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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1931 By GEORGE McMANUS WHY ARE You So BLUE- OH: YOUR FATHER NEVER QIWVES ME A THOUGHT- ALL HE THINKS oF 15 GONG OUT AND STaviNg OUT WITH HIS LOW- BROWED FRIENDS- ) Le 1 TS FROM THE COUNT DE NATURED To MIDS JIGGS - THE CARD 'S ATTACHED- WHATS ALl A BY GOLLY- THIS 1S THE FIRST TIME To ME- 1931, Int’ re Service, Inc., Great Bri DAILY SPORTS CARTOON MSS ELEANOR o e —OF ATTERSON, N.J., THE NEW NATIONAL— 100 YARD TiTLE HoLOER~ i NicTim oF, ELEANQRS SPEED INTHE NATIONAL e O —By Pap 7 7 ELEANOR SCORED THE BleeEsT PSET OF THE MEET GOULD The greatest foot racer of them‘pitfalls that go hand in hand witk all, none other than Peerless Paavo | commercialized sport. ASSOCIATED i IATEDPRESS Nurmi, bounds back into the pic- ture with a world’s outdoor iwo mile record in 8 minutes, 59 3-5 econds If you're a track “nut,” there's o thrill in this bit of new from far off Finland. It means that this bald-headed superman, who ran Father Time dizzy in 1924-25 at the height of his marvelous career in Europe and America, has regained the speed that seemed to have slipped a little Unwittingly he did get into some difficulties through the demands] {made upon him by a number of | promoters after Paavo's perform-| ances had served to fill the coffers of athletic clubs. The Flying Finn himself ieft for home with the same minimum of hand baggage and the same suit with which he came to this coun- try. His frugality was as note- worthy as his taciturnity. Paavo resisted all overtures -to from his stesl spring underpinning. Two miles in less than 9 min- utes? The graybeards used . to shake their heads and say it was as impossible as the 9-second “100.” That is, they did until Paavo romped around the old Madison Square Garden track one night in the winter of 1925 in 8:58 1-5 for his third appearance in as many Red m All Shades different towns. That is still the fastest two miles man has ever to Be Fa]l color run. e ——— " Six years later, 11 years after he 5 { first raced to Olympic fame, Pnavo"mma;{gifé tzfi;rz%;nglls;m 3 can still do the “impossible.” ! . ] \ the Shades vary all the way from brick | "o;‘;herxx::yirh:g"b:;: zfifkgffmmi to dark carnation, including ge- arathon at Los Angeles next [30ium magenta and bordeaux. A ;,I::ar Probably he will try that for rich wine red promises to be the Lriie afts IeEkib" Gt 2t 5000 most fashionable tint. : and 10,000 meters. T Fifty Miles a Day turn professional, appear in the movies or furnish his byline to a' syndicate “ghost writer.” The o “ghost” he seemed interested in was Father Time, to whose dis- comfiture he has devoted a good share of his lifetime. ACTON FROM YAKUTAT GAMES WEDNESDAY Pacific Coast League Sacramento 5; Mission 2. Oaklend 1; Hollywood 4. San Francisco 0; Seattle 5. Los Angeles 0; Portland 13. National League St. Louis 2; Philadelphia 3. Chicago 4, 3; Brooklyn 1, 5. Cincinnati 5; New York 6. Pittsburgh-Boston, rain. American League Philadelphia 4; Chicago 2. Washington 5, 8; Cleveland 10. New York 3; St. Louis 7. Boston 9; Detroit 8. 10, STANDING OF CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won . 2 .25 25 San Francisco Los Angeles Oakland .. Portland ... Hollywood Seattle ... Sacramento . Mission ... 24 Chicago New York Brooklyn Boston Pittsburgh Philadelphia * Cincinnati ............. Amencan Lost 31 45 49 - 59 68 68 Philadelphia Washington New York- ... Cleveland St. Louis Boston When C. C. Pyle undertook the) Capt. J. Acton, of the Salvation | promotion of his famous “Bunion ArmYy, arrived from Yakutat on, Derby,” he sought the advice of-the Admiral Watson, enroute to] experts on the daily distance he his headquarters in Wrangell, Chicago Datroit 69 3 Old Papers pfi fhe Emoplre. might expect the cross councry’ athletes to cover. At his behest' Hugo Quist of the Finnish-Ameri- | can A. C. put the question to al number of the most famous dis-| tance runners, including Newton, | the English professional, and Paavo| Nurmi. Newton, with a number of en- durancs records to his credit, re- plied he thought 30 miles a day' would be the limit for one month | ©f steady plodding. Nurmi answered: “I can run 50| miles a day for three months.” have ulcers known