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Evening star., 1939-08-29
Evers' Pain Was Deep When
He Had to Leove Field

Through IA years Gehrig never
missed ball game and never stop
ped trying, no matter how heavy
the odds or how high the score.
Here was the real iron man of base
ball, holdover from a more rugged
era. He saw the Yankees rise and
fall-and rise again-and whether
they were up or down, he was in
there swinging. Enemy pitchers
knew he was swinging in earnest.
He broke up more games for them
than they like to remember.
Evers, first coming to fame with
the Cubs in 1906 and gaining new
fame with the Braves eight years
later, was called The Crab-and
not without reason. Johnny fought
everybody-the other ball players,
including his own, the umpireS and,
when necessary, the fans in the
hostile towns. Umpires knew that
tossing him out of ball game was
the cruelest penalty they could in
flct upon him. They knew that
when he was put out he wouldn't
take a shower and go and sit in
the stands or 60 home. They knew
he would sit in the club house and
suffer until the game was over.
And when his team lost, the chances
were he wouldn't sleep that night.
Maranville, as a kid, broke in next
to Evers in Boston. He, too, played
the game hard and fiercely. Twice,
trying to win games, he suffered
leg fractures-the first in cham
pionship game, the secondhand
this wound him up as an active
major league player-in an exhibit
ton game against the Yankees in
St. Petersburg. That was a great
combination when Evers and Mar
awhile were with the Braves IN 1914.
That was year the Braves came
from last place on July 4 to win
the pennant and then went on to
ride over the supposedly invincible
Athletics in four straight games in
the world series.
Martin doesn't belong to the list
of the games greatest third base
men. But as I wrote of him the
other day, none ever threw himself
and that goes literally-into his
work with a greater spirit,
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Rough, Ready Outfit
Expects Eastern
Title al Least
Brooklyn Banks Heavily
On Porker's Posing,
KerehevoI's Kicking

(This is another in a series on
prospects OF National Football
League teams for this year,
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Illness FoiIed to Check Cobb;
Ruth's Lees Took Beoting

AS a pitcher and, later as an out
fielder and home-run hitter, Ruth
was one of the games hardest driv-
ers for victory. The Babes splndly
legs took q terrific beating as he
went swinging down the years and
the force that he put into his home
run slams sometimes tore him al
most apart But patched with tape,
he hobbled on the field day after day
and forgot his injuries in the JOY
of hitting the ball out of sight.
Cobb's blazing spirit kept him at
the top of the heap for more than
20 years-yet I've seen Ty play with
Acerated and infected legs that
drove his temperature beyond 100
degrees. I've seen him get out OF
bed so lame and sore he scarcely
could walk-and go out to the ball
park, rattle off three or four hits,
steal two or three bases-and hobble
back to bed.
Young was a hard-running, hard
sliding, devil-may- y-care ball player,
who would bowl opposing inflelders
out of his path to break up double
play. On the defense, he not only
was one of the great Giant outfield-
ers of all time, but he frequently
charged into the infield to take part
in run downs, had several putouts
at first and second bases to his credit
and once actually put man out at
the plate.
Cochrone Highly Emotional;
Diz 100 per cent Fighter
Cochrane was fighting, crying,
praving. highly emotional athlete
when he played football and base
ball at Boston University and was
the same type during his years with
the Athletics and the Tigers. No
clearer memory remains of the
rouph-house world series of 1884 be-
tween the Tigers and the Cardinals
than that of Cochrane, painfully
injured but fighting desperately to
rally his men about him-and spend
ing the nights between games in a
hospital.
Even if he had wanted to do
otherwise, Frank Frisch wouldn't
have dared to use any pitcher but
Dizzv Dean in the critical games as
the Cardinals rolled to the pennant
and the world championship in 1884.
Diz simply wouldn't have stood Tor
it because he wanted to be in the
thick of the fight all the way. Dlz,
for a short time, was great pitcher
-and a great ball player-a winning
ball player and a dauntless fighter.
Walsh-going away back to 1905
ana the White Sox Hitless Wonders
VINO became champions of the world
was the same type. And so, al
though lesser pitcher than either
Dean or Walsh, is Fitzsimmons, now
IN his 14th year in the National
League and still an unyielding foe
man in any struggle.
Any manager, as I've said would
Ike to manage a team like that.
But the manager who really rated
the JOB was John Joseph McGraw,
probably the greatest competitok of
them all.
Evening star., 1939-08-29

