The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 3, 1934, Page 10

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1934. HARNESS HORSE CLASSIC WILL - BGCUR ON JULY 4 Calumet, Crusader, Vans- andt, to Meet in Hatch- | ed Trotting Event By RICHARD K. TYRON i CLEVELAND, O., July 3.—On of the rarest of classics will be r X r Calume: Crusader, 2:01%, Vansandt, 2:01, meet in-a race at Nort 4 for what tezmed “the world's st ting’ championship.” | Veteran racir experts assert that only on two or i the last here app two hor only | 50 evenly rior one be deter through a two-horse contest | Axworthy-Veolo Duel } co | Him as Pla By JOHN HR (Associated Press Sports Writer) BOSTON, July 3.—One of base- ball’'s most w 1al “transplanting” experime with new brilliance and blooming new popularity with m. it is too much to say has made ' their be- Maranville—no one the inimitable Rab etely—but in the tech- execution of his duties the ger -of Boston's Red Sox nding to second-basing job for the Braves in a thorough | and heart-warming manner. last season McManus was er of the Red Sox, Boston's it season-and tenure of that post won great popularity through his scrappiness, energy and ability to deliver in the pinches. Recall Then came Red Sox re- The last pre 15 tting event| organizati saw many new of this k at| hired hands 1 , among them North Randall, when the stallions| Bucky Harris as manager, and Me- Lee Axworthy and Peter Volo mel|Manus accepted a post with hi a three-heat hy taking the victory Uhlan, one of the greatest ters of all time, lost to Hambu Belle in the pr us compar match race. That was in 1909. Racing officials regard the| match between Calumet Crusad and Vansandt as the prime event of this year's grand circuit season| which opened at North Randall, June 23. “North” with vs. ‘“South” Last year Calumet Crusader set three a mnew world's record heats by a trotting st an average time of 2:0i% sandt turned in last vear's fastest mile by any trotter with one heat in 2:01, and had 13 victories 14 starts. Another elem ters in the fact t Ca ¢ader, owned by E. Rowland Harr man of New York City is a “nor ern” horse, traini at Goshen, N Y., while Vansandt, prope of Trvin W. Gleason of Williamsport Pa., wintered at Lexington, Ky. - e =SPORT- for : for 34 games, Marty hit the ball at ' a 291 clip, a lustier figure than b ¢ % Rabbit was wont to rate, and h! ¥ 1 read 'of the Ferrel br sact in Boston and of the ithat Rick nearly spoiled Brother ¥ Wesley's no-hit game against the St. Louis Browns in 1931 and my .mind goes back to a similar af- air at the White Sox park in jChicago in the days of Fielder “Jones and his ‘hitless wonders, *days when I was scoring American “League games for the A, P. iv +Chicago,” recalls our own Mel :C‘o}emnn. - ks ¥ A PENNANT-WINNING POKE “Probably the most ‘hitless’ of that wonder team was Lee Tanne- hill, shortstop. He got so fe® safeties in the course of a seasor that Mrs, T. promised him his favorite dish, fricasseed chicken ¢ for dinner for each and every one Jbut at that she didn't have to mdisrupt the family budget by buy- Jng choice fowls. However, the ‘chicken for dinner’ went ux from the press box whenever Lee . came up. “Came the day when Boston was in town for one of those crucia series. The visitors, allowing as how the Sox liked southpaws even less than right handers, oallec upon their stellar and veteran port sider, Jess Tannehill, to twirl It was a close game, for the White Sox pitchers—Nick Altrock, Doc ‘White, Big Ed Walsh and Roy Patterson — always managed tc limit opponents to as few, if not fewer hits, than their teammates could garner. The Sox generally won by shenanigans on the base paths after a walk or some similar 8lip in the opponents' defense. “Thus in the ninth that day the home team had managed to work " a runner, I think it was Frank Is- bell, to second with the score tied and two out. It was Lee's turn to bat. Why not a pinch hitter? There wasn't such an animal in the whole Sox camp. “Old Jess sort of smiled, Lee screamed ‘chicken’ in a ‘that reached the center blcachers and Lee swung futilely. h “Came another pitch, 'way down around the knees. He cricketed it down third base way and every home fan groaned, for Jimmy. Cole- lins was there. But wonder of wonders, the ball flashed an inch _past Jimmy's stabbing glove, rolled Mrs. voice field twice Bob Quinn’s team, t n Dodgers Fills A Big Gap When Maranville broke his leg in a spring training eamp crack- up the Braves, who had thought themselves pretty close to pennant- contending stature, were down- hearted for reasons other than sentimental regard for their 42- yea