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Only -Four Players Appear
To Be Attaining 800
Plus Level

CHICAGO, Sept. 21-lP)-Chlca-
COS Luke Appling has built up
his American League batting lead
to II point with less than two
weeks of the season to go. but
what's more interesting in the jun
ior circuit figures is that only
four players now appear to be
attaining the 300 plus level.
Two of them are members of
the White Sox-Appling and Guy
Curtright-and the othcl two are
Detroit Tigers-Dick Wakefield
and Roger Cramer.
Appling currently is hitting 1924
to Wakefield's runnerup .313, while
Cramer and Outright are tied
for third at 1902. And there's no
one else within nine points of the
300 mari
New York Bill johnson is near
est with a .291 average, with
othefs OF the top ten Strln2ln2
along no more then six points
behind: George Case Of Washing
ton and Pete Fox o. Boston at
289. Oris Hockett and Roy Cul-
lenbine of Cleveland at .287. and
Vern Stephens of s. Louis at
.2S5.
The Chicago-Detroit monopoly in
the hitting is also evident in the
specially side. where Wakefield
leads in total hits with 1872, Rudy
York of the Tigers SETS the pace
in home runs with 8! and in runs
batted in With 1903. and York and
Wally Moses of the White Sox are
tied with Johnny Lindel of the
Yankees in triples with 10 each,
The only outsiders besides Lin
dell to slip here are Don Cutie
ridge of st. Louis, the leader in
doubles with 35, and George Case
of Washington, top base stealer
with 81
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Appling And MusialLead
Their Leagues In Batting
National Circuit Fielde,
Has New Mark To
Shoot AT In '43
By Jack Sords

NEW YORK, Sept. 2l--CP)-Slag-
ging Stan Musial of the st. Louis
Cardinals has been reasonably Ger.
tain of the National League hit
ting championship for several
weeks, but now he has new
mark to shoot at-the highest bat
ting average in the senior circui,
in six years.
Since Joe Medwick finished will
.374 in 1887 the best percentage
in the National League has beec
the 1855 made by Debs Germs Of
Pittsburgh for the somewhat syn
thetic title in 1910, when he fail
ed to go to bat 400 times.
Musial, playing regularly. al
ready has been at bat SIS times
in 143 games so that there will
be no question about MS average
ard right now he IS hitting 1856.
This figure is three points higher
than last week.
The lineup of other leading hit
tiers in the league remained Vii tual-
Ily stationary with Billy Herman
of Brooklyn second at .345 FOL
lowed by Bob Elliott, Pittsburgh
.315: Mickey Wick, New York;
Mill Nicholson, Chicago .306; Arky
Vaughan 904 Dixie Walker,
Brooklyn .299: and Frank Cuisine,
Pittsburgh 297.
Musial continue to set the pace
in total hits with 205 doubles with
"A and triples with l.
Nicholson remained the leader
in home runs with "a and in runs
batted in with 113 while Vaughan
held onto the run scoring lead
with 10 and base stealing honors
with 10.
Mort Cooper of the Cards and
Rip Sewell of the Pirates still are
battling for pitching laurels. Coop
er with a 20-9 mark and SeWell
with PIG.
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Cards Vote On Division
Of World Series Money

ST. LOUIS. Sept. 21.-4P,-Mem-
oers OF the National League cham
plon ST. Louis Cardinals voted to-
gay to divide their portion of the
World Series pool into 81 12
shares.
Manager Billy Southworth said
details OF the players decision
would be announced by Baseball
commissioner K. M. Lands. He
added, they were very generous.
l think they have voted to do
talngs that no other World Series
club ever did. I'm sure all friends
Oh the club will be proud of them. y
The Cardinals have % eligible
players. the manager, two coach
eS- trainer and travelling secre-
larry, a total of %. so apparently
Iney voted a cut of the melon to
some former players now in mill
larry service.
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BEARD VS. ESCHMAN

Vance Red" Beard. one of
the most popular middle
weight fighters to emerge
from the Golden Gloves tourn-
aments a few years ago, has
been signed to meet George
Eschman, Marine boxer, on
next Mondays ring card.
Beard has always been n
favorite of the Wilmington
fans as his fast. aggressive
style appeals to everyone.
Eschman. who fights along
the same lines, is also a popu-
lar mitman and the bout is
expected 10 create consider
able interest.
The bout is scheduled for 10
rounds but according to local
experts, one of the boys is
expected to kiss the canvas
before that period elapses.
Other bouts will be announced
later.
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Card lnfield Rated Superior To Yankees
CARDINAL SPEED
USED DIVERSITY
Redbirds Stretch Their
Hits Rather Than
Steal Bases

