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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

have found them practicable
and have added the "hurry-up
airfield" to the machinery of
war.
The manufacturers of these
gratings, which are made on
Long Island, New York, declare
their product makes effective
roadways even when laid on
sandy beaches or on farm land
that has been freshly plowed and
narrowed Mesh panels are laid
side by side and end to end and
attached to one another by slip
rings fitted over the tongues of
adjacent panels.
The company says that it has
proved the permanency of the
new type of road by experiments
over 14-year period. And 1t
is thought that the sanded sur
face provided by the huge mats
will avert the skidding that is
responsible for so many motor
accidents.
While steel is the vital mate
rial necessary for today's
"hurry-up roads" other mate
rails have been tried out for
highways in the years gone by.
Cotton. particularly when prices
were low, has been successful in
smoothing out roadways under
construction. The fiber was not
used as foundation, however,
but merely as a Sandwich"
filler between two layers of con.
crete.
One experiment, made in
South Carolina, resulted in two
sections of road being built. one
with the cotton filler and the
other with regular materials.
Highway experts said the cot
ton" road maintained a smooth
surface longer than the orthodox
type.
Some places in the South
when cotton prices were away
down-tried the stuff as a foun-
dalton in building roads over
swampy ground
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14
Fighting Poison Ivy
; With Goofs' Milk

A LOT of mighty valuable
manhours OF work are
Y going to be lost in our
defense plants this Summer be-
cause some careless people have
become altogether too familiar
with poison ivy.
The itchy evils that lay the
sufferer low are no joke as mil
lions of experienced persons are
ready TO testify. They still re-
member too wildly the burning,
itching and weeks of downright
pain that often accompanied
their bouts with the ailment.
Thousands were really so sick
that they could not carry on
their daily work.
All such suffering has led our
medical men to devise injections
of a vaccine that, in some cases,
is said to provide immunity
against the dread after-results
of carelessness in the woods and
fields.
Some rough and ready woods
men even advise anyone to chew
a leaf of the plant to set up their
own immunity, but this is
frowned on by a lot of people
who have tried il. Too many
times the leaf has kicked up "A
bad case Of interior poisoning
that was much worse than the
infection of the skin.
Now comes one of the latest
suggestions for curbing the viru.
lent poison that grows wild.
That is to drink the milk of
goat that has dincd on poison
ivy. 1t seems that the creatures
with the reputation for making
meal of anything regard luxu-
RANT growth of the three-leafcd
vine as delicacy.
They MUNICH away on the
deadly leaves and suffer no i'll
effects whatever except when the
ivy leaves are combined with
those of the laurel or wild
cherry. When this unfortunate
state of affairs takes place,
you've got a dead goat.
Goat experts don't know why
goat milk made from poison ivy
has the properties of guarantee
ing immunity to the person who
drinks IL, but that's their story
and maybe some day the doctors
will get around TO explaining it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14
Observation-Disclosures -UPHIGHWAYS

ting moved 20 our vital Eastern
Seaboard centers by express
trains made mp entirely Of tank
cars Buildings are pushed up
and ships slid down the ways AT
incredible speed
And now comes the 'hurry-up
road a substantial re-surfacing
Of Yesterdays old dirt highway
that makes IT capable of taking
the bcatings given to modern
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

n l Z h W a Y $.
These road S
can be rebuilt
% feet wide
and one mile
long in u
hours u n al cr
normal condi-
tlons.
L N Q n o w
road surfacing
technique CON
sists of laying
s I el grating
m a is, g a C h
two by twelve
a II q one-half
feet, and fill
in & in h e
meshes wit h
sand. The only
binder n G c es-
sary to k e e p
this sand con-
fin e d inside
the m e S h is
said TO be oil
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

rHE speed-up in production,
stimulated by the war has
u spread o.noarly everything
that the people of America are
making
steel ngots are being poured
az "a record rate, Factories are
assembling war materials in ever
faster tempo Coal is coming
ont of the ground with greater
speed than before and oil is get
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14
DOCTORS WARN
C0NSTIPAfED folks
ABOUT LAZY LIVER

TITS SAID constipation causes many
human Observation-Disclosures, lack Of
energy and mental dullness being but a
few. BUT DON'T WORRY
For years a noted Ohio Doctor. DR..
+. M. Edwards. successfully treated
scores Of patients for constipation with
his famous DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
now sold by druggists everywhere. 4
Olive Tablets, being purely vegetable
are wonderful They not only gently
yet thoroughly cleanse the bowels but
ALSO stir up liver bile secretion to help
digest fatty foods. Test their goodness
TONIGHT without fail! 15t, SOC, Cos.
Follow label directions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

that is sprinkled on the surface.
The mats are made of alternate
straight and crinkled bars, with
fastening hooks all around the
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Defense Won for Gordon

