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Show JACKSON DOING BIT BY PAINTING SHIPS Former White Sox Outfielder Obtains Ob-tains Position in Shipyard. Not Only Man in Baseball Who Discovers Dis-covers He Could Better Be Employed Em-ployed Elsewhere Than on the Firing Line. Joe Jackson, until recently of the White Sox ball team, besides possessing possess-ing extraordinary athletic talents, is a man of unusual physical development. develop-ment. Presumably he wou-d make an excellent fighting man. But it appears ap-pears that Mr. Jackson would prefer not to fight. The facts seem to be that Jack.-on was about to be drafted into the army, whereupon he obtained a position po-sition in an eastern shipyard. lie is said to be doing his part to beat the Huns by painting siiips. Whether Wheth-er this work is camouflage we refer to the methods of painting has not been announced. Jackson is not the only man in professional pro-fessional baseball who has discovered special gifts that apparently could be employed to special advantage elsewhere else-where outside the firing line. It is to be hoped that the American public will keep these men in mind. We need shipbuilders to win the war. but when a man on the eve of being drafted into the avjsy suddenly finda 4 'f1ciV Si Joe Jackson. that ne can oest serve me nation by painting ships, good Americans will not be very enthusiastic over seeing him play baseball after the war is over. The special gifts that disqualify disqual-ify him for the army will likewise disqualify dis-qualify him for special popularity in the great American game. A word of praise should he said for those ball players who have entered en-tered the military forces. They will undoubtedly make a good record, and it is these men in particular that we shall want to see back on the diamond. |