The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 19, 1935, Page 5

YES! A FRIEND OF YOURS CALLED- A I1MISS TERCHANC V TOLD HER\ WULZ *\’OUR SISTER AN’ 'WE HMAD A NICE ¢ MISIT-¢ y 7L THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1935 WELLS I' ASKED HER TO STAY FER LUNCH AN’ \ GAVE HER A B\G DISH OF CORNED BEEF AN BASEBALL TALK STARTS: MOOSE NAME LEADERS Erskine, Leading Pitcher, Chosen as Playing Man- ager for Club | | | 1 | Although “home plate” may be covered with snow, Juneau’s sport- today the ing element turned to thoughts of —baseball. Now that King Basketball abdicated his throne, it's only nat- ural that the “hot-stove” league should begin to function. And the prime item of gossip around the local diamond circle today was the | action taken by the Loyal Order of Moose last week. The brethren, in duly ass meeting, chose Art McKinnon manager. But the acticn that mad tongues wag was the naming of Claude Erskine as assistant mana- ger and fleld leader. Erskine, held by many to be one of the ouistanding pitchers in Ju- neau, will give t Moose nine plenty of playing strencth »~ well as providing that club with @& sperling field general 2 ut on the “hit-and- 1 when to flash the “lay it dow True, the essions 1y before actual playing on drills are not three weeks, and le probably won't start May. as usue But, 'twill be baseball from now until August! - DETROIT NEGRO IS SET FOR TITLE, BUT SOME DON'T AGREE SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.— Although a noted ring expert disa- grees with him, Joe Louis, sensa- tional Negro heavyweight boxer of Detroit, thinks that he is ready to take a crack at Max Baer's world championship title. Leuis recently knocked out Lee Ramage, one of the Pacific Coast’s rntil best “heavy” bets in a bout at Los | Angeles, and the Negro figures that is test enough to warrant his turn- ing to Baer. However, Lieut. Commander Jesse Kenworthy, U. 8. N, a not- | ed fistic expert who refereed Louis’ national pastime | has | who will| | | | | | thi 5o > three up-coming | ning ground this “‘strikeout triplets” of r league ball are getting their baptism of big league fire! | Tne strong arms of Darrell Blan- iton, Clarence Struss and Mace Brown whiffed 476 batsmen ir 1934, pitching a total of 553 in- {nings, which averages better than ht per game. | Upon these Traynor and President William E Be! ger place hopes of round- | ing out a good reserve hurling corp: |to help the big guns on the mound n the coming National league cam- | paign. “The rookies look pretty good,” |says Benswanger. “Pie expects some help from them—especially Blan- i‘on. We're relying on him. He has i‘:hc ‘double A’ experience he lack- ‘ed last year. We'll be disappointed if he doesn't come through in a three Manager Pie bout with Ramage, doesn't think |big way.” so. Kenworthy said here that “Louis All h_ll"m: For Fanners is only 20 years old” and expressed | Blanton is 26 years old, a right the opinion that he should wait | four years before aiming so high. -e BARSlg NAMED NEW BRONCO CAGE COACH SANTA CLARA, Cal, March 19. -—Appointment of George A, Bar- si, coach of football and basketball at St. Thomas College, St. Paul, Minn.,, as head basketball coach at the University of Santa Clara is announced here. Barsi, who was graduated from Santa Clara in 1929, will report next summer to succeed Harlan NEW LOW LIQUOR PRICES are still in effect at THE TOTEM GROCERY. —adv. e e e Phone Cardinal Cabs hand flinger known to the fans as “Cy.” With Albany in the Inter- | DaNEL My HAS BEEAS THE SENSATION OF WE CURRENT 1 TTLE, o i1 GREAT CABBAGE- You? HEAVENS ! HOW CQULD SHE'LL DROP ME FROM HER SOCIAL CALENDAR AND TELL EVERYONE ABQUT MY UNCULTURED SISTER- G i STEAMBOAT |4 STRUSS g hwl fill-irs nal league last year he won | 1 out of 19 gamas and fanned 161 rtters in 146 innings | The records of the other tell similar stories. mbeat two ¢ won 14 anl fo! weak Little Rock, | \rtk., clth in the Southern Asso-| | slation last year, but in so doingi | ‘anned 149 batters in 165 frames.