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Box 17, Folder 6, Document 96
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Se Sia ae Se ee ee ee
* AGOGO.
SETS
seat
Oa
| SeaKt
a your?
”
te
ey paid
thn has
» vot Bra-
waiver
waiver
1 is $1.)
Bragan
ioting
how I
igh and
‘ose 44
uit 400.
ow the
n, too
cis
ness
jndence
ik Bolling
man and
‘ of «the
ednesday!
situation
it season
se effect
ae
3 in Mil-
* out this);
right to
id, “I'm
‘have a
yem out
te’s a lot
bound to
yers but
baseball.
’ @rs are
=" lars, yet
* take it
s got to
yself ‘al-
the fans
id make
better.”
“el
a EY.
Time: Ou
&y GLIVER E, KUECHLE, Sports Editor .
Sap Peatyl ae
f fF Talk -
INCE the baseball writers’
little festival with “booths.” The
idea does have possibilities, and
if the Braves would only co-
~loperate in a last gesture of fare-
well, everybody would have a
gocd time. Atlanta might even
send up Mayor Ivan Allen to
participate, 5
‘Bartholomay’s Bath’
HERE could be a, water
dunking booth, for instance,
which “might be: called “Bar-
tholomay’s Bath.” Bill would
be perched on a chair above a
tani of ice cold water, with the
chair so ‘triggered it would
dump him into the tank when-
ever a small target was proper-
y hit. Ice could be idumped|
into the water periodically to be
sure the water was cold. Fans
would pay 25¢ for three balls.
A fraternity paddling booth
could be set up with a certain
end in mind. For 25c, each fan
would get one whack with- al:
wooden paddle at the posterior
of Mayor Allen of Atlanta.
“Ivan the Terrible’ the booth
could be called.
There could be a booth known
as “McHale's Meringue.” John
would stick his head through a
hole in a sheet of canvas.and
try to duck fistfuls of meringue
9 wranre
ichool un-
ame head
Riverside
next 10
ams won
mnference
In win-
des, his
3k game
‘as foot-
_ became}
1. His
‘idwest
mpion-
record
oh
Why Not a Festival Instead of Dinner?’
annual dinner for fans in Jan-
uary may be the last here for some. time, it might not
be 2 bad idea to do something special~even get away from
the dinner idea entirely and into something like a friendly
—25¢ a fistful. But only one
fistful at a time. It wouldn't
necessarily have to be me-
ringue, either. Custard would do
—anything soft and fluffy, for
this would be all in fun and in
the friendly spirit of the festi-
val,
A booth, “Reynolds Rear,”
would have fine possibilities. It
would be something like: the
“pin the tail on the donkey”
which blindfolded children
play. Tom could fill the role of
donkey. Three tails and pins
—hat pins—could be sold for
50c,
Troubadour Dor
§ LITTLE side attractions,
a troubadour and leading his
two pooches which now answer
to the names of “Coca” \and
“Cola,” could wander through
the crowd and occasionally
break into his skateless skat-
ing act. .
Ernie Johnson could imper-
sonate Warren Giles and with
map and pointer explain how
the distance between Milwau-
kee and Minneapolis is really
distance between, Milwaukee
80, not 95.
Earl Yerxa could pass out old
Braves programs — free -- and
\ |when things got a little dull
Austin Brown could shoot off
Mullen could sing “Hello, Dolly”
with Bobby Bragan on the obge.
dinner would serve several] pur-
poses. It would raise the money
to enable the baseball writers
here to continue their scholar-
buy a college, It would give
baseball fans here an outlet for
their frustrations. And it would,
as mentioned, allow the Chicago
owners to make a worth while
parting gesture to the city they} -
have treated so “well.”
Don Davidson, dressed like}
only 240 miles, not 345, and the).
and Chicago is really only|~-
those tiny lady crackers. John} «
Such a festival in place of aj
ship fund. Jn fact, it might raise].
‘enough money to let the writers
h
ie
ny
ov.
the
Bi
So:
ar
in,
gc
po
ute
}
—c
omits ae
fi
1
SS ee eae Ses
oy
&
eerste car earrreAELerEcaae ae ana oe
* AGOGO.
