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'1*' 1 Ju«t what »port enjoys the most widc!yprea<l popularity throuifhout the world, we are not prepared to ••y offhand, and it is too much of an effort to dive into the dope and check up at the moment. Still, after looking over an account of the preparations being made for next year's World Cup soccer tourna- men>t, we would say that "fitba" inu«t be right up (here with tlie contenders. • * * There are no test than 55 coun- tries aftiliatcd to the Federation International de Football Associa- tions, and of these â€" in spite of cold wars, hot revolutions and other upset conditions â€" 32 are entering the tourney, and preparing to send se<K] teams into the competition. • * • The Union of Soviets SocialistF Reipublics â€" Russia for short â€" will be the outstanding absentees, as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are entered. Since 1946. the Russians have joined three international governing bodies oi â- port â€" soccer being one of these. But their failure to enter for the World Cup affair caused little sur- prise, as the finals will be staged in South America, and it seems that Mr. Stalin prefers to have his ath- letes perform closer to home, where tliey would be assured of all the eomfort.s of life. • * * This will be the first time the World Cup has been competed for by more than 30 countries since it was first put up, back in 1930, by Jules Rinfret. The British had nothing to do with the first three tourneys, having seceded over the vexed question of "broken time" â€" that is, paying amateurs for the time they must be away from work and wages while taking part. Sinct Hbe war, however, fhe British have agreed to "feasonable payments'' to amateurs and have entered the four already-mentioned teams. • * ♦ The groups in the fouf zones for the 1950 competition work out like this : Zone A Group 1 â€" Aus^tria, Turkey, Syria. Group 2 â€" France, Yugoslavia, Israel. Group 3 â€" Belgium, Switzerland, l.u.seniliourg. Group A â€" Sweden, Finland, Eire. Group 5 â€" Spain, Portugal. Group 6 â€" England, Scotland, Vales, iVorthorn Ireland. Zone B Group 7 â€" .\rgcntina, Chile, Bo- livia. Group 8 â€" Uruguay, Peru, Ecua- dor. Zone C Group 9 â€" U.S.A., Cuba, Mexico. Zone D Group 10 â€" I'.urma, India, Philip- pines. • * * 'I'his priliminary stage of the tournament must be completed by April 15, 1950. The victors, plus Italy, then proceed to Rio de Janeiro where the competition proper is scheduled from June 28 to July 16. Four of the 16 teams assembled at Rio will then be "seeded" and placed one in each ttclion. The remaining 12 teams are ballolted into the four sections and each team plays against each other to find a section champion. « 4 • Elaborate arrangiinents have been made for the staging of the tournament at Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilians have undertaken to sup- ply free air transport for all com- peting nations and to house and ef.lcrlain them. This will set the Brazilians b.ick something like four hundred thousand dollars, but it will be more than recovered from the attendance proceeds of 18 days' fanatic soccer. Most of tilie higher-priced tickets have already been sold, even long before it is known which nations will arrive in JJrazil. • * * The 1950 tournament is the sec- ond time the World Cup finals h;,ve been played in South America, where, incidentally, the Olympic Games have yet to be held. The first time was for the inaugural aeries in 1930 when Uruguay was the host nation and also the win ner. In 1934, wlien the tournament took place in Italy, the host nation was again .successful. The third •eries was promoted by France in 1938 and Italy retained the trophy. Should the tropihy again be won by the Italians, they will keep it in perpetuity, because it goes outrigiht to the country that wins three times irrespective of whether they are in succession or not. • * * Which slunild be enough about •occer for the present â€" except tWi; Just why Canada's name should not appear on the list we are not in • position to say. Hut we are sure of one thing, the reason cannot be fear of making a iioor showing. No mat- ter how weak a soccer team we sent, ii couldn't do worse than our rtprcsdiiatives in international tennis, track and field, and several other fporls we might mention. M.-ivbe it's just that ibe soccer "badgers" aren't as fond of travel â€" at somebody else's expense â€" ai tliose who hang around some of ' r other pastimes. BOB* "Yer Out!" â€" Umpire John Stevens signals a vigorous out as Yankee second baseman Jerry Coleman tries to make it two by firing to first base. Vern Stephens of the Boston Red Sox is forced out at second base in the second inning of an import- ant Red Sox-Yank game at Yankee Stadium. The runner was forced on a grounder by Bobby Doerr, who beat the throw to first. THEFAEM PEONT lokixISusmL. "So you're thinking about re- modelling vour hen house. Well, you're probably hoping to do one of two things, either keep up with the Jonfses in appearance, or com- pete with them in earning power." * * if Tliat's the rather striking first paragraph of an article I ran across in a farm paper pubtisihed out in Iowa, and having borrowed that much from Howard Bayles, a col- lege poultry specialist, I think I'll pass along to you some of his ideas on the subject. (The article, by the way, is headed "Cold Hens Don't Lay â€" And Neitther Do Crowded Birds). * * * Appearances â€" such as a paint Job or new roof line â€" can wait. But a better house to boost the earning power of your fiock cannot wait â€" unless you like to give money a^way. '* ♦ » Many laying houses are as oM and outmoded as a Model T car. They don't protect the flock from heat in summer, or cold in winteT. t * * Such houses are wet and un- •anitary â€" perfect for diseases and parasites. Some are too â- mall to house flocks In comfort. * » » They are responsible for more low production than almost any other one thing. But many of them can be fixed up to do a better jot). * * * Suppose your house is too small. Enlarging it by making it wider may be the cheapest and best way to geit more room. Wide hou-iies are better, anyway. t * ♦ It's easy to widen a shed-roof house. But gable-room (two way) buildings can be widened, tooâ€" -if they're tall enough. You can safely go as wide as 30 feet if tihe house is to be insulated. * » ♦ Another common fault with old houses is the lack of temperature control. The best layers will slump H house temperatures drop 'way down In cold weather. Insulation is the only answer. * * * Sorry to say, many jobs of in- sulation are not well done. For in- ftcncc, it's a watte of time to build a double wall witli just a layer of paper between. * * * Three times as valuable is a board wall on the outside of the studs, another on the inside. Then make use of the space between by ptstting in a dry fill of ground cobs, chopped straw or other Insulating material. But Ml insulation calls for tifliit walls. And board walls seldom arc tight enough, * * * to, it's abaolutcW ccccntial *• HiM Hm inddc ct «ic outer ynA wMi wind-proof paperâ€" red rciia •r boddlng paper to beet * * • Yon cftn do it by tuckinc etfipc of ttte paper betwcMi the studs and tMtrinc H temporarily |a tiM owtcr wmM. The fill later will hoM k In place. * * * TIm insMe wall must be vcpcr- prool, too. 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