OCR Text |
Show Sport Shorts of Sports V-AiHg Victory Lvhtens U. S. LiisOutlook I0BERT McSHANE 0 jure of themselves today the many calamity howlers tearful farewell to the States' Davis Cup chances Budge, latter-da1 Donald the tennis courts, turned y 0 sad, unhappy time for when Bodge of a $75,000 tennis Amateur Lparsntee. Iftited States, they croaked V was " washed op. Bodge Cenly star worthy of the only man who could give nntry a fighting chance for olest of all tennis honors, e jecent Wimbledon tourna-pvthe prophets of disaster Bobby Riggs, rjc setback. d't No. 1 disciple of tennis, ti Elwood Cooke, another finals A in the land's great court show. The was nip and tuck for five od then Riggs won out. a inherited the No. 1 position Those experts who I. Donald. Wimbledon matches debit he is a much Improved finals in-- i The that Cooke is pretty close to the No. 2 racketer, ranking a C of followers to the lure i I rny the plate before each game and presents the lineup to the chief umpire tor this he is paid 5227 daily The 20 first stringers on Northwestern' lira footaU squad com- ILL - 1l4 piled a B average in ... liJ- rlsin-nn- wilt hard-foug- ADVENTURERS' CLUB of which madeCoach Lynn Waldorf happy . . According tn y Luke Sewell. veteran American 1 e a e u catcher. Charley Lynn Waldorf Gehringer of Detroit and Luke Appling of the White Sox are the hardest A. L. players to pitch to . . . Lefty Grove's son expects to enter Duke university this fall . . . Boston baseball scribes say the Red Sox aren't on top because other clubs in the league use second-strinpitchers against the Yanks, Boston . . . Lighted pools against for at night and in your own neighborhood is a commercial venture being tried in various parts of the country . . . Gordon Drillon, outstanding Toronto hockey forward, is also a fine softball player . . . Rowing is the oldest intercollegiate sport in the United States EVERYBODY: A. Kollins of Decatur, 111., is a refrigerator rerepairman, and he knows the ins and outs of mechanical them makes what frigerating systems and can tell you just go. all-st- ar lfaiara Sfaat Market 600 Locker Cold Storage Syatem. All modern equipment, located thriving agriculture and collet town. ISO feet from auper hlwaya. Coat teaao SlS.SOO to tnatall. Lons. on building. Will trade for bonda. cash, or Bern MS. real eatate. Peoplaa Market, Saleat. Oregea. Owner 1U. low-pric- John learned that business with an eye to making his Well Mannered bread and butter out of it. But there came a time when To. have faithfully studied the lie had to use every doggone bit of the knowledge he had honorable arts, softens the man ners and keeps them free from acquired to save his life. But, in the end, it was a penKniie mat saved xne aay. harshness. Ovid. Without it, all of John's technical skill would have been of little use in the battle aeainst the icy breath of doom KILL ALL FLIES which he and his helper found themselves fighting. John's rTTiTlT.rrilai anil atUa" n knowledge told him what not to do, but knowing wnat noi Guaranteed, eflntUe, Neat. Cannot toill eoriTMUent to do isn't enough when death is clamping down and slowly WlllDot oUorlnJimurtnlDC. wringing the life out of you. It all happened in Springfield, 111. On March 31, 1936, John Kollins was called over there to make some repairs in the refrigerating plant of the Morris Fish Market. He got 7k attlaM aaaaaa gUMK From to late August most of America expects its warmest weather, although the sun has already started its return trip to the southern hemisphere. But enterprising and uninhibited Americans have found many nays to escape the heat. For example: In Detroit (above) sweltering citizens congregate around spraying hydrants. This method is most popular in New York's tenement district. Right: A happy, young lady indulges in a distinctly American summer treat. in the morning with his helper, and they worked hard all day on the Job. g tern The market had several cooler rooms carrying went down fish that a called one and freezer, room, sharp peratures to 10 or 15 degrees below zero when the machinery was worKing. Evening was coming on, and still their Job wasn't finished. The market had closed and every one had gone home before John finally got the machinery working properly. He still had to test It, though, and he turned the controls on full and he and his helper climbed out of the basement and went up through the big, empty market to the sharp freezer room to see how rapidly the machine was bringing the temperature down. mid-Jul- y all-sta- OPPORTUNITY HELLO g ht or roar eaolea of 16 Brtnta wlitmt Bluwrnaau tte oola Bapriau leaa. Breatfi of Doom' t.,. Coaches' Choice PHOTOGRAPHY ROUS DEVELOPED a nrtata HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF FEOFLE LIKE YOUSSEIFI ... 