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Show Flashing Speed Makes Hockey Sp orts Thriller By ROBERT McSIJANE A world gone wildly enthuslai- tic over sports In all Its forms, IN hockeyltands atone as the speediest, most exciting game of them all. Take Ihe word of thousands of fans who pack arenas la large and small cities throughout the north. VfOST successful pinch hitter to V the American league last sea- son was Taft Wright, freshman outfielder of the Washington Senators, whose 39 times at bat netted him 11 hits for sn average of .314. From n standpoint of averages, however, Loti Finney f the Aihletlci led the field of pinch hitters. Flaney made 8 hits In U tries for s .353 average. With the heat on Wright pounded out a triple, four doubles and six singles to account for six runs. Washington was indebted to him alone for two games, and he drove The cold, driving, fierce speed of hockey makes It unlike any other game. This speed and smash are the reasons for hockeys popularity. Whether a dozen schoolboys are playing on a frozen Minnesota pond or a topnotch professional team Is playing under the lights of a huge arena, the game is fast and furious. It's a simple game to watch and understand. There are six men. Inclnding the goalie, on each team, and a black disk of hard rubber, all out in front of the spectator. Play ers on one team try to poke the puck into the net of the other team to score winning goals. Roughly, the teams are divided Into three forwards, two defense players, and the padded goalie who Is the last line of defense. Theoretically forwards are the fastest skaters, best stick handlers and the best shot makers. Defense players are usually bigger men, brawny enough to withstand terrific mauling. Goalies are a race unto themselves. They learn to move with mechanical precision, using their built up equipment to the best advantage. Penalties Severe Rules are concerned chiefly with offside play. Lines are drawn across the rink, and player must not cross ahead of teammates who carry the puck on the attack. Forward passing is not allowed once a player crosses the last line between him and the opponents goal. Other rules are more or less safety measures, keeping roughness in check as much as possible. Offending player are sent from the lee for varying periods, and during their absrnre their team carries on short banded. Ice hockey is little more than an infant, albeit a tough one. Though .I.--' ..... . I Vv the tying runs in two others that the Senators won in extra innings. Only two other players in the league, Roy Cullcnbine of Detroit and Pitcher Red Ruffing of the Yanks, won as many as two games in a pinch batsman's role. Only 11 pinch home runs were hit In the league In 1938, as against 14 in 1937. The conposlte batting average fell from .248 to .215. in Sports Attendance 'HE fact that women are paying more and more attention to sports each year is by no means a new or startling discovery. But that the fair sex accounts for almost 50 per cent of the attendance at five major sports is. to say the least, surprising. According to a recent statistical survey, woman patronage at tennis has gone from 12 per rent In 1919 to 51 per cent in 1935. Their patronage at football games rose from 4 per cent In 1925 to 47 per cent in 1936; at golf from 7 per cent in 1922 to 57 per cent In 1936; ' baseball, from 2 per cent In 1920 to 33 per cent In 1936, and racing from 6 pef cent in 1914 to 48 per cent in 1935. Sport Shorts Penn State cross country runner, never has been beaten since he took up the sport as a Philadelphia schoolboy . . . Lou Little, Columbia's football 1 coach, always has an ace in the hole he is an expert landscape gardener . . . The University of Michigan's mark of 3:31.4 for the swim relay was accepted by the International federation as the world's record . . . That same school will be host to the 1939 western Junior goll tournament . ' i' VETERAN CI1ING JOHNSON field hockey, the parent of the ice game, goes back through the centuries. the latter game is only about 50 years old. A Canadian, seeing field hockey in England, returned nome in the seventies with the idea of putting the game on ice. R. E. Smith, McGill university student, whose college teams are usually the world's best, wrote a set of rules, using rules of field hockey, Rugby football and his imagination. Introduced as Pro Sport Before the turn of the century attempts were made to introduce hockey as a professional sport. But the attempts were not successful until the advent of artificial Indoor rinks in 1905 and 1906. Following the war hockey didn't regain its place in the sun until the opening of the new Madison Square Garden in New York in 1925. SMITH. 