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PAGE 6 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1963 IN BASEBALL Catholic Profiles BY RONDEL Hammerin Hank Aaron is the difference between fourth place and seventh place to the Milwaukee Braves. A great all-around athlete, Aaron is perhaps the top hitter among the modern crew. He has the best wrist action of any player in the game, and often hits waste pitches for home rumr to the opposite field. HANK AARON Though he is not btrflt like a slugger at 6* , 170, Aaron is consistently among the league leaders in homeruns andRBI*s. Last season w as no exception as he clouted 45 roundtrippers and drove home 128 teammates, while posting a .323 batting mark. A NINE year veteran, Aaron is not to be overlooked as an outstanding outfielder. He ranks with the NL’s top defensive flyhawks and possesses one of the strongest arms in the senior circuit. In six of his nine years in Brave livery Aaron has led the National League in one or more phases of hitting. In 1962, even though he did not lead the league in any department, Aaron finished in the- top five batters in every major offensive department. Aarons versatility has been helpful to the Braves in many clutch situations. He can play second base and any of the out field posts in addition to rightfield. A LACKADAISICAL type slugger, it has been said that Hank goes to sleep between pitches, but always wakes up in time to get a piece of the ball. As a rookie, Aaron broke in with a bang, slamming four hits off one of the top NL pitchers in those days, Robin Roberts. Aaron has always been a great hitter, even in the minor lea gues, and the Negro travellers league. Rogers Hornsby, along with many a respected baseball au- authority, believes that Aaron will be the next .400 hitter. He has good speed, a good eye and power to all fields. The infield dar not play him in close because of his power, yet they can’t afford to play too far back because of his speed and the possi bility that he might bunt. SINCi. his emergence upon the big league scene ten years ago, Aaron has been a stalwart in the Milwaukee offense. He seldom misses a game, as evidenced by the fact that he has never missed more than 10 games in a season. Hank’s lusty hitting carried the Braves into the World Series in 1957 and *58, and accounted for the Braves last World Cham pionship back in *57. In both series’ Hank led the Braves in hitting, and in 157 he led both teams with a .400 average against the Yanks. The dependable slugger, along with thlrdbaseman Eddie Mat hews, give the Burgher city nine a formidable offensive punch. During their tenure as Brave bashers this mighty crew has accounted for more homers than any other two man combo dur ing the last ten years. Aaron has played in every all-star game since his rookie year. He seldom experiences a slump of any length, and as Milwaukee fans often say, “as Hank goes, so go the Braves." Not as colorful or publicized as Willie Mays, Aaron is every bit as good. He can run,field, throw, and hit with consistency or power as well or better than Mays. He is more feared as a batter in a cluth situation than is Mays, and strikes out less frequently. A NATIVE of Jacksonville, Florida, Aaron did not receive much of a bonus from the Braves. But, regardless of the bonus, Hank has paid many dividends to the Brave management. Slowly but surely Hank is carving his niche in Coopers- toun. Just recently he cracked his 300th double. A check of your local sports statistics will reveal that again in ’63, as 62 Aaron is among the top five NL batters in every ma in jor offensive department. A shy, retiring type individual, Hank Aaxan plays with a non chalance that is often mistaken for laziness His loping gait while running is often mistaken for a jog, but fans who know him are not fooled. PERHAPS one of the all time classic baseball cliches was uttered by Hank in an interview. After answering question after question about his great hitting Aaron rose abruptly and said, "just teh ) our readers that I just came to play ball, no more, no less. I’m hitting good, but 1 just follow one simple philo sophy, what they throw, I hit.*' Maj.be they’ll put that inscription on his plaque in the Hall of Fame. BYBEBT • MINTING • LITHOGRAPHING Tit nit/ 5 4727 EBMPANY 550 FORREST ROAD, N. E. Strviaf Atlanta Sinct 191! ATLANTA, GEORGIA >r Boco Raton. Florida pm j M” uULLLU FOR WOMEN Mrd’tml j Secretarial I w •lenee Legal Engineering ADDRESS MAILING BOX 370 W BOCO RATION, FLORIDA nitli a Liberal Art* background Conducted by The Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary PUBLIC RELATIONS FAILURE The Catholic Cadet Choir of Holy Tiinity Chapel. West Point, X, Y., is pictured record ing several hymns to be used on the Sacied Heart daily radio program produced by the Jesuit Fathers of St. Louis Univeieity. Special arrangements were made by Father Wil liam K. Schwienher, S.J.. production director of the program, to schedule the reeoiding- sessions at the Military Academy. The ludio program is taped in three languages. Eng lish* French and Spanish and aired in both 13 minute and hall-hour durations CONFESSOR RECOLLECTS Pope Studied Russian During His Last Days VATICAN CITY, (NC)—Pope John was studying Russian in the last days before the final crisis that took his life. This was revealed in the re collections of the Pope’s con fessor, Bishop Alfredo Cava- gna, published (June 8) by the Vatican City daily, L’Osse- vatore Romano. SAID Bishop Cavagna: "Only in the last few months he show ed me a Russian grammer, saying that since he knew a little of the Slavic language, it would be easy