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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD Lone Contender Speaking of Sports - HittingReeorch Show Oldsters Kings of Swat By ROBERT McSIIANE VU'IIETHER or not present-da- y batting averages mean as much as they did in the "good old days of baseball is a question that can be argued endlessly. The "lively ball and more strin-genrules regulating trick pitching deliveries are two factors entering into any discussion of relative batting prowess. A comparison of records established prior to the Introduction of the rabbit ball with present-da- y records leads one to believe that todays averages are made the easy way. "Home Run Baker earned his name back in 1913, and made it a by hammering out 12 home runs for the Philadelphia Athletics. That same year the eight teams of the American league scored the amazing total of 158 home runs. Philadelphia accounted for 33 of the total, New York trailed with eight. Last year Hank Greenberg, playing with Detroit, scored 58 home runs and the American league teams produced a total of 864 circuit clouts. The Yanks alone talked 174, and Chicago trailed with 67. d This huge discrepancy Is not due to the presence of more sluggers in todays game. The home run ration is the result of a ball constructed for distance When the ball was introduced some 18 years ago it was in answer to the publics demand for more home runs. In those days Babe Ruth was clouting out four-bas- e hits, and the public loved it. hit-tin- 1 itJjeaam JUNK GREENBERG Officials saw the handwriting on the wall and proceeded to satisfy the demand by introducing the lively, or rabbit, ball. Introducing the rabbit ball meant merely changing its core, using a finer grade of yarn, more tightly wrapped, and a thinner cover, more tightly sewed on. Resiliency is produced in the ball by wrapping the yarn and thick cover more tightly. A ball is made slower by the reverse process. A smaller core and coarser yarn, less tightly wrapped, would be used. The cover would be thicker and not as tightly sewn. Raised seams would make the ball still slower. Regardless of which type ball is used, there will be objections. The rabbit ball is a boon to batters and handicap to pitchers; the slow ball aids the pitchers and handi- caps the batter. The lively ball has hcen blamed as the cause of the recent epidemic of sore pitching arms. George Sisler, one of baseballs greatest players, batted against the dead ball for five years and against the lively one in his last three years. His five year batting average against the dead ball was .330. In that same period his highest season average was .353 and his largest total of hits was 190. 257 Hits in 1922 IIis three-yea- r average against the lively ball was .3996, his largest number of hits was 257, a record made with St. Louis in 1922. That same year he hit .420, a record tied by Ty Cobb in 1911. Cobb, Ruth and others who batted against both balls said that the rabbit ball traveled 50 to 60 feet farther than the dead one. What would some of history's famous sluggers have done had they been batting against the present ball? Its an interesting question, but one that will never be answered. Chances are those records would have been phenomenal, especially In view of their averages made swing-Inagainst the dead ball. There has been, and will continue to be, talk of slewing down the baseball. It may be that some slight change will come to pass, such us using a slightly thicker cover, but the change will be negligible. Major league owners know the public likes long hits and plenty of them, ami will see to It that those hits are supplied in abundance. A change at the present time might be fatal. Customers aieu't exactly jamming the turnstiles in most grandstands, and a slowing up of the game might occasion still deeper inroads into club treasuries. An increased attendance of more thin iron 000 in 1937 -- one of the hi nvu rt hitting seasons m histnjy is pi oof of the fans fondness for lung range sluggers. g thinks fast, feints and moves around. His lone weakness and that would prove his undoing is the fact that he lacks a punch. Tunney is admittedly a good student of boxing He worked hard to become a great fighter, and learned more about the finer points of the game than many a natural slugger who came up by an easier route. nis reason for picking Pastor as the logical contender Is simple. In Tunneyg own words: "Pastors the only heavyweight around today who can think, Few people will argue with Gene on that score. If any one of the present heavyweights whips Louis it will be the result of headwork. The Bomber hasnt many flaws. He Is one of the hardest s the ring has ever seen, punching as hard with either hand as any heavyweight. And hes tough. But he is by no means a lightning-fas- t thinker. However, Pastors ability to think doesnt give him much of an edge. In his previous fight with Louis he was too busy to get ill his best mental licks. At that he was considerably more fortunate than most of the title seekers, who, after a couple minutes of action, did most of their thinking via the dream route. Resting comfortably on their backs. back-pedalli- Quite a few fighters who have faced Louis during the past two years have found it much safer to do their thinking while in a prone position. Theres little chance that a stick of dynamite will explode in the vicinity of their jaw, disrupting their mental process and unnerving them to such an extent they are no longer able to carry on. To some extent the National Boxing association agrees with Mr. Tunney, but with reservations. In