1 -- t. RUIK, BJ XfHEN coaches of the National Football league announced their selection of an ideal r football team, they drew both brickbats and bouquets. These widely separated offerings were the result of the coaches' choice for quarterback Sid Luck-ma- n of Columbia. The name Davey O'Brien did not appear. O'Brien of Texas Christian was named "football player of the year" in 1938. He was given a place on every team, and received more publicity than any other two players combined. However, coaches thought he wasn't the man to quarterback their dream team. The Texas Christian star has already signed a professional contract with the Philadelphia Eagles, and officials of that club are not at all reticent in announcing he will set the league on fire. Contemporaries are not agreed on that score. They feel O'Brien is too small for the pro game, and prefer Sid Luckman. O'Brien's record was magnificent But it must be taken into considAeiawC eration that his passing was done 'ilk behind the greatest line of last year. BOBBT RIGGS Luckman operated behind one of the ital higher than be did a year weakest Luckman is the more vermen he was considered just satile passer of the two. Davey n good tennis player. Twelve throws a fast pass, and Luckman i ago Elwood was not consld-rriousl- y is more on the Friedman order, as Davis Cup timber, changing pace and distance to suit u held in such low esteem the occasion. Sid, bigger and sturat brass bats did not think dier, is physically more suited to the of him to send him across rigors of professional football. Viand with Miss Marble, Miss k Mrs. Palfrey and Riggs. rave him boat fare and told b shift for GRIPPO. manager of himself. Mclio Bettina, has added a new wrinkle to the honored Not 'Greatest' b. of course, hasn't been list- - profession of pugilism. Jimmy is the proud possessor of an "evil eye." the greatest player who ever sleight-of-han- d N at Wimbledon. Which is A genuine hypnotist and demonstrated expert, Grippo in pable that it was said novel training technique recently Don Budge, Fred Perry and his in Bettina's camp at Beacon, N. Y. prth Vines. It was also said Before every fight he hypnotises his Henri Cochet, BUI Thompson man, thereby giving him the courany Wilding. anteit is also true that this year's age of a lion, the speed of an r. and the punch of a ledon match left one thing to lope red. Baron Gottfried von All in all, Melio is a very dangerous citizen when transfixed with his P. who defeated Riggs 0 Queen's club tournament, is manager's evil eye. Even his manired by many to be the best ager will admit that. w of Von Grippo isn't fooling about the bentoday's game. p did not play at Wimbledon, eficial effects he says hypnotism has per United States hopeful is e Parker. I ,4 V Remember him? years ago he looked to be a good tennis player. Experts I. Not So Hot! Weather's W arm But These People Know Tricks OU GEHRIG S daily stint He merely w;: .s to - isn't hard. r there early below-freezin- ' $ jv Find Catch Broken on Freezer Door. When they got to the freezer door, John noticed again that the catch was broken. There was an old pair of ice tongs hanging nearby, to open it in case it stuck. He had seen that before, and By Deeds upright minister asks, what recommends a man; a corrupt minister, who. C. C. Colton. An By burning 25 slower than the average of the 15 other brands of the largest-sellin- g tested-slothan any of wer give smokers the equivalent of them CAMELS mr miSimmm&.w0!.WM.)if.mKimm,inwmmrq "'lit J Fistic Svengali pile-drive- 6-- 0 n$i " 1 I M I PlPi I I iyilf&v fftygr$kf, Above: On the beach near Vs irf Jrmi Professor f North Carolina State college kept co ast summer making a uheat survey" from various u "' levels of New York's lofty Em- " pire State building. He is shown here testing OSLr his new "prophesying" instrument. According "Cc to Professor Heck, heat , rayj rising from the &J earth are absorbed by S ' moisture in the air and y Most then C heat suffer en don't fe ,4f y , fkj. kni fiV ' ' ' $X' W(A- j JczzJS' "" - - M '' . Jt' " fagj 1 ' ' A iaIW ' Mi 'fi 1t'i y 1 II 'LJSi. w(' that if Frank could Dolish forehand he would be near fc But that forehand didn't x acquire much polish. Sev F "ec s ' MgWJ'' j?