SOUTHERN
OREGON
N E W S R E V IE W
Little League Provides Baseball
For U.S. Youngsters 8 to 12
The Soft-Hearted Railroad Detective Thought
He W anted Coal to Take to His Poor Old Mother
By BILLY ROSE
If the m an who was yard detective at the East River tugboat
term inal 40 years ago will drop around to my office. I'd like to p re
sent him w ith a pair of do w n -fro n t tickets for the show playing at
my theater.
„ .
What did the yard d ick do to rate these fro n t-ro w d u c a ts ' Well, I can t
answer that one w ithout sketching in a b it of m y bum ptious background . . .
The year Senator T a ft’ s pop be-
came President, the Roses were
man whose idea of a good time
liv in g in a r a il
was Io catch lu o coal thieves at
road fla t on the
once and knock their heads to
low er East Side
gether.
—four rooms in a
One
m urderously cold F ebruary,
row , each w ith a
I was stu ffin g an old sack w ith
w in d o w
th a t
choice chunks of anthracite when
leaked cold c li
the
d ick sneaked up and caught me
m ate. Our central
blackhanded.
heating
system
“ D on’t ya know what happens to
consisted
of
a
kids
who ste a l? " he said.
squarish stove In
I could have to ld ' h im they get
the kitchen, and
B illy Rose
w arm , but decided not to.
the cost of coal
“ Don’ t te ll me—le t me guess.”
being w hat it was (15 cents a bag),
It was seldom that the home fires he went on. “ Ya got a poor old
m other and unless ya b rin g home
were burning.
Most of the tim e I w ent around some coal she'll catch her death
the house w ith a la d y's stocking of c o ld ."
“ H ow 'd ya know ?" I said.
stretched over m y ears, but when
“ I also suppose ye r old man
it got so blustery th a t even that
d id n 't help. I would stick an old hasn’t worked in six m onths."
" I t a in 't th a t long.” I said, “ but
flo u r bag into m y pants, ease m y
way into the yard back of the tu g he don’ t m ake m uch even when he
boat te rm in a l south of M anhattan does w o rk .”
“ A dozen tim es a day I hear the
bridge, and swipe as m uch coal as
I could c a rry fro m the piles used same s to ry ," said the ya rd detec
tive. “ I know it lik e I know m y
to fire the boilers of the tugs.
na m e ."
Then, at now, I was b u ilt
Suddenly, to m y unbelief, he
close to the ground and fast as
handed me the bag of coal and
a ll get-out, so I usually got au ay
w alked away. “ D on't le t me catch
clean as a clinker from the yard
ya again,” he said.
detective— an oyster-faced little
Most people w hen th in k in g about organized baseball Instantly
p ictu re the m ajor or m inor leagues, the set-u p ruled by czar “H ap
py" C handler. They miss en tirely the strongest baseball idea which
has ever spread over the U nited States, th at of the L ittle League,
As I got to the gate he yelled,
“ W ait a m in u te ." and scaled a s il
ver dollar in m y direction. " M a y
be th is 'll help o u t."
I picked up the buck, floated out
of the yard and kept floating u ntil
1 came to a vacant lot on R ivlngton
street where a bunch of m y pals
were m aking a snow man.
" D id ya get it? " one of them
asked.
“ Nothing to it , " I said.
11"/ used lu o lumps fo r the
eyes, a large chunk for the nose,
a few smaller pieces fo r the
mouth, and there was enough
le ft over for a row of buttons
down the fro n t and a bell clear
around the middle.
What did I do w ith the dollar?
Well, there was a little cutie on
R ivington street who had never
given me a tum ble, and so I o f
fered to buy her a hot chocolate at
S lifk in ’ s drugstore.
“ You mean you got m oney?" she
said.
“ I not only got fo r hot chocolate,"
I bragged, "b u t fo r movies and
a fte r, maybe, ice c re a m ."
“ T hat would be peachy," said the
little doll, flashing the kind of
sm ile that in la te r years I had to
give up diamonds to see . . .
Well, there it is, the nasty little
secret I'v e been harboring fo r 40
years. I w on't go as fa r as to say
it's been keeping me awake nights,
but—well. I'd feel a lot better if the
old yard detective were to pick up
those dow n-front ducats.
BETATRO N . . . E nrico F e rm i,
Nobel prise w inner, mans the
controls as the U n ive rsity of
Chicago's 100-m illlon-volt beta
tro n , second most pow erful
atom -sm asher In the w orld,
undergoes a tr ia l run.
