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It Happened Last Night

By Earl Wilson

NEW YORK, Sept. 25—8orry, girls, this is embarrassin’—but this is about a stag party. I'll have to ask you not to read it. Waggle along, now, and tend to your tattin’, Well, men, the Friars Club «flagng a “roastimonial” for Leo Durocher, the man who won one straight pennant for the New York Giants. And a dame gave a ‘performance,” too—you know stag parties. Let me explain that these “roastimonials” are not held so far as I know in towns I'm familiar with in Ohio, such as Columbus, Akron, Defiance, . Piqua (and good old Rock- | ford). But in New York and Hollywood, these actors enjoy sitting around insulting each other good-naturedly for two or three hours of an afternoon, “Leo the Loser” was ribbed first by comedian Jack E. | Leonard who asked him how he felt. “Fine,” said Leo. “How can you lie like that?” snapped Brother Leonard. “I wish you good luck next season managing Montreal.” -E Oh, Leo just basked in such £ & compliments. gO Phil Silvers, the toastmaster, Fa said it was pretty decent to

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“He had a batting average only a pitcher could love,” said Tex, adding that Leo was at home in St. Louis “where the players used to throw umpires at the spectators.” And that brought on the Jest of Honor; Leo, who intimated that doctors must be as blind as umpires because he has ulcers they can't find. “Umpires don’t like you to kick dirt on their pants,” Leo then announced. “They got to get their suits pressed. > oo “ONE DAY I cut loose with a couple fancy ones on Umpire Beans Reardon he hadn't heard before. He chased me to the bench yelling ‘What did you say?” 3 ; Leo merely told him: “Guess what I said. You've been guessing all day, anyway.” Oh, well, Leo needed a shower, anyway. But through the ribbing came the conviction that the Broadway guys are stuck on Leo and that he could win a popularity contest any time with his old chums, Branch Rickey and Happy Chandler. “The dame? She sent over a recording containing some jocose, romantic remarks. I hear that when Leo lams out of town Sunday for Oklahoma to see some profitable oil property, she'll go along as his wife. Which she is. oP B® THE MIDNIGHT EARL ... Broadway bookies are back—with little police opposition . . . Gregg Sherwood, friend of millionaires Horace Dodge and John Jacob Astor, switched to another one, a textiler. TV Comic Jerry Lester, over a throat opera-

give a lunch for a bum who'd

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blown a pennant, but intimated we'd thought he was going to win and here we are stuck with the food, so whataya gonna do? But actor Jesse Block orated upon Leo's gentleness (which was news to many of us). “You'd rather be known as a nice guy than as a great manager,’ wouldn't you?” Mr. Block asked him. Leo nodded timidly—and Mr. “You're a liar.” While I was waiting for the dame to spring the surprise performance, Tex O'Rourke was citing more glad tidings about Sweet Old Leo.

Block roared

Americana By Robert C. Ruark

NEW YORK, Sept. 25—Charlie Chaplin is a delightful actor, they say, a veritable Peter Pan in his old age, and a man who has contributed much to the richness of our theatrical past. They

contemplate handing him the bum'’s rush, now, from a land he has lived in for 40 years without condescending to become a citizen of it, since they have him overseas and can deny him re-entrance as an unsavory character, morally and politically. I wonder that they bother, after so long a time, His {llegitimate suit with some poor

girl they eventually hounded out of Hollywood stamped him beautifully as a self-preening libertine and something of a cad. « > > HIS WARTIME performance as a nonpatriot and his constant association with the violent pinks make him technically susceptible to ban. But I still wonder why they bother. We have put up with this pitiful little poseur and a great many of his nasiinesses for a reasonable lifetime, on the strength of his wistful portrayal of pantomimic tramps, and it seems he has

pot lost us a war nor hastened the ingress of

communism by any’appreciable means. You may not buy his secret espousals of “proteges” or his widely broadcast court ordeals with disenchanted proteges he never bothered to marry, but actors will be actors and, heavens to Equity, Mr. Chaplin is an actor. ; ¢ © 2 HE 18 rich, 100, ahd we may as well keh ep him around for taxes. That is what he % the war, you kndw, the last one which de-

