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By
GROVER HEIMAN
Mary's eyes had been serious as
Matt turned to go into the club-
house and he knew she was going
to say something. He didn't want
lo listen, but he waited.
"I wish you would quit baseball
and go into business with Father,"
she said, twisting her gloves in her
long fingers.
"We've talked about this before,
darling. Hundreds of tines, I
thought it was a closed subject."
"Pm reopening it, Mntt. I've
worried sick night after night."
"We'll talk about it after the
game," he said wearily and the old
anger grew large in his chest Why
this again!
They had been married less titan
a year and it had been the sante
story since spring training. Sure
he had been lucky to get her. Or
was it lucky to marry a girl with a
cool million?
The cheers of the crowd that
greeted the Red Legs when the
team poured out of the clubhouse
was music to itis ears,
Hr,c •:err his pruplc-the fans.
Rich and poor, they had one con-
suming interest and he shared that
interest. Baseball seas king in this
square of grass circled by stands and
myriads of faces.
The game rocked along as a
pitcher's duel. Matt worked a
fast double play in the top of the
eighth to nip a Greenie rally and
the stands went wild. Matt glanc-
ed
lanceed at Mary, but there was no sign
of elation.
The Red Legs needed this win
to move into first place, but the
outlook was dim when the first
two batters swung three times and
then came back to the dugout.
Matt chose his hat and took his
place at the plate.
Mary was still on his mind and
he watched the first ball slant in
and faintly heard the umpire call
a strike. The next pitch was a
strike and Matt gave the bill of his
cap a jerk and leaned closer. Slow
burning anger boiled up then and
he was eager for the next throw.
He wanted to hit it with every-
thing he had, wanted to hurt the
ball because he was hurt. It carie
and he swing,
The solid crack of the bat told
the fans and they rose as one to
cheer. Matt looked over his
shoulder after touching second
and grinned. A Monte run and the
ball game. I -Ie noticed the two girls
sitting next to Mary, on their feet
and cheering.
Mary was waiting for him at the
C bin, @,t,t'
clubhouse. IIe wanted to hear her
say it was a good hit, but her Tice
was clouded in thought. She took
his arm and they walked to the
gate. A mass of humanity met
Matt, and he had to halt. He au-
tographed the ball and then books,
tickets and anything else they
shoved intn his bands,
A tousle -haired boy standing on
Mary's side turned a freckled nose
to the boy standing beside him,
"Boy I" he murmured in awe,
"Matt Johnson. That's what I
want to be -a ball player like
Matt,"
They ate dinner and conversa-
tion was sparse, Matt wasn't
happy, not with ktary feeling this
way. It looked like a choice -Mary
or baseball. He knew it would be
Mary, but he loved baseball. The
bank job with Mary's father
would drive him crazy. I1 only
she could understand:
As he paid the check he heard
a man at a nearby table saying
to a woman in a turban:
"Thai's lint Johnson, one of the
greatest second basemen in the game.
That "guy is a credit to the game and
to the country. Really a clean sports-
man and the idol of a million
kids....
Matt took Mary's arm and they
departed. He didn't want to hear
more. In the car he made up his
mind. It would be better to break
with the game now than later. He
knew it, because he knew himself,
"Mary , about baseball. .
She put her finger over his lips
and kissed his cheek, "I've been
a fool, darling. A selfish fool. I
realized it when you hit the home
run and when the fans wanted
your autograph. And the way they
cheered. Those boys by the car,
what they said, and the man in the
grill. You can't leave baseball,
Matt. You are baseball!"
Mounties In West
Get Two-way Radios
The two-way radio communica-
tions network linking the Prairie
Provinces, to be operated by the
R.C.M.P., should be of great assist-
ance in the policing of the West.
Incidentally, it will be the first of
its kind ever used by the R.C.iI.P.,
notes The Edmonton Journal.
High-powered equipment will be
installed it, most Western detach-
ments. Subject to the limitations of
radio range, police cars will be
equipped with two-way sets, and
three R.C.M.P. planes in Alberta
will be similarly outfitted.
From the standpoint of crime de-
tection. a system of speedy com-
munication through three Provinces
should prove of inestimable value.
But its usefulness will go far be-
yond the necessary police function
of apprehending wrong -doers. The
"Mounties" of today have so many
other duties, particularly in outly-
ing areas, that the radio set-up
should serve as public "insurance"
in other ways.