Warrenton, Va, 900.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-18
W. Y. TALBOT
DIES AT BELT
WAS LONG NOTED AS GROWER OF
PRIZE WINNING FARM
PRODUCTS

W. v. Talbot, 81, resident of
Belt valley for 4S years, died at
his home in Belt recently after a
short illness. Mr.. Talbot was born
in Potosi, Mo. At the age of 20
he went to Illinois. In 1883 he mar
ried Jane Bradshaw, who died in
October, 1888. Talbot came to
Montana in 1891 and was followed
three years later by members of
his family.
He had an outstanding record over
a long period of years as a grower of
fine agricultural products on his farm
10 miles above Belt on Belt creek. His
products won prizes for many years
at the Montana State fair as well as
at the Chicago international livestock
exhibit, San Francisco worlds fair
and fairs at Omaha, Dallas and st.
Louis. He was once personally con-
graduated by President Taft.
Talbot was an official delegate to
the first good roads convention at Bill
lings, June 10, 1910. he was charter
member Of the Montana Seedgrowers
association and In 1914 the first presi-
dent of the State Farmers federation.
He was superintendent Of farm prod
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-18
Course i'm 6-Man Football
Coaching School Feature

reaSons-because it provides a solution
to the fan athletic program of small
schools which do not have material or
finances TO play regular football, and
because 1t Is an open game, with few
injuries TO players. Coaching schools in
the middle west are now including six
man football as a part of their cur
rtculum, but this Is the first time in
Structlon has been given in Montana
Both Fessenden and Jiggs Dahlberg
Montana's basketball coach who viii be
on the staff of the summer school,
moved from high school coaching Jobs
to college jobs and are therefore thor
oughly familiar with the problems of
high school coaches.
Personnel Of the Montana coaching
school includes FeSsenden, football
coach and athletic director there, who
will head the football staff; Dahlberg,
former Grizzly star and coach In Mon
tana and Washington high schools,
basketball; Harry Adams, former Griz-
Fly star, head track coach, and Prof.
w. E. Schneider, physical education de-
partment head, who viii teach a course
IN athletic training during the summer.
Fessenden, IN four years as head
coach at Montana, raised the Grizzlies
from a ranking of 297th to 49th In the
nation.
Dahlberg's sensational high school
teams at Miles City and Anaconda sew
eral years ago and the fine seasons of
his Grizzly outfits, combined with
their extensive travelling schedules,
make his basketball coaching course
especially interesting
Adams is regarded as one of the
finest track coaches in the west. His
most recent star is Jack Emigh, whom
Adams has developed into one of the
great cinder threats Of the Pacific
coast conference.
Schneider, longtime physical educa-
ton department head who Is widely
known throughout the state, will be
featured in lectures on conditioning
and injuries.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-18

Two weeks of intensive instruc-
ton, featuring two hours of lee
ture and demonstration each day
in each of the major sports will
be the program of the Montana
State university summer coaching
school, July $40, Douglas A. Fes-
sender, head Grizzly coach and
director of the summer coaching
session, has announced. The two
weeks program, with its intensive
schedule, is the result of demands
from all over the state for a short
coaching session completely filled with
activity. Courses in football coaching,
basketball coaching, track coaching and
athletic training will be offered.
A course in six-man football will be
given for those interested In the past
three years six-man football has be-
come increasingly popular for several
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-18
BY ELMO

