The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 4, 1935, Page 5

BRINGING UP FATHER, 1S THAT SO? 1 USED TO DRIWE A TRUCK. AND WAS NEVER IN AN ACCIDENT NO,YOU CANT DRIVE THE CAR. THATS ALL THERE IS TO IT. IT TAKES A CAREFUL PERSON LIKE ME Qul T ARGUING / 1| AM THE ONLY ONE IN THIS HOUSE THAT KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE - THERES THE BELL ALL RIGHT, ‘WERE'S A SUMMONS FOR YOU, MRS. JIGGS, FOR RUNNING INTO MAGGIE - THAT'S 0 T ICE-WAGON THIS MORNING @ 1935, King Features Syndicaie, Inc., Great Bricain rights reserved. 0 R TOSSED IN TWO MAJOR LERGUES Two Sets of_b:ubleheaders Are Rained Out—Three Games Played on Coast Not a bat was swung in the two major leagues yesterday. In the National League, the dou- ble-header scheduled between Phila- delphia and New York, was off on account of rain. In the American League, the New York-Philadelphia doubleheader was likewise washed out. WHILE RAY BLADES WAS SUSPENDE. GAMES TUESDAY Puacific Coast League Seattle 4; Portland 2. Los Angeles 8; San Francisco 7. Oakland 2; Sacramento 13. TEAM STANDINGS Pacific Coast League (Second Hall) o HE (S THE LEAGUES LEADING PricHEes Wi 16 NICTORIES ~AND IS HITTNG Lost 34 35 35 Pet. 570 557 551 550 500 457 457 363 San Francisco Missions . Scattle Portland Los Angeles Oakland Sacramento Hollywood .. Nationar League ‘won Lost % 41 76 48 52 Pet. 617 813 603 561 .460 432 A3L¢ 266 St Los ...k New York Chicago . Pittsburgh Brooklyn Philadelphia Cicinnati . Boston SPORT SLANTS Baseball is ‘full of versatile play- ers like Jimmy Foxx of the Aih- leties, Mark Koenig of the Giants, Tony Lazerri of the Yankees, Billy Sullivan of the Cincinnati Reds and Ralph Kress of the Senators, but my own personal nomination for B ,\,!the leading all-around performer in 425 |the game goes to Mike Ryba of the ‘418 |Columbus Red Birds. | 397| Right now Mike 1s American League Won Lost 83 44 a3 65 63 64 . 54 61 Pct | 654 584 516 4 ‘Detroit New York Cléveland ... Chicago .. Boston ‘Washington . Philadelphia St. Louis setting the | 50 ———— pace for pitchers in the American| | Association with 16 ‘victories to show | |against 4 losses. He had the job of OFFICES SHIFTED IN| TERRITOR[AL BU‘wING!mnm\ging the Red Birds while Ray |Blades was under suspension and | A shift in offices at the Federal kept the team moving on even keel. | and Territorial Building is effective The Columbus club’s second-string 1s of the first of this month. PWA, [catcher, he stands ready to fill in which has been on the second floor any spot on the diamond that may in the offices adjacent to the need plugging. At one stage or an- House of Representatives chamber other of his baseball career Mike has moved to the third floor, room has played every position. About 304, formerly occupied by the Com-!the only thing he hasn't been called | missioner of Mines. The mining de- on to do at Columbus is to take partment goes to the old NRA of- ! tickets. fice, room 407, and NRA moved Ryba is a graduate of the Penn- down to the offices which have been sylvania coal mines, that tough old occupied by PWA. 1school that has sent up & flock afi — ., ireal ball players. He never cared PLANE PILOTS TRANSFERRED !particularly what position it was Pilots Joe Crosson and Murray just so long as he was out there| Stuart, and Robt. J. Gleason, PAA tossing a ball around. | Superintendent of Communications, ! Jcins The: Cards took off yesterday morning for Back in 1928 the St. Louis Car-| Fairbanks aboard the PAA Fair- dinals signed him as a pitcher nnd‘; child. Pilot Stuart and the Fair- child plang/have béen transferred to the Fairbanks district. Mrs. Stuart cailed for Seattle on the Yukon. promptly sent him off to Dayton, in the Central League, for further seasoning. He turned up with Scott- dale, in the Middle Atlantic'League, NOBALLS ARE DAILY SPORTS CART()ON-— LEADING PITCHERS & ANO SECOND-STRNG CATCHER, OF THE RED BIROS - HE MANAGED THE TEAM (Averica Assoe) ¢ ~ ST TE MOSI VUERSATILE PLAYERS N W BASEBALL | ~4E CAN PLAY EVERY POSITION O THE VIAMOND a year later, and pounded the ball at a 440 clip. The management felt thut he was tco valuable a hitter to be in the game only when lwas turn on the maund, so the | banded him a mask, chest-proiector and a pajr of shin guards and put him to work behind the plate. In 11930 he was in the main a catcher, ‘hut. he managed to keep his hand |in pitching by appearing on the mound in four games. Ryba found himeself with Houston, in the Texas League, in 1932. He was the first-string catcher, from time to time was called on