for him to learn at least a few words of Rus sian. He hoped to show in this way how much he loves that great nation, for he constantly repeated the words of the Divine Redeemer: 'I have come to call sinners, not the just,’ " Bishop Cavagna recalled that the Pope’s earlier efforts to learn English were prompted by his desire to be able to draw close to everyone. Pope John at that time remarked to him, he said: "It’s not that I wish to make discourses in DEPENDS ON SUCCESSOR Pope’s Permanent Tomb Undecided VATICAN CITY, (NC)—The question of where His Holiness Pope John XXIII will be per manently buried will remain un settled for some time. Two conflicting reports have been published. Both have been, equally insistent and both come from trustworthy sources. PAPAL photographer Lui gi Felici said that the Pope had confided to him that he wanted to be burled in the Vatican crypt. For this purpose, he asked Fel ici to photograph the Chapel of the Madonna della Bocciata with its bas relief of a Mado nna with child and two angels by Luigi Capponi. Others said that the Pope had said he wanted to be buried in St. John Lateran basilica. At the request of the Vati can press office, Archbishop Angelo Dell’Acqua, Substitute Secretary of State for Ordin ary Affairs, confirmed the re port that the Popewould be bur ied in the Vatican crypt. THE SPIRITUAL will of Pope John tentatively cleared up the mystery by an appended note in the Pope’s own hand saying that he wanted to be buried at the Lateran if the work of reconstruction there which includes plans for a cha pel, are ever completed. The Secretariat of State, when asked for a clarification on this second possibility, said that its fulfillment depends entirely on the future pope. This means that the futurepope can decide whe ther or not the costly pro ject of transforming the Lateran palace will be begun or if it w ill be carried out as originally planned. Until this decision is made, and until any future reconstru ction is completed Pope John's tomb will remain in the Vati can basilica crypt. English, but I do not feel as a father when I approach so many people w ho know only Eng lish and I am unable to speak one word to them." The deceased Pope’s confessor said of him that "his whole life was an effort, an anxiety and an aspiration to be come a worthy son of God "EVERY meeting with him was an edification for me. I would not want to fail in deli cacy concerning the spiritual relations 1 had with him, but I can recall the punctuality- of his weekly confessions. "He preferred Friday, in me mory of the Passion of Jesus. When this was impossible be cause of special audiences and other duties, then he liked Saturday and rarely, Sunday morning. Only on two or three occasions did he have to post pone the meeting until Monday. "But the following Friday he would call me again. His con fession was weekly without fail and almost always he would repeat presumably in his sac ramental Act of Contrituion the words of the Offertory of the Mass; 'For my own countless sins, transgressions and fail ings,’ stressing particularly the last words." Bishop Cavagna recalled that the Pope was usually up at 4:30 in the morning, though he may have worked hard and late the night before. He said: "This early rising enabled him to attend to his pious exercises and to recite the breviary as far as Vespers, as well as saying the Rosary before Mass. The Rosary was his great devotion and when it was no longer possible for him to recite the breviary, he al ways had the rosary in his hands." ‘Church Losing Groum In U.S.’ - Fr. Gannon WASHINGTON, (NC)—Catho licism is losing ground in the U. S. a priest-author said here in urging graduates to follow the public relations example set for the Church by the late Pope John XXIIL Father Robert L Gannon, S. J. told graduates of the Catho lic University of America that two days after John XXIII be came pope he "had registered with the press of the world and for five glorious years has fur nished us with the perfect ex ample of public relations." The Jesuit priest, a former president of Fordham Univer sity and the author of "The Cardinal Spellman Story", said (June 9) that John XXIII "made the Church's bitterest enemies love him and because of their esteem for him reconsider their attitude toward his religion." "THE image he projected was always the right image to pro ject," he continued. "And al though we would never think of referring to the Second Vatican Council as a triumph of public relations, that is just what peo ple outside are calling it. Af ter one session the non-Catho- lic world, which used to classi fy the ancient Church as a re lic, now sees in it a self-re newing spiritual force whose existence it did not suspect." Father Gannon stressed, however, that the job of pro- SUCCESSFUL YEAR Elections Joseph’s, Mrs. Thomas R. Henry-, Jr., was re-elected President of the Altar Society of St. Joseph’s Parish, Dalton, at a meeting held Tuesday, June 4, at the Parish Hall. Mrs. Roger P. Egan, Jr., was also re-elected as Treasurer of the Altar Society-, as was Mrs. Raymond Wrinkle, who will serve another term as Secre tary. Mrs. Raygan Evans was named to the post of Vice- President and Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Mrs. Marie Fagala was elect ed as Public Relations Chair man. Father Simon Glasl, Pastor, opened the meeting with a pray er. He congratulated the group on a most successful year, com menting particularly on the ex traordinary services rendered during the Diocesan Census and the great stimulus to Parish life given by the monthly coffee hours, sponsored by the Altar Society. A report on