Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 12, Number 43, DeMotte, Jasper County, 4 September 1942 — Page 2

Speaking of Sports

by Bob M' & hane

Released by Western Newspaper Union.

THAT fine old National league custom of dusting off the opposition with a well-placed bean ball finally has drawn down the wrath of League President Ford Frick. League officials were somewhat embarrassed recently when Larry MacPhail, the exceedingly loquacious president of the battling Brooklyn Dodgers, actually threatened an increasing usage of the skuller. Aroused by a disgraceful bean ball duel indulged in by Whit Wyatt

of the Dodgers and Manuel Salvo of the Braves, President Frick announced that future dusters would result in S2OO fines for managers and separate action against offending pitchers. MacPhail was equally aroused. Calling a meeting of his own ball players with press

representatives in attendance, MacPhail declared that “if other pitchers throw at our players we’ll toss right back at them—two for one. And I don’t care what it costs. No S2OO fine by Mr. Frick is going to stop us.” Four Vendettas The Dodgers have been involved in four duster vendettas, with the Giants, Cardinals, Cubs and Braves. It was the latter game which resulted in Frick’s ruling. He fined Wyatt $75 and Salvo SSO. MacPhail charged that the president’s decision made it look as if the Dodgers were responsible for the bean ball hurling. He asked that Frick hold an open hearing on the senior circuit bean ball situation. In refusing his request, the league chief said: “For the good of baseball, I don’t want this discussion to be dragged before the public again, with accusations, charges, counter-charges, and who-started-it business. 1 believe the order to umpires that managers are to be fined S2OO when, in their judgment, a pitcher has thrown a deliberate bean ball, is sufficient to handle the situation.” MacPhail*s answer wasn’t long in coming. “Let’s put away the black

Larry MacPhail

going into armed service) and while I’m still in it I’m going to find out who is to blame. I’m not trying to run the league but you can bet I’m going to keep after Frick to hold this meeting.” Punishment The bean ball is an unusual commodity in the American league. There the punitive action consists of a |SOO fine, immediate eviction from the game and a 10-day suspension. MacPhail, evidently in a burst of self-sympathy, announced that the whole world is against Brooklyn. The Flatbush firecracker knows better than that. He knows the fans of the United States want to see the Dodgers repeat. They like their aggressive scrappiness. They want to

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whiskers and bring the thing out in public,” he told Frick. “Have the umpires read their report at an open meeting and find out who really started this bean ball stuff. I’m sick and tired of having the Dodgers branded as the culprits. I may not be in baseball more than a month (MacPhail is reportedly

see Mickey Owen himself, and they want to see the mighty Yankees clouted from their throne. End in Sight But the fans want the bean-ball operation brought to a halt —and fast. The paying customer likes fighting ball players, but he doesn’t like dirty ball players—nor managers who condone, even encourage, dirty tactics. In spite of MacPhail’s outburst, the new edict by Frick likely will bring an end to the duster. Two hundred dollars means no more to the average manager than his right arm, even though said fine would come from the club treasury. If everything else fails—which isn’t exactly impossible—then President Frick will be forced to follow the American league plan. That’s almost a sure cure because very, very few pitchers become angry enough to toss SSOO at the head of any batsman. SPORT SHORTS C An engineer has designed a pitching machine that delivers the ball at a speed of 204 miles an hour. < When the Chicago Cubs were allowed to play poker, Bill Lee and Claude Passeau were co-champs. <L Al Simmons will start work at the Willow Run bombing plant as soon as the current baseball season ends. <t Ted McGraw, scout for the Dodgers, says that two Class C and two Class D Dodger farms have folded with their respective leagues due to the war.

What to Do

By PHYLLIS BELMONT

Did you ever consider having a “come as you are” party? This can be a lot of fun—and the stipulation is that your guests must come as they are dressed when they receive the invitation. Obviously the invitations should be telephoned as it is much more probable that you would find your guests in strange costumes by calling them at unconventional hours. Ledger Syndicate—WNU Features.

Professor Says ‘New Age’ Will Follow Present War

A “golden age” of American art will flourish in the postwar period, Prof. Emerson H. Swift of the Columbia University fine arts department predicted at the university’s summer session. “History shows that all the great art periods developed immediately after important wars,” Dr. r Swift said. “This factor, as well as the encouragement of native-trained artists and the great improvement in the public’s artistic taste within the past 25 years will be responsible for this new era of art in the United States. “Until recently America lacked the background to produce a great national art. Official government sanction and public backing, always necessary to the growth of a great artistic period, was lacking. Art was a luxury reserved for the well-to-do and mainly the product of European trained men and women. “Since the war has shifted the center of culture from Europe to America and recent federal projects have helped to popularize art and bring it to the public’s attention, we can now look forward to the emergence of an important art period of our civilization in this country.”

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Farm Topics

Wilting Method for Silage Is Suggested

Experiment, Extreme Care Needed to Make It Work

By C. W. BENDER

(Professor Dairy Husbandry, Rutgers University.) In view of the high price of molasses and the scarcity of phosphoric acid for preserving silage, the wilting method of ensiling le* gumes, grasses and cereals a method requiring practically no preservatives—sounds good. The wilting method will work, but it also takes experimental control and extreme care to make it work. Moisture Content Excess. Farmers experienced at making grass silage know that mold accumulations, caused by air pockets or air leakage in the silo, often occur

even when the silo is filled with material having a moisture content of 72 to 78 per cent. Yet materials with this amount of moisture pack more readily and develop more pressure than grasses with lower moisture content, and the wilting method calls for wilting down the green material to a moisture content of only 65 to 68 per cent. Thus there is a greater danger of mold when the wilting method is used. Secondly, some type of apparatus is necessary to determine the exact moisture content of the green material. How long it takes to wilt the material down to the proper moisture content cannot be determined in advance. One thing is certain: There will be many delays in filling the silo, thus increasing the danger of mold and high temperatures, both of which tend to destroy nutrients. Fill Silo Three-Fourths. The silo must be filled more than three-fourths full with wilted green material within two days. The material must be evenly distributed and well tramped. Filling should be continued on the third day, using high moisture grasses or legumes to which a preservative has been added so that sufficient pressure is generated to exclude the air from the partially wilted mass. Delays in filling beyond this period may ruin the silage, a fact which has been learned by many farmers. Furthermore, the wilting of a green crop destroys carotene. The Longer the period of wilt the more carotene is lost, an important consideration in producing milk of excellent quality.

Farm Notes

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Man’s Nobility

They that deny a God destroy man’s nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.—Bacon.

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