to fill in at third base or whatever | spoi. needed a substitute for a few days. Springfield in the Western Asso- ciation, was his next stop. He was | still a cateher but the old pitching | habit continued fo grip him and he | managed to pitch and win three |games for the club. When he wasn't | filling some regular berth he was | used as a pinch-hitter for he always could clout the ball. Manager-Pitcher-Catcher Rvba was manager of the Spring- field club in 1934 and when his | pitehing staif faitered Mike went in and ran up a string of victories as a relief hurler. It seemod that Mike was des- tined to be a pitcher and there was ‘nothgng he could do about it' but go out there on the mound and toss ‘em over the plate. He has a power'- ful throwing arm and even in the numerous roles he played one im- portant feature stood out in his work—he always had rare control. He is getting along in years as C_ochrifié Hzis Thréc““G-Men” -f_o—r»Fla'g Chase Cochrane Manager Mickey, Cochrane .of the Detroit Tigers has three “G-men” to help him in'the pennant race. And with Mickey himself, the three “G-men’’ are Gehringer—Goslin reenberg ——— the American league pack and prohably will get ‘‘into the world series. Cochrane, Charley Gehringer, Goose Goslin and + Shown, left to right, are bat | ; By Pap g ball players go, he's 30 now, so therc |is little likelihood that he will} |ever causs much of a stir as o player in the big leagues but one of these fine days he is going 12 pop up as a manager—and then his experience will stand him in good stead, S e DOUGLAS NEWS ) DOUGLAS FISHERMEN PREPARE, FALL FISHING ! "Phe reopening or msmng in this [section for the Fall season tomor- |row is the occaslon for renewed lactivity among local fishmen. They have besn overhauling gear and otherwise getting ready to be on the grounds at the proper time. {Most, of the boats will fish fox the | Douglas cannery which plans to re- open Thursday. e {STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOL IN SEATTLE i Among Douglas young people who are “épending the winter in Seattle and;, attending school are Albert and Yoland Uberti, the former now lin his jubior year &t the Ballard High School and the latter in a |grade school nearby. Also ab the isame school is Nina Baroumes who !is in her scnior year. Among a faculty of 72 teachers at the Ballard school is. Al C. Nar- din, former instructor in the Doug- las school. The present term is My, INardin's second one at that school. ce—e—— GOES. 1€ AR Tred Holmberg, L of crews here for the Siems wne Onom- ipany, left on' the Alaska enrouts [to Ceward whers'he Wul e iu Icharge of road work for Wright ldnd Stock Company during the jnext few months. —————— l MANN COMING Charley Mann, former Gf Douglas, who is now a Peters- {burg -business man, plans to be I‘here when the bridge dedication {1 held. Mann sent his regards to tall of his old friends. —_————— TO HAINES | George Stevens accomparied by Ihis aunt, Mrs. Hateh, left by plane |this morning for Haines. The lat- iter is returning to her home there. S WRITER TO MATANUSKA | Arthur Stringer, who has written tarticles which have been published in the Saturday Evening Post, is bound for Seward and the Mata- nuska Valley colonization project at Palmer. He is traveling from Sit Malcolm Campbell Did| 'm:'ming on ihe Princess Louise for oldtjmer | THREE HUNDRED | MILES AN HOUR REPORTEDMAE Make His Goal, Auto Board Announces WENDOVER, Utah, Sept. 4—The official Contest Board of the Am- erican Automobile Association an- nounced that Sir Maleolm Camp- bell, ir his speed run on the Bonne- | ville Salt Flats, made 30.337 miles per hour in both directions over the measuréd mile, giving him his sought mark of more than 300 miles. It was said there was a miscalcu- Jation of his {ime in the previous anfouncement for his second trip.| ‘The trip was made in 12,080 scconds fov spced, at a rate of 298.013 miles per hour. Sir Malcolm armounced hc was leaving iinmediately enroute ior New York. He will sail September 18 for| London. TOBULDUP ARMY OF U. S, WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. Severa| of the leading members of ihe House Military Committee say there 14/ likely to be renewed pressure for @& $400,000,000 Army modernization program as the resuit of disturbed conditious abroad GOOD 57 EASON IS HAD BY FARTHEST | NORTH GRAY LINE Jack Simpson, manager of the Juneau operations of the Farthest North Gray Line Motor Tours, an- nounces that the company here en- joyed an exceptionally good tourist season, so much so, he said, that