davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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around the center post. As the ball
makes the circle and gets in front Of
you, give it another hit. You can
keep this up indefinitely, practicing
high, straight and low strokes.
The second device. marked B In the
sketch. is tricky, as q band Of rub
Der cut from an old inner tube Is tied
on the cord between the pivot and
the ball. This device may be made
on a stand with two pieces of boards
crossed for feet; or the upright may
be pounded into the ground.
THE stand Is preferred, as It can
then be moved and placed on q
sidewalk or driveway, SO the ball will
have q smooth bouncing surface. For
when you hit the ball hard. the rubber
allows it to bounce on the ground.
1t is then jerked backward, perhaps
around in a circle; or it may execute
two or three other bounces before you
can hit it again.
The details for making this stand
are clearly shown in the sketch; also
the pivot, which consists Of a small
iron ring. pivoted to heavy :-ail and
held to the top of the upright with a
small retaining block.
You will get lots Of fun hitting
tennis balls on either of these devices
Use old balls, because when the ball
is punctured with the needle for at
taching the string, it will be ruined
for regular tennis games.
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Riddles

A NY Of you readers who own rab-
bits don't have to believe the
answer to our No. l riddle unless you
want to. If you prefer. you can &c
out and count them!
l. How many hairs are there in q
rabbits tail?-Carol Ann Shea.
2. Why are soldiers tired on April
1?-John Robert Bitter.
3. What has a head and tail, yet
never moves?-Worley Brown.
4. It's not on land, it's not on water
and it's not on a tree. What is it?-
EdWina Lou Beckham.
5. Rusty back, bullet eyes, long legs
and short thighs. What is it?-
Thelma Herren.
ANSWERS.
l. None. They're all on the outside.
2. Because they have just finished q
March of 81 days. 3. A comma. l.
A knot on tree. S. A frog.
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ton to stick it out for his dad. But
his eyes betray him when he talks Of
home. We change the subject as
Stipes is called away.
How much education have you had,
Carl?"
The boy hesitates before he answers,
well, sir I went to school down in
the valley for four years"
'Can you read and write%
Again he hesitates then replies mot
right well. SIR"
What do you like most about camp
life. Carp"
No hesitation now. "I like the school,
sir-the chance to study-they're
teachin' me reading, writing and
arithmetic and I'm learnin' to be .
carpenter"
why do you like school so much?"
Because I'll have q chance for q
job after my 1earnin', q chance to be
somebody"
Carl smiled at the next question.
rs the work hard or do you fellows
loaf most of the day?"
He squares his shoulders uncon-
sciously when he speaks. Its not
hard when you're At, sir"
The mess call for officers and men
ends our questions as Leader Stipes
returns informing us that Mai. Frakes,
Capt. Jenkins. Lieut.. Stewart and the
staff are waiting for us to join them
for dinner. We are anxious to meet
all these men 80 we hurry toward the
officers mess. Besides, We are now
more than ready to sample camp food.
And Carl will be around again later.
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Nighthawk Is Not a Real Hawk,
But Relative of Whippoorwill

