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Show Wand X NOT IN TOE JIM TEN EYCf Mo j lc. Syracuses " Shown by Baseball Bosses Than Help blamed SO MANY things are being npon the weather nowaday that It Is a relief to consider Brooklyns Dodgers. Since those athletea probably would continue to drop decisions even If they were performing within the shadow of the South pole, collection of logle Is dedicated to persistent customers who annually must be beset by chills while the beat la being turned on elsewhere. Plainly, what Is wrong with the Dodgers at well as with such better favored clubs at the Red Sox and the Indians is that even worse teamwork la displayed by the bosses than by the hired help. Until the front offices can be made to understand the necessity for as well as for sustained and intelligent planning, World series must continue to be played at the Polo Grounds, at Yankee stadium, and in such other heaven-favorespots. By this 1 mean that there are entirely too many straw bosses floating around In the Cleveland, Boston (American league) and Brooklyn offices. There la snch an abundance of managers both of the business and field variety that there la no real d central authority. Instead of being Bill Terrys, Branch Rlckeys or Connie Macks, these bossy gentlemen have become Jack Horners. Too many of them are too eager to poke In their thumbs and pull out the plums. Then, with that Oh, what a great boy am 1" refrain still on their lips, they duck out of the back door as soon as some one discovers that a mess has been made out of the pie. Such confusion, of course. Is nothing new in this combination of sport and business that is called baseball. For instance, there are the White Sox. When the lamented Charles Comii-ke- y was In his prime the team made money and won pennants. As he became older he slipped into a mingling of uncertainty and stubbornness that caused him to lean too heavily upon poorly equipped vol- unteer advisers. For years then, and after his death, the White Sox neither made money nor won pennants. Now a happy understanding between field and office is bringing success again. father-in-law- 0 luSlK. Urge a. Terence. The.. Jtha old d 8 Jj? used buccaneering era. 'tr ? r' tradlUoMJV is extensively X will not comeback. Bonnie good and his hon for him to monke workouts are almj A; Waa Flaw fa ta. Otto Stnne, fa 1873, i Ian astronomer heart that was threl mal size when he Princeton In 1934. Fro merely be in the stand while others are settln va obaervatory tttt Ci. fc urg, z announced v Ivered the darkenfau, Yon, ords. Note to the eminent ed Griffin Why do you keepw one of our present day New boxing commissioners Is cor s page ent of the book of a lsm& predecessor In the Job? Dont know that celebrated gentlemk never put anything In writing?.,. Add scenes I like: Mothers greeting tall bronxed Yale and Harvard sons In the Mohican lobby on tbs night of the annual boat race . . . Add scenes I don't like: The way a star h Jong been suspected Xyears, aayi kt CdVitL Then, on day, hi embarrassed to kin luous discovery k his telescope lens, .o r t tut,, ,lge Not Named t brafe ai it seems, sift i erected In this cornet s tnga he norfav Depa sport writers srs letting baseball that the magnates get away with their plana in strikes steaSu, baseball the North and Soul for ditching that six month of 1936, games the fans like so welL Navy football followers are out for which official records on one of the earliest yardarms, able. But the totals are heavily many of them already claiming the against the North, which suffered Eastern championship. Incidentally, 894 strikes, involving 372,493 workers, as compared with 105 strikes. they have aomething more than rumor and the customary handsome Involving 29,134 workers In Dixie. donation from congress to support The North had Its greateat numthem this time, too. Last falls ber of strikes In August and September, with 187 in each month, but plebe team waa one of the ctrongest 163 (trike in October involved the In yeara, the line la heavy, replacement! are powerful and Young Bill most workers 95,171 The South Ingram ranks with the best triple had 24 strikes in August, keeping 4,563 from employment, but 11,596 threats. were kept out by 16 strikes in OcOhio track State Larry Snyder, will be several tober. coach, 'predicts there South Is ? foot high Jumpers In a few yeara During the period 40 to and also 15 foot pole vaulter . . . 60 per cent of all new strikes ocof Two Snyders high Jumpers, Dave Albritton and Mel Walker, ha vs curred In four states New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and California cleared ( feet 934 inches . with Illinois and Michigan accountdiPurdue and Notre Dame, who revided a two year series In football ing for a sizable portion of the During the same six a few seasons ago, will play an- mainder. months only two important strikes other game at South Bend in 1939. took place in the South one in the Bill Dinneen, In his 28th season Chevrolet and Fisher Bodies plants as an American league umpire, never has missed a game. . . .Gene at Atlanta, and one In the plant of Sarazen plans to compete In the the Celanese Corporation of America at Cumberland, Md. Both were Japanese open golf tournament this settled amicably. summer . . . Lee Grissom, the CinScarcity of strikes of either