&t&p 6-- 'a' not so bad. Left: Cnarlp$ i f- Glucester' Mass another lady finds the temperature of 94 ': care 1 but that's science for you. tzCr ' 1 enths ago experts were all PPPing him. He had lost to t Seabright Hunt trounced f Rye, and last year he took Ptings from Budge and Brom- His forehand was still the f any ranking American omes renorts from the WmI fuker has at last discovered His forehand has definite-prove- d. Going out to Califor- F discarded his old style and out a new forehand. In Chi. frank won the national clay CnamDionshin. Thn he fj with Gene Mako to win the f from Johnny Doeg "and F sabm, both under considera- F Davis cup action. Not on Scene thing that keeps Davis msiasts from figuring too n an American victory is that Australian hlnvprs elsewhere. And long talia was selected as the Jlace to house the d upied big-eare- jjp. wants the Davis cup and r7 M badly. Von Cramm, who r'ed and imprisoned in Ger- morals charge, is Ukely .orcd to his former social c irlath. uie r,t vcicn. men uermany favorite to win. l chances were aided riys FUlv .i Nwuen mey annexea odds-o- n ...i r'ck Menzel to Herr "'sts. Hitler's Menzel is one of the best fni.i- - . Ver. - . Dmni... HllldKUIS. . whpn Riarre flh i rVtvuunc, CI hammering the ball across anything can happeh. They even win. Only Tool Is Two-Blade- Penknife. d John asked his helper if he had any tools in his pocket The only thing the helper had was a small penknife with two blades. John told him they'd have to try digging their way out with that knife. Anything to keep their minds off the death that was clutching at them one degree at a time. They started hacking away at the plaster that coated the walls, cutting a hole about eight inches in diameter. It didn't take long to cut through the plaster. It was only half an inch thick. But back of that was eight inches of cork. "We took turns digging," says John, "and made progress little by little. But, all this time, the machine was running in the basement and the temperature was going down. It went from five to ten to fifteen below, and our hands became numb as we worked. Then, suddenly, the big blade of the knife broke. John Feels He Is Nearing End. f Ha Then, suddenly, the big blade of the knife broke! made a mental note of it. He had even told his helper to be careful in closing that door behind him. But now, as John walked in, his helper, following behind him, gave the door a thoughtless bang. Locked in! And In a small, cramped room whose temperature was rapidly going down! Going to IS below tero! Not even an Eskimo could live through a night in the open at such a temperature, and John and his helper, dressed in ordinary working clothes, knew that they'd be frosen to death long before morning. "My heart almost failed me right then and there," says John, "but if it hadn't been for my knowledge of the structure of this freezer, we might have died before we even had half a chance to try to get out My helper was all for taking a big block of ice and trying to ram the door down, but I knew better than to try it The door was too strong, and, if we failed to get out on the first try, it would be the end. "I had built this plant eight years before. I knew the ammonia coils would not stand much jarring without springing a leak. And once the ammonia got in, we'd have choked to death before we had a chance to freeze." No that was out. The only thing those two lads could do was cling to straws. They MIGHT Just possibly be alive in the morning. Grippo Goes to Work. He points out that Melio has suffered only one defeat since he began giving him the eye. When this cauliflower Svengali goes to work on his leather-tossin- g Trilby he first puts him to sleep Then he with the old hocus-pocugives him instructions on how to gently massacre his next opponent The black magio