This Is
Your Paper
Local News
Is Big, Too
By W illiam R Nelson
H E WORD "new spaper” o ve r
sim p lifie s the functions of the
in stitu tio n so named, because a
newspaper publishes much m ore
than the news of its com m unity.
V irtu a lly a ll newspapers re g u la rly
contain e d ito ria ls, features such as
this, and advertising, none of which
is included when speaking of news.
Strangely enough, the histories of
famous newspapers disclose most
won fam e because ot contents other
than news. T hat proves, editors be
lieve, that readers approve of, want
and enjoy a v a rie ty of m a te ria l In
th e ir newspapers.
To give read-
Functions
ers
a better
THE
of
cross-section of
FICTION
Newspaper
current events,
a n e w s paper
CORNER
By Richard H. Wilkinson
im p a rtia lly and o b jectively reports
the news, discusses and interprets
it w ith e d ito ria ls, and entertains
H E DOOR M A R K E D “ P riv a te " ing for. Young, fresh viewpoint, and in fo rm s in feature and adver
opened and a g irl appeared. new ideas. I f he's w orth $275 to tising columns.
"Com e in please, M r. J e ffre y ," Irw in or any one else, he’ s w orth
News is an accurate account ot
$300 to us. I ' l l handle it m yse lf.”
she said.
highlights of a happening of interest
When M r. Gunner decided to to the paper's readers. That is why
T u lly dropped the magazine he
had been reading onto the recep handle anything he went to town. it is necessary to say black is
tion room table, This tenaciousness was responsible white, if that is what someone
rose, buttoned the fo r the success of his present firm . stated, even though the reporter,
- M inute coat o i his doub 'e* N ever give up when you th in k you editor and newspaper know d iffe r
have something good, was his m o t ently.
breasted
s u it,
And th a t is why a report
n e n o n s tra ig h tened
his to. Thus it was that T u lly, re tu rn about a m eeting of local o fficia ls
ing home late from the theater, is as im p o rta n t news here as a
----------------------- tie and stepped
found a middle-aged, p o rtly, im session of the legislature or of the
past the g irl.
“ M r. Gunner,” said the g irl, “ has portant looking man parked before congress.
an appointm ent this m orning. He his door.
The home town newspaper's edi
“ I ’ m August G unner.” the p o rtly to ria ls and its educational and en
asked our M r. Jacobs to ta lk to
man said. “ M y man Jacobs—"
te rta in m e n t features m ay not re
you.”
“ Told you I said you couldn’ t pay ceive
as
widespread
attention,
A rage seized T u lly , and a de
te rm in a tio n. He thought: “ To hell w hat I'm w o rth ," T u lly finished. n u m e rica lly, as do those of m etro
“
He
was
rig
h
t.
You
can't.
Good
politan papers, but proportionately
w ith Gunner and his job! I'm going
back to Boston. B ut firs t I ’ m going night. M r G u n n e r."
they are even m ore im portant. They
U ninvited, M r. Gunner fo l
are more closely representative of
in there and te ll th a t yes-man
lowed T u lly inside the room.
w hat I fig u re I ’ m w orth. Maybe
w hat the "g ra ss ro o ts" of our coun
“ I th in k ." he said, “ that your
tr y thinks, approves and disap
w hat I fig u re I ’ m w o rth ."
uncle rather expected you to go
proves, because A m e rica 's home
The yes-man was a typ ica l,
to work fo r us when you came
towns are the backbone of our na
e ffic ie n t yes-man, sm all, be
to New Y o rk ."
tion.
spectacled and used to handling
S ixty per cent
“ C o rre c t." said T u lly. “ So w h a t? "
unpleasant duties fo r M r. Gun
Voice
of the people of
“ Y our uncle is one of m y dearest
ner.
of
the
U n it e d
" S it down, s it down, J e ffre y ," he friends. W e'll pay you $300 a w eek."
T u lly stared A sneer curved his
Majority
States
live in
said. “ We understand you have a
c o m ,n u nities
lips M r Gunner, he thought, was
le tte r. Y ou're seeking employment.
such as this, or on farm s. What
kidding.
M r. Gunner is v e ry sorry to have
they believe, do and say is there
Suddenly T u lly realized that M r
to advise th a t at the mom ent
Gunner w asn't kidding He swal fore the voice, w ill and heart of
there’ s nothing. Not a th in g .”
lowed. but managed to keep his this country. And th e ir newspapers
“ Good,” said T u lly. " I decided
voice under control. "AU rig h t," he therefore m irro r m a jo rity desires
not to take the job anyway. I de
said “ I 'll take it. F or the sake of and aims.
cided you can’ t pay what I'm
News, editorials, features and ad
m y uncle."
w o rth .”
