The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 8, 1936, Page 5

JMAGGIE INVITED THOSE SCIENTISTS TO THE HOUSE. THEY ARE. TOO HIGHBROW FOR ME./ ond game called in twelfth inning on account of darkness. Philadelphia 4; Washington 3. Ten innings. St: Louis Cleveland 0; Chicago 9. GIANTS TAKE DOUBLE GAME l | ; Detroit 7. CROSETTI RUNS INTO TROUBLE This unusual photo shows Crosetti of the New York Yankees trapped between first and second bases by Detroit players and about to be tagged out. Facing the camera are Gehringer, second ba an, (left) and Burns, first baseman. With their backs to the are Rogell, shortstop, and Myatt, catcher. The Yanks smothered Detroit in a double header, 14 to 5 and 19 to 4. (Associated Pfess Photo) > R UN LAB“R I]AY STANDING OF CLUBS I (Corrected to Date) | ; PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE | by Won Lost Pct. Increase Lead in National Portiand . 92 76 548, 4 . san Diego 92 76 548 League Race to Win seattie V0 LT atE Pennant Oakland 89 79 530 Missions 85 83 515 PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 8— Los Angeles a8 4 Snapping out of a three-game los- San Francisco 190 80 1 0d6e | ing streak, the New York Giants Sacramento 63 105 375 s, scored a double victory over the NATIONAL LEAGUE Phillies on Labor Day, taking the' Won Lost Pet.| opener by a score of 6 to 2 and,New York 2 52 609/ the night cap by a score of 14 (S:';]vlnms ;; :; gg; o 10 11 icago E The victories, coupled with the|Pittsburgh 72 63 533 double setbacks of both the St.|Cincinnati gL 108 70008 Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs, |Boston i g lengthened the Giants' lead over [Brooklyn . 55 %7 317 the Cardinals to five games and [Philadelphia 44 ¥8 33 ' # over the Cubs to six games. AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. 4 GAMES MONDAY New York 90 46 662 Pacific Coast League Detroit 72 64 529 San Franeisco 3, 4; Seattle 6, 6.|Chicago 72 64 529 . Los Angeles 4, 1; Portland 1, 7. |Cleveland 1 64 526 Oakland 2, 4; Missions 1, 3. Washington 72 65 526 Sacramento 1, 0; San Diego 5, 3.‘15365?21 Zg gi .gg; National League | A ; Wew York: 6 14;" Philadeiphta "2, |Frulatelpla e i dh 88715 SO0 11. ol Chicago 2, 4; Cincinnati 6, 8. MAKES REGURD ‘ St. Louis 1, 1; Pittsburgh 4, 14 | : Brooklyn 2, 1; Boston 1. 4. American League St. Louis 6, 1; Cleveland 4, 7. Detroit 8, 7; Chicago 7, 8. Y Boston 4, 6; Washington 6, 5. i Philadelphia 3, 3; New York 4, 8. Frcnch Flier Wins Thomp-‘ | At Ketchikan | | Juneau 4; Ketchikan 5. son Trophy Event-— o ‘ Also Clips Time GAMES SUNDAY Pacific Ccast League | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 8.— San Francisco 5, 6; Seattle 7, 3.| Making tecord time, Lieut. Michael " Los Angeles 4, 8; Portland 10, 1.|Detroyat, professional young French » Oakland 8, 12; Missions 3, 1. |flying champion, drove his mono- Sacramento 3, 0; San Diego 15, 1. | plane at the rate of 264.261 miles 4 National League an hour over the 150 mile course St. Louis 3, 4; Cincinnati 5, 8. |here Labor Day to win the $20,- Boston 3; New York 2. 1000 Thompson Trophy Race in the < Chicago 4; Pittsburgh 5. | National Air races. He beat the Brooklyn 5; Philadelphia 7. | former record of 252.686 miles an American League | hour set by Major James Doolittle New York 5, 2; Boston 14, 4. |in St. Louis, in 1932, Philadelphia 1, 5; Washington 7, Earl Ortman, of West Los Ange- I !les, was second at 24842 miles. o Cleveland 1, 3; Chicago 15, 6. | i e At Ketchikan DOUGLAS' RETURN s Juneau 8; Ketchikan 1. | | H. W. Douglas, of the United GAMES SATURDAY | states Weather Bureau, accompan- Pacific Coast League lied by his wife and four children, . Oakland 3; Missions 4. ! returned aboard the Yukon after a Sacramento 3; San Diego 10. |vacation trip of several weeks in San Francisco 4; Seattle 3. ‘Lhc States. Los Angeles 7; Portland 8. | —_————————— National League | MISS LECKENBY ON YUKON Boston 5, 7; New York 2, 3. i . St. Louis 3; Cincinnati 2. ! Miss Elizabethe Leckenby, Execu- Chicago 0; Pittsburgh 1. tive Secretary for the Traveller's 8- Brooklyn 3, 4; Philadelphia 2, 3.