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o o THE NYSSA GAtE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA, OREGON PAGE TWELVE SANDLOT NOTES and COMMENTS By Stan Thompson I have a story to tell. Most of '] “Baseball is over!” “Football is here!” you may not believe it. Others I “Why don't you forget baseball will because the same thing has i undoubtedly happened to them. and realize that football season Read on, sports fan, and let your • is here?" I then realized I was being put imagination feel free rein. The other night I was returning before a jury to answer for my from an errand downtown, still , thoughts in sports. The noise died down, and in the grumbling about having to leave the late show, and was about to complete silence a clear and un pull off Main street when I no restrained voice spoke forth from ticed the high school baseball the stands. “I am the Spirit of Football. field lights were on. Dam, it was awful late for any games, and I Beside me on either side sit the couldn't recall any scheduled for Spirit of Basketball, the Spirit of Track, and the Spirit of Baseball. that night "You are accused of thinking Curiosity got the best of me. I decided to drive by and maybe entirely of baseball and not tak ing into consideration that the see the last part of a game. I could hear cheering and all season is over and football has sorts of commotion as I rounded begun. The audience here to the bend by the school bus gar- night is made up of football fans. They have patiently wait age. ed for the baseball season to end, but you insist on reviving it in your column. I then received the shock of my life, There was not a soul in the stands, and the field was empty. Yet I could distinctly hear a crowd — the noise and atmosphere was unmistakable. I parked my car behind the backstop and got out. Clearing my eyes and feeling a fuzziness in my head, I looked again to the illuminated field. If I couldn't see with my own eyes that there was no person or living thing present, I would have sworn I was in the midst of a large crowd. Suddenly without warning I was swept up as if onto someones shoulders and carried to the mid dle of the baseball diamond and left on an invisible perch above the pitcher’s mound. Thsre. in the middle of the night, dumbfounded by this fantastic happening. I sat about four feet above the ground, fac ing empty stands. And though I could see the stands were empty. I felt as if there were hundreds of people there, and all staring right at me. “Football fans in the stands, do you find the accused guilty of persisting in baseball and ne glecting football?” “YES!” the shouts thundered in unison. The voice spoke again. “You are found guilty and must consent to begin news of the foot ball season or forfeit your power of ‘second guessing’.” I began to speak up in protest, but found my throat paralyzed and could not utter a word. A one-sided jury had pronounc ed sentence on me, and I was helpless for my own defense. All this was happening in an empty dimly lit ball field. I couldn’t be lieve it was actually happening. A second voice broke the night. NYSSA THEATRE Big Game Pack Area in Oregon Opens Saturday LARP/and CufiLY LOOK! ! n/E WQUIS CHIMPS . &■■■><■« I«» KM» VX«'»«»«! • / PLUS - THIS IS THE FINEST ■ I FAMILY PICTURE OF 1960 I tyf bOG. BUbñr LONDON ' SUNDAY and MONDAY Sept 4 and 5 YUL BRYNNER KAY KENDALL — in — "Once More With Feeling // In Technicolor TUESDAY-Sept. 6 SPANISH NTTE "Rebelion De Adolescentes" Oregon rifle hunters possessing controlled hunt big game tags for the Wallowa and Snake River Pack areas will get in the first licks of the big game seasons Saturday, Sept. 3, when these two areas are scheduled to open for deer hunting. The early season will run through Sept. 7 in the Snake riv er area and through Sept. 11 in the Wallowa area. In addition to the early controlled season, un successful hunters may also use their controlled tags in the areas throughout the general deer sea son, Oct. 1 through 23. During the early and general seasons, controlled hunt tag hold ers have the privilege of hunting for two deer within the prescrib ed areas, a buck deer on the gen eral deer tag and a doe deer on the controlled tag. Hunters who would like to get in on the controlled deer hunts in the Wallowa and Snake Pack areas are advised surplus tags are still available and are being is sued on a first come, first served basis. A fee of $5 is charged for the controlled tag. Hunters are cautioned that both the Snake river and Wallowa are pack areas requiring horses to get into the back country. No roads enter the Snake River Pack area, and only two or three roads enter the Wallowa Pack area, and these only on the outer fringes. Both areas are steep and rugged FIRST Pi — Y — "Musica Y Dinero" 1 * IN FOR EVERYONE!, IOQH 1 TATF I s. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY 9 DAYS ) SEPT. 2 thru 10 Sept 7 and 8 "Surrender— Hell!" — Starring — • KEITH ANDES SUSAN CABOT — Plus — Madder n Mad ... The Jet Hot Age la Here! "Speed Crazy" BRETT HALSEY YVONNE LIME 7 / ‘‘SATCHMO’’ 4« 'ARMSTRONG • FREE F BANO CONCERT * GATES OPEN ; HORSESHOW RACING 10 A.M. EVERYDAY * 75< S* w»uch to BM »Of Frv* FLOWER ’ o ADMISSION S b STAGE SHOW o .* BIG RODEO 1 »HOW WALKER ON EASTERN SQUAD OF SHRINE ALL-STAR GAME Payette Association Schedules Labor Day Snake River Regatta Don Walker returned last week Scattergunners can begin to from a trip to Pendleton and sharpen their shooting eyes today Portland. He was a member of Snake River Water Sports as on two of the most elusive wing the eastern squad of the Shrine targets in the annals of upland A-2 all-star football game at Pen sociation at Payette is sponsoring bird gunning. These two erratic dleton Aug. 20. The eastern team i a regatta on Labor day, Sept. 5,I at the association grounds located flying targets are the mourning won by a score of 13-0. dove and band - tailed pigeon, He also went to Portland where on the Snake river at the north with the gunning season schedul he saw the Shrine A-l all-star city limits, according to Carol ed to open Sept. 1 extending to game and visited the Shriner’s McNutt, secretary. Time trials will begin at 10 a.m. ; Sept. 30. hospital. with actual races starting prompt Bag limit on these feathered ly at 2 p.m. Entry fee is $2 per ' bombshells is set for 10 doves R. E. CAPPER RECEIVES boat. Anyone with a boat and daily, 20 in possession and eight WORD OF SISTER S DEATH motor is invited to enter the races pigeons daily or in possession. R. E. Capper received word yes and will have an equal chance Dove hunters should find excel lent shooting throughout the terday that his sister, Mrs. Grace since entries will be grouped by state. Reports indicate dove popu Johnson of Gering, Neb., suc time trials. Entertainment will be provided ■ lations high, especially in the cumbed that morning. Funeral during the afternoon by local grain sections of eastern Oregon, services will be held Saturday. water ski acts and a concession I the high desert water hole coun try, and along the canyons of the springs, tide flat areas, regular stand will be in operation. There will be no admission Snake, Malheur, John Day and flyways and feeding areas. Good gunning is expected to charge for spectators and parking Deschutes rivers. The Willamette valley is also expected to provide continue through at least mid space will be provided. some fair to good dove shooting. September and then ease off as Trophies will be presented by Band - tailed pigeon hunters j doves and pigeons begin their the association to the first three should do the best around mineral ' southward migrations. winners in each race. From where 1 sit... Joe Marsh Whitey's a Man With Both Feet on the Ground Whitey Fisher and his missus got back from their first Euro pean vacation the other day. But before they left, Mrs. Fisher tells us. Whitey had some pretty strong feeling about their transportation — a new jet plane. "Should go by boat,” Whitey complained as they boarded the jet. When they were seated Whitey murmured, "1’11 get air-sick on this thing for sure.” And a few minutes later, he added, “Course I’m all right now, but wait until we take off.” Just then the pilot an nounced, “Folks, we’re now cruising at an altitude of 26,000 feet!" From where I sit, sometimes we all jump to conclusions without knowinr the facta. For instance, some people are like that about my favorite beverage—beer. They insist that coffee or tea goes best at dinnertime, when actually it's a matter of choice. We ought to be tolerant—and know be fore we take off on our opin ions. Copyright, 1960. United Statet Breuiert Foundation /J /; i STOCK UP for the long LABOR DAY week-end ! Libby's—Delicious "I am the Spirit of Baseball, and I must bow out each year to permit my colleagues to have | their seasons. I will have my turn again next year. So you > | must bend to their will as I do." The lights grew dimmer and Noise from this unseen crowd suddenly extinguished, leaving became more audible, and I could me in quiet darkness. I realized catch fragments of the shouts. I was alone now with only my thoughts. Barely visible was my car tiehind the bleachers. I drove away from the field, not looking back. Pulling up to a gas station, I casually asked the attendant if he had noticed the high school base- ball lights on. He said they hadn't Dial FR 2-3932 214 Main been on that night. Then he ask- ed me when Q was going to start some football in my column. 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