Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-14

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MR.. ricktR'>" jurieS, no city
hall picketing. and Straddling the
riot question. Strictly a gag OF
course, but he may actually file
for the race. he insists. II would
be entertaining and. out of non
sense. sometimes comes a
thought.
The barber, John Silva. who
piles his windows full of pic
lures Of servicemen and letters
and cards from them.
A youngster in a sporty con-
vertible waving - graying
man working on garbage
wagon a plot for somebody's
novel, perhaps.
BASEBALL AND HUNGER:
We attended the Capuchin
Charity Guild meeting the other
night.
The guild. as you know. Is
mixed collection of Catholics
and Protestants. Jews and Gen
tiles, who have banded together
10 raise funds Ia keep the
Capuchin Monastery going.
Even in these days. the monks
stIll serve 500 meals a day 10
men who haven't the price OF n
dinner.
Anyway. we'd recommend the
Capuchin Guild method az the
most painless type OF charity.
Once a month. they meet for
dinner at the monastery In Mt.
Elliott avenue, have an interest
ing program OF some sort, and
put box OF envelopes. ad-
dressed to the monastery, on
the table.
Back come the envelopes In
the mail with enough money 10
keep the soup kitchen going for
another month. It's never
failed. even in the depression
days. although sometimes the
pantry WAS close To bare.
This meeting was baseball
night with, among others, Harry
Heilmann. one OF the greatest
batters who ever cuSsed an UNI
pire: Bill Byron. who took
plenty Of cussing as an umpire;
ind Two current Tigers. Jimmy
3loodworth and Dizzy Trout.
I happened TO be between
Heilmann and Bloodworth and
listened in on a discussion Of
night baseball Twilight games,
says Bloodworth. are misery as
far as he's concerned and he
doesn't like night baseball.
either. in one respect
a batter. he says. often can
Judge whether a curve or fast
ball is coming by watching the
spin on the ball AS il is pitched
Under the lights he says, YOU
can't sec the spin. The ball is
just A white blur.
As 10 Trout. II seems against
his principles 10 appear To he
sensible although we have been
told, by his friends, that some
times Dizzy IL sensible. Only in
private. though.
He talked longer than he was
supposed to.
"Your Ave minutes are up."
Heilmann reminded him after
about 10 had expired.
Eyes, I know" said Dizzy.
"but I Just feel like talkin
some more"
And he did.
He made up for II later.
though. He auctioned some
basebalIs to help swell the soup
kitchen Golfers and when the
baseballs were gone Just like
his Ave mInutes). he kept on
talking. He auctioned of four
Of Leo Heuser's Scent cigars.
getting 50 for one Of them ard
81 for another. So / guess It's
all right To he Dizzy.
RANDOM NOTES: Some sta
tistician has figured out and
passed along the information
that today. July Ia, is the 5S5th
day of the war for this country
equal to the length Of our
participation in World War I.
The Packard plant is the next
10 let war workers smoke AT
work. except around gasoline
or other dangerous materials.
Tip to servicemen; You can
get a swell view Of Detroit from
the top OF the Penobscot Build
ing and they let men in uniform
60 up free.
Add height: IT A. y. submits
another tall Detroiter. although
not the tallest. BY an inch. He's
w. II. Burgel Of 1926 Little
field. who is s feet 7 inches. and
works at Continental Motors.
He has two sons. twins. in uni
form. who measure mere
& feet d-the shrimps!
IhrNA Real FaFnnareftes".