The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 24, 1936, Page 5

WELL-THIS 1D A NICE OCEAN OF FISH-YOUW SAY ALL THE CREW LEFT THE YACHT? KID PITCHER FANS FIFTEEN, SUNDAY GAME Sevcnleen-YeTr-Old Hurler Nearly Makes Record, Major Leagues CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 24— Beventeen-year-old Bob Feller, mak- ing his first start with the Cleve- land Indians, fanned 15 Dbatters Sunday in pitching the Indians to a 4 to 2 victory over the-St. Louis Browns. Feller's strikeout feat was one! short of the modern American League record set by Rube Waddell of Philadelphia in 1908 ‘and two short of Dizzy Dean's National| League record set in 1933. | GAMES SUNDAY | Pacific Coast League Missions 3, 3; Oaxiand 2, 2. Seattle 2; San Francisco 7. Portland 9, 3; Los Angeles 5, 4. San Diego 3, 5; Sacramento 7, 0.| National League Pittsburgh 3, 6; St. Louis 7, 6. Second game called on account of‘ darkness at end of tenth inning. Cincinnati 0; Chicago 7. New York 3, 6; Boston 2, 1. Philadelphia 5, 5; Brooklyn 6, 3. American League | Boston 3, 6; New York 5, 3. St. Louis 2; Cleveland 4. ‘Washington 9, 9; Philadelphia 3, 6. Chicago 4; Detroit 2 ‘ VERNON KENNEDY WINS FOR CHICAGO; HIS 1"TH. | VICTORY FOR THIS YEAR DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 24—Ver- non Kennedy chalked up his seven- | teenth victory of the season last| Saturday afternoon as Chicago| evened up the current series with| Detroit by winning 9 to 3. | Gerald Walker clouted out two| homers for Detroit and made three hits in five times at bat. His work at the plate accounted for | all of the Detroit runs. { GAMES SATURDAY Pacific Coast League Portland 12; Los Angeles 5. Missions 6; Oakland 0. Seattle 7, 3; San Francisco 0, 1. San Diego 3; Sacramento 4. Vational League Cincinnati 6; Chicago 4. Philadelphia 3; Brooklyn 12. Pittsburgh 3; St. Louis 4. | New York-Boston, rain. American League Boston 2; New York 3, thirteen innings. St. Louis 0; Cleveland 6. Washington 12, 6; Philadelphia 8,27 Chicago 9; Detroit 3. { STANDING OF CLUBS (Corrected to Date) PACIF1€ COAST LEAGUE Won Lest Pct.‘ Portland . . 82 70 539 Seattle -8 m s San Diego 80 72 526 Oakland 73 520 Missions ... 4 513 Los Angeles e T8 6 500 San Francisco ... 72 80 474 Sacramento ... 60 92 395 NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pot. St. Louis T2 45 615 New York 2 46 610 Chicago 68 50 576 Pittsburgh suinst. OL 58 513 Cincinnati ............. 56 61 479 Boston . 53 64 453 Brooklyn 47 70 402 Philadelphia 41 6 350 AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. New York 78 41 653 Cleveland 67 53 558 Detroit 65 56 537 Chicago 63 ' 57 525! Washington .62 59 512 Boston .60 62 492 St. Louis . 44 6 367 Philadelphia 43 8 355 ————— HAVE YOU AN AUTO MAP THAT WILL. TELL US WHERE WE ARE? NO,BUT WE KIN ASK IF AN AUTO PASSES— Seote . | Briefs.... Water-skifiing is winning many | adherents in Germany. The first | water-ski station has been estab- | lished at Swinemuefide on the Bal- tic. The skis are tubular struts of light metal. Skiers carry light pad- dles. Paul Dean, St. Louis hurler, claims his teammate, Joe Med- wick, is the greatest hitter who ever lived. | Mike Donoghfie, National League umpire a few years ago, is a brew- THE DAILY ALASKA [EMPIRE; MO | THOUGHT YOU SAID ALL THE CREW LEFT A SAILOR- HE LOY/ HE i CAN_LAND THE BOAT FOR US-— FORSYTHE HAS GREAT RECORD AT HOME PLATE Makes Forty-eight Trips Without Fanning—Other Season Statistics Ten salaams to Earl Forsythe, Moose - shortstop, for the unique batting achievement of the recent| Channel League baseball season. H's first time