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Show i PAGE TWO THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1945 Sce of Our Country?-So- n? Have Yon a Mad to the Husband? Brother? Father? Employe? (Daughter? Sister?) must be proud enough of him (or bar) to display an or atora or plant Official Service Flag to tha window of your bom for you! Think what theyre doing TTiea you .t&CEHRAD0 Wpatera Unto. hu4 by THUS FAR I TheaSer. head, commonly knows as the Gehlla, Is the enty white horse ever hors os the Geese Bsr rsech la Wyoming. He grows from a misshapes colt to a pewerfel yearllsf, resembling his great grand sire mere every day. The graadstre Is a wild stallion called tbs Albino. One day Goblla wanders Into a moan lain valley, meets tha Albino, nod barely escapes with his THE-STOR- through them like hot lava, making So Thunderhead waa not gelded. them rear and play and fight and A year before, the Albino had recwrestle; making their tails and In Thunderhead a reflection ognized manes lift like flying banners; giving of himself in miniature. But geldlook of Individuality and passion their faces and he had seen them ing would have changed that It have left the colt perhaps, after. Seen the 'change in the car- would a successful racer; it would have of the riage head, the look of the made him more useful to men and eye, the appearance of the colt, the hut P?wlCILbltjre'ndL.rhetl?dJJJeabe- general behaviorr rn.gnblaio.lhclr,drmtnd; never again would he have been a owner, McLaughlin. his would Nothing reconcile him. But creature who gins to train him. GobUa, althoagb could have commandto' handle, occasionally submits, his father had decided. What could ed the notice of hia royal great one do in such a Jam? Fortitude. and rsns with astonishing speed end grandfather. Charley Sargent, millionaire When you couldnt have what you Nell had hardly recovered from horse breeder, tens Ren that Goblin wanted, you accepted defeat with Nraotpw By VIRGINIA TALE recent IISTENERS to a broad- cast never even suspected that in the studio the sort of speeds radio performers and Producers toward nervous Ginny Simms was singing when a man walked up on the stage and dll-Sco- lt - might become n winning racer. headed toward her. Since, when a bis show like that one la produced, there are to many people on stage, no one realized Just at flrat that the man didnt belong there. Then Ken Roberts, the announcer, spotted him. Just before the man reached Ginny, Roberts reached him; he took the stranger by the arm and led him off . CHAPTER XIV Ken brought hlg hone over the fine at he had don before the same, hard gallop, with tha colt fighting his head and unwilling to obey. It made Ken mad that lust now when he wanted performance Thunderhead would do nothing but Stage, whispering In his ear very confidentially all the while. Credit Clnny with never misting a note I fight All right then let It be war. This In more than tlx years tn pictures battling with the stallion was bringGeraldine Fitzgerald practically al ing out something in the boy that ways lost out romantically, with the had never been there before. He other girl getting the man. In "Wil- raised the light crop he held and son the won out, and decided to brought it down on the colt's leave Warner Bros, and strike out haunches as hard as he could. Thunderhead leaped in the air and tried to shake Ken off. Ken could feel the power and anger surge into his own body. He raised his arm and brought the crop down again. When the horse lit this time he was golnfc. It was the long floating effortless pace that had been Rocket's. Ken sat motionless on the tiny saddle. Down to the turn, around the posts, up the other side Nell glanced at Charley. "See that? she said. "Thats what 1 fortitude. Hia mother said you could pray but you neednt think youd get what you wanted, youd Just get the strength to bear the disappointment. Those days made a chang in Kens face and character. He said tyttle about it. The more you argued and plead the leas likely his father was to yield. His mother' was really on his aide, but she left such thing to his father. She felt that he really knew beat. It happened that on the morning of the day of Kens trial race down on the track a call came into the office of the veterinarian at Lara- mie. It was from Barney, the rancher west of the Goose Bar, stating that he had a sick cow who needed to be cleaned out after a premature calving. Could Dr. Hicks come out' and take care of her? Dr. Hicka and Bill, hia assistant, arrived sjjhei Barney ranch about one oclock. They worked over the cow for a couple of hour. When they were leavlnfi, Dr. Hicks said, 'Its only a few miles down the back road to the Goose Bar. We'll atop In there and geld thoae two- - mean." "And hes not even trying," said Charley In s daze. "He's comlngl Hes coming! screamed Howard. "Look at the watch" ' GERALDINE FITZGERALD t (or herself. So they let her win John Garfield in "Nobody Lives Forever," as a parting gift On her own, she went Into "Uncle Harry," for Universal doesn't get her man, but tor trying I goes to the gallows - An of one day Hollywood was fined with rumors that RKO and Paramount had merged a big gate was opened between the