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Show J- - THE HI I I IIIV R1NGH M ( ANYON I I Ml Navy in Khaki Crosses Rhine llflsB- - Upper photo shows a powerful Sherman tank, ready for Sv okeSn.n tHLWCr ShWS DaVal P' 1" army khal as cross.ng of the Rhine the success at various points. Much of of the crossing was given to the ower rieht C omdr William J. Whiteside, .. . .. U. S. N., of New York ritJ J. was in command. ESUri r r,e at the navy prs,,nn,'l in KSiS:? 0Perat'nS- - "aVyM men Ruin of War Making Delayed Visit to Germany The result of the Allied bombardment of Cologne, Germany, In shown by photograph at right. Bonn, the birthplace of Beethoven, also meets the fate of other German cities, as shown at left, as American troops advance through the city. Inset shows the bombed Adolf Hitler bridge across the Rhine at Uerdlngen, Ger-many. Reports indli ate that all cities In path of advancing Allies are in complete ruins. IT MUST be understood in ndvance that it is the minor leagues and the colleges that make the ma-jor leagues what they are. And you can include the sand lots, who fur-nish their full supply of slars. The big leagues stand and wait. But, it is the case of Lou NovikorT, recently turned back by the Chi-cago Cubs, that proves again the number of brilliant minor league stars who can shine in thoir own domain, but are only dim candlelights in the wind when they move into faster company. outstanding excep- - Lou Novikoff tion. He is merely one of many. For example, I recall from my earlier years the case of Three-Finge- r Jack Hulseman of Shreveport, who could hit .380 in the Southern league, lead that circuit more than once, and yet finished around .190 in the majors. And Hulseman was a great hitter but only in the minors. A day or two ago I had a fan session with Lt. Bill Dickey, late of the Yankees, and Duster Mails, one of the best pitchers of his day 20 some odd years ago. "I could name you 30," the Duster said. "Do you recall Paul Strand? I'aul hit over .400 with Salt Lake. What a hitter. Paul was a .400 minor league hitter. But a .200 big league hitter. "I'll give you another. Do you re-member Ike Boone, the Alabama football and baseball star? There was a great football and baseball player. Ike came to the Missions on the west coast in a. tough league with a bad right arm. He really had only one arm he could use. A Flop in Big Time "But in his first 27 games that season, Ike batted .410. He was ter-rific. We all said that with two good arms he'd hit .500. He was big, game, strong, a natural athlete and a natural hitter. But in the big leagues with at least one or two clubs he was a steady .240 hitter. "And there was Smeed Jolley with the Red Sox 6 feet 3235 pounds, one of the greatest minor league hitters I ever saw. He had everything. In the big leagues he hit maybe .200. "There was Bcvo LeBourveau of the Phillies and Giants terrific in the minors but a flop in the big time. I could name you 20 great minor league hitters who couldn't hit the size of their hats in the majors. And this includes the great Rus-sian NovikorT who can hit every-thing in the minors and nothing in the majors." "One trouble with the minors," Dickey said, "Is this the pitch-ers or the catchers often fail to dis-cover the batters' weakness. We'll take Lou NovikofT. He can murder a certain type of pitch. He can't even foul a fast one inside. But don't ever give him a fast one outside. He'll murder it. At least that's what I hear. All I know is that after be-ing with the Yankees in the Ameri-can league so many years, I know just about what every fellow likes to swing at and also what he DOESN'T like to swing at. And what a difference that makes." (As a side remark, I'd like to add that Bill Dickey knew more about American league hitters than any catcher in the history of baseball. He knew everything they liked and everything they didn't like). Greatest Hitter "There was one exception. His name is Ted Williams of the Red Sox. "There is the greatest hitter I ever saw," Dickey went on. He'd never swing at a ball two inches off the plate. Williams could wait for a fast ball or a fast curve until it was almost in my glove. Then if he liked it he'd even hook it to left. "Ted had the swiftest reactions I've ever seen. He could make up his mind what to do in at least a tenth of a second. I tried to cross him every way I knew, but I never could. I'll say that Ted Wil-liams is the greatest hitter I ever saw in baseball, and I know how good Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe Di Maggio were. But Williams was something out of this world. If we hadn't run into this war I be-lieve Williams would have finished as the greatest hitter of all time." It might be added here that Lt. Bill Dickey, the Arkansas quail shot, never makes any wild state-ments. He only calls them as he sees them. Nothing else counts with him. Most Thrilling Fight When it comes to the most thrill-ing prize fight, I always pick the Dempsey - Firpo volcanic eruption that lasted only a trifle more than four minutes. Where Dempsey was hammered to the floor or at least tc his knees with Firpo's first right-hand where Dempsey kept Firpc on the floor