HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-08-24, Page 7An Umpire's Word
"Gentlemen, I was. Linable to
see the catch, In your judgment.
Was it fair or foul?" is the way
the high-hatted umpire used to
query the crowd whenever a
questionable play arose, He
would carefully consider the
opinion,s offered and then an-
nounce 'his decision to the young
gentlemen on the field, It was
not questioned,
The ump did not have to be
as hardy in those days when
baseball was a rather mild pas,
time; hut when the character
of the game changed, when it
got tougher, so did the urnps,
They had to be as tough as the
players, in order to survive. .
It was not until the founding
of the American League that
the harassed umpire could be-
gin to breathe easier, Ban John-
son realized the importance of
protecting his officials and abol-
ishing intimidation of them by
club owners, He standardized
their uniforms and added a base
umpire to help the lonely man
behind the plate, More impor-
tant, he saw to it that his offi-
cials were backed up by the
League and that unnecessary
abuse of them would not be tol-
erated in the new circuit... .
Most umpires begin on the
sand lots, work up from there
through amateur circuits such
as high schools and colleges and
then serve a sentence in the mi-
nors. . .
Meanwhile the fledgling offi-
cial is not forgotten. He is
watched and reported on by
hawkeyed scouts just as ball-
players are. The things scouts
look for in an umpire are: his
konwledge of the rules, keen-
ness of eye, ability to be in po-
sition to see a play, personality
and ability to run a game with-
out friction.—From "The Story
of Baseball," by John Durant.
He that laughs at his, own jest
mars all the mirth of it.
—JAMES KELLY
G001-01' Case is NOT%in his second childhood, despite, the
finger-in-the-mouth pose. Thae,s just a quick, handy way to
sample the frosting on his 64th (or is it 65th?) birthday cake
at Yankee Stadium, New York City. The peppery Yankee mana-
ger celebrated his 65th (or is it 64th?) birthday by announcing
a Yankee rebuilding' plan that could well-take two or three
years to realize. (The record book-says he's 65 — his wife says
he's 64.)
WRESTLING MATCH -- Everyone had a job on their hands "when
a truck turned over releasing 50 pigs on a road. Teen-agers
seined in the roundup. Richard Croswell (in shirt) and Joe
Strauder, here bulldog a 300-pound escapee to help out.
How Can I ?
By ANNE ASHLEY
Q. How can I remove mildew
from fabrics?
A, In early stages remove by
rubbing into the material a
paste of powdered chalk and
soapsuds and laying it in the
sun. Renew• as often as it dries.
For advanced stages steep the
article in a weak solution of
chloride of lime for half an
hour, and then transfer to a sol-
ution of 1 ounce hyposulphite
of soda to a gallon of water to
check the action of the lime.
Then rinse in clear water.
Q. How can I keep the sharp
edge on knives?
A. The sharp carving knives
should be kept separated from
each other. If kept together
they will lose the sharp edge
ferroismp?contact with other blades.
Q. How can I keep celery
A. By washing thoroughly and
keeping in the refrigerator for
a few hours in a pitcher of cold
water. Add a teaspoonful of
sa lt.
Q. How can I clean ordinary
window shades?
A. Rub with wall paper clean-
stretched tightly on floor or table
er. Holland shades should be
and tacked down, then scrubbed
with hot suds and brush. Rinse
with brush and warm water.
Wait until almost dry, then iron.
Q. How can I remove ink
stains front fabrics?
A. By covering the spot with
a paste made of starch and but-
termilk. Allow this paste to dry
and then wash the goods in warm
water.
Q. How can I easily pour
catsup?
A. All that is necessary is to
push back the thickened portion
that congeals around the top. It
will then pour easily.
Q. How can I make a good
ironing board cover?
A. When a new cover is need-
ed for the ironing board, make a
slip of unbleached muslin to fit
the board, open at both ends. It
is far better than using a sheet,
or sewing or tacking it to the
board.
Q. How can I prevent a burn-
ing sensation on the feet
caused by being too dry and
harsh-skinned?
A. A good remedy is to rub
them thoroughly with olive oil,
massaging it well into the pores.
Q. How can' I make it easy to
cut mergingue
A. Lemon meringue pie will
not be difficult to cut if the pie
knife is wet with cold water be-
fore using. This prevents stick-
ing.
Q. How can I trace ants to
their nest?
A. Sprinkle cake crumbs or
coarse sugar on' the floor and
watch to see where the ants
carry it, In this way they can be
destroyed at their source. If red
ants nest in neon, carbolic so-
lution can sometimes be intro-
duced by use of an oil can with
a long nozzle.
