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MExclusive SfSr “• UCK OAU,N IA,!OR HERE AND T1 'i'HE RIALTO There are weeks when we h when news is about as scarce at happens to be one of the lattei some excavating and during thi lieve we have "dug up” an an than passing interest to baseball and Lonaconing, in particular. Jimmy Powers, of the New Yor! (Lefty) Grove. Pipes Powers: "I wonder did anyone notice that , 'Le(ty" Grove lost a tough game the other day in Washing- j ton in 13 innings? Some people think that Lefty is all washed up. but the managers of other teams don't think so. Every time Lefty toes the rubber the rival pilots shoot their aces at him. Sid Hudson of the Senators recently beat Lefty 2 1 and 1-0. Check back and see how many "hams" were pitted agninst Grove. Not many, brother." j Greatest Ever Going on. Powers sez: "Speaking of Grove, let me go on a little further. When Lefty won 16 consecutive games to tic the record it looked like he was going to establish a new mark the way he was going but he ran into Dick Coffman and the fc-'t, Louis Browns when he tried for the 17th Witt and. sad to relate, lost 1-0. Mule Haas misjudged a fly ball which cost Lefty the game. After the game. Lefty went on to win 8 straight. Were It not for that hard lurk loss. Lefty Grove would have had 25 consecutive win.. "For my dough, this guy Grove was the best left hander of all time. It is really too bad he is gettin gold. I should have made it tougher and said if you had your choice of Grove or Ruf fing or Hubbell who would you 1 take? Everybody likes Hubbell. | Everybody likes Ruffing. But' most guys pick'd Hub because he never had a murderers row behind him. Hub just slaugh tered those murderers in the All-Star classic." Fast As Johnson Powers doesn't stop there. No sir. What more can he say? Just this. •'I saw Feller three times this year and I like him but he never saw the day he could throw a l;.:II with the speed of a Grove. The man never lived, not even Walter John son. who could throw a hall faster than Grove when Lefty was In his prime. Huh wasn't as fast as Grove hut he was smarter. And they lioth were better than Ruffing. Some fans mav take exception to this statement, hut I guess that's what makes baseball, a difference of opinion. That's all for teday. brother.” Powers is right. Grove is the only pitcher who ever led the American League eight straight years in earned run averages. And after all. a murderers row doesn't have anything to do with tn earned run average of a pitcher. More than that, when Grove was with the A s. he con stantly saw relief service be sides taking his regular turn. And at 40 today, he's better than Hubbell who is 4 years younger. | CABS AND GUSHES In case you're interested in birthdays Charley Keller, Mary land's coveted gift to the New York Yankees, is 25 years old today— When Freddie Fitzsim mons. the venerable hurler of the Brooklyn Dodgers, got the exit in a recent Dodger-Giant melee it was the first time in his major league career that he perished via the umpire route— And the lovable character of the Flatbush brigade was so down hearted he actually wept in the dugout— Hats off to the Frost burg Bi-Staters for their splen did showing in the National ama teur baseball marathon—The Frosty City caravan competing against the ace arrays of the land, sliced off two stunning wins before dropping a nose 8 to 7 ver dict to a powerful Pittsburgh team. The Mountaineers have been given reams of copy this sea son but not too much has been said about likeable Joe Mc- Ginn. the fleet ball kidnapper of the Demons McGinn wasn't any great shakes here last season—Time and time again he went after bad balls and more than once he looked like a contortionist trying to hit a curve—But this year up Frostburg way the Cumber land lad suddenly regained the form that made him a local standout three or four years ago—He "shelled" far over ■Mt and fielded magnificently. The boys with the microscopes are having their innings these line fall days—The way the HERE ALONG i OF SPORTS have news and there are weeks is a Democrat in Maine and this ir weeks. However, we've done te course of said excavating be necdote that should be of more 1 bugs of Cumberland in general "Inked” by ambi - texterous rk Daily Mirror, it concerns Bob 1 Cleveland Indians, Detroit Ti gers. New York Yankees and even the Boston Red Sox are crowding each other at this par ticular writing they'll need mic roscopes to determine the ulti mate American League victor. Feller A recent Associated Press dis patch carrying a New York date line. partially blamed Bob Feller j for the collapse of the Cleveland ! Indians—The caption. "Feller's collapse blamed for Indians los ! mg streak." was almost funny enough to make a horse laugh and there aren't many horses laughing these days—Feller's just the best pitcher extant— Right now. as we go to press, he has lassoed himself some 24 victories—Of the eight losses he has sustained, with any break in his luck, he would have won half of them—Two games he dropped to the Yankees, in par ticular. was nothing short ol banditry—Yet they try to shift the fault on the massive shoul ders of Bullet Bob Feller, the crack marksman and gunner do luxe of the American League- Need he worry?