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Show r rape t ' TOE WEEKLY REFLEX Two LEAVES' from fjiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiinitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiii Sp&ihUuf 1 Nation's Nutrition Problem By ROBERT fitVTLAW X fiCE hitting, IN 'AN age of prodigious there the matter what game, Is still a wide sweep of argument in regard to record distances. There is a wide divergence of opinion as to how far ' the mightiest of the hitters can drive a baseball, golf ball or polo ball, to take up three examples. Few have ' ever smacked a baseball beyond 500 feet I mean on the carry. A good many years ago one of Babe Ruths Florida wallops that dropped into a plowed field was measured around 520 feet. Anything over 430 feet is no part of soft hitting. , . the remains Rpth champion, both aa a record hitter and as the most consistent one. The Babe not only had bulk and power back of his punches, but he also had one of the finest swings that basebaU has ever known In the way of timing and smoothness. But the Babe rarely re'ached a full range of 500 feet There is no way to make any exact measurement when the ball sails out of the park or crashes long-distan- into the upper stands. There is a center-fielfence in the St d Petersburg park around'500 feet away, and no one Babe Ruth to the best knowledge I have. yet according In golf Jimmy Thomson remains the ruler with someto thing spare. As I recall the figures Thofnson has won the last six driving contests arranged by the PGA. . It must be remembered that the only true measure in golf Is from a fiat surface, with no helping wind. Roll doesnt count. Ton can drive a golf baU a mile on the Ice. And a few of. the long hitters can stand on an elevated tee and pass 300 yards on the carry with a helping " gale. One earnest seeker for records once dfove a golf ball well over a mil standing at the top of the Grand Canyon. Driving from a level surface, by a wind, Thomson's best blows usually range from 370 to 375 j arris. This Is big blasting. A carry of 350 ards under these conditions Is big hitting. I doubt that any golfer ever carried 300 yards on flat ground, minus a keen breese. I know that few good hitters care to risk a carry beyond 225 yards when there is trouble to face. A helping or a headwind makes a much greater difference than many know. A headwind la also a mental handicap since It usually brings on pressing and overeffort, which la always a mistake. e In his prime. Tommy Hitchcock could hit a polo ball as far as any- pion, with no exceptions in the field, is blond. Craig Wood, winner of the game's toughest trial the National Open tournamentsThe locker rooms are usually full- of packed after the Open who have a logexcuse for not ical winning. It was different after this battle, fought' at Fort Worth. Texas. Woods victory, unlikely as it seems, was the occasion for general Jubilation. Every player felt it was truly a case of justice. Wood finally had reached his place in the sun. When Wood canned his birdie 2 on the last hole of the tournament he not only captured the title, but he ended the perennial frustration which law him lie Byron Nelson for the 1939 crown, losing In a double play-of- f, and then, in 1940, come in fourth In a strong finish. This, year he completed a string of 14 consecutive rounds In the Open In which he has been II strokes under even-'s. Craig never "went aver 73 in the 14 rounds--th- e best competitive finishing mark In the 45 '-- T present-da- y long-delay- 4 years of the tournament. Sweet Revenge Four strong finishers in this years battle were the cause of untold grief to Wood during past golfing wars. Denny Shute, who had more than his share of backers at Fort Worth, defeated Craig eight years ago in a playoff for the British Open. Shute finished second in the Open, three score strokes behind Woods of 284. Paul Runyan, who conquered Wood In a fight for the National P. G. A. title in 1934, looked like he would repeat the conquest this year at the Open. The diminutive Runyan took the lead away from Gene Sarasen, to be tied later by Shute. No golf fan who saw the 1935 Masters tournament will forget the double eagle which Gene Sarasen chalked, up 'to tie 54-ho- le histor- y-making why Washington awaited the "details of the sinking .of the Robin Moor with such calm. . e . Chaplain h Important in Army Lite "In all my years at service I have never known a