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Show rnnOCTDER 7- - the journal 195j Page (PORT LIGHT FARM TOPICS mchwarmer Changes Scene and Clicks Phosphate Big Factor in Plant Starvation Lower Yield Corn and or pitcher ii Hearn Jim Evans, Jess he gy , Grontland Rice a $150,000 go for was heading for just as the minors again. More than one fine ballplayer has been dropped 000 $10,000 big CTORY of Interesting f Ins of more addition In 1950. ft interest side, it also 'Z luck from big league company for various reasons that are beyond his control. Hearns case isnt the only sideu?e ?n or the breaks late or Of the game bring a ball to many player attempting to keep his grip on the game. one Ive Case off known about. Sammy Urzetfa cis Ouimet, Chick . Sweetser, Jess Guiliford, Bobby Jones, Johnny Goodman and Max Marston. In that long line not a one arrived unheralded or as unheralded as Urzetta was. Most of those who won were given a chance. But in checking back through pretoumament dope I couldn't find anyone giving Sam Urzetta a chance of any sort. That isnt all of the story. In You may not believe it but SamHearn my Urzetta, present amateur golf Young was a star at champion, holds one of the oddest Georgia Tech records in the venerable game. every amateur championship pracsome years ago. tically every winner has to have For example, in checking 6 He Is a big kid, back over past champions recently I discovered I had played golf with most of them Charles Blair MacDonald, II. G. Whig-maFindlay Douglas, Walter Travis, II. C. Egan, S. M. Byers, Jerry Travers, R. A. Gardner, W. C. Fownes, Fran weighing He al 200. around ind Rice so had his share from the start. He was a Iriend of Bobby Jones and td golf in the low 70 s at Druid feet, 3 Course. arn is one of n, the nicest young By checking signs of plant food starvation on the corn you harvested this fall, you can take steps to increase yields next year. For example, if the corn In your crib has a lot of ears like those In the accompanying illustration, the crop was starved for phosphate. The reason for this was that part of the silks came out too late to catch any pollen. The kernels were not fertilized and so failed to fill out. The unfilled rows or parts of rows make the ears lopsided and curled. one or two lucky rounds. I mean that he has to win while not playing too well. But there was no such rickety playing on the part of Urzetta, who had won the N.Y. state amateur some time before. In round after round he stuck with par or better. He is on the ws youll meet. or reserved side, although jjdly enough j know a at all times. couple of years Recommends DDT For Termite Control USDA The U.S. department of agriculture has come up with the answer for one of the farmers serious termites. The USDA says a single treatment of DDT will prevent termites from attacking woodwork for at least five years and anyone can apply the treatment. Here's the mixture to use: 5 per cent DDT in No. 2 fuel oil. It will give wooden structures complete protection from termites. Entomologists suggest digging a trench along the buildings foundation about 30 inches deep and about the width of a spade. Then the earth should be saturated at tne bottom with the DDT preparation. The soil which Is used to fill up the trench also should be saturated. Apply the treatment at the rate of one quart per cubic foot of soil. problems that Eddie Dyer had con- k g confidence in his had star. Big Jim two fair seasons. or pretty 5e But not too seasons t big stable r bud-youn- Milk Pall Rack spring a ONE DAYairlastliner off got en a year won its beam over the Rocky mountains and ago he wasnt one and lost three smashed up against a rocky peak. win-H- e It was year, then was sent to Roches-t- o This finish out the season. a few hours before the dis- aster was suspected, and then the airports could only guess at the loion Hearn spent most of the cation of the wreckage. on the bench. He might as Glen Owens, sitting alone In his cabin on the slopes of White Crest valley, heard the announcement over his dry cell set. have been left in the minors, wasn't getting enough work. He led control and lack of steady A was largely responsible, low it could easily have hap-)e- d 11 )ld 7 Young Glens cabin was located on the course of the liners flight, and earlier in the evening he had heard sounds that now he remembered that the Cardinals again ship the Georgia Tech star the minor patrol. But the its took a chance and called in. The keen of Leo Dur-i- r eyes had seen things in Hearns i, head and heart that others overlooked. to as being rather queer. Glen strapped on his skis, loaded a pack with provisions and supplies There was no e and set off up the valley. Three midnight for Hearn when he arrived hours later he saw a light and came 1th the Giants. He was just to the wreckage. Two people were mother Cardinal castoff. But . dead, and another was so badly inwasnt to Leo Durocher. He jured that unless he had medical ok Hearn from the bench to attention pretty quick he too would rifle range. He put die. him, to rk. In short order the big On an improvised sled, Glen liege boy was one of the star pulled the injured man to the nearchers of the est town, and doctor. league. Oddly ough, he has