ST. LOUIS. Sept. 21.-tP-Any-
one who's looked at the stolen-base
,ecord of the st. Louis Cardinals
might well decide h reputed
speed of the National L e g u e
championship team is t h ing
more than an optical illusion.
The Cardinals. widely heralded
as the restraining club in base
hall. actually are next to last in
their league in pilfering bases.
They have stolen 20 and only the
Philadelphia Phils are less larce-
nous.
But, like that curve-ball bust
ness, what can be seen on the
field can be believed, cameras and
statistics Notwithstanding, and
there's visual proof every day of
the Cardinal sped.
The only thing is that Manager
Billy Southworth uses his teams
fleet-footedness in a different way
Certainly we could steal bases, -
Southworth said, ''but our attack
isn't built around the steal. It's
built on running, but not on steal
ing.
1--WE use the hit and run, or as
it should be called, the run and
hit play. Outfielders are still play
ing deep If you punch single
through the infield. with the man
on first running. he'll make third
easily. We've even had them score
from first on a single.
IF the outfielder fumbles mo-
mentarily or tries for the man
going to third. our hitter slides
safely to second. Those ex TT a
bases put us into scoring position
and we've had fairly good results
scoring runs. which is the main
purpose when you send nine men
out there to swing at pitched base
balls"
Yes. the Cardinals are doing
without the stolen base. and. broth
er. can they run!
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SPORTS TRAIL


NE" YORK. Sept p: - up - Craig Wood seems to
stirred up niue debate over his statement that the
the of the closed face style of the top-fght BROS
To many dutfer closed face player would mean onlv
that the fellow went around with his trap closed instead Of
caerg all the me but to the pros and other students
f the game it great deal more It means stve Of
swing which, Wood says, is simpler and eliminates the mar
DIN by doing away with the pronaton or turning
Of the wrists.
The average player couldn't tell you whether he was
ng with open face closed face and he'd care less
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engraved on every fans memory.
He has hit II this year to four for
Johnson, but the Yankee freshman
has made hits with men on bases
far more often and has been surer
afield.
The biggest argument over any
factor in the series undoubtedly
could be started with a discussion
of the catching.
The Yanks have Bill Dickey, vet
eran of seven world classics. bat
ting 1862 and in perfect condition
after missing month of action
early in the summer because Of
an injury.
For St. Louis, Walker Cooper
batting .304 for a full season s
work of lib games, is rightfully
considered the best backstop tc
come up to the majors in recent
years.
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N. e. State Freshmen
Begin College Lite

RALEIGH, Sept. 21.-R-Fresh-
men registered at N. c. State col
iege today and began a six-day
orientation program designed to
faniliarize them with campus life
and routine before the opening OF
fall-term classes Monday.
Transfer students will register
tomorrow and returning upper
classmen Friday.
Governor Broughton will ad-
dress the freshmen Friday morn
ing.
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St. Louis Cardinals Buy
New Diamond Players

ST. LOUIS. Sept 21.-(P'-Wil-
liam f. Byerly. right handed pit
cher from Sacramento, will report
to the st. Louis Cardinals tomor-
row as possible help to the
teams short-handed mound staff
during the remainder of the sea
son.
The Cardinals purchased Byerly
and infielder- outfielder Esca1 Ora
Burnett from their Sacramento
farm. Burnett will report next
spring.
The Browns also acquired two
new players, purchasing Weldon
West, southpaw pitcher. from
Memphis of the Southern Associa-
ton and signing 1S-year-old Henry
Schmulbach. second-baseman
with Washington University of ST.
Louis.
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o. D. T. Asks Ticket Sales
To Be Restricted To Area
In Which Game Is Played

