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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, NOVEMBER 7, 1941 S EVEN American league cities’ club owners and managers, are already wondering how they are go ing to keep the Yankees from an other common canter next season. So far they haven’t found the an swer. Maybe there isn’t any answer. There is certainly no solace at hand in suggesting that the Yankees are growing old. The vital statistics show that a ball player’s prime is somewhere between 26 and 30. It is here he has the combina tion of youth and experience linked together. For ex ample, Ty Cobb was 26 when he had his greatest season in 1911—when he bat ted .420. How does this concern the Yankees? Well, DiMaggio is 27, Gordon is 26, Killer Keller is 25, Henrich is 25, Rizzuto is 23, Sturm is 25, and Bonham, Russo, Donald and Breuer are all under 29. - It’s true that William Malcolm Dickey, better known as Arkansas Bill, is 34. But Dickey, always in condition, is good for 80 or 90 games, and Buddy Rosar, Dickey’s under study, is only 27. Red Rolfe is 33. Ruffing and Gomez are no longer in the kid class. But Priddy is only 22, and there is some first- class talent coming up from Newark and Kansas City. The Yankees, in the main, are still a young team—a team that is in its active prime. And there is still Joe McCarthy at the head with his team blending influence. No wonder the other American league clubs are in a sadly baffled frame of mind. . For while the Yankees have been mauling all National league rivals with considerable gusto, they also have been mauling their own league just as lustily. Great Second Basemen Joe Gordon’s performance in the last World series will more than hold its plaoi when the Hot Stove league opens its winter session. In Gordon’s case it might be re membered that he is still a young fellow, with 8 to 10 seasons left in his wiry system, and this is too soon to compare him with the masters of the past. In this masters list you’ll find Nap Lafoie, Eddie Collins, Frank Frisch, Rogers Hornsby—and these four are enough. Lajoie, the most graceful of all hall players, was also a normal .350 hitter. Eddie Collins was faster than the big Frenchman and in ad dition was a .340 or .350 hitter. Hornsby was the best hitter of the lot with a consecutive four-year mark above .400. Bill Hanna, one of the wisest of all the baseball experts, always ranked Hornsby and Ed Delehanty as the two greatest right- handed hitters of all time—not even barring Wagner and Lajoie. Frank Frisch was another great second baseman, fast, aggressive, smart, and dangerous at bat. It would be foolish to start ranking Gordon, in his fourth big league season, with these veterans who starred for 15 or 20 years each. I’ll say in behalf of Gordon, however, that on the defense he can make plays I don’t believe any other sec ond baseman could match. About Third Basemen In any event, there are no third basemen now around who even can be compared with the best of other years—Jimmy Collins of Boston, Bill Bradley of Cleveland, Buck Weaver of the White Sox, to mention only three. Collins, a fine artist, was also a normal .330 hitter—almost as grace ful at third as Lajoie was at second. Buck Weaver is Ty Cobb’s all- time pick and Buck isn’t far away from the top. Red Rolfe, in better health, might have been a closer challenger. Efificiency can also be costly at times. For example, there are the Yankees. They have needed just 36 games to win their last eight World series competitions. If they had been somewhat less efficient and had needed the full seven-game quota to win their titles, these eight World series contests would have required 56 games. This means 20 possible extra games blown off the docket, or a matter of some $3,500,000, which is quite a chunk of cash that combined ability and honesty have cost various club own ers. Mickey Owen’s third-strike entan glement in the fourth game of the series undoubtedly cost both ball clubs over $250,000. “I was standing close by at the moment,” Joe DiMaggio tells me, “hoping for my time at bat. I can testify that that curve of Casey’s broke with unusual speed and sharp ness. Tommy Henrich is a cool- headed, quick-eyed hitter. Tommy is a hard one to fool. But he must have missed that sharp hook by at least a foot. Standing where l was, as close by, it is easy to understand why that third strike got away.” Grantland Rice Fashion Advocates Lavish Use Of Fur in a Variety of Ways By CHERIE NICHOLAS E'ASHION is most eloquently “say- ^ ing it” with furs this season. Ac cording to the signs there is going to be a most grand and glorious display of furs this winter both as trimming and as coat or cape en sembles of sumptuous fur. Almost everything in the way of matching accessories that can be made of fur is being made of fur: hats, gloves, handbags, separate neck pieces, detachable plastron fronts, and lapel gadgets of bows and bou tonnieres. Milliners are giving of their bedt in creating fur hats matched to