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Lux Radio Theatre - The Stratton Story

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Speaker 1: Lux Presents Hollywood.

Speaker 2: Leaford Brothers Company, the makers of Lux Flakes, bring you

the Lux Radio Theater proudly presenting Photoplay Magazine's Gold Medal

Award picture The Stratton Story, starring James Stewart and June Allison.

Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, mister William Keey.

Speaker 3: Greetings from Hollywood, Ladies and gentlemen. This is a very

special evening in the Lux Radio Theater because we present

the screenplay that you have chosen as your favorite for

the year nineteen forty nine. Tonight's play was selected by

the moviegoers of America in a nationwide poll conducted by

Photoplay Magazine. It's The Stratton Story. In The Stratton Story,

you'll hear James Stuart and June Allison, the original stars

of this Metro Golden Mayre hit. It's the drama of

one man's superhuman courage in the face of an overwhelming handicap,

A true story of a real life hero, Monty Stratton.

After Tonight's performance, The Stratton Story will receive Photoplay Magazine's

coveted Gold Medal Award, one of Hollywood's highest honors. The

vote of the American people is what counts, whether it's

for a motion picture or a product, and lux Flake's

have been your choice for years whenever housewives insisted on

quality and economy. An award of confidence, we know lux

Flake's will continue to win. Here's the curtain for Act

one of the Stratton Story, starring James Stewart as Monty

Stratton and June Allison as Ethel, with John McIntyre as Barney.

This is the true story of a young American, A

story told to you by a man who knew him

well enough to help shape his entire life, a man

named Barney Wild.

Speaker 4: I met Marty Stratton one autumn afternoon near a little countrytown.

Speaker 1: In Wagner, Texas.

Speaker 4: I was bumming my way to California when I saw

a ball game going on. After the game, I went

looking for the followed pitch. Yeah, hey, can you wait

a minute?

Speaker 1: That game you just pitched? This? Going son? Thanks? You

ever think of pitching regular professional baseball? I guess that's

just about all I ever do think about. Well, what

are you wasting your time around here?

Speaker 5: For?

Speaker 1: Waste my time? I get three dollars every time I

pitch a game, three dollars. Eh Son I think you

and I ought to have a little talk. We are

ahead home, just about four more off this road here

foor mile. I would probably kill me, but sound I

sure like the way you throw a baseball. Thank you, sir?

You play balls? Yes, I slow down? What'd you play?

Where'd you play?

Speaker 4: Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, big legs? That's right, one time I

was a pretty fair catcher. I can teach you a

lot about baseball, Son, I don't quite get it, ye

I know, look at me now down an hour.

Speaker 1: Oh no, no, I didn't mean I was a.

Speaker 4: Fool, a grand slam, double barrel, fool, rope training, hit

the bottle.

Speaker 1: Well, here I am.

Speaker 4: But seeing you pitch this afternoon was like seeing a

dream come true, finding a hot prospect coming back into baseball.

Speaker 1: Are you staying around here?

Speaker 4: Well exactly. I was on the way to California. Oh,

of course it doesn't have to be California. Uh huh,

I could, Oh I might, I might. I could help you.

Speaker 1: You ever do any farm work? Oh?

Speaker 6: I've you sure look mighty flabby, Son, I got muscles

I haven't even used yet.

Speaker 1: Well, I I live with Mama.

Speaker 6: Oh yeah, she doesn't think very much of baseball.

Speaker 1: Well maybe if I spoke to it. No, no, I know,

you better let me do the talk.

Speaker 6: You see, mister, this is what I was baseball men

and call a squeeze play.

Speaker 1: Now, just let me think on it as we walk home.

Speaker 6: My I was talking mister a while here before. He's

sort of looking around for something to do, and I

thought maybe sort of figure might hold up here for

the winter, don't see, I, you know, sort of help

out around the place, you.

Speaker 7: Know as well as I do. Monty. We can't afford

no hired hands.

Speaker 6: Oh well, he wouldn't expect any pay or just room

and keep.

Speaker 7: You want to know yourselver wood Son.