A THOUGH it is called a hawk,
~ the nighthawk (chordeiles
~ virginianus) is really a close
n relative of the whippoorwill.
In some parts Of the country it goes
by another name that is even less
appropriate-bull bat! Unlike so
many Of our birds which are found
in most sections Of the country east
Of the Rocky Mountains. but are rep
resented by q related but entirely dis
tinct species on the Pacific coast, the
nighthawk infabits the whole of the
United States from the Atlantic to
the Pacific and ranges as fan north
as the Mackenzie River in Northern
Canada.
Along about dusk on q Summer
evening-or perhaps earlier in the
day If the weather happens to be
cloudy-nighthawks may be seen fly
ing about high in the air, one Of
them occasionally swooping down
closer to the ground and thus giving
you a chance to get better look at
him. They are busy chasing flying
insects and are very well equipped
for their work.
The nighthawk has . very wide
bin, and when 1t opens its mouth to
snap up an insect, the victim Is kept
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NOlSONOUS snakes nave 10 De
- handled with extreme care,
even by an expert. One false
Il move and the result could be
decidedly unpleasant, or fatal.
John c. Houtenbrink Of Ell Monte,
Calf, spends much Of his time either
out on the Mojave Desert or up In
the hills, hunting for rattlesnakes
with which to keep his menagerie sup
piled Not only does he succeed in
doing this, but he sells specimens to
geological gardens all over the United
| States, to show men at concessions
and to private collectors.
With his feet incased in thick leath-
er boots, and armed with a long pole
| having a leather moose at one end
| controlled by a handle in the center
of the stick. Mr.. Houtenbrink sets off
in search of likely places in which to
find reptiles. They prefer cool, dark
places as, contrary to populir belief,
snakes cannot long withstand exposure
to the sun. Once one is sighted it is
not difficult to slip the moose over its
head and quickly draw the moose tight.
1T IS thrilling matter, though, to
release the snake from the moose
unless it is being dropped into a COL
lecting bag. The fingers have to be
placed in just the right position in
back of the reptiles head, or else its
fangs will strike with lightning speed
at your hand 1t is. therefore, tick
lish business to attempt to milk" ven-
omous snakes.
As you probably know. antivenin is
a preparation made from the venom
of snakes, which is used to treat vic
Tins of snake bite.
There ispnly one biological firm
licensed BY Che United States Treasury
Department to make antivenin. and
at its serpentarium, near Philadelphia,
it keeps specimens of the three princi-
pal venomous snakes found in the
United States, i. e., rattlesnakes, cop
perheads and water moccasins.
MR. HOUTENBRINK, though, fire.
quently demonstrates to his visi-
tors how venom Is extracted. Fishing
in a large pit with a small stick, he
pulls out a rattler and stretches it on
the table. Now comes an operation
fraught with grave danger, for he has
to release the moose, open the reptiles
jaws and press its fangs down through
piece of rubberized gauze stretched
over the mouth of a vial. The viscous.
amber-colored, death dealing liquid
shoots into the glass container.
Holding the reptile firmly in back
of the head. and supporting its weight
by grip near the tail, he carries it
over to the pit, releases the tail grip
and when the snakes body touches
the ground, filings the head away from
him.
He handles upward of 5000 speci-
mems each year, and has never been
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C. c. c. Camps
Continued From First Page.)


under weight and under-age he is
Beside the sergeant he appears to be
q pygmy. And Stripes seems out OF
character as he jokes with the boy
then brings him over, introducing him.
This is Carl Yates sir. our latest
rookie"
You question him. How old are
you Carl and where are you from?"
The boy gulps. swallowing hard be-
fore he answers.
Seventeen. sir"
Then he adds I'm from Overall,
Waits just over those hills" But
the hills are far away.
And why did you join the three
Cs?"
Because there is no work or money
ut home, SIR"
DURING the next 10 minutes you
learn . lot about Carl, his life
problems and those Of the Civilian
Conservation camps for his back
ground Is typical Of other boys at
camp. Carl's father is old, disable
and must live on the s25 monthly
which his boy sends home. And over
all. you learn, is q town of 100 odd
souls where very little work exists even
for an able bodied carpenter. Carl
doesn't talk about his home sickness
the ache Of fiabby muscles after years
Of enforced idleness or his determina-
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Right-Or Wrong?

