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Show I Grove Is Fastest Pitcher i I t'ZERNR ATWELL BLUB, the bla flnt baseman of the St i T I Louis Browoi, who In built Ilka Red Grant and aa dynamic on J X I M the diamond aa the redhead waa on the gridiron, aat In on a X j discussion of fast balls In the lobby of the Montgomery hotel, J West I'ulm Beach. 2 X "Lefty Grove nnqueatlonably baa the fastest ball of any pitcher In Z i the American league." aald La. who can apeak with anthorltr after tn ' 2 years of facing the best boxmen In the circuit t "Walberg Is faat and ao Is Earnshaw, 2 among the right-hander- but neither has quite f the itp that Grove can put on the ball. The 2 ace of the All, In addition, has great control J for a southpaw. Walberg has a better carve than Grove." J The subject turned to Walter Johnaon, 2 who probably bad the fastest ball of them all. "I batted against Johnson eight or nine years ago when I believe be still was faster J than anyone In the league and faster even than T Grove Is now," said Blue. "But Cobb, Speaker 2 aud the fellows who had known him In his prime r told me I should have aeen Johnson when he 2 waa good. If they were light, I'm glad I didn't t have that to worry about. II was too good 2 for me when they said be waa about through." it Lefty Qrove. 2 a,a,a'a,l4aeee I UTAH BRIEFS Et. George Drilling for oil bas been resumed in tbla aectlon. . Sprlngvllle Work la to begin at once on a water worka system. Sunset Over 8000 acrea of peaa will be planted In Utah thla aeaaon. Logan Two branches of air pupUa bare been formed by flier students. ' Falrvlew A i ll poultry club and calf club of ten members eacb has been formed. 8prlngville A choral group baa been organized bere, following the success-ful prseentatiou of an opera. Duchesne Uintah Basin Industrial conference will hold convention bere August Hyruin Cattle are being examined by federal agent to eliminate tuber-culosis. American Fork Egg sales daring 1930 are expected to bring $1,250,000 to this city. Castle Dale Emery county potato growers will Join the state association of vegetable growers. Mldvale Salt Lake county high' ways sre to be equipped with new and powerful lights. Castle Gate John Phillips felt from a bridge Into Trice river with fatal results. Ogden The furniture stores of Ut-ah staged their first annual style show on March 25-2- Sandy An archery club has been organized at the Jordan achool for the first time In Its history. Alta A $3,000,000,00. bond election In Salt Lake will be necessary to fi-nance the Argenta reservlor in the Big" Cottonwood canyon. Randolph Rich Connty'a road pro-gram has been mapped out and will Include an expenditure of approxl-maetel- y $30,000. Sprlngvllle Thirty boys from this city's high achool are busy with coops and brooders preparatory to the Inunclilng cf chick projects. Hyrum Cache county poultry pro-ducers will make a tour of poultry farms and hatcheries of Salt Lake county.' Murray Contractors bidding on a new paving extension will be requir-ed by mayor to agree to employ local men on the work. rarowan Sixty poultry enthusiasts from northern Iron county met bere and accepted construction of new'trl-count- y unit of State Poultry associa-tion. Main City Twelve classifications of Holsteln cattle will be on exhibit at the annual Black and White day, May 6. Sugar House Taxable values in Salt Lake county Increased In 1929 to the extent of over three hundred thousand dollars. Price County Commissioners have declared a tax levy of 2 mills for pur-pose of financing a building program for the school district Draper A pure bred Jersey cow, owned by Parker Brothers, has com-pleted official production test and qualified for Register of Merit of the American Jersey Cattle Club. Gunnison Forrest Prlchett, 16, was awarded third prize by Utah Poultry Producers association In a state con-test and first prize In Santpete county. Chesterfield The year old 4-- Garden Club baa a record of every member finishing his project the crops including sugar beets, tcmatos, benns and egg plant Brlgham City The board of edu-cation has granted permission to the Brigham post of the American Le-gion to level achool grounds which Is the spring community project of the Legion. Woodslde Work will start Immed-iately on twenty mile strip of road from Woodslde to Green River. Work will be under federal aid plan. Cedur City Movement Is on foot to determine feasibility of road connect-ing with scenic loop to Zlon National Park, up Kolob canyon and south to LaVerktn canyon. Murray The Granite school dis-trict bas been granted permission to petition for an Increase of 1 mill in the tax lew for 1930-8- 1 school year. Santa Clara "Orchard heaters ar-rived here and at Toquervllle and Hurricane, to be used for the first time In this district Mnntl Bids will be asked fqr the Improvement of the Gunnlson-Man- tl highway. Estlmnted cost $80,000 and work to finished by fall. Airport An example of air manu-neuve-will be given by a group of navy pursuit planes on April 27. St George Street lighting dltsrlct bas been created in business section. Estimated cost of Installation, $3,350, to be borne by district and