The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 4, 1931, Page 5

BRINCGING UP FATHER THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 I?3| "1/ ALL YOU THINK OF 15 | YOURSELF- WHERE WOULD YOU BEIF T WASNT FOR ME? WHAT A FOOL I WAS WHEN | THINK CF THE MEN | COULD HAVS MARRIED - | GET S1CK AND | TIRED OF g 1 WISH You TALKING TO YOU- i / HAD THOUGHT] P Sl o S || | BEFORE You > 2 AN MAYBE YOu THOUGHT OF LA THINK 'M NOT h ME TIRED OF LISTENIN J m—— 0 | b 7 00 9 ] i ’ 308 e P & ¥ 3 1 F (=N © 1931, Int'l Feature Service. Inc., Great Britain rights reserved WAY HE TREATED VOHNNY Ooza IN Tue Lonewoop sowr— FINALS wAs COMETHING AWFOL_— !/ s NATION AL CLAY COURT AILY SPORTS CARTOON SINGLES CHAMPON < £EVEN DOEGS [PR-E 0Py —— ;By Pap iJ Nore LkE Slow MgTion To ME CANNGN BALL SERVICE DIONT BOHER ikl [ and better re desired, for boxoffice the Yankees bought Babe 1 set him up in comfort- came SO oOne- that it was necessary to de- p competitive interest, Colonel able manager , encouraged the long dis- slugging talent of Colum- tance bia Lou Gehrig. Now that the squeeze play and the stolen base have been re- stored to popularity, the Yankees fulfilled their public trust by turn- ing loose wne mosi accomplished base-runner of the season—William ‘Benjamin Chapman. v Chapman was close to the 40- mark in base thefts by the latter part of July. This put him well Miller| GOULD ~ “535565R8ess home (on the path to the best record of | | post war times and in a class with | such base-runners as Collins, Cobb, |Carey and Bescher, who swiped {anywhere from 50 to nearly 100 bases annually in the good old days. Big Ben's style is not fancy or as flawless as was Carey’s. The rangy | Yankee star relies on sheer speed. He has been something of an odd- i chore man in his short professional | career. He is only 22 years old now, with plenty of time and chance to de- velop. He was a shortstop with Asheville, played third for St Paul, and was assigned to second base mostly with the Yankees un- til Joe McCarthy switched him to | the outfield as an emergency meas- |ure that has now become perma- nent, - CONGRATULATING A CHAMPION ) ° ~Ifred E. Smith, former governor of New York, v.as one of the crowd congratulating Helene Madison, Seattle swimming star, for her victories in the one mile and 100-meter free style events in ths outdoor national Beach, N. Y. While winning the world mark for 1,500 meters by m . A. U. women’s swimming c plonships at Bronx mile race Miss*Madison broke the* ore than 27 seconds, | “Pwo-Baggers’ Missing. There must be something wrong | with Chuck Klein. {'of July the big Phillie slugger was |only leading the National league in batting percentage, runs scored, | runs batted in, total hits and home | runs. | This may seem fair enough for one individual but the inside story is that Klein isn't hitting two-bag- gers at his customary pace. He set a National league record with 59 | doubles last season. Something should be done about this evidence |of depression. ‘Cousins’. The St. Louls Cardinals, if they win their fourth pennant in six years, can adopt votes of thanks for two circumstances—first, the en- thusiasm with which their three leading rivals have been hacking themselves to pieces; second, the vulnerability of the Cincinnati Reds. | The Red Birds won 15 of their first 17 games with Cincinnati. If there is a flaw in the schedule it is the fact that they have only five more games with Dan How- |ley’s men, all in September and ‘concludlng with a three game se- ries at Cincinnati September 25-26- ;27, the end of the season. | On the other hand, the Cardi- nals have 23 more games to play with the Phillies and Pirates, who have combined to take only sev- en out of 21 contests so far with the champions. The Athletics have gained mar- gins over every American league rival but the Cardinals had yield- ed the edge, up to July 20, to both Boston and Brooklyn. JUNIOR MESSENGER """ WANTED FOR BPR. { The U. 8. Civil Service Commis- sion announces an open competi- tive examination for filling a va- cancy in the position of Junior Messenger in the Bureau of Pub- lic Roads, Juneau, Alaska, at $720 a year. Receipt of applications to close August 25, 1931. For further information and ap- plication plank apply to the Sec- retary, Board of U. 8. Civil Service Examiners, 311 Federal Bldg., Ju- neau, or to the Office of the Man- 'ager, 11th U. 8. Civil Service Dis- trict, 205 Post Office Building, Se- ‘ame, Washington. | - i i Japanese, Chinese ' Population in U. S. Shows an Increase WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 4— The Census Bureau announces the | Japancse population in the United | States . increased from 111,000 in 1920 to 138,834 in 1930 and Chi- nese increased from 61639 to 74,- 954, Filipinos increased from 5,603 in 1920 to 45208 in 1930. i Make Brilliant Catch- Up to the end | WHATS THE MATTER: MR- WRECK? You LOOK LIKE A STOCK- MARKET) REPORT- 44, 1 HAD A HASN'T T WEERKS = i ‘E g A e N VT I, S g 4 S <& g3t | ) 2 S 2 _ FREE HITTING GAME IS WON, . Y. YANKEES Babe Rulh:——E;rl Combs es in Outfield BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 4.