|Aid, is a passenger for Juneau on American League |the Yuken and is enroute to Ten- New York 2, Boston 3, 7. Sec- akee for several wecks. . THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, SEPT. By G I'LL SEE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING NOW TO ABOLT ! CONTINOE OLR ARGUMENT-, SPOR DAIL TS CARTOON- By Pap IM PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET IF DEAN CAN MAINTAIN HIS WORK -HORSE PACE OF ™WO VICTORIES A WEEK, HE MAY SURPASS HIS BEST SEASON, 1934 -WHEN | HE WON 30 and LOST 7 ! ALMOST SINGLE= | HANDED, DEAN HAS \ ' N <=zo7 THE CARDINALS f IN THE THICIKK OF THE X PEMNANT FIGHT AFTER. THE REST OF | THE PITCHING STAFF BOGGED DOWN W S IR ANl Rights Reserved by The As [catcher‘a job. A few years ago ev- | ery man on base was a potential i | burglar and the catcher had to be GULORFUL SHuw | ready to head him off. No catcher| { | ever remained long in the big show M.E s E NTED AT | unless he could cope with the base | Jack Morrison and George SPORT SLANTS Baseball fans, past and present, take time out to drop in and talk 'about the game with Red Dooin, cne of the outstanding catchers in |the National League a generation |ago, and manager of the Phillies from 1909 through 1913. Dooin, with his new battery mate, Andy Grob, runs a tavern in Atlantic City and is ever willing to pause and talk baseball. | | The close race in the National |League was being discussed when !we dropped in to say hello. is no cinch when| you stop and consider that the av- fast runner cover the between first and second in three seconds. That means that | in that time the pitcher has to de-| liver the ball, the catcher must| receive it and throw it to the sccrmd; man, who has to tag the run-| & 4 e t takes speed and aecuracy. m Thflr leely MatCh “In the old days, when players| AT Winding up the holiday week-end were allowed to mix, all sorts of ri-| z valries developed,” says Dooin. ; 40d incidentally, the American Le-| “George Gibson of the Pirates and!giun Convention, a packed house I used to have quite a time seeing|Was on hand last night in the Elks Who would be the first to catcin| Hall for the smoker put on by the) 145 games or so a season. We took Alford John Bradford' Post ot Ju real pride in our work and, let me|R¢au and they saw a great show. tell you, it took a serious injury to| There were no champions in any of | keep us out of the lineup. We the wrestling or boxing bouts, but| didn't have the string of utility|there was oodles of showx‘numlnp} players they have today, either.” |2nd the crowd loved it. The Cincinnati Reds tried to sign| Headlining the wrestling matches Dooin as a coach a couple of sea-|were Texas Jack Morrison and sons ago but business was good and | George Webb, a couple of grunt and Red felt that he could get enough!groan boys that put on a great baseball by taking in an occasion-|show, winding up with Webb pounc- al big league game on his life-time, ing on the referee, seconds entering pass, and by talking the game with|the general melee and Deputy Mar- runne: That | | | “I like the St. Louis Cardinals,”| said Dooin. “They're the only ma-| jor league team with anything like| the spirit the old-time teams dis- | played. Spirit will win the pen- |nant for them.” Dooin laughed wuen it was sug- |gested that Dizzy Dean was likely to do himself permanent harm with the work-horse program he is following «in trying to pitch the| Cards to the pennant. ' | “Why, it will make a real pitcher| out of him,” explained Red. “All ! good pitchers of the past did the |same thing—that’'s what made 'em ! great. Alexander, Matty, Johnson, | PURCHASED ALEX THE GREAT| Dooin ought o Know something about pitchers, for it was he who! | bought Grover Cleveland Alexander | |for the Phillies for the magnifi- cent sum of $700. Patsy O'Rourk,| still . a scout for the Phils, tipped Red off when Alexander was play- ing with Syracuse. Dooin watched !the pitcher work and promptly signed him to a Philadelphia con- old-timers and friends who drop in.