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Nineteen THE BOSTON DAILY GLOBE FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1948 What "Nothing-and-Two" Pitch Boston Pilgrims Visit Shrine of Miracle Babe Points to Dead Center as Cubs Jeer Second Strike Archbishop disking, Saying Mass in Grotto Where St. Bernadette Knelt at Lourdes, Prays for People of Boston Archdiocese -li s' i V. i I 1 I IK A THE BABE AND LOU GEHRIGTheir successive homers broke Cubs' back in '32 series. By TOM MEANY Iff lift Jr. I 1 4 .4 4 A CI I v.

mu Hut i ivww.vi. i anm i w. mbt 1 AJCPSTS PORTR YAL OF THE VISION of the Virgin described by Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes Feb. 11, 1858. BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS, 16, the peasant girl whose vision reported in 1858, inaugurated the great procession of the ailing to the Grotto of Lourdes.

By WILLIAM R. CALLAIIAN NICE, France, Aug. 26 Archbishop Richard J. dishing, leading this confraternity pilgrimage of 600 clergy, religious and men and women from the Boston archdiocese, remarked, after the solemn high mass which he celebrated last Sunday in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris: "France appears to be going through a spiritual renaissance." "fa "A "tAt The pilgrims, resting here on 1 tested the cure of blindness in the beautiful Riviera, before go- a 7-year-old French boy, Gerard ing to the great experiences Baillie of St. Pol.

The child, awaiting them in Rome, are during the year he has been unanimous that the scenes wit- kept under observation, has nessed at Lourdes, which they learned to read and write, left Wednesday morning, are The Boston pilgrims have evidence of the justness of the witnessed many touching spec-Archbishop's opinion. tacles, such as arrival Tuesday Devotion to Our Lady of niSht of tw trainloads of Ital- Lourdes is strong in the Boston an pilgrims from Milan and Na- Archdiocese, where churches so Ples. led b7 tne Bishop of Turin, named, numerous shrines in With this throng, came two other churches, and even a special hospital cars filled with church named in honor of St. S1C persons and cripples. Bernadette testify to the inter- Catholic French Boy bcouts est Bostonians have in the story formed lanes, courteously, to of the famed shrine of miracles.

allow passage through the Lourdes, as the pilgrims found crowds for the brancardiers, in their 14-hour train trip from volunteer stretcher-bearers who Paris to reach it, lies only eight mef 1 a11 t1 to aid sick miles from the Spanish border, and crippled. Later, at the grot- in the mountainous Pyrenees to the Bostonians watched, and region. The approach, in which prayed with thousands of the train wound up through others, as brancardiers bore the Horseshoe gulch, is picturesque, sufferers, to the rooms where but the shrine itself is breath- Lourdes water is conducted taking in its religious atmos- slck or crippled may phere. bathed. No commercial aspect is per- Rev- Msr- Charles A.

mitted within the vast shrine mn 5 Holy Name Church, reservation which surrounds the West Roxbury, had the pnvi- grotto, chapel and the great leSe saying mass Wednesday Bascilica built above it. (In the morning in the simple stone town nearby are more than 200 cottage which was once the shops dealing in religious arti- home of Francois Soubirous and cles. Boston pilgrims hls daughter, now known as St. bringing home religious medals, Bernadette. rosaries, crucifixes and devo- Mary Lynch, Boston Red Sox tional articles as gifts and for secretary, at Lourdes Hospital, themselves.

Ted Walker, the served by the Sisters of Berna- West Roxbury automobile deal- dette. found her cousin, Sister er, was observed buying an ex- Marv Patrick, formerly Mary tra suitcase to contain his pur- of Galway, Ireland, chases.) ss Lynch is returning via" Lourdes, as the pilgrims from Ireland, in order to visit her Boston know well, has grown relatives in Galway. from a simple beginning into Bishop John J. Wright said this magnificent shrine, visited a 5:30 a. m.

mass at the Basilica last year by 1,000,000 and this the last day the pilgrims were year by an estimated 2,000,000 ln Lourdes, when hundreds re-pious folks or sick and crippled ceiyed Communion, before en-persons in search of healing. training for Nice. On Feb. 11, 1858, it is re- a11 the memories of the counted, 16-year-old Bernadette visit to Lourdes, the scene that Soubirous, daughter of a French longest endure in the minds peasant, had the first of a series the pilgrims is the extraordi-of 18 visions of the Blessed nary slSht of 30,000 men and Virgin. Bernadette said often, women, carrying lighted candles, and with unshakable simplicity, chanting the famed Lourdes that she "saw" the Virgin in nymn to the accompaniment of a natural grotto in the rock wall the Basilica choir, carried over above the River Gave; that the amplifiers through the air, in Virgin asked her to say the the war darkness on Tuesday rosary, that the Virgin directed evening, Aug.

