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Show Page THE JOURNAL 6 FARM TOPICS SPORTLIGHT Baseball Slumps Are Hard to Explain By GRANTLAND RICE run by misjudging the same ball The Answer twice. The Moving; Finger writes, and No. 2 The consistent power at bat became extremely inconsistent. having: writ Moves on, nor any error or a The Giants could hit only on days when the other team was getting hit, Nor any prayer can change a more hits and runs. They couldnt score, support the few games single Nor any tears wash out a game they got. No. 3 The team lost its hustle. It from it. soon began to look whipped. There L. Durocher Khayyam was a dazed look on practically every Giant face. The Costly Slump No. 4 The squad was overtenNew York, May No one can ex- sioned. It was drawn tighter than a plain a slump. One can only take a dozen drums. Apparently all its flying guess. One can only guess early faith and belief had been what actually happened to the wrecked. Giants through the windy, chilly April The Rest of the Way days of 1951. A good No one can say just how far the many writers saw this squad train at Giants ragged start will crowd them St. Petersburg and close to 1951 oblivion. It certainly the majority opinwell-pitche- d ion rated Leo well-condition- north woods guide, he began. It wasnt much of a strike. A settlement, however, sprung up and they named it Leland, after Jim. A year after first the log buildings were erected the settlers decided they ought to have a school teacher, and they sent down to Ottawa for one. Miss Agnes Sheldon volunteered and I was delegated to meet her at the station in Twin Forks. It was canoe trip, the only praca six-da- y tical means of summer transportat- ion. One look at Miss Agnes Sheldon when she stepped from that train and I smelled trouble. She wasnt old, but her features bore a mature ed look. She wore a severe black suit, glasses, cotton stockings, laced boots. When I introduced myself she looked at me as though I were some new kind of insect. That made me mad at the start. I scouted around the town and borrowed some apparel for her to wear that was suitable for the trip. I offered them to her and she glared at me as though Id called her a bad name. In no uncertain terms she assured me she was cap- - bone-rimme- d DRoeoox ATHLETE M POOLE vD MINOR baseball 12 TO 1946 KfcS OF, ball 14 RECENT SOCCER MATCH IN FRANCE WAS 1 THROWN INTO AN UPROAR WHEN THE 1 REFEREE TOSSED THE COIN IN THE AIR m Petersburg. In the middle of a slump you become jittery and jumpy. You expect something morbid or melancholy to happen at any given moment. You are looking for trouble in every Inning. You wear your collar cut low so as to be prepared for the worst. Finally the situation becomes so desperate you become numb and then start winning again with most of the tension removed. able of choosing her own costumes. I AND IT FELL INTO THE GAPING MOUTH 10F ONE OF THE TEAM'S CAPTAINS' lesson. I did, however, endeavor to prevail upon her to rub some mosquito lotion on her skin before we started. She wasnt, she said, going to smear herself up like a savage. The mosquitoes were pretty bad that year. Before noon of the first day Miss Sheldon was bitten so badly it hurt me to look at her. I offered her the lotion again and she refused it. I could see then that she was stubborn. The morning after the first night I crawled out of my tent at dawn and found that Miss Sheldon was up ahead of me. She was down at the river, bathing her face. By the looks of her clothes, shed slept in them. The remainder of that trip was something to write home about. With each passing mile Miss Sheldon got more uncomfortable and more obstinate. And I, though I pitied her, got pretty stubborn myself. I decided not to offer her the lotion again until she asked for it. I was sure that sooner or later shed break down and admit defeat. But she didnt. We had a pretty tough time in the Little Falls rapids because the river was high that year. We shipped a lot of water and Miss Sheldon got drenched through to the skin. That night it rained and she slept In wet clothes. The next day she broke her glasses, and because of near sightedness was always tripping over things. Leland shortly after gl1J reached noon of the sixth day and there was quite a delegation down to meet us. Jim was there, beaming a welcome and ready to make a speech. But at sight of Miss Sheldon the beam died on his lips. Gentlemen, I says, this heres Miss Agnes Sheldon, our new school teacher. She aims to bring a bit of civilization into our settlement, and I reckon shes done it." Well, sir, if Miss Sheldon hatea me before, she despised me after that speech. But Im danged if 1 could help it. This was my first experience with a female and I tell you I was mad. Any dumbhead whod let mosquitoes bite the tar out of her like that, deserved to be told what was thought of her. Jim Lelands wife fetched her up to their cabin and put her to bed. She stayed there for almost two weeks. Mosquitoes, sunburn and wet clothes had danged near ruined her. Me, after Id cooled off some, I felt kind of apologetic and decided the best thing I could do was to get out of town for a spell. But I didn't. No, sir I stuck there and faced my medicine. Theres nothing like being married to a wife whos got a mind of her own they say. Potato chips now account for about 9 per cent of all potatoes consumed, taking about 22 million bushels in 1950. This represents over 80 per cent of the potatoes processed for food, and