cinnati Reds contribution to the or walkout variety in the r National league's pitching South is easily explained. The South staiT, never had a baseball in his Is relatively With indushand until (even years ago . . . try less concentrated than In eastern Milton Bcrle, the giggle gagster, or middle western regions, it is less ia taking boxing lessons from Mushy susceptible to strike epidemics. former Junior welterCallahan, Some industrialists deem It prob. . . Jack Johnson weight champion able that public opinion will have believes he can outbox Joe Louis before the right now. . . , Braddock thought outlawed the South can be unionized; effectively too. . . Hank of . so, Greenberg if should appear, state the Tigers has bet $100 that Jimmy Foxx of the Red Sox will finish the season with an average of .320 or better. Nap Lajole, the old Cleveland second baseman, used one bat throughout his brilliant major league career It now Is on exhibition at a Louisville bat factory . . . Ace a1 Parker, Duke university around athlete who has been sent to Atlanta by the Athletics, will return to school In February to receive a degree . . . Rowing costs Harvard from $15,000 to $25,000 annually . . . Bill McWilliams, the former De Paul athlete who began the season with Los Angeles, has replaced Dixie Howell of Alabama and Rose Bowl fame at third base named In honor rf American patriot nl fa the first Iron stapes ,an idea he gotMdihg, pinning its web, whlfa fc, Jltatlng in hli gsida i All-St- j ai. Non-Unio- n. h .'. sit-do- All-Sta- non-unio- tries The flrtt v- -, - M their borders. Dixies Industrial promotion drive In new 1936 brought $322,000,000 plants end equipment, the greatest one-yedevelopment In history. Leading the pack were paper companies with Investments totaling In new plants; petro$60,000,000 leum refining, with $50,000,000 In new distributing plants and pipelines, and iron and steel manufacturers with a $53,000,000 expansion program. During the first quarter of 193? the pace was maintained, with $92,964,000 In industrial and engineering construction contracts awarded. Prominent among the reasons for this sudden metamorphosis of a civilization that seemed destined to remain permanently agricultural, has been the extension of hydro-electrpower to the most remote regions, resulting In an abundance of cheap energy in places which had been without it owing to lack of coal for generating or lack of distribution lines from hydro-electrplants. In addition, the South provided a ready market, lower construction and maintenance costs, and plentiful raw materials. Of it, Arthur D. little, the noted Industrial engineer, said, "Nowhere Is there likely to be a greater extension of Industrial activity. Now the South has gone out after States have conduct- the business. ic ic ... 1 There also are the Giants. For w almost twenty-fiv- e years John was the supreme authority and the club was one of baseballs grandest successes. Then tome of the players discovered that it was not impossible to go over the Old Man's" bead. The next pennant was not won until Bill Terry, who would for Memphis. not accept the Job until granted full They say in the locker room and unquestioned control, bad b That Gene Sarazen still sticks to come manager. his opinion that Other examples bob quickly to Sammy Snead will mind. Bucky Harris, who managed be the greatest golftwo pennant-winnin- g er of all time whenteams under the overlordship of Clarke Grimth ever the boys try to in Washington, was not a success break him down... in Boston. Marty McManus, for That Frank Walsh, the Chicago - born many reasons very popular with the fans, was separated from Red Sox pro, once was given no'chance to live afmanagerial duties ahead of Harris. ter suffering a fracDuring the several seasons since he has taken over the same rap, Joe tured skull when hi Cronin may have yearned for the auto wrapped itself Gene around a pole. A few peaceful days when he merely had to fight over signs and trades with months later he was Sarazen . his a finalist with Olin Similarly, there is Cleveland. Billy Dutra In the 1933 P. G. A. test at Evans, the business manager, and St. Paul. Also that Walshs father, Walter Johnson, the manager, had who brought five golfing sons into a pretty time there, while pennant the world, never baa bad a golf dreams faded iiulhe heat of their club In his band and will se his first movie when Parnell gets to feud. Then a new business manager and a new manager drew the black Chicago. He was one of Parnella spots. The quarrels have been no followers during the Irish revoluless entertaining and destructive. tion. That Johnny Goodman, who And meanwhile the Yankees, ruled used to be a little fellow himself, told Frank StrafacI to get plenty by Ed Barrow, and the Tigers, directed by Mickey Cochrane, con- of sleep if ha wanted to put on tinue to cash World Series checks. weight Johnny is up to 170 now and never gets less than nine hours a In mentioning this, though, I have . That Johnny Farrells night . no desire to be unkind te the various favorite color is green . . . That gentlemen who have devoted their Jimmy Hines la plenty sore because at salaries considerably some one year printed a story that he more handsome than the results? uses $50 shoes. It's true but it gives to the executive end of the game. the Impression, for