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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C.
Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb was talking about the
oddest characters he had ever
known%bout in baseball and he hap
pened to mention a pitcher I dug up
for Abner Powell, owner and mau
ager of the Atlanta team, over 40
years ago. I still recall the unfortu
nate matter, and was sorry Ty
brought it up.
For this pitcher was the only in
cipient star I had ever known who
was driven from
baseball by a
scurvy trick ot: the
part of the opposi
tion. He might have
been another John
son. It happened
this way:
A country friend
of mine had recom
mended a pitcher
named Harry Hale
from Happy Hol
low, Tenn., popula
tion 312. “All this
guy has,” my pal wrote, “is a fast
ball. But he’s plenty fast.” Well,
that was about all Walter Johnson
had for some 15 years.
I persuaded Powell to bring Hap
py Harry Hale from Happy Hollow
to Atlanta, at a total cost of $37.50.
Walter Johnson cost only a little
more.
Happy Harry was 6 feet, 7 inches
and weighed 138 pounds. He was
the original buggy whip. He really
had a fast ball. But he had never
heard of a curve or a change of
pace, because he had never been
mjI of Happy Hollow before.
“I remember that fellow," Ty
said. “He had a lot of speed. I re
member the day you got Powell
to try him out.” I remember it too.
For the first four innings the other
team, I think it was Shreveport,
under Red Fisher, failed to get a
scratch hit. Happy Harry from Hap
py Hollow was having a field day.
“I was a kid then,” Ty said, “but
I was thinking of what a great
judge you were of pitchers. I re
membered you’d made Ab Powell
bring in Nap Rucker from back of
a Georgia plow. I don’t have to
tell you what later happened to
Hale.”
New to Harry
Ty was right. Here was another
Johnson blazing them by helpless
bats. And then in the fifth inning
some fiend suggested bunting. And
it so happened that Harry Hale had
never seen, nor even heard of a
bunt. Nobody ever bunted in Happy
Hollow. n ley were all swingers.
He let the first bunt go, much
after the manner of watching a Ten
nessee moccasin or a Georgia
rattlesnake crawling his way. He
ignored the second bunt. He finally
picked up the third bunt and threw
it into the stands over first.
“But the big pay-off,” Ty said,
“was the fourth bunt. Now Happy
Harry was desperate. As he tried
to field the fourth bunt he spiked
himself in the right hand, requir
ing five stitches later, plus a re
turn ticket to Happy Hollow. You
know, there might have been an
other Walter Johnson if only some
one in Happy Hollow had ever
bunted. For he had that rast one—
and it was fast.”
“Anyway,” Cobb concluded,
"Harry Hale remains my favorite
ball player.”
This yarn about Happy Harry
Hale from Happy Hollow may sound
like a pipe dream. But it had an
amazing aftermath.
“Back around 1907,” Ty Cobb
told me, "we were playing Wash
ington. We ran into another tall
lanky pitcher who wasn’t as tall and
thin as Harry Hale, but he was
even faster. His name was Walter
Johnson and he had just blown in
from Weiser, Idaho, or Humboldt,
Kans., or some place like that. I
think it was from Weiser. Anyway,
he had that fast one, and we
couldn’t foul him.
“So I remembered your pal,
Harry Hale and it occurred to sev
eral of us on the Detroit team that
maybe Weiser had never heard of
the bunt. Hale gave us the idea.
Bunt Strategy
“So we started bunting. And
Walter started throwing those
bunts around. I happened to be a
part of that bunting attack, so I
know what happened. You may re
call that with all his speed, John
son only won five games that year
for Washington, while he lost nine.
He had another bad year in 1908
and also in 1909.
“Of course, he had a b-.d ball
club. But if it hadn’t been for the
Harry Hale you dug up from Happy
Hollow several years before, Wal-
' ter might have made a much bet
ter start. The old bunt is still
useful, especially if you’ve seen or
heard of one before.”
And so, if yon want a moral, it’s
how the unknown, unsung kid of
more than 40 years ago could af
fect the career of the great John
son, still the top of them all.
It was Hale — and farewell —
for Happy Harry. It was hail — and
fame for Johnson.
