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t OU BOUDREAU, the 29-year-old
manager of Clevelahd’s Indi
ans and one of baseball’s best short
stops, has the brand and breed of
club he likes to
j handle. In the
main it is a
young club, a big
p v club, a hustling
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fef - w ] backed up by four
talented starting
pitchers. These
J are Bob Feller,
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Plfr, Steve Gromek
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bree, with other
Bob Feller possibilities who
should help.
“This is a tough race for anyone
to predict,” Boudreau tells me. “I
mean a tough season in trying to
guess postwar form. I will say
right at the start that I can’t see
any hot chance of our Indians beat
ing out the Yankees, Red Sox or
Tigers. But maybe we can nip one
of them with our pitching and our
hustle and finish as high as third,
yourth place is our main goal and
that won’t be any sure thing.”
“I’m looking largely to a year
or two on beyond when these kids
will be seasoned. And don’t forget
by that time our starting pitchers,
headed by Bob Feller, should still
be going strong. It isn’t an old
staff. Feller, Reynolds, Gromek
and Embree are all well under 30.”
Two Strong Points
It might be stated here that the
combination of Lou Boudreau and
Ray Mack gives the earnest Indi
ans a strong spot at short and sec
ond, where strength is needed.
It might also be mentioned that
in Lou Boudreau the Indians have
a young manager who is rapidly
gaining experience, for which there
is no substitute in sport. Not often,
anyway.
“If the Yankees, Tigers and Red
Sox play up to their expected
form,” Boudreau says, “I can’t
see how they are to be crowded out
from the first three places. But a
lot of things can happen through a
long baseball season. A lot of
things. After all none of the top
three will be cheering when they
have to face our pitching staff day
after day, and they all know this.
“It means a lot to have four good
starters you can bank on. Pitching
has always been and always will be
a big part of baseball. How much?
Well, maybe 60 or 70 per cent.”
Bob Feller’s Future
It was worth while taking another
look at Bob Feller, hardest working
member on the Cleveland roster.
I asked Feller about his improved
curve ball. I heard he had devel
oped this in the navy.
“No,” Bob said, “that isn’t right.
I’ve had about the same curve for
some years now. Only before I de
pended too much on my fast one.
Now I’m simply using more curves.
This also helps save my arm.
“I didn’t get to do so much pitch
ing in the navy,” Bob went on, “but
I’ll tell you one new thing I learned.
This was a slider. I don’t know
how it will work out, but it may
help.”
A Bob Feller with a slider added
to his fast ball and his curve ball
isn’t going to be happy news to
American league hitters.
I didn’t have the nerve to ask
Feller how many years he thought
he might have left. For at the age
of 27, 28 in November, my guess
would be at least 10 years more.
This is still a guess for I felt sure
that Dizzy Dean would have better
than 10 years left when something
snapped and went sour in his right
shoulder blade.
All I can say here is that Bob
Feller is smart enough to be think
ing about 1946, not 1948 or 1950. He
knows what the hazards are when
you are wheeling that fast one and
that quick break in game after
game against bats that too often
are loaded with poison.
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True Color in Baseball
The Yankees have been accused
in the past of lacking color.
I was talking about this matter of
Yankee color with Manager Joe Mc-
Carthy recently.
“In my opinion,” he said, “this
1946 Yankee team has my idea of
true color—the color that really be
longs. By that I mean the color
we have in infield skill and in out
field skill and power.
“I believe big crowds will get
their thrills out of watching our in
field in practice—Rizzuto and Gor
don around second, Stirnweiss at
third—in the execution of their
plays.
“Those who love baseball—or
those who love athletic .skill above
the average, will see Rizzuto, Gor
don and Stirnweiss make plays
that belong to a circus. They are the
greatest infield combination in this
respect I have ever seen. Remem
ber, I am predicting no pennant.
We don’t know too much about our
pitching yet. But I know what our
infield can do. I know the impossible
plays this infield can make, the type
of plays that give any crowd a big
kick—even if we lose. Rizzuto and
Gordon are two acrobats. They are
the type of color 1 want."
