Comment On Spoils
can get into the competition for
the pennant. Our |uen is that they
It to true, of course, that Wtnfc
ington and Loo Angeles playrJ
rc surprisingly fierce baseball tjM
their first few months, but by the
end ot the naif they ware pta>
lng like new clubs mxild be ex
pected to play.
top-contending clubs than In the
American. There ia Cincinnati.
Las Angeles, Pittsburgh, Milwau
kee, San Francesco and the St.
Louis Cardinals, all of whom might
up and grab the flag. Only Chica
go and Philadelphia seem oat of
it and Chicago should be coming
befere too long.
Now where does that leave
Casey Stengel, for instance, In hia
new Jot as manager of the MetsT
It seems to leave him about where
he waa at the start of his manager
ial caraer ? leading the Boa ton
Braves. ^
No matter how good he can Jug
gle his lineup and no matter hw
shrewd his strategy, Casey will
find, and already knws, that when
a manager doeso't have the talent,
he doesnt have the talent, and
there is no substitute for It.
The trade for Frank Robinson,
who came from Milwaukee, wai a
feather In someone's cap, and he
should help the Mets. With a few
more like him and some luck, the
New York tesm might surprise a
lot of people and make a strong
run for the fsns' money.
But it is highly doubtful if
either Houston or New York can
About Your
Home
Wuh day need not be such a
chore In your home. Lota of hot
water, a good washing machine,
and the right laundry accessories
should add up to aatlafaetory laun
dering results They should, but too
many times they fall. There la only
one thing that can prevent thla fail
ure?common sense
For example ? It makes aenae to
sort laundry into three piles ?
white, colored, and hand-waahable.
White wash responds beat to very
hot water. Paat-eolored cottons,
linens and nylons do better if
washed in 110-degree water and
thus do better If waahed separate
ly
Before washing any new colored
garment, always check the manu
facturer's tag for washing inatruc
tioas. Y' u may find that the gar
ment should not be washed In the
machine but by hand.
Be sure to empty all the pocketa
and treat stains before washing.
A clipping torn from a magazine
with colored illustrations can work
havoc with your wash Remember
that hot water and soapsuds will
set untreated staina
The best way to wash white cot
tons and linens effectively by hand
is to use water as hot at your
hands will stand. This will be ap
proximately 120-degrees. Ten de
grees less is Just right for fast
colored cottons, linens and nylons.
Rayons demand lukewarm wa
ter? abmit 100 degrees Silks and
woolens wash beat in M to 100
defree water. When using a bleach
of any kind, make sure it is safe
for the fabric. Read the directions
carefullyl Nylon and other man
made fabrics require special
bleaches and, sometimes, when the
water ia hard, a water-softener la
necessary.
gat in the pennant picture In ten*
than (Mr or flv* years Paul Hich
arda mt Hauaton is a wMj and he
should brine Souaton slung in
time ? but both club* need farm
system* and yean to bring up and
acquire player*.
^T*ould be goad (or baaabaU if
either New York or Hooaton aur
p*Za tfie'fans We would like' to
lot It happen that way. But the
odda are that New York and Hous
ton will look a lot like Washing
ton and Los Angele*. in the
American League, in 1M1. play
fnr 1sr r lakftnr witti more tooth
tea ma than one (inda in the Jun
ior major loop.
Oddities I
MM Tt.'WHEL MB WHUUT
Philadephia ? Burglara tunneled
koto a suit liquor (tore and stole
"a targe quantity" of whlate? tn
The burglara apent aome tin*
tunneling from the bate merit of an
unoccupied building under an alley
and burrowed about IS feet to Che
foundation wall of the liquor store,
then punched a hole in ?*. ? j
Detective William Butler aald
the lunnul wai about 2 feet high
and 2 feet wide.
OUT OP OAS? MO TANK
RDeheater, N. V.? When an out
of tbwn motorut ran out ?C gai IB
auburban Rochester, to ebligiag
policeman brought him a can of
n Ttife. N?k?
am* W vMa* "W 1 ^ -4
The gat was put in the car and
it ran out on the Mffcat.
only *r*? At car out of gat but
the caa tank had dropped oti a
few mile* back.
Darlington, S. C.? Operating the
Darting ton Speedway had enough
MfflBI WV Bob roMfl TTo
| had neither the time nor the pati
ence to ihare a telephone with bii
teenage youngsters. ?
The problem hat been aotved.
He ia listed hi the Darlington
telephone direcUrv a* "foh n<*
vtb'^amT" under thai, tomn Teen
agers," with a separate number for
the youngsters.
SOLDIER TWINS
Fort Di*. N J. f?tts around
this wnflf pott jnder*t?nd why
there has hern KM,<* ?ro?W*
identifying 7ohn and Joseph Mar
cheoeault IB their home town of
Moonp. Connecticut
Tit* 2^-jrear-oid brothers arc
Identical twins It* we* r the wu
kind of itay uniform*- Both work
in fhe panteael office
SofcUen pass John'* <tnk them
ww stunned wtwu ?eein? 1
Oral
Soviet hiti failure in ending
UUCSVI8 AND DEFERMENT
Tte D*?aai Department says
those reservists who "hive bam
holding ant their hands all these
years and now dont want to serve"
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