24. her to dig with her hands in the The immense procession, walk-earth; that a spring of water lnS four abreast, wound for gushed up under her fingers. half a mile in serpentine course Bernadette eventually became down tfie ramp and back to the a nun and was canonized Lec. brilliantly lighted Basilica. 8, 1933.

the steps of the Basilica, Through the years since, a Archbishop Cushing and Bishop great number of cures, certified Wright stood looking out over by medical men to be beycnd the vast sea of faces in the can-human skill or means, have die's soft light, and led the gath-been recorded. The Church es- ering in solemn recitation of tablished a Lourdes medical bu- the Credo. reau, whose staff examines all Boston and the people at home patients who come seeking id, were in the hearts and on the investigates the medical history 1'Ps of all at Lourdes, wishing prior to coming to Lourdes, and 8 1 could share the moving ex-follows the patient's progress perience, praying for those left for a full year after a cure is behind. claimed, before any official an- On Wednesday morning, as nouncement is made. the pilgrimage prepared to leave One "of the great thrills for Lourdes, to move on to Rome, the Boston pilgrimage came on Archbishop Cushing said a mass Aug.

24, when Archbishop Cush- in the Grotto chapel, where ing, observing his 53d birth- Bernadette knelt on the Win-day, celebrated a solemn high ter day she first had her vision mass in the beautiful Basilica Of the Virgin, and the Arch-for some 2500 rsons. At this bishop sent this message to Bos-time announcement was made ton by the Globe: by Auxiliary Bishop John J. "My mass this morning at Wright that Dr. Francis Leure, Lourdes was for the people of chief investigator, had just at- the Boston Archdiocese." jr zf, --jn- Jl 4 1. f.

4 lit- ft' s- for the Yanks tied into him for three runs, all as the result of a first inning home run by the Bambino. By now the huge crowd of 49,986 was seriously considering throwing what lemons were left at Root and the Cubs. However, the Cubs made a battle out of this one, for a while at least. They came back to tie the score at 4 to 4 against George Pipgras, who made World Series history of a dubious, if not downright negative, sort in that game by striking out five times. Came the fifth and Root was still in there.

When the Babe came to bat those Cub fans who had hoarded their citrus ammunition, pegged a few lemons in the direction of the big fellow. The Chicago players, had been taking an awful verbal shellacking during the Series, most of it from Ruth, cut loose on him. The Cubs themselves were not without players who were gifted at the dodge of riding the opposition and they gave Ruth what-for in no uncertain terms. The net result of this was the most defiant, and the most debated, gesture in World Series history. Root threw a strike past the Babe and the Cub bench let the big fellow have it.

Babe, holding the bat in one hand, held up the index finger of the other, to signify that it was indeed a strike. Root threw another called strike. Ruth held up two fingers and the Cub bench howled in derision. It was then the big fellow made what many believe to be the beau geste of his entire career. He pointed in the direction of dead centerfield.

Some say it was merely a gesture toward Root, others that he was just letting the Cub bench know that he still had the big one left. Ruth himself has changed his version a couple of times, but the reaction of most of those who saw him point his finger toward centerfield is that he was calling his shot. Whatever the intent of the gesture, the result was, as they say in Hollywood, slightly colossal. Ruth hit the ball on a line into the centerfield bleachers, the farthermost point in the park. It broke the tie and it also broke the back of the Cubs, particularly when Gehrig followed with another smashing homer.

The ball game, like caution, had been thrown to the winds. After the game it was unanimously accepted by writers, fans and players that Ruth had called his shot against Root. In fact, when somebody asked the Babe how he would have felt if he had fanned after making his defiant gesture, he replied: "I never thought of that. I'd 'have looked like an awful chump, wouldn't Mark Koenig was a nice guy. He also had been a Yankee.