No, he never quite had the amaz
ing artistry of Hal Chase or the pow
er and durability of Lou Gehrig.
But he was still a star first base-
man, better than a .400 hitter be
fore sinus trouble struck him down.
He was fast enough to steal 50 or
more bases a season.
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Serve Salads for Afternoon Snacks
(See Recipes Below)
Entertaining Easily
Wartime brought back a simplic
ity of entertaining which will last
for some time. We learned that an
elaborate meal need not be served
for a gathering to be successful. In
fact, the simplest of food well pre
pared and nicely served will bring
cheers from any crowd.
A salad with tiny saQdwiches
served with tea is ample refresh
ment for an afternoon meeting of the
club. A mouth-watering coffee cake
with coffee is ideal for an evening
get-together. Chocolate milk and
sandwiches or a casserole is perfect
fare for the children’s party.
With sugar still among the scarce
items, it’s a good idea to conserve
on this precious foodstuff whenever
possible. Judicious use of sugar
substitutes will pull you through
many a scarce period, and salads
and sandwiches served with bever
ages will take care of the other
times.
When selecting a recipe, check
over the amount of sugar required
before starting to
mix so that you
will not be caught
short - handed.
Consider also
whether it is wise
to use, say two
cups of sugar for
a cake, or whether a cake with half
or less of that amount couldn’t do
just as well. It often will.
Many cookies and dessert sauces
can be made just as sweet without
sugar. These little economies will
save sugar for the times when you
really need it.
Here are two versatile salads
which can easily meet entertaining
needs. Both can be served with thin
strips of sandwiches to act as a
main dish.
Molded Main Dish Salad.
1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin
V4 cup cold water
1 cup tomato juice
1 small can salmon, flaked
2 diced, hard-cooked eggs
Vi cup chopped celery
1 tablespoon chopped onion
1 teaspoon salt
V4 teaspoon pepper
Salad greens
Soften gelatin in cold water. Heat
tomato juice to boiling. Add gelatin
and stir until dissolved. Chill until
partially congealed. Flake salmon;
add. Add remaining ingredients.
Place in individual ring molds or
one 8%-inch mold. Chill until firm.
Unmold on bed of lettuce greens
and serve with french dressing or
mayonnaise.
Frozen Fruit Salad.
(Serves 8)
1 cup cottage cheese
Vx teaspoon salt
1 cup pineapple, finely diced
1 cup cherries, pitted
1 cup peaches, sliced or diced
2 oranges, diced
8 marshmallows, quartered
I cup whipping cream
Vi cup mayonnaise
Combine cheese, salt, fruits and
marshmallows, tossing together
Lynn Says:
Keep well-groomed: Art gum
or wall paper cleaner may be used
on light-colored felt hats and kid
gloves for cleaning.
Light - colored furs may be
cleaned and much improved in
appearance by rubbing well with
com meal or flour. Shake out thor
oughly and then brush well.
To prevent blisters from new
shoes, cover irritated surface or
place where shoe is most likely
to rub with a small piece of ad
hesive tape.
To mend woolen garments, rav
el a thread from the cloth itself
and use for darning.
Lynn Chambers’ Menus.
Roast Loin of Pork
Candied Apples
Sweet Potatoes, Baked
Buttered Brussels Sprouts
Biscuits with Jam Beverage
Pineapple Cole Slaw
Citrus Chiffon Pie
lightly with a
fork. Chill. Whip
cream until stiff
and combine
lightly with may
onnaise. Fold in
cheese mixture.
Place in freezing
tray for three to
four hours; or, pack in equal parts :
of ice and salt for four hours. Serve 1
on crisp lettuce and garnish with)
additional whipped cream blended |
with mayonnaise.
Sandwich Fillings
1. Combine 2 cups ground ham, 5
tablespoons mayonnaise, 5 table
spoons prepared mustard and use
on whole 'ieat or rye bread.
2. Mash 3 ounces of cream cheese
with 1 tablespoon Worcestershire
sauce and 2 tablespoons finely cut
chives. Use with rounds of whole
wheat or white bread.