recent ratings, members of that group promoted Pastor to the rank of No. 2 challenger, outranked (at the time) by Galento. Pastor replaced Lou Nova in second place. It is a dubious honor. Even such as Maxie Baer and Tommy Farr were given rankings, in fourth and fifth places respectively. Nova, recent conqueror of Max Baer, is another of the current crop who has no place in the ring with Louis, according to Tunney. Nova, he says, is in no way equipped for a fight with the dusky king. His legs are far from being good, and they keep him off balance much of the time. He hasnt much of a punch, and his defense leaves almost everything to be desired. Hes easy to hit, and that doesnt speak well for his chances with Louis. After all, it doesnt seem to make much difference. By no measuring stick could any of the contenders be called great, but they do furnish fodder for the champion. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS ADVENTURERS CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI Hello 4V rvtf v "fw -- A For Yellowed Knife Ham If the handles of knives b yellow soak thei in peroxi1 four hours, then place out ol in the sun. J A Dogs Life everybody.- Removing Whitewash. move whitewash from wuf rub with vinegar. - Distinguished Adventurer didnt write his own story. He can neither read nor write. That, of course, is nothing new in the realm of adventure. Plenty of great adventurers couldnt as much as sign their own names, but that didnt stop them from getting into tight spots or from living lives that were packed full of thrills and danger. And its the thrills and the danger we want in this column. I dont give a whoop how well you can write, or whether you can write at all. The writing part of it is my job, and all I want you boys and girls to do is give me the facts. Write em down on an old piece of wrapping paper, or if you cant write, get somebody else to write em down for you. Thats what todays Distinguished Adventurer did. His name, by the way, is Jip. He is one-ha- lf foxhound and one-ha- lf pointer, and hes one of the best bird and rabbit dogs in all the mechanics of the game, hit-ter- five-to-o- America, Largest U. S. Boat, Is Launched at Newport News knows Gen-tlem- Can se and Result if JlL A CCORDING to Gene Tunney there's only one fighter today who has the slightest chance of dethroning Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, and that lone contender is Bob Pastor, known more familiarly as Six Day Pastor because of his bicycle race with the Brown Bomber in 1937, At a recent banquet in Detroit, Mich,, the former champ stated: Of all the fighters Ive seen lately, Id rate Pastor as having the best chance. lie is the smartest fighter we have today, V Vv. " vgtf&w t the state of Illinois. IULY 15 is the proudest day in American maritime history. On that day the America , new flagship for the United Stales lines and largest liner to be built in this country, slides down the u ays at Newport News. How is a modern steamship built ? These pictures tell the story. Above: Scale drawings of each plate on the America' were made on a working model of the hull. These models were used in making patterns of the plates. Right: The man uho welds the plates electrically. Note Jips boss, Newton Belgum, of Chicago, sent me all the dope about Jips adventure. Newt raised Jip from a pup, and he was right there when things began to happen. It was on a cold day in December, 1933, and Newt and Harry Russell and Frank Blackford were off on a hunting trip along the Kaskaskia river near Sullivan, 111. Newt, of course, had Jip Clean Ice Trays. Each wash the ice tray with a I soda solution. This preven development of stale and ' odors m the ioe cubes, Sunday Night Menu. A d ful simply menu for Sunday is: Hot Efaeoji sandwiches salad with whipped e brownies and, ice coffee. ! . Paint. Refreshing-Whi- te paint which has gone f should be cleaned with a sc made by mixing a handful ' denary whiting with a pi water. i For Polishing Glass. Old is better than cotton. New paper may be used success) Farmer Giles Found A Happy Equilibrium with him. Farmer Giles had m,T again, and all the village was t ing about it. They arrived in Sullivan about four oclock in the morning, had breakThe bride was some tr fast and started for the river. It was a bitter cold morning, with the meryears younger than her hus cury down to five below. and, said the villagers, this! Newton was hunting through a cornfield, when suddenly he heard a not right. yell that came from the river. Eventually the rumor got There was Jip, swirling about in the icy water. He had beears of Giles himself. come thirsty and started out to get a drink, but the thin ice near if Everybodys talking the edge had broken and he had fallen in. a you, friend. began Tig The three men stood on the bank and looked helplessly at one another. sayin you had no right to i There wasnt a thing they could do for Jip, so they stood watching so young a girl hs you did. on the bank while the game little animal did his best to help himself. disparity is too great. The current was strong at that spot. Already it had carried him down Dont you believe it, sa from some point farther up the river. Now it was tugging at the poor farmer. Theres no dispart all, for every time I looks up wife I feel twenty years your an every time she looks ai she feels twenty years oldeiar After Breakfast They Started for the River. o " 15-fo- a e full-siz- e his Martian-lookin- g helmet, leather outer sleeves and heavy gauntlets, weapons of protection. ca OUT OF SORT Her Is Amazing Relief fa Conditions Du to Sluggish Bar If you think