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BRINGING ¥ FATHER THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, 1 J SAY- CIT OUT THAT RADIO SET AN SEE IF YOU KIN FIND OV WHERE WE ARE' 2 NE ARE Sl VERY oD 1DEA )i X 54 A < ( EE WHAT STATION \ NEAR WE CAN LOCATE OULR SELVES! THEN 2, hbrouk | WHAT 1D | 172 WHERE \ ((HORRAH - HURRAH' ARE WE? | TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1927 By GEORGE M L e 11 J I X W ORLD’S DISTANC ENTER On TORON Lake ho W walte tario a 14 the swimmers, under thon to be the Canadian on A t 31. From a half dozen countri the Old World and from practic ly every state of the Unite v States and every proviuce Canada have come more than lwr‘ applications fer entry. The evenr| bids fair to take 1ts place with | the Bnglish channel and Catalina Island swims. Veterans of those wa are entered in large num bors, with others who will ba seekir me and fortgne for lhvl“‘ first time. t Among those who have 2| Thars ol inFeiGénie. Yol of Soreitto | rounds and winner of the $25.000 C Island event early this year; distanrc are well | 50,000 mara- w long arations the Prey way for swim over a 2L-mile held here in conne National con ion w Exposit George Young, winner o is chown at the left, Ernest V channcl-conquering stroke in f Helmy, Egyptian swimmer. WHAT AMERICAN LEA WILL WIN 30 NEW YORK, July American League er breaking into the 30-game clags this season? will i succeed | vie- Gues ding the the teams in the John ||4I‘\n].l.lll organization swing into the <[ tinal half of the campaign. nest Vierkotter of Hamburg, on-! Not since “Big Jim" of the conquerors of the Eng turned in 31 triumphs for the Channel; Ishak Helmy, Egyptian|cieveland Indians back in 19 contender for ;h:mm-l h‘unm i nas a hurler in the junior w Jane Sion of Brussels another|reached the “thirty” figure. That's unsuccessful channel swimmer but|a span of seven years. holder of many women's records! mhe three best records in I‘I_urm::;m swimming. interim were hung up by q|!wmu ;mll have plenty \r;f Shocker, then with the ons of her own sex. Allpgdie Rommel of the tracted by prizes of $5,000, $2.009|ang George Uhle of and $500, for the first, second and | ach won 27 games. Shocker did third “plnces for, ‘Women gontest:|y i 1051, Rommel ji «1928 gnd ants, @ Aozen have entered thelt) e jast Season. Rommel's effort names. Neither are Miss 8ion |jordered on the sensational in ‘"""‘:{"""f"“"_"“‘;"3‘ 1"h"l‘;ll" YeD: | that he established it with a sev-: resenting foreign lands. y anda enth place club, Sweden also have entries. | P B0in phari Tk Lyots oF ik ; Joth :“"_ ‘l"';”' 1"":‘]' '(‘“”‘“l_“"‘lwnin- Sox stands the best chance | the event will be at the Canadian il e iy s of reaching the coveted 30-win 3:“;:1:1 “h-m""’“;l‘l‘;'[‘ :':’(‘""‘)'r-“ (i | brigade. With the chase half ov e g dane “ITed had copped 14 fr He clty.. The wilg courge will ba I-:vr- to hnnTr that gait slightly | roughly triangular, with the farth. |, = 0 0 5 0 T e A :;nlr::xlnn practically out of sight Thomas of the. same team audi of land. e . 1 ' Waite Hoyt, Yankees, stand out us | a tota rse 50,000 the | Wk total purse of FR0000 ane|the only ofher American League : hurlers with a chance fo break| $30,000, while second place wili| o b 2 net. the runner-up $7,500, and thirdf Mo the uncommon class. Dido RSSO0 The - fantth i m {. While the B0-victory stunt will be $1,000, and fifth and s:xm“"“"“ OULSE: A OrGinaty theve $500 Wothan's prizes ‘will ‘be ip 1 days, it wasn't an unusual piece | i W ’ " ot work 15 or 20 years ago. In Traimng camps have been estab. | fact: niw:r_v I:wlrlcrth ldn ::e t:(r)ne:h Jished by some of the contestants ' ¢an clrcull reachel Y. SR A it mark in the days when pitchers ~t widely-separated p! s, with lidn't s Lot the wedkl Vierkotter and Miss Sion at Mon- | © 'LH“’ e ":“‘": ol IR treal. George Young is expected "‘;““ 1',:3“"3 k" (";:‘s;x;‘n b rhortly to take up training on ths| R 1904 Jack Uheshbro, famou: spithaller of the Yankees, chalked lake shore at Picton, a small g i idrnadh o town on Prince Edward ' Island |UP 41 successes for the g s premier winning record. Four * Tiear the eastern end of the lake vears lator DA Walsh 'of the i R GUN CLUB SHOOT White Sox turned in 40. Wal Regular shoot to be held atyWas on the mound in 66 gam 5:30, sharp on