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By
GItOVER REIMA.N
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
to listen, but he waited.
"I wish you would quit baseball
and go into business with Father,"
she said, twisting her gloves in her
long finger:',
"We've talked about this before,
marling. hundreds of times. I
thought it was a closed subject."
"I'm reopening it, Matt. I've
worried sick night after night."
"We'll talk abort it after the
game," he said wearily and the old
anger grew large in his chest. Why
this againl
They had been married less than
a year and it had been the same
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- his car:.
Herr :;rre his people -the fans.
Rich and poor, they had one con --
smiting interest and he shared that
interest. Baseball was king in this
square of grass circled hy' 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 stapds went wild, :fatt glanc-
ed at Mary, but there vas no sign
of elation.
The Red Legs needed this win
to move into first place, but the
outlook was dine when the first
Iwo batters swgng three tines and
then carte back to the dugout.
Matt chose his bat and took his
,pfa e sat the.,plate.
• 112a7"y'•"as slid 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 lfatt 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 swung.
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 home run and the
ball game, He noticed the two girls
sitting next to :trate-, on their feet
and cheering.
Mary was waiting for him at the
clubhouse. He wanted to hear her
say it was a good hit, but her face
was clouded in thought. She took
his arra 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 into his hands.
A tousle haired boy standing on
Mary's side turned a freckled nose
to the boy standing beside him.
"Boy!" he murmured in awe.
"Matt Johnson. That's what I
want to be --a ball player like
Matt."
They ate (limier and conversa-
tion was sparse. Matt wasn't
happy, not with :fary feeling this
way. It looked like a choice --Mary._
or baseball He knew it would be
Mary, hut he loved baseball. The
bank job with Mary's father
would drive Irina crazy. If only
she could understated:
As he paid the check he heard
a than at a nearby table saying
to a woman in a turban:
"That's Nan Johnson, one of the
greatest second basemen in the flange.
That guy is a credit to the gauge and
to the country. Really a clean sports-
man and the idol of a million
kids , .. ."
Matt took Mary's arm and they
departed. IIe didn't want to hear
snore. In the car he Heade 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. ;1 selfish fool. 1
realized it when you bit the home
run and when the fans wanted
rem auto ;rape, And the way they
cheered. Those boys by the car,
wig^t they said, and the man in the
;r:li. Voir rant leave baseball,
:Matt. You are baseball!"
Fair and Circus Time Again -On vacant lots on the outskirts
of town and in city parks, fairs, carnivals and cir<cusses 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 reat
arra »; r Reef !s
Vast Showplace
Scientists call it "one of the ma-
rine wonders of the globe," Artists
describe it as a place where "nature
has allowed herself to run riot." The
average Australian, loss articulate.
hut just as appreciative, simply re-
fers to it as "wonderful." Its official
name is 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 al-
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 make 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 offeree!, Tour-
ists like the trips in glass -bottomed
boats to watch the trrarine life, in-
cluding the odd shark, Another no-
velty is watching the natives ride
turtles, After the turtles come up on
the beaches to tleposite eggs, natives
hop on their backs as they slowly
jog out into deep water.
is ,b *
The actual reef is not populated.
Year-round residents and visitors set
themselves up on small islands which
lie between the reef and the conti-
nent. Most of these atolls are pro=
trusions of sunken land though some
are coral. The majority of the is -
Agricultural Societies' Fairs
August
Aug.
Alntonte 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
Kcnora 21, 22
Kinmount .29, 30
Minden 20
Navels 30
Port Perry
Rainy River
Ridgetown
Sutton
September 1 - 6
30 & Sept. 1
28-30
26-28
7-9
Apsley
• Blackstocl:-Brighton
Chesley
Chesterville
Sept.
3,,4
2, 3
2, 3
5, 6
2, 3
Clute 3
Delta 1-3
Dryden 5, 6
Durham 4, 5
Milverton 2, 3
Ori!lia 4-6
Orono 5, 6
Parham 1
Perth r, 6
Russell 6
South Mountain 4, 5
Sturgeon Falls I
Tavistock .
September 8 - 13
e
Sept.
