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Show SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1951 THE JOURNAL Page 7 FARM TOPICS SPORTLIGH Rotation of Legumes, Grasses Recommended for Soil Programs Gil Hodges May Be Home Run Kingpin GRANTLAND RICE In home year in 1948. He came back with MASS PRODUCTION will be a hustling business another big winner in 1949. He fell this season, with keener competi- apart once more in 1950. So far in tion than weve known in some 1951 he has had a hard time winning for Kansas City. years. In past seasons it has been the Page worked in 60 tough games 1949 which is more than the averin custom of Ralph Kiner, the Pirates big first baseman, to take charge. age arm can carry when you conIn his last five years with the sider the long hours one spends in Pirates, Kiner has struck off 23, the bull pen. The same fact has now apparentThis 51, 40, 54, and 47 overtaken Jim Konstanty, the five-yealy r him all leaves alone in any 1950 iron man of the Phillies. group. Konstanty worked in 74 games But things are quite different last year. This means he was in in thl: new season of 1951. the bull pen every day, warmKiners main challenger for the ing up for almost every game. new campaign should be Gil There was considerable doubt Hodges, the powerful Dodger. last winter that the Phillies reHodges is only 27 years old. He lief star could return with anyis six feet one, and weighs 200 thing like the same stuff be bad pounds. It s e e m s last season. that big Gil has set He may have had a rubber arm an increasing home-ru- n or an iron arm last year, but there tempo year by is always a limit. Without Kon In his By four-bagger- s. first year. full season with the Dodgers in 1948, he hit only 11 homers. In 1949 he lifted this mark to 23. In 1950 he moved it up to Grantland Rice far So as is concerned, Hodges is off flying well ahead of Ted Williams and other leading sluggers from past years. If Hodges could hold his opening clip steadily through the summer, he would have the best chance yet of reaching Babe Ruths famous landmark 60 in one season. Gil was born in Princeton, Indiana, not New Jersey, where he could have made the Tiger squad one of its best tackles or guards. He is normally a .285 hitter but he expects to do better this season. Hodges is a leading part of the powerful Dodger attack. Any pitcher who has to face Abrams, well over .400, Reese, Snider, Robinson and Hodges (with Furillo due later) might as well stand with his back to the wall facing a firing squad. hitter as As fine a home-ru- n cant the Pirate Kiner is, big Ra'ph too to much lose afford ground to a hitter of Hodges standing. And while Ted Williams is hitting poorly, so far as his batting average is concerned, he still retains his old power. Westlake has been giving Hodges his closest run. Westlake hit 23 home runs in 1949 and 24 in 1950. He is moving well beyond this pace in 1951. Kiner, The Relief Handicap Pitchers working overtime in relief roles can have a year or two of glory, but they pay heavily. Joe Page had a terrific pennantwinning year in 1947. He had a bad iSL. r tv.'1' 's - , Luther was very smug. Of darling, I know how happy and thrilled you are at being married. Phil is a nice boy. Dear me, I remember when Alvin and I were first married. I was just the same. Mrs. Luther of youth. illusions The sighed. Dear me. Beth Franklin tried hard to maintain a role of gracious hostess. Were your illusions shattered, Mrs. Luther? Shattered? Mrs. Luther laughed and suddenly looked wise. Well, yes, I suppose they were. For I did have illusions about my husband, darling, just as you have about your Mrs. Luthers Phil. And then he strayed. lips tightened How dreadful! Not dreadful, darling fortunate. Oh, my yes. You see, Dave, my husband, is not naturally a woman chaser. He was frightfully upset and shamed. He promised to do anything if Id only not leave him. To this day Dave is repentant. Hell do anything I ask. He is humble and grateful, and I declare I think I have the best husband in the world. I suppose it was fortunate, wasnt it? Mrs. Luther leaned toward her young hostess. So fortunate, my dear, that I wish others could benefit by the same experience. Your Phil is very handsome, and Gretchen Carter MRS. Joe MAHONEY OF? always as a LTKcc-- WB end HAD reliefer, WON 7a1es(? 7 AVERAGE - J HAD AN f and vom? W JWST VALUABLE PLAVF'u o LEAGUES SlerotT FABULOUS S.M.U. FOOTBALL STAR NOW UNDER CONTRACT, iWITH THE NEW YORK GIANTS PRO FOOT- BALL TEAM, IS PENDING THE SUM' MER PLAYING BASE-IpdBALL WITH CHR1STI OF THE GULF COAST LEAGUE. Philly drawbacks, plus the loss of Curt Simmons. This is like losing two star pitchers. Any team that catches and holds the Dodgers this season will need everything it can reach for. team If you picked an all-st- ar from the National League, outside of the Dodgers, few could break into the Brooklyn payroll. Who in the older circuit is than Campanella, Robinson, Reese, Ilodges,Snider and Furillo? Abrams, Muslal could get into this group, but not many others. The All-Stgame this summer is likely to be the Dodgers vs. the American League unless some drastic changes take place in the next few weeks. s culture reports, about of the nations land Is now in grass. And some farm experts believe a 25 agronomist. per cent increase in the acreage is Dr. Peterson says the best way for a more efficient type justified to tell what your soil needs is to of even though greater agriculture study the land, its management his- crop production has been demanded tory, its past cropping program and of the nations farms. then have the soil