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By Jeff H>ye?
CT. PETERSBURG. FLA. ? Vart
^ ety is supposed to be the spice
of life, but so are arguments in a
baseball training ump. The argu
ment this time, including members
of the Cardinals and the Yankees,
had something to do with brains on
and off the ball field.
"Why is it?" one Cardinal want
ed to know, "that a fellow can be
smart in many
ways, but dumb
when he gets into
football or base
ball? Or why he
can be pretty
dumb until he gets
into some athletic
competition, when
'he may be smarter
than almost any
body?"
This is a fair
question. Does any
one recall me most intelligent mem
ber of the old Giant team from 1908
through 1913? I can give you his
name. He is better known as Bone
head Merkle ? the Giant who for
got to touch second base in 1908.
Yet Fred Merkle was the best edu
cated member of the Giant squad.
But his reflexes on the ball field
failed to operate as quickly as some
others who would have been baffled
by McGuffey's second reader. Fred
had to take time to think things out.
You can't do that when split second
co-ordination .or intuition must rule.
For example, Rube Waddell was
a mental eccentric. But there were
few smarter, once the gangling
Rube reached the mound with a
baseball in his left hand.
There were two famons ball
players who, as far as I know,
never made a mental mistake on
the field. One was Babe Rath who
time along from an' Industrial
school. The other was Nap La}oie
who was lifted from a eab driver's
seat in Woonsocket, R. I., and a
trifle later was surrounded and cap
tured by Uncle Egbert Barrow.
Neither needed any college degree
to be smart on a ball field. They
were born that way.
GraaUand Bice
Instinct and Intuition
The athlete who is naturally
smart in competition must have a
high degree of instinct, intuition and
concentration. I know Eddie Arcaro
figures it that way in racing.
"You haven't time to think in
a split second," he told me once.
"There's an opening or there isn't
an opening, and you have to make
up your mind in a flash. Which
means largely instinct for the right
things to do."
Ty Cobb had this natural instinct,
this ability to concentrate, but Cobb
also worked on these natural gifts.
"I used to lay in bed at night for
hours thinking up plays," he said
once. "I planned some of these plays
weeks ahead against certain
teams."
Old time ball players had no mo
tor ears, movies, night clubs or oth
er distractions to kill time. So
many of them thought only about
baseball. I mean such men as King
Mike Kelly, Kid Niebob, John Mont
gomery Ward, Charlie Comlskey,
Hughey Jennings, Clark GHSth,
John MeGraw and most of the old
OrioAs.
The main mental asset in any
game is concentration. Many have
this needed ingredient more than
others. But the art or knack of con
centration can also be developed.
Concentration means keeping your
mind on the job from start to fin
ish.
As Knute Rockne used to tell his
squad?"Keep physically relaxed ?
but mentally alert."
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tSorowy's Predictions
We caught Hank Borowy on the
fly just as he was heading for the
Cub camp and Catalina island.
"How about Cub prospects?" we
queried.
"We'll need all the pitching we
can get this season," the Cub star
said. "By that I mean most of the
other elabs will be stronger where
we will have about the same east.
We gut little back from the service. I
The Cardinals, Giants and Dodgers
will all be stronger. So will the
Pirates, Braves and Phillies.
"We'll be pitching to better hit
ting strength all along the line, while
at the plate we face improved pitch
ing also. That means tough going.
A flock of dangerous hitters have
been added to the league since last
fall.
"Hitting in the two leagues? I
can't see much difference. I had a
better record in the National than
I bad in the American. But my arm
was in much better shape when I
joined the Cubs."
I asked Borowy how the National
league race looked from his angle.
"The Cardinals are the team to
beat." he said, "with so much
strength at every point. But they
can be beaten. I'm sure we'll be up
there. The Giants have all the pow
er any team needs at bat, but
their pitching is still uncertain.
What pitcher can Mel Ott depend on
for aa many as Iff games?