boy who was led astray by anything in the army." There was a bouquet of red roses on the desk . of the sandy-hairecolonel who made that remark to me. It was his birthday but the 28 rosea were for his 28 years alThap-lalIn the army. He was William Arnold, chief of chaplains of the United States army, whose Job right now la being . . d n activities. This pamphlet asks and anfor flock of a million new swers 20 questions about "enriched bread. Because modern bread ia lambs, the boys in the regular not what it used to be when 'it was army, the navy; the marines and tha strong Jstaff of life that helped the new selectees. I said, "if you could "Chaplain. our healthier ancestors, a hundred a to write letter the families of these battle over their years ago, way boys who read the weekly newspalife's highroad. Of course it's the vitamins we pers, what would you say to them?" The genial features above the lack. What are we going to do for the clerical collar lit up with Interest "The one thing I'd like to tell thousands of Americans who are be said, "ia this: as far as them, nu"half as the famous alive, only trition specialist. Dr. Russell M. Wil- religion goes a boy ia just as safe der of the Mayo clinic, puts it? Wa in the army as at home. "From 5 a. m.." aa Colonel Arara going to try to make them "all nold put it "until the stars come alive and alive longer, tool This month, organizations have out" And then a twinkle came into his been meeting all over the nation to talk about thia problem that has eyes that I wish every mothers ton coma upon America since we be- might have seen. "You know, they say the devil gan refining the pep out of our finds things for idle bands to do, foods, our bread and our fata and our sugar. The American Medical he smiled, "Well the devil Is out of association ia taking a hand. So luck in an army camp, hands and is the National Society of Home feet and bead are pretty busy from Economists with 17,000 teachers in reveille to taps. "Even old soldiers, be went on, it just to mention two of the many the day is over are ready to "when groups which have Joined Uncle Sam in this Job of building better bod- read a little and maybe sing a lities, brighter minds and a more stal- tle, and then go to bed. And at thia point, ifl may interwart nation. a personal word. I can come ject I sat today In the office of M. L. out for confirmation of that statehead of the extension service Wilson, 1 know. I was there. ment of the departmeht of agriculture. 1 But as far as the soldiers spirhated to leave, to fascinating were his stories, true stories from the itual life goes things are different when I was in the army and laboratory and the home and the from when Chaplain Arnold began his canning factory, the garden and the service. field, the hospital and the kitchen. Today there is religious service How the missing vitamins and minof every day in an army camp. erals through the But let's get down to brass tacks, will be restored as the chief of chaplains and I did How to a chemically products. In talk. our It great educational campaign will waa not an I call it a talk. an interview. Just teach people how to choose from the talking to another In a room foods they have; how to provide food elements for those without with the scent of red roses and a the doc- calendar open showing Jesus before means; how the house-wiftor, the dietician and the restaurant the tomb with the atone rolled away. Is the boy in trouble, is be heavy-ladekeeper will be shown ways to help is he sick? nourish the nation's sinews. the chaplain to whom he goes Its of the fam"Only about or the chaplain who comes to him. ilies of the United States with diets the boy is Just laid up with that could be rated good were Suppose cold. 'The chaplain ia there, evfound in a recent survey by the deery day in the camp hospital or partment of agriculture. to Say, "Howzit, budthe sick-baAnd ap a national nutrition conference was called which mapped dy? Suppose he is too sick to write the Job conquering hunger, "the oldborne.. Down sits the pad re and est enemy of man. takes the letter. Suppose he Is real sick. The chaplain talks to the doctor, and then write to the folks. Why America Suppose it is critical. Then the chap-- , DoeantWant War In the hours was lain, if be doesnt happen to be of of the sinking the same faith as the boy. gets the awaiting the details ' or rabbi if he has lad's own the American of ship Robin