The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 26, 1934, Page 5

WASHINETON U EREAT RECORD Fourteen Wins in Sixteen Contests—Will Play So. California SEATTLE, Feb, 26—The of Wash n - baske! ton Sta U THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, FEB. 26, 1934. HAMAS SPOILS MAX’S COMEBACK . 5 ANDREWS AND MRS, WILLIAMS HIGH SGORERS Turks, Hindus and Arabs Win Bowling Matches Saturday Evening BASEBALL VET PASSES AWAY, N, Y. HOSPITAL ‘john J-McGraw Succumbs i After Ten Days’ Se- 3 rious [llness (Continued fromx Page Ome) On Saturday evening teams of the Asiatic League, in the current Elks' tournament bowled with the became Manager of the Giants and following teams winning, the Turks the next season began his climb wholesale quantity, the owner is said to have flared up and ex- Jaim “You will ruin my ball club.” McGraw replied in effect that such a thing was impossible with such a club and pointed out to Mr. Freedman: st place with 14 players just as| casily as we can with 247 And| McGraw's first exhibition of man- agerial ability later was vindicated by the fact that only one of the players he released returned to major league basebal, but not for| long. | How well McGraw reconstructed the joke Giants in one year is best told by the fact that the club| finished in second place in the| campaign of 1803, which began the| most remarkable record of leader- “We can finish in|¥§ VACUUM SEALED .4 wins the Huskies nched the chompionship of ‘Washington points to set a ord scoring of 175 sixteen vho had Northern Di- three straight wins from the Sia- mese, the Hindus, who took two out of three games from the Jap- anese and Arabs with two wins out three from the Siberians. Andrews, of the Turks made high 1 for the evening, with 563 and| |a single game high of 202, while| { Mrs. Williams of the Turks made |high woman's score when she to- taled 472 and rolled a single game high of 187. On tonight's schedule are the following games between teams of the European League: , 7:30 o'clock, Laplanders vs. ians, 8:30 o'clock, Norwegians vs. Finns, 9:30 o'clock, Irish vs Individual scores made urcday night were: Turks 139 ship in the history of baseball, McGraw's lifetime record in major league baseball as a player: covered 16 seasons, during which/ he took part in 1,080 games. He compiled a grand batting average of .334 by making 1,306 hits, scored | 1,016 runs and stole 443 bases. As Manager of the Giants Mec-| Graw drew down enough salary to| make him a wealthy man had he| desired to accumulate money. TIt| was said of him, however, that he| spent his money freely but not ! only on himself and his family but ' on those of his friends who were in need. It was reported that' during the ownership of John T. Brush and Harry N. Hempstead his | as Manager was in the neighborhood of $30,000 a year and up the Tadder of baseball fame. Twenty-nine years before, April 7, 1873, to be exact, McGraw was born at Truxton, N. Y. Like the average American boy, he took to baseball es in life and became SO | proficient at the age of 17 that he was signed for his first pro- fessional engagement by the Olean, N. Y, club, then a member of the New York and Pennsylvania League The next season, 1891, he was with the Cedar Rapids club of the Illi- nois and Iowa League and played shortstop. A teammate of that sea- son was Henry Fabian, for many years the groundkeeper of the Polo Grounds. In August of that year McGraw was purchased by Balti- more, which then was a member | salary of the Old American Association, he made his debut with the Orioles| that when he became part owner August 26, and played 31 games| his managerial contract called for with them during the remainder!| 00 a year in addition to his of the season. are of the club’s profits. In National League McGraw's connection with the National League began in the sea- son of 18 when Baltimore was made a member of the 12-club Naticnal League circuit. Under the leadership of Ned Hanlon, himself a famcus player of years before, the Orioles developed into one of the best mejor league clubs of all time, winning three successive pen- nants. McGraw was one of the bright stars of the combination, rtezn szason e 'TANFORD TROUNCED O ALTO, Cal, Feb. 26.