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Show THE TIMES- - NEWS, NEPHI, UTAH Thursday, June 1, 1950 PAGE THREE Mw:&4y;v: .. .. .. MAHONEY 1 kr- - Mm. jftR 1 O i Britain, veteran of block i busters and buzz bombs, ci- J has launched an all-ovilian defense program to I battle the atomic bomb. ut I DcQb HAS BEEN MORE OF A MOIE CELEBRITY THAN A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER SINCE PLAYING THE BOLE OF COMC-STR- lP HERO JOt PA LOOK A. BUT HE FINISHED A CREDITABLE 7 IN THE AUGUSTA MASTERS ,2" TO GARY MIDOLEOOFF AT GREENBRIER AND TOPPED THE FIELD IN THE5.O0O PHILADELPHIA WQUtflER TOURNEY. NOT BAD FOR A PART-TIM- E GOLFER! Farm Commodities Pose Big Problem Government Limited In Selling of Stocks 1 Fish Killer? the summer of 1949, fish dying in ponds fields that had been the new organic cotpoisons were reported Throughout instances of near cotton dusted with toxa-phen- 7 a mm 5I GAMES WHILE N THE BKS LEAGUES... 291 N WON W THE NATIONAL I S TPATPr. ."'KDS IN TUPa TV ' AND 220 IN THE SPORTUGHT- - -- TN 1 By GRANTLAND YEARS the American League has supplied the runaway teams, usually the Yankees. The Yankees developed the quaint habit of winning a pennant race by mmmwir jfiunmni 12 or 15 games. The Red Sox '"Jfd0 dPted method in 1946. But it was a The government today has different story in 167 million bnshels of Ameri1948 and 1949 when ca's finest corn stored under the Red Sox, Inthe price support plan. The dians and Yankees question is, what to do with it? went to the wire under a narrow open market to compete with commodities now in private ownership. blanket. To do so would flood the market Grantland Rice in the meanand depress the commodities of- while, most National League races fered far below support prices. had been or The government would then find photo finishes or extra-innin- g itself buying the commodities flashes. placed upon the market. Now there Is a very good These commodities, however, can chance that Branch Rickey's be sold should the market prices Brooklyn Dodgers will slip into strengthen considerably above supthe old American League habport levels. it. Burt Shotton, an able manThe government has two methods ager, has by all odds the best at present of moving commodities. ball club in the league. For a They are: long stretch he has the best (1) Persuading the consumer to ball club in either league. increase their purchases through Now Branch Rickey is in a tough normal purchasing channels, thus spot. In spite of the worst training reducing the supply and raising trip in the two major leagues, a the price to where government training trip arranged for profit stocks can be put on the market. rather than condition, his Also, reducing supplies to a point Dodgers moved in and took where support prices would be- over the National League race in come unnecessary. their first six games. (2) Many of the commodities in They have the best catching government stockpiles are being staff In either league. They to school distributed lunchrooms, have the soundest pitching charitable institutions, Indian afstaff in either league. They fairs, and needy groups. have, by all odds, the best infield In the National League, and possibly the best in both New Corn Spray leagues. They have an outfield that is Until recently, the corn earworm rated slightly under the Cardinals, has prevented profitable sweet the Red Sox and possibly the Ticorn growing, especially in the gers. But they have a very good South. Sometimes every ear in a outfield that will hold its own. So the Dodgers are equipped crop is infested. Such corn cannot be sold. with sufficient man power to win Now the department of agriculthe National League race by 12 or ture has developed a spray con- 15 games. They have more than taining DDT. mineral oil, and their share of youth and speed, legs and arms, skill and power with the promise of even better i days. . . They have two possible star pitchers In Barney and Branca and they don't need either. Tbcy can do very well with v t Rams-del- l, jJ r,, Newcombe. Roe, and several ' more Just about as good. Barney and Branca are merely velvet. In the wake of Branch Rickey's smart farm system, the smartest baseball has yet known, the Dodgers tied for the flag in 1946 won it in 1947 were nosed out in 1948 and won It In 1949. showThis is a brilliant four-yea- r ing. Now this Dodger bunch has PAST 2?LV' this neck-and-ne- nose-and-no- r- v ri, when applied the