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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, AUGUST 21, 1942 T HE brilliant pitching record set by Spud Chandler, Georgia’s for mer half-back, has brought an old discussion out of the dust. How many former foot ball luminaries have also starred under baseball’s Big Tent? More than a few managers, Joe Mc Carthy especially, believe football is a bad dish for any baseball player to take on. They figure foot ball takes too heavy a toll in injured liga ments, battered wounded ankles or Grantland Rice Joe Gordon shoulders and knees. They also point to the long list of football stars who made their bids for the big league, only to blow the job. But there were more than a few who didn’t blow. Among the First Christy Mathewson was better known as a football star at Buck- nell than he was as a pitcher. He had just won a major Buck- nell game with a long drop kick when he came to the Giants, where Andy Freeman wanted him to play first base. A college football star was a sensation in those days. About the same time a big Cali fornia football star by the name of Orvie Overall came to the Cubs. He was among the best. Mickey Cochrane was a better football player at Boston U. than he was at baseball. Mickey had every thing an All-America entry needs. Lou Gehrig was among Colum bia’s better backs. Eddie Collins was a Columbia quarter-back of first class merit be fore starring at second for the Ath letics, where he first played under an assumed name. Jim Thorpe was a fine outfielder, but Jim couldn’t quite locate a fast breaking curve. Reese and Collins came up from football at Vanderbilt to join the Giants and Dodgers. Ernie Nevers, one of football’s best, couldn’t quite stick in the majors. Schoolboy Rowe was another football star. Joe Gordon was a football wonder as an Oregon freshman before they made him stick to baseball. Gordon would have been as big a star in pro football as he is in baseball. Ask Tuffy Leemans. The tops of the football - baseball combinations were Mathewson, Over all, Cochrane, Col lins, Gehrig and Chandler. There have been more than we have mentioned here, but this sextette has the lead. Trained Muscles The majority of all the leading stars were one-game people. Bobby Jones, for example, played no oth er game but golf until he was grown. Every muscle in his body was trained and developed for a golf swing. Bob had no conflicting muscles that wouldn’t work together. Schoolboy Rowe was a star at football, golf, tennis, shot-putting and other pastimes while playing baseball. Over-developed muscles had no helpful effect on his pitching career. Ty Cobb played no game but base ball. Cobb refused to swing a golf club until near the end of his major league career. Ty still insists the two swings are different. They are in Cobb’s case, as Ty in baseball was more of a puncher than a swinger. Ruth, Speaker and others were swingers who could play golf in the 70s. The Case of Chandler The case of Spurgeon Chandler, the Camesville Clipper, takes an un usual angle. Here is a pitcher who has won 22 of his last 24 games, turning back to the summer of 1941. And this happened after he had passed his 32nd birthday. As a starter it took Chandler five years and a touring jaunt through seven different cities before he final ly parked himself on a Yankee bench. After that a yanked arm ligament and later a broken ankle were no great help. When Spud dropped his first four games last spring his outlook was about as sunny and as cheerful as a windowless cellar. And then it happened—10 straight for 1941—12 out of 14 for 1942—and almost every game brilliantly pitched. I recall years ago Harry Mehre, then Georgia’s coach, telling me that Chandler was one of the hardest workers on his squad. Chandler has proved that by tak ing the knocks and raps that came his way without a kick or an alibi. It took him 10 years to locate the smoother road, and 10 years is quite a chunk from a pitcher’s career. But I doubt today that anyone can name a better pitcher. by mnjUrrtc* UalMO rmmt Eleanor Roosevelt PICNIC WEATHER NEW YORK.—One day was so clear and beautiful that we went to the top of the hill back of my cot tage for a picnic on the porch of the President’s little cottage. He has had vistas cut, so that as you sit on his porch, if the weather is clear, you can see the Catskill mountains to the north and straight down across the Hudson river. By walking a very short distance from the highest point of all, one can get a view of the foothills of the Berkshires and the Shawangunk range to the south. We all enjoyed ourselves, except the pobr cat. She had to be shut up because she went after a little dog we had with us who was completely intimidated by her. Fortunately, as we left, I remembered she must be given her freedom and the closet door was opened. • • • ‘POCKET’ BIBLE The other day, Mr. Lunsford P. Yandell came to see me in New York. From his brief case, he took three copies of a little book and told me the story of how he came across it. Because of his interest in the book, he located the original pub lisher and found several people who at one time or another had endorsed it. He is now having it republished, feeling that in the present crisis