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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH SfieakUuf By ROBERT McSHANE Related by Wettem Newipopr Union Trawler Rescues 5 in Ship Crash nllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllii HETHER or not you like it, X7 Y the New York Yankees ?gain will be favored to win the American league baseball pennant in 1941. They wont be the Yankees of 1938 or 1939, but they will be better than the Yankees of 1940. And that bodes no good for last Detroit Tiyears pennant-winnin- g gers. The Tigers outfield isnt noted for its extreme youth, nor is the Tiger hurling staff any too young, in g rookspite of one or two ies. To make matters worse, theres always the chance that Hank Greenberg will get caught in the draft before another year ends. Hed be an awfully hard man to replace, and the Tigers without Henry would be a changed ball club. Buck Newsom is a stalwart who is far from through, but Bridges and Rowe will have their share of trouble through a long, bitter campaign. Confers With FDR N good-lookin- ANGELES. My traveling companion, Mr. Clarence Bud- tngton Kelland, the victim of 100,000 niles of sporting torture and observation in a drawing room we always share, can also carry his output of thorns. He isnt 100 per cent rose leaves. a. Passing through 3 El Paso, Texas, recently, the famous T OS - Arizona novelist asked me to name the qualities a needs be- champion yond mere physical ability to do things to do things physically better than others who may still move on him in other walks of life. True champions are not carved 'rom brawn and bone not even 'rom speed and stamina. They must have something more. Yankee Chances The Yankee pitching department Many competitors may be bigger, will be bolstered by the presence of 'aster and stronger than the field Ernie Bonham. The remaining they face and yet not quite arrive young Yankee pitchers will have had at the top, while others with less,, another years experience. And it to work with may carry the banner isnt too much of a gamble to pre- of stardom well beyond their set dict that Ruffing will wrap up a few aarriers. Of course, remarked Mr. needed victories. he must have ability. But Charlie Keller and Joe Gordon ability plus what else? should have better seasons than they did in 1940. Keller fell off badly in his hitting and Gordon forfeited sec- The Top Ingredients First of all I should say there ond base honors to Bobby Doerr of must be a love of the game he plays the Boston Red Sox. Both Keller the love of the thing he is doing. and Gordon are young and should The star football player must love add plenty of snap to the Yankees football as a game beyond any other 1941 scene. Joe DiMaggios importance to the reward. This goes for baseball, lineup is almost impossible to over- golf, and every other sport. It must bring to him the ambition emphasize. One of the great players of all time, DiMagio will be as to excel through practice, through good as ever in the 1941 wars. Too, lard work, through condition, Priddy and Rizzuto from Kansas through greater concentration. Davey OBrien at 150 pounds and City will bear plenty of watching. Bill Dickey isnt the sure thing of Charlie ORourke of Boston college past seasons. A great catcher, he were far better football players than was one of the big reasons for the most entries who range from 200 to Yankees phenomenal success id the 250, and who are just as fast. Frank seasons leading up to 1940. No oth- Hinkey, the disembodied ghost at er catcher ever drove in more than 150 pounds, is still a football tradition. 100 runs four years in a row. Howon forever. The next two features are natural ever, Dickey cant go But even with Dickey something of a knack and mental poise. These are question mark, the Yanks can depend born in the athlete, not acquired. on Buddy Rosar to take over when All the scientists and all the chemnecessary. istry in the world cant supply knack If you remember, the Red Sox and mental poise from the outside, were scheduled to succeed the ail- rhey might wreck nations, but ing champions last year. They were they cant give man those two to be the new rulers when the Yan- things. kees blew. They had their chance, For example, Bobby Jones hapbut when that chance came the Red pened to be born with the knack Sox pitching staff went haywire. The for great golf. He was also born somewhat clouded crystal ball indi- with the ability to concentrate, and cates that the Red Sox will need later he forced himself to take a considerable alteration before they harder beating, on the mental and can be considered serious pennant psychological side, than anyone else in his game. He was willing to sufthreats. fer more in order to win. Indian Strength As Don Marquis once wrote, You The Yankees main challenge must suffer to be strong. should come from Cleveland providThere is no easy road to the top ing Bob Feller isnt requested