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Show 'nc 3 I FARM TOPICS 949 Diamond Stars Bid to Repeat I. A grantland rice By k Few Stabs in the Dark Farmers ore finding that the Here are a few wavering stabs, high strength and light weight of delivered through the spring dark- plywood makes it an economical ness, as far as 1950 awards are and efficient material to use in concerned. portable farm buildings such as brooder houses, hog shelters, and American league: Most valuable player Joe Di- range sheds. A brooder house, a building magMaggio, now in perfect health. Leading challenger, Ted Williams. azine reports, should be of adehitter Ted quate size, warm and dry, and Leading Williams. properly lighted and ventilated. To Mel Parnell. Leading pitcher I to break open with new in the North and warmer L in the South, the time seems lb about ripe for naming in the baseball ad-van- ce stars who will be crowned next fall $nd winter. This is a simple enough job if you wait until October or November. It all-aroun- d Leading olds. has many more, tangles i! you try it with 18 clubs heading tor National league Jackie Brooklyn; Don Newcombe, Kiner, Pitts-U- h Coklyn; Ralph Rob-Co- 'S CASE C; b; spec I Yankees; Parnell, Red Roy Sievers, Browns. In 1949 KNOLTONS the American league, more stars ban the National leagne car-Th- e game and the Id series helped to prove had Apparently, all-st- ar did the . So years set of rages. The American leagne hitter to no home-ra- n tch young Kiner, The Nani league had no er to match Ted Williams, i National leagne had no all-arou- nd to match Parnell, no shortstops natch Rlzznto and no relief, iher to match Page. 1950 ; is another year. A new There was little chance that anything would go wrong. He had served as clerk at the lumber camp for two long years. And from the moment he first saw the payroll left unguarded in the office while the bank guard went out and a camp paymaster came in from that moment Knolton knew that some day hed steal that payroll and make a The day that Knolton had chosen for the robbery was not unlike a thousand others. At exactly noon the payroll car "1 drove up. A guard Minute y. Stepped into the office and depos has arrived and some QJJ FlCtlOn Ued the heavy ague ballplayers are all itch-;- o start from scratch, as you bag by Knoltons t or might not say. chair. Knolton greeted him careo will be the two most lessly, nodded at the bag and bent the two leading pitch-th- e to his work. The guard went out. The moment the door closed leading home-ru- n hitter, lisbest hitter and the Knoltons head came up. He best rookies of the new sea tened intently. Outside he could Here are some of the candl-- s bear the bank guard in converse payreporting to southern and tion with Raymond, the camp master. There wasnt a moment to tern turf lose. American leagne: Most vain-li- e Quickly Knolton lifted up the player Ted Williams, Mel cover of his desk, removed from irnell. Red Sox; Joe DiMag-inside a bag almost identical to the Tommy Henrich, Joe Page, one on the floor and equally as Ml Rlzznto, deftYankees; Dale heavy. He made the transfer Altchell, Lou Boudreau, s; ly, unhurriedly. Johnny Groth, Tigers. The door opened and Rayeading home-ruTed hitter mond came inside. He nodded lams, Boston; Joe DiMaggio, briefly to Knolton, picked op es; Luke Easter; Indians the decoy bag and went out Chapman, Athletics. again. wding Pitcher Knolton stepped outside and Mel Parnell. 800 g valu-player- s, all-arou- )ld to would j Richard H. Wilkinson ACT was the result walked leisurely toward the river. years of planning. Unobserved he climbed into the get-awa- Kind-an- d of pitchers r By and Joe Page, Cs Kinder and Mel o, In-'tn- n llyl By JOE MAHONEY 273 THE PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL FOR THE MOST PERSONAL FOULS IN THE l WOT IN 194849 B. A.A. SEASON. ACTON - r! ' GmnES AGAINST ONE TEAM OR THE OTHER NULLIFIED ARMY TRIES FOR THE EXTRA POINT AGAINST FORDHAM. EVERYONE BEHAVED ON THE 5 ATTEMPT AND JACK MACKMUU. BOOTED IT THRU THE UPRIGHTS. y Reyn- n, Stan Musial. Cardinals, nerican league Ted Williams, (d Sox; George Kell, Tigers; Phil Uto Allie n the leaders of H9: challenger Leading relief pitcher Joe Page. hitter Luke Leading home-ruEaster, Indians (if his doctored knee holds up.) r., ;Uand Bice justJua Here were some of Plywood Found to Be Economical In Many Uses Helpful to Farmers A s ANOTHER SPRING Is about bliz-Ld- s ;) n Page 7 SPORT LIGHT 1 i THE JOURNAL 25, 1980 4 canoe which was hidden there, and pushed off. Knolton By mid-- a off turned and a reached tributary the main stream. He paddled up this smaller waterway for more than a mile. He set the canoe adrift and headed inland, swinging southward. By dusk he had come to a virgin fternoon stand of timber, mighty monarch of the forest as yet unscathed by the lumbermans