coats, to jackets, or to the trim ming on one’s gown and wrap. The favor for browns has placed extra emphasis on the importance of mink. There’s exciting fashion news in the sumptuous mink coat shown above to the right in the il lustration. It is topped by a hat made glorious by a wide brim (huge fur hats will be worn this winter) of matching mink. The young woman centered above in the picture is snappishly turned out in an ensemble of gray Chinese kidskin, the fingertip-length coat fashioned along very youthful lines. The insistent call for sleek black by fashion sophisticates keeps Per sian lamb and elegant broadtail in the limelight again this season. Royally luxurious is the broadtail ensemble shown in the upper left corner. Here a slim svelte princess coat demonstrates how up-to-the- minute is the styling given to furs this season. The hat is one of those new tall effects so definitely in style. Its graceful feather trim is Kelly green for added color. Fur capes are definitely some thing to talk about, for they are in the very foreground of the current fashion picture. The gorgeous cape lower right, is of lustrous black Persian lafnb. The new rule for a black wrap worn with a color-bright dress is faithfully observed. The pretty, softly styled frock is in the widely sponsored new gold tone. For daytime wear nothing ex ceeds leopard in chic, unless it be American opossum, which is also playing a star role. You will be perfectly tuned to the grandstand picture if you attend the game in a coat of leopard at lower left. It is a fashionable, three-quarter length style with a stand-up collar and bracelet - length sleeves — all very youthful and destined for an eye-smashing entry into any smart gathering. A most extraordinary develop ment’in fur styling this season is the working of glittering embroidery on the lapels and collars of fur coats. The new fur capes are sometimes embroidered with a hem line bor dering for evening. Brown sequins worked on mink hats, jet motifs on either black or white furs or metal thread embroidery punctuated with glistening jewels give to furs an en tirely different aspect. Many of the most staid and conservative coats are bursting into glory with gleam ing jeweled buttons. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Grandma’s Buttons Make Style News Dig into grandma’s button box, and you may find hidden treasures that will cause your winter gowns and coats to soar to heights of sar torial glory. Better still, trek around to the button counters and see what a splurge buttons are making in the fashion realm. Two important trends register in the button field, one of which is the inclination toward bulkiness. But tons are sometimes massive and knobby. Also, the new buttons tell a grand and glorious color study. You, with everyone else, are going to wear a great deal more color this year than you did last, and ac cordingly button originals are keep ing pace with the color commotion. Plastic buttons are available in a full range of costume colors. A but ton that makes an interesting ac cent on frock or blouse is a molded plastic done in a flower design with nailhead detail. Fresh fashion in terest is also developing in filigree buttons. A gold filigree button is proving especially attractive for dress-up blouses and party frocks. In fact, metal buttons rank high in favor, whatever the type. Glitter is popular, and lovely rhinestone buttons flourish on wools, velveteens, dressy crepes, and the newest fashion note is rhinestone or other jeweled buttons on fur coats and jackets. Woolies Defy the Chill Breath of Jack Frost Farmers can prognosticate and their signs are unfailing. It’s “ditto” with fashion. Well, from all fashion indications, we will see wool mittens; long wool socks (sheer wool for daytime hose); heads done up in wool wimples; huge fur hats and muffs as extravagantly big. All will valiantly fulfill their mission of comfort and smart appearance when winter brings on its usual quota of days with a sharp tang. Possum on Wool American opossum is a flattering, young-looking fur when it trims swank town and country tweeds. It carries a message of style prestige wherever it goes, and this year fashion’s spotlight is showing it up more conspicuously than ever. In the picture we see American opos sum accentuating the straight sil houette of a hunter’s green wool coat. Three bands of the fur around the bottom of the skirt, and a flat tering ripple collar of this fur, add distinction to the pencil-slim coat. The ripple-brim fine felt hat is de tailed with stitching. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Dean ol The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for November 9 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. REPENTANCE AND FAITH LESSON TEXi—Luke 15:11-24 GOLDEN TEXT—Repent ye. and believe the gospel.