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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1957-07-04, Page 7-717 dorp ►r -.elle Likes Williams but Not Rabbet Ball Ted Williams, says Ty Cobb, is one of the nicest fellows he ever met, a boy with a trernen- dous heart and a healthy, down- to-earth outlook on life.. So said the, greatest player in the history of baseball, at Kan- sas City an-sas.City foran old-timers', night before a game between the Red Sox and A's. "There has been an attempt in the past to build up a sort of feud between Williams ,and me," began the man whose re- cords still dominate the Little Red Book. "But anything in that vein written in the newspapers or sent out over the radio is most unfair and entirely incor- rect." ncorrecf" "I remember the first time 1 ever met Ted. It was before a World Series game between the Yankees' and Dodgers. Grant - land Rice. and I were walking up a ramp and 'Grant' spotted Ted ahead of us. When Rice in- troduced us Ted asked me if T could teach him how to hit to left field. I said I .couldn't teach him, but I could tell him how I did it. "Well, the next clay — and 1 still don't know how they got any part of the story, because they didn't get it from Rice — a story came out that when I tried to show Williams show to hit to left field, he popped off and belittled me, as well as all old -times. It wasn't true. I have talked with him two or, three times since and he has always been just as nice to me as any- one could be." Cobb was told that Williams has been hitting to the left side more than ever this season, . one of the reasons his average has been over or around the .400 mark. "I figured Ted loses about 20 base hits a year because they shift on him," Ty said. "In one game alone I saw him hit three line. drives right at the second baseman, who - was playing in short right field. But as I've laways told him, he can break It up if he hits to the opposite field. Bab Ruth did. The Babe would even bunt when they shifted on him. "I'm glad to hear Ted has been going to left more. That's all he eves needed to be one of the .greatest. He has all the Gest." Cobb told how a California writer had called him on the telephone a f t Cleveland's Herb Score had been hit with a line drive. "The fellow wanted nae to blame night ball for Score's accident,- but, I couldn't," he went on. "How -can you rap something that has done so much for'baseball - that makes It possible for the working man to go out to the park after working hours ? The one thing I don't like about the modern game Is the lively ball. It has taken away the value of the single run and eliminated the smart, scientific game. The low score, close game was a thrilling thing to watch. "I often wonder what Larry Lajoie would have done against this lively ball," Ty said, smiling. "He had a wonderful stroke, like Williams, and would almost tear the legs off the third baseman, even with the dead ball." Keep your better SILVER FROM TARNISHING by wrap- ping and storing it in'aluminum foil. Heavier gauge foil, such as the new quilted type, may be used again and again for this purpose.. BEFORE LEAVING FOR MONTREAL on her maiden voyage, the 22,000 -ton Cunard liner Sylvania is put through her paces during her recent trials off the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Sylvania's debut marks completion of Cunard's :90,000 -ton Canadian service building program which has delivered within three years the Sylvania and her sister -vessels, Saxonia, Ivernia and Carinthia. Wiem'o ries Of Those Pe From our home on Metro- politan Avenue, it was only a skip and a hop to the store. You never stuck to the sidewalk, however, for it was far more fun to walk algng the gutter and break tar bubbles. The scorching summer sun formed then in soft patches of tar along the edge of the road. Some had beautifully curved, shiny black convex surfaces as large as a half dollar. One poke with a stick would release the trapped water, a sight that never failed to please. (Just why, I am now at a loss to state.) Breaking bubbles prolonged the trip and your anticipation, but if you broke every bubble along the way, you could still reach the store in less than ten minutes. When you came to the corner of Metropolitan and Westminster, you crossed into the center of the street and en- tered the little park that cre- ates an oasis of green. The grass was a bit shabby to be sure; the young oaks al- though resplendent in their green garb usually had a broken low- er limb or two, and the cross- paths were rocky, but it was a great spot just the same. Many a game of mumblety-peg had been played on the turf; many a broken jacknife blade resulted from striking a rock that prior desultory probing had failed to locate. Directly across from the up- per end of the park, stood a large duplex house. One corner room had been used as a gro- cery for as long as I can re- member and it is probably so occupied today. As you entered the door, the penny candy coun- ter with its sloping glass front, spotted with the semi -transpar- ent impressions of small noses and sticky fingers, was at the left. As often as not, the room was empty, for the owner lived in an apartment above and be- hind the store. A small window in the rear wall opened into his kitchen. When the bell over the door jangled, a face would ap- SAFEST TIME to drive is between 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. Study shows that although the flow of traffic is heavier during thein hours, the risk per unit of traffic is less. 11 12 10 2 A.M. 4 RISKY DRIVING comes in a period when only five per cent of the traffic volume is en the roads. Thirteen per cent of all