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o4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY. SEPT. 17, 1936. IM GOIN' OUT TONIGHT, NO THATS ALL VERY NICE-BUT WHY TELL . T all-star teams and an eleven made up of American residents of Tokyo By GEORGE McMANUS Japa" tn Sg“d and Yokohoma on Thanksgiving YEA- | GUESS YOLIRE RIGHT- FUNNY- ME HELL MRS. DE TETCHED- OE— l\"A?-SORRY | CAN'T GO OUT TONIGHT- MY _HUSBAND WELL- I'M GONNA TELL HER-IE 1M ME? WHY_DON'T YOU GO AND TALK LIKE THAT TO MOTHER? MAT TER WHAT MAGGIE SAYS: SHE KIN GIT ¢ MAD AS SHE" VQICE CHANGES WHEMN | TALK TO HER- DOES ME MIND-— DAILY SP EDS IN THO | g TORRID GAMES | Ciants Split Twin Games with Pirates But | Still in Lead I (By A - (:fl Press) | B The Brooklyn Dodgers, warming | & up for their stretch of the serie | with the National League’s leading | _ O Giants, yesterday afternoon belted the Cincinnati Reds in both ends | doublehader, 7 to 4 and 10| Both games were hot fin- The Giants split a doubleheader with the Pirates. The Giants now have a four and one-half game lead in the pennant race over the St. Louis Cardinals. | GAMES WEDNESDAY National League Pittsburgh 1, 4; New York 2, 3. St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 7, 2. Cincinnati 4, Brooklyn 17, 10. Chicago 3, 4; Boston 2, 2. American League Boston 3; Cleveland 13. Philadalphia 2; Detroit 6. i New York-Chicago, rain. 'ANDING OF CLUBS ORTS CARTOON-- RAN AWAY WITH THE OLYMPIC POLO TITLE BEATING ENGLAND 2 11 %O NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. THE HARD-RIDING New York 8 57 601 ARGENTINES ARE HERE cgmrd St. Louis 82 62 569 : Chicago 82 63 566 SEEkING THE CUR oF the 4 ‘ I\ ACGENTINES Pittsburgh M. 6T . 538 AMERICAS R e st | Cincinnati ket A o W R T T Al Righis Reserved by Tho Associaced Press E,“.;f;,?{m ‘,;3 ;‘f :;: | pampas polo. Since they first cameArgentine horse, in 1928. Sanford Philadelphia 50 94 347 Sports |to the United States, in 1922, the used him a mere half dozen times : 1 Argentines have always made a before retiring him to a farm. And ATAHBAGA N A BIE B $ f fine impression. They are noted for yet the best-known American horse Vo Sewe Fot, r"e s S5 9 clean-cut, superb horsemanship, for ever to play was a hide called Gay New ok A s ) smooth team play, and for courage. Boy. Gay Boy's mother was a little Ohlcage 100785, b ; g The Argentines themselves have $35 Texas cow pony. His father— Wush.mgton 1 o7 ?35 2 Chaties Young‘ 80' e "rap.ShOOt_ won the United Stales open polo was unknown. Detroit 49, 68 531 ing champion of Ohio. title twice sl SE }Ca:)(;tgi:)md ;g 32 igg Bill Tilden and Ellsworth Vines | : Th"’"'” Tough Hombres MISSIGNARY MEETING St. Louis 51 90 362 are contemplating a tennis tour of | The Argentines are on an all- Philadelphia 49 95 340 Japan. |meat diet, which doesn’t slow up | ! their game a bit. For vitamins they PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE | Mickey Cochrane, Detroit Tiger look to their “tea,” a drink known In the second games, of a seven- Maneger, thinks Ed Rommel, Io\'»}‘as “mate.” Battle cry of the gau- game series in the Pacific Coast merly of the¢ Philadelphia Ath-|chos is “Al Hombre!” which means League to determine two teams to letics, was the best fielding pitch-|“To your man!” Reminds you of contest for the pennant, the follow- er he ever saw. | American football, doesn’t it? Inci- ing scores were made: dentally, polo is fast becoming a Seattle 5; Portland 10. St. Louis American club is|speectator-sport like the gridiron San Diego 3; Oakland 4. |game. For the international match- |es, the Meadow Brook Club expects How They Stand Won Lost Pet. 140,000 spectators at prices that a! The the only major league team that never has won a pennant. Portland 2 0 1000, The Philadelphia Phillies have|big-league baseball game would Oakland 2 0 1000 finished just one season in the|post. Polo is played with the tre- Seattle ¢ 0 2 .000 | first division of the National League |mendous speed and hurtling contact San Diego 0 2 .000 since 1917. |that the American public seeks | whenever it looks to sport. Bert Johnson, Kentucky star half,; Polo is held on the biggest of is father of a husky son about five all playing fields. No field in the !months old. world is as hard on a polo ponyi as Meadow Brook's famed “Inter- | = > - Jimmy Dykes, Chicago White Sox |national” at Westbury, L. w'nerel pilot, has never had a fight in|the U. S.