—l'll say not— When the glimmers go out at the end of the season young Bob ! will be able to complacently re i tire to his chateau with the knowledge that he topped 'em ail j —Frankie Frisch's blustering Pittsburgh Pirates are storming the ramparts of the National League and right now the clout ing Corairs arc peeling potatoes with such vim and vigor that one wonders Just how and why it took them so long to get start- [ ed—They lead all National Longue clubs in team batting and , from the way they have been in -1 ccssantly pounding pellets for the past five or six weeks it isn’t any wonder—Rome wasn't built in a day ar.d Joe Louis won't be ; knocked out overnight, either— I And it was probably with those | two thoughts in mind that hand- I some Billy Conn changed his mind about facing the execu tioner's block next month—Or was it? Celanese Local to Play Pierce Miners In Double-Header Arrangements have just been completed for a double header • game between Local 1874 Celan ese Workers Union and the re doubtable Pierce team of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica. The West Virginia coal-diggers are still smarting under the 4-3 ! win of Celanesc on Labor Day j at Lonaconing and an excep tionally large turnout of union men and fans are expected to be on hand at the Cumberland Community Ball Park on Sun day. September 22nd. with the first game getting under way at 1:30 P. M. In addition to the West Vir- i ginia contingent a large group of United Mine Workers and Celanese workers will come in from the Georges Creek to wit ness the duel. The event will be used as Lo cal 1874 Booster Day by the silk men. SEE YOUR DOCTOR Have Your Heart and Nerves Checked Hr fore AI tending The JA L Q P PU AUTO RACES W CUMBERLAND FAIRGROUNDS Sun., Sept. 15th THRILLS - SPILLS - FUN E. A. "Bud" Cosgrove ■HHVi THE WESTERN MARYLAND VOICE OF INDUSTRIAL LABOR j Allegany, Fort Hill 1 In Gridiron Openers Footballs, not bullets, will be permeating the air in Cumber- j | land this week-end when the athletes of the chalked-Une ter- ( | rain get their first taste of the j j 1940 wars. And for those who 1 j "ke their football two games will' |be on tap. Allegany tackling; i Ridgeley High Friday night and Fort Hill engaging Kcyser Satur day. Scene of both scuffles will be the Fort Hill Stadium. Forecast as the ulUmatc win ners are the two local schools. Ridgeley, practically an infant in gridiron circles. showed | marked Improvement last year over Its 1938 record, but even so the Blue and White appears to carry too many guns for the West Virginians. Kcyser will bring a crack eleven to meet up with Johnny Long's Fortmen. but the Vigilantes arc strong themselves. JUST GAGS Billy Conn's Go With Joe Louis Off Until 1941 Billy Conn is a wise young man. Just a couple of weeks ago they were talking about "throwinrt him in” against Joe Lcuis in October for pure can non fodder but the Pittsburgh boxing beauty has apparently changed his mind about taking on the Bomber so soon. Result: Bout called off until the spring of ’4l making it best for every body concerned. Conn Isn't quite ready for the j dip into the championship pool and nobody knows it any better than him. Consequently, he has decided to wait until at least six' more months before going after tiie belt that now belongs to Louis. In the meantime, he'll continue on his way, meeting any and all comers < Louis ex cepted > and to this end. the pro moters have lined up several | rugged foes for him. Fights In Pittsburgh First of those opponents will either be Buddy Knox or Arturo Godoy, both well up in the heavyweight chronicles. Pres ent plans call for one or the other to take on Conn in Pitts i burgh the night of September 1 30. Artful Art Rooney, one-time Middle Atlantic League baseball standout, and now connected with things politically and pugilisti- | cally in Smoketown. will pro inote the impending battle. Many are the Cumberland fistic fans that have never seen | Conn in action and many. too. • are those who would welcome the opportunity to survey him in combat. Thus, Conn's com ing clash with Knox or Godoy offers those same fans the chance they have long been waiting for. Incidentally this same Conn hasn't performed in a Pittsburgh ring for some time j and the tiff is likely to attract a ( record crowd. Take 20 Weeks to Pay with Maurice’s Charge Coupon Hooks £ A I |- SPECIAL L t PURCHASE! 