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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11

Just o year ago
ON this fair western coast of Florida
II was generally agreed that IL any
thing happened to the Yankees, the
Red Sox would move up to the va
Gated throne. Outside Of the pitch
ing, the Red Sox had the best team
In baseball, at that time.
Outside of the pitching, the same
thing is true today. But "outside
of the pitching" is the same as be-
ing outside Of the money. 1t is like
being well-dressed man, minus
your pants.
A year ago Manager Cronin for
veteran pitchers had Bob Grove,
Jack Wilson, Denny Galehouse,
Fritz Ostermueller, Joe Heving, and
Jim Bagby, For rockies he had Bill
Butland, Herb Hash and Mickey
Harris, who had won go minor
league games and had cost Tom
Yawkey over 100000.
Most OF the veterans hit the soapy
chute, and all three Of the rockies
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11
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THE PAPERS OF PRIVATE
PURKEY

Dear Ma:
Well, ma, / now feel so tired and
sore all over that ! CESS ! am in
the pink of condishun. ALI feeling 10
gone from my feet and my legs are
numb from the knees down so the
drilling and marching don't hurt me
no more witch shows how well
trained am. But the officers keep
drilling me just the same and pay
no attention to me when ! tell 'em
| have had enuff.
We are sleeping five to tent, but
am not getting any two much rest
on account of the old saying that two
is company and three more Is over
crowding. There Is always at least
two buddies who want to tell stories
or argue about ways and means to
get promoted to be kernel or sum-
thing. And we have a radio fam
natick in our tent who thinks the
best programs come after every
body else is asleep. This guy is
such a nut that IL he was out in No
Mans land he would carry porta-
BILE so he could hear broadcast Of
what he was doing.
Another fellow in my tent don't
sleep at all. He just sits on the edge
of the bed moaning. 1t seams he
was on a trip to see his best girl
who lives 80 miles from his home
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11

town when he got a call to report
for draft induckshun at once and he
is still squawking. also got tent
mate who was union man in Pitts
burgh before he was drafted and
he keeps making speeches trying to
convinse us that we shud picket the
generals tent and demand more
money and less drilling.
=
We have movies every night in a
big tent, but / do not like them
mulch as it makes me soar to see
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11

took an even deeper
dive. After leading
the league 81 days,
Cr0nin began to use
up his pitching staff
with much lavish
ness, and when the
crash came you
could hear il so
miles at sea.
The Yankees blew
the flag, but the
Red Sox were too
far back to know
what happened-or
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11

CHucklHg tHlnB 3
a I @ a rg a n tn a,
her intended mate,
Cronin Immediately
rushed to the Sara
sofa zoo and tried to
sign Toto up as a
Red Sox pitcher.
For Joe Cronin, aft
er last season, feels
that he can use al
most any form Of
animal life that can
chuck things at the
opposition.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11