up in the first game of HE MUSTVE BEEN ASLEEP- WHEN YOU WUZ SINGIN/~ NDAY, AUGUST 24, 1936. :By GEORGE McMA! NO CAN TALK ENGLISH - AN' NO CAN HEAR- HES GONNA BE A LOT OF HELP- !Foster, Helman, Johnny Niemi,|Foster 8, Jernberg 8, Junge 8, Mc- Nowell, Jack | Werner. Picinini, And the ranks of the home run smas hers includes: Erskine 5, Grummett 3, Jensen 3, Andrews 3, Rogers 2, Snow 2, Adams, Elliott, Forsythe, Foster, Gray, Jernberg, McAlister, McDonald, Paine, Jack Schmitz. Tops in Scoring Not only do Douglasites lead in all the branches in safe hitting, but they are also tops in scoring runs, batting in runs and in bunting. Claude Erskine is the lad who has spiked the plate most times during the past season, having scored 25 runs. Following in order behind Erskine are: Jensen 18, McAlister 15, Andrews 14, J. Schmitz 14, F. Schmitz, Alister 8, Roller 8, F. Schmitz 8. Pitchers and Victories Among those to receive ‘“knocks on ' the noggin” by pitched balls for free trips to first base Jack El- lott is the leading casualty. Elliott has been hit by pitched balls three times, Converse 2, Jernberg 2, Ha- gerup 2, Benson, Blake, Bradley, | Erskine, Forsythe, Frodle, Haglund, |Hawkins, Lawson, Livie, Manning, | McAlister, McDonald, J. Schmitz, | Snow, Williams. Leading walker is Fritz Schmitz, Moose leadoff man, who has work- ed opposing hurlers for nine free | tickets to first base on balls. Next in the line of walkers are: Roller 7, |Balog 6, Jensen 6, Adams 5, Blake |5, Erskine 5, Forsythe 5, Grum- mett 5, Jensen 5 MacSpadden 5 {of the excess while he was ill “but & worked off the rest.” eryf’ represenitative in St. Paul. the season, Forsythe went down by the strikeout route, swinging at the| slants of Ward McAlister; but bed by Pop: Warner, Temple Uni- |00 that first time up, Forsythe, versity coach, g - greater than|g, ., naut the rest of the season, Thorpe, has left Temple. Smukler .q0 46 more trips to the batter's| had® aiyear -of elipibility lett. |box without again fanning. One ! strikeout in forty-nine times at bat A remarkable record of consistency at the plate. 12/ At the other end of the line from| iForsythe is Bobby Bonner, Douglas ‘sccond sacker and strikeout king of the League. Bonner whiffed 27 times during the past season's play, just about every other time | he stepped in the box. Other lead- |ing strikeouters of the league, fol- lowing Bonner in order are: Bardi 22, Jensen 17, Hagerup 16, Roller |16, Grummett 15, Adams 13, Elliott 113, Krause 12, Erskine 11, Koski 11, J. Schmitz 11, Baldwin 10, McDon- |21d 10, Werner 10. Dave Smukler, football star tab- Midnight golf is played in the Shetlands, a short sail from Glas- gow, Scotland. Visiblity is good in the Shetlands between 8 and p. m. Pole vaulting is one track sport that women athletes have not yet| adopted. - e - UMPIRE M’GOW IS FASTER; HE’S LOST 35 POUNDS DETROIT, Aug. 24—If Umpire Other Leadz:rs Bill McGowan gets around faster| ° Final figures for the season on now in calling 'em in the American base hits show Jensen leadng in League, the reason is obvious. the matter of driving out singles; McGowan is 35 pounds lighter | Andrews, Pete Schmitz and Joe than when the season opened— |S$now -tops in driving out doubles; down to 186. He said he lost some |McDonald leading the field of three base clouters and Erskine homerun king. Leading hitters of singles are:| |Jensen 16, Erskine 15, Andrews 14, | Farsythe 11, McAlister 11, Jack Schmitz 11. Hitters with two or| more doubles to their credit are:| Andrews 5, Pete Schmitz 5, Snow 5, B T, e | Bardi 5, Bradley 3, Erskine 3, Grum- NOTICE