The trend led away from the hit
ters last year when Gordon got the
honor. Joe hit 1922, but he was ad-
judged most valuable on his fielding,
with the only respectable batting
average of his major league career
supplementing his fielding acrobatics
nicely.
Before Grove in 1881 came an
other string of hitters-Joe Cronin,
AL Simmons, Mickey Cochrane and
Gehrig George Sisler was the first
choice in 1922. followed by Babe
Ruth in 1928, then johnson, Roger
Peckinpaugh and George Burns, the
latter pair being selected principally
on their fielding.
When Gordon was rated on top
last year, following season in
which Ted Williams hit 1856, the
swing away from hitters was signifi-
cant. The choice last year was be-
tween Williams, the batting cham
pion, and Gordon. Williams indi-
vidualistic attitude may have been
responsible for costing him the
crown.
Williams had no chance to take
the title this season. War removed
him from the baseball scene, as
it has Di Maggie, Greenberg, Cecil
Travis and most of the leagues
other top hitters. The time was
ripe for a pitcher to take over and
the ease with which Chandler did
it is proof enough that the brand
of hitting in the American League
has Sagged horribly.
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Redskins Start Printing for Lions
Retarded Only by Minor Hurts

lot, but the Skins, with victories
over the Lions and Steagles, even
with loss to the Bears, still would
win the Eastern championship.
You live from Sunday to Sunday
in this league" said Bergman. And
you take nothing for granted.
There's no loahng spot anywhere
along the road, no soft teams"
Philpitts Face Packers.
1t doesn't make the Skins cry that
next Sunday the third-place Giants
take on the Bears, who will be COM
ing back ready to bite. The Bears
will be favorites to dump the New
York team, and if the Skins lick
Sinkwich & Co., they'll be more
firmly intrenched in first place in
the East
Meanwhile Wilbur Moore, Red
skin pass catching specialist, did
little to improve his standing in the
scoring department Sunday, although
he gained touchdown on Andy
Farkas in his scrap for high scoring
honors on the Washington club.
Farkas played only a few minutes.
He has been bothered for 10 days
by an infected leg.
Nor did Sammy Baugh improve
his position in the race for pass
tossing honors against Sid Luck
man. Only one touchdown pass
came from the magic arm Of Baugh,
although he completed Is of 30 at
tempts, The Philpitt line gave Sam
a rough afternoon. rougher than any
he has spent in seven years as a
pro
Evening star., 1943-11-09
By WALTER McCALLUM.

Facing the toughest part of their
schedule, the Redskins today re-
sumed drills at Griffith Stadium,
pointing for the Detroit Lions and
Frankie Sinkwich next Sunday. De-
spite that bitter, brusing game last
Sunday, in which the scrappy Phil
pitts tied the world champs, 14-l4,
the Skins suffered no major in
juries. Wilbur Moore has bruised
knee not in the best of shape and
Dick Farman added another bruise
TO a sinner of several games ago.
but on the whole the squad is in
good shape considering the rough
ness of the Philadelphia encounter
Three tough ones in a row are
coming up" said Coach Bergman.
Those Lions will be bad enough,
but right after them we catch the
Bears, and after them the Philpitts
again. And they say this coaching
job in the pro league is a cinch:
that all a fellow has to do is sit
back and watch them roll; that the
boys know football before they come
into the league, and so on. Oh
yeah"
Skins Lose No Ground.
The Skins lost no ground as. the
Philpitts tied them, although had
the Giants won they would be in
a spot where the final two games of
the season against Steve Owens
crew might have been decisive
Those games with the Giants De-
cember and IL still can mean a
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Harvard Proves Informal Grid
Piuy Is Drob, 5O-Cent Game

