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Show THE Thursday, September 26, 1940 t v- 1 NEPIII. UTAH S. PAGE THREE Sinews for America's Air Defense SPEAKING OF m TIMES-NEW- JPCE THE Yankee clubhouse they INwere about the fastest The Study Corner SPORTS By ROBERT McSHANE Relad by W$tm Nawipapar Union JZW71AND A Book Shelf for STAGE'SCREENADIO By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) EW teams in the history of big league baseball have been given talking sound a spanking as have the pitcher. The argument got down to leveland Indians during the last Lefty Grove and Bob Feller. I ran in my nomination a fellow named half of the present season. The chastisement hasn't been ad Walter Johnson. "I never batted against Johnson," ministered by American league conBill Dickey said, 'tut my vote goes temporaries as much as by the press and radio of the nation. Neverthe for Grove when he less, their suffering is Just as inwas at his best. I tense maybe more so, in that very can see Feller's fast little sympathy is offered them. one, even if I don't hit too well but I Early in the season the Indians rebelled against their manager, Ossee car Vitt. Details of the rebellion Grove's." were few and for the most part were saw "I never not substantiated. When it first Johnson work," Joe broke out local newspapers made Gordon said, "and I never saw Grove at light of the insurrection. They printed what little they knew of the afhis best, at the top. But I'll string with fair, evidently regarding the player He is Bob Feller. dissension as a temporary matter. Grantland fast enough for me. Rice The Rebel Leaders Sometimes too fast.' I still stick with Johnson. One Finally a few facts began to drift answer is that Big Barney pitched out of the Cleveland dugout. A cermore shutouts and bad more strike- tain number of the Indians, who had outs than any pitcher in baseball mutinous attitude toward Vitt, 113 shutouts, if I recall the exact were dominated by Catcher Koine figures. And Johnson had no chance Hemsley. It has never been exclub. actly clear as to what players were to ease up with a weak-hittin- g Also every hitter in those days knew under the Hemsley banner. Hal a fast one was coming, but they still Trosky was known to be one of the couldn't hit the Big Train. leaders and Bob Feller was one of the signers of the original anti-Vi- tt "I guess Johnson, With that recpetition. Feller since has had a ord, gets the call," Dickey said. change of heart, as have Mel Harder, Jeff Heath and Ben Chapman. The Detroit Mystery President Alva Bradley is receiv Here's another angle few fans figa share of the blame for ure out. I asked one of the Tiger ing large stars how he accounted for Detroit's sudden rise from a sixth-plac- e pick to a pennant contender, and then the slow-u- p n to the final prior surge. "Nature," he said. "In the spring we were afraid of Dick Bartell's legs and Charlie Gehringer's legs and back. But we happened to get a damp spring which ran into June. We had soft ground to work on until July. This save both veterans a chance """J if to save their legs. T'-Then the sun baked out all diamonds and what a differ ence this makes to older legs." "This Is true if fcuj enough," Bartell told me. "I was a MANAGER OSCAR VITT kid again as long as I had soft ground failing to take a firm stand either for or against the revolt when it Dick BarteU under my feet. But first broke out last June. .these hard, baked out diamonds are rough on your legs. Scores of newspaper scribes have J could begin to feel the difference refused to pull their punches in de in a few days sore ligaments, sore nouncing the Indians for their re feet." bellion. Sports writers are more or less accustomed to friction between BarteU was one' of the main facOften the tors in Detroit's early summer manager and player. charge. Both his spirit and his play players have a just grievance. But were major factors In the Tiger usually they are willing to air that mandrive. And the same goes for grievance in an above-boar- d ner. The Indians weren't willing to who stands out as one of the great second basemen of all time. do that Their secretive, underhand ed attitude irritated both the paying When these two begin to skid the public and the press. Tiger infield began to look porous. "Figure this one out," one of the Yankees said. "We all know the Press Flays Bradley The extent of that irritation was value of big, powerful hands in baseball. Hands like Wagner's and evidenced by one sports writer when Lajoie's but one of the best infleld-er- s he wrote: I've seen in a long time has the "They (the Indians) are branded smallest pair .of hands in either from top to bottom, from front office to rawest rookie, with Intrigue, league." false statements and petty squab"Meaning whom?" we asked bles. The ludicrous attempts by shortCleveland "Boudreau, the Alva Bradley to bush up an anarchstop," he answered. "Boudreau has istic meeting of players In Detroit extremely small hands. They are cost the Cleveland club caste with delicate looking. But I don't know the paying public and with the of a better shortstop anywhere to press, whose duty It la to report day. He has been one of the main facts and not to lie about Incidents reasons for Cleveland's success. the Indiana as a ball When he gets either hand on a ball affecting club . . It sticks with hlm.' The whole affair has made interreading, much to the disgust