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DRAMATIC EXIT OF RUSSIAN DELEGATION . . . Andrei Gromyko,
left, head of the USSR delegation to the United Nations security
conference, followed by other delegates and accompanied by Frank
Begley, right, chief of security, as he leaves the conference room
after a dispute on the Iranian situation.
WISCONSIN BASKETBALL CHAMPS ... The high school basketball
five from Reedsville, which recently captured the state title in cham
pionship series held at Madison. Reedsville, with a population of only
837, is proud of John Gable, principal and coach of his team. Left
to right, Karl Maertz, Henry Behnke, Bernard Kubalc, Ed Shimon
and Roman Kugle. Coach Gable is shown in center of group.
Photo—Milwaukee Journal.
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THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR . . . Says Louisiana’s Gov. Jimmie H.
Davis to Mayor-designated de Lesseps S. Morrison, at a recent civic
gathering in the southern city. Both men are united in their efforts
to expand industry in Louisiana. The two leaders are fast becom
ing one of the South’s best sales teams.
GANDHI TALKS OVER RADIO . . . Following the announcement of
Prime Minister W. Clement Attlee that India may elect her own free
dom, the great leader of India, Mahatma Gandhi, went on the air
to tell his followers what kind of a freedom he wanted for India.
The British cabinet was on its way to discuss the matter with Gandhi.
Lord Pethwick Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. W. Alexander
made up the group
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GEORGIA
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NO CONTRACT, NO WORK . . .
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, as he de
livered his famous admonition to
coal mine operators: “No con
tract, no work.” The old agree
ment expired April 1.
UNITED STATES POSTAGE
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3$ HONORING THOSE Q<£
WHO HAVE SERVED
STAMP TO HONOR VETS . . .
This special three-cent stamp hon
oring veterans of World War II
will be issued on May 9. It will
be of standard size and will in
clude a facsimile of the honorable
discharge emblem now seen on
so many lapels.
BE KIND TO ANIMALS ... For
the entire week, animals of every
species have the right of lording
it over humankind. Be Kind to
Animals Week is sponsored by the
American Humane association but
widely observed.
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REVAMP COURT MARTIAL . . .
Dean Arthur T. Vanderbilt, New
York university law school, who
has been named chairman of ci
vilian board of nine law experts
to overhaul army’s court martial
procedure which has been severe
ly criticized recently.
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HAS NEW GODCHILD . . . Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt holds Anna
Eleanor Martin, two-months-old
daughter of Mrs. Hershey Martin,
former Mayris Chaney. Mrs.
Roosevelt was infant’s godmother
at San Francisco christening.
In These United States
Americans Will Greet Easter
With Open-Air Sunrise Worship
(By ff'NU Feature Service)
Hours before the dawn on Easter, thousands of American
families will be stirring about, getting ready to attend sunrise
services, thus dramatically and reverently affirming their belief
in the Resurrection. The Easter sunrise service has become an
institution that has spread all over the United States in the past
25 years, and this year it will be greater than ever.
Again nature’s cathedrals of the 3
great outdoors in national parks will
provide backgrounds and settings
for Easter worship from New Jer
sey to California. Open-air services
will be held at the rim of the Grand
Canyon, at the base of towering Half
Dome in Yosemite, by the Easter
Bowl near Stovepipe Wells in Death
Valley, among the fantastically
carved and vivdly colored sand
stone difTs of Zion in Utah, and
around a rustic cross in the pines
on the summit of Hot Springs moun
tain.
Mammoth Hot Springs terrace
will be the church of the open air
in Yellowstone, and special Easter
services will be held on Bromide
Hill in Pratt National park, Okla
homa. Scene of historic ceremoni
als more than 800 years ago, the
Great Kiva in Aztec Ruins National
park, New Mexico, will again be
used for sunrise services. Deep with
in Carlsbad Caverns, 750 feet below
the surface, hundreds of visitors
will gather for Easter worship.
In the cities, too, sunrise services
will be held from coast to coast.