-Argentina match | baseball. |scheduled. The average field is 300 are| - SET FOR NEXT WEEK A committee meeting of the In- terdenominational Council of Wom- en met at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. David Waggoner yesterday and made plans for a missionary program to be presented at the Lutheran Church on September 23 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Alfred Zenger will preside at this meeting, of which Mrs, David Waggoner has charge. In charge of the devotional portion of the after- noon will be Mrs. O. Charmichael. Several club members are to pre- pare and present short papers on conditions in Japan as the main feature of the session. e LUTHER HESS HOME Luther Hess, mining man of the i NORWOOD, N. C., Sept. 17—The Pete Appleton, Washington Sen- | Philadelphia Athletics may be in ator hurler, is one of the b::st: the American League cellar but the piano players in the big leagues. | yards long and 160 yards wide. The |interior and former Territorial Leg- “International” is of regulation |islator, has returned to his Fair- length, but 200 yards wide. This|banks home after an extensive air- meens that when players hit the ! plane tour of the lower Kuskokwim 1S IN SUCH A CRANKY MOOD - I'M HOME AND D A" star Eleve“ Al Maloney, long connected with footpall at the University of South- ern California, is handling Amer ngements for the prop: ING TO STAY TS TO HIM— - 7 {ELKS AND LADIE TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 17. — The Japanese branc of voiball, amer-| ENJOY OPEN HOUSE fcan intercollegiate st will bel AFFAIR AT CLUB Juneau Elks and their wives en- joyed a most entertaining evening st night at the first cpza house of the seascn held by the lodgemen. Under the direction of program “hairman Herb Redman, bowlng dancing, cards and refreshments were enjoyed until a late hour. The bowling alleys were opened for the displayed on the Pacific Coast of | the United States this winter '1'!1(“ Tokyo Intercollegiate football League announces that an all-star squad chosen from the five uni-| versities composing the league will sail r San Francisco after the conclusion of the regular scnedule. Just what opposition will be ar- ranged for the invaders has not Bv Pap CHAMPIONS AT | tioovicr Qucen SOFTBALL ARE DECIDED NOW Rochester Wins Men's litle (leveland Gir Win Women's T, Sept. 1 n Rochester, N. » Cleveland play 2 to it to win the men’s soft- championship of the United CHICAGO n of husky Cleveland ated the Chicago team of 16 to 12 to win the championship. - : S0LF CHAMPS REACH SEMI- FINALS TODAY Scotty C:unpbulL of Seattle, Nosed Out by George Voigt, of N. Y. GARDEN CITY, N. Y., Sept. 17.— Johnny Fisher, Cincinnati, reached » semi-finals in the U. S. Ama- teur Golf Championship today, de- feating Russell Martin, Chicago, 6land 4. Johnny Goodman, Omaha, defeat- cd Ray Billows, Poughkepesie, 2 and 1 George Voight, New York, elim- inated Albert “Scotty” Campbell, of Seattle, 4 and 3 after refusing first aid measures for a slight fin- ger cut. —— e — Irish Cheer O’Mahoney CORK, Ireland, Sept. 17. — Ten brass bands and the jubilant roar of 30,000 lusty-voiced Irishmen re- cently greeted Daniel O‘Mahoney wrestling “champion,” on his return here from the United States. Crowds lined the city st end