WE ARE now moving into a

rather strange, weird and com-

plicated sporting world.Many of the stronger college foot-

ball teams of October rem-

nants in November.

Star after star, sin-gly and in groups,

Is heading now

for Parris Island, abig marine base, orsome other servicecenter.You could recruit

a football team atParris Island thatwould be unbeat-able, given just alittle time. Grantland RiceAt the same time

the draft is moving in on big leaguebaseball.Consider the Yankees alone.

Spud Chandler, their star pitcher,is on his way out, unless he is 4-F,which Spud isn't. Under the rules,pud is 1-A.

Charlie ("King Kong") Keller,their home run hitter, is waiting hisI-A test. Keller is no 4-F. Nor a-A.Joe Gordon, their feature second

baseman, has had over 100 hours inthe air—and he can't miss.

If Chandler, Keller and Cordonare not fit for service work we musthave the super-army of all time.They happen to be three of the finestall-around athletes I've ever knownn one ball club.

I happen to know that Bill Dickey,their veteran catcher, a first classflier, too old for any combat flying at, would like to get an instructor'sying job.This same condition must apply tother teams. If the war remainsough or gets tougher, the call onport will be even louder than itas been so far. And the call haseen heavy.

hifting TidesIn many cases football stars, play-

ng at one college in October, arelaying with rivals now.Tides are shifting back and forth

aster than the human eye can fol-ow.

Is a team to be rated on its Sep-• mber and October form before thelast arrived, or is it to be rated onts November showing down thetretch?In the past few weeks hundreds ofood football players have beenailed away from teams scattered11 over the national terrain.

There are some good teams left.n any event the balance of powers more evenly distributed.

Army and Navy are able to corn-lete their season without any def-

icits in material.

We are not yet certain whetherhere will be further shifts fromtime to time, extending through De-ember.

This, of course, would throw thearious bowl situations into some-hing approaching a tangle, if not aurmoil.

But there are still many rougherings happening in this war.

Those attempting to pick All-Starr All-American combinations alsond themselves wading into theuicksands.

How many games would a starave to play beforehe could beroperly named?It is certainly not the player's

ault that he can't finish his footballork.

To help complicate matters, theening season has been loaded withtars—such backs as Daley, Hertel'',avis, Hamburg, Steuber, Kane,

Odell, Graham, McCardle, Podesto,ark, Miller, Hirsch, Prokop, Fieldnd others, from Duke, North Caro-ina, Purdue, Ohio State, Dartmouth,ashington, etc.

There will be no lack of fine ma-erial from which to make selec-ions, but some of these who mightelong have only played in one orwo big games.At least all this will help to keepe debaters busy when "the waysre heavy with mire and rut."

The Old Grad has been a trifleazed all season. Events have hadim trying to face three or four di-ections in the same split second.For example, we have Minnesota

ooters pulling hard for Daley, whoelped Michigan wreck Minnesota.Under such conditions you can'tery well blame the Old Grad fromeeling just a bit curious in theupola.For all of these expected and jus-

•ficd handicaps it has been an in-resting season and there are stillome good games on the dockei be-ore the season ends..

bout Bob OdellMiller, Bertelli, Davis and Daley,rnong others, are all great backs.Bertelli and Miller have been theost valuable pair of the year.But Bob Odell, younger brotherf the Yale coach, is my pick.Odell, on the offensive side, is ane, fast runner and a fine pass re-river.But in addition, he in the hest, orne of the best, blocking backs in theountry and one of the hardest, sur-st tacklers—one of the hest &fen-lye men I've seen.

During times of peace orwar there is one foe eternallyfeared by every man thatgoes to sea—fire. In wartimeship fires reach their maxi-mum deadliness. Ignited byenemy shells or bombs, theflames menace personnel al-ready busy at battle stations.Also, every man called fromhis post to fight fire gives theenemy that much more ad-vantage. Thus, the navy hasfounded fire-fighting schoolsto train specialists in the artof extinguishing fires any-where aboard ship quicklyand methodically. Fire-fight-ers train aboard imitationship sections built on land inwhich fires can be ignited forteaching purposes.

SOOT SUITS might be a proper slang term for these weird look-

ing asbestos suits and oxygen breathing apparatus. These student

firemen are equipped to fight a fire below decks.

AT ANNAPOLIS midshipmenfight a test blaze. Fire-fighting ispart of their regular training.

NOZZLE KNOWLEDGE —Fireman First Class George Gru-ber, above, explains the uses ofa spray nozzle to a class. Practi-cal demonstrations follow.

TONGUES OF FIREthat flash out 40 feetare ignited at school.Inset: A Briton andYank attending samefire-fighting school.

INFERNO—A member of thefire - fighting school is almost

veiled from the camera by smoke

arising from a roaring blaze be-

low the decks of a training ship.

DOWN THE HATCH go asbestos clad fire-fighters and soon ablaze spreading below will be out.

