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Rookie Groth Keeps Elk Pitchers On Blasting Homers' ir North Highs Wallop Hawks By 12-0 Score Wichita Wichita North school's Redskins walloped Hutchinson Salt Hawks 12 in an Arkansas Valley league Carl Poorman collaborated injk a game here Wednesday after- la shut-out pitching performance as! noon Ihe hottest rookie to hit the majors since Hutchinson Elks handed Far-, Two alks, two errors and sev- high the to 0 Must Keep Girls Happy Columbus, O. (AP) Thirteen- By The Associated Press Johnny Groth looks like Joe SiMafigio. Ted Williams and Stan Jlusial. Sure, it's loo early to tell. Two days don't make a season or a career.

But what a two days this 22-year-old Detroit froshman Thrfo home runs, five hits and- seven run? bnttcd in. That's a I flashy showing- thai needs take a back sent to nobody. Groth exploded a chorus of hur- rah? Tuesday with two homers 1 Pel. Chicago's Al Gettel. That over-1 Brooklyn 2 1.0110,Chicago i i shadowed Hal Newhouser's fine (Cincinnati i i.oooiPhiiadeiphm i 3 ipo-Morehcnd a 7 to 0 defeat in cn mls sen the Redskins away a practice baseball game at C.irey a tcll run i cac i ne irst Wedncsday mgnt wag a gamo in wmch inning.

Big blows of the frame the'were triples by Jarvis and Kuhns. Hunting And Fishing By Tom Van De Car Kansas State Tracksters Beat Emporia State Manhattan (API Placing first in nine events and sweeping i the Kansas State Wildcats open- Kansas anglers arc right an there pitching flies, plugs, bugs and ed their outdoor track season in various baits. And, they are catching fish, too, of all species and in thousand women bowlers will con- a 73 2 -3 to 57 1-3 victory over nearly every section of the state. This concentrated effort is un- verge on Columbus in the next Emporia state yrecmesday. days.

And more than halt of them. Outstanding performances will leave with prize money That's the nice part about I derstandable, especially in the bass fishing department. As you uui-Mtuium fi know, or should know, the Kansas bass season will soon close for a thc' Ut 1 State's month. The dates for this closing, April 25 to May 25. That adds Herb Hoskins, who won the broad; to the fact that the bass fishermen will mark time after a final knocking down pins in the Worn- ump at 23 oe Inches, at the bass this coming Sunday.

en's International -Bowling con-j Earl Elliott's M.6 second job In 111 i Jit i i i ihemselvcs tor I Stonestreet hurled a four i go a pretty fail 60-yard high hurdles. Baseball jElks redeemed the flocks of errors and somewhat shutout for Wichita North. Graves' slonpv defensive play which in the fourth was Hutchin- iacterized their training gameslson's first hit. Christner singled ''with Pueblo and Denver last weekjand Duffin doubled in the fifth. Lindholm's single in the seventh was the only other Salt Hawk hit.

lend. E-hittrr. i Bofitnn 3 1 Pittsburgh 1 1 Loull .900) New York 0 1 0 '2 .000 Wednesday ho almost blotted out; 11 Bostpn 6 Virgil Trucks' 4-hittor with a grand' N( VorU Bron fi. flnra homer that gave Detroit a' Pittsburgh o. Chicago 4.

5 2 edge over thr White Sox. raf5 Randy Gmnpcrt, the ex-Yankee, rr hold r. 2-1 lead in the last of tho cishth' whon he lost his stuff, walk to Aaron Robinson loaded the liases. Gumperl threw wo si. LOUIS i i chicaeo wide pitches to Groth before he got one over.

Groth hit it 3SO foot into the left centcrfielrt stands to clean HIP bases. Earlier Groth drove in a run with a double. An oldtimcr did the honors the New York Yankees in their: i-0 second straight win over Wash- ingion. Tommy HenvicJi. one of the low genuine 1 Yanks still able to a scoreless due! be- twe'er, Kaschi and Paul Calvert a 4th ir.ning horncr.