to care enough to find out.
On to 1911
Measured by its infleld and its out
field, by its power and its defensive
play, the Red SOx still have the best
club in baseball-up to the outer rim
of the pitchers box.
With Frank Pytlak catching and
first-class reserves, the Red Sox
look even better now than they did
a year ago.
But what about their pitching?
The only two veterans they have
saved from the wreck Of 1910 are
Bob Grove and Jack Wilson. Grove
will probably be good for only 20
games this season, working once
week. Wilson, loaded with potential
powder, is still an enigma.
Cronin's three outside dependen-
cies are 36-year-old Mike Ryba from
Rochester, 29-year-0ld Oscar Judd
from Sacramento, and Dick New
some from San DiegO-three men
who won over go games last season.
He should also get some help from
his rockies Of last year-Hash, But
land, Harris, Rich and Dickman,
plus Hughson, Brown and Dob
son.
This isn't, by any wild meander-
ings into the field of imagination, a
strong pitching staff. But from the
cluster of right and left arms Cronin
should be able to improve on his
pitching of 1910.
With enough luck he might even
be able to have four or five good
men ready, and if this happens the
Red Sox will be dangerous people
to have around-with Jimmy Foxx,
Ted w illiams, Bobby Doerr, Dom
DiMaggio and others who can ham,
mer over the needed runs when they
count the most.
The possibilities are there, but his
entire pitching string is stuffed with
''ifs." 1t is a staff Of question-mark
veterans and rockies, sore arms and
1910 failures. Cronin must feel as
If he were wandering into heavy
fog, minus miners lamp or a
torch.
The Lone Exception
The lone exception is Robert
Moses Grove, the Homecoming Lancer
from Maryland.
Grove reached the ripe age Of Al
last week. This Is his twenty-sec0nd
season-his seventeenth in the ma
Tor leagues. In his day and time,
Grove has won 293 ball games-for
the Athletics and Red S0x-and his
left arm is still hanging on. His all
time major league average is .6S6,
which is far up in the higher brack-
cts. In this span of time Lefty has
whitfield 2,217 opponents.
He is undoubtedly one of the
greatest pitchers Of all time.
Last season the former speed king
won games and lost 6. It was
the leanest year of his long career.
Tennyson's brook may go on for
ever, but not a pitching arm. Grove
now can work only once a week, or
once every 10 days.
Cronin hopes the tall and willowy
southpaw can win II or Is games.
This would border on a miracle.
Exactly 10 years ago Grove won 81
games and lost only for one of the
greatest seasons in all pitching his
tory. But when you add 10 years to
81 years you begin bucking the i'm
pregnable fortress known as time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11
NEW IDEAS
QAs sAc,se-1sokeAo
BY RUTH wYETH SPEARS 1E

no YOU remember how old
~ fashioned comforters used to
be tufted? They were made of
two layers of fabric with cotton
between and every four inches
or so in rows the three layers of
material were caught together
with a stitch of wool yarn double
which was then tied twice and
clipped to make a fluffy tuft. Well,
that is exactly the way many of
today's smartest chair covers are
made. A cover of this sort re-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11

all those fellers
in citizen close
lolling around on
couches and sit
ting in the moon
light with beauti-
full girls when
they should be in
some camp lern-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11
Laziness Grows

Laziness grows on people; 1t
begins in cobwebs, and ends in
iron chains. The more business
man has to do, the more he is able
to accomplish; for he learns to
economic his time.-Judge Hale.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11
Might Of Moral Courage

Moral courage renders a man in
the pursuit or defense of right SUI
perior to the feax of reproach, OPP
position, or contempt.-S. G. Good
rich.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11
Handy Past

''Would you marry man with q
past?"
81 might-if he'd tell me all about
it, so / could throw it up to him
sometimes"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11
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|5oi4i4IQ

SARASOTA, FLA.-There Is ru-
- NOR abroad that when Manager
Joe Cronin of tlfe Boston Red Sox
heard that Toto, the gorilla, was
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11

