Word: gunter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...under the father of the newspaperman, himself a great journalist. "Casey at the Bat", Mr. Thayer's masterpiece, was dashed off in a very short time as a space filler for the paper. It attracted little attention, until six, months later when it was brought east by Archibald C. Gunter, the well-known author, and given to Mr. Hopper, with the suggestion that he might some day be able to use it. "I was playing at the time at Wallack's Theatre", Mr. Hopper explained, "and we were giving a special performance for the Chicago White Sox and the Giants...