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

INTERNATIONAL BRINGING UP FATY! HER RUIN SIGHT?SHI DAIL DO YOU WANT TO YOUR EVYE M TALKING-WHEN YOU TO UT UP- Y SPORTS CARTOON- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 1936. By GEORGE McMANUS BY GOLLY-| DONT NEED GLASSES TO PFGT%C\' MY EVYE! | NEE S. A BASEBALL CATCHER'S MASK- By Pdp MEET BRESCIA Manager, N 'WCARTHY TO -~ REPLACE BILL ~ TERRY AT 18T ew York Giants, Announces Change for Next Season NEW YORK, Oct. 8—Bill Terry, manager of the New York Giants !of the National League, announced ,today that Johnny Mecarthy, for- Imerly with New York, will replace him at first base next season. Terry said he has not decided | who will replace Travis Jackson at third base. NEXT MATCH A-J OUTROLL “ BEER BARONS AT BRUNSWICK |Radde Is HigTMan in City League Bowling Last Evening Although Ed Radde rolled up the high total of the evening at the Brunswick Alleys last night, his team, the Alt Heidelbergs, dropped a 24-pin decision to the team of smashers from the A. J. Camp. Radde's high total was 585. Next in line was Frank Metcalf of the . Sanitary Grocery squad with 574. Metcalf also took individual game honors with a 214, as his team de- feated the Alaska Press. Shirwood Wirt of the Press rolled the sec- ond high individual game of the night, 211 pins. The A. J. Camp 1S “BOXIFIED" GALA LOOMING =Pl FOR STEELE amassed a three-game total of WENT TO THE J | FRIDAY NlGHTw 1585 pins for top spot among the Swimming Stars to Get To- | |Charges Are Made in Euro- ‘ four teams. gether in Event at Vancouver VANCOUVER, B. C., O couver 1 der thy Canmaa Wil ic swimming coach, r first real test of the an international > on November 28, Western Canadian nship event | »m Manitoba, Saskat-! and British Col- will be eligible for this race ' opened to United States a if and, swimmers as has been suggested,' Jack Medica wimmers are and other Seattle expected to enter. SPORY SLANTS The time-worn adaga, “T > noth-, ing for granted in ba does not merely to the ion cn the diamo: holds true in oth-| er respects as well. Talko the cases of Jake Powell, Kemp Wicker and| Bob Seeds. This trio headed for cut of the World Series melon anc gained plac in tae bright glow of the big s es spotlight. Some- thing they never dreamed of montns and in the cases of Wicker and Seeds, even weeks ago. The pen- nant-winning Yankees were count- ing the days until they were to meet their National League opponents in| the fall classic, and none of the Yankees looked forward to that day more than did Powell, Walker and Seeds. | Up to the middle of June, Jake| Powell was floundering around with the rest of the Washington team. And then he exchanged uni- forms with Ben Chapman of the Yankees. The entire outlook chang- ed for Powell. And it became bright- er and brighter as the Yankee ma- chine thundered down the home stretch to win the American league pennant, It assured Powell a full share of the series, swag, very like~ ly to come close to the amount specified in the year's contract he brought from Washington. | Kemp Wicker is another fortu- nate. The left-hander came up from Newark to take the place of Ted Kleinhans. More than likely | Kemp wll split a series share with| Ted. Marooned in Montreal But Bob Secds is the most fortu- nate of all. A short time ago he was with the Montreal Royals of schoolmate. the International loop. His team was in sixth place, hopelessly out ber of nicknames. Seeds’ outlook was called him The best he Southern drawl was more notics of the playoffs. anything but bright. could hope for was that one of the last place teams in the major 'zen,” Taylor says. “Other title WAS BURIED N THE MINORS — TODAY HE FIGURES TO SHARE IN THE WORLD =t | SERIES MELON — =z pean Centers Cver Clympic Event | PARIS, Oct. 8.