I merely am stating facts that are people has wrong bad the shoes for five Jimmy well known te any one wbe very and have outlasted seven ever has poked an Inquisitive nose years of they ones. pairs regular tnte a major league tagout. Earle Meadows, the sky scraping That these facta always Include pels vaulter, confided te friends be the case of a club precariously guid- expects t clear 15 feet 3 inches two ed by discordant acts of direc- before lbs seassn la ever . . . Bat tors, a bank, n business manager, heU retire after this year regarda probate court, a manager, a clubless . . . Coach Jsha P. Nicholses house Janitor, a pitcher and an of Netro Dame win bo la does not particularly disturb af the U. 8. track team whichcharga tours an now. England and Europe this summer. Mc-Gra- 1 Jtei of the Spanish Place attractive Bonthron Worse Teamwork i ache. The wl 'and la honeycomb f WNU Service. iw tally and for 'tions. rt win, m. Vw buuurea leet- landing is small boats - er. Is reported InJ coaching Job at special act of that the Coast Ctt able te patrol cow races are held . J bis latest wrest Jack Curly, Promt has submitted te It true that Dixie Bowl fame la do( Tigers any dayao Is burning up the All reports to New York Poet kIV Island to eeo Santo . p an air pro-graregularly. p (The pealed the objecuoni&ieTi Mississippi Follows Lead. Florida la wooing Industry with a tax exemption law and is granting municipalities permission to erect buildings for manufacturers. Cities are vying with each other to attract new factories, although insisting that they must be engaged In light manufacturing, such as garments, small housewares, etc. no plant which emits objectionable fumes need apply. Agricultural Mississippi, eager to replace the lumber mills that have left ghost towns along the railroads, has adopted a plan to balance agriculture with industry, which was sponsored by Gov. Hugh White. In addition to tax exemption for five years. It offers free factories and free factory sites which. If the manufacturer maintains a specified payroll for a stated period of years, become his property in most cases. The factories are built by the munlcipalities-lwhich they are situated, the cities issuing bonds to cover the cost Other states are proceeding along the same lines. Alabama offers ten years of freedom from taxes. Marylands counties may grant permanent tax exemption on manufacturing machinery. Arkansas, with a population 70 per cent rural, has thrown its working cap in the ring with a large fund to advertise the states natural resources and manufacturing advantages. North Carolina has Just appropriated $250,000 to herald its attraction as a field for industrial expansion. Texas is now considering an appropriation of $1,000,000 a year for the next five years to advertise the states resources. Southern Markets Grow, To date efforts have been concentrated upon attracting Industries which could process the raw materials of the various regions. Loulsi-ana- , with its thousands of acres of rolling pine land, now leads the South in the securing of paper and pulp factories largely a new southern activity. The textile has moved almost en mass Industry to the Carohnas; the South now produces 52 per cent of the nations textiles, while New England, for more than a century the seat of this Industry ' now produces only 38 per cent As Industrial payrolls constant stream of wealth provide for southern workers, the markets below th Mason and Dixon line are constantly gaining in importance. Advised opinion of many Industrialists and economists Is that the North and East as well as the South, win benefit from the greater prosperity of Dixie, with eech n of the country supplying the it can best produce. products Wsstors n Louisiana Is offering manufacturers a new field of Industry with recent chemical discoveries of the possibilities of converting sugar cane tops Into industrial alcohol. Inset: Gov, Richard W. Leche signing contract to give a container manufacturer ten years tax exemption on addition to plant, to cost $400,000. and local governments should profit by the experience of their eastern and middle western neighbors in handling them. Wages and employment In the South have increased more rapidly than in other sections, while hours have not Increased as much, and this undoubtedly has some bearing on the absence of strikes. The wage differential between the South and other sections was approximately 33.5 per cent in 1933; by December, 1936, it had narrowed down to 21.9 per cent. Since the southern worker, according to economists, can maintain the tame standard of living as his northern counterpart at 20 per cent less cost, the South may now claim virtual parity as tar as real wagos are concerned. Dixie Woos Industry. It Is not hard to see why industry Is attracted by the opportunity the South affords for decentralization. For Instance, Detroit and Akron could be paralyzed In their production of automobiles and rubber if a single plant gets into difficulties with a vertical union; It would then be within the power of union leaders to call out workers In all plants in a "sympathy strike. Sympathy trikes, while still possible under de ed active publicity and "selling campaigns, making generous offers. These included exemption from taxation for new industries and outright subsidies in the form of