Aylmer 9.12
Blyth 10, 11
Ilothweil's Corners .. 12
ITracehridgc 11. 12
Centerville (Addington Co.) .. 9, 10
Charlton 9, 10
Clarence Creek 0 10
Cochrane 9, 10
Coe Hill 9, 10
Coldwater q 10
Comber 12 13
Cooksville 12, 13
Denbigh 10
Dresden 9-11
Emsdale 10, 11
Fergus 12. 13
Georgetown 12, 13
Grand Valley 11, 12
Hanover 10, 11
Lanark 11, 12
Lansdowne, 8-10
Lindsay 9-13
Lions Head 10, 11
Lombardy 12, 13
Merlin 11, 12
:.Mount Forest g 9
;tfurillo s 9, 10
New Hamburg 12, 13
Newington 11, 12
Orangeville 9, 10
Oshawa 8-10
Port Elgin ll, 12
Porquis ,function 11, 12
Renfrew 9-12
Riceville .................... 9, 10
Richmond 11-13
Ripley 11 12
Shameonville 12, 13
Sheguiandah 11, 12
Strathroy 8-10
Sandridge 11, 12
Trout Creek 9, 10
Upsala 13
Vanklcck Hill 11-13
Welland 10-13
Wellesley 9, 10
\\Vikwernikong 10, 11
Wooler 9, 10
September 15 - 20
Sept.
Beaverton • 19, 20
Binbrook 16, 17
Brampton 16, 17
/Turks Falls 18, 19
Caledon 19, 20
nd Exhibiti'sns, 1947
Christian Island 16, 17
Clarksburg 16, 17
Clifford , 16, 17
Cobden 16, 17
Deseronto 18
Desboro 18, 19
Drayton 19, 20
Dundalk 13, 16
Embro 15
Englehart 16, 17
Exeter 17, 18
Florence 18, 19
Forest 18, 19
Galt 18-20
Glencoe 15, 16
Huntsville 17, 18
Iron Bridge 17
Kincardine 18, 10
Lakefield 19, 20
Leamington 15-20
Listowel 17, e.8
McKellar ... 16-18
Mgnetawan 16, 17
Manitowaning 18, 19
Maxville
Metcalfe , .4
liiddleville
Midland
Napanee
Neustadt
Norwich
Oro
Paisley
Parkhill
Petrolia
Picton
Powassan
Providence Bay
Rosseau , 10, 17
Scaforth 10, 20
Severn Bridge 18
Shedden 17
Shelburne 111, 17
Smithville 10, 20
Spencerville 10, 17
Springfield 10, 17
Stella 17
Stirling 18, 19
Stratford 15-17
Sunderland 10. 17
Tweed 10, 17
Val Gagne 17
Warren 17, 18
1Viarton 18, 11)
September 22 - 27
Aberfoyle
Ancaster
Arthur
Ash worth
Atwood
AI Omore
Ayton
Bar River
Spruccdale 23, 24
Tara 24, 25
Thorndale 24
Tillsonburg 23, 24
Tiverton 23, 24
Underwood 23
Wallacetown 25, 26
Wyoming 26
September 29 - October 4
Oct.
Acton 3, 4
Alvinston 1, 2
Beamsville 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
Gorrie 3, 4
Langton
Markham 2 4
19, 29 Mirniora Sept. •30, Oct. 1
17 :feaftsrd 1, 2
18-20 Melbourne 3
15-17 Odessa :.....,... Sept. 30, Oct: 1
19' 20 Palmerston 1, 2
16,
16 17 St. Marys ....... Sept. 30, Oct. 1
4
Sept, 30, Oct. 1
1, 2
1
2, 3
Sept. 30, Oct. 1
Williamstown .... Sept. 29 -Oct, 1
Vt'ooclstocks 1-4
Zurich Sept, 29, 30
15, 1e. Streetsvillp
17 J Teeswater
15, 16 Thessalon
10, 20 Uxbridge
16, 1., Warkworth
10 17 , Waterdown
Beaehburg
Belleville
Ilohcaygeon
Bolton
Bonfield
Bruce !lines
Camphcllford
Garp
Col lingtvoo<I
Drumbo
Dunehureh
Dungarnebn
Elmvale
Feversham
Harriston
Holstein
Ilderton
Kemble
Kingston
Kir'kton
21
22-25
22, 24
24, 25
20, 27
23, 2-4
20, 27
21
2"2.2.3
22-21
20, 27
26, 27
22, 24
26, 27
2'-27
21,25
24 25
20
22-21
24, 25
25, 20
24, 25
24
2:1, 24
2.3-27
24, 25
Lucknow 23, 24
McDonald's ..... 26
:Moberly 24
Markdale 22, 23
Massey 23, 24
Mildmay 22 23
Milton 26, 27
Mitchel 23. 24
24
23, 24
24-26
27 & 29, 30
26, 27
Corners
Muncey (United Indian)
Oakwood
Ohsweken
Owen Sound
Paris
Port Hope 26, 27
Ramona ........ .... ........... 24
Rodney 22, 23
South River 25, 26
Bayfield
October 6 - 11
Oct.
