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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-05-31

Alexander Cartwright, first pres
ident Of New York's Knickerbocker
Baseball club is credited with being
the real originator of modern base
ball. He introduced one revolution
airy change-the putout by tagging
with the ball. Previously the base
man threw the ball at the run
ner. Cartwright's innovation per-
mitted the use of the hard ball.
or whatever you wish to call it, with
one great, vital exception. The field
er put out runner between bases
not by burning him with thrown
ball but BY HOLDING THE BALL
IN HIS OWN HAND AND TOUCH
ING HIM WITH IT. The variation
OF this play, in the case of a bats
man making for first base or of a
force play, came later. That was the
stroke which transformed baseball.
Henceforth. the players could use
hard ball. The boys liked it. The
slap and sting on their hands was a
challenge to their fortitude, and the
smack Of the bat on this solid but
elastic ball most satisfactory SEN
sation. Further they could throw it
with the speed of a bullet, The
game had grown up, become one of
the manly sports.
"And even if this story about Cart
wright be only false tradition, the
fact is that by 1845. when those
same boys founded the Knick-
erbocker Baseball club, the boys of
New York City and the nearby New
Jersey towns were playing the
game in the new way. Here, let me
mention two links with the parent
game. At that time, the modern
method of scoring - nine innings,
with the team making the most runs
the winner-had not yet come in.
The first team making 81 runs won
the game, as in handball. And this,
I found by correspondence in 1912,
was the time-honored rule in Eng
ish FOUNDERS. The pitcher, in 1845
and for some years afterward, had
to throw underhand without bend.
ing his elbow. And the pictures in
the old books cited above show the
pitcher or feeder doing exactly
that.
New York Came was Rugged.
1.-The game spread to upstate New
York and to Pennsylvania. New
England, however, continued to play
baseball in the old way. BY the
time of the Civil War the newspa-
pers and certain rudimentary
sporting weeklies were publishing
items about it, including scores of
the important matches. Always they
distinguished, little contemptuous-
ly in New York, between the 'Bos-
ton game where no one took
chances with damaging his pretty
hands and the New York game
where 'knotty fingers were scars of
glorious wounds - for it was point
of honor not to wear gloves. During
the war. the New York regiments
played it in camp and taught it to
men Of other states, even to Con-
federate prisoners on parole. These
novlces carried it home; and the
Boston game went back to the
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-05-31

TASEBALL is known as
x our national game. But
- how many know any,
thing about the real story of
baseball, including its origin?
Very few among the millions
who follow it today.
So I am bringing to you one
of baseball's greatest histo-
rians, Will Irwin-who also
happens to be one of the best
writer's and one of the top re-
porters this country has ever
known. To me, this is the true
story of baseball:
''Dear Grant: This year is the
hundredth anniversary of New
York's Knickerbocker Baseball
club, and understand that there is
to be some kind Of celebration this
summer. But judging from prelimi-
nary notices, we seem likely to cele-
brate the right event in the wrong
way. The Knickerbocker was not the
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Ground raw potato can be added
10 meat balls and hamburgers to
make a little meat 60 a long way.
A little paint or shellac will turn
coffee, baking powder and cracker
tins into excellent kitchen contain
erS.
If adhesive or gummed tape be-
comes too stiff to use, soften it
with two tablespoons of warm wa
ter and half teaspoon of glycerin.
When food has been oversalted,
the rot may be covered with q
damp cloth and the food steamed
f.r few minutes.
When preparing any tart fruit
like cranberries or gooseberries,
use little salt, and it is surpris-
ing how little sugar will sweeten
the berries. The salt also brings
out the flavor.
Keep a common pair of pliers
in the kitchen and you will find
many uses for them. They lift
the lids off pots, lift pots off the
fire, yank the fins out of fish, I'M
screw the tops of bottles and nu-
merous other things.
Old doors which have settled IN
til they scrape the floor, can be
improved by pulling out the hinge
bolts and setting a small washer
between the halves. The door will
be raised the thickness of the
washer.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-05-31
Wealth Goes to Things
He Never Cared About

