MONDAY, JANUARY 30. 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE NINE
Carol Jean Knight, 7, a victim of 1949's record polio epidemic, gets morale lift through manicure in Oklahoma hospital. Widespread epidemics in 1949 call for record contributions to March of Dimes.
'Steamboat' Johnson Has Been Ump 40 Years, Is Far From Being Blind
A capacity crowd, including a lot of circus cowboys, was in the stands to see the championship game between Decatur and Quincy. It was the Fourth of July, the 9th inning, and the score was tied.
Memphis, Tenn.—(U.P.)—A fellow who's been a baseball umpire for 40 years can spin some interesting yarns. Harry (Steamboat) Johnson is no exception.
Johnson's favorite experience $ ^{4} $ happened in Decatur, Ill., in 1913.
Then with two men out, the bases loaded, three balls and two strikes, a Decatur man pounded out a fly which seemed destined to be caught by either the shortstop, second baseman or center fielder.
"Just then one of the cowboys in the stands stood up. He shot that bail to pieces." Mr. Johnson recalled.
"I was helpless. The crowd
screamed for a decision. They threw pop bottles and stones. I didn't know what to do. So I told them I'd give my decision the next day."
After a fitful night, Mr. Johnson said he re-started the game where it had been interrupted.
"Decatur made a two-base hit. And, believe me, I was certainly relieved." Mr. Johnson concluded.
Takes Wife To England To Spend Her Money
Chicken Was Really Loaded
Holdregre, Neb.—(U.P) —Milton
Barker, a World War II veteran, took
his British bride home for a trip, to
soothe her money.
Clintwood, Va.—(U,P)—When Mrs.
Ross Phillips cut up a chicken for
giblet gravy, she found 28 empty
22 caliber rifle shells in the bird's
gizzard.
Mr. Barker, his wife Irene, and his two-year-old son, were making the entire trip "at his wife's expense." Here's the reason:
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When Mrs. Barker came to the United States, British currency laws wouldn't allow her to take any money out of England. That's why they went back to spend the money over there.
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