WAS WILLING
A near-sighted p u i's h a r..
walking along the beach at Pro-
YineetoWn, Massachusetts,,
COMitered a comely young lady
Who' greeted hint by. nettle. Un-
ahle to recognize her without lila -
giagte§, the publisher Stammer
eel, "How nice to see YOU tip
here. HOW long are YOU stay-
lag?" "I've got to go honie Sun.
day," she told him sadly., "What
a pity," he fen-larked, "Septem-
ber is the beg Month on the
Ca:Pe. Why don't yen stay an
'Other Week?" "I tyi11 if vaunt`
let Me," the, girt ;Said. COy1Y.:
The Ptiblialier eicarrilned hey
di Close range end suddenly
re bokiiiiect her. It Was hit PriY
'vote' SeCketarY,
WHAT SHE NEEDED
A young co-ed looked dream-
ily at the ceiling and declared,
"The man I marry, must be an
outstanding personality, be musi-
cal, tell new jokes, sing and
dance, stay home, neither drink
nor smoke, and shut up when I
tell him td." Her caller arose,
looked for his hat, and told her,
"Lady, you don't want ,a hus-
bandi you want a television set."
NOTHING STATIC — Barbara
*Thomason is formulated, gaug-
ed, calibrated and ahlennaed to
be in tune with her title if "Miss
Ante -Motion!' She'll reign &Jr-
ing the Tenth Annual Instrument
Society of America Conference
and Exhibit, Sept. 12-16.
SHORT-SIGHTED
A near Sighted tribVie director
was aeatching rot" loCatiOnS for
an impending, farmepic ,when
a gust, of Wind: blew off hiS
beret, He ttiVe chase, but every
time he apparently h4t it deit-
tiered, it Wat whisked from tun-
der 'his hand again. Finally a
woman leaked lip from her
gardening and called, "What
are :you trying to do Over there,
tinder?' to recover'
My beret," he' puffed. aYtitit
beret is Over there by the, stone
Wall," said the Weineri, "That's
OM' black hen Yeti'Ve been Chat.
nig."
Another near sighted gentle,
Man was heat& Widening at a
racetrack bar, 'Tye go( to get
these glasses' fixed fast. I've
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Of all the days that's in the
week
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And that's the flay that ,comes
betwixt
A Saturday and Monday;
For then I'm drest all in my best
To walk abroad with Sally;
She is the darling of my heart,
And she lives in our alley.
HENRY CAREY
Blasting Caps
Can Be Deadly He Wrote Fiction
A That Came True
weights when he wanted'to re-
turn to the surface.
Though it failed to cause much
of a stir, that invention was
actually the basis of the present-
day diving-suit. It was modified
and improved upon twenty years
later by a man named Siebe,
who later improved on it still
further and designed the first
successful self-contained diving-
suit on which all modern equip-
ment is based.
So diving-suits Were not new
when Jules Verne let his ima-
gination take therri to greater
extremes than man had actually
invented at the time.
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Construction sites have long
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for children. Out along with in,
nocent bits of wood and nails,
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Blasting caps, used in building
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can seriously harm children who
mistake them, for firecrackers or
empty rifle cartridges.
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if they find one.
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Children should be warned of
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Explosive cartridges contain-
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Explosive cartridges are usu-
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an inch or more in diameter,
but some may be as long as two
feet and un to eight inches in
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Laws governing the use of
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by teaching children that these
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things. Jonathan Daniels probably
covered a thousand horse, races
—Kentucky Derbies and other
classics of the track— during his,
newspaper career, but none of
them made the impression on
him occasioned by a race be-
tween five camels at a Carolina
carnival early in the century.
Nobody remembers who per-
suaded the owners of the five
camels to stage the race, _but
the first thing anybody knew,
news of the contest spread
throughout the state, and peo-
ple began to bet on the outcome.
Perplexed bookies established
initial, odds of four to one against
all five, camels, but just before
the race so many big bets were
planked down on the one named
Ben Ali—all of them, apparent-
ly, made by the Arab owners—
that the bookies grew suspicious,
and refused all further bets.
Furthermore, they watched the
race with eagle eyes for any
sign of dirty work.
The race, to all intends and
purposes, however, was fairly
run. All five Arab owners pres-
sed their mounts with equal fer-
vor and determination, and when
Ben Ali Won easily, the bookies
could find no excuse for with-
holding payment to the win-
ners. One of them, his exchequer
badly depleated, asked the Arab
who had finished third, "What
made all you birds bet every-
thing on Ben Ali?"
