The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 18, 1932, Page 7

‘EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST' 18, 1 932. “Stevie” Just Kecps Slugging Along to Win Vote of Fans as Best of the Chicago Cubmen RIGGS STEPHEN oM -Stephenson's. all-tinte Batting Record AVERAGE .330 ¢ 23y YEAR 921 922 19213 1924 1925 926 1926 1927 1928 1929 cLus CLEVELAND CLEVELAND CLEVELAND 319 CLEVELANOD 2370 RANSAS LITY=INDIANAPOLIS, 32§ INDIANAPOLIS 385 CHICAGO .338 CHICAGO 344 CHICAGO 324 CHICAGO 362 CHICAGO 367 319 1930 CHICAGO & 3 A Just try and slip one by the big war.club of Riggs Stephenson. Major league hurlers have been trying to do it for a decade, but the big Cub outfielder never has been held uuder a mark of .300, CHICAGO, Aug. 18.—Flash-in-the pan heroes may come and go, but for steady stardom the votes of Chicago Cubs fans go to Jackson Riggs Stephenson. And shouia any guestion arise an the verdict, these answers would be promptly forthcoming in rebuttal: The “Old Hoss” never has been booed in his 11 years of major league baseball—and he never has it under .300. What other player, “Stevie’s” abid admirers ask, can match that ecord? pinch is to “forget about the men on base” and think instead about walloping the ball. Stevie, who carries 180 p6unds on 5 feet, 10 inches of bone and brawn, says he wasn't an outstand- ing hitter as a boy, but he never has been below the .300 mark since he joined the €leveland Indians in 1921. Even that year, his first in the majors, his season average was 330. His all-time major league average is about .340. Starred at Fullback Leads Cub Hitters At the University of Alabama, all his teammates, and pitchers say | when he starred on the gridiron in e still is prr_:bnb]y the toughest |’17, '18 and 19, he played.shortstgp an to face in a pinch of any on the baseball team, switching to batsman in the National League. second base in his early days in Seldom does Riggslfflil n:i Céeli\'tl"’ the majors, later becoming an out- when a hit is sorely needed, al- field star. hough he elaims National League —But for an injury Stevie probably pitching is harder to hit this year could boast a record of 12 years in than last. bt ithe majors without a day in the 9“All you can do is try to pick a minors, but an injury in 1925 sent good ball and hit it well,” says this him from Cleveland to Kansas City. 32 - year - old Mississipian whose| Later that year Cleveland sent peech is as slow and laconic as him to Indianapolis, but his heavy fhis bat is loud. | slugging made his term there short. His formula for hitting @ Farly in the 1926 season he was traded to the Cubs, and he's been in e e a hero at Wrigley Field ever since. | — “Tomorrow’s Styles 1 TEXAS LEAGUE IN HISTORY Today” DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 18.—After fhree and a half years' labor, the | history of the Texas League has |been completed. It recounts the {44-y22r life of the circuit in 240 | pages of reading matter and pho- imgr:tphs. q — - | DEER HUNTERS | Gasboat Ace for charter any |time. See George Brothers. adv. Advance Showing _of the Smartest in Frocks, Coats, Millinery and all ACCESSORIES { e —— —~ | 01d Papers for saic at The Empire | Office. at Juneaw’s Own Store BY ACQUIRING the home first you'li &ind it easier | to obtain the other things | so much d | reeead doors, 2 M. Sin x *9233 doory, S Gin 26 Z.jo doors, 3 . 6 Skeeter Cream | An Effective MOSQUITO REPELLENT Pleasant Odor Greaseless and { Stainless | 50 cents BUTLER MAURO DRUG €O. . EXPRESS. 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The doldrums lies north of the equator, between the wind systems of ‘the northern and southern hem- ispheres. northeast trades, blowing steadily toward the southwest. South of tnem the southeast | trades come up the south Atlantic | and &pill over across the equator, getting out of their proper hem- ispheve. With the advance of summer the doldrums move mnorth- ward, and these misplaced trades follow. They slip over so far intni the northern hemisphere that fi-) nally the earth’s rotation causes, them to bend backward and blow | toward Africa, thus becoming southwest winds. ! So the doldrums move up mlo‘ hurr:cane position with winds on their northern edges blowing justt the cpposite from those bordering them on the south. This is one factor tending to set up a hurri- cane whirl, i So long as the doldrums remain ' near the equator ‘there is insuf- ficient deflection in the earth’s rotation to set up a vortex. But in their late summer position the vorfex forming forces of rota- ‘tion ~ean act. : i This happens when the vast po- tential forces of high humidity are added to the doldrums. Exact- ly how the humidity operates is Inot easily explained. But the facts are that the humidity in the belt | of ‘doldrums is highest in August | and September, the peak hurflcane] months, Huwrricanes occastonally occur in July or even in June when the doldrums are on march toward their late summer positions, | Oay in one other area in the western hemisphere except in rare instances do, these tropical cy- clones sometimes originate. 