It was his second of the year. thr Ysnks' f.eagur L. PC: Teams Xf-u- York 2 0 l.OiHl ivtroi! 2 0 I'liilndol. 2 1 .1167 Boston St. Louis American l.ra#up Chu-apo 2.

PfTrpit Briprnn Philadelphia Ci New York 3 Cleveland 7. St. Loulf 3. i 2 0 2 Not an error was charged against the Elks and none could been. And it took that kind of defensive effort to support the hurlers in their shutout performance.

Fargo-Morehead threatened in different innings. In that! many frames the Fargo-Moreheadi 01 clubbers put their first man up I on base with a hit. One was out trying to stretch a double into a "triple. Another was out trying to .000 000 0-0 4 4 Hutch Wichita (10)01 010 x-12 10 1 Enoch, Davis, Keffer and Fee; Stonestreet and Olmsted. advance on an overthrow from catcher to pitcher.

The other two Youths On Salina Team By BUI Burke Salina Journal Sports Editor Salina (AP) The Salina Blue died on base. Bob Kite, catcherjjays, in keeping with the "youth for Fargo-Morehead, smashed a movement" of the parent Phila Phillies, will field a young team In 1949 Western Association baseball race. The Blue Jay team that will club en the season Hutchin- out-score all league rivals by more training camp. "i rnnn 9nn nine son in a road game Sunday will Mrs. R.

C. Detzer, Joe McCarthy's Boston KM colint of 19 were bes-en by the Philadelphia rtav solf A's for the serond strsigh: day. tracled 41 ayer s. S-" in 20 inr.ir.cs, Cievelarci knocked out three the Loins 7-3. It ihe firs: vie- tcry for the wr-rld champs with Bob Lerr.on.

a 20-srame winner in '45. coirp the way despite horn- Dirk Kokos and rookie i triple to open the eighth frame, but died on base. It wasn't an all-out performance Iby either ball club, as pitchers iw'ere told to use curves sparing- jly and runners were told not to take chances on injuries. I Even so, one man was hurt. Johnny Christadore.

starting including Manager Joe Gantenbein. for the Elks, was carried; On jy sev en holdovers from last 7from the field in the third whenjy ear ge venth place team The' closed season on bass which! istarts Monday, is theoretically fori'X of ood were caught by Dan chance of coming up with a prize! rj ig'ht Waddell, of Emporiai the protection'of bass during thei anri hiB two friends from Kansas sta tc, led the individual scoring I spaw me geas on when they are cit and Topeka. The catch includ- with 11 points by winning the su pd to he easy prey for anyj etl bass and some grand crappie. even If it's only one of the small ones. Maybe that's why a record number o'f female keglers will participate in the annual classic which started Thursday.

The WIBC secretary says she thinks it's a good idea to pass those prizes around among as many women keglers as A "We stretch out the prize Mrs. Emma Phaler said, "and havr more women go home and mile runs and anchoring thej visitors winning mile relay team Two Players for argil-1 r.rsiyssJvss? 5 temperatures and other lons before you start. There are Nevertheless, the season has been' ot of excellent accommodations, set and probably is as good a se- but a tms tlmo of vcar and ca o- Harold Cooper, business mnna ec as anv' It's up to a 1 I'Pecially now that news of tho ex- happy. Women aren't like the men of the Hutchinson Elks base- SD ortsmen to'cooperate and ob- iccll(lnt fis hlng is getting around, in bowling. Our members want to; rclcascd lwo ayerg a eVve thc restrictions.

It may are many eager anglers have a prize even if its only. nrnf o-nnd i wanting to get in on some of it. for $3." (Wednesday to make room for new a ome good. Bowling i Wednesday men expected here day. before Sun-i The Wiley bowling team of the The pink slips went to Wendell Nehmer, rookie outfielder, and The Sterling and Nickerson ang- rs have been making best use of 1 Far m-, lers Jones, Mapleview 1 Sterling, wrote a Marvin Ludwig, a hurler who was operating, and several nice catch- purchased from the Cleveland or-jes of good bass have been taken.

