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Show Illtt Page 6 JUUUiNAL SPORTLIGHT FARM TOPICS Comparison of Football and Baseball GRANTLAND RICE As progress moves along the road there Is always a new order of things. You can fight this order just By year. Additions from the Far West and the Southwest have added tremendous strength. I also happen to believe that college football will so long. For example professional football appeal to just as many people when met this challenge and made its the recruited element is eliminated or reduced. It will never be rechange. To the older roster of teams, duced as long as a single alumnus Los Angeles and is found breathing. x&f San Francisco were If correct changes are made added. The addition college football will no longer be of these teams addlargely a battle of scouting, reed immeasurably cruiting, athletlo scholarships to the growth and and money against at least a development of the form of sanity. I received a letgame and will conter from Don Fanrot, the able tinue to do so. coach at Missouri. Don shows Recently Dallas that in the recent awards and was added to the of deserved prizes distribution pro grid map. This at Missouri practically every latest move,, will place the Far came from that state. recipient includWest well above the v-ss- Is I have seen Missouri teams in the 33 men out of 33 came from Missouri. I believe Missouri has more home-grow- n football players than any other big university. Missouri makes no effort to send scouts all over the map, 1,500 or 2,000 miles away in order to bag a passing star, a big tackier or a hard running back. past in which Thats the way it should be. Paul Bryant has announced a similar policy for Kentucky. Football players, given their earlier education free in some public high school, too often bolt for the rich bait handed out by some university or college far away. This is unfair to the state that gave the athlete his chance to get Multiflora Rose Is Desirable As Living Fence, Wildlife Cover In recent years the multiflora rose as a permanent, living fence has crease in crop yields, mechanization gained popularity in many areas of of farm operations, application of the west. proved practices based on research, of commercialization and expansion rose mulitflora The fast growing was first championed by sportsmen specialization, and last but not who had watched natural cover for least, the remarkable improvement birds and small animals decreasing in the farmers physical plant and standard of living. Economists maintain that never before has there been such a vast application of power to agriculture nor such a rapid advance in knowledge and its acceptance. As for the future, increased application of new methods and more machinery will prolong the "golden age". Canned Spray Paint East, ing New Yorks Giants, Philadelphias Eagles or Pittsburghs Steelers in the. matter of attendance. Big league baseball has made no such changes. It has defied progress. Today Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Baltimore, Buffalo and Houston have larger attendance figures to draw on than some major league cities but they cannot monbreak into the Iron-bouopoly of the big league game. Baseball has stuck with the 11 cities and 16 franchises it picked up fifty years ago and has made no move since. In spite of the vast changes in population and interest shown, the old game has plodded along, clinging desperately to the past with any views of the future completely hidden. It may be the original setup left no way to handle this situation. There is a big chance a change will come some day in a general revolt of potential major league cities now left out that will tear many of the teams in the two older leagues into shreds. It may not happen. But it x K ' f, was convenient thought Martha Sidney that Larry had money. "You see, she confided to Dorice Merton, who was to be maid of honor at the wedding, "Larry could hardly expect me to accompany - him on these ex- cursions into the - MinUtO wilderness. After has all he Fiction enough money so that this forestry business hes interested in could be classed as a hobby." Dorice was dubious. "I sometimes wonder, Mart, whether or not youre wise in marrying Larry. Somehow I feel that he expects youll be eager to follow him into the woods. "Asburd! How could he expect me to get a thrill out of trees. Besides, theres that little summer home of his just outside of town. Id much prefer to live there where I can entertain my friends and make some good use of his money." It was rather an elaborate wedding. Marthas mother, who called her daughter extremely fortunate at making such a catch, went the limit. She didnt want Larry to think Martha was hopelessly poor. The couple spent a two weeks honeymoon on Long Island and returned to Larrys summer home in Albany in late September. All during the boat ride up the Hudson, Larry talked of the woods rnd their glory in autumn. That night he said: "Better get your packing done, honey. Were leaving early. Martha arched her brows in surprise. "My packing! Why, Larry, dear, you dont expect me to accompany yon into the IT 3 could. Football hasnt been too smart in many directions, but it has been smarter than baseball. And baseball had much the earlier start The franchise point is that a means much to a city really deserving it. One must admit that three big leagues would be upsetting when it came to any world series. It is fairly certain however that one big league for a city is about all the traffic will