Moor, to send to pastor town for him. nearest the 'reportedly by an "unidentified But the boy is heavy lasuppose there was, tor these days, the troubles be some with of den an indescribable calm in the capltaL not home about to like write does After the White House press conten the chaplain of out chance Nine I walked down the winding ference has it If be has not he path under the elms which seemed will guessed and. listen. .give .advice, out of to cast a shadow of peaceful securout of the dewide his experience, reity across the whole nation. I are in his and votion that charity viewed in my mind conversations not would he have soul the job). (or of the week with certain earnest We these and othtalked of things men in high places' in the govern, office then In and the quiet ment. They had given me reasons ers leaned across Arnold the to hope that the United States would Chaplain and desk said; not be drawn into Europes fright"Heres one filing I wish youd tell ful struggle. When 1 reached my office I. Jot- these people you write for. ten them ted these reasons down. Here they to write a letter about their boy and address 11 Chaplain and the are: same address they write to the boy. 1. The people do not want war. And if they know anybody any rel2. The United States ia not prepared the navy, yes; but not the atives in the town nearby the camp, write to them and suggest that they army or the air corps. invite the boy to come to see them S. If we went in there would be a Che week-enand write to the over demand for supplies at home which or rabbi of their or minister Britain needs. priest He'll be glad to 4. If we took an aggressive step own denomination. against the Axis powers. Japan cooperate. would be bound to Join Germany At that point be leaned back and . and Italy against us. smiled. "You know. be said. "Our 5. If Germany struck first, Japan chaplains in the army represent 27 wotild not - have - to . go in, there- denominations of the 261 ... in. this fore. Germany Would avoid "inci- country and they give a fine examthat the churches dents. ple of tsde' tSe wrmy' might- - wefi copy." nLJhesct wcxetheraasunsvl. believe,head-shephe- rd 1 food-processo- rs ier e, n. one-four- th CRAIG WOOD Nor Wood, for the championship. will they forget the resulting playoff, which Sarazen won. Then, too. there was Byron Nelson who whipped Wood In the gruelplayoff for Open honors ing In 1939. That playoff caused the naclimb fasttion's blood pressure-ter than a monkey after coconuts. 36-ho- le y . a al 13-fo- ot - Scores 68-7- heart-breakin- 300-pou- . ..hig-loumajuc- Although it is generally assumed National F arm and Homa Hour Commentator. Street, N. W Washington, D. C. Starving in tha midst of plenty That it what ia wrong with a much larger segment of the American people than we ever guessed. And a lot of the hungry have plenty of money in the bank and a lot of Others have plenty of potential food in their garden plots. Sounds ridiculous. doesnt It? But it Is true. And in a week or two you will probably see one of the 2,000,000 pamphlets which were printed by the government printing office in Washington and distributed of by the office of the health, welfare .end related defense cham-pTon.;Tliecf- ,0 -- nt All-St- -- ar n . when-Washlngto- n sub-amari- , d. -- - BRIEFS This anecdote arrives from Trondheim district Norway: A Nazi missionary arrived at a' local public hall to deliver his routine address on the joys of living under Hitler and Quisling As he entered the hall, two old fellows Norwegian farmers were standing Just the doorway, outside debating whether go in or not In a moment the Nazi speaker reappeared. by Baukhage red-face- d Union.) Western-Newspap- DURING the recent celebration ofa an American Day, that Kentucky bluegrass is a native group of church dignitaries and of Kentucky, such, in fact U not members of the American Legion tha case. When Daniel Boone led gathered at a monument in the little ut WNU Service, 1343 H " Lawn and Pasture By BAUKIIAGE might-have-bee- 35-fo- ot (Released bjr Famous Experts Seek Methods of Restoring Pep To Americas Diet; Chaplain Has ' i Vital Role in U.JS. Army. - one I.eyErsaw...Dev-Milburn-anWilburn Guest were also on the longer side. Each of these men had a good Ilitchcock figures that 150 yards, chance to duplicate previous victohalf the distance of the fieldr - Is ries over Wood when they went into about all one can get from a full the last-dastretch on the Colonial polo smash. Any wallop beyond 100 clubs soggy fairways. Shute had n 144 for the three rounds, even with yards Is good, hard hitting. drive "The longest Ive seenkJ"an Wood. . Runyan was close behind "from a with a 145. Sarazen had 147 " and "came writes, eyewitness -- combination of golf and polo: Wins-- " Nelson was only two Strokes beton Guest teed up a golf ball at hind at 146. To make a long story short. Wood Meadowbrook one day, mounted his olo pony and was then handed.