Speaker 1: Oh no, no, it's not that, ma, but just a

lot of things need doing.

Speaker 8: When your father died, Manty left this place to you.

It's yours, and you're old enough to know what you're doing.

Speaker 1: Yes, ma'am, Yes, ma'am.

Speaker 6: Wow, ill I I better get that feed out of

the bar.

Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, we better get that feed.

Speaker 5: Out of mister.

Speaker 8: Yes, ma'am, This barms all Marty's got, mister, while, but

it's worth something. But you and Monty, will you go

ahead and talk baseball. Maybe someday he'll do as good

as you did.

Speaker 4: I couldn't blame his mall or baseball meant to her

was seeing Marty wind up like well, like me.

Speaker 1: Anyway.

Speaker 4: I stayed there, and day after day I tried to

pass on to Marty what I knew about the game,

what I knew about pitching. And then around March it

was I knew there wasn't anymore I can teach you.

Speaker 1: That said, Marty, You're doing fine.

Speaker 7: Son.

Speaker 1: All off for today, Eh, Burly got started. That's no work.

Speaker 4: Put your jacket on, keep your arm on. I've been

going to say this all week. Monty, say what that

you're ready?

Speaker 1: Your joke.

Speaker 4: I don't mean you've learned all there is know about kitchen,

but from here on you've got to learn for yourself.

Speaker 1: We got to get you some action. Well not much

action around here, Barney.

Speaker 4: I have but to raise in California and Jimmy Dikes

and the White Sox is hard in spring training?

Speaker 1: Does you call a White Sox? All I have to

do is say the word and Dikes will give you

a try out. He will sure what out in California?

I know it's a long ways and your ma.

Speaker 6: Uh.

Speaker 1: Yeah, well uh.

Speaker 6: Let's uh go into the house. Looks like we've got

another squeeze play coming up.

Speaker 3: Just as well.

Speaker 7: Speak of mind, Manty, you got something to say, say it?

Speaker 1: Well, it's just this Ma.

Speaker 6: Barney and I was sort of thinking about taking a

little trip out to California.

Speaker 1: That's so uh huh.

Speaker 7: What baseball teams out there?

Speaker 1: That's the Carga Whites. How do you know that?

Speaker 8: I didn't figure you'd be going all that ways for

anything important?

Speaker 1: Son, Well this is important.

Speaker 7: Man with giving up the farm for.

Speaker 4: Well, if they take him on the least, he'll get

three hundred dollars a month.

Speaker 7: That's a lot of money for just throwing the ball around.

Speaker 6: And I won't have to give up the farm. I

saw cousin Ernie. He said he'd be glad to take

care of it while I'm gone.

Speaker 8: What makes you so sure they'll give you a try?

They try just anybody, Well.

Speaker 6: They sure don't for Barney and Jimmy dyke'sr old friend.

He's a manager of the White Sox. That way I'll

get a chance, for sure.

Speaker 7: Land's the only place where you're sure, son.

Speaker 1: Lots of people don't live on farms, miss Fred.

Speaker 8: Lots of people don't eat regular too. You you made

up your mind, ain't you, Monty. I just got to

give it a try more, sure, son, Sure you go on,

then you.

Speaker 1: Give it a try?

Speaker 9: Hey, right, who's the kid warming up? Kid missed the Dikes,

the tall skinny one in the leather jacket.

Speaker 1: I don't know. I thought you sent him out there.

I'll tell you who.

Speaker 4: He is the best right hand prospect since Christy matthis Barney.

Speaker 1: Oh no, no, not you again. You bring that kid

out here?

Speaker 9: But I did.

Speaker 1: I want you to have first crack at him. Thanks.

He's got everything, Jimmy. I've been working with him all winter. Yeah,

who supplied the houscha? No? No, Jimmy, No, I haven't

had a drop since. Well, this is him, Monty. Jimmy Dike.

Speaker 9: I'm sure glad you're a second son. Barney's probably fills

your head with a lot of cock eyed ideas. But

I can't waste time with every kid, he'd egs ut.

