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BRINGING UP FATHEIR © 1933, Kis | CAN STAND JUST SO MUCH ing Peatures Syadieate, Inc., Great Britaia rights reserved. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE HELLO, JIGGS WHATS BOTHERING MONDAY, AUGUST ? MY WIFES SINGING = DOESNT IT BOTHER YOUL 1935. By GEORGE McMANUS NOT ANY MORE. WE. MOVED AWAY YESTERDAY ! Portland Seattle Los Angeles Cakland Sacramento Hollywood GIANTS DROP OUT OF FIRST PLACEINN.L Cubs Knock Leaders Down C_h!c_?’gc : —Cardinals Now Have - Slight Lead | Philadelphia Cincinnati NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—The Chi- |Boston cago Cubs knocked the New York | Giants out of the National League lead Sunday, for the first time since last April, but winning the game by a score of 5 to 4. The de- feat put the Giants half a game behind the Cardinals who defeated Breoklyn in both games of a dou- bleheader and put the Cubs in the thick of a 3-way argument for the Washington pennant. | St. Louis for the Cardinals and his brother, Paul Dean, won the second gamu SUNDAY GAMES Facific Coast. League BLONDY RYAN secured himself Hollywood 5, 7; Seatue 8, 10. |a measure of lasting fame in base- | Sacramento 4, 4; San Prancisco | ball history two years ago with a telegram. “We cannot lose, I'm on my w wired Blondy to his team- | mates of the Giants when he had s 20; Missions 4, 4; Portland 9, 2. Oakland 5, 2; Los Angeles 1, 3. National League {recovered from a severe leg injury. And presto!—the Giants took a new lease on life with Ryan’s return to the shortstop position and went Chicago 5; New York 4. Pittsburgh 9, 6; Boston 2, 5. jon to win the world ch.xmpwn\lup‘ from the Washington Senators. | Cincinnati 10; Philadelphia 12. Ryan is not the greatest short- St. Louis 10, 6; Brooklyn 3, 1. American League Boston 5, 8; Cleveland 4, 2. New York 3, 6; Chicago 6, 1. stop in the game and most likely Philadelphia 3; Detroit 6. will never rise above the crowd in Washington 2, St. Louis 3, 7 mechanical ability but he has spirit And spirit happens to be exactly what the New York Yankees noml at, the, present time in large dos: That's why Manager Joe MchL‘ly signed the Giant hero of a cou- ple of seasons ago when his regular shortstop, Frank Crosetti, suffered a leg injury that threatens to keep him on the sidelines for a long stretch. Ryan went to the Phillies last November in the deal that sen | Dick Bartell to the Giants. It seem. Nationas 65 0 87 American League Won Lost 5 42 66 50 62 58 59 56 61 58 50 63 50 69 4‘3 2 641 569 517 513 513 442 420 385 Detroit New York Boston Chicago Cleyeland Philadelphia BROWNS BEAT YANKS ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26.—The Browns came from behind last Saturday afternoon and finally beat the Yan- kees in the ninth inning by a 7 to 6 score to take the odd game in the series of five, GAMES SATURDAY Pacific Coast League Oakland 1; Los Angeles 11. Sacramento 7; San Francisco 4. Hollywood 1; Seattle 5. Missions 4; Portland 3. about playing the short field, ideas National League {which did not coincide with those Chicago 4; New York 9. Leiber held by Jimmy Wilson, manager of homered twice in the second in-|the Philadelphia team, and which, ning to equal the Major League rec | following several clashes between ord. |the two, resulted in Ryan being St. Louis 10; Brooklyn 7. | sent back to the minors. Pittsburgh 3; Boston 2. A Comeback Cincinnati 9, 13; Philadelphia 5, 2.‘ The Phillies released him to Bal- American League | timore of the International league Boston 0; Detroit 2. Grounder | but Ryan refused to report and through Dahkgren’s legs with the | instead announced his retirement bases full let the Tigers win. | from baseball. He planned to return Washington 1; Chicago 2. i(o school and study law. He chang- New York 6; St. Louis 7. jed his mind about all that when Philadelphia 0; Cleveland 2. |the chance came to join the Yan- kees. ‘ McCarthy is confident that Blon- \dy will fill the bill for the Yankees. |Ryan is an experienced ball player Pct.