| He's 22. | Brown mowed down 166 stickers n 242 innings while winning 19 | games and dropping 12 with Tulsa) n the Texas League. He is 24. | Traynor hopes his twirling trio will gain much valuable experience £ iation with such sma as Red Lucas, Waite Ho y Bush. These three will uch of the heavy slab work his season, along with Ralph Birk- | ofer, Jim Weaver, Bill Swift and Hal Smith. l Dixie Catcher May Catch On The rest of the Pirate lineup is well stocked with veterans who stand little chance of being dis-| placed by newcomers, but lack of catching manpower may mean a' job for Aubrey ‘‘Yo-Yo" Epps, 21-; DAILY SPORTS CARTOON- SEEK'S WHE HEAVY WEISHT IRISH PRESTIGE 1 1t ! SHOP IN JUNEAU FIRST! 5 JOE MECLUSKEY , TWO MILEE) .. * 15 uPjoLDWS AN RA By GEORGE McMANUS MISS TERCHANCE JU! CALLED UP AND WAN?‘; KATHERINE TO COME OVER_AND TEACH HER HOW TQ COOK CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE - “Strikeout Tfipletsfi rBolétrefr ; ‘U, w,iflREws 10 Pirates; Have Fine Record LEAVE SEATTLE SOON FOR RACE Husky Oarsmen Scheduled! to Depart for Oak- land on April 5 SEATTLE., Marcu i9.—According ent plans, the University of ‘Washington flotilla of rowing rcews will have but four or five days' practice drills on the Oakland .Es- tuary befq meeting the Univer- sity of lifornia “navy” in the annual three-race regatta on April 13. Charles Frankland, Washington athletics, nounced here that the will leave for the site n Oakland en April 5. Whether boat or train will be used has not seen determined. But, regardless, he oarsmen of Coaches Al Ul- rickson and Tom Bolles won't 'ave a lengthy training period in California. Another important crew detail old here is the fact that prob- ibly California’s invitation to have 1 two day competition, including h the longz three-mile varsity vent and a new 2,000-meter sprint, urned down. The Bears' a r!lowing director of has an- Husky crews of the races the longer year-cld receiver 1m from Birming- rce Bill Bru- acker from Al- bany, may help ease Traynor’s bur- den at the hot corner, but Pie shows little signs of wear after his 14 years of service there. S e———— SONS OF NORWAY Will meet at Odd Fell in ay night at 8 o' —— 289 Frozen Desserts must be delicate in flavor. Thats whiere trus Vanilla counts. Thats where Schilling Vanilla counts Schilling riR/anilla THE WAS GIEN A FURLOUGH FROM & IRISH FREE STATE il ARMY 0 TRY TO {WIN TE WORLDS WRESTLING, TITLE short dash onj.;. 1| bring back memories of great Irish| - |athletes who held sway years back i i [lugely responsible for the place |amateur athletics occupies today. | Martin Sheridan made track and | field history. Remember the famous | “whales” of weight throwing? Pat McDonald, Paddy Ryan and Matt McGrath completely dominated the “weights” for years. Then, too, there | was Jim Duncan. How he could scale the discus! Baseball had and still has its sports limelight for long. Just yuch stars. The McGraws, Kellys, folks were bemoaning the 1ack| gunivans and Walshes are num- | good old Irish names wm:h.bered among the game's lmmorull dominated the sports stage &t ONe| figyres. Qld Cornelius McGillicudy, time, along comes a pair of Celtic| gonnie Mack if you will, is going glants to prove the late lamented| ctrong at 72 and hopes to grace the gorpse is very much alive. pastime for at least eight more Jack Doyle and Daniel O'Mahon- | years The National League lost a ¥, real sons of the auld sod, are|coiorful