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Blaseball C~ AI Schacht has hie tars, but there a, #round Who dai 4riginral. Schacht, Ittie felawý, who keen love for talent for elownilg_, fortune. For a fec,~ occasianzh egures, AI trulivels ths. miles avery year exter, beasebali parks throughl' ada anxd the tl.S.. it bN, If axyone who has eveF" ,sûan Schacht - bis bîggy pants, out- size glove, top b~at and tails- eoffd ever compietely forget 1dm. Even the bailplayers, wbo have Watched bis act dozens o', timas, stil', laugh at Al's goofy pantomnimes. AI conservativeiy estim.atesj that ha has 1travelied iat least 525,000 miles by auto ta his bal park 'comritmnents and the fi- gure becames astronamrical if you include train, sbip and plane trips. He hias entertained at 27 World Series. To hear Schacht tel it-ha was borni into baseball. As a- boy, AI iived 0on the approxi- mate site af what is taday Yan- kee Stadiumn- Over the samne area where Mickey Mantle now thases fli1e s, lie says, _.N1r s. Schacht's littie boy Aleander îhased goats-axxd vice versa. AI %vas on bis awn at an eaiy age, but he always remnembered bis rnther's advice that a iueWsaprarn i as a great fu- ture.. "So I sold as manly pa- pers as 1 couid," AI sa d. H btawked themr near the Poilo Grounds, and it Wasn't logi a fore the sound of bat, meeting bail brought Schacht close to YM-s boyhood heros-the New York Giants. In hbis book "cliowniing Thirough Basebali" AI writes enatertainingIy about bis eariy 111e. "Aftar my fourtb y ear in puiblic school I reaiized that no-i thb-ng the teachers couid do ,wouid teach mne the necessary tacts of basebaliliif e. Andi sa 1 bld my books and reparted -;n elass with my lunch under ana arrn and a basebail glova under Éhe ther, It wias not contempt for knoWiedge that mnade me discard the books, but rather niy ~limnited streng-thI e1 oiint earry ail tb-rec,-glove, lunch, and books-and a basebàil'play- tr loves ta aat." But if AI had bis heart set on basebal--his mother Jhad othar Ideas. Mrs. Scbacht's ambitions For ber son ran more along the Unes off Carnege Hall. AI took- piano lessons at 50 cents a ffhrow, but it was moniey wasted. 1 just couldn't seem ta go ta m.y right," ha said. However, i t probably wi Lurprise a lot of people ta knoWT fihat Ai Scbhacht atuallIy did make the big leagues as a pitch- tr with the Washinxgton Sena- lors and that he lever had a Iosing season. A spring training 'jury cut short bis career and ~ot himn into the ciowning, bus- aess for keeps. Washington let himi stay on s acoach, where ha teamned wvitb ïNick Aitrock lxx soma of ffe zaniest antics ever seen on 7/vu putjj . . CASSIFIED ADVERTISINO FLYING FUR - LaVerne Hintz- man manages a slight site but hie's flot really. very hapy That luxuriant bearçi is already beginriing ta disappear frm his face. Hintzman grew the beard for a tawn celebration gind liked it Sa much he decid- ed ta keep it. Mrs, Hintzman hoA other ideas and her vacuum cleçner is blowing oway somne of the shorni whiskers. a basebail field. Schacht and Aitrock entertained before the games, between double-headers, and any other time they thought they could get away wîthi it- wh1lether a bail game was on or not. In11921 they were offered $1,000 apiece to' era r at the World Series,, Eventually Schaeht desertecd Aitrock and struck out for hm self. Soon, he was getting, off ers of one-day or one-n-ighýt stands from Club owners ail over America. Somehow AI was able ta work them ailinto his itinerary., Today his extensve traveling exhausts automobiles withà about the- same regularity that most, men throw out oild socks. There have been others froil. time to tim~e who have tried ta .dupticate Schacht's dugout ful of routines, but neyer iith any7 iasting success. "Howý, canj you imaitate a myan," one club owner said, "who haif the time doesn't know what he's goïing ta dlo next?!" Tomy was a guest at a party at which the ,refreshrnents were iavish, The hostess spotted hlm sitting in a corner. "Won't you have somnethi'ng more, Tommiiy?" she asked. "No, thank youi," he replied, 'm rifuil" "Wei,'," suggested tlhe hosteSs, "1put sorre fruit and .