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Show r v SPORT LIGHT t i Discovery Leagues Expect Attendance Records I GRANTLAND RICE THERES A BLUEBIRD singing on .baseballs cedar post this spring. By which we mean that in a series of entertainment slumps r : By thirds as well as they ought to they have grown accustomed to the morbid things of life "by now. There pitch. whs a day when a team had to finNo club in the American league to draw over 500,000. That ish barring Red Sox and Yankees has departed. day and crashes, the old game faces a has a chance to stampede the race. No other club beyond the Dodgers record year. Almost every other form of en- The Possible Drawback has the same chance in the Natertaining for the restless human There is only one sad note that tional. soul has taken a But even then those clubs with might affect attendance for the dive, big or little, year ahead. This is to have some stars wouldnt suffer too much. except Florida rac- club in either league make a run- The Pirates proved that last year ing and baseball. away of the race. That could hap- when Ralph Kiner hit 54 runs and Miami turned out pen. drew in a big part of the 1,400,000 25,000 cash cusThe Red Sox or the Yankees and more spectators. The populace tomers for Its first might turn this trick. I dont think at either wants a winner, a two games and ev- either will but there is still the nearlarge winner or a star. If they cant ery, hamlet or city chance. team they want a Ted get a in the citrus cirl, The Dodgers might get the Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Stan cuit has shown the Jump and open up a big gap if Country Slaughter, Ralph Kin3rantland Rice best average atBranca and er or someone of higher than norRalph pitchers tendance ever recorded. Rex Barney pitch about two- mal stature. ' They have cracked records at St. Petersburg, Tampa, Sarasota and practically all other spots from coast to coast. As -3 -3 Mu-sia- these attendance figures include a large number northern and ' mldwestern tourists soaking up all the sunshine in sight. It indicates a nationwide interest in the game. Reports from the Pacific coast Indicate the same general public trend In the direction of the home run and double, plus the error and the bases on balls. man Gall recognized the voice. It was Clark Davis. Davis was tall . toand good looking and dark. He down the moon-floode- d path ward the beach. His arm was about was considered wild. He had a Mothers warned their her waist and Ritas red head was to blond locks. close daughters not to go out with him, very Tommys The 1948 season set a new vision. Tears blinded Gails though they didnt say why. attendance record. Last Clark! she forced a laugh. you get, she thought year the total was up close to the Thats what "for being sane and sen- ,rYou frightened me at first. 1943 record-breakin- g figure. If bitterly, He came close. 1 sible all Sorry. your life. For being virthere is any sort of close race, 1950 been tuous Ive and The word guess you frightening loyal Loyal! should reach or pass 22,000,000 and a laugh. Loyal to what? ever since you came up here. I provoked collectthe thereby keep ballplayer To Tommy Berkley? That was wish I didnt. ing his share of the swag. A path of molten gold streamed Whether .Ted Williams , is actual- ridiculous. You couldnt be loyal to a man who across the lake. Tentatively, Clark ly getting $125,000 or Joe DiMaggio didn't know what Davis slipped an arm around her is actually collecting $100,000 is doubted by more than a few you were up to. waist. And when she offered no Or at least it lost objection he stopped and swung club owners and they her to face him. "Gail! he cried its effect. ought to know. Gail turned and hoarsely. "Gail! And he took her But the stars are drawing far more pay than they ever drew started back toward the lodge. Two into his arms. She yielded, gave months ago she had come up here him her lips in a long kiss. When before, which has made basefollowwith her folks for the summer. The itwas over she broke away, sudball a profession worth regretful, day after their arrival she had met denly, -- unaccountably, ing for those with fastlegs, ashamed. guilty, Tommy Berkley. They had danced strong arms and a healthy bat"Dont! Please! I I think wed club owners and Tommy had looked down at are The eye. ting better go back. her and said: Youre not pretty taking in enough at the gate to But Clark Davis didnt underor beautiful, youre glorious, which pay a pretty fair ballplayer stand.' He couldnt understand, is really a weak word to express from $10,000 to $15,000 which is ne seized her wrist and jerked mean. more than Wagner, Lajole, what I her up close to him. Listen, her Gail had known then why all Matty, Jackson and Walsh ever said he tensely. I love you! life she had been sane and sensible. drew in their historlo primes. Do hear! you ! want you have For example, last year Chicagos It had been for Tommy. wanted the first day since you Cubs and Pittsburghs Pirates At the point where the path you arrived here. And you drew over a million with two teams skirted the tennis courts before want me! to the that seldom exuded the fragrant lodge steps, coming No. No, Clark! You dont unscent of rosebuds. A comfortable Gail saw a figure and stopped, derstand. I was a fool to come ball park was the main Cub lure catching her breath. with you. Please let me go. here Piwalkand Ralph Kiner added to the Hi there, Gail. I saw you FOOTSTEPS rate attendance. pounded ing down this way and followed. QUICK the pebbles. A figure The only team that had a melanEven without the help of moone gloom. Davis choly year was