3. Combine chopped hard-cooked
eggs with minced celery, omon
juice, chopped sweet pickle and
mayonnaise to moisten. This is good
on any type of bread.
4. Combine cottage cheese with
chopped dates and preserved ginger
and spread on white bread.
5. Mix cottage cheese with
chipped, crisp bacon and add salad
dressing to moisten.
A fruited coffee cake is always
delightful because it has flavor and
is appealing to look at. Here is the
quick type which uses an easy meth
od with a choice of fruit.
Fruited Coffee Cake.
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
Vi teaspoon salt
Vi cup sugar
Vi cup fat
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
8 apricot halves or
4 peach halves or pineapple slices
Sift flour once, measure. Sift flour,
baking powder, salt and sugar to
gether. Cut fat into dry ingredients
until mixture re
sembles coarse
corn meal. Com
bine egg with
milk. Add to dry
ingredients. Stir
only until mixed.
Pour into a
greased 8-inch
square pan. Leave apricots whole
and cut peaches or pineapple in half.
Arrange fruit over top of dough. Mix
2 tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons
brown sugar, and 1 tablespoon fat
together. Sprinkle this mixture over
the top. Bake in a moderate (375-
degree) oven for 30 minutes.
If you want to serve a light des
sert for an afternoon club meeting
or evening snack, it can be made
entirely without sugar. Orange juice
and prunes offer a flavorsome com
bination.
Frozen Orange Prune Whip.
‘Serves 8)
1 egg white
Vi cup extra-sweet corn syrnp,
golden type
Vi cup prune pulp
1 cup cream, stiffly beaten
Vi cup orange juice
Vi teaspoon grated orange rind
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Beat egg white stiff. Gradually
beat in syrup. Add prune pulp
(made by rubbing cooked prunes
through a sieve, or by chopping
fine), folding it in thoroughly. Chill
cream until very cold, then whip un
til stiff. Add orange juice, grated
rind and lemon juice to cream.
Combine prune and cream mixtures
and freeze in refrigerator tray until
firm.
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S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. RUNDQUIST. D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for February 17
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
TRUE TO A GREAT HERITAGE
LESSON TEXT: Dueterouomy 4:1. 32-40.
MEMORY SELECTION: He hath mad*
his wonderful works to be remembered.—
Psalm 111:4.
A goodly Heritage is the gift of
God to his people. By faith they
must enter into it and possess it.
Thus they honor him who has prom
ised, and they witness to all the
earth that he is a great God and a
loving heavenly Father. It magnifies
his name to believe on his word and
to act on his promises.
Israel, having failed God and
plunged themselves into years of
wandering by their unbelief when
they just came up to the Promised
Land, were now ready to go over
Jordan and take the land.
A new generation had grown up,
and for their instruction Moses re
hearsed the history of the peo
ple, repeated the promises of God,
and renewed their remembrance of
his law. The book of Deuteronomy
gives that “second law” — actually
a review of what had been given
before.
As they entered upon God’s rich
heritage for them they were admon
ished to
I. Hearken to God’s Law (v. 1).
To hearken means more than to
hear and forget. It carries with it
the giving of attention to what is
heard with the purpose of doing
something about it.
God’s law, his statutes and judg
ments are for the good of his peo
ple. They are not designed to limit
their freedom, but to provide the
channels through which they shall
be most free to live and to accom-;
plish that which is good and noble
and useful.
Two things were assured to Israel 1
if they hearkened to the law of God.,
They would first of all “live.” This
does not mean only that they should
escape death, but that they might
enter into the fullness of life.
“The Bible teaches that we are
free to choose between a high
grade of life or a low grade, be
tween a life which involves fellow-,
ship with God or a daily existence
which means nothing more than the
enjoyment of animal comforts and'
following our own willful ways”:
(Earl L. Douglass).
The second result of obeying
God’s law would be their going into
and possessing the land which God
gave them. There is victory and
attainment, as well as blessed fel
lowship for the one who obeys God.
That is true today as it was in the
time of Moses.
II. Remember God’s Love (w.
32-36). i
The loving mercies of God toward
his people had revealed his infinite
greatness and glory.