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tion, told Toots Shor: “I had four old jokes removed from my vocal cords.” ... Dr. Rex Ross (Mrs. Elliot Roosevelt's ex) wings to France to see Merle Oberon... . The State Dept. now quietly mentions “heretofore unrevealed facts” about Charlie Chaplin. Wuvvy Duvvy: Jackie Cooper waits through TV rehearsals for Janis Paige. . . . Sen. Kefauver's hoarding some dynamite against a big politician, but isn’t sure how to set it off. . ... John Buckmaster, the gifted actor who hit the headlines, is recuperating abroad, and hopes to wed society gal Patricia Fabray Smith, who seems willing. . « » That’s Earl, brother.

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plored. He said he was paying taxes, and that was enough. I think Mr. Charles Chaplin, the aloof mime, is a very sillx little man, whose talent js stereotyped and perpetuated by a legend which says we got to love him because he is so pitiful and wistful and can express great pathos with a quirk of a little Hitler moustache and a pair of flapping shoes, In anybody else these props would have been called burlesque, but we were raised to revere Chaplin and so he is praised accordingly.

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HE ACTUALLY is in the exact position in -

our time as Jackie Coogan. Chaplin hung onto

"his money. Coogan got flim-flammed of his by

free-spending relatives. Coogan has a bald head and no douzh today. Chaplin has dough, but talentwise they are of a piece. They both had it once, but that was yesterday. A couple of successful thespians named Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar can handle as much comedy, pathos and tender tragedy for a new medium and a new audience as old Charlie ever

dished out for the flickering silents, for my dough, -

and they conduct their lives with considerably more grace. > > SS WE ARE prone to maunder over the old ones, and enshrine them for barely remembered performances. Chaplin has not really competed for public favor since my childhood. Apart from “The Dictator,” which had to succeed because it knocked Hitler and Charlie looked like Adolf, his press-heralded independents for a couple of deeades have been so much hay. ] But this started out to be a defense of Charlie Chaplin. Unless they have found him setting fire to the White House or heading the cell which handles the theft of the A-bomb, I would say . persecution of him at this late date does us more harm than good with our little friends across the

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1952

THE VOTERS SPEAK—

By SAMUEL LUBELL HE BIGGEST single political question mark hanging over-the farm belt today is the attitude of the

traditionally isolationist farm-

ers of German descent. It was the swing of these GermanAmerican farmers which carried Presi, dent Truman to his surprising victory four years ago. Yet today there probably is no more frustrated group of voters in the country. That the German-American farmers constituted the balance of power in the 1948 election is not generally appreciated, although the evidence of the voting returns is irrefutable. President Truman’s triumph “has been credited to his pickup of farm votes in the five midwestern states of Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.

In each of these—and other states as well—his most spectacular gains over Roosevelt's 1944 showing came in predomi-

Mr. Lubell

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ALL OF THESE counties follow an identical voting pattern. Strongly Democratic in 1932 and 1936, they broke violently against President Roosevelt in 1940—his heaviest losses in the country were in these counties

—over the war.

In 1948, with Mr. Roosevelt dead, the second world War over and fear of another depression widespread, these same German-American farmerms returned to the Democratic fold. In the country as,a whole President Tramangf pooular vote ran considerably under President Roosevelt's showing four years earlier. But in many of these German-American

townships, Mr. Truman more than doubled Mr. Roosevelt's 1944 vote.

Visiting these counties today — like Putnam in Ohio, Plymouth in Jowa, Shawno in Wisconsin

"or Clinton in Illinois—one finds

they all share the identical feeling of frustration and disgust with both of the 1952 candidates. I found more ‘undecided” voters in these counties than anywhere else in the country. Some talked seriously of back-

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ing the third party proposed by Col. Robert McCormick, the Chicago Tribune publisher.