HERE'S true-false test on sports.
Mark the statements "T'' for true
or "F'' for false, then check your
markings against the correct answers.
/. The Olympic games are held
every five years.
2. The Chicago Cubs won the Ma
tional League pennant in 1885.
3. Gene Tunney was still heavy
weight champion Of the world when
he retired from boxing.
4. Scholastic and "sandlot" foot ball
cause more serious injuries to players
than college and professional foot ball.
. S. A touchback scores two points in
foot ball.
6. Modern archers are more skill
full with bow and arrow than the
early American Indians.
z. Fred Perry was table tennis
champion before he became a court
tennis champion.
9. Helen Wills Moody is a native of
Connecticut.
Q. A stymie is golf club used for
playing the ball out of sand traps.
10. In polo, the ball is struck with
the end Of the, mallet, rather. than
with the side or face.
ANSWERS.
True-2, 3, 4, s, 7.
AxAlse-l. 5, 8, ., 10. .
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from escaping by a row of stiff bristles
that fringe the upper half Of the bill
and act as sort Of natural picket
fence. 1t used to be thought that
the nighthawk used its wide mouth
to milk goats, but now most peopls
know that this tale Is entirely untruet :
When the nighthawk has finished
his evening meal and comes down to
rest in tree. he does not perch cross
wise of bough like most birds. but
chooses a fairly large branch and sits
upon it lengthwise. When resting in
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the audience, he brings out Of his
pocket . very small change purse,
one just about large enough to hold
q nickel or q quarter. He opens this,
and to the surprise of all pulls out .
cigarette in perfect condition. The
purse Is so ahsurdly small that 1t Is
absolutely impossible that the cigar
cite could have been contained In 1t,
yst-it was!
Explanation - Procure small
purse In some toy store. At the bot
tom slit the seam just enough to al
low a cigarette to be pushed through.
Prepare for the trick by pushing q
cigarette through this slit and then
closing the purse. Next, place it in
your pocket, where 1t Is to remain
until you need it. When you do. hold
the purse between the thumb and
first finger of the left hand. with the
second, third and fourth fingers
shielding the cigarette from the audi
ence. Then open the purse and ex-
tract the cigarette.
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done today, and at nod from Leader
Stipes the boy leaves. -
We wish Rookie Yates luck and he
smiles good-by as we start down the
long grade toward home. He Is pick.
ing up his load and young America 5
as We leave. And somehow we know
we shall always see him trudgins up
the road whenever we recall the
majors words:
Friendly words of announcement
are priceless-for these boys, after all,
are not the dregs Of humanity, but it,
casualties"
What Is your conclusion?
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=
Can you think of eight words that
rhyme with lock? The hints will help
you.
]. Stone.
2. Earthenware vessel.
3. To ridicule.
4. An articles of mems clothing.
5. Farm animals.
6. Address.
7. Group of birds.
.. To tap loudly.
Behead a month and get an archi-
tectural form. Curtain this and get a
curve.
Curtail positions and get competed.
5ehead this and get an article.
Now for an exercise in adding syl-
tables. The first syllable is drink,
the second is a proposition and the
third is an insect. The whole Is the
kind of animal that chews its cud
In another word, the first syllable
means dropped, the second is an ex-
clamation and the third is a boat.
The whole means companionship.
rnnC cvrnnn nVYnnVr
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Novel Water Stunts Add to the Fun
When Summing With the "Gang'

= WINNING is double fun II you
know some good water stunts.
Here are three. Try them.
l. Barrel boxing-Knock the
bottoms out of two barrels. being sure
to remove all nails. Put these barrels
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Tiny Purse Hiding
Cigarette WM Get
Magician a Laugh

By Thomas the Magician.
THIS brief little effect will procure
q good laugh each time you per-
form 1t, and you will get to like It
very much. 1t Is not full trick In
itself. but should be used in con-
junction with some other larger
effect, such as animal magnetism" !"
In which . cigarette Is also used.
Effect-The performer Is about to
do trick with . cigarette, 80 natur-
ally he needs . cigarette. Instead
of borrowing one from q member of
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bitten-a tribute to his carefulness
One instance of carelessness, and the
consequences would be extremely un-
pleasant. if not fatal. For If the rep
tiles fangs happened to puncture q
vein. nothing could save this intrepid
snake man from death.
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Disturbing Noises
DROFESSOR-You can't sleep in
my class.
Student-If you didn't talk so loud
I could.
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Helpful Father

pA-SONNY, what did the teacher
say about your arithmetic?
Sonny-She said she would rather
you wouldn't try to help me with it.
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

