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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1936 Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER Editor and Mamager Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska v Entered In the Post Office in matter —_— Juneau as Second Class SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered in carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00 eme month, in advance, $1.25 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will prompuy notify the Business Office of any failure or \rregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED T BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. — ALASK LANDIS” We had a mild suspicion when Judge William A. Holzheimer slipped a few baseball tickets in his vest, picked up his traveling bag and departed for the seat of Democratic féstivities in Philadelphia that they were going to hear more about this Gastineau Channel Baseball League. And they heard about it in Philadelphia with a six-column spread in the Evening Bulletin, one‘of that city's largest mewspa- pers, and incidentally, the home of two major league baseball teams. It was Cy Peterman, sports writer for the Bulle- tin, that tracked the Judge to his lair in the conven- tion hall and later to his hotel, and heard the full story of baseball as it is played in the north. In the recesses of the Judge's famous traveling bag, too, was found a picture of two Juneau teams on the field at Fireman's Park. The Bulletin reprodueed it in a four column cut with the following information: “Gold miners in the daytime and ball players at night in Juneau, Alaska, land of the midnight sun. Regular schedules, with a playoff and czar-like su- pervision of U. S. Attorney for the District, former Judge Bill Holzheimer as the Alaskam “Landis.” Then Sports Writer Peterman sat down to his typewriter and gave his readers the following infor- mation on baseball here as revealed in his interview with the Judge: The Delegate from Alaska was full of his subject and the subject consisted of base ball. It's a hobby amounting to a passion with Judge William A. Holz- heimer, and he submits it for your approval during this Democratic Convention. The Judge, you see, is down from Juneau, and while the business of renominating Franklin D. Roose- vejt must perforce e¢ome,first, the matter of telling' the world about Alaska’s endorsement of night base ball is certainly next on his docket. Judge Holz- heimer is now U. S. Attorney for the First Alaska district with headquarters in the capital city of Ju- neau. Under the late Woodrow Wilson’s adminis- tration he was Federal Judge at remote Nome. He wasn't in Philadelphia 24 hours before word got around about the Gastineau Channel base ball league. The Gastineau Channel, to keep the geographic record straight, is a strip of water separating Juneau from its twin city, Douglas, but a bridge links them both. The base ball-league is confined entirely to the two cities, three teams in Juneau and the other across the water. “It's what you might call a night league,” the Judge began when discovered, with his conferees on the Convention floor. “I can't tell you about it in all this noise, but come see me at the hotel.” I did There, backed by innumerable clippings and pic- tures, I learned the story of base ball in Alaska, from the local press reports on our major and Double- A games (daily published in that far away land) to the doings of the boys along the Gastineau “We can play ball the year 'round,” Judge Holz- heimer began, “but we don’t. Basket ball and some lesser games occupy the young men in winter, al- though the weather’s not much different from spring and fall. We have nothing of your winter cold. (The Japan stream, I recalled, warms the south coast of Alaska.) “So we start about the first week in May, having then completed practice games and what you'd call spring training down here.” Juneau, population about 7,000, largest city in Alaska, is primarily a gold mining town. From the works of the Alaska-Juneau mine, dug into the side of a huge mountain that towers over the ball yard, come a good many of the athletes. Others are em- ployed in stores, O FULL EQUIPP FOX FUR FARM NOW a fine OR Iplet, tions t room power tractor, close to salmon can- nery. Offered at a reasonable cash price. WILL BE SOLD EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT STOCK write J. A. RONNING . . Excursion Inlet L shops, or other industries. They | life—St. Louis Globe Democrat. III!IIIIllIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIVIIIIUIIIIIIIIIII|I| AND PUPS for breeding get no pay for playing ball, for the Gasineau is an amateur circuit “The boys have to be pretty good to make the ‘tezms. just the same,” the Judge said. “Youngsters |are constantly coming up from the independent clubs, and in the future I'm expecting to form the latter into a sort of ‘farm system.’” Oh, we follow the big time pattern even though our league is only four- [club and pretty bushy.” | As he talked I discovered the Alaska Judge is | the Territorial counterpart of Base Ball's High Czar, Judge Landis, and that in his hands is left n(‘arl}" all the rule-making and organization program of the | league. The season consists of 36 regular games, played | three each week, with playoff series between the first |and second half pennant winners. The victor is {champion. And that lineup is not disturbed for the | next season. But I am empowered to distribute tal- ent and assign new players to improve the other clubs the next year. | “It may sound a bit odd, but base ball is my big hobby and