The Tri-County Herald, Volume 75, Numbers 1-5

TKMSUMTK HfltAUJ. fa LOCALS Miss Virginia Jammer, daugh­ ter of'Mr. and Mrs* John C. Zim­ mer, attended the first annual leadership banqyot at Bowling- Green. State University, Jfanuary 13. Saonsoredi by. Miss, Audrey Kenyon Wilder,, dfean of women, andi theWomentfi; SalfrGOverniiig; Association; the*banquet gave re­ cognition to student women who hold!prominent posts.on the cam­ pus* Miss dimmer is president of ’ tlie* Glovia- Sorority, and; at senior in ^lje-College oft Education. The Medway. Methodist: Wom­ an’S; Society, of Christian- Service mot1at, tlie parsonage- Wednesday afternoon; IhstafUdion. .of’.officers for-the-new year was; held. A*, large- group attended! About1sixty, enjoyed! at pot-luck- supper. Tuesday nigiit at Medivay Metliodist Ghurch* This, was fol­ lowed by. games.- The supper was sponsored, by Mr. G* E. Styer’s Sunday School: class; Tuesday afternoon callers at'the home of Mts. Jbsepii ,Searcy, of Ohio-St., Fairfield, were Mis. Elsie Barron, of Columbus, her son, Al­ fred, of the Naval Training; School in Dearborn, Mich., and Mts, Clark Gross, of Springfield, Alfred Bar­ ron graduated-.last; weeltfTrom the Training School andi left Wednes­ day evening' for Treasure- Island, Calif; Gkeiwuisii To those closest to the* Cincin­ nati Reds, Johnny Vender Meer. is' more than a great' southpaw pitbhor, Heis-a<charaoter>who-lias earned the respect of all of his associates because he has taken in stride spectacular success, dis­ mal failure, and antamasing come­ back, Through it all he retained! the; same attliudfc he had when 'he- was a rookie breaking-in. It' takes a groat man. to be a graceful, success, if takes a. greater man to assume the right attitude when this success its,, followed by a flop, and;it lakes,the right kind of a stomach,to bounce back after all: of this to stage a comeback, Today Johnny Vender. Meer Is considered- as. potentially-' one- of the- greatest pitchers of ’all time. He-has,more sheer stuff than any man; in’ the game today, as evl- dencediby his leading the National League-in the number of'strike­ outs last year, and his feat of even topping‘Bob Fellfer in the average number of. strikeouts pen inning pitched! Fellfer ffinned more men, but hurledt more* innings, and; his percentage wasn’t; as high- as Vandy’fi. Sixteen games,were won by, the portsidfer in 1041, one more than lie-registered;during;1938},the year in.which-he-produced the -greatest pitching* fbat of modern baseball by scoring, two* successive no-hit victories. Th i s - unprecedented achievement hurtled him to the top of the baseball heap and he was the talk of the country. Everybody was his friend, His name was wanted fOr endorse­ ments. Hfe-was pointed out where- ever he went. Offers of all sorts flooded him, Instead of becoming a mercenary nickel grabber, he liept his head. One of his first! de­ cisions was that he would not: en­ dorse any product not; in keeping with the standard of a clean liv­ ing boy. He turned down several lucrative offers for night club en­ gagements. He went through.that success clfeanly- and finely. His flbp started the- following year, when he-won only five; and 15st nine games;, He*was off’to a bad. start in 1940; and; as a result, saw little .action; That’s when he made the greatest- decision of his careers The No* 1.man-of baseball, two, years, b'efbre. told- Manager Bill McKeehnie*and>General Man­ ager Warren Giles that he would like to go to the minor leagues to»helpihim regain his control and confidence. He wasn’t too proud far that! He didn’t want to stay WE WILL C&YSTACILEAN Ladies Plain Coatr or Dress ........ $1.00 and Sk irti 1c Both Bor $ 1.01 NOTICE! 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MfcKechnie saw it and made him one of his starting pitchers. Johnny justified- this confidence by. winning 1C games-while losing^I3j leading the league in,strikeouts* 202, finishing fifth in the earned run ratings, and second in; the- opponents* batting average ratings. Hfe hurlfed: a one- llit game, a- two-hiti game, two- three-hit games, and six shutouts, His two-hit victory, over the Cardinals-September 6, in which he1fanned. 14 men; went: down- in Bill' MfcKecbnie’s - book as the greatest performance of his career, and this includes his two no-hit­ ters. He was a better pitcher last year than in 1938, because'he had more poise and, while not as spec­ tacular, was much more of a po­ lished performer. Johnny, who is now 27 years of age, is.- at about the same point in bis career that Lefty- Grove-was when he started to perform his great feats, Both had tb curb their early wildness. Both reliedi on overpowering,the*batter with tre­ mendous-stuff. Grove didn’t reach, his peak until lie. became a pitcher instead of- a; thrower. Vender; Mfeer is* just becoming- a>pitcher And) that’s why. last! fall BUcky- W-filters; who■ is no»mean shakes- as; at pitcher-himself; said; that he1 lboks for VanderMeer to develbp into a 25-or 30’game winner in the next ffew years* If Bucky’s prediction- ever materializes, you can wager your lasj: dollar that Johnny will be ;as humble about it all as he was through liis other periods ofs inflation and deflation. O LD ER THAW C LEO PA TRA ¥ < our eyes were madc^Ior seeing’,outdoors,in liglit’lnm* dreds o f times brighter than the' average: homes) use today. Indoor living, close-seeing tasks, like reading; and sewing; will produce frown wrinkles in your forehead*and fatiguedines around your eyes if the ligh ts not-right. Fortunately, modern, inventions have-* provided.’ the means: of giving, you tlie: kind of: light you -need. For instance, scientisttworked for severallyears to perfect the I. 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