WASHINTON. Sept. 81. - LP -
The Office of Defense Transports.
ton (ODT) today called upon al
schools. colleges and other football
teams to restrict sales of tickets
to residents of the area in which
the game is to be played.
The already heavy overload or
inter-city transportation systems
was given as the reason.
ODT also asked that football
teams use coach Accommodate =
in trains and to refrain from max
ing reservations until the Gay De-
fore departure.
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os long as he was hitting the
bslI to his satisfaction.
Cone Sarazen. never one to
.,3oe an argument, attributes the
r,,.ar scoring to three factors. none
Il which involves the swing. They
are.
The sand iron. Sarazen him.
.ojf first developed h t stroke
ssror and won the British and
sn,erjcan opens with it in 1882.
9-The larger ball. The old,
email ball, although fine on a
aindv day, was harder to hit, par
.icllarlv with bad lie, and was
yery tricky around the greens.
3-The 'handball'' greens. That
< tbe greens slope from the rear
ward the front, so practically
any fair pitch shot will stick. That
eliminates the fine art of cutting
across the ball to give it backspin.
sarazen also disagrees wi h
Woods theory that the better play
prs today. fellows like Byron Mel
son and Ben Hogan. use the closed
face style.
I'D say Nelson's swing is only
about Is per cent closed SaraZen
argues. and the same is true of
The others. The exceptions who
come to mind are Wood. Lawson
Little and DIN Dutra.
The closed face style has de-
cded disadvantages. You'll f i n d
me closed face players don't like
ANYTHING above a No. 5 iron, be-
cause they are liable to smother
the ball. They get tremendous dis
lance with mashie or longer
club. but can't tell whether the
ball is going a mile over the green
or a mile short,
Then, too. they are liable to
hook. | remember well when Du-
ira was playing a Ryder cup match
against Abe Mitchell in England.
Dutra went five up on the first
nine holes. then lost the match.
s and 7. l asked him what was
wrong, and he said he went on
a hooking spree and couldn't cor
rect II.
Wood is one of our most re-
marhable players in that he has
produced so much out of his style
Of swing I think you'll find that
the closed face players don't last
as long as the open face sWingers.
too
Sarazen's idea OF model swing
is that of Willie MacFarlane. Mac
Donald Smith is considered by
many to have flawless swing.
but SaraZen says that slow motion
pictures of it detect flaws.
1t takes powerfully built man
TO use the closed face style, he
maintains, citing Wood. Little and
Dutra as examples. And ven
they are liable TO throw their backs
out Of killer
Anyway YOU look at it. it seems
TO be an open and shut question.
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CASH0USE GANG
INNER GORDON
BETTER AT BAT
Rookie Lou Klien Boosts
Bird lnfield; Yanks
Miss Rizzuto

NEW YORK. Sept. 21.-lR-Hit-
ting and pitching get most of the
credit, but skillful defensive play
decides majority of the close
ball games and on this basis the
st. Louis Cardinals infield must
be rated over the New York Yam.
KEGS inner defense in the ap.
preaching World Series.
The Cardinals have a tremen.
dously improved infield over last
year due principally to the play
of rookie Lou Klein at second base,
where Jimmy Brown previously
held forth. and due partly to the
polse that has been acquired by
the youngsters who hold down the
other positions.
On the other hand the Yankees
miss kid named Phil Rizzuto at
shortstop fully as much as they
do their most famous wartime alb
sentee, outfielder Joe DiMaggio.
l.ast year the Yankees made 100
double plays and up to date they
have made only 1873. which is few
er than they themselves have bat
ted into. However. the Cardinals,
who manipulated just 1877 double
killings last season, already have
come up with 1866 this year.
The Cardinals can. and do, work
defensive plays like getting the
leading runner on bunt and pick
ing off a sleeping beauty like Joe
Gordon in the last World Series.
The Yankees. preferring the Of
fensive game. have never learned
these intricacies of tight baseball
Even on attack. the Cardinals
four regular infielders lead their
Yankee rivals. in spite of the fact
that Nick Etten ard rookie Bill
johnson. Just the two Of them.
have batted in 1872 runs.
Johnson and George Kurowski
ST. Louis third baseman. are tied
in hitting with .2S9. but the other
three Cardinal infielders each hold
a percentage over their opponents
that ranges as high as 60 points
for Martin Marion over Frank Gro
setti at shortstop
In addition the Cardinals. behind
in home runs SO to %, have an
edge over the Yankee infielders in
total bases of $50 to 697 due to
their dazzling speed. weapon
which wounded the Yanks sorely
last fall.
Taken by positions. at first base
the Yanks match Etten against
Ray Sanders. Etten. with 13 hon.
ers. has knocked in 100 runs. A
current slump has cut his batting
average to 1863 and he is an I'M
certain fielder. He lost game
for the Yanks Sunday by failing
to come up with an easy grounder.
Sanders is batting 289 and his
nine home runs and five triples
sometimes are overlooked.
At second the fleet-footed Klein
is batting .2S8 and has accounted
for 238 total bases. Gordon is bat
ting .233 with 1879 total bases.
At short Marion is batting .203
and fielding miraculously while the
Yanks are making out as best they
can with Crosetti. a 1928 swatter
who has slowed down considerably,
but who had to take the job when
George Stirnweiss failed to make
the grade.
At third, Johnson rates an edge
over KuroWski. although the lat
ter's home run to win the final
game of the 1912 series is still
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ENEMY SHIP SUNK