two studios, and that was enough for the goulps. The tact of the matter was that Leo ItcCarey was shooting exteriors with Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers and several extras on a Paramount lot for Rainbow Productions "The Bens of SI Mary's, being made at RKO. i b Eddie Canters still entitled Wesat RKO win retala far Canter and Jaaa Davis tha aama character names they need In "Show Basinets," theegh theres ee similarity between the picture? they 31 keep the seme names Jest far lack. tern Comedy Wallace, who composed "Hindustan" during tha last war end "Der Fuehrer Fact" during this ana, provides the score for Welt Disney's new short, "African Diary," which RKO Is releasing. This time Goofy Is starred. Oliver 3 Lauren Bacall has e difficult task ahead of her; shes finished "The Big Sleep," her second picture, in which she appears opposite Humphrey Bogart; for her third assignment she'll have the feminine lead tn "Confidential Agent," which play an English woman. A different accent, e different male lead, --shell have to work hard. Sargent gave a start He hadnt had his eyes off the colt be hadnt timed him. He waved his arm and yelled at Ken, "Keep going! Go around again! Ken's eyes flickered up to him as he passed, but he didnt turn his head. There was a rapt look on his face. ,"Goshl He runs in the air! hbwled Sargent "He doesnt touch the ground! Howard was Jumping up and down. "Keep it upl Keep it up! Thunderhead I Thunderheadl Nell felt hysterical She suddenly put her face Into her hands. The beauty of It The end Ken sitting so still the victory at last the battle the faith the exhaustion the cuts and bruises and strains she had to bind up and now, Victory She raised her head and looked again. Coming back up the home stretch! Comlngl One long sustained yell from Sargent and the horse over the line, Ken trying to pull him up swinging around In circles Howard's-volesquawking "What did be make, Mr. Sargent? while SarWhat did he make? gent was trying to scrsmbla down the rock. e Thuiiderhead had made the n In seconds. "Oh, Kennie Kennle " "Gee, Ken he did It Gee I "That horse! He's one of the seven wonders of the world! Thunderhead was fighting. He wanted to keep going. Ken had hardly come back yet from the ecstasy in which he had ridden. His glowing face with the slightly parted lips was half unconscious. "Could he do it again? Has he ever done It before? We'll let him rest s little, then give him another two-year-lo- spin." "Rest?" said Howard. "Hes not Fred MacUerray. and Leslie Fen-te- a launched their new enterprise. UreL He never - gets tired.-- . - He Mutual Productions, recently, beginhates to be stopped when he gets Past." "Fnrden an work My going. Thats why hes mad now.' ning MacMerray Its a oeznedy, and never They decided to try the colt again; meet, and again they climbed to the ledge playa twin brethera whs bet whose effect on each ethers and timed his start, and again Ken la disastrous. Marguerite fought with him to control him, Chapman to Freds leading lady; forced him over the Une, and was Tamlreff, William Demareet, shaken by the angry, rough gallop Harry Davenpart and Deaglaa by his breaking through the posts. have strong role. The struggle went on the lashing of the crop the scarlet face of the friend to responsible boy, while Charley grew grav and An tor Abbott and Costellos signing the little group on the ledge no Bob Mathews as e vocalist on thslr longer chattered with excitement, Thursday night NBC programs. The but stood allentj friend, ea furlough, was asked to It At last Sargent was hopeleaa. Costellos one Sunday tor a swim; was a fluke, he said. "He's unbe took along a record of Mathews' controllable." and played it for Lou. "Look. look. Mr Sargentl Ha's dooe Dum-bfC- to air-for-ce . A special concert made up of from our troops overseas win be broadcast by tha New York sto Orchestra, Artur Rodxbiskl conducting, ever CBS on Sunday, July L Requests ere being cleared by the Armed Forces Radio Service. PhCharmonle-Symphon-y On bis Sunday Nalaon recently urged ample to take servicemen Me whan be got beme gbeir homes-e- nd ODDS AND ENDS riffs pragmas Ossie ' . found (tot bis children had filed tha bouse with aaldiart and aailora. . . . Jn "Masquerade tn Mexico9 Dorothy Larnonr aaaara a atraamlinad tilvor lathing suit . . . Joan Dennett" will star to "Women to the Wlndoa an tha ftadia Thaatar Juna IK . . . Republic's Western star, tunaat Carton, atudia'a the into hotpilal for dropped an supirin; on tha way out ha hit hit hand an a atgn, and had to go hack far ff ing It again!. The colt had broken through hia He temperamental impedimenta. burst Into hia swift, floating pace, and went streaming around the track. As he crossed the line Sargent punched the watch. They held their breath. Sargents mouth waa wida open in a crazy grin. Hia eyes popped. The gelding. For days and nights Ken had been thinking of it The better the colt behaved, the more speed he showed, the more despair Ken felt They told him, end they argued with him, and they proved It to him. The colt would lose no lota of his speed-mi- ght even have more, because his energies would not be wasted in fighting. In running after mares. In breedlrg them. It