The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
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uEADED for . weeks vacation,
! 1 but couldn't 20 without re-
lating this fishing yarn In which
Rick Lewis. athlete and city cop
per. played the leading role =.
Rick obtained two grsy-green
nymphs from Ralph vandes. the
fly-makeF. and visited . nearby
trout stream. Ordinary flies had
failed him. causing him to resort
to the nymph In question -.
Imagine his happy surprise when
the trout went for the grsy-green
nymph without hesitation. Then
-. he lost one fly and the
other in rapid succession
Dismsyed ~ q policeman with
no fruit stand on his beat, Rick sat
his long carcass on the grass and
cursed the bitter twists Of Fate.
He glanced down at his gray-green
wool sox encircling the tops OF his
leather boots
Suddenly m idea percoIated
through his think reservoir :
not thick. He removed = gray
string 81 wool and then .
green one &. from his sox.
Wrapped the wool neatly around
. hook. with straggiy ends hang
Ing loose -.
And then he began casting :.
yep. he finished his limit. he vows.
right hand raised to the heavens.
You know. folks :. that's what
], too. called him smack dab to
his face. But he only grinned
and said. 1T did beat ALI i
which Il did Haw +. Elliott
N. -.
A Nd now I'd Mcagher win take
A over like this:
Baseball players. like buxom
dlvas and hairy-chcsted bassos.
are . tempcramental, unpredict-
able and mulish lot. They don't
odd up 1t al.
Take this fellow Herman Reich,
the Tiger centerfielder. for ex-
ample. Handsome Herm. the ball
clubs Adonis. bludgeons the ball
far and wide when performing on
the road. but his batting average
At home II not much larger In
round numbers than the size Of
his waistline.
He has used his bat to commit
murder on defenseless horschides
in every park In the w. I. league
Except bic own.
Why!
All right! Why Is spinach. the
Dodgers daffy and give In your
owns words q sound, easy-to-grasp
formula for the construction Of
women's hats.
Maybe Herman Ii bashful. A
shy bucko who tightens up like
kettle drum when he plays before
the admiring homo folks. Maybe
he's just unlucky II Athletic park.
Anyway. . good sS Or 10 per
cent Of Ms hose knocks have been
collected n enemy st-onghclds,
where scorers naturally aren't giv-
Ing him anything he doesn't really
earn.
Witness Sunday afternoon at
Bellingham when he ran amuck
with the bat. getting homer. a
triple, two doubles and 4 single in
five junkets to the plate.
/. Has he ever done anything like
that here? He has not. But let
him wield the willow in Tacoma
rs he does elsewhere and Hcrman's
popularity and batting average
viii soom apace.
E,UNNY COINCIDENCE DIvI-
I SION; The public address
systcm q the hall park last week
advised . man well call Smith
that ~ WAS wanted at the main
GATE. Someone had called the Of
fice. asked that Smith call . cor
tain Telephone Number. Strictly
routine stuff.
But Smith pounded up to the
main gate narling. He glared at
the gatekeepcr. sneered at every
official In sight.
I'm Smith," he barked savagely. |
@Of all the mean. two-bit stunts
ever pulled You boys oughta
get 4 medal. They oughta do you
in bronze. You're wonderful.
IAN I've gotta say b you're
pretty cheAp. Just because ! hap
pea 70 catch . foul hall which
caune Int the stands. h that amy
reasoa Why yon have to broadcast
my nane Ill over the park:
Il didn't want the lousy thing
anyway. Take your cockeyed
basebaIl'
Smith started to swagger back
70 his seat.
Just Z minute" an official said.
amirlxing riRhtcously. crunchingly
he continued: we didn't know
anything about the ball All we