Outside in the corridor, M r Gun ve rtisin g combine in the home towm
“ R e a lly ? " said M r. Jacobs, arch
ner mopped his forehead What a newspaper to accurately re fle ct the
ing his brow. "A n d that is?”
break! The kid was probably worth com m unity, to in fo rm it, entertain
“ Tw o hundred and seventy-five
tw ice that much. And this uncle it. and to give it a voice in the
dollars a w e e k !" said T u lly.
He
of his. He'd have to rem ind Jacobs la rg e r a ffa irs of our d a ily lives.
rose. "Good day, M r. Jacobs. Give
to find out the old boy's name, There is no m ore im p o rta n t news
m y uncle's regards to M r. G unner.”
firs t thing in the m orning.
paper, anywhere, than this one.
M r. Jacobs sat at his desk w ith
pursed lips and stared th oughtfully
at the door th a t T u lly had not
LAST WEEKS
slam m ed but closed w ith a deter-
ANSWER ■
T
VALUABLE MAN
¡ESCRE
By IN E Z G E R H A R D
LO R IA SWANSON'S career has
been a series of triu m p h s, w-on
by plenty o f h ard w ork, a re m a rk
able personality and unusual looks.
She began her m ovie career when
she was 14, became a s ta r in silent
pictures, tackled the talkies and
succeeded when o th e rs. fa ile d , did
the same w ith television. One of
G
G LO RIA SWANSON
her greatest victo rie s was won
when she refused to have her nose
made over! When her pictu re ca
re e r petered out in 1932, she be
came a successful business wo
man and has made only three film »
since then; the latest, P a ra m o u n t’s
“ Sunset B oulevard,” is so good
th a t hardened c ritic s have seen It
three tim es. Once again she has
proved she is the fabulous G loria.
“ The T heatre G uild o f the A ir "
vacations beginning June 4, but
w ill re tu rn Sept. 10 on NBC fo r a
39-week period, again sponsored
by U. S. Steel. S ta rtin g June 11,
the same company w ill sponsor a
13-week series of broadcasts by
the NBC symphony orchestra, as
i t did last year. Famous conduc
tors and distinguished soloists w ill
appear in program s of lig h t clas
sics.
T
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SSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
B ill Holden says bis two
young sons suffer fro m “ Hwpa-
long C a s s id y -ltis ;" lik e thou
sands of other youngsters, they
never m iss th e ir id o l’s te le vi
sion shows. B ill doesn’t know
it yet, but som ething new has
been added to those Hopalong
suits and guns that children
now dem and; it's “ Hopalong
Cassidy” w allpaper. Now w ill
the paper hangers be busy a ll
sum m er!
1. Manila
hemp
6. Bundle of
grain
11. Biblical
name
12. One of
Canary
Islands
13 Dwelling
14 Kind of
duck
15. B u ry
17, Slow-
fly in g
MacDonald Carey, in New Y o rk
to publicize “ The L a w le ss," set a
record when he appeared on 80
television and radio shows d u rin g
the tw o weeks, and made 30 other
appearances before press, public
opinion and e xh ib itor groups.
“ Good,” said T u lly , “ I de
cided not to take the Job any
w a y .”
m ined firm ness. P resently he rose
and invaded the p riv a c y of p o rtly
M r. Gunner. .
B rie fly M r. Jacobs outlined w hat
F ive technical advisers were was in his m ind.
“ A sking $275, eh? Said he d idn’t
employed fo r scenes in R KO ’ s
“ The Secret F u ry ,” s ta rrin g Clau w ant our job? P robably offered a
dette C olbert and R obert Ryan. b etter job by E rw in and Company.
They checked on sequences la id In Called here to pay the respects of
a p s y c h ia tris t’ s office, a m ental his uncle, H um m . Treated him
hosptial, a ja il and county offices. ra th e r shoddy, d id n ’t we, Jacobs?
M ust be a good man. We need good
Jan Sterling had to cope with men. Get hold o f h im Jacobs.”
rumors that she was engaged to
M r.
Jacobs
trie d
T u lly ’s
Paul Douglas as soon as she began
hotel. There was a w ait, then
wearing those rings he gave her—
the c le rk told him M r. Je ffre y
d id n ’t wish to ta lk to any rep
three gold bands, each set with a
resentative of Gunner, Inc.
pearl topped by a tiny diamond.
They fit over each other.
Doris Dalton, playing the new
3le of “Vivian Jarrett" in “This
i Nora D rake" on CBS, has had
a Impressive stage career. She
as appeared In any number of
ays, played opposite John Bar-
rmore in “My Dear Children."