Wednesday even-|that season, working the remark- Bagh) in tho| Urbaa Browns, Athletic Clevelan | | | | | | | | | Johnson of the | with 20 the next yea |Cologne Cathedral ! SWIMMERS 00,000 ONTARIO CONTEST LACKS COURAGE| 3 WILL MEET MORE CLOTHES NOW WORN ON f the Catalina lIsland swim, ierkotter (above) will try his resh water, Below is lshak GUE PITCHER GAMES THIS SEASON In| Red Ll‘ defeats Joe Wonid for the srage belongs to 12 while pitching Wood compiled a record wins against but five for an performance. The following eampaign Senators achieved st percentage, . winning and losing seven, an Incidentally, Waltor 346 inning | Walter | game average. sdued but 38 passes in 3 that year. During the last few seasons bat comparatively few Johnsonian gun- ners have turned in as many as 20 triumphs a chase. Last there were but two—Uhle with and Herb Pennock of the Yankees | with 23 while the year previous just four got in—Lyons and Rom- mell with 21, Johnson and Cove leskie with 20. Johnson is the only American | League pitcher to chalk up 20 or/| more victories in two consecutive campaigns during recent seasons. got 23 in 1924, following 27 >~ Is Sceie of Suicide BERLIN, July 25.—For the fin«li time in its history, the venerabis logne Cathedral, whose foun tions were laid fn 1248, has been the scene of a suicide. A yourg man of twenty-five, from Stettin on the Baltie, shot himself in tha| famous house of worship. The incident carries with it far. reaching consequences. According to the regulations of the Roman | Jatholic chureh, an ecclesiastics (edifice is considered polluted by | an act of suicide, and the whole ceremony of consecration must be | zone through anew. The consecra- tion will be in charge of the Arch-% bishop of Cologne, Cardinal Karl oseph Schulte. ————— ing. —adv. able total of 464 innings. i R Although Cheshro and Walsh | LET Almquist Press Your Sui “and deliver, Phone 528. | tories for a u-m season, | m Dbest |THE EMPIRE HAS THE LARG-' EST, MOST UP-TO-DATE AND PLANT IN ALABKA SAYS SHARKEY De TOK nenoh pic he ger 1 hans of Priv cov we Wi Y the oth {of cloth on the costumes of soma of | no longer boj ent | ago., has cropped out in the ness, the extreme of was ma shows, }lnat the excitement began to wi | off. ‘u(nnr‘ months ago that if the the- | atres went { the, blue laws would be dusted of? | and put to work. e and mechanies proved popular, FEMMER THAKKS PUBLIC for 1 m») ey Declares [ Smarter llg_;l)lvr lhan Sharkey -~ - | | | a | bach | light ALL COMERS Jal th of Japan eft pes roud young anichi astling 70, \ ¢ham | a announces | that | i ready meet all chaflon- | of any nationality, Tsuhene wrestled his way to the t the d recently won ti e Regent's Cup, the eted Japan he new champion five feet nine inches tall pounds. He b when he was fourteen new wr n is to s to go ! 1o | daug most | onene out ¢ trophy W in is 32 years hs 5 A stling n mena too, s 0 th The it? his PAms STAGELE Yul)’ worn on More clothes the stage thi being Batt Be far-famed Folies music halls still save Bergere and er a lot beauties, but they cott the textile mills py did a few ye: irtuous streak thut show a swing nakedness. There such a sameness about t show girls and the mar all after foreign mon their pri The Leagu stages the clubs deter irely, as th It isn't a busi from but rather Eac game undis; Both | 80 th for t use e but The - police also suggestel any further some onsequently heautiful costum = startling scenery and sta were tried and ha Woric | Sunds | ably P NGHERP ARG the coai oraers left at George Brothers, where you can also pay g bills. residents, delivery always. ~—adv. N | O1d papers for sale at The Em 1 solicit coal, business of a! | wood, ete. Quick| Phone 114. | D. B. 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It will be a battle mine who decorates the u'l‘v) to to in the second half has in; lost four. struggle puted = cellar clubs I had eir pitchers are all in shape he game. The Moose ither Koski or Pete Schmitz, Manager MacKinnon is ex- to select, the former and Pete to open the Series against the BElk vy. Frank Schmitz will proi start for the Vets w Cunningham reserve. h team and won a The los will win Hu long rests 1's ANNOUNCING Six Cylinder SENIOR SEDAN $1595 F. O. B. DETROIT Thos. J. 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