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" BRINGING UP FATHLR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1929. By GEORGE McMANUS BY GOLLY MAGGIE HAS | CHANGED HER MIND ~ SHT DON T BUT SHE DON'T (ST WANT TO GO- NOW- F'LL HAVE TO CANCEL THE ROGMI ON THE A MINUTE VLL CALL HER VP JUST LISTEN TO THIS CHAT YES: MRS NGAD! THID D THE GONZOLA STEAMSHIP COMPANNY WE WOULLD LIKE TO KNOW F You WOULD BE WILLIN'TO 1D THAT 90?2 WELL VUL NOT GIVE )T UP- I MOST POSITIVELY INTEND TO GO~ QIVE OP YOUR STATE-ROOM AS THE DUCHESS OF MUFFLEBURY HAD THE ROOM NEXT TO You SOCIETY FRIENDS OF HER S WANT \ TO BE NEAR HER - —- AND SOME Girls’ Basketball Five conspl tournar > fellows. Most anyone can The titlcs they “Wat return to Olympic compe- f world's record-break- eight champlonship in y not only tanding candidate for the hea so vital factors in prophetic features over, are not ng the proj t they are notable the growing llenge to American athletic supremacy. It looked like a set-up for your Uncle around and about 1923-24 n lifted the British open golf crown, starting the 1 the links. Tilden and Johnston were still supreme on the court Olympic honors came harder but they came, nevertheless. The polo Four” swamped England's Firpo, Wilde, Criqui left these shores better off financially than ever before, but as beaten men, though. The old brawn and sinew was in good working order. But things have taken a turn. And perhaps they aren't through turning. France now dominates thé tennis world. Finland’s distance runners have cleaned up consistently and that most prized of all Uncle rowns, the sprint title, rests on the curly thatch of Canada's yo Mr. Percy Williams. . Schmeling and the burly Spaniard Paulino, represent a double-barreled threat for what is picturesquely | called the “battle for the heavyweight' championship.” | = colored gla: If these two stars BI A ING t’q S | were in uniform and in good con- g dition, they probably would be D % - A i | talking about pennant chances, like all other normal American baseball bugs. . L N Vance is a holdout. That is noth- N ing new with Dazzy, which pre- s aps ‘cisely what hurts the Brooklyn cus- ALAN J. GOULD | tomers. Semething or ancther is 4 Press Sports Editor) always giving D a late start. several ile ths of Gallic blood figured Last year he I good month de- not with mate success in the Olympic tennis laying his winning spurt just long ian friend said to me: |enough to throw a pretty good ball They may not look so good now. They team off balance for the season. 7 to fold up in a five-set match. But all they need is' This year Dazzy wants $25,000 wre confidence, They will win the Davis Cup before salary. The club offered him $20.- ave elapsed.” 000 and then boosted the figure to s were Lacoste, Cochet and Borota. $22500. There the matter stands. e done in the tennis world. Dazzy doubtless will pitch for face type. Brooklyn this year, but every day y, about the same time, it was also said: lost now may mean the loss of ch the development of athletics there within the next few valuable ball games later on. ill hear from them in the next Olympics and in other The Brooklyn fans thought they competition. They have the material, the method and Wwere pretty sad with Dazzy’s hold- out performance. They didn't real- iz how much sadder they could become until Glenn Wright de- veloped a useless throwing arm. The Dodgers parted with Jess Petty, & | Brooklyn favorite in the deal fo Wright, who was expected to be the key man in a new infield which Manager Wilbert Robinson had as- sembled. All of these breaks have been particula¥ly bad for “Robby,” whc has had difficulties with some di- rectors of the club not satisfied with his methods as manager and president. There’s so much gloom about this Brooklyn baseball project that it's going to take the development of a couple of rookies into super-stars or something equally as pleasing