~ » » OTHERS SHRUGGED OFF questions about the election

with the remark: “What difference does it make? They're both Democrats.” “I was all set to vote for Taft, but I can't vote for a military man,” .was a common answer given me by farmers who supported Mr, Truman four years ago. Most of them made up their minds to vote Republican shortly after the outbreak of Korean War—‘"“we're tired of having a war every time there is a Democratic President.” When Gen. Eisenhower was nominated, one of these farmers recalled, “I felt I had no party.” Some justify their opposition to Gen. Eisenhower by recalling that their forebears left Europe to escape military conscription. Many of these counties are heavily Catholic with large families, which makes them particularly sensitive to the draft. Still, the feelings voiced by these German-American farmers differ so sharply from the views of farmers of non-Ger-manic ‘origin, that a reporter cannot help but conclude that much of the hostility to Gen.

Eisenhower in these areas reflects the role he played in the war against Germany. » » - IN ALL OF THESE counties there persists a strong memory of opposition to both world wars ‘with Germany as tragic mistakes. Sen. Taft, they felt, shared their feelings about the last war. His emphasis on_air power was widely interpreted in these counties as promising an end of the draft,

Had Sen. Taft been the Republican nominee, the likelihod is that most of these GermanAmerican areas would have swung Republican in spectacular reversal of what happened in 1948. As it is, even if he tried, Sen. Taft could not “deliver” that strength to Gen. Eisenhower. Most of the farmers I talked with, seeing no real difference between the candidates on foreign policy, were inclined to let their voting be determined by other interests, mainly economic ones, Clarence Schroeder of Marion Township, Iowa, can be taken as an example of the farmers who broke against President Truman four years ago. “I would have voted for Taft,” he told me, “But I can't vote for a military man, It's the war I don’t like about the” Democrats, Other than that

SCRIPPS-HOWARD FOOTBALL ROUNDUP . . . (Rocky Mountain)—

3 Great Backs In Big 7 Conference

By CARLOS SALAZAR

Sports«Editor, The Albuquerque Tribune

THE GRID legions of Kansas University, Wyoming and Texas Tech dominate the football skies over the vast territory covered by the sprawling arms of the Big Seven Conference, the Skyline Eight Conference and the Bor-

der Conference.

The Big Seven, expected to wage its hottest battle in years, has three teams capable of finishing within throwing distance of the country's top ten—Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado. Wyoming is rounding up a powerful. eleven to seek the Skyline crown. Texas Tech, always trying to impress the Southwest Conference, is a shoo-in for the Border Conference tiara. . The defending champions of the Big Seven and Skyline circuits—Oklahoma and Utah, are underdogs mainly because of the powerful potential that Kansas and Wyoming have built up for 1952. Three of the country’s outstanding backs are in the Big Seven—Kansas' Charles Hoag, Oklahoma's Billy Vessels and Nebraska's Bobby Reynolds. The Sooners boast Tom Catlin, an All-American candidate,

at center. » » ” { OTHER bright stars on the Big Seven horizon are Gil Reich, former standout at West Point, Larry Grigg, Cklahoma halfback and Roger Williams, Colorado quarterback. - J. V. Sikes admits his Jay-

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Q—I am confused about the need for extra nitrogen when mulches are used? Mrs. James

hawkers have their best chance of taking the conference crown this year, but the team needs to plug up a few holes on the offensive line. The Kansans have tremendous powey, in the backfield and are considered the best defensive squad in the league.

Big Seven

KANSAS, boasting Gil Reich, an ex-Army star who was bidding for All-America honors at West Point, is the standout choice fo edge Oklahoma for the Big Seven crown,

Reich is only one of a bevy of backfield stars at KU, Coach Sikes has two of the best left halfbacks in the conference in Charles Hoag and Bob Brandeberry. Fullback Bud Laughlin, who tied for the circuit scoring leadership with 78 points last year, is also a big gun. Reich was West Point's regular safety, alternating with Bobby Blaik at quarterback in 1950. » » o THE high-riding Oklahoma Sooners, who haven't lost a conference game during Bud Wilkerson's five-year stay at Oklahoma, may face their first

solution.

title loss to the high-stepping Kansas Jayhawkers.

