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ol 13 Tah. vd A EAR cd E553 Ne ae ed ol Faia Ag BRE Shak J IRAES Cedar 20 heat then taper fo a point with the fingers and the trick is done, * A towel rack fastened to the end of baby's crib keeps clean bedding 1 | They Tried To Steal "| Abe Lincoln's Body THE Calvert Pol Is tol Ti by Etmer Ferguson | ® JERSEY JOE WALCOTT is not one of the great all-time heavyweight fistic champ- ions, But he is'a most unusual one, He isa =. Just eighty years ago was lauuch- - ed. the most outrageous crime Upit- 'ed States "crooks" ever attempted-- to put the body of America's great hero, Abrahani Lincoln; into. a sack antl hide it among the lonely sand- -|. dunes on the shores of Lake Michi- gan, claiming as ransom' fifty, thou- sand pounds and a convict's free- "in easy reach so that changing a sheet or making up the -cribifresh 'can be conveniently done éven though a Sleeping baby is held in one arm. retive Cut bright colored oilcloth to fit inside a "school child's lunch pail, then glue. Food will taste nicer and be more tempting as tin often 'becomes rusted: or. unattractive fine man, deeply religious; <very sincere; and a long and often disheartening career in ring- Som as neither embittered nor disillusioned im, : : ) . 4 r We met up with Jersey Joe in Montreal not long ago, at a press conference. Someone asked the big quiet Ne ro, with the : Pleasant white-toothed smile, how long fe intended to keep on : ghting, and he answered in his easy, level tones: "Just as long as God allows. me to keep feeling fine as I feel today." He said it with 'a sincerity that left no doubt about his reverence, which surprised no one. For long ago, Jersey Joe had expressed the profound belief that he was destined 'to' be world's figtic champion, dom." "Big Jim Kenealy, the ringleader, was head of one 'of the cleverest "bands of counterfeiters in the Unit- ed States. He had waxed rich on _ home-made dollar bills; and: when ¢ Ben Boyd, the master engraver who manufactured t h e counterfeit "greenbacks™ for "Jim, was caught red-handed and sentenced: to ten - years in prison, Big Jim planned to RX Rat hat EY (from repeated cleanings. The oil . cloth can be easily. wiped with a damp cloth, - : Aiba ~ Carry a folded brown paper shopping bag with you when tak' ing smaller children to cogcerts, church suppers, or any grouj ga- thering, Caps; mittens, and scarves can be placed in this assthe outdoor : ° clothing is removed, and the con- A because he had long prayed that he might achieve this success ; ; ohh a ; ye ail fusion of looking for some missing BI, : » steal the body of Abraham Lincoln \ © } ' SAFES EL vi 2 IS "ud Jat he hay complete faith in PRAY SF. Worobably (I : and traderit on his on Torn Tor Mushing Through. Detroit--Leonard Chouinard solved his transportation problems' through Detroit's article at going-home (ime can. be : A Roche alent gm said Jersey Joe, "will 'probably be against Boyd's freedom. big snow with a sled and a team of six Samoyed work dogs. What Chouinard likes best about the - svolded. Take slong two or three {- N "Then youll try to avenge Jos Louis" said one of the "We can't" even be prosecuted," eager dogs is that they never get stuck and they're so easy. to park. a ey ie hag dona a scriveners. I will repay." vengeance, in these things, abouts them." these don't come back." "champion, name of Al "No" said Jersey Joe. "I am not a vengeful man." And he quoted the Biblical Phrase: "Vengeance: is mine, saith the Lord, "It isn't a matter of vengeance at all" he said.- "Marciano went in to beat Louis, and he beat Joe fairly and squarely. He: is quite a good fighter, and fighting is his business. There is no hatred, no : fight: as best you can, you try your best to win, but you don't have to hate." .. Fistic champions and, indeed, the champions in most sports are more prone to talk about themselves, than about anybody else. Walcott 1s different, - When we talked to hini; he continually switched the topic of conversation to Joe liouis,.who a few days before had been ingloriously knocked out by Marciano. Said Jersey Joe: "I wasn't surprised at Joe's defeat, but I felt very bad, for Joe Louis had been a very great man for boxing, a very great man for the Negro race, because all his fights were so honest, and because there never was any scandal or suspicion You "But I was very sorry to see him go that way. I knew he wasn't the Louis of his great days. It was getting more plain every day that he was burned out. The reflexes were 'gone and * "So I hope Joe Louis will retire now. I know that as soon as I feel I have passed my peak, I'll retire, even if I'm champion, I don't want to go out the way Joe Louis did." Ser : Not a great champion, perhaps, as measured by the fistic standards of Jeffries, Corbett, Fitzsimmons and Dempsey. But as fine a man as any of these is quiet Jersey Joe Walcott. ' Your agent remarked at the outset of these 'paragraphs that Jersey Joe is not one of the great all-time: champions. But then,. . perhaps, he is. by no means the worst: He is certainly not the least courageous, - for he overcame tremendously disheartening diffi- culties, including a defeat by Joe Louis that reall But he continued to pray, to believe that one It isn't wise to use adjectival superlatives in athletic ratings. That way lies danger. Years ago, there was a very good sound middleweight champion, named George Chip. He was the best of his weight in the business, or so he was