SPORT COMMENT
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like $80,000 and so on right down
the line. You can’t expect hold
outs with that kind of money be
ing dished out. There have been
a few minor squabbles but noth- ■
ing that wasn’t settled quickly. !
Baseball enjoyed the best sea
son in its history last year. And
club owners are kicking back
part of the take to their players.
That's why we’re not having any:
serious holdouts today. Winch
perhaps is the first time since
Babe Ruth initiated the practice
back in 1930. That year the Babe
held out for $85,000 but accepted
$80.000—the highest straight sal
ary paid any baseball player. |
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According to Santa Anita offi- |
cials, the Maturity Stakes will be
the richest race in the world in
a few years. This is the special
event just introduced last week
at the California track for 4-vear
olds only. To be eligible, a col!
must bo nominated on his first
birthday and pay eligibility fees
each January thereafter. By 1!)' 1.
the stake is expected to gros;
more than $200,000 a neat little
pile of cash to win.
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Fritz Crisler. Michigan’s great
coach, started something with
his offensive and defensive teams
that may spread throughout the
country. Th record shows his sys
tem must be sound. We under
stand that Crisler also plans on
using a passing team, a eaubeig
team and four or five other teams
this Fall. In fact lie has an
eleven composed of track men
t r be used onh as water carriers.
These boys will be able to dash
on and off the field in less time
than anyone else thus giving the
players more rest during time
out.
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Southern California is fast lie
coming the No. 1 training grounds
for baseball teams. Four major
clubs will now do their condi
tioning there: Chicago Cubs.
Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White
Sox and the St. Louis Browns.
In addition, all the Pacific Coast
teams, with the exception of the
San Francisco Seals, will train
in that area. Incidentally, Florida
readers may get a kirk out of
this—because of the chilly winds
and inclement weather, the Cubs
will train on the mainland this
year instead of Catalna Island.
As soon as light installation is
completed. Detroit will have one
of tho best lighted baseball parks
in the country. And the Tigers
expect a sell-out for all of the 14
night games. In fact, many fans
are already applying for seals.
Neither the Tigers nor the Chi
cago Cubs played night ball at
home last year.
American baseball players un
der suspension for jumping or- j
ganized ball to play south of the!
border may be hack in big time,
ball this season. With a more lav- \
arable relationship now existing,
between the Mexican League and
organized ball, Commissioner A.
B. Chandler feels that the boys
have learned a. lesson and the
suspension should be lifted. It'll
be welcomed news for around Id
or 17 outlawed players including
Mickey Owen and Max Lanier.
All the players term their so
journ to Mexico a sad mistake.
If Owen, former star catcher with
the Brooklyn Dodgers, and rain
ier. former ace pitcher with the
St. Louis Cards, had remained
in this country they would he
receiving top salaries today.
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JUST GAB Tony Zale is staging
a comeback which he hopes will
lead to another battle with Rocky
Graziano. . .last week he scored
a 5 round knockout over A1 Tur
ner. Enos Slaughter of tin* St
! olds Cards has a brother Rober\
who'll enter the game this spring
. . .he'll play with Red Springs
of the Tobacco State League. Tim
San Francisco Seals may take a
post-.-.oason tour to Japan. . .d
Manager O'DouI's plans arc okav
.1 h\ Occupation llcadiiuarto' a
The Boston Red Sox may Mai in
in California in 1940. Saida Mon
ica sportsmen a v planning a
drive now to bring the club out.
With Johnny I.ujack and George
Connor, a couple of Notre Dame
All-An., ricans, in the line-up,
the Chic.: go Bears will be a
tough team to stop next season.
The C’”.a (go Cards probably will
laid that, out too soon. . .during
his stay at Notre Dam*'. I.ujack
cotr.pl te l 114 out of 230 names
for an average of 14.4 yards per
pass.
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NAVY DESTROYS MINE
Another derelict Japanese mine
was destroyed by a Navy demo-i
lit ion team on January 21st at.
Prince of Wales Island, .Alaska, i
The mine, a 34 inch contact type, ,
was first diseoveded by an un
known trapper who reported its .
location to the Coast Guard.
The Navy team, operating un- ;
der the Commander Alaskan Sea
Frontier, Kodiak, consisted of
Ensign James G. Gibbons. Seven
teenth. Naval District Mine and
Bomb disposal officer and E. J.
Escue, seaman, first class.
