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Show V THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH Tuesday, April 4, 1950 SPORTLIGHT PAGE SEVEN inwnss Cy Reds, Cubs Will Wage Cellar Fight GRANTLAND RICE SOME YEARS AGO when the Louis Browns were supto be sinking for the last posed out time beyond the tow rope Luke Sewell took them over and won a pennant. It was a war year, but after all the Browns were still the Browns. In Now the wake of Bucky Walters, a great the ballplayer, same Luke Sewell has the job J;rD By of to Grantland Rice Uf attempting Clncinnatjs Reds out of the quicksands. No one expects Luke Sewell to lift the 1950 Reds into any pen nant, but if be can keep them out of last place, he deserves at least one cheer. The Reds are now linked near the bottom with the Cubs and Pirates. In a desperate struggle last fall they beat the Cubs by a single game to escape eighth place. "The general opinion seems to be that the Reds will have another hard fight for the cellar with the Cubs," Luke Sewell tells you. "That could happen ..and there is also a good chance tha? we can be better than that. For example, just suppose a young fellow by the name of Ewell Blackwell begins winning again. That not only could happen I think it will happen. So does Blackwell who looks better than he has looked in some years. You can see what a difference a winner would make to our We club. had an winner In Ken Raffensberger last year and we drew some pretty fair pitching from Herman Wehmeier and a few others. But if Black-we- ll goes well again it will lift the morale of our entire club." So we turned to the human - eucalytus tree, height 6 feet 6 inches, and discovered he was carrying over 200 pounds of solid-lookiflesh. Blackwell is the pitcher who shows you the ball four times in his delivery and then hides it four times. As one hostile batter expressed it "Facing him at bat is, like having a tall tree fall on you. The balls on top of you before you know ft. In addition to which the Fresno Rope has his full share of stuff, when right. In 1947, he won 16 games in a row with the Reds and fanned 193 men. He also game pitched in succession a no-h- it and eight innings of another spotless affair. "I feel great," Blackwell 20-ga- 18-ga- ng -- tells you. "Ive got back all the weight I lost and my arm trouble is all gone." It would be a big thing for the Reds if this tall workman could s of what he only regain had three years ago. He is only 27 with many big years ahead. -- two-third- The Bed Roundup Lou Klein will add strength to the infield and Ron Northey should help the outfield. Sewell also has high hopes from Harry Perkowski, the tall from Syracuse. For a while it began to look as if the Reds were trying to build up an football squad. They first picked Ted Kluszewski from Bo MC- left-hand- er an SHORT from StanKluszewski fords had a big year last season, batting .309, but Merriman fell to .230, which needs some improvement this season. Anyway young Merriman speaks very highly of Stanfords 1950 football team which is already listening to Rose Bowl whispers. It isnt an easy matter to dig yourself out of a deep spot in the second division but the Reds are like several other teams trying to look ahead," continued Sewell. "Weve finished in seventh place two years running now and we hope to move up this year. Lloyd Merriman backfield. THE THR EESOM SHORT STORY By Richard H. Wilkinson Janice thought as A she brought her roadster It to a halt, "has possibilities. cant be that he lives here. He stood just inside the picket fence six feet of tall leaness. Fair hair. Blue eyes. Bespeaking the easy arrogance of youth. He wore a blue cotton shirt and blue denim jeans. "You're not Janice Burdon?" he said. And then at her expression: "Heavens, you are! Why couldnt Aunt Bertha have warned me?" Is Aunt Bertha your aunt, too? My real aunt. You only call her auntie because shes a close friend of your mother. That makes us he not cousins, added with frank relief. Janice rescued her suitcase from the rumble seat. "This is like one of those things you read about," he grinned, taking it from her. He studied her with honest approval. "And I thought my vacation was going to be one of those dull, uninteresting things." Minutes later Janice faced her Aunt Bertha in the bed chamber over the front parlor. "Oh, Auntie, why didnt you tell me he was going to be here? 1 didnt bring a thing. Not a thing, except my shorts, two cotton dresses and a bathing suit. "Who? Aunt Bertha asked innocently. "Phil? LancTsakes, dont worry about him. He dropped in rrnHAT Mlllins Indiana team a football star and then grabbed MAN, 3... TZ By JOE SIS' MAHONEY unexpectedly yesterday and announced he was here for two weeks. Hes a dear boy. Youll like him. The next day Janice accompanied Phil up to the north pasture and watched him prune apple trees. T thought this was your vacation, she said after awhile. "It is," he told her. "I like working on my vacations out doors." He pointed away over the fields. Some day Id like to see all those fields set out to apple trees." Two days ago she wouldnt have believed him. She was city bom and city bred. To her a farm had always symbolized hard work and a poor living, bugs and snakes and hot days in the sun, long lonely evenings. Even the thought of a farm had made her shudder. She wondered about Phil. He claimed to be a law firm member on vacation. It occurred to her that for a