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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
Influenza on Wane
In EI Cenfro as
New Cases Decline
Health Officer Warns
Against Relapses for
Victims of Flu

Ell Centr0's influenza cpl
demic was on the wane Mon
day with physicians report
ing decreases of 25 to so per
cent in new cases.
County Health Officer DR.. Warren
Fox warned, however, against re-
lapses and suggested that special
precautions be taken by those who
have had flu and have recovered
but are still in a weakened condi-
ton.
Avoid chills and stuffy rooms, y
DR.. Fox said. "If you are caught out
somewhere without enough wraps
on, one good trick is to slip a news
paper inside your vest or coat. 1t is
very important to keep your chest
warm
Physicians reported few serious
flu cases and said that virtually all
were of a mild type requiring from
three days to week in bed.
The epidemic at the army camp
north of Seeley, that at one time
taxed hospital facilities heavily, was
definitely over Monday, Capt. J. L..
Hathaway. adjutant, reported. He
said only the normal number Of
cases to be expected in a command
of that size was in hospital.
Meanwhile, however, other parts
of the country reported flare-ups OF
illness. United Press in Alexandria,
La, said that 10000 persons were
stricken in that town, where an ar
my construction boom had swelled
the population from a normal 25 900
to 65,000
The town was so crowded that
transients slept in jails, railway
waiting rooms, parked cars and
tents. Doctors said that many cases
were unreported and estimated that
more than half the BOOM town pop
ulation was stricken.
Across the Red river, where 10000
national guardsmen from Michigan
Continued on Page 2; Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16

committee "as a committee" ex-
planning that through its broad pow
ers conferred by congress IL was
able to obtain evidence through
channels closed to the FBI and said
that there should be a place for
both the committee and the G-men.
if their work was co-ordinated.
Hoover said he was not at liberty
to divulge any OF the evidence re-
garding Bridges and the Communist
party contained in the report sub
mitted to Jackson. but said he pre-
sumed the attorney general would
hold hearings on the basis OF the
facts submitted.
Asked regarding the national de-
fense program. he said the FBI's
records did not contain q single
concerted act Of sabotage" and that
be was informed no such cases had
been reported either In Canada OF
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16


Tomatoes in the north INLAND
and Westmorland district escaped
heavy damage but south and west
of inland some estimates placed
loss as high as so per cent of the
paintings.
The fall pea deal was terminated
by the general frost but since the
harvest was practically over the
damage was of little commercial
Importance. Eighty-eight cars of
peas were shipped this season as
compared to 178 cars last season.
Squash paintings were damaged
around Calipatria, though paintings
further north escaped damage.
Minimum temperatures in the val
ley Saturday ranged from % degrees
in Ell Centre to % degrees degrees
in colder sections of the northend.
Low temperatures persisted in the
valley Monday despite the steady
rainfall with reading of Al degrees
reported at 5 am. Thermometers
rose only one degree, to 48, between
am. and noon Monday.
Rainfall, which measured 20 of
an inch between 6 am. and noon
in Ell Centre, closed both high school
and grammar schools and many of
the country schools also dismissed
classes at noon. Seasonal rainfall
in Ell Centro totaled 2.77, consider
ably below last years mark of six
inches.
Additional rainfall was not expect
ed to damage agriculture further,
according to B. A. Harrigan, unless
the storm lasts more than two days
Lettuce is apt to be opened Slight
ly, however, Harrigan said.
The forecast for Imperial and
Coachella valleys for Monday night
and Tuesday predicted continued
rain with light variable winds, ac-
cording to Woodrow c. Jacobs, me-
teorologist
Despite Mondays rain the 11th u
S. cavalry moved into newly con-
Structed quarters and expected to
have all organizations transferred
from temporary quarters by night
fall.
Only one troop was left to be
transferred on Monday. Although
! the men have already moved in
the camp will not be fully complete
Tor another week or ten DAYS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
Knudsen Urges Machine Tool Makers
ToSpeed Delivery in Terrible
Urgency of Armament Situation

WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. CUP)-
William S. KnudSen, production
chief of the national defense COM
mission, has dispatched letters to
machine tool manufacturers a n d
their employees telling then that
delivery must be speeded up" be-
cause of the terrible urgency of
the situation"
The dispatch of the letters was
disclosed today as President Roose-
velt speeded toward Washington
amid speculation that he contem-
plates a proclamation of unlimited
national emergency to give rearma-
ment psychological shot in the arm.
The Knudsen letters were dated
Dec. g. Manufacturers were urged
to display the appeal prominently
so that their employees might see
it.
Knudsen congratulated the manu-
facturers of their remarkable
achievement" as reported in their
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
Deaths OF Three
Probed as Suicide
Pact or Accident

SACRAMENTO, Dec. l6. UP)-
Authorities today investigated the
deaths of three persons in north
Sacramento auto camp to determine
if they were asphyXiated accident
ally or died in a suicide pact.
The dead were identified as
Monroe Businbark, %; his daugh-
ter, Velma, H. and Beloie Wilson,
27. 1t was believed Businbark and
his daughter were from Yakima,
Wash, and Miss Wilson from Mon
roe, Utah.
Businbark registered Saturday
night and told the camp operator
that "a lady and child were with
him. The bodies were found late
yesterday, Businbark in bed, the
girl on a couch and Miss Wilson on
the bathrocm floor.
All windows and doors were shut
and the heater was burning fur
iously. Deputy Coroner Louis Me-
Ginnis said however, the cabin was
far from air
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
IfsS5 Now
Oh boy, she's climbing!

On BOY, SneS cumDlng!
It's SIS now in the Ell Centre
chamber of commerce Christmas
Lighting contest.
The three telephone numbers
chosen at random Saturday even
ing were: Mrs. Don c. PauluS of
478 SandalwOod drive, Mrs. Fred
Miller at 1892 Adams avenue and
Carl C. Snider at $50 Hell. None
had Christmas lights up so the
81 day fund was increased.
The three calls an evening have
failed to produce a winner with
lights up for four days now and
if winner is not found Monday
night, the prize will grow anOth-
er dollar. The telephone calls
are made between ASS and 5
o'clock.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16

interviewed dt TIE tlamlngO no.
tel where he is recuperating from
influenza, the FBI director said that
the evidence was contained in $500
page report submitted to Attorney
General Robert H Jackson and that
any action on it would have to be
taken by Jackson and the courts.
1T first must be proved that
the Communist party seeks to over
throw the United States government
b. force" he said. IT believe that
the facts which we submitted to the
attorney general so prove that"
Hoover charged that Chairman
Martin Dies, D., Tex, of the house
committee investigating un-Ameri-
can activities had deliberately snip
ed at the FBI for the glory of the
committee and to extend its life" :"
adding:
You can't catch spies with head
lines"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
Plan Sought to
SDeed Production

CHICAGO, Dee. 16. (UP)-Details
Of q plan by which the unused ca
pacity of the automobile industry
can be made to produce 500 air
planes a day will b. revealed by a
Detroit labor group next weekend.
l. F. Stone, Washington editor OF
Nation magazine announced on the
University Of Chicago Sunday round
table broadcast.
Stone said the plan had been
placed before William S. Knudsen,
director of national defense produc-
ton, three months ago He said
the plan included the manufacture
of plane body parts and aircraft
motors through sub-contracting of
parts orders to numerous plants
but was not concerned with the as
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
Only 80 Families
On Relief Here

Only 30 families were on the SRA
relief load in Imperial county Mon
day, Director Ned Holmes said.
Widows with children too small
to leave while they are employed
away from home, heads of families
getting temporary relief until they
obtain employment or their first
checks arrive, elderly persons not
eligible for old age relief, and
crippled or disabled persons are
included on the list of relief reci
pientS, Holmes said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
Here are Winners
lin 1st Phase of
Yu|e Lighting
Olive Avenue Declared
Most Attractive of
Ell Centre Streets

Here are the five winners
in the preliminary Christmas
lighting contest in Ell Centre,
selected Saturday night:
Mrs. A. Blackburn of GIG
South Fifth street
Edith Harrison of 1905 Olive ave-
nue..
S. f. Allen of $40 Sandalwood
drive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Thompson of
375 Euclid avenue.
Jackie and Helen Womack of $50
Ell Centro avenue
One dollar Post-Press checks were
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16

associations recent report on ex-
panSion.
But" Knudsen said. more is
necessary. 1t is not your fault
that the army and navy require
mentS weren't known far enough
in advance to prevent the dumping
of millions of dollars worth of ord
ers on the industry in a very short
time. The changes in the program
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16

