The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 24, 1929, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE WEDNESDAY APRIL 24, 1929. WHATS HAPPENED To DINTY 7 AN WHERE 1S WHOOPRE MS GURK?| 1| FEAR DINTY HAS MET WITH ° FOUL- PLAY-HE PROBABLY WU SHOWIN' THAT DIAMOND NECK- LACE AN'SOME ONE TAPPED HIM ON THE A CABLEGRAM _- AN' TS FROM DINT Y- 'L BET- WHATS THID? 1 MAGGIE 1S CoMiN' BACK FROM | TALY- \F SHE FINDS 00T | LENT HER D\AMDN%\‘ NECK LACE ‘To A\ DINTY-1'™M gy [N 0 ¢ == © 1920, Int') Feature Service, Tnc., Great Brif By GEORGE 1 MLST McMANI S FIND WHOORES MEQURK- HE 19 THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO DINTY AN WHE! . OH-ThIs 193 AN e J\K C‘ 4 \\\\\\I' tain rights reserved. % f\\/ 3 SPORTS By ALAN J. GOULD (Associated Press Sports Editor) You can hear a flock of comparisons between the old and the new games will be started at 6:30 and | generation flying about almost any day. Is Horton Smith a better golfer Is Lacoste or Cochet a greater tennis star than Bill Tilden was in his prime? now at 20 than Bobby Jones was at the same tender age? Is |elected League physicians, and Billy | Ruth or Hornsby a greater all-around asset on the ball field than was Ty Cobb or Hans Wagner? From there you can go into a debate on the relative merits of the‘named to that position. high pennant hopes this year, as compared with the famous machine piloted Before you start look over these line-ups.: new Chicago Cubs, which Joe McOarthy is leading forth with by the late Frank Chance. Cubs of 1906-7-8 Chance Evers Tinker Steinfeldt Schulte Cubs of . First .. Second . Short Third 530 S0 43 Hofman e o BE A Sheckard : g - i . N Kling T Brown Pitcher Reulbach . Pitcher Overall Pitcher . Pfeister .- Pitcher ... 1929 Grimm . Hornsby .~ English Beck Cuyler Wilson Stephenson . Harnett Root Carlson Blake or Malone . . Nehf At the outset the comparison is in favor of the old Cubs for the excellent reason that they were world’s champions twice in a row and | captured four pennants in five years. record. It's nailed down. There’s no escape from that But from there you can go and make an argument out of it because.thie Superior defepse of the, oldtimers ls‘f‘“minx Pictures. Call in and see offset to a large extent by the attacking power of the meodern Cubs. Into the balance, the old guard can cast their great pitching staff. It is somewhat startling, in fact, to note that the old Cubs were | They used to call the old Whne Sox far from being batting terrors. “hitless wonders,” but the same title might have been conferred Cubs, for the fact is they won the pennant in 1906 with the lowest team batting average any major league pennant winner has e Frank Chance, “Wildfire” Schulte and Joe Tinker were good stickers. but the team mark that year was only .228. The 1928 Cubs, finishing third, batted for .278 and with the potent addition of a .400 clouter in Rogers Hornsby, they figure to raise that mark substantially this year. The corhparison of the great teams of the past with: those of the present has its difficulties. Heydler remarked: “They played for one run in the old days, but now they go them in clusters, bucket.” Times and styles have changed, 7 As That was why the old Cubs, with a marvelous defense John after One run in the modern game is just a drop in the and great twirling staff could win so many pennants without heavy hitting. The Yankees, currept world’s champions, have been labelled the “greatest of all time” by many critics. No question exists that they have compiled the greatest attacking record, but adherents of the old Cubs, as well as the old Orioles of Baltimore and Athletics of Phila- delphia, will concede nothing more. ’spomcs from the four msmuuuns ‘furmerly entering teams, however, no action wds taken on the appli- ‘culon. Anofher meeting for set- tling final details will be held next /Tuesday. ‘The season will open |usual ceremonies. two weeks of the season, evering after that at 7 pm. Drs. W. W.| Council and W. A. Borland were\ Lott, trainer of the athletes since |the league was formed, was re- President Barragar was author- ized to allot players to the re- spective teams without regard to their connection with.clubs in other years. This was the decision of some 18 players-themselves who at- tended last night's meeting. Al men desiring to play this year are asked to see Mr. Barragar at the office of the Alaska Electric Lignt & Power Company before April 30, by which date it is expected to have player assignments completed. | League officers are particularly de-| isirable to have high school ball ;tossers enroll and every opporiurn- ity will be given them to make | regular berths on the clubs. B We SPECIALIZE on Tinting and | our work. Coates Studios. adv. | swimmer at the University of Iowa, FOOLS INDIANS s Home Team—Seattle Is Shut Out PORTLAND. Ore., April 24¢—Joe Cascarella’s pitching yesterday was too much for Seattle and the In- dians succumbed to his sweeping hook by a 2 to 0 score in the first game of the series with Portland. Two hits were made off Casca- rella from the third inning until two were ‘out in the ninth, when Wade doubled and Barbee singled but the slim pitcher struck out McDaniel in the ninth by an old- fashipned “downer” which the big first baseman missed a foot. 'IOWA TRACK STAR TAKES 14 RACES IOWA CITY, April 24—Boyd N. Liddle of Davenport, sophomore splashes a mean crawl. Out of his 17 races this season |he has, placed first 14 times and second - three , times. - LET Amquist Piess wour Suit.| We call and deliver. Phane 528. Two of his “defeats” were volun- tary to permit 'teammates to win letters . WITH PITGHINGJ with a| double-header on May 12 with the | . For the first|Joe' Cascarella Wins for | Mission OVERCOME FIVE RUN LEAD, WIN FINAL INNINGS Hlts and Take Last of Detroit Series ST. LOUIS, April 24—Overcom- ing a five run lead, the St. Louis |Browns yesterday afternoon bunch- |ed hits in the late innings to chase ' two Detroit pitchers to the showers |and win the final game of the |cerles by a score of 7 to 5. Blue, the Brown's first sacker, starred at the bat, getting two home' runs and accounting for three ‘runs. GAMES YESTERDAY Pacific Coast League Portland 2; Seattle 0. Hollywood 8; San Francisco 6. Sacramento ‘8; Oakland 5. Los Angeles 8; Mission 2. National League .Phflade]phla 3; New York 1. Bt. Louis 9; Chicago 6. Brooklyn 3; Boston 2. American League 8t. Louis 7; Detroit 5. Cleveland 5; Chicago 4. Washington 4; Philadelphia 3. [Boston 4; Nr'y York 2. STANDING OF CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won Lost . 16 8 17 BeRl . A5 10 Pet. Los Angeles Sacramento San Francisco, Hollwood Oakland 13 Portland o 20 Seame AN o 11 13 13 b2 15 13 18 607 552 536 476 464 435 217 t. Louis B rowns Bunch'cievelana M 667 | National League. Won Lost \Dr ston 3 | New York 2 | Chicago 4 {8t. Louis 4 | Philadelphia 3 2 2 Pet. 750 667 667 571 .600 400 333 167 Pittsburgh Cin"mnau Amerlcnn League Won Lost btr Louis Phlladelphm |New York | Boston Washington Detroit Chlcngo CALLAHAN 1 ~ WINNER FIFTH STRAIGHT G0 1 LOS ANGELES, April 24.—Mushy Callahan, junior lightweight cham- pion, who has been staging a come- back campaign, last night proved that he is not through with the fight game and added another win | Myers, of Pocatello, Idaho. It was a close 10-round bout and was anybody’s battle until the final round. Callahan then scored three | times in a row his famous one-two punch. 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