rated. He' was matched - up, quite casually, to box a journeyman middleweight named Al Rudolph, a young man who boxed as best he could under the McCoy. This match was rated as an easy workout for the champion. There was no comparison, in the minds of the expert viewers, between the two. | strange lack of respect for the opinions of the expert viewers. As |. soon as the bell rang, he stepped alertly from his corner and smote Mr. Chip heavily on the chin. Mr, Chip, the greatest, quietly col- lapséd. Mr. Rudolph, the not-so-great, was suddenly champion and continued to rule that division for three years. ; Jersey Joe is the Mr. Rudolph of today. A champion is one who is the best among thosg,who are engaging in the same type of contest. Jersey Joe, despite his age, is all of that. And there hasn't been a finer man to hold the title. . Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Eimer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431: Yonge St., Toronto. Calvert iis PN AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO rated as a win, ay he would be But Mr. Rudolph showed a How To Conquer Stubborn Stains Candle wax dripping 'on ' furni- ture? Get after it as soon-as. you: can, using a piece of stiff card- board to scrape off the:wax. Wash off the: residue with: thick, warm. soapsuds, rinse with a clean, damp cloth, then polish. Has a young 'un applied his idea' of wax crayon decorations to wall- paper or. farniture coverings? If so, scrape off: wax gently with a blunt-edged knife, Next, apply a paste .of cornstarch and carbon tetrachloride or other cleaning fluid that dissolves grease. When dry, paste may be brushed off, and process repeated until' the: paste takes up no more color. in the case of fabrics or furniture. A: carbon tetrachloride spot re mover takes out grease, stains, es- pecially from clothing; a 'powder such as Fuller's earth or French ehalk, absorbs grease stains from re Care. ~ should 'be taken not to roughen. wallpaper; Brushing may be used ax For. stain. removal on household linens, include one mild. bleach, peroxide. A small bottle of turpen- -tine should: be at hand to take care of paint stains; if Junior tries out that new set -of paints. And. don't think that adult. amateur artists are not prone to fling" about the colors, tool . dite Stubborn - staifis will' often yield to a combination of potassium per- manganate and oxalic acid solution. Keep these, indeed, the whole contents 'of 'your first-aid stain re- moval' kit, far 'away from young- sters,' and . keep: medicine : droppers: handy for: applying. such' stain agents, rather than. daubing them on, Inks. differ: in composition, so it is impossible.to find a remover that is effective on all types. Denatur- ed alcohol, carbon tetrachloride and benzine often work on. India or drawing inks. Writing inks 'may require absorbents such as corn meal, salt, French chalk. They may respond to glycerine and water or to soap and water, laughed Big Jim, "for the State of Illinois hasn't a law making it a crime to steal a body." The wind blowing on the sand- dunes, hé 'calculated, would soon hide all traces of re-burial. As soon as Lincoln was missed from his tomb the _entire nation would be flung into an uproar. Then would be the time to approach the Govern- ment and drive a hard bargain, Since no crime was involved in stealing the body there could 'be no punishment. - "How will they know you're tell ing the truth?" asked his pal Swe- gles. "How will they know you're the actual thief?" TERE, Jim had that worked out, too. Before leaving Chicago on his gris- ly mission he bought a London newspaper, tore a piece out of it, and stuffed the rest inside a bust of Lincoln that stood in the bar he us- ually made his headquarters." "We'll leave the torn piece in the: tomb," he explained. "Then we'll product the rest of the page, and 'they'll 'see the picces fit like a = jigsaw." . © 4 Everything seemed in their fa- vour when they arrived in Spring- field. The first election results were beginning to filter through. town was agog with excitement. Lincoln lay buried deep. in the heart of the deserted woods two miles away. Smiling 'confidently, Big Jim sawed through the pad- lock on the iron door and stole into the musty vault, The - wooden coffinn was prised half out when Swegles paused in the doorway, and smilingly struck a match to light his cigar. The next instant a sudden rush of men swept past him, The solitary lantern light: went out. Men cursed and strug- "gled in the darkness. Chicago Round-Up Then revolver shots rang out, another and another, until the de- tectives who had been hiding in the woods realized that they were tak- ing pot shots at one another, then revolver - shots rang out, The conspirators 'had -escaped, but = Abraham 'Lincoln was' saved, It- took ten days before the gang- sters. were rounded up in Chicago and jailed--all save Swegles, who had turned informer. i Jim had been right in declaring he could steal Abraham Lincoln without punishment.: But he went to jail for "conspiring 'to steal' "a coffin" worth fifty dollars." 