tested. The soil tests will tell what fertilizer is two-third- Spring Is Time to Check All First-Ai- d Supplies Be ready with gause and better first-ai- d remedies, Mother, lest youre caught napping in an emergency, is the advice of Miss Margueritte Briggs, family life specialist, at the University of Illinois. Miss Briggs suggests that now is the time to check first-ai- d supplies, replace antiseptics and salves that have lost their strength, and re- -, plenish tape and bandages to take care of the summer accidents. ar needed and how much is required to Rural Citizenship Told keep the soil well stocked with a Two approaches for the building d nutrient supply. But Dr. Peterson points out that of citizenship in rural areas were tilth and soil structure must be suggested recently by Knox T.J is very beautiful. She smiled. good if the plant food is to do Its Hutchinson, assistant secretary ofj Well, darling, I simply must be crop nourishing job. Crops can agriculture: (1) To make it possible,: going. starve in the midst of plenty and through improvement in rural liva Beth sat down at window, fertilizer can be wasted if the soils ing, for farmers to keep fully conversant with and to help meet comcupped her chin in her hand and structure is poor. stared out at the rain. Gretchen Poor soil structure shuts off drain- munity problems local, state, na-- i (2) to Carter is very beautiful. What had age and ventilation. It keeps air tional and international; Mrs. Luther meant? Mrs. Luther and water out. Crop roots cant make rural areas, attractive to' was bitter and disillusioned . . . penetrate the d soil young people. Poor Dave Luther. How dreadful it to reach needed nutrients. must be to be constantly under sus Dr. Peterson says the best way Soil Testing picion. to correct soil compaction and reTWO weeks later the Hempton pair damaged structure is to add Club held its annual organic matter. This can be done by d spring opening ball. Phil and Beth including legumes and went with the Craigs. En route, grasses regularly in the rotation and Dorothy Craig said mischievously: by returning manure and crop resiKeep your eye on that handsome dues to the soil. Legumes and husband of yours tonight, Beth. grasses do a two-wa- y soil building g They tell me Gretchen Carter has job. The taproots of bought the most seductive gown . . . alfalfa and sweet clover do their Beth laughed. She strove for and soibmellowing work in the heavy maintained an attitude of indiffer- subsoils. Fibrous-roote- d grasses ence. Even later when she saw such as brome or timothy open up Gretchen Carter, blonde and gorge- tough surface soils and make them ous in a white, filmy gown that was granular and porous. truly seductive, she would not admit that what Mrs. Luther or DoroGood Pasture Cuts Milk, thy had said was affecting her Bee! Production Costs peace of mind. She danced the first dance with Since the time when man first An accurate and inexpensive Phil and then, conscious of Mrs. of the cultivation growsoil earth, testing kit, which may be Luther watching her from across began has for and obtained from local garden suppasture hay the room, conscious of Dorothy ing grass his one of been projects. ply or hardware stores is now Craigs mischievous glance, she de- Only in recent years,major have on the market. The kit contains however, liberately ignored her husband. farmers learned the of all the solutions needed to make importance It was quite by accident that toa wcy of cutting milk as tests for nitrogen, phosphorous pasture ward the middle of the evening she becosts. is It beef and and production potash. The kits come with saw Phil slip through the French inof one the farmers main complete doors out on to the terrace. Or was coming structions and may prove of it accident? Certainly it wasnt ac- money crops. to to of home value great According agri department gardeners. cident that sent her eyes sweeping around the room till they found BY Gretchen Carter. HAROLD And then her heart stood still. ARNETT Gretchen was moving toward the same French doors. The orchestra swung into a foxtrot. Beside her, Tom Craig said: My dance, Beth? ' No, she said. No, Tom, I Ive got a headache . . . .Excuse me, please. And she moved away, swiftly, blindly. Without consciously establishing a destination, she made her way out on to the terrace, stood there in the dim light. Abruptly she saw them two figures silhouetted against the sky at the far end of the terrace standing close together. Reason left her. Logic fled. Seized by an uncontrollable fury, conscious only of one desire the desire to wreak vengeance on this woman who had robbed her of her faith, she sped along the terrace, cried out in sudden anguish and flung herself toward the filmy white dress and startled face of Gretchen. As from a great distance she heard a masculine exclamation, LEVEL DRAPERY saw a face in the dim light and If was as an it cloak suddenly icy WITH WIRE COAT HOOKS TURNED had engulfed her and was holding INTO WINDOW CASING NEAR OUTER ENDS OF CRANES. her close. For the face of the man who had been standing with his arm about Gretchen Carter was that of Dave Luther. i rV W ys well-balance- SIP0KISCOIP1E i ir.i I Kon-stant- Approaches for Building 32. 1951 stanty last season, Eddie Sawyer's Feed the soil so it can feed the team could never have won. growing crops, if you want to get inability to hit his 1950 high yields per acre, advises Dr. J. pace has been one of the main B. Peterson, Purdue University A MUf a, At IS?5AND 000 MATCHES. SALL' OF tightly-compacte- well-fertilize- deep-probin- easy-to-understa- nd Howto SAGGING CRANES |