axe. His steps led him to a huge pine, larger than the rest with thick undergrowth at the base. He parted the growth, pulled at a tuft of dirt. The tuft came away, revealing a shallow hole. Knolton had dug the hole months before, allowed the under growth to grow over It so that no trace of his recent visit would be Another poultry chore has been electrified and placed on an autoHere Is a turkey feeder matic basis as shown above. This that is easily and economically time it is a feeding Job which normade from exterior plywood-weat- her mally requires considerable time cant harm it and its and personal attention. easy portability appeals to farmers. It is being accomplished on an be economical, it should be rela Increasing number of electrified tively low in first cost, and yet be farms by mechanical feeders opstrongly built to give long life with erated by small motors. The device out expensive and troublesome up- illustrated here is fairly common keep. For convenience, it must be in a number of larger poultry easy to clean and move. houses. Feed and supplements are Is of of course, prime placed in the top of the metal Portability, importance. Some portable build- cylinder and then mixed by the roings, built by conventional meth tating central shaft which has ods, weigh as much as 2 to 3 thous small paddles attached at the lowand pounds. Farmers naturally hes- er end. The shaft is lowered as the itate to move a heavy structure fre feed Is from the bottom of in evidence. He deposited the bag in the hole and carefully replaced the dirt. WAS A MONTH before Knolton reached his destination; a tiny village hundreds of miles south of the lumber camp. Here he paused to rest with a friend. By now he had grown a beard. The friend provided dye, and Knolton changed the color of his hair from light brown to black. Six months later Knolton, now known as Carl Hedman, with no trace of the one-ticlerk showing beneath his perfect disguise, rode leisurely back toward the scene of his me ejected quently, and so invite exposure to the cylinder by the spinning disease. If moved often, particular ly over rough ground, heavy build ings soon are loosened at the joints Soils Difficult to Plow Held Low in Organic Units The question of whether chemi- Soils that are hard to plow are cal caponization is practical is one often dangerously low in organic which poultry raisers ask most frematter, declares G. P. Walker, quently. Many county extension Purdue university extension agron services also receive numerous omist. Walkers remedy for such questions on the subject. soils is more sod crops in the roIn experimental work, the treattation to give the soil an ment stopped fighting and crowing texture. easily-worke- d with crops phosphate and potash put life in the soil and build up its organic matter supply. Sod well-fertilize- d - TO crime. The lumbermen gave him no more than a passing glance. Satisfied that he had not been recognized, Knolton followed the river to the mouth of the tributary. With pounding heart be mounted the ridge and paused to look. It was as if a hand had suddenly reached out and was squeezing him in a powerful grip. He stood rooted, mouth ajar, staring in stupified Incredulity at the country below. With a sense of horror he realized what had happened. The entire area had been logged by the lumber company, swept bare of every standing tree and piece of timber. Every tree stump looked alike; none' was larger or different from its neighbor. He surmounted great them franpiles of slash, tearing at tically, hunting for the stump, the stump of the great pine .tree. Thus unmindful of his direction he came again to the river bank And when at length he reached the be paused tc top of another hill rest, overcome by fatigue. Too late he felt the slash pile beneath him slipping away. . Too late he realized that the slash had been thrown, on the brink of a precipice overhanging the ritfer. Knolton, with a pitiful cry on his brink. Far, far lips, went over the below be lay, a broken human body on the Jagged rocks. Chemical Caponization Held of Limited Value FIX among the cockerels. "All things considered, It would appear that chemical caponization has very limited value at present 1T1 By Harold Arnett HANDY DAIT ADJUSTMENT THIS RIG IS HANDY BECAUSE IT ADJUSTS THE BAIT TO VARYING DEPTHS BY PERMITTING THE LINE TO SLIDE THROUGH EYE IN HOOK. CORK IS SLIT AND BARB EMBEDDED INTOP WITH EYE EXTENDING FROM BOTTOM. LINE IS THREADED THR0U6H EYE.WITH ATAUTLINE, THE HOOK WILL BE SUSPENDED OFF THE BOTTOM AND NOT SNAG EASILY. CONTAINER VENT AVOID MAKINS SMALL- - HOLE -- VENT INTOP OF METAL CONTAINER FOR P0URIN6 CONTENTS BY MAKING ASIMPLE SCREW-TYPVENT.IT CONSISTS OFAWOOD E SCREW DRIVEN THROUGH A KNOB WOODEN SMALL WHICH ISTURNED AGAINST A PLIABLE GASKET WHEN SEALED. ATWIST OFTHE WRIST PROVIDES AVENT ORSEALS. |