The definition:
HORIZONTAL.
!. To silence.
f. To be in debt.
8. Mathematical quantity.
10. Within.
IL. Upon.
13. Detects the odor.
l6. Help.
1s. Pertaining to the mouth.
19. Frequently.
~. Game played on horses.
23. Large deer.
IS. Device for taking pictures.
~. South American sloth. ..
2S Proposition of place.
29. Night (Abbr.).
81. Your.
g. Halt.
VERTICAL.
2. Toward the top.
3. Sister.
5. Shall.
6. Half an EN- (Pl.). .s..
7. Ship.
8. In this place.
~. Nickel (Abbr).
IA. Engine
IS. Country road.
II. Fate, disaster.
20. Escaped.
81. To slide.
-. Foot way. track.
~. Musical note.
Is. Domestic pet.
26. Insect.
30. Toward.
ANSWERS.
!. Rib, bird, bride, bride.
2. Rock, crock. mock, sock, stock
talk, flock and knock.
8. March. Rank.
4. Rum-in-ant. ship. D..
b. Crossword puzzle solution.
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Symphonies

CONTINUED From First Pare.)
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Bv g.. F. GreeveS.
CARPENTER.

snakes have to be
- handled with extreme care,
even by an expert. One false
L move and the result could be
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Puzzles

i
WE START this weeks puzzle ses.
sion with a picture anagram.
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LABOR MEET RESULTS

1OO-YARD DAsH-Wcn by I. Perrin
4yap New New YSrk CgTb Exchange': third
RodenEiTchen New York A. c.; ttth, Ed
die Daisle tLoyola University. New Or
leansl; sixth. Leo Prise 969th Reeiment,
% SSE;MlLE kTS-I%en by Ernie FED
Cannon ,Uniyers!ty Nor5h Carolina: !:
fourth. fourth. John John " Turley. ir. 'Hartford.
HoP-sTEP-JUMP- Won bv Clarence
Lewis ,PhItsoursh Pa diStapSe Sos d6 f1e5
Edde Gordon @ New rye York curb 'Hss ESchangP nnrP
IS feet sor 2Ss inches fourth Riehard y
Two:.MimffEs sTFEpIEcHAsE-won by
Nscord MareT S Stone '1nlyersit% -Jd OF MGhi2ar
tMiTose A. A. New York; fourth Jos joseph
D'sGfI6}r SHOT T:Pse frT@Aon { By Fag di~f Atf 0,ym
feet 5ia inches: second. Francis J. RYAN
RfG MfT HqcE APcSe Harris ocean tssi CITY s fhe j.
Danny Taylor New York;. 46 feet o
a@o-yARD Low HURDLEs-won ty
@GideT Slider F2rr2W n.' Shore A G. Atlantic vsIl Ctyl;
Foster Newark N. j.; nth. Jim Smith
tEAzabeth; N. ~; sixth. Paul Bunzel tNew
56-PotND WEIGHT rHRow-won bv
Pete Zaremba New York A. c.. distance
8a 3do TeSt Tor inches see91nd L2qis tep1s ;ra
Anton Kishon Bates College. 20 feet Az
inches; fourth. Pat Mcdonald New YorS
JAvELiN THKoWSMwcn by Bob Peoples
lClsssen High School. Oklsh homa city,.
distance 1913 feet ia inches; second
George Werntz. tr. New York A. c.. 1856
feet; third Eric Gustavson New Yorl;
German-A American A. c.. ia feet 9'4
inches; fourth. Igor .storo.ef New York
Finnish A. c. l6a feet 2ia inches; fifth.
Frank Hart louisiana COLLEGE Pineville.
AFIivE-MiLE RuN-won by Lou Greg
ory tMiiTose A, c. New York;; second.
| zamparelli Northeastern University;
fourth, Jean BerthelOt 'MillrOse a. Al.
IiO-YARD RELAY-Won by New York
| Curb Exchange; second. New York Pioneer
/ Club second team; third. Grand Street
Boys Club New York;; fourth. New York
44O-YARD RUN-,Won b, Wesley Wal
| lace Genox Hill A. A.. New York;; second.
| Richard Gill tRostor College,; third. JaneS
Herbert New York Curb Exchange)
| fourth Harry Hoffman New York Curb
SPECIAL 4iO-YARD RELAY-Won by
Toledo; second New York City third. Jer-
sey CITY. Time. O:45.
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Hogan Is Suggested as Criff Backstop
Fox Preparing Shift Gehrg Ruth Record