|shal John McCormick, promoter, |to name just a few, worked out of|And besides, according to Red, the r::;(::r}s inside the ropes to quell the ! tur game isn’t the same today | “iriot.” :::nmw};?ec?:'ws;agz :;‘:xb';;”vevz:: RN D % | The official score gives Morrison | most pitchers today is that Lhey‘ tfvo falls and Webb one, but who | don't work often eough to keep the‘hc fl I. L E G E GR'D won d’oesn", matter so much as the | eontrol razor-sharp. And manag-| | entertainment they afforded Fh(- | | crowd, which made the welkin ring o8 yauk (hew, SaiG 8p soon | , with cheers and boos. Both boys the opposing team gets a couple| | ; % ” jof successive hits instead of giving| | ot | the pitchers a chance to work ouz! !Ol(m:d:rfltl':,:l;?v:::!Yszowed g their own salvation on the mound.” cchAsu BEARS; Chris Jorgensen and “Toe Hold” | Jim Witchoriski were on the other DALLAS, Tex., sept. 8—The All-| end of the wrestling card, each win- Stars, hustling band of 1935 college iNg @ fall and the bell stopping the football stars, Iast night smashpd‘tmrd encounter with the boys tied the professional jinx held over col-{in a8 knot. legiate elevens by blasting the Chi-| In the main boxing event Sammy cago Bears to win 7 to 6 in the Nelson proved too aggressive for Cotton Bowl at the Centennial Ex-|LCddie Roberts, former Tacoma boy, position. and won the nod at the end of the t 2 six-round affair after a fairly good EOYS, PHOTO CLUB ls ;La%llicent Farrow and Joe Petrie tract. STARTED BY CHURCH‘,we Partial blame for the scarcity of | | somi-final and in the curtain raiser, real pitching in the majors today,| The Photo Club for boys of teen Joe Tyler knocked out Alex Jack- Dooin figures, is due to the lackinge, which is being organized at thcjsun in the first round for their of capable catching talent. A catch-| Northern Light Presbyterian church | scheduled four-round engagement. er can make or break a pitcher—{will meet with J. W. Leivers, especially a young hurler—the tav-|sponsor of the group, at 7 o'clock maker Jen Junge won the plaudits | ern-keeper thinks. {tomorrow evening in the church of the audience for putting on a “I have to laugh when I watch parlors. .very entertaining show. some of these so-called catchers This club, a new fall activity at > work behind the plate these days,”|the church, will fit up a dark room NOTICE | Dooin says. “They squat way back in the recreation room and mem- of the plate and give the pltcher;bers will make an extensive study no target to throw at. In my day,of photography. All members should meet at the Fair Building at 10 | the catcher worked right up close|own cameras. a.m. Thursday and judges of ex- !to the plate. He would reach out| At present only boys are eligible hibits at 1 pm. All exhibits should and touch the batter to gauge his!/to join; however, if enough girls be delivered at the Fair Building | distance. {are interested in the activity a club not later than noon on Thursday. | for them may be started. Girls, adv. | CODDLED CATCHERS {who are interested, should com- et “The decline of base-stealing, too,! municate with the Rev. John A.| Lode and placer location notices has taken the keen edge off the lGlasse, or J. W. Leivers. jfor sale at The Empire Office. All committee workers will please 8, 1936. Webb Bring Down House | nt four rounds to a draw in Lh(': Promoter McCormick and Match- | COMMITTEE IN CHARGE.