1940-1941 FALL AND WINTER NEWEST L COATS *§ 10 #7 |l| A si9.3o jji hra • Sports *•'-!£- M |r • Tweed B °.v_Coat I I • Fleeces £™ tor ' [ I 1 Junior Sizes 9to 15 t TrV Misses' Sizes —l2to 20 \ | J Women's Sizes—3B to 52 ' JALOPY RAGES HERE It'll be dust and more dust , here Land ay afternoon when 35 | of the best auto jalopy drivers from Maryland, Pennsylvania. ; Virginia and West Virginia "take i the turns" at Hie Cumberland j I Fair grounds in a four-statej ‘ championship event and to add | zest to the program the promot- I ers, ballyhooing the festivities, j will stage a downtown street pa rade at 5 o'clock Saturday eve- \ ning. The 36-plcce Cumberland . Moose Band has also been se-; cured to "play " during the ] races. Tiie field fairly sparkles with class and some high class action ; i lies ahead for followers of this j thrilling rporl. Cumberland is! ; well represented in tiie entry list! and ibis, too, should augmenti the attendance. GIANTS SHIPPING ’EM NEW YORK. Sept. 11.—New York's professional football j Giants aren't losing any time weeding out their players. Coach Steve Owen has just an nounced that 24 gridders have been shipped to the Jersey City Giants, thus paring the local squad to 37 men. With the league opener against ' the Stoclcrs in Pittsburgh only ' three days away and road games with Washington and Philly ! scheduled Coach Owen is still un certain about his regular squad ! since the veterans disappointed in the clash with Eastern All [i Stars. | SPORT SHORTS 1 Addicts of the arena around : these yar diggings will get a ! glimpse of two great champions ; this montli if they so desire, j Whom might they be’ ONLY : Henry Armstrong and Billy ' Conn. Armstrong "titles" it ; down Washington, D. C. way September 23 against furious Phil Furr, while Conn lashes out against either Clouting Buddy Knox or Absorber Arturo Godoy in Pittsburgh the night of Sep tember 30. Take your choice. • • • Here's a paradox! .Bob Pas tor's broken nose, the only sign of his boxing business, was sus tained in an automobile mishap several years ago. • • • Bill McKechnir, masterful mentor of Cincinnati's "llitlrss Wonders." wears a wrist i watch that was presented to him In 1929 by the Rochester (International) League base ball club which hr steered in that year. Since then he has been the recipient of other watches but refuses to discard his Rochester gift. Tex Carleton. Brooklyn lUngrr. recently walked a batter with the bases loaded for the first time in 16 years. And wotta fatal walk it proved to be. The Annie Oakley beat him 3-2 in Boston. • • • Ancient Jess Haines and old Eddie Roush recently eyed an encounter between the Reds and Dodgers at Cincinnati. Wonder wiiat they thought of the present day athletes? How that Roush, some years back, could peel those potatoes for the Reds! • • • Conscription will hit Burkncli University's gridiron entourage hard. Nineteen of the 32 var sity ites fall within the prescribed age limits of the Burke-Wads worth bill. All the Seniors and most of the Juniors, as far as age is concerned, are eligible for I the draft. • • • ! Billy Conn has temporarily cs caped the guillotine. Instead of meeting Joe Louis next month he's deferred his fatal night un- I til some time next spring. Time ; and tide, they say, wait for no man, but Joe Louts is waiting ■ for young Conn. • • • They're showing off the foot ball forces this week. Alle gany’s Blue and White battlers raise the curtain Friday night at Fort Hill Stadium against i Ridgeley High's up-and-eom big warriors and on Saturday night Kcyser High’s Golden Tornado sweeps into the same Stadium, there to tangle with the sparkling Sentinels of Fort Hill High. . . . 'Ere long baseball's blue-rib bon extravaganza. "The World's Series" rounds into the spotlight 1 and once again the latent "I told you so's" are being refrained by the delirious followers of the New York Yankees. A couple of weeks ago these same chanters were hibernating and nary a sound was heard. • • • That rousing tussle between the Pierce United Mine Work ers and Celanese Local 1874 at the Labor Day picnic still has the fans talking. The ten innings go ended In a 4-3 win for the silks, hut the coal dig gers had them extended through out. A bouquet to Manager J. W. Long of Celanese for whipping a fine team into shape this sea ! son. ' ' -- ■■■■ - - ! I I ! 