"The Dodgers will be better and
they were tough enough at times
last season. The Pirates win be im
proved and the Braves will probably
be bothering everybody.
Winston Churchill and a
Missouri Degree
(Winston Churchill went to Mis tour
with President Trumen, where he to
ceiied e degree from Westminster collet s
at Fulton, Mo.?Nesos Item),
Missouri, meet England. . , .
John Bull, meetHuck Finn! ...
Eton, this is Kansas City. . . .
Westminster Abbey, shake with
Westminster
College! . . .
An ex-British premier in
Missouri. . , .
Downing street and Main street. . .,
London and Kansas City. . . ?
Plymouth and Hannibal. ...
Liverpool and Independence! . . .
Shropshire and Calloway. . . .
Nottingham and Taney. . . .
The Thames and "Big Muddy!"
This is Westminster College,
Winnie. . . .
Westminster away out among the
longhorns. . . .
Its name is English but it's all Mis
souri. . . .
It's not one of the big colleges
But it's a right smart one. . . .
It is no Tale or Harvard in pres
tige. . . .
But It teaches 'em so they "stay
teaebed."
There most be Missouri stuff in you,
Winnie. . . .
The stuff of Hack Finn and Joe
Folk. . . .
Claiborne Jackson and Charlie
Hardin. . . .
Alee McNalr and Mark Twain.
Ton don't really need a decree. . . .
You've cot more than an Injun has
feathers. . . .
But this one won't hurt you:
"The Honorable Winston Churchill
Honorary Old Grad of Westminster,
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Alumnus of the Golden West!"
Missourians have to be shown. . . .
You showed 'em, Winnie. . . .
As you have shown the world.
Have an honorary decree. . . .
And some Missouri ham and can
dled yams! . . .
Help yourself to Missouri hospital
ity. ? ? .
But don't let that Truman boy
Give you any of those Eastern
clears!
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MAINE WINTERS
SOFTENING CP
"The State is warming up. At
North Jay a house that was built
by mistake so the keyhole in the
front door lines up with the pre
vailing winter winds has some
times taken in as much as 37
bushels of snow through the key
hole in a single storm. It's been
five years now since any storm
has blown in more than 18 bush
els. No storm this winter has
blown in more than 15."?John
Gould of Lisbon Falls, Maine, in
the New York Times.
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CAN YOV REMEMBER?
A way back when you could find t place
to gel away from trouble f
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When anybody with fair eyesight could
tell the difference between a (5,000 one
family home end a (125 chicken house?
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And ascay back when it isolated a man
if he said he hadn't a shirt to his back f
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Boyhood's Greatest Thrill
Buffalo Bill was born 100 years
ago. We feel sorry for kids to
whom he is a remote figure. What
a thriller the Buffalo Bill Wild West
and Congress of Rough Riders was
to the small fry of yesterday! It
came every year back home, and
one of our earliest memories is see
ing Buffalo Bill in the flesh, riding
down Whalley avenue in an open
buggy, at the head of the Injuns,
cowboys and buffalo hunters. The
show was held in Westville, just
back of the Nick Hubinger mansion.
Once, lacking money to get in, we
climbed a tree to see the show and
we almost imagine we got riddled
by stray bullets in the hold-up of
the Deadwood stage.
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HERE AND THERE
Ilka Chase is running a fever aft
er reading the reviews on "I Love
Miss Tilli Bean." . . . Clifton Fin
negan Is our favorite radio comic.
... "A Walk ia the Sun" is the
most graphic war picture ye ed has
seen. ... A book title with a kick,
"Applejack for Breakfast." . , .
There will be a big black market in
beer this summer.
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Laugh line from "Truckline CafaT: An
optimist u a fellow who worries about the
future in the atomic bomb age.
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Dr. John William Mauchly, S8,
and J. Presher Eckert Jr., 26, have
Invented and developed the eniac,
an electronic machine that can
compute and answer questions in
the twinkling of an eye. This prac
tically does away with John Kleran
and promises a war to the finish
between the inventors and Dan Go
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