The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 4, 1933, Page 5

S0 THIS 1S A RADIO STUDIO? WHO S THAT: OR WHAT FAMOUS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 1933. JUST ONE LETTER FROM YOUR TAILOR- HES WAITING OUT- SIDE - HE INDISTS ON THIS BILL BEING PAID- SINGER- AL LE! GRETTO- HELLO-RAD! YOU FOR THE MANY THOUSANDS OF LETTERS | RECEIVED TO-DAY- AND AS AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND OF THEM REQUEST THAT | SING THE RHEUMATISM SONG" YOU'RE IN MY ¥ | ARMDS AGAIN"- SO | WILL OBLIGE- | By GEORGE McMANUS 'O AUDIENCE- | WANT TO THANK TOWNSEND IS - KNOGKED FLAT {he was the “boy wonder” of ben-' NEW YORK, Feb. 4—Tony Cans nis, still a month or two short zoneri, lightweight champion, last of his 30th birthday, yet a veteran night knocked out Billy Townsendy in every sense of the word, one of Vancouver, B. C, in one minuté who scaled national championship,and five seconds after the firsg beights. 15 years ago and now is, round opened. The bout was scheds undergoing a period of rigid self- |uled to go ten rounds. denial to back into competi-| In making his debut as a welter= tive competition after a lay-off. weight, Canzoneri made good. A We are talking about Vincent|right hand volley to the head Richards, as you may have guess-|put Townsend down and out. . JUST LET ME SOCK HIM ONCE-1 HEARD HIM SING LAST NIGHT- oA ] ] © 1933, King Fearutes Syndicare, Inc., Great Britain rights reserved i~y SMOOTISTO OPEN RACING TRACK IN CAL. Action Will Be Taken in Defiance of Anti- Betting Law LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 4— Tna sport of kings, which on the West Coast promises to become the pastime of screen stars and | producers, will return to Southern Csl rnia probably on May 15. | date has been tentativel Joseph Smoot, president the Los, Angels Jockey Club, opening of the new ho rack in suburban Arcadia old Santa Anita ranch. Tt y the running y Derby. Complications return of horse racing to hern California will not - be, r, without threatening com- District Attorney Bu- ; of Los Angeles County warned Smoot he will prose- the track operators if they called “optional bet- to be used at the tr e The system prevails at the Tanforan track near San Fran- cisco. One Test Case recently lost a test case in the optional betting system, when a jury acquitted operators of a dog racing track which allow- s use. The acquittal of the perators, however, has made no difference to Fitts, who onnounced ' he would arrest the horse racing| promoters on conspiracy charges, if they allow betting in any form at the new track. Smoot declared many eastern| turfmen are planning to enter their | horses at the Arcadia track. | “We expect to have the finest} Fitts horses of the country here for the‘smgg‘ retired from the cmcago‘stewa_rc today announced he mieet,” said Smoot. ) > { | i 6-FOOT, 9-INCH CENTER ! PR Il SHAWNEE, Okla., Feb. 4—Shaw- nee’s high school has a 6-foot ©-inch basketball center. He is Gordon Morrison. Three. of his| team-mates are more than six| feet. J Husky Anchorage Cops Elks Ser- ies—Juneau Teams in Second Place ‘With the men's team scoring 27,216 and the women 27074 in ten matches, the Anchorage en- in the Elks tri-city tele- y bowling tournament de- feated both Juneau and Ketchi- an, the women making a run- § away race out of it to take sec- ond place in the all-tourney stand- s. The Juneau teams landed in second place. The local men’s team bowled d 20554 pins and the women 22,034, Capt. JOHNNY FULLER washingtom ( Washington's cage captain playt (center on the basketball squad an¢ ;il one of its highest scorers. (Asso ciated Press Photo) STAGE SIGNS AS COACH AT CAL, COLLEGE Feb. CHICAGO, 11, 4—A. A University, has accepted the position as head football coach at the College of the Pacific, at Stockton, Cali- fornia. ————— VALENTINE MASQUERADE By Women of Moose Saturday, February 18. Save the date. adv. Any place, 25 cents. ruone 22, aav. j| chorage women as usual, Ketchikan scores were: 74; women 21,551. In the tenth and final match, Ketchikan men piled up the rec- ord score of the series for three games with a total of 2,908, Three of their five men rolled more than 600 for the game and the other two had more than 500. The An- won on the women’s division, taking their tenth conseculive match. | Anchorage men beat Juneau in the final match, and the local wo- men outbowled Ketchikan women. | Final scores for the tournament |fcllow: Women, Anchorage, 27,074; Juneau, 22,034; Ketchikan 21,551; :M:-n, Anchorage, 27,216; Juneau, 126.554; Ketchikan, 26,074. Scores in the tenth match were: Juneau Women Bavard..... 138 149 Coughlin... 154 139 Lavenik 211 163 Dufresne.... 138 183 Andrews... 131 145 72 T19 Juneau Men 195 185 145 148 . 