esting The Eternal Argument of Cleveland baseball fans. But its "I'll Jell you something," one of effect on the Indians' pennant quest the Cleveland veterans said. "Old' Is the important factor. It may be timers are always talking about the that dissension finally will whip play of the stars who once made the them. However, that dissension has headlines. They talk about a more existed all season and Cleveland scientific game. I'd like to see managed to hold first place from Ausome of these handle the gust 12 to September 9, when the ball they hit at you today infield or erratic White Sox removed them outfield. from top billing. "The game today is twice as fast, This modern ball comes at you like The Present Status a rifle shot many times. Yon can't Whether or not the team Is "comafford to lose a split second. The pletely demoralized" as charged by same Is true In the outfield where various baseball writers, is highly line drives come whistling by. It debatable. The Indians are far from takes much better starting speed to a high scoring team. The success handle the new, faster bail, do mat la largely dependent upon tight ter what position yon play. Those pitching supported by tight fielding. were lucky when It came When their pitching fails tbey lack to handling a much slower ball, one the power to offset pitchthat gave you more time to cover ing weakness. Therefore they look your ground. bad. "Baseball toujy Is far harder on Regardless of the outcome of the the nerves. You have to be alert pennant race, Cleveland can be sure every second a man is at bat You of one definite result of the unsavory are tense all the time in any close revolt. In the fall somebody will game. The game may have to go. It may bo Manager Vitt have been more scientific, but the or it may be Hemsley and Trosky. game today is largely a matter of There just isn't room on the same club for Vitt and the two insurrecspeed and power." tionists. ROSALIND RUSSELL, Columbia her lucky lot, has been signed to play the feminine starring role in that studio's new com edy, "This Thing Called Love," a tale of a six months' trial marriage which goes on the rocks before it is well launched. Miss Russell will be seen as a brisk and com petent insurance executive couldn't By KUTII WYETII SPEARS CCHOOL again, and this sketch shows a quiet study corner forj one girl. It is all very gay in, tones of golden yellow and green' and was made almost entirely of things already on hand even iown to the hooked rug. The hanging book shelf doesn't really hang at all. It is made of a box screwed to the wall, and if you never thought of run-maki- old-tim- e Pitchers vs. Hitters The clubhouse chitchat drifted around to the comparative value of pitching and hitting. "If you had your choice," I asked one of the veterans, "who would you take Ruth, Cobb, Wagner and Fox or Johnson, Alexander, Feller and Grove each at his peak?" "I don't have to wait a that one. he said. "I'd take the four pitchers. Give me those four pitchers and I'll give you any four big hitters yoo might name la any baseball league. where." 11 mm SCREWED AND THEN UNEDi WITH I YEUXiV WALL OIL CLOTH- - COVER TO FIT TOP- - 1 An inspector browsing in a field of completed cylinders at the Pratt & Whitney plant, Hartford, Conn., where motors for U. S. army fighting craft are being turned out. This company was recently given contracts for $27,000,000 worth of motors. Inset: Night view of a section of the Pratt & Whitney plant as the work of building airplane engines for national defense continues, night and day, without a hitch. of the chair are painted green and so is the old kitchen table which has now become a desk. The yellow tone is repeated in the blotter and an old brass lamp and other desk things carry out the green and yellow color scheme. A shelf like this one would be attractive in almost any room, even the bathroom or the kitchen. This box was so rough that the oil cloth lining was necessary. A box of smooth wood could be painted inside. Scotch Children Seeking Refuge Here I NOTE: One hundred sixty of these homemaklng articles by Mrs. Spears have been printed in nve DooKiets, eacn 32 pages. The stocking cat and doll on the shelf are in Book 3; directions for the hook rug are in No. 5; also descriptions of the other booklets. Booklets are 10c postpaid and should be requested direct trom. Mrs. Spears. Send order to: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS ROSALIND RUSSELL that she could act that the picture gave her a place at so conclusively the top. She scored another Columbia triumph as "Hildy Johnson" in "His Girl Friday." Two daughters of famous football coaches are up for roles In "Tillie the Toller": they are Marcia Shaughnessy and Annie Lee Stagg, and were suggested by no less a personage than Maude Adams, the famous actress, who coached them at Stevens college. O niWi JL U , jLrA. A large group of some of the more than 300 Scotch children pictured on the S. S. Cameronia, when they arrived in the safety of the United States recently. The children, many of them accompanied, are destined for homes all over the United States. Germany has "washed its hands" of responsibility for the safety of ships bearing child refugees to America. Hold That Tiger! Scion of Rockefeller Clan Wed The 52.6 second kiss record set by Ann Sheridan and George Brent in "Honeymoon for Three" brought re actions of all kinds from here, there and elsewhere. A