many people will find it valuable. In a letter to me after his visit, there occurs the following sentence: “Conscientious parents are faced with the problem of giving their chil dren a set of standards for their lives, some theory on which to work, whether it is called religion, or by some other name. The great bar rier to arousing a youngster’s inter est in religion as it is taught in the churches, is the impatience of the child. To young people the Bible is a fearsomely large book.” Mr. Yandell found a comment by Mr. Dale Carnegie, which strikes me as particularly interesting: “This little book contains the words of the greatest teacher of human relations the world has ever known. There is an urgent need for such a book, it should have been published cen turies ago.” Well, here it is. You can carry it in your pocket or ip your shopping bag and read it in odd moments. It is the complete sayings of Jesus, taken from the King James’ Ver sion, arranged by Arthur Hinds. My generation was accustomed to reading some verses from the Bible morning and evening, or to having them read aloud in the family circle. Most of us had our favorite chap ters and verses which we learned by heart and which still remain in our minds, no matter how our own special religious beliefs have devel oped. This is a good book to have, good company at all times. • • • NAVY SEES ‘THE ARMY* One night I again took some young navy mep to see the show, “This Is the Army.” There are not many shows you can see a second time, and enjoy them as much as the first time. But I can honestly say in this case, that I had a good time myself, which was enhanced by watching my guests enjoy them selves. Next morning, I left the train at Beacon, N. Y., so as to have a swim and lunch with Secretary and Mrs. Morgenthau. I was home by three o’clock, and we had quite a number of guests for supper at my cottage. Today there are guests again for lunch and supper, but on the whole, the day is a quiet day, which the gray sky perhaps accentuates. Not even a leaf is stirring outside of our windows now, and the purple fire- weed along our brook, which I have always loved, is reflected in the wa ter as in a looking-glass, for not a ripple is stirring. When I awakened this morning, the sky was blue, and the birds were chirping everywhere, but now it looks as though Nature were wait ing for the rain to come, or for the wind to blow. * * • PAINTING EXHIBITION In the late afternoon I had to meet a train, and then go to the library for the opening of an exhibition of “Paintings of Dutchess County,” by members of the Dutchess County Art association. It was a very well attended party. The association had chosen 11 win ning pictures, which are to be pho tographed for a calendar. The 12th is to be chosen by the public, so everybody was asked to vote and the voting will continue till the close of the exhibition at the end of this month. * * * NEED FOR TRAINED NURSES I have a letter from Mrs. Nathan Straus of the American Women’s Voluntary services, asking me if I would not remind women every where in the country that they should take a home nursing course. There are reasons for this. Wher ever possible, people with minor ailments should be cared for at home, because hospital facilities at present are being taxed to the utmost. Their resources are being so largely drawn upon, that hospital care must of necessity be limited. Fabric-Conserving Fashions Possess a New Kind of Style By CHERIE NICHOLAS f ET no one think that specifica- ~ tions for conserving materials in wartime have put restrictions on attractiveness. On the contrary, the new order of things is ushering in a fashion cycle frought with a new ness in chic and charm that is ex citingly interesting. Instead of find ing them disappointing, you’ll find that the new styles have exactly what every woman is looking for— neat silhouette and fine basic design, together with innumerable little niceties of detail which are flatter ing and lovely and expressive of all that is best in costume technique. The manipulation of fabric so as to use less yardage simply fasci nates with its artfulness and re sourcefulness. Materials favored for the new “priority fashions” are those which lend themselves best to a delightfully feminine, draped and moded styling which achieves the ut most in figure flattery. For this purpose rayon crepes are proving ideal for the entire dress or used in combination with satin, faille or vel vet. The working of two fabrics together is fashion news of out standing importance for fall. In fact, the new black-on-black vogue which works black crepe or jersey with satin or faille or touches of black velvet is the fashion high spot of the immediate moment. Another new trend which reacts to the good in response to the de mand for curtailment in the use of metal fastenings is the amazingly clever way in which dresses and coats and blouses are made to close with self-fabric ties, or wraparound devices or with plastic buttons which are as ornamental as they are use ful. New to fashion is the wrap around frock with surplice back clos ing. It’s a style you’ll adore, for it’s slenderizing to the ’nth degree. See it pictured to the right in the accompanying illustration interpret ed in smart