"From the Primitive to the Age
of Oratory in a Score of Years"
might well have been the substitle
to a history of Montana in 1876.
For in that year Montana had per-
haps the greatest single barrage of
speeches she has ever experienced.
A score of years previously, IN
1856, gold in what was to become
Montana was only a rumor at one
or two trading posts. Benetsee, or
Francois Finlay, was supposed to
have discovered some gold as early
as 1852, and there was the story of
a trapper who had appeared at
Fort Benton with pouch Of dust. But
trapping and trading with the Indians
was still the largest industry.
In 1857 the Stuarts came to Mon
tana to find, the following year, the
first authentic gold placers and to
start, by 1852, the big rush to Montana's
gulches by miners from everywhere in
the mountain country.
During the years up to 1854 Montana
had, In parts, been the property Of five
other territories-Ore Washington
Nebraska, Dakota and Idaho-before
she attained the status Of a territory
IN her own right.
In 1876, when Montana territory was
a dozen years old, the United States
celebrated its centennial year, and
throughout the land the centennial was
the theme Of the orators In Montana
the centennial, after the opening para
graphs Of most of the talks, gave way
to the story of Montana herself.
In 1876 Montana's population, in an
area that was to become the third
largest state in the nation. was only
about 10000 people. There was not a
railroad in the territory. Corinne,
Utah, and Fort Benton we're the prin-
cipal points for distribution of supplies
by wagon train, from the railhead at
Corinne and the steamboat wharves
at Fort Benton. The territory boasted I
that it had a telegraph line connecting /
its principal communities with the rest |
of the world.
Sang Praises of Land
But Montanans sang the praises Of /
their mountain land loud in terms Of
future development. Many of the ora
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-18

who, four years before, had Joined
with Nathaniel P. Langford and others
in bringing about the creation of yell
lowstone park, was historian for Hell
ena and Lewis and Clark county:
Granville Stuart told of the beginnings
and the development of Deer Lodge
city, county and valley, and Peter Koch
was spokesman at Bozeman for that
town and the Gallatin valley, reaching
far back into naturalization days to
lay the foundation of the valleys his
tory, SC. far as It was known and so
far as 1t could be logically imagined,
with the visit to the Shining noun
tains of Sieur de la Verenderye in 1743.
Such oratory would have no place
in the scheme Of things today; but
at that time, when transportation was
slow and difficult and communication
facilities were meager, floods Of oratory
were the breath of life to the people
They gathered from town and farm
and from up the forks of the creeks
on festive days for recreation and re-
Taxation from daily toll. They had
more or less, to create their own en-
tertainment. The man with a facile
tongue and ready command Of words
was always popular; he could fill an
awkward hour or provide q whole aft
ernoon's entertainment, along with
great deal of information. Then, back
home, where a netghbor appeared only
occasionally, the days oratory would
be the subject Of conversation for many
visiting hour.
But those orations which were re-
corded have become valuable con-
tribution to the written history Of
Montana. It Is regretable that more Of
them were not preserved. They were
la&n
q program for the day; they were inter
laced with the background init
mate details-of the earliest white
mans history of the various pioneer
AS such they are,
where preserved, the basic record of
Montana's emergence from the wilder
ness.
Names Are Preserged
Hundreds Of names, long forgotten
by living people, are preserved; names
Of those who, though humble In posi-
ton, had a part IN drawing the first
broad strokes of the vivid picture OF
development. In these basic
records the name Of the humble man
those who went on up to state and
national eminence And, after all, 1t
was the unsung worker, seeking no
recognition but merely striv-
Ing for the best he could achieve for
himself and those around him, who
lid the spade work for the foundations
of the community structure OF the flu
ture that lay ahead.
In closing his address at Bozeman,
Koch unwittingly spoke a sentiment |
that still today can be voiced as a |
.ribute to which the hardy pioneers Of |
Montana are eminently entitled:
There may be no special merit In |
being an old-timer, but the old-ttmers |
are bound together by ties which only |
ieath can sever, and our state owes |
hem much. Their history Is one TO be !
cherished forever, for they laid the /
on which we are now build |
ng. And they laid this foundation well.
Il Is broad and deep and strong. And
should every mountain peak be con-
ecrated as monument TO their energy
md daring, yet their best and truest
viii ever be the great, the
prosperous, the enlightened common
wealth Of Montana"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-18

ucts at the state fair for a long time.
In 1920 Talbot was candidate for gov
ernor. Some time ago he received q
letter Of congratuIation from County
Supt. Margaret Holland for his 40
years Of service as a member Of the
board of trustees of the Goodman
school
Mr.. and Mrs. Talbot moved to Belt
four years ago. Talbot is survived by
three children, Forman Talbot and
Mrs. Hugh Croker OF Belt and MRS.
Stewart Tolliver Of Monarch; IA grand
children and great-grandchild
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-18
WOMAN AT BOZEMAN
MARKS 100TH BIRTHDAY

