Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 25, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 18 Winnipeg free press thursday May 25, 1930 Don t pull for the key to Staa s Success there s method in Musial s madness by red Smith copyright 1950, new York Herald Tribune inf. New Polo grounds Gates were still closed and an As of cops a lot of kids and a few Cash customers drifted around in Grubby eighth Avenue while authorities scowled Back at the misty skies and debated about trying to get in a. Ball game. There was a card game going in the cardinals clubhouse players loaded in the warm room half dressed and wondering whether to com plete their change. Stan Musial in a Corner was pulling on his flannel rompers. A visitor said Stan from what i can read in the averages you seem to have decided to pass up Home runs this year and just go Tor base hits. Is that he said slowly i m hit Ting More to left "you1.ve deliberately changed trying to do yes. The first part of last Mason i was trying to pull every Ball to right and i was popping pm up or hitting Nice easy grounders to second base. When you just try to meet the Ball the. Home runs come Eddie Dyer told me last year that you Felt the fans wanted Home from you and you were Hurt your average trying to please Musial smiled ruefully. Well he year before i d hit thirty Ine. That was the most i Ever it in my he sounded apolo Etic. Hitting is a matter of timing by Vevay in t it not a question overpowering the that s Musial said. When you re trying to hit a Home in you never hit one. You re trying to meet the Ball Way out n front of the plate like this and your timing your swing your tride your eyes everything gets of and you pop have you Ever got off to such Good Start As this his verage at the moment had Plum meted to a Mere .439, with two ome runs a lot of it is he said. I be got some Lucky hits this he turned to Martin Haley a St. Louis Newspaperman. In my ther Good years like 1946 and 48 i got a Good Start did t Haley nodded. You were weak at. The Start of last he said. I could see it in Spring so Many things have to be jus1 right for a Good Musia said earnestly. You be got to be mentally sound and physically i had a lot of things on by mind. I d had a Tough Winter his father died that Winter jus after Stan had bought a Home in t. Louis and moved his Parent out from Donora a. I hate t he said. You Don t to a go said thinking of his .338 average of last summer and his thirty is. Me runs. You had yourself year in spite of a fellow asked when you g around the league which hitter do you like to watch at Battin practice hitters always watch Musial thought a longish time i like to watch Good hitter he said at last. But As for learn ing from their style Why i hit s different from All them i Don think i try to study anybody tha have you always hit the a you do now glaring around the yes Ever since i came up. Feel natural and comfortable the he crouched Forward As h does at the plate tucking his Chi against his right shoulder. Whip i m like this it seems to me to got both eyes dead on the Pitche other Fellows facing the plat with their Heads Only half turned it seems to me they re watching the Pitcher with Only one Eye. Could be wrong but my Way seem right for he in t Gabby Street maid later. Gabby who used to manage cardinals and now covens them on the radio was in the press lounge up stairs. He in t wrong. As Good a hitter As Ever lived. You can pitch to some other Good hitters. We used to pitch Check Klein tight and you can pitch Johnny mixe that Way and remember How the cardinals pitched Ted Williams on the fists in the world series in 46? Bui you can t pitch to Musial he s Elds like spraying them to All this year. If it s out de he hits to left. Inside he urls he s right about not being Able 0 hit a Home run when you re oing for a Gabby said. 1 often say i d like to see one1 by hit the Ball when he swings s hard As he can but they never o. Paul Waner told me one time hat maybe once in a game when e was pretty sure what the next itch would be the fast Ball Jie Money go for a ome run. If he did t get it on hat swing he d forget about it for he i know of Only Oxe intentional Home a fellow said. Not counting the one babe Ruth alled in Chicago , if Attiat gesture that we All saw really meant he was calling one. I be never been really sure about that. But there was one season about Twenty years ago when the Sena tors were challenging the athletics and went to Philadelphia for a memorial Day double header. Al Simmons won the first game with a Home run but Hurt his knee and it swelled up so badly the doctor said he could t play the second game. Can i Al asked. The doctor said yes on one condition. can t he said. You be got to strike out or hit a Home run so in the second game Sim Mons went up As a Pinch hitter and won it with a Home run. Just obeying who carries the Load sir your editorial praising or. Wesson for his wage increases for railway workers is inconsistent with your support of substantial increases for legislative members who receive As much salary for a few weeks of alleged service to the Public As some rail Way workers earn in a year. The reason Given for your opposition to railway wage increases is that we All have to Bear the Load. Yet you actively supported and encouraged higher and higher prices for farm goods regardless of the fact that it is the Industrial and clerical worker who carries the greatest part of that Load. Could it be that political expediency makes Ric ulum and attempt to stress some of the More Basic subjects their attempts would be much More worthwhile. Winnipeg daily crossword genuinely refreshing Melrose Orange Pekoe Tea a delicious combination of tender Mountain grown teas blended to full Orange Pekoe Quality. Len Hamill adds race to laurels Kenora special slim Well conditioned Len Hamill Kenora featherweight Amateur Boxer who tangles Here Friday night with Frankie White in the Amateur card Headliner took time off wednesday to win the first Keewatin to Kenora Road