mainten-ance cost by city. Gunnison the school board Is of-fering a $10 prize to each school In the district which will be given to the class putting over the best audi-torium program. rieasant Grove Work Is progress-ing rapidly on new public park, as many of the Important permanent Im-provements to be completed this year as possible. Mapleton City water system Is be-ing instilled, consisting of 13 miles of pipe line, carrying water to nearly every home In the city. Salt Lake 100th Anniversary of L. D. S. Church ( beginning on April 6 will be featured by illumination of L. I). S. Temple with a lighting unit of 52.000 candle power. Ferron Emery County commission-ers and state road commlsloners have signed agreement whereby they spilt 60-5- 0 on cost of constructing a half-mil-e dugway oa highway near bpr. Estimated cost Is $20,000. sc6 ''An - or .youjpipe?" , Ijy Pain Y v'f Soom folk take pain for granted. viVl They let a cold "run its coune.'t i'il! They wait for their headaches to "wear ofT.1 t'fj ' If suffering from neuralgia or from neuritis, 2 they rely on feeling better in the mominj. I Meantime, they suffer unnecessary pain. V Vnneceasary, because there la an antidote. Bayer Aspirin always) offer Immediate . relief I V from Tarioua ache and paina we ones had to , endure. If pain persists, consult your doctor as to its cause. Save yourself ft lot of pain and discomfort j through the many usee of Bayer Aapirin. Pro : tect yourself by buying the genuine. Bayer ia , sae. Always the same. All drugstores. A. 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I not only umpired, but also tried to be a spectator In every game that I have officiated. I wanted to get both slants. It waa my very good fortune to have been the umpire In some of the greatest ganioe that have been played In the last 25 years In the Majors. I have picked out the high apots In these contests, the unusual happenings, the superlutlvea of baseball and Intend to dwell on them at length In various articles. I umpired the first game Walter Johnaon ever pitched. I marveled as he turned back the slugging Detroit TIgors In his league debut, using noth-ing but a fust ball. That was all he i knew. He boasted no curve, slow one or change of pace. Simply burning speed. Johnson In that game, as well aa many others In the early part of his career, attempted to keep the oppo-sition from hitting the ball by throw-ing It so fast the batters couldn't see tt He succeeded quite well. That may sound like wild exagger-ation, but tt Isn't. I can truthfully ssy that Walter Johnaon Is the only pitcher who ever caused me to blink behind my heavy iron mask. His speed In the early days waa so great that every now and then, much to my disgust I would And myself closing my eyes and calling tbetn. That's a first time confession. However, It never caused any trou-ble, as the batsman was doubly hand-icapped when pitted against John-son. Ee not only bad to follow the Walter Johnson. flight of the ball, but also hit It Ev-ery now and then after calling a strike on a batter with Johnson pitching, be would turn and say to me: "What was that laat one, B11L a fast one or a curve?" Such a query usu-ally brought a look of Indignation from me. Then the batter would In-variably reply : "I'm not kidding or kicking. I real-ly didn't see the last one and I was wondering whether It was a fast one or curve." Having wrung such 'an admission of Ignorance from the batsman, I would proceed to tell him what I thought It was without any tear of contradiction. If I happened to blink on the same ball and had no better Idea of the pitch than the batter, I still had the edge. Charley Street first caught Johnson In the Majors and Is regarded by Wal-ter as the greatest catcher of all time. For practically three years he called for nothing but fast balls from Johnson. When opposing batters asked him where Johnson's curve was, he Invariably answered: Why use the hook when you boys can't see the fast one?" ' The batters, tearful of Johnson's great speed, would have much pre-ferred looking over Johnson's curve after he acquired one. The curve ball, yon know, Is not thrown with nearly so much speed. What are the superlatives of base-ball aa I have seen them In the Ma-jors over a score of years? What are the greatest pitching feats of various sorts that have come under my obser-vation? What would I class as the greatest batting feat? What plays In the field Impressed me most? I will try to enumerate them as they appear to me. The umpire, watching the different teams perform day In and day out, year after year, sees many unusual things. I have officiated In more than 3.000 major league games and more than 50 world series contests. If I touched briefly on the many events worthy of mention, I could fill a large-size- d volume. ((5 by th Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ROGERS HORNSBY IS GREAT HITTER Alexander Gave Him First . Hit Out of Sympathy. Rogers nornsby Is a great hitter. He has been the Rajah of the National league for years and led that organiza-tion In batting often. let the first hit he ever got In the big show was given to him out of sheer sympathy. Alexander was the