| Dad was a sports announcer, he called the horse races in many different places; Caliente, Mexico, Longacres, Renton, WA, Yakima Meadows, Yakima, WA, Portland Meadows, Portland, WA and Playfair, Spokane, WA. He wrote the handicap for the P.I. (Post Intelligencer) newspaper in Seattle, and was on the radio also. This picture was taken in the 1930's, track side in Caliente, Mexico. Looks like he is giving the results of a race after it had been called. I like the hats, hope they come back into fashion. Speaking of hats, here's a link to a great hat site: http://optimohats.com/ |
4 Comments:
What great pictures and a tribute to Chick. I'm the announcer at Portland Meadows and growing up in Renton near Longacres, hearing Gary Hensen and Chick's calls are part of my childhood.
I'd really love to see any other pictures you have of him at Longacres or in the other announcer's booth.
Jason jballscalls@aol.com
Hello, Chick's sister, Nora Mae, was my grandmother. She spoke often of him. She told me he called the races at playfair. So I thought I would snoop around on the internet and see what I could find. Seems he had a very interesting life. Neat pictures. Thanks for posting them . Regards, Steve Anderson
From Spokane Washington.
I love this! Googled Grandpa and found this, thanks so much Auntie Carol! xoxoxo
❤️ Nohelle
so that would make us long lost cousins? Hey fam!
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