Friday, May 31, 2019

CBCBC #9


Posted by Chic Silber at 5/31/2019 11:18:00 AM

4 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Ava & Rex Williams well

before the stripped tops

31 May, 2019 19:01
Roger Smith said...

That's Paddlefoot Bobby Cline, or Little Bobby, @ R, in Ring 3.

This photo was used by the San Antonio LIGHT to accompany my article, "My Most Unusual Christmas", a seasonal competition the paper featured. I recounted our disastrous Winter Tour of 1980, how we limped back into DeLand Winterquarters, and how for 4 long months, the animals were continually well-maintained, but the crew almost starved to death. Froggie's Cookhouse quickly ran out of coffee, and even sugar, salt, and pepper. We got 6-ounce ladles each of rice and beans, twice a day, cooked in plain water, with no seasoning. The ordeal was worsened by being the freak winter during which Florida froze. I was among 5 winners for the story, and the LIGHT paid me a whopping $35.

31 May, 2019 20:42
Tony Greiner said...

Can that story be found anywhere?

01 June, 2019 21:08
Roger Smith said...

TONY: I have copies of it. The LIGHT held us to so many words, as papers do, but all of mine saw print. Advise your address, and I'll send a copy. Otherwise, you'd have to search it out in NewspapersArchive.com, and maybe never find it.

02 June, 2019 04:26

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