WIItII TIC WiS hIIItNI III q UIdIIIC IC-
cident near Indio.
Gutierrez was killed and five per-
sons were injured shortly before
midnight Saturday in an accident
mile and three quarters south Of
the Riverside county line. A car
driven by Wade Bowen, Al, of Blythe
collided head on with one driven by
Felix Colonsag, 38, Brawley Filipino
resident. Colonsag suffered minor
injuries, Highway Patrolman Wal
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
rain FOLLOWS DISASTROUS COLD IN |. Y.
y AMBlINe
EpoRTER
Try a Padded Policy

Try Il PADDED fOncy-
BY the time the sheriff's posse
had reached the end of jaunt from
Coyote Wells to the Painted Gorge
Sunday, Leon Brandt, BraWley real
estate and insurance man, had tried
riding in every conceivable posi-
ton except on his head
II am getting more and more
saddle senSitiver' he complained
as the ride progressed. He finally
ended the ride in makeshift side
saddle position with a leg hooked
over the horn. Asked why he was
SO pens.ve, Brandt explained:
I'm going to figure out a way
to insure against this sensitivity if
it kills me-but I think it will kill
me first"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16

It's Gift
If any one speaks of Ralph Stew
art as:
THAT big-hearted, open-fisted
philanthropist - you'll know it
isn't his wife.
I'm increasing your allowance
So a week he Informed his wife
this week. Her face fell when he
added:
But, I'm going to put that So a
week into a saving account at the
bank and next year the money will
go toward Christmas gifts" he ex-
planned, while his wife's face fell.
Payoff is that the account is in
Georges name!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16

ference this afternoon that he would
like a little time to consider the
offer.
No official statement was made,
but the idea of naming Ii oy d
George to the important post was
finding increasing support not only
among liberal and labor groups
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
FBl Chief Urges
Bridges Custer

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Dec 16. (UP)-Director ]. Edgar
Hoover said today that evidence gathered by the Federal
Bureau of investigation Indicates that Harry Bridges
should be depored and that the Communist party should
be outlaWed in the United States"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
One Dies, 7Hurt
In Auto Crashes

One person died in weekend traffic accidents in 1mpe
rial county and persons injured two critical
ly they may die.
Teresa Gutierrez 60year-old Brawey resident, becan
Imperial counys 9th traffic victim thus far this yea
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
Clean Breasted

Clean BreaSted--
George Campbell and his brother,
Ed Campbell, returned frcm fish
ing trip to San Felipe. George re-
ported
"Fisherman can buy fish for four
and a half cents a pound. That
is cheaper than having to lie SC
much"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
Lloyd George
May Be Envoy

LONDON, Dec 16. (UP)-Reports circulated withou
official confirmation tonight that Prime Minister Wnsto
Churchill has asked David Lloyd George to accept the
of British ambassador to the United States.
Lloyd George said to have told Churchill at
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
Crops Suffer in
Valleys Freeze:
Northend Hit
Downpour Closes Schools in Many Areas
As Cold Continues Despite Storm; End
Day of DrizzIe Believed Likey

slowmoving storm, which centered in Imperial Val
ley Monday and threatened at least another day of steady
rainfall arrived "a hours too late to general
Saturday night which wiped out the fall pea crop destroy
ed 25 per of the valleys tomatoes per cent
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
Hopeful Watching

Happened to pass the high school
Monday and we noticed a number Of
students gazing anxiously at the
heavens. They weren't looking for
airp,anes. They were hoping for
more rain. (That would mean a
holiday)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
Greeks Take TepeIini in
Boyonet Charge: British
Smash Over LibYa Border
Germany Hints at Reprisals Against.
France for Laval Custer While Italians
Suffer New Reverses on Two Fronts
By UNITED PRESS =

Great Britain and Greek allies smashed heavily at
Italy Monday blasting Italian fleet concentrations at
Naples, driving into Libya and capturing the strategic
town of Tepeni on the central Albanian front, while
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16
All For Santa

