The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1928, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 24, 1528. By GEORGE McMANUS x> oo b liking for them. LAST RITES HELD FOR ANDREW BOONE Andrew J years a resident who passed away in ttle A short tim was laid to rest this afternoon in Evergreen Cem- etery. Services, held under the direction of the Junean Young where the races have been have cultivated a G UP FATHER FATHER- DO COME L HERE: | WANT YOU TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW - 19NT THAT MR-CLANCY THAT WE BNEW YEARD AGO - THAT WAD EMPLOYZED IN THEGAS ./ WORKS? SEE-HE 15 ON CRUTCHES- POOR MAN:- POCR MAN: NOTHIN' e L WUZ TALKIN' TO HOW HIM YESTERDAY: HES oD T SUIN? =HE COMPANY HAPPEN? HE WP KED FOR ON ACCOUNT OF BEIN' HURT- e e HE WUZ CARRYIN' A BIG IRCN PIPE WHEN THE QUITTIN' WHISTLE BLEW AN'IT FELL ON HIS FOOT- IS AMBITIOUS Issues C};;ilé;gc to Meet Tunney—Filed with Na- tional Boxing Assoc. Boone, for of Doug many s anl ago, I'/////,g; NEW YORK, Jan. 24—Jack De- laney, one of the principal con-| L Y of~, - j enders for the heavywelght title,| Funeral Parlors, began at 2 o'clock (¢ f has filed a challenge with tio|With Rev. R. A. Gailey officiating National Boxing Assoclation to| A duet, “Jesus Lover of My meet Champion Gene Tunney f:|Soul” was sung by Thomas Hall the ring and it has been accepted,|and Rev. Gailey. Mr. Hall ren- oo Delaney's man: dered a solo, “Oh Love That Will | snlay " It Delahay. Enoaks-ot Not Let Me Go." Following tha Heeney on March 1, he will do.|Services at the funeral parlors ine mand an immediate bout with | terment made in Evergreen Tunney, Jacobs said cemetery. W/ Jucobs, was & (. 7] © 1928, by Int'l Feature Service, Inc. Great Britain rights reserved. | Los Angeles namic | cauals ; eacper i Mr. and Mrs. Bob Robinsor, { in the annals of Coas Is WINNER gol. Thkss . Alaskan 3Rl SSRGS AT THE HOTELS it Turnabout Island; Mrs. M. Me- League play. UF IN DIA Ns | Smart Manager I. H. Stokes, Wrangell; Ralph | He has the faculty of taking a k i juE DUNDEE Gastineau TURTAgeriAL e drd TN Kinney, Turnabout Island; F. Na Perech, city. IN NEw JnB poor, losing club and making -, — 1 ATTENTION EASTERN STARS: Regular business and social paying propogition out of it. Faco with poor attendance receipts OF WORLD’S AUTO — America’s entries in the international speed tests at Daytona Beach, Fla., are Frank Lockhart (upper left), veteran racing driver, phia manufacturer who is completing the worid’s most (right), thown (at top) in action with his “‘Bluebird.” and J. M. White (lowcr left), Philalel-| ¢ powerful car fer the occasion. which now helds the world’s record of 203.79 miles per hour sct last year by Major H. 0. D. Segrave | will be represented by Captain Malcolm Campbell (center), former rccord-holder, who is i | | | 1 February 15 to 23, England, of it. Described light, it is said mum of wind Tulé as small beacn DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., 24—On 'the same wide where W. K. Vanderbilt, Barney Oldfield, Henry Ford and other racing pioneers burned new cords over the hard-packed sand, ¥England and America soon will r» new their battle for automobiie speed supremacy. The trials here February 15 to 23 will mark the 25th anniversary of automobile racing and the first attempt by the United States to regain the world's speed record, which Major H. O. D. Segrave took to England last year after shooting his giant machine over the beach at 203.79 miles per hour. Frank Lockhart, veteran of American tracks, and J. M. White, Philadelphia manufacturer, in spe- resistance To. gain a picture of what recall ences. Major He Segrave' register<i car into second until per hour was reached and into high gear. At 170 m. he aimed the machine as would a gun and tion would hold. the white silica sand. In 300 feet. Newspapermen and to have a mini- and high revolution per minute motor. | blistered be enacted here, one only has 1o per hour in 10w gear, threw the 142 miles then NS & CHICAGO, ona released every ounce of power the $100,000 crea- The giant leaped 10 and 15 feet as it struck slight undulations in the blink of an evelash, it had gone report- ed they could not turn their heads | hooks. fast enough to follow the car. Af ter Segrave had taken four miley 2 to slow down, he found his hands by the heat of the 2t 11 | eylinders. In addition to the international trials, special races for stock cars have been arranged. e SCIONS SOCIETY BOXERS Jan. 24—A crop of| sured, more or less. The best 0%} north shore suburban families are sending their young kindergarten graduates at the age of six to learn the manly art: Two former Northwestern University profes- sors are doing a rushing business | |at their academy of jabs and; cially constructed racers, will seek the new world’s record for th's country while Captain Malcolm Campbell will attempt to uphold the honor of Great Britain by breaking the mark set by his countryman. In addition, M. De pendin, French driver who recent- ly won the Grand Prix in Spain, is reported planning to enter the international events. One of the problems which may be solved is whether the highast speed can be attained by a huge car of enormous power built 1o overcome wind resistance v sheer force, or by the smaiier car designed with a minimum of wind resistance and calculated to gain its speed by a high per minute revolution. Major Segrave's “Mystery S, which weighed three toms, and ‘White's “Triplex,” which will rez. ister four tons, represent the first type, while Lockhart's new car, Captain Campbell's “Blueb! | and M. Dependin’s machine typi-| M fy the second. | With his “Bluebird,” Captain Campbell held the world’s record’ at 187 miles per hour until Se-| | © grave established the neéw mark.