to drive away the sorrow. R It should not be gathered from all this that the situation is nl:n-‘CONNORS MOTORS gether bad or that any change will be for the worse. Golf laurels in any HAS FIVE NEW international conflict are fairly safe so long as one R. T. Jones, jr., is 2 T‘” available. Or Walter Hagen, the present holder of the British Open{ CARSr 0 SOLD crown. Yankee eight-oared crews haten't been beaten abroad in any ! : | Olympic regatta since the war. Helen Wills has lost only one set and| Five new cars for the Connors not a single match on any European court in two years. Motor Company arrived on the The competition on the whole, however, is keener now than ever SteAmer Admiral Watson from the before. And closer. The set-ups in any field are fewer. Instead of | Seattle distributors. Two Chevro- sallying forth with a big mental -or physical cdge, Uncle Sam now can |16t sedans, a Chevrolet coupe, a expect a give-and-take-tussel, whether it is on the links, the cinder-path | Chevrolet sedan delivery and a the polo field or in the ring. Buick powered model G. M. C. = TG truck, were the cars to arrive and ¥ |are now on display at the Connors BROOKLYN FANS ARE BLUE sh'or:mg}r:& Ersm e 7 72 y 7 e evrolet sedan delive: S WITH VANCE, WRIGHT ()UTi,,cen purchased by the Oapital jLaundry and the larger truck by the Peerless Bakery. | The small delivery is of the all- | steel body type and is extremely | trim, having more the appearance io! a pleasure car than one for haul- ing. The interior is lined with polished veneer. The body trim is |in black and tan. The chassis is the regular six clyinder 1929 model. | The G. M. C. truck is the three- | quarter ton capacity with the big Buick motor for the power plant. {The car arrived with the Peerless | Bakery sign already done on the | body. Two more Chevrolets are to arrive on the steamer Rogers. i RN 2 A Get your MAGIC FIRE CALEN- DAR at the Silver Fox Barber |Shop. Have it FRAMED. Coates Studio. —adv. | HERE ARE FACTS | We filled the Shattuck| Way for $3,920.88. Cash ¢ |Cole’s bid was 42 cents a . \yard. Morris Construction : |Company was 30 cents a| |yard. We were 12 cents a ¢ lyard under Cole on 11.- 1532 cubic yards, a saving| to the City of Juneau of| $1,384.84. ; MORAL: , i DAZZY VANCE This pair of smiling ball players has caused more gloom in Brook- Iyn than the threatened rise in subway fare. Dazzy is a serious hold- out and Glenn has 2 bad arm. . Less talking and more| work accomplishes much. MORRIS CONSTRUC- By JAY R. VESSELS narily means general optimism but (a. P. Sports Writer) this year it means Thothing but BROOKLYN, March 25.—These |gloom for Brooklyn fandom. Breoklyn fans are a disconsolate| With Dazzy Vance and Glenn | { |and baths changed hands over the TION COMPANY (Advertisement) lot these days. Wright, on the sidelines the Dodz- The spring training season ordi-iers’ backers see everything through SEATTLE LOSES DOUBLE HEADER Augie Walsh Credited with First Shut-Out Game | of 1929 Seascn Deas LOS ANGELES, April 1. — The Angels made it five out of seven in the opening weeck of the Pacific Coast League season in the series| with the Indians, taking both games of the doubleheader on Sunday by scores of 16 to 6 and 7 to 3. ! In the opener the Angels pound- »d Jim Edwards to the showers by a niné-run attack in three in- nings and continued run . getting | despite the work of Pipg Lam- ansky and Ault who followed him on the mound. Lamansky was re- tired on a line drive and Sand- oke a finger oi his pitch- nd. Augie Walsh was a| to the Indians who is cred- with the first shut-out game n. In the second game Carl Homngl’ bested ¥yle CGraham in a pitching ter held the Angels hree errors Indian Hollywood 3, 7; Sacramento T, 11. Portland 5, 0; San Francisco 4, Seattle 0, 3; Los Angeles 16, 7. Mission 4, 3; Oakland 3, 4. 5. -RUN RALLY WINS FOR SEATTLE LOS ANGELES, April 1.