d infield marvel. That hole nd base yawned wide as the season approached. But Judge Emil Fuchs, B: s president, prevailed on Quinn o le McManus come back to Bosto where he would have a ¢l y regularly, and Marty has been his new job ever Bill McKeck of the Braves, is more than pleased “Of cours Marty play has delivered 100 per cent for us so far. play. great credit in the world.” he says, much ‘I hadn't seer before, but he Anyone can see that in his Ye , he is putting up a game and deserves all the Statistics Agree The cold statistics bear out Me- Kechnie's and the fans’ satisfac- tion. Through the first six weeks blows have been particularly time- ly, he having driven in 22 runs ir od. doubles and three d in his batting grist 20 runs he scored for And he had stolen three bet than many of his homers along with himself. bases, younger Proba he never will match the legerdermain of Maranville in get- ting rid of those double-play balls but his teamwork in this regard with the brilliant shortstop, Bill Urbanski, has been getting s er all the time and is w 1p te the better big league standards In short, Martin Joseph McMan- us is quite a success with the Braves— which can applaud a good job. whether it's being done in the American or National League park tter rays in the National League r 1 than because of similarity with th 8ld White Sox of the Fielder Jones era but they have begun to break Out in a rash of base-hits th season, thanks to the 1 er ba! and Manager Bill Terry's example The world champions didn’t be- 2in hitting to any murderous ex- tent until their pitc taff lo: Roy Parmelee and showed some signs George Watkins, th was a big disappointm stick until recently but Ter his leadoff man, Joe Moore clubbed their way up among 850 hitters while Travis Jackso Mel Ott and Lefty O'Doul, tr San Francisco slugger, have de ered a timely share of base Even Blondy Ryan, the infie jack-of-all-trades, has caught the Hitting fever and Hughey Critz, 11, midget second baseman, has Jjoined the home-run hitting class to 1 astonishment of one and all. 2 Hughey's round-tripper he! blaster the Boston Braves in a dent visit Manager marked: . "Who said these fellows couldn't nit. Maybe they are getting some breaks now but we haven't been dble to find any real ‘soft spots’ {1 the batting order of the Giants { They still look like the club tc oeat in our league, although it is going to be a hard-fought race right down to the finish and 1 expect the Braves to be in the middle of the scramble” - >ee to the Polo Grounds Bill McKechnie re- [ S ‘gently into left field and Frank " Zsbell’s gleaming bald knob (he al- ways grabbed off his hat when he THE MISSY SHOP Specializing in HOSIERY, LINGERIE, HOUSE DRESSES i and accessories at moderate | prices ! ‘f | | | | Bond and Mortgage Corporation Valentine Bldg. Phone 508 Investment Service | L——Nfi _ UNIVERSAL | | | !Bosto_ljl—," Whiéh Liked M arty McManus, Pilot, Now Cheers yer with Braves finds the transplantee | als ver. MARTY McMANUS MILWAUKEE IS DRAWING MORE Fie suge | { 5 ciation lncreasesHome Town Interest By D. L. BRANNON MILWAUKEE, July 3. Chamber’s streets. It wasn't a riot, hustling ball club was on the field, one owned by Milwaukeeans, pur-| — It startled the neighbors at first— wash Jt.\le frenzied yelling at Eighth and they soon) learned, but something almost as exeiting—fans again flocking m‘, watch Milwaukee's American As-| sociation entry, the Brewers, play| ball. i | The news spread and soon Just | about everyone in town learned a JUNEAU BOY ADVENTURING | Whitehorse — Leave River at Tanana | { Cecil E. Rhode of Juneau, and arence J. Rhode of Colville, left for Skagway cu the mer Alaska, headed f adven- | { ture chased ‘with Milwaukee money, and| winning games for Milwaukee fan- | dom. The turnstiles bégan cllck-l ing at a faster rate. . SPORT BRIEFS doratos, ball 225-pound Greek player, Hal feet Dunker, 7% inches. pa pitcher, Chicago Cubs, the tall. ol Alabama law, d lakes that are regarded public property. Jay Hornbeck, University te table tennis tournament. was torn down. o that state. —er—— Shop m Jumean DOUGLAS Roy Henshaw, Los Angeles south- obtained from the is the smallest on squad. He is five feet one 1 Romero, Olympic games boxer exico, suffered a broken ankle hen he was knocked down by a w to the chin from Billy Bozgs, Romero won the fight. About 500 students took part in t ntro-mural sports program at h Carolina State college this) the state fish in fresh water streams: Washington quarterback, plays ta- nnis to keep in condition for{|rer nis doubles football ¢ After numerous fans had asked| yan ts removal, the short