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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07
. HiehIiehts From
The Latest Books. =

Wall Street, where empires
are built and destroyed with
ticker tape, is q complicated in
stitution, Stephen Lonsstreet,
though, reduces the financial
Vaccinations of the Street to
their simplest components in his
latest book, 1.-THE Golden Touch"
(Random House: $2.50).
It is the story of q dynamic
Mike Seabrook and Of a lot Of
ridiculous men who make ca
reers out of buying things they
never see and selling things they
never really own. The author Of
Decade" in his latest novel,
takes the Street apart and shows
you the ludicrous spectacle Of
neurotic men playing q make
believe game and running around
in circles that only make them
dizzier.
Mike is one of those "boy won
ders"-not exactly q boy, but
young enough to know better.
His mother considers his spec
tacular career in Wall Street .
dismal failure because he has no
knowledge of LIES fundamen-
tails. He buys and sells furiously,
engineers shady ventures. Yet
he knows nothing about air
planes and steel and ships and
grain. Z
Mike meets Leda Owen, wife
of one of his partners. Their ro-
nance develops after Jenrey
Owen, returning from : trip %
Africa, dies at sea, during I navai
battle. For . little while. Nike
forgets the Street and settles
down TO the gay = business 0f
making Leda happy. But . coup
he worked out before his deser-
ton OF the Arm backdres, and
Mike rushes hack to work to
salvage what he can. before too
many important people, includ-
ing himself, are involved with
the law.
Mike rebuilds the. Arm and Is
getting along nicely when an.
other unexpected development
occurs and causes considerable
trouble. z,
Mr.. Lonsstreet ID not kind 70
Wall Street or the people who
frisle insanely through its cav
ernous depths. He Is trying, In
stead, 70 present . picture Of
silly little men who get rich by
cutting out paper dolls while
other men IRE dying In the same
world.
ssThs 0olden Touch" 10 one OF
tf0ee maevelously good bo6kS--
the kind you'll want % talk
about. And the kind that win
MIKE you feel terribly uncom-
sssteels 4 xeal - ii 60
. s1o6o ~ ~ ! - ca ]! !,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Tor the first time in 10 years

E1OR the first time in 10 years a
= French stamp appears without
the familiar inscription "Repub-
lique Franchise" or its abbrevia-
tons. "Repub. Franc" or "RF."
The new stamp. issued by the
Vichy government, introduces to
philately Marshal Henri Petain,
premier Of France.
The s4-year-old Petain checked
the German advance at verdun in
1915, commanded the French ar
mics In the Anal year Of the World
War. He was made marshal Of
France In 1918. He became head
Of the French government in June,
1910. q. few days before France
capitulated.
Germany has added r,sw stamp
TO the winterhelp series. honoring
"The Day OF the Postage Stamp"
II pictures q post rider blowing
q horn. ~ ..
Printing gets added philatehc
notice In BulGaria's issue Of two
stamps. The portraits Of Nikoln
Karastoyanov, Bulgaria's fifst
printer, end johannes Gutenberg,
German inventor Of printing, Illus
.trsts The stamps:
New Issues: France, two stamps
for war prisoners: Belgium, six
stamps In two designs, for Qveen
Elizabeth II usJea1 Foundation.
Prince ef LEGS. youngest >soa g
Leopold III, and Queen ElisabesA
hauSlc Chapel ere pictured; Nor
WY, rei1ulae q lo73 dssigns show-
ine CROWN post bern anA nuneeQ
- vo30e -. - 49,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07