Little Jane Hudson was getting
ready to hang up her stocking for
Christmas
Mother, do you think my stock
ing will be big enough for Santa
CLAUSE" she inquired of Mrs. Ralph
Hudson of Ell Centro.
The mother sensed that there was
som misunderstanding in tn e
child's mind regarding the stocking
tradition and asked what Janet
thought the stocking were for.
Why" said Janet. They're to
keep Santa's pigs warm"
(Pigs, my uninitiated readers, are
toesD
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16

famous little Welsh statesman for
some time
Despite his II years, Lloyd George
is still vigorous and forceful.
Appointment of the World War
prime minister to the ambassador
ship again would project the fiery
Iearder of the liberal marty ln The
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-16

Butter: Los Angeles, 351sc; but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch,
grade A. 44I8c; manufacturing milk
39c; route gathered cream 35c.
L. A. Hay: u No. v 16.50-17.50
U. s. No. 2 leafy S14.50-15; 1. v.
and Antelope S15.50-16; U. S. Nc.
2, S12.50-13; Mpls. Dec. flax S1.5SB.
La gaceta., 1940-01-10
UN PROYECT0
FORESTAL PARA LA FLO
RIDA

Washington, Enero 10.-El
Senador Andrews, de la Flori-
da, anunci6 hoy que ell ~presiden-
tie Roosevelt y la WPA aproba-
ron aver un proyecto del servi-
clio Forestal y de Parqres de Ia
Florida, con ell fin de colOcar
bomberos en- los bosques, en- es-
taciones creadas por Ell gobier-
no, y asi proteger las tierras y
los arboles de los pavorosos in
cendios de toros amos. Aportara
Ell gobierno federal $5O3 ,451,
estimandose ell costo del proyec-
to en- SIT, 1897. Ell resto del d.
nero sera aportado por la Flori-
da Forest and Park Service.
Evitando los incendios en- los
bosques sera possible rehabilitar
industries que Sc hallan a punto
La gaceta., 1940-01-10
EXPLOSION EN- Ell VAPOR
INGLES DUNBAR CASTLE
Seis VapOres HUndidOs

Londres, Enero 1l0.-Una mi
ma parti6 aver en- dos ell vapor
ingles Dunbar Castle, de ingles
Dunbar Castle, de 10000 tone
ladas, luego de que aviones ma
zis bombardearon la costa in
glesa, utilizando bombas y anne
tralladoras. Seis barcos fueron
hundidos en- los Gltimos dias,
con perdida de 81 vidas. Una ra
pida labor de salvamento facili-
to ell rescate del mar, sin victi-
mas, de los 48 paSajeros y los
$50 tripulantes del Dunbar.
Ell captain H. A. Causton es-
taba en- ell puente de su barco
cuando ocurri6 la explosion.
Una nota del almirantazgo ad-
ell hundimlento de dos bu-
ques ingleses y unO danes, de pc
tonelaje, atacados por los
aviones alemanes en- las costas.
Los vapores hundidOs Sc nom-
braban Gowriem, ingles, de $50
toneladas; Ivan Kondrup, da-
mes, de 1869 toneladas; Dunbar
Castle; ell tanque British Liber-
La gaceta., 1940-01-10
LIE ~ESTAFARCN 500 500 EN-
EN- LAS CABRERA AS De
CABALLOS SFCRETAS

West Palm Beech Frero 10.
Ell jefe de policia Milburn ma
nifest6 anoche que en- eSta ciu-
dad lie e~stafaron Dor medic d.
las carreras de caballos. n a.
puestas secretas', $22, 500 al
ciudadano William lHeyney 1
North Bergen, New Jersey.
Heyney entreg6 ell dinero, en-
dos billetes de $4,000 dos de
81, COS y otros de pequenas frac
clones, a tres hombres que desa-
parecieron con el botin. I'm "a
tom6vil que usaba ell trio qued6
en- poder de la policia.
La victima del "atracO" ase-
gura que los tres son america
nos y como de 40 amos de edad.
La gaceta., 1940-01-10
CoRTE DE 10 CRIMINAL
CULPABLE DE HOMICIDE
bf hEkER

I'm jurado de IL ciudaGancs
declare aver culpable de VI de-
Ito de homicide, en- esta Corte,
a Herman Lee 0verstreet, de 2!
amos, matador del medico w. G.
Chester, de Sc, delito cometidO
hace tres amos y medic.
Ell maximo de la pena, bGjo la
ley, eS de 20 amos de preside.
Dur6 55 minutes la deli Jera-
ci6n del Jurado.
Presentara una moci(n de
nuevo juicio al juez Sander, ell
letrado Alexander Alderman,
Jr., defensor de Overstreet,
Llev6 la acusaci6n ell fiscal
del Estado, Rex Farrior.
FL dia % sera juzgado Robert
Courtney, acusado tambien pOr
el mismo delito.
La gaceta., 1940-01-10
Fe19a de Largo