-didnt let up. His putter was Just polo mallet With a good, galloping as hot as It was when he won the start and a double windup Guest Masters this spring at Augusta. He drove the golf ball the full length of dropped two putts and aev-rr10 and shots. His woods the polo field a matter of 300 yards. .were7 functioning ss perfectly ns ev, It was all carry. Golf machines can reach- 500 er. and his short game left little to yards, which shows how far the hu- be desired. man machine lags behind the metal Three-Yea- r contrivance. In 1939 at Philadelphia Wood shot and then added a 3 g to "lose to Nelson in-- a Getting Distance shot he Last Distance isnt a mere matter of year playoff. 289, bulk and physical power by many finishing a pair of strokes behind Lawson Little, the yards. This Ben Ilogan, weighing less than 135 winner, and Gene Sarazen. Is were rounds his than longer by year pounds, yards - . 284 most of the 180 or swingers. Craig Wood is a popular - Cyril -- Walker, .lionet-sa- w WdT lriflays''witira weighing 110 pounds, outdrive Wal- hard luck player particularly when ter Hagen, at 185, consistently in a he docs the seemingly impossible and - comes out on Distance comes largely from club-- , head speed more so than from any Sport Shorts other single factor. C.Net receipts of the ninth annual baseball game, to be played Jones one with his Bobby day, own clubs missingjnsed his wife's July 8 in Briggs stadium, Detroit, set. Mrs. Jones driver weighed will go to the army and navy rec12 ounces, much lighter than reational programs. - only uniC. A street on the Stanford Bobs. aftnamed been has "I was astonished to find that I versity campu McDonald. Sam er Negro superinwas bitting the ball that day longer than usual Bob said. "I found out tendent of the institutions athletic that I could get much greater speed plant. C. Both the National Open and the from the lighter clubhead. Natural- P. G. A. tournaments are worth 100 ly It called for less effort in points to the" winners for the Var-dotrophy award. d Ctmo Scott Motion HARRIET MAY WILSON on-help- How Far a Polo Ball? $ , Subject of.Vide Study i Is ; , illlililiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllliilllillfllllllliirr OLFDQMS most popular chan 38-hol- e, Golf Sluggers long-distanc- McSHANE by Waiters Nssnpapsr Unto 72-ho- le has ever hit this palisade on. the fly .Thursday, Jun, and furious. The hall was ... particularly empty. DonnerwettesI It must be' that Norwegian broadcast from Lon. don that everyone is listening to! At this one, one of the old men pulled out an ancient sDver watch, verified the time and exclaimed: "By Gad! He' right Come pn. Niles, we have just time to get home and bear the news! bis intrepid pioneers into Kentucky, no spear of the handsome bluegrass met their gaze. Like most of our valuable grassea, bluegrass was brought to America from the Old world by early colonists. Bluegrass is now widespread in America and has great value both as a lawn grass and for pastures. It--tf seldom actually sown in pastures, since, because of its creeping underground stems, it is practical- -' ly certain to appear anyway in good pasture land. . Lawns everywhere (except la very dry regions) are 'seeded to bluegrass and white clover, the bluegrass germinating quickly and forming a thick rich growth while tha clover is becoming established. The name "bluegrass was first, presumably, applied to Canada bluegrass which has a bluish foliage, and was later transferred to 'the Kentucky species which is actually a lush, deep green. Another important immigrant from the Old world Is Redtop. This is a beautiful grass and very widespread. being found everywhere in the United States. It Is said, as a result of experiment, that no other grasa will grow under as' great a variety of conditions aa Redtop and d that It is the best grasa among the tame species. Red-to- p will grow in tolls deficient In lime; it la strongly It is