The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 5, 1932, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1932. I MLUST FIND OoUT IF MY HORSE WON| SPORTING EXTRA/ GOT ONE WITH THE 4TH RACE My LIFE and the OLYMPICS RN Thic is the first of a series by Paavo Nurmi in which the great Finnish runncr in his cwn way tells the story cf his life. By PAAVO NURMI (Written for The Associated Press) o et of Keeping Fit I was asked recently where I| have found the elixir which has enabled me for twelve years tokeep My § on astonishing th2 world by my track achievments. People will not believe that I should be able from | year to year to beat my younger | competit or by my example to| make them zealous and full of! dream. It difficult for them to| ccaceive th runner can remain | at the top for more than ten years. GALIFORNIA WINS TRACK — |- FIELD MEET: Piles Up 623/ Points for [ntercollegate Championship ELEY, Cai, July 6—In al ning climax the Fifty- Intercollegiate Track and ampionships last Satur- afternoon, California claimed fifth title, piling up 62% ints. | Stanford was second with 33 le third with : points arvard fourch wi points. stood the most severe strains in a wonderful manner. I beg Einstein’s pardon, that I compare my heart) with the shaft of a perpetual mo- By GEORGE McMANUS A FINE TIP/ HE was DISQUALIFIED FOR BEING IN THE ROAD OF THE LAST HOrRsE /! [ | [ | | | | l ] National League TIGERS BACK IN CI 33 S E G D E Philadelphia 5 B X ) Louis 35 500 AMERICAN LEAG.:= Brooklyn 39 | Cincinnati 46 42, r L& D()l"‘ el s | American League a loeneader rom Won' Lost Pet St. Louis—Whitehill ~ |New York s b . R | Datroit 41 29 586 Pltches No-Hit Philadelphia 4 3 58 Washington 40 34 541 DETROIT, Mici, July 5—The Cleveland 39 34 5% t Tigers recaptured second St. Louis 3% 36 403 plw in the American League on Chicago e ol July Fourth, taking both ends of Boston 14 5 107 double header from St. Louis, 2 t0 0 and 12 to 7, while the Phil- Juneau ty League adelphia Athletics were idle on ac- (Second Half) count of rain Won Lost Pct rly Whitehill allowed only one American Legion 1 0 1,000 hit and that was a single by Gos- Elks 1 1 500 |lin in the firsth game, -000 Moose 0 ) § GAMES MONDAY Pacific Coast League SEATTLE BALL PARK BURNED San Francisco 9 eattle Sacramento 5, 1; Hnllv\nad ll 4 Los Angeles 2, 3; Portland 7, 0. Oakland 4, 10; Missions 12, 2. National Feague Chicago 6, 5; Pittsburgh 9, 6. EARLY TUDAY Boston 8, 9; Philadelphia 6, 0. Cincinnati 7, 3; St. Louis 3, 3. {Second game called in thirteenth gpaTTIE Juy 5—Fire of an inning on account of darkness. unknown origin destroyed the Brooklyn-New York, rain. Coast League Ball Park here early this morning. When I undertook my, second t tion contrivance, which does not American League e TG to America in 1929 and then was| xist of course. That shaft has| New York 3, 6; Washington 5, 12.° S th\“s‘m‘.fl s lerhm\ not the same as the first time, | been overburdened often and heav-| St Louis 0, 7; Righed Sh. the groling dmie e was called “old Nurmi,” but having | ily, but not even once have the| Cleveland 4, 1; vfft_n'xi of mnn,\" fire companies ince then run better than in bearings run warm too much nor which snewered ke alar. ys even (I am think-| the metal shown any signs of INDAY The Seattle Indians left late yes- niles world record and | ge, or—to explain my simile, Pacific Coast League terday for O(\klan_d after dropp)pg time of my victory | y heart has not become en-| San Francisco 2, 1; Seattle 6, 2. @ doubleheader Wl'»h”Sm T“{'flnm: over my dangerous competi- larged nor are there any signs of| ©akland 1, 0; Missions 11, 5 co on the Fourth. They yill not tors, the other Finns), it has been | |trouble in the valves. Twice a year| Sacramento 9, 6 v 2, 3. be back here for two weeks. said that I had grown younger, and | {I have its Rosntgen-picture taken,| 103 An«,i:!w 0, 2; 5 - ->e> —— e was surprised There is to avoid surprises. The last time| National Le something magie in this, the wold | ool o s el o W e TOP FLIGHT WINNER say December 3 last The picture re-| Boston 3; Ne Well, I am prepared to raise the| veals that my heart is 10 mm., Philadelphia 4; ARLINGTON OAKS RACE ain and to relate what the se-| A perennial subject of dc among sports fans, remember- |lo in one direction and 10 mm.; . St. Louis 2; Oincinnati 4 A agg o cret of my condition is. First of all| ing all the telk about “athletic heart, is the size of the mighty |narrower in the other than ths ~ American League | CHICAGO, i, July 5 — Top however, I should like to add to| organ that has furnished Paavo Nurmi power for his prolonged |l€arts of fully normal people of| Chicago 7 St. Louis 4. ?h;mbwo? .