ing how to take gun apart and
guard a latrine. But they do not
make me as soar as news pitchers
of congressman when they was still
chewing the fat over that lease-lend
bill. / don't even know yet weather
/ am going to be lent to Europe or
just leased or what?
80
It sure has been a cold winter to
be in a army, but the old sarge who
was in the last war says we shud
of been around then and we wud not
be kicking now. We have WOODBURY.
ing stoves in tents here and he says
in the last war he never saw a stove
from the time he got his draft sum-
mons until he got home three years
later. They also have boilers SO
we can have hot water in this camp
witch he says nobody had accept
Pershing and Alexander Woollkott
in the last one. When we got here we
wuz given a saferty razzer five
blades a cake Of shaving sope and a
toothbrush and he LATED like ev-
erything and sed we must be going
to the opera or sum place like that
as in the last war soldiers shaved
with there bayernets and only
cleaned their teeth when they had
q friend who was Y. M. c. A. Sec
rotary and carried spare.
He says we are all getting bet
ter considerashun in draft camps to-
day than he got in the best hotels
on flrlow in 1917 and he showed me
: pitcher of an outfit in the last war
witch backs him up when he says
we are dressed like dudes in COM
parison. He says that in those days
they just chucked a bundle at you
when you reported at camp and that
whatever you found inside you had
to put on as a uniform, even if it
was just slip cover off piano. And
he says he spent is months in
France with a burlap bag over his
head because the sergeant told him
it was the regulashun army hat.
So when / feel like kicking just
1lSLcIl " LlAAll GdIhs WCA SilCAG IA
not much more to say now. One Of
those new Ford pigmee trucks ar
rived here yesterday. It is all made
Of armor steel and all I want when
get back home again is one OF
these to use in Main Street traffic
and pay no attenshun to those taxi
cabs what try to shove me around.
Your loving son,
Oscar.
P. S. need more bunion plasters.
MATTRESSES
never leave the slightest tip
For girls who let the gravy drip.
Merrill Chilcote.
Walter Brennan recently got the
award for the best piece of support
acting in pictures last year. And
well did he rate it. There's an ac-
tor so good he will probably never
be starred by Hollywood.
Mario Naldi says a dictator is Q
fellow who is always putting his best
feud forward.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11
MATTRESSES

never leave the slightest tip
For girls who let the gravy DRIP
Merrill Chilcote.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11
Tough Luck

Waiter-There hasn't been much
stirring around the cafe.
Diner-Why not?
Waiter Somebody stole all the
spoons.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22

sabido siempre aprovecharse de
TODD, y que, bajo ell Directorio,
las damas franceSes usaban en-
sus tocadores un producto de
belleza titulado "pomada de gui
llotina'.
AdoleSceRcid
FL alamo, deSnudO,
gigantic entire la niebla;
los gorriOnes mOjados de oscar
(cha,
Al horde de la carretera
a nieve en- ell castillo,
(PdSG a la Ia. pdg.)
La gaceta., 1941-07-22

seguraban. La gitana creada por
la fantasia de Merimee, conQuiS
taba corazones desde ell libro y
cantaba todas las turbulenciaS
de su alma fogosa, en- una sofia
que Cesar Frank estimaba eX
traordinariamente bella.
La sofia del aroma Y casticis-
mo de la habanera ofrendada
por trader Y Bizet para veneer
reparos Y vacilaciones al conce-
Dir la irrupci6n de la cigarrera
sevillana en- escena; la sofia, en-
fin, que llev6 a Federico Nietzs-
che a renegar de su compatriOta
Wagner ante la sincera EXPIRE
sion lirico-dramatica del compo-
sitor frances.
Sin embargo, Carmen no gus
to.
Han transcurridO muchOs a
nos. Carmen no envejece, reju-
venece, Y su va indiscutida be-
lleza CANA mayor popularidad.
Pero, ay, no puede devolver
la existencia al que Sc la arreba
to por ell dolor del fracasO, a.
autor de sus triunfantes dias.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22
FL ESplcRdor

FL luiO aumenta desesperada-
mente a traveS de la ruina de
los tiempoS, de las angustias
econ6micas y de los desastres.
Pero Is un luio de cinemat6-
grafo, de deSfile, de Similor,
Las princeSas que arranca-
IaS de SuS ~palacios, privadas de
us bieneS, Y sin mas garantias
para luchar EN- la yasta { indife-
rent2 extension del mundo que
Sus viejos rombres, nj mas for
tuna que sus joyas, t~uvieron
que deshacerse de 6staS para
poder conner; lC han hechO habil
mente. s~ilenciosamente, subSti-
tUyendo con pedazos de vidrio
los b~riIlantes Y con lat6n dora
do las m0ntaduraS... ESta quin-
Gala seria como una coraZa,
lue acallaria a los acreedoreS,
Tue abriria las puertaS de los
leseOnfiados, que sOstendria eli
ase pedestal del range, que va
lila a la primera factura que no
Sc COBRA. las libraria de la dis
,ulpa amable del hostelero, de
los mil pequenos fracasos, de
las mil punzantes heridas, mas
d0lorosas que la muerte, de la
decadencia confesada...
Y de esta gran tragedia, de
esta novela horrible de las
vanidades, surgi6 la industrial
perfecta de las imitaciones, ell
false brillo que es como ell
simb0lo triste de una epOca...
Las martires cristianas sc ce-
hian las t1nicas al morir, para
q. las convulsiones de la agonia
no ofendiese incoscientemete el
pudor... FL gusto de cubrirse de
oropel puede ser tambien un
geSto pudoroso, muy siglo Xxx,
que oculte intensas llagas de las
vidas errantes.
.Lo extraho es-me dira listed
que, dentro de cosas tan ba-
males. quepan tan grandes CO.
sas... Y 20 le recordare, respec-
to a etc, que la Frivolidad ha
La gaceta., 1941-07-22
In Fiesta del Caculo