SETS
seat
Oa
| SeaKt
a your?
”
te
ey paid
thn has
» vot Bra-
waiver
waiver
1 is $1.)
Bragan
ioting
how I
igh and
‘ose 44
uit 400.
ow the
n, too
cis
ness
jndence
ik Bolling
man and
‘ of «the
ednesday!
situation
it season
se effect
ae
3 in Mil-
* out this);
right to
id, “I'm
‘have a
yem out
te’s a lot
bound to
yers but
baseball.
’ @rs are
=" lars, yet
* take it
s got to
yself ‘al-
the fans
id make
better.”
“el
a EY.
Time: Ou
&y GLIVER E, KUECHLE, Sports Editor .
Sap Peatyl ae
f fF Talk -
INCE the baseball writers’
little festival with “booths.” The
idea does have possibilities, and
if the Braves would only co-
~loperate in a last gesture of fare-
well, everybody would have a
gocd time. Atlanta might even
send up Mayor Ivan Allen to
participate, 5
‘Bartholomay’s Bath’
HERE could be a, water
dunking booth, for instance,
which “might be: called “Bar-
tholomay’s Bath.” Bill would
be perched on a chair above a
tani of ice cold water, with the
chair so ‘triggered it would
dump him into the tank when-
ever a small target was proper-
y hit. Ice could be idumped|
into the water periodically to be
sure the water was cold. Fans
would pay 25¢ for three balls.
A fraternity paddling booth
could be set up with a certain
end in mind. For 25c, each fan
would get one whack with- al:
wooden paddle at the posterior
of Mayor Allen of Atlanta.
“Ivan the Terrible’ the booth
could be called.
There could be a booth known
as “McHale's Meringue.” John
would stick his head through a
hole in a sheet of canvas.and
try to duck fistfuls of meringue
9 wranre
ichool un-
ame head
Riverside
next 10
ams won
mnference
In win-
des, his
3k game
‘as foot-
_ became}
1. His
‘idwest
mpion-
record
oh
Why Not a Festival Instead of Dinner?’
annual dinner for fans in Jan-
uary may be the last here for some. time, it might not
be 2 bad idea to do something special~even get away from
the dinner idea entirely and into something like a friendly
—25¢ a fistful. But only one
fistful at a time. It wouldn't
necessarily have to be me-
ringue, either. Custard would do
—anything soft and fluffy, for
this would be all in fun and in
the friendly spirit of the festi-
val,
A booth, “Reynolds Rear,”
would have fine possibilities. It
would be something like: the
“pin the tail on the donkey”
which blindfolded children
play. Tom could fill the role of
donkey. Three tails and pins
—hat pins—could be sold for
50c,
Troubadour Dor
§ LITTLE side attractions,
a troubadour and leading his
two pooches which now answer
to the names of “Coca” \and
“Cola,” could wander through
the crowd and occasionally
break into his skateless skat-
ing act. .
Ernie Johnson could imper-
sonate Warren Giles and with
map and pointer explain how
the distance between Milwau-
kee and Minneapolis is really
distance between, Milwaukee
80, not 95.
Earl Yerxa could pass out old
Braves programs — free -- and
\ |when things got a little dull
Austin Brown could shoot off
Mullen could sing “Hello, Dolly”
with Bobby Bragan on the obge.
dinner would serve several] pur-
poses. It would raise the money
to enable the baseball writers
here to continue their scholar-
buy a college, It would give
baseball fans here an outlet for
their frustrations. And it would,
as mentioned, allow the Chicago
owners to make a worth while
parting gesture to the city they} -
have treated so “well.”
Don Davidson, dressed like}
only 240 miles, not 345, and the).
and Chicago is really only|~-
those tiny lady crackers. John} «
Such a festival in place of aj
ship fund. Jn fact, it might raise].
‘enough money to let the writers
h
ie
ny
ov.
the
Bi
So:
ar
in,
gc
po
ute
}
—c
omits ae
fi
1
SS ee eae Ses
oy
&
eerste car earrreAELerEcaae ae ana oe
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