black rayon sheer, a material which is ideal for summer- into-fall wear. Delicate touches of fine black rayon net at the neck, sleeves and hemline carry out the black-on-black idea now so impor tant. A self-fabric sash ties softly at the buttoned back closing. Worn over a correctly fitted foundation garment, this suavely fitted frock has unusual grace and distinction. Dressmaker tailoring distinguishes the charming two-piece suit frock to the left in the above illustration. Designed for now and later in hand some black rayon faille, this model features the slim long-torsoed sil houette accented by folds of the fabric at chest and hips of the fitted jacket top. The new “priority” suits with close, fitted jackets and slim skirts must be worn over carefully fitted under garments to achieve the smoothly streamlined effect so essen tial this season. For the very chic afternoon dress centered in the group sheer rayon crepe in deep, rich black is draped and molded along slim figure-reveal ing lines. A self-fabric spaghetti trim makes soft little bows at the flattering sweetheart neck and knots casually at the waistline above the skirt draping, which is concentrated at the front. Tremendous play is being made on the working of black satin with dull surfaced rayon crepe. Yokes, in sets and bandings of the satin, as well as big, soft bows, give pleas ing variation to fall frocks of con trasting fabric. Color contrast is another featured theme. Designers are highlighting striking effects in no uncertain terms, using sleeves of one color and bodice top of another with the two colors appearing in the skirt. Coat dresses have panels of con trasting color to match the color of the plastic buttons. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Black Satin Black satin suits are big news for fall. Carefully sleek for autumn wear is this stunning suit done in fashion’s newest fabric favorite— satin! The little jacket of this New York creation features the new shorter length. It flares slightly, as does also the discreetly gored skirt. The highly decorative plastic but tons are in aqua coloring. Togeth er with an aqua colored corsage, they add the prettily feminine touch. The stores are showing satin suits of this type in dark, rich jewel col ors, too, but black is the favorite. Bangles Braiding, passementerie, dangles of all kinds, sequin embroideries, beadwork, novelty buttons, plastic gadgets, much jet and crystal and a wide use of embroidery and ap plique give to fall fashions inter esting variety. ‘Black’ Is Still an Important Word At all fashionable gatherings it becomes increasingly apparent that black is staging a triumphant come back into the fashion picture. The smartness and importance of black is strikingly evidenced in the stun ning new black satin gowns featured in a prologue to the fall season. The new black frocks that make slim silhouettes their theme are ap pearing everywhere in fashionable gatherings. They look smartest adorned with a single, important piece of jewelry and with giddily colorful long gloves and an enchant ing hat to supply the prettily femi nine touch. Then there are the entrancingly “pretty-pretty” black sheers, many of which take on endearing pink or pale blue accents. Black shantung and black linen suits are declared by many to be the smartest town- wear costume of the season. For dressy afternoon wear there’s noth ing in the way of a suit which out classes those styled of black benga- line. Women are also expressing a desire for simple daytime frocks made of black rayon jersey. An Old Favorite, the Lace Blouse, Is Back It is anticipating its advent a long time ahead, but there is promise of the return of the lace blouse to be worn with jewel colored velvet suits and, for that matter, with satin in deep dark colors or black. The sheerest of sheer black lace blouses has been in evidence for some time past, and it will continue its triumphs. However, the big news is the lace blouse made delightfully feminine with frilly accents, styled either of delicate Alencon or of very sheer Chantilly. WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON Consolidated Features.—WNU Release. ]VJ EW YORK.—Harold McCracken, explorer for the American Mu seum of Natural History, says Japa nese in the Aleutians are just like , .... Germans in Japs in Aleutians Florida, and Must Be Bayoneted he says fur- Out, Not Bombed ‘hermore ' that we can’t bomb them out. They can hole up like gophers in the native huts, and in Mr. McCracl*en’s view must be “chased with bayonets into the Bering sea,” if we are to dislodge them at all. This should qualify as expert tes timony. Mr. McCracken knows the Aleutians. In July, 1928, heading the Stoll-McCracken expedition, he unearthed a sarcophagus, on top of an almost inaccessible Aleutian rock islet, containing the mummies of three adults and a child. This cul minated his 11-year search for stone age remains along the Aleutian land-bridge. As an archeologist and explorer, the author of a number of books, he has studiously pieced out the his toric jig-saw puzzle of his various findings and taken due account of their bearing on war and peace and the present and future of mankind. In 1934, he elaborated a plan for an “international grand jury” to