|- —— J. P. ANDERSON Candidate for Territorial House of Representatives DEMOCRATIC TICKET BE SURE AND VOTE! Polls Close at 7 P. M. EORGE McMANUS | BRADDOCK COULD! JLICK HIM IF HE T WAS SICK IN BED Ll VOTE TODAY FOR FRANK A. BOYLE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION FOR Territorial JUNEAU BREAKS EVEN,2 GAMES ATKETCHIKAN Locals Take First Contest 8 to 1—Drop Second by 5 to 4 (Special from Chronicle) KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 8.— Juneau and Ketchikan broke even in the Sunday and Labor Day baseball games played here. Sunday the Juneau players won by a score of 8 to 1 and on Labor Day the Ketchikan players won by the close score of 4 to 5. Both games were played in rain and it was cold, In the Sunday game, Erskine fanned 14 players and walked two. Marvin fanned 12 Juneau men and walked four. Snow got three hits, Erskine two, F. Schmitz, Tal Picinini, Joe Wern- er and Tex Hawkins one each. Juneau scored in five innings and Ketchikan in the first inning. The short score for the Sunday | Auditor POLLS CLOSE AT 7 P. M. POLLS CLOSE AT7P. M. . VOTE FOR . ST CAPT. JAMES Cim) V. DAVIS ! DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE Labor Day Game In Monday’s game, Eastham, a southpaw, fanned 17 Juneau play- and Picinini four and gave five Joe Werner fanned one while he was on the mound. Bill Roberson made a home run in the seventh frame for a tie which w broken in the ninth inning by Ketchikan with a triple and a single. The score was 3 to 2 when the Juneau plane left after the fifth inning with Erskine, Picinini, Earl Forsythe and Bud Foster. The short score of the Monday Territorial House of Representatives LET ALASKA MANAGE ALASKAN AFFAIRS! 15th Annual Fair 2 ‘gamr follows: P Ketchikan 5 8 2 2 ol b SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA FAIR Red Gray’s position as Southeast Alaska’s biggest crab is still un- sullied. The Juneau players left at 10 {o'clock last night aboard the Roed- |da and are due to arrive in Juneau |at midnight tonight. ASSOCIATION September 10, 11, 12 FAIR BUILDING JUNEATU ARRIVE AT 2 A. M. A radiogram from Petersburg to The Empire this noon and signed “The Gang” said: “Will arrive about two tomorrow morning. Beer four dailars a case here.” - e LAURIE TAKE HIGH AVERAGE AT GUN CLUB Wins 'froph;'—‘Mort Trues- dell Also Shoots Per- fect Score Sunday Jack Laurie tock the high average event at the Juneau Shotgun Club shoot Sunday with an average of 6 percent. L. F. Morris followed n second place with an average of i For Premium Books Write W. S. PULLEN, Secretary — WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 48% — - PHONE For Prompt, Safe, Efficient 3 percent, Laurie was awarded a Service CALL A 556 old medal with 1 inscription, “High Average Juneau Shotgun Club, Year 1936". CHECKER CAB Laurie had -to shoot three rounds Sunday. He already had shot one |round, a 24, and Sunday he fin- ished with a 24, 23, and 25. Laurie and Mort Truesdell each shot per- fect scores to win their first free shoots. Laurie also took long run honors with a run of 34. Morris and Dr. Blanton engaged in'a two-round double event. Mor- ris scored a perfect exhibition with |one perfect round, the first per- fect score to be made at doubles, this year. 1t was decided before the shoot Sunday that only the first two rounds would be used in the day's score. The highest score being the only one published. f The First National Bank JUNEAU [ ] CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$50,000 o ZOMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS Truesdell i 25 Laurie | & Morris ‘ SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES Hoffman | Daniel | . Blanton | 2%% Paid on McNaughton 3 Chas. Carter Scxvlngs Naghel Mollar Accounts Brown Dr. Carter Soley, V