as varicose ulcers “Paavo was neither bragging norwill be glad to know that the most guessing,” commented Quist, when |direct an® effective way to treat he related this anecdote to me re-|them is known to pharmacists as cently. “He figured out such things'the antiseptic Emerald OIil treat- arefully. That's what made him'ment. Costs Only 85 Cents ' he greatest of all runners. He used | It takes but a few minutes bm’ People who have broken veins or his head as well as his feet.” day but the good results and swift relief is so noticeable that users are Spurned the Dollar invariably supremely grateful. Nurmi was one of the few foreign| Simply saturate a piece of cotton athletic satellites ever to visit the|gauze or clean white linen in Emer- United States, reeceive tremendous'ald Oil and apply it to the broken acclaim and yet escape most of the vein or ulcer before going to bed— 2 The Modern Way to Treat Broken Varicose Veins | Powerful Germicide Treatment' Being Used the County Over With Splendid Results and Is Guaranteed bind it on snugly and let is stay all night—this is known as a moist or wet dressing. Why not try a bottle—you can get it for 85 cents from Butler Mauro Drug Co. or any other mod- ern druggist with the distinct und- erstanding that it must help you or money back. Heal those broken | veins and ulcers with Moone’s Em- | erald Oil. Note: Being such an effective an- tiseptic remedy, Emerald Oil is much used and with splendid re- sults for Eczema, Skin Blemishes, Itching Skin, Pimples, Acne and often Psoriasis. - —adv. in rights reserved. jl]l]U'BLE VICTORY OVER SENATORS Cleveland Pounds Six Pitchers for 25 Hits in Doubleheader CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 20—/ Pounding six pitchers for a total of 25 hits, the Cleveland Indians yesterday = slugged out a double' (victory over the Washington Sen- ' 'ators by scores of 10 to 5 and 10 |to 8. The games were the first two {in a scheduled serjes of five. In the first contest, Earl Averill's twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth home {runs of the season and Eddie Mor-' gan’s eighth homer this year prov- led decisive factors for the vietor- | jlous Indians. Connaly hurled for| :w‘\smngton: Sam Jones, for Cleve- land. | n the second struggle, Lefty | Burke was charged with his second ‘dereat since he pitched his recent no-hit, no-run game. Hudlin was the winning pitcher in the night- {cap. GAME STOPS WHEN' BALL GOES IN CREEK Two innings of baseball were 4played in the rain last evening {by the Junior Elks and the Junior | Moose, with a one to nothing: score ! in favor of the Elks. When the| players were all wet and the last (ball went into the creek the game whs called off until tomorrow night at 6 o'clock sharp. The winners will play the Filipinos Friday at 6 o'clock sharp. | MORGAN OUTPOINTS STETSON IN 10 ROUNDS OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 20—In a A COUNT HAS BEEN OF ANY ACCOUNT INDIANS BAT OUT HARK! FROM | THE TOMB, A DOLEFUL SOUND Jack Dempsey Knocks Out| Set-up in Second Round 4 of .Exhibition Bout | RENO, Nevada, Aug. chpsay, former champion heavy- weight pugilist of the world, re- tubnied*to the ring last night after an absence of four years. He signalized his reappearance in the | squared circle by knocking out| Jack Beasley of Oakland, Cal, in the second round of what was scheduled to be a feur-round exhi- bition bout. —_——————— NEGRO PROVES SMARTER THAN | 30.—Jack | GHINESE IN RING | . Wildcat” Carter Floors h Wing Lee Several Times—Gets Decision SEATTLE, Aug. 20.—Leslie “Wild- | cat” Carter, Seattle lightweight | pigilict, scored a technical knock- | out dver Ah Wing Lee, also of Se- attle, in the third round of a sched- | uled six-round main event bout last | night. | Before the negro was awarded | the fight in the third round, he | had floored the Chinaman several | times. 4 ten-round bout in San Francisco last night, Tod Morgan outpointed Frankie Stetson. [US S OH HOW DID You EVER COME TO THINK OF IT TO SEND ME THESE BEALTIFUL FLOWERS ? | 1 Admission, SRS S I'™M ALWAYS THINKIN' QF YOu- EVERY MINUTE “THAT YI'M OUVT KINI Hard Soft CORNS You’ll Enjoy Dining Here NEW SPECIALS EVERY DAY E\'ery day in the week . : . 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