The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 1, 1936, Page 5

L r— e i . EER ALY SN LV | I VT S £ Nte BRINGING UP FATHER INTHIS AMATEUR PLAY YOUR WIFE HAS THE SINGING PART s A\ S0X T0 WIN * Giants TurTe_d Back by Cubs—Chicago Stays in Third Place NEW YORK, Sept. 1. — The Yankees' winning streak went to seven straight games yesterday when they defeated the Chicago White Sox by a score of 5 to 1 in the only American League game. Johnny Broaca allowed the White Sox only four hits with Bob Seeds and Joe Di Maggio providing home runs. CUBS IN THIRD PLACE CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. 1. — Lon Warneke hurled Chicago back into the thiek of the National League pennant ‘race yesterday and turned on the New York Giants for a 1 to 0 victory. The triumph left the * Cubs still in third place, only four games back of the Giants. . ¢ GAMES MONDAY National League New York 0; Chicago 1. American League L Chicago 1; New York 5. Pacific Coast League No games were played in the Pa- cific Coast League yesterday as the “ teams Were traveling to open this afternoon on the following schedule for this week: San Francisco at Seattle. Los Angeles at Portland. Oakland at Mission. Sacramento at San Diego. STANDING OF CLUBS JOE M'GARTHY PROVES STUFF [ Pilots Yanke_es—lo 550 Wins in Six Years as Their Manager NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Joe Mc- Carthy, by virtue of a recent New York Yankee victory over the ‘Washington Senators, achieved the onor of having piloted the Yan- 550 wins. McCarthy is now in his sixth year manager of the New York Amer- League team. In 1931, when he took over the helm, McCarthy guided the team to 95 victories. In 1932, the Yan- won the. pennant, with 107 wins. The 1935 Yanks wound up ‘on top 89 times. Since he has been with New York, McCarthy ‘has fiever finished worse than second. His men have never lost more than 60 games in one season. SIGN IOWA STAR NEW YORK, Sept. 1. — Dick Crayne, star fullback from the University of Iowa, has signed to play for the Brooklyn Football Dod- gers this year. e HUNTERS! HUNTERS! HUN- TERS! Spend your dough and get a buck. Ride Irving's White Lock~ heed. Phone 626. T STRAIGHT| . PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE © “Won" Lost*Pet. * Portland 86 3 541 Seattle 8 75 58] San Diego .. . 84 5 528 Missions 83 8 522 ¢ Oakland 82 i 516 Los Angele: 80 9 503 San Francisco ... 75 84 472 Sacramento ... 62 97 390 NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pct. New York . . T 48 .616 St. Louis ... 4 52 587 Chicago ...... 53 583 Pittsburgh ... 61 520 Cincinnati .. 65 480 +, Boston ... 67 464 ‘ Brooklyn ... 4 408 Philadelphia ... 42 , 82 339 AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Lost Pct. New York .. 86° 42 672 s+ Cleveland .69 58 543 Detroit . 68 62 523 ¢ Chicago .67 62 519 ‘Washington 66 62 516 Boston ... 64 65 490 Philadelphia . 47 81 367 # St. Louis . 46 81 362 —_———-—a THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 1, 1936. ] .By GEORGE McMANUS THATS MY WIFE SINGING WELL, 1L HAV/ TO CUT THAT "YANKSBEAT ~ DAILY SPOR HE STOPPEPR NET CHANPS LOSE CROWNS IN BIG MEET Three Pair of Defending Titlists Defeated in Doubles A tennis earthquake struck here, toppling three pairs of defending champlons from the doubles’ throne. Wilmer Allison and Johnny Van Ryn were defeated by Don Budge and Gene Mako is straight sets. Helen Jacobs and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan were downed by Mrs. Van Ryn and Caroline Bab- cock. Raymond Bidwell and Richard Bishop lost their veterans’ title to Bill Clothier and Dwight F. Da- vis. \Longs for \Old Days NEW YORK, Sept. 1. — Jersey Joe Stripp, of the Brooklyn Dodg- ers, is woeful because recent Dodg- er-New York Giant series have been too peaceful. “It wasn't like that when I broke in” Stripp sighs. “I'd have half a dozen fights on my hand in a week. And I liked it, too.” L —————— SOUTH FOR COLLEGE Mrs. E. Ness and daughter Emma are enroute south on the Yukon for Seattle where they will live.