Speaker 1: Jimmy, Wait, now, wait? How many times have I told

you not to bother me this way? Sorry? I busted

in on your like on that boy's kitch.

Speaker 4: Hike and walk miles to get here, Jimmy, Morty, Wait,

a minute, money, don't go running away like that.

Speaker 1: Hey you country, he means you, Monnie, wait a minute,

give me that mit will Eddie? Come on, country, throw

me a couple. Get that jacket off, Monny, art of it. Boy,

that's some unifor foreign country. The Wagner wild Cats, mister Dykes,

I's to tell him. I've been pitching for the Wagner

wild Cat my min All right, let's see what you got.

He really breaks them off, don't he.

Speaker 9: Send her down? Barney, So you got a curve? Let

me see your fast one.

Speaker 1: Well, I don't know. Maybe you better work out a while.

Keep him around, Barney.

Speaker 9: He may have something, but for Pete's sake, get him

a hair cut short be sure.

Speaker 1: But I tell you, Marty, I knew he'd give you

a chance. But when when? Boy, what are we supposed

to do? Now? Find us a room? Oh yeah, in

a barber shop.

Speaker 4: Well, we found a hotel and met a few of

the players who were staying there.

Speaker 1: That night, Marty went down to the lobby.

Speaker 4: He killed some time, and in the lobby he discovered

a fascinating pastime. Marty had never seen a slock machine before.

Ten minutes later, he had a pocket full of quarters

and a new friend, a rookie named Eddie Dibson.

Speaker 1: Eddie was flatbrooke. He had a date that night with

his girl. That makes matters worse. She was bringing a

friend along. But there was Monty, fresh from the sticks

and ready.

Speaker 4: To learn all about nightlife in the city.

Speaker 1: We are very nice dancers, aren't they. I mean, Gottie

and Eddie.

Speaker 5: Yes, yes they are.

Speaker 6: I guess I shouldn't be here at all.

Speaker 5: Oh, well, thank you, thank you very much.

Speaker 1: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, it doesn't you. It's me.

I mean it's Eddie.

Speaker 6: I don't know, but for some reason he seemed to

all anxious for me to tag along.

Speaker 5: Good friend of yours.

Speaker 6: Yeah, yes, yes, I just met him tonight though. Come along,

he says, I want you to meet the girls. He says,

I come along.

Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I can't ask you to dance, but I

don't know how.

Speaker 5: Oh, that's all right.

Speaker 1: I guess baseball is about all I know.

Speaker 5: Well, that's something.

Speaker 1: You're seeing us work out yet?

Speaker 5: Yeah? Us? Who's us?

Speaker 1: The Chicago White Sox.

Speaker 5: No. No, I guess that's the one thing I've missed.

You see, I'm just visiting here. I'm from Omaha.

Speaker 1: Oh, well, the team looks good. It looks awful good.

Speaker 5: Oh that's very nice. I bet you're pretty good yourself.

Speaker 1: Oh, I don't know. I'm still trying out.

Speaker 5: I bet you can hit a baseball pretty far.

Speaker 6: No, I'm not expected to hit very much. Say I'm

a pitcher.

Speaker 5: Well, I bet you can pitch far.

Speaker 6: You don't quite seem to get the idea, do you say,

I just have to pitch from the mound to the

plate that's just about sixty feet All.

Speaker 5: Right, then I'll bet you can pitch fast.

Speaker 6: Well, sometimes you have to sort of rear back and

sort of let them go fast, and then other times

just sort of sort of equip it like this, you say,

and curve it in sort of and you get in

spots and you just sort of float her in. Let's

say what you call a change of pace.

Speaker 5: And then there, speaking of change of pace, would you

mind telling me something? Just what is that noise?

Speaker 1: Noise?

Speaker 5: But every time you move that that jingling sound?

Speaker 1: Jingling? Oh? All this? Huh?

Speaker 6: You see that they have these uh what do you cut?

The machines in the lobby of the hotel. I never

saw them before, and I sort of wondered about them.

Before I knew it, I dropped a quarter in a

whole lot of fruits started spinning around, and then things.