'Marvelous Tree For centuries the Neem or Mar-- gos' tree, whicl grows everywhere in India and Pakistan, has enjoyed: a reputation; for possessing almost miraculous properties. In the last three years the Indian Government has made extensive experiments to find out whether these claims are fictitious: 3 The authorities are now con- vinced that if not a panacea for all ills;the. Neem (its'popularname) is, indeed, a wonderful tree. Sleep- ing' under a Neém' énsures sound' slumber and benefit. from its va- pors, just as sleeping under a ta- -marind- is usually followed by a bout of fever, Thé dried leaves preserve books and 'clothes ' from! vermin, Two The, Once each ycar, about this time, members of the Baseball Writers' Association--sometimes known as the Second Guessers' Fraternity-- go into a deep huddle with them- selves and, upon coming up for air, proceed to cast some highly- important ballots, For these bal- lots "decide. what players, if any, have finally achieved immortality. In other words, this is the season for voting on who will be admitted to Baseball"s Hall of Fame. * * * In order to be clected a player's name has to appear on at least 75 per cent of all the ballots--which makes it tough sledding for char- acters such as Bill Terry. For Wil- liam, especially during his years - spent managing the New York Giants, carried on a very bitter ground-and-lofty + feud with the sports-writing fraternity--some of whom have not forgotten, even to this day, 2 ; * * » ,- If Terry had done a better job of soft-soaping tke baseball writ- ers, chaces are his name would have been inscribed down there in . Cooperstown many years ago. He was one 'of the best of all first basemen, an outstanding ficlder, and had a lifetime batting average of .341. In the last ballotting Terry was only 22 votes shy. of -being - elected. This year, if time has suf- ficiently mellowed someyof his an- cient enemies, he might make it, al- though personally , we wouldn't want to lay better than three-to- five that he does. * » * As a matter: of fact Bill Testy and Harry Heilmann are the only men who hit over .400 for. a season and who are still on the outside of the H. of F. Heilmann was' four times' batting 'champion of the American League and had a mark: of ..403 'one: season. : Last year, when they knew he had only a few months to live, friends tried to get. Heilmann elected while he was still around to enjoy the hon- or;; but poor Harry died while the idea was still a-borning, more's the pity. It's to be hoped that he makes it' this: year i because, for all: his great! ability, Heilmaon: wasn't the most. colorful player in the world, and: human memories. are short.. - * * * Besides Heilmann. and Terry, who 'are there left deserving of election? Only" players who were active between: 1926' 'and 1950. can be voted! for, which rules out old timers such'as Ty Cobb's slugging team-mate' Sam Crawford and: a lot of other old-timers--also the likes .of Joe DiMaggio, who played during- 1951, * * * Personally, we believe that Dizzy the days of Abner Doubleday was tougher to beat. Paul Waner was only cight votes short of election last year and he rates with the best, Over 21 seasons he had a lifetime average of .333 made up of the amazing total of 3152 safeties. Wanner wouldn't have been much of a crowd-pleaser these days, when_ anything short of a four- bagger is considered a bunt, but there were few who could ap- proach him for accuracy. He placed his hit with such exactness that he could raise chalk on the foul lines of either right or left field. * * * They tell a good story of how Paul Waner got his 3000th hit not once, but twice, His record stood at 2999 and, naturally, he wanted that other one fairly. badly. He drove the ball sharply at an infielder, and 'the latter fumbled. :The official scorer, after a mo- ment's hesitation, signaled for a hit. Immediately there was a. roar of protest. Down on' the field Wan- er was screaniing, "No. No. I want my J3000th, Lit to be a clean one." SHEET | » . Anybody who knows' how ball players love those old base hits will understand the unusial nature of this incident; The scorer revers- ed himself and Paul 3000th. hit was a clean one. x * Other 'names that will probably be appearing on many of the bal- lots include those of Al Simmons, Bill 'Dickey, Hank Greenburg, Dazzy Vance 'and Rabbit Maran- ville. Then there was Ted Lyons, who pitched 263 winning games with a perpetual = second-division team. * ee * Of these we would say Bill Dick- ey rates the highest. There was always plenty of argument as to which was the better catcher--Bill or Black Mike Cochrane -- and catchers of anything like their cal- ibre are far too scarce to be kept outside the Hall of Fame, Cochrane is already: there, and Dickey should: be too. ARC LH) o However, we don't 'suppose the wholes thing is. worth losing 'too much sleep over. There's a: whole lot of nonsense about: this: Hall. of Fame business; either in baseball, hockey or any other: sport. Still, any -baseball writer who leaves off his ballot either Harry Heilmann or Terry should be told to go stand in the corner and' think about' his 'sins--at least in this corner's worthless opinion, Spring Offensive. Near Port Ar- thur, Ont., when three cops showed up at Louis 'Damill"s farm with a search, warrant; Damill's nettled nanny goat 1) grabbed the warrant Waner's - Tips On Handling Those "Tiny Tots Children develop finger skill, neatness and judgement by learn- ing early to draw and cut out pic- tures. Rose You want to encourage: your pre- school youngster but may. have to pro.ect - walls and curtains. Tie blunt scissors and pencil to table leg with stout string so they can't be carried off to do mischief." An old fountain pen used by a child to 'write', can be filled with. clothes: bluing and water or. one of the washable inks.. 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