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to The baseball season is in full swing
on all fronts. A thousand wordy battles
have been fought with umpires on
diamonds the width of the continent,
For, as in all sports where the contacts
are close and split seconds divide the
Issue, no two persons ever see a close
play alike.
Baseball hasn't made many changes of playing rules in
half a century. But in one respect the game has, since 1912,
undergone some notable improvements. That's in its um-
piring,
Fancy, in these days of from two ho four umpires per
game, the job of the single Umpire in 1912, The hardy official
Of that era began his arduous day's toil behind the plate,
palling balls and strikes. But when men were on base, he
hurried out from behind the bat and took his :hand behind
the pitcher, calling the close ones from distances of sixty
feet or mere,
For, he also had to decide the plays at all the bases.
Not having eyes in the rear of his cranium, he had to turn
when a fly ball was bit, so that he could watch the fielder,
turn to call a slide into the plate.
lie had to run out to the foul lines to watch whether a
fly ball was fair or foul. And he had to make a long range
iudgment as to 'what happened to the battered ball when it
was or wasn't a homer because of various ground rules,
In some games decisions were so many and so difficult
that it was certain he could make only snap judgment de-
cisions, then hope for the best, knowing that he had tried
10 be fair.
After it was all over, the umpire made his troubled way
to the dressing -room. En route, the players abused him, the
crowds baited him and quite often attacked him. He didn't
have anything like the supreme authority of today's umpires.
For all his troubles he received around $2,000 and ex-
penses per year. Trines have changed for umpires and um-
piring, and all for the better.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will bo welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge S. Toronto.
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By F. (BOB) VON PILUS
Canada is one Of the lucky
countries which still have free-
dom of the press. Their number
le slowly but steadily diminish-
ing.
According to a report in Unes-
ce News by Salvador P. Lopez
there are 50 countries in the
world today which are censor-
ing or controlling news at the
e0uree, 18 countries are banning
foreign newspapers and 13 are
banning correspondents.
Up to the end of the last war
The majority of states with a
fettered press were those under
Nazi or Fascist domination.
—ince the overthrow of Hitler's
and Mussolini's regimes, how-
ever, Communism is easily the
leader in the suppression of civil
and human freedoms including
the freedom of the press.
In country after country, with
the fall of the iron curtain the
light of free information goes
• Out, the press is subjected to
government control and the dis-
semination of news permitted
Only to strengthen the existing
order.
Atheistic Materialism
Based on Marx's doctrine that
there is. In the world only one
reality, matter, the blind forces
of which evolve into plant, ani-
mal and man, Communism de-
nies any difference between
matter and spirit, between soul
and body. It strips man of his
liberty, robs human personality
Of all its dignity and does not
recognize any right of the in-
dividual in his relations to the
collectivity.
Man is a mere cogwheel in
the Communist system which is
geared to one end only: the pro-
duction of material things.
Keep The Light Burning
Canada's press is free. Cana-
dian publishers and editors have
the right to print what they
like. No restreaints are placed on
them except the law against
libel and blasphemy,
But every right carries with
it a corresponding duty. Not
only have our newspapers the
right, they have also the duty
to print ALL the news that's
Ht to print.
Freedom et the press does not
mean that those in centre). of it
may release or withhold news
according to their whims. There
are usually two sides to a story
and both should be published.
The owner or editor has the
great privilege to air his views
on the editorial page. And so
have his readers. Communists
make good use Of this privilege;
others should do the same.
