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Show THE MURRAY EAGLE Sneakinz of Sports I Tri - Cornered Fight Seen in Senior Circuit OUR COMIC SECTION Bv ROBERT McSIIANE Events in the Lives of Little Men (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) for a minute, THINK back, ofjust this year's major start see league baseball campaign and if you can remember the teams you thought would be the chief contenders for first place in the National league standings. Odds are 10 to 1 that you didn't consider the Giants a very serious threat. Early In April It looked like b race a bitter fight bea tween the Reds and the Cardinals. The Reds were looking good in spite ef last year's fiasco and the Cards were expected to maintain the stride that almost carried them past the Reds to the pennant In the dial stretch of 1939. Now, after about 10 weeks of acd tive campaigning, it's a race and it looks as thnueh it mieht continue to be just that. But the Cardinals aren't in it and the Dodgers and Giants are making life miserable for the Cincinnati delegation. - Ruth wyeth bpears 4SHORT SAME WINDOW CURTAINS FROM CEILING TO FVOORH CHAIRS COVERED, I and old B-- hi CHAIRS ABOVE LANCE I reuictaDie oianis dope, the According to Giants have no reason for their rapid turnabout. Thousands of amateur and professional crystal gazers are casting baleful glances at And why their present standing. not? The Giants sagged badly last year and were scheduled to look even worse this year. Only a few probably relatives who hoped for a future touch, picked them to finish in the first division. The Giants were a team of "ifs." If Carl Hubbell could come back the cause wasn't hope If Joe lessly lost Moore and Mel Ott could charge in and really play baseball, then things why wouldn't be so bad. There were plenty of other "ifs" on which success would uncertain depend spots that might A when the crack was on. pressure Carl Hnbbell Look 'em over to day. Hubbell, Moore and Ott came rushing back practically as good as ever. Hubbell won't win any pennants single-handebut he's still the meal ticket, the fellow they can rely on when, the chips are down. Ott has been doing better than all right since he started wearing glasses, and critics of Moore refuse to believe the evidence, which is all in his favor. Burgess Whitehead was another question mark last year. He had developed a bad case of the quick jitters. Now the unbelievers suspect that his present-da- y success is the result of strange herbs and a witch's cauldron. 18 jjij RO J ,ER SHAOsj a thrill of pride that IT WAS with mother looked over a Betsy's list of the nicest girls in Betsy's class. She had said, "yes," when Betsy wanted to give a luncheon for them. Now what would she do about the shabby old dining room with its veneered oak chairs, short, faded curtains and bare walls? Here is the answer and it cost exactly six dollars. An inexpen sive green and yellow nowerea was used for draperies from ceiling to floor. The trick of die-hard- s, ' (WU SERVICE) s l om TUM-ra- j S ) (oti-rt-f- j, MAD AT I y A T T E ,iJA7 me., An I ATouoAil.tT) V To I P ( ' I MAW AUVA76 6 lVE.i A CE.KT f C M- -j Keeps Accurate Time O P By C M. Poyne WKU mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmlmJ I JL aIIIIIiHII Bn tmdlnu. WtTO 8rvlc. IS pppoRTUNnr MV NAME time the past three years in St. Louis, but is figured to become as i p Manager Bill Terry is far from the most popular figure in baseball, but he is a canny pilot one of the smartest in the business today. He would be one of the least surprised if the Giants captured the pennant The Dodgers, a strong team with plenty of aggressiveness, became stronger with the recent acquisition of Joe Medwick and Curt Davis. Lippy Leo Durocher finally has the hitter he wanted a hitter he can count on when runs are needed. From 1935 through 1937 Medwick hit He had a bad .353, .351 and .374. o I supply the badly L needed p o? m J big game. The Th Urll M.id.clr ln- - WNU SrvM- II, f S'-O- Enclose NV )J 10 cents for Book Name I , Address StuffiniT hallat h,,v. :. an .. The WPA historical record! Old- of Pershing Second Lieutenant Pershing's first milas a second lieuwas service itary tenant of cavalry in the Arizona Indian campaign in 1885 and 1886. Symphony With No There is a symphony orchesd Aioany, im. Y., that haj p!at. thousand concerts and not oa fore an audience. The Has.; play for their own benefit Gen. John J. River Diverted The small Pigeon river fa s Carolina has been diverted pipe and carried eight miles mountains to fall 