pitcher who handed that sympathetic sock to the Rajah. ' 'This kid broke In against us In St Louis," said the Nebraskan, "and I was pitching when he did. The first couple of times he didn't do anything. On hla third trip up I said to KUlefer: "'Here's a kid breaking in, let's band him one.' " " 'All right,' said Kll, 'go ahead.' So I stuck one straight over and he bit a double. He certainly gave me plenty of trouble after that But he wasn't my toughest No, sir, the tough-est gent I ever faced wos Jimmy Arch-er, the old Cuba catcher. I waa his 'cousin' all right "He didn't hit more than about 240, but he could hit me. I pitched them high and low, In and out fast ball and curve, but he hit everything. When-ever he saw roe getting ready to pitch he used to kick bis heels In the air and laugh right In my face. "I finally said: Darned if I'm going to tire myself out trying to pitch to him.' 8o I Just stuck It over and took a chance." An Innovation has been Introduced by the Chicago (111.) publisher, John C. Baur, who sponsors the Review fu-turity, and the nominators to the 1930 colt futurity will assent to racing the event of 1933 nnder the handicap sys-tem. Heretofore It has happened that one or two colts have stood out over the other colts and have bad easy sail-ing to trim their fields. It Is now proposed to handicap the youngsters that have an edge on the others In point of speed, and the top colts or the ones that have shown superiority will be compelled to take so many feet or yards handicap, while the others will start from the scratchf The system will be used extensively this season In classes arranged for the aged trotting horse division. Loyola university of Los Angeles has Just Insured Tom Lleb against death or accident for $30,000. Thia, with Lleb's three-yea- r contract at a re-ported salary of $12,000 a year, shows how highly Loyola values the services of Its new football coach, who, less than a year ago, was drawing $5,600 as line coach at the University of Wis-consin. A Chicago writer thinks tennis Is Billy because "a 200 pound runs around screaming Twenty love.' " And yet, If a fellow watches tennis long enough to know there Is no "Twenty love" In It, he often finds It attractive. Another sign of Impending, If not actual middle age, Is a growing dis-position to postpone the baseball pen-nant prophecy until August or there-after. Tennis was evolved from a game In-troduced to sportsmen of Nahant Mass, in 1873, called sphlrlstike. which two young men had learned from a British officer who had adapted It from medieval French game. J. T. "Jimmy" Sheckard. famous member of the Chicago Cubs of anoth-er decade, will pilot the Franklin and Marshall college nine through a stren-uous schedule this spring. Sheckard, regarded by many critics as the greatest left-fleld- of all times, lost no time In calling his first prac-tice. Barry Wood, Harvard's famous ten-nis and football star, whose forward passing shook up Michigan quite a bit In the big game, which, however, the Wolverines won at Ann Arbor last fall, la out for the Harvard Infield. Lnst year be played short and hit over .400, but tills year be may play any one of the bases. Ben Ticknor, center and captain of the Crimson eleven for nsxt year, plays center field on the ball team, and Is a mighty hitter. Don Moe, University of Oregon golf captain, will enter all the major golf tournaments of the United States and England, after competing for the Unit-ed States Walker cup team at the Royal St George's course In Sandwich, England, May 15 and 10. The Web-fo- ot captain, who holds the western amateur title, will withdraw from the Eugene college at the end of the win-ter term. He will spend a mouth In Portland, Ore., practicing. Out of a total roster of about 4,000 male students at the University of Washington, all but 230 are actively engaged In some form of Intercol-legiate nr Intramural athletics. Sport Mates Joe Tinker will act aa both coach and business manager of the Buffalo club. Jack Qulnn, forty d Ath-letic burler, expects to keep on pitch-ing until he's fifty. e The Lehigh university Ave elected Warren H. "Buck" Schaub to captain the team next season. Judge Emit Fucbs, president of the Braves, has arranged to have a band concert before every game this sea-son. Almost any possible solution of the argument following the Sharkey-Scot- t fight would be agreeable, except fight-ing It over. The Michigan School for the Blind has a football team that playa high school elevens under regular rules, ex-cept for the fact that forward passes are barred. Charley Moran, one of the National league umpires who officiated In the world series, Is considered among the best Judges of bunting dogs In the United States. Al Thomas, White Sox pitcher, worked 25 complete games In the laat part of the American league season of 1928 and the first part of 1929 sea-son before be had to be taken out of the box. BUI Klein has completed his twenty-fift- h year as a National league um-pire and bas officiated In 14 world se-ries. He claims to have worked In baseball games In everyone of the states. The American Athletic anion has 29 district associations throughout the United States. The