Columbus Baseball Song

Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, rally with me,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, make some noise,
We'll sting you like a huckle-berry bee,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, play ball boys

Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, rally with me,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, make some noise,
Cassidy in the left field, John in the right,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, play ball boys

Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, rally with me,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, make some noise,
Woods on the third base, Tommy on the stop,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, play ball boys

Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, rally with me,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, make some noise,
Larry on the home plate, Cherry on the hill,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, play ball boys

Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, rally with me,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, make some noise,
Bryce in the center field catching all the flies,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, play ball boys

Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, rally with me,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, make some noise,
Goben is on the second base, workin' the bag,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, play ball boys

Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, rally with me,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, make some noise,
Foster on first base, mighty slick and good,
Hey Columbus, Ho Columbus, play ball boys

Let's go on over, on over,
Let's go on over, on over,
We'll go on over, all the way over to Joplin,
They've got no team, we'll leave them sobbin',
Their batters are weak, all show and no go,
Stick a fork in their pitchers, they're done

-- Bryce Martin

Note: The bench song for Columbus, Kan., American Legion baseball team, 1960.
Larry Katcher, Mike Cherry, Floyd Woods, Butch Goben, Tommy Ligon, Dave Foster, Gary Cassidy, Bryce Martin, John Deakins.

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A few of the periodicals in a collection at Georgia State University
relating to country music and associated genres


Acoustic Guitar, 2000 Acoustic Musician Magazine, 1994 American Academy for the Preservation of Old-Time Country Music and Country Music Magazine, The 1991 Legends of Country Music Calendar American Academy for the Preservation of Old-Time Country Music, The 1993 Legends of Country Music Calendar American Academy for the Preservation of Old-Time Country Music, 1995 Legends of Country Music Calendar American Academy for the Preservation of Old-Time Country Music, 1997 Legends of Country Music Calendar American Songwriter, 1984-1991 Annual International Folk Alliance Conference Program Book, 2000 Arizona Sun, 1947 Atlantic America Record, 1989 Back to the Country, 1987 Banjo Newsletter, 1980-2000 BLN Index, 1978/79 Bluegrass Now, 1992-1993 Bluegrass Unlimited, 1968-2005 Blueprint: Washington's Bluegrass Newspaper, 1980-1982 The Blues Collection, 1996 BMI Music World, 1991 Christian Music News Close Up Magazine, 1987-1990 Colorado Country Connection, 1990 Country: Musical Trails Less Traveled, 2003-2005 Country America, 1990-1992 Country and Western Hit Parade, 1969 Country and Old Time Music Entertainment News, 1986 Country Gazette, 1986-1987 Country Music, 1972-2001 Country Music Club of Switzerland News Letter Country Music Forum, 1988 Country Music Journal from Nevada Country Music Inquirer, 1986 Country Music Magazine, The 1992 Country Music Calendar Country Music Magazine, The 2001 Calendar Country Music News Entertainment Guide, 1991 Country Music Parade, 1986 Country Music People, 1996 The Country Music Record, 1986-1987 Country Music Review, 1965 Country Music Society of America, The 1993 Country Music Calendar Country Music Society of America, Country Music 1995 Calendar Country Music Society of America, Country Music 1997 Calendar Country Musical Trails Less Traveled Country News, 1986 Country Plus, 1987, 1991 Country Radio Reporter, 1989 Country Rhythms, 1981-1982 Country Scene Country Side News, 1983 Country Song Roundup, 1949-1991 Country Songs and Stars, 1964-1966 Country Sounds, 1986-1987 Country Style, 1979 Cowboy Songs, 1950-1962 The Devil's Box, 1973-2000 DISCoveries, 1988-2005 The Entertainer, 1986 Entertainment Express, 1989 Fanpower, 1991 Fiddler Magazine, 1995-1997 Folk and Country Songs, 1956-1957 The Folk Era Today! Folk Roots, 2000 Frets, 1979-1989 Goldmine, 1987-1992 Gospel Music News, 1986 The Gospel Voice, 1990-1991 GRIT, 1998 Guitar Player, 1987-1990 Hillbilly and Cowboy Hit Parade, 1953 The Hill Billy Musicians from Post Cards and Snap Shots Calendar (2000) Homespun Holiday News, 1989 The Hudspeth Report The Independent News, 1986-1987 The Independent Record Magazine, 1988 Indie Bullet, 1987 Inside Country, 1988-1989 Inside Country Music, 1983 International Banjo, 1981 International Bluegrass, 2000-2003 The International Bluegrass Music Museum Newsletter, 1994 JEMF [John Edwards Memorial Foundation] Newsletter, 1967-1968 JEMF [John Edwards Memorial Foundation] Quarterly, 1969-1985 Jerry Jeff Walker Newsletter Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Association Newsletter, 1987 The Journal of American History, 1995 The Journal of Country Music, 1973-2004 The Journal of Texas Music History, 2001 Journal of the American Academy for the Preservation of Old-Time Country Music, 1991-2000 The Joyful Journal, 1977-1982 Kentucky Images Magazine, 1986 Little Nashville Express, 1986-1987 Midwest Country News The Mountain Broadcast and Prairie Recorder, 1944-1947 Movie-Radio Guide, 1936-1941 Music City News, 1964-1991 Music Row, 1971-1991 NARA News, 1996-2003 Nashville Informer, 1989 Nashville Scene, 1987 Nashville's Country Music Scene Nostalgia Digest, 1994-2005 Old Time Country, 1988-1994 Old Time Music, 1971-1988 The Old-Time Herald, 1987-2005 Patsy Montana International Fan Club, 1994-1998 Performance, 1986-1991 Performance Guide (Country Talent) Performing Songwriter, 2000 Pickin', 1979 Pickin' and Singin' News, 1954-1955 Precious Memories, 1988-1992 Pulse!, 1994 The Rackensack Review Radio Romances, 1944-1947 Rejoice!, 1989-1994 Renfro Valley Bugle, 1944-1946, 1984-2005 Renfro Valley Program, 1990-1996 Rural Radio, 1939 Sagebrush Journal, 1993-1994 The SEBA Breakdown, 1984-2005 Showcase (from The Tennessean), 1991 Sing Out, 1963-1997 The Singing News, 1988-2001 Smoke Signals, 1971 The Society for the Preservation of Early Country and Western Music, Inc., 1989 Song and Picture Barn Dance Magazine, 1947-1948 Song Hits, 1944 The Soundboard, 1992-1993 Southern Bluegrass News, 1988-1991 Southern Folk Directory, 1989 Southern Magazine, 1987 Today's Collector, 1996 Top Hits, 1945 Western Mail Western Swing Journal, 1997-2002 Western Swing Newsletter WIBW Round-Up, 1945-1953 Women in Bluegrass, 1995-2003