7, 8
Belmont 8
Demorestl ille 8
Erin 11, 13
Highgate 10, 11
Ingersoll 9-11
:facloc 7, 8
Moraviantown (Indian)
.Mount Budges
Norwood 11, 13
Rocklyn 7, 8
Rockton 11, 13
Roscneath 9, 10
Schomberg 10, 11 •
Simone (Norfolk Comity) .... 6-9
Thedford 7, 8
Walsh 11
Walter's Valls 8 , 9
Woodbridge 11, 13
Walkerton . Dec. 2-4
International Plowing Match,
'Hemlock Park harms,
Kingston Oct, 14-17
No v.
Ottawa Winter Fair, Ottawa 11-14
Royal Winter Fair, Toronto 18-26
\Vingham (Horse Show) .. (i
,. 9
7
Britain Still Leads
In New Shipbuilding
The success of Britain's bid to
to regain world ship-buildhrg pre-
eminence is in heartening contra:It
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 strip
construction hi 1946 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•
tativc source of the world's sl'ip-
building figures.
British output for 1946 was 2.15,.
000 tons more than in 1915, an in-
crease of 26,2 per cent.
Canada, incidentally, ranked
third in figures 'of tonnage launch.
ed outside Britain i,Y 1') 8'i, with ,r
total tonnage of 71,9,13.
•
lands hae e small coral reefs which
prevent sharks from .coming too
close to land,
Some of the islands are occupied
on 99 -year leases by persons who
lead lives as lonely as lighthouse
keepers. When ships go by, island
families turn out to wave table-
cloths, clothes, or just their arnMs in
salutation,
* *
Although permanent residents of
the Great /Terrier Reef district man-
age to make a bare living, their
mode of life is hard. The principal
industry, aside from the tourist busi-
ness, is fishing or hunting for the
pearly shell of a clam kr>own as
the trochus which is used for button
manufacture,
The reef, submerged at high tide,
took nature an estimated 1,000,000
years to build. ft is still growing
-both in size and in importance as
one of Australia's natural attrac-
tions.
Not All Maniacs
We heat many wails of indigna-
tion from, the poor pedestrian who
is forced to pick' his hazardous way
through this high-speed age. But
the Automobile Legal Association
of Boston sends us an urgent plea
for justice to the maligned motor-
ist, who in 1940 traveled 240,000,-
000,000 miles in the United States,
yet killed only 9.7 people per 100,-
000,000 miles of vehicle travel. This
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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For constant. Smokicig ; aoasm'e
Ave ' t 9004 - ie.. `,4
ALSO H;, tl All ABLrfv
IN lh PO ND TINS
gessiessiair-
AeVesii
ROCH DANDENAULT
OF COM@BOOK, QUE.
braves strong current to
r� enter 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 clear, 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
failing fast when Chief of Police
Roca 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 cat sed dragged the man to
safety.
We are proud to pay tribute to
the gallantry of Police Chief
Roth Dandenault, of Coaticook,
Que., through the presentation
of the Dow Award.
rp1E DOW AWARD is a
citation for outstanding hero,
ism and ieeludcs, as a tangible
expression of appreciation, a
Sroo Canada Savings Bond,
Winners ere selected by the
Dew Award Committee, a
group of editors of leadirrp
Canadian daily newspapers,
A man's life was at stake! Chief of
Police Roclz Dandenault did not hesi-
tate. Ripping oil his coat, he dove
into the river and swam to the car.
After his courageous rescue, Chief
Dandenauit and the three victims
were treated by a Coatieoolc doctor.
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