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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH fJIII!llllllllllllllllllllllll!llll!lllll!IIHIIIIf Speaking Variety of Laces Introduced Into Summer Fashion Picture McSHANE By ROBERT l.l.tutr 0$ kr Wtitan Nwpspr Iiy CIIERIE NICHOLAS Uaioa ifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiimiiiiimiiimmmimii FOR the best this nation has produced well still string with Jim Thorpe. This angle came back to us as we ran into the Big Indian a few days ago, just after he had finished a series of lectures to kids around the country on the matter of competition and physical development. Im still all for the Indians," Jim said, "but Im only part Indian. Im In- five-eight- "1 'T' HOUGH athlete all-arou- dian, two - eighths Irish and French, if you want to go into details. one-eigh- th Maybe that just makes me an American airedale." Over 30 years have passed by since Pop Warner saw a skin-.7ny young Indian the artillerymen of both major leagues are managing to hammer out their share of home runs, there is no hitter today who will even come close to Babe Ruth's e record. The Babe, who clouted out the almost unbelievable total of 714 home runs during his career, never will be forgotten. Not only was he a brilliant ball player. He vas more than that. He was the saviour of the national pastime just when it appeared about to collapse in public favor. ' "kf&il ' m Iwv i ' i all-tim- Baseballs dark- est hour was back in 1920. The game had been jolted by the "Black Sox playing games scandal, in which six members of the Chicago White Sox "sold out" Granlhtnd Rice eround Carlisle. the 1919 World Series. A pitched "At that time, Pop says, "I never figured him for ball had just killed Kay Chapman, any coming star. He was a kid who Cleveland shortstop. All in all, conweighed around 110 pounds. They fidence in the game was shattered. told me he was fast, but he looked Then, along came Ruth, a straptoo thin. ping lad with a superabundance of color and the rest of the qualities Hotv Good Was Thorpe? necessary to a crowd pleaser. He As a starter, Jim Thorpe was the hit the colossal total qt 54 home runs best football player I in 1920 and helped the fans to forget ever saw. the bad news of the previous year. 1. He was one of the best of all Record Gatherer the running backs. 2. He was one of the best of all Before his big league career endthe kickers punting, ed, the Babe held, in all, 76 major and league records. He had batted in 3. He was a 2,209 runs, scored 60 home runs In blocker. 4. He was a fine forward passer one year, and batted on an average for those early days and a good pass of .342 for the 22 years. receiver. Its far from startling to declare 5. He was a terrific defensive that the Babes home run record is man tackling in the open or backan unhittable taring up a line. get. The two play6. He was the most durable of ers out in front are the entire lot. Jimmy Foxx of the As I recall it, Jim never took out Red Sox and Mel a seconds time in many years. I Ott of the Giants. ionce asked him if he had ever been Foxx opened the hurt In a game, I still recall his 1941 show with 500 answer, "How can anybody get hurt home runs listed in the record book, jplaying football? just six more than Track and Field Lou Gehrig had Big Jim won the decathlon, the when tragedy overchampionship in track took him. Ott startand field, back in the 1912 Olympics. ed the 1941 camHe was a high jumper, a broad paign with 388 homers a far cry from the Ruthian record. jumper, a sprinter, a weight man Neither of the men are younganything you might ask for. And I dont believe he trained 10 hours for sters, and neither have designs on the big show and they took away the Bambinos total. all his medals, because he had Illness drove Gehrig from the played a game or two of semi-prgame when he was only 35 years baseball. old. Except for that misfortune, This was completely unjust, for Lou likely would have been near or Thorpe was never a field or track past the 600 mark by now. professional. At that time he was not even listed as a pro ball player. Ruined Chance On the boat taking the team to Hank Greenberg had a good Sweden. Thorpe was seen one night chance to run second. Through 1940 sitting and looking along the deck. he had gathered in 247 home runs. Someone asked him what he was He was quite a distance back of Foxx and Ott, but the thinking about. "Im just measuring the broad Tiger could still hear the beckoning Jump, he said. "This Is my train- voice of opportunity until the draft It will be almost imposing for that event. 1 figure 1 can do arrived. sible for him to catch the leaders. 