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• W268603007 abstract "JIM SMITH, NATIVE OF THE ME STATE, HOPES TO SHOW HIS PEERS WHY BANKING IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT It's 8:30 on a warm Midwestern night in June. The sun hovers just above the treetops, casting long golden rays over a small-town ball field. Dads in overalls and moms in gingham crowd the bleachers, watching their sons participate in the great American pastime. Behind the home team dugout a man in a dusty, wrinkled suit, sweat trickling down his face, scribbles notes about the pitcher on small pad with a stubby pencil. Good breaking ball, good control, he writes. New York Yankees scout Tom Greenwade pauses to watch the 17-year old deliver his next pitch. Greenwade is thinking, as scouts always think, Is this the next Ford? On the mound, a lanky youngster named Jim Smith juggles the baseball in his left hand behind his back, peering toward the catcher. He nods the way the guys in the big leagues do and grips the ball along the seams, goes into his windup, and throws a curve that just nicks the outside corner. Strike three! You're out! bellows the ump. Game over. Collins High wins the game, and the home crowd cheers. Greenwade's hand goes to the pad again, arrange tryout for Smith when team is in Kan. City to play Athletics. Movie script? It has the makings of a good one, but it's actually a piece of the personal history of the next ABA president, James E. Smith. If you want proof, stop by his office at Citizens Union State Bank & Trust in Clinton, Mo., just up the road from Collins. On a bookshelf to the side of his desk sits a scuffed baseball, mounted inside a square Lucite box. On the ball you can make out two signatures, now a bit faded with age, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle. Smith got the ball, and the autographs, during the tryout that Greenwade arranged in Kansas City's old Municipal Stadium in 1962. The Yankees saw enough promise in the youngster from Collins to sign him later that year. In February, 1963, Jim Smith, all of 18, flew to Lake Wales, Fla., to join 250 other young men in the Yankee's minor league camp. Smith played baseball for four seasons. He loves to talk about the experience and recounts events with the same vivid detail and feeling as a veteran talks about D-Day. Jim's wife, Tamie, often chimes in with details of shared remembrances. The two were married at 19 and she lived three seasons as a baseball wife. Take care of your industry Smith has already been peppering his ABA speeches with baseball anecdotes--as well as with stories from his 34 years in banking. He hopes his personal experiences will help him achieve a major goal for his term as the 116th president of the American Association: to convince more of his banking colleagues to get involved with their industry--to take their future into their own hands. While many bankers do contact their elected representatives and comment on regulations, says Smith, many others don't take the time. To Smith, involvement is critical. compete in an environment now that's wide open. Any banker not willing to pay membership dues get involved in the regulatory and legislative process is very short-sighted, says Smith, warming to his subject. Bankers can stand around and criticize other bankers their associations, but that won't do any good. If bankers have good relationships established with their congressional representatives we can do all sorts of things with our industry. All bankers are involved in their communities, Smith observes. make time for the Lions, the Rotary, the Girl Scouts, and the Little League. We have to make some time to take care of our industry like we take care of our communities, he says, or banks--and ultimately our communities--will lose out. Smith is no recent convert to this view. He has been active in the ABA for 17 years, as well as in the Missouri Association, where he was president in 1992-93. …" @default.
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