The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 10, 1936, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1936. * YANKS CLINCH PENNANT RACE | < AMER, LEAGUE Giants in National League b Flag Race, Get Sud- den Setback | (By Associated Press) The New York Yankees clinched the American League pennant race | 3 Yesterday by clubbing the Cleveland Indians at both ends of a double- header with a 22-hit attack off seven Indian pitchers. The Yankees won the first game by a score of 11 to 8 and the night | Lap by a score of 12 to 9. ; The victories put the Yankees | 18 games from the second pmcej Chicago White Sox. 1 The National League lea,dership} was trimmed. The Giants were | clipped to four and one-half games | as the Cincinnati Reds split a twin | bill with the pace setters. The ' Giants won the opener 4 to 2 be- | v hind Freddy Fritzsimmons’ eight—hit{ pitching. i The Reds got to Hal Schumacher | for two runs in the third inning ! and another in the fifth frame to sew up the nightcap, 3 to 2. ve | | GAMES WEDNESDAY Pacific Coast League Portland 8, 7; Seattle 7, 1. First | game ten innings, second seven, by | agreement. BRINGING UP FATHER WHO IS THIS COMING UP THE DRIVEWAY ? WELL, WHO ARE YOU ? DAILY SPORTS CARTOON-- 1S FOLLOWING IM = GALLANT FOXo STOUT WAS UP WHEN GRANVILLE WON THE BELMONT, FIE ARLINGTON CLASSIC ant HE ' SERIES OF 8AD BREAKS, \JOCKEY STOU7T HAS HIS i MOUNT, GRANVILLE ¢ THE STEPS OF HIS SIRE TRAVERS. AFTER A HEADED FOR- THE TOP THREE- YEAR-OLD HONORS OF 1936 WIN or LOSE GRANVILLE ALWAYS MAKES g By GEORGE McMANUS VOURE NOT THE BURGLAR | WANT 1 /M A DETECTIVE AND 'M LLOOKING FOR A BURGLAR=-BUT DON'T By Pap SOPHOMORES ICE CORTINUES Island Woman Says She Saw | Lal@gh Vanish {Joe Hill Comes in from i Search and Reports to { Commissioner ! Ll U. S. Commissioner J. F. Mullen is still seeking information on the apparent drowning of four men in an 18-foot launch near Auk Bay last week. The four men are Jim Hamilton, Hugh Watson, George Paul and W. Green. | Joe Hill, who has been conduct- ng arch in his gasboat Nugget, reporied to the Comm oner thi been reported upside down near 74 [EXPECTED TO T0 BALK NORTH - BE GRAB MEN STAR DISCHARGE Confe No Alarm Felt Here at Ves- sel’s Delay in Arc- tic Ocean Southern Conference De- pending cn Class of '39 for Wins Continuing westerly winds are , HiLL, N. C., Sept. 10— ”,\., (,ljmfl,‘d I‘U grap “Ull holding the Bureau of Indian L e SR ¥ motorship North Star just off ‘a.biy share of foothall honors ) ol Goathen . conference this Inside of the Arctic Ocean, @c- ZFR ; Py e S " cording to a radiogram received bk, R SRS this morning at the local Indian Mofe dependent, perhaps, than gyieay office from Assistant Di- any other team on first-year men yocior Charles Hawkesworth. (Wl ba V. M. 1. Coach Bill I“cn(h-rlv b \roske s THTe e Bt it ve SOPhOmOYeS garrow, September 9, is as follows: 1 ul season. “The west wind is still blowing Coleman = McDonough and Andy backs, and Linemen Stan- lo, Walter Novich, Albert and William Bailey. PIONEER IS BURIED Sandflos Jim Meade 15 ratea by coa The V.MI. freshman team was here, keeping ice on the shore at | ‘\’n‘J ed last year. Point row. We are safely an- Clemson is counting on a big chcred eost of Point Barrow await- | Gpaomore h, Don Willis, scal- ing a change of the wind, to biow ing 208 and a hard-plung:ng back. the ice from the shore in l)"(l.