lawyer he was mighty skillful handling pruning clippers. And his knowledge of farming was pro- THE BOB zu ppkb: GREAT FORMER COACH OF THE U.CF ILLINOIS, WAS AN ARTIST ON THE GRIDIRON AND NOW IS THE SAME OFF. RETIRED, HE HAS GAINED FAME FROM THE PAINTINGS THAT COME ' FROM HIS EASEL.' ' Sally Forrest , Keefe Brasselle Got Big 'Break' in 'Not Wanted ' By INEZ GERHARD "You mean you're not leaving? Youre staying here?" - - He nodded.Tm - going - to - try and raise apples. Auntie and I are going to be partners. This fall Ill sell what we baveand next spring set out new trees. He picked up her hand. "Honey, lets make it a threesome. I know its a lot to ask," he added wistfully. "A city girl like you. Itll be dull. But eventually "I could chip In my roadster," Janice cried excitedly. "Its all I have, but it ought to bring $500. IIow many apple trees can you buy with $500, darling? "Enough, said Phil, reading her eyes, "to keep from being lonesome I guess. Co- vv ' .. , - , I i X ' V . DAY of their they knocked off . fer - v f SECOND wastoo late. "The Brave Bolls,' lombia, but lost out because he SALLY FORREST and Keefe was too young. Now appearing are so enthusiastic to had with Frederic March on Broadabout Ida Lupino that they be prodded into talking about way, he got a Columbia contract anyway. themselves at our interview. Both got their big breaks in Idas "Not Wanted" and "Never Fear, (Eagle Four of the six Academy Award Lion), thanks to her preference nominees for "Champion are set for casting her films without in to team again with Stanley Kramer on- "Cyrano de Bergerac, in late summer. Kramer or early ' ' spring if as Jose Ferrer for "Cyrano, I wants Elizabeth Taylor for "Roxanne. ' early and went for a swim. The third day they played tennis. The fourth Aunt Bertha packed them a lunch and they drove to Monnt Carter, climbed to Its summit and watched a glorious sunset while nibbling delicious sandwiches. On the second Saturday following her arrival she was with Phil. They had climbed Mount Carter again, had sat for long, silent moments watching the afterglow of a blood-re- d sunset. Unexpectedly Phil said: "Well its gone. And our vacation has goneT" Tonight" winds up the" two weeks. "Theres always an end to nice things," she told him evasively. "There doesnt have to be. he went on Ever... Listen, "I gave yon the wrong eagerly. ..impression about myself. Im not a successful lawyer. I never should have tried to be a lawyer. Thank heavens I realized the mistake before It j STAR DUST found. 1 IN 10 YEARS OF PRO HOCKEY, HAD 378 STITCHES TAKEN, BROKE HIS BACK, HIP AND COLLARBONE, HAD ALMOST EVERY -TOOTH KNOCKED OUT, BROKE HIS NOSE 14 TIMES, HAD BOTH EYEBALLS SPLIT OPEN AND HIS LEFT EAR TORN OFF-LE- FT HANGING BY JUST A THREAD. "CIcrenc. always lias that shsepish grin on his lacs Marian Mosdick, playing an In-- , dian squaw in "My Friend Irma Goes West, doesnt speak a line. In Director Henry Levlnc first hit The Mating of Millie," removed her shoes Keyes Evelyn scene. a in key - . Repeating the ef' V fective hit, Levin had Barbara i f Hale slip hers off in "Jolson Sings Again; the picture was a terrific SALLY FORREST hit Now, as "hit insurance for "The Petty Girl, Levin has had sisting on big names. Sally, now Joan Caulfield kick off her shoes 20, had three years as assistant before she goes into her Calypso director at Metro, playing small dance routine. parts; Keefe had more picture experience and plenty of heartJack- - Sqilth, Dinah Chore breaks. Following "Never Fear" and Margaret Whiting recently he was given a supporting role in Invited listener to request old Paramounts "An American Tragsongs for them to sing ca their" edy. But Sally and Keefe were CE3 show. They really celebrating in New York both had been signed to long conpromptly got more than 1,056 tracts by requests for "Old Black Joe and "Swanee from youngsters. Jane Greer wanted an operatic career until. In her teens, she saw her twin brother, Donn, play the Surplus U.S. army air forces lead in a little theatre play. She breastplates,, made to turn antiswitched to the movies, and he be- aircraft shrapnel, were convertcame a commercial artist But ed by Columbia armorers into meeither Janes success or a liking dieval breastplates; theyre worn for acting made him swing over to by men-at-arin the John Derek-Dian- a her side; he makes his film debut Lynn "Rogues of Sherwood In RKOs "The Wall Outside, in Forest" which she " with' LIzabeth Scott ODDS AND ENDS . . . When proArthur Klein appeared on ducer James Stewart Is really playing Robert Qr Lewis "The Show Goes a supporting role in "Winchester On program on CBS he displayed 73, with the historicTWinchester, a photostatic copy of A1 Jolson's often described as the "rifle that contract with the Dockstader Minwon the West as the star,. He Show for $150 per week . . . strel wins it in a shooting match; its your friends by telling them stolen, lost at poker, stolen again, Stump OBrien has just celewith Stewart after it all the way. Margaret brated her 85th birthday and then Shelly Winters is the girl involved explain that you mean Pat OBriens with' Stewart in this super-westerAll of the snowballs mother But the gun is more Important used in Warner Bros, pictures, they are made of pineapple shersay, Rick Jason was considered bet for the starring' role of "Luis Released by CTND Features Bello in Robert Rossens . ' X e jI big five-a-we- ek M-G-- co-sta- rs ... n. ! 7 |