—Bril- liant catches in the outfield by Babe Ruth and Earl Combs, and relief pitching by Vernon Gomez, enabled the New York Yankees to emerge with a 9-8 decision over the Red Sox yesterday in a free hit bout. GAMES MONDAY . Pacltic vonsc Leaguc | No games played yesterday as teams of Pacific Coast League were traveling to open this afternoon on the wesk's schedule. National League Cincinnati 0; Chicago 8. American League New York 9; Boston 8. Washington 2, 5; Philadelphia 3, 6. Cleveland 5; St. Louls 3. Chicago 2; Detroit 7. STANDING OF CLUBS Pacific Coast League OH: OEAR! MY WIFE AN' QUARREL OVER NOTHING AN’ SHE ME FOR THREE | with it, and then again maybe 1t did, for the Yank: Seattle Officer Killed ini By GEORGE McMANLU TRIVIAL == 2 DOMNT LOSE HER NOU'LL NEVER FIND SPOKEN TO ANOTHER LIKE THAT- Fumbles always are cost] 3 1 y, but they're rarely pictured ;?;i;‘aéggge:eséol;‘ls\w;a{:;l; x}’un{(l::es;:]catclher, isyshr:zwn sa(ca;t cs‘::;?:i :: ) 8 k. or the Cleveland Indians, fumbles thrown to him by Burnett. Maybe the fumble didn't h\:lrs;;e,;‘hembzl‘: The game s won 19 to 2, POLICEMAN FIRE DAMAGES SHOT DEAD TOWN IN IDAHO was played in New York, GRANGEVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 4.— | Fire swept along five blocks of the residential street here yesterday de- | stroying ten houses, ten barns and | garages with a loss estimated at SEATTLE, Aug. 4—The fatal|$50,000 to $70,000. shooting of Patrolman H. E. S.| Firemen were handicapped by a ‘Willlams, in a hotel Sunday night, | low water supply :and wind and has-mystified the police. | had to let the fire burn itself out Séven| persons are held for ques- | e — tioning. } The Policeman’s gun showed he| Urban population of Iowa in 1930 cxchanged several shots. | showed an increase of 11.9 percent Bernard Byrne and Allen Price |Over 1920. Rural population de- areaccused of fighting the pistol |creased 2.4 percent duel with Williams. | W T s 5 Byrne has been identified as one | The total property investment in of two hold-up men in a recent steam rallroads of the United robbery. | States exceeds $26,000,000,000. — LUMBER WHEN YOU WANT IT Pistol Duel—Case Is Mystifier —_— Juneauw Lumber Mills, Inc. A Phone 358 Won Lost Pet, | San Francisco 11 12 - 38B| Los Angeles 17 13 567 Seattle 15 13 53§ Oakland 16 14 533 Portland . 13 14 B1T7| Hollywood 14 14 .500 | amento 12 17 414 ssion e 10 19 345 National Leaguc | ‘Won Lost Pet. St. Louis 64 38 .628 | New York 54 43 557 Chicago 55 45 .550 Brooklyn 55 48 33t Boston 47 50 485 | Pittsburgh .46 50 479 Philadelphia 40 60 400 Cincinnati 37 64 366 | American League ! Won Lost Pet Philadelphia 6 28 131 Washington 63 39 618 | New York 59 41 .5901 Cleveland 49 53 480 St. Louis 43 56 434 Boston 40 61 .396 Chicago 37 62 374 Detroit 38 65 .369 Juneau City League Won Lost Pet.| Elks : 8 2 .800| Moose . Shmtcrsi 1 4 556 Legion . 1 8 d11 e Edi ison Grows Better, Shows Improvement Pleckrical Wisntil Bebicved| to Be on Road to Com- | plete Recovery | WEST ORANGE, New Jersey, Aug. 4—Thomas A. Edison is be- lieved to be definitely on the road | to recovery. A physician‘'s bulletin this morning stated he slept sound- | ly last night and ate a breakfast | with relish this morning. He read | the newspaper and showed evi-| dence of returning strength and | health. | The electrical wizard was yes-| terday pronounced in a critical | condition from a combined attack | of Brights disease and diabetes,| aggravated by the heat. | — | A “SPLIT MIND” | HAD HONGKONG — A “split mind” was held responsible for the mur- | der of John Harrison aboard the| Canadian Pacific liner Empress of ‘ Russia last February. Martin Cor-| rea who was found guilty of the| crime was adjudged insane by the locol court and assigned to an asylum. Expert testimony was ad- duced during the trial to prove that Correa was the victim of what | was described as a “split mlnd“'; and therefore not responsible for his deed. i ——————— Railroads handled an average or‘ 106 tons of freight last year for| every person in the United States ‘ e, \ | The Wisconsin conservation de- partment has issued 20,000 non- rasident fishing licenses. 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