Metropolitan Dis-trict association, embracing New York city and vicinity, Is the largest with 206 member clubs. John Owen of Pttchburg, Mass., and Thomas F. Howard of Forest Hills, N. Y have been elected of the Weslcyan basketball team for 1930-3- L A freshman who never played bas-ketball before this season Is the only rookie sure to advance to the Univer-sity of Maryland squad next winter. Lundgren Gets Ready i i I fkJL' ii - I Coach Carl Lundgren of the Illinois university baseball team bas his men In good shape to start on the annual southern training trip. A winner Is looked for this season. He Is Ed Melvln, described as 6 feet a clever shot natural guard and a heads-D-p player. J. L. Coffey of the Port Angeles Gun club won the premier honors among United States handicap trap shooters during 1929. with an average of .9480 on 500 targets from the 23 and d lines. Basketball coaches ef the six lead-ing colleges In New York city, Colum-bia, New York university, Fordham, City college, Manhattan and St John's, were all born and bred In the me-tropolis. Although he has been Injured fre-quently during his lengthy hockey ca-reer, Roy Worters, goalie for the New York Rangers, has been Incapacitated to the extent of remaining on the sld lines only once. Otis Crandall, famous pitcher, was deprived of an opportunity to entet the no-lil-t, no-ru- n ranks years age while playing for Los Angeles against Salt Lake City when bis brother Karl scored a scratch bit with two out In the ninth Inning. St. Mark'a, Venic, Restored St Mark'a of Venice, Italy, la the first of the three national cathedrals of Euorpe to be restored. Workmen have Just completed their task of 20 years In making It safe for use. The cathedral was built In 1003, and decorated and faced with marble by the Venetians after the fall of The structure was very weak, however, and large cracks ap-peared In the walla. Workmen have been filling In the cracks, repairing the vault and replacing the damaged stones and mortar with concrete. The other cathedrals being restored are St Paul's In London, and that at Mayence, Germany. Cheap Oil From Shale The Swedish navy may be Inde-pendent of oil Importation In the fu-ture, thanks to recent developments of shale oil deposits on the moun-tain of KInnekulle, In the central province of Veatergothland. By means of a new method Invented by Sven V. Bergh, a Swedish engineer, It Is now possible to produce In thirty-f-our hours between two and three, tons of fuel oil out of sixty tons of shale at a price considerably below the present market price of Import-ed oil. AU't It the Truth? "Some people thirst after fame, others after wealth, others after love," said the romantic young man, with a algh. The object of his affections waa not in the same mood, however. "And there Is something ail peo-ple thirst after," she said. 'Test" asked the lover, eagerly. "Salt fish!" Hurrah! "I can't remember the words of new song," said the girl, returning from the show. "That makes It easier," answered her father. "Now all you've got to do to make home happy Is to forget the tune." London TIt-Blt- Insulted Rolls Tlnpan's still mad over the theft of his flivver, even after they caught and convicted the thief. Spin That's 'cause the Jury con-victed him of petty larceny. De-troit News. The barrenest of all mortals Is the sentimentalist Carlyle. Don't Like Swaying Homes Apartment houses In the form of g towers now are the vogue for homes among wealthy New Yorkers. Charles Drlscoll tells of one such tower In which apartments near the top rent for $00,000 each. But high winds make the tower sway so violently that tenants who are not good sailors complain of seasickness. The result Is vacant apartments and a new rental problem. Capper's Weekly. Safety Airplane Appliance Hazards of airplane landing In dense fogs may be eliminated by a y landing beam" being perfected by Dr. J. H. Delllnger, bu-reau of standards. The beam will not only lead a pilot to the landing field, but will enable him to "slide down" for the actual landing. National Foreata Sixty per cent of the 138,000,000 acres (exclusive of Alaska) in the 150 national forests In the United States Is usable for pasturing domestic stock, raised on the farms and ranches In the national forest states. One School That Pitcher Shealy Missed on Way Up Some people can get a big kirk out of funny occurrences when they can make themselves the butt of their own Jokes. This Is true In the case of Harry Nelly, one of Chicago's well known baseball writers. Recently the Cubs signed a young baseball pitcher named Al Shealy, and on some sort of author-ity In the East Harry printed the news that the youn chop was a grad-uate of the Ward-Belmo- college. The young man himself wrote Harry a short time later to Inform hlra that he hadn't even been able to get to first hase In that collego. or even approach It since It was a achool for girls only. And Hurry backed down as grace-foll-aa b could Eitteddfod la Ag.d The age of the famous Welsh Eis-teddfod no one knows. Certainly It Is older than the throne of Great Britain. It Is more than 700 years since the Welsh people first held a competition la their own language. |