The Whopper-Stopper is top fa- the time left. Recent reports in.lf we lc tter which is of interest to all who are interested in game habitat improvement. The Joneses dicate that the bass are still co- City league had the amza ti n. rr again Wednesday night, hitting udw jg has been the "tough lucklvorite in "both localities. 1014 game and a 2954 series tojg 0 tnc Hutchinson spring! than 200 pins.

Local catflnh experts are consistent in taking nice strings of; have recently planted 2,250 multi- flora rose plants which were furnished by the Kansas Fish and Game commission. The 1 8 Jones family turned out to help. As of ou Probably know. son in a road game ounaay will i be made up of boys inTeir Ute Three Wiley scored; Ear ho ralnlnK program channels and other members of ln chosen one of 'teens and early twenties. It alsol ab ove the 600 mark with Don jne was sidelined by a ruptured the catfish family.

These catches cno cvn mil be a new team for local fans Showalter hitting 620. E. L. fa well, 610 and Paul Hern 604. cv jblood vessel in his leg.

Taken to are not confined to any one stream fa rs "48. This hospital for treatment, he be-W area. The Ninne.scah, Rattle- actua Panting of the multlflora jndivldual honorg went to hn; came seriously ill when a blood! 3 nake, Salt Creek and Cow Creek rose has been reported, and tne ui.ra year gevemn piace "am are Friesen had a 234 Une! pneum oma. the groin by back In Blue Jay harness. Three 64Q series Cccil ollhoff, His condi frnm the tv, a nitphnrn inplnHlncri Friesen of the Central Fibre team, dot settled in his lungs, causing have all been furnishing good sport we a rc atly interested and nice catches.

A number of in ths other plantings which Kansas Dogs Running Well in Class he was i tne groin -back in Blue jay nanieH. a 640 serie s. Cecil Hollhoff.f His condition is much improved, i ponds and lakes" have also re meet at- Ich Ini to out In the Prairie Do Was the flfth He to sit up well. Shad-side, that most ob-i' and ame habltat 6 Manager Russ Sehon and Short. (613) a southpaw and 19-J Nick 243 me and is taking care of demwd? VaS stop Frank Estes accountedJoi a lm Koukl (3-7).

Galbreath's 575 series were xp enses and will continue to baits melt, shrimp 11 min-if" 30 iall Hutchinson hits, Estes getting) Robert MayJ who originally was 'a pair of singles while ave been returned to Salina 'smashed a triple and a as been retained by Terra Hauc, Art Fayta walked to start the Ind. The other holdovers are catcher big counts in the Al-Char Ameri-j until he is able to travel back: n0 ws and livers are now coming Or percent for ducks and 32 percent can Legion league. I to his home at Lamont, 111. Gottschalk, of the Knights Columftus team in the Palace Salti Ludwlg one of the most 1M i 6C OC was reported by Albert into the picture in impressive I M- Day director of the Fish and catches. Wildlife service.

March 17. Day 'credited improved conditions Dan Phillips recently returned Breeding grounds coupled with the aaelD.ma amines roonie r.oi snoi, ot tne waienoo cup siane -tpatpq 1 A fhor, 1 Ti lmo ucl: j.u nooui me rcHuiununa unm tied'a modern major league re-at the National Coursing associa- Scofield an ned, Ibut Est es mgl e. pected to stronger than last the league and the 649 total wig cuts the Hutchinson roster manv of tne natives say tnat thei.summer oree.ding ground studiee rord with four doubles, but could lion's spring meet. sco Ahrista iSeaS ni includes newcomers: WM good for top 30 ram to 16 players. The ghm thig lg the best in rc concluded hut prospects look not keen the Phils from losing to The Waterloo is for all-age dogs.i hons triple brought home onrisia indquis 4-6 with Scne-; Johnson 197, and Devine's a left handed putcher com-1 history of thi3 famous i ake Plen-favorable.

ihe Boston Braves. 6-5. Bill Nich-The FMturlty stake, in its fourth dore and Este f' c. of the Canadian-American were jg counts in the from a Pittsburgh i olson of the Phils ar.d Earl Thursday, is for 2-year-olds Estcs singled and scored on Bob Kowalski, 10-6 Amerlcan gir i league. Ifarm.