and Lou Gehrig are aiming right at
Babe Ruth's 60-homer record for q
season the Cleveland clouter
and Yankee better so far are just
short of par for the course the Bam-
bino set in 1927 Now all they
have to do is keep up the tremen-
dous pace with which he tore down
the stretch.
The weeks trading backfire: Con-
ME Mack sent Rabbit Warstler to
the Boston Bees for whom he
has come in mighty handy around
shortstop territory particularly
during the recent injury hard luck
yet the biggest sore spot on
Mack's Athletics is in the center OF
the infield where the AS lean
leader has been experimenting with
combination after combination all
season and none Of them
clicking. ..
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Haines Hot for Six Frames.

WEAVER pitched superbly for the
W Corsairs and struck out nine Car
dinals while permitting seven hits.
Frank Frisch's double, and a single
by Ducky Medwick counted the only
st. Louis run in the eighth.
Haines matched Weaver in his
performance for six innings, permit
ting only one hit.
With one out in the seventh, Arky
Vaughan drew a walk. Gus Suhr
drove single to right and Lynn King,
Card outfielder, let the ball go through
him for an error. Vaughan scored
and Suhr pulled up at third before
the ball got back to the infcId.
Bill Brubaker took walk. and then
Pep Young and Tom Padden dumped
consecutive bunts in front of the plate
and pushed two more runs over. Wea-
yer added to the confusion in the Car
dinal infeld with the third safe bunt.
The Pirates continued the attack on
Ed Heusser, who relieved Haines, scor-
ing two more before the inning was
over and adding a couple in the eighth
with double and two singles.
Catcher Virgil Davis Of the Cards
lfet the game in the seventh after
foul tip injured his right hand.
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Gets His s'Fielder's Choice"
Jersey Cow Presented Bottomley by St. Louis
Fans Is Given a Base Ball Name.

Choice"-name given the heifer-
of the field and took up his regular
post at first base with the st. Louis
Browns against the Cleveland In
dians.
Sounding out today's hero some
time ago, the committee was fab
bergasted when he scratched his
head, blushed a little and declared:
Boys. if you have to give some
thing, why not make 1t little Jer-
sey milker for my farm"
Bottomley is playing his fifteenth
year in the major leagues, and all
but three Of those years have been
spent In st. Louis uniforms.
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\as uuken Waop Boso Giants Cards. Cubs
Probable Hurlers
In Majors Today

Ry the Associated Press.
PROBABLE pitchers in the ma
jor leagues today:
American League.
Washington at Boston (2)-Cas-
carella and Newsom VS.. Marcum
and Ferrell.
New York at Philadelphia o.
Broaca and Gomez VS.. Kelley and
Fink.
Detroit at Chicago (2)-Rowe.
and Bridges VS.. Kennedy and
Whitehead.
Cleveland at st. Louis-Hudlin
VS.. Andrews.
National League.
Philadelphia at New York
Benge VS.. Gunbert.
Boston at Brooklyn (2)-Mac-
Fayden and Cantwell VS.. Brandt
and Mungo or Jeffcoat.
Chicago at Cincinnati a.
Carleton and Warneke VS.. Der
ringer and Stine or Schott.
st. Louis at Pittsburgh (2)-J.
Dean and Winford VS.. Lucas and
Swift.
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RELIEF MOUNDSMAN
PUTS OVER DODGERS
Winston Scores His First Major
League Triumph as Bees
Are Beaten, 6 to 2.
Ev the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
BROOKLYN. August l5.-Paced by
Joe Strip and George Watkins,
the Brooklyn Dodgers made 1t two
straight over the Boston Bees today,
winning to 2 as Henry Hank
Winston hurled good relief ball to re-
ceive credit for his first major league
victory.
Strip had perfect day at bat with
four straight hits. one double, while
Watkins connected with a homer
with one on in the fourth to give the
Dodgers a lead that they never re-
linquished.
Winston, tall, husky right-ifander
recently obtained from Allentown,
relieved Max Butcher in the fifth with
two runners on base and none out.
One of the runners scored. but he
allowed enly two singles the remainder
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Minor Leagues
International.