|and there is no telling just what 511 hexghts he may rise to with this 565 | opportunity to re- e;mbhsh himselr TEAM STANDINGS Pacific Coast League (Second Half) Won Lost 30 30 Missions that Blondy had ideas of his own | i Dml y Sports Cartoon By Pap AL = BLONDY # Q) ~TE FORMER vq‘&l Gaseealls i CHAMPION SLOGAN MAKER MAY REVIVE THE FA7ING YANKEES JUST AS HE ) 3 WSS, WOULDN'T HE LIKE TO FACE | | WS FORMER TEAMMATES OF | LTHE GIANTS IN HE WORLU SERIES .. | A1 Rights Reser /(¥ GIANT _AND PAILLIE HAS BEEN SIGNED - THE NeYe ~\Am<zss Vod by The Assoclajed Press Ht‘ was hifting the ball at a 270 mlxp when the Phillies turned him laway, almost 20 points higher than Frank Crosetti was hitting when| {he suffered an injury. | The Yankees are still very much {in the American league pennant} | chase, so the prospect of facing his| former team-mates of the Giants in the world series may supply the ’mc:vmivo needed to raise Ryan to |the peak he flashed in that 1933 | pennant drive when he was credit- jed with being the spark plug of the | | Giants. | Mickey the Ex-Miner Jimmy Wilson would hardly have turned Ryan back to the minors hed he not felt that he had a very capable shortstop in the hustling Mickey Haslin. Haelin has a unique scheme for keeping himself going at top speed. ‘Whenever Mickey feels that he is not bearing down as hard as he (might or finds himself in some sort lof a slump he hauls out a piece of hard coal which he always carries in his pocket, studies it and then returns to his labors with renewed vigor. He brought the lump of coal from the mines to remind him, when he relt he needed remmdmg of the LEADlNG MAJOR LEAGUE BATTING RACES jlof tough,' hard days when he labored! from 6 in the morning until 6 at night in the mines. One look at the piece of coal does the trick. It causes him to shud- der and say to himself, “Mickey, you had better watch your step or| before you know it you, and this lump of coal will find guurselvv\, back in the mines again.” Mickey can take the hint, even if | it does come from an innocent look- ing piece of coal. DOBBS BACK AGAIN ‘SHOOTING’ ALASKA FOR NEW PICTURE Beverly B. Dobbs, pioneer photog- rapher in the early days of Nome, | now a resident of Seattle, visited with the Empire staff Friday be- fore leaving for Sitka on the North Sea Flfiw'u made motion years ago Mr. Dobbs pictures of Alaska titled The Top of the World,” which were shown in theatres, schools and clubs throughout the world. For the past five weeks Mr. Dobbs has been “shooting” new Alaska cenes along the Alaska Railroad, in anuska Valley and in South- east Alaska. He estimates that he will have approximately 4000 feet new scenic ffim, after it has been developed, printed and cut. The new Alaska motion pictures ;| | be exceptionally fin “Buddy”™ Myer (left), Wachington’s scrappy second baseman, and “Arky” Vaughan (right), slugging shortstop of the Pitisburgh Pirates, were leading batters in the American and National Leagues, respec- tively, Latest averages gave Myer a .347 percentage’ and Vaughan a cool .397. (Associated Press Photos) will be distributed by a national film company, according to Mr. Dobbs, and wjill-be released as a talkie,” with a descriptive lecture. Many shots from the air are in- cluded in the film, accor to. | Mr. Dobbs, and he believes they will X the wly iz pho- | special equiprn adapted to m tography be u SITKA INSTRUCTORS RETURN BY STEAMER Many Sitka school tea turned from summer va that port as passenger: North Sea out of Seattle. They include: Miss W, Li Madge McRae, Ralph Davis, ane Stuart. Miss Leighton companied by her sister who will visit with her, while Miss McRae'’s ister, Jane, also travelled to Sitka - MRS. COLLEN VISITS o the tions on is @ To visit with her husband, con- nected with the Forest Service, Mrs. C. C. Collen left Juneau on the | North Sea for Sitka. She will re- | turn in two weeks. leries Curporauon agent, unk pas- gage here on the Aleutian for Skag- way and Sitka. EHHIIIHHIIIHIIHIHIHHIIIIIIHIIIIHIIIIIiIllIIIIIIIIllII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllIIIIIIIIi|lfill"lIIIIIlflllllfllIIIIIIIIHIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII BOAT HUNTERS 'S, S. ALEUTIAN GET ONE; TRIP IS Dorothy their ability baggin Jun T cthy oted 5 a Stu mi, as dow A the and been brought to camp. The goat, a animal, the lar larg from feared further delay, so the hunters with their Yle I\ITI‘\NAPOLIS Ind. — A thou-| P months without accident. | For Sitka e pa Abo; m 9a lake. the within four hours. I asten their return to Juneau | w ceiling