This column welcomes criti-
cism, constructive or destructive,
and suggestions, wise or other-
wise; it will endeavour to an-
swer all questions. Address all
mail to F. Von Pilis, Whitby,
Ontario.
ee Stings ,
A bee stings to protect itself
or the hive from danger. It is the
worker bee which has this duty
of protecting the community. The
stinger, a long, hollow tube with
a barb at the tip, grows out from
the rear end of the insect's body,
When the bee needs to protect
itself, a drop of poison is forced
down the tube, the barb is driv-
en into the foe and the poison is
discharged. A bee can sting only
once, as a general rule, for when
the insect tries to withdraw the
stinger, the barb usually breaks
off Sometimes the stinger is so
roughly torn from the bee's body
that it dies. The queen bee's
stinger does not have a barb,,
and so she can use it again and
again to sting rival queens. The
drone has no stinger. There are
several stingless bees. Some have
a sharp bite; others, instead, drop
a poison on their enemies.
Crossing The Finish Line — Never Say Die is shown winning the
1751h Epsom Derby at Epsom Downs. The winner finished just
ahead of Darius and Arabian Night,
Why Some Animals
Grow So Fast
A fly is born full-grown. It
never gets any bigger. A puppy
reaches full growth in about a
year, A few breeds of dogs take
a little longer to grow up, but
all of them are adult dogs before
the age of three. A human being
at three years is still little more
than a baby. Why do animals
grew up so soon? There are sev-
eral things to note about this,
One fact is that there is gen-
erally a certain proportion be-
tween a creature's length of life
and the time it takes to grow to
full size. As we should expect,
the growing -up process is quick-
er in the ease of an animal, such
as a dog, that is very old at fif-
teen years, than in the case of
a man who may live to be eighty
or more years old. The propor-
tion in growth between dogs and
humans is said to be One to
seven. That is, a dog at four-
teen years is as "old" physically
es a man at ninety-eight.
.Another fact is that in the
highest types of animals the
young creatures are much more
dependent upon their mothers,
and for a longer . time, than the
lower animals. This is true if we
compare the lives of a hen, which
is old at fourteen years, with
that of an elephant which may
live for a hundred years. The
chicken leaves its mother's side
and is able to take care of itself
after a few weeks. The young
elephant is a baby living on milk
for two years and remains under
its mother's care for at least two
more years. Not until it is around
'twenty years old is an elephant
full-grown,
This may suggest that there is
some relation between the grow-
ing body and the growing brain,
The creature with more brain
develops there slowly. A hen's
brain is of, low order, A hen lives
largely by instinct. It seems to
have some memory of the per-
son who feeds it but most hens
can be taught very little.
The elephant is one of the
most teachable of animals. Its
brain is not large, in comparison
with its body, but its memory is
good and the animal learns new
skills quickly and often seems to
reason. The elephant's brain, in
other words, is more complicated
than that of the hen. The hen
grows up quickly because.it does
not do so much growing up as
the elephant.
Size does not count, of course,
in this scale, but complexity does.
So it seems that the animals
with more complicated bodies
and brains develop more slowly,
are dependent longer upon their
mothers, are at their prime for
a longer time and go more slowly
down the hill toward old age than
do creatures with simpler sys-
tems.
Life: A constant struggle to
keep money . coming in, and
teeth, hair and stomach from
coming out.
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Nnte'national Emblems — No matter what flag they fly, beauties acquire an allegiance of admira-
tion from all the boys, everywhere. These lovely water skiers performed, from left, under the
flags of Great Britain, prance, the United States, Spain and the flag of the Confederate States of
America, during a festival at Pensacola.
How's Your
Spelling?
Once a year the skill of the
nation's typesetters (and copy
editors) is tested by a news story
on the national spelling champ-
ionship, This time the prize
has been carried off by 14 -year-
old William Cashore of Center
Square, Pa., with a correct rendi-
tion of the word "uncinated,"
In case you also are reaching
for a dictionary, the word means
"hooked; bent at the tip like a
hook." Looking back over ac-
counts Of previous contests, we
find that last year an Arizona
girl wen by correctly spelling
"soubrette" after her last rival
had tripped over "spermaceti."
In 1952, "farraginous" was the
key word.
In 1951 Irving Bela of Mem-
phis casually rolled out "insou-
ciant" to clinch the national
spelling title after having best-
ed his runner-up on "cuisine.".
