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Show DECEMBER SATURDAY, THE JOURNAL Page 6 29, 1941 FARM TOPICS SPORTLIGHT Pennsylvania Has Top Gridiron Talent GRANTLAND RICE NEW YORK If you want to size up a football team, writes a look at where most L.P.S., take of the players come from. Theres the answer. Teams that have many players from out of their own state were benefited by the heaviest proselyting, recruiting and subsidizing, as a rule. Did you notice that By end of this football argument may to different lead to a big split-u- p ways of running the game. writes in one sideliner, Why, dont we have three divisions: Professionals, and Amateurs? Each team to play among its own group? The trouble is the professional casts would insist on being labeled amateur. d in a recent The chief trouble will come from athletic scholarships and team, nine of scholarship ratings. A big the eleven men of number colleges will stand came from the at the idea of howl up and north? I just made abandoning all athletic scholara check and found ships or forcing football players the majority of into courses too tough to be the Southern stars passed. For a great many footcame from well ball players can only pass simabove the old Mason ple courses. This doesnt apply and Dixon or Smith to everyone, of course, especial- and Wesson line. Pennsylvania is the main recruiting ground. THE On the other hand, he Texas teams are continues, FICTION nearly all packed with Texans. Missouri has nearly all Missouri CORNER By boys In her line-uPennsylvania, Id say, gets the heaviest a week it had been raining. raiding. They travel from 1,200 riOR sat on the porch of the reto 1,500 miles to grab the best sort and looked over the lake. hotel oftalent Pennsylvania has to in thunder doesnt it stop, Why fer. Id say Pennsylvania could He threw the newspaper asked? he field a team that would outa on the at railing. fly match any in the country, inGail was sit-- t Ohio and But Texas. cluding i n g on the one state cant take care of She was swing. fifteen or twenty colleges. Or a few with pretty maybe many more. If any over her freckles heavy cut is made In footballs few. a nose and cheeks just present system the loudest Theres no use letting it get you, will come from Texas. squawk she said, knowing inwardly Ken, Texas has from 800 to 900 prep that she was tired of it, too. schools that go in seriously for footWith this thing on your leg, youd ball. These myriad schools supply be fed up, he snapped, thumping Texas, SMU, TCU, Rice, Baylor, the heavy cast. He had been in an Texas A. and M. and one or two accident two weeks ago. Now that others. The Texas athletic scholarthere was rain he was doubly unship list is also heavy and if there happy. Is any big reduction here Texas Maybe by tomorrow I can take may secede again if not from the you for a ride in the boat, Gail United States, at least from the suggested. It looks as though it N.C.A.A. Texas could lure in might stop raining tonight. Ken kicked his good leg against Arkansas and Oklahoma, and have the all the fun and action wanted. steps. Ill go by myself. Im not a Football in Texas is a civil war and cripple. Gail felt her face redden a bit. the teams really go all out. The high schools in Texas battle it to She, too, was nervous and on edge. the hilt from September to Decem- The rain had been so bad for the ber. I dont know whether Texas last week that no one had done anyhas the phony courses for football thing but play cards. She turned her face from Ken. players that so many other colIm sorry, he said. leges have or not. I doubt it, since Gail turned abruptly, But, most of the complaints that have Ken, you know the doctor come this way havent blown in warned you about being on the from Texas. lake. What if you should have an accident? Im not an undernourished school p Follow Semi-Professiona- ls, well-selecte- rn ly to colleges with much higher Experts Say Barn Windows Are Practical; Sun Reduces Disease Farm experts are urging farmers to make practical use of sunanc shine to solve some of their prob- standards. If the athletic scholarship sanitation and scholarship standards can be han lems of moisture, buildings farm inside died effectively one wont have tc daylighting windows. bother with spring practice, bowls by installing large or even proselyting. Farm building windows in the been too small, have A fellow isnt going to a college past have over frosted during cold weather so largely to play football and ther that sufficient sun energy could pay his own way and take up g not get into the building to provide tough student course. You can bet warmth. Also, little attention has a carload of bullion on that and collect every time. But if there are groups of colleges who want to continue athletic scholarships and soft courses they should certainly be allowed to play among themselves. No one is going to get all colleges to take the same route, to follow the same els above the average of 33.9 bushels. Production of corn for grain this year is estimated at 2,789 million bushels compared with 2,845 million bushels last year. Total wheat production is estimated at 994 million bushels, about 3 per cent smaller than the 1950 crop of 1,027 million, and 7 per cent smaller than the average of 1,071 million bushels. Corn and wheat