International.
Toronto. 81; Albany. 1-6.
Montreal, 5; Baltimore, 4.
Syracuse, 8; Buffalo, 6.
Newark, 10; Rochester, 3.
American Association.
Milwaukee, 9; Louisville, 8.
Minneapolis, 8; Columbus, 8.
st. Paul, 6; Toledo, 90 in
nings). Second game postponed;
dustStorm.
Southern Association.
Nashville, 8; Birmingham, 2.
Atlanta, l3; Memphis, 8.
Chattanooga New Orleans, wet
grounds.
South Atlantic.
Jacksonville, IA; Columbia, Al.
Columbus, S; Macon, 2.
Augusta, 4; Savannah, 2.
Pacific Coast.
Portland, 3; Oakland, l.
Los Angeles, 3; San Francisco, 2.
San Diego, IS; Missions, II.
New York Pennsylvania.
Wilkes-Barre. 6; Trenton, 4.
Scranton, 8; Allentown. 2.
Binghamton, 8; Hazleton, o.
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TAKOMAS AFTER TIE
Must Beat Rockville Twice t.
Share Montgomery Lead.

Needing both games to tie Gathers
burg for the first half championship
of the Montgomery County Base Ball
League, Takoma Park Tigers will meet
Rockville in a double-header this
afternoon on the District line field,
the first game starting at 80 o'clock.
They will be the closing games of
the first half in which Gaithersburg
has won 6 and lost games. So
far, Takoma has won 4 and lost g.
Rockville will send its two ace pitchers,
Lefty Stevens and Connie Roger,
against the Tigers today, while Joe
Anthonovage and Bill Schaeffer ex-
pect to split the mound duties for
the Takoma lads.
In second-half game, Colesville
will play host to Gaithersburg.
Evening star., 1936-08-16
Ne,vsom to Be Ciren Another
Throwing Chance When Mats
Battle Red Sox Twice Today
b. staff Correspondent OF The Star.

b. staff Correspondent OF The Star.
~ OSTON, August Is Back
- where they started before
all the Fenway fuss began,
- the Nationals will be in po-
sition to aim at a pair Of semi-lofty
goals tomorrow when they will wind
up their current series with the Red
Sox by playing a double-header. The
goals, achieveable only by wuning
both ends of the twin bill. are the
gaining of fifth-place tie with Boston
and winning a third consecutive series.
Buck Newsom. who has been in
semi-retirement and has been pretty
we'll peeved because of it. finally will
get a chance to throw again. Buck
and Joe CaScarella, a fugitive from
the Red Sox, will share the Washing
ton pitching.
In the last two weeks Newsom has
appeared in only one game. He was
started a week ago against the Red
Sox in Washington and managed to
last all of two innings, or just long
enough to be charged with his fifth
straight defeat. Ever since, with a
face mile long, he has made empty
threats of applying for permission to
go home Long as I amt pitching
60 more'n two innings in IA days" de-
clared Buck, Il might as well be
home
Mr.. Newsom, of course, has as much
chance of getting home as you have
with a niblick from the No. tee at
Congressional. If he snaps out Of his
losing streak tomorrow. Buck won't
care if they extend the base ball season
to mid-February.
The sweet singing Mr.. Cascarella
has enjoyed far more success lately
than Newsom. Joe has won three of
his last four games and would give
pretty to beat the club that let him
go.
Boston's pitching will be done by
Yves Ferrell of the North Carolina
Ferrells and Johnny Marcum, the
big-footed boy from Kaintucky.
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receiver, who has been touring the
minors since becoming an ex-Giant
and Brave, may be called in from
Albany.
Tommy Bridges is after his third
straight year Of 20 wins or better
-. despite slow start and early
season illness. the Tiger right-hand-
er has turned in IS triumphs al
ready and will have at least
10 more chances on the mound
before the curtain comes down.
One reason for the Cards great
battle for the National League flag
is that Pepper Martin is feeling
pretty good" this year id. they used
to say the wild hoss played with
'knots all over him" but not
this time" Pepper explains. Just
q toothache and an earache. ] feel
pretty good"
From ali indications Hal Tfosky