tendant, ready to close the place,
peers round a corner. sees the writer
and his look implies:
Now what the hell is he doing
nere?"
Long Way From Golden Past.
Camp Edwards, Worcester Tech
Tufts. the informal Boston College
unit-that's Harvard's schedule
Shades of Princeton. Yale, Army,
Navy, Michigan! Harvard losing to
Worcester! Shades of Brickley
Mahan. Casey. Ticknor and Pea
body, all-Americas all. Percy Dough-
ton stirs in his grave.
An eerie wino, more doleful than
Yale's undertaken chant, whistles
through the stadium. You've seen
Harvard'S ghost town.
What did you expect for so cents
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Playing Great Lakes,
Indiana Has Mind on
Smearing Purdue
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9-W. H. Tom,
assistant varsity coach at Indiana,
had just finished scouting Great
Lakes. He closed his notebook and
knitted his brows.
I'VE have to play Great Lakes
Saturday" he remarked, "and that's
tough job to tackle a week before
we meet Purdue. Purdue Is idle
this week and can sharpen up for
us. If we didn't have Lakes coming
up and had time to get some of
our injured boys in shape I believe
we could beat Purdue. Don't get
me wrong, now. We still may beat
them"
The renewal of the ancient and
bitter football feud November 20
between the Hoosiers and Boiler
makers will be of much more than
Statewide interest this year. The
outcome undoubtedly will determine
whether the Western Conference
championship is to be esshared by
Purdue and Michigan Or owned
outright by Michigan.
The Wolverines, who shook off
the audacious HoosierS, 23-6, Sat-
urday, should find little trouble win
ming their last two games with Wis
consin and Ohio State. The Buck
eyes, however, appear rounding into
quite a unit, especially so after past
ing Pittsburgh, 1875. But if they
tripped Michigan it would have to
rate among the biggest upsets Of
the season.
1t has been some time since so
much Importance has been attached
to the Purdue Indiana meeting. The
Hoosiers, in one stroke, could end
Purdue's fine record (which would
be a catastrophe in itself and also
pass the Western Conference title
over to Michigan intact.
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Virginia Looks 10 Air
Attack as Only Hope
In Duke Contest

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. Nov. 9.-Duke's
Coach Eddie Cameron probably is
anxious for his squad to have a
good workout on pass defense in
preparation for the important
Southern Conference championship
test with North Carolina next week
and Virginia, Dukes foe for this
Saturday, is going to do its best to
oblige
Coach Frank Murray of Virginia,
'Passin' Frank he is sometimes
called because of his fondness for
the aerial weapon in football, fig
ures that the only chance his light
squad has of denting the Duke
fortress is through the air and this
week he is polishing his T-forma-
ton for a passing barrage.
Passing Game Now Clicking.
The Cavaliers were weak in the
throwing department at the start
of the season, but in the past two
games, when they blasted V. M. I.
and Maryland. Virginia tossers
found their targets with better than
average success. In trouncing Mary
land, 800. Cavalier backs connected
with three touchdown passes Lu-
Glen Burnett and Clarence Kuldell
are the leading Cavalier throwers.
The Virginia-Duke game will be
played at Durham. Dukes practice
yesterday was limited to a half
hour limbering up period.
N. c. States grid squad received
a severe blow with the announce
ment that Buck Sutton, big full
back and leading scorer of the team,
received an injured knee in Satur-
days $50 Duke rout and may be
lost for the season Frank Mcleod
N. c. States 2l5-pound tackle also
left yesterday to enter the Navy.
Wake Forest Loses Brogden.
Wake Forest also reported a loss
when jeff Brogden of Hopewell, Va,
left to report for induction.
North Carolina, drilling for an in
tersectional game with Penn. and v.
M. T.. which travels to Atlanta for
a scrap with Georgia, worked out
indoors.
Evening star., 1943-11-09

Chambers record. however, for
while Appling's fielding was fine, his
1923 average included only smat-
tering of eXtra-base blows. Rudy
York. the third choice, shook off a
slump to slam "a home runs, but he
didn't hit. 300.
The committee couldn't consider
the hitters seriously this season, for
only four in the American League
sWatted above 300, with the other
six members of the leagues top 10
ranging down to 288. 1t was only
two years ago that Dick Siebert hit
.334-and finished as the American
Leagues fifth best batter.
Chandler probably would have
ranked fourth or fifth this year if
such as Di Maggie, Williams. Travis
or Bob Feller had been around to
dispute the point. Spud had a
highly successful season, but a war
helped him to the most-valuable-
player distinction. Not since Peck
lnpaugh took the honor in 1925, with
a .294 batting average, has any
player taken the title on a less
impressive record, unless it was
Gordon last wear.
Evening star., 1943-11-09
.0de|| Of Penn Picks
Navy TO Beat Army
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. Bob
Odell, the f1ashy Penn quarterback
who has played against both teams,
picks Navy to beat Army in the an
nual service clash-and no ifs.
Navy had more spirit than the
Army team we played here" Odell
said. The Army players seemed
too listless They just didn't have
their hearts in the game the way
Navy did.
'1 don't think there is any doubt
about the outcome of the Army
Navy game"
Penn. spanked by Odell, held Army
to a 1913 tie, but lost 24-7 to the
midshipmen.
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Easy Win for Chandler