He revealed himself in the fire—
and they might well have been con
sumed by it—yet he graciously
spoke to them instead of destroy
ing them. They were to recall, too,'
that he had done a mighty and won
derful thing in taking them out of
the powerful hand of Egypt and
making them into a people for his
name.
Sad is the state of the soul of
the man who has lost his sense of
the miraculous. To live in the midst
of the constant demonstration of
God’s power and his mercy, and to
see and feel nothing but the com
monplace touch of humdrum daily
life, is to be blind and deaf—yes,
to be dead spiritually.
Is he any less powerful today?
Certainly not! He is still the God
af the miraculous and nowhere is
that divine energy more evident
than, in the spiritual life ot man.
The wonders of God in creation
were rehearsed for Israel They
learned of his care for his people.
"But far more wonderful are the
works of God in the new creation
and his infinite care for his peo
ple redeemed from a ruined race,
and made inheritors of eternal resi
dence in the heavenly Canaan”,
(Hight C. Moore).
III. Depend on God’s Promise
(vv. 37-40). 1
The Promised Land was before
them, but it was for them to go in
and possess it. There were warfare
and struggle ahead, mighty warlike
peoples to overcome. Were they
able for it? No, not in their own
strength!
How were they to accomplish this
formidable task? By counting on
God. He had promised to drive out
the nations now holding the land.
He is a God not only in heaven, 1
but also on earth (v. 39). The peo
ple who believe him may go for
ward expecting miracles to hap-
pen. ;
Obedience to God’s law brings
fellowship with the eternal and
omnipotent One, and the confident
assurance that he will bring victory
and the ful. accomplishment of his
will for the obedient believer.
That is a:i true now as ever. Yes,
let’s be accurate and say that ip is
more true than ever, for believers
now are indwelt by the Holy Spirit
of God who makes real in and
through them all the grace and
beauty and power of God.
Creating a Modern
Air in Living Room
H OUSES of glass are realities
today and, if you want to give
any house a modern air, try to
make the windows seem impor
tant. One way is to frame them in
a group by covering the wall and
leaving the glass exposed.
An Inexpensive chintz with grey-green
ground and a flower pattern Is used (or
draperies and to trim the couch cover
of heavier gray-green cotton material
which is also used for the cushions. The
glass curtains are hung on rods suspend
ed from the picture moulding with pic
ture wire and hooks. The side drapes are
unlined but the valance is made over
buckram. Both are tacked to pine strips
and are hung with picture hooks. One
end of the book shelves is closed in to
make a head for the couch. The outside is
painted grey-green and the inside dark
green. The parchment lamp ahade has
green bindings.
• • •
NOTE: This decorating idea is from
BOOK 9 which contains more than 30
other suggestions for homemakers. Copies
are 15c postpaid. Send direct to:
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Look! Muffins made with Peanut Butter!
(No shortening and only V4 cup sugar)
It you’d like to try something brand
new In muffins that’s truly delicious
and saves on shortening, too — try
Kellogg’s new Peanut Butter Muffins.
You’ll love their flavor. You’ll love,
too. the tender, melt-ln-your-mouth
texture of bran muffins made with
Kellogg’s all-bran. For all-bran Is
milled extra-fine for golden softness.
% cup peanut % cup Kellogg’s
butter ALL-BRAN
% cup sugar 1 cup sifted flour
1 egg, well beaten 1 tablespoon
1 cup miiir baking powder
) hu teaspoon salt
Blend peanut butter and sugar thor
oughly; stir in egg, milk and kellogo’s
all-bran. Let soak until most of mois
ture is taken up. Sift flour with baking
powder and salt; add to first mixture
and stir only until flour disappear*.
Fill greased muffin pans two-thirds
full and bake In moderately hot oven
(400‘F.) about 20 minutes. Makes 10
tender, tasty muffins. |
Good Nutrition, tool
all-bRan is made from the vital OUT**
LAYERS of finest wheat—contains a
concentration of the protective food
elements found in
the whole grain.
One-half cup pro
vides over % ytur
daily minimum J
need for irou.
Serve Kelloarg’uJ
all-bran daily!
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