The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 20, 1934, Page 5

i | % . g I e [ (3] BA) CHICAGO CUBS | WELL, JIGGS- WHAT DO You WANT WITH ™ YOU KNOw O'HARA - AND HELL DO ANY- ING FOW YOu HE'S ME PAL BUT WHAT'S THE IDEA? TWANT YOU TO GET HIM TO GO CASEY'S BAIL - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1934. HED DO ANYTHING FOR ME- © 194, King Fesrures Sndizve, By GEORGE McMANUS CUT DOWN LEAD. OF N. Y. GIANTS Take Doubleheader from| Philadelphia Sunday | Afternoon | CHICAGO, T, Aug. 20.—The Chicago Cubs cut half a game off the lead of the New York Giants Sunday by winning a double head- er from Philadelphia by scores of 31 and 1, and 4 and 2. GAMES SUNDAY National League Philadelphia 1, 2; Chicago 3, 4. Boston 10, 1; St. Louis 9, 3. i Pittsburgh 1. | |Likes Job Better than in Brooklyn 2; New York 6; Cincinnati 4, eleven innings, American League ! Detroit 8, 4; Boston 6, 3. Chicago 9; Washington 8. Cleveland 5; Philadelphia 9. | St. Louiz 3, 1; New York 9, .. Pacific Ccarl League Seattle 4, 4; Portiand 3, 3. Los Angeles 5, 9; Missions 1, 1 Oakland 6, 4; Sacramenio 4, 1. San Francisco 1, 5; Hollywood 5, 10. | | GAMES SATURDAY National League St. Louis 1; New York 2. Cleveland 1, 10; Philadelphia 2,0.! Chicago 4, 1; Washington 3, 4. i Detroit 7; Boston 8. H Pacific Coast League ! Portland 4; Seattle 5. 1 Los Angeles 7; Missions 0. 1 Oakland 21; Sacramento 3. | San Francisco 4; Hollywood 9. | RUFFING HELPS TO WIN | FOR YANKS, 12 INNINGS NEW YORK, Aug. 20—Ruffing yielded only six hits last Saturday afternoon as the Yankees won a 12 inning affair from St. Louis by a| score of 2 to 1. Dickey's single, with the bases loaded in the ;twelfth inning, brought in the victory chalker. STANDING OF CLUBS National League Won Lost Pet.! 59 53 527 Boston 62 56 /525 ‘Washington 52 61 460 St. Louis 448 63 432 | Philadelphia 47 63 427 Chicago 41 % 359 | Pacific Coast League i (Second Half) | Won Lost Pct. Seattle . 36 21 632 Los Angeles ... 36 21 632 Hollywood . 32 25 561 Missions .. 29 28 509 San Francisco ... 29 28 509 Oakland 28 29 491 | Sacramento . 20 37 251 | Portland 18 39 316 ART SHIRES 1 ! Wanted to Leave | “Whzt-a-man” Shires is once more ! just plain Art Shires of Italy, Tex.| | Shires, for ias league, where he knows better than anycne he can’t make head-| Cleveland . SATISFIEDIN | TEXAS LEAGUE Higher Circuits, Never DALLAS, Tex.,, Aug. 20. — Art [Daily Sports Cartoon now playing first base| the r'ort Worth Cats ia the as league, i3 no longer the two-| fisted, rough going and talkative player he was when he punched Lena Blackburn in the nose.. To be sure Art still is willing to talk | about himself, but mostly it is| | baseball. | | Art is again happy because he i;i back where he started—in the Tex- lines by telling tall stories about\ himself—for down here they know | all about Art from. childhood . up; and “What-a-man” realizes it. Couldn’t Be “Yes-lian” “How do I like my job with the Cats? Well, I'll tell you. I'd rather play baseball in the Texas league than in any Class AA or major circuit they can dig up. I like it down here. I never wanted to leave in the first place. “This is a league where a man gets on by his ability and not be- cause he is a “yes-man” to a half dozen moguls. I just couldn’t swallow that stuff in the majors, and I guess that’s why I am out of it. But I like it here, I'm per- fectly satisfied,” Shires said while swinging a bat awaiting his turn at the plate. He's Happy, All Right “I hope to stay here and play good baseball for a bunch of the inest baseball fans in the country. With them it is what you do at the plate and not what you say through the papers that counts— and, believe me, I like it.” Shires is playing commendably New York .15 41 647 Chicago .. 70 46 603 St. Louis 68 47 .591 Boston 58 57 504 Pittsburgh 54 59 478 Brooklyn .. 49 63 A3’ Philadelphia . 