the Browns. And light to etch out the features of the loomed out felt a heavy hand on his shoulder. He swung around, saw Tommy Berkley. Angrily he swore and struck out. But Tommy sidestepped the blow and drove home a hard fist, catching Davis behind the ear, following it with a seconds blow to the jaw. Clarks feet went out from unde: A U He fell groaning. him. STAR received You dirty dog! Tommy said,, You ought to be brutal. coldly Became . Then he turned to Gail, hung where she had sunk to her knees. He helped her up: ""Solplaveks5 They walked along the beach. Tommys arm supported her. They stopped at the foot of the .path. The dirty dog, Tommy said. Why cant a man like Davis accept the fact that there are some good girls left? Why does he have to think theyre all alike? Oh, Tommy! She smiled, dabbing at her eyes. It its all right WAK KLUFSR OF THE WASHINGTON SENATORS, now. I I. was foolish to have come SETA RECORD IN 1910 BV MAKING 5 SACRIFICE here with him. If you hadnt come HITS IN A ROW along He grinned. "Lucky thing for both of us. Rita and I were sitting on the big rock beyond the point. When we heard you cry out we thought there was trouble and she went back to the lodge by the road. I came over to investigate. Im glad I found you, because now youll be the first to know of Ritas sqgfc:gcgfflft sr j and my engagement. " Tuesday, April 11, 1950 THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH PAGE SIX GAIL WATCHED TOMMY and Rita Young disappear rep-utatio- n. x fe Tom Paine's Picture Found? STATE COLLEGE. PA. What he believes to be the only known painting of early Ameri- I . h can patriot Thomas Paine has been found by Dr. Harold E. professor at Dickson, fine-art- s Penn State. The portrait of the 18th century revolutionist - author was done by John Wesley Jarvis, an American painter. It was painted in 1805, a few years before Paine died. While gathering material for a book on Jarvis, Dickson repeatedly ran across references to a documented portrait of Paine. But 10 years of searching down blind alleys failed to produce it. In a republication review of his book, Dickson wrote, "If this picture should still exist . . . Its discovery would be an im- ' y !' it r I r i i t-- , 'I . V I fit ij ; ' ,Kr. 'Vv ' 1 LOSES FIGHT, WINS BRIDE . . . Carmine Vingo, prizefighter who was critically injured recently in Madison Square Garden, leads his bride, the former Kitty Rea, down the aisle of Our Lady of Pity church In the Bronx. The ceremony was postponed by Vingos injury. portant one. Two Athens, Pa. women almost immediately informed the professor that they had the portrait. Dickson, examined it and its certificate. "This well - documented and unquestionably authentic portrait of Paine by Jarvis can be given rightful recognition as the last and at present the only located painting from life of one who played an effective role in the founding of our nation, he said. big-leag- ue . big-leag- ue , of-ith- rm I HisFOOTBJgD r J Atomic Energy Set Provides New Toy For Young America GOODBYE, Parents may at a little apprehension first feel about a potential toy from Santa for junior; but there is no cause for NEW YORK. alarm. It is true that there is a toy atomic energy set on the market but junior cant make an A-bo- AMERICA . . . Mrs. Valentin Gubitchev, wife Russian employee of the U.N., tried with Judith Copion for espionage conspiracy, boarded the Polish liner Batory in New York to return to Russia with her spouse. His sentence was suspended on condition he go home. of the with it and it is described as a wholly peaceful plaything. The kit complete with a Geiger counter that actually works is just one of the thousands of glittering new playthings toymakers have cooked up for young America. In spite of the atomic energy outfit, the accent for the most part is on the peaceful arts, the toy-make- rs say. g But even so, the cowg and his range-ridinboy regalio still holds forth as young Americas No. 1 enthusiasm. Accordingly, theres a record turnout of new styles for the 1950 cowpoke, includd ing a pistol that releases puffs of real power smoke when the trigger is pulled. Farm toys come into their own with child-siz- e tractors thatll cut a furrow or haul a wagon. If junior wants to grow up to be a barber, theres a practice kit for him, too. It comes with clippers and a razor that wont cut and a shaving mug. A new wrinkle for bubble-blowindrinking dolls is a rubber-tippe- d plastic,, straw. Just press the dolls tummy and it gobbles down a. glass of water as neat as you please. For the electric hobbyist there are refinements galore. One new thrill is a complete circus train with cages and animals, ready to be set up into a multi-ringe- d circus after the freight cars fre unloaded. The junior atomic laboratory stresses the peaceful side of nuclear research, the toymakers say. The set includes a geiger counter that gives off visual and sound signals when uranium or other radioactive ore is near. Theres also a fluorescent screen on which the young scientist can study atomic radio active material disintegrating. The kit is stocked withr radioac-' tive minerals and instructions on he use of atomic energy for gun-totin- gold-plate- STUNNED BY SENTENCE . . . Mrs. Yvette Madsen closes eyes as she leaves Frankfurt, Germany, courtroom after being sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of her husband. Air Force Lt. Andrew Madsen, 32. She Is the mother of two children. g W! , s' RED TAPE HOLDS UP ADOPTION . . . Mrs. Charles Gage, St. Joseph, Mo., holds Shirley Ann, whom Mrs. Gage and her soldier-husban- d are trying to adopt. He is returning to Germany where Shirley was born. |