But probably the most appro-
priate finish 'to such a contest
came in a . sixth -grade spelling
bee in' Baltimore two months
ago when the winning word
was "succeed.".
We hope we have succeeded in
spelling correctly the words in
this editorial, but we can't claim
to be insouciant about it. From
The Christian Science Monitor.
His "Courage"
Really yCame
From A Bottle
Soon after the crafty Jack
Kearns hooked up with his new
heavyweight, Jack Dempsey, the
two men made a tour of the
Southwest, meeting all comers.
Kearns billed the young heavy-
weight as "The Next World's
Heavyweight Ch a m pion" and
made 'as sure as he could that
nothing would happen to destroy
the fine property he was hand-
ling.
Working with Kearns at the
time was another foxy fellow by
the name of Bill McCarney, who
knew his fistic onions and all
the tricks in the fight game,
With a prospective champion on
their hands, the two astute
gentlemen took every precaution
to see that nothing unusual or
untoward befell their juicy meal
ticket. To make sure of this, Bill
Mcrsrney was sent ahead of the
troupe for the purpose of digging
up proper opponents in the
towns they were to visit.
Dempsey was booked to appear
in a certain Oklahoma hamlet
and McCarney arrived there be-
fore the others. Fie had a ter-
rible time trying to get a man
willing to take on the terror of
the ring. Finally, after search-
ing high and low, McCarney
managed to dig up a chap who
didn't look as though the first
breath of wind would blow him
apart.
On the night of the light Me -
Carney hustled to Kearns. "Look,
Jack," he said hurriedly "Demp-
sey better not waste too much
time with this fellow, Tie's scared
stiff and he's white as a sheet.
Dempsey better pop him over
before the natives get wise to
the phony and lynch us!"
Kearns immediately leaned
over the scowling Dempsey and
whispered quickly in his ear.
"Soon as that bell rings, Jaclt,
I want you to tear out and get
rid of this bozo in a hurry."
At this moment, Dempsey's
opponent climbed into the ring
and stripped off his bathrobe.
Instead of seeing a man as white
as a ghost in a sheet, Kearns
was horrified to see a fine-look-
ing chap whose skin was as red
and healthy as that of an Indian.
"Something's wrong," muttered
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the crafty manager. "Didn't Mc -
Carney say thirl guy was pale?
I wonder if we've been double-
crossed and this guy is a ringerl
I don't like the set-up one little
bit." And again he leaned over
his fighter. "Jack," he whis-
pered, "I think this guy is e
ringer. Better take no chances!"
"What's the difference to me
who he is?" growled Dempsey.
"I'll stiffen him anyhow!"
The bell clanged and Demp-
sey, as savage a man as any man
who ever lived, tore across the
ring, threw a vicious left hook
to the body, a right cross to the
chin, and stepped back to let the
red man sink to the canvas fn
a lifeless heap. The referee could
have counted to a thousand for-
wards and backwards as far as
the unfortunate fellow was con-
cerned.
Back in their dressing room,
Kearns muttered and growled as
Dempsey started for his shower.
Suddenly McCarney rushed in,
panting for breath. "Whew!" he
exclaimed. "Am I glad that's
over! COme on, you two, let's
get out of town fast!"
Kearns swung on McCarney
and grabbed him by the coat
lapel, "Listen, you dog!" he
cried. "What did you try to pull
on us tonight? What was the
idea of switching opponents?"
"You're crazy, Doc!" retorted
McCarney. "I didn't do anything
of the kind!"
"Oh, yeah?" sneered Kearns.
"I thought you told me the other
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"And he was!" roared McCar-
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way he looked. So I got hold of
a sponge and a big bottle of
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Kearns threw back his head
and howled. "How will the poor
guy get that stuff off?" he asked.
McCarney shrugged. "T hat's
his problem," he said. "My prob-
lem was getting it on!"
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