Cen creciente entusiasmo Sc
habla ell las 1abricas, talleres Y
lugares pdbliccs, de la grandio-
sa fiesta que est& prewarandO
la directiva del Circulo Cuba
no,en cooperation con todas las
seccioneS de la sociedad.
Ell ndmero de papeletas vendi
das hasta ell presente es consida-
rable y este hace suponer que
muy pronto Sc pasara de mil.
Este festival aparece sehala-
do para Ell domingo 10 de Agos-
to Y empezara con un sabrosisi-
mo Arroz con polio, obra de los
experto cuiinarios del acredita-
do restaurant Columbia.
A las tres de la tarde empeza-
"a ell bale, para ell que Sc han
contratado las orquestas LA So
nora, con sus cantantes Jose
fina Ramil y Rafael Artigas
''Don Francisco; LA Tropi-
cal", dirigida por Laureano Tri
guero, y Manuel Sanchez.
A las $50 de la tarde una de
las orquestas latinas pasara al
Patio-Jardin", para comodidad
de los bailadores; las america
mas dividiran honOres en- la
planta alta.
Ell preciO de almuerzo y en-
trada Sc ha senalado en- Sl:3O
Dor persona; entrada al bale,
55cts. los CaballerOs y 20 cts.
las Damas.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22
AdOLeSceRcid

ST, senior, compre la
pintura B. L. P. Soda
nnente sc vende EN- King
Hardware, ga. avenida
Y Gale Is.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22
NOTAS SOCIALN
(PoR MARIO RODRIGUEZ

Y su familta difrutaran de dos
semanas en- la referida playa.
Al deSpedirloS, les deseamcS
que e diviertan ucho.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22
La BOdG de Aver

En- la intimidad familiar sc
verified en- la tarde de aver los
esponsales de la simpatica Srta.
Aida Mascato y ell corercto jo-
ven Ramon del Cueto.
Los j6venes contrayentes son
conocidos en- esta lOcalidad, DON
de gozan de las simpatiaS de to-
dos, por su cordial tratO y es-
merada educaci6n.
Despu4s de la ceremonial, los
nuevos espOsoS partieron para
la ciudad de jacksonville.
iFelicidades!
La gaceta., 1941-07-22
De RegreSO

Despues de cuatro semanas
de vacaciones en- la ciudad de
los raSca-cielos regres6 a esta
ciudad la estimada amiguita All
da Gomis, muy conocida en-
nuestros cfrculos sociales.
Con su querido familiares. y
poca horas despues de su regre-
so, sali6 para la playa de Clear
water.
Con estas lfneas damos a tan
gentil damita nuestra mas cor
dial bienvenida.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22
PARA LA NUJER
DEL HOGAN
Carmen

Ell 8 de mario de 1875, Bizet
realizaba Ell acariciado sueno de
presentar al pGblico, en- Paris,
su bien armada Carmen" indu-
dablemente bella porque ell ms
tinto artistico Sc 10 decia y pOr-
que amigos de autoridad Sc 10 g.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22

