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A LEADING expert on brain and muscular action has announced that man’s mental and physical prime or peak is around 33 years— that most of his good work is done before he is 40 and little of it after 50. The expert admits that there are certain exceptions, but he is taking the general aver¬ age. He fixes the physical peak around 33 years in the matter of age. The mental peak around 40. He may be entirely correct in sizing up the mental side of the argument. So many golden autumns have slipped by i , ,.i since we were 33 Bill Tilden that most of the de¬ tails are a bit hazy, But the expert uses up too many years in calling the athletic peak. Here are just a few leading ex¬ amples— 1. Jack Dempsey was just 24 the day he manicured Jess Willard and In this Massacre of Maumee Bay, Dempsey was at his peak. He was better that hot July afternoon than he ever was later on. He earned a rtne-round knockout in that Toledo assault, bell or no bell. 2. Ty Cobb was 25 when he turned in his greatest season. This was in 1911, when Ty delivered 248 base hits, 147 runs, 83 stolen bases and a batting average of .420. He was almost as good a year later with a .410 average, but not quite up to his 1911 collection. The two ages of 25 and 26 found the Georgia Peach at the top of a great career. 3. Babe Ruth was 33 years old when he blasted his 60 home runs. This was in 1927. But the Babe fired 59 four base blows in 1921 when he was only 27. But it should be re¬ called that the Babe was a pitcher until he reached the age of 25. He was around 24 when he came to his pitching prime. Jones a Champ at 21 4. Bobby Jones found his best year in 1930 when he ran into his Grand Slam. He was then 28 years old. A “Boy Wonder” at the age of 14, he was 21 before he won his first championship in 1923. While Jones was only 28 when he retired from active competition, he still had known 15 seasons of hard, tourna¬ ment golf. 5. Big Bill Tilden was 26 before he won his first major crown. His top years ran from 26 to 31, although he remained a star through another decade. But you could name his peak at 28 or 29 and not miss the mark by many weeks. 6. Jim Thorpe, greatest all-around athlete, came to his best year in 1912 when he was in the general neigh¬ borhood of 25 years. That was the year Old Jim won the Olympic all- around championship while also playing his best football and base¬ ball. You’ll find this cross section gives you man’s athletic prime around 26 or 27. I mean the top ones. I could name other examples. Walter Hag¬ en was 21 when he bagged his first U. S. open crown in 1914 and he was 26 when he won his last one at Brae Burn in 1919. But after that his British campaign was just as brilliant. The war cut into any Joe Louis rating but you could name his 27th year and not be far wrong. And thqre’s the case of Mel Hein, the Giant center now facing his 19th or 20th football season, adding in his college years at Washington State. Hein’s peak was in the vicin¬ ity of his 27th or 28th year. Value of Experience The eminent expert in sizing up the mental and physical side over¬ looked one important detail—it is the physical side that collapses or takes the first dip. Many veterans still hang on, vet¬ erans with fading legs and fading arms, through greater experience and the smartness that only the years can bring. These men have to offer their brains against younger legs and younger arms. Jack Quinn was a winning pitcher well beyond 40, after 26 years of pitching. When some one asked Jack how he could hang around so long his answer was quite simple—“A wife and six children.” But the golden age of sport is still youth—those years that run from 23 to 27. At the ages of 26 and 27 we have the winning combination of physical youth and experience. Pos¬ sibly the ages 22 or 23 would be the big years physically, but they lack the experience which later years bring. Knute Rockne never liked sopho¬ mores and John McGraw never cared for rookies. After all, there is no substitute for experience, eight times out of ten. In this diagnosis we must stick with the general average—not with the exceptions. In sport the best physical years would be around 23— the top mental years around 28. “As a matter of fact,” several well known trainers tell me, “the ideal physical age, minus experience, is around 21 or 22. It is experience and the know-how that make 26 or 27 the better yea£S&^ •lUjlame (lep&iteJi in WASHINGTON By Walter Shead WNU Correspondent WNU Washington Bureau, 1616 Eye St., N. W. D()C tors’ Lobby Fights Socialized Medicine . . r HAT happens, or what does not \V happen here in Washington iifcongress, .mimes gives cause for wonderment if leaders in the fields f economics, of agriculture, indus- L labor, social relations, etc., (actually know what the people are inking, what the people of the na- j on want or need. It is easy for ers0 ns down here in the nation’s apital where events happen so fast n d with such far-reaching effect, to 0S e the “common touch.” And the cause for most of the lindness and the out-of-focus per- pective is self-interest and the self- sh activities of various pressure 'roups. present time, there is At the a remendous lobby functioning gainst the extension of the social :ecurity act to include medical care nd hospital insurance and other rotective features for low