La Fer5G de Largo
Sc abri6 aver la Feria de Lar
go, en- Ell condado de Pinellas,
con centenares de expoSiciones
individuales repartidas en- los
II edificios o pabellones de la
Feria.
Ademas del Rodeo tiene alli
lsvantadas las tiendas de sus es
pectaculos la 'tRoyal American
Shows. Inaugrr6 la Feria, cor
tando una cinta puesta a la en-.
trada, ell Sr. John Chestnut, pre-
sidente de la Comisi6n del con.
dado de Pinellas.
La direction de la Feria esti
a cargo del joven John Henry
Logan, que cuenta con la con-
fianza de los cosecheros y ga
naderos.
Anualmente muchas personals
de Tampa viSitan esa Feria.
La gaceta., 1940-01-10

de desaparecer y que utilizan la
MADEIRA de los pinos.
Funcionara Ell servicio en- los
Condados de Hilsborough, Sa-
rasota, Polk, Highlond Glades,
Escambia, Holmes, Jac.Son,
Washington, Bay, Calhoun, Lii
berry, Gulf, Gadsden, Frank
La gaceta., 1940-01-10

New York, Enero 10.-La Pc
lea de esta noche entire Billy
Conn, ell campe6n de las IT'S Il
\ bras, y Henry Cooper, peso com
Fleto de Brooklyn, Sc estima CO.
mo- de .prueba para ell primero,
VGspirapte al titulo del formida-
he gladiator negro Jose Luis.
"Tonn produce en- Ell p1blico
IL impression de cue puede batir
Sc facilmente con AorAbres de
mas peso, entonces Sc lie busca-
La gaceta., 1940-01-10

lyn Leon, Jefferson, Madison,
Taylor, Lafayette, Hamilton,
Columbia, Baker, Nassau, Du-
val, st. Johns, Clay, Putnam, o.
kaloose, Union, Bradford, Gill
christ, Alachua, Dixie, Levy M
rion y Volusia.
La gaceta., 1940-01-10
Una BOdG

Esta fijada para ell dfa % de
enero la boda del distinguido jo
ven Carlos Miranda con la bella
senorita Edelmira Prado.
Muy apreciados los dos en- Ia
colonia latina.
La gaceta., 1940-01-10
Sc AcordGrdn los Detaues

Sc Ac0rdGrdn los DetGues
Ell jueves acordara el Casti-
Ito Crist6bal Colon No. z, de los
,Caballeros del Aguila de Orc,
los detalles de la gran tenida
blanca del domingo, en- su her
La gaceta., 1940-01-10
La VerbenG

La VerbenG
Volvera a r~eunirse ell viernes,
en- la oficina de la Camara Re
Concrete de Ybor, ell directora-
do de La Verbena del Tabaco.
Las comisiones deberan cum
plir los debereS a elias encomen
dados, a la mayor brevedad po-
sible.
Encarecese la ~aSiStencia de to
dos.
La gaceta., 1940-01-10

UMeSd RedOndG
Esea noche Sc reunira la Me-
sa RedoRda de Ybor City, en- Ell
edificA % de la Camara de Conner
clio Ybor. Tenemos estendi-
10 que Sc trsta de una reunion
de gran importancia.
Esperase la asistencia de los
presidentes o representatives dc
todas las sociedades adscritas.
La gaceta., 1940-01-10
Ser6 IGnzGdO al 9 u

Otr0 VGpOr
Esta tarde, a las 8, sera lama
do al aqua, en- Ell astillero de Pal
metto Beach, otro de los vapo-
res construidos aqui por la Tam
pa Shipbuilding and Engineer
ing Co.
La Sra. Fred P. Cone, espOsa
del gobernador Gone, sera la ma
drina de la ceremonia. Ell nue.
vo barco llevara ell nombre de
Shooting Star" y sera vistosa-
mente decorado para la OCCASION.
La gaceta., 1940-01-10
COmite Popular