Mary T.. Sabin, q living link with
early American history, recently cele-
brated her Tooth birthday at her home
In BoZeman.
Born In 1889 during the presidency
OF Van Buren,, Mrs. Sabtn can recall
tales her grandfather told her of the
days when he served In the Revolu-
tionary army of George Washington.
Before the Civil war, Mars. Sabin
taught school at Sparta, Wis, and still
has q Bible given her by her pupils
In 1852.
she has 4 children, IL grand children
and II 0reat-grandc children, a1i living
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-18
BELL WITH HISTORY
STOLEN AT ROZEMAN

Bozeman police were searching for
an old brass bell weighing several hun
dred pounds which was stolen from a
grade school now being RACED.
The bell at one time was on a Yell
loWstone river steamboat owned by
Nelson Story and DR.. Achilles Lamme,
Bozeman pioneers. 1t was cast In the
early seventies and was placed on a
Bozeman school In the late seventies
after the steamboat foundered. It was
removed to a second school later where
It remained until stolen.
Fear that the relic would be broken
up and sold for junk spurred the
search
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-18

Compared with the value of her
losses in Alsace-Lorraine, Silesia and
Polish West Prussia, Germany's lost
foreign colonies are but small thing.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-18

Some $500 species Of reptiles have
been listed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-20

The penguin is a bird of para doxes. Its feathers resemble scales. It has wings but does not fly, using these appendages for swimming. On land, it walks erect, or slides over the ice on its stomach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-20
THE REAL GLORY
 FULL OF THRILLS
Gary Cooper Starred in Fast=Moving Adventure
 Drama at State

"The Real Glory" co-starring Gary Cooper, Andrea Leeds and David Niven, continues to draw huge crowds at Warner Bros. State theater where it will continue through performances Tuesday eve ming.
 The production is said to top the memorable 'Gunga Din" for thrills and action and was scheduled to close tomorrow evening but, due to the tremendous crowds which have thronged the theater since the opening Wednesday, it was deemed advisable to continue the picture for 8 few days so that everyone might have an equal opportunity of see- ing it.
 In this exciting and fast-moving adventure drama, Cooper plays a strong, he-man role of the type that has made him one of the screens foremost stars. Miss Leeds is ex- cellent at the romantic heroine and Niven, who has been climbing to stardom by leaps and bounds. turns in an all-around stirring perform ance.
 Excitement and gun-play togeth- CT with romance and adventure are plentiful in the film. The big battle sequence, which provides the film with a smash climax, was directed with terrific suspense and gusto, so that it provides one of the most breath-taking screen battles seen In a picture in many a moon.
 Briefly the story revolves around the heroism and dare-deviltry of the Philippine Scouts who were left to police the turbulent islands after the American Army was evacuated at the end of the SpanishAmerican war.
 "No Place To Co.,; based on the successful stage play "Minick" by Edna Ferber and George s. Kauf- man, is the second big attraction on the program. Dennis Morgan, Glor- ia Dickson and Fred Stone head the large cast.
 Sensationally new and excitingly different is the Silver Dollar Jack pot Quiz which will be held Monday evening and every Monday evening thereafter on the stage at Warner Bros. State treater. The exciting part of this new entertainment fea- ture is that every member of the audience can participate in this game of skill. Cash prizes as well as valuable gifts of merchandise will be awarded the most skillful mem- bersr of the audience. Put it on your must list" for Monday night.
 And then on Wednesday the State will present "Intermezzo'' a film that is currently in its second rec- ord-breaking week at Radio City, N. Y. Leslie Howard, fresh from his laurels in "Pygmalion" is starred and featured with him is Ingrid Bergman, who makes her screen debut in this film. Included on the same show will be Hidden Power" with Jack Holt and Gertrude Mich ael.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-20
RAY HERBECK AT
 RITZ SUNDAY