right times, will elimi- spray, I RICE- 'll"il MalakJatsasisimiimii M ,"J'J BRITAIN'S A-BO- DEFENSE MB - the experience needed to make it a much more formidable array. If the squad doesn't get careless and it can win this 1950 flag by almost any margin it may pick. At least in ballplaying material it outclasses the National League. swell-heade- Scarcity of Stars "I happen to be a very keen basebaU fan," writes L. H. F. "I am one of some 20 million, at least. I happen to love the old game. But I must admit I get my biggest thrill from the stars from such players as Babe Ruth, Dizzy Dean, Carl Hubbell, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial and Ted Williams. "I hadn't realized until I read your column a few days ago that we were approaching what you might call a starless period. I hadn't realized that when Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams and Stan Musial leave the game, there is absolutely no one in sight to fill the gap. There are no other top stars in the game today. I can see no others in sight. I wonder why this is?" I put this query to a pair of able baseball men, who also love the game. Their names are Ford Frick, president of the National League, and Toots Shor, who Is always bulging with the correct answers. Both agreed there were no .outstanding new stars in sight. There were no Wagners, Cobbs, Ruths, Lajoies, Collins, Gehrigs, Horns-by- s. Speakers, Jacksons, Frisches, etc., to replace DiMaggio, Williams and Musial, who are on their way over the hill. A few days ago, Dizzy Dean was televising a game. "He Just give up five bases on balls In this inning," Dizzy said. "That ain't possible. Yon can't give five bases on balls in one Inning. Hardly ever in one tame." Of course the excited son of several spots In Arkansas and Oklahoma was kidding. He knew a modern pitcher could give up 10 bases on balls in succession. A Yankee pitcher did last year six in the first inning of one game and four the next day. In our research we turned again to the past, and maybe found the answer. Or part of it In looking over old records we found that such pitchers as Cy Voung. Ed Walsh, Grover Alexander. Walter Tohnson and Christy Mathewson were pitching from 350 to 400 more innings each season. They were working in from 35 to 50 ball games, going all the way most of the time. - How tomsm r water that may be applied to silks husks of developing ears. When applied at right times it kills worms before they attack and ruin the corn. R. A. Blanchard. bureau entomologist, developed the method. He tested it in the field during three growing seasons in Texas, Mississippi. Missouri, and Illinois. Ear worms were controlled In ever Instance, he reports. Hi? and er still working, thereby blowing dust under the trees onto the cotton. This dusting was done late one evening and the Warden reported that not only the dust released over the pond but the dust fog from the entire field seemed to settle over the pond after the plane left. The following morning there were large numbers of small dead fish along the pond edge, and many more were in distress and diving in deeper waters. The fish continued to die for about 48 hoars. When the fish stopped dying, the pond was drained and no live fish were recovered. Death of these fish was assumed to be caused by toxaphene, since it was known that very low concentrations of this material would kill fish. However, there was no information on how toxic this cent dust form was to fish. To obtain this much needed information, a number of tests were conducted by the Experiment Station during the summer of 1949. The more common pond fishes, bluegill bream and largemouth black bass, were used in the tests. Results of these experiments showed that six pounds of 20 per cent toxaphene dust (one-ha- lf of a normal field application) applied e to an average pond would kill fish. Since this 20 per cent toxaphene dust was found to be poisonous in small amounts, it is believed that the drift from dusting large areas may be sufficient to kill fish in nearby bodies of water. It is possible that this drift of dust was responsible for the death of fish in most of the cases that were reported during 1949. Trainees (right) at the defense school learn to use radio-activ- de- e tectors and how to deal with blast and fire among other things. The training center in which Britain is indoctrinating its defense experts is set up amid the rubble of bombed out