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PAGE THREE T / SPORTS From th« Skipper's De«k •y** Interest of the Bulldog" at heart could «;areely believe It But tivee And today, bidke -their hVarta, they are working in a bigger game and do ing a right smart Job. Three cheers for the brain trust of yesteryears. true—ye verily true. SUnding on the curbing in front of Oess Goodale’s jewelry, emporium were two stalwart figures. Lleuf Boykin Rhame and Charley Kirkland. Dovm the street a few rods and seated In a big wooden armcfiair was ex-counciiman Jack Nettles, now headed for a generalship tJncle-Sam’s fighting forces. ' And ^ it fomething. Our desk re-j across the street near Slick Zemp’s countless seoon^laM mall ^ i^ndevous, was Cj* Clarkson Rhames. during the week and If we'- • • ^ -be lured-'by the extravagant! to DC iui«~'~4 — listening? Don’t that mean used in some of the pro- anything to you? Can’t you remember be taking the Lord stuff we would market hints jnd ^jt else to our bosom. O' • ^ • W Saturday brought us a form .u- ‘jjatlonal Committee way back when Messrs. Rhhme, Kirk land, Nettles and Rhame constituted Camden’s greatest and , unforgettable football brain trust and strategy beard. Can’t you bring back that picture of those four huddled over a ^ gh the -Poll Tax." The letter | round table in Slick's place, outlining to state that the chairman of i the battle offensive and defensive plsy "’“^..nmfflitlee wants our signature tojof the next Bulldog fjacas? Can’t y^ ico «,ni tnibring back another picture of these (same four hu'ddled down ' the Camden bench I game? « • • • statement which will help to the poll tax, which now In .southern states, prevents ten tin citizens who are working and uins and dying for democracy from »«■ , In front of during the grid And they were men of mighty keen • • • • j sagacity. They always knew the an. Tint if interesting to say the least, swspt to every football, problem. Slly the desire on tha part of Wanna bet? * Uftional committee to secure vot. . * * * * to the dying. But tha real We often wondered what a saga of Je of this letter is the fact t^at wisdom and strategy they poured into L of soonsors of this national ^o ©ars of that peerless grid-leader, John Vlllipigue. We always knew, no matter what it might be, that John" always—emphasis on always—canted -out hie own Ideas. And-hr that-h^ef, we felt safe. «ment to abolish the poll _ by our own ’Roosevelt. First Lady % Detroit’s hysteria over their pro football team and especially Frankie' Snckwich, the 'Ohio grid ace who sparked Georgia to out-standing hon ors was brought under control by a Chicago Bear team last Bundiy. , • • • • { The Bear’s put a superior passer In action against Prankle.-thls chap be ing Sid Luckman. Luckman passed the Lions dizzy while the Bear defense throttled Snckwhieh most effectively. a However, the pretence of the Ohio grid sfnsatfon in the Detroit line-up resulted in a turnout of SO,000 specta- Briggs stadium, which In any stadium Is “some crowd.” • • • • The pennant winners of the AmerU can Association and the Iniernational League races of 1943 did not meet In the Little World Series. Toronto undfr Burleigh Grimes, won the in ternational league gonfalon but was defeated In the playoffs ,by the second place Syracuse Chiefs while Milwau kee, winner of the American associa tion lost out to Columbus. Columbus then went on to wallop Syracnse four out of five games to take the Little World serlM. It was the third con secutive Little World series won by the Columbus Red Birds and their fifth in aoma 12 years,—It gavo the Gridirnn Headaches You perhaps have listened over the to the appeal of the “' not to travel—to give full ac- pmodations to the eoldlere. You read these appeals In the press, have noted them on posters in •tore windows. • • • • I ig4 then j-ou read abdut the Duke Duchess of. Windsor, traveling a secretary, maid, valet and 31 1 of luggage, leave Boston, where hare been visiting Aunt tBessle yman. who has been ill, for a ; It Newport.