23 feet, 8 inches. Which is just about what he did. A year in the army isnt going to Thorpe as a ball player was at fatten his home run total. Joe DiMaggio, only 27, is young least good enough to crash into the big leagues with the New York enough to crowd someone for second or third place. He Giants. the 1941 "This fellow would be a great ball opened season with 168 cirplayer, McGraw once told me, "excuit trips and there cept for one thing. He cant learn is little reason for to hit a curve ball. And thats no one ancan teach any something prolonged other. slump. However, it isnt impossible that All Around Stars his future career There have been others who could might be interrupted temporarily. do more things well than Thorpe could do or ever had the chance to Despite the growdo. But not on the big time. ing totals, no one of the present crop of For example, Harry Fisher of long distance hitWilliams was a star in at least eight ters will ever come close to Ruths basketsports football, baseball, total of 714. Foxx will hold on to ball, tennis, hockey, squash, swimwith a total well ming, and one or two more. Elmer second place Oliphant of Purdue and West Point above the 500 mark, and Gehrig will was another brilliant at keep third place with 494. The vital So Neil Snow statistics will give Mel Ott somewas many games. of Michigan, one of the best. So where above 400 before next fall a was Roy Mercer of Pennsylvania. pretty safe mark in the National league. Vic Hanson of Syracuse was ancareer. Babe During his other. But none of these quite reached hit .300 or more 17 seasons. His the heights in three major sports highest average was in 1923, when batted .393. His 60 home runs that Big Jim gained in the palmy he 1927 of earned him undying fame. days of his career a career that It isnt as well remembered that he extended over 15 years. hit 59 round trips in 1921, 54 in 1920 What gave Thorpe these winning and again in 1928, and more than 40 qualities? for 11 years. In the first place, he was amazingThe record may stand for all ly quick and amazingly strong. In the second place, he was as durable time. A lot of theories have been as iron. You couldnt hurt him with advanced for his uncanny ability, but those theories will be of little a crowbar. In the third place, he had a keen, help to batters. Ruth was far from In the a perfect physical specimen. Acquick competitive brain. fourth place, he was completely cording to his own words, he fearless. In the fifth place, he was weighed 252 pounds the year he 60 homers. at his peak under pressure. He knocked over the 252 those But backed up pounds reveled in the tougher going. There was nothing that could make him one of the smoothest swings baseball has ever known. tighten up. Heres one example in one of the hardest of all the West games, played at The Point, Thorpe was standing on his own goal line. C. Bucky Walters of the Cincinnati The signal had been given for a Reds started his professional career kick and his team was expecting it. as a pitcher in 1929 with the High N. C., team of the Piedmont Thorpe turned to the referee (Bill Point, Langford, as I recall it) with this league. four horses have won the remark, They think Im going to dOnly Belmont and Preakness. He faked a Derby, kick, but I am not. kick and ran the ball 85 yards down They are Sir Barton, 1919; Gallant Fox, 1930; Omaha, 1935; and War the field. 1937. Maybe there have been greater Admiral, C. One hundred soldiers answered stars with greater natural qualities than the American the first call forN. baseball candidates at Fort Dix, J., recently. airedale. I doubt it. V Good Are Few Exposed Defect Let a defect, which is possibly The good, alas! are few: they but small, appear undisguised. are scarcely as many as the gatei A fault concealed is presumed to of the Thebes or the mouths of th be great. Martial. Nile. Juvenal. all-arou- place-kickin- drop-kickin- g, g. high-cla- ss , o ACE, a favorite material down through the centuries, is this season soaring to new heights in the fashion domain. Lace nowadays is being used in more ways than was thought possible in yesteryears. It is entering into every phase of fashT ion. This could not be so were it not for the amazing variety of laces now being manufactured laces so versatile that they can be used as dependably and satisfactorily as any fabric. It challenges the imagination to realize that the usefulness and adaptability of lace has been made to cover such vast scope. Today this fabric is' being fashioned into every kind of apparel bathing suits, hats, gloves, and most significant of all, stunning tailored jacket suits. Lace used for suits looks as if it might be a choicely patterned open weave mesh, but it isnt. Its sturdy. Next time you go on a shopping tour, look at these new meticulously tailored suits. You will see them in white or colors, and in navy and black. There seems to be no end to the enchanting fashions that are being made of lace. Citing a few of the newest lace entries, there is the long evening coat of pastel Alencon lace over a matching sheer dTess, also the practical-to-wea- r daytime redingote of fabriclike cotton lace, and lace capelets