Billy Vessels, top OU runner who was injured last year, is back to lead the Sooner parade along with Quarterback Eddie Crowder, Fullback Buck MecPhail and Halfbacks Larry Grigg, Merill Green and Buddy Leake.

Co-Capt. and Center Tom Catlin leads the Sooner line— rich in experience, ~ » » COLORADO, with 32 letter men returning, has bright prospects for 1952 in hopes of finishing among the top three in the loop race. Prizes of the newcomer crop are Frank Bernardi, a transfer from Indiana, and Dick Stapp, a halfback and guard, respectively.

- » ” BIG NEWS in Missouri is Don Faurot’s reliance on passing, a change from the usually strong Missouri ground game. Faurot has reason to change because of the Tigers’ success last year behind passers Tony Scardino, Jim Hook and Junior Wren. Triple-threat star Bobby Reynolds is the key to Nebraska's 1952 ° hopes. Coach Bill Glassford’s Cornhuskers won only one game last year when Bobby was sidelined with a shoulder separation. The Talented Reynolds was the nation’s scoring champ the year before.

Other top-grade veterans in

the backfield will be John Bor-

By Marguerite Smith

in water and quickly supply the needed food in

Purlacher, 4917 Winthrop. A—Whenever you mulch a plant with materials like lawn clippings, ground corncobs, or

peat moss. they begin to decay. This process eventually adds considerable nitrogen to the soil. But during the process of decay, the bacteria that work on the mulch must have nitrates to feed upon. If the material itself doesn’t supply enough, they will grab it from the soil. Then the plant shouts a protest at the robbery by developing pale, sometimes ‘yellowish leaves. Obviously extra nitrates are needed when soil already is low in this chemical. And it is during the growing iineaie

Read Marguerite Smith's Garden Column " in The Sunday Times

season that too little nitrate will do harm. We regularly mulch both flowers and vegetables with whatever comes handy. So far we have never

Q—Please teil me if fancy leaved caladiums should have a dormant period, When and how long? Mary Jane Seward, 4040 Ruckle, A—Yes, they usually go into a dormant period whether you want them to or not. Though I know of at least one case where one went blissfully on growing indoors after a long summer season. When they begin to yellow their leaves (if you have them indoors) give them less and less water until all*leaves dry up. Then store them in a fairly high temperature over winter. Experts advise 50 degree storage temperature. By next February or March, exact time depending on your growing facilities, you can start them again in damp peat moss or vermiculite, If your caladiums are in open grounds, take them up before heavy frost. Q—I am trying to grow African violets. I have beautiful plants but they don’t seem to put out any flowering shoots. Mrs, Harold Phelps, 2324 Prospect.

dogna, Bob Smith and George Cifra, the latter a 200-pound fullback. ~ . . WITH 28 returning lettermen, Iowa State's Cyclones still lack the dept to make them serious contenders for a top niche in the Big Seven. A switch from the single wing to the Split-T formation may help in 1952. Coach Bill Meek had 23 freshmen and sophomores on his squad of 35 players last year—all of whom have obviously improved for the current campaign.

Skyline Eight

BOWDEN WYATT, who transplanted the Tennessee sin. gle wing to Wyoming with tremendous success in 1950 (won every game including the Gator Bowl) isn't going to let the Skyline bunting get away from the Laramie corral again. Wyatt's 17 lettermen and 24 returning squadmen show great promise. The defending champion Utah Redskins. have a tougher assignment in retaining the Skyline championship than they did In winning it in 1951. Utah has a light team (only five on the entire roster weigh 200 pounds or more) and lost its entire offensive line via graduation. ,

Brigham Young is the big question mark in Skyline play this fall. Outstanding players Coach Chick Atkinson lost two years ago are back from military duty and church missions, » “ » COACHES around the Skyline circuit tab Utah State as “the comer” for ’52, but Coach John Honing throws cold water on his colleagues for picking his Farmers high up the conference list.