OperGdO
Hace pocos dias fue sometido
a una delicada intervention qui
.rdrgica ell amigo Amadeo Men
DEE Vigo.
La operaci6n lie fue practica-
da en- ell Sanatorio del Centre
Asturiano por Ell DR.. Rafael Or
tega.
Tn pronto y total restableci'
miento deseamoS par el.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22
Party de C~ulnpleaHos

FL sabado Y con motive de ha-
Der cumplido los diez amos la nj
ma Camelia Zucariche, hija de
la Sra. Evelia Zucariche, fue
festejada con una fiestecita en-
'su hogan, 1903 de la avenida On
ce.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22

RecordGmos
Que esta noche a las siete J
cuarenta Y cinco Sc reuniran,
en- su session semanal, los padres
de los alumnos q. estudian mis-
ca en- la Academia del WPA, 81.
tuada en- los altos de la Camara
de Concrete de Ybor.
DeSpueS de los aSuntos a ira
tar, habra una hora social pa
ra los padres y maeStros.
A los asistente lie obsequiara
con refrescos.
Ruegase la asiStencia del ma
yor numer possible.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22

Acudieron a felicitar a Came
liza sus amistades y familiares.
A los invitados Sc obsequi6
con refreScos y cakes.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22
Santos del DtG
Maria y Magdalena.
De We aciOneS

FL pasado domingo partieron
para la playa de Daytona los es-
timados esposos Ramon y Auro
ra Garcia, acompanados de sus
dos p,equenos hijitos AurOrita
y Julio.
Este distinguido matrimOnio
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-22
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK. June i fIfP)
Ihe stock market made an irreeu-
dull.
Demand was 50 limited that
some leading issues were untraded.
others only came out once. Iarg-
est volumes was in Southern pac-
iffc and Socony-Yacuum, which
held at the previous closing levels.
Steel shares were better on out :
look for steel operating rate just
under 100 per cent of capacity.
Coppers were narrowly Irregular.
Utilities held around the previous
close while rails were steady 10
firm.
A few issues had wide changes.
American AirliDes lost nearly 4
points. while Vulcan detinning pfd
gained points to a new high.
]. ]. Case opened at so off "a and
failed TO make another appearance
Mcclellan stores gained 3h points
on single sale. Th ompson- star
rett pfd was off more than point
Dow Jones closing stock aver
ages; Industrial 122.51 up 80: Rail
2.99 up .06: utility 17.75, off .O2;
and 55 stocks 41.17 up 90.
Stock sales approximated 10000
shares. the smallest short session
turnover since May 81 and com
pared with 10000 week ago. Curb
stock sales were 27,000 shares
against $4,000 lat Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-22

Only a puncture in the first in
ming Friday night marred the air
tight game of the Imperial Valley
All-StarS at Ell Centro stadium, but
it was a puncture which allowed
the San Diego All-Stars victory
by 3 to shutout over the whole
route
The San Diegans, several of them
former valley stars. got their break
in the first half of the first inning,
and they made it count. They had
to. After that spell. nobody scored
for the rest of the evening.
King Kong Kelley. mounding for
San Diego. and joe theFox Hurst,
Imperial Valleys perennial pitcher,
split hurting honors. Each gave five
hits, and Hurst famed seven men
to Kelley's five. Hurst walked two,
Kelley none.
San Diego, however, put three
hits and a walk together for three
runs In the first, while Kelley,
keeping hits we'll scattered, was
never in trouble. Only one man
reached third on him.
The story of the first inning s
first half was this: Cobb, San
Diegos leadoff man, opened the
game with a single. Forshey was
safe on a bunt. Ransom walked.
The bases were full, lone were
out. Elliott famed. Then Cobb
scored when Price was out at first.
Gibbs singled, and two runs came
in. That was all for the evening
III the way of scoring.
Van Nostrand with a single and
the only extra base hit of the game
"a long triple to left field-was
batting star for the valley team.
Fleming's fielding, as usual, was
sensational.
The Forshey brothers, ex-valley-
ties themselves, were bad medicine
for their former ow-residents.
Ray at third and Gene at first
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-22
Yon X S
9 Ct
Il Of
BY GEORGE HIRKSEY