—Cal- unced Stanford 43 tof y night in the final ¢ Southern division game. UCLA LOSES ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 26— California defeated the i of California at ILos les Saturday night a e 23 to win ¢ Southern championship. Southern California and Wash- ington University will play a ser- ies to d ‘mine' the Conference chompionship. The series will be played here. 15 confere Ttal- LosS Southe: Duteh. Max Schmeling met too big a barrier in Steve Hamas, aszaic, N. J., on Sat- fighter, when he started out cn his comeback trail in a 12-round fight at Philadeiphia. Hamas, former Penn State athlete, gave the ex-heavy- weight champion a bad beating and won the decision. Here he is shown ducking one of Schmeling’s rights. (Associated Press Photc) A W M Sperling Andrews 187— 472 139 139—*417 172 189— 563 450 515—1452 v | iy i He Is Uncle Sam’s sensational deal for nd other stars of nd have already lves into a contend- in the 1934 pennan:| with Lefty Gro the Athletic: talked thems ing position race The Reds monopolized the spot- light during the latest winter ses- sion of baseball master minds in }Nc\\‘ York. ey have an ag- gressive new ownership but they have been handicapped by a late tart in efforts to get the star players they would like to have to {pull the club out of the depths. Otherwise they might have flagged lown Chuck Kle! before he gol 0 the Cubs, instead of being chliged to buy Dazzy Vance and a few others on the bargain coun- |ter. their EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR Crr i The Seattle Fur Exchange has always demenstrated to the satisfaction of ally their shippers that it ca,n: TOO LATE TQ CLASSIFY Totals — |2 large rooms accommodate 3. iiot and cold water; newly decorated. $25.00 monthly 207 2nd near Sewar Auction Sales Dates 1934 March 14 ! August 15 Siamese Taylor 151 151 162 190 106 106 419 447 Hindus Mrs. T. George 114 156 A. Henning 147 167 C. Messerschm’t 189 175 Mrs. L Halm Dr. Willlams 151—*453 190— 542 139— 351 480—1346 April 11 September 12 May 16 | October 10 and does sell furs in ay » manner superior to anyone June 13 ‘ November 14 clse. Our monthly auction | July 11 | December 12 sales are recognized by buyers of raw furs as the best source from which to provide the world markets with their requirements of fine Alaska furs. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS Registration Books for Registra- tion of Voters, General Municipal Election to be held Tuesday, April ; 13, 1934, will be opened Thursday, attracting unusual attention by his|nraren 1, 1934, and remain open agere: s and general abllity.{ynti) saturday evening, March 81, Remaining with Balitimore until'jggq the scason of 1899, McGraw and| aperican citizenship, twenty-one Wilbert Robinson, later Manager|yaays or age, bona fide residence and then President of the Bron{c-‘(,_, the Territory of Alaska for one lyn: dlub; were soid to the ear and the Town of Juneau, Louis Nationals for the season of|ajnckq continuously for six months 1008 Western Avenue Seattle, U. S. A. Lo e A T tter Jeat | immediately preceding said dnte of | o —————— {that the American League WaS|gociion gre the qualifications re- | launched and began its war s‘g““‘S“quircd | - the senior circuit. McGraw, tak-| ing advantage of the opportunity | {to get away from St. Louis, cast| his lot with the Baltimore Am-| |erican League Club, with which he | 5|played during the season of 1901 jand up to July of the 1902 season.| 150— 469 In Controversy l A 1ol About that time McGraw became | 491—1454 |involved in a controversy with Ban| bowl. Johnson, President of the American | — | League and when the late Andrew! | Freedman, then owner of the New | | York Giants, invited McGraw to| become Manager of his club the! offer was readily accepted. It was| |said that McGraw was aided in| | determining to accept the place be»l cause it would give him an oppor-| tunity to fight the Johnson organi zation in New York. The latter then was not represented in the | American League, but there were | rumors that a New York club would start in the new circuit thei next season, which proved a fact. After the new manager took| charge of the Giants, hap&lessly" in last place, he watched his| charges for a week or two. The club had a full roster, some 23 or 24 players, which he immed- iately cut down to 14. When hc[ notfied Mr. Freedman of his in-| tention to release the players in| Totals 132— 402 155— 469 165— 529 Special Salcs Held on Kequest or Shippers Advances will be made as usual when requested. Transferred by telegraph if desired. The Seattle Fur Exchange ional nockey might take a tip from big league baseball anc lay the groundwork for develop- ment of an annual er all-siar game, in connection with the forthcoming benefit match fo ce” Bailey betwegn the Toronto| and picked team repre- senting other clubs of the Na- tioral League. Somewhat reluctantly the ‘Totals 50 498 Japanese Peterman 137 137 190 171 188 169 515 477 Arabs 146 156 172 172 178 192 452—1400 | — Mrs. | Koski Nelson 137—*411 161— 522 139— 496 Totals 437—1439 two Miss Taylor D e O e =?