all Bi act aline, just 16 all vegetable lt So mild thoroi Dependable retie freshing, invigorating. eick headaches, bilious spells, tired feelln ac associated with constipation. np ft 25c box NR fre &ihnni Dick Ret druggist Make the test US If not delighted, return the box to us. refund the purchase tg mw QUICK R FOR A" ey And then Newt had another idea. firing at the ice. semi-circul- cas-ing- Michigan , drove a golf ball 1,817 times in a vain attempt to score an ace on a 136 yard hole on his home course. Odds against him were figured at 5,913 to 1 . . . Gen. Abner Doubleday, called the father of baseball, was, among other things, a founder of the Theosophi-ca- l society . , . Ted Lyons is pitching his seventeenth season for the White Sox . . . Canadian newspapers refer to softball as mush ball . . . Connie Ma"k J to w i i n Nt ttsp ipi r CnUm.) He loaded his gun and began little animal, trying to pull him away from the bank and whirl him out into the stream. Gamely, Jip tackled the ice with his paws. He broke it for about five feet toward shore, but he couldnt climb up on it when it became too thick to break. Again and again the current pulled him out. Each time he managed to swim back. But already he had been in that icy water for 10 minutes and he couldnt keep on fighting that current forever. time, Newt, standing up on the bank, was going through 8 hell that was almost as bad as the one his dog was fighting, Each time Jip fought his way back to the little cut he had made in the ice, Newt says, he would look np at us with appealing eyes, as if he were trying to say, For Gods sake, save me! By this time I was bewildered and desperate. I wanted to try to go out on the ice, but the other fellows told me it would be suicide and reminded me that I had three daughters at home depending on me. As I stood there, watching him fight for his life, I felt as though the whole world was going to pieces. To Frank and I Fellows he s done for, and I cant go home without him. Harry said, Above: Blading the pressure turbines, Some 15,000 of these delicate metal blades are required for the turbine casing shoun here, arranged in parallel rows. Some 15,000 more blades uil' be fitted into the rotor uhich fits into this Left: An early construction picture at Newport News where seven cranes swung to and fro They Started to Gather Up the Dead Branches. amid a clatter of rivetI hit on Finally ing machines that would branches we could findan idea. We started gathering up all the dead and throwing them into the water, hoping the most Fourth July put current would drive them back of my dog, giving his hind legs somecelebrations to shame . thing to kick against and enabling him to climb up on the ice. But that idea of Newts didnt work. The current was in the wrong low Sport Shorts GONDER, pj ARRY City, Ind golf pro, (K f INDICES7 has-bee- says the greatest player he has ever managed was Eddie Collins . . , A1 Schacht, whose top salary as a player was $6,000, expects to earn $30,000 as a minor league clown this year . . . Baron Gottfried von Cramm, once Germany's best tennis player, who had to do a stretch In a concentration camp, has become a Swedish subject . . . Paul Derringer, Cincinnati ace, walked only six men In his first 60 innings this year , . , Five American league players were born outside the United States: Pitcher Carrasquel of Washington In Venezuela, Outfielder Estalella of the same club in Cuba, Geoffrey Heath of Cleveland and George Selkuk of New York in Canada, and Arndt orgens of the Yankees in Norway . . In one inning this season, the ninth, the Dodgers used four pitchers mid the foes scored only two runs . . . Tho National open championship may net Byron Nelson mound $10, 0U0 this jear, mudi of it depending on show in inslup, pel tonality, etc. . . . Compiessed mr Is being livid to titan off home plate at Wichita, Kan. i I t-iv-: Finally, the christening and launching of the finished vessel. 'scheduled to enter service next spring, the America is 723 feet iong, 93 feet in the beam and 75 ,'eet deep from the promenade deck. It will accommodate 1,219 passengers in all three classes, and a crew of 639. MS 'jp w.vs y. Jip had been in the water for 15 minutes by that time. There was ice on his eyebrows and nose, Newt says. I couldnt stand it any longer so I went back and got my shotgun. I was going to shoot him and put him out of his but my friends stopped me told me not to shoot him as misery, long as he had a fighting chance. And then Newt had another Idea, at the ieel Jip was out in the stream again, fighting his way back. The first shot ripped out a chunk of ice, lengthening the cut had already started. Newt fired again and again and then the other Jip two men the idea, aatin a channel in the ice so the dog could swim got closer to the bank! They picked up their own guns and started to help. They cut that channel almost to the shore, Jim swam Into it but still he couldnt get hts hind legs up on the ice. Then Newt had another idea. All three men fired at once at the ice on the upstream side of the dog. That did the trick. A big, triangular piece of ice, half sunken in the water, floated down and got under Jips hind legs, and Jip kicked himself up to safety. They called Jip down to a spot where the bank was lower, and then went and got him. The poor pup was all In. His tail was frozen stiff by an Icicle. He was cut and bleeding, and there was ice on his face and ears. Newt put his coat around him and rubbed him until he could stand up. He carried him to a gully where hed be out of the wind. 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