a huge procession escorted the husky, wide-grinning Danno to the city’s biggest public hall where a banquet and dance was given in his honor. The Lord Mayor drove with Danno, and all traffic in the city center was held up while Danno rode in style through his native town. In two years in America, O'Ma- honey was 178 contests and lost only one, cets — e+ - EXTRA! Mr. and Mrs. John Petaja became the parents of a seven-pound baby daughter recently in Ancho The proud father is an employ been disclosed, but it probably will not come from the big teams of the Pacific Coast. Football is still in |its infancy in Japan, having first {been played here in 1934, and even if the Japanese players knew all bt tricks and technique of the, idiron their lack of size would hepelessly handicap them in com- petition with the giants of the Cal- event and the hall was smartly ar- ranged so that dancing and card playing could go on at the same time. The next special event for the Elks will be Alaska Juneau night, September 30. - CROSSES DIVIDE % Mathias Moldestad, aged 72, one fornia, Washington and Oregon | o'ty <o doughs who tramped the iniversity elevents aisindp e P | dangerous and weary trail of "98, Most of the Japanese university ! istars ave A few of ti Howaii b : died recently at Dawson. He had e less than 160 pounds.|peen located on Eighty Pup, Hunk- California orler Creek, for the past several i had some high!yaaps, school experience on American soil, | |but most knew nothing of the game | until a year or two ago. Neverthe- { |iess they have developed consider- |able skill in kicking, passing, and hendling the ball, and have per- | PHONE 36 | focted deceit on the attack. For very prompt | The Tokyo League is made up of LIQUOR DELIVERY ve of the biggest private univer- 4. Gl es in the capital, Waseda, Keio, | g e e e i, Meipji and Rikyo. A couple| | 3 ; ~ ‘f big colleges in western Japan ' JUNEAU-YOUNG are playing the game. The 0 league this year will play a| | round robin schedule extending| | from October 24 to November 23,/ and ending with a game between| g HOTEL GASTINEAU Every Effort Made for the ¢ Comfort of the Guests! GASTINEAU CAFE in connection AIR SERVICE INFORMATION i of i Hardware Company | PAINTS—ONL—GLASS = | Shelf and Heavy Hardware | | = Guns and Ammunition ¢ ( FOR INSURANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Rozelle Ewer n ut 1th 17 othe D e various parts of e | Telephone 409 B. M. Behrends Bank Bldg. state, Miss Rozelle Ewer 15, of _—— ) Elkhart, was chosen “Miss In e o o diana” to relign at the Indiana Day celebration staged by Michi- gan City, Ina | INSURANCE | ; Allen Shattuck { | ARE WED | Mabel Tibbits and Fred J. Nelson were married in Anchorage recent- ly by U. S. Commissioner Thomas C. Price. Witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shank. Mr. Nelson is a barber shop proprietor, and his bride arrived from Seattle just be- fore the ceremony. Established 1898 s ) LUMBER Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc. NEW DREDGE A new dredge for the New York Alaska Gold Dredging Corporation is now enroute to Bethel, J. V. Crowly, head of the corporation, | reported on a recent trip to An-| chorage. This dredge will bring the | total of the company's dredges now | in use to three. | | e BOWDEN, JR. GOES SOUTH Edwin Bowden, Jr., graduate of he Juneau High Schol, left on the rth Sea for Seattle where he will enter the University of Washing- He was accompanied south WINDOW CLEANING club holds more interest for most Norwood fans than any other. Norwood's favorite baseball son, Petey Ross, is doing right well by himself as an “A” moundsman— despite the fact he went from the sandlots to the majors, missing the minors altogether, Ross is 21 and measures 5 feet 11'% inches. He's a righthander. —————— *. ; AT THE HOTELS ;8 { 1 i Gastineau