interest. I played as a student at the Uni- versity of Michigan, a third baseman by choice. Later, moving to Alaska, I tried it when quite a bit older, and I'm still a redhot fan.” While he sorted among the box scores and rec- | ords, T got the story of daylight “night ball." They play from 6:30 in the evening on, and if | it takes to 10 p. m. that’s all right, too Juneau’s night doesn’t start until nearly midnight “You mean to say you play night base vall then without benefit of arc lights?” “That’s right. The boys in, so there's no excuse for calling play because of | darkness. What's more, at Ketchikan, second larg- est city in Alaska, they used to play on the tide flats by the inlets. The receding tide is out four hours; | |it leaves a marvelous packed diamond of sand on which few ground balls can take a bad hop. All} they have to do is finish before the tide comes back to wash up.” | In the Gastineau League, 200 miles above Ket- | chikan, a feature is the July 4 double-double-header: Two games are played in the forenoon, the winner: | play that afternoon for a purse of $250 an still see at 11 p Besides the Legion and Douglas clubs, Juneau has teams backed by the Elks and Moose. Each or- ganization uniforms and equips itself with funds furnished by the lodge or club | “An instance of how we pick up talent is found |in a certain Pete Rogers,” Holzheimer said. “Pete came from Illinois, was ready to return to the States. I offered him a steady job if he could win. He pitched two shutouts to start off—he's on the payroll, today {in the mine | “Our Legion first baseman, Joe Snow, has the makings of a professional star. Then too, we get veterans like Pug Bennett, the old St. Louis infielder. Coming to Alaska some time with Seattle in the Coast League, Pug stayed around Ketchikan until he was more than 50 years old. And he could still | punch that ball for a safety. Distance prohibits an all- e mbracing Alaskan HAPPY BIRTHDAY| The Empire extenas congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: JULY 7. | Mrs. Florence C. Manville T. V. Everson Clarence Loomis Ida Cleavness Millie Marie Jorgensen LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon 1. Who was the first President of the U. S. born under the U. S. flag? 2. How many sportsman fisher- men are there in the U. S, and how |much money is spent by them an- nually? 3. Which breed of domestic dog is the fiercest? 4. What is the French abbrevia- tion for Monsieur? 5. Which state is known as the Land of Sunshine?” ANSWERS i 1. Martin Van Buren. 2. Approximately 10,000,000 spending $50,000,000 annually. 3. The bull-dog. 4 M 5. New Mexico. - DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. GerCon : Words Often Misused: Do not say “The reason I am going is because I wish to see her.” Say, “is that I wish to see her.” Often Mispronounced: Pronounce first syllable dew. do. Often Misspelled: (highest in importance). (a source, or cause). Dutiful Not Principal Principle Synonyms: Abundant, plentifu! bountiful, ample, copious. Word Study: “Use a word three leagwe, if the more rigorous climate near the Circle |times and it is your: Let us in- did not. It's 2,000 miles from Juneau to Nome, the|crease our vocabulary by master- Judge revealed, and anyhow those far North towns|ing one word each day. Today's | could hardly scrape up a nine. Distance likewise |word: Obvious; easily discovered, prevents organized base ball scouts from seeking out |seen, or understood. “My reason prospects. for this action is obvious.” “Otherwise they might look twice at Claude Ers- | Rl P i kine. He pitched a no-hitter the other day. Not| D ] only allowed no runs and no hits, but didn’t walk a ! man to first base. Isn't that what they call a perfect game?” The Erskine fellow is with the league-leading Douglas Club, and, upon scanning the box scores, I was startled to note him batting No. 4. The Judge explained “He knocks in plenty runs besides pitch- ing.” It occurred that both Gerry Nugent and Connie | Mack tould use such a giant, Juneau’s field is provided and maintained by the Fire Department, and recently a $700 purchase of ad- ditional ground enlarged the park. Still, Judge Holz- | heimer complained of the long hitting: | “We lost about 400 baseballs last year; those heavy clouting lefthanders knocked them into a creek beyond the fence. The current washed them into the channel.” Sportsmanship and a keen love of the game prompt the U. 8. Attorney's activity in the game. He was | elected league president for the third time, but pay his $5 each year for a season ticket. Each opening ,dny finds the Territorial Governor tossing out the | | first ball, with a parade and ceremony attendant. They even broadcast the games to the fur trappers and traders outside. Golf, the Judge says, isn’t making such headway. | | They constructed a course on the Juneau city dump, | also located on those tide flats. The chief hazard, (as at Ketchikan, is that the sea will roll back and provide more than casual water to slow players. Mrs. Holzheimer accompanied her husband and sits with the National committee behind the Conven- tion speakers’ rostrum. She swapped places with the | Judge yesterday, declaring she couldn't hear the| speeches Alaska, according to the delegate, is O. K. Even the much-publicized Matanuska Valley resettlement | colony is solving its problems in pioneer style. “We hoisted the loafers out and now the real settlers are succeeding in home-making. I \mdcrw stand another tolony is doing even better at Homer.” And Nome, the far Northern city which burned | last year, while not rebuilt in a day, nevertheless has | risen almost entirely anew. | Our ancestors trusted in Providence and thought a depression was part of the ordinary hardships of property at Excursion Alaska——accomoda- o handle 200 pups. 3 house, electric lights, feed grinder, well, RO RO T MODERN ETIQUETTE | 1 f [ By Roberta Lee Q. What monogram should bride-to-be put on her linen antl’ her flat silver? [ A. She should use the initials of her maiden name, as the linen and silver are her property, and do not belong to her husband. Q. If my husbani and I are In- vited to a dinner, ahd it is impos- sible for him to attend, should I accept? A. No; as this would oblige the hostess to arrange for another din- ner partner for you. Q. Are straight vertical lines in clothes suitable for a very thin wo- man? A. No; this will emphasize her slenderness. OB, eter Pan Beaut Shoppe PHONE 221 i HELVI PAULSON, Operator PRl £ D T DR H.VANCE | OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination Free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 9:30 and by appointment. Office Grand Apts., near Gas- tineau Hotel. Phone 177 ———l? |it was decided to hold a mass meet- |11 | evening. 20 YEARS AGO From The Eiapire JULY 7, 1916. At a meeting of the Juneau Dem- ocratic Club the previous evening ing of the Juneau Democrats at the City Hall three days following to nominate candidates for delegates to the Divisional convention which was to convene at Juneau on August and to be voted on at the pri- election to be held the next y week. J. W. Bell, clerk of the court for the First Division, reported that during the fiscal year just closed, 960.28 in license money was col- ected in Juneau. Senator Charles A. Sulzer opened his campaign for election as Dele- gate to Congress from Alaska with a speech in Ketchikan the previous The entire German lines from Riga to Galacia was on retreat ac- cording to official advices received here. The Island Ferry Company had concluded arrangements to dock their boat, the Gent, at the Union Oil Dock, near Thane. The Gent was scheduled to stop at the oil dock two times a day. A dispatch from Budapest said that the Russian strength excelled anything thus far seen in the war. Judge Robert W. Jennings left for Skagway to canvass the votes cast at the recent liquor election, the majority of which according to the official counters were dry. Li- quor men contested the decision. Miss May Otteson returned to Ju- neau on the Jefferson from the University of Washington where she had just obtained her degree in chemistry and pharmacy. Frank A. Boyle, receiver of the local land office, left for the south aboard the Princess Sophia. Superintendent of Roads J. C Hayes had started a crew of ten men to work on the Thane road | and an equal crew on the Persever- ance road. Jack Langseth, employee of the! Douglas Island News, returned to| Douglas after a three week vaca- tion at Berner's Bay. Announcement was made by the | Juneau Library Association that its facilties would hereafter be open to both Juneau and Douglas resi- dents. Weather: Maximum, 68; mini- mum, 48; partly cloudy; rainfall, .10 inch. S0 B R Lode and placer iocation notices for sale at The Empire office. B s D Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1936 While benefic aspects dominate} today, according to astrology, there are also active adverse influenc- es. The planetary government makes caution imperative. Women are supposed to be ex- ceedingly fortunate while this con-| figuration prevails. The stars en-| courage domestic interests and household arts. It is a favorable date for entertaining friends. Weddings are subject to fairly fa- vorable influences today. Marriages under this rule of the planets should be safeguarded against divorce which may be readily brought about. This is a fortunate sway under which to deal with bankers and srokers, but again warning is given | that speculation may be most dis- appointing. The stars are said to encourage all forms of effort to ob- tain easy money. This is not an auspicious date for applying for positions of any sort. Employers are likely to be disa- greeably affected by weather con- ditions. Architects and builders are well directed today, but warning is given that dangers lie in extremely mod-| ern designs. The seers phophesy that experiments in building may cause dissatisfaction. Gardening continues under a rule of the stars most promising to| householders and horticulturists. Fame under American landscrap- ing is to grow rapidly this summer. For the United States new glor- ies are prognosticated. Among the world powers the nation is to at-| tain supreme influence within five years. Persons whose birthdate it is have | | [ | | | the augury of a year of much work | that brings substantial returns. Wo- | men should be especially fortunate.! Children born on this day probab- ' ly will be keen and practical in their ideas. Subjects of this sign usually have constructive ideas and great energy. | John D. Rockefeller, Sr., indus- trialist, was born on this day 1839. Others who have celebrated it as al birthday include Dr. Samuel D Gross, physician and surgeon, 1803; Joseph Chamberlain, British states- man, 1836; Fritz-Greene Hallock, poet, 1790. ' (Copyright, 1936) | - e | Lode and piacc: focation nolices for sale at The Empire office. | IR P R SHOP IN JUNEAU! | S S| PROFESSIONAL | 3 Helene W. L. Albrecht | PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Elentricity, T~fra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics 307 GOLDSTEIN BLDG. Paone Office, 216 | Fraternal Societies | 1"l of Gastineau | Channel o B. P. 0. 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