Speaker 1: Sort of slid to a stop, and out came that.

Speaker 6: No, No, nothing happened. Not you had all well, before

I know it, I was down to my last quarter.

Sort of figured I might as well be broke as

a way I was. So in went the last quarter

and fruit took off again, oranges and grapefruit and lemons

and spinning around.

Speaker 1: Like a top.

Speaker 6: And then all of a sudden, the quarter started popping

out like hands through a busted fence.

Speaker 5: Well, if you don't make it in baseball, mister Stratton,

you've got a very fine future in gambling.

Speaker 1: No, I'm fruit gambling.

Speaker 6: Why Well, I've found out how it feels to lose

and what it's like to win.

Speaker 1: Why keep out it?

Speaker 9: Yes?

Speaker 4: Now, like I said this other fellow, Eddie Dibson, Cumbley's girl.

But one look at Ethel and Eddie forgot all about Dottie.

Eddie had it all figured out.

Speaker 1: Where's Dotty Ben hiding?

Speaker 6: Your old will make up big night out of this, Ethel.

Speaker 1: I'm gonna take you every spot in top.

Speaker 5: Oh, I wouldn't think of putting you to all that

trouble at ach.

Speaker 10: Look, if we're going someplace else, let's go someplace house, sure, country, sure, waiter,

check check.

Speaker 6: Now there's a little place I know near longbeat, soft music,

dancing under the stars.

Speaker 1: You want something, waiter? You asked for the chick, sir. Oh,

he wanted him. Give it to him, chick. Or maybe

you'd like hot music.

Speaker 6: Now there's a club in Hollywood, Eddie, sit out, Eddie.

Speaker 1: Oh, take care of it, William money.

Speaker 6: We'll make the rounds, baby, And what we don't hit tonight,

we'll hit tomorrow.

Speaker 1: Take care of the man. Monty will meet you off right,

take care of the man. Fourteen. Yes, sir, you got

a pod? I beg your pardon. Oh, never mind.

Speaker 6: Here, we're just just spread out the napkin here, yeah, yes, yes, sir,

here you are.

Speaker 5: Did it occur to you, mister Stratton, that I might

not want to go home, that I might have wanted

to go somewhere with Eddie?

Speaker 1: Well, what do you wanted? Wasn't so important?

Speaker 5: Oh it wasn't, no, I see.

Speaker 6: What was important was the way Eddie was treating Dotty,

trying to shine up to you.

Speaker 1: You know, he shouldn't have done.

Speaker 5: Him in front of her like guys or in front

of you.

Speaker 1: No, that's that's not what I mean. This is it?

Ain't it?

Speaker 6: But uh well I guess that, Yes, this is it?

Well can you wait, driver, I'll be right back o

case you look, I'm.

Speaker 1: Sorry about tonight. Boy. You sort of got stuck with me,

didn't you.

Speaker 5: Oh that's silly.

Speaker 1: Oh no, I just never had much experience with girls.

What's you?

Speaker 5: You got stuck with the check?

Speaker 1: Sure?

Speaker 5: Did?

Speaker 1: It's worthy to get out of there. Well, good night money.

Speaker 5: Wait mm hmm, Well, I'm sorry about tonight too, But

you see, I haven't had too much experience myself with

ball players.

Speaker 1: Well I'm not exactly a ballplayer yet. I haven't made

the team yet.

Speaker 5: Oh you make it?

Speaker 1: Well, how do you know? You said you didn't know

anything about baseball?

Speaker 5: I could learn.

Speaker 1: When do you go home to Omaha?

Speaker 5: Well not for a while yet, I'm staying here with

my aunt.

Speaker 1: Time for me to come and call on you.

Speaker 5: Could be not ethel good that money.

Speaker 2: In just a moment, our stars will return with X

two of the Stratton story. I hearly be you're collecting

travel folders.

Speaker 11: Oh, just a dream so far, John, I got the

wanderlust at Paramount watching the Pine Thomas production of Captain China.

Speaker 2: That's a rip roaring adventure story if I ever saw one.

