pa ened ie oot ee Ma ge ah ME tee wk eT we Sy Seer oe . bo ag se gat ngs : 2.... .'> Prince Rupert Daily News . ; ete 1 Friday, October 4, 1957 in independent dally newspaper devoted! to the upbullding of Prince Rupert , and, Northern and Central British Columbia. Member of Canadian Press-—-Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Daily Newspaper Association Published by. The Prince Rupert Dally News Limited re J. F, MAGOR, President Pesce, Subscription Rates: a By mail—Per month’ 81.00; per year. $10.00. RT IE By carrler—per month, $1.25, per year, $12.00 Quthorized as second class‘ mail by the Post ; Office Department, Ottawa eee ee, ees keene ORY Casey at the Bat | HERE is an expectant quiet. in Prince Rupert to- day as baseball history pauses fora change of | vénue. Across the North American continent men cfeak in earnest’ voices of the teams of their choice before the World Series resumes tomorrow. The un- canguerable New York Yankees have won one game and lost one in their own backyard and tomorrow the impudent Milwaukee Braves hold forth in; their own stadium. And while home-town fans ponder the wis- dom of Stengel, the strategy of Haney, Mantle’s legs, Skowroh’s: back and the brilliance of Schoendienst, we thought we -wonld revive another day in baseball. lore, a day seared deep, in the minds of. men, whose hearts have often stopped when the count stood 3, and Zand the fate of two. teams hung om the next pitch. — > In.1888 a poem called “Casey: at the Bat” was published and since has become’a classic. Before his deathin, 1940, author Ernest Lawrence Thayer noted the many renderings of immortal . “Casey”, then sanctioned as official the following version: The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that _ day: on . The score stood, four to two, with but one inning more _to, play, . re Po » And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did " the same, so ern + A pall-liké. silence fell upon the patrons’ of the game. z FF 4% a » A straggling few got up to,go in deep despair. The rest -’ €lung to that hope which springs eternal in-the human é 5 breast; Be - » They thought, ‘If only Casey could but get a whack : at that. — 7 ce « Wed put up even money now, with Casey at the bat.”’ ' . ao. ; © But Flynn preceded Casey, as did alsg Jimmy Blake, x And the former was a hoodoo, while the latter was a ” . e cake; oo. * So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy. sat, : For there seemed but little chance ef. Casey getting to . the bat. ss Pe, § weg . . * But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all, = And Blakey,,tke much despised, tore the cover off the . boll; oe " And when the dust had lifted, and men saw what had ‘ occurred, © . * There was, Jimmy,,safe at second and Flynn a-hugging 3 thirds je ey awe Sats . , = Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a a lusty. yell; ‘ ‘Jt rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell; ~~~ » It pounded.on the mountain and recoiled upon the flat, For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancirig to the bot. k ‘ There was ease in Casey’s manner as he stepped into s his place; . - » There was pride in Casey’s bearing and a smile lit ", Casey's face, . « And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed ‘ his hat, - ~ No stranger in the crowd: could doubt ‘twas Casey at ; the bat. 4 : Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands ‘ with dirt; ‘ on his shirt; « Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into t Five thousands tongues applauded when he wiped them . his hip, * . Defiance flashed in Casey‘’s eye, a sneer curled Casey's oe lip. , o * Ard now the leather-covered sphere came hurtling through the air, : — And Casey stood awatching it in haughty grandeur there. > ~~ Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped — + “That ain’t my style,’ said Casey. ‘Strike one!’’ the ‘ umpire said. ‘ From the benches, black with people, there went up a . muffled roar, Like the beating of the storm waves on a stern and . distant shore; . 