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¦priday, September 6, 1940 THE SOUTHERN JEWISH WEEKLY Page Seven “Idid it once. We were playing Washington and Walker was on first base and a line drive was JEWS hit to me. He was running when Music To My Ears IN the ball was hit and he was about twenty feet up the line toward program—with great success. An- second base when I By DANIEL SCHORR 1 made the other hotel boasts a complete sym- throw. He saw he was trapped SPORTS I LOVE MOUNTAIN MUSIC | phony orchestra, and one has a and he put his hands up like I this Haines Falls, N. Y. string trio. Time was when a va- —he was going to catch the i ty Morris Weiner ball, We are vacationing at Andron’s < cation implied abandonment of ev- first, and then changed his mind Mountain House, with the world- < erything serious, including “seri- and twisted around like this—and of strategy any famed view, among numerous oth- < ous” music. But the awe in By FRANK GRAHAM more. I used to be the ball hit him here on the shoul- Weiner in on all the er attractions. Let’s get the “plug” which “serious” music was held fcst-starring for Morris conferences in the der and bounced away and he ran infield when over with at the outset so we can : for generations is being dispelled, somebody on the oth- to second. Giesel was the umpire Note: Frank Gra- er club hit one get on to matters more musical. : and summer hotel guests are find- Editor's but now I am just and he didn’t say anything or |ham, veteran sports scribe the left fielder.” Our vacations led us to an in- i ing that good music can be a re- make any move to send Walker the New York Sun, is vestigation of the general state of laxation as well as a duty. |of “You’re more than just the left back and Tebbetts one of the fore- and all the in- music at Summer resorts, and we sym- ¦considered fielder to me,” Jim Kahn said. “I fielders Hotel operators say that sports writers in the were squawking. I ran in were interested to find that (1) most always say: ‘He’s more than the and as phonic music (usually the more daily column in I pulled up, Giesel turned many hotels boast first-rate musi- ¦country. His Detroit left fielder. He is the best familiar classics) is receiving con- Pace,” around and saw me and he says: cians who Sun, “Setting the left “ play in symphony or- stantly greater attention, because [the fielder Detroit has had since ’What are you doing in here ?’ gem in the ” chestras during the Winter, (2) [is a literary Rudy York.’ am of popular demand. sports. of “I out of breath and can’t interest in serious music has been [world of Readers And so, with music invading the remember “HOW HANK BECAME AN answer him and just stand there increasing rapidly at resorts, (3) [this column will mountain resorts, we say, with the OUTFIELDER” panting at him and Tebbets says: many of the musicians are persons [jtr. Graham’s splendid arti- “ mountain music.” A reporter asked him how it ’He ain’t out for interference ?’ hilbillies: “Ilove on “The Hebrew and the of amazing versatility. cle happened that he was “Giesel says, ‘No.’ Joe Gould and switched to To begin with the last point (on [irishman the outfield “And Braddock.” Today’s in the first place. Tebbets says: ‘ls that your vacation we can indulge in this For Grade A Raw or [jimmy “I’lltell you,” final decision?* on Hank Greenberg, Greenbferg said. lapse of orderliness): the other Pasteurized MILK [release “Rudy York was playing “Giesel says, ‘Yes.’ slugger of the De- out night, as we were repairing to Call County 0432 [jewish there and a ball was hit to him “And Tebbets says: ‘Well I say Tigers, is written with our room after a long and late ses- troit in a pinch one day. was it stinks.’ PERRET’S DAIRY Grahamesque It a well- sion of hot dance music, we heard of Better Milk” [the typical ball “By this “Home hit but he charged for it. time I have got my strains of Bach issuing from a DEVSMORE, FLA. [flourish. And it went over his head and wind back and I say: ‘That’s what closed door. Curious, we knocked I TIGER IN THE YANKEES’ hit the wall for two bases.” I say, too!’ to inquire. It was the room of the DUGOUT” “Well,” the reporter asked, “Giesel whirls on me and says: bass-fiddler player of the house “ Hank Greenberg was on his way “what did that have to do with ‘Another word out of you and band; he was practicing for an ex- you?” you’re going out of the ball game. f the clubhouse to change his amination in the Fall for a posi- “Why,” Hank Get back in the outfield where you Urt after the Tigers’ batting said, “that’s how , tion in a major symphony orches- I became an belong.’ . tectice before a recent game in outfielder. I also tra. Get This Bargain few York. The entrance to both suspect some of my enemies had “So I haven’t run in since.” He showed us his music and dis- lies through one end a hand in it. They figured that if THE BLEACHER INTELLECT- cussed, with enthusiasm amount- Lbhouses ing ; the Yankees’ dugout and he I stood around in the outfield long UALS— to fervor, his love of Bach. topped at the dugout and sat enough 1 would get hit on the “That’s right,” John Schulte Fifteen minutes before he had been slapping away tovn on the steps. head. So far, however, I have been said. "Never charge an umpire, at his bass-viol to lucky, the rhythm “Do you think it will be all although I have had a few ne’s liable to turn on you, no of the Conga, and now feht if I sit here for a few min- narrow escapes.” i matter how well he knows you. I he was engrossed in the stately | rhythms Bach. r«u< hm> ECSSB tes?” he asked. “You know the story about was with the Cubs when Doily of “You’ll find many “S u r e,” a reporter said. “I Babe Herman when he was with Stark broke in and he’s a good Jekyli-Hyde llesi fcmamm each the Dodgers, don’t you?” a re- friend of mine and I helped him musicians these days,” said the For a short time only, we include with low McCarthy personally and it o Fuller porter asked. “He said to some of all I could. One day he made a de- musician whose name, by the purchase of o quart of Fuliustre illbe all right.” both for only 99c. us one a way, is Philip Epstein—“ You see, opplicator |joe McCarthy was sitting down day: ‘You fellows have cision against us, and I wasn’t the famous quick drying floor there aren’t enough positions Fuliustre, t the other end of the dugout. He lot of fun writing about me being in the ball game but was sitting in polish, is the easy way to bright shining symphony orchestras to go ’round. no rubbing or polishing required at Greenberg. in danger of being hit on the head on the bench and I got up and floors- finned And "How are you, Greenberg with a fly ball but I promise you walked out there. There were a musicians have to make a liv- Joe?” ing. lid. this: If I ever get hit on the head lot of our fellows standing around Also, the Summer is a dull FULLER BRUSH CO. He sat there mopping the sweat with a fly ball I willwalk off the Dolly arguing with him, and as I season for serious music, except W. H. LAVAN, Manager for the music ¦om his brow. field and out of the park and I walked up he said to me: festivals and the “ Summer concerts, so many “When are you guys going to will never come back.’ So one of ‘What are you doing out sym- phony orchestra men choose this nne to life and knock those us said: ‘How about getting hit on here?’ way to combine a vacation with leveland bums out of first the shoulder?’ And the Babe said: “I said: ‘I just came out to tell was some extra earning. You’ll find, SPIRELLA lace?” a reporter asked. ‘Oh no! On the shoulder don’t you I thought that a lousy FOUNDATION ” surprisingly, that many fine musi- “Don’t ask me,” Greenberg said. count.’ decision.’ ‘Well,” Hank said, “I will not “And he said: ‘ls that so? Well, cians enjoy playing swing; it’s a GARMENTS Im not a member of the board girdles, brassieres be as rash as Herman. I will not when you go back, keep right on form of relaxation for them.” • Corsets, one-piece garments. make any promises.” going to the clubhouse because The next afternoon we dropped or of ball game.’ ” into the ballroom and found three designed exclusively for your MYRTLE AVENUE “WHEN HE GOT THERE HE you are out the one like par- of the staff musicians, alone, play- figure at its best. LUMBER CO. WAS WINDED” “There is thing I playing the out- ing little-known trios. It seems Lumber and Building “How do you like playing the ticularly about said.

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