It wjii speed the calling of med-
ical aid to remote eettters in need
of such attention and in reporting
bush or forest fires.
More Important
"aloe, sat, "said ilfacphterson, "just
double up your fists like ibis -versa
tightly."
"Oda, for .shame on ye, Sandy," in-
terrupted his wife, "teaching the nuee
bairn to fight, an' him only five
years old."
"1 wasna teaching hint 10 fight. 1
Teas just showing the laddie hoo to
carry a penny safely!"
MOPSY byGLADYS PARKER
HE WANTED
TO GO OWE
WAY AND r
WANTED TO GO
THE OTHER, SO
HE TOSSED
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Fair and Circus Times sin --Un tarifa Iv,s 1,,ecu ;;iris
of town and in city parks, fairs, carnivals and eircnsses are
doing a land office business with the younger set, another of
summer joys to make the long holidays speed away. Midway
operators. an eye to the opening of the Canadian National
Exhibition, proclaim this will be their greatest year in Canada.
Australia's Great
Barrier Reef Is
Vast Showplace
Scinttisls call it "one of the ma-
rine wonders of the globe." Artists
describe it a: a place where "nature
has allowed herself to run riot" The
average Australian, less articulate
hot just as appreciative, simply re-
fers to it as 'wonderful." Its official
name iv the Great Barrier Reef. A
formation of multi -colored coral is-
lands, it stretches for 1,200 miles off
the Queensland coast of northeastern
Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef has 111 -
ways been a mecca for beauty -loving
Australians and current suggestions
in government circles are that it may
be fitted up with enough conveni-
ences to hake it the Common-
wealth's showplace,
.A year-round, warm -weather re-
sort, it draws all types of visitors,
Among the most famous was the late
novelist Zane Grey, who loved it for
the deep-sea Fishing it offered. Tour-
ists like the trips in glass -bottomed
bonts to watch the marine life, in-
cluding the odd shark. Another no-
velty is watching the natives ride
turtles. After the turtles come up on
the beaches to deposite eggs, natives
hop on their backs es they slowly
jog out into deep water,
k s v
The actual reef is not populated,
Year-round residents and visitors set
themselves up on small islands which
he between the reef and the conti-
nent. Alost of these atolls are pro-
trusions of sunken land though some
are coral. The majority of the is -
Agricultural S
August
Aug.
Almonte .. 28-30
Arnprior 25-27
Canadian Lakehead Exhibition
(Fort William and
Port Arthur) 4-9
Canadian National Exhibition,
Toronto 22 -Sept. 6
Central Canada Exhibition,
Ottawa 18-23
Elmira 29, 30 & Sept. 1
Emo 26, 27
Harrow 28-30
Hymers Aug. 30 & Sept. 1
Kenora 21, 22
Kinmount 29, 30
Minden 20
Navan 30
Port Perry 30 & Sept. 1
Rainy River 28-30
Ridgetown 26-28
Sutton 7-9
September 1 - 6
e Sept.
Apsley 3, 4
Blackstock 2, 3
Brighton 2, 3
Chesley 5, 6
Chestervillc 2, 3
Clute 3
Delta 1-3
Dryden 5, 6
Durham 4, 5
Milverton 2, 3
Oriliia 4-6
Orono 5, 6
Parham 1
Perth 5, 6
Russell 6
South Mountain 4, 5
Sturgeon Falls 1
Tavistock 5, 6
September 8 - 13
Sept.,
Aylmer 9-12
Blyth 30, 31
Bothwell's Corners 12
Bracebridge 11,' 12
Centerville (Addington Co.) .. 9, 10
Charlton 9, 10
Clarence Creek 9 10
Cochrane 9, 10
Coe Hill 9, 10
Coldwater 9, 10
Comber 12, 13
Cookseine 12, 13
Denbigh 10
Dresden 9-11
Emsdale 10, 11
Fergus 12, 13
Georgetown 12, 13
Grand Valley 11, 12
Hanover 30, 11
Lanark 11, 12
Lansdowne 8-10
Lindsay 9-13
Lions Head 10, 11
Lombardy 12, 13
Merlin 11, 12
Mount Forest 8, 9
Murillo 9, 10
New Hamburg , . 12, 13
Newington 11, 12
Orangeville 9, 10
Oshawa 8-10
Port Elgin 31, 12
Porquis Junction 11, 12
Renfrew 9-12
Ritevitle 9, 10
Richmond 11-33
Ripley 11, 12
Shannonville 12, 13
Sheguiandah . 11, 12
Strathroy 8-10
Sundridge 11, 12
Trout Creek 9, 10
Upsala 13
Vanitleek Hill 11-13
Welland ,,.,..,,... 10-13
Wellesley 9, 10
Wikwemikong 10,• 11
Wooler 9, 10
September 15 - 20
Sept.