bear outside of New York and possibly Chicago. They have millions in the way of population to give them a two league chance. . ,, big-leag- About College Football is building every SPORTS! IPtE Joe MAHONEY MAURICE A To n STAR input " ' t'- i " , yt FORWARD OF THE MONTREAL CANA- DIANS, STARTED THE 1951-- 2 SEASON WITH GOALS (EXA LIFETIME RECORD OF CLUSIVE OF PLAYOFFS). THE PRESENT RECORD OF 324 IS HELD BY NELS STEWART. AND WITH THAT BANG-U- P STYLE IT SHOULDN'T TAKE THE .ROCKET TOO LONG TO RING 292 , UP 33 v wilderness! Larry looked at her in bewilderment. He saw the whiteness about her lips, and knew suddenly that she had never intended to go with him. There was a quality in his voice when he replied that frightened her. "So thats how it is? Im the seasons outstanding sucker, eh?" He shrugged. Tomorrow Im leaving for the woods and you're going with me whether you like it or not. They departed by train the next morning. At Saranac they shifted to a power boat, and for hours drove steadily in the wilderness. At the head of the last chain of lakes they disembarked. The power boat sung away. Martha and Larry were left alone, standing on a narrow strip of wilderness that projected out into the lake. There was a log cabin, a canoe and nothing else. Martha felt afraid and very much alone. Larry had been painfully formal during the entire trip. The mountains, the stillness, the vast solitude awed and frightened her. She stood quite still until the last faint of the power launch had faded. Then she turned and entered the cabin .hat was to be her home. put-put-p- ut TN spite of herself Martha could not help enjoying her new existence. For the first time in her life she knew sheer joy at just being alive. The cabin was comfortable and home-likThere were books. There was work to be done. Larry made no effort to assist her about the cabin. His eyes stiil held the same cold glint that had frightened her on the night before their departure. He seldom spoke, was away from the cabin a good, deal and spent his evenings bent over drawings and reports. It was a month before Larry let down the barrier. He came up from behind Martha as she stood alone on a bluff overlooking the lake. She turned at his step and looked into his eyes. The cold glint was gone. "The power launch is due back tomorrow, he said. "Yon may go back with the driver if yon like. I guess I made a mise. steadily through the years. Now, t ' , farmers in many sections of the rv f y, .v v'country have found the multiflora rose the answer to a number of problems, the least of which is its 7 si use as a fence. Farmers report multiflora rose acts as an idea windbreak and reduces wind erosion and protects young crops. It does not grow tall enough to shade crops and does not sap strength from nearby crops as farmers first feared when it was A national manufacturer has introduced. come out with cans of spray Although most often planted in paint just for touch np Jobs straight rows in the midwest, there around the farm that should is no reason it can not be planted a big hit in aD sections of make on contour to fit the individual farm the country. The paint, in origconservation plan. inal factory finish, should end As first championed by the sportsthe need of messing around with men, it provides cover for small anibrush, paint can, turpentine, mals and birds. In this respect, rags and all the mixing and s5ng birds thrive in this kind of cleaning usually required and so cover and thereby reduces insect irritating when the job Is Just a damage to crops. little tonching-np- . . s. Last Five Tears Are Called "Golden Era Increase in Real Estate Economists have labeled the past five years of prosperity enjoyed by the farmers of this country as "the Golden Age of American agriculture. According to authorities, there have been few, if any, eras which ever approximate in prosperity that of the last five years. It has not touched every farm family equally, but looking at the broader panorama, these years have brought opportunity, dignity, and a heightening to rural America. This era has been characterized by rising prices, larger production per unit of labor, a phenomenal in self-respe- ct CLOTH SECURED WITH RUBBER BAND : s, Prices Foreseen for 52 Many economists expect at least 5 per cent Increase in farm real estate prices in 1952 due largely to the fact people are thinking of land as a safe place for investment. But a farm can be a bad investment a without needed know-hofor operation and financial planning. Land price increases in the past few years have been due both to inflation and speculation, agricultural economists report. w First Received The first imports of Cuban ore came to this country in 1884. Af G forgive me?! Larrys head jerked up. For one brief moment he stared. I "Martha, Martha, I hoped, 1 to woods as love the wanted you do. I brought you here for that purpose, and thought Id failed. Martha pulled his face down and kissed it, "Lets forget the past, Larry, sweetheart, and start all over again. I really dont feel as if Ive hud a real honeymoon. Lets begin over again. Nowl Herel - QUIZ CORNER tt 1$ 3 YEARS OLD ANSWER 4 02 YEARS 34 YEARS 33M1 l( 'K'yt V take. Martha felt a lump in her throat and swallowed hard. "Larry, darling, phase let me stay. I Ive been selfish. Cant you THOSE RECORD-BREAKIN- POINTS. ?HE KENTUCKY DERBY OPEN TO HORSES THAT ARE! V b nd Pro football ' 3 Canada.1 Cleaning high walls and ceilings can be By bendikg a goathanger and END OP A BROOM, PTJ ISI ,niCLTH the HELD By A HEAV RUBBER. BAND. |