Speaker 11: John Payne in the title role gives a magnificent performance.

What a fighter he is.

Speaker 1: And Gail Russell looks more beautiful than ever.

Speaker 11: Oh, she's ravishing as a passenger on a tramp steamer.

She adds a delightful bit of romance.

Speaker 2: The typhoon scenes in Captain Shine had gotten me. They

were so realistic. I practically hope the skipper keep the ship.

Speaker 7: A full well.

Speaker 11: The ship was definitely real and so rough that when

the picture was finished, Gail said she'd take the smooth

sailing of a sail boat or a cabin cruiser from

now on.

Speaker 1: Certainly more relaxing.

Speaker 11: And you can wear such pretty clothes when you know

there's a box of lux flakes not far away. Gail

has a sharkskin rayon slack suit she loves for sailing

or if she wants to ten. She takes along some

little boys shorts in butcher linen and a jersey halter.

Speaker 1: Top, a cargo of luxeboats. Huh.

Speaker 11: Gail insists on lux Flakes for all her washable rayons

and nice cottons. They stay so fresh and bright all.

Speaker 2: Season, a smart girl. Washing tests prove that lux Flake's

care really makes a difference. Wrong washing methods soon fade colors,

weaken fabrics, but even the.

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lux Flake's way.

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Speaker 11: Just a swish in these rich general SuDS, and your dress,

your blouse, your slacks are as lovely as ever. Why

not give all your washables that lovely lucks look.

Speaker 3: We return you now to William Keeley, Act two of

The Stratton Story, winner of Photoplay magazine's Gold Medal Award,

starring James Stewart as Monty Stratton and June Allison as Ethel.

Speaker 4: Those next few weeks they were quite a stray between

falling in love and trying out for the white Sox.

Marty just didn't know worries to it. But one afternoon

in addressing, hey.

Speaker 1: You country here at comic Varney, Yeah, mister dikes five

minues this afternoon, Jimmy, they didn't give up a hair. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

Well ked the team goes east tomorrow. Yeah, yeah, I

know we're we're gonna take you with us, Barney, Did

you hear that? You hear what he said? What are

you planning to do, Barney? Well, I guess I don't

exactly know.

Speaker 9: We'll look mifter Dyke's Barney's the bad ass people hanging

around doing nothing.

Speaker 1: I'll do anything, Jim mean anything like what? Off hand?

Speaker 9: I can't think of anything unless you'd like to coach

the young pitchers.

Speaker 1: Get in the office. We'll sign a couple of contracts.

Next day at the railroad station. Ethel's there to say

goodbye to mar.

Speaker 5: We didn't have very much time together.

Speaker 6: Did we, Oh, enough enough to make me wish there

was more cheef? Quiz California turned off much better, and

I thought.

Speaker 1: It was going on.

Speaker 5: It was nice. You're making the team, wasn't it.

Speaker 1: Oh No, that's not what I mean. You you ought

I know money by let's get going boy? Oh yeah, yeah,

got right away.

Speaker 5: You will write, won't you.

Speaker 1: Well, I'll never be able to write down what I'm

thinking though.

Speaker 5: Oh, I know you're thinking about me.

Speaker 1: The dog right.

Speaker 9: By country, kiss her goodbye, get on the train.

Speaker 5: Hm hm oh Oh yeah, that mister Dikes. He's a

very smart man name.

Speaker 4: And then the season started Detroit, Cleveland and Saint Louis

back to Chicago game and so far Martie stratton services

to the Chicago White Sox consisted of battle fly balls

to the outfield and the warm up before the games.

Speaker 1: On this day, the Yankees were in town murdering.

Speaker 11: Now.

Speaker 6: The one thing about the dougout Barney, you get a

good few of the game.

Speaker 4: Well I ought to pay admission. Yeah, well you can

learn plenty just sitting here. Yeah, got a double for Gary.

Speaker 1: There goes Dikes. He's taking a picture out. What a

gang mamn Yankees.

Speaker 4: If a pitcher's going to get by, he's got to

give them what they don't expect.

Speaker 1: I'll think them.