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. -
Arthur W. Keep. wealthy export.
er. who died last November. left
the bulk Of his fortune of more
than 100000 to the city of Bir-
mingham for sports fields, swim.
ming pools. and bus and trolley
shelters. Associates said he never
had shown any interest in SPORTS.
never learned to swim.
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Marines Find Perfect Defense Position

After a couple Of days with the
headquarters Of the marine regi-
ment I moved to a company and
lived and marched with them for
several days. The company is a part
Of the First marine division, a very
hard-bitten outfit.
The company was on a hill about
5000 yards long and about a hum
dred yards wide. The men were
dug In down the sides Of the hill
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a sweater and skirt
that exactly match.
Take any old sweat.
er and dye it to pair
up with the skirt.
Monotone - but not
monotonous.
Hot Feet - Dye
your Robert socks
any color to match
sweaters or COM
plete outfits. It's e
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u. S. Infantry Outfit
In Line for 500 Dav,

ROME. - The veteran United
States 34th infantry division claimed
a record for American forces in this
war recently when it completed 500
days of actual combat.
AS a matter of fact. 5th army
headquarters announced, there were
some Iowa. Minnesota and Dakota
national guardsmen. who made up
the original 34th. in the division who
had been in line more than 6,lO days
and were still going strong.
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There was mortar platoon al
the foot of the hill. all set UP to
throw mortars any direction.
This is the most perfect defen.
slve position we've ever had in our
lives" the company commander
said. "One company could hold of
a whole battalion for days. II the
Japs had defended these hills they
could have kept US fighting for q
week."
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children, who are playing it yet.
1.-The Baseball museum and Hall
OF Fame is a worthy institution.
But it is in the wrong place. It
should stand on Madison Square,
New York. Most of the pioneer base
ball players whom I knew in the
early 1910s revered that spot as the
cradle of the game. Whenever Sam
Crane passed it, he took off his
hat and said, There was planted
the little acorn from which the
great oak grew
will Irwin"
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Colored Cords-Even the boys are
dyeing! Have you seen those I'D.
& G.'s with two tone corduroy
Stacks? They dye one leg red, the
other green. Perish forbid is what
we always say in a case like this.
Singin' in the Rain-That's what
you'll be doing if you dye your old
tan raincoat bright color. Don't
envy those slick chicks with their
new purple, green or what-have-you
rain coats. Just do and dye.
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Minnte Make-Xr.
BY GABRIELLE

Use fresh, crushed strawberries,
beaten into your big jar of cold
cream. Strawberries have a gentle
bleaching effect on the skin. The
fresh fruit has a wonderful fra.
GRANGE and if you will keep your
crushed strawberry cold cream in
the ice box it will last and last!
Ledger Syndicate.-WNU Features,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-05-31

Henry Chadwick devised the first
boxscore and compiled the first Of
fetal baseball rules book, which
was printed in 1857. His efforts did
much to promote uniformity of play
throughout the country. Some writ
ers call Chadwick 1.-THE Father of
Baseball on this account.
first baseball club in the United
States, but it was nevertheless the
founder of the modern game. And
Alexander Cartwright, its first
president, may have been the young
genius who by one simple improve
ment transformed venerable Eng
ish game, now called 'rounders,'
from children's sport to game
for hardy young athletes and ma
tional institution. AS for Gen. Abner
Doubleday, the notices seem to en-
dorse the carefully fostered myth
that he invented the game at
Cooperstown, N. Y. in 1889; where
as he has no valid claim whatever
either as inventor or improver of
baseball.
Old Game Called 'Rounders.'
''About 1912, and while many play
ers who went back to basebalrs
early days were still alive. I in
vestigated the origins Of the game
for a national weekly and pub
ished the conclusions stated above.
At that time. Abner Doubleday
passed only as hero of Gettys-
burg-the myth Of Cooperstown had
not yet gained its adherents. Then
in 1899, Robert W. Henderson, of
the New York Public library. after
painstaking research in the old
books Of that great collection, pub
ished pamphlet which knocked
the Doubleday legend higher than
one of Babe Ruth's pop fouls. By
document evidence, he proved that
a game called baseball was played
in England in the days Of Abner
Doubleday's great grandfathers,
that it was known in America be-
fore the Revolution, that it was iden-
teal with what the English have for
the last century called FOUNDERS
and that with a number of minor
changes and one major one. it was
the game which our big leagues are
playing today. will begin with his
data, supplemented by my own.
Zone of the earliest known refer
ences occurs in the lively letters of
Mary Lepell, Lady Hervey. Under
date of November 10, 174S, she takes
a fling at the frivolous habits of
the Prince of Wales and his court,
who waste whole days playing base
ball, play all who are, or have
been, schoolboys, are acquainted
WITH Then comes Jane Austen.
In the first chapter of 'Northanger
Abbey composed in 1898 but not
published until 1878, she wrote: 1t
was not very wonderful that Cath
crime -. should prefer cricket, base
ball, riding on horseback, and rum
ming about the country at the age of
IA, to books
Used Soft Ball.
But the clincher is The Boys
Own Book which was published in
London in 1928 and ran through sew
en- British editions by 1849. a de-
scription of Founders appears in
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Han, and Eggs-
Then It's Business