right field|ree stile an wce at Muehlbach field, Kansas|option. Amateurs Drew Last Year war, when the Brewers played be- ‘while Sunday amateur games were attracting thousands. In the first 28 games this year they brought out something over 60,000, and nearly twice that many games remain on the home sche- dule. The management is talking about a season's turnout of 150,- 000 to 176,000 After the disastrous season of 1933 two -attorneys, Henry Bend- inger and Walter Hofer, Eugene Tiefenthaler, a business ‘man, and Allan Sothoron, a former major leaguer engaged as manager, pur- chased the club from the Phil Ball estate for a price reported in ex- cess of $100,150. as White Sox Talent Helps A budding star, Second Baseman Of| Lin Storti, was obtained in the deal. Barl Webb, outfielder famed was dianapolis to cover first base. The White Sox sent Young Billy Sulli- third sacker, and Pitcfers d Ira Hutchinson on These, with Lou Polli, Garland Braxton, Lena Stiles, Forrest Pres- Roy Riegele, center of the Uni-| nell, and Walton Walkup, pitchers; of California team which|Jack Kloza, Tedd Gullic, Tony Ku- °d Georgia Tech in the Rose|bek, outfielders; Bowl game in 1929 has been named |shortstop, and Russ Young and| coach at the Pomona, Cal. Junior|Tony Rensa, catchers, have put| college. Lee Marshall, the Brewers in second place. Seven | regulars are hitting .300 or better, The museum of the State De-|| Webb at a 400 clip. partment of Game and Fisheries) at Montgomery, Alabama, contains a mounted spectmen of virtually| -very wild animal and gird native| B i Raymond Willilamson, Stanford freshman javelin and football star, is a brother of Stanley and Frank || Williamson, University of Southern ‘California football and track her- ¥ oes. DANCE! EAT! MIKES PLACE IN DOUGLAS—There is always P'lenty to EAT and DRINK $YOU CAN BE MERRY HERE DANCE MUSIC BY NEIMI AND EDW ARDS ® Last Ferry leaves Douglas 1:30 a.m. In the opinion of the sports ex-! @ o 00 00 0 0 0 0 o o ofperts, the fans didn't look kindly| e |upon the Brewers during the six| ® e o0 060 0 0 0 0 0 o o|years they were a unit in the St. Washington State college has a|Louls Browns' baseball chain. The couple of long-distance shot put-|fan, they contend, likes to have ters this season in George Theo-|his say and remote control makes | foot-11t' difficult for him to catch a| who has tossed ‘the|listening ear. iron ball 51 feet 6% inches, and who has reached 49 Time was, in the years after the fore 250,000 persons at home. All! last season they drew only 51,000, purchased | He was good enough tOffrom the Chicago White Sox. Er- last a couple of rounds in the|pje Wingard was bought from In- Mandarin Ball Room o i Tonight MUSIC JIMMY STEELE’S REVELERS ® Start Celebrating The Fourth at the MANDARIN TONIGHT Where you will al- ways find a GOOD CROWD—at the | Mandarin Tonight Dancing 9:30 Admission $1.00 TONIGHT Mandarin | BASEBALL FANS ON RIVER TRIP |Change to American Asso- Will Build or Buy Boat at and’ ¥omanck. The two ymmgl men, cousins, are to go down the}along the way, keeping a log of ‘Yukon by boat. their experiences. Part of their Leaving Skagway they plan to | plan, upon return, is to’write a hike over the railroad to White- | magazine article about the adven- horse, buy or build a boat, and |ture. at down to the mouth of the| The date for their arrival in Tanana. They estimate their ex-|Juneau from the trip has been set penses at $125 for the trip, and if about August 1. they see an opportunity, they plan | eee to stop and work on the way. | ; % Grads Slow to Wed Clarence Rhode is the son of | C. J. Ruode, Superintendent of the | Washington State Game Farin at| pBpRRELEY, Cal.—Of 9,900 wo- Colville, and has been working for | me, gradustes of the University tihe Game Comniisslon and the | ¢ california only about 3,300 are Forest Service in Washington for | married and more than 50 per the past' five years. cent of the number were wed be- They took théir aog along, and |tween the ages of 26 and 36, an they plan to take many pictures ' alumni survey disclosed. —f———:——_—,—.———g’g Turns Playwright BUDAPEST.— Archduke Joseph Francis of the Hungarian branch of the Hapsburgs, is author of a play, ‘‘Columbus,” which had its pre- miere here at a gala society per- formance. LADIES’ HEEL LIFTS ! Leather—35c—Composition | | The Best Shine in Town | | HOLLYWOOD SHOE PARLOR | PHONE . 985 Products ® Quality ® Modern Plant VISIT US! Mendenhall Dairy @ Reliable Service been arranged and JULY FOURTH A Special Program has EVERYBODY WILL BE HERE! @ Featuring the KNX RADIO GIRL in new. songs. 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