NEW YORK, June Il CUP)-
The Yankee home run machinery
was polished and oiled today TO go
after another record
The Yanks have hit 81 homerS in
Is straight games and already have
surpassed the major league record
of IS hit by the Tigers i'll II con-
secutive games last year
The Yankee home run streak
started in the second game of a
doubleheader at Cleveland June /
John Sturm and TWinkletoes Sell
kirk each hit a homer in that game
and at least one Yankee has hit
the ball out of the park in each
game since. The 81 Yank homers
in that span are apportioned as
follows: DiMaegio 7. Keller 7. Hen
rich, 6, Gordon 3, and Crosetti
Rolfe. Sturm and Selkirk one eacls
THAT AMT ALL
The homer record, however, is
not the only streak on display at
Yankee stadium. Joe DiMaggio
with four hits in five trips yester-
Cay ran his hitting splurge to 80
games in a row, tying Rogers Horns
by's National league record set il
1922. He was still shy of George
Sisters major league mark of hit.
in IL straight games also set il
1929.
With Heinrich mo. IL and Kel.
Ter NO. Ia hitting first inninf
homers and DiMaggio betting ou
four straight hits to make it sever
in a row, the YankS trounced tht
Tigers, IA, and gained a game OF
the league-leading Indians. Mariu
Russo, Yankee southpaW who ha.
lost four in a row, won his frs
game since May T. Buck NeWsom
Tiger ace, was knocked out of TIN
box for the 18th time in Is start
and suffered his ninth defeat.
Clevelands lead was trimmed t,
two games when Washington bea
the Tribe in the ninth, TO.
The Red SoX moved within 81
| games of the top, defeating tn
Browns, 4-2.
In the National league, the 81
Louis Cardinals lead shrank t
two games over the Brooklyn Dod
gers when they dropped 60 nigh
game to the New York Giants.
Hugh Casey pitched a three hitte
and Brooklyn took a 6-2 triumph
over the Reds.
Larry French allowed only fou
hits and didn't permit runner +
reach second until two were ou
in the ninth and the Cubs blanke,
the Braves, SO.
Frankie Cuisines single with TIL
bases loaded in the ninth gave tn
Pirates a 7-6 victory over TIL
Phillics.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-22
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
L. A. PRODUCE
Los ANGELES. June 2t UI

Los ANGELES, June q fUP) =
Trading was moderate with cool
cloudy weather.
Asparagus: colossal lie, select
and ex fey s-skc, fey The,
choice 5-5hc. crooks az -4c, small
33lzc.
Bunched vegetables: per crt beets
ee-76c; carrots 6o75c 4o-50c; I'm
perial 50-65e.
Cantaloups. Imperial WY and
Coachella Wy jumbo 27s s135-1.5 so
few s1.25 jumbo 3ss s1.50-1.75; jbo
45s 1852 std 45s $1.35-1.50 few
SI75; pony 1854 sl-1.5o mostly
s1.25; pumbo 23s s125-1.35; Yuma
Jumbo 27s sf.75-2; jumbo 36s So
2.25; std ASS s1.60-1.75; jumbo 23s
sI75 few s1.s5; come poor quality
Coachella Wy lower. Honeyballs:
Imperial Wy jumbo 36-45 S1.75-2:
std ASS $1.5p noy 45s s125. Honey
dews: Imperial Wy std 9s Si.75:
jumbo 6-s ss2.25. japanese melon
st 12-16s Si-1.25 holdovers 75c.
Watermelons: Imperial Klon-
dikse ton lots and truck lots 1922
ID avg mostly $3.50, 16-1b avg $50
per ton; less than ton lots 2-2h ID.