Iiholy Cow!" Baseball, Chicago Loses a Legend

F ebruary 2 6 ,1 9 9 8 - S ports P age 15 T he B u tler C o lleg ia n - II Holy Cow!" Baseball, Chicago loses a legend

B y A d a m U n o c m i u days of his youth when he would A Famous Sports Editor listen to Cany on the radio and drink his root beer, “Holy Cow.” Harry Caray On Feb. 18 the baseball world “As a young man I grew up Tale was struck with an expected, but listing to Harry,” said Kelley. “I painfiil tragedy. would listen to him, imitate him Throughout his career Baseball Hall of Famer and Chi­ during my Little League games he had some comical mo­ cago Cubs announcer Harry Caray and (kink his root beer. ments, but one sticks out was pronounced dead at “I got my first chance to go to a In the mind of fans. Eisenhower Memorial Hospital in Cubs game when I was 11 and I It was towards the end Rancho Mirage, Calif. remember him leaning out of the of a Cubs game, and the He had just been removed from press box and singing ‘Take Me camera showed a younj life support, which he had been Out to the Ballgame' during the couple kissing. They wen placed on following a serious heart seventh inning stretch.” back and forth between malfunction Saturday. Freshman Stevie Kohnen added, diem during the game two Caray, 77, had been an an­ “Harry kind of put a patent on Dr three times. nouncer for 53 seasons. He was ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame' They kissed each other most well known for his time with and now it is not going to be the Photo* couriesy ot Chicago Tribuno a few times each. First he the Chicago Cubs. same in Chicago.” O ive MB AMOTHBR OMB: Caray (eanlar) la aaan hatm wlth Na aon her and then she He also spent time with the St. Caray’s one wish for the Cubs Skip (rlgM), and Chip, Ns grsndson. Chip will be Caray's replsce- Louis Cardinals, Oakland A’s and was to win a World Series. With a mant for dm 199$ aeoaon. Caray la also aurvhrad by Na wda, 1 him hack and Detoree. Chip haa had baoebak axparianca aa tha ptay-by-ptay As four or five Chicago White Sox. few off-season trades this year the He broadcast more than 8,000 Cubs may have a chance to get that announcar for Minneeota's Orlando (AA) affinste CSO), fwo yeers pucnes went by, Harry broadcaetlng tha AdaNa Bravos (B I-S B ) and tNaa campalgna H games during his career. Because Steve Stone ana pro- Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 24, The Cubs win!” claimed on the air, "Steve* 1989. Caray was sent to I think that I figured it A SAD DAY IN out. He kisses her on the Cooperstown with a special group of play­ CHICAGO: strikes and she kisses him Many memo- on the balls!" ers. Included in the list rlea were laft were Johnny Bench, outside of the Carl Yastrzemski, Red ticket booth at Schoendienst and um­ Wrigley FleM pire A1 Barlick. by fans as they T H E BUTLER His broadcasting ca­ mourned the reer began in 1945 with late Caray. COLLEGIAN the Cardinals, where he Loyal followers left thousands stayed for 25 seasons of flowers and ’’ATHLETE OF (1945-1969). He then letters with spent 1970 with the A’s one last good- THE W E E K ’’ before moving to the bye to legend “Windy City. He was of the broad­ with the White Sox for cast booth. 11 seasons before mov­ Caray'a unlgue Nume: Justin BeaslsfSÈÊm ing across town to the broadcasting C la n S*tm B Cubbies. style enter­ He finished out his tained baseball jípase ball f.»* ‘ fans for 53 announcing career seasons. His C atcher there after 16 years of funeral will be Hometovm:OlmsteaÆ*i play-by-play with the on Saturday In Falls, Ohio Cubs. Das Plains. III. Higjb School: Olmstead Falli Caray had an effect on all fans around the country, Cubs fan or not. But the Chicago fans were particulary af­ fected. Butler freshman Mike Tingler, who is from Chicago, remembers one special day at the park. “Harry reached out of the press box with a fish net,” said Tingler. “He would try to catch beers that the fans would toss up to him and he would try and bring them back Senior catcher Justin Beasley in to the press box.” rovided a power punch to die Caray’s legendary place above tewgs' tine-up id s m at week­ home plate will be replaced by his end Beasky pounded thn* home grandson Chip. Chip Caray, a third mas in two games. He also had generation play-by-play an­ ibbr RBb nod six ntas scored in nouncer, will begin his first year the doubleheadsr sweep of with the WGN-TV broadcast team. Naiad, He has also done play-by-play The Butfaar CoUegian Athlete for NBA’s'Orlando Magic (nine ofthe Weehhtchosen by a panel seasons). f writers. Selections are For some fans Caray was a re­ solely cm athletic accom­ minder of when they were younger. plishments veek’sMark Kelley, a freshman who is ■ also from Chicago, remembers the (ME COURSE THAT COULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF TOUR LIFE. SEMESTER ABROAD IN COSTA RICA Look forward to the future with acter and management atolls. 'AH Enroll in Army ROTC, the credent! ala employers look Tha Organization far Tropical Studios (OTSJ and Dulco Univorsify are an elective that's different from any tor. ROTC is open to teah m en and other college course. Army ROTC sophomores without obligation accepting applications for the Fall 1998 semester for a field-oriented, offers hands-on training. Training and requires about five hours science based semester abroad pregram in Costa Ilka. Students that gives you experience end per week. 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