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Show THE JOURNAL Page 6 SATURDAY, FARM TOPICS SPORTUGHT Southpaws Can Match By GRANTLAND RICE HOMER nodded. So did pVEN Shakespeare, Kipling, K e a 1 1 and a few others. They were entitled to nod. Most cf us are not. We haven't earnnd any such breah. So I a polo f to the veteran fan from New Jer- p's jj gey who says that In picking Young, J'y 'Jb Johnson, Alexan-- ' . J iJ der son and as Mathew- - baseball's tout greatest pitch ers, I mentioned no Grantland Rice great left-handers- left-hander- s. "Were there no he asks. ?" "Were there no to match the great There must have been. Who were they?" In order to appease the gentleman from New Jersey and all d athletes and friends, weU arade Into the games greatest today and see how )hey match the games four greatleft-hande- rs great right-hande- Right-Handewe rs some time ago. picked The Four Top Southpaws rs Athletics. We have never yet been able to figure why Connie Mack had the type of mind to go for hurlers. Yet it was Connie Mack who produced the best of them and the most of them. Connie Mack, or Mr. McGillicud-dy- , should have an evenly balanced mind. Among his righthanders he had Chief Bender and Jack Coombs. But among his lefthanders he had Eddie Plank, Rube Waddell. Lefty Grove, Herb Pennock, most of the great ones. Mr. d Mack must have been a No. 5 Eddie Plank, Burn rs No. 1 Carl Ilubbell, New York Giants. No. 2 Herb Pennock, Athletics, Red Sox, Yankees. No. 3 Robert Moses (Lefty) Grove, Athletics. No. 4 George Edward (Rube) Waddell, Athletics. . hotbed and . youll eat your own early June peqs next May, That advice for home gardeners comes from Robert L. Zahour, Westinghouse lamp engineer. Such miniature "greenhouses" warmed bulbs hurry vegeby tables to the table 10 days ahead oi regular seed plantings outdoors. Flower seeds started in hotbeds are brought to bloom one month low-pow- er earlier, he added. bulb is best for hotThe beds because higher wattage bulbs are more apt to create hot spots in 25-wa- tt left-han- dreamer. His phantasies must have roamed in the mystic heavens of light bulbs in a P 25-wa- tt backyard left-hande- d Here are the four top we have selected along with an alternate who Is hard to leave out. We have seen them all under every form of competition. We admit In advance that we can be wrong. But wrong or right, here they go left-hande- Use of Small-Wa- tt Light Bull) To Hasten Growth of Vegetal the southpaws. right-hander- s? Maybe you dont hammer to work j left-hande- rs right-hander- s. BRENDLINGER WHEN FELIX life he to private We are not jgoing as far back as ceased to be a "figure" in May-fielToad Ramsay and southpaws of a If you took time to analyze forgotten era. This century is late the reason, the answer was simple. enough. For 30 years Felix had left his Who have been the greatest home on Pleasant street at exactly left handers since 1900? Here 7:35 in the walked a quarare Just a few: Carl Hubbell, ter mile tomorning, the railroad station, New York Giants; Lefty Grove, hnardri the 7:48 d. Philadelphia Athletics; Robe Waddell, Philadelphia Athletics; Herb Pennock, Athletics, Red Sox and Yankees; Eddie Plank, Philadelphia Athletics; Doo White, Chicago White Sox; Art Nehf, New York Giants; Nap Rucker, Brooklyn Dodgers; Ilowie Pollet, St. Louis Cardinals; Hal Newhouser, Detroit Tigers (one of the best); Rube Marquard, Babe Ruth, Lefty Gomez. Now there happens to be a pretty fair list of left handers in this limited group. There are fine lefthanders not included. But we believe this list covers most of the good ones and the great ones. You may notice such names as Ruth, Marquard and Gomez. Ruth d has the finest pitching record. He could easily have been the greatest pitcher of all time. Marquard set or tied an all - time winning record. Lefty Gomez was the most devastating of his day. He was one bf the greatest world series pitch-erleft-hande- left-hand- left-hand- ed er s. All of this goes to show you what a magnificent list we have all set from which to pick the tour best men who might match the four r TO I.linUie 1 train for Long- - view, and spent the day in that distant city at a desk in the insurance offices of Booth, Gill and Dyer. Every evening he disembarked from the 5:52 train and reto his traveled the quarter-mil- e Pleasant street home. Mayfield citizens were used to the sight of Felix walking briskly to and from the railroad station. Sometimes some one would ask Qj) Fiction -- him to do an errand in Longview, and hed always oblige. Frequently he would deliver choice bits of news to friends and acquaintances. Booth, Gill and Dyer had for their clients two large steamship lines, and Felix could tell when the boats arrived in port, or when they were delayed by storms and when im- portant personages were arriving from abroad. There were a hundred and one things that Felix could and did do that achieved for him a certain recognition. After he retired, Felix ceased to be a figure. 