free factory sites, free buildings and d state-traine- labor. Leche Revives Louisiana. Louisiana was one of those which took the lead, capitalizing on underdeveloped natural resources and on new, man made ones. It stressed the fact that nowhere in the world is there a greater opportunity for the development of a chemical industry than Louisiana, where salt, sulphur and gat occur in close proximity," It advertised and "sold its 4,700 milep of inland waterways, e its highway system. Its 10 trunk-lin- e railroads, its large percentage of native American white population. It aggressively promoted its mineral and timber wealths and its great basic crops of rice, cotton and sugar, supplemented by sweet potatoes, strawberries, and truck vegetables. It of New Orleans waa touted at port the second largest in the United States, with unrivaled facilities, for industrial shipping. Political interference with industry In the recent past, coupled with 1,000-mil- aoy-bea- Putting this program together is s job tor magician, for while Zasu Is always a comedienne to her public, at home the is just the on manufacturing establishments; effected a more equitable tax on oil refining; encouraged establishment of a livestock Industry by removing the tax on cattle, sheep and hogs; created a board of commerce and Industry to court industry; appropriated $100,000 for promotion, and proposed a constitutional amendment giving the governor permission to grant tax exemptions for ten years to new plants and additions to existing plants. Effects were not long In coming to notice. Building permits soared; so did department store sales, electric power consumption, manufacturing sales, post office receipts, wholesale grocery sales and other indices. Problems of state finance and legislative problems kept Governor Leche from starting his industrial program with the full gusto he would have liked, but his own personal efforts brought Into the state 15 new industries ranging in value from $100,000 to $3,000,000, employing 3,000 In their, construction and giving permanent employment to nearly 8,000. sec-Uo- Nswqwpar Gnloo, m t wo Zssu Pitts r 1 ds housekeeper greatest an cook. Nobody could write funny lines about Zasus cooking if they had ever sampled it, and her new kitchen which the designed herself la a model of ingeAs nuity, beauty, and efficiency. you may have read. Zasu has been working on a cook book for the last year or two. Lily Fens last broadcast ef the season before leaving for Hollywood te make The Girl ia the Cage for RKO waa a big Bight for her. She star was elected the foref the radio studios, Jep-so- n Helen between divided merly and Gladys Swarthout. Most singers take such honors in their stride, hot not the volcanic and appreciative Lily. hest-drese- ed Motion- picture produceri have just about given up hope of interesting their public in Shakespeare, but broadcasting companies have decided the bards stirring lines are Just what the public wants. John Barrymores NBC program has proved a tremendous success since the first Monday night a few weeks ago when he presented a foreshortened version of Hamlet. For its competing hour, Columbia has signed up an Impressive array of talent. k Everybody would like to have an employer like Walter Wanger. He thinks that every workman ought to have three months n year In which te get away from his Job. His hired help are supposed to relax and seek new Impressions bnt Joan Bennett, Sylvia Sidney,-anHenry Fonda are an going on the stage during their vacations, Madeleine CarroD ia going yachting off the coast of Great Britain, Charles Boyer and Pat Patterson are going to France te make a picture. Any time Henry Fonda and Gary Cooper want to stop acting and open a traveling art ex- hibit, they have plenty of lucrative offers. Both are candid camera fans, and when they have a few minutes leisure between scenes they stroll around whatever studio they are working In and snap picture! of players off guard. They have tome fine Gary Cooper (naps of stars snoozing in chairs, of directors watching scenes with obvious disgust, of romantic glaring at each other between scenes. But they wont sell them! co-sta- ODDS AND ENDS Shirley Temple is learning to yodel lor her next picDick Powell and ture, " Heidi Franchot Tone are fust two of the many players who long to make Western . . . Carole Lombard hat tampered with the color of her hair to the extent of making it a deep, golden blond. The new color shows up better in Technicolor John Gambling, who for twelve years has roused the radio audience and bullied them into ft forty-fivdoing morning exercises, sits in an easy chair while he bellows at his audi-enc- e and never lakes any exercise Connie Boswell has her first big screen Cotur& It's AU Totirs." stage veteran, it also in it, which leads to a lot of friendly since the picture is being directed by his son, Elliot, who learned tut stagecraft acting in hit father's Deanna Durbins direccompanies tor has rigged up an auto ora to call her from the schoolroom w we motion-picturset when lights and cameras ere all ready to m, Westons Newspaper Ualoa, ... ... J e ,,, ergo-rnent- s, ... e Hypo, Crystalline Cu Hypo is a white soluble, cjn iuia compound, made by beffiq j solution of caustic sods croton sulphite with sulphur. 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