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BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG T HAIN'T TETCHED IN TH' HAID, UNC SNUFRY--TI WUZ JES' USSENIN' FUR TH' CRYSTAL SPRANGS EXPRESS--- HIT ORTER BE A-WHIZZIN' BY ENY MINIT--YE KNOW, UNC SNUFFY, SOMEDAY--I GRAVE TER GIT A HEAP O' TRAIN-LARNIN', AN' BE A INJINEER--- I ALLOW EF T WAR LEF BE TER EXAMINATE A STEAM-INJIN JES' ONCET I CUD | WRITE A BOOK 'ON RAIL- ROADIN' AN' GIT RICH-~ WAAL--PATCH MAKH BRITCHES, Ty AT CATAWAMPUS '‘BOUT SICH THANGS -~ By JOHN STAHR cined Press Soprts Writer) ’Bud on intermediate gears is:| =1 | First ed, 110 m.p.h.; second WASHINGTOV March 1.—Just | p: (Top gear is not t 'sort of a time-destroying|e the car is rolling Ju is it that England’s than 200 miles an hour.) Sir Malcolm Campbell has brought engine is a 12-cylinder Rolls t A ca for his fifth attt 6 inches; stroke 6% cn the world landspeed record— the record he has owned. for four | and has already sette Tk bore length of body: 28 feet (the 1933 car was 27 feet Ov bettered | 3 in long). ce at the plain, Width ties will give us inches. ut the four-and-| width (body): 6 feet 4 inches. tion in which the| Wheeiase: 13 feet 8 inches -old Britisher—only oneliv-| Ground clearance: 4'% inch five men’who| Fuel capacity: 40 gallons. bave moved overland at 200, miles| Oil capacity: 10 gallons. tn hour—hopes to be the first to Water capacity: 30 gallons. touch the 300 m.ph mark. | Fuel consumption: 29 gallons In the first place, it is still “The per minute. Blue Bird,” as Campbell’ has been| FH¢ you like to drive that ug ¢alling his superspee: 5 for more | g your favorite service station and than 20 years, but it has under-|:ay “Fill ‘er up?” gone some changes or other in almost every part since he pushed; fhe 1933 model to the present rec- brd of 27346 miles an hour at aytona Beach, Fla. i Principal changes are in the| imdy, with the nose completely re-| designed to give a somewhat great- | er fron area, but “greatly im- proved” res nce to air flow at yecord speeds. The high tail fin| Athletes are slow to discard the has been cut down, while thethings which they feel aided them whole body has been widened so in their moments of triumph. It that all the wheels are virtually might be a piece of equipment, et inside the body. ‘par: of their raiment, or simply Another noticeabls external some good luck charm. In some ehange is that the rear wheels in|instances they would feel lost with- the latest Blue Bird arc “double,” out these comforting tokens. that is, with two tires on each side,| Jack Dempsey's favorite sweater, Mke our huge cross-country buses.|tattered and worn in long service, A slet across the wide “snout”|was indispensible to his peace of of the machine is desizned to g\vc“mind, An odd picture the old the car a “lift” of 15 myph., if Sir|Manasa Mauler presented in this Malcolm can spare a hand, while\anclem style coat sweater with traveling at top speech, to work. pockets as he entered the ring to a level that would shut it. defend his title for a purse of half To help solve the problem of|a million dollars or more. The old getting his car stopped—a problem |garment must have been a relic aMnost as great as getting it up to|of his earliest fistic experiences. new speed levels—Campbell this|You couldn't have driven Jack in- year will have two vanes, on either|to the ring without it. side of the car’s tail fin, for aux- Then there was Tony Lazzeril iliary breaking purposes. The first|with the antique fielders’ glove. movement of the brake pedal lefts|Wern and torn from long hard us- theze vanes, which have a total age, it barely clung together in areas of four squre feet. {his hand. Do you think Tony The air resistance at 300 m.p.h. !would discard it when he came is approximately 7300 pounds; this up to the big league with the means traveling at more than 124 ' Yankees? Indeed, he would not. yards per second! He would most likely still be us-, (front hub): 6 feet 11 'white robe with “Steve Morgan” The maximum speed of the Blue ing it had not Bane Ruth spot- 'THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1935.1 TH' CRYSTAL SPRANGS EXPRESS ! HYAR SHE KEMS ted it one afternoon on his to his position in right field. “No wonder you've been making s0 many errors,” Babe roared, and with a mighty heave tossed the glove into the crowded grandstand Somehow or other Tony managed to struggle along with a new glove. way METHOD IN DAZZY'S MADNESS Foxy old Dazzy Vance hated to part with the old undershirt, even though it was slit from the wrist|} to the elbow. Just a lueky shirt, the old speed-ball pitcher would >xplain. He discarded it only after the officials decided that the flap- ping of the torn sleeve disconcert- ed the batter when Dazzy delivered the ball — something the Dazzler more than lkely knew all the while. Bobby Jones' famous putter. ‘Calamity Jane,” played an im- sortant part in scoring his ‘his- soric grand slam. When Bobby etired from competition he pre- sented the club to the St. An- drew club, in Scotland, as a per- manent exhibit. He missed his fa- vorite when he tried to match ‘trokes against the field in the Masters’ tournament last spring. Shortly after the World War Mark Arie of Champaign, Tll., pur- chased a 12-gauge pump gun for $50. With this battered piece the veteran Illinois marksman