character when Lefty O'- ese mighty figures of athletes. poyl passed out of circuit to take About the handsome Doyle come'yup tho managership of the San conflicting stories. Some say he prancisco Seals. is a world beater, while others in- sist that he cannot fight a “lick.” But the other—O'Mahoney, Irish heavyweight wrestling champion— no time in proving his mettle. His amazing strength, aggressive-| ness and wrestling knowledge| caught the fancy of Boston and| New York audiences. | This 22-year-o1d 230 pounder| Accompanied by their coach and boasts one of the most spectacular carrying the silver basketball tro- arips in wrestling—the Irish Whip.| phy, emblematic of the Southeast It is really a double arm pull. Alaska high school hoop champion- The way O'Mahoney works the|ship the players of the Wrangell You can't beat the Irish! Nor can you keep them out of the wh of t work cut cut for them if they hope to match the records of their illus- | trious Irish predecessors. . AR, WRANGELL'S PREP grips the right hand and wrist of|on the Yukon. the opponent, drops him to the mat a couple of times, then hurls| qay and had defeated Juneau High him over his shoulder, crashing hi*| §chool in the three-game playoff. foeman to the floor. It is then a The players who made the round simy matter to pounce on his|trip to Juneau are: m and score a fall. | Richard Johnson, Ronald Bean, Lawrence Behovic, James Berke- ley, Peter Casey, Laurie Broad, Bill Grant, Fred Grant and Man- ager Eddie Arola. -—— BEHRENDS’ STORE IS BEING REPAINTED BY | WENDT-GARSTER STAFF Spring comes to the B. M. Behr- ends Co., Inc., Department Store this week with extensive interior painting and remodelling by a bat- tery of painters from Wendt and The most glamorous of them all Garster's Paint Store. was, of course, John L. Sullivan.| The department Sullivan headed the parade of Irish clean-up program includes the fighters who won fame in the ring. painting and decorating of all walls, There was Peter Mahr and Jim Cor-| woodwork, and ceilings in white, bett, the San Francisco bank clerk,|with harmonizing colors, and is who broke many an Irish heart|sald to be the biggest interior when he knocked out the great decorating job in Juneau in sev- John L. eral years. Tom Sharkey, Terry McGovern,| The management stated that the John McAuliffe, Johnny Kilbane, | renovation follows the completion Mickey Walker and Jimmy Clabby of the new modern show windows, come to mind. Gene Tunney is the giving the entire store an up-to~ son of Irish parents. William Mul-; the-minute appearance in keeping doon, the “Solid Man,” was an with the times. Irishman who ruled the wrestling throne to which O'Mahoney now AND THIS IS THROWING! O'Mahoney bezan his athletic ca- reer as a weight thrower. He scor- ed a victory over the Olympic ham- mer throw champion, Dr. Patrick OCallaghan, in the 56-pound throw. He récently demonstrated that he has mnot lost his knack Wwhen he outdistanced Harvard's Hest men with the 56, 40 and 35 pound weights. Names like O'Mahoney and Doyle ©O’Mahoney and Doyle have their | HOOPSTERS RETURN trick is very neat and. effective. He | migh School squad left for homel store spring, aspires. } O The number of rail-line passen- ger miles covered by the Alaska | Railroad in 193¢ amounted to 2,- The beloved Tim Sullivan was| 004,534, [ s INSURANCE Allen Shattuck, Inc. Established 1898 Juneau, Alaska F—— WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 485 CAPITOL BEER PARLORS AND BALL ROOM Lunches Dancing Every Night s ! Private Booths UNITED FOOD Co. CASH GROCERS We Deliver Meats—Phone 16 Phone 16 THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS The Gastineau ! | ! 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