production, however, Is expected to meet U.S. needs. Poultry Litter road. SUMMER STORMS p. Ralph Blanchard and answered, Of course, you car take care of yourself, but it's better to be safe than sorry. Will you please shut up! Gail looked at him. He had never come right out and said that he loved her, but she knew that he did And she understood him. It wasni that he was angry at her, but ii was the whole business of rain and a broken leg. Lambs like these above, as well as other farm animals, are attracted to sunshine in a barn on a cold day. Large doublepane windows for better daylighting and moisture control In farm structures are becoming more popular. been given to the germicidal effect of direct sunlight in the poultry house, dairy barn or farrowing pen. Proper ventilation and sunlight not only helps to dry up moisture, but direct sunlight helps kill bacteria wherever they gain access to farm buildings. As an example of the suns heating power, in a central farrowing house in Iowa using insulated windows in the south wall, the inside temperature never dropped below freezing although the outside temperature hit 25 to 30 degrees below zero. next morning the rain stopped a while. Ken was up earlj and down' by the lake walking along He the shore with his crutches. felt better than he had for severa days, and when he came to a boai he decided that he would go ou just a little ways from the beach With his crutch, he pushed the boa' out, and laboriously placed himsell between the two oars. He heaved a sigh as he felt the boat move over the water. For a while he thought the sur was coming out from behind thf clouds, but the sky grew darker. As the boat sped through the water, ii would snap at the waves. After a Wheat, Com Estimates few minutes, Ken realized that he had gone further than he had Below Last Year Yield planned. He looked up at the skj The nations 1951 corn and wheat and saw that it was just on the crops will fall short of 1950 producverge of storming. As he looked up, tion, according to the latest U. S. one of the oars slipped, slid dowr of Agriculture report. into the darkening water just out 01 Department The corn crop for all purposes reach. is estimated at 3,105 million bushThe rain poured down as thougl someone had taken a knife anc els, a decline of 26 million bushels slashed the under side of the dark from last years production, but Split-UMay kid, you know! clouds. Quickly, he took the othei above the 1940-4- 9 average of 2,981 There is a good chance that the She knew what he was thinking oar and used it Indian fashion, bui million bushels. The indicated yield the boat was much heavier than s per acre of 36.7 bushels is 0.9 bush canoe, and it was hard to lift the Joe heavy paddle. The waves grew larger. The shore d was at least yards away, probably more, and the wind seemed to push the small boat fur ther away. If only he had two oars, his arms would not have been so tired. In his mind he saw Gall sitting on the porch. lie wondered If he would ever see her again. His wrists ached and sharp pains shot through his broken leg. GETTING HIT BY THIS GIANT TULANE A wave nearly swamped the boat GUARD IS LIKE GETTING SMACKED he was thrown backwards. His and BY A TRUCK. SIX hit the side of the craft. head POUNDS OF SOLID MUSCLE I FACT IS-He was having a crazy, ugly PLAY DIDNT FOOTBALL AT ALL IN 94 Q TOO HEAVY. TULANE dream. Multicolored spots swam up AUTHORITIES FIGURED HIS THEN 300 LB. and down before his eyes. A sickenWEIGHT WAS TOO MUCH OF A BURDEN hum rang loudly in his head. ing TO CARRY THRU VARSITY FOOTBALL. Suddenly the dots disappeared. The hum stopped abruptly. When he opened his eyes, he saw Gail blurred before his vision, and SPDB3TTSCDIPIE THE JS three-hundre- FEET-TWO,2- How to A specially-processe- d verml-culit- e poultry litter has been put on the market for the first time. Poultry producers might find that it will fulfill their It is needs. Called Sani-Flo- r, an effireproof, vermin-proo- f, ficient insulator against cold, of electricand a is The being introity. product to and seed feed dealers duced and hardware stores across the country. It comes in four cubic foot bags, weighting about 25 pounds. non-conduc- tor Dead Tree Perils fire Acute When Winter Hits Alive, trees are considered among the householder and farmers best friends. Dead, they become his most dangerous enemies. Trees that succumb to insects or disease have a way of developing into serious menaces long before owners are aware of their peril. These woody foes should be removed before winter storms hit. Snow, sleet and howling winds make them acutely dangerous. Vitamin B-- 6 Vitamin is called adermin. BY HAROLD ARNETT 80 HE 1 IN THE EARLY DAYS OF BASEBALL THE UMPIRE WORE A PRINCE ALBERT COAT, SILK HAT AND CARRIED A CANE! he heard her voice, softly, Its all right, Ken. Its alright, now. She must have missed me and gone for help, he thought. Then, her voice faded away. As he closed his eyes, he knew she was right. Everything would be fine. He felt her soft hand on his face. He wasnt quite sure whether he was sleeping or awake now, but he kissed her fingers as they cares: ed his lips. READING WITHOUTYOUR GLASSES IN AN EMERGENCY CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY CROOKING THE FINGER AS SHOWN, AND READING THROUGH THE HOLE, WHICH MAGNIFIES THE PRINT, |