* • • • e I till Cunningham, Boston Herald nniat said: “Possibly I’m stupid, five people with all this culch iing up s carrier 4n times like : just to call upon an ailing aunt at make sense.” * * * * |Te vould like to call the attention [Udie and Wallle to the fact that I Rope, who has traveled more and fbt more happiness to soldiers any other man since this w’ar ned, travels with only a comb, brush and electric razor—all In his pocket. And. his wife— you’re right—she itays at home Ikok after the kiddles. « • • • Hen has bought a new supply of ; and has been going around In onhght Sinatra. • « • • |jKer says his troops In Italy are Wwasoned. They should be, after peppering they have been get- "ibm the Yanks. • « * • l^nd of mine says that artists i*«r* of women than the''rest of issn. Well mebbe so, but at that lluniy sketchy. • « But board brain all joking of strategy, trust—every aside folks—^that. that super-duper member had the And what a lot of temple throbs w« all had at the end cd the week. • * • * Notre Daine rbared to new heights to batter the famous and highly touted Michigan Wolverines in their worst defeat in many years, 35 to 12, beford 90,000 spectators at Ann Arbor. DUke went out of the ranks of the unde feated when NaVy walloped them 14 to IS. Clemson bowed to V, M. I., Army buried Temple 61 to 0, Penn State was tied by Colgate, Wisconsin bowed to ap underdog Illinois team, and Great Lakes snuffed out Ohio State. ^ • • • • In,South Carolina high school grid rank^ the up and coming Sumter team puixerized Chester 53 to 0. at Chester.. Chester by the way plays in Camden on Oct. 29. Columbia Capa were snowed under at* Asheville end Olympia High of Columbia, were-do- feated at Carlisle. Camden High wottv It’s third game as against one defeat by defeating Winnsboro here Friday night 28 to 6 Camden showed flashes of their superior form but the fumbleitis »>tl! was in evidence. ■ Headline on overseas feature story: “Yanks Take Our Breath Away, Eng lish Girls Bay.” EvklMiUy the old <Bqdeeze play works as well there as it does at home. ^ Just Musing: I’m no armchair strategist, but. I do all right on a sofa. Hitler's rescue of Mussolini is just a matter oT" misery loving conv pany. Now with butter up to 16 points I knoW what crumb my bread Is buttered on. Paper parachutes are being perfected, but we’d hate to be. left holding the bag..' Long hair may make a. ihan look Intsllectual, but not when his wife finds a strange one on his coaL Automobil,e dealers, the OPA has decreed, can not refuse- to sell new oars to holders of iJibperly Issued cer- ttficateo. But wait uhtll the purchaser gets to a gasoline filling station. ' • ■ • When that new civilian air age ar rives after this war, what’s going to be the excuse of the husband ■ who used to be able to get by with report ing that he had a flat tire? Cassatt News Notes Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Massabeaa are being congratglhted upon the ar rival of a .eonr on Friday, Oct. 8, at Camden hospital. Mrs. Massabeau is the former Miss Fay Welch of Cam den, Mrs. Willie Hinson of Cassatt, spent last week with her aunt. Mrs. T. M. Thigpen, of Sumter. Miss Lillian Rodgers of Cassatt, la spending a few days with her brother at Kershaw, who has an ill daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Workman are being coninratulated upon the arrival of a daughter on Monday, Oct. 11, at Camden hospital. Mrs. Workman was the former Miss Lydia Grace Elliott of Cassatt. Mussolini has decided to set up hts new Italian government In Germany. ®‘j7 /That’s one way for the Duce to be •tut .. assured of a longer life. • • • • Bu]r War Bonds and Stamps KERSHAW LODGE NO. CS, A. P. M. Regnlsr Commnaleatloa, First. Tnssdsy of Bsefc Month, At t P. M. Ylstpirn Welcome. J. a HOfFMAN, W. M. J. B. R089. SeeretsiT. association a 16 to American edge over the International In the series which have been staged Inter mittently for 37 years. A year ago Columbus defeated Syracuse four games to five. Regarding tomorrow's football broadcasts, we are going to listen in on the Duke-North Caroline battle. It should be .a honey. We took for Duke to win, but only after a heck of a tough scrap. • • • • This corner does not see where Notre Dame can lose a single game this season. The Carthollcs rate as the top team of the nation and only the moat stunning upset wlH mar their 1943 record. Michigan looked lousy against the speed and play of the Irish, but at that, the Wolverines rate as second in the football ranks. When In Rome, Nazis always do. the Nazis do as Uncle John wants to know why auto manufacturers never thought of putting the choke on the back seat. * * * * It’s getting so that when a couple it altar bound their friends wish them many happy returns. • • •■ • Leon tells me that now that Musso lini has escaped, the war has become a game in which the Duce is wild. Along Broad .Street of the A. E. F. got Into a poker game with tome British soldiers. They all drew, then: “l!ll bet one poun(|,” said The coloreA boy studied his four aces. “I don’f\now how you-all counts your money,” he said, •l)ut I’ll bet one ton.” Orchids and Onions Dear Jack: What makes yog think that overalls lac^ the glory of navy blue? Or Khaki regalia gets mors re spect than the grease besmeared llkea of you? Behind every fighter is some one whose efforts cannot be denied. So pin your badge, buddy, punch your clock, and carry yourself with pride. Instead of theatre tickets, why don’t the merchants promise a pair of pre-war nylon hose with every bond purchased? That would reSlly get ’em. • • « We are looking forward to the time when wife goes through her husband’s pockets only to discover shs is frlsk- tng~n6f iwn tlieki instead. A military chemist has developed a formula for producing artificial fog. They say you can hardly tell It from our genuine post-war policy. MORE BOBBIE AND HAIR* PINS TO BE MADE IN 1944 Bobble pins and'hair pins will be more plentlfpl in stores .