We had ham and eggs for break.
fast at 4:30 a. m. We strapped our
unwieldy packs on our backs. Our
heavier gear was left aboard to be
taken ashore several days later.
It was only half light when we
went on deck. You could see flame
flashes on the horizon toward
shore. The men on the deck were
dark and indistinguishable forms.
Our assault transport carried
many landing craft GCVPs) or
deck. They were lifted by a derrick
and swung over the side. We piled
into them as they hung even with
the rail. Then the winch lowered
them into the water.
I went on the first boat to leave
our ship. 1t was just breaking dawn
when we left. It was still more than
two hours before H-Hour Our long
ocean trip was over. The days we
had reluctantly counted of were
all gone. Our time had run out. This
was it.
All around us hundreds of other
boats were putting off and churning
the water, but there was no or
ganization to it. They weren't YET
forming into waves. These early
boats carried mainly the control
crews who would manage the colos.
sal traffic of shore-bound invasion.
lists in the next few hours.
An assault on an enemy shore is
a highly organized thing. 1t is SC
intricately organized, so abundant in
fine detail that it would be impos.
sible to clarity it all in your mind
No single man in our armed forces
knows everything about an in
vasion.
But just to simplify one point
Suppose we were invading ar
enemy beach on four-mile front
1t is not as you would think, one
overall invasion. Instead it is G
dozen or more little invasions
simultaneously and side by side
Each team runs its own invasion
A combat team is a regiment. Oul
regimental commander and his stat
were on the little control ship. Thu:
our control ship directed only the
troops of our regiment.
I'VE had beaches yellow One
and yellow Two Troops of oul
regiment formed waves directly of
those beaches. miles at sea, anc
we went straight in.
Other control ships on eithel
side. having nothing to do with US
directed other waves having moth
ing to do with us. Each was it,
own private little show.
AS I've written before, war to al
individual is hardly ever bigge
than hundred yards on each side O
him. And that's the way it was will
US in Okinawa.
An hour and half before H
Hour at Okinawa. our vast nava
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-05-31
"GAY CADETS"
BY NANCY PEPPER
DO AND DYE
,ociated Newspapers-wNu Feature,

What's your favorite color? You'll
find 1t in a package of dye and you
can spread it through your ward
robe Just by following the directions
on the box. We've seen lots of keen
teens lately dressed all in one color
from head to foot and we've been
wondering. Now, the mystery's
solved. One Of our soda fountain
sleuths reports that 1t all comes ou,
Of . package of dye.
Skirt and Sweater Harmonies-
You're burnt to a crisp if you have
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-17

course is over. Upon completion
Of the lectures and demonstrations.
all graduates must agree 10 give
$50 hours of free service i'm some
hospital whore nurses aides work
under the guidance of a graduate
nurse. With the return OF thou
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-17

Aide work in Ypsilanti, announces
a new morning course will soon be
starting al Palmer Ward. Ann Ar
Dor The probable beginning date
will be- May 20. when the g.12 a. m.
hours will be followed for four or
five mornings a Meek until the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-17
MARRIAGES ANNOUNCED