During the past, four months
Ensign Gibbons and his demol
ition crew have disposed of mines
at Yakataga, Yakutat, and a Jap
anese Barrage Balloon at Peters
burg. Alaska.
An ant lope struck by a pass
enger t ain recently near Doug
lass. Wyo., suffered only the loss
of an tint lor
VETERANS CORNER ,
ssa
Watch this section of the “Pol
laris” for timely information for
Veterans in regard to Bonus
Laws, Veterans of Foreign Wars
and American Legion activities,
etc.
WHERE TO GET COPIES
OF LOST PAPERS
If your- original discharge or
other necessary papers have been
lost, a certificate of service may,
be obtained by writing to your
branch of the service, giving your
name in full, your serial number
and your home address. Follow-,
ing are addresses of the various
service branches where certifi- 1
rates are obtainable:
Army: Adjutant General's Of
fice Records. Administration Cen
ter, 4300 Good fellow Blvd.. St.j
Louis. Missouri.
Navy: Commandant. Third Na
vel District. Civil Readjustment
Officer. Federal Bldg.. 00 Church
St., New York. New York.
Marine Corps: Office of the
Commandant Gen.. United States
Mar’ll' Corps. Separation and
t "\ i 1 Readjustment Division, Sp
ecial Service Branch. Personnel
Department, Washington.25. D.C'.
Coast Guard: U.S. Coast Guard
Hdq.. Treasury Dept.. 13lh Street
mrl Penn Ave.. N.W.. W ishiag
len 25 D.C.
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MEW YORK STATE
WORLD WAR II BONUS
-The New Vork State’s World
War 1! veterans’ bonus bill was
.op’’>vcd by the people of New,
York and the bonus law went
i: to full effect on January 1. 1948.
Hese are the requirements nec
•ssary for veterans of New York
State to meet in order that they
may receive the bonus.
1) Active duty as a member of
the armed forces of the United ;
States at any time during the
period December 7, 1941 t Pearl
Harbor.) to September 2, 1945.1
'Cessation of hostilities.>
(2) Honorable discharge or still
I
in the service. |
(3) The residence requirements
of tlio law.
These residence requirements
are two-fold: First, it is necos
sary to show that you were a
resident of New York State for :
at least six months immediately i
before your enlistment or indue- j
tion—-and Secondly, you have to
be a resident of New York State
at the time of making application
for the bonus, whether discharg
ed or still in the service. If you
are in doubt as to whether or
not you are still a resident of
Now York State, it is advisable
to apply for the bonus anyway.
Tiie amount of the bonus de
pends on tiie length of service
and place of your active duty in
the armed forces and will lie
They’ll Do It Every Time___By Jimmy Hatlo |
For TEN VEARS
NOTH ING- ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING-WENT
ON INTHEM0BLINK
HOME THAT THE
SNOOPDROOPLES
DIDN'T MANAGE
PSST! CHADWICK. PULLDOWN THE V
BLINDS. THE SNOOPDROOPLES /
ARE PULUNG THE PEEPING \
TOM ACT ON US AGAlN^y
But n ester pat
THE SHACK WAS
; BURGLEP ANP THE
1 SNOOPDROOPLES
j WERE ASLEEP AT
THE SWITCH. ^ /
liian* \o
t W-F.W.
5AN vJOSfc.CAul
SS&iwsin..__
' HMMH! WERY BOLD DAYLIGHT VP
JOB. THIEVES SMASHED WINDY WID J *
A SLEDGE-HAMMER. DROVE TRUCK j j *
INTO DRIVEWAY AND CARTED OFF / \ <~
EVERYTHING IN THE JOINT
NA,LEorowji§j—iim
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WHO, US?
NO,WE DIDN'T ® y
SEE NOTHIN'- g|*§
WE DIDN'T
HEAR NOTHIN.r^]
the highest of the following
which applies to you:
11) For servce of any duration
outside the continental limits
of the United States, $250.00.
(21 For service of more than CO
days within the continental lim
its of the United States.
(3> For service of sixty days or
loss within the continenatl limits
of the United States, $50.00.
For further information in re
gard to the New York State
Bonus Law, write to the follow
ing addrass: Veterans Bonus Bur
eau, Leo V. Lanning, Director,
Dept, of Taxation and Finance,
11175 North Broadway. Albany 4.
New York.
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BASKETBALL GAME
CJd
OPENING GAME —
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On Wednesday night the first
game was played between the
Seward High School and Floor
Trotters.