«next spring, Ifor WBP has decided that there are enough materials on hand to permit the manufacture of twice as many [during the last part of this year aa InT were allowed earlier 1943. When Your Back Hurts' And Vour Strength and Energy Is Below Par It Mjr b« MOMd by diaordtr ti kU- My funetioB that pwrmita polmaua wa^ to accniBulata. For truly many paoj^a feai tired,, weak ap.^ jatsersbl*. wEra IKs ’kldocya fall to remoTa osoaoi acids and other waate'saattor from the Woodw, ' Yon may suffer naziiat baekaebo, rheumatic pains, hesdachaa. ^isslseas. K ttlnc UP Bifbts, l#c pains, sweHinf. matlmss frequent and scanty urins- tioa with sasarting and bumlnt Is an- otbar slge somrthing is wrong with tlM kidnsys or blsddsr. Tbors should bo no doubt tbst prompt treatmsnt Is wissr thsn nsglsct. Uss Dorn*'* It is botur to rely on. medldM that has won countrr«nda a] provat than on somstUng IsUMpvof! uowu. Dc*n’i bava bsau ... sd many yaars. Aiw at all drug.'stdNe. Oat Doan 9 today. i Doans Pills ■'X> Wonesl Here is a name to remember CARDUl tt a toaio, Caxdnl uaualn Z!T »P appaUla, aids di- tad thos hwpa build gewiwths’Haie” toeoata. 3 days boforo yoM SSiir <firactai, tt kalp lelloea jpal^na * PVBtj nuctioMl oeeeMe A Sultan at odda with his harem. Thought of a way hs could scarem; He caught him a mouse, Set it loose in the house, Thus starting the first harem-scarem. a a a a Marriage Is like a cafeteria—grab something good looking and pay later. • • s “Senator” Ed Ford told this story about an old grouch on a recent NBC “Can You Top This” program: This man enjoyed screaming at everybody. One day a delivery boy left a door open and thcf grouch yel led: “Shut the door, were you brought up in a barn?” The lad started to cry and the grouch wffa aorry. “I didn’t mean to make you cry,” he said. “I’m not crying because you yelled at me,” said the boy. “I’m crying be cause I was brought up iw a barn, and every time I see a jackass it makes me homesick.” ■ - “ u - w- w-e ■ “There's something odd about you ^is mornlttg,” said Hitler to Goerlng. “Yes—I know what It is. For the first -Ume since I’ve knbwa you, you .have left off your medala.” Goerlng looked down at his chest. “Great Heavens,” he cried. “I for got to take them off my pajamas." • • • • Colonel (to .new soldier): “Well, young man, I hope that by the next time I see you, you’ll be a. first lieu tenant.” New soldier (trying to be polite): “Thank you, sir; Tha same to you.” . 4 • • • 'Two soldiers on their way for over seas duty, were standing on the deck o( a traiisport. _ First aoWWr;^ “J>ld yoa «ver see so much water in all your life?" Second soldier: “You'ain’t soen nothin’ yei. That’s just the top of It." tain Riding back to -hla camp after a leave in Londan, a colorad member World! ALL NEXT WEEK The State Fair IN COLUMBIA -POOD FOR VICr0R|jn > ’" The whole theme (rf thOW this year is Victory. Special attention to a^- fultual exhibits. Elaborate aviation, BuKtary di^lays. October 18-23 -DAY AND NIGHT- W, TGp-Fli|fht Midwrmy) Gnuid*t4Uid Show*. , Tuesday, Future Faryners* Day. Wednesday, 4-H Club Day. Tbursdai, Foottkal! Day. School Day. - . ■ 1 '• *1 ihe’8 on lopiS^tiie world... her fairyland X world of fun and play and rides on Daddy's shoulder.. ^ _ It’s a world of glorious new adventures by ^y... of sonsr and love and laughter. of peace and pleasant dreams at night .,. a world that knowe no hate or hunger, no fear of sudden death, no tenor of femilios tom apart - lUs the kind of a wold thaf^the 42,000 men and ’ womenoftbeSouthml^waySystemamfight- tag for... lopiuriog cars and locomotives in record- breaking time... finding new and better ways to "railroad”... always mahaging, bumenoW, to do "the impossible.” For they know...these men and ^omen of tife Southern R^way... that by doing thdae things, tiwy are helping to. win the war. They know, too, that they are learning how better to serve the Greater South that will emerge with Victory... the Southla^in which the littie children wQl ^y be "on top of the world",.. laughing'and ‘ playing without fear... and growing up in a veri- taHe fairykfMt of eTctting new opportunities for all_ ' RAILWAY SYSTEM ■ \ • V ' ■f r i;.