was then closing VISITS JUNEAU SH(]RT ONE THIS MORNING bat hunting party—Dr. W , Steve Ward, Jim Den- | Jack Finlay—who went to] V. essel Bnngs 19 from Sunday morning, i Seg Moz Skagway- Takes Six on Sitka Run returning to Here for a one-hour stop, steamer Aleutian berthed at Pacific Coast Dock from Skagway at 2 o'clock this morning. She brought 19 passengers to Juncau, and left — with six others on the run to Se- attle via Sitka. a goat and rty was taken to Lake Dor- | ard the Paa Fairchild pil- | Murray Stuart, leaving at hey were warned by Pilot | hat weather conditions the The hefty coach of Stanford’s football team Is waiting for his plays ers ars the official opening of the practice season next month by re. ducing. “Tiny” Thornhill is swinging a pick in his backyard as one method of cutting down his waistline in preparation for a hard 1938 season. (Associated Press Pholo) | Burwash Landing on Kluane Lake m. Pilot Stuart returned to| The inbound lis: A goat had been kllled, head, a fine specimen, hnd< | K. N. Neill, Gordon Priffitt, Dan A Noonan, Mrs. Jackson, Caroline Mc- Alister, Marjory Dugan, Denomey, J. Mullen, Betty McAlis- to | ter, Claudia Kearney, Isem Martin, was at some distance camp and Pilot Stuart trophy were forced > the good hunting. The goa:}Murgery V. Goding, J. P. Donahue, | L. | | S. Roberts, O. Gifford. The outbotnd list: For Seattle—Henry O'Malley, Mrs, 1 by Jack Finlay, -——— 1 truck drivers in Indiana have |O'Malley, Mrs. J. King Shanks, Mrs n given silver buttons for having | W. D. Bole, Mrs. Ed Holbrook, Mrs. ‘VHIDI] Engineer, ted their wehicles for six |Felix Gray Mrs. D. Ryan. From Skagway—J. E. Turton, Mrs. | Turton, R. A. Gridley, O. Westland, | William | HUNTERS NOW IN e S The Electra went on to F‘nlrbnnh Saturday and attempted to make the scheduled flight to Juneau {rom |that point yesterday arriving &b Whitehorse where it was still held by the weather this morning. D Richard B. Mellon, president of the Mellon National Bank of Pitts- burgh and a director of the Pan American Airways; Robert S. Wat- ers, president of the National Radi- | ator Company; Allan Scaife, chair- {man of the Pittsburgh Coal Com-|Carolyn McAlister, returned from |pany, and John M. Lasear, eastern ‘skagwny on the steamer Aleutian ‘mpnaw who left Juneau aboard |They had visited there for sevefal |the PAA Lockheed Electra piloted | days with the Flynn family, |by W. J. Barrows, PAA Acting m-{ e and Pilot .xlwrv cam Light, Seagram’s Distilleria Hall, on a hunting trip in the Klu- J(,m poration agent, travelling fror ane district, were taken direct to'Skagway to Sitka on the Aleutiah The Misses Claudia Kearney and 0000000 OF COURSE you can do without it! glIlllllllllllIIiIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHlmIllfflHIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHIHIHIHIH It is only human for an advertiser oc- casionally to challenge the necessity of including The Daily Alaska Empire in his schedule, Sometimes he tells us about it, saying with a kind of defiant pride: “I guess my business can get along without your newspaper.” Bless your heart, of course it can! Bur wHY SHOULD IT WANT TO! Your business can get along with in- efficient bulidings and equipment. Your business can get along with old ideas stifling new. Your business can get along with poor. location, inept production man- agement, uninspired sales direction, tepid advertising, Many do. most But the most progressive, sue- cessful, don’t! most profitable businesses Admiting that you can do without The Daily Alaska Empire—where is the gain in denying yourself its unique and tested advantages? Where is the wisdom in sacrificing time, money, effect in attempting otherwise to reach those intelligent and substantial Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell, Thane, Auk Bay, Tee Har- bor, Eagle River and Glacier Highway homes that The Daily Alaska Empire does reach every day—that turns the taste, thinking, buying of this com- munity? The ablest advertisers settled all that long ago; they That why this newspaper stands head and shoulders above all others as carrier of advertising for the lead- ers of business! — Adapted from an advertisement for the Saturday Even- ing Post. use The Empire! 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