LONDON, Sept. 2l-tP-An enc
my supply ship was torpedoed and
sunk and two escort vessels were
left with stern aWash or aflame
in a close-range engagement with
British light coastal forces off the
Dutch coast early yesterday. the
Admiralty announced tonight.
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AUDIENCE WITH KING

CAIRO, Sept. 2l-(P)--Maj. Gen.
Ralph Royce who last week as
sumed command OF United States
Army forces in the Middle East
had an audience with King Farouk
at Abdine palace Monday, it was
announced.
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MILITARY SERVICE LAW

NEW YORK, Sept. 2l-(P>-Ja-
pan has amended it's military serv-
ice law to provide for the inn
mediate medical re-eXamination
and rccruitn ent of Japanese who
mad been rejected between 1929
and 1890. the German news agency
DNB said today in a wireless dis.
Patch TO European newspapers re-
ported by U. S. government moni-
tors
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ACTOR AT FRONT

NEW YORK. Sept. 21-(P)-Actor
Frederick March and three other
entertainers have arrived in the
Middle East on tour of Ameri-
can service mems camps, USO
camp shows announced today.
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National League

Brooklyn at St. Louis-Barney G.
y VS.. Cooper CO.,.
Boston at Observation-Disclosures
Q3-18) VS.. Gornicki Old.
New York at Cincinnati o.
Voiselle COY and Fischer (5-8) VS.
Riddle Q9-10l and Walters Q4-13)
Philadelphia at Chicago (2' -
Gerheauser (9-18 and Rowe "a
g. VS.. PASCAL Q4-1D and Bithorn
(17-1D.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
TODAY'S GAMES
American League

Detroit at New York-Gentry a.
y VS.. BoroWy 12-9).
St. Louis at Washington (nighD
-Galehouse 10-10) VS.. Leonard
dip.
Cleveland at Boston-Harder e.
g. VS.. Hughson Q2-13l.
Chicago at Fhiladelphia-Ross
CD VS.. Harris 7-19).
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When the Arrnistice was declar'
ed after World War I, living costs
were SO per cent higher than In
the summer of 1914.
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The only place in Europe where
papyrus grows wild is on the
banks of the Anapo River in
Sicily.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-09-02

for any of these locations will
have space available to carry
Christmas parcels. 81 Gifts may
have to wait until vitality needed
supplies and equipment have been
shipped, to assure victory and to
save the lives of our men. If
the parcels are not mailed early,
/ that delay may prove to be just
enough to prevent their arrival
by Christmas day, with conse-
quent disappointment to the men
who are offering their lives for
their country and ours.
Mail of all kinds is vital to the
spirit of fighting men. Every
officer who has inspected our
Army and Navy postal facilities
overseas has reported that thou
sands of fighting men disregard
mess call when it. conflicts with
mail call, and get their letters
first. Officers at our large mill
tary and naval stations report
that the spirit and efficiency of
their men receive distinct lift
when mail is distributed, and that
a delay in mail service caused a
decided decline in spirit with a
consequent letdown in efficiency.
A disconsolate soldier or sailor
who thinks he has been forgotten
at Christmas obviously is not at
his best. So the gifts MUST be
mailed on time so that they can
arrive on time. 4-
Rules for Christmas mailings to
the fighting forces overseas were
made public in June for the
guidance of early shoppers. They
include:
The parcel must not exceed
five pounds, and must not be more
than is inches in length or SO
inches in length and girth COM
bined. It should be marked
"Christmast parcel" so that it may
be given special attention to as
sure its arrival before December
LIS. ~.
Not more than one parcel may
be mailed in any one week to the
same member of the armed forces
by or in behalf of the same mailer.
The parcel must be well and
strongly packed, in a container of
metal, wood, strong fiber board,
or similar material, then wrapped
in strong paper and tied with
twine. The cover should be such
that it can be opened readily for
censorship. The contents should
be packed tightly.
Perishable goods, such as fruits
that may spoil, are prohibited.
Intoxicants, inflamable materials
such as matches or lighter fluids,
poisons, and anything that may
damage other mail also are pro-
hibited. Gifts enclosed in glass
should be substantially packed to
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dates are: The vast distances that
the parcels must travel to reach
our men at war fronts and sta
tons the world over; frequent
transfers of thousands of men
from one location to another,
which means forwarding of the
mail and consumes additional
time; the necessity for giving
preference to reinforcements,
arms, munitions, medicine and
food in allotment of shipping
space, which often means that
the shipments of gifts must wait.
And it is most urgent that gifts
be delivered to the men IN TIME
FOR CHRISTMAS, to keep their
spirit high.
The only way to insure against
disappointment for the fighting
men is to buy at once and mail
early-mail your gifts as soon as
possible after September Is start
ing date.
Those who have relatives or
friends in the service should re-
member that we have fighting
men in Alaska, Greenland, Ice
land, England, Sicily, far-separat-
ed regions of Africa, the Near
Eastern countries, Australia, many
of the South Pacific islands, India,
China, South America, and other
areas.
Weeks are required for a ship to
reach many of these stations.
There can be no assurance, of
course, that the first ship sailing
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-09-02