400-yar- d Western Newspaper Union. Pocket Billiards By CHARLES C. PETERSON President. National Billiard Association o f America and World's Trick Shot Champion. Big league professionals are a strange group. Theyre more Interested in winning games than they are in pay cheeks. Few are the big timers who don't beer many battle scars as evidence of fiercely contested encounters. Hockey,-tthem as well as the fan, is more than a game, Its almost a o competition, has had accidents in which broken bones resulted or a surgeon's stitches were required. It's not a gentle sport. Turf Rejuvenation do-m- curving. On the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown, with 18 or 20 men, attacked the federal arsenal at Hai pers Ferry, taking about 60 citizens prisoners. He and his followers were overpowered on the eighteenth by a detachment of United States marines, under Col. Robert E. Lee. Committed to jail the following day at Charles Town, W. Va., his trial began on October 27. He was convicted of treason on October 31 and hanged on December 2. aneek-thlef.ha- Virginia Vale or wife tells all WHEN a all it's bound to be interesting. Especially if she is the wife of a famous actor. In "Charles Laughton and I Mrs. Laughton, well known in her own right as Elsa Lanchester, has written a delightful book which tells Many of oar American movie actors could take a Up from Laughton. From the first, he refused to be typed. Hed play a pickpocket uccessfully, and immediately hed have a lot of offers to play pickpocket. He would refuse them, because he didnt want to be stamped with that one kind of role forever. We have James Cagney doing the same thing over and over; in "Angels With Dirty Faces hes a tough guy again. (But then, when he broke away from that charin acterization, Meets "Boy Girl, it wasnt such a success, was it?) In "The Great Waltz we have Luise Rain- er (yes, shes an American; just got her citizenship papers, and wrote a poem" about it ) doing what she did in "The Great Zieg-feland "The Big City, crying through smiles, or smiling through tears, whichever way you like to put it. In "The Cowboy and the Lady we have Gary Cooper playing the stern man of the plains as usual. But lets be patriotic and avoid the suggestion that perhaps these American actors cant do anything - else. V d Douglas Corrigan threw a bombshell when he came out with the truth about the salary hes really getting for "The Flying Irishman just $50,000 less than RKO had said he was being paid. Its going to be embarrassing if other movie folk follow his example. You might mark down Jane Warren as the latest of the Rudy Vallee discoveries. Shes been Jane Warren only since he first heard her sing and she was signed np for the e movies; before that she was Schools. It looks as if shed soon be another of the stars who were launched by Vallee. Tit-Bit- The-urge- Ruth 'Wyeth Spears I r i 1 BLACK 1 2 RED 3 BRIGHT BLUE John Brown at Harpers Ferry Inscription of Peace Bridge inscription on the bronze plaque at the Peace bridge between Buffalo, N. Y., and Fort Erie, Ontario, is as follows: This plaque marks the crossing from the United States of America into the Dominion of Canadar of a delegation from the Associated Country Women of the World, and is dedicated to the rural women of this continent and entrusted to! their perpetual care. The bridge was unveiled July The Rash Treaty With Canada Richard Rush, in 1818, while minister to Great Britain, in association with Albert Gallatin, concluded with British plenipotentiaries the treaty which determined the boundary line between the United States and Canada from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky mountains. It also provided for the Joint occupation of Oregon for 10 years. 6. Handel Also an Eater Handel, the famed musician, was a great eater, nay, an enormous one. It is told that whenever he dined at a tavern he ordered dinner for three. Once, the waiter came to tell him that the dinner was ready just as toon as his company came. Then bring the dinner out, quickly, said Handel, "for I am the company. Why Bread Is Staff of Life There is a natural reason why wheat bread is called the staff of life. Wheat has some elements which make it different from other grains. One of these is found in wheat flour protein. When wheat flour is mixed with water it forms a substance called gluten. This is gum-lik- e and rubbery and is the best measure of quality in wheat. Trees Used as Landmarks Primitive man. traveling largely by foot, oftfn found need of signs or markers. Tribes inhabiting forested regions knew that trees could be used as reliable landmarks; hence a system was developed whereby young trees were bent and secured in position ,so that the direction