| Miss Ness won the Business and | Professional Women’s Club schol- arship last spring and will attend the University of Washington dur- ing the current semester. — e FRANK METZGAR GOES OUT Frank Metzgar, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Metzgar, is enroute to Notre Dame University aboard the Yukon, which left here this morn- ing. Young Metzgar is majoring in mining engineering. ———————————— GOING SOUTH Jackie Gueker, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gucker, left this morn- ing aboard the Yukon bound for the Culver Military School in South- EVERY NOW AND HEN HE STOPS TALKKING LONG ENOUGH TO WIN A BALL GAME - THAT LINE PRIVE HIS HEAD IN KANSAS CITY MAY EXPLAIN HIS BEHAVIOR. BROOKLINE, Mass,, Sept. 1. —| TS CARTOON~- GABLER. HAS Wi s Dizzv DEAN WELL ATl Rights Reserved by The Al Spor;s“ Briefs.... % After Alabama Pitts started a ca- reer of professional baseball, he| continued in football and basket-| | ball. Cornelius Johnson, the U. S. Olym- pic high-jump champion, says he'll do 7 feet some day, while Forrest| Towns expects to do 138 in the high hurdles. Manager Bill Terry of the New York Giants explains Carl Hub- bell's winning streak with: “Hub's having a great year because he's more careful. Carl knows that he can't gamble theé way he used to.” Princeton University looks for its best freshman foothall team since the class of 1936 first enrolled. 1 Bob Smith of the Boston Bees |says he didn’t learn how to pitch until after he was 40 years old. | Bill Sweeney, manager of the| Portland Ducks, missed the Inter- national League batting title last year by failing to hit on his last time at the plate. Coach Spud Harder may take his Santa Barbara (Calif) State Col- lege baseball team on a tour of Australia next summer. —_—————— LAST RITES FOR THAT HE POPS OFF IN POETRY AS PROSE IT ON IN AS c v \\ FRANK GABLER o we GIANTS ' THE GIANTS CAN BANK OV GOOD OLD FRANK N Jjob. Then suddenly he blossomed tody over Van Mungo and the real pitcher. | This fellow can out-talk anyone in the senior circuit—not excepting‘ Dizzy Dean. Gabler begins where | yDean ends. The Great Diz con- | | fines his popping off to baseball | topics, as a rule, but the Great! Gabbo's range of subject matter is unlimited. No member of the Giant roster wants to room with him sim- ply because he talks every waking minute. Sometimes, when he real- ly warms up, Gabler chatters all through the night in his sleep. He's a Poet, Too He spouts poetry, usually of his | own composition, and on the slight- est provocation unravels fantastic | fables that are his brain-children, | He readily admits to being a great all-around athlete, and will talk for hours about his accomplish- ments on the athletic fields. Hel tell you how he ran against Frank 1, Wykoff when he was in high school. | And if he detects the slightest in- credulity on your part he is likely as not to drag you to the nearest swimming pool and there give you 'a demonstration of his accomplish- ments on the high-diving board. There isn't a subject in the world he isn't ready and willing to talk on. But, of course, his favorite subjeet is Frank Gabler. A line drive. cracked his skull one after- noon when he was pitching for Kansas City. That may explain a ,lot of things, but many players who knew him long before that accident : | Iler was barely hanging on to the |out and started winning ball games| 1lar Bill Terry. His 12-inning vic-| insist’ that the liner drove some sense into his head and slowed him up a bit. Casey Stengel had a chance to get Gabler last winter, but decided to Braoklyn Dodgers stamped him as a pass him up when he learned that| the pitcher could and would out- talk him. Casey won't have any- one like that around the Brooklyn ball park. .. he is set on having the last word at all times. RECORD LITTER OF FOX PUPS CLAIMED William_ Miller, former well- known barber of Gastineau Chan- nel, claims a record litter of fox pups. On his farm on Portland Island, Miller says one blue fox had 20 pups and all lived and are scampering around the island. Pensioned “Widow". Jailed for Fraud GRAYS, Eng., Sept. 1.—For 19 yeirs, Mrs. Daisy Eleanor Eliza- beth Lee paraded on the govern- ment’s records as a World War wi- dow when she was not one. Her first husband was killed in action but she remarried shortly. Nevertheless, a postman came around once a month with a pen- sion check and in 19 years it mounted up to about $5,585. When. the hoax was discovered she was sentenced to three months' impris- onment, —— Lode and piacer focailon noiices for sale at The Empire office. 