The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-05-13

thing on a care-free vacation
trip. but not for a steady, home
front diet.
En.iable Niche
But Virginia does have one
ehVlable niche in the world Of
sports Il has International
League baseball, and that's just
one step above or below the
biggest time baseball played in
the U. S. depending on whether
the players are on the way up
or down the ladder from the
majors In sports, it's a real
feather III the cap Of which the
State can be proud.
The diamond pasttime offered
the best chance Of a break
through in this traditional con
servatism The invention of Alb
ner Doubleday has always been
held in high regard in t h e
parts. It's straitlaced, honest,
clean. 1t was this soft under
belly, to paraphrase a CONT
mental viewpoint, that enabled
the Woodworking, big thinking
and persuasive group of Rich
mond businessmen and munich
pal administrators to put Vir-
sinia in the sports bigtine for
once.
But the bigtime. no matter
where it obtains, requires pro-
motion and plugging. The two
are inseparable That accounts
for the baseball caravan of the
Richmond Virginians W hich
passed this way Monday.
1t was, true enough, a COM
merclal venture, with the chief
aim OF a merrier click Of Parker
Field turnstiles than has oc-
CURED so far in the newly
launched 1860 season. But only
wound-down introvert who has
never caught the real American
glimpse would dismiss it at
that.
Kids Happy
For hundreds of kids along the |
long route from Richmond to |
our hinterlands and back again |
it was day of days A day of
autographs, new baseballs, a
glimpse at a sure enough hero,
who can sock a home and make
the big double play.
For sports-inclined adults it
was an intriguing interlude Of
nostalgia, glimpse back to
youth as life passes on; a look
at one Of the wonders of Ameri-
can: an endeavor where a man
can make $4,000 a year with
big muscles and one-in-100 900
ply i c a coordination i
all the while having the time of
his life in his chosen profession.
And for Farmville, as doubt
less the other stops at nearly
communities, it offered d chance
for hospitality. chance that
wasn't overlooked. These were
our Virginians, and by George,
they were going to feel vel
come!
Will Pay Off
And how did the promotion
work? Well hazard the guess
that the caravan will be paying
off all season long for our Vir-
ginians. We heard too many
Dads making commitments
too many people figuring out
who'd make congenial car
load for a trip to Parker Field
some night to feel otherwise.
And you can tell Jack White.
Wees general manager, it work
cd on me. too Well be seeing
you in Parker Field some night
soOnl
GOOD GOING. YOGI NJ
Being a New York Yankee fan
we're fond of any guy who wears
the Bombers famed pin-stripes,
but for years Yogi Berra has
been a Yankee of Yankees for
us.
If Yogi never gets another hit
hes already had lifetime
share we're on his bandWagon
for keeps We read this week
about the catcher's gift OF
$4,000 to Columbia University
TO establish a scholarship fund
baseball first.
A second generation hmeri-
can; a man who graduated from
the streets ut South st. Lou1s.
without time for education OF
ACQUIRING fashionable refine
nents. That Yogi Berra.
But there is also Lawrence r
Berra A ballplayer who had
too much innate refinement and
gratitude 10 take the adlllation
of a nation and a good slice OF
its income without bit of re-
ciprocity.
1t makes us a bit prouder of
our country. It's a land of op-
portunity fer all, and it warns