—A sev- en-run rally in the ninth inning last Saturday, featured by a home run by Manager Ernie Johnson, | gave Seaftle a 12 to 7 victory over Los Angeles. Thirty-five players were paraded on the field during the game. The Angels had appar- ently sewed up the game in the eighth inning when Earl Wess roll- ed a homer to the left field bleach- ers, scoring two ahead of him but| the deluge of Tribe runs in the following inning evened matters and then put the Indian ahead. Four Seattle batters were walked in the last inning by Walsh and Peters. GAMES SATURDAY Portland 9; San Francisco 1. Hollywood 10; Sacramento 1. Mission 4; Oakland 5. Seattle 12; Los Angeles 7. STANDING OF CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won Lost 5 2 Pct 14 714 14 571 429 286 | 285 286 Sacramento Los Angeles . Portland Oakland Mission . Seattle Hollywood San Francisco OVER PIONEER SHOP| | The business week started today | with the lease of one house open- ing its doors under new manage- | ment. The Pioneer Barber Shop| week end from Oscar Waterude to McNAUGHTON SETS W. A. Sherman. It Is understood | that the transaction was in the na- ture of a lease of the property. which belongs to Emery Valentine, and the purchasing of the shop equipment by Mr. Sherman from Mr. Waterude. | Mr. Sherman has been connected | with the Pioneer for nearly two| years and Mr. Waterude has oper- | ated the place for about three years. | Mr. Waterude is making the change in order to be more in the outdoors after his long period of indoor work. His plans are not| known for the future at this time,| but it was made known that he| has several propositions under con- | sideration. Mr. Sherman, speaking of his ac-| quisition of the business today stat- led that the place would be operat- ed under the same general plans as made the business successful un- der Mr. Waterude's ownership. With | the exception of one new barber to take the chair made vacant by the transaction, there will be no’ ‘:h:mge in the shop personnel, Is Terror of Arkansas The girls’ high school basketball team of Sparkman, Ark., has scored 1,854 points to 319 for opponents in winning 29 straight games | in two years. Quinnie Hamm, forward (lower left), made 109 points in one game and 102 in another. SPARKMAN, Ark., The Sparkman high sketball team, with a two-) Quinnie Hamm and record of 29 victories in as many |Irene, a guard, keep in trim for starts, with a scoring of 1,854 points | their court work by walking and to 319 for opponents, is well on its | running three miles to school each way toward what is believed to be |day. a world’s record for team scoring.| The team went to the national The team boasts an individual | tournament at Wichita, Kas., with scorer of unusual merit in Quinnie | three regulars out of the line-up, Hamm, who also holds what is|due to illn but in spite of this claimed to be a record for p.’)m[sif mmed the champions of West made in a single contest ‘When | Virginia, 62 to 13, and lost to Dal- the Sparkman “Sparklers” defeat- |las natio: champions, by only ed Malvern, Ark., high school girls, [three point: Miss Hamm made 109 points, The The “Sparklers” expect to win score was 164 to 9. A week earlier | 2nother national tournament this the team defeated Tomberlin, Ark., |spring and their coach, Maizie Can- high school, 125 to 5 and Miss | non, former star on the Henderson Hamm made 102 points. | Brown college team, expects to All Arkansas opposition, includ- ‘brmg the championship to Spark- ing the best college, high school | man. has been rklers.” her sister and independent team: aside by the “ March JHIGH PACE WITH 24 BIRDS SUNDAY Good fellowship rivalry wa.si aroused at the traps of the Juneau Gun Club yesterday when Guy Mc-; Naughton, after being among the)| {lower high guns for several weeks | Jast, came up from the rear and| zopped high gun honors and also et a pace for bre: the clay pigeons that not a few of the regu- lar