‘x" Then there Harold Huffine, Lyn that we may discharge the r McMakin. Gus Goins ond fHumer meinder of our cargo for Pou)ti Miller—all of whom are promising. Barrow ['wo scphomores are groomed for “HAWKESWORTH." (ki1 berths at Duke—Eric Tip- No alarm is feit here: regarding e end Robert O'Mara, Coach the safety of the ship, the only Wallace Wade is banking on Don concern being the possibility that Hill, Jr, to fill a guard position, continued bad weather may pre- | Outstanding sophomore Jirants vent discharge of the Point Barrow' 1t North Carolina State College are “478% - e HERE THIS MORNING |morning that the boat. which h: | Auk Bay, is not available and ap- |parently sunk after being seen “.swnmped by different persons. This is one point the Commu.ssioner's roffice would like to confirm E According to Joe ITll, Henry | Phillips, camping on Shelter Island, he last time he saw it, and *he | weather was bad, but at that t'me | the men were still in it. A woman |living on Horse Island, according to Hill, says she saw the boat for a |time, battling the waves, and then or| BRA PROOF ~ STRAIGHT BOURBOH WHILKEY and she thinks if it disappeared sunk. Further identification of the skiff found at Auk Bay a week ago Tues- day is also sought by the Commis~ sioner. According to Hill's report, three of the lost men-left their skiffs anchored off Shelter Cove, and the fourth one. which was green, was towed by the launch. The skiff found at Auk Bay was about the same size and was also green D - DREDGING COMPAN PLANS TO OPERATE IN WESTWARD AREA To look over the mining possibili- ties with the am of starting opera- tions in the Spring, Capt. John C. Benson and Mrs. Benson are pas- engers to ova on tle Yukon. Capt. Benson, who mined at Nome n the early days and has been in- terested in miing ventures in many parts of the world since that time, has organized the Alaska Bay Shore Dredging Company with headquar- ters in Spokane, Wash.,, and the company is hopeful of staring dredging operations early in April, | the ca said. ok over preperty in the and Yakataga regions 1g on dredg- {ing E eauipment for such work already having been assembled by the company al San r.nasco, he reported. + co AL——For Every Purpose—co AL | - PACIFIC COAST COAL COMPANY Phone 412 [ | - i ITNSURANCE Allen Shattuck Established 1898 | WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 48t . | i he | san Francisco 6, 3; San Diego | A B, 3 the best fullback to matriculate at A 0, 2. ‘ - /@/O the University of Maryland since Funeral services were held this Oirland g, s el lwnis ‘A Rights Reserved by Tie Assoctated Press s VYSEE b morning at 9 o'clock from the e » the days of Jack McQuade Missions 4, 1: Los Angeles 6, 5, | ok AL 2 MO SR O . : Coach Raymond Wolf, who suc-|Church of the Nativity, the Rev. National League | ; ; 5 ceeded Carl Snavely at the Univer-| . G Levasseur officiating, for New York 4, 2; Cincinnati 2, 3. race he has taken part in this year | GOES TO ILLINOIS ‘{ 3 N. -“. c ¥ LI Byron E. Benson, pioneer, who died St. Louis 3; Boston 1 SPURT SLANTS |has resulted in a close finish—on| Mrs. W. A. Johnson, longtime_res- | si vyf) ‘f' h Carolina, hopes soph- Tuesday morning at St. Ann’s Hos- 4 7 % | | most occasions, too close for com-ident of Haines, who was matried omote material will iron out ital Pittsburgh 7; Broo}dyn 8._ | fort |to W. A. Johnson, Illinois railroad backfield worries. {FRER Chitago t0: 4 MILPRRIEER .01 " Jockey Must Labor | man, in Juneau during the summer,| Ed Clary, 190-pound triple-threat| Mr. Benson, who had a farm on ‘v Alicny oo Enc | Jockey Jimmy Stout passed UD| oo toi”of bringing Granville |8rrived here on the Victoria from back, is almost a sure-fire bet for the Loop Road for some years, 1s, New York 11, 12; Cleveland 8, 9. |3 flock of tempting offers last win- | St 8 00 0 I8 HE B0 ot | Haines enroute to Rockford, Illi- star