861 fe power turbines. ir. Over 7,000,000 The population of California on January 1, 1940, was estimated by the State Taxpayers' association as over 7.000.000. Hatcheries Produce Fish Wyoming's seven state fish hatcheries produced more than 9.C00.000 game fish for streams and lakes in 1939. Tall Man Robert Hales, the Norfolk, England giant, was seven feet six inches high and weighed 452 pounds. in Westminster Body Abbn t The body of Major John British soldier executed at i r American Revolutionary war : is interred in Westminster s: London. First Boat Trip Major J. W. Powell made lie boat trip down the turbulent rado river, through the Grar.d yon in 18C9. Rug Exports Crawl on Knees Women in the Fiji islands crawl on their hands and knees when men are at leisure inside the house. Rug exports from Iran, i ficial name of Persia, to the I' States average $3,000,000 1 jk: Highest Revenue! Postal revenues of the C States for the last fiscal year the highest on record. Island Cost $1.65 Governor's island in New York harbor was purchased from the Indians in 1637 for $1.65. Much Cantaloupe shipped 25 nation'! of Kerosene The United States consumes about of all the kerosene used in the world. Arizona growers cantaloupes to the last summer. Plant 1,300,000 Trees This year 1.300.000 trees will be planted in the southwestern "dust bowl." Henry Hall, an English : painted 43 consecutive x." the Derby. rd one-thir- d c 43 Winners Island Sire Cupping I'sed Early Blood-lettinor cupping was used tea early as 413 B. C. to treat disease. g Gioui " 7 t Uu4w r - O of Vi(it 'The island id Ncwfoun&i about the size of the state &' ginia. bound THEN Leo Durocher you must see OAKLAND! I ( Yv'H 7 daily punch, the Dodg ers are loaded for MRS. RUTH WVETR SPEt Drawer 10 n r t in, . nucuiuiu mil this year? help out with I pitching chores I and Medwick to I 1 n .ACT vey found that in 1647 one Jfc Smyth was fined for puttii-- t. oeans in a Danoi Dox instead in Yui.ufc mi a JMun niagistji'J High Mark for Cattle The highest number of cattle ever reported in the United States was in 1934, when there were 74,300,000 head. solid as ever with Brooklyn. With Davis to ! it An electronic clock that will not gain or lose one second in five or six years is in the naval observatory in Washington. One-Thi- Terry Knows His Players Sewing Book 5. This k civto unci nuns Tnr - i stiffened valance of thel buuwu neie. All of its W are packed with ideas to your home attractive breaking the bank. You car . your copy for in buff-color- pre-seas- ' I " two-clu- three-cornere- ifH nJ Tl B window, making the windows h,n Plained in the window shades were soft, clear green. Tho 7 seats of the chair. J.1 ered with the chintz uuiuuigs, ana a set of yellow china was brouS?J iena color to the walls J 1 note of interest r, stands in front nf (1,.npa-- The stands were made 0N ' . ipl EXTENUJIS tf ttifll Curtains m To in Sh u !!!"! deal whereby Brooklyn acquired those two men also may help nail the pennant to the Ebbets Field complete your enjoyment stop at Oakland's favorite flagpole. JJn J35S r( yT Residents of Brooklyn, already see the pennant in the clutches of the Dodgers. And they won't stand for anything that might Interfere with the reaching of that goal. Witness the near-rio- t when the Cardinals' Joe Bowman beaned Medwick recently. Even the police took part in that fiasco. Civil war was averted, but narrowly. WELL, KNOCK AT TH& DOOR BEFOR& YOU COMC-- IN J In SALT LAKE tiii: 111' IlllliS Everybody's Happy By J. Millar Car-dlna- Watt how it inrrrxi.i) Vrry Convenient A ocl.il!y rn.mincnt woman cane to the bank and announced that she Wished to open an account The bank was delighted and much First B. B. The pausing of Medwick from St. Loulu I not especlrd to have much effect upon Ihe fortunes of the l. lie was unhappy there, wanting to play with the Dodger. Joe. one of the last of the Gas Houhc Gang, didn't hold his popularity w llh teammates and with fans. Of course the race In far from vrr. St. Iiuls can't be counted out ct. The paing of Medwick merely completed nhakrup begun with the release of Manager Ray Made. Whether or not Uie shakcup will alter the Cardinals' final league standing remains to be seen. Right now it looks as though the change was too long delayed. However, a new manager plus swectneu and light in the rank and flic may do wonders toward reviving the Cards. And they do need reviving! But time alone will tell if the shakeup is Uc- - You lay your brother was drowned. 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