Beaverton .... 19, 20
Binbrook 16, 17
Brampton 16, 17
Burks Falls 18, 19
Calcdon 19, 70
cieties' Fairs and Exhibitions, 1947
Christian Island
Clarksburg
Clifford
Cobden
Deseronto
Desboro
Drayton
Dundalk
Embro
Englehart
Exeter
Florence
Forest
Galt
Glencoe
Huntsville
Iron Bridge
Kincardine
Lakefield
Leamington
Listowel
McKellar
Magnetawan
Manitowaning
Maxville
Metcalfe
Middleville
Midland
Napanee
Neustadt
Norwich
Oro
Paisley
Parkhill
Petrolia
Picton
Powassan
Providence Bay
Rosseau
Seafortlt
Severn Bridge
Shedden
Shelburne
Smithville
Spencerville
Springfield
Stella
Stirling
Stratford
Sunderland
Tweed
Val Gagne
Warren
Wiarton
September 22 - 27
Aberfoyle
Anraster
Arthur
Ashworth
Atwood
Avonntore
Ayton
Bar River
Beachg
Bellevillehnir
Bobcaygeon
Bolton
Bonfield
Bruce Mines
Campbellford
Carp
Col littgwood
Drumbo
Dunchurch
Dungannon
Elmvale
Feversham
Harriston
Holstein
Ildcrton
Kemble
Kingston
Kirltton
Lucknow
McDonald's Corners
Maberly
Markdale
Massey
Mildmay
Milton
Mitchel
Muncey (United Indian)
Oakwood
Ohsweken
Owen Sound
Paris
Port Hope
Ramona
Rodney
South River .
16, 17
16, 17
16, 17
16, 17
18
18, 19
19, 20
15, 16
15
16, 17
17, 18
18, 19
18, 19
18-20
15, 16
17, 18
17
18, 19
19, 20
15-20
17, 18
16-18
10, 17
18, 1p
16-18
19, 20
17
18-20
15-17
19, 20
18, 17
10, 17
15, 10
17
15, 10
19, 20
10, 17
16, 17
16, 17
19, 20
18
17
16, 17
19, 20
16, 17
16, 17
17
18, 19
15-17
16, 17
16, 17
17
17, 18
18, 19
21, 24
23-25
23, 24
24, 25
26, 27
23, 24
26, 27
24 •
22-24
22-24
20, 27
26, 27
24
23, 29
23, 24
26. 27
25-27
2-1, 25
24, 25
26
22-24
24, 25
25, 26
24, 25
24
23, 24
25-27
24, 25
23, 24t
26
24
22, 23
23, 24
22, 21
26. 27
23, 24
24
23, 21
24-26
27 & 29, 30
26, 27
26, 27
24
22, 23
.....,... 25, 26
Sprucedale 23, 24
Tara 24, 25
Thorndale 24
Tilisonburg 23, 24
Tiverton 23, 24
Underwood 23
Wallacetown 25, 26
Wyoming 26
September 29 • October 4
Oct.
Acton 3, 4
Alvinston 1, 2
Beamsvilie Sept. 30, Oct. 1
Breeton • 1, 2
Brighton 1
Brussels 2, 3
Burford Sept. 30, Oct. 1
Caledonia 2-4
Chatsworth 2, 3
Dorchester 1
Fairground 1
Gorric 3, 4
Langton 1
Markham 2-4
Marmara Sept. 30, Oct. 1
Meaford 1, 2
Melbourne 3
Odessa Sept. 30, Oct. 1
Palmerston 1, 2
St. Marys Sept. 30, Oct. 1
Streetsville 4
Teeswater Sept. 30, Oct. 1
Thessalon 1, 2
Uxbridge 1
Warkworth 2, - 3
Waterdown Sept. 30, Oct. 1
Williamstown Sept. 29 -Oct. I
Woodstock 1-4
Zurich Sept. 29, 30
October 6 - 11
Oct.