rating in the conference. He Survived by his wife, Mary C. Ben- ol »¢ Boston 2; Chicago 3. | ter to remain with Sunny Jim Fitz- |00 easy. The horse has won only |10, to join her husband. Mrs. will cavort for the University of (SN and two daughters, Mrs. Caro- Washington 11; Detroit 4. simmons. It proved to be a Wise 4o tye hardest sort of riding on|Johnson is staying at the Zynda South Carolina Gamecocks. |line Tresing, of Brooklyn, New Philadelphia at St. Louis, rain. |decision, for it gave Stout the the' jockeys bt fie decisions the Hotel and will leave shortly on a Virginia - Sophomores look none York, and Mrs. Beatrice Murphy, | g {chance to ride William Woodward’s | G onvinestont combination drop- | SOuthbound boat. too promising, coaches say, but elev- Of Seattle. 1 K] STANDING OF CLUBS |Granville in all his big engage- | .4 inis season might possibly have | 3 {en will try for berths. Pallbearers were: John Reck, J. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE |ments. And since the son of Gal- ... averted had the jockey taken | HUNTERS ATTENTION Coach H. B. Read of V. P. I. says'J. Connors, Sr., Jack McCloskey.: Won Lost Pet.|lant Fox is well on the way 10 ¢, the whip earlier or continued to| - he expects Herman (Foots) Dick- Emmet Botelho, William Douglas, | Portland 94 77 550 clinch 3-year-old honors of the goo his mount to the utmost every | Accommodations fur a party of erson to be an offensive power this and Miles Godkins. t San Diego 92 8 541 jcurrent season, Stout is destined ;. of the last furious drive down SiX on boat leaving Saturday morn- son. | Interment was in the Catholic o Seattle - 91 80 .532|to earn an important place in turf-|pe siretch, There were occasions ing. Telephone 649 for further in- Bill. Borries, brother of “Buzz” Plot in Evergreen Cemetery. { Oakland .90 80 .529 [dom’s hall of fame. when Stout might have started his formation. —adv. Borries of Navy fame, is among ris- »- > € | !v' Missions . .8 8 500 Things did not break any to0 piq soomer . . . but that's merely | ¢ ->-o | ine sophomores at Washington and ~Try The Empire classifieds for | Los Angeles 85 85 500 well for the Granville-Stout com-'second-guessing. The fact is that| ITY an Empire ad. | Lee. | quick results. San Francisco ... 80 90 471 bination early in the season. They Granyille has proven he can run! ~— " vy RS N T N st e = ST AR | Sacramento ... 64 106 -376 did all right in a cheap overnight jr he wants to. Stout’s job is to! ol NATIONAL LEAGUE |race at Jamaica which served as make him want to at all times. | i Won Lost Pet. Granville's 3-year-old debut, but gtout should know the horse bet- | 1 New York 82 53 4607ix'an into trouble in the Wood Mem- ter than anyone else. Certainly he St. Louis 77 57 575 |orial when Teufel, with Eddie Litz- pas had ample opportunity to get| Chicago 71 €0 562 enberger up, beat them by a nose. gequainted with Granville. And| Pittsburgh 72 64 529|In the Kentucky Derby Stout Was ynder Stout Granville has not run 4§ Cincinnati 68 67 504! tossed when Granville stumbled , really bad race all season. | Boston 62 72 463 shortly after the barrier went up.| The wholesale fouling on the part > ¥ Brooklyn 56 77 421 Stout allowed Ira Hanford to Pick of tne jockeys at Saratoga, the ex- | Philadenhia 45 89 .336 |his mount off with Bold Venture pjpition in the running of the, AMERICAN LEAGUE {right under the wire in the Preak- Travers being a fair sample, calls| Won Lost Pet. ness.. Firethorn won a nose de-'for severe disciplining by the stew- ¢ ¢ New York 92 46 667 cision over Granville in the Sub- grds. Several jockeys, consciously Chicago .74 64 536 |urban Handicap. or unconsciously, have hindered Washington 3 65 529 | Granville iound himself in the other mounts with the free use of Rt . 