Speaker 6: Yeah, well they don't have to worry about me out thinking. Boy,

every time I get paid, I feel like I'm.

Speaker 9: Stealing my dykes a bit and there all right, Stratton,

get out there.

Speaker 1: Me, No, Jemmy, no, not at a time like this.

What those Yanks have sent more pictures to Omaha, man

the kid to get a chance, didn't you. Well he's got.

Speaker 6: It now, number twenty five.

Speaker 1: You know who he's pitching to Dickie. That's all just

Bill Dickie. Another ball player forgot about the Runners. Kid

just pitched to him. Tell me it's foul, Jimmy, tell

me it's fou. What do you know? Clear over the

center field bar Omaha.

Speaker 4: Yeah, Marty went far in his big league debut from

Chicago to Omaha, and that's how Ethel happened to have

an unexpected.

Speaker 5: Oh I'm so glad to see you, Mahi. What are

you doing here in Omaha? I thought you were going

to go down.

Speaker 1: No, I know, I know, I know. I'll just sit down.

I've got a problem.

Speaker 5: But you said in your letter you might pitch this week.

Speaker 1: Yeah I did.

Speaker 6: Well, that's what I want to talk to you about. Well,

what happened everything, honey? You know when I left you

in California?

Speaker 5: What was the school?

Speaker 1: No, that's not important. The thing that's bothered me.

Speaker 5: Is, well, they can't expect you to win every game, Honey.

Speaker 6: They don't expect me to win any games. I've been

farmed out to Omaha.

Speaker 5: Well, they don't put you in jail for playing in Omaha.

Speaker 6: I know, I know, there's nothing wrong with Omaha. It's

just that I don't know. I might not even make

it here. First thing, I know, I'll be back on

the farm.

Speaker 5: Don't you like the farm? Sure?

Speaker 6: Sure, it's all right. But well then, well I know

it's just the things are different. Now, that's all. Now

there's you.

Speaker 5: Would it help any if I said I love you?

Speaker 1: That's the problem. Oh, I see, No, No, you don't see.

Speaker 6: No matter what I was doing, I kept thinking about you,

and every time i'd see something exciting, I'd kept wishing

that you were there to see it with me.

Speaker 1: I don't know if that's love. Man, I really got it.

Speaker 5: Oh, you had me worried.

Speaker 1: But I had all.

Speaker 6: Sorts of plans for us. Now now I don't know

where I'm going.

Speaker 5: Well, but it doesn't matter to me.

Speaker 1: It matters to me, honey, It matters to me. A

man's got to know where he's going.

Speaker 5: Well, what do you want me to do?

Speaker 6: Just just give me a chance to make it. I

just want to make sure that I'm not going to

let you down.

Speaker 5: All right, Malieve if that's what you want, know you're

what I want. I love you. Money. You could never

let me down. Money, Yes, dear? What was the score?

Speaker 1: Sixteen to nothing?

Speaker 5: Oh? You're a fine pitcher.

Speaker 6: There's a tailor in Chicago who gives a suit of

clothes to every ballplayer who hits the scoreboard in the

center field. As of yesterday, the New York Yankee is

the best dressed team in baseball.

Speaker 4: Monty pitched six ball games for Omaha, one of them

all three shutouts. That was good enough for Jimmy Dikes.

He brought Monty back to the White Sox, only this

time a girl named Ethel tagged along because now she

was Missus Morley Strackon that night, a few of the

boys give him a little party at the hotel.

Speaker 1: Just proves what I've been saying. How could a guy

like you country get a guy like that?

Speaker 5: Oh it wasn't easy, mister Lyons. I just wouldn't take

no for an answer.

Speaker 1: Oh she's pretty tad, but she's not very smart. Uh huh,

Here come the bombers.

Speaker 5: Bombers.

Speaker 1: Yeah, a few of the Yankee players know. This is

what they look like, honey, when they're just savillian and

I have fellas. Yeah, I guess you know everybody. Oh,

this is Monty Stratton. Stratton is Bill Dickey, mister Dickie,

Missus Stratton how do you do I met you earlier

this season, didn't we? Stratton Man, you met me and

everything I pitched. It's nice to have met you, missus Stratton.

