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...Fourth brother Frank, a mathematician, all-round athlete, footballer and rifle shot. "Lovable, affectionate, happy and gentle." Frank had no time to ripen for anything but slaughter. In a letter marked "Not to be delivered till after my death," Frank bade his parents a cheerful farewell -"the parting will not be for long. Merely for an infinitesimal space of time out of eternity." He was killed at 22, three months after joining the Gloucester Regiment at the front in France...
...Manager Eddie Stanky. For a few weeks this spring, the bleacher jockeys even got a kick out of razzing Rookie Wally Moon in the outfield. "Where's Enos?" they would yell. Did that lanky, crew-cut college boy really think he could fill in for Enos ("Country"') Slaughter...
Just about the happiest thing that has happened in St. Louis all season is that Moon has made the grade. He is filling in for Slaughter so well that the fans have almost forgiven the Cardinal management for selling old Enos to the Yankees. Unless he suddenly picks up the habit of catching fly balls on his head, Wallace Wade Moon is a sure bet to be selected National League Rookie of the Year...
...spring, after three years in the minors, Wally showed up at the Cardinal camp in St. Petersburg, Fla., fresh from a winter of baseball in Maracaibo, Venezuela, his batting eye sharp. Manager Stanky was so impressed that he never thought of sending Wally back to the minors. But taking Slaughter's place was a tough spot. Wally kept badgering old hands like Musial and Schoendienst for advice. In the field, he made few mistakes. At the plate, he started belting out base hits steadily. His current average: .331. "Here it is August," says Second Baseman Schoendienst, "and I think...
COWS ARE FEMALE BOVINE CRITTERS. CATTLE INCLUDE PA, MA AND THE KIDS. THEREFORE TIME'S QUOTE OF OUR PREDICTION "7,OOO,OOO CATTLE . . ." IS WRONG. OUR FIGURE WAS FOR COWS ALONE. EXPECTED SLAUGHTER OF ALL CATTLE IS BETWEEN 39 AND 40 MILLION HEAD-FAR EXCEEDING 1953 RECORD SLAUGHTER OF 36.7 MILLION...