The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 18, 1932, Page 5

L THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1932. 5 BRINGING UP FATHER T LIFE INSUR JAMES TO HERE COMED THAT GUY-' ANT GOT TIME TO TELL HIM Y AINT N [ sAMES AINT GoT ] NO SENSE HES | BRINGIN HIM | RIGHT N HERE - ANCE COME RIGHT 1 SIR-HE 1D 1N THE LIBRARY TELL POSITI, UPON MY RD' | WAD W THAT HE WAS N HERE- | GUEDSS HE WENT OUT FOR A By GEORGE McMA WELL-ILL WALT UNTIL HE COMES BACK! MYgLIFE e O PAAVuU Thic is the cighth of a series ! of articles by Paavo Nurmi in which the great Finnish run- ner in his own way tells the | story of his life. By PAAVO NURMI i (Written For The Associated Press)' VIIL | GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS | 926 1 ran the—for American s—fairly seldom used dis- in 8:204. I this record as one of my very b and its value is increas-| ed by the fact that T achieved this result in a severe duel with Wide.| wo mile record for open air which held good up to last, ance cannot even ) it. The two-mile! was of course lowered con- | ¢ last summer. Helped by pacom t on the thresh-| hold of old age—managed to do it in 8:59. That is not any brilliant achievement, but it is just worth) mentioning. “In the pink of con- iition” 1 might have been able to| 8:50-8:52 perhaps. In one I have been as careless as| hold The 2hout polishing up my records and bringing them as far down as pos- was time, The opinion in Europe is that the 5000 meters world’s record 8.2 was something of an ultra- But that is not the spective of the fact that case, only Ritola and T have gone under | 13:30. 'We might have both done ! better. Besides, the present rec-| ord came about without my know- | ing it. During the actual run-“ ning T had no idea of my time at the intermediary "stages. If a had! only known when running :he‘ times for the separate rounds, 1‘ should certainly have forced my-| spazd | The “Greatest” Race | The present 18 kin record is, more of a fluke than the result of| a purposeful run. The record was | run in our lovely town of Knoppio. | Before the match T had a bad at-| tack of lumbago for a week before Ritola and Wide consider the re-| sult 30:062 as one of the best of my achievements, together with the! record for the hour’s run. Oth- . i great men in ‘the history I have not worried| OLYMPICS and the NURMI i Paavo Nurmi is shown above shaking hands with his Finnish rival, Willie Ritola, after cne of their great duels back in 1925. Inset is Edvin Wide, little Swedish schoolmaster, who provided Nurmi with some of his teughest battles. ers have not come anywhere near sult of 11 miles 1442 yards for one it for the simple reason that they hour was not to be relied upon. do not hold out high speed for the |[I was of the opinion that the whole distance. It may be that the | Frenchman had been given an 10 kin record together with the extra round gratis. record for the hour’s run will keep When in London a couple of my name remembered for the long- |vears ago, I came to talk with est time, provided I am not stim- |Old Man George and the former ulated to test my strength ser-|well-known miler, the ‘sports edi- jously on the marathon. |tor of the News of the Wo Some 15 to 16 years ago T cer- [Joe Blink, They boih sald tnat tainly believed that the Houin re- they considered my record for the DAILY EQUIPOISE RECENTLY. RACED A MILE IN /:3% 25 —A NEW WORLOS RECORO N 08 ROAMER_ RAN AMILE W 1349 - | (AGANST TIME = SPORTS CARTOON AL dhack A’[g/L OF 1:35 fFor, THE MILE -MOE HELD THE RECORO IN 1930 % |to wear skirts on the tennis courts e ' qistrict that the girls could wear| |hour's run as one of the best running results of the world, but | | they added that if T could last for |the remaining 100 yards, or thus run the full 12 miles, that record would be hors concours. In times| gone by, I could have done this, In any case it is certain that 12 miles will be run yet in the hour, per- {haps even a yard or two more. | But before that, 10 men will have run e mile under 4:10. Amazing Marathen Records 3 The 10 mile record (50:15) which I got as an intermediary step inj my one hour’s run in Berlin, and | the 15 mile record held by the! | Canadian Bricker, are remarkable, | TWO CIRGUT | DRIVES MADE | BY JIM FOXX Helps Phila\d—elphia Defeat Detroit by Four to Three Score DETROIT, July 18.—Jimmy Foxx blasted out his thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth home runs Sunday to help Philadelphia defeat De- troit 4 to 3. Mehaffey held the Tigers to sev- en hits, one a home run by John- ny Stone, in the first inning, and a triple by the same batter. The Phillies the only two Nat that have not figured in the series payoff since the war. It’s about time, therefor no more than fair in these t that a couple of clubs accustomed to being bounced around by more plutocratic rivals be given a chance to come through. either Boston or Philadelphia com- ing through, but much s things have happened, in addition to which both have shown tha they have more weapons than us- ual with which to carry on the GAMES SUNDAY Pacific Coast League | summer warfare Seattle 2, 7; Sacramento 3, 1. | The Braves had good pitching Los Angeles 3, 5; Hollywood 2, 1,!1ast year. They have better pitch- Portland 1, 0; Oakland 0. 