R. JACOBS went back to the
office. Three tim es th a t a fte r
noon he called T u lly ’ s hotel, but
w ithout success. He reported to M r.
Gunner. M r. Gunner grew thought
ful.
“ Jacobs, this youngster is prob
ably the v e ry m an w e've been look
M
Figures Make Gay Quilt
BASEBALL FOR BOYS
BROADWAY AND M A IN STREET
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23 Undivided
24. Every
year
26. Titles of
respect
T itle of
founder
of
Babism
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Seaport
(SW Spain)
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action
Hastened
Filam ent
Old times
(archaic)
Rice cake
(Jap.)
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20 An armed
force
21. S olitary
22 A gateway
25 Land-
measure
27 Erbium
(Sym .)
28 Last six
lines of
sonnets
31. Chinese silk
35. Ascended
36. Carouse
37. Blemish
38. Help
39 Antelope
(A fr .)
40. Mature
42 Solemn
wonder
43 Evening
sun god
(E g y p t.)
44 S ilkw o rm
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name
33. Affirmative
reply
34. To
make
sharp
37. Gaze
38. Gaping
(poet.)
41. Egg-shaped
45. Bar of
metal
46. Conduit
47. Composi
tions for two
people
(mus.)
48. A fragrant
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A ll team s and leagues are spon
sored lo ca lly. It costs a p p ro xim a te
ly $200 to u n ifo rm and equip a
team , o r $800 fo r a four team
league. The U.S. Rubber company
supports the national L ittle League
headquarters and bears a ll ex
penses of the week p la yo ff at W il
lia m sp o rt fo r the national pennant.
The league is sp e cifica lly for boys
between th * ages of 8 and 12. Each
team consists of 12 uniform ed p la y
ers w ith not m ore than six eligible
reserve substitutes. No team is a l
lowed to have m ore than five p la y
ers In u n ifo rm who are 12 years
old. and, not less than three p la y
ers age 10 o r less.
The regulations specify th a t a
league consist of fro m four to six
teams. There is no lim it on the
num ber of leagues in a c ity or
com m unity. The national organiza
tion covers the league fro m local
champions to state and sectional
champions, and. fin a lly the L ittle
League w orld series at W illia m s
port d u rin g the last week of August.
The regulation diam ond has been
scaled down to tw o-thirds size for
the kids. The bases are 60 feet
a part and the p itch e r stands 40 feet
and 4 inches from home plate The
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Safe at home c a lls the um pire
in the firs t Inning of the 1949
L ittle League w orld series at
W illia m sp o rt, Pa. M u n tl Sacce,
captain
of the
Hammonton
team . Is shown sliding. J e rry
M ille r Is the Pensacola catcher.
Ham m onton won the series.
num ber of innings a pitch e r can
w o rk are lim ite d to nine a week.
Six innings are considered a fu ll
game. Bats and balls are the same
size as those used In the m a jo r
leagues, but lig h te r.
To m ake the game as m uch like
the m a jo r league as possible and
practicable,
a fence is placed
around the L ittle League diam ond
on ah arc 180 feet fro m home plate.
I t p e rm its the kids to slam a hom er
over the fence ju s t like th e ir big
brothers.
Mothers Are Fans
In the interest of safety, steel
cleats have been banned from the
league and now sport goods m anu
fa ctu re rs are m a kin g a special ru b
ber sole shoe fo r the kids. U n i
form s are standard, and profes
sional um pires, w o rkin g free, call
a ll the L ittle League w orld series
games.
•
The effect of organized baseball
on the kids is tremendous. They are
proud of th e ir uniform s and teams.
D uring sum m er months a kid Is
occupied w ith his team and w ill
th in k tw ice before doing anything
that w ill Jeopardize his status as a
player.
The presence of crowds at th e ir
games proves to each boy that his
com m unity is interested. Close as
sociation w ith other youngsters w ith
regard to race, creed, or color,
gives them a sta rt In the basic
principles of A m ericanism .
There arc five basic points under
w hich the L ittle League operates:
1. L ittle League Is a non
p ro fit organization.
2. I t Is designed to promote
good health, good habits, good
sportsm anship and good citizen
ship In the youths of A m erica.
3. L ittle League essentially Is
a com m unity a c tiv ity w ith a
national tie-up.
Regional and
cham pionship playoffs provide
youngsters a challenge to ex
cell so maybe In the fu tu re he
can make the big league.
4. I t Is w ithout prejudice of
race, color or creed.
5. L ittle League Is big league
baseball fo r the little boys of
A m rrlra .