Theee kees ~ ~ / 8 }liih, ~,
tes y M SGnots since ~ Hrst
one. back IN le4l (, On q dcbote
to Gust the Senate elntes. Il
losted e week. Forty yooSs tu<.
OF, In The debuts over ornunlxa-
tion Of the Senate, there vtos 8
hlibuster that IottSd from
March q to Moy Is. g =
Most famous Of the fillbust.
ers was In 1922, on the oyos .
ontI- lynch bill, when Pot Hos- {
rison and o group Of southsns
senator's mode ten ot n y.
speechsi obout choneir com: /
mos ond tho exoct minute tt,e
vice prqsiderf entered thu
chomher, IN CORRECTING tn J.
reading of tn previous doy's
record, a fomoIlty 'usQolly
dispsnssd With. They kitIsdshe !:
hiH .ss isAs - 70 \
Longest ons-n,on speech on
record wos old Senotor Bob to-
FoIIetts's :84hour ard d.
minute filthuster oooinst 4
currency bill in 1903. Croxiest Z
filibuster on record wos Huev
Longs reodina Of "p6t iieker's
recipes, IN 1926. 81 4.
BOYS WILL 4. ii
TALK or OUT Il
The reason q fi|ibuster con,
90 on is that the Senote rules,
permit Unlimited: debote. Only !
way to break a filibustsr is for
q majority Of the senators to
remain on the floor, night and
doy, until everyone WISHING TO
speok oooinst the measure IS
physically unable to keep on
his dogs or woo his tongue.
A fiIibuster is psrhops dirty
pool, but Senots defenders soy
no essential piece Of tseisle-
ton was ever lost BY filibuster-.
ing toetics. "A score Of Bit I
ter-enders organized for O.
joint flibuster could, however, !
filibuster the Isose lend bill ,
practically forever. 4
Only alternative TO even on,
unofficial filibuster like this Is
to apply the rule Of cIoture- /
to close debote otter limiting
every senator to one hour Of
speaking on the measure and
its amendments. It tokes only
Is senators to petition for op-
pIicotion of the eloture rule,
but it tokes q two. thirds vote !;
to put over, and ia the coss Of
the leose- land bill those sup /
porting the ffrepsureesimp |
don't have the votes., = !
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07
.REseARcH. RkY q HOPE,

keStAkStyss ~ ~ k3N1U s.
Men like Dr.. Korl Z. Compton and
ChorIes ketterino, quite aside from
their own considerable pefsonoI &C..
compIishrnerts, are OF double value to
the notion. Thot is bscouse they are
always looking oheod.
They ore apostles Of research,
preachers Of never be satisfied with
things as they ore. II the world ever
needed such men, it Is now. when in
crossing numbers of men and women
all over the world are becoming con-
vinced thot things as they ore" just
oren't good enough.
At time when the defense pro-
gram is just getting foirly under way.
people begin to worry about "whot will
happen when the defense plug is drawn
out Of the national both tub? viii our
present relative prosperity go promptly
down the droin?" There ore plenty to
soy thot the come-upponce is coming.
Certainly it could come. The condi-
tons are being made right for it. But
that doesn't necessarily mean that it
must come.
More and more, mankind ineIines
todoy to reach out ond grasp his des-
tiny firmly by the Throat Tor by the
hand, if that is his noture). In other
words, we ore no longer content to sit
supineIy and soy thot what will come,
will come. What we bring, will come.
soys the modern, scientific-minded man
or woman.
True, we have badly hoshed up our
ottempts to direct our own destiny since
1918. And whose foult was thot but
our own? And whose fouIt will it be.
with all the lessons of l9l4-l94O
sPreod before US, We foil to do better
another time?
Or. Compton, in q study for the Ad-
visoy Commission on Scientific Re-
search Of the National Association Of
Manufacturers, sees research as one
Of the ways out. It is certainly true, he
grants, that If, otter the emergency has
passed, everybody slumps back to max
ing just what we made before it began,
there will be tremendous setback.
But by research today. DR.. Compton. be-
lieves, we can assure prosperity tomor7
row. He queried l8l componies, and
foun4 sttsnt they were spending 2 per
ceyst n GROSS sales Tor reseorch, sonny
as tnuch as 10 per cent. =
Y II this plan we're corried throughout
industry. Or. Compton believes. n e v
goods, new services, new industries. new
Jobs, new sources Of woees and salaries
nnoy be developed which will more than
toke up the slack
1t is this kind Of forward look that
America needs so desperately today.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07
10 YEARS AGO TO-DAY.

Mrs. Charles Niemetta gave =
bridge-tea to twenty-five ladies
1t, her home yesterday alter
noon. She will entertain again
on Thursday Of next week.
DR.. Cromala, and son, DR.. Gro
man, Jr. will arrivs home the
first of the week from their trip
to Havana, Cuba, and several
Florida cities.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07
g WARS AGO TODAY

Prosecuting Attorney Kuhn
lwas honored by being named
secretary Of the Michigan State
Republican League.
John A. Henk, the photogra.
pher, celebrated his third anni-
versary In business In, Mount
Clemens. $500
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07
: FROM I
THE MONITOR
FILES :
FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

H. Spencer Roys YVES elected
chairman of Macomb county
Red Crlss at the annual meet
ing held yesterday afternoon.
Madelaine Westendorf and
Nelly Longsta4f were named
valedictorian and salutatorian
for the June graduating class at
faculty committee meeting In
Mount Clemens High school.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

Mr.. =. w. Aldrich took pos
session Of the jacob clothing
store this week.
Matthew Slush and wife left
yesterday for q three week visit
In Cuba.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07