Everybody on the Yankees thought it nice when they heard the Cubs had rescued Mark from the minors in 1932 and that Mark had in turn whacked out some important base hits, including a homer, in the last month of the season to win the pennant for the Cubs. The Yankees, however, were astonished and indignant when they learned that the Cubs were not repaying Koenig whack for whack. When it came time to divide the World Series shares, Mark was given a Hornsby, who had managed the club until Aug. 2 of that year when he was bounced in favor of Charley Grimm, was turned off without a nickel-Thus, when the Cubs filed through the Yankee dugout to cpen the Series at the Stadium, the Yanks were ready for them and in fine voice. Koenig was the fourth or fifth Chicago player up the steps and Babe Jtuth, remembering a name for a change, boomed out this greet-ingr "Hi ya, Mark! Who are those cheap-skate nickel-nursing so-and-sos with you?" That started it, and from there on in the Yankees never let up.

Among the specter scribes of the Cubs was Charley Root, who was to be the Chicago pitcher in the third game. Under his own by-line in the Chicago American Root boldly mapped out his plan of pitching strategy against the Yankees, as well as the reason for the failure of two confreres, Giiy Bush and Lon Warneke, in the games in New York. "They were too careful," was the gist of the article under Charley's name in the American. The way to pitch to the Yankees is not to be over-awed by their reputations but to throw caution to the winds." Old Caution-to-the-Winds Root was to learn early in the third game that discretion was definitely the better part of valor when it came to pitching to the Yankees. When the Yankees trotted out on the field to take practice before the third game, the Cub rooters rose in righteous indignation.

Lemons were showered on the field, particularly in left where Ruth was to perform. Lemons were tossed at the Babe and Gehrig when they took their turn at the plate. "Whatever awe the gaping thousands had shown at the La Salle Street station the day before had been entirely dissipated by the blasts in the Chicago papers about the horrid New Yorkers. In the first inning, it looked as though Roofs newly acquired nickname of Caution-to-the-Winds would have to be changed to Home-Early-Root, 4 I it 'A it I III I 5 I I 1 I I 1 I 1 i A i 1. SJL3S Jt -s.

vi i I 1 jlJ nrr. I In mvmtittf (i'm "is i i-i i V'v ::.4 'fc III 1 1 'V HOME OF SOUBIROUS FAMILY in 1858, once the Lourdes Jail, now treasured as historical shrine because St. Bernadette lived there with her parents and seven brothers and sisters. BASILICA BUILT ABOVE GROTTO AT LOURDES Archbishop Richard J. Cushing said solemn high mass here on Aug.

24, his 53d birthday. "Not a Lesson in Self 'Sacrificing' Teaching Should Be Made "an Exciting Adventure" 1 By ELEANOR HYDE PARK I was very happy to, see by the paper that we are not going to lose the opera season in New York city. It had seemed to me a great tragedy that a city the size of New York must give up good music. I read one amusing criticism saying in briet that if what was produced was bet- -7 lJ ROOSEVELT of training that precede their actual earning years and that those earning years are not apt to be so very long at their peak. And speaking of teachers, I read with interest the other day Gen Eisenhower's remarks on the rather general statements which have been made that an investigation should be held of our schools and colleges to ascertain whether we have teachers who are subversive.

The president of Columbia University feels apparently that such an investigation is totally unnecessary and might be danger-ours, as it would certainly lead to less freedom of thought and speech. I think we have a right to expect our teachers to feel enough satisfaction and respect for the democratic way of life so that they will impart that to the young people in their classrooms. This means, of course, that we must see that they really have conditions surrounding their work which make it an exciting adventure and not an education in self-sacrificing. I sometimes wonder whether in the majority of cases teachers are given an important enough position, commensurate with their responsibility in our communities, and whether the salaries they are paid really show that we understand the importance of the teacher in the lives of our children and in their potential influence on the development of our country. tCopyright.

1943. United Feature Syndicate.) rfeSO ts. ter there would be less trouble for those producing it! There may be some validity to that criticism, but I must say that through the years I have heard some very magnificent music in the old Opera House. I happen to like symphony concerts better than I do the opera, but that does not mean that I want to wipe out the opera or that I do not enjoy and feel the need of both. I feel that the people of the city should support it and not leave its support so largely to a restricted group of people.

I am glad that it was the action of the labor unions that made it possible to continue the opera next season and I hope some way can be worked out to create a pension system. I realize only too well that musicians and artists, like teachers, rarely get paid in a way which compensates for the long yean '4 1 TkJJ. IN LONG ROWS THE SICK AND CRIPPLED LIE on stretchers, tended by nursing nuns and volunteer brancardiers, while the Blessed Sacrament is borne in procession by the clergy. Archbishop Cushing of Boston gave the blessing at the procession last Tuesday..