a vigorous grower and will form a good turf in a very short period of time. A recent government-bulletin says of Redtop that: d "Its chief uses are (1) as a or sour-lan- d hay crop; (2) as a part of pasture mixtures under humid - wet-lan- drouth-resistan- city of Carrollton, Mo., to pay tribute to a man who has been called the "most honored American. His name was James E. Shields and he is described on the monument ss a "soldier, jurist and statesman. But those three words are only .a slight Indication of the factors which made his career so remarkable. A quotation from a recent book, James Grays The Illinois, 1 a volume in the "Rivers of America series, published by Farrar and Rinehart, sums it up more adequately. It says: "With a thoroughness characteristic of hia executive temperament, James E. Shields seems to have done everything in triplicate. He fought in three wars and represented three different states as United States senator. No other American, it might be added, holds such a correct the cause if of TROUBLE WITH A PCUCKXg CEREAL, KELLOGG'S AUsBRAt.. . AT rrarey cay utt jnj AuopmKPiEH ry ml OF WATER. "S & Indifference Slays Affection can withstand vp record., vere storms of vigor, but a Born in Dungannon, County Tylong polar frost of lndifferes rone, Ireland, in 1810, Shields came Sir Walter Scott. to this country at the age of 16. He enlisted in the army, served in the Seminole Indian war, then went to 6 Dalicloua Flavor a Illinois, where he was elected to mix in a jimr tha legislature in 1836, made state Itarajtan im anr, glam auditor in 1839 and appointed a Judge Perfect far Ficaictsr Dm im of the State Supreme court in 1843. 38 BIQ CLASSES 5 Two years later he was appointed THE PERFECT DRINK commissioner of the general land anumjpuuiiww uiJdPi ijui'W1 Hm njiijijjtii jjawiwiiiiimiy.ijiww t; Painfully Good Some people are So pail good that they would rathe: right than be pleasant. LC wet-lan- DONT BE Feen-A-Mi- Feen-A-Mi- 8-- 0 Carpet grass . Sheep fescuo 5-- .25-3- 0 far iaarm(iea Mti to Supenataadaat ta WajJuAffaiu. I. C. hartkat akifli-Jar,.r.atmar- irturi. u4 at Documents, .l, Ka. 12S4. BOW NUTS BECOME WORMY Did you ever, when you were a child, bite into a wild sweet acorn, only, to find it harboring at its heart s' fat. , white, and wrinkled worm? These worms are the larvae of the snout beetle. The snout beetle ia so called because its bead is elongated into a snout which' is sometimes long and curved. When the acorns or nuts are young and soft the snout beetle punches a bole in them with her snout, then deposits an egg iti the holeln due time the egg hatches into the worm which spoils the nut' 7 un UK :osj nt t th nt FEEN-A-MIN- I J BRIG. GEN. JAMES E. SHIELDS office, but gave up civil life at the outbreak of the Mexican war to ac- owre II etc i so-call- 14-1- .st- Feen-A-Min- foliage. -- in in 1 L i T blue-gree- n - ntt BOSS!. BY YOUR LAXATIVE CONSTIPATION THIS MODEM When you feel gassy, headsdij due to clogged --up bowels, doaa! at bedtual do taka morning thorough, comfortabli helping you start the day fall 4 normal energy and pep, fcslugi dorio't S million! your nights rest or interfere witksai t, thsds next day, Trj gum laxative, yourwelC It tastes p bandy and economical ... a family k. CARPET GRASS A grass which is especially adapted to sandy or sandy loam soils, especially on lands with a high water table, ia the Carpet grass, also known as Louisiana grass. On lands of this nature it will occupy the land in pure growth, especially under heavy continuous gT axing. Moreover, it will produce good crops of seed even where it is heavily grazed. Government experts say that "over much of the area in which it grows, carpet grass ia more valuable than any other perennial gras yet known, for permanent pastures. It does best under conditions of abundant beat and , moisture and where such conditions prevail it provides pasture from May to November. A meadow grass which comes on early in spring and remains late in the fall, thus supplementing native pastures, is- - Meadow- fescue, sometimes called English bluegrass. Its leaves are bright green in color and very succulent, and it also makes a very good quality of hay if permitted to ripen. It is said that for wet soils, few grasses are the equal of meadow fescue. Its habit of flourishing in late all after early frost have killed the native grasses, make, it valuable to stockmen since ft reduces by some weeks the 'period of dry feeding. Sheep fescue, is s' native of both the Old world and the New, being found along the Great Lakes and in the Rocky mountains. It is a bunch grass. It is adapted to the same general climatic conditions as is bluegrass sad may be grown northward aa far ns any agriculture is possible. It does exceptionally well on poor sandy or gravelly soils and. although it is tough, it is nutritious and is eagerly eaten by sheep. Cattle, loo, will feed upon ft readily. The usual rate of seeding per acre for grasses listed here is: Kind Pounds j 8 Kentucky bluegrass 4...'