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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, PRIL 3, 1930. By GEORGE McMANUS 1S LETTING ME ON THE HOUS! 'M GLAD MAGGIE DO SOMETHING &= | GET A MAN TO DO THE | PLASTERING? WELL, DID YOu ' OH- WHAT A PLASTERIN'! MAGGIE-1 HAVE LET OUT THE CONTRACT FOR | PLASTERIN' Sport Slants “Aran J.Goup JOHN ARNOLD HEYDLER, the National league's able and ever tempered chief executive, struck a significant note when ho remarked to me recently: “When I am among golfers, they talk baseball ~Then when I get among ballplayers, I find many, if not most of them, arguing about 1 and anclent game has e fire among| especially in| years. The two| sports have in common the reguire- | ments of a good eye, steady han easy swing with the club and con- | trol. The result is that an un-| usual number of ball players have quickly become skillful golf play-| The first star I saw in the South | this er was Babe Ruth, attired in natty golf outfit, smacking the| ball consistently from a practice| tee 250 yards with a new wood cleek. The Babe has spent morej time on the links getting ready to) earn the first $80,000 than he has| few ~ Fred Marberry i Ossie Bluege, 13 AUBURN PLAYERS Maryland University \PRO BASEBALL SEEKS | AUBURN, Ala., April 3.—Profes- {sional baseball scouts think well of Alabama Poly baseball team ¥ 'n members of the Auburn have received tempting of- Capt. Jim Crawford’s batting av- > of 389 and his speed in the 1 has attracted the atten- five major lecague clubs as minor league outfits. | Burt, outfielder; Dunham iHarkins, Ray Prim and Buck Car- | te pitche Frock Pate, Ben New- {ton and H: y Lloyd, infielders, also {have received offers to join major |league camps. | Charles Kaley and, Rupert In- \gram, catchers; Page Riley, second | sacker; Phil Hodges, outfielder, and | |G. C. Smith, pitcher, have received I minor league offers. i | Of the thirteen only three, Craw- ‘ford, Ingram and Carter, are |ors, e - (COAST TENNIS CENTER WITH HAVE 48 COURTS LOS ANGELES, April 8 expected to be the largest hard- | | | surface tennis center in the world! i g o | |18 planned for Los Angeles. | Alice Oston, University of Mary- i ‘Part of the recreation parks of | land co-ed, won t}xelnat.iqnal inter- | {the city, the center will consist of | collegiate women’s individual rifle 48 co championship, conducted by the | { tion well a | Joe i | i 3—What ansoctated Press Uhoto Efforts will be made to | National Rifle Association. Her New faces wlll appear In the Senators’ 1930 lineup but these old standbys will again carry the burden. Judge and Bluege in the infield, Rice in th e outfield and Marberry on the mound ase the main cogs in the machine which Manager Walter Johnson hopes to pilot to a first division berth. “mashie shot” the s’ jargon. They ‘golfing the ball” when the bat- ter connects with an upward s g A runner blocked off the p #stymied.” in GET GLAD HAND FROM BIG BOSS “Golf is all right so long as w o GLANT ROOKIES | | ivhcm completed before the Oylmpic games here in 1932. ] <> o> - CONGER HAS INDIAN SIGN | ON FOREIGN TRACK ACES CHICAGO, April 3.—Beating for- leign stars to the tape is the par- | ticular forte of Ray Conger, Chicago distance runner. In"three years he has beaten Dr. Paul Martin of Switzerland; Paavo {Nurmi, the Finn; Dr. Otto Peltze the of |when the Minuet Dances are fea- | totals in the final matches were® 196, 198 and 200, giving her a score of 594 out of a possible 600. (International Newsresl) | - . Come to the | Dance on Martinique School Friday afternoons —adv. | 2| ~ g . You Can Achieve zlll)‘tllillg you set out to d()*——f,‘fip(‘(fl ially if you have the backing of a good bank account. First National Bank e e ettt it et OB, b Thall” Béld, " He ‘sbords infF Yo AauiughitHke Ll Mo se {the German; Edvin Wide of Swe- the 70's but he is the second best golfer on the New York club. Sam Byrd beat Ruth for the team “title.” At Miami, I had to taxi out to the Miami Country club to have a chat with Bob Shawkey, the new| Yankee manager, who is consistent- | ly around 85 and improving, as al golfer. A report from the West that Sam Rice, veteran Washington out- fielder, had shot a 69 on some| course or other caused a bigger furor in Florida