-,,kc- in your pockets ta eat on the way home."' "No, thanpk you," came the re- ply, "they're fuill, too." "Why flotmar" said Mr. Newlywed to a woman - hating friend, "and have a wif e ta share 'aur lot?" . -t ýsounds ail right," a h repiy, "'but somte of these share- hoiders biossomr into directors." -'OMPOSTS Every gîrdan shoid have a compost haap say the experts but tbey neyer explain ho-w we can squeeze this valu'-abla. asset into a tiny garden whera we are alreacly cramnped for spaca. A compost beap is vaiuabie and if thora is roamr, we sbould h ave ana down at the back by al mealis. But it can bc abi of trouble and mess whore the hackyard is smal, In that case, the thing, ta do is simply ta bury weeds, grass ciippings, and anky- thing aise that wiii rot quickly between the rows of vegetabies or floWers. We do not bury daep-ý ly, but with a few inches af. soul. Arîything that will rot has some fertilizer value and it makes humus which keeps soi] open. If we have a bit more roamn, then we tbouid hava a reg-ular compost heap. Hlere wa simpîy pile in shailo-w leyers anything thlat will rot qujickiy and wa caver w,,ith sai ta help the rot- ting' and kaep away flies and neighbors' d o gs. Rotting, or' breaking dawn clxx be speaded by adding commerciai fertilizar anxd possibiy same of the speciafl chemnical preparatioïis ta assist nature in the breakiîg down pro- cess. The top cy! tha heap sbouid be kept f lat ta absorb rain and prevent drying etut and in dry waathier it, is a gaod pian ita sýoak occasiorally witbh the base. After a few months in the com- post heap al! this refuse will break down into excellent fine gardon sou., AVOID THESE Two of the comnmoncst mis- takes in) gardening ara piantinig iton deep and too close together. The generai rujle for diepth is threa tunmes tlhe diameter of tý he seed. For tiny seed like that of p Iortulaca or alyssu-m or lettuce, this means simply sowiîg on top of the soul and pressing in light- iy. Ta spread more evenily, wve mnay mix seed with Sanxd before we s0w, For big-ger seed say the size of peas or cora, hal.f ta an inech deep- will bo about ight. Patatoas, gladiolus and dahlias go dowxx fzom six ta twelve inches. As for spacing, tha size of the seed bas nothing ta do wiitb-it. Even tiny seeded th-ings ike aiyssum rni-partulaca, or allons, require space ta develop praper- ly. The safe rule is at le-ast haif as nmch space batw,,een sprouted fuil grown. With sm-all flowers lezast a coupla of inches between Plants as they wil] eh igh wheni and vagetables this means at and with say, zinnias, pals, beans, etc., four ta six inches. Witb dahlias, corn, tomatoes, this shudb t iaast 12 ta 18 inches. NO HURRY if the spriîg is late, one sbould xot fret. Tn the first place fret- ting will nrot help bring the war-m days any fastar and sec- onidly there is stiil pienty of time anywhera lxx Canada ta bave a fine garden, aven if wa can't get a spadie lxx the ground' until late May'. Indeed thora are several quick growing things whicl willi make abundanit bloomn or fine meais for the table aven if Planted ini June. The experts, incideîtaiiy, always warn the beginner to take it easy, ta pre- para the soi] well, and .vait ïuntil the spring w;eather has really arrived, 0f cojurse, one should get nursery stock and same of the hardier sorts of flowers and vegetîbies planted as soan as possible, but trie main sowings are best pastpaxad ,intil. 'arauotnd this time or aven l1ater. Spraadîng the plantings, toc, over a fairiy long period, right up ta Jùly in the warmer parts o)f' Canada, is as advisable. IDx 'bis way the harvest of flawers axxd vegetables is spreaqd aýut to SET-BACK FOR SALESMAN, Go-ahaad salasmnan Harold AGENTS WANTED BE Y'OUR OWN BOSS! MIEN or women, cari work your own hours, and make profits upi t( 0 seling exclusive houseware productia and applianels, No conipetition, flot avallable ini stores, and. they 'are r. necessity In every htome. Write at once for free colour catalogue, show-, Ing retail prires plus confidential wholesale priceiist. Murray Sales, .>322 St. Lawrence lllvd., Manitreal. OILS, GREASES, PAINTS And CoUloidal Graphite, Additives. Dealers wanted ta sell ta Farmers, Fleet Owiiers arnd Service Stations. Write Warco Grease & OU1Lited, Toronto 3, Ontario, BABY CHICKS CHICKS bred for ail markets. For Eggs. Brailers. 1-1avier tal1e, Prompt shipnent, W 1 d e choice. PUllets. 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