[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 15 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H617-H618]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO HARRY CARAY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, a few days ago this country lost 
one of its most colorful personalities. And so I rise today to pay 
tribute to an individual who has been characterized as Mr. Baseball: 
the legendary Harry Caray.
  Harry left this life Wednesday, February 18, at the age of 78 and he 
leaves behind a lifetime of memories and great service to mankind. His 
legacy of changing the seventh inning of baseball with ``Take me out to 
the ball game'' will be remembered forever by millions of people.
  Harry was a man who loved life and enjoyed every minute of what he 
did. He was certainly one of the top broadcasters in the business. His 
famed phrase, ``holy cow'' can be heard throughout the United States. 
He made baseball's most exciting moments even more fun.
  Harry was not just a broadcaster from the booth. He would often mix 
in with the fans and go out in the bleachers and broadcast with the 
fans in Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park and other places throughout the 
country.
  His 53-year remarkable career as a play-by-play man comes to an end 
just as his grandson, Chip, embarks upon his career as an announcer for 
the Chicago Cubs. Harry made baseball a better game because of his way 
of presenting it to the public.
  I guess he has left behind a legacy that others will try to imitate 
and emulate, but there will never be another Harry Caray. To his wife, 
Dutchie, and the rest of the Caray family, we simply say, ``Holy cow.'' 
Harry

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Caray has been a part of a great tradition, a great legacy, and to all 
of those people who might be in Harry Caray's, back in the Seventh 
District in Illinois at this moment, reminiscing, having a sandwich, 
remembering the life and the legacy, we say all of us are going to miss 
Harry Caray. But all of us will always know that he has been here and 
was a part of the great American tradition. And so we say ``Holy cow,'' 
another great broadcaster gone.

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