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THIS EIGHTEEN-DAY DIET 195 GITTING ON MY NERVESD ' MLST EAT A LITTLE - A FEW OF THES: WONT POT ON WEIGHT- [t i /n”’r/,, N w 47 . THEY DION'T TASTE VERY HAD TO EAT- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, OO0 BLUT | PORTS WHATS THE MATTER? COME NOW: TELL ME YOUR TROULBLES MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1929. By GEORGE McMANUS I SOME-BODY | WENT AN' ET | | VP ALL MY MOD: CAKES - 3\\\\“‘1, A 4 O+ "0 2~ A " , Great Britate rights reserved. © 1929, Int"1 Feature Servies, tn RUTH GETS 7 | Sport ‘e RNSIN 1 } SUNDAY GAME 'Z’ALAN J.GOULD {Tops Major Leaguers for Circuit Clouts—Browns Somewhat less than two years' Defeat ChamPIOHS ago, the threc donimating figures' in boxing, or, to be more specific, ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26—Babe Ruth | in the heavyweight sphere of ac-|'¢gained the major league home- tion, were: two men who made the |Tun leadership yesterday with his| big moncy with their fists, Juck‘:“”‘ and 35th homers of the season Dempsey and Gene Tunney; one c:ff Stewart but even at that the | Who profited through his skill nsiSt: Louis Browns scored their| the big promoter and ballyhoo man |fourth consecutive victory over the Tex Rickard. ZAnks, . Ruth’s blow in the fourth ended Tunney has retired permanently, 3s seoreless innings for the Yanks. | Dempsey s in temporary but prob-iThe other home run was also with 7 also definite retircment and|the bases bare and came in the Rickard is dead. Without a cham- | ninth inning. pion, with the old Man Mauler| The Browns had scored three and with the master mind of the|shutout wins over the world champs old Klondike gambler, the heavy-|prior to the game Sunday. weight division is in the same pre-' A, dicament as the small town re- GAMES ST TAY | porter assigned to cover the big) Pacific Cn;st League fire and who wired back: chaos, can learn nothing.” All is chaos in the heavyweight class. Even “Big Bill” Carey, Rickard’s successor as titular head of Madison Square Garden, has found that the boxing “racket™ can be much more complicated than building railroads in China. The big aim since Tunney's re- tirement has been to set up a new champion but it has missed fire altogether. The Muldoon-Tunney Trophy, unveiled with all due sol- emnity, has no claimant. The so- called “eliminations” usually havel| either added to the confusion or ;f;}‘]‘:g‘: i the elimination. of RO |ogkiand '8; Hollywood 5. 5 : Portland 6; San Francisco 5. Jack Sharkey, the big Boston Seattle 9; Los Angeles 3 sailor, has foozled more good op- 'National l.eazu‘e portunities to step up the ladder, New York 14, 7; Pittsburgh 8, 6. than anyone else. For every g00d |gincinnati 5.'0:' Brooklyn 2, 3 o “All 15| san Francisco 0, 6; Portalnd 4, 8. Sacramento 9, 0; Mission 8, 8. Los Angeles 1, 7; Seattle 6, 3. Oakland 4, 9; Hollywood 0, 7. | National League Chicago 3, 10; Cincinnati 6, 1. Philadelphia 4; Brooklyh 0. Pittsburgh 5; New York 10. St. Louis 4; Boston 0. American League Philadelphia 0; Chicago 3. New York 2; St. Louis 3. Boston 4; Cleveland 5. Washington 7; Detroit 8. GAMES SATURDAY Pacific Coast League Mission 8; Sacramento 7. fight he has put on Sharkey has ¢ . tossed in at least one other bad one. g:xczg:issh‘l’gg:g:;pl:a ) Max Schemling, the German Amerioan. League was a pogenual “big shot” until|gt 1onis 4; New York 0. I he tied himself up with a flock 1Bgston 5, 2; Cleveland 2, 6. of contracts and managers.. Max Philadelphia 5; Chicago 2. is so tangled up nm!v that it may Washington 9; Detroit 6. take months to straighten out his legal _hamcs. let alone get him into STANDING Ur CLUBS | the ring. (Corrected to Date) Pacific Coast League Before anyone establishes an un- Won 1',:“ Pet. disputed claim to the heavyweight [Portland . 34 22 607 sceptre he must dispose of Tommy |Los Angeles . 32 23 582 Loughran, the eminent Philadelphia | Mission 32 24 511 jab and dance man. Tommy has|Hollywood 31 25 554 little, if any real dynamite in either |San Francisco . 31 26 544 | fist, unfortunately, but it is at|Oakland 30 28 5171 least an even-money proposition |Sacramento ... 22 33 400 | that he would make it extremely |Seattle “ g - ) 44 228 | Interesting for Sharkey, Schmeling Nauona: League or any other heavyweight. Now Won Lost Pet. that he has forsaken the light|Chicago 80 37 684 | heavyweight division, over which |Pittsburgh .. 67 50 573 he established complete mastery,|New York .. 66 55 546 Loughran may get the big chance|St. Louis 60 59 504 he has been seeking. Brooklyn 54 65 454 Tommy is a good deal of the|Cincinnati . 52 69 430 Tunney type. He isn't as sharp(Philadelphia ... 49 69 416 a hitter as was Gene but he is|{Boston ... 48 72 400 perhaps more elusive. He has American veague beaten the sluggers, like Jimmy , Won Lost Pet. Braddock, Leo Lomski and Mickey | Philadelphia 84 38 689 Walker and he has outboxed clever | New York . 6 49 58 men like Jimmy Slattery and Mike | St. Louls . 64 57 529 McTigue. Cleveland 63 58 521 Detroit 57 65 467 “Two great left-handers, but not | Washington . 53 7768 . A0 much alike,” said Connie Mack of | Chicago 49 7 402 Fddie Plank and Lefty Grove. |Boston - 075 0.0 . Plank, a member of all my old| Gastineau “""v'c,“”' l;‘fu e championship teams, was one of Mocse gn 3" es_" the smartest southpaws of all time. Dougla§ o 3 '625 He had a great cross-fire but he| A b : 4 . | American Legion.... 3 5 375 pitched with his head as much as!py,. 3 6 333 his arm. Grove has a world of stuff, but for the first few years N - B st pitohed, WHEEY ahn Now SUCOFSY HOUBEROLD 0OURRS he is pitching to the batters’ weak-. MOSCOW, Aug. 26—The over nesses instead of relying entirely crowding of loeal courts with min- on speed.” lor cases has brought a suggestion —————— Ifor household trials. Households Bill Casey is still at No. 8 Wil- | would be grouped in tens or fif- loughby Ave. with the best TO-|teens and minor offenders tried by BACCO and SNUFF CURE. Hours | their neighbors. 2 p. m. to 7 p. m. Call and we — .- wilk demonstrate. PO 727. adv| Bill Casey is stili at No. 8 Wil- e loughby Ave. with the best TO- Try & TOASTED SANDWICH &t |BACCO and SNUFF CURE. 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