Graduation hit Coach John Baker's Denver Pioneer squad heavily, but the mile-high institution is expected to have a stronger defensive club in 1952 than it has had for several years.

Coach Dudley DeGroot believes his New Mexico Wolfpack will be much stronger than the '51 squad which won four of 11 games and finished seventh in its first year of play in the Skyline circuit.

DeGroot's team isn’t expected to feel the effect of the school's

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' German-American Vote’s A Toss-Up

I've had good times, I like the farm program. Guess I'll stick with the Democrats this time.” ” . » OTHER TRUMAN voters told me they would shift to Gen. Eisenhower, even though they didn’t like him, “because we mist have a change in Washington.” All in all, the sum of my interviews in these counties showed a net shift towards Gen. Eisenhower of one-time Truman voters. The shift was smaller 'than the numbers who still were “undecided.”

What appears to have happened, in short, is roughly this: Gen. Eisenhower’s nomination in suppressing foreign policy as an issue, thrust the isolationists back to where most of them will be voting on the basis of their economic interests. If that is so then 1948 will be neither repeated nor entirely reversed. , Gov. Stevenson is unlikely to hold the full measure of Mr, Truman's gains among the German-American farmers. Nor are the Republicans likely to recapture the following which was theirs dur- - ing the war. The most likely prospect seems to be that the “isolationist” vote will tend to divide fairly closely, mirroring the

close division in the farmer's economic interests. : mendations of the American

Council on Education.

» EJ - EDDIE CHINSKE, starting his first year in Skyline competition (he replaced Ted Shipkey this spring), has a giant task ahead of him as he leads Montana State University against Utah State, Wyoming and BYU in its first three season games. The Grizzlies won only one conference game last fall. Snubbed by the Southwest Conference, the Texas Tech Red Raiders are an easy choice to win all four of their Border Conference tussles, What Sagebrush country fans are pointing for are Tech's games against Rice, Baylor, Tulsa and Houston—four of the top teams in the area. Coach DeWitt Weaver has 37 returning lettermen including a horde of talented backfield performers. # ” ”

JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, 210-pound speedster who transferred to Arizona State (Tempe) when St, Mary's dropped foot-

ball last fall, is expected to lead the powerful legions of Coach Clyde Smith, newly appointed mentor succeeding Larry Siemering.

Johnson is said to be better than Wilford (Whizzer) White, who starred at Tempe for three years.

Smith, former Indiana University coach, has 36 lettermen returning from the ’'51 team, and the Sun Devils are favored to win all of their four Cone ference games.

Murray ' Evans, succeeding Warren Woodson at HardinSimmons, inherits 24 lettermen for the '52 Border Conference chase. The Cowboys have letter men at every position on their offensive team, but the loss of ends D. C. Andrews and Chet Lyssy wil be felt hard.

New Mexico A & M, a froshsophomore team last year, is building for the future. Eighteen returning lettermen hope to better last year’s record of winning two, losing nine.

Rocky Mountain

‘BOB BLAIK, ex-West Point quarterback, will lead Colorado College's attack. Colorado Mines, defénding champion, and CC are expected to battle

had to supply extra nitrogen. But our soil if A—Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to athletic “de-emphasis” until for the championship with onl plentifully supplied’ with it. If your plants in- Dishing the Dirt and you may have the TIMES next year. NMU abolished Ee ik Idaho dicate they need it then you can dissolve some free Jeaflet on how to succeed with African athletic scholarships recently State, Montana State, Colorado ammonium sulfate or other high nitrate fertilizer violets. keeping in line with recom- State and Western State. ON THE TOWN : By G Feingold y Gene Feingo A RELUCTANT BUT

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