The last poem that he wrote for the newspaper was called Casey (later to become known as Casey at the Bat) which received very little attention at the time of its publication. Thayer worked for the Examiner between 18, until ill health affected him, writing a humorous column that included some of his own poetry. When the election was over George gave the San Francisco Examiner to Randolph who immediately employed some of his friends, including Thayer, to work on the paper. The story went that in 1885, George Hearst, Randolph’s father, wanted to run for senator in the State of California and so decided to buy a newspaper to further his ambitions. It was a stroke of luck that would see one of Thayer’s verses become almost a national institution. One of these was William Randolph Hearst who came from one of the most prominent families in the US at the time. Thayer was born into a fairly wealthy family and had a good education that led him to attend Harvard University in 1885 where he was responsible for editing a couple of magazines including the Lampoon.Īs a member of the Hasty Pudding Club, the theatrical society of Harvard, Thayer came into contact with a wide range of the country’s rich and soon to be powerful people. Born in Massachusetts in 1863, Ernest Lawrence Thayer was an American poet and writer who is solely remembered for one famous comic verse and the habit he had of signing his poems ‘Phin’.
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