He is due here before Sun- of the Braves homered in and thc Sapling stake entering hon's double in the fourth. Rouge, La of the Evange-! Scores: day free-hitting contest that saw third round is for vounc un- lea and Bob Gages, Pat Donahue, chief scout for the liefer Nels Potter take his sec- 1 tHei sneeds ers Fargo-Morchead errors right nand rookie rom st Louls rta lc comets and 0p Athletics, is still as- ond win of the season. Jim Ron-! Although $20 000 is being offered save Hutchinson a pair of unearn- Snortstop Waytula is the ninde r3 5-in. Yeiion'siatlng in the Hutchinson camp, stanly, the Phils' new mopper-up-' jn Dr i ZC fewer dogs than usual ed runs in the cl htn McCoimlcKl returnee on the infield. The 21-: 4M Ajx.daca EIKS also has promised play-; Per, lost.

iare entered in the meet because Balked. Cooper was year-old shortstop has not yet Roland er help at a couple of spots he i of what officials describe as eI 7 or and mit becausc of an a PP cndec McrVcn .2. Durham m. believes help is needed. The speedy Brooklyn in the greyhound breed-' loadi the Vriittn tomv wmre Moore handi- walked to victory against the'Newiin? business i While grounded to whose.

ck Stnalli 19 from Klamathlcap Yorl: Giants, 6-2. Loser Sheldon! i prices have drastically re-! wlld th ow otrP re Jones gave only one hit before: tar ded activities in some states. i ralc and "fv he was replaced in the fourth but) Thirteen dogs remained in he seven and Among them was Falls, at first base, Bill Black-! wood, at present with Terra Haute canfrai'Vibm cisei m. Frieson Bob Feller pre-meet owned by BopriomoteA who shut out Pittsburgh, 4-0. Mur-! twice.

Desplta a home run ball lone remainin to Sid Cordon, Ralph Branca was rlte Ken William in charge all the way, scatteringiR OC he of Hlaleah Fla Wednes-' tne rnound four Giant hits. da vlctor over Faw la ed fo £ou Top National league pitching ef- fr fort came from Chicago's Bobi Kansas dogR were still in Poorman out of a hole in Smokey Guide, owned by: seventh. Chapman, and rRe MfORBHt by J. C. Kemp, ne hiirt were regarded as the most'Ryan 2b opponents of Ken was; ola 5W.

Rohrpr M). Rogen 1 A catcher to be sent sown fromj handicap s. total 2586. Ulica of the eastern league is 563. nancis 475.

459, 'aid Loomis with the back stop Galbreath 575. total 5700. 55i.i St. Louis (AP) Bob Feller, Cleveland Indians' high-salaried pitcher, has a pulled muscle in Retread Shop Manager FIRESTONE East 898 Must be experienced (Lodi Molds 27-40. High school education.

Capable to take complete charge of shop, hire and direct other employees Good salary, permanent, opportunity for advancement, vacation privileges, group insurance, purchase discounts. If you want a permanent connection with opportunity for advancement. Phone or See Mr. J. C.

Marshall for all the runs in his 6-inning stay. St. Louis and Cincinnati were not scheduled. Women Play Golf Mrs. George Guthrie won Class A prize in women's golf (Wednesday at Carey park having a low score of 12 on three "blind" holes.

Mrs. J. C. McLeavy won 1 Class with a score of 14, and Pat McMahon of Abilene a peitn three winners in four starts i n'swodowiki rf Wednesday's Sapling stake round. Muffle, woned by J.

W. Ewalt 11 Augusta, set a new meetjHitf. record of 10 seconds, defeating ixiib Card Shark, owned by McMahon. Ku 0 1 i 9 i i i i 1 2 1 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 A 0 (I 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Torpedo.i il) Holmes J02, Blsley i 561. Henderson 545.

