Fitzgerald’s mother Molly McQuillan was his ties to Saint Paul and his birth home at 481 Laurel is a half block from McQuillan park - a small city neighborhood park dedicated to his second cousin.
I didn't know this as I hadn't seen the movie and it's been forever since I read the book, but according to "the Google" the phrase "old sport" is indeed connected to the Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald lived with his parents for a summer at 599 Summit Ave. but it's at least 3 blocks to a park. I do remember the East Egg/West Egg thing in the book so maybe a reference to the East and West picnic grounds at Como? Bit of a stretch though.
No time, old sport, to play and cavort. Pursue the grail with your schemes! Out at night? Then follow the light To cross the way to your dreams. No Time - Past Time / Old Sport = Baseball = Americas Favorite PastimePurse the grail ( The treasure ) with your schemes (noodling) Also grail may = G rail or Green RailOut at night - Night games at CHS field, then follow the light - Light RAIL - Green line? to downtown St. Paulto CROSS, railroad crossing, light rail crossing, the way to your DREAMS, field of DREAMS. Baseball Movie.St Paul Saints are the new Triple AAA team of the TWINS, its a BIG DEAL folks...just sayin' Drops the mic And still has all 10 in Battle Creek, LOL ....But I digress Flippster
A less literal thought I had was a reference to a dog park. "old sport" could be a nickname for a dog and they would play and cavort in the dog park. Follow the light could be something like the 3M sign near Battle Creek or the the big "1" downtown. David B. Allison
The thought had crossed my mind too - lacrosse Ave over by Beaver Lake and there are a couple of lacrosse centric spots in the city too - Monroe park always seems to have the nets set up for example.
DescriptionLacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins in a tribal game played by the indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands and by various other indigenous peoples of North America.
The couple of small parks near the Fitzgerald home certainly might fit with the “old sport”. Though a literal reading could mean something like the Handball court they put in by Newell park a couple years back - an Old Sport.
Several knights if you go the Arthurian route- McKnight road, the Harding High Knights etc. to my knowledge nothing directly tied to Percival or Galahad directly ( the grail knights)
the “way to dreams” could be sleep? That line feels important but I’m stumped.
Obvious homage to No Time for Cold Feet ~ "the holy grail of St. Paul". Confirmation that it's in a St. Paul Park? "Old sport" nod to F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Great Gatsby.
Oh boy! Time to noodle! Anagram anyone? Also, has anyone else noticed the use of semicolons and colons? Clue 1 after the word hunt (:) and Clue 2 after the word do (;). But no use in Clue 3.
I bet lots of people are thinking "fail"= Phalen. But, what do they mean by "figure"? Figure skating? Tax accounting or something similar for "figure"? A choice between 2 parks... figure? or fail( for Phalen)?
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