E. B. Elliott, Ketchikan; A. L. Fletcher, Hoonah; L. G. Staples, Carcross; George Land, Carcross; Betty Field, Carcross; Max Kram, Seattle; S. B. Trites, Kensington; ; Harry Kelley, the Philadelphia | Athletics’ star hurler, sells cotton- seed oil in the off season. Jim Waddlington, southpaw for- | ward-passing halfback, is expected {to star for Kentucky this year. { i SR, SPORT SLANTS | The gauchos aren't coming any \more. They're already here. They're |bedded down at the Meadow Brook | |Club on Long Island. They're here |with a purpose—to win the cup of |the Americas in the international ball toward the sideboards a horse | in International field must go at a full gallop 40 yards farther than | on the standard-size battlegrounds.| Persians First Poloists | Polo is the oldest stick-and-ball game known to mankind. It is a simple game, there is no “profes- |sional” problem, and it is demo- |cratic — millionaires and cowhboys |team together. There is evidence it was played before the birth of | Christ. First it was played in Per- sia, then in India, China and Japan Europeans first indulged in 1863/ in Caleutta. James Gordon Ben- nett brought polo to the United States in 1876. The first interna- {tional matches, between the U. S. and Great Britain, were played 10 |years later. There are about 500 | PHONE 48t of the Anchorage Times. and Yukon areas. by his mother, Mrs. Edwin Bowden. PHONE 556 For Prompt, Safe, Efficient Service CALL A CHECKER CAB ...if you watch your diet, exercisc sensibly, live moderately ... And, if you drink, choose a whiskey that agrees with you. The First National Bank JUNEAU X OR months we have cxamined this vital ques- Therefore, you who have always liked the fine, tion, “How does the human system respond to rich taste of Scagram’s Crowns now know why . E. E. M ! |matches beginning September 19 at N ‘E?fixfi"flnfl; KAKE: |the Meadow Brook Club. The Ar- Gilligan, City. 1E!!ntmefi will meet the U. 8. open : Alaskan ;;:EMP?nskhip tgnm for the zrop);ly. registered for hang;aps. e " ™ < om Jack Nelson, Captain of the|. Going at top sp , a mf?fiilm;s;}mg;m ";,‘;‘l’t‘a Argentine team, whose family owns |travels at 30 miles an hour. The Bay; John Juvich, City; Martha |MOr® cattle than they can count, horses are just a little smaller, just Ikas, Wrangell; Peter Jones, Wran-\d‘"m to Monson, the gaucho groom |a trifle slower than race horses. gell; H. F. Harrison, City. \who was detained on Ellis lsland’COmp!eu_A equipment for a polo ; il Tl Py two days because he could not read | player, mclud;;]gmone 57.5}?0 ;l;ony, |or write, the Argentines are ready!costs about ,800. ach player oapy o HA_YE_’_":LEPHONES "and rarin’ to go. Ineeds eight ponies. A groom, to Contracts for construction and| These same Argentines make up‘tnke care of four of them, costs installlation of a modern telephone |the only team that can seriously $125 a month. A pony costs $35 a exchange and cable line for An- | challenge the polo supremacy of the month to keep up. The Argentines chorage were warded at a recent United States today. They won the brought 45 mounts here, 20 saved meeting of the Gity Council of Olympic championship at Berlin, from Olympic play just for the U. that city. Both contracts are sub- beating Great Britain by 11-0. They is. matches. They are about 8 years ject to approval of PWA officials afe heirs to the tradition estab-old, mostly chestnut in color. Per- gnd will not be actually in force lished by the first team that ever|haps the highest price ever paid until submission-of a 100 per cent|left Argentina, 14 years ago, and|for a polo pony was the $22,500 performance bond is pos forever established the Vg&w” « pwen_rm.m {Clubs in the U. S. today, and almost | different forms of whiskey?” 5,000 players, 3,000 of whom are of Whiskey.” or more old, > graia. 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