Washington, 1). C. MI DITI ICKANi: AN MIX-l'P Inside story on General Wuvcll s transfer to India, as told in diplo matic dispatches, is that Wavell had been t|uaiTi lin? with Churchill and had opposed political-military moves such a tl c campaign In Gn < ce and Crete and the expedition to Solum. More important from tin- Amer U .n pomt of view. Wavell hod fa vored the evacuation of all British forces from the entire Mediter ranean area. And V S. military ex perts a:: reed with him? in fact, urged it. . S> although in a sense G? neral Wavell is being demoted, yet in oth er respects he will be in a position I < mn an I Bi II h fora ?? from an area to which he had urged that British forces retreat. For some time General Wavell hud contended that Britain's posi tion in tin- Mediterranean wa? to defer I 1 .? Hi ' "f only ?41 >0.000 Tl . ? in t'le Near K.ist faei i a combined Axis total twice -is strong? 4 behind this was two fold: 3 1. The British hav< lost 40 per cent of their original Mediterranean fleet. The losses at Crete were much worse than oflicially admitted, and even in the Syrian campaign naval losses were considerable. Therefore, American naval men, facing the probability of having to help the British fleet in the Atlantic, did not want the fleet further weak ened. 2. The United States is more in terested in what happens on the bulge of Africa around Dakar (op posite Brazil) than it is in the Medi terranean. To this end, both General Wavell and U. S. strategists favored the idea of withdrawing British forces from the Mediterranean entirely and es tablishing a new line of defense across the very center of Africa from Port Sudan on the Red sea to Freetown on the Atlantic ocean. This line of defense meant that about 1,500 miles of the hottest des ert in the world would be between . the Nazis and the British lines. ^ Over such a desert it is diilicult for tanks to operate without heating up; also it is difficult for the average bomber to carry a load over such distances. So it was expected that the Nazis would exhaust themselves in the deep, hot deserts of Africa. Part of the plan contemplated n highway straight across equatorial Africa from Freetown and later from Dakar to Port Sudan. Churchill Says No. However, Churchill was flatly op posed. So were many other British leaders. They felt that the shock of withdrawal from the Mediterran ean, traditional sphere of British in fluence. and from Suez which had been identified with the British em pire for years, would be too much for the British public. This debate occurred before the Nazi attack on Russia and before the British march into Syria. But after the slowness of Wavell's suc cess in Syria, all these factors cul minated in his transfer to India. There Wavell can concentrate on defense of the most important part of the empire? if the Nazis creep up on the Indian border in South Russia. Also, he will not be in the Mediterranean, for the defense of which he had no great enthusiasm. MERRY-GO-ROUND It was a breathless day in Wash ington. The only breeze was kicked up by the little subway car run ning between the senate ofTica build ing and the Capitol. Passenger Hat tie Caraway, senator from Arkan sas. clutched at her flying strands o / hair. Curly-haired Sen. Berkeley Bunk er of Nevada, who succeeded to the seat of the late Key Pittman, never misses a senate session and is as siduously studying parliamentary procedure. Vice President Wallace has called him to preside during his absence more than any other sen ator. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne Landing of U. S. Forces in Iceland Is New Move in Hemisphere Defense; Germany's Campaign Against Russia Gives British Chance for Air Attacks i:i>ITOK'K NOTE ? When opinion*, are rtprri^rd In these rwlumn*. the* are those of the new* Analyst nnd not nrrr?s.iril> ot thin newspaper ? ____________________ iHrlrasrd by Western Newspaper Union ? During the Iraq rebellion and war, Anierieans stationed at the Iraq capital eitv of Baghdad prepared to defend themselves. As Old Glory Is raised in the background men of the American legation staff start training drill with weapons furnished by British military mission com mander. But the British won this war before the Americans were called upon to defend themselves. ICIXAM): ( Iccupirtl hy II. S. American naval forces have oc cupied Iceland to supplement and eventually to replace British forces there. This information was given congress by Preside it Roosevelt, who explained that the move was taken "to forestall any pincers movement undertaken by Germany against the Western hemisphere." The occupation waE >, 0^rr>rIifih0fi with the full permission of the new Iceland republic which had declared its independence from Denmark in May. ON RUN: Or Defending? Crucial questions of the Russo German war were these: Did the Nazis actually have the Russians in a wild-disorganized re treat? Were the Russians, instead, fall ing back to the Stalin line in good order considering the magnitude 01 their army? Was the finish to be another de feat for the defenders as soon as the large cities were taken, as had hap pened in Norway, Belgium, Holland, France? Or were the Russians willing, like the Chinese, to move back across vast territory and let space and winter hardships swallow up the Nazi effort? None of these questions could be answered accurately through the muddle of rival claims, yet there were hints here and there that tend ed to show trends in attack and de fense that might furnish a partial answer. The onslaught was terrific and news pictures released by the Ger mans showed the advance across battlefields filled with backgrounds of smoke, flame and destruction. The speed could be counted at about 350 miles in two weeks ? the very distance not only pointing to the ter rific power of the attack, but also to the difficulty of maintaining a serv ice of supply and "mopping up'* over so many thousands of square miles. So much tended to show the Nazis swift and easy victors. Yet there were other indications, entirely aside from the official and biased communiques which bore on the eventual result and the theory of the Red defense. There were reports from Nazi friendly Vichy and Rome. The for mer reported half the troops of oc cupation withdrawn to the eastern front; the latter warned against ex pecting a swift and easy victory. The reports from Scandinavian sources of the evacuation of civilians from Leningrad and Moscow and Kiev; the speech of Stalin in which he urged the "scorched earth" de fense; the plans of Hitler to put Louis Ferdinand on the Russian throne ? all indicated that there might be a chance that the Rus , sians were willing to drop back as slowly as might be. cede what cities and territory must be given up. and let the Russian wastes and the impending Russian fall and win ter eat up the strength of the at tacker. 