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Page 4 ns PORTS Pgggfj By JACK GALLEN Here and There Along I The Rialto of Sports | Some people worry and tome people don’t and William (Bill) McKechnie evidently belongs to the latter ilk. While the ret of the country swelters under a blistering heat wave that has most everybody from six to sixteen running to cover, the grizzled old mentor of the Cincinnati Reds isn't, it seems, worried about anything— not even the hapless flight of his once proud pupils who are down in the doldrums and then some. At least that's what Jack Smith. * versatile sport specialist of New York, claims and Smith should know for he only recently signaled ' out the Red chieftain for a little tete a-tete on things baseballical-! ly. In fact< Smith says. MeKech nic can’t even see where his team : Is Just on the verge of passing out. and we mean passing out. right out of the National League baseball picture. STILL PICKS REDS McKechnie was asked whom he thought would win the National League diamond derby and the reporter almost dropped dead from j amazement when McKechnie pick cd his own Cincinnati club. H' quite naturally admits that both Brooklyn and St. Louis are strap ping good ball teams but accord ing to the reporter, he refuses to let their big leads fool him. McKechnie told the newspaper man that his team is a better ar ray of ball players than it has showed to date. He said the sec end half of the season would cor roborate that assertion and as long as a mathematical posibility re mained his consorts would not i give up. Stranger things have happened, of course. RIP STILL RIPS Ball players come and ball play ers go but one of the grandest ball players that you and I have ever aeen in action. James 'Rippert Collins, continues to bat in an occasional run now and then while also digging 'em out of the dirt down first base way. The Middle Atlantic League's glowing star of other days, now 36 years old. is holding down a utility berth for Pittsburgh's suddenly-revived P; rates. Collins isn't the same chipper lad he was when he ran amuck in the pastures for the Johnstown Independents. 'semi-pros' in 1925 and the Johnstown Johnnies 'Mid die Atlantic! in 1925 and 1926. In those days he usualy played centerflcld although occasionally he filled in at first base. He al ways could field and he always could hit. Cumberland's baseball gentry knew that then and they know it now. The ''Ripper” rode high with the Chicago Cubs for years until he was peddled off two years ago to the Pacific Coast league where he all but Hailed down the fences with his savage slugging. It was that slugging that caused Pitts burgh to pick him up and while he may not be a regular in the Corsair lineup, he is. nevertheless, a good man to have around. Grapevine has it that the St. Louis Cardinals, through big boss 1 — ! ! Announcing ..the annual AUGUST CLEARANCE SALE tWhere You Will Find Many Exceptional Values In Furniture—Rugs Carpets Ranges Mattresses and Porch and Lawn Furniture E.V. Coyle Furniture Co. 45 BALTIMORE STREET Branch Rickey, will try to "put on the heat” for a night game. Nocturnal baseball, of course, isn t a brand new idea but it's never been tried before in a fall show and Rickey's suggestion will be well worth watching to sec wha comes of it. Bar-B-Q’s Racing fans and fanettes of Cumberland and vicinity will have their inning, and a big inning it 1 will be. when the annual meet of the Cumberland Fairgrounds hits ! the high spots next wed:. For years the event has been a huge CUMBERLAND, MD PHONE 3700 ' financial suress. packing 'em m to the eaves and with prosperity dominating the country today, this year should be no exception. A classy field of bangtails, they say, ! has been lined up for the affair. Dick Newsome, of the Boston Red Sox. has more "stuff" than any pitcher in the American League so says Joe DiMnggto. the New York Yankees great out fielders. According to the Italian slugger. Newsome heaves a sinker. : screwball, knuckleball and curve j —good thing Mr. Heinz and his .17 ; ! varieties never heard of the lad. New York Transport Workers Awarded Wage Increases NEW YORK. July 29 More j than 3.400 employes of the New J York Omnibus Corp. today were | enjoying wage increases of from ! two to eight cents an hour award ■ ed them under an arbitration de cislon handed down by William H THE WESTERN MARYLAND VOICE OF INDUSTRIAL LABOR Tf* Rlttrr ind o*7* o*o,ll hi j a dramatic scene from "The rinnerrs." currently appearing at the Embassy Theatre. Davis, chairman of the National ! Defense Mediation Board. I Tlic wage increases were rctro i active to March 1 which was the {expiration date of the old agree tnent between the CIO Transport Workers Union and the bus com pany. Davis, named arbitrator by Mayor F. H. LaGuardia after a 12 day bus strike, also awarded the union busmen time and n half for overtime, the 48 hour week. I and time and a half for special runs. Michael Quill, union president. J said the arbitration decision "com-, pletely vindicates the position and action of the Transport Workers: Union." a (TICE! ffice now OPEN with following hour*: to 12 Noon, Phone 2772 Dffice OPEN as usual with hour* a* and 7 to 8 P. M., Phone 1425 OHN A. CRIST RTHA JOHNSON 11 ml ill Is II rail It I GENEROUS CREDIT! I Come to Maurice 9 s and I Outfit “Your Family and lour Home” i \!!