he expects new equipmenti will be| added next season. Mr. Simpson leaves tomorrow | Vancouver where he will devotc several days to business. matiers,| and from there journcy to his win- ter headquarters in San Francisco. | Operations of the Farthest North Gray Line Tours will continue here until September 15, with Forest Feenessy in charge until that time, | according to Mr. Simpson. e TO TEACH AT COLLEGE Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Fletcher are bound for Seward from Seattle on the Alaska., They will travel on the Alaska Rallroad to Faifbanks where Fletcher is a langage in- structor at the University of Al- aska. CRIDMEN TO TRAVEL FAR FORT GAMES University of Hawaii Foot- ball Team Has Ex- tensive Schedule HONOLULU, T. H., Sept. 4— The University of Hawaii football team, proud of its 193¢ intersectional suc- cesses at home, will travel more than 15,000 miles the next two sea- sons, The “Deans” will play at Los An- geles, Denver and Salt Lake City on a 7-game intersectional schedule that will bring four mainland teams to Hawail in return. Hawali will end the next two sea- gons in Honolulu with New Year's Day games against University of | Southern California and University of Washington, respectively. The “Deans” will meet UCLA also on a home-and-home basis. Under Coach Otto Klum the Ha- wailans are embarked on an exten- sive winning spree, climaxed last season by victories over University of California, a team of western all- stars and Denver university. Their intarsectional schedule fol- lows: 1935 9.—Denver at Denver. 15—UCLA at Los Angeles. 14—Utah at Honolulu, ~USC at Honolulu. 1936 14—Ulah at Salt Lake City. Nov. Nov. Dec. Jan. ! Nov. Dec. Jan, oluln. M, BERNSTEIN PASSES AWAY SHEFFIELD, Mass, Scpt. 4- Herman Bernstein, 59, author, edi- tor, and former United States Min- ister to Albania, is dead here. Bernstein, in 1923, brought suit against Henry Ford for libel as the result of an article in the Dear- born Independent, in which Ford was quoted as saying he had glean- led most of his information about an alleged international J ewish conspiracy from Bernstein. Ford sent a letter of apology to Bernstein and retracted his pub- lished articles, _———————— TO ANCHORAGE Mrs. F. H. Schodde and her daughter, Virginia, are enroute from Seattle to Seward on the Alaska. They are returning to Anchorage where Schodde is an Anchorage merchant. SHOP IN JUNEAU! SO O SRAO BA OE 1 Il Thomas 3 These floor coverings add beauty to the home and save cleaning labors. Hardware Co. PHONE 555 I GOLD SEAL CONGOLEUM ! ! 12 or 19.—Ucla af Honolulu.' . 1.—U. of Washington at Hml-‘ Joe Louils, fresh from his easy victory over Klng Levinsky waw signed in Chicago, lll., to right Max Baer either In Chicago or W York In Septamber. Promoter Mike Jacobs (laft), Joe Folay (center), Chicago promoter, and Ancil Hoffman, Baer’s manager, inspecting the sontract. (Associated Press Photo) L | Attractive guest prizes were mj sented to the two brides-to-be. | Guests were: Mesdames W. BRIDES - T0-BE \ ! Council, 1. Guldstein, Hugh Wade, Lance E. Hendrickson, Rob: ert Jernberg, G. F. Freeburger, Alice Coughlin, Josephine Whike; Honoring Miss Venetia Pugh and | {Miss Lillian Alexander Mrs. Elmer| Tony Chopp has been adm | N ttd IA' Friend and Mrs. Arthur Adams (to St. Ann's Hospital for treavment entertained last night with a bridge |[of a jaw injury received in .’ JAW INJURED ¥ Helen Smith Cass, and dinner. | accident. Elizabeth Kaser, Jane Alex Lillian Alexander, Venetia Pugh. BAILEY’S | CAFE — e “WHERE YOU MEET YOUR FRIENDS" 2 Mour Serviee Merchants’ Lunch Short Orders | RICE & AHLERS CO. Plombing Sheer Muta} Work § PHONE 34 ALASKA MEAT CO. FEATURING CARSTEN’S BABY BEEF——DIAMONI; TC HAMS AND BACON—U. S. Government Inspected' Heating bt e @ | | ( “ | i [ ‘ OPEN ALL NIGHT Alaskan Hotel Liquor Store : Dave Housel, Prop. Phone Single 0-2 rings GASTINEAU CAFE = GASTINEAU HOTEL BUILDING French-Italian Dinners Wines—Beer ' | e T iy P " r— WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 485 UNITED FOOD CO. CASH GROCERS Phouc 16 We Deliver ~ Meats—Phone 16 INSURANCE Allen Shattuck, Inc. Established 1898 i FOR INSURANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Telephone 409 - B. M. Behrends Bank Bldg. ~- v Juneau Cash Grocery CASH GROCERS Cerner Second'and Seward Free Delivery the four big: reasons why the Tigers are heaginz Hank Greenberg, home run king of both leagues. J Seattle on the Alaska. ,"flllllllllilIlllllllllllIlll_llllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII - i