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Show SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1952 TOE JOURNAL Pace 7 SPORTUGHT FARM TOPICS 257 Carloads of Calves Shoeless Joe Was A Diamond Natural By GRANTLAND RICE NEW YORK No other game has turned out as many odd or different characters as baseball has fur nished. The list of distinct personalities is a long one. I mean such players as Dizzy Dean, Germany Schaefer, Rube Waddell, Ossie Schreck, Larry McLean, Babe Herman and many others. One of these was Shoeless Joe Jackson, who died recently. Shoeless Joe (Oh, the brave song his black bat sung") v as on the quieter side. But the Carolina Crashsmith was always a good story. There was the time Joe, lifetime average .356, reported to some small team in East Tennessee. Some time ago, Hyder Barr related the about Jacksons following yarn first game there. The ball park was terrible, Barr said. It was full of rocks. broken glass and old cans. Finally after the fourth in-'11 ning Jackson came back to the bench and said he was through. He was playing barefoot he hit over .400 brought him small increases. 1 doubt that Jackson ever got over $4,500 a year, and most of the time be played for less. This Isnt as much as a big league rookie gets today. It wasnt too hot for a .410 hitter. Charlie Dryden, one of the great baseball writers of all time, certainly the most humorous one, found Jackson an endless source of copy. Joe didnt read too smoothly, Dryden said one day. So when he got a letter from his wife Joe used to chuckle as he pretended to read. Then hed slip me the letter and Want to read something say, funny? Id read it back but frequently it wasnt anything to laugh at, like asking for dough. Ty Cobb one day told me a tragic story about Jackson. They had been good friends in the major leagues. Long after Ty was through with baseball he dropped by Greenville where Jackson lived. Cobb talked a few minutes about various unimportant things- - Finally he said: Dont you know me, Joe? Im Ty Cobb. Yes, I know you, Ty, Jack-so- n said. 'But I didnt think anyone I used to know would want to recognize me again. Joe Jackson took a small amount of gambling money, largely because he knew he had been far underpaid. I dont believe he ever threw a game in that series and I saw them all. To me he was a great hitter and a good guy. Shown At Feeder Sale; Net $1 Million A record 257 carloads of feeder calves sold for well over a million dollars at the 7th annual Chicago Feeder Cattle Show and Sale, held at the Chicago Stock Yards. Largest feeder cattle event in the nation, the expanding show and sale entry list exceeded last years record by over a hundred carloads. It also pointed up the expanding beef industry and the interest in improved breeding. The grand champion carload of feeder calves in the show were exhibited by veteran cattleman Fred asked. Rocks and glass hurting your feet? Naw, Shoeless Joe said. But theyre fuzzin up the ball so much I cant throw it. Cobb, Ruth and Speaker each told me on radio interviews that Jackson was by all odds the greatest natural hitter that ever lived. Joe batted left-hande- d. I decided to copy Jackson, Ruth told me one day, because he looked more like a good hitter than anyote else. I couldnt copy Ty Cobbs hand action because Ty was looking more for basehits than for power. Jackson stood with his feet fairwide apart, his right foot shoved ly forward and the left foot back of the right. This gave him a good turn to start with. I changed this a little. I kept my feet closer together. 1 could get more leverage that way. But I was also more easily caught I had off balance by a than more trouble with never had He much had. Joe ever trouble with anybody. left-hande- r. left-hande- rs Jackson and Money Shoeless Joe was never a big spender, but no man was more underpaid. He used to sew a ten or a twenty dollar bill in the lining of his coat, to be sure he had some cash when needed. The years where THE STOCK IN TRADE FICTION CORNER By SAMS pride, his independent disand almost belligerent position were his stock in trade. Everyone said so. They were responsible for his success as a real estate agent. He always said what he thought, regardless of the conHe sequences. no quarter gave and asked none. But he always kept his word. Thats why people tolerated him. And now hed fallen in love with Audrey Gardner. Audrey was a mamas girl. She depended on her mother for everything. It was alOf course, ways: Yes, mama. if dear. Well, you think mother, Sams under It mama. got its best, or a skin. A yes-ma- n denoted a weak character, a spineless, shallow individuality. But he had to take it and like it if he was going to have Audrey. He wanted Audrey. Thats why he swallowed and suppressed. Secretly he was disgusted with himself for doing so. After the wedding they went to live in a cottage close by where Audreys mother lived. Audreys mother came over every day. She made suggestions; she issued commands. The dining room should be done in blue, the living room furniture was atrocious, the bedrooms were cold and barren. Everything should be changed. It was. Sam ground his teeth and said nothing. And when he tried to sell a building lot to a bridal couple they werent very impressed. They grunt- yes-wom- ONE NWO'Sp'wT-LEADE- MAHONEY imt OF THE CLEVELAND BROWNS, HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETED PASSES IN ONE SEASON FOR 2000 YARDS FAMOUS . mm . GREYHOUND RACER, HOLDS FOUR OUT OF THE SEVEN AMERICAN DOG RACING RECORDS.' Mr. and Mrs. Fred DeBerard pose with their blocky Hereford calves that were judged grand champion carload of the Chicago Feeder Cattle Show and Sale. Hum. and said: Well, well talk it over. And went home. Sam was wild. Hed never let a prospect walk out on him like ed and stalled that. It happened a second time and a third. It began to look as if to Sams business were going pot. Three months passed. Sams business was on the brink of disaster. He had not sold a single piece of property since his marriage. He began to wish that he didnt love Audrey, that he could stop loving her. C. DeBarard A of Kremmling, Col. Wanatah, Indiana, cattle feeder, bought DeBerards blocky prizewinning Herefords for ''5 per cwt. The grand champion calves averaged 428 pounds. The auction brought an average of $42.11 per cwt. for 257 loads of cattle, $4.69 per cwt higher than last years average. The average weight was 485 pounds. Sales totaled $1,050,633. home one evening Steer calves, numbering 132 loads, HEto returned find that Mrs. Gardener had average $46.48 per cwt. while 50 spent the afternoon with Audrey. carloads of heifer calves averaged She had come over for a purpose. The purpose was to rearrange and do over the small room off the living . room Sam used for an office and study. Every other room in the house reflected the personality and ideas of Audreys mother. The study had been left until last. Sam stood on the threshold and stared. His desk had been moved. Papers which he had left on top of it were swept into the waste basket. Pink drapes hung from the windows. The wall was decorated with a picture of a cherub. There as a floor lamp with pinkish frills hanging from its shade. Slowly, then more rapidly a fierce anger mounted in Sam. Sane reasoning fled from his brain. He whirled. His eyes fell on the triumphant, pompous countenance of Mrs. Gardener. He raised a trembling forefinger and pointed it at her nose. Jo DOCTOR GRAHAM 54.6 an R 0TT0 ALMOST Richard Hill Wilkinson C0LL,t,-- NO In the outlook for meat animals, may be a pivotal year when new or modified trends in meat pro- -' duction take place, experts report. The present low slaughter rate and large farm inventories are setting the stage for a substantial increase in slaughter in future years. The big question is how soon and what its price effect will be? In all probability cattle slaughter will increase in 1952 for the first time in five years. 1952 SIPORTSCOIPIE he pro consumption of lamb and mutton was the lowest on record only slightly over 3 pounds per person. A little more pork may be on the market in the first seven or eight months-o- f 1952 than in 1951, but production for the last part of the year may be somewhat smaller. Americans will also probably eat more chicken and turkey. Production of turkeys for 1952 may exceed 1951 level, but outthe record-hig- h put of chicken is expected to be about the same. Experts Forecast Greater Cattle Slaughter in 1952 y Whats the matter? the manager eaten by the average American is expected to go up slightly. Last year : Get out! he said, his voice like a threatening wind sweeping down from the mountains and growing ever louder. Get out before I break your domineering neck! Mrs. Gardener gasped. She started to speak.. Get out! roared Sam. Get out! Do you hear? Apparently Mrs. Gardener heard. She gasped again, but made no effort to speak. Instead, her eyes wide with apprehension, she, backed toward the door and disappeared, forgetting her hat, parasol and hand bag. These items, however, overtook her as she was sprinting down the walk. Sam banged shut the door and leaned against it, breathing heavil? Slowly, very slowly the significance of what he had done struck home. He had lost Audrey (and he loved her) but there was a warm glow of satisfaction inside of him. Audrey stood in front of him. Audrey said: Well, my goodness, its about time you showed a little gumption, i had begun to think Id married a freak. I mean, a man without a spine!" The next week Sam sold five house lots. $44.15 per cwt. Americans May Eat More Meat in Next 12 Months The average American may eat even more meat and poultry in 1952 than in 1951, if advance production figures are any indication. d. Rolland Anderson, 17, of According to a forecast of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, H 111., clnb member, is meat production this year may be shown with his 250 pound bar-ro-w Poland China hog which was large enough to provide an average of 144 pounds per person as comadjudged junior champion at the 1951. in 52nd Annual Livestock Exposipared with'Mlpounds Most of the meat increase will be tion in Chicago. in beef and veal. Much of the step-u- p in beef will be in medium and Early Bread lower grades, although some of it The ancient Romans thought so, probably will be in the better grades highly of bread that they passed of grain-fe- d cattle. strict laws to see that the weight The amount of lamb and mutton of this basic food was exact. Le-lan- 4-- HOW toEMO HlP BOOTS, If BY HAROLD ARNETT HUNG UP ON A WIRE COAT HANGER, AS SHOWN, WILL NOT CRACK WHILE DRYING OUT. THEY SHOULD BE HUNG IN A COOL DRY PLACE. . |