| REINDEER SUPERVISOR Robertson auspices, last season at| LEAVES SEWARD FOR ] e ( VISIT TO WASHINGTON Totals go. It was prompted by th2 desire for another big sports show on the Century of Progress pro-| T Word was received this mornin h'mat Lyman Brewater, general rein- m. he profit went to thez ball players’ benevolent fund was a sensational success, from|deer supervisor for Alaska, em- that of barked on the Alaska at Seward which had | P his way to Washington, D. C. the Secre- every standpoint except the National Jleague, {Tor a conference .with Itary of the Interior. On his way its best pitchers overworked be- game on| | forehand and lost the P R S T e Gov. John <7 Tror o sore| Willls R. Gregg, new chist of the | © & 6.0 ¢ o e o ¢ »'g Babe Ruth’s homerun. J SO 8 Ay Now it is to be an annual fix-| ¥ith Gov. John W. Troy on con-| regeral weather bureau, took office | AT THE HOTE ditions in the Nome district. He| j>'washington in the midst of the | ture, with the benefit idea re- = left Nome by plane I Wedn: latest cold wave to strike the coun- ained. It will be played this July i S in New York and will pack .em;dny for Fairbanks, where he took fry. (Associated Press Photo). in again, without the slightest|the train for Seward. i i doubt, for the simple reason thai MT. Brewster is accompanied by | PETER KOSTROMETINFF it provides a natural appeal to|his wife and while in Juneau they | ARRIVES HERE TODAY thio ‘interest of ‘all ‘fanm. The| Wi be iie SUesl Mt She Gove ON MOTORSHIP ESTEBETH magnates now can't understand o j| ernor’s house. | & why they didn't adopt the idea| e % TS “.I-’et(-r. ?(.m:;-ommnmm Mayor o{ '\:l)n; ago. EDELEG TE,S SECRETARY Sitka, arrived in Juneau this COLLEGIANS IS NOW PROUD FATHER morning on the motorship Estebetr to confer with Gov. John W. Troy and officials of the Alaska Road Commission concerning CWA work Speaking of all-star urgamza-} He ex- League players and emerged with |in Circle City, that a daughter ar- rived in the home of the Secretary | the rval Jmeups of sandlot and ol |, pejegate Anthony J. Dimond in it 1 o, Washington, D. C. (Bartlett). The We might offer a long yell for| 2 P s e > B P Tal s Bt ol weTér telegram said “daughter has strong | Territory, recently died ; g Preler| 1ings and papa is on his way to|chorage as the result of to put our money on the sand- 3 i Tt A o e BT e i o tcle Io:‘::‘;l ils;’x:Fsldexlt Roosevelt how happy | and general debility. He supremacy on the diamond. Here's) the array: 132— 434 172— 516 153—523 A. W. HENNING, City Clerk. irst publication, Feb. 23, 1934. Old Papers for Sale at Empire Office Siberians 142 148 177 171 115 | Mrs. Lavenik Hoffman Foster Totals 434 —Average—Did not [t ol 8. A2 U el Capt. E. M. Altfather, Chilkoot Barracks; Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Gibb, Chilkoot Barracks; R. H. Chad- wick, Juneau; J J. Ledbetter, Ju- neau; W. Johnson, Juneau; Rich- |ard Wakelin, Seattle; C. A. Mill- ington, Portland, Ore.; P. H. Ad- ams, Seattle, Peter Kostrometinoff, Sitka. Zynda J. P. McNeil, Seattle; Frank D. Price, Sitka; L. Brightman, Sitka. Alaskan Tony Peterson, Auk Bay, Ed Briklus, City; F. Babcock, City; Don Sooter, City; Pauline Eldridge, City; Fred Davis, Juneau. Word has been received by the |being carried on in Sitka pects to return to Sitka on next trip of the Estebeth. .. PIONEER DIZS Thomas Meredith, pi of the at An- old age was 82|} Sandlotters | Pitchers — Whitehill, Crowder, | B Y P (lp Grove, Gomez, Marberry. | & Catchers—Dickey, R. Ferrell Infielders — Jimmy Foxx, Tony| Lazzeri, Joe Cronin, Ossie Blu Oscar Meillo. | Outfielders— Simmons, Ruth, Ma- nush, Chapman, West, Averill. Manager—Mack. | Collegians Pitchers — Hildebrand, Hadl Weaver, Bridges, Van Atta. Cathers—Cochrane, Luke Sewell. Infielders — Gehrig, Gehringer, Appling, Higgins, Myer. Outfielders—G. Walker, Reynolds, Combs, Stone, Swanson. Manager—Fonseca. Daily Sports Cartoon ALFREDO Y oo George Brothers Grocery - THE UETERAN f - e o CUBAN CUE s7ar. : FroM NEW YoRIC A it ~A CELLARITES BUSY IN MARTS The two clubs which have been more often in the big league cel- lars than any others in recent years—the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds—have caused more excitement and produced more than all the rest winter. Both to solving The Sox dominated the Ameri-| can league meeting in Chicago (e e | . We're Off! Give your car a new lease on life by having it refinished this Spring. 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