4. |ing now, with Bobby Brown and but on the other hand, the 20- Imile récord is weak. These di | tances are run very seldom how- ever, which explains the case. One often hears it said, that| the Marathon is more luck than| a match of organized work. That | !may have happened to some of the old runners and may even happen ! {to many a runner again, but it {must not happen with all The | Marathon is a match run on ra-; |tional power-economy. This dis- (tance will be run well by t man | |who can ration the power he! |spends and distribute his speed | | correctly. | The speed in the Marathon should be as uniform as possible. Thel difference in time for the two' halves of ‘the distance must not be more than 3 minutes. It is ju the fact that the runners have not been able to ration their speed -correctly which -has brought | about a disappointment to many of them. Let us refresh our mep- | ory. Dorando had in London an| initial speed altogether out of pro-| portion; my compatriot Tatu Kol- | ehmainen, who perhaps otherwise was the best Marathon runner m{ the Stockholm games had in the! same manner an absolutely im-/ possible initial speed, the Estonian! surprise Juri Lossman again at! | Antwerp saved himself too much,! land only at the end he saw that| he had left a lot out of his power., | Etcetera. There are plenty of ex-| |amples. The Japanese and the | |Finns lost their chances in the| Marathon run of Antwerp by run-| ning one another in the beginning ! to the point of choking. My com- patriot Stenroos who won in the| Parisian games can thank his pow- er of rationing his speed while the | 'match lasted. i | T am just beginning, while writ-| ing these lines, to get ready for the games at Los Angeles. There are a lot of things that may hap-| pen before them. But, if T will | come to run fhe Marathon be- |neath the san of California, T will | try to use my common sense and * my watch. | Then the world’s record will fau‘ in the minute market. (Copyright, 1932, The Asso- | | ciated Press. All rights re- served in all countries, includ- ing Finland, Norway and Swe- | den. Reproductions in whole | | or in part forbidden.) | | GIRLS SHORTS TO PLAY | TENNIS GAMES| { | i | | i MAY WEAR i | | | | CHICAGO, July 18—The ques- |flon of shorts versus skirts for | women tennis players has split the | city, north "and south, and east| tand west. | y The question arose when the Irving Park district ordered girls stay at home. That brought from the Lincoln Park| or an edict what they pleased as long as they | !wore somsthing. | The South Park distriet stepped | n with a ruling that girls could ! wear shorts on indoor courts 1f| hey wished but would have to be garbed in skirts for outdoor play.| The Health Commissioner, Her- | man N. Bundesen was appealed to.| ‘| He didn’t know what shorts were, | but after they were described to| |him gave approval from the stand- point of health. “The more skin exposed to the sun,” said Dr. Bundesen, “the better.” ‘ T MIDGET LUNCH | OPEN DAILY UNTIL | | MIDNIGHT 11 Merchant Lunch—40 cents | | ol San Francisco 4, 1; Missions 0, 5_fH\mk Betts coming right out of National League {a clear biue sky to turn in some New York 1, 2; Chicago 3, 8. sensational work. The club has Boston 5, 3; Cincinnati 3, 1 la better infield and enough punch ‘;to take its share of the close ones. | The main factors insofar as the | Phillies are concerned are a much improved infield, stronger outfield {and a pitching staff reinforced by Ithe development of Ed Holley and Brooklyn 2, 8; St. Louis 9, 5. American League Chicago 3, 2; New York 4, 8. Cleveland 5, 8; Boston 4, 6. St. Louls 2; Washington 9. Philadelphia Detroit 3. —_— | acquisition of Flint Rhem from the Cardinals. Burt Shotten’s PIRATES WIN TWO GAMES FROM BOSTON broad-shouldered boys don't have | to worry about the old wallop. They |have plenty of what it takes to {make an opposing pitcher's life un- comfortable. PITTSBURGH, July 18—The Pirates cut down Boston in a dou- bleheader last Saturday afternoon,/ 2 to 1 and 9 to 8, the second game going- 11, dnnings. i 1 The double win increased Pitts- | DOPE, SORAMBUENS burgh’s hold on first place as Chi- The Detroit Tigers and Pitts- cago was pushed down by Brook- burgh Pirates have scrambled more {big league dope, than any other loutfits. | Both were figured to finish in “ 4GAMES SATURDAY i % SWaciflc Const Ledgue ithe second division but they have Portland 5; Oakland 1. shown no inclination whatver to Sak Fiancisco 3; Misdons 4. - |4Iop into the lower levels The £ | Tigers, as well as every other Seattle 11; Sacramento 4. Los ‘Angeles 4; Hollywood 5. National League Boston 1, 8; Pittsburgh 3, 9. Brooklyn 6; Chicago 4. Philadelphia 1; Cincinnati New York 4; St. Louis 1 American League Detroit 3; Philadelphia 14. Chicago 0; Boston 3. Cleveland 8; New York 1. St. Louis 0; Washington 11. "trailer in the American League can | just about discern the bulky forms of the New York Yankees in the distance at the present time, but |Bucky Harris has shown he can \do a good reconstruction job. { Before the season, Bucky wrote ime he would be elighted if his {club could make the first divis- |ion this year and gratifying, amaz- {ed, or words to that effect, if his | Tigers broke into the Eastern “Big |Three” which has been perform- ling the circuit. It looks now as |though he has a good chance to 4. STANDING OF CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won Lost Pct do it E{%fim%a :; 32 Z'?Z George Gibson’s showing with San Francisco ... 