—Mark 1:15. Sin with its devastating conse quences has its only remedy in the salvation which is in Christ Jesus. He died to set us free from the pen alty, the power, and ultimately the very presence of sin. However, His death, which was for all mankind, is effective only for those who in repentance and faith accept His re deeming grace and turning from their sin. I. Worldly Pleasure Brings Sor row (vv. 11-16). Selfishness is at the heart of sin, which is essentially self-will over against God’s will. The younger son, who represents the sinner, wanted his own way. He suffered from 1. Restlessness Under Restraint (w. 11, 12). The father loved his son and sought his welfare by prop er parental control, but the boy wanted to be free to live as he pleased. God loves all men and seeks by loving and gracious re straint to lead them in ways of righteousness and peace. But they, while they want His blessings, are often eager to get away from His guiding hand. 2. A Request Resulting in Respon sibility (w. 12, 13). When the prodi gal asked for his inheritance he took upon himself full responsibility for its use. The mam who refuses to have Christ rule over his life as sumes a grave and heavy burden which he is not able to bear. It is an awful thing to rule God out of one’s life, to attempt to steer a successful course through the stormy sea of life. Why do it? It will always result in loss and failure. 3. Riotous Living Leading to Re proach (w. 13-16). In the “far coun try” he found for a time what we call “fun,” but it led to bitte: sor row. To the flesh there are “pleas ures of sin” (Heb. 11:25), but they are only “for a season”; that is, “very short lived—and they c»me high. ‘The devil is not such a fool as to go fishing without bait.’ The pleasures of sin are the devil’s bait, and they always have a hook in them. If you bite at the devil’s bait you will soon have the devil’s hook in your gills and be in the bottom of, the devil’s boat” (John W. Brad bury). The end of Satan’s “fun” road was a pigpen in a far country. That may not always be literally true (al though it happens often enough), but it is always true spiritually. Men and women are in a state of spir itual collapse and disgrace because they have rejected God’s way. But there is a way out. H. Godly Sorrow Brings Joy (vv. 17-24). Paul tells us that “godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation” and thus differs from “the sorrow of the world" which “worketh death” (II Cor. 7:10). The prodigal found his way back to the father’s house. First, there came to him I. Remembrance and Realization (vv. 17-19). He began to think. If men and women could only be made to think we would have more re pentance, but Satan tries to keep them too busy to think. He remem bered what he had as. a son in his father’s household. What memories will your boy have in his hour of need? You are writing that record now. He “came to himself.” The man in sin is really unbalanced, subnor mal, not himself, spiritually insane. When he “came to” he knew that he was in the way of the perishing. Then came 2. Repentance and Return (vv. 20, 21). To repent means to change your mind, to turn your life in an “about face” from sin to God. Re pentance calls for more than think ing or talking or praying. One must act. The young man “arose and came to his father.” That was his part, and then came the father’s part— 3. Restoration and Rejoicing (w. 22-24). The son expected to return as a hired servant, but his father restored him to full family fellow ship. God is gracious, and the re pentant sinner finds himself clad in the spotless robe of Christ’s right eousness, wearing the ring of son- ship, with shoes on his feet, so that he may go on the errands of his Father. God’s plan of salvation brings no half-way redemption. There are no stepsons or distant relatives in His family. It is a full salvation which brings glorious fellowship in life and service. You who are slill eating the husks of this world, who are in the far country tending swine, we invite you too to come to God and share in the rejoicing in the Father’s house. Life a Struggle Life is a struggle, but not a war fare; it is a day’s labor, but labor on God’s earth, under the sun and stars with other laborers, where we may think and sing and rejoice as we work.—John Burroughs. IT IS just like big sister’s, that is why this jerkin, skirt and blouse outfit will be so dear to the heart of your teen-age daughter! She’ll enjoy starting off to school in it— the jerkin buttoned down the side, the skirt smoothly flaring and the blouse fresh and clean! Pattern No. 1296-B is the kind you know you can’t go wrong with. You can make the skirt and jerkin in a long wearing corduroy, tweed, plaid wool or gabardine and make up a set of blouses in washable cottons (and one in wool jersey, for extra warmth). The jerkin can also be made to contrast with odd skirts, the skirt to go with sweaters and jackets and the blouse to be worn with suits and jumpers. * * • Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1296-B Is de- signed for sizes 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 years. 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