buildings in one-acr- specially erected "atomic villages." Below trainees rescue a casualty from atom bombed area. 1 WAU CABINET STORE MORE OlSHES IN STEEL By , &OV1D1N& hOOkS PORCUPS... " . - f... - .fj AAA If care is exercised in release, most small fish that are "turned back" will live to grow and bite again, say biologists of the Tennessee state game and fish commission. Survival of fish depends entirely upon the extent of injury. A fish snagged in a vital organ will certainly die but those with Just mouth injuries can live. In fact, most fish that are hooked have at least a chance for survival. Tests have proven that unless the handling is especially severe and prolonged, fish will survive treatment with dry hands, flopping about on the bank or in a boat and the swift jerk out of the water. Tom Bingham, Tennessee chief of law enforcement, cuts off hooks hopelessly lodged in small fish for he is convinced they can live. The "Chief once fished Cumberland Springs Lake frequently and land, ed a largemouth bass weighing 8 pounds, 2 ounces. Deeply imbedded in the fish was a hook and short section of line. He knew the fish had been previously snagged by a friend because the hook was a specialty. There have been other cases of fish living for long periods when attached to plugs, leaders and long lengths of loose line. 50-5- 0 4uk 1F krv'- v r J v,' : y .ytf - ng rW m An instructor (left) at the defense school is testing radioactivity on overalls and equipment of a trainee. The school recent- O Jf AAA Spreads Wisconsin is in with an encouraging report one that should stimulate sportsmen in other states to learn the why and wherefore. Wisconsin reports that this year for the first time In many yean are more streams than are being posted. This is attributed to the state conservation department's rigidly enforced mle against planting trout within a half-milof any part of a stream that is posted. a c..- d ly : ; Y 1 EA 1 - 4 r..,i. ! . im, staged 0 demonstration for the press of the latest equipment and practice in civilian defense. The in- - srrumeni to oereci is a Geiger counter. So far 375 rescue experts have finished the rouio-activi- land-owne- (ClflStVTAfyC ti .... it-- Put 'Em Back! Un-Posti- $224 Million Mark O 20-p- hand-forge- January Exports Pass January agricultural exports totaled $224,300,000. the agricultural department reports. Cotton topped the total with $83,500,000. Wheat and wheat dour were second to cotton, valued at $47,300,000, while corn was in third place with $14,700,000. Imports during the $14,700,000. Agricultural imports during the month were valued at or approximately M $290,700,000, million more than exports. (below) Dodgers Can Steal Yanks' Thunder ' nate earworm and pay In growth of healthy corn on the American farm. al experiment station. The two organic poisons reported to have e caused the death of fish were mixture. and the BHC-DDOne report of toxaphene killing fish was from the Kilby prison farm near Montgomery. On this farm there was a small fish pond located in a pecan grove that was planted in cotton. When the boll weevil Infection became heavy during the early summer, this cotton field was dusted with 20 per cent toxaphene by airplane. Since the cotton was protected by the pecan trees, it was impossible to get good dust coverage with an airplane. To overcome this difficulty, the pilot tried swooping down over the pond With the dust T AMERICAN at fore investigating a radio - active "bomb site." The gorb consists of special mask and hood to protect face, head and neck, a respirator to prevent breathing of atomic dust, and rubber gloves for handling of radio active material. ton insect ' to both the Alabama department of conservation and the agricultur- At the moment the government owns approximately $1,806,365,438 worth of farm commodities, purchased through the years to support farm prices, agricultural department officials report. Products stored in government bins include 3.5 million bales of 145 million bushels of cotton, wheat, 167 million bushels of corn, 422 million pounds of linseed oil, 294 million pounds of dried milk, 79 million pounds of dried eggs, and quantities of various other items. What's become of it all? It may be disposed of in various ways, but not dumped upon the The new Garbed in weird protective clothina which would be worn during atomic attack, two rescue workers (left) check equipment be- . e L .1 1 1 - in course. ty |