and stoles that are newer than jackets to wear with sheer summery dresses. To look your radiant best at daytime summer occasions wear a simple frock of lace in a delectable color. The two frocks shown in the foreground of todays photograph illustrate this idea. The fact that the skirt of each model is pleated means red-ingote- s, Middy-Typ- e Dress le Sport Shorts In Truck Loads or Carloads HIGHEST PRICES PAID Writ or Wir COLORADO ANIMAL that lace and pleats are continuing to play a charming duet in the new summer style picture. The model to the left is a slimming dress in a sheer lace. The in a flatbodice has a low tering line. Shirring at the waistline gives it easy fullness. The skirt whittles the figure into slimness with its stitched pleats. Imagine this lovely model in any color you like, for it is available in all the newest shades. To the right in the picture a lace dress for the fashionwise woman is shown. It is a type that may be worn to bridge parties, afternoons at the club and so on. It is a classic for the woman who would dress becomingly and tastefully. The skirt is knife pleated. The bodice is detailed with a grosgrain cord bow tie at the neckline. The dress is made of a delicate looking lace, softly feminine and very practical. Centered in the picture is a jacket dress in lace. The dress with a jacket can be worn on formal or less gala occasions. It is always a welcome fashion, especially if it is lace. d This model, in a dainty lace, has a mite of a jacket entirely scalloped with a tiny collar and puffed sleeves. The cunning jacket is wearable with other gowns. It would be especially effective w'orn with a black net evening gown or with a flower print that repeats the jacket color. COMPANY 463 SOUTH 3RD WEST OGDEN - SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH nirit or thir brioches located it HEBEK CITY SPANISH FORK LOGAN - - Also buyers of Hides, Pelts, Furs and Wool HIGHEST MARKET PRICES PAID ALWAYS had only one heart; grief, tw Various Wishes and pride, two benl Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it knees. Richter. tear-gland- i s; n flower-patterne- (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Paris Fashions Turn Masculine in Style New suits in todays Paris ion fash- parade are finished with mascu- line precision, but a saving feminine touch is introduced by organdy blouses with frilled fronts and field flower bouquets for mannish lapels. Closely fitted redingotes in patterned wools and silks, wools and d dark fabrics are among the collections. One house features tailored silk suits in checked surah and models with horizontal stripes. Loose backs in plain and printed crepes have full skirtg shirred to hip yokes. Some are trimmed with linen, while others have linen boleros, with paillettes. White pique trims frocks and coats, and sailor hats. For young girls there are checked silk dresses to be worn with linen redingotes and bolero suits of checked wools embroidered with white soutache. Silhouettes reflect the masculine line above the hips. Shoulders are natural and waists slim, and slim hips are emphasized. fine-strip- pencil-stripe- double-breaste- d 22-ye- ar Point-Carlis- WANTED DRY BONES For you who sew it is easy to keep in style by using good fabrics and simple patterns. Just now middy dresses are very type much in the fashion picture. It is dresses of this sort that require dependable materials. One of the perfect finds this season in the white It goods collections is launders beautifully, is amazingly inexpensive and is wearable. It is just such simple frocks as this that young girls want most this season. two-pie- ce serg-a-he- d. egetable Jewelry Out California way vegetable jewelry is quite the rage. CBS Star Helen Wood strikes a new style note with a necklace of corn kernels. Almost the only item that hasn't as yet made its appearance on milady's neck is a string of potatoes. These necklaces are made of various gaily colored seeds and pods, with alternate brass beads and coral chips. Best of all, theyre both light on the neck and pocketbook. Blouses Crisp Worn With Cotton Dresses Lace-Trimm- ed From all indications the cotton evening skirt worn with a lingerie blouse is going to be a leading summer fashion. The one liked best is the full peasant type, made of a bizarre flower print topped with a wispy snowy white blouse. Very attractive skirts are being made of gay plaid ginghams, also of colorful sheer, crinkled cottons. Skirts of cotton lace, with o dark jersey fitted bodices, or middies of jersey seem to please the young smart set. The 'teen age also has a yen for skirts made of flowered glazed chintz. lace-trimm- CALIFORNIA long-tors- Lower Heels It is interesting to know that shoes are being built for comfort as well as smartness. The latest models are made of indescribably soft leather, and the heels are much lower. Good news! r BUim CBS, 6, IS f. JT, 1X S. en, IW., Tti. I |