The Seward Hi won by it score
c.f 44 to 29.
Dunham piled up 22 points l'or
for the School team making the
high score man for the game.
The starting lineup for the teams
were as follows:
Seward H.S. * Floor Trotters
Fillingim J. Hatch
Morgan Marino
Dunham Uric
Steele Pagano
Scvdam Seeinwall
and' Stockholm
SECOND GAME —
Continued from last week:
Mr. Johnson put in a lively team
In Your Interest
THOMAS I. S. ROAK,
Works Manager, Win
chester Repeating Arms
Company, New Haven,
' jgr eonnecucui, says:
‘ Spooking purely from the stand
point of self-interest, Management
has a personal obligation to make
available to employees the privi
lege of purchasing Government
Savings Bonds through the simple
medium of payroll deduction. The
feeling of security which the ac
cumulation of savings in Govern
ment Bonds affords is the ‘best
buy’ which Management can make
in the interest of its employees.’
U. S. Treasury Demariwcm
A man in asadly nervous state
carried his twins up to the bap
tismal fount for the christening.
“What are the names of the
little boy and girl?” asked the
rector.
"Steak and Kidney.” replied the
embarassed father.
“What?”
“Their names corrected the wife
angrily, “are Kate and Sidney”.
Busy-briches got back from the
suburbs Tuesday.
We never used to be able to
fine? grandmother's glasses; now
she just leaves them where she
empties them.
No meeting Monday night; no
one can polish that chair but the
ownert?).
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(HID “Say whatever became of
the old-fashioned girl who faint
ed when a boy kissed ’em?
(D) “Huh! Whatever became of
the old-fashioned hoy who made
them faint?
We hear th<? Big Shot will not
ify his attorney WHEN.
Nebraska law permits the gov
r nor to offer a reward of up to
£'2oo for the arrest of a mur
derer.
to take the title for the second 1
game with a winning score of 37
to 10. Their red tops made the
tee-totalers see plenty red before
the game was finished.
Ralph and Jesse Hatch kept alL
of their signals straight and it
wasnt too long before Marino also
started giving the Tee Totalers a
thing or two to worry about.
Fine defensive work was shown
by botli teams and the game was
slightly rough. Some of the boys
must have thought they were on a
picnic hike by the looks of all the
walking they had done with the
ball.
At the end of the first half of
the game the Red-Shirted boys
had the lead of 23 to 12 over the
Yellow-Shirted Tee-Tot alers and
wo couldn’t see any indication as
to where they intended to lose
that lead.
Here is tile starting lineup:
Red-Shirted Yellow-Shirted
VIKINGS TEE-TOTALERS
R. Hatch Trader
.1. Hatch Gray
Marino Nugermann
Pagano Koach
Maxine Holben
Uric Anderson
Stincwall Stanley
The games were played in the
USO Gym in favor of the March
of Dimes uCmpaign
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SEWARD WOMEN'S CLUB
MEETS THURSDAY
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A mooing of the Seward Women's
Club will be held at the Public
Librunry Thursday evening, Feb
ruary 12, it was announced today.
After the regular business of the
meeting has been completed, a
program will he next in order,
followed by light refreshments..
Hostesses for the occasion are Mes
dames Tressler, Urbach, Wengert
and Miss Watson. All interested
women are invited to attend.
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tAmiu
You are cordially invited
to the
GEORGE WASHINGTON
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Feb. 20 8:P.M. School house
PINOCHLE & BINGO GAMES
SQUARE DANCE
Proceeds for
SCHOOL LIBRARY FUND
Admiss on 25d
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Joe Lanier
ITllNnrKK REPAIRING
! SHOE REPAIRING or
International Longshoremen's
i and Warehousemen’s Union
Local 39
! Meets First and Third Tuesday at
I ' [i in Union Hall
i President — L. Rogers
! Vice-Pres. — A. Loring
' Secretary — L. Dick
Marshal — J. Chilleago
i Dispatcter — D. McMillan
| Dispatcher — I,- Rogers
HAND Oil CIRCULAR
, SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Also
Custom Cabinet Work
Don Douglas
Apt. N. Corner Sellers Med. Bldg.
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United Brotlierliood of
Carpenters and Joiners
Seward Carpenter's Union 2304
Affiliated With A F. nf 1.
I Meetings 2nd anr 4th Tuesdays
— OLD USO BUILDING —
Jas. McCracken, President
A. G. McRae, Financial Secretary