1 YOUR BEER and 1 OUR BREWERY | jjii , | dM V Vorc and more, people arc coming to look upon the NATIONAL BREWERY as their brewers', because in more and more homes our beer is filling a definite place. After all, there is nothing strange about this. Until very recent times, ill brewing and baking were done right within almost every well-ordered house hold. There was usually one among the womenfolk who was expert in both • m ‘I bread baking and beer brewing. In many ways, the two household arts touched on a common ground. The yeast developed in the beer was used in the making of the bread dough. The grains were often the same. Both called for immaculate cleanliness. Both responded to skill and care. The lord of ■ the manor whose board boasted good bread and good beer was indeed a man i of standing in the community. While to-day, the business of baking the good bread and brewing the sound beer has been largely removed from the home, still folks watch with care and pride over the quality of the bread and the beer I which make the foundation for so many wholesome meals. It does not take a family long to recognize honest brewing and sound worth in its table beer. Realizing this, wc have been brewing our beer in such a way—of such ingredients—that more and more homes arc enjoying NATIONAL BEER. m FOR YOUR DAILY BEER ... NATIONAL BOHEMIAN FOR YOUR SUNDAY BEER . . . NATIONAL PREMIUM j Brtwti mi Mtltlti by THE NATIONAL BREWING COMPANY BALTIMORE. MARYLAND Distributor: P. PRICE FROSTBURG, MD. |j John L. Lewis Asks Congress to Pass Safety Bill * The following loiter has been sent to the members of the House of Representatives bv , John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica: "The Neely-Kcller bill, now | embodied in 8. 2420. was intro duced In the Congress on Mav 16, 1939. The bill provides for limited federal Inspection ol coal mines and publication of find lngs: "On January 23. 1940. after S. 2420 had passed the Senate the House of Representatives re ferred It to the Committee on Mines and Mining. This sub committee delayed action for months, but finally held some hearings in the month of June, concluding them on June 14 During the ensuing six weeks, the bill has remained in subcom mittee. "During this fourteen-month procrastination by the legislat ors. a total of 1.538 men were killed in the coal mines. Four major mine disasters have oc curred. "1. July 14 1938. Explosion m the Duvm Coal Company mine at Providence. Ky. Number of men killed was 28. leaving 23 widows and 50 orphans. "2. January 10. 1940. Explo sion at Bartley No. 1 mine. Me Dowell County. W Va . Pond Creek Pocahontas Company, af filiate of Island Creek Coal Com pany. Number of men killed. 91. leaving 70 widows and 143 or phans Eleven children have been born since the explosion: seven more children expected. "3. March 16. 1940. Explosion at Willow Grove mine. Neds. Ohio, Belmont County. M. A Hanna Company. Number killed. 72. leaving 59 widows and 117 orphans. "4. July 15. 1940. Explosion at the Sonman mine. Cambria County. Pa., t'onman Shaft Coal Company, near Portage. Pa . af filiate of the Koppcrs Coal Com pany. Number of men killed. , 63, leaving 34 widows and 108 * orphans. “This is an appalling series of disasters, entirely preventable by proper nunc inspection and proper management of the mines by the operating com panies. ‘'This office has frequently an dressed the members ol Con gress in behalf of this legislation. It would seem that ordinarily humane consideration would cause the average member of Congress to desire to cast at least one vote to prevent the con tinuous killing of coal miners. This mining bill can be passed within the next week or ten days if each member of Congress will only resolve to take a few min 7 , vhtot \ Congratulations 1 to u [pOWMMCI Local 1874 THE ROXY I Western Maryland's Most Modern BOWLING ALLEYS 129 North Mechanic Street (Next to Southern Hotel) f ■I" : Headquarters of Local 1N74 Bowling League Page 5 utes' time to exercise his per sonal influence. Surely, each member of Congress would wish to do this much. The inactivity of the committee in charge of the bill admits no other interpreta tion than the desire to strangle the measure. This appalling wastage of human life continues and the families of the dead are left to become objects of public charity. "May 1 not strongly urge the personal attention and personal support of this measure by each member of Congress. The effort will cost so little and the sum total of the human agony in volved is so great that in all sin cerity the request for immediate action is Justified by every hu man consideration."