The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-20
lCAPPING
| the CAPITAL
With BEN HAYES

Evans, the great ShakeSpearean
actor, arrived this week to top a
long list of celebrities illuminat-
ing our main drag, High street.
The name has no connection with
prices.
Peter LORE, the bogey man, is
gone, but Jimmy Dorsey's band
still packs the Deshler's Ionian
room nightly. Milton Caniff, au-
thor of the Steven Canyon comic
strip, chalk-talked two nights be-
fore Avery Brundage, the anna
teur high mogul of amateur ath-
letics and Ohio States Olympic
champions assembled to honor
Mayor Rhodes as the sports man
of the year. And Chic Harley, the
greatest football player of them
all, came to the dinner from Chi
cago. Chic looked grayer-but his
grin was wider.
Bill Veeck told the Ohio fair
managers that his Cleveland In
dians will be the l949 pennant
Winners-but only by 10 games.
Great joker! Among young rook-
les, he mentioned Paige, SatcheI,
that is. Veeck said Steve Gromek
would be Cleveland's leading
pitcher. Gromek has signed.
Veeck refused to brag on other
players. They have not signed.
He spoke of Bob Feller's volun-
tary salary cut. Veeck said this
year Feller would be working for
the Indians, 'instead of vice YER
sa." To insure the winning of the
pennant, the Cleveland stadium
centerfield fence will be raised
and lowered in the middle of inn
ingS, Veeck said. Veeck spoke of
winning the world series. "We
didn't build much character, but
we sure knocked their brains
out"
AS usual, Veeck appeared at
the banquet with his sport shirt
unbuttoned Governor Lausche,
who sat beside Veeck, wore a
long tie, instead of the customary
bow. Seems he was making up
for Weeks throat nakedness.
| Governor Lausche threatened
to attend a lot of fairs this COM
ing summer. He warned Myers
| Y. Cooper, ex-governor and habi-
tual fair attender, to stay out of
his way. Governor Lausche gave
Mr.. Cooper a friendly ribbing.
He said Mr.. Cooper once made a
speech three times in one day to
a group Of weed mowers along
the state highway.
| l recalled a Saturday afternoon
of long ago when Mr.. Cooper,
running for reelection, spoke on
| CaldWells square. He talked
from the old bandstand across
| from Uncle John Hayes meat
market. When Governor Cooper
had finished, Republicans moved
| forward to shake his hand. One
IOf the Woodford boys from,
| Hunkadori, who had been lean
| ing against a tree with a look OF
| Democratic skepticism on his face
shouted at the psychological mo-
ment:
| Kiss him!"
| This jeering remark deadeneC
| the crowds enthusiasm. Most Of
them stepped back. Undoubted-
| ly, this played "a part in Cover
nor Cooper's failure to be re-
| elected.
| Morgan county, Mobiles neigh
Dor to the west, was prominent al
the fair managers convention
Slim Shilling, the famous horse
trainer and driver from Ring.
! gold, told speed superintendent
how to improve racing. Offer
| bigger purses and fairs will at,
tract better horses, Slim said
Slim won more harness races
than any other driver in Ohio. He
now has 10 head in training al
the state fairgrounds.
1t appeared that the three-heat
race is on its way out. TWo-heat
races and single dashes are more
| popular.
| But best performer Of them al
| was Mrs. Ray c.. Smith, who tolc
| the huge banquet crowd packed
into the Deshler's apple gseer
ballroom why the Morgan county
| fair was the best all-around fail
in the state. She convinced them
| Morgan county got the big tro,
ply from Mr.. Cooper.
| For her sales talk, Mrs. Smith:
CRAVING hair was perfectly
waved. There was a red anc
white corsage on the shoulder o.
her black velvet dress. She tolc
the crowd of Morgan's fast-step.
ping horses, the popular horse,
pulling teams, and the boys anc
girls who really know theil
| sheep.
Mrs. Smith ended with the
fairs motto: "Show What Yol
Grow and Share What Yol
Know"
The judges passed over many
big fairs to select Morgan. The