[‘hf “f“?”“m;‘”g‘}‘;fi'f the above, that “old Nurmi” whom | string cof record-breaking long distance runs. Drawing above re- |7 8¢ but otherwise it does not|. Philadelphia 4; Washington 3. Oaks by two lengths las the Americans saw some hree! yeqls how Nurmis heart compares with the average man's, whose |Si0V &2yihing out of the common|, Cleveland 7; Detrolt 4. gt St o ey years ago was not old at all thpn‘ iR s S WAl 60 tha bt i . or wonderful. The sensational news| New York 13; Boston 2. g A\:nu.\g was second ax Ty I was only overstrained and sLnff‘ i i T PR L 3 about my heart having been en- \was third. from the cold wintry winds. Later - T B R S —————|larged three times its normal size GAMES SATURDAY ot 1s have proved this. man who has reached 26 or 27| others the swimmers and skaters,|is pure bosh. s ; “‘hunpthr Body Slackens already has seen his best who never come to perspire in the| I have never taken any kind (.;1 o k,,P“"'f Cont . Leowin man in his young days physical flowering time. This per- |same degree as for instance a run- |medicine for my heart. The only| Sukland 9; Missions 3. can hear the tapping of iod can be lengthened how: ner. This explains also why for|thing I have taken is hip-baths,| Sacramento 1; Hollywood 3. er of old age on his ons method—and one only | instance the Norwegian champion |for its benefit, because a hip-bath Ms‘f“g:'e’ 5'_ P‘””““”_"‘ door, it the end among sports-|that method is good care of the|skater Oscar Mat: was able, |is to the heart-nerves the same as ssa“‘le“f‘“ Francisco, rain, men. Sure signs of this are the body. I hasten to say that the|in spite of his 40 years, to do 500 |manna was for the Israelites. My| _ National League dismeiination for exertions and the secret of my continuing to keep fit | metres in 43 seconds, and why my |heart does not beat more than 100| Cincinnati 6; Ohicago 3. ¢ of the love of comfort. The |lies in the proper care of my body.|compatriot Clas Thunberg with his |Per minute, or just over even after| St: Louls 5; Pittsburgh 4. tsman begins to think that| Everyone knows that the oftener (35 years managed on the same [the most severe exertions, at rest Boston 7; New York 4. Bill Ur- AND it beats some 55 to 60 to the min-|®ancki and Wally Berger made distance to win the amateur worl record of 42.6. My Heart Stands Up« The table to children and youths, wherewith it becomes. In a manner of speak- a2 man who has attained his full ing, the same phenomenon can be ace will find it useless to burden observed in the sportsman, who gets himself. This is brought about by the de- exercise and competition. competing is something belonging a metal is heated, the more br)ttlel Only a| terioration of the body's elasticity |very few sportsmen avoid this over- the law of nature, a heatmg of my b particularly to to some c‘(l(-nl .xmong and tunc By DAILY SPORTS CARTOON NOTHING 1S ToO GOoOD FoR BILL. THE BIANTS SLUGGING OUTFIELOER. HAS BEEN BREACING UP A FLOCIC OF SALL. 6AMES~ WITH IS D@ BAT ¢ "l Righta Reserved by The Assoclated Frecs of world's records on warm enough to prespire in every |medium and long distance may be particularly thankful to the build my strong inner organs. ‘VIy heart hnS --By Pap ute. Often in the evenings, old clock on the wall in my room. | Left Foot the Stronger | Lawson Robertsonw and a few | other good Americans were highly | ,xupn\ml '.\hc\n I sLurLed gdllop- in which a houL m‘xkc& that hulnu as the experts say !