57 49 538 the Plrva'.es is anothgr tribute to |Los \Angeles 54 53 505 | Aseressive leadership. Baseball Seattle ... 52 56 48] |men always have considered the Sacramento ... 50 59 450 former backstop one of the most Oakland 48 60 44, cpirited leaders. He has demon- Miszions 44 64 407 strated what he can do by mak- ing an actual pennant contender National League EDUt of pretty much the same out- Won Lost Pet. fit that dawlded in the second Pittsburgh . 48 33 593 division last year. Chicago 47 37 560 | Boston .. 5 . 46 42 523 STARTING AT THE TOP Philadelphia . 43 45 489 In these times it is a swell St. Louis .. 41 43 483 break, even for a Harvard man, Brooklyn . 41 45 477 to bound out of college right into New York 371 44 457 the top flight of the business. Cincinnati 40 54 ‘426 Charley Devens, the star Crim- son pitcher, has a rare opportun- ity to make the big league grade with the Yankees and cut him- American League won Lost Pet. New York 59 28 678 self a slice of world series money, Oleveland ... 51 37 .580 too. Philadelphia 51 38 573 Devens stole the collegiate thun- ‘Washington 49 38 563 der from Yale's Johnny Broaca Detroit ...... 45 38 ‘542 down the stretch, shutting out his St. Louis . 39 45 464 rival in the final game of the Chicago ... 30 55 353 season. Up until June, Broaca Boston 65 235 was touted as the best pitcher on iany Eastern campus. The Eli ace Juneau City League !has another year or two before he (Second Half) 1wm be in a position to consider Won Lost Pct. entering professional ranks. Elks 4 2 667 —r——— Moose . 3 3 500 | American Legion ... 2 4 .3331 ) STRIPP FINALLY } SHATTERS CLOCK | " CLASSIC RACE RED_L_AND FIELD \ CHICAGO, July 18.—Gusto won the Arlington Classic, the richest CINCINNATI, July 18. — The ' 3-year-old race in the world, last clock on the left field fence of Saturday afternoon. Redland fleld finally got what was Stepenfetchit was second and coming to it. | Evergold was third. Situated near the foul line 339 The race grossed $88,000 of which feet from home¢ plate, National‘s‘ls,soo went to the winner. League batters for years have been shooting at its glass face, whlch‘sTELLA wAlsH To is approximately three feet in RUN FOR POLAND “Jersey Joe” Stripp, Brooklyn| —_ infielder, was the hero. In a game CLEVELAND, O, July 18. with the Reds, Stripp drove out Stella Walsh, fastest of feminine o liner that smashed the glass track stars, has declined to ac- into & thousand pieces. Before cept naturalizaztion as a citizen of his suceessful blow, Stripp re- the United States and will run ceived plenty of target practice under the colors of her mnative Po- while @ member of the Reds. tland in the coming Olympic games. e | —— Dally Empire Wans Ads Fay ioldp-pmxu-uumm The odds may be 10 to 1 against | BILL GRABAR * DEFEATS FIELD, POLE VAULTING [Final American Olympic Track, Field Tryouts Held Saturday PALA ALTO, Cal, July 18— ELEANOR HOLM MAKES RECORD SWIM EVENTS Helene Madi-son Defeats | Field, Free Style, in Finals in East JONES BEACH, N. Y., July 18— ‘Eill Graber of Southern California, |Eleanor Holm, star of New York topped the pole vault at 14 feet|won the 100 meter back stroke fis 4% inches last Saturday afternoon|nal last Saturday to qualify in the | | | | | |in the final American Olympic|Olympic womens’ swimming team, track and field tryouts. |She set a mnew world record of The National A. A. U. cham-/1 minute 18 1-5 seconds, breaking | | pionships closed Saturday with |that set by the Australian mer- four world records surpassed and |maid, Bonnie Mealing. an er equalled. Several Olympic | T a Helene Madison, of Seattle, juss s were bettered. N 1 Club tified the claim to world swimsd honors by leading home thé ‘ > New York Ath b piled up points to oust the Los|.. . e r ] t et b3 Angeles Athletic Club from lead- :f‘fok f’"‘xf ":‘xm:gg“?\, Twp”v;;;; hip in the American track and| .~ sy N , g \{:,:::‘l Lenore Knight, of Home- | T R e \. R R S S BERLIN, July 18—Brown dahl- | with red stripes, the colors of Hi “storm troops,” are offer-| d by a gardener in the Erz moun-| See our windows for Special as the official Nazzi flower. Prices and Sale, Close outs ab calls the bloom “Germany |¢ CASH BAZAAR. —adv. | Real Bargain | HEATING | High cost is unnecessary for summer heat. Start | *your fire with INDIAN for quick heat. Bank it well with CARBONADO. 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