Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-10-25 | Page 13 | Luke Apling Must Get Job, Swat Champ's Missus Rules

Luke Apling Must Get Job Swat Champs Champ's Missus Rules Rules' ATLANTA Oct 25 OP Fish Fish Fishing ing is fine down In Georgia but Luke Appling the Chicago White Sox slugging shortstop must lay aside his rod and reel and go to work Frankly big Luke who copped the American league batting crown for 1943 hasn't done anything except ex cx- play baseball since he finished Oglethorpe university 13 years ago But my wife says Im I'm going to go work he grinned sheepishly so Im I'm going right put In Mrs Ap- Ap pling I think he ought to I think everybody should be work work- I ing I dont don't know what he can do but there must be some place for him Maybe he could be a guard at a war plant The idea of taking a war job- job possibly swapping his hefty hick hick- I bry ory club for tor a night stick seemed sUck seemed I to have pushed baseball out of the picture for tor Appling He wasn't crowing much about his batting crown The season eason he admitted was a success success but but I wish the club had finished a little higher For 1944 the Georgian opined that his plans depended a great deal on his uncle I suppose they'll play ball Luke reflected but who knows what the club will look like The draft boards are arc reclassifying the fellows all the time Mrs Appling and their two daughters Carol Fay 5 and Linda 4 4 have Luke in A 3 now but he doesn't figure this is permanent I If the country needs me it'll be all rl right ht the year old t r said That Is if they can use an anold anold anold old wreck like me