—ie. every| alternate step. I still run exactly in| track, but that trick was left un- tried by me. And as a mater of fact, there is no real hindrance, although my running looks very much like that of the old horse. The main thing is that the runming is fast and with long steps; remember, long strides. You get into,long strides by moving your loins, and a good help also to turn your body with your steps. I is essential that the p becomes long without any particular stretching and any spec- ial jumping. Everything must go like a dance. (Copyright, 1932, The Asso- ciated Press. All rights reserved in all countries, including Fin- land, Nerway and Sweden. Re- production in whoele or part forbidden.) CATHOLIC WOMEN START HOPE CHEST CAMPAIGN At a meeting of the Catholic Women of the Parish held las Friday to initiate plans for the annual bazaar to be held in Octo- |ber, arrangements were made for the hope chest campaign. Mrs. Samuel Guyot was appoint- ed to take charge of the publicity and Mrs. Guy McNaughton will |look after the gathering of arti- cles for the chest. —— e l} 1l)m papers Ier sue at The Enpire. 1925 on the Columbia |Missions whm\lumc runs for Boston and Fred sitting at home, I have noticed how |Fitzsimmons and Frank Hogan con- it beats exactly in step with the nected for the Giants. Philadelphia 6; Brooklyn 3. American League New York 8, Boston 5, 6. ‘Washington 1 Philadelphia 2, 5. Cleveland 4; Detroit 5 Chicago 15t S;. Louis 5. STANDING OF CLUBS Pacitic Coast League WHY “Because we do it better” RICE & AHLERS CO. the same manner, and the simple! Won Lost Pet. reason for this is that there is, Portland 56 39 .589 . . more latent strength in my left Hollywood 56 39 589 Plumbing Heating foot than in the right one. Lawson San Francisco 48 43 5217 Sheet Metal Robertson urged me to endeavor to!Seattle 46 48 4890 CWa ta 3 T get rid of this method by running Los Angeles w6 46 500 { “We tell you in advance clockwise along the track, as I Sacramento 43 52 453 what job will cost saw Abel Kiviat do once in the Oakland 41 89S spring of £ | AP SRS LT | OTOR BOAT BAER GIVEN ACE GAPTURED DECISION IN BY PHIL JOLIE LEVINKSY G0 Seven Clafts Compete Halibut Baiting Con- test Not Held Jolie boat M R - Californian E‘a ts Chica- goan in 20-Round Bout in Reno Phil the moto: race in the har with Juneau ration. Robe. A. P. Dots A popular one nne, fourth; Joseph Lynch as a big lead arles Femm sixth, and t son, seventh ans witnessed of $5 was awarded to the seven participating v 10-round decision Now York lasb rse of the race was from j a stake boat in of the Al- vicious ceaseless 3 aska Southern to body attack the Califor a point north of the Alaska Juneau nian r]n popular decision over his 5 Gold Mining Compa Rock Pile I and then back again to start- topd up under the beat- ing place. at would have d many Good Views From Wharves ponent The location of the event per- was bruised mitted d views of it from the & he end of Government Wharf and from tb the encounter. dock of the Pacific Steam-| Referee George Blake gave five hip Company, and ma per: rounds to one was even witnessed the contests from these and the all for Baer. vantage points. Levinsky 196% pounds While race was in progress, and Bae ix pounds more. the seaplane Chichagof, piloted by Levinsky ed out to carry the Anscel BEckmann, d over the fight but slowed considerably after contestants in all ng in the the ffirs rounds. harbor on return from a {Tight to o ihe mangay. | e competing KETCHIKAN: DEFEATS '\:‘11 \m:;‘;\:x at no time close to ANYOX, 2 OUT OF 3 Baiting Contest Not Held > motor boat race constituted the July Fourth water sports. Th scheduled fishermen’s halibut bait- KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July §— The Ketchikan baseball team has won three cut of five games in the al with the nine ing tontest was not held on ac- International series count of lack of entrie: from Ar British Columbia. Ralph B. Martin' was judge of % oo the motor boat contest and dis-| There is no legal restriction tributed the prizes. against a woman becoming Presi- {dent of the United States. ""”“"’”’"'"’”’? ! i SPECIAL % Zip ' | i Professional Service for your watch! 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