The kids themselves take to o r
ganized baseball lik e sugar a ttra cts
flies. As yet none have taken up
the ha b it of chewing tobacco, but
they c u ltiva te the m annerism s of
big league players. T h e y 'll w alk to
the plate lik e a professional, sw ing
ing tw o or three bats. T hey’ ll stop,
knock the d irt out of th e ir cleats,
hitch up th e ir belts, and step Into
the box and dig in.
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MUM consists ot tra c in g
n . i t t r r n fo r a p p liq u e and p ie c e » . d ia g r a m
of q u ilt . « Im p le q u iltin g In s tru c tio n s and
m a t e r ia l re q u ire m e n t» .
Send 25 c en t» t<*«I a y (o r y o u r cony r»(
It '»
th e big new A nno C a b o t A L B U M
rille d w ith p r e t t y , i e a«y to do <1r«lgn»;
InaU le the
(o u r fre e
p a tte rn » p rin te d
book.
HI W IN G C IH< l . r N K K D L K W O K K
ft>0 N eath W e lle *tt -, C h ic a g o T. H I.
Enclose 20 cento tor pattern .
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"W hen I get m arried m y wife
m ust have a sense of h u m o r,"
said John. “ Don’t w orry about
that, old boy," replied Jack . “ The
girl who agrees to m arry you is
bound to have a sense of hum or."
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Tim e M arches On
Mr. W atchall, the office m an
ager, stopped in nt the nccountnvg
office ju st as Mr. Meek, the senior
bookkeeper, arrived — Into, ns
usual. "D on’t you ever get any
: thing done on tim e ?" Mr W atchall
asked in a w ithering tone. "Oh,
yes, indeed, sir," Mr. Meek re
j plied with a sigh. "A s a m a tte r of
j fact, all our furniture nt hom e was
1 bought on tim e. You see, my
salary is too smnll to w a rran t
getting it any other w ay."
NO MORE HARSH IAXATIVES
SAY HAPPY COUPLE
Five Points Listed
10,000 See Championship Game
M
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The 57th ca ll produced results.
Three other sponsors q u ickly
fe ll Into line and the L ittle
League opened w ith four teams.
The firs t year, however, was
little
m ore
than supervised
sandlot play. But each year the
Idea has captured the Im agina
tion of m ore people, u n til today
Stotz gives his fu ll tim e to the
organization as president and
com m issioner of the league.
At firs t the Idea spread to towns
adjacent to W illia m sp o rt. Then It
appeared In neighboring states.
Word of mouth p u b licity appears to
be responsible fo r Its progress.
The amazing thing shout the
L ittle League Is the way It has
grown. There was none of the
usual prom otion or high pres
sure methods used In putting
across the Idea. Perhaps one of
the reasons fo r Its grow th ts
due to the ages of the young
sters. Mothers are always In
terested In what th e ir boys of R
to 13 are doing. And. believe II
or not, women are m aking up a
greater portion of the specta
tors at L ittle League games.
F in a lly , tw o years ago, the United
States Rubber com pany became In
terested In the m ovem ent and since
then has given fin a n cial support to
the extent o f playing host to the
tennis q u a lifyin g fo r the cham pion
ship series and support fo r the
L ittle League headquarters.
Stotz now devotes n il his tim e to
the league A considerable amount
of It Is spent tra v e lin g over the
United States explaining the m ove
ment. W hile his speaking engage
ments are extensive, in each case
he appears only on Invitation.
P rom inent baseball o fficia ls have
endorsed the L ittle League. “ Hap-
p y " C handler, baseball czar, said:
“ N a tu ra lly organized baseball Is
behind the L ittle League m ove
m e n t."
“ Sponsors of the L ittle League
baseball are doing the nation and
professional baseball a service of
Incalculable value,”
says Bruce
Dudley, president of the A m erican
Association.
Ant) G. M Tautm an. president of
the N ational Association of P rofes
sional Baseball clubs, added, “ I
h e a rtily endorse this w ork as one of
the fine contributions th a t Is being
made to the youths of our la n d ."
Little Ladles
DORABLE l i t t l e sunbonnet
Indies in gay figured m n terial
| to put on u white or pastel back
ground. Fun to do, even for the
novice—it m ay win you a prize
ut the next quilt contest!
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"W hen I heard of A L L D R A N I
lx-gged m y wife to try it. She did. I t
brought her amazing relief from the
m is e ry o f c o n a ti- r
p a tio n . We c a n ’ t
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Teams Arc Sponsored
A lthough the country has not fu lly
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baseball scaled down to fit boys
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