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Show CHARLIE RICE'S PCSCIIBOWL Some Names You Can9 1 Drop Whatever happened to Sixth Avenue ? How about the Cincinnati Reds? Some old name never die ! The baseball aeasoa we have two brand-ne- is here again, and teams: the New York Mets and the Houston Colts. Good luck to them both! I dont know which has a better chance at the pennant, but I can tell you which has the better chance of keeping its name the Houston Colts. The New York Mets are going to have an uphill battle. The question is, will a million d Giant fans ever get used to saying "Mets? The other day a fellow said to me: "How do you think the Giants will do? Camf "You mean the Mets? I asked. "Yeah, the Giants. But this shouldn't bother Casey Stengel, the Mels' manager. The other day he uas asked uhat he thought of the Dodgers' chances. Brooklyn should do pretty good, said the old Perfessor. die-har- Some years ago, when the Boston Braves were floundering in eighth place, the front office got the bright idea of running a contest to pick a fine, encouraging new name. Some fan won it with the name "Boston Bees, and was duly REST YOUR EYES WITH punished by receiving a seasons pass. The sportsw riters tried to go along with the crusade, but the idea of the "Beea busily buzzing about in the cellar was too much for them, and they soon retreated to the old name, "Braves. More recently the Cincinnati Reds changed their name. Apparently they feared people might get the impression that the team was an aggregation of Russian spies. So they became, officially, the "Redlegs, and the newspapers did their best to adopt the new name. I ran into Roger Dudley a hes Sunday Editor of "The Cincinnati Enand I asked him if his sports-wTitequirer still called the team Redlegs. few weeks ago rs He laughed. "No, they gave up the battle. Its the 'Reds again. BeUveen you and me, I don't think anybody took the team for spies in the first place. Fiascos in names come up in other fields. New York tried to change Sixth Avenue to the Avenue of the Americas. The city fathers spent thousands of dollars to change all the street signs, and those signs are still proudly ensconced on every corner-post- . But I have lived in New York for many years and have never yet heard a single soul refer to Sixth Avenue as the Avenue of the Americas. As an experiment, I got into a taxicab the other day and said, "Take me to the corner of 47th Street and the Avenue of the Americas. The cabby noiW and took off. But at the first red light, he turned around: Youre from out of town, right? last the other day I got a letter from Eric House, an actor friend who went to London for an engagement at Her Mfirst ajestys Theater. He said that the asked and cab hailed a he in London, day to be taken to Her Majestys. The cabby scratched his head and said: "Well, I know 'Is Majestys thats in the Aymarket. But I dont know any 'Er Majestys, guvner. Would it be out Ammersmiff way? who The cabby asked a passer-by- , said, "You mean 'Is Majestys tn the Which didnt help matters. Aymarket. So the cabby put it up to a Bobbie. "Come off it, Bertie! said the cop avent you "We got a Queen now eard? 'Is Majestys got changed to 'Er Majestys ten years ago, ami its still in the Aymarket. The cabby drove off and said apolis ogetically, "Sorry, guvner, but 'istory bloody confusin! I feel a strong personal involvement the whole question of because I was born a 'Junior. is Today my father, rest his kind soul, to I right long deceased,. and have every the name Charles. Nevertheless, I am still called Junior by my whole family. When I take a trip home to see my and mother, she says, ."Now, sit down other he tell me all the news, Junior. of my one from I received letter a day in name-changin- I AJtt M fflatt bottto wtlfi droppr thatf TWunheTsTsotonic, which means it blends perfectly with natural eye fluids. Thats why it soothes so quickly, floating away discomforts of smoke, dust, glare, etc. Keep Munne handy at home, at work, in your car. Use it often to rest your eyes and relieve that bred eye" feeling. 4 n ieces . asking me for help 111 Jetting The letter startetToff. " Dear Unde Junior. In fact, Ill give you a good bet that when my own children marry and raise little ones, my family will always refer to the tots as "Juniors grandchildren. New Well, once again, good lad, on No. York Giants mean Mets. second thought I mean Giants theater tickets. |