. Redtop 5 Bersiuda grass ..25-3Meadow fescue ros ide conditions, especially on soils other than limestone; (3) as a soil binder; and (4) as an ingredient in all hay mixtures which are to be fed at home. The grass most used for lawns and pastures in the South is Bermuda grass, particularly on clay and loamy soils. It does not seed readily in humid regions and is therefore commonly planted by Several variepieces of ties of Bermuda grass are recognized, the most valuable of which, agriculturally, is the Brazil Giant Bermuda with its rich root-stal- THE BETTER WAy COMStimOH OUtniAx Early Arrival all my success in b having been always a qua: an hour beforehand. Lord St. FEMALE Ml WITH WEAK, CRANKY cept a commission as brigadier genNERVOUS FEELINGS eral of Illinois volunteers in 1846. women who suffer pain of In' You Shot through the lung at the Battle ular periods and are nervous, cm of Cerro Gordo and brevetted major due to monthly functional duttf ances should find Lydia his recovery he served general after hams Vegetable Compound in the Valley of Mexico as commarvelotu to relieve such mander of a brigade, only to be Plnkbama Compound w1 wounded severely again at the especially tar women to help such distressing feelings sod ti storming of Chapultepec. thru help them go smiling "dlffleult days." Over l.OOO.OOCwcr Mustered out of the service on have reported remarkable July 20, 1848, he was Immediately WORTH TRYING I Any druW appointed territorial governor of Oregon, but resigned this office when he was elected senator from Illinois. Cynics Knowledg He served in the senate from 1849, The cynic is the one what to 1855, then moved ,to Minnesota. the price of everything and Wi When the state government was value of nothing.--Osc- ar organized there he was again sent to the United States senate where he remained until 1859. He next moved to California, and at the outSalt Lakes NEWEST break of the Civil war he was commissioned a brigadier general of volunteers in August, 1861. At the Battle of Kemstown, Shieldswas wounded." receiving' a" broken "arm from a fragment of shell. i r - On- March 1863, weakened by the wounds which he had suffered - T In two wars. Shields resigned from ij.r-irthe army. Going to California he found that the lands granted, to him for his military services had been lost by his trusted agent and he bought a farm near Carrollton, Mo. Although he had decided to retire frompublic life, he wassoon back into politics. In 1868 he was Democratic candidate for congress, and although his friends declared that he had been elected, he was "not seated. Six years later they elected him to the legislature, and upon the expiraJ tion of his term, the general aged, weakened and impoverished, sought the humble position of Oppedt Mermen ! of the United States senate. El CELT AECOMMENDB' But this was denied him and he Kates $130 to $3- lb a. 1 "iS -- - f -- 7 Hotel TEMPLE SQlMt door-keep- er - "turned to. Missouri,T&at. state promptly honored him by electing him to the senate. He held this position until hi death;- - wh i Ch'tdbk'pla c e on June 1, 1879, at Ottumwa, Iowa. Its g mark of distiactio at Hi beautiful ERNEST C. ROSSITE. j I ) vncniLAiwf One of the most farhous incidents in Shields career was his duel" with Abraham Lincoln while he was state auditor. Lincoln wrote an j anonymous letter to the Illinois State Journal ridiculing the financial pol- ADVERTISING is a icies of Shields who challenged him estate to a duel Lincoln accepted but chose lance committee, as weapons cavalry broadswords and maintained in you and specified that the fighting be efl done over a plank set in the ground est, to see that the with the duellists standing on opto sell to J posite sides "atjthe distance of the aspire whole length of the sword and three always be worthy of yonf feet additional They didnt flghtl COKJEHTTf, |