&5 I I Cumberland's "Bin" Department Store The S\ote o\ 1 — 1 BETTER Dry Cleaning NO ODOR NO FADING MINOR REPAIRS FREE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED SUITS TOPCOATS PLAIN DRESSES iCASH & CARRY CALL & DELIVERY 68c 75c CR¥STAIo Ja un cii u (o y PHONE 936 S CUMBERLAND'S ONLY UNION CLEANERS CIO Aluminum (ontinurrf Irom ps "• cd Federal Workers of America, Mrs. Jessica B. Rhine and Robert Greenberg, appeared before the I council to explain charges made and actions taken against Miss Miller by officials of the Depart ment of Labor. Mrs. Rhine declared that charg es of "Communism" against Miss . Miller were unfounded, and were i } ' categorically denied by Miss Mil ler in a statement made to Sec retary of Labor Perkins. Madame Perkins, Mrs. Rhine stated, has I refused to grant Miss Miller an j open hearing with union repre- j I sentation .and told a committee ■ of CIO representatives "there is 1 no such thing as collective bar gaining in the government ser vice." The council unanimously adopt ed a resolution to be sent to Pres ident Roosevelt and Madame Per kins. and also sent telegrams to Roosevelt and the Secretary of Labor. Informed by the Los Angeles Industrial Union Council of a strike against Walt Disney Pro ductions. creators of Mickey Mouse. Donald Duck and other movie cartoons, the council adopt ed a resolution of support for the Sciecn Cartoonist Guild. AFL. A ; three man committee was appoint- j , cd to visit movie theatre managers j in this area to urge the removal | of Disney films until the strike j was settled. Local 1874 Gains in I Pen-Mar Ball Fight The Celanese Local 1874 nug get -nudgers of the Pen-Mar base ball league are smiling again and they have reason to smile. Close to a month they were in the dol droms but they pulled themselves together last week-end. popped-up with two easy victories and set j themselves in line for a first divi sion berth. After winning an easy game Saturday the Unlonltes upped their way to Eckhart last Sunday, and in a six inning party curtailed by weeping skies, asphyxiated the hapless Eckharts by the score of ,11 to 0 as pitcher Corrigan coast ed in. As things stand now the Union forces are just one gams away from fourth place, now oc- j cupied by Centerville. Patronize Our Advertisers I COOL TOGS FOR WARM DAYS Are Easy to Huy at BURTON’S MEN’S WASH SLACKS $|.95 Waist sizes 28 to 50 inches. Lengths to 36 inches. MEN’S E POLO SHIRTS 29c „ *\m • TAN • GREEN • BLUE • BROWN • GRAY • TEAL KiiimlM 129 Baltimore St Cumberland, Md. I. PtM Now To Atteod Hio Spcctacrior CUMBERLAND FAIR August 5 to 9-12 to 16 HORTICULTURAL LIVE STOCK EXHIBITS EXHIBITS Everyone Is invited to enter the Hor- The livestock exhibit has been known ticultural Exhibit in the large and (or years to be the most complete spacious buildings for this purpose. and outstanding in the Tri-State area. Exhibits will be judged by experts Livestock, poultry, pet stock. 411 and cash prizes and awards will be Club Exhibits. Prizes and awards to made to winners. winners. 10-DAYS-101 4iiirSSiL racing I ikj [_|£ (Pari-Mutuel Betting) One Steeplechase 4 Daily Post Time, 2 P. .M. DAILY DOUBLE Ist and 2nd RACE I J Cost of Living To Keep Rising, Official Warns WASHINGTON. July 16.—Leon Henderson, price supervisor for the Federal Government, warned ; last week that the cost of living will continue its upward course in the next few months. He laid the blame for future price Increases on the emphasis in defense production, which lifts purchasing power but does not in crease the amount of goods avail able for consumption. The pos sible scarcity of consumer goods was noted months ago by CIO \ Pres. Philip Murray, who advo | rated the industry council plan as ' a method of giving labor a voice in defense affairs and as a means of assuring full production in all Industries to overcome just such , :i bottleneck. * In discussing the price situa- Thursday, July 31. 10-11 I lion. Henderson made It clear that wage Increase* in recent months had not been responsible for rising living costs. Factories have been producing at full or capacity, and as a resuit the unit cost of their products has been lower than when those plants arc operating at a fraction of their capacity. As a result, lie said, manufacturers have bent easily able to absorb rising wage costs. Patronize Our Advertisers JACK BENNY Charleys L Aunt _ KAY FRANCIS JAMES ELLISON STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST Ist WHEN IN DOUBT, LOOKUP wekmm IN THE TELE mfti The C. & P Telephone Company of B C, (Bell System j Cumberland. Md. 108 Un*on St.