1 Few believed that the "Stalin line" would be anything but a stormy way-station for the German ad vance. But many believed that the 1 "Chinese plan" would not only stem the Hitlerian attack? but eventually | defeat it. BRITAIN: I lor Chance The British were apparently keen ly aware that the preoccupation oi the Nazis with the Reds on the East furnished them with their great ! chance of the war. Hardly had the attack against j Russia been on for a week than the R.A.F. leaders announced mastery of the daytime air over the occupied j regions and western Germany. Hardly did a day pass without large-scale daytime bombing raids, and the British plane losses did not appear great if, as the claim was | made, they were using several squadrons of upward of 100 bombers each every day. There was a silence from Ger man sources about the accomplish ments of the raids, but the British, judging from their own losses from German air attacks, figured that their chosen objectives must soon be reduced to hopeless ruins. They felt that the Coventries on Europe's soil must be numerous. Heavy night attacks followed those by day, with only occasional and very light German reprisals ? and all of these under cover of dark ness. On the sea, also, the British seemed to be making some head way against the U-boat menace, and the probability was felt that many submarines must have been divert ed to the Baltic, to serve againsf Russian vessels. MARSHALL: And Draftees Two vital questions on the home front were brought to the fore by General Marshall, chief of staff of the U. S. army: The keeping of selective service men past their 12-month training period. The question of sending them be yond the United States and her pos sessions as "task troops." The chief of staff made his case plain. The army, he said, was com posed of three elements ? regulars, national guardsmen, and draftees. These, instead of having been kept separate, were all melted into one military whole, arid to remove a part of these, the draftees, at the end of 12 months, would be to create utter confusion in the whole organi zation, he said. He asked that the part of the selective service law which limited the time and place o I the soldier's service be taken away. Otherwise, he pointed out, the power of the commander-in-chiel would become a meaningless thing and detachments needed at certair points would be forced to lose theii manpower. But the chief of staffs request couched in such a way that iJ seemed an official request of con> Kress by the war department, founc considerable opposition, Senatoi McNary of Oregon, Republican lead er, stating that he was not only it opposition to the removal of the geo graphical restrictions in the drafl act, but also was against the re moval of the 12-month restriction a; well. It was evident that Karshall'i hope for an army of 2,500.000 trainee men, able to move wherever the congress and the commander-in chief deemed expedient, was not go ing to be won without overcomin| serious opposition. "TP HE old-timer likes to think the * old days arid the old ways were the best. As the years slip by he lets his imagination build up the stronger spots and lop olT the weak er turns his ancient idols carried into action. Certainly baseball's two most fa mous stars for 30 years ? from 1905 to 1935 ? were Ty Cobb and Babe Kuth. Cobb's big league career open ed in 1905. Babe's in 1914. For more than 10 years their careers overlapped. Their counter parts in 1941 are Hob Feller and Joe DiMaggio. Bob Fel ler is, or should be. one of the all-time pitching greats. The (?rantland Ricc same ratine applies to Joe Di.Mag gio as a hitter and outfielder. Without attempting to rnte the val ue of Ty and Babe against Bob and Joe. there is one department at least where the old-timer can expand his chest and prove his point. This is the matter of color. Cobb and Ruth packed an en larged amount of personality in their playing systems. They had flame, flare, dash. They caught and held the fancy of the crowd. Feller and DiMaggio are both on the quiet, unobtrusive side who like life better away from the mob. Both are friendly, serious young men who make their entire contribution as a star pitcher and a star outfielder. They make no claim or pretensions to any form of so-called "color." Cobb and Ruth have always been exactly the opposite. They were actors as well as ball players. Both were on the exciting side. And a big part of their crowd appeal had no particular connection with me chanical skill. They had plenty of that. Disagreeing With Ty It pains us to disagree with such an old pal as Tyrus Raymond Cobb. I was in Atlanta when Ty was in Au gusta around 1904 or 1905 and we headed north from the red clay hills at about the same date. Ty naturally likes the "one run at a time" game best. He likes the less lively ball. He has something on his side of the argu Ty Cobb ment with respect to this. But the modern game is more dramatic. In the old days a three or four-run lead was usually deci sive. Today it may mean little, and the crowd knows it. Both infielders and outfielders, especially infielders, bave to work at a far faster clip to handle whistling drives that come their way. The home run is still the main crowd thrill. I must disagree with Ty on an other point. On his all-time all-star team the pitchers he names are Walsh. Alexander, Mathewson, John son, Plank and Feller. What about a pretty fair pitcher by the name of Denton Tecumseh (Cy) Young, the Paoli Phenom? All Cy did was to win 512 ball games in two major leagues. This winning count totals more games than the great majority of pitchers | ever pitch. They talk about pitch ers who can win 20 ball games a season ? Cy Young averaged better than 20 games a year for more than 20 years. About Cy Young Young did his pitching for Cleve land, St. Louis and Boston, work ing in both leagues. He came up from Paoli, Ohio, in 1890 with hay In his hair. Cy, a huge hulk of a fellow, had speed, control, a fine head and a stout heart. Ar>d you can empha size control and smartness. Cy worked from 1890 through 1911 and when he had finished he had passed by something like 100 winning games of Walter Johnson's mark in second place. Cobb picks Ed Walsh and Eddie Plank, both fine pitchers, but old Cy won more games than both to gether. I ran across Cy a short while back. He gave me then one of the secrets of his success. "How did I ever win 512 games?" be said. "Here's one reason. I had Four different pitching motions Uiat I made look alike. 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