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*' Pape Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, March 22, 1951 Is money in short supply among newspapermen? Many years ago one seldom found great wealth among the brethren of the quill; but since the day of the typewriter mon ey has been “easier.” But I’ve just seen something that gives me pause and makes me wonder. One morn ing I read The News & Courier to three men on bases, two outs, Ty Cobb at bat.” Imagine that: the great “Ty,” finest ball player of all time; outstanding batter, swiftest runner, most successful base-stealer, with foot forward slide, moot dar ing man in the game, man most feared by pitchers—Ty Coibb at the bat—three men “on base,” two outs: iWell, well; all the thrills in a life time during a few minutes. The story-teller was an artist; he had those men hanging on hisl words; and I was hanging, too. Then, when we expected him to say: a double, a triple, a home-run—or something fittingly filling the bill; he said “three strikes, three balls; what do you think of that?” I hav en't fully recovered from my slump yet. So the banker will look us over. see if Editor Waring were on the warpath, tully emlbattled, and a biSjHe may be mildly tolerant on two spread over three columns at the strikes ' an<i three'balls for a Babej top of the page proclaimed by this j Ruth of business, but he won’t give arresting headline: "Modern Bank-1 a p ass t 0 a man with three strikes. ■ ers Seek the Public s Goodwill. , j en j 0 y writing about baseball j The article was very readable and (more than discussin g the latest very true, for the big banker of to- ^ urn jj > j e ^ our Washington bureauc-i day is not the bewhiskered and aus-, rac y ^ r i s true of most Ameri-! tere man of money who used toi canSi j a dee p d i s gust for the strike terror to us petitioners. To-r mora j lyaprosy which seems to be day he looks just like other men j spreading in Washington. A sena- and can t be distinguished from ^ w diose son gets big fees because merchants or insurance men. There Government connections is no is this difference: we show a mild, worse than the well known family J deterence to the banker because w t i ich fattened because of White we may need him some day, and jj ouse connections. A man with the need him in a hurry. | ^j ne j ns tincts of the old time gentle- : man would never have tolerated famous Philadelphia Athletics three times in one World Series! I was in Buffalo, New York, and read “Matty” had pitched in Cin cinnati on Thursday. That would put him on the mound in New York on Sunday. But I knew he never played on Sunday, so he was a cer tainty for Monday’s game. I wait ed in New York for Monday’s game. I sat in the bleachers and listened to the wise-cracking. I asked two men if Mathewson were on the field. One said: “Look over yonder; if you see a fellow who nearly loses his pants every time he throws the ball, that’s Matty.” And sure enough. Someone asked Mrs. Mathewson if she approved baseball as a calling. She said “Since my son has chosen it I hope he will be the best there is.” Or something like that. And he was, the incomparable Matty, whose pitching prowess is commemorated by a bust in the Ball Players Hall of Fame. In that game, no base on balls, no strike-out, as I recall: a few fouls, a few balls, a few strikes and an easy pop up or ball to the fielder^—69 J pitches. This was the genius who' was a master of control. In the seventh inning one man said, “Let’s go.” Said the other, “Oh, no! You can’t tell; something might happen.” “With that lead— (about 4 to 2)—and Matty pitch ing?” CREDITORS’ NOTICE All persons having claims against the estate of Fannie Y. Blalock, de ceased, are hereby notified to file the same, duly verified, with the under signed, and those indebted to said estate will please make payment likewise. OR. GEO. R. BLALOCK, Administrator. March 9, 1951. 29-3c J. R. CRAWFORD SURVEYING Clinton, S. C. “DIE FOR ALL YOU ARE WORTH” Hugh L. Eichelberger NEW YORK LIFE MAN 29 Years Experience PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE INFORMATION F f FURNISHED FREE Member The National Association of Life Underwriters FOR OFFICE SUFFUES Call 74 1 read the article in The News 1 & Courier with appreciation because I have some banker friends who are the finest gentlemen, warm-hearted, courteous, patient, friendly—and all that. They have never lent me mon ey, so that may be—well, why say it? They have to be careful. As soon as I had been brought up to date by my Charleston friends, I opened The State to see if Brother Latimer had called me down on the proposed sales tax. My friend of The State doesn’t usually engage in a crusade, but recently I thought he showed crusading symptoms. Short ly after reading the editorials, and Brother Grier’s newsy column, a I three-column headline caught my | cyr “Bankers Loosening Up, Are! Smiling.” Well, here was that! same delightful article which hadi kindled such hopes in the Charles ton fraternity, though with a dif ferent headline. , Observe how that article impress ed the boys who send out the news; the Charleston headline writer, with po-kets bulging with money, just tht fifth of the month, noted with dignity and restraint that the bank-1 ers are not only approachable but sympathetic; whereas my brother of The State, probably with certain promising investments in prospect.j breaks out in joyful song, "Bankers! Loosening Up, Are Smiling”—all presaging a hopeful interview on the subject of finance. But though the banker is a pleasant gentleman, and dots not ask to see your membership record in Sunday school, he still has his eye on the ball all the time and | knows when the count is* threei strikes and three balls. Some years ago I was on the ele vated street car in New' York, going to a ball game. Across from me a things like that. President Wilson had a daughter who sang, but she didn’t ^sing for money; nor would President Wilson permit his brother to earn money from the Govern ment. Times have changed; today everybody wants money and the getting of it isn’t always scrupu lous. The old-timer wanted money as a bulwark against want in old-age. These get-rich boys in Washington seem to want lots of money today for all the excesses of today. Honest toil, honest poverty, do we look down on those who live in the lower brackets? “To catch Dame Fortune’s gold en smile Assidious wait upon her; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honor.” It appears that the last line is frequently overlooked. May I quote Robert Burns again, thinking olf America: O Scotia, my dear, my Native soil! For Whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rus tic toil Be blessed with health, and peace and sweet content! And, O, may Heaven their sim ple lives prevent From luxudy’s contagion, weak and vile! Then, how’er crowns and coro nets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while. And stand a wall of fire around their much beloved isle." I was at the game in New York when the renowned pitcher, Christy Mathewson, won the game with only nine pitches. I don’t say man was telling a story about crucial | “balls” because it might confuse moments in a ball game. Detroit you. 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