7 Kil him! Kil the umpire!” shouted someone on the stand; And it's likely they’d have" killed him had not Casey ‘ raised his hand, » With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage ; shone; 1 He stilled the rising tumult; he bade the game go on; ‘ He signaled to the pitcher, and once more the dun sphere ew; ue . But Casey still ignored it, and the umpire said, Strike . two." ' “Eraud! cried the maddened thousands, and echo 4 answered Fraud!" t But one scornful look from Casey and, the audiance was " awed, . » They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his " muscles strain, ' again. . The sneer has fled from Cosey’s lip, his teeth are ‘ clenched in hate; He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon’ the plate. * — And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go ‘ blow, bright; ? f Oh, somewhere in this favored tand the sun Is shining \ '’ The band is playing somawhere, and somewhere hearts ‘ are light, shout; olit. wr by LIBERAL bigwigs, meeting As Prone Philpott © Big British Surprise _ wm dae ot ve “| VOICE OF RUSSIA HEARD BUT | NOT HEEDED iN WHITEHORSE: VANCOUVER @ — The 6,000) CBC doesn’t give the elty propet eltizens of Whitchorse in the nerve’, ot people listen tu yey . bay wride Wussian stations. Yukon Territory dont bet xe 0 “Ivs a scandalous situation: It when they turn on thelr radios.” | 4 direct result of the fact that Rolf B. Hougen, president of yhe CBC has failed to “ maise ‘tne board of trade, said here’ available a direct line from “Ed? Wednesday that because the monton,” vee & Coo. meen ene Sata telmm | See It here to set the time and | proposal’ by the visiting British jeventual free ‘| APART from the purely partisan Some actually feel that Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s British ‘trade plan has blown up in his face. AH are cértain that: the ministers ‘for lower tariffs and trade between Britain-and Canada is' in Nne with traditional Canadian, Liber- al policy, and: decidedly con- trary to Canadian Conservative policies. , On the latter point there is no doubt. The Globe and: Mail news. report says “there is little ques- tion that Mr. Fleming and Tifade Minister Churchill are hurt by the almost brutal way in which the British, have reacted to, Mr. Diefenbaker’s initial limited pro- posal... .) “ “It puts the Diefenbaker gov- ernment in the embarrasing po- sition of having been told to ‘put up.or shut up,” 4 effects of the political bomb- shell tossed out by the young British minister, Peter Thorney- croft, there is no doubt that it has set: the stage for a major parliamentary debate on one of the most complicated and tickl- ish of all problems which: has long vexed all Canadian govern- ‘ments. The Conservatives have al- | place fox a national convention, are openly jubilant at what they consider their luckiest break since. the | stunning defeat on June 10. ways considered themselves the super-loyalist party of-the Brit- , ish Empire connection. Traqi- : t i ap pene Reeetecee seeene Senet mee ements emmetainn tionally they hoave tended to go along with whatever the United Kingdom government’ did inter- nationally. Thus there was very deep seated and cross-Canac.. Conservative support for the: ‘Eden government's action at! Suez last year, although that. action was strongly opposed by. our own Canadian eovernment-— | then, of course, Liberal.. - But in trade matters the Tor-| ies have always been more Ca-' nadian natjonalist than Com-' monwealth-minded. Shortly after Prime Minister, Diefenbaker so effectively pub-! Hcized’, his proposal, to- transfer 15 per‘cent of Canada’s pur-' chases:from the, U:S. to Britain, | his government set in» motion: Tariff Board hearings which are: expected to lead to higher duties! on imported British-made wool-; len goods. - : There was extremely strong, pressure for such increases ini the last parliament. Even the: sitting Liberal MPs from textile, manufacturing centres. such as! Galt, Ontario. reneatedly and, publicly advocated higher tare | iffs. even against textiles made | thanks, the co-operation of your | in Britain.. The governmeng, fin-; paper with respect to publicity’ ally turned thumbs down on the of The Canadian National Insti: | major buyers of our goods. ernment are grinding’ here in: iOttawn toward higher tariffs oni .4 ;- E ee —— | ‘bayti ‘ed if a small item of apprecia-— MUSEUM steel: textiles and above all on. (ion for their efforts’ (The Wo-' ip -egled We -com- | : Tubber poled soo ios from Hone. men of the Moose) could be in-° ing in vast q _ : © serted ane the thanks of our or- jo demand, chicfly because it.was 4 tute for the Blind’s tag direct reversal of the traditional | which this year was sponsored | Liberal policy of “favoring im-' hy the Women of the Moose and | ports from Britain and other) convened by : i Graduate Right now, the wheels of gov-! Phipps. A FACE 1N THE CROWD — Wearing a raincoat and using a newspaper as an improvised rain hat, movie producer Walt Disney stands unrecognized in a London crowd watching the changing of the guard at Horseguards Palace. Walt, who