The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-01
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ELLIOTT
METCALF
SUPERIOR

f - HODGE and AttorHeVI
James SeideH slipped off to
DdbrOe lake tn search Of trout
yesterday, a perfect day for
such sport. They got one
ScraWny trout bettceen them.
They Tipped a coin to see cho
icould take It home. While
they iCere Tipping the COIN a
cat grabbed the trout and en-
joged the meal. HGlCi -.
EIGHT-year-old son looked out
my workroom window across
the alley TO a new neighbours back
yard.
It'd have TO he it'd have
TO be alright he said seorn-
fully -.
what"
He pointed to a girls bicycle
in the yard
We'll, what about it," e.
THE new neighbors amt got no
boy for me to play with just
girl. Look at that bike. No
cross-bar. BAH" E.
But in a few years from
now, male like well
DEAR MET: Who was the actor
who made famous the baseball
EraCnxr Of Tho Rot -
Also, wasn't there a sequel that
made Casey hit home run and,
If so. who wrote it J. b. -.
Dear ]. B.: DeWolf Hopper was
the actor. While he made the
poem famous. it in turn made him
far more famous. The sequel was
written by Grantland Rice, sports
scribe f. NJ -.
FIFTY years ago two professional
baseball teams returned from
a trip around the world, giving
i foreign lands an idea of the game
that had swept America. And upon
their arrival they were rendered
one of the most colorful and en-
thusiastic dinners ever given any
one in New York at any time.
Mark Twain, Chauncey NJ. Depew
and such outstanding men Of the
nation were speakers =.
Twain was at his writing glory
at the time. And for the two score
years that followed baseball was
held closer to the heart of the ma
ton than il is today. despite the
greater attendance and the fab
ulous wealth involved in the sport.
1t was. in a way. positive fever,
emotions reaching an entirely diff
ferent pitch among the populace,
more so among the players, al
though today the sport, clean AS
the proverbial whistle. still de-
mands full effort -.
A CRES of tulips have grown in
"A Aunt Mirandy's garden since
this corner recalls an organized
baseball game being forfeited in
Tacoma . g.
That is, until last night, when
Umpire Stewart pulled the watch
on Manager Ray JOcobs and his
Yakima Pippins in the sixth and
when his time limit had been
reached gave the game to the
Tigers, 3 to o
The contest at that point was
Tacoma s. Yakima 0, so the Ben
gals. as a matter of fact, weren't
handed the contest on platter -.
Anyway. the heated argument,
which saw at least seven of the
Pips around the Jumps at home
plate and which originally came
about when Mann. Tacoma hurler
at bat, was given first base for
interference on the part of Catcher
Lorenz, bears out the spirit of the
game -.
| mean. the intense desire OF the
PLAYERS TO win, their willingness TO
fight for what they believe is their
right. II such situations found
PLAYER or players or team content
to accept an upmire's decision. no
matter its nature, and simply take
it In stride. without complaint or
fight, there would be fast exit
OF the game from the popularity 1t
holds today
A player. or players. il helpless
in a t0rrid and Illegal argument
with an umpire where the matter
of Judgment il considered. When
an Jumps pulls his watch under
such conditions the players are
through or else. They know
that as well as any one, vet they'll
stand up fighting in the face u
certain defeat, accept that defeat
and the financial losses that auto
matieaIIy follow. without regret
1t is that spirit that makes base
ball what it is . battle from
gong to gong. 1t is that spirit
IL. ~. fans knoW exists in the