From Rodney Square in Wilming
ton, Del., to Soldier Field, Chicago,
and the Rose Bowl at Los Angeles,
more thousands will gather to sing
and worship as the sun rises on
Easter morn. The traditional serv
ice at the Garden of the Gods, Colo
rado Springs, will be broadcast over
a nation-wide radio network.
Miami Beach, Atlantic City, Seat
tle, and dozens of other cities have
instituted sunrise services. In Wash
ington, everyone from the President
and cabinet members to the lowli
est citizen will attend the impressive
Easter service at Arlington Nation
al cemetery. At San Francisco,
thousands will rally at Mt. Davidson
for Easter worship.
Hundreds of small communities in
Texas, Kansas, Vermont, Oregon,
and all the other states, will hold
their own sunrise services, many of
them in parks and public squares,
others among the great natural set
tings so abundant in America.
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KING FOR DAY . . . Cpl.
Lawrence O. Johnson of Port
land, Ore., was chosen from
G.l.s in the regional hospital
of the Smoky Hill army air
field, Salina, Kan., as “King
of McPherson for a Week
end.” One of his first acts was
to repeal an old law prohibit
ing boys from playing mar
bles on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON. - Uncle Sam is
still playing stork for war veterans.
The old fellow who has already
played a part in bringing some 800,-
000 servicemen’s babies safely into
the world, all expenses paid, is still
taking on the responsibility for an
additional 30,000 or so monthly.
This function comes under the
Emergency Maternity and Infant
Care program which provides for
service to wives of servicemen in
the four lowest pay grades, includ
ing medical, hospital and nursing
care for their infants during the first
year of life.
Hyde Park Dedication
Is Set for April 12th
WASHlNGTON.—Ceremonies for
mally dedicating to the nation the
home of Franklin D. Roosevelt as
a national historic site will be held
at Hyde Park, N. Y,, April 12, first
anniversary of the former Presi
dent’s death, with President Tru
man scheduled to deliver the prin
cipal address. J. A. Krug, secre
tary of the interior, will accept the
property for the department and the
national park service.
YOSEMITE . . . Mirror Lake
at the base of Half Dome is the
scene of Easter sunrise services
each year. Thousands of Cali
fornia people as well as many
from other states attend the an
nual event.
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Aviation notes
FORMER PARATROOPERS
The 17th airborne division asso
ciation has grown from 134 mem
bers in September, 1945, to over
3,000. But there are 20,000 eligible
former 17th men for whom the as
sociation has no address. The ad
dress is 11 Ravine street, Birming
ham, Mich., in case others want to
join. The official publication is the
“Talon.”
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Buy Stratocruisers
Northwest Airlines has pur
chased 10 Boeing stratocruisers,
developed from the B-29 super
fortress. Double-decked, each
will carry 75 passengers.
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ECONOMY FLYING CLUB
At Waukegan, 111., Wayne Carpen
ter, manager of the airport, is gath
ering 100 members for the Economy
Flying club, with annual member
ship set at $25 and $lO a month for
flying training. The plan is ex
perimental, Carpenter said, its pur
pose being to make it possible for
anyone to learn flying.
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Cleveland Foundation
Civic and business leaders of
Cleveland, Ohio, have formed a
non - profit air foundation to ad
vance aviation through public edu
cation, research, and by means of
scholarships.
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AIRLINE PILOT . . . Miss
Louise Schurman, who flew for
the ATA in England during the
war, is now working as a co-pilot
with Willis Airlines, New York.
She has over 1,600 pilot hours
and has flown practically every
type of plane.
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Farm Aviators to Meet
Farmer-aviators will fly to the
Hutchinson municipal airport,
Hutchinson, Kan., on Friday, May
24, to organize a Kansas Flying
Farmers’ club. More than 100 are
expected to attend.
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Vets Get Airport
BETHANY, CONN. The new
owner of the Bethany airport is
Bethany Airways, Inc., with Bob
Halpin as president and Ben Shift
frin, secretary-treasurer. Both oi
the men are ex-army pilots.