{ For the Daytona Beach trials Cap. tain Campbell’s racer ' will be equipped with & new and af special 450-horsepower ‘Napier en- . gine, the secret British Admiralty _ .development with which England ~ won the last Schneider cup sea-; plane race at a five-mile-a-minute club. White is completing a .36-eylia- der, three-motored engine, whic expects to develop 1,600 horse: er and to be the most power- Lockhart's March 21 April 25 . Every Month in Year! ; 1928 SALES DATES May 23 February 21 lune 27 Tuly 25 Shecat Sales Heja on Request of Siipoars / Spectal eld on e Advance Made on zymu When the September 19 October 24 November 21 December 12 refined pugilists in 1940 seems as-|York Yankees did i |Killefer Is s_;g_ned to Be Manager of San Fran- cisco Missions Woman Swimmer Nearly Drowned In Gibraltar TANGIER, Morocco, Jan. 24 Miss Mercedes Gleitz, Lon- | don typist, was almost drown- ! ed In an attempt to swim the | |tory of minor league baseball, has Strait of Gibraltar when she | | giznod a threeyear contract was caught in a whirlpool. | | manage the San Francisco She abandoned the swim and | |gjons. announced she would never In kit | try it again. William H. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24— Wade “Red” Killefer, former man- ager and part owner of the So attle Indians and regarded as one of the greatest the announcemeni, McCarthy, president |of the Coast League Club, saul, that Killefer's contract calls for the highest sa y ever paid minor league manager. He de- clined to give out the figure but Y e - JACK SHARKEY Seattle, “Red” developed young players to show a profit for the club. iast season was that of John Mil., | jus, | Pirates, National League cham-| | plons. was an outfielder, the major leagnes from the Amer- ican “Bill” Killefer, also is well known | pilots in the his *, tionals | Grover later managed tionals. “ Let me 6 your odd jobs. Phone| 473, John Holler, Prop. Joe wel an | Joe nd sol | PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24 Dundee, of Baltimore, world terweight champion, scored casy victory last night over Simonich, Montana miner. His outstanding sal» pitcher, to the Pittsburgh | ————— — | FANS MUST CULTIVATE BIKE RACE APPETITE| CHICAGO. Jan. 24—S8ix day bike races, like olives, apparently require a cultivated appetite, RBfforts to expand the bike race circuit this year are held to hava borne that out. An effort was made to introduce the sport in Detroit, but the fans were apa: thetic. A fortnight before, the es had drawn crowded houses e, — | here. JACK OF ALL TRADES They go big. also, in New York, and the answer is supposed to be —adv. | that fans in Chicago and New Killefer | breaking into In his playing < Association. His broth catcher | formerl, Nu- the big circuits as a a manager. He ght for the Philadelphia as a battery mate for| Cleveland Alexander anl | the Chicago Na- d he was positive in his asser- tion Killefer replaces Hariy Hooper, former big league star, whose release has been an nounced, He makes the fifth manager under McCarthy since the old Vernon franchise wns moved to San Francisco as the Missions, two years ago. Others were Walter McCredie, Walter Schmidt and “Wild Bill” Leard. Killefer Liked “Radiant Red” Killefer, hustling, bustling, always on the job, is one of the best liked leaders in the coast eircuit. No disputed deci- sion is too small for “Red” to overlook—he has been the “hero” of a thausand, more or less, argu- ments with the men who call the balls and strikes, and yet he num- bers all the umpires ampng his friends. Previous to buying in with the Seattle club, Killefer piloted the BUCKS TRACES Will Cnly fi;}?tficene Tun- ney or Jack Dempsey —Risko Bout Off BOSTON, Mas; Sharkey will Tunney or . Jan. 24—Jack box either Gene Jack Dempsey but no one else, it was announced aftsr hour conference between Sharkey’s manager and Jess Mc- Mahon, Madison Square Gardea matchmaker in which the offer to ‘match Sharkey with Johnny Risko was indefinitely turned down. el o, For first class dressmaking call Mrs. Lawrence. Phone 1534. adv. “FLYING FRENCH” OUTCLASS FIELD | NEW YORK, Jan. 24-—Los{Detroit Cougars 29 on November Canadiens of Montreal are making |27 and then for more than a! as much of a runaway of the race | month and a half the only points | for supremacy in the Canadian|they dropped were tie games with group of the National Hockey|Boston, Pittsburgh and Ottawa.' League this season as the New|The Maroons previously tied them. | As evidence of the defensive in their base. ball league last summer. and offensive strength of the Canadiens, the standings show that only 18 goals—an average of less than one goal per game- - have been scored against George | Hainsworth, while 63, or an aver } age of more than 3 goals per| game have been registered against their opponents. The Detroit Cougars, American group lead have scored 45 goals and ha had 39 netted against them. The Canadiens have defeated ! every team in the circuit. Six of | With the season less than half over these “Flying Frenchmen" with an almost irresistible attack and perfectly co-ordinated play in all departments had gained a suv stantial lead over the world's champion Ottawa Senators ani the Montreal Maroons who ap- peared to be their principal riva. A koodly share of the credit fo: the Montreal team’s sensational| clean-up goes to the crack scor- ing aces of its forward line. At the 20-game point, Aurel Joliat was leading Howie Morenz by a few points for league scoring honors and Art Cagne was not far behind the leaders. Herh Gardi- ner and Silvic Mantha are the regular defense men with Hains- worth in the nets. In the first twenty games Les Canadiens lost only one and tied games, 84; Chicago, three games, four. 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