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Camp Lejeune 1966

A real novelty I discovered in the servicemen's club was a jukebox that displayed the singer singing the song on what could pass as a TV screen. Plus, it was in color. The machine was called a Scopitone, not a familiar jukebox name such as Seeburg. Oddly, it seemed to have drawn only my attention. I asked around and the dope on it was that it had a limited number of selections and those choices had not changed since it was plugged in. I quickly noticed an even bigger problem. Young servicemen, any young men for that matter, did not want to listen to nor watch Vic Damone and Jerry Vale. Especially at a quarter a pop. I gave it a go, finally taking Vale. Nice color. Vale waded around in bright green grass and colorful flowers were in bloom. A great idea, one you would think would be a big attraction, and the machine and the area it resided was deserted except for me and I was on my way.
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Ya Think?

"... the purpose of a college education is to give people the right attitude towards minorities and the means to live as far away from them as possible." -Jared Taylor

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LenDale White unnecessarily slammed

I am not a LenDale White fan, on or off the field.

To say, however, as his Titans running mate Chris Johnson has intimated (look it up, Chris), that White was riding his coattails last year by suggesting a nickname for the running tandem, is inaccurate.

While Johnson had a nice rookie season, White rushed for 15 touchdowns, the 11th highest total in NFL history and a franchise second only to Earl Campbell's 19. And they were not all for less than five yards, another inaccurate slam aimed at White by others, not Johnson. And what if they were? It still requires a talent not every power back has in abundance.

In just now shunning last year's nickname, Johnson could have been a little more considerate.