Ann Arbor, May l7-Friends here
have received word OF two out of
town weddings this week. Miss
Bonnie Bevin. daughter of Pro-
fessor and Mrs. Floyd A. Fireston,
Barton Hills, was married to Eric
Steuer, seaman first class of the
Naval Reserve in New York City,
Saturday. Richard c. Myers, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl f. Myers. Vir-
ginia Ave, married Miss Vernice
NJ. Walker, Syracuse, n. Y, at SYRIA
cuse, May 3.
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sands Of soldiers from the Euro
pcan theater OF war the need Tor
more nursing service is very acute
Qualified women 1850 years ri
age, must also have a high school
education and be able TO meet GER
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EARN PRICES UP

East Lansing-Sale prices OF
farms in Michigan are 81 per cent
higher than before the war. Karl
T. Wright, Michigan State College
research specialist in farm crops
said Wednesday. Ten per cent of
that increase occurred in 1914 al
though fewer farms changed hands,
he said.
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tain physical requirements. En-
rollmeut is az the American Red
Cross Headquarters or with Mrs.
smiths committee, Mesdames
Harold Deb Barss and Guy Ken
nndN
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NelUs From York

and suffered a crushed yertabrae in
the back. She was taken to
st. Joseph Hospital. Ann Arbor,
and is resting comfortable now.
Mr.. Heath. who has been there
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-17

Mrs. Jesse Norman attended the
dinner and party OF the Past Ma
irons Club, Saturday evening. at
the home OF Mrs. Mary Cox, Milan.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-17
Has SERIOUS EALI

York. Mich.-Mrs. Harlie Heath
had the misfortune 10 fall from a
stepladder at her home Thursday
afternoon. breaking her right wrist
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-17
School Closes

Mooreyille School will close Fri,
day with a picnic on the school
grounds.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-17

: afternoon, and won 26 to u.
Master Bernard Dieterle, Milan.
. been spending the past week
it'll his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
.rnest Dieterle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Smith and
sons spent Sunday with her moth
er. Mrs. Grace Jacobs and Doris,
Milan.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schwartz
and family spent Sunday evening
with his mother, Mrs. William
Schwartz, and helped her celebrate
her s0th birthday.
Master Ralph standelka is re-
covering nicely from a tonsilectomy
at Saline Hospital last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Davenport
and daughter, Joyce, Saline, were
Sunday dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Garth Sangree.
Mr.. and Mrs, Burt Draper spent
Thursday with their son and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Draper and
family. Ypsilanti. Master Donald
returned home with them for a
! visit.
Mrs. Grace Jacobs and daughter
Doris have moved from the Good
ridge house, Milan-Saline Rd, Mi
Ian.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Rymano-
wicz and family have moved from
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Guenther into the
Goodridge house.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Gilman
spent Sunday with their son and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs Frank Gilman
and family, Clinton.
Mrs. Jesse Norman. Mrs. Loyal
fKapttts, NSy, c. f. Cox, and Mrs.
Lucy Rutland Attended party
Thursday evening. at the home OF
Mrs. Ruth Rash. Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Nellie Holcomb. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harlan Holcomb and daugh-
ter Lois we're Sunday dinner guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Holcomb,
Mr.. and Mrs. Loyal Kanitz, Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Ganong, attended par
| ty, Saturday evening. at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Purkey,
Milan.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-17
Nursing Course
Will be Started

Mrs. Harry L. Smith, chairman Of
the American Red Cross Nurses
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several weeks, hopes TO return
home some time this week.
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Took Examinations

Pupils In Mooreville School who
wrote eighth grade examinations.
Tuesday, were, Shirley Searfoss,
Wilfred Schwartz, Richard Ferring-
ton, Duane Anderson. Bonnie Baus.
man, Frances Murray, David Phil
lips. Kayl Craig.
Pubils who wrote the seventh
grade examinations were Junior
Hansen, Russell Kanitz, Eleanor
Wilkie, Barbara Berry. Erlinda
Leverett, Patricia Pennington
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-17

MooreVille VS.. Townlne
Mooreville School boys played
eball with Townline School, Fri
! afternoon, and won rs to IL.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
United Air Lines Fores
Cut Az Per Cent