A man was pinched for sleeping in a Los
Angeles movie. We think we've seen that pic
ture.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07
Rffcf UNHAPPY ORPHAN
TT, STORM

kNDX5fHlvoJOsOses~N.,
4 Greece IS without q friend on the
I ccnf;nes,t,n wrote q Germon newspaper
\ Sf1er BuIaorio had yielded ond let the
I ~ ieojons flow on down through her
M ffitoy ia the Greek border "UnhoP-
nTpkon OF the storm" continued the
eufos,ic weeper Of crocodile teors.
Without q friend on the Continent?
B NM. not 50. Wherever men ore tree,
1 ofid wherever men remember freedom,
n sfGfe Greece hos friends And there ore
saich men on the Continent OF Europe,
os on oil continents.
The number Of governments friend
NJ @ GFeece may be declining. 1t hos
\ ben reduced BY d round dozen since
tiltjer beoon his advance. But to say
Hot Greece is without friend is not
true. Where free heorts beot, there
ors friends Of Greece.
This term, friendship, is loose
word to use in international relations.
Friendship is q personal thing. Man
may g. friend TO man. but the relotion-
'Sht6 between those great organizations
~ becpIe which we coll notions. and
ottIor vast masses Of people, may be
sorothino more or something less. but
nv 81 rot friendship. To use the word is
<on1enient, but scarcely occurote.
Cxechoslcvokio revoives in the Ger
~ osh1t but are The Cxechs friends"
Of ne Garnons? Whatever may be the
felck ionfhip of p6lex Beloions, Dutch.
sFrs vi; soiona pnd lsniions, 70 tn.
Gs ~ 81 Y 8 ,, ~
ticof So Is HI Japanese ord
'RU Mani III seems doubtful
u efsn5 We sssd q tsew word to de-
fity III hip, betWsen peoples.
JI,& bulk 6f Do people feel kindly dis
poefd toSsord tie bulk Of another peo-
.ploS ttaeysmqy have joint ambitions ond
spfcf otions Of sofety or od-
stor1Buoo Inoy drew Their, together; but
tYjG6dshtp no scored term which op-
pie e f,cne 81 these things.
Greece hos few allies todoy, per-
hof6: there are few ormies ready to
spFittQ to her assistance or lend help
sino hand while she fights so stoutiy for
hos dependence. It is entirely beside
taopoint to cirque thot Greece "fovor-
\ S6ritoin rofher. than Germany; to
nf IN refused TO climb aboard the
sjtplSr nnd ooudy Bard woeon row Ium-
lfjno ocross Europe. She chose to re-
syy,n{n 5reoce, ond.to fight him who tried
ms tonpd her BY force.
15reece is no friendless orphan Of
stf1o Maxi storm. On every continent, in
cludino he new Dark Continent Of Eur
ropD, she has friends in plenty. Not SO
sI1nny ooxerntoent hierorchies, perhaps,
but t6ividuols, people, men and wo-
men Who Qdsnise ord love her for her
courage 10 fight for her own.
1hose, TOO, are friendship, ond they
synoy YET Bring O powerful weight to bear
,in the seoles Of history.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07

ter learn to read insignia. The
star meekly said, "Yessir" and
sneaked away to ask his pal, Ma
jor Hopping.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07

~ Police iei,sd 14Ra1l n samblins r.id In
IN NY had ! mt ~
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07
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WASHINGTON - All the
orpun,ents thot can b i'd
voneed tor and ooolnst the
Loose LEND bill have been Ut
tered with gestures - many
times that they ore known BY
heort BY the aoIlsviss IN HE
Capitol, but the dsbofs 0oss
on. <
The eorly Americans coined
the word for this. The word Wos
"filibuster" and in thoss doys
II meant to equip ornned ex-
peditions from the United
Stotes to operate against
countries with which the Unit
cd Stotes wos at peoce. In 9TH
er words. pirocy-Yonkss mer-
chonts fitting out privoteers to
prey on British shipping.
To-day, in Congress, the word
fiIibuster means toIkin0 q
thing to deoth, one congress
man getting the floor and
keeping il to prevent o vote.
yet the old meaning comes
home to roost with double
significance now -'tolk kin g
oeoinst q bill to aid q country
with. which the United Stotes
is at peoce, Britain.
Officially, the senators toIk-
ING against the leose- LEND bill
don't admit this is q filibuster.
Their stroteey, ds it shows now.
istc invite people from oil over
the country to wire in or write
in to their senators. telling
them to filibuster the Ieose-
lend bill II they have to. But
octuoI fiIibuster is the lost re-
sort.
LONGS WAS
CkAZlEST
People outside Of Woshine-
ton, who never saw q filibuster
in action and probably never
will but who did see the movie
"Mr. Smith Goes to Woshine-
ton" will get their best ideo Of
q fiIibuster by remembering in
thot picture where } m m y
Stewort, playing the port Of
young Senator Smith tolked all
night ond then some to defect
q bill he thought was crooked.
Thot was q reoI fiIibuster,
wandering on about onythino
that come to his head, reod-
ing the Declaration of In
dependence. the Constitution.
'onvthing. = an
Thererhos been nothing Ike
that so for in these Ieose-lend
proceedings. which have been
marked by sticking closely to
the subject. even though mok-
ing the same points over ond
over.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-07
50 YEARS AGO TO-DAY