—There is quite a to-do in European salles d‘armos“ rover charges that Olympic swords- |men “boxified” the fine old art of | | fencing. | | & not against the Americans, vigorous comparative newcomers | jto t! ncient sport, that the ac- cus n is leveied, but against the talians, for centuries experts in the science of the sword. | The icism came from the| French, whose fencers failed to, anything like a title at the ;ames. The Italians, fight- ressively, won both individ- | ual and team honors with both foil wnd epee. Taking exception to the sword “boxified,” Nedo Nadi, president ofi the Italian Fencing Federation and | himself an expert with all weapons, told the French press. “If that means fencing has be- come a brutal sport, where violence | takes the upper hand over skill and science, I can assure you noth- ing permits me to believe it. What is exact is that Italian fencing has | been modified. It has become suit- ed to present requirements and rules.” The French, already working in| | preparation for the 1940 games at | Tokyo, are wondering how to coun- | teract the more aggressive tactics| |of their rivals. KLEINHANS , WHO WENT TO NEWARK IN HIS PLACE leagues would draft him and give him another chance under the gib' now tent. There wasn't too much of a chance at that, he figured. And taen along came the New York Yankees. The Yankees needed un experienc- ed hand to bolster up their outer ! Country,” ‘Satchel,’ ‘Hey' Seeds. “You are probably acquainted with his countryfied appearance. ‘Hcs a nice, easy-going bloke. Well, {as a high school kid he was quite | a sight. Weighing about 160 pounds, ‘Suitcase,’ and If the upshot of the controversy is that Europe’s swordsmen abandon | the quick hand and the old art of |1umge, parry and riposte in favor of the strong arm and in-fighting, fencers say, it may react in favor jof the Americans. Joseph Levis, 'Capt. Eyston Is Building Car to Attack Records LONDON, Oct. | | 8.—George Sys- Boston foilsman | UP IN AIR {Manager Miller Debating Cffer for Bout with St. Louis Negro City League bowling will lay off tonight and resume again tomorrow evening with United Meat Company meeting the Thomas Hardware Company at 7:30 and the Arctic Beer Parlor tangling with Mike's team at 8:30. Last night's results Comeback Negro and Ar- gentine Giant to Go Ten Rounds in New York NEW YORK, Oct. 8—Joe Louis, were: seck'ng his third straight vicwory| TACOMA, Wash.,, Oct. 8.—Dave| A J. Camp since he was knocked out by Max Miller, manager of Freddie Steele, Carmigie - 150 194 143— 489 Schmeling in June, and Jorge Bres- said he will decide within a few D- Matiorg 193 166 171— 500 cia, Argentine giant, wound up his days whether he will accept the M. Ugrin 182 202 182— 566 training today for the ten round Seattle match with Allen Mathews, b fight here on Friday night. , St. Louis negro. i Total 1585 — —— | Miller said he has been offered Alt Heidelberg !a good sum for the Mathews-Steele E. Jakeway 181 141 174— 496 NEW OFFICERS FOR [fight in St. Louis. |J. Hendrick ... 162 157 161— 480 KETCHIKAN LEGION: ——————— |E. Radde 200 130 205— 585 ! —_— OWENSTURNS ™. = Officers of the Ketcnikan Post Sanitary Grocery »f the American Legion have el-, F. Metcalf 191 169 214— 574 ected and installed the following! R. Galao 148 157 174— 479 officers: W. Peterson 149 155 147 441 Commander—J. W. Mendenhall. ‘; Pl -———lm Fust Vice-Commander — E. W. v otal . 4 Goddard. Olympic Track Star Makes Alaska Press S Vice- ander — J. F. - R % s Bill E 8 136— 411 van Gider. o~ % ™1 Speech in Cincinnati Wit ity Adjutant—R. G. Gardiner —Small Audience S. Vukovich ... 166 199 149— 514 Chaplain—B. E. Abegglen, | g Scrgeant-at-Arms — Grant Mac- | CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 8.