44 70 361 Cincinnati 0 7 348 American Lcague Won Lost Pct. Detroit ............cc.... 18 40 855 | Sl AT New York . for the Cats. He probably is the fastest fielding first baseman in 'GOLFDOM HAILS Paul Runyan’ (above); 26-ycar-cld golfer m :;} cntered the champicnship ranks when be Deal, N. J., to win his first major title 'in the National Professional Golf Association tournament at Buffalo. with the emblem of victory. (Asociated A NEW CHAMP. : 1 | | | | | i Runyan is shown here Press Photo) 'steamer Afeutian: 20 — leseoooosee SPORT BRIEFS /@ @ o0 000000000 By Pap Kenneth Leendersten, half-mile ace of the Washington State Col- lege track squad, will captain the team in 1935 I After 15 years of pitching, Elmer Shea of the Stockton, Cal, State League team this season pitched| 31 scoreless innings. ‘The Brooklyn Dodgers went| through one stretch this season in} which they failed to make a zle double play on ground balls in 14| games on the road. il FAST AS A ;! FLASH - wiTH A WELL ROUNDEO Wiley College at Marshall, Tex., | Oldest Negro college west of the Mississippi, recently celebrated its sixtieth anniversary. jNOTlCE OF SP) AL ELECTION TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF JUNEAU, ALASKA: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: {That pursuant to an act of Con- |gress entitled “An Act to authorize \me incorporated City of Juneau, Alaska, to undertake certain muni- cipal public works, including re- ,Brading and paving of streets and ]sldewnlks: installation of sewer and i water pipes; bridge construction jand replacement; construction of jconcrete bulkheads, and construc- i tion of refuse incinerator; and for P, llsuch purposes to issue bonds in any |sum not exceeding $103,000”, *so HES GOING PLACES JUS AS SO0N AS HE DEVELOPS A OIT MORE CONTROL. oL IENR oF* ap- Searrce, proved April 25, 1934, and pursuant R — WASH . | to Resolution of the Common Coun- |cil of the City of Juneau, Alaska, a special election will be held in | the said City of Juneau, Alaska, on I the 28th day of Aug, 1934, between {the hours of 9 am. and 7 p.m. of {sald day, at which said election 1 the qualified eleciors of and in the | said incorporated city of Juneau, coo THE WESTERN WHIRLWINDG NOW TOURING' EASTERN CouRTSs the league, co-operates with Man- ager Del Pratt. in. direeting .the team’s play on the field and is consistently dangerous at the plate with runners on. He doesn't need fo tell anyone! he's happy—it sticks out. He is back with his kind of people and knows they understand him and are for him. CUMMINGS HAS B00DPROSPECT, CHAMPIONSHIP Winning of indianapolis Classic Gives Impetus to 1934 Claim WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. — His' victory in the Memorial Day 500-| mile race at Indianapolis, good for 600 poinfs, kept “Wild Bill"| Cummings well in the van in mid-I year ratings of auto race drivers| vying for the national champio: ship. . [ Cummings’ ‘closest..competitor cording to figures from the con- test board of the Amercan Auto- mobile Association, was Maur Rose of Dayton, O., with the 450 points he received for second place | to the Hoosier in the Indianapolis| classic. | Drivers ‘are awarded points in the national championship on a pyramid scale according to Lhe‘ mumber of miles they drive in title events and the place they finish. If Cummings succeeds in main- taining his margin in national championship races. scheduled _at Syracuse, N. Y. this fall, he will be crowned national speed king at the close of the season. ‘The champion each year receives as’ gift of, the board. a; diamond-studded gold medal. A similar medal goes to runnerup and third driver in the standing. /" Four relief drivers at Indian- apolis gained a place on the stand- ing. They are: Babe Stapp, Zeke Meyers, Billy Winn and Danny, Day. Three entrants lost points and four forfeited positions as a tesult of relief drivers. Lou Moore finished third in the race but be- cause he did not drive the entire distance he was placed fourth in the title rating. Also Wilbur Shaw did not re- ceive 152 points he would ordi- narily have .received " for driving relief for Moore because Shaw had started a regularly entered car which was forced from the —————— chorage, is homebound aboard the ————— SHOP IN JUNEAU! ,Temme, became the first swimmer | Alaska, whose names appear on the | {last assessment roll of said city ifur municipal taxation, are inyited 1] to vote on the following mentioned | questions or propositions, to-wit: (1) Whether or not the in- co. horated City of Juneau, Al- PARIS, Aug. 20.