income ;roups. This lobby is spearheaded y an organization known as the Jafional Physicians committee, nth headquarters in Chicago. Every effort is being made by this pposition to defeat the provisions f the new social security amend- ,ents, all in the face of the wants, eeds and desires of those for whom 'ie benefits are intended. Labor is lidly behind the new social securi- proposals and a survey just com¬ pleted by the department of agricul¬ ture indicates that this same con¬ cern is voiced by farmers the coun- ! ?y over. ospital Insurance The survey shows that more than four-fifths of the nation’s farmers favor more public med¬ ical clinics in rural areas, and more than three-fourths want to subscribe to some flat-rate pre¬ payment plan to cover possible hospital bills and the cost of doctors and nurses for them¬ selves and their families. This (is the hospitalization insurance . feature of the new proposals. IThe answers to the department nrvey indicate that farmers gen- rally are conscious and concerned bout the need for better rural med¬ ial and health facilities. They are Bare that farm youth, 18 and 19 iars old, showed the highest re- ction rate in the selective service r physical, mental and education- defects of any occupational group j. rerage • 41 per of cent, 25 compared cent for with other an per roups. Intribute Many factors, the survey shows, to bad rural health . . . je j>n shortage facilities of and medical the lack and of sanita- physi- pns, dentists and hospital serv¬ es. |e Many of these rural folks in the low income groups which puld nendments, be reached since in by 1939, the approxi- new ptely tms in 3,000,000 the out of the 6,000,000 $600 country produced less pn worth of farm products, J70 phe records show that out of the ^Jere counties in the country, in 1940 were 1,200 counties contain- a total of more than 15,000,000 ^n°ple, which had no hospitals at I- And there were only about 1,800 bnties with any organized pub- f health ^adequate. service, and most of ese According to the timates of the surgeon general of B United States, there is need w f or some $2,000,000 in hospital instruction which would provide r 1.000,000 jobs including doctors, F ses > technicians and assistants to e P them going. edical Care Wanted nools, j^imal roads husbandry, and bridges, consolidated soil reservation an d crop insurance, ^cultural experiment stations, ist a £ r icultural laboratories and an y other material objectives e fostered through governmental P for the benefit of the rural aa s. Many, many farmers, how- r, believe that assurance of ™cal and hospital care for them- 7 fportant es and their families are more than building roads, con- - ang dams or saving soil, and no Pyice is too high for a 5 , t , vigorous and productive eath satisfies rate from show all that although for causes (•pl aSt severa l decades has been - among rural people than ur- htaKi ’ dea th s from some pre- Li, e diseases . such as typhoid, &ri ’ ma ^ ar i a and pellagra id t 0 K be more 31 People. , numerous among ^ore ov erj the ra t |j e een ra P idl y in the cities, but |e y j lowl y in the rural areas. rpr. °rds show that folks reEs in the c are oftener and for |; l-’adef Pr r e 7K ds than city P e °P le - L " tue social security law Jrker We S a n 8. ° a W inst 36 > 000 unemployment, >°00 insured ; n insurance her ° for farmers rvivorJ* tr u P Pl°ynient, em old age or uid msuran ce. The new act ions' py. these Iatter ♦ . two Pro- sionai 10 lnc lude farmers, pro- srs n P eo Pl e > domestics and not now covered by the l#w. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GA.. THURSDAY, OCTOIiER 4, 1945 THROWING THE BULL Among the stories which have crossed the ocean about those fabu¬ lous British Commandos is this sto¬ ry of one who had spent a long eve¬ ning with friends at the village inn. They showed him a quick way home across the fields, forgetting that the local bull was loose. The bull attacked, not recognizing the Commando’s red beret. The un¬ fortunate animal was gripped by the horns and lugged about the field un¬ til it managed to break free and bolt. “Pity I had those last two drinks,” said the soldier-matador. “I ought to have got that chap off his bike.” Good Neighbor Policy Jones looked over his garden fence and beckoned to his neighbor. “I say, Smith,” he said confiden¬ tially, “I understand you have Brown’s lawn mower.” “Yeah, what of it?” “Well, if you’ll let me borrow it occasionally, I’ll let you use his rake and shovel.” Sports Item Mother — You were supposed to come home from the ball game in an hour, and you stayed nearly two hours. Boy—It really wasn’t my fault, mother. I tried to steal home in the fifth inning, and they wouldn’t let me. HE GOT PLENTY! Mr.—While I was out with the boys last night, a burglar broke into our house. Neighbor—Did he get anything? Mr.—I’ll say he did. My wife thought it was me! Something Missing Mother—Jimmie, you appear to have been at the jam again. Jimmie — Don’t go by appear¬ ances, mother. Mother — No, I go by disappear¬ ances. Rational Behavior Mrs.—Is it true that the butcher got so fed up with the meat short¬ age that he closed his shop and went on a vacation? Mr.