Cowlc.a his right shoulder, but Only time The outfield still has one osi- 42T0ecP arn2p 'tojr ojtion open. Darnell and Gantenbein vviison Handicap 92, total 2615. oland a player from Terro Haute 1 Bomiiers ,0) Weber 459. Bush "iwill be in the opening lineup. 8 0 dTcap S5 an 18 to give the arm "a week Gantenbein is beginning his third Roannit Brumnstt 494, absolute rest." Dr.

Robert F. season as a manager. He was at 439. 453, Herman 454, rergusonj Hylandi a thietic surgeon who ex- 0 Bakersifeld, and Klamath; 47 anl ar i Huncenord Biannjamined Feller's arm, Falls the past two seasons. Slilwlll tell how serious the injury ireally is.

ve er an righthander was or- said he I Wichita U. Beaten Sportangle Totals HUTCHINSON Estei nil 2b 4 0 Stillwater (JP) Oklahoma Ag- White gies won 12 of the 15 track events rt 3 i i i i 0 .30 0 7 24 7 4 AB A 2 2 1 5 0 2 4 here to easily defeat a squad 115 the University of Wichita, 103-28. Fred Mende Hutchinson Juco's sprint medley team will be out to post a mark of 3:37 in the special junior college relay event in the Kansas University relays, at Lawrence Saturday. That wouldn't be a record performance, but it would better the 3:37.7 with which Riverside, Jucos won the event last Hutchinson was second with a time of 3:45. The sprint medley was won by Ark City in the HJC Night Invitational here last week and time was 3:54.3.

a new meet record. Hutchinson was second, but with different runners. To hit 3:37 in this event, Coach Nelson Sorem believes he'll have to have a quarter in :51 (by Jack Ludwig); two furlongs in :22 (by Bill Wall and Gene Smyth) and a half in 2:02 by Bill Dixon. Ludwle Key men on any sprint medley team are the fellows who must make the runs at which endurance is a factor. In this case, it will be Jack Ludwig at the 440, and Bill Dixon on the half mile.

Dixon ran the half mile in 2:02.5 to win in the meet here. With a running start he might easily clip off another half second or more. Bill Wall and Gene Smyth were 1-2 in the open 220-yard dash here and it was almost a tie finish. The time was :23.3. But both had participated in several other events.

With a running start and an all-out effort in the 'one event, the :22 time set for them is within reason. Ludwig is a great quarter-rniler but the :51 set as his goal is low enough to offer him a real challenge. Work, of Ark City, won the open quarter here in :53.4. Ludwig didn't run it in the relays here but he has bettered :52 on several occasions. The sprint medley team would hnve to clip just one more second off that 3:37 ambition to tie the record for that race set by Fort Scott Jucos in 1939.

Woody Kramer, Hutchinson high track coach, was a member of that record-setting Fort Scott team. That 3:36 mark is possible, for a team which conceivably could do the mile in 3:37 might do even better. But Coach Nelson Sorem and his team will be well satisfied with 3:37. That, almost certainly, will be good enough to win. Topeka'i Owls aren't just hooting in the dark.

They really have a power-hitting line-up this year and proved it by out- slugging Omaha 19 to 13 for a 13 to 12 victory over the Class A Western league club. Defensively the Owls may be so-so, and their pitching may be weak, but they do have a murderer's row in Loren Packard, right fielder, Manager Butch Nieman, ccnterfielder, Murphy Malattia, first baseman, Adam Zwierzynski, left fielder and Dick McConnell, shortstop. That fivesotne averaged three hits each and accounted for two homers, a triple and a double against Western league hurling. Topeka hasn't claimed a pennant as the Chvls appear more formidable at this juncture than they did in those years when Fido Murphy's boys annually won the April pennant, but jjo other. Nol aiwayi lucrative professional offers which lure stellar athletes away from school before they have tagged the sheep' Skin line at the end of the scholastic race.

Tom Carlson, three times an 11 Central Intercollegiate conference star at Washburn college-, has signed on as basketball coach at Colby high school next year despite another year of eligibility with Washburn. Carlson is married and has a two- year-old daughter. He has a family to support and feels that it ii time to get busy. Who can blame him? the boys who go into pro sports have the same problems the same reasons. That'j just something to re- membeit McCormick Cooper Ib Scoflsld Poorman Totals 30 7 4 27 16 0 Fargo-Morrtiead 000 000 000 0 Hutchlnaoii 040 100 -7 2B SlUodowskl.