Bayfield 7, 8
Belmont 8
Demoreetvi]le ... ... 8
Erin 11, 13
Highgate 10, 11
Ingersoll 9-11
Madoc 7, 8
Moraviantown (Indian) 8, 9
Monro Brydges 7
Norwood 11, 13
Roeklyn _ 7, 8
Rockion 11, 13
Roseneath 9, 10
Schomberg ' 10, 11
Simcoc (Norfolk County) .... 6-9
Thedferd 7, 8
Walsh ................... 11
Walter's Falls 8, 9
Woodbridge 31, 13
Walkerton Dec. 2-4
International Plowing Match,
Hemlock Park Farms,
Kingston Qct. 14-17
Nov.
Ottawa Winter Fair, Ottawa 11-14
Royal Winter Pair, Toronto 18-26
Wingbam (Horse Show) .. 6
Britain Still Leads
In New Shipbuilding
The success of Briiain's bid to
to regain world ship -building pre-
eminence is in heartening contrast
with the difficulties and disap-
pointments the United Kingdom
is encountering in other lines in
her drive for industrial recovery,
observes the Sault Daily Star.
Britain's output of new ship
construction in 3946 more than
equalled that of the rest of the
world combined, for the first time
since 1930, it is revealed in Lloyd's
Register of Shipping, the authori-
tative source of the world's ship-
building figures.
British output for 1946 was 235,-
000 tons more than in 1945, an in-
crease of 26.2 per cent,
Canada, incidentally, ranked
third in figures of tonnage launch-
ed outside Britain in 1946, with e
total tonnage of 71,898.
lauds have small coral reefs which
prevent sharks from tenting too
close 10 land.
Some of the islands are occupied
on 99 -year leases by persons who
least lives as lonely • as lighthouse
keepers. When ships go by, island
families turn out to wave table-
cloths, clothes, or just their arms in
salutation.
Although permar
nent residents of
the Creat Barrier Reef district man-
age to make a hare living, their
mode of life is ]card. The principal
industry, aside from the tourist busi-
ness, is fishing or hunting for the
pearly shell of a clans known as
the trochus which is used for button
manufacture,
The reef, submerged at high tide,
tools nature an estimated 1,000,000
years to build. it is still growing
-both in size and in importance as
one of Australia's natural attrac-
tions.
Not All Maniacs
Wt• hear many wails of indigna-
tion from the poor pedestrian who
is forced to pick his hazardous way
through this high-speed ago. But
the Automobile Legal Association
of Boston sends us an urgent plea
for justice to the maligned motor-
ist, who in 1t146 traveled 240,0110,-
000,000 miles in the Urdtcd States,
yet killed only 9.7 pt'opie per 100,-
000,000 utiles of vehicle travel. 'f his•
disposes, they say, of the fiction
that every harmless pedestrian be-
comes an irresponsible maniac the
moment he gets behind the wheel.
Concrete Freight Cars
Cast reinforced concrete freight
cars are being made in Germany,
it is reported: all parts are case
concrete except wheels, springs,
and drawbars.
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DANDENAULT
IF MARCU®MM QUE.
braves strong current to
ernfer submerged car
The automobile careened craz-
ily and plummeted into the
Coaticook River. Only the top
showed above the water. Then,
as horror-struck spectators
thronged the bank, they saw two
men break cleat, and struggle
frantically in the current. In a
few moments ropes were brought
to their rescue.
But still trapped in the near -
submerged automobile was a
third occupant ..: only staying
alive by pressing his face to the
roof of the car, and breathing
from a scant one inch air space
between the surface of the water
and the roof. His strength was
falling fast when Chief of Police
Roch Dandenault dove into the
icy water. On reaching the car
Dandenault had a desperate
underwater struggle to open the
door against the strong current.
But finally his heroic efforts were
rewarded. He forced his way into
the car and dragged the man to
safety.
We aro proud to pay tribute to
the gallantry of Police Chief
Roch Dandenault, of Coaticook,
Que., through the presentation
of the Dow Award.
THE DOW AWARD is a
citation for outstanding harm
ism and includes, as a tangible
expression of appreciation, a
$zoo Canada Savings Bond.
'Winnows are selected by the
Dote Award Committee, a
ct'ottp of editors of lending
Canadian daisy newspapers,
A man's life was at stake! Chief of
Police Roch Dandenault did not hesi-
tate. Ripping off his coat, he dove
into the river and swam to the car.'
After his courageous rescue, Chief
Dandenault and the three victims
were treated by a Coaticook doctor,