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Question; Our living-room ceilingformerly was finished with calci-

mine. After several years this be-came dingy looking, and we decidedto take it off and put on casein paint.The painter tried to wash off theold calcimine, but it would not comeoff. So he put two coats of caseinpaint on over it. The finish now isbubbling and peeling. What is thebest way to refinish the ceiling? Canwallpaper be put on the ceiling as itis now?Answer: Whether you use paint or

wallpaper, all the present finish will

have to come off. Calcimine will

come off when washed with watercontaining some household ammo-

nia. To remove the calcimine and

casein paint, wash with a solution

of three pounds of washing soda or

trisodium phosphate in a gallon of

water. Then rinse with clear wa-

ter. When the plaster is clean and

dry, you can refinish the ceiling with

paint or wallpaper.. • •

Odor of Paint

Question: Six weeks ago I paintedmy breadbox inside and out withflat paint and then gave it two coatsof enamel. But when I put some-thing in the breadbox overnight it

gets a bad smell. How can I kill

this odor?Answer: The inside of a breadbox

never should be painted, for breadand pastry absorb all sorts of odors

readily. Try washing the inside of

the box with a solution of bicar-

bonate of soda, using about two ta-blespoonfuls in a quart of cold wa-ter. Or you could use one of thecharcoal deodorants that are intend-ed to absorb the odors in a refrig-erator. It these methods do nothelp, your only alternative is to re-move the paint down to the metal;then wash well and, wipe dry. Ifthe bare metal is inclined to rust,wipe it with a thin coat of mineraloil.

Question: I am planning to paper

the walls in my kitchen and dining

room with washable wallpaper. The

walls and ceilings at the present

time are finished with a rough, col-

ored plaster. What should I do to

these walls before I paper them?

Answer: You can remove most

of the roughness in the plaster byrubbing it down with coarse sand-

paper wrapped around a block of

wood. The remaining light depres-sions can be filled with a mixture

of glue size, thickened with pow-

dered whiting. For smoothing thesurface, use a trowel. You might

consider using wall cloth, which

comes in handsome patterns and isstrong and washable.

• • •

Leather TopQuestion: What can I do about the

leather top on a drum table? Ithas several indentations from a

heavy table lamp.Answer: Place the lamp on a flat

sheet of beveled glass or wood.

Heavy objects having sharp project-

ing supports should not be allowed

to stand on leather. The indenta-

tions might disappear if the top iswashed with mild soap, then polished

with paste wax.• • •

Building a CisternQuestion: Where can I get infor-

mation on building a cistern?

Answer: Consult the local repre-sentative of your state department

of agriculture, who is familiar withyour local conditions. You can get

an excellent government pamphlet

on this subject by sending five cents

to the Supt. of Documents, Wash-

ington, D. C., asking for Farmers'

Bulletin No. 1448, "Farmstead Wa-

ter Supply."• •

Well Water Analysis

Questiorf: I should like to have the

water from a newly drilled well ana-

lyzed. Where could I have this done?Answer: Your local classified tele-

phone directory will show a list of

laboratories that will analyze water.

Or ask your druggist to arrange to

have the work done. Or inquire of

your board of health.• • •

Cleaning Percolator

Question: How can I clean an old

aluminum coffee percolator that is

stained brown inside? I have tried

cleansing powder, but without suc-

cess.Answer: Try boiling for half an

hour with a half-and-half mixture

of vinegar and water., in it, using

enough to fill the spout, if possible

Boiling tomatoes in it also would be

good, and scrubbing with steel wool

or scratchless scouring powder. Ask

your hardware dealer if he still has

a spout brush.

Happy Sailor

START toy making early—here'sa doll which is easy even forbeginners! First, make the 15-inch body, soft and cuddly, thenoutfit with the gob cap, middy andsailor pants!

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Pattern No. 1897 is in one size only.Body requires 3,'s yard 35-inch sateen, tkhank of wool for hair. Make costume ofscraps.Due to an unusually large demand and

current war conditions, slightly more timeis required in filling orders for a few ofLie most popular pattern numbers.Send your order to:

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'There's So Much GoodIn the Worst of Us—'

Once when I came running intothe house complaining about Jim-mie, a playmate, Mother producedan old pair of scales and my setof blocks. "Now we'll play a littlegame," she said. "First, we willplace a block on this side of thescales to represent each of Jim-mie's faults. Now tell me them."I named them and blocks werepiled in the tray."Tell me something good about

him," said Mother. "Doesn't helet you ride his bicycle? And sharehis candy with you?""Yes," I admitted reluctantly.

Blocks were placed on the otherside to show his good points. Istarted laughing as Jimmie's goodqualities overbalanced his faults.Through all the years I have neverforgotten that little weighing inci-dent. Before criticizing a person,I always compare his good pointswith his bad.

When armored knights met, itwas customary for each knight toraise the visor of his helmet as ameans of identification. This ges-ture has come down through allarmies in the form of the salute.Traditional, too, is the Army man'spreference for Camel cigarettes.With men in the Army, Navy, Ma-rines, and Coast Guard, actualsales records in their servicestores show that Camel is thefavorite. It's one of the favoritegifts with service men. And thoughthere are Post Office restrictionson packages to overseas Armymen, you can still send Camels tosoldiers in the U. S., and to menin the Navy, Marines, and CoastGuard wherever they are.—Adv.

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• Tires won't actu-ally burst into flameswhen you spin them

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IN THE ARMY AIR FORCESthey say:

"DAWN PATROLLING" for getting

etingreveille

'GET EAGER" for strive to do your best„ for letter

"SUGAR REPORT from a girl friend

"CAMEL" for the favorite cigarette with menin the Army

CAMELS

HAVE GOT WHAT IT

TAKES, ALL RIGHT

PLENTYOF FLAVORAND EXTRA

MILDNESS

With men in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,

and Coast Guard, the favorite cigarette isCamel. (Based on actual sales records.)