'ever assembled will battle the pro- WAR SECRETARY ARE HELD TODAY Thongs Pass by Bier in Utah's Capitol Building —Roosevelt There SALT LAKE.CITY, Utah, Sept. | 1.—Solemn throngs today took sad leave of George H. Dern whom they had known in life as a miner, Legislator, Governor -and Secretary of War in the Roosevelt Cabinet. Beginning at 10 o’clock this fore- noon, a solid line of men, women and children passed through the {high arched rotunda of Utah Gap- ital Building past the open cas- ket. The body was in state until 2 o'clock this afternoon when the services were scheduled. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who interrupted his drought tour to attend the last rites, this morn- ing and early _ remained aboard his train drawn o CRID SEASON OPENING NOW All-Stars to Meet Detroit Lions in Curtain Rais- er in Chicago CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. 1.—Chosen by grid fans of the nation, the greatest group of all-star players fessional Detroit Lions on Soldier Field. It is estimated a crowd of 80,000 will witness the curtain rais- er contest, the first for the football season. SPORT SLANTS When the Giants lgts New York for another swing around the west- ern circult their. loyal -supporters were in ‘high For the Giants' surge had within & game of the League. lgad, / Atid just about one month ago the Giangs were con- sidered “higpelessly ‘out, of the run- ning as ‘they flounde: m‘.ou’nd in fifth place. " roe Judging solely’by. what they have seen of their favorites at hgme the Giant fans ‘have some grounds for, NOTICE! The following are standard prices on oil deliveries in Juneau: Delivery on oil for 50 gallons or less $1.00. Delivery on oil from 50 to 100 gallons, is $1.00 plus 2 cents per gallon for each addi- tional gallon over 50 gal- lons. Delivery on 100 gallons and 3 o up, $2.00 plus 114 cents per gallon for each additional gallon over 100 gallons. g5 COLE TRANSFER JUNEAU TRANSFER . 'SERYICE TRANSFER feeling that the team should be in front at this stage of the race. The Giants have won 47 of the 63 games played before home folks this season. If they had traveled at anything like that pace on the road they would be heading the parade. But they did not. JUNEAU CASH GROCERY Corner Second and Seward Streets Free Delivery PHONE 58 The Guants aiso boasted a 9-|° game winning streak when they left the friendly home stand. They had won 11 straight games and in so doing had copped 29 of their last 34 games. Il ‘The, amazing part of the G\nnta‘i drive Is that it was staged by the, same team which floundered about a few weeks back. There have been no important changes to bolster weak spots. The team sim- ply started to click. That is all! there is to it. Fans Rally With Team ,. i Almost as amazing as the Giants’ sudden awakening is the support HOTEL GASTINEAU Every Effort Made for the Camfort of the Guests! GASTINEAU CAFE . “q in cqnnection s AIR SERVICE INFORMATION given the team by home fans. The season attendance figures for the Polo Grounds is almost certain to be broken—whether the team wins the pennant or not. On a Tuesday when the Giants engaged Brooklyn in a double-header, 48,672 paid ad- missions were recorded, a new high for a weekday game. Only the 1936 opening day game, also with the Dodgers, tops that figure this season. In the mad scramble for a place in the sun the Giants uncovered a potential star in Frank (Great i Holy Names Academy ADDRESS SISTER SUPERIOR SEATTLE, WASHINGTON A fully accredited school where an ideal homelike atmosphere is combined with the best educational opportunities for your daughter. | Registration 1936 Sept. 8-10 ' FOR INFORMATION J. P. ANDERSON Candidate for Territorial House of Representatives DEMOCRATIC TICKET ' HEAR ME OVER KINY AT 8 P. M. SEPTEMBER 4 AND SEPTEMBER 7 VOTE FOR CAPT. JAMES (Jim) V. DAVIS | DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE Territorial House of Representatives LET ALASKA MANAGE ALASKAN AFFAIRS! Harry Race REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE for House of Representatives FIRST DIVISION No Factions No Special Interests FISHERIES FOR ALASKA . .. 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