—Yes, he’s gone on a- meat loaf. Long and Short of It Wifie — Does the newspaper give any description of the missing cash¬ ier? Hubbie—Yes, he was about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and about $70,000 short. Starting Even She—I see by the paper that a boy who speaks six languages has just married a girl who speaks three. He—I’d say that is about the right handicap. Winter Winds Myron—This is certainly terrible weather! Byron—Yes, all it’s fit for is con¬ versation. History Lesson Teacher—What did Caesar say when Brutus stabbed him? Boy—Ouch! Golf Yarn Brother—I made a hole in one. Sis—One stroke? Brother—No, one sock. THANKSGIVING Mr.—May I have the afternoon off to go shopping with my wife? Boss—No; certainly not! Mr.—Thank you very much. Extra Long Mrs.—I saw a swell show this afternoon, but I couldn’t stay for the last act. Mr.—Why not? Mrs.—They said it took place a month later. Double Trouble Bess—I hear Jack’s dad has two wives to support. Tess—You don’t mean he’s a biga¬ mist? Bess—No, but Jack just got mar¬ ried. Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE XI/'HEN Ann Sothern’s 8- rf months-old daughter Patri¬ cia is old enough to aspfire to fill her mother’s shoes, she’ll have a complete set of “Maisie” films and airshow recordings to study. Mama (who is Mrs. Robert Ster¬ ling in private lif e), has had each of her “Maisie” movies reduced to 16 mm. sound film for her daugh¬ ter’s library. And since she started the Wednesday night CBS radio se¬ ries she’s had special recordings made of each broadcast. Incidental¬ ly, the latest popularity rating of the “Maisie” broadcasts shows a marked increase over the previous survey—in fact, a gain of nearly 3,- 000,000 listeners in a single month I * * * Lt. Wayne Morris has returned to his screen career at Warner Bros, with a brand new contract. He en¬ listed in the navy immediately after Pearl Harbor, and earned his commission while in the service. A WAYNE MORRIS fighter pilot with seven enemy planes to his credit, he’s won plenty of decorations, among them the Distinguished Flying Cross with two stars and the Air Medal. When you see Jose Iturbi dashing around on that motorcycle in “An¬ chors Aweigh” he’s just being nat¬ ural. He drives that same vehicle just that way around the studio all the time—and nobody’ll ride with him, not for love, money, or even a new contract. * • • Una O’Connor, one of Hollywood’s most versatile character actresses, makes a good bit of extra money each year by doing the crying for screen babies who refuse to wail when the director wants them to. She calls this extra-curricular prof¬ it “tear money” and invests it in war bonds. The voice of the weep¬ ing infant in “Christmas in Con¬ necticut” is hers; she also has an on-stage role in the picture. • * * Those wise men of the motion pic¬ ture industry, the exhibitors, voted this way in the Motion Picture Her¬ ald’s annual poll to determine the stars of tomorrow: 1. Dane Clark; 2. Jeanne Crain; 3. Kennan Wynne; 4. Peggy Ann Garner; 5. Cornel Wilde; 6. Tom Drake; 7. Lon Mc- Callister; 8. Diana Lynn; 9. Mari¬ lyn Maxwell; 10. William Eythe. That’s a prophecy worth remember¬ ing. • • * Eleanor Parker of “Pride of the Marines,” who’ll have the feminine lead in “Humoresque,” is regarded as the shyest star in Hollywood. Doesn’t go to night clubs, doesn’t show off at public functions, never attends a premiere of her own pic¬ tures unless completely disguised. • • * Tuesday night on NBC is dedi¬ cated to laughter. There’s Amos ’n Andy at 9:00 p. m., E.P.T.; “A Date with Judy” precedes them, and a climax is reached with Fib¬ ber McGee and Molly following. « * • * If you’ve ever wondered what the studio audience was laughing at, when listening to a broadcast, and felt annoyed because you couldn’t share the fun, you’ll agree with Kate Smith’s manager, Ted Collins, who feels that too many radio stars play up to the studio audience, to the detriment of their radio per¬ formances. That’s why Kate has eliminated studio audiences on her new Friday night series. • * * Danny O’Neil has been signed for his first network commercial series as star of the new Powder Box the¬ ater, beginning October 11, Thurs¬ day nights on CBS. The series re¬ places “Rhythm, Romance and Rip¬ ley.” Evelyn Knight and Jim Ameche are also featured. * * * ODDS AND ENDS—Extras who kissed Shirley Temple in the kissing-booth se¬ quence of Columbia's and Tell” were paid fl6.50 a day—those who merely stood in line got . . . RKO is so enthusi¬ astic about Frankie Carle's first picture, “Riverboat Rhythmthat he’ll be starred in a bandleader story. . .. According to the latest Hooper survey, “Mr. District Attor¬ ney” ranks second in popularity among all radio programs. . . . For the next two months Ethel Barrymore will play her co- starring role in “Some Must Watch" in bed—the script, not her health, is respon¬ sible; Dorothy McGuire and George Brent share honors, on their feet. SEWiyQ CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK Vestees for Classrooms a 89 ,5 6 Warm Vestees ! OTS of warm sweaters are 'needed by high school and col¬ lege girls, they say, for campuses and low temperature classrooms. Each of the vestees shown is not only warm but exceptionally smart looking. The under-the- coat vestee at top is knitted of soft wool—the “hearts and flow¬ ers” model is crocheted in white wool and embroidered in glowing colors. Small gold buttons will be striking. Destroying Land Mines A radio device used by the U. 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