12 66 522 | Belmont when he caught Mr. Bones | their whips. The riding in general | Cleveland n 66 518 jat the last 16th pole and beat him has been altogether too rough to Ve Boston 70 69 .504 by a nose in another close decmon.;do the game any good. St. Louis 49 84 368 | Then came the Arlington classic,| Turfmen agree that it is about ! A Philadelphia 48 89 350 [just about the only race which time the ruling body took steps Granville won by a comfortable to stop these unfair tactics. The margin. Here he held a 2-lengt.h;evu is certain to grow until it is S orts |margin over Mr. Bones. In the cut down with a few stiff sus- P |Kenner Stakes, Granville went back | pensions. Briefs Jack Sharkey has three children: Dorothy, 12; Marilyn, 10; Jack, Jr., 8. | In parts of Europe, referees at wrestling matches stand in a corner with a whistle and control pro- ] ceedings like a traffic cop. | ¥ When Carl Reynolds, Washing- | ! ton Senator outfielder, was ejected from a recent game it was his first | forced exit in ten years in the majors. Reynolds threw dirt at ¥ Umpire Bill Summers. George Varoff, San Francisco's | world record pole vaulter, will rest | from sports until Christmas. He is | anxious to catch up in his studies at the University of Oregon, where he is a sophomore. Pop Warner of Temple University‘ has been a football coach 42 years. Gil Dobie of Boston College, lately | of Cornell, has been in the business 35 seasons. Their teams will meet for the first time this year when Temple plays Boston in October. g — las it was on the memorable oc- to his old ways and came danger- ously close to being beaten by: Memory Book. Told '’Em in Travers In the Travers Stakes Granville gained a nose decision over War- ren Wright's Sun Teddy after hav- ing been fouled several times en route. Granville ran a great race| to win the Travers. He just about convinced everyone that he was the best horse of his age, performing | like a real champion where a horsel with less courage would have quit.| Aside from the fouling which hind- ered Grahville’s progress there was the muddy condition of the racingl strip to contend with. Granville was never ‘considered a good mudder but in the Travers the game son of Gallant Fox show- ed that he could run under any conditions. The track at Saratoga was in just about the same shape casion a few years back when Gal- lant Fox lost a decision to a 100- to-1 shot, Jim Dandy, in the Trav- ers. Granville, like Gallant Fox and most of his get, is a notorious| loafer when in front. He will run: his head off to catch the other| VANDERBILT PLAYS TWO “BOWL” TEAMS NASHVILLE, Tenn. Sept. 10— Vanderbilt University gridders en- gage two of last year's “bowl” teams this fall—Southern Metho- dist at Dallas and Louisiana State {in’ Nashville, The Methodist lost to Stanford in the Rose Bowl, 0-7, and Louis- iana State bowed to Texas Chris- Bowl, 2-3. ‘The “bowl losers” replace Temple and Fordham on the Commodore slate. - eee ‘WHEN YOU FLY — FLY — Fly with Gene Meyring. Phone 626. adv .. - The area of the continental Unit- ed States is 3,026,789 square miles. The Spa at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., is owned by the state. Ammunition NOTICE: If you want to go hunt- ing or fishing Phone 626. We ar- range parties. ¥, horses in the field bus, once up with, them he is satisfied to ease up and stay with the leaders. That is —adv. the main reason why almost every ) - See—BIG Van . 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