1871 ~ gtFs
A big deal that has been
quietly getting into shape for
three weeks, came 10 . ccnsum-
nation Monday when The Sher.
man, the pioneer hotel Of Mount
Clemena was sold to Paul Ull-
rich, VIM. !. Daley md William
Reep. The purchase price Wa
S4e. 600.
IA 0eSteieer 10 now handling
girls' furnishings goods.
q xEARs AGO TODAY
! The laundry. ACROSS the street
from the Avery HOUSE. burned
early Sunday morning, taking
fire from some colsso uhJmeWn.
The laundry belonged = J ..
North, md the loes va abous-
8o04, Insured.
IT. rivse re- four inelee
~ Ql v, ~ vs1t 1o1ns>>a
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-29

On the basis Of football play
ed 20 far this year California
is q points better than South
EN- California. which in turn. IL
six points better than Oregon
State.
BY = happy chance. Oregon
State il three points better than
Washington, and that. fellow
citizens, makes California 2s
points better than Minnesota.
That piece Of information saves
considerable time and trouble,
for California and Washington
are scheduled to play on Nov. 8.
No need Of IL now; we know
the score, don't wes
Now IL happens that early in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-29

the season Minnesota defeated
Washington. IA To s. making
the Gophers only eight points
better than Washington. Thus
California il IS points better
than Minnesota HI all YOU
fellows In MinnespolisD
And what happened to Cali
fornia aside from the San Fran
cisco earthquake and the advent
Of Lana Turner Why. Wash
ington State proved itself to be
seven points better than Cali
fornia. Whereupon, UCLA turn
ed around and played a game
that made it one point better
than Washington State. So at
this point We are sstounded 70
discover that UCLA is 20 points
better than Minnesota. Those
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-29

stronger than Minnesota.
Personally. my choice Is
Greeley State Of Greeley. Colo.
! don't know the names Of am
of the Greeley players and It's
true that they have been rather
badly beaten = couple of times
this year. But Minnesota would
he their dish.
Figures don't lie and figures
say that Greeley State is II
points better than Minnesota
in fair weather or foul.
To arrive at this conclusion
we have 10 travel a eircuitous
route, and II any Of you get
tired along the way, just knock
at the third door from the left
and say that Eddie sent you.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-29
Western Golf
For Spokane
Links Classic Set
For oath of August

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Ath-
letic Round Table said today IL
had received word that the board
of directors Of the Western ANA
teur Golf association had recon-
mended Spokane as the site for the
1912 western tournament.
Joseph Abb. Round Table
president. said he had been
notified that spok WAS
recommended by the board.
and that Recommendation
was tantamount to accept
ance."
The tournament would be PLAYED
over one of three Spokane courses
the week of Aug. "a.
Abb said John C. Searle. chair
man of the board, said the recon-
mendation would be offered at the
associations meeting in Chicago
Dec. ID.
National A ma teur Champion
Marvin BUD Ward, Round Table
secretary, is also defending west
ern amateur titleholder.
The national public links
tournament was played over
Spokane's Indian Canyon
course last summer. and Abb
said the spokane Country club
and the Mantle golf course
probably would compete for
the 1942 meeting.
Abb said the Round Table had
agreed To underwrits the tourna-
ment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-29

Gophers don't look - hot nov,
en-
Well Montana PLAYED TCLA
and Lost. Il 10 :, hut that still
makes Montana is points bet
ter than Minnesota. Then. A.
YOU doubtless will recall. there
WAS an epic struggle between
Montana and Montana State.
Montana won. 2S 10 Is. About
the only consolation Montana
State got out Of the game was
that the game showed IL still
siX points better than Minnesota
Now things are whirling
toward climax. Montana
State and Colorado Mines went
10 the wars and played a score
less tie. Automatically. Of
course, that made Colorado
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-29