Los Angeles laundry asked for the handkerchief used by Brent to wipe off Miss Sheridan's lipstick, of fering to launder it for nothing. An inventor in Indianapolis asked Brent to be the first to try his new lipstick remover. A clock manufacturer in quired what kind of watch was used to time the kiss. A New York pro moter telegraphed a $500 offer to the pair if they would officially open a kissathon by repeating the per formance. And then a woman's club In To- peka, Kan., passed a resolution rec ommending that endurance kissing be banned on the ground that it is unhygienic. And countless males be tween the ages of 17 and 60 wrote in, volunteering to take over Brent's next assignment of that kind for nothing. Drawer 10 New York Bedford Hilli Enclose 10 cents for each book ordered. Name Address Speech of the Soul Utterance is not confined to words. Our souls speak as sig nificantly by looks, tones, or ges tures the subtle vehicles of our more delicate emotions, as they do by set words and phrases. Indeed, the soul has a thousand ways of communicating itself. Turnbull. 13200906032)' PERSONALS EVERT WOMAN'S FRIEND Or. Murray's Hygienic Powder. Sample by null. 10c (coinl. MURRAY MED. CO., 1200 Melrs At.. HOLLYWOOD. CALIF. Success Secondary Man cannot be satisfied with mere success. He is concerned with the terms upon which sue-lecomes to him. And very often the terms seem more important than the success. Charles A. Bennett. ss INDIGESTION Hart Cm trapped affect th may t b thattBwli or mar art Ilk rullrt on th bart. Attho firat Kgn of duitreM bairtiiKr Betty Brewer was amart men and women depeod on Tableta to free. No axatiee bat made of th fatet-artt- n working with him in "Rangers of aet ffaamedlrlnea known for arid indication. If th FIK.ST DUSK doaen't em. Hell ana better rettira Fortune" Fred MacMurray taught bottia to ua aod reoeiee UuUUUi ILooar back. B. her to croon. Since then she bas been rehearsing her sister and broth er and a little neighbor girl in Faith an Incentive Faith is the most powerful inquartet which the calls "Betty Brewso er and Her Playmates," and It's centive and the best guide to furgood that an advertising agency may ther progress in science. Dr. Birkhoff. put them on the air this fall. When young a I LA Jui"i (tf As old as radio is the annoying production problem of performers Ruby Mercer, fearless soprano kicking the microphone stand or star of "Gay New Orleans" at the striking it with their hands if they David Rockefeller, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rocke New York fair, who spends much make gestures while on the air. If feller Jr., and his bride, the former Margaret McGrath, of Mt. Kisco, of her spare time playing with a grating sound comes from your N. T., leaving St. Matthews church In Bedford, N. Y., after taking their Frank Buck's "cats" when she isn't receiving set, that's probably the vows. Right: John D. Rockefeller Jr. reason. singing. Cecil B. DeMille thought he'd solved the problem for his radio As Goes? 3940 theater last year, by using a hang- (VNU W ing microphone but without a base Happiness in Little stand to guide them, actors bumped Remember this that very little their heads into the mike. (Glut A needed to make a happy life. tons for punishment, these actors!) Marcus Aurelius. to B. C. went work Undaunted, again. And this year whew the cast assembled for the theater's first pro duction, "Manhattan Melodrama," with Myrna Loy, William Powell, yxm-- a .( and, of course, Don Ameche, they found that a circular guard rail had iielp Them Cleanse the blood been built under the mike. That of Harmful Body Wast suited them perfectly they could Yoaf Mnmjw tr emstantiy flltHn( t .9 rest their scripts on it. wjrtmttr from th blood .trani. But ' it " ' ' Maine Seattle Salmon Derby Winners , I: Sport Shorts Jim McCarthy, sophomore candidate for quarterback at the University of Illinois, was only 13 years old when he began playing regularly as a freshman In high school . . . Captain Milt PiepuL, Notre Dame fullback, who led the Irish in points and total yardage last fall, wears glasses off the field. He's the first back to be elected captain at Notre Dame since 1928 . . . Three mem bers of the Nebraska backfleld are wearing special protective helmets BOX t, Geh-Ting- rs PAINTED WITH GRE COLOR WATER (and let's hope she won't over-acas she sometimes does) and Melvyn YELLOW Douglas, playing opposite her, will feRfctN AND COTTON PRINT be a mining engineer. SIDE CURTAINS EXTEND I uvtH r MUrt A few years ago the beautiful YELLOW BIAS 61NDIN6 FglV L. Rosalind was borrowed by Columbia for the title role in "Craig's Wife," a book shelf, here is proof of how an unsympathetic part, as you'll smart one will look, especially if probably recall, but in it she proved It is matched with a chair covered In the same material. The legs mid-seaso- old-time- slip-coveri- aZSllU Automobiles were offered as prises In Seattle's famous salmon derby. These anglers all won cars. Lilly Torkclson (center) with 11 o. saimon that made her the winner. L. to R. Roy Mrlster, salmon for winner men's division; Mrs. E. Carlson, fish, J. E s and Frank Markham, Webb, 26-l27-l- S--os -- 23-l- S-- 23-l- b. li-o- Ralph O. Brewster, Republican, elected V. 8. senator for Maine la first general election In the nation. defeating former Gov. Louis J. Brann, Democrat, by more than 49 000 votes. 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