Speaker 5: Than you Why e's awfully nice?

Speaker 1: Well? Wait, do you see him tomorrow? Honey? They don't

call him the Bombers for nothing. Why some poor guys

going to have a rough afternoon? Yeah, it could be,

by the way, Barney, whose dyke's going to pitch tomorrow?

You who me? A couple of the boys have sore

arms ethel Yes, dear our baggage? You unpacked anything yet?

Speaker 5: No, not yet, don't.

Speaker 4: Next day was Monty's real starter as a big league ballplayer.

Marty won that ball game all by himself, even the

driving in the wooden run. And that's just about the

way it went all the rest of that season, Not

that he won every game, but from then on the

fans knew that Marty's Stratton was just about as fine

a picture as hc in the league. In October, Marty

and Apple went down to the farm.

Speaker 1: Well, now you'll call off your talk, ma'am. I'm selling

some books here.

Speaker 7: Like Shanty oh Man six. I didn't even know your

son new clothes and all.

Speaker 1: Yeah, that is the only thing. Oh Ma, here's apple.

Speaker 7: Hell yeah, so it seems to me, son, you've been

running over with luck.

Speaker 1: I sure have got a new car too. Oh yeah,

bought myself a bucket of bolts.

Speaker 6: Oh Eddie, Ernie, haughty money hatty apple, that's my cousin, Ernie.

Speaker 1: It wasn't for Ernie. I never get left here.

Speaker 5: Hello Annie, ma'am.

Speaker 10: Here you're pitching good money. Well, don't tell me you're

a fan. Nope, just heard about it. Well, I guess

you won't be needing me anymore money. Well, I sort

of wish should stick around.

Speaker 6: Ernie got a lot of things he could fix up

around here. Always always mancheres to man and some French

paint maybe, and then maybe maybe better build one of

those nursery rooms. You leave your mouth open like that,

more you're liable to catch your flying.

Speaker 1: Yah.

Speaker 6: Yeah, well, now how about some supper, Grandma.

Speaker 4: Bonnie went through the next season like a house afire,

and the fans ate him up.

Speaker 1: The newspapers too. He was all that. Jimmy Dyke said

he was.

Speaker 9: Right now, Barney, I wouldn't trade Money Stratton for any

other picture in baseball. What the future that boy and

Monty had someone else now to win games for a

brand new baby boy. But after a while I began

to worry Ethel too. Something would happened to Monty as

often as not he disappear after a game. He tell

Ethel it was for interviews newspaper guys. But I knew

DIFFERENTI Deathel anyway. They were back in Texas now and

Monty was a farmer again.

Speaker 7: For the WI little dressy, ain't your son my land death?

Speaker 1: Would just look at the dude not shaved too.

Speaker 5: Oh no, not another Prins interview? Mary not down heat on?

Speaker 1: Oh no.

Speaker 6: I just thought maybe we ought to go out and

do a little celebrating. You know, Junior is going to

be six months old tomorrow, so come on, come on,

we're going out to dinner.

Speaker 5: Well, give me a chance to catch my breath. You know,

my this is an event. We don't get to do

much celebrating in Chicago.

Speaker 7: Grab him while you can, honey, Well, I love you.

Speaker 1: Two girls are gonna sit around chew the fat. I'll

go and celebrate myself. Come on, no, no, no.

Speaker 5: Hang on to him. I'll be ready about five minutes.

Speaker 1: Would you care to dance?

Speaker 5: Missus Stratton madey, you're acting very strangely, ordering champagne and

now the fine thing if a.

Speaker 1: Man has to plead with his own wife to dance.

Speaker 5: With him, Dallian, you don't dance.

Speaker 1: You like to dance, don't you?

Speaker 5: Yes? I do.

Speaker 1: Well, maybe it's about.

Speaker 6: Time I learned.

Speaker 5: I'll come on, come on, you're gonna look at the

funny out there.

Speaker 1: It won't be the first time

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