made no difference to Ken. He had seen the colts belore gelding, the power that flowed , throughout the world than any other? This to on of tha queries you get from servicemen billeted In Europe and the South Pacific. And then they lead you on to a comparison. cl tennis and golf. This includes, courses, courts and aU other Ingredients that make up an argument. I put this debate up to on of our leading tennis statisticians and her are the facta: "Why compare tennis with golf? Why not compare tennis with any other national or international sport? You wont find any other game even close. In an International way. "Heres something that may aback national sad interna-tlen- the emotion she had felt when she saw Kens triumph. And the fact that the colt had escaped gelding (for Rob had said that alnce Doc had come and gone be could wait another year) gave her an even atranger feeling of unreality. When obstacles vanished, they just floated away as If they never had been "He to going to be a racer after all, lant be, dad?" sport follo"Look like It, aon." t "And aU . our troubles win be' wer. la 1939, fast before the recent over.world war broke "What are you going to do with aU oot, tbo Interna tlon- Orantland Rloo the money, Ken? 1 Laws Tennis "Hea going to pay back a lot had a membership of 59 that he owe me!" , , . nations, beaded for the Davis cap. "And he can pay for his own edu- No ether sport has evea come does to this mark. cation!" "This entry list embraced every "And pay off the note on the continent and every civilized counrancll. "And put wooden fence around It try from the U. S. to Kenya and China. And each of these 99 nations hea promised me that! Mother, youve got to ten me has a tennis governing body. what you want! Ive asked you and "Without any argument, the most asked you and you never have. famous international sporting trophy to the Davis cup, donated In 1900 by "Can 1 have three wishes? "Yea three things. Make them Dwight Davla from S, Loula. No other International cup is 1h tha ' big things, mother! "I want a Swan sleigh an covered same class "Fifty-nin- e what other nations with bells! I want a monkey tree! And I want a little girl!" sport can equal that? Or even coma "What is a monkey tree? asked close, including soccer, golf, basketCharlie. ball or track and field? "Ita a kind of big old pine tree "Strangely enough the two most here on the ranch there are only a famous cups the Davis cup for couple of dozen of them," Howard tennis and the Walker cup for golf came from two famous St Loula explained. "We were looking at on one day long ago They are a queer sportsmen Dwight Davis and shape with branches aU twisting ev- George Herbert Walker. Dwight ery which way, and mother said it Darla and Bert Walker, both from had a face Uke an old monkeys. inland St Louis, were main factors "Mother, insisted Ken, ten me tn putting tennis and golf on tha some other wishes real wishes that international sporting map. I could get you. "There my have been two finer "He wants to buy her sportsmen, but I cant recall their clowned Howard. names. Their International appeal "Better crosa your fingers, Ken, reached to' more than millions It said Charley. "Many a sUp betwixt moved close to the billion mark." the cup and the Up, you know" In the interchange of talk and Tennis Courts flashing glances that played around 15.000 Our tennis expert then began to the table, NeUs look crossed Robs. They stared a moment She felt the get eloquent Aa you may know," Impact of his animosity. He hadnt he said, "there are about 8,000 golf forgiven her for wbat she had said courses In the country. But dont last night When they were alone forget there are 14,800 municipal tennis courts in 983 towns and cltlea of together, he was smooth and easy as if It were forgotten but with the U. S. There are 2,300 municipal people around, he lowered his guard courts located In as few as 10 cities, and New York isnt one of them. and let her see the truth. are 706 tennis clubs, memThere While they argued as to whether of bers U.S.L.T.A.. and 777 others It would be better for Thunderhead to be raced this coming faU or wait not members. And this doesnt Inuntil he waa a and clude the enormous number of tenon the latter, she sat at nis courts at private homes. decided "Golf claims around 3,000,000 the end of the table, feeUng aU her In the U. S. We happen players elation dying down. Thunderheads to- know that tennis can claim seem remote to aucceta began very around 8,000,000 players possibly Indeed, unlikely. No. The odda more. After an, golf requires from were, nothing would come of It The 100 to 130 acres for a course. Tennis e colt had. apparently, run a far lesa." requires faster than it had ever been The mala Could point to that tennte run before. that be true? and to golf recorded belong largely to competruns, According yes. But there were many colts In the itor, net I spectator. And that world besides those who ran In races the way tt should be. We have had many colts who had been clocked entirely t many spectator la this on makeshift tracks like this one country and far too few actual playwho might have must have, broken er or competitors. This goes esperecords, and yet for one reason or