worked wonders until one night recently when Melio dropped a decision to Billy Conn for the championship of the 175 pound division. A second match is scheduled for this fall. Only one handicap exists. Bill Brown, New York boxing commissioner, declared that Grippo must do his hexing act before the fighters enter the ring. That eliminates what might be, from the spectator's standpoint an enjoyable double feature. The boxing commission also told Grippo that there could be no more pictures of him hypnotizing boxers. Maybe they're right," said Gripsepo, "they want to keep boxing rious. They don't want it to be like on Bettina. :. s. wrestling." Released by Western Newspaper Union.) ilsr tho heat nt citv and small town families on those hot It'. couple beds feel like blazing infernos.I This Chicago when nights L ' ' . . II rigm aiong anaI covering nu followed the crowd, taking oaoy buggy with mosquito netting untie momer ana aaa spraiviva com for tally on the ground. When daivn peeps over the horizon they I head for home and breakfast. Anno in V- "I sat down and wrote a few words to my wife on the back of one of my cards. I was feeling mighty sleepy, and I knew I was nearing the end. And then out of a clear sky, my helper shook me and said he had a small hole through to the outside." It was just a tiny hole. The one they originally started had narrowed down almost to a point. It did them mighty Little good, but John's helper thought they might try shouting for help. To please his helper, John agreed to try but he knew there was no one in the building, and knew that the chances of any one hearing them from the outside was mighty slim. For an hour they kept up their intermittent shouting. John was yelling "Police," and his helper was just crying "Help!" It was almost 10 o'clock by that time, and John had lost all hope. And then, suddenly, they got an answer. "Where are you?" A man, parking his car in the alley beside the market, had heard them. The fellow broke in a window found the freezer, and used the old Ice tongs to pry open the door. "He didn't know what U do about us," says John, "until I, in my delirium, began yelling 'Policel' again. He thought thawas a good idea and called the cops." The police arrived and gave the two men stimulants. Before it was over, the newspaper photographers had arrived and they had to go back into that freezer again to pose for pictures. But that time they made darned certain that the door wouldn't slam shut on them. ir -- smoking MORS smoking smoking... Which cigarette offers all of them? Read 3 important dgaretta facts revealed by dentine tests on 16 of the largest selling brands: CAMELS were found to contain MORE TOBACCO BY WEIGHT than the average for the 15 other of brands. the largest-sellin- g 1 BURNED SLOWER 2 CAMELS THAN ANY OTHER BRAND - SLOWER THAN 25 TESTED THE AVERAGE TIME OF THE 15 OTHER OF THE LARGEST-SELLINBRANDS! By burning 25 slower, on the average, Camels give smokers the equivalent of 5 EXTRA SMOKES'PER PACK! G In the same tests, CAMELS HELD 3 THEIR ASH FAR LONGER than the average for the other brands. Thanks to Camel's economy, tveryon can enjoy the real thrills in smoking the coolness, mildness, delicate tost- -. the added bonus of Camel's costlier tobaccos. Don't miss the smoking America rates No. L (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) r liililllBiilliiS VI ML TV.; tk il v.i ,x it - jfejt- - .a Ancient Totem Pole The totem riole in Seattle's Pioneer Square was carved from a single cedar tree by a tribe of Indians inhabiting Tongass island, southeastern Alaska. It is 60 feet high and 8 feet in circumference and was intended as a monument to a distinguished family. The pole stood for nearly a century on Tongass island and was discovered by a party of Seattle businessmen in August, 1899, and removed to that city. On French Clairvoyante January 1, 1899. Madame Thebes, a French clairvoyante, predicted the death of the president oi He died the following France. month. A few years later she pre- dicted that Belgium "would set Europe aflame," Germany would be at war, the kaiser would be dethroned, "after which great changes would The World follow in Germany." war and succeeding years fulfilled her augury to the letter. PENNY FOR PENNY TOUR BEST CIGARETTE BUY! |