'This NOURE ‘MISTER GOOGLE, AINT YOU--MANAGER OF . WRESTLER? Set Off by Doldrums North of them are the,; BARNEY . GOOGLE. 'AND SPARK PLUG I'M VERY MUCH INTERESTED g SULLY %~ FAMOUS YEH -~ WHAT ABOUT TR 1 WAS WONDERING (F “Ou COULON'T USE NOUR INFLUENCE AND GET ME A PASS TO THE BIG WRESTULING MATCH 13 NEXT Weex? Ly Tropical Hurricanes Start Their Seasons Soon (NORTHEAST - |TRARENIND URFACE EARTH REVOLVES FASTEST NEAR. E QUATOR-. - As summer draws to an end the tropical hurricane season be- gins. A sketch above shows how the doldrums, earth rotation and humidity combine to give the hurricanes a start south of the Capz Verde Islands near the African Ccast. , Earth Spin and Humidijty ARRESTS MADE Pay Off for Four Killers,' Bid for New Job, Is | Interrupted ; NEW YORK, Aug. 18—Plans for a party, which the police believe was to celebrate a recent gang slaying and pay-off for the kill- |ers, were interrupted by the ar-| rest of 16 men and four women. Fourteen men are held without ball for a hearing tomorrow, charg- ! ed' with the slaying of John Baz- zano, whose strangled and, stabbed body was found in a burlap bag’ in ‘Brooklyn on August 8. The women and two men were, | released later as not involved lni TR Soufl‘nlrd convicted Tdaho ;th'ehplot. i oot " leb: fpoison slayer oi four husbands, The police declare the celebra-|yag returned to the Idaho peniten- tion was to have been hsld In 2 lijary after 15 months of freedom midtown hotel. = The four Killers following an escape. of Bazzano were to have been win- Press Photo.) ed and dined and paid $5,000 each' R. fken and Olaf Swanson, " tions. (Associated | and then sounded out on the pro- ATTENTION MOOSE ODD FELLOWS' SOIREE . WAS SUCCESSFUL EVENT The card party -and dance ‘given here las tevening by the Qdd Fel- lows Lodge was: a success, both: fi- nancially and soclally. = There was a good attendance and .a splendid | time ¢ reported. ¥or ithe -eards, seven tables. were. at: play. Prizes were awarded as follows: for | bridge—Mrs. J. E. Guerin and Gordon Gray the firsts, Mrs, James | Sey and Jack Guerin consolations. For whist—Elizabeth Feusi and M~Cormick, firsts; Mrs. H. Lo- consola~ For the dance all the avaflable | floor ' space was filled. Excellent accodion music was provided for the dancers. 2 Refreshments were also enjoyed by those present. e | TRIPLE PLAY GOES: TO WASTE is:in the western Caribbean, where there n area of doldrums reach- ing across the isthmus of Panama | from the Pacific, and where rota- {tion -and humidity conditions. are | at times favorable for starting the great vortex. These Caribbean periods come in June, September, October and part of November. - eee ODD FELLOWS ATTENTION Regular meeting of Silver Bow Lodge No. A2. All members are re- quested to be present at 7:30 Thurs- day evening. Work in the Initiatory Degree. Visiting brethren always welcome. O. EIKLAND, [HALIBUT RECEIPTS LIGHT AT SEATTLE Wl SEATTLE, Aug. 18. — Only one schooner arrived here 'today ' with halibut_and that was the Curlew, with 6,000 pounds, selling for 6% and 4 cents. The Curlew was from the local banks. T SE 'LEWIS LEAVING ON ALICE FO! R. F. Lewis, President Juneau Water Company, who has ‘been in Juneau several SOUTH | of the months, ' —adv. Noble Grand. posed slaying of 'a Néew York rack-! | 1896 OR International Reunion Formed—Officers Are Elected at Calgary CALGARY, Aug. 18.—Scores of Americans and Canadians who pac- ticipated in the Yukon gold rush of '98 rejoined here and formed the International 'Sourdough Reunion. J. J. Wilson, of Calgary, was el ected Precident; David Ring, of Seattle, was elected Vice-President, ¢ | 1 and Miss L. M. Fairbanks, of Seat- (tle, was elected Secretary. Next year the convention will be held in Los Angeles.. GOING TO PORTLAND Robert Livie will leave on the e Princess. Alice for their home in land, Oregon, to reenter dental with Mrs. Lewis will leave on the Princess Alice tomorrow for Port- Prices Are Dally Empre ‘Want ‘Ads Fay San Francisco. To Dissolve P 2% Y g ot Nationally Advertised Merchandise Included in This Sale We invite inspeetion and comparison of Quality and we know our prices will prove attractive. colleg?, The Cash Bazaar Corporation will separate its Retail Merchandising ' Department from -its many other interests and with this end in view we will place on sale our huge stock at once. Very ng There will be a special meeting| SANTA CRUZ, Cal, Aug. 18— lof Juneau Lodge No. 700 L. O. ©. Althcugh the Davenport 4-H base- | M., Friday, August 19, at 8:30 p. ball team lost in a City League (m. All officers and members are game, it had the distinction of a requestzad to be present. |triple play. It hdppened in the | C. H. MAC SPADDEN, |sixth innings, when the first base- Dictator. |man snagged a fly.. 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