cially for football, baseball and boxanother, never were heard of. Why? ing. Theee are largely spectator Things happened. They got hurt or games. Bat these conditions may stale, or proved a flash in the pan. also change later ea. Minions of spectator only mean box office reor ' unmanageable They mesa nothing la the ceipts. "For you aee, said Charley, "we of physical condition. way In now him. hea It's it got know, Now back to tennis. Our experts there. But hes an unmanageable "Tennis Is the only sport continues He on. be cant brute. depended He needs a lot-training and disci- played in countries all over the pline. Besides, he hasnt got his world under the same rules and growth yet In another year, when regulations. Tennis is an internationhes settled down, he'U be unbeat- al matter, not a local affair. We figure there are something like able! tennis players In the world, He gave Ken's back a'resounding whack! Young fellah, me lad. men and women. No other sport even approach this mark. Beyoull have a winner! Howll It feel can to be the famous owner of a famous fore the war ws had something like. 800.000 tennis rackets turned out horse? a had Ken But thought "Sup- each year. This win be doubled after said he "we get the war. Tennis will be one of our lugubriously, pose. tor a race, and then greatest games. It takes up far less him all trained we cant And space and gives far more action and runs be away than golf." him?" To forestall any wild squawks then at at Nell Ken, , Rob glanced His expression waa sardonic. "Ken, from bowlers, softball players and basketball players, wed like tc you take after your mother more step aside on this part of the argua baa to." than any boy right Tha bowlers and tha basket-ba- n ment and Nella eyes met Robs claim around 28,000.000, players clashed again. She looked down and The softball ever 90,000,-- . finished her sliced peaches. What 000. Well let players them fight this out waa the matter with him? It wasnt But so meet dont read people only the quarrel of last night that about their stare or their teams. had left him hard and cold toward The four major reading sports to the her, but now he was tn a state-h- ad United States arc baseball football been all evening ever since and raring with golf next ever since yes, ever since ha ar- boxing rived at the race track in that ridicu- The Best Golf Sicint lous cart what had h been doing Craig Wood reopened a hot argubefore Oh. yes, he went out 'on a tew days beck: ment on out to went see Gypsy Gypsy "The biggest Improvement tn golf, Bellamy and ask if he was going one reasons the leaders give of the lease again this fall to take the you those record scores to this they Ah! squared-fac- e on the g She put down her spoon and sal use the and keep the squared-fac- e a hole motionless, staring througb through the downswing. the table her mind rushed forward. working means lesa pivot leas body "This Charley was shouting that with a turn. means more hand control It of such value potential horse ai Thunderhead. they would nevei You should take the chib head away from the ban and keep tt dream uf putting him out on the squarely In this position so you can bring it winter? that range back squarely to the bH" BC CONTINUED) INLAND PRINTING CO. 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"I thought the Captain said eight" "Derea one more," said Gut, "Kens colt De white one." said Doc. "Oh, the throwback! "The one Ken thinka is going to be a racer. Hows he cornin on? "He runs right gude now, said year-old- s Gua. "Maybe they dont ed." "De Captain wants him gelded all right Mebbe you cud watt a little, while I go down and help Tim wid de milkin? Ken tuk de colt out a while back he might be home any mlnnlt." Doc and Bill took seat on the corral fence and rolled cigarettes and waited. The shadows grew longer. They heard the cowbells as the cows, after being milked, wandered out Into the pasture; then the sound of the separator whirring tn the milk house as it cut tha milk In half, pouring a rich, foaming, white fluid Into one Jar,' a thick yellow cream Into the other. At tost Doc told Bill to pack up the stuff. They got in the car and drove away. Ken felt almost awed when be arrived at the stables with Howard, having driven the blacks home In the jouncing cart," and heard-froGps what had happened. There stood the seven gelded colts In the east corral, their heads hanging lifelessly, their hind legs covered with blood. Thunderhead. said Gua. had come galloping in with Touch And Go some ten minutes after Doc had lefl He had unsaddled him and turned them both out Into the home pasture. Ken stared at the geldings while the blood rushed through his body and sank again. ' This meant this meant Doc had made hit trip to the ranchl His father would never order him up again to geld one colt! Ken leaped In the air with a whoop of triumph. "Gqshl" said Howard. "Youre shot in the head with luck!" want him ' geld- half-mil- Welcome, New Residents of Davis County! SHOP and SAVE at SEARS IN OGDEN , WRIGHTS, INC. of Women's Apparel and Accessories 00 2341 To Good Sportsmanship BOYLES Bank Smokery Ogden's Finest Men's Furniture and Carpet Co. . 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