The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
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ELLIOTT
METCALP

CAiD the Sacramento Coast
- iedguers after the game
last night with oar Tiger clan:
Why in the debba did the
San Francisco Seals turn
acag that Isekito and keep
Po,ceH and Wikie"
They were greatly impress
ed By what the big kid dishcd
them at the platter -.
WHEN Lefty Freitas and several
other Sacramento hurlers and
players were driven to the YMCA
shower room last night by Nelson
Hong. Bengal vice-prexy.. there
wasn't room In the car for Freitas.
So the little southpaw opened the
trunk door. stepped In, closed the
door and arrived okay -.
.MATTos WAS very much in the
game last night. extensively
and defensively. He collected
triple and q double, which ran up
runs. He stopped a terrific hit
headed for left that would have
meant another Scion run in the
third =.
THAT WAS q real turn out on the
part Of the local fans, consid-
ering the cold wind that swept
through the stands and the threat
ening weather that prevailed
through the day and evening :.
THERE are three layers of
4 graded soil on the nep
boys athletic field at Jason
Lee intermediate high school.
And the drainage system is
such that a heavy rain can
not prevent play upon the
field for any length Of time.
The moisture runs off that
rapidly =.
With the boys side now COM
plete. efforts will turn to the girls
side on Sprague street Things
will be just the same on that
This Is a WPA project and
makes possible large fields to
keep children off the auto-infested
streets. There should be more such
projects at our schools. more
especially at Mason intermediate
school. where the grounds are said
to be hardly more than q rock
pile -.
There IA not q rock 10 he found
ON the boys Jason Lee field. The
soil was dug up and graded. the
gravel being removed. making m
ideal field for the purposes II was
Intended
Residents of other school dis
tricts should use their influence for
similar constructive work, in As
much as there Ia a general WPA
blanket program for such work.
How much better to have athletic
fieldf than roads and streets that
mean less than nothing =.
The Jason Lee boys are now
using the new field for hard ball
and are playing Mt 1880 a. m.
That IL because the field IL not
crowded with pupils At that hour.
but Il goes TO show what interest
the youngsters have In the new
grounds :.
Constructive works Of this kind
are lasting efforts. They will be
available for years to come. not
only to the children, but to adults.
The Jason Lee work was super
vised by Bernie Foote. with Henry
Rutt as foreman =.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS from
/ now the then younger gcner-
stions will pick up pictures OF
this generations athletes and bust
right out lAffinE =.
Just like your old friend here
did this morning when he picked
up Golfing magazine and saw
mixtures Of Walter Hagen and
Chick Evans In their 1914 links
attire
With no intent to ridiculs or
cast reflection upon those splendid
veterans Of the game, they stand
posed In big shot life Of that day
like golfers you would expect to
appear only in = movie comedy or
burlesque :.
Walter wears q fiat cap. His
coat is loose enough TO hide four
caddies under. His right hand is
forward and sideways on the end
Of his club, ala cane. His shirt
is striped and he wears little
stubby black bow tie
And Evans! Ladies and gentle
men. he's q dream. Flat cap. wide,
low shirt collar. polka dot four-in-
hand tie. tight plus-2's. He holds
club before him in his right
hand. his left hand and arm down
h,s left front side. And A great