of the bend indicated the direction of the route. Origin of Oxfords The name oxford generally applied to low shoes laced or tied over the instep, originated, according to a research authority, in Oxford, England, where the first footwear of this type was designed and made in the early part of the Seventeenth century. Men Carried Muffs During the Seventeenth century, men carried muffs of all sorts, and in all classes from the barrooms to the French and English courts. They hung them around their necks cr buttoned them to a waistcoat. The dandies carried theirs trimmed with lace rufiles and ribbons. i SQUARES ON 3TJ7 ROUND THREAD ART LINEN WITH A V BACKING 0 BRIGHT BLUE VELVET pincushion a best seller. Cross-stitc- h 'T'HE Town Improvement asso- - square. The velvet used for ciatkm was giving a sale to ing adds the richness th raise funds in a village where we small gifts should have. Sax were visiting. Our hostess had or hair from an old mattresi been to the sale early in the day most satisfactory for atuflU and triumphantly displayed tiny If you would like to make i of these cushions for gifti of you r next bazaar, clip these tions and keep them as they not in either of the boob eL below. j NOTE: Mrs. Spears Book Gifts, Novelties and Embroil has helped thousands of worn use odds and ends of mat pincushions purchased for Christmas gifts. They were so colorful and quaint that we went in search of some. We found them, but on every one was pinned a ticket "SOLD! The lady had scored a hit who made those little three-inc- h pincushions as her contribution to the faneywork booth. They were kept for display even after they were sold. The top of the cushion should be made on tapestry canvas or round thread art linen so that the threads may be counted easily in This making the foundation material should be marked off in squares as shown in the diagram at the upper right. The numbers indicate the color used for each cross-stitche- d i and their spare time to things to sell and to use. Bv, Sewing, for the Home Deco is full of inspiration for homemaker. These boob delightful Christmas gifts. Spears will autograph them .. cross-stitche-s. The Forest Products laboratory says: The principal drying oil, used in furniture and floor oiisrobtained from nuts is tung oil, found in the nuts of the tung tree. Minor drying oils obtained from nuts are candle-nu- t a oil, lumbang oil, walnut oil, oil and cashew nut oil. Seneca, Stoic Philosopher Seneca w.is a stoic philosopher who lived from 4 B. C. to 65 A. D. Born at Cordoba, Spain, he grew up in Rome, where he became prominent and fijoused the jealousy of Nero, who ordered him to commit suicide. He left 42 books of essays and nine tragedies. hard twist tEEDLEPOINTtyR quest Crazypatch quilt kafk included free with every ord both books. Address: Mrs. S( 210 S. Desplaines St, Chicag Books are 25 cents each. cross-stitchi- Drying t CROSS-STITC- H Oil From Nuts .Lv Fiiwrsiao he oiti-cic- Act Town of Harpers Ferry Harpers Ferry, Ohio, was origi-hallknown as Shenandoah Fails and some time between the years 1840 and 1850, its name was changed. A ferry had been established across the Potomac there for some years, and this gave its name to the town. y Brought First Colonists names of the boats that brought the first colonists to Jamestown, Va., were the Sarah Constant, the Goodspeed and the Discovery. They anchored off the island where Jamestown was established on May The ' Wf ' , .i- - v ' , Lyons of America Paterson. N. J., is called the Lyons of America because it is the chief silk manufacturing city in the United States. More than $100,000,-00- 0 worth of silk is produced in one year. 13. 1607. Trembles at Slightest Touch The maiden Cephisa called upon the gods to protect her from Pan. who was pursuing her, and was changed into a mimosa just as he seized her in his arms Ear-ieyn- If the truth about Ezra Stone were generally known, the young folk of this country would probably loathe his name. Mothers would be saying to their sons. "Of course you have time to do it; just look at Ezra Stone Stone, you know, has been for some time one of the stars in "What one of New York's hit a Life, shows, and has been appearing on Kat Smiths radio show as well. He is also being considered for a featured role, in Paramounts screen version of "What a Life, which involves making tests and seeing people. Three mornings a week he teaches dramatics at the Academy of Allied Arts. The other day somebody asked him why he didn't take on a milk route to fill up his spare time. Incidentally, Ezra is just 20. When you ask your dealer for Aesi-Fre- e Quaker State Winter Oil, yon an taking the maximum precaution to insun care-fre- e Winter driving. Quaker Stan