has bagged over $50,000 in cash prizes in addition to trophies valued at $100,000. The average trap shooter is par- ticular about his shooting iron but Arie is content to string along with the old gun which hasbrought him just about every trapshoot- ing championship on the books MORE CATERING TO CAPRICE 1f you were to see Connie Mack seated in the Athletes’ dugout without the traditional score-card you would think something strange was amiss. Barney Oldfield would | never dream of being photographed | without the ever present cigar. | When Max Baer crawls through the ropes to fight he wears a lettered across the back. The robe is a souvenir of Hollywood and was used by the champion in a movie. fighter a few years ago, had a pair of blue trunks which he con- sidered vital to scoring a vietory. The only time he mislaid them and wore a borrowed palr, Willie Jackson knocked him out in the first round. All silly notions, perhaps, but if they - give an athlete the proper mental edge they serve their pur- pose. AMBERS BEATS FULLER; NEARS TITULAR FIGHT New York nghtwenght Earns Decisive Win in Fifteen Rounds NEW YORK, Feb. 2—Lou Am- bers, New York lightweight, scored 3 dceisive boxing victory over Sammy Fuller, Boston, in Madison | last night., Square Garden here The fight lasted 15 rounds. The combat brought Ambers one ep nearer a shot at the light- weight title held by Barney Ross of Chicago. Ambers weighed 184 pounds and| Fuller a half-pound ‘more. |SPECIAL BOWLING MATCH ON SUNDAY A special bowling match will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'-} clock on the Brunswick alleys be- tween the United Food and Cali- fornia grocery pin stars. e PLEASE PAY TAXES NOW Second half payments on 1934 taxes must be made by March 15 to escape penalty, but taxpayers are requested not to wait until the last day or two before making payment, ¥ earlier setblement can be Mmade. Pay mow and avoid the last minute rush and delay. Thank you! A. W. HENNING, Johnny Dundee, a great little BRINGING UP FATHER THAT ISN'T HIS NAME-HE 19 A BUTLER-I'LL GO AND SEE HOW HE |S GETTING ON- THAT'S A FUNNY GUY NAMED" BUTLER" YOUVE GOT WORKIN' AROUND HERE- HE INSISTS ON UNPACKIN' ME TRUNKS- IFHE WANTS TO WORK,HE WIN- 'L LET HIM DO \T- —adv. City Clerk. YE CRITTER'S STAND TER ONE SIDE AN' HOL' YORE JAW ~- NOW -- DAN'L. , GIT ON HIT AN BE KEERFUL YE DON'T BURN NO WOLES IN YORE BRITCHES-- MRS, €. SEY 1S CHOSEN LEADER OF CHURCH CLUB nual Election in North- e Light Parlors MYs, president of the Martha Society at that organization’s meeting yesterday afternoon in the parlors of the WNorthern Light Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Sey succeeds Mrs. Gunnar Blomgren, | consecutive years. | Other officers for 1935 chosen | Mrs. Grover Winn, First 'Vice- President; Mrs. E. J. Cowling, | Second Vice-President; and Mrs. Kenneth Cole, Treasurer. Mrs. C. |E. Smith was re-elected to the Martha Society Holds An- Charles Sey was elecbed' who has held the office for three | Other officers fo r1935 chosen NEW PRODUCTS BY LOCAL FiRM Juneau Ice Cream Parlors Making Specialty of Creams, Sherbets ‘After months of study and prep- aration, according to Percy Rey- regm“‘nolds, manager of the Juneau Ice Cream Parlors is now producing ; an ice éream, also sherbets, of | definitely superior flavor and t.ex-l |ture. This, Manager Reynolds said, is due to the very fine quality of the ingredients used, the fine flayorings, ground chocolate, fruits and the basic quality fat,! | with the new method of making | the cream by the addition of a isupsr-Cold freezing machine, re- cently installed. Already, with the new equipment {and methods, a reduction in the | pogition of Secretary. Other than Mrs. Blomgren, the retiring 1934 officers are: Mrs. Ray Peterman, First Vice-Peis- dent; Mrs. Homer Nordling, Sec- ond Vice-President; and Mrs. Sey, Treasurer. Mrs. Cole and Mrs. C. W. ‘mgeton were the hostesses terday and served a dessert cheon. At the next meetnig, to be held Friday, March 15, Mrs. J. J. Stock- er and Mrs. H. L. Redlingshafer will be the hostesses. Liv- yes- | lun- ACROSS Self 9. Japanese sush 2, Action at law 3 Meddlesome. opinionated, or matter- of -fact . Snarling or growling . Splck of dust . Large plant . Gnits of force s [mi ] [Zc] >Ip]m] =l m] m DA e I 1YY - Smite ina sty {MIA]P] manner 34. Gustodian . Agafs fix 56 Mt Dmly Cross-word Puzzle ‘Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie [PIoloEA[sTE[RIDIEW] HIDEIIIH & BN“ HENMEM 8] mm Elflfl V] ] | celling price has been made and |cn each Sunday for the next four | weeks the Juneau Ice Cream Par- |lors will feature a further reduc- |tion from the new regular price |in order that all may test the ‘clnims of the management as to|, the quality of the ice cream and shemets now being manufactured. Visitors are welcome at the plant where the newly developed methods will be fully explained. 2 L b BN A | DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY! 7. Stained with eBR 8. Two ens 9. Instrument for examining the ear 10. Frugment 11, Congealed water 14. Word ai the dou of a A 1] | ol = yer 16. Inke Anolhar chart of 20, Baseball team IMIE | 21, Table-lands witie lelol & mfi-‘.fiu ) 1o Trie S MRAIAR] . Terri'nate 65. Place of the seal: abbr, MANUFACTURED | GREAT HEAVENS! 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