to join of the hill of fame in sport. There Uncle Sams fighting forces. The In- are "no paved boulevards of indolence dians new manager, Roger Peckin-paugand pleasant dreams. Those who is one of the smartest in the arrive must earn the ascent by hard business. He had to be smart to work. straighten the club out after last And there is no substitute for hard years unpleasant, and very silly, work. The genius can have his on revolt against former manager Vitt. and off day. But Tommy HarBecause of this insurrection, the In- mon, for was out there dians tossed away the American taking aimexample, for 55 or 60 minutes of They shouldnt every game. And dont forget Tomleague pennant. make the same mistake twice in a my Harmon, always the marked row and you can pronounce row man, took more than his share of either way and still be right. Never- punishment. But he was in shape theless, they fumbled the golden op- to carry this burden. Condition is portunity which was theirs in 1940. one of the great words from any The Chicago White Sox will be the dictionary same hustling ball club it was last year, making life miserable for the Color and Spirit higher-upSkeeter Dickey, Bills What about two other major facyounger brother, is likely to be a big tors? Mr. Kelland asked. I mean color and spirit. help behind the plate. What is color? I asked the Most Improved bronzed son of Arizona. The St. Louis Browns were the Color, replied Mr. Kelland, is most improved club in the American that peculiar and intangible qualleague last season and they are like- ity that catches the public imagito How to continue ly improve. nation the fancy 'of the mob. I much they improve will depend mean the thing possessed by Babe While on their pitching. they strictly Jones and Jack Dempare far from a classy ball club, a Ruth, Bobby the three most colorful athsey season of steady pitching might see letes of all time. them make a strong bid for a first Color is something no one can division berth. While they wound But the crowd knows it. explain. with a in last sixth place year up never the same in two people. It is percentage of .435, it was their highBut it always has the same result. est since 1934. And the crowd finds it first of all. All in all, the Yankees and the crowd knows that they like it, The Irians should be the two teams to but they dont know what it is. will a have beat, although neither is something with a direct huIt walkaway. There are too many man appeal. It doesnt mean speed, question marks for every team, to it doesnt mean power, it doesnt Veterans are fading, mean skill or consider. stamina. It is someto the draft ypunger men are subject even that than farther goes the ifs are more numerous than thing charm. ever. What about I asked my Perhaps the most certain thing of tormentor from spirit? 10,000 yesterdays. all is that the pennant will not go Spirit, remarked Mr. Kelland, to the Browns, the Athletics or the is the cold fire of competition on Senators. Their real need is good material and thats hard to get, no the day you deliver the goods. It is a combination of enthusiasm and ifiatter how much money is determination, plus confidence. be-po- nd Kel-lan- d, John G. Winant, former Republican New Hampshire governor, picThe rescue trawler, North Star, pictured upon arrival tured as he stepped off the plane in nt the Boston fish pier after bringing' to shore five rescued fishermen from Washington reportedly to confer the sunken schooner, Mary E. OHara, which went down outside Boston with President Roosevelt regarding harbor, after a collision with an unknown craft. Eighteen fishermen his appointment as the next U. S. lost their lives in the crash that took place just before daybreak. ambassador to England. ice-cover- ed Two Killed in Crash of Airliner Testifies This picture shows the wreckage of a Transcontinental and Western airliner, which crashed near Lambert field, St. Louis, Mo., while landing at dawn. The big sleeper plane crashed after striking a tree with a wing tip in a steep turn close to the ground. The crash brought death' to two and injuries to 12 persons aboard. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, as he testified before the house foreign affairs committee on the lease-len- d bill. He suggested a negotiated peace in Europe. t As London Firemen Douse Hitlers Fire Bombs Gets Fine Points h, s. Sir Hugh Dowding, right, Britains to the U. S., is This photo, passed by British censor, shows a group of firemen wet- shown the fine points of a new highting down burnt ruins after an inferno that raged all around St. Pauls speed Martin bomber by J. T. Hart-soexecutive of the Glenn Martin cathedral, in London. In the distance the tower of St. Pauls can readily be seen. The fire was caused by incendiaries dropped by Hitlers luft company. Sir Hugh is making a survey of our aircraft factories. waffe, and for awhile threatened a huge section of London. air ambassador n, . i |