high guns found easy to match. | McNaughton broke 24 of the pos-| sible 25, | Council, Truesdell, and the visit-| ing fans, Charles B min, all con- | sistent high score; before the event was over, equalled McNaugh- | ton’s score, but well over the 20 mark is usual for them, while Mc- Naughton had to raise his average several points to break high score| yesterday. He said he will also| do it again next Sunday. | The scores of the other guns in order, were: Morris 23, Williams 21,/ Bernard 21, M. Goldstein 21 cock 19, Macsi 19, CI e 1 stein 18, Kirk 16, Plowman 14, | New, select line or visiucg cards Jat The Empire. MURESCO for DECORATING and BEAUTIFYING WALLS and CEILINGS 5 pound package, 55 cents . Full cases at 50 cents per package Thomas H;;dware Co. The cool, comforting flavor of WRIGLEY’S Spearmint is a lasting pleasure. It cleanses the mouth after eating—gives a clean taste and sweet breath. It is refreshing and digestion aiding. l Ship Goldstein Your Furs Trader and Trapper Dear Sir We are in the market for all the furs we can get and guaran- tee you the top prices. The mar- ket od at the present time on practically everything in Al- aska furs. We will pay prices o8 follows: RED FOX: Ordinary, $40.00 to $50.00; Cherry reds, up to $65.00. CROSS FOX: Pale, $60.00 to $75.00; Dark, ap to $150.00. LYNX—Extra large, $60.00 to $65.00. LAND OTTER—$20.00 to $30.00. MINK—Extra fancy dark, up to $40.00; Pale, $18.00 to $25.00; Coast Mink, $10.00 to $15.00. We want nothing but legally caught furs and in season. Ship your siuff as quickly as possible, as the market may fall off, and we will guarantee you the top prices. We will hold your furs separate, if so requested, uniil we can wire or write you. THIS IS NOT BULL. We will do just as we say we will as we want you to ship your furs to us We pay all mail and express charges on all shipments and charge you no eommission. It you have any furs send us a trial shipment and we guarantee you satisfaction Yours very truly, CHAS. GOLD JTEIN & CO., Juneau, Alaska. Our Manufacturing Department is now ready to make or alter I is gc your furs. Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc. Lumber For Every Purpose Specializing in Best grades of S pruce and Hemlock LUMBER | Your needs promptly supplied from ouv complete stock We handle CEMENT, SHINGLES, FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY WHY NO? LET US put your name on our coal llst, it is certainly good coal. We deliver fresh dressed poultry every day. Our eggs are the largest and freshest that the hens produce. 4 We carry a complete line of Poultry and Fox Feeda. And our transter service— well you can’t beat it. D. B. FEMMER Phone 114 ’I \ . I Pioneer Pool Hall MILLER TAXI IN CONNECTION Telephone 183 Pool—Billiards i Meet your friends at The Pioneer. Chas. Miller, Prop. o v b ddmBdiniasd vabsatrdmotvehihcriny — New Super Six Essex Challenger Coupe—§985.00 Coach—$985.00 Fully equipped, delivered in Juneau—Liberal terms. McCaul Motor Company FEATURES OF THE NEW FORD CAR Beautiful low lines Choice of colors Remarkable acceleration Smoothness at all speeds 55 to 65 miles an hour Fully enclosed, silent six-brake system New transverse springs Houdaille hydraulic shock absorbers Triplex shatter-proof glass windshield Economy of operation Reliability and long life Longer time payments The New Ford is on display at Juneau Motors, Inc. : FORD DEALERS Dollars Are for Delight To spend them grudgingly, or prodigally, is to de- feat their purpose. To invest them in a BUICK is to purchase maximum motoring delight—the top- most degree of style, beauty, comfort, performance-— without paying a single dollar premium. That is what makes BUICK the standard of Motor Car Value. That is what makes it the outstanding choice of dis- cerning men and women everywhere. Connors Motor Com pany Service Rendered by Experts 1 1 l i Old Papers for sale at Empire Office