The Sidney herald., 1957-04-11
ADVICE TO A MOTHER
A subscriber writes us:

o01& A01A AAN@ ~
Il am the mother Of three
children My son, who is seven,
got three Salk polio shots at
school. But my oldest child, a
l6-year-old high school girl. has
had none. Neither has the baby,
who is three. Do they need TO be
inoculated and should we do it
now?"
Yes, they do need it and you
should do il at once.
Polio authorities, like the Ma
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, say that a large portion
of elementary school children
have already been protected. But
most teenagers and still more pre-
school children haven't. They are
first on the urgency list.
At the moment, heavy demand
has strained the supply of the
vaccine. Temporary shortages will
be made up as rapidly as the
manufacturers can produce new
supplies. Every family should
| protect itself at the earliest pos
sible time. And that means the
whole family - for polio is not
| exclusively a child's disease. The
| percentage of cases among adults
aged 20 through 80 has taken a
sharp turn upward. Furthermore,
il is the adult, mor likely than
the child, who winds up in an
iron lung. II is the adult, and
not the child, whose paralysis
leaves a family bereft of a moth
er or a wage-earner.
So bundle UP your family - all
who haven't had their three shots
yet - and get them v~accinated.
Don't delay any longer than is
absolutely necessary. Selected.
SPRING BASEBALL
Each year, about this time, on
the eve of the approaching Major
League season, baseball fans in
all parts of the country follow
the exhibition games of their ia
vorite teams in the West or in
Florida. This year, as in the past,
many interesting developments
occurred in the baseball world
and it may be that 1857 will
prove to be an unusual year for
the national pastime.
For instance, one Major League
manager is batting his pitchers
eighth instead of ninth, and using
a fairly good hitter in the ninth
position of his batting order. This
defies all baseball tradition and
could be a significant departure,
if the method is successful and
adopted by the clubs.
Another Major League manager
is using one of his top hitters in
the second position in his batting
order, rather than putting him in
the fourth, fifth or sixth spot.
This manager reasons that, with
his top hitter batting second, 1t
will give him more chances to
Dat and get more chances to be
On base for the fourth and fifth
1itters.
These innovations, plus the
nope that springs eternal in the
breasts of rockies up for trial,
it quite possible that the
favorites in 1857 will not walk
off with the flag. The favorites,
If course, are the Brooklyn Dod-
gers in the National League, and
he Yankees in the American.
A poll among the various Ma
League managers shows these
cams to be the favorites. Last
,ear these two teams played in
he World Series - the New
York Yankees beating the Dod-
,ers in seven games.
Our long-shot bunch, for base
,all addicts, is that the two dark
lorse teams-one for each team
ire the Detroit Tigers in the
League and the st.
.ouis Cardinals in the National.
The last time these two teams
net in a World Series was in
.934, in the days of the Gas
House Gang and Mickey Cock
'ane's Tigers. That was % years
lgo, and maybe the wheel has
its cycle.