Rate reductions amounting to AZ
per cent were announced today by
United Air Lines.
The new fare from Washington to
San Francisco and Los Angeles will
be $l11.35, compared to $139.75 be-
fore the war. The rate between
Chicago and Washington is new
$28.30, compared to $36 at the time
of Pearl Harbor. Similar reductions
have been made throughout the air
lines transcontinental system.
Evening star., 1945-08-23

|role In the traditional Shakespeare
an manner. I approach the assign
|ment with considerable trepidation,
but my faith in Mr.. Hitchcock is
my reinsurance in the matter, which
I am eager to undertake"
"The transcription will be close
ly watched" Mr.. Hitchcock said, 80
as to be as faithful as possible to
Shakespeare's text, yet modern
enough to appeal to the widest pos
sible audience. The plot, situations,
psychology and characters will be
retained, but the action and sets
will be modern" Mr.. Hitchcock
said this Is the first really modern
Hamlet to be done.
Shakespeare is the best theater
in the world" Mr.. Grant declared,
land If We are successful in devils
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Cary Grant and Hitchcock Plan
Modernized Film of Hamlet

his suspense and thriller pictures.
The project will go before the
cameras after the first of the year.
Already professor of English at
a British university is at work on
the transcription of Shakespeare
tragedy into modern terms for the
script.
Hamlet will be shown as a mod
ern man with problems" Grant said.
II won't attempt to portray the
Evening star., 1945-08-23
By the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 23.-Cary
Grant and Alfred Hitchcock an
nounced joint plans today for the
mining OF a modern version of
ShakeSpeare's Hamlet"
Cary Grant as Alfred Hitchcock's
Hamlet-a modern thriller" will be
the billing on this tradition smash
ing project according to Mr.. Hitch
COCK, British director famous for
Evening star., 1945-08-23

ing an acceptable Aim formula
through Hamlet, other things may
follow"
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Services teamwork
Credited by HaIsey
with Pacific Victory
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-THE
Soviet entry into the war and the
atomic bomb FASTENED the end, but
"sizable portions of the American
Navy lay within sight of Honshu
and B-29s were over Japan the day
the Soviet Union declared war"
Admiral William F. Halsey said last
night at civic banquet in honor OF
the Sd Fleet.
Beyond question. both the atomic
bomb and the entry of Russia into
the war weighed heavily in Japan's
ultimate decision for a quick sur
render" he said, "but the atomic
bomb was thrown at the Nips from
bases which teamwork of all serv-
ices, including the Nays ploughing
ahead to prepare the way by carrier
plane assaults and shipping sweeps,
earned for U.S."
The admiral said combination oil
Allied forces and the intrinsic ex.
cellence Of each individual who hao
the courage that comes from fight.
ing for the right" had brought
japan to her knees.
All Services Get Credit.
Two factors impress me above al
others as I recollect those lusty
days. he went on. Naturally an
tremendously proud of the par
played in those gruelling campaign.
by my own service, the Navy, ir
carrying the ball from the Solomon.
to Tokyo. Yet, having heard many
discussion of the specific worl
done by this outfit and that, com,
back always to the unacceptable con.
clusion that the Pacific war was wor
by all services
Il can only hope" he continued
"all of those things will be properl,
judged in any consideration of tn,
future of our armed forces which
must continue to stand between oul
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-10-17
0kinawa TYphoon Dead Lisl
Raised 10 s. by Navy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PEARL HARBOR, Oct. Ire
vised Navy casualty figures issued
yesterday, on the typhoon which
lashed Okinawa last week showed
IS dead and Al missing, but the
Navy said these figures probably
would be increased on receipt of
more complete information.
Ninety-one persons were seriously
injured and 332 received minor in
juries.
Seven ships were lost, including
the converted yacht Southern Seas,
which was Admiral Halsey's flagship
in early war days. The vessel for
merly was owned by the late Cyrus
K. Curtis, Philadelphia publisher.
Nineteen vessels were so badly
damaged their commanding officers
consider them total loss. An adj
ditional "a ships suffered serious
structural damage and four others
minor damage.
The Navy announced that since
the typhoon hit Okinawa $500 high
point military personnel have been
processed there and evacuated to
the mainland for discharge.