pioneered in the development of motor oils for Winter use. Its lose told test will relieve you of starting troubles. Each drop of oil is rich, pure, lubricant . . . pure as the driven snow . . , so pure that troubles from sludge, carbon or corrosion are wholly overcome. Quaker Sttte Oil Refining Corp, Oil City, Pa. FIFTHS CODE NO. 252 I full-bodi- t U! Buy rfcctfijm Quaker State Tauter Oil ififfafres Carts Lanny Ross is another young man hasnt been afraid of hard Lanny christened Launcelot Patrick Ross appeared in vaudeville when he was two. He worked his way through Yale, studied law at Columbia, and got into radio by singing with a quartet at NBC. Then he combined the movies with radio, began giving concerts and now he's putting in his summers on the stage, planning to do straight dramatic roles in New York before long. 27 years, the harness sport has decided to experiment fully this winter with handicapping horses by weight in a saddle, in somewhat similar fashion to running horses. The driver will still be in the sulky, as usual, but extra weight will be used pi a saddle. This step will to help, keep great American horses in this country by providing more races for them. Man Lives on Grass In round figures there are 4,500 different kinds of grass growing in the soil of this planet. These include, wheat, maize, oats, barley, rice, and all the grains which man uses for bread or similar foods. More than that, they include also the grasses on which all grazing animals live. Without these grasses we should have no beef, mutton, pork or poultry. We should be without milk, Jbutter and cheese, we should have no wool from which to make clothes, no leather to make shoes. Many of our fats and oils would be missing. First hand and second hand, man lives on grass. Rn vrj it; IK Sr hii who work. religion. Typical of hockey players Is Ching Johnson of the New York Rangers. Johnson, in 12 years of big league I 'HE American trotting turf, now 1 that it has decided to merge all five parent associations into one central governing body, predicts a modern version of ha mess racing that will easily surpass that of the ' Rood old days of 50 years ago. Lopping off many hidebound restrictions in other I For Example , OUTFIELDER TAFT WRIGHT yiLLIAM Ezra a great deal about herself, more about her husband, and quite a bit about other people. And she has done it cleverly and In the best of taste, which Is unusual. Laughton had made a success on the English stage before Hollywood heard of him; in fact, it took an appearance on the stage In New York to make the movie moguls clamor for him. His performance In "The Private Lives of Henry the Introduced Eighth," as "Henry, him to the American public, and made Americans exclaim in amazement that at last the English had turned out a good picture. !' A They Stick to Type What the nand Reveals The very short, broad hand, with short, thick fingers and a heavy thumb which bear a top joint Just like a amall ball, betrays a criminal tendency. The man who forges counterfeit money or notes has a nicer hand. It has long, thin fingers. s a hand that is The broad, with slim fingers or else very knotted ones. Always the thumb is curiously supple and bends back away from the hand at an acute e angle, according to a writer in on has a magazine. long hand with long, slender, but nicely-shape- d fingers. The artist has a short, broad hand, the outer edge of which, from the little finger to the wrist, shows a definite outward Lesson No. 9 This diagram shows a shot commonly played. Frequently in shots as shown above, the novice will miss the shot because of his overanxiety to break the balls. When playing any shot, always concentrate on the ball you are to pocket and you will have better success. This applies to any game on the billiard or pocket table. Again, in the above shot hold your cue as level as possible by resting it or the rail it the table. ) ODDS AND ENDS .41 Goodman, conductor of Iha Hit Parade," does everything from a fox trol to a fandango while he't conducting . . . for yean Joel MrCrea has wanted to tell Cecil It. Delhlle that he used to deliver newspapers at the director's home; he got his chance uhen he appeared recently on DeMilles radio program and Cecil B. remembered him . , . Don Amec he hasn't had a haircut for ages; he's getting ready to play IT A nag . nan in the movies ; . . Prances Langford has sung practically every hit song of recent years on the radio, but when she sings for friends she goes back to Night and Day . . . I(hen Clark Gable appears on the radio it means a problem far the psdice force. They rope off the alleys in the rear of the theater to keep the crouds back. 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