constitutes a $200 million business. d potatoes, treated to prevent darkening, and used chief-lby restaurants or institutions, are meeting wide acceptance. Pre-peele- y Cancer in Large Animals Is Difficult to Detect Ik QUENTIN, this Well, I was sort of glad. My constory. It happened shortly after gold science was clear and I felt that the was discovered up near Hayden," trip would teach her a much needed IS NOT ONLY PERSISTENT IN HIS WINNING WAYS AS A YANKEE PITCHER BUT ALSO ON ANOTHER COUNT. HE STARTED OUT FOR A COLLEGE DEGREE IN 1938. ELEVEN YEARS LATER, AFTER STUDYING EVERY SPARE MOMENT HE COULD, H ET GOT IT--A B.S. FROM WILLIAM $ MARY. THAT SAME YEAR HE WON 21 AND LOST 10 FOR THE BRONX BOMBERS, PRO 262-acr- V, VV Joseph Motz (above), used electrification to increase profits on his farm 51 per cent during the past seven years. game-winnin- M Within seven years electricity on still only a few games back of the an average farm can increase by leaders and now that the losing more than 51 per cent the money laskein has been broken it may be earned per hour of productive a different story. A few winning bor thats the lesson learned from games could get them going again. a practical electrification experiment on the Joseph Motz farm near No one can lay any blame so far West Farmington, Ohio. on Durocher. He has picked the Since 1944, when electric power e pitchers he was figured to pitch. first reached the farm, He hasnt the relief hurlers which he expected to have back in St. wont be any big help. They are Du-roche- rs outfit either on top or close to the Dodgers. The Grantland Rice Dodgers, Giants and Phillies were rated in the plateau country, practically neck and neck. I know Durocher worked his first-clas- s bunch into physical shape. Condition has always been a big word in the Durocher dictionary. lie rates mental attitude just as high. This club had no pennant faith itself last summer," he said one morning, until June had passed into July. Then it began to believe it could win, a very big factor. From that point on through July, August and September we played the best ball In the league. Now we are starting this season with a stronger faith in ourselves than we had at any time last summer. The team has been strengthened by the additions of Noble, Bowman and Wilson. I feel sure we have a fine chance to win, although I know also how good the Dodgers are. A good start will be a big help." Whereupon this hustling, ball club took a fast running start and dived for the bottom of the pit. Here was a better team than the squad that outplayed the league for three months. It was a match for any team it faced all spring, including the Indians. But after picking up two games in Boston, the following moody events started taking place No. 1 The pitching became extremely erratic. When the pitching improved, bad outfield and infield play wrecked game after game. I saw one outfielder turn a simple g home putout into a Electrification Returns Big Dividends for Average Farmer accurate records have been kept of the farms production and progress. Its all part of a test program initiated by Westinghouse in cooperation with the Ohio Public Service Company. No dude ranch" affair, the experiment was carried out under conditions identical to those faced by the average farmer. Mr. Motz has purchased new electrical equipment at retail prices, using only the profits from the farms opera- Difficulty of detecting and treating cancer of the stomach in horses is pointed up by the death of Cacique, a notable stallion of pure Arab bloodlines. Reporting on the case, the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical association said that early diagnosis of cancer of the stomach in large animals Is practically an impossibility at present." Symptoms are not clear-cu- t and death may occur quickly. Time for Rats The most effective time for an anti-rat campaign is during the winter, when rats move in from outside places to the shelters of farmsteads. World Price Record tion to do it. Here are they facts: In 1944, the Motz farm returned to the farmer 66 cents for each hour of work he put into the various productive enterprises. By 1950, this return had increased to $1.17 for each hour of work. Even eliminating the effect of the increase in farm prices from 1944 to 1950, the return per hour was up more 51 per cent. New Potato Products Are Helping to Hold Markets New potato products and improved distribution methods are helping to hold markets against competition from other foods. Potato chips, frozen French fries, prepeeled potatoes and consumer- - packaged potatoes, as well as an aggressive advertising campaign offer hope to potato growers. Grading and labeling have been effective in publicizing and Iowa potatoes, and it is hoped that the campaign will eventually help to reverse the downward trend in potato consumption which has taken place in the past three decades. ne HOW Not since the cow jumped over the moon has beef ever been so high as it was when Andrew Tatsch (right) sold his champion steer to B. B. McGimsey (left) for the worlds record price of $21,000. The steer weighed 1,000 pounds. The sale ..as made at the San Antonio I estock show where the steer, Shorty," won the grand championship. Young Tatsch plans to buy a ranch with his money. He hails from the Crabapple community, near Fredericksburg, Texas. BY fGOfTTEM HOOKS AND BOTTOM OF VENETIAN HAROLD ARNETT SCREWED INTO YS WINDOW BUNDS AND IN 5111 AT BOTTOM, PREVENT BLINDS FROM RATTLING-- . |