The California Southpaw, Ray Herbeck, brings his Music with Ro- nance" to the Ritz Ballroom in Bridgeport Sunday October 22nd, prior to ther opening at the Hotel New Yorker in Manhattan. Tune making in the Guy Lombardo style, Ray Herbeck is one of the '.name'' bands in the, West. From Portland Oregon, to Hollywood California, his music has been heard at important hostelries and night clubs. Aired on coast to coast networks over CBS and NEG with programs studded by the bright luminaries Kirby Brooks and Betty Benson, Ray Herbeck is probably one of the youngest of the up and coming maestroS. Only twenty -four, with many of his bandsmen, twenty, Ray Herbeck started his career with Kay Kyser and other big bands. Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago featured them for six months and they will soon appear there again, after tour of the East. There is dancing every Thursday and Saturday at the Ritz with the Casa Ritz orches- tra. Halloween night Tuesday, Oct. 31 will be grand event at the Ritz. One Hundred Dollars in cash and one hundred other prizes will be awarded at the mardi gras ana masquerade. Free cider n dough- nuts, souvenirs and favors and dancing to one o'clock will high light the evening, Jimmie Luncefcrd comes to the Ritz Sun. Nov. 12.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-20
BLACKMAIL' OPENS AT L0EW'S TODAY
E. G. Robinson Starred; Artie Shaw Tops Sec-
 Ond Feature

The October Harvest of Hits swings merrily along at Loew,s Poli with the opening performances to- day of the most sensational twin feature bill in town! Edward G. Robinson in "Blackmail" and Lana Turner and Artie ShaW-America Favorite King of Swing comprise this gigantic for l program.
 In an adventurouSly exciting story of prison camp tortureS of an escape through swampy jungles, and of the hazardous life of an oil well shooter, Edward G. Robinson ap- pears as the central figure of "Blackmail." It is story which again finds Robinson in the tolls of the law, but this time instead of a ruthless killer or racketeer he is cast in the sympathetic role of man sent up for crime he did not commit. It opens nine years after Robinson has escaped from a prison camp, and finds him living under an assumed name with his wife, played by Ruth Hussey, and son. eight-year-old Bobs Watson. Robin son and Quinn (Big Boy) Williams are partners as oil well shooters. Robinson is recognized by Gene Lockhart, who blackmails him, signs a confession to the crime for which Robinson was convicted, destroys the confession and then turns Rob- inson over to the police. Again Rob- inson escapes, bent on revenge, and in 8 tensely dramatic climax he drags an hysterical confession out of the cringing L.ockhart while he drags his enemy right up to the seething inferno of an oil well fire. Ensuing events bring the story to a hair-raising conclusion. John Wray, Arthur Hohl and Esther Dale also appear in the cast.
 Swing is king when youth, TO- nance, comedy and glamour parade with Artie Shaw leading the band in Dancing Co-Ed", the second half of this grand program. Featur- ing Lana Turner and Richard Carl son with the Swing King. this comedy with music is picture keyed to the modern tempo that not only should draw the jitterbugs to the box-office-Shaw will take care of that--but will prove grand entertainment for those who know nothing about jitterbugs.
 Dancing Co-Ed" is madcap from start to finish but is full of fun and enough romance to make it gen. timely delightful to any type of aud- fence. Lana Turner, last seen in "Those Glamour Girls, again proves that she is a dancer of no mean ability. Her three specialties in the picture are sensational. Ann
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-20
STRAND TO SHOW
 THE STAR MAKER
Bing CrOsby's Latest Musi= cal Comedy Opens Sun-
 day Afternoon

Attractions concluding their en- gagement tomorrow evening at Warner Bros. Strand theater in- clude 'The Man in the Iron Mask" with Louis Hayward and Joan Ben- nett in the leading roles; also Lew AyreS and Lana Turner in "These Glamour Girls.
 Filled with fun and song and with a starStudded cast headed by your favorite crooner, Bing Crosby, the new comedy drama with music, "The Star Maker" comes to War ner Bros. Strand theater Sunday afternoon as the headliner of the outstanding double bill.
 Local admirers of Bing can look forward to seeing their favorite in 8 picture that really measures up to his talents. It also gives him nearly a score of tunes to sing; old favorites to tug at the heartstr.lgs and new up-to-t o-the-minute hits to make feet tap! It is by far greater in tunes, greater in cast and great CT in production than anything he has done before.
 Assisting the star is Louise Camp bell who portrays the romantic lead opposite Bing; Linda Ware out standing child protege of the gen. eration whose beautiful lyric voice will thrill you; Ned Sparks who is said to be in his best role and Wal ter Damrosch famous orchestra leader conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles. Added to this are 100 of the worlds most tal- ented youngsters who sing, dance