1719 173 193 193 197 178 Totals ... 908 Anchorage W Scott . Welch Fischer . Silverman Men, 26,- 163—450 176—459 176—550 151472 150—462 816-2367 | Mrs. | Mrs. Mrs. s Mrs. | Mrs, ‘Totals 182—562 160—453 134—486 156—542 213588 845-2631 Bringdale Bavard Lavenik Barragar NS | ... 616 . 545 518 DAILY SPORTS CARTOON /) -1914 - < 4% HIS FIRST —HES GOING TO TaKE A CUTIN SALARY ALL RIGHT BUT HOW MUCH OF A cul - THATS THE QUESTION Martin Totals Anchorage Men McDonald Johnson Larsen Bayer Weiss 518 . 621 644 500 566 Totals 2,849 Ketchikan Women Close Peterson Ryus Payne Pctersen .. 553 439 420 486 476 Totals . 2,354 Ketchikan Men Daniels Chapman Burgun ‘Thibodeau . Zurich 514 528 619 611 . 636 Totals 2,908 AL RO Cheaper than using your own Thursday —adv.| vs. George Brothers. car. Call a Yellow 22. ed, but the interesting thing is| "Twelve thousand fight fans wite what he likes to talk about. He nessed the short bout. : tells you and me for instance, that! Canzoneri weighed 132% pounds be is training for a proressionalhnd Townsend weighed 141 poundd tour of Europe this summer with} 5 + Big Tilden—Big Bill's first annual for yourself how keen and ready tl;:;: bad m'u\.;\bu‘n;en‘~ cost lhc’imer arilors L T Roa I T ;) {the Davis Cup inter-zone and chals 5 - & glorious chance to re-|1enge rounds? gain the Davis Cup last year and probably will be responsible for the failure of the 1933 campaign of our globe, circling amateurs. DAVIS CUP FOLLIES “I think over-confidence cost us the Davis Cup last summer,” says Kichards. “Vince looked to be go- ing great guns. So was Allison. Our doubles team, any way the combination hooked up, fine. And so what? “Our boys took nice long walks | around Paris to get their legs in condition after working out on the courts! They didn't have the CRUCIAL GAMES |OCEAN GOING ARE SCHEDULED GOLF CHAMP FORNEXTWEEK HAS RETIRED — S i LONDON, Feb. econg- Cockburn, chief > i { | “BIG BILL" THE BEST “Maybe WVines can stand it He's a great player, but he has |yet to see the day when he can |be compared with Tilden at Big Bill's peak. I have no hesitation personally in paying this tribute |{to Tilden. I never expect to the day when I will be up agai |or witness such tennis as he c looked | proquce when he was at his w best. “The reason little Bill Johnsl was tougher for me person: than Tilden was because the Cal ifornian was a volleyer like mysel He considered me a soft touch u til T caught him off balance day out at Forest Hills and I do think he ever forgot the licki: I gave him then. “I had a visit with Johnsl on the coast recently and back in good health again.” 4. — Andrew engineer of the Mauretania a “golf champion of the Atlanti has retired after service with the Cunard | Half Titie ai Stake in Hoop League in Week's Play The final week of play on the |Channel Basketball League hed- ule, beginning next Monday, was| announced today to the manage- ment. The outcome of the second | 'half depends on the results of the four games remaining to be played. The B. P. R. outfit, leading the |pack, finds its leadership challeng- {2d next Monday when it meets the | |local Fire Department five. Tf it! wins, it cannot be beaten but can | MANY INJURED (in ‘a three-way tie with the Fire Department for second place, clash 11, the curtainraiser Monday even- | ing. The winner will go into !he‘ BERLIN, Feb. 4-—Seven persons ‘Moosc: Juneau Firemen vs. B. P.|were severely wounded and a score IR Wednesday night, Moose vs. | slightly injured during a Nazi- |Douglas Firemen at Douglas. | Reichbanner pistol fight at Dort- als. The week’s schedule follows: night Juneau Firemen mun last night. One Nazi is ex- pected to die. | i i his miniature gold course the Mauretania he has beaten Walter Hagen and Gene| Sarazen. But he modestly admits the roll of the ship had something to do with that. He probably has been concerned ' in more record breaking than :my; other engineer, for he has served | on five Cunarders, all of which stuff when they needed it and an have held the “blue ribbon” of the |amazing comeback by that grand Atlantic. |guy, Jean Borotra, beat off our lads. “Now what's happening? Vines, Allison, Van Ryn and the rest of our Davis Cup hopefuls finished campaigning in Europe, came back for all the Eastern tournaments and championships, played on the west coast, then hopped off for a honeymoon tour of the Far East. I “By way of Australia, where they are playing continuously, they will work their way to Burope just in time for the spring tournaments and a trip home. You can figure aboard D — LUDWIG NELSON ‘Mcnday night, George Brothers vs. WHAT'S The News? EACH NIGHT The Daily Alaska Empire Answers that Question in Nearly Every Home in Juneau! 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