mett 3, McAlister 3, Nowell 3, Allen Notice is hereby given that after 2, Benson 2, Elliott 2, Gray 2, Lowe this date, August 24, 1936, I will 2, McDonald 2, Paine 2. | not be responsible for any debts| Triple Hitters i unless authorized by me. | Al hitters of triples during regu- —adv. L. M. HARTSOCK. ilar scheduled games are: McDonald — - |4, Jensen 3, Snow 3, Andrews 2, Try The Empire classifieds for|Livie 2, Moval 2, Roller 2, Bradley quick results. | Clark, Elliott, Erskine, Forsythe, McGowan, whom players last year voted the most efficient umpire in the American League, admits pride in the fact that he has missed only one game's work in 12 years. Schmitz 12,, Roller 11, Forsytne 10, Grummett 10, Jernberg 10, Elliott 9, McDonald 9, Adams 8, Bardi 8, Snow 8, Bradley 7, Gray 7, MacSpadden 7.;cA'rHOLIC wOMEN To and McAllister 5. - - P. Schmitz 7 and Converse 6 | Efjective Hitters | PICNIC ON THURSDAY That “Big” Andy Andrews and (AT Claude Erskine are the League's 'my. women's Altar Socieiy of the most effective hitters is proven by|ehureh of the Nativity, Mrs. Wal- the runs batted in records for theiie, pelian, President, will enter- season. Leaders in that most Ifi~eyin the mdies of the parish at a port=nt branch of hitting are: An- picnic on Thursday at the site of drews 16, Erskine 16, Snow 12, EIlott ‘tne newly constructed Shrine of St 10, McDonald 9, Forsythe 8, Gray 8,' myoreasa on the Eagle River high- Grummett 8, Jensen 8, MacSpadden way. 8, Manning 7, Rogers 7. McAlister 6, " At ynucually fine time is prom- Benson 5, Hawkns 5, J. SChmitz 5, j5eq those. attending the affair due P, ot § to the efforts of a hard working Sacrifices committee and the natural advant- The full list of sacri for the ages of the picnic site. Beautiful season shows Bonner with 5, to scenery, plenty of space, cooking fa- lead the pack, Jensen 3, Jernberg cilities, and available fresh water 3, Forsythe 2, Livie 2, Robertson'all contribute to making the spot 2, Rogers 2, Bradley, Clark, Elliott,' one of the mest choice in the dis- Erskine, Frodle, Haglund, Krause;| trict for picnic purposes. | Lawson, Manning, Nowell, ;F. Members of the committee in Schmitz, Williams, Wishard. ,quz |charge:g{lthe event are Mrs. Walter The “rabbit” for the past league: Hellan, .-Mys. M. E. Monagle, and season is Ralph Bardi of the Elks,'Mrs. S. R. VanderLeest. | with eleven stolen bases chalked up & A AL 1 | behind his name in the records. Oth- en. big time burglars. are:.-Jensen 8, Jernberg 8, McDonald 6, Adams 7, Rogers 7, Erskine 6, McAlister 6, I'ry an Empire ad. mey Andrews 5, Elliott 5, Forsythe 5,/ Nowell 5 i} .. Service CALL A Left on Bases wm L In' the not s sroud ‘GrofBiot CHECKER CAB castaways, Andrews looms as the Qi man who has been stranded on base most times during the . scheduled play. Those most often left on base are: Andrews 20, Erskine 15, Grum- mett 12, Hagerup 12, Manning 11, McDonald 11, Rogers 11, Snow 11, Gray 10, Hawkins 10, Jensen 10, MacSpadden 10, Robertson 10, Paine 8, P. Schmitz 9, Williams 9, .. WILL CONVINCE HOT! Combustion Chamber Temperatures reach 4,500°F. Crankcase Temperatures reach .. 280°F. Bearing Temperatures reach .. 330°F. EVEN WHEN YOUR HEAT GAUGE Picture a combustion chamber packed with gas under high pressure! SPARK — and combustion temperatures climb even to 4,500° Fahrenheit! Ten thousand times a minute it CINCINNATI “ERROR” CINCINNATT, Aug. 24.—The Cin- | cinnati Reds sold Charles (Red) Lucas to Pittsburgh after the 1933 season. Up to August 13, they had never beaten him since. 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