Mrs. Lou Messenger and daugh.
ter, Lorraine, visited relatives ir
Spokane last week.
Miss Ryan, who came Saturday
from the East, and who will teach
in the River View high school, is
staying at the Carl Schmelzel
home for the present. She was Z
dinner guest Saturday of MIR. anc
Mrs. Harry Benson.
Miss Thelma Kinchloe and Mis-.
Jean Davis of The Dalles, Ore.
spent the weekend with Thelma'.
grandparents, MIR. and Mrs. Fred
Falque. They also visited Satur,
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New Religious Workers
Arrive this Week

In addition to Miss Betty Jane
Thompson who arrived about two
weeks ago, two more trained re-
igious work directors and pastors
assistants have arrived this week
to become members of the staff
of the Methodist groups in this
area. ~ "
Miss JEANNE Hannah, former
school teacher whose home is in
Vancouver, Washington, and who
has just come from the denomin-
atoms training school, Scarritt
College at Nashville, Tenn, arriv-
ed last Sunday morning. Miss
Hannah has had considerable
experience in working with
youth grouths and in visitation
work. -.
Miss Mearle Hoppock drove in
on Tuesday from Baltimore,
Maryland. She is a trained Dea-
coness and has had much expert
ence in many phases of youth
and adult work. For some years
she has been the personnel direc-
tor with the Good Will Industries
in cooperation with the State and
Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has
worked in eastern cities including
Baltimore and Philadelphia and
with several large churches.
Miss Thompson is a graduate
of the University of Oregon and
has had some years experience as
parish assistant and in journal
ism in Eugene, Oregon and in
Yakima.
These workers will be assigned
one each to Kennewick, Pasco and
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day at the Mrs. Eudora Johnson
and the E. Sherry homes.
The Rev. J. II. Bennett is driv-
ing a school bus for the River
View schools this year.
Mrs. Buddie Schwartz and two
children of Tacoma, and Mrs. Roy
c. Whitney and three children Of
Bremerton are visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Whit
ney this week.
The Misses Marie Friday and
Wilma Biegel visited friends in
Yakima a few days last week.
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Grange Drill Team
Meets for Practice

Finley - The newly organized
ladies drill team of the Finley
Grange met last Thursday night
Mrs. J. c. Swayze of Kennewick
met with them to assist them
Mrs. George Taylor is the leader
of the drill team.
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Hanford, according to present
plans, stated Rev. John B. Coan
of the local Methodist church.
The major portion of their time
will be given to work with new
corners in the communities, and
with youth groups. Much of their
work will be in a inter-church
nature and will aid all religious
groups as well as their own, it
was stated.
MIR. Coan is establishing his
study and office in the church
this week which will also be the
central headquarters for these as.
sistants in the community.
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Sticklers for correct English in
England are criticizing Anthony
Eden's use of the expression "by
and large" and one publication
has offered to pay $50 to any char
ity if he will explain what it
means.