than any baseball news. All hands admitted Sam | might do it, if he happened to be! “hot.” Dazzy Wance, the big pitcher, is a fine golfer. So is the Detroit southpaw, Earl Whitehill, who scores in the 80's on the regu- lation courses and is a form of sudden death to his opponents on the miniature layouts that have become more prevalent this season in Florida than the Mediterranean fruit fly. Bucky Harris, the pop-| ular Tiger manager, is another ad-‘( dict. Connie Mack and Eddie Col- | lins play good games and Wilbert | Robinson, Brooklyn pilot, moves majestically around the links. | Brooklyn | A pop fly sued to be commonly labelled a “Texas Leaguer.” Now | SWEET-ORR Tug-o-War Pants Just try to wear them. out H. S, GRAVES The Clothing Man ously or begin to talk about it around the club-house,” Bucky Har- ris said. “On an off day it's a use- ful way for players to spend their time. It's good exercise for the legs. Too much golf might affect the swing of some batters but or- dinarily I cannot see where one game has any marked influence on the other.” At least three league stars have been conspic trormer major By GAYLE TALBOT, Jr. (A. P. Sports Writer) SAN ANTONIO, Ap: deep in a dugout, prot cutting wind that kept hustling, John McGraw watched what will be his twenty-eighth Giant machine make ready for an- other campaign. It will finish, he hopes, at the top of the National League stand- ing. He would like to win another 3.—Sitting ed from a his players the boy had the makings of a ball- AMERICAN LEGION ARENA player and wanted-me to find out.|d4¢® and Eino Purje of Finland. If not, he's going to send him back | A O % e to school. I'm going to do my| DPUKE JUST MISSES OUT P manE R S 0 |' DURHAM, N. . April 3—Duke : ; . luniversity, in its second year as a For another ten minutes MCGIaW empor of the outhern conference, | |riveted his attention on Prancls p.q yeached the finals of the Dixie Healey, an 18-year-old catcher Im‘m championship, basketball tourns Holyoke, Mass. He thinks thejp ot i iR e e by boy has the makings of a star |Sarvow margin each time. Then, by turn, he watched Sam Leslie, big outfield candidate from | Next Smoker APRIL 12TH NOTICE 10 flag—maybe four or five—before he calls it a day. But he is not cer- tain his present veteran team can turn the trick. His eyes, on this particular day, were for the young- sters who might supply the neces- park next year, or the ne He was watching Bill McWilliams hus lad from the Chicago andlots, make hard ones look arcund third base. McWilliams i only 19. “His father sent me a nice letter about him. Said he thought, maybe Memphis, whom the fellows say swings just like old Sam OCr ford; Eddie Marshall, youngster trying to beat Andy Reese out of the second base post and Jim Ten- nant, a 190-pound .rookie with a azing fast ball. He commented upon each one h some enthusiasm, buf never gave the veterans romping around the lot a tumble. “Why worry about those fellows,” he explained at one time. “I know what they can do.” ous on the links . . . Tuffy McInnis and Fred Merkle, a pair of first basemen, were good enough to get jobs as golf professionals and Tilly Shafer, the old Giant third-base- man, was an entry in the national amateur at Pebble Beach last sum- mer. Jigger Statz, an outfielder, was one of the best of baseball'’s golfers. And George Wri famous old-time ball player, is among those credited with pioneer- ing golf in the U. 8. A. . . . He is still living to tell the tale. . . . 7Undergraduate _Disciples of Dlana a Philadelphia; Adelaide Smith, of Oak Lane; Mad- eline Heim, of 4502 Magee Street, Philadelphia; + Kathryn Wright, of Glenside, Pa., and Anna M. J. Mohr, of New York, ‘These co-ed disciples of the ancient Greek goddess, of the hunt, Diana, are participating in the opening archery practice of the season at Temple University. They are, left to right: Mary E. Grynkewich, of New York; Gertrude Green, of 3300 N. 21st Street, (Taternational Newsrecl) The “MARGNITA” will not ac- cept freight after 1:30 p. m. on sailing date. DOORS & Millwork, can be had complete il lustratedeas- alsg FREE. » s ' corpn \" FOR THE PARLOR FURNACE JUNIOR DIAMOND BRIQUETS ARE JUST RIGHT | W.P. 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