In l941, for instance. Di Maggie
got the top spot by hitting .357
which included hitting safely in 56
consecutive games. Williams, who
batted .406 that season. was second
In 1910 Greenberg batted $40 and
Walloped Al home runs to be ad-
judged most valuable and in 1899
Di Maggie rated On top by hitting
.36I When Jimmy FoxX won in
1888 he hit 349 and belted so home
runs and in 1887 Gehringer was the
player of the year with .37l mark
The competition wasn't tough this
season. Chandler wasn't pitching
to many good hitters and so for the
third time pitcher takes over as
the American Leagues most valu-
able player. It's similar to a third
rate heavyweight being crowned
duration champion" in the absence
of Joe Louis.
That wouldn't mean Chandler is
third-rate pitcher. Since midsea-
son of 1941 he has won as games
and lost only 9. His 20-4 record for
1943 was fine, but no other pitcher
ever won the most valuable player
award by achieving only 20 tri-
llmphS
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Navy Climbs 10 Third
|As All Grid Pickers
Vote Irish No. |
BY TED MEIER,
Press SportA Writ,


NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-Coach
Frank Leahy of Notre Dame believes
the Northwestern game this
Saturday "can 60 either way" but
the sportswriters OF the Nation ap-
parently think the South Bend men
tor is talking through his hat.
All Of the 81 grid experts partici-
pating in this weeks Associated
Press poll to determine the top 10
teams ranked the Irish In first place.
This Is the first time . team received
unanimous backing.
Altogether Notre Dame, on the
basis Of its 26-0 trouncing of Army,
polled . total OF s10 points, putting
the Irish in = class by themselves.
Purdue retained second place, but
was far behind with $40 points.
Middies Bounce Back.
Navy, which bounced back from q
Notre Dame licking TO hand Penn
its first defeat, jumped to third place
with Michigan, Iowa Seahawks,
Army, Duke, Northwestern, Southern
California and Penn completing the
first 10.
Northwestern has one of the
greatest backs in the country in Otto
Graham" Leahy told the New York
football writer's yesterday. He Is
a wonder at passing, running and
kicking. I know because l coached
nim for the All-Star game in Chicago
this year"
I'VE got the breaks to beat Army
Leahy continued without cracking
a smile Il think Northwestern will
give us q tough battle. 1t can 60
either way. know q lot Of persons
will be surprised If they beat us, but
not me-"
Purdue in Second Place.
Here's how the teams ranked,
counting 10 points for first place
ETC.:
First 10: Notre Dame, slo; 2, Pur-
due, $40; 3, Navy, 518; 4, Michigan
486; S. Iowa Seahawks, 459; 6, Army
fV3, I, LUKE, SUo, o, NORTHWESTERN,
285; 9, Southern California, $50; 10,
Pennsylvania, 13l.
Second 10: IL, College Of Pacific,
ll3: II, Washington, 7s; l3, Del
Monte Preflight. 78; IA, Texas
Aggies, Sc; IS, Fourth Air Force,
March Field. 48; l6, Texas, "a; II,
Tulsa. 81; 18, Dartmouth, 80; 10,
Georgia Tech, %; 20, San Diego
Naval Training, 20
Also rams: 81, Great Lakes, 49,;
%. Colorado College. IL: %. South
western Louisiana, 10: "a. Arkansas
Aggies, 8; rs, Bainbridge MdJ
Naval Training, 8; 26, Colorado
University, 2; u, Randolph Field
Tex L
Evening star., 1943-11-09
BY DEAK MORSE,

Associated Press sports writer.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 9.-It's
Saturday afternoon, so let's see how
informal football is faring at
Cambridge's ghost town-Harvard
Stadium.
The impression that all is not we'll
comes as you cross traditional Larz
Anderson Bridge en- route to the
game. The familiar figure of the
blind accordion player is there,
picking away. but the coins in his
tin cup are few.
You reach a portal a half hour
early and the admission is so cents
When Albie Booth was Yale's scat
back and Barry Wood was a Grim
son all-America, ducat cost you
10 times that sum and scalpers got
SIS when the pair met.
Place Almost Deserted.
Perhaps you are newspaperman.
Half an hour before the game there
are only six writers in the press box.
One yawns and quips:
Is there deck of cards in the
house,"
At the kickoff a comparative
handful are in the spacious. ivy-clad
edifice built for $4,000. A seat on
the 50-yard line is yours just for the
squatting and there's nobody outside
the 20s except a fellow and his girl
all by their lonesome far back of the
goal posts
Color is conspicuous by its absence.
Your program consists of eight
pages. A sailor in his blue bell
bottoms thrashes at the big drum
trundled about on its bicycle wheels
Instead of snappily clad lad in
white with a crimson H emblazoned
on his sweater. The Harvard stand
seems sure of only one cheer-"nine
long ones for the team"
Ten minutes after the game the
place is cleared save for one lone
newspaperman writing his story.
There's no announcement of statis-
tics or attendance, and the estimates
range from 1000 to 5000. An at
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Dell elIastatious Of D. T.,
Top Big Six Scorer
By the Associated pres.


KANSAS CITY, Nov. S.-BM DsI-
lastatious, product of Tech Rixh
OF Washington, D. c., now toting
the ball for Missouri, is the new IN
dividual scoring leader of confer
ence games in the Big Six.
Scoring three touchdown against
Iowa State Saturday, the Tiger
halfback boosted his total to %
points for three circuit contests.
Still in top spot by q good margin
in the all-games department was
Bonn Brumley, the Oklahoma vet
eran, and he ranked second today
In conference play. Posting a
touchdown and two extra points
against Kansas Saturday, Brumley
now has 81 points in seven games.
His conference total is 26.
Dellastatious Is second to Brum-
ley for the seasons play, while an
other Missourian, Don (BulD Reecs
Is in third place in both contests.
The Tiger pound fullback has
80 points in six games and "a in
three conference affairs.
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Jeffra, Staging Comeback,
Has Edge on Terranova

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. s.-Hsrry JET :
fra OF Baltimore, former world
featherweight champion, bounced
back on the comeback trail last
night to win split 10-round deci-
sion over the present NBA title
holder, Phil Terranova OF New York
In closely fought battle, Referee
Eddie Leonard and one judge voted
for Jef1ra. who weighed 1887, while
one judge called 1t draw. Terra
nova scaled 1861.
The champion had one of his best
rounds-the fifth-taken away for a
low punch and this undoubtedly
played part in the decision.
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Baylor, Minus Grid Team,
Will Play Basket Ball
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WACO, Tsx. Nov. 8 Baylor
University, which dropped football
and did not expect to participate in
any other sport this year. will return
to intercollegiate athletics with a
basket ball team.
No coach has been named and
only one letterman, 6-foot-7-inch
Center Marlin Hicks, is available
but practice began three days ago.
Thirty players reported, including
naval trainees who hadn't time for
football.
All seven Southwest Conference
schools will bOin the l943 cage race
Evening star., 1943-11-09
0deII Better Than Thorpe
In Bert Bells Opinion
By the Associated Press.

As5OCIHIt0 FTe58.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9.-Is Bob
Odell an all-America? Peanuts |!
This is Bert Bell, president of the
Maxwell Memorial Football Club,
speaking:
"Odell is one of the greatest all
around players Of all time, the great
est player in America today, and in
the Army-Penn game his play ex-
celled that of the great Jim Thorpe
on the best day Thorpe ever had"
Those are Bells very words. He
spoke them yesterday in presenting
Odell with the Maxwell Club s
award to the college football player
of the week.
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Thorpe, Denied Coaching
Post, Takes War Job
By the Associated Press.

SHAWNEE, Okla, Nov. 9. - Big
Jim Thorpe, famous Indian athlets
80 years ago, was en- route to an
Oxnard (CalifD war plant today be-
cause the coaching job he sought
in his native Oklahoma failed to
materialize
Mrs. Mary Wisonn, Thorpe's sis
ter, said he felt keenly disappointed
at the collapse of his hope for
place at Oklahoma University or
some other State institution,
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Sports Mirror

BY the Associated Press.
Today a year ago: Georgia
picked as leading team in weekly
A. P. football poll; Georgia Tech
second and Boston College third.
Three years ago: Tony Lazzeri
released as manager Of Toronto
Leafs in International League.
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Ep& s Sports Chandler Of Yankees Most Valuable Player Writers Vote
Win Clears Title
Clemson Coach
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEMSON, s. c., Nov. o.
Good morning, COACH" said an
Army ofncer last week to Coach
Frank Howard after Clemson
Colleges footballers had taken
successive beatings from South
Carolina and Wake Forest.
Don't call me COACH" Howard
retorted, "just say, Hello, boy"
Yesterday, after Clemson had
returned to the win column with
. 26-6 victory over Davidson,
Howard greeted tho same officer:
We'll, guess you might call
me coach for four or i've days
now"
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Hos Third Unbeoten Seoson

WESTON, Mo, Nov. 9 (P).-Coach
Dale Woods Western High School
football team has completed its third
straight all-victorious season, run
ming its string to % and scoring Isl
points to its opponents in its seven
1943 games.