race held in More than 10 years covering the four Miles in the excellent time of 22 minutes 13 seconds. The Road is a winding one up several Steep grades and Len paced himself Well to come in with room to spare. Forty seconds behind was e. Lorenger who led the eight runners most of the Way and in third place was Jack Baker of Kenora in 23.9. Bill Morrison was the fourth runner to Complete the course. The event was the Star attraction the Victoria Day events staged by the Kenora Junior Cham Ber of Commerce. Peaces for Chil Dren in the afternoon and games for the adults in the afternoon and evening provided other entertain ment. Spring league to resume Gibson s Spring league with a membership of 330 teams forced to suspend Bowling due to flood conditions will resume play Start ing May 29. At a meeting held at the Sara Toga alleys wednesday with Over 180 representatives present it was unanimously voted to carry on Vith a revised schedule for five weeks play and Roll offs to be completed by june 30. It is anticipated that 200 or More teams will ultimately make up the new schedule. Any teams that did not have a representative present at meeting and wishing to continue with their membership Are re Quested to Contact Gibson s immediately so that proper adjust ments can be made. The re organized league will con Sist of six team divisions and will be grouped according to team strength. All previous team stand Ings will be dropped but individual averages to Date will be carried on. 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Man a shaded walks uuui4 i fell ill in Juliu Muzum Hill us Oriki eth Eim kill huhi4i4m High 14i.114 u1mh Idun Lulu numb Uei Letl Buic irim my huuii1 . In who carries the a difference Load we read a lot about the Farmer working fourteen to sixteen hours a Day but i have worked on farms in Manitoba and never found that to be the Case excepting for the hired Man. The majority of Farmers in Western Canada can close shop for the Winter and go to California. They Are their own Bosses and sex 33. Not hard 36. Walt 38. Weaken 39. Keel billed cuckoo 42. Neuter pronoun 23 27 24 j 4 21 to 51 44 25 35 lesson from Coal Industry sir it appears almost certain that a railway strike vote will be taken and in this event those participating should take note of what j. L. Lewis has done to the Coal Industry in the United states a few Days ago according to a despatch in the free press quite a number of mine operators have had to close Down because so Many industries and transportation com panics have turned to other Means of Power. The reason is obvious and this applies to the Canadian shipper and traveller. If you wan to give business Over to the buses then go ahead. It s Only your Job before a doctor performs a major operation he builds up the patient s resistance but the rail Way employee seems intent on go ing ahead with the operation while the building up process is in it infancy. When they vote re Mem sweepstakes to pay Cost sir thousands of people lost everything in the flood Homes farms livestock crops Etc. The Cost must be tremendous. It would be a Wise Man who could even estimate the Cost in dollars and cents. Then there is the Cost of repairing streets sewers .Etc., n our City. All we hear at this time is who is going to pay the shot the prov Ince and City Are waiting to see what the Dominion government will do. This will go on indefinitely while the people who have suffered and lost everything have to try and make ends meet. I would like to suggest that our provincial government and Domin Ion government get together and pass the necessary legislature to legalize a Sweepstake to run Long enough to pay this colossal Cost. Canada the u.s., and Britain would go All out buying tickets to help the vital cause and these people who have suffered so very much would be paid and no quiz to Grain Farmers because i admit that mixed farming require1? More attention even if a Good hired Man is employed. However in no Case Are they tied so securely to their jobs As is the Industrial worker. The increases for members parliament can scarcely be justified if they Are refused for railway workers. For most of the members this salary is in addition to their regular income. In so far As govern ment is concerned in Manitoba we might As Well dispense with All members except the Cabinet. They run the country and Only require their followers to put their Legisla Tion into effect if there should be any opposition. Winnipeg fair play bling by any Winnipeg government Agency. Ian x. Russell have lost the sympathy of the eral Public. Winnipeg hopeful High school curriculum sir according to recent articles in the free press teachers Are deploring the changes from the accelerated course in Manitoba High schools and Are complaining Don t mix liquor and gasoline sir the proposal of strict driving tests As a Means of curbing traffic accidents is Good but we still have the problem liquor and Beer. The average person s brain functions about five seconds slower than Normal from the i fluence of two or three drinks. At sixty Miles per hour a car will travel several Yards in five seconds before the brakes Are applied. Liquor and Beer Are a major cause of Many traffic deaths. The lowest percentage of fatalities in Canada were recorded in an East Ern City which is dry. We Manitoban can lower our traffic fatalities by stopping the Sale of liquor and South in the social Beer to out clubs of out cities. J. T. Win a Peg. M yourself flavour break he upon your Steak for flavour is Iest 5-z5 daily How to work it Longfellow one letter simply stands for another. In this a is used for the three x for the two Etc. Single letters Apoi trophies. The length and formation of the words Are All hints. Each Day the code letters Are different. A cryptogram quotation d a adj vhf Cal Ndel do y l a k v k la d. Crypt quote the accused is acquitted where the opinions Are equally that he was for months. Unable to play Golf the and Public habit sir under the permit system t is contrary to Law to consume liquor ;