most of the round-wh- ere Firpo hammered Dempsey through the ropes where everything happened in such a hurry that no one could follow the swiftly shifting scenario of raw action. KrSbancTptJack E. who'd just retur fefchiWn and the K soldiers stationed Ed have developed a When the chll- - fSu e men- - askir!g chu- m- the reply mister, but for your nr the same set, a naval Gard'iier that his j Efj Tavern" is one of the most radio shows on the Mos-r- k a broadcasting chain ast' that now ex-J- i, base in the South .Bendix, starred in "The Biley" on the Blue, has a in the new Fred Allen pic'- s jn the Bag." He's cast ffiaiAM BENDIX im racketeer who "in- - the gang from his mother, thange from his usual tough w infusion that comes from ft habit of changing pice-s caught up with seven-Non- a Griffith recently. A who was interviewing her le in a picture, asked her 5 pictures she'd worked in. said she; " Her Heart in mat.' 'Fear,' and 'The could expect her ! that they were different ir the same film. Brown and Alan Carney I so successful in RKO i that the studio is planning rid lor them. When they Unl-it Stars on Parade" they'll Master Minds," playing es who become real let O'Brien and Butch Jen-- n just been portrayed by inn the clothes they wear in Ml Have Tender Grapes." nother, who chalked up record for herself as an - she's Doris Dudley is tey th se days, not acting, I to it that her young son delightfully natural be-h-has made him such a or. the screen. Wy's waiting for "The St. Mary's." With three ! award winners Bing ogrid Bergman, and on it, it's be something special. has given Ruth Donnelly a nun which he says is to that of the priest Barry Fitzgerald in the ttcessful "Going My Way." Crshy not only does his Wa and radio chores, but 'arson radio programs such Call" and "Command Per--' for the boys overseas, " Pictures exclusively for f and navy. u see RKO'i "First Man Jo, ' don't miss the opening M to hear the voice of mier Kuniakj Koiso or a rather miss it. A tran- - voice urging the Japs everything to repulse the as used. ' first big feud, "The Bat- - 'Crooners," was waged by f nd Will Osborne. Val-o- n tne air ever since, f hls time out for Uncle ... me, though a topflight hasn't been too famil- - the radio scene in "s. Now he's returned, 2 Abbott and Costello show fd on NRC Thursday Keystone hops. riS2 Gel Sunday Win I. " 'an " ,wi'! ,"'r' tnth "till s'"r, two dance ' 'lie Sun " '" ''"rm'ng i" '"en ' ""' Hllyu'd 74, J2? ""'" aier pre u for Dan I),- - Joan Fontaine, I 'Will You Spare What They Need?' These Greek boys get new hope as a relief worker tells them thai clothing for children and grown-up- s is on the way to their cold mountain village. The United National Clothing Collection is making an appeal for 150,000,000 pounds of serviceable clothing, shoes and bedding for relief of people in areas. Policemen Attend School to Become Stork's Aides The job of protecting the citizens of their communities seems to be an ever-expandi- one for members of the police force of Nassau county, New York, who have been indoctrinated as obstetricians by the publio health nurses. Now they know just when and how to drop the argyrol Into the new-born- 's eyes, how to keep the infant from strangulation, how to handle the umbilical cord problem. Allied Occupation of Germany civilians are shown In upper photo, filling bomb craters in stress of Prum, Germany, after the city was captured by arS left shows Germans seeking formation at Amer-,tnS-head- d uTrters in Homburg. Germany Lower rig a group of Ge, man prisoners, taken after the crossing of the Rhine. New Dies' Counsel Attorney Ernie Adamson nl Pitta-burg- h, who has been named as chief counsel for the house committee on activities. He former-ly practiced law in New York City. Adamson will assume his new dutiea immediately, on part time basis. Army Bridges Around the World The original bridge shown in upper photograph was demolished by bombers of the U. S. army 10th air force since the Japs captured Burma road in 1942. Pontoon bridge is erected as the Allied offensive nears the key Japanese supply terminus of the road. Lower, shows trucks cross-ing pontoon bridge spanning Rhine river. -- . Lloyd George Dead David Lloyd George, 82, Britain's leader In World War I, died recent-ly at his home in Wales. He was former prime minister of England, 54 years in Commons, and recently became an earl Big Top Will Soon Be in Town :'aaiBaaaSfefc:- ''fX'' T V 1 fisasHBBWHsiaBiiBiaBiaaBiflL pskkkkknaBiH0L Jl f f ir Things are looking up for the big shows as pretty Juanita Deisler and Paul Jerome relax for a moment between rehearsals on the flying trapeze. The circus begins its annual springtime engagement at Madison Square Garden, and after May 20, Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey lake a tour of cities of America. Next Move Toward Tokyo Assured U. - fr marine airmen between A bedding roll serves as a c jjma for thr flights at the Motoyama airfield, ino. M.yt Portland. Ore-ne- xt move are, left to "gin. sl . ' pjIots nf a leatherneck torpedo and William H. May. Meridian, MIM-- . ible by ,he bomber squadron. The capUrl m o ,wo Jima. landings of the marines on Lown and |