fetal traffic accidents happen between midnight and 3:59 A.M. NNew— art SAFER DRIVING hours are between 4:00 MOST LETHAL time of day to drive is A,M. and 7:59 A.M. In this period 10 -after 4:00 P.M., because that's when the per cent of fatal traffic accidents hasp chalices for fatal accidents are greatest. pen, with only eight percent of the tad.: 4:00 P.M, and 7:59 P.M. is when fc volume on: the road. 27 per cent of fatal accidents happen. SAFETY; TIME — Did you know that the safest time to dr•ve your car Is when the traffic is heaviest? That's the surprising conclusion drawn by Dr. A. R. Lauer and. C. O. Swanson of Iowa. State College's driver -training laboratory following ex- exhaustive studies. This and some of their other findings are Illustrated on Newschart above. ny Candies pear, and soon he or she — would enter from a hallway at the right. Time spent waiting for Mr. of Mrs. Pomer was never wasted. You had a great array of candy to look over, and if more than one penny was yours to spend, many difficult deci- sions to make, compounded by the numbers of coppers involv- ed. I knew the contents of that case by heart and the precise location of each item, but this never seemed to lessen the mag- nitude of the problem. There were many factors to be weighed. Some candies were three for a cent, such as the fragrant green mint leaves we all liked, others such as Boston Baked Beans were measured out in le small wooden bean - pot, and quite a number of deli- cious candycoated peanuts were yours for a cent. Long strips of jet black lico- rice were a great favorite and probably gave you as much value for a penny as any item in the case. The real licorice was great, but I recall that the red and green items that as- sumed the shape of licorice whips had a taste that left much to be desired. If memory serves me correct- ly, an all -persuasive odor of pickle lingered in the vicinity of the candy counter. It came from an ornate jar, once used for candy, that stood on top of the Counter. A whole pickle was five cents; a generous slice was a mere three pennies. Pickles and I have never been great friends, but I'll readily admit that a candy counter can only be the real thing if you can sniff pickle smell around it. Closing my eyes and scanning from left to right, I'd say the line-up in the Porner candy case went something ;,eke this. First came mint juleps, a tangy candy that was two for a cent and had a flavor that made them dangerous things to eat in a classroom. Any teacher could detect the 'smell of a mint julep, or the green leaves, at a good half mile. Or at least so it seemed. Next in the row came non- pareils, the little chocolate wafers with the white jimmy. Next came bull's-eyes, which require no description. If you have never eatena bull's-eye, yeu've never spent a childhood in Massachusetts. Maple sugar cakes came next, followed close- ly by little tin dishes complete witha small tin, spoon. The dish was filled with a soft creamy mixture that usually proved to be tougher than the spoon, You wound up scraping the, -sweet from the tin with your teeth, but this was considered all part of the game. One or my favorite candies was a small bar about two inches long, one-quarter inch square, a muddish brown in col- or and rather coarse in texture. its flavor was a bit on the minus side, but its name made up for all ' deficiencies. With typical Yankee forthrightness it was called a mud bar, and it was worth a cent any day. In fact, I'd: gladly pay almost any sum for one right now. You can't write about penny candyand ornit such items as the small candies which came fastened to a narrow strip of •'. white paper. • Memory fails to produce•a name, but the amount of paper consumed along with the candy kept this item from being held in high esteem by my set. Along the bottom pf the case were such delicacies as imita- tion ice cream cones, Mary Janes, Bolsters, and small wax bottles which contained a sweet liquid. These "candies" gave you double value, -You bit off the top of the bottle, drank the liquid, and then chewed the container until the wax crum- bled to dust, Not one of my favorites at all, Next to the wax items came the candy peanuts and bananas, and just past them the candy which every youngster liked — old fashioneds. Creamy white, they had a sort of bittersweet chocolate coating, an unbeatable combination. One or two other select child- hood sweets must be mentioned. There was Oh Boy Gum, a giant -sized stick In a brilliant yellow wrapper, It was prob- ably the first appearance of bubble gum. Just the size of the stick alone made Oh Boy Gum a bargain; the fact that you could blow bubbles with it as well was sheer largesse deliv- ered by a benevolent manufac- turer. Oh Boy Gum probably got more youngsters into hot water in school than any gum since — but it was worth it. w * * 1 only wish that my boys might have the pleasure of being able to buy penny candy at a neigh- borhood grocery. A grocery run by friends and neighbors, not strangers, who considered boys and girls with a smile on their faces and a penny clutched tight- ly in one moist palm as among their most valued customers. — From an article by Philip Brady in The Christian Science Monitor. Long -Lasting Fire While visiting Devon recent- ly, a traveller discovered one evening a fire which has been burning continuously for 150 years. It is in .the parlour of a quaint inn on the rolling, heather -covered expanse of Dartmoor. Matches as we know tl em to -day had not been in- vented when it was first lighted. Flint and tinder were used. Every night this non-stop fire is replenished with peat. 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