the recent Rum mage Sale was given by the Treasurer, Mrs. Egan. She re ported that a total of $55 was realized during the two day sale, jecting the Church’s image can not be done entirely by a pope, his nuncios, bishops and clergy-. "A tremendous responsibi lity for the public relations of the Church rests on the should ers of the laity-," he stated. "As Pius XII once warned them,'You do not belong to the Church. You are the Church,’ and the more potential leadership they pos sess, the greater their respon sibility. "WHAT makes this more im pressive to us here and now is the fact that we are taking our degrees at a time when Roman Catholicism is losing ground in the United States in spite of in creased prosperity and pres tige. This statement may come as a shock to some who see our 561 seminaries, our 282 colleges and universities, and our more than 14,000 excellent high schools and grammar schools. "But here are a few cold figures that point to disaster unless the present trend is re versed. The number of con verts is decreasing by 3,700 a year while the population con tinues to explode...In 1955 there were 151,000 (converts)... in 1962 (there were) 125,000. Last year it took 340 Catholics 365 days to make one American like their Church well enough to join it. In the same length of time 13, Mormons and 9 At Saint Dalton held May 24 and 25. Plans were made for a Par ish picnic to be held on Mon day, June 24, at the Dalton Golf and Country Club. The President, Mrs. Henry, gave a report on the activities at Friendship House. The St. Joseph’s Altar Society has sponsored a club for fifth and sixth grade girls at the settle ment house since January. Carrollton Girl Gets Grant Miss Marion McNamara, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McNamara of the Church of Our Lady Parish in Carroll ton, has been awarded a re search grant by the National Science Foundation. She will use this grant dur ing the summer session at the University of Georgia where she is working toward a BS in Zo ology. Her first two years of college were completed at Rosemont Catholic College near Philadel phia. Jehovah's Witnesses a^ved a corresponding succeafWe can admit that it is eir to become a Jehovah’s mess \ than it is to become #tho- lic, but is it 33 times aer?" "MEANWHILE, theimber of living adults thatnishes each year from theithollc Directory almost eels the number of converts, st year 125,000 came in anl 18,000 left us. The main reals seem to be bad marriages,rthcon trol, the paganism ofmerican higher education anhe gene-, ral deterioration oimerican \ morals. "The only excusFhat is of fered is the tragidecline in religious vocatior Numeri cally, our nuns arat a stand still: percentage-se they are declining rapidlySo with our Brothers. Priestare also los ing ground pe«ntage-wise, though not as jpidly as the nuns. If the tr*ds continues, we shall one d; be in a class with South Ameca.” Father Gmon lauded as "promising . c raws in the wind ... the rising.de of volunteers who are givir the first year or two of their ives after gradu ation to worlfor souls." He said, bwever, that "most of us arenaking no impres sion whateer,” and urged the graduatesco add a line to their "profess Rial cards that will read, 'Mmber of the Staff of Public R*lations in the Roman CatholicChurch. 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THE Bishop, who is presi dent of Seton Hall, explained that because of resulting incre ased tuition at private colleges a student's freedom of choice in choosing a college would be limited. "In order to exercise free choice inselecting a college," the Bishop continued, "the stu dent must have some degree of economic freedom, otherwise his exercise of freedom of cho ice is purely theoretical. If tui tion at a tax-supported college is $150 and tuition at a pri vate college is $750, there is little or no choice for a fami ly of modest means. "IS It possible to adjust this CENSUS CONTEST Results of the Archdiocesan Census contest show that Miss Ann AgneW of Windy Trail, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, won first prize. Her winning guess was 42,809 Catholics in the Archdiocese. Miss Ag- new’s figure was nearest to the officially announced figure for the Archdiocesan Census of 43, 342. She will receive a prize of $100. Second prize goes to Sister M. Vincentia, S. C. M. M„ 348 Forrest Avenue, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia, who will receive $50,00. Sister’s guess was 41,259. Third prize winner is Miss Rose Bode, 2369 Sanford Road, Decatur, Georgia, who guessed 40,500. She will receive $25, 00. More than 100 entries were received in the contest with figures submitted ranging from 7,000 to 340,000. imbalance that the exercise of free choice may be more than theoretic? The obvious answer is that private colleges and uni versities must receive some share of support from public funds. "COMMITTEES of the Senate and House of Representatives are at present studying bills for Federal aid to colleges, private as well as public. We endorse, encourage, and solicit all possible Support for these measures from our public of ficials in Washington and New Jersey and from our fellow citi zens.” “Private colleges will not survive," the Bishop concluded, "unless our citizens and civil servants perceive the trend of events and give to all programs of taxation and state and Fede ral support intelltgenbscrutlny and careful study." MOVING? PLEASE NOTIFY JS SEND US THIS NOTICE TODAY: THE GEORGIA ULLETIN P.O. BOX 11667- NORTHDE STATION ATLANTA 5, GEORGIA NFW AnnRF^S- AnnRRSS - CITY m— Of p A ppp p<s- NAMF ADDRESS CITY SOLD AT UADINO STOMS"