end war which, in some aspects, was the first of several suggestions for fusing individual interests, across national boundaries, rather than grouping sovereign nations. More pertinent to his current observation is his previous conclusion that the Japanese invasion of the Aleutians was long planned and carefully pre pared. Mr. McCracken, a lean, gentle man with horn-rimmed spec tacles, doesn’t look like a man who has killed about 20 Kodiak grizzly bears, but he has, and such encounters are a minor de tail of his desperate adventures in shipwrecks, blizzards and lonely treks in the frozen wilder ness. It was in 1915 that he first went to Alaska, heading an expedition for Ohio State university, his alma mater. In 1919 and 1920, he placered pay dirt on the Alaska peninsula, and into 1922-23 headed up a moving picture expedition, again for Ohio State university, to film big game. This led him into the production of travel and documentary films. /~\NE of our first stories, as a be- ginning reporter in Chicago, was a rock and sock fight between some Jugoslavs and another Balkan ss-ui. -i . t g rou P. down Mikhailovitch around the Still in There Hegewisch Socking the Axis jL 1 ® 61 T miUs - The Jugo slavs were outnumbered but they won. They were more versatile than the opposition, better in knee and elbow work, and could land a chunk of slag or a slug of pig-iron on an exposed skull with skill and author ity. Their own skulls seemed strangely resistant to such missiles. As to the fight, they seemed to enjoy it, and when it was over set up a patriotic song which ranged far over the slag heaps and far into the night. It would be nice to recall that the defeated challengers were Italians, but they weren’t and that good news has been held for another day. The Jugoslav guerrillas, 16 bat talions of them, are chasing the Italians out of the former province of Bosnia. At the time of the Axis attack on Jugoslavia, we recalled that Hegewisch battle and would have made a bet with any taker that something like that would hap pen. In the above and other en counters we have noted that in fight ing the Jugoslavs seem to have their mind on their work more than any other combatants. And, again, they seem to enjoy it. His flaring black mountaineer’s mustache has become a gonfalon of hope to those who want to believe that victory may be won by a stout heart and not necessarily by the biggest tanks. It is reported that 3,000 Italians have been captured or killed in the last two weeks and that the general’s forces have now wrested 11,000 square miles from the Axis. They didn’t try to make their second front a jug-handled deal. The rocky-faced General Mikhailo vitch, a colonel of artillery several years before the war, came out of the First World war with a strong distaste for the German military clique. When the blitzkrieg hit, he was invited to join officials and army leaders in a plane flight to Cairo. He said he had another engagement, went back to the mountains and emerged with a few hundred of his hard-rock boys, started savage forays and later worked them into carefully planned and operated mili tary actions. TERNS SEWDNG. CDDJCLE 1 61 5-B Popular Two-Piece Frock. /"^ET yourself into this brisk young two-piece outfit, cut like a suit with a cardigan jacket top, an eight gored, pencil-slim skirt and a neat dickey collar, if you want to know true comfort for summer! Pattern No. 1615-B can be followed by the least experi enced dressmaker. You’ll find it a joy to make in seersucker, crisp gingham or slick chambray. It is stunning, too, for town in a dark linen, set off with a spick and span dickey of white pique. Tailored, neat and becoming this two-piece outfit is sweeping the country as one of. this season’s most popular fashions for miss and matron. Try it in your ward robe, too, in the wash materials you like best. * * • Barbara Bell Pattern No, 1615-B Is de signed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 40. Corresponding bust measurements 30, 32, 34. 36, 38 and 40. Size 14 (32) with short sleeves requires 4*4 yards 35-inch materi al; % yard contrast for dickey. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 106 Seventh Ave. New York Enclose 20 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No Size Name Address .* Superstition in Life Superstition is related to this life, religion to the next; super stition is allied to fatality, religion to virtue; it is by the vivacity of earthly desires that we become superstitious; it is, on the con trary, by the sacrifice of these de sires that we become religious.— Madame De Stael. RHEUMATIC PAIR ■•W lit Sfall y.ur Day—0.1 altar It law Don’t put off getting C-2223 to re lieve pain of muscular rheumatism and other rheumatic pains. Buy C-2223 today. 60c, $1, everywhere. Use only as directed. The purchase price refunded if you’r not satisfied. Reaping Disappointment It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.—Plautus. SKIN IRRITATIONS OF EXTERNAL CAUSE Goes to work at once. Direct action aids healing by killing germs it touches. Use Black and White Ointment only as di rected. 10c, 25c, 50c sizes. 25 years success. Money-back guarantee. Vital in cleansing ,s good soap. 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