with the score tied In the ninth,
Whit Wyatt attempted to throw
the ball so fast that his elbow
snapped. The ball did not reach
the plate, and the Georgian had
arm trouble from that time until
clipped bone was removed in
1884.
Traded to the White Sox In
80. he had no-hit, no-run
game against the Browns with
two out In the ninth. Then
Ted Guile broke his bat on
handle hit that went through
the infield to spoil a perfect
performance.
Sent to Kansas City by the
White SoX. Wyatt got another
American league opportunity with
Cleveland in 81. When Ben Chap
man stole home on him in the
eighth inning with the score tied.
Steve O'Neill became so mad that
he sent Wyatt to Milwaukee in
the deal for Ken Keltner.
Wyatt had to be talked into
reporting to the Brewers in '3s.
He had enough wanted 10
devote his attention TO his plan
tstion.
After Brooklyn paid $4,000
and gave three players for him,
Wyatt won four games before
tearing a knee cartilage trip
ping over Lonnie Frey of the Reds
in Cincinnati. An operation cor
rected the trouble, but Wyatt con-
tinued to favor the knee last sea-
son.
Wyatt pitched In the all
star game this year when his
arm was sore ut the elbow
rather than give Bill Nc
kechnie any reason to sus-
pect he was ducking the issue
10 he ready for the Reds In
the next series. This left his
arm tired and he couldn't get
anybody out for q month.
Wyatt really didn't come into
his own until this year at
the age of SO and with Is years
of professional baseball behind
him.
Whitlow Wyatt had full
measure of success coming.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-29
Lufhers Rest
Till Cat Game

Games This Week
Saturday Western Washington VS.
Eastern Washington AT Cheney. st
Martins VS.. Central Washington at
Ellensburg The latter non-league.
Pacific Lutheran gridders took a
rest Monday but Coach Cliff Olson
called them back Tuesday for a
light workout 10 keep them in
shape for their next game with
Central Washington Wildcats at
Yakima on November Z.
The Luthersns are Idle this
week ans Olson expects To
take things easy until next
Monday when the drive to-
wards the Yakima game will
get under way.
Meanwhile the other four teams
in the Winko league are scheduled
for action this week. Western
Washington Vikings and Eastern
Washington Savages tangle in a
league game at Cheney while st.
Martins and Central Washington
face off in King's-X game at FL
lensburg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-29
SU N RISE
Wednesday morning :. Sac
Fail TO Aid
Stricken Ducks

BEND, Ore.-For more than
a week forest rangers have
sought to rescue hundreds of
geese and ducks trapped In the
mud flats of Davis lake, which
In at an unusually low stage.
The game birds cannot rise
except from q body Of water,
and they were dying Of hunger
and exposure. Rangers devised
a special mud boat. designed TO
float In two inches Of water.
They launched II yesterday hut
failed To rescue birds because
they couldn't find the necessary
two inches of water TO float the
craft.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-29
Hank Anderson
T axes Hoop Post

BAKER, Ore.-T. H. Hank"
Anderson, former University of
Oregon basketball star. will take
coaching job at Baker high
school Nov. 10, A. z. Hirschler.
city school superintendent, an
nounced today.
Anderson is now doing graduate
work at the university in Eugene.
Anderson played two years at
the Eastern Oregon College of
Education at La Grande before
transferring to Oregon and win
ming berth.
He won coastwide fame last
year when he clinched two close
games in the closing minutes with
the Anderson "hooper-dooper' shot
from near the center of the floor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-29
Keller Signs
For Ring Bout

SALEM. Ore.--Leo "the Lion"
Turner, Northwest middleweight
from Portland, has been signed to
meet Keller Wagner. local heavy
weight. on Nov. IL in an over
weight l0-round match. the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars boxing club
announced today.
Wagner has agreed to make 17b
pounds and Turner should hit the
scales At shout 165, the clubs
matchmaker said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-29
RANGERS to Meet Wildcats

beat Ellensburg last Saturday 10.
Coach Homer Helm of the
Rangers has been stepping up
his offense and is convinced that
if his boys can show some sign
of a scoring punch they viii stand
more than an even chance of
victory.
Helm has presented the Rangers
some new plays and plans spend
ing the entire week perfecting
their timing in hopes that they
will be IN working order Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-29

Mines also SIX points better
than Minnesota.
Carrying that awful RESPONSE
bl1ty. Colorado Mines met
Greeley State. the burden SIM
DIV was too much for the Miners
ard thew went down to defeat
70 10 q. The Greeley State
gang swsrmed all over the field
shouting Were Il points bet
ter than Minnesota" True words
they were. too.
Case is adjourned now, but
next week we VIII prove with
the greatest Of ease how the
Philadelphia Philies won the
National league pennant in a
great stretch drive last month
and swept to four-strsight
victory over the Yankees in the
world series.