Stcfano, Sehon. 3B Kite, Sohon. Kites 2. Sehon 3. LOB Fargo-Morchend 6, Hutchlnson.

SB Venn. Sehnn, White 2. Fayta. by Poorman (Peden.) WP Poorman. DP Efitos, Sehon to Cooper.

BB 1 NUM 4. Scofleld 2. by Kls 2. Scofleld 3, Poorman 2. und R-off Klsh.

4 and 5 In 5: olf Scoflcld, 3 and 0 In fl. gcodeld. Time 'us, 561, Leo 554. 407. Miiu lWOU i be out of action for at least ill9, total 2620.

Doughboys (H Weber, 1509. Lemen 463. Beck 449. Brown 850, a if handicap 64, win 2505. "At this time, cannot say if Isait cny Ithe injury is of a pernament na- 'wernet Ha spe n'ccr 472' Van Ivziiture," Doctor Hyland said.

"Bob IHitrirnann 'io4. handicap' total remain observation for p.edmen 121 sharp W7. Hnio 53:. Brown some time to determine how ser- 156. Terrill 415, Ellis 578, total 2479.

hf nilmpnt reallv is ot i3i Rohr 439. Blank 375. lous his ailment reajiy ib. 488. aorstenkorn 54U, oottisheml Feller started the opening game g.totai 2391.

I.O.R.M. the season here and was taken OI.OL^ iir er 305 Daucharty 325 Hood 405,1 3 3 0 amateur boxing association land 4S3 handicap 76. total 2115. 'jout at the end of the second m- 4 oiwill be held in Great Bend orphan. sai.

ing because the arm paining 20 State Boxers To Great Bend Wichita (AP) The second state tournament of the Kano cision to move it each year. Last Mt American' oin year's tourney was in Wichita. Krauie (3) Beisner 442. Team and individual entries Meyer 3S1. Brunner 431, Blank.

375, total ihim. He had waTKed three men. :2096. Central McKclHp Ottawa Wins Three Way Track Meet Baldwin (AP) Capturing 11 firsts and scoring heavily all the way, Ottawa's Braves piled up points to beat Baker and St. and 7.

jJUHQ, (1.1 i. I The American Legion will spon- i 351. quxckenbush 463. sor the fistic event, to be staged Tricxey 427, handicap total in the municipal building, KABA K)nR 46Q (c 408 ficials said. wation 439, yciton 492.

Pyie 'Wi 478. The tourney was awarded to total 2277. Button Hedcer sse. (jj.iHauschHd 3S9, Blanton 397. Rogers 434, P-oar Bpnrl snid after di- 3S9 Blanton 39.

ogers 4 eat Bend, tney sam, aner ai Alnsworth handicap 252. total 2152. raham 417. an. ream ana jnaiviauai eninea are total 2312! Witt (Oj points to oeat tsaner anu OL.

ff Klsh from, all parts of Kan- wagoner crabb stanrieid ened t's in a triangular track i J5 Nu snonsors said. 484. 383, total J19S. rt fjplf i mee Bridge Tourney On Wichita (AP) The Kansas state contract bridge tournament, with five events, will open here Friday and end Sunday. A.

M. Sobel, New York, national director of the American Contract Bridge League, will direct the tournament. nri unid sponsors said. Fights Last Night By The Associated Press fiplrl TTipft n. WftHcra ltM iicm nicct.

sutler 380. 472, Hainea Baker was second with eoVfe i Beard 440, handicap 2i, total JIM. oint.s, while St. Benedict's scor- VfnrplB IRQ TtllliM Ip Miller 111 Morris '469. TullH J452.

Voss 368, Ward 418, (B) 451, i total 2158. Plush Whltsivay (3) Stephen! 434, Keeler 403. McDanlel 451. Madaua 443. De- Oakland, Calif.