COm1t6 Popular
Hoy Sc reunira, en- Ell Centre
Obrero, ell Comite Popular De-
mocratico.
CueStiones de trascendencia
seran discutidas.
Esperase asistan todOs los
companeros y companeras.
La gaceta., 1940-01-10

Los MeiOre, Programs
en- ell Are
Los m~eioreS prog~amas de
esta nche, nor la Radio. son les
sigrientes:
600, orCuasta Dc Timmv Dor
ssy; 700, Fred Waring, p9r
VILLA; 500, Hcllywoo1 Play
house VILLA v WAX 900
Fred Allen, WFLA y WAX
10 100, Kay Kyser Music WFLA
" WLAK; 1890, Orquesta Sin
f6nica de Indianapolis: HIS,
Ray Kinney Band, y IL 80, AIT
Kassel Music.
En- ell programa de Fred Allen
sera presentada Miss Hazel
Brooks, una camarera de las IL
meas de aviaci6n que ha volado
100000 millas.
La gaceta., 1940-01-10
NOTAS S0CIALES>

TStara all pnas pleas duran
te acto la baAda del Institute
Rflsbororgh.
NEn ell aStillero sc construye &C
tuN lmente otro vapor ell Sweep
Stakes, y deSpues de lanzado e.
Shooting Star" sc empezara a
TRAFALGAR en- el Surprise"
La gaceta., 1940-01-10

ty, hundido en- ell mar, Y el bu-
que holand9s Trrida, de 176 to-
neladas.
La gaceta., 1940-01-10

moso edificio de la Novena ave-
nida y Gale 16.
Una orquesta de i6venes del
Centre Obrero tocara en- ese ac
to, que tendra lugar a las dos 4
la tarde.
Nos ha ofrscido nuevos deta-
lies Ell s~ecretario 81. A. Sineriz.
La gaceta., 1940-01-10
Ell combate entire Billy Conn y Henry Cooper :
Un match de prueba para 81 campe6n de las ~

ran nrdEos contrarics en1ke los
j6vene como PayShek, astor y
otros htlbiles pS@les del peso pc
sado. -.
Los ps2tos Green que Cnn
deT90rdfa a Cooper y que nue. :
vos ccWbates, en- ell peso CON-
pleto, lie seran preparadOs por
Mike Jacobs.
Para eIN'bo1t" de hoy la ina
favilla De Pittsburg' es ell favo-
rito en- las apuestas.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

The Strangcst case was that OF
Ruth" laughs Barrow, who managed
the Big BAN at Boston before the
Yankees bought him Everybody
gives me credit for making an out
fielder out of the Babe. Actually, !
didn't. 1t was Ruth himself
The Babe was one of the best south
paw pitchers baseball ever saw. From
1918 through 1918 he won seventy
seven games for the Boston Red SoX,
and pitched twenty-nlnc consecutive
scoreless innings in two World Series,
both Of which Boston won.
But he was such a mighty hitter
that used him in the outfield on days
when he wasn't pitching Barrow
explains "One day in mldseason,
1918. Ruth came to me and said, MIR.
Barrow, it's wearing me down. I'll
have to either quit pitching or out
fielding; l can't do both He didn't
say which he preferred, but | knew
how that big guy loved to hit. SO |
said, From now on, Babe, you're an
outfielder. Know what he said? MIR.
Barrow, if get more rest. I'll hit 400
in this league every year.
The Babe was almost 100 per cent
correct The next season, when he was
sold to the Yankees, Manager Miller
Higgins took the big fellow to spring
training camp put him in the outfield
and kept him there; relieved of firing
pitching duties. Ruth hit 1916. He was
on his way to fame.
But the noteworthy thing, in my
opinion" Barrow says, is that Ruth
switched to the outfield and really
became a star out there, aside from his
hitting. That man never made mis-
take while in uniform"
Ben Chapman's switch in the
Yankee cast was more sudden and
startling. In the spring of 1881 Ben
was playing his second season In the
Yankee infield. He had always been
an infielder, even in the minors.
Though fine hitter, Ben was one
of those Lord help us second base
men," says Barrow. That's what
we'd mutter every time ball was hit
to him
That spring, three Yankee out
fielders in succession went out of the
lineup with injuries, and Manager
Joe Mccarthy put Chapman out on
the grass patrol. Ben was a success