been outpitch-- I Glen Owens not only received a the leading aces on the reward, but he became, overnight, irdinal squad. a figure of national reputation. S$t why the Three days after this a man from Cardinals let such wit right arm go Is beyond us. Hollywood, Calif., arrived in Crest, e Dyer is one of the smartest looked up Glen and offered to pay be managers. Fred Saigh Is a him $500 a week to make a moving e watchman in the matter of picture. (Products. But they let a $100,- Glen smiled and s h o o k his pa-)d- By JOE MAHONEY 5TARTTD OUT AS A BRILLIANT PROSPECT HE DEVELOPED INTO HARD LUCK HOUTTEMAN'lN 1948 WHEN HE WON 2 AND LOST 16! THE NICKNAME HUNG ON WHEN HE FRACTURED HIS SKULL IN AN AUTO CRASH IN 1949. TODAY HE'S THE COMEBACK KID... AT 23 HE'S ONE OF DETROIT'S BEST PITCHERS AND AN AMERICAN LEAGUE HERO. 0OU8L- F- sSSSgsa v. (JMPiK THXOm CUT OF N fact he landed jail! n the manager of NEFFS team of SiAVtCE(XlA, OBJECTED STRENUOUSLY TO A DCOSION BY UMPIRE LYNN BAKER NA GAME WITH STROUQ OKLA. BAKER .SOCKED THE MANAGER, LEE GU0YNIES,CN THE JAW.GUOYNES CALLED THE P0LCE AND CUT OF 7 PARK WENT THE UMP head. Nope, he drawled, I always wanted to be a legerde-mainis- t, and now with this reward money I reckon I got my chance. Good gosh, man, it will take 20 weeks to make this picture. Thats $10,000. Do you realize that! Its a lot of money, Glen agreed, but suppose folks liked me? Then Id have to stay out there and keep making pictures. Youll be a dumbbell If you dont grab this chance. Maybe, said Glen Im a dumbbell already. Glen! What is the matter? Last summer you wanted to start a dude ranch down in Arizona, but you didnt have any money. So you decided to go trapping for one winter so you could save enough money to in a ranch and buy a we could get married. And now youre offered $10,000 and you mumble something about being a leger leger whatever it is. Legerdemainist, Glen told her patiently. made swell newspaALL of whichThe reporters ate it per copy. up. So did readers. If Glen had been famous before, he was twice as famous now. The next week three movie producers arrived on the scene. One 0 of them offered a flat price of for a single picture. Leah Conroy was almost in tears. Glen, for goodness sake, try and understand what this means. In another month youll be forgotten. Its your chance. Do you want to be a trapper all your life? Thirty thousand! said the movie magnate desperately. Glen heaved a deep sigh. 0. K. If that's the way you want It, good-naturedl- y, half-intere- st $25,-00- starved for phosphate Is Illustrated by ears above. Ears are twisted and whole rows of kernels failed to HU. You can add phosphate to the soil This stand Is welded from annext spring through the use of fertilizers carrying this plant nutrient. gle Iron and pipe. The bottom othcorn needs But support shown here Is made from two pieces of er elements besides phosphate. It pipe a with too. So welded and needs nitrogen slight together potash, the surest way to keep your corn space between them. This permits water to drain off. The healthy and well fed and to get high stand can be mounted directly yields per acre, is to give your soil In the earth or it can be grouta balanced 'supply of plant foods ed In cement. carrying all three major elements nitrogen, phosphate and potash. Good soil tilth is another essential for getting high corn yields. You Record Cranberry Crop can build tilth and put the soil In Forecast for Wisconsin prime condition for growing corn, A record production of 969,000 alfalfa and sweet clover, mellow the barrels of cranberries is forecast soil, loosen tight compactions below of! the plow layer and make the soil this fall, agricultural department 15 Is more porous so water and air can ficials report. The prospect per cent above the previous record get in. of 967,700 barrels in 1948. Production In Massachusetts, New Every job has drudgery, whether it is in the home, in the professional Jersey, Wisconsin and Oregon Is school or in the office. The first above last year. Washingtons crop secret of happiness is the recogni- is above average but below that of tion of this fundamental fact. M. last year the agricultural department said. C. McIntosh. Crop well-nourishe- d BY HOWLtoEM HAROLD ARNETT Leah! So Glen Owens went to Hollywood and made a moving picture. Glen returned to Crest, bearing his $30,000, and the next day he and Leah journeyed down into Arizona. Within a week they had purchased a ranch. They were married in the ranch patio, and left immediately for a to Honolulu. It was honeymoon while they were on the boat that Leah asked the inevitable question. Well, honey, it was like this, Glen replied. "That offer of $10,000 was good, but we needed $15,000 to buy a ranch of our own, so I figured if I turned down the first offer folks would think I was daffy enough to make me more famous, and the movie folks would offer me more money. Which they did. Glen Owens, what is a leger? ' And I dunno, Glen grinned. either. else would, I figured nobody All I know is I saw it written out once and copied if off sos Id be sure to get the spelling right In case I wanted to use it pipe R&m TWO A PIECE OF INNER-TUB- E SUCTION CUPS STUCKTO THE WINDSHIELD MAKES A GOOD CAR PIPE RACK. CEMENTED TO |