Expect Johnson to start referring to himself in the third person any day now, as Vince Young has recently picked up on himself.

That said, also expect White to be an ex-Titan starting next season.

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Thanks for the little things

Remind me to thank God every day for what I have. It may not be much but at least I didn't turn out to be a Taliban leader or an Elvis imitator. Just the thought brings on depression at its depth.

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Priests are already sexually active

Yahoo news (not relegated specifically to Yahoo but where found):

A recent shortage in priests has caused the Catholic hierachy to rexamine rules on celibacy, but wait...

"... advocates of celibacy reform say there is a better solution: ditch the 900-year-old church law prohibiting priests from marrying or being sexually active."

No need, really. Priests have had no problem being sexually active on their own. Of course, it's with the wrong sex but who's counting?

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McCain, Todd Helton


A Yahoo headline today: What McCain Thinks of Obama

It is billed a "scorecard," whereby I imagine McCain rates Obama's presidency up to this point.

I don't need to read it to know the general content. Hell, McCain practically campaigned for him, and the democratic, party, when he was supposed to be running against him.

If Helton was not on steroids, he sure played the part well

Todd Helton of the Colorado Rockies has not been in the news lately. Perhaps he will soon.

To me, Helton is the most suspect of all major league baseball players not openly linked to steriod use.

One only has to look at his resume. His name has been mentioned in that regard, but not to any great length. His defenders say his power numbers declined as they would naturally due to age, and some physical problems as well. That does not hold up.

Years ago studies were done and I remember that it was declared that a baseball player hits his peak at age 28. I would postulate that figure has not changed much if at all. Helton went into decline at age 29, a dramatic one. It was a more rapid dropoff than age can account for. Physical problems? What? He can do everything he did before, except hit home runs? It doesn't wash.

Look for his name on the list of 103.

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At Last, Orange finds a Rhyme

US Naval Commander Henry Honychurch Gorringe, the captain of the USS Gettysburg who discovered Gorringe Ridge in 1875, led Arthur Guiterman to quip in "Local Note."

In Sparkill buried lies that man of mark
Who brought the Obelisk to Central Park,
Redoubtable Commander H.H. Gorringe,
Whose name supplies the long-sought rhyme for "orange."

(From Wikipedia)

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Dean of Nashville anything doesn't mean much

David Climer was on 104.5 radio in Nashville today and the Tennessean sportwriter was introduced as the "dean of Nashville sportswriters," or maybe the person just said "writers."

The Dean just a few minutes later mentioned "Junior Gilliam" as a name not previously addressed when the radio crew began discussing area baseball players of note. Only the Dean pronounced the Nashville-born Gilliam's last name as "Gil-um."

Being a little older than Climer, I believe, I can assure you that the old Dodgers second-sacker's last name was pronounced the conventional way, "Gil-le-ahm." Climer must have confused that with the illiterate way "Jefferson Street" Joe Gilliam Jr.'s name was apparently pronounced, "Gil-um."

Being a journalist you would think that over the years Climer had ran across the name Gilliam before and realized that only "Jefferson Street Joe's" name was sounded as "Gil-um." Guess not.

The war to end all wars

Kevin Ingram on the morning 104.5 radio show was talking about the UConn women's basketball coach the day after the team went undefeated in winning the national title. In making some kind of analogy, he said, "...like when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor." None of his co-hosts corrected him.

I would say maybe Ingram and company need to stick to sports, but it hasn't helped Climer any.

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It's Fishin' Time

Fishin': the thing American from my youth that still holds up.
We'd catch channel and river cat with dough balls or blood or stinkbait and put 'em on a string.
"Nice string."
"Nice catch."
People would comment.
Then we'd have to scale them and de-gut them. Actually, I don't remember which fish you scaled and which you did not.
The catfish had a "float" inside them that was interesting. Carp was something you threw back, except for black people. They liked them for some reason. Adults always had a garage full of fish stuff you never needed -- seiners, hip boots, rubber aprons, three-speed reels, reels of all description, 800 different types of hooks, and 9,000 lead ball weights.
All you needed was a slim pole, 10-foot line, a bobber, a sinker, a sharp hook, a fishin' worm, a river bank to stand on and a creek or river with some fish.

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