'He wasn't an especially imaginative person, nor were his neighbors. snxrcprcsrcnfPff rfTrfl ssu llll in The neighbors knew unconsciously that Felix was no longer different from any of them. Felix knew it too. It troubled him. It hurt. It made him lonesome. It made him wonder. It threatened to develop in him an inferiority complex. "YouTI do no such thing!" Felix exclaimed, h i s eyes gleaming. G. P. Walker, Purdue UnlvJ extension agronomist, say J when soils cant take plowing 5 ily, its a sign they are dangeros low In organic matter. Walkers advice is mori crops In the rotation to give Seedlings coddled in electric hotbeds like these hurry vege-tables to the table 10 days earlier and bring flowers to bloom a month earlier. "I'm catching the 7:48 In the morning." and occupied his time as much as he could. But it was a physical oc- cupation, and this gave him plenty of opportunity to think. Eventually his thinking changed to brooding, and the brooding nourished the growing inferiority complex. Felix's wife noticed the change. She tried to talk to him, to learn the source of his moodiness. But Felix couldnt explain it. He felt a little ashamed, and didn't want to talk. PITCHED AN SHUTOUT AGAINST THE ST. LOUIS CARDS N 1933 AND HE DIDNT ISSUE A single BASE ON BALLS! hCH HORSE WON THE MOST RACES IN A LIFETIME-W- OR HtELAWAY GALLANT fox? ssiaom p Id i scorching the tender young plants. Term 'Hybrid' in Swine The cost of a d hotbed to Offspring three-tenth- s of a Applicable averages only cent per plant for electricity durThe term "hybrid has com season in mean ing the entire superior producing ability northern United States, the engineer calculated. This is 30 per cent the corn grower. It is na less than the cost of soil heated by therefore, that the terms " electric cable and only half the hog" and "hybrid boar cost of manure. interest corn belt pork prod bulb-heate- six-wee- Another month passed and Felix's wife began to think he was m case for the family doctor. Then one day a letter arrived from Booth, Gill and Dyer. They wanted to know if Felix would consider coming in for a few days to assist in straightening ont some matters about which .they considered him an expert. Felix tried hard to find pleasure ini his retirement. He planted a garden and bought some chickens Dark and Light Beef Equal in Food Value According to many- - cattlemen and market experts, there is no reason to believe that dark beef is different from light beef in nutritive value. The fact that a small percentage of beef carcasses show a characteristic described by the trade as "dark cutting and that this dark "The idea," Felixs wife excolor is discriminated against by claimed. "Dont they know but of retailers and consumers, has for course they dont Ill write immany years presented a problem. mediately and tell them how poor- ly you soil an easily worked texture crops well fed with nitrogen, phate and potash put life soil and build up its organic ter supply. They improve itnic and tilth. the soil, stunting seed growth or It seems quite clear, most culturists are agreed, that ' vigor" eventually will greatly the efficiency of ini live Informed br production. however, believe that there art yet available adequate 4 of boars for P able sources ing hybrid hogs. Furthermore, the name in the accepted sense of should be reserved for market-boproduced by the "b the the ft g are!" "Youll do no such thing! Felix exclaimed, eyes gleaming. "Im catching the 7:48 in the morning!" THE JOB lasted three weeks. that time Felix became a figure once more. People became used to him going back and forth to the train. Unconsciously they fell into the old routine of asking him to do errands and demanding choice bits of news. Felix was happy again. He beamed. He put on weight. He felt important He was important On the day that Felix finished up the special work, Mr. Gill approached him. "Felix, how about staying on with us awhile? Youre not old enough to retire. We need you here." SHOELACE PREVENT SMALL CHILDREN FROM. REMOW-SHO- E COMPLETELY L ACES BY TYING KNOTS THEM BETWEEN $ AND THE SECOND THIRD HOLES. "Need me?" "As long as youll stay. Oh, cm Mwu J i your land. you have a hard time ploW ground .dont blame it on the er or your implement, trouble may be due to loss ij ganic matter from the soil 1 left-hande- est need I realize that sooner or later we'll have to get along without your help but none of us realized how Important you were." Felixs face glowed. "Thanks. Mr. Gill. You couldnt have said anything that would make me happier. But as far as staying with you is concerned Im afraid Ill have to turn down the offer. You see, I've got some chickens and 8 garden out home that need my at- PIPE FILTER TWISTED TISSUE PAPER WILL ABSORB TOBACCO TAR AND NICOTINE IN STEM OF PIPE MADE TO TAKE A FILTER. TWIST LOOSELY TO PROVIDE AIR SPACES. tention. And well now Ill be able to retire with a clear con science." i |