The Arab explained, with a
grin, "Mister, Ben Ali is what
is known in our 'country as a
bell camel. From the day of
their birth, camels are taught to
follow the bell camel!"
French novelist Jules Verne
had a habit of getting in Well
ahead of scientists. His fertile
1.1nagination was .considered far-
fetched a century or so ago, but
history has caught up With, him
again and again, What Verne
thought of as fiction has come
to pass and to be accepted as
part of everyday life.
His "20,000 Leagues Under the
Sea" inventions, for instance,
He created the submarine "Nau-
tilus"—and to-day we take sub-
marines as a matter of course.
He put men under water in self-
contained diving-suits which en-
abled them to walk about with-
out any air-pipes from the sur-
face—and nowadays young men
by the hundred don frogmen's
outfit§ for the sheer fun of it,
Walt Disney's film of "20,000
League Under the Sea" has
brought the Jules Verne fantasy
to the screen, now that the fa-
mous novelist's description of
under-water suits has become
present-day reality.
True, a suit of the type crea-
ted on paper by Verne was ac-
tually invented within a few
years of the novel's publication
in 1870, and the Disney research
experts managed to trace it.
It agreed with every detail
outlined by the novelist, includ-
ing a diver's helmet, a close-
fitting rubber suit, and an aqua-
lung. It was hand-made and
weighed 225 lb, compared with
the modern frogman's outfit of a
total 40 lb.
First demonstrated in 1879,
the suit was a revolutionary, but
not entirely successful, step to-
wards' Sea-bed exploration.
Verne may have used his ima-
gination to make life under
water a relatively simple mat-
ter, but he was certainly not the
first man to think about the
subject.
Man has sought to conquer the
Sea-bed for centuries, partly out
of sheer curiosity, but also for
more practical reasons. The
scientific aspect is one. Reclaim-
ing sunken„.treasurer is another.
Vast riches were lost along
the shores of the Mediterraneari*
in very .early times, and there
were' always men who dreamed
of recovering them.
Ihfact, the first known refer-
ence to deep-sea diving goes
back as far as the' first century.
The Latin writer Pliny described
divers who were equipped with
air tubes, the free ends of which
were supported on the surface
of the sea by inflated bladders.
It was not until the. Middle
Ages that_really determined at-
tempts were made to use div-
ing-snits to any great degree.
During the siege of Constanti-
nople, in 1433, the Turks sought,
means to break the chains that
closed the mouth of the Golden
Horn. The only way to do this
was for men to, go beneath the
water and remain there long.
enough to hew through the
chains.
So divers were equipped with
close-fitting leather suits, top-
ped by a huge oval headpiece,
with a pipe leading, from the top.
Then, in the early Seventeenth
century, an Englishman named
Repten invented what he called
"water armour.” A Dutchman
named Cornelius van Drebbel
experimented with the first sub-
marine, using the Thames for
his experiments. The "water ar-
mour" was a failure, and the
inventor nearly drowned him-
self, but the submarine met with
some measure of success.
Something approaching the
modern frogman's Outfit was
invented by an Italian,- G. A.
Borelli, in 1675. Although un-
wieldy and Uncomfortable to
wear, it even had web-footed
bodts.
All sorts .of freakish shapes
and designs have been intro-
duced at various times, all of
them extremely hazardous for
the heroic fellows trying them
out. Though they worked within
reason, they 'were not really
successful.
One of these extraordinary
diving-suits was invented in
1715 by an Englishman, John
Lethbridge, of NewtOn Abbot.
It looked something like a leath-
er sack, with one end larger than
the other. A glass scuttle en-
abled the diver to see, and it
was 'suspended horizontally so
that he was lying in something
like a large covered-in seaman's
hammock with a window at the
bottom. He could only look
downwards. There were sleeves
for the wearer's arms and it
was inflated with enough air for
him to breath for a restricted
time.
Curiously enough, mankind
seemed to give up the idea of
conquering the ocean bed after
this. It was not until the end
of the 18th century that any-
one else had a try, and this time
it was a man named Kleingert,
of Breslau, who designed a suit
of leather jacket and drawers,
over which was placed a 'dome-
shaped cylinder reaching to the'
hips. Air was pumped down to
him through pipes attached to
the cylinder, arid the air pres-
sure preVented water entering
the sine Descent was made with
the aid of lead weights, and the
diver merely released these
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