuffy LeemanS, former
George Washington back and
member Of the New York pro-
fessional Giants sharing the
umelight.
American University is to be
represented by one of its all
around athletes, George Brown,
football end and basketball for
ward.
Catholic University will have
on view boxer Of whom it is
justifyably proud, he being Dave
Bernstein, winner Of the u.s.
pound national collegiate cham
pionship.
Thence the motif of sports
personalities will run to coaches,
with Arthur Dutch" Bergman
Of Catholic University, dean Of
the local athletic directors TAX
1rg a bow along with Gus WEIGH
who heads the athletic depart
ment at American University,
Bill Reinhardt, coach at George
Washington and MuSh Dubof-
sky, line coach at Georgetown.
johnson on Hand
Walter johnson is driving in
from his dairy farm at German.
town, Md, to again break bread
with the youngsters and their
dads and be hailed by them as
the greatest idol the game has
produced.
And while none Of the sons
will be old enough to remember
another guest out of the old
baseball days, few Of the fathers
will need an introduction to E.
Lawrence Phillips, who manned
the megaphone at the ball park
before the days Of electrical
amplification.
Phillips Stentorian tones used
to reverberate through the
stadium, with his inimitable an.
nouncement of a famous bat.
terry, johnson and Street."
which was as characteristic of
that day as Arch MacDonald's
"Old Pine Tree" is Of this.
Incidentally, Phillips Is catch.
ing the youthful spirit of Sun
days gathering to the extent of
bringing along clowns, midgetS,
freaks and Side-show attrsc-
tions from his Johnny Jones
Exposition, now getting ready