—Two swimmers, a man and a woman, swam the English Channel, crossing in oppo- aska, shall issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $51,400, pay- site directions, and each claim a new record. able in 20 equal annual install- ‘The veteran swimmer, ments, commencing on July 1, 1935, and bearing interest at the rate of 4% per annum, and the proceeds thereof to be used for the purpose of regrading and paving streets and side- walks, (2) Whether or not the in- corporated City of Juneau, Al- corporated City of Juneau, Al- aska, shall issue bonds in any | sum not exceeding $5,000, pa: able in 20 equal annual install- ments, commencing on July 1, 1935, and bearing interest at the rate of 4% per annum, and 1he proceeds thereof to be used to construct a new bridge over Gold Creek at Calhoun Road. (4) Whether or not the in- corporated City of Juneau, Al- aska, shall issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $12,850, pay- able in 20 equal annual install- men commencing on July 1, 103! id - bear interest at | the rate of 4% per annum, and the procceds thereof to be used to construct conerete bulkheads on Gast u Avenue dnd Cal- houn koad or .ivenue. (5) Whether cor not the In- corporated Cly of Juneau, Al- l aska, shall issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $25,000, pay- able in 20 equal annual install- ments, commencing on July 1, 1935, and bearing interest at the rate of 4% per annum, and the proceeds thereof to be used to construct a refuse inciner- ator. (6) Whether are not the in- corporated City of Juneau, Al- aska shall issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $6,000, pay- able in 20 equal annual install- ments, commencing on July 1, 1935, and bearing interest at the rate of 4% per annum and the proceeds thereof to be used to employ such engineering supervision and pay such over- head expenses as may be neces- | sary in connection with the above mentioned public works. That the entire area embraced within the corporate limits of said City of Juneau, Alaska, shall con- | stitute one voting precinct, and that the polling place shall be in the City Hall, or Fire Hall, at the | corner of Main and, Fourth Streets, | in the said City of Juneau. | All persons who are citizens of | the United States, twenty-one years of age or over, and who have been | residents of Alaska for the period of one year and of the City of Juneau, Alaska for six months im- mediately preceeding the date of said election, and whose names ap- pear on the last assessment roll or tax roll of said City for the purposes of municipal taxation are qualified to vote at said e]u-} tion. DATED at Juneau, Alaska, this 3rd day of August, 1934, in history to negotiate the channel| aska, shall issue bonds in any in both directions. | .8l not exceeding $2,750, pay- Emma Faber, an Austrian, swam | e'in 20 equal annual install- from France to England and clmms! ments, commencing on July 1, to have beaten Gertrude Eberle’s, 1985, and bearing interest at mark which was 14 hours and 31| the rate of 4% per annum, and minutes. proceeds thereof to be used T *to.. install sewer and water Minine Location Notices at Em- ) - Jipes. i pire office. * '3 Whether or not the in- CITY OF JUNEAU, ALASKA by and through its Commor | Céuncil | By 1. GOLDSTEIN, (| Mayor. Attest: A. W. HENNING, . City Clerk. First publication, Aug. 6, 1934. Last publication, Aug. 27, 1934. Electric Full Size Rotary : Head Builtin Sewing Light 2 5 and Motor ! ?Au.‘toitic Tension i # Lock Stitch MACHINES JUNEAU HAS SSEN IN YEARS $70.00-Convenient Terms-$70.00 A YEAR TO PAY v THE BEST BUY IN SEWING b33 Know the Pleasure of Making Your Own Clothes '~ Alaska Eléetric Light & Power Co. POUGLAS“Phone 18, ' JUNEAU—Phone 6 GRAYBA '-v_gewing Machines i HANDSGME CABINET of choice walnut and gum, richly finished Rigid and well-buile Designed for use as table Private Booths I’bone 16 o oo e ' INSURANCE Allen Shattuck, Fistablished 1898 BEER Next to Bailey’s Cafe TEAS SPICES ROASTED, BLENDED, AND VACUUM SEALED \ BY NATIONAL GROCERY CO. For more than thirty years Re foods have been the standard of quality “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” - [/ “Juneaw’s Own Store” AND BALL ROOM Lunches CAPITOL BEER PARLORS UNITED FOOD Co. CASH GROCERS We Deliver WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 485 Meats—IP’hone 16 Inc. Juneaun, Alaska FRANKIE MACK’'S MELODY BOYS LUNCHES OWL CABS “THEY NEVER SLEEP” DANCING PHONE 24-Hour Service Beer, if desired Merchants’ Short Orders Regular Dinners CAFE Lunch “WHERE YOU MEET YOUR FRIENDS” Have You “a Checking Account? BANKING facilities for the safe- keeping of funds and the convenience of writing cheeks are needed by individuals as wel] as by business organizations. We invite your personal checking account and shall be glad to arrange for it at any time convenient for you to call. The First National Dancing Every Night J WOODLAND GARDENS BV 4 = ZH AN, 2 N SF R S ~Phone 546 STAR BAKERY NON-ACID BREAD DAILY . SALT RISING BREAD SATURDAYS J. A. Sofoulis Front St