is © | currentiy enjoying a European vacation with his wife, could certainly have made‘good use. of a Mickey Mouse hat in this downpour, cle . @ LETTERBOX : THANKS FOR AID ih The Editor, The Daily News: | We wish to acknowledge with: day | WOTM © Junior: Regent Mrs. H. I. It would ‘be greatly. appreciat- Rupert Radio an 313 - 3rd Avenue West DO IT YOURSELF! ENTHUSIASTS ! “ELECTRICIANS” Complete Wiring Supplies “HOME BARBERS” Blectric Gair Clippers “RADIOMEN”. Kome ‘Soldering Kits “HEAT TREATMENTS” Infra Red, Ultra-Viglet Lamps & Vibrators “rit-FL SPECIALISTS” PARTS & EQUIPMENT d | Electric | Phone 4236 ‘iter, the Museum will be closed for two weeks while I: have my. . yas) E aes. m ‘ heard anual holicay—this time “jn that Cana eation, briefs By JOCELYN BOLTON As mentioned in my last let- ‘Kong. | THE proposed increases will nat-; supported the appeal. | gurally cause more of the same: SUPE PP ‘kind of arguments between .the. SeOCLE for your valu- high-versus-low tariff advocates YOUT associates ) is ‘vaniiation expressed to them and the ‘public -~who may have Again, our thanks to you and ple interest at all times in the sifairs of the blind and the CN IB i since + Alaska and I hope to be able to; give you a few highlights when I return, although I expect most rAlaska and their questions are never have. I don't think October will be a bad month, and even if a littie nippy, that won’t matter, but we hope for good camera weath- er, aS we are going to take many pictures, intend to visit the Museum in Juneau, and also hope that they will let us see the one in Whitehourse, Yukon Territory. In spite of the tourist season being over, quite a few. peopie nave paid us a visit, among them And they knew that Casey wouldn't let that ball go by | 1 1 And. now. the air is shattered by the force of Casey's » And somewhere men are laughing, and little children But there is no joy In Mudville ~~ great Casey has struck Lake, brother-in-law, Mr. HH: Ward We were glad they called and enjoyed a nice chat with them. Mrs, John Guthrie also visited | | us with a guest from Norway,: ‘Mrs. Norvig. on our register. second time so our shows quite an previous years, | celving Jelters cuu, ' | yellow: cedar totem with, this winter, . 4 pam. with Mixs ‘Munoum, VOREST GAUL statf of partinent of jr red Writing, Mrs. Agnes Neaves of Francois accompanied by her Guests from Jasper, Edmonton’ and Stewart, B.C., also appear: Our count to Sept. 15th this’ year Is well aver 6000, and many! of our guests Co not register, toa many come in at a time, and then we have many repeats of | local people wha do not sign a| register | Increase oves The Toursst Bureau is now re- regarding par tieulars for next yeur, and with our Centennial coming along it will no daubt be a very busy yeur for us at the museum and bur Mr, V. A. Collison of Masset wus also u Viator with a friend jJund I nought a very nice Wbble pole fram him whieh Foam quite pleased L belleve that Mr, Collinson will be doing quite no bit af carving The Museum will be open on Biuturduy the bth, {rom Lpam, { Cing Fernusan ln charge and on Buturdny, Oc- tober 12, from 2 to 6 pam, when two ships of the Canadian navy will be In port, HMCAH "Chath- umn" asked us if we would be apen should any of the crew wish to pay us a vialt and we wre pleased to be uble to do this for them, und hope that same of the siijors will come and see our MONOTON, NIB, (hw Weld Now Brunswick's dee . lands and mings have been givan new unbforma. The work uniform fa all in green but the Jackets may be reversed in the hunting season to ahow But, there will be new twists. | The Diefenbaker proposal ; to. switch .15 per cent of our im-- of you have v-sited our neighbor,; norts from Uncle Sam to John i something I have never done. '! Byun, is exactly ’in line with the’ “(EP feel that’ this ‘trip. will not’ cnanges made in the Dunning ——— only. be most interesting. but also budget brought in by the Liber-_ beneficial in my’ work. As so’ " many of our guests have been to! als in 1930. Nobody Knows how they would : ‘nave worked out, for the Liber-- many, I always feel rather foul-jals were defeated a few weeks, ish when I have to admit I;after the Dunning: budget was | .jpassed. Mr. Bennett came- in with a brand new set of Empire _ trade’ proposals, tried out after his Empire trade meeting. of 1932.- , The most important new angle | to this very old debate is that. inflation—rising or runaway: prices—is Canada’s worst threat | today.: , ' Higher tariffs mean higher | prices. 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