Ray "Sugar" vine S14. total 2S81. Eldredge Mattress (0) Robinson, 153V4, New York, stop-i-Dutton 312, Unruh D.nnuton ped Earl Turner, 155, Richmond, Grant 7 Mndlcap r8 tot 8. (Non-title). New York Orlando Zulueta, Yeiton 422.

133, Havana, outpointed Jimmy Warren, I35y a Brooklyn, 10. 2103. Sutton (3) Golden 473. Jonnion 479, lie 412, handicap 105, total SOW. ed only six.

Southwestern Wins Emporia (AP) Southwestern's Builders clammed three Emporia State pitchers for 16 hits for an 11-3 baseball victory in a central conference game. Emporia state committed ten errors. Tenor Wows Big Game With Song And Gun New York (AP) Lauritz Melchior, Wagnerian tenor, has just returned home from a six months hunting trip in darkest Africa. The Safari of 4 hunters bagged 38 different animals and a total of about 200. "I had a pretty close call with one of the buffaloes I shot," says the unmelancholy Dane.

party shot eight buffalo. None came down in under four shots. Of the eight we shot, five attacked. "This buffalo was waiting for us in the brush. But we could see him and we got the first shot in before he could attack.

The first shot went into his chest. He was bleeding and went into thicker brush. This one got eight bullets. When one got him over the eye and under tho horn ho stood straight on his hind legs and attacked but he fell 30 feet away from us." party shot "something good meant extra work for Melchior. had to work by singing songs In Each time some member of thejWe got five lions, very big ones lhi nnlt it I got one lion and it was the best one.

We shot seven leopards. .1 got two of those. And we shot the evening," he says. "It was four got one. The par- the first concert I ever gave ferity shot eight buffalo.

From them a buffalo." I shot two. The party, which included a professional photographer who took 20,000 feet of 16-millimetu color jlist is so long! We "got "eland an" movies, did all its hunting In Kcn-ltelopc. They're like a big bull ya Province, operating at eightlWe got live, mabe aix. I shot different camps between Nairobi one, a very good one, too. Next is an antelope called oryx.

I shot "Then we the and Lake Victoria. "We got some very rare things," one with a 33-inch horn spread. says Melchior. "We got two ele- The party bagged seven oryx an- phants, four rhinoi shot "Then we shot rhone an- got it. Then there were a lot of antelope which we used for camp food.

gerenuk is a very tntereitlng animal. It has a body like a deer and a neck like a giraffe. It stands on its hind when it emU. Melchior explains they ahot leopards by putting a dead animal up in "In a couple of days it pretty good," he says. Then the leopard comes.

Leopards come at dusk or soon of the leopards I shot had killed a zebra and pulled it up a tree. I don't know where they ret the strength but this fellow pulled the zebra high up. Sitting under the tree were three hyenas waiting to catch any pieces of meat that might fall. "It's very easy to catch a giraffe. But none of the party shot them.

They are too beautiful. We shot no rhinos, hippos or ostrich. We pnly shot what we wanted. "The high spot of the trip was the buffalo. It's an intelligent animal and it hunts you.

It's really a gamble. You've got to be a good shot." Melchior, who gave 10 concerts In Johannesburg. Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town in South Africa following the hunt, then began talking about elephants. "Do you know what the elephant fears most?" he asked. Someone ventured to say "the "No," replied Melchior in his booming voice.

"They are most afraid of a little ant called the safari ant. They go up the elephant's trunk and gat into the head and make them crazy. They get like a hysterical woman, screaming ana running in all directions. "One day when the wind was good I stood 15 yards away from a heard of 80 elephants. They have poor eyesight and don't depend on their eyes.

They depend on their sense of smell and when the wind is right you can stand close by and watch them." Page 2 HM Hutchinson Thursday, April 21, 1941 9 Brewed with Pure Rocky Mountain Spring Water Geld.n. Colorado. U.S.A. Start Into Summer with the kind of service that assures Maximum Driving Pleasure! Lubrication Protection Counts Complete One-Step Service and Maintenance for Your Automobile to Serve You In Each Department, 615 Net MAIN PHONE 7311.

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