—Jesse ‘Totals ...1455 Gregor. | Owens, negro Olympic track star, Finance Officer—Dewey Knight. In addition to the above officers, he following will be on the Execu- | ive Committee: Clyde McGillvary, Dr. H. C. Turner, Ralph Bartholo- mnew, Casey Williams, Sam Daniels and E. W. Brown. Cliff Johnson is the Past Com- mander, having completed a year as head of the post. officer i= to be appointed by the commander. M. L. Stepp is now the service officer for the post as well as for the department of Alaska. The service | |made a Republican political speech last night to a small crowd because a truck went through the negro quarter before the meeting bearing a banner: “Jesse Owens has left town; meeting is called off.” | BRUNSWICK PINMEN TO DEFEND ALLEYS AGAINST B. P. 0. E. A challenging Elks team will in- | vade the Brunswick Bowling Alleys | | | this evening at 7:30 for a special match against the Brunswick squad, it was announced this morning. Identities of the intrepid Elks in- vaders were not made known, but the defending Brunswick pin mgn announce themselves ready to ‘'meet the purple foray, and have must- cred an array of talent that should sweep the alleys clean of any Elk chalk marks. MR o OS & li Try ‘I'ne ranpire classifleds for quick results. i 5| ho finished second in the 1932 he appeared to be knock-kneed. His | ton, British holder of numerous|W big yl,z,d,s hung down to his knees..|long distance auto speed records, Olympics at Los Angeles but failed defense, weakened by injuries. Mr.| Seeds was just the man for the emergency. He celebrated his re- lease from the gloom that gripped him in Montreal by cashing a cou- ple of timely home runs. He filled in capably at third base. He helped the Yankees—and now the Yankees helped him! Texas Country Boy Years ago Bob Seeds and Jack Taylor attended school together in Shamrock. Tex Sesds went out in- to the world to seek fame and for- tune in baseball and Taylor turned to the newspaper game. Taylor{ has taken time out from his labors on the Sedalia (Mo.) Democrat and Capital to tell a bit about his former Big feet. Flat-footed. But speedy | —he was the fastest man on any of | the teams. | “In football he was pretty fragile, |getting hurt a great deal. In bas- ketball he was an exceptionally good player, most adept with the ball, though to look at him you would {have thought he'd stumble over | himself. | | “I think Bob can give full credit [to his dad for his hthletic prow- ess. Maybe the Senior Seeds was, an athlete in his day, though he| didn’t have that appearance. Any-| way, he knows sports. I know Mr.| [‘Secds has a great deal of pride in Bob's playing, but I never saw! him get very much excited. |stood on the sidelines in the role| of stern critic and coach. We would make some comment to him about |a good play by Bob, and Mr. Seeds would say, ‘Yes, but—' and then go on to point out some flaw in form lor technique. From the outset he “Bob must have a record num- At home we| ‘Alabamy’ because his able than that of any other ci HORLUCK'S inna longer . in who make it WAY! in:s gl FINER IN FLAVOR because it’s aged ageing vats! And because it’s brewed by brew-masters of long experience, |must have been bent on making an |athlete out of Bob, and whatever | success the boy has had I would say |is directly due to his father's con- | stant and wise coaching.” \ELKS BOWLING RESUMES AGAIN THIS EVENING It was lodge night at the Elks |last evening so the bowling alleys were deserted. This evening, how- ever, the conference comes back with a full set of three matches scheduled. 1 At 7:30, the University of Alaska meets Carnegie Tech.; at 8:30 Holy Cross and M. I. T. tangle and at |9:30 battle will be pitched between | Syracuse and Susquehanna. the Northwest’s largest LOCAL BASKETEERS MEET TONIGHT IN | OPENING PRACTICE | | | the time-tried VIENNA Opening sparks flicker in Juneau City League basketball tonight as| The Uniformly I;ar[ect Beer the Tallapoosa and Krause squads hold their opening practice of the season at the High School Gym. So far, all has been dark as to just who is who on the six teams lined up for the coming campaign; but,| the tipoff will come tonight as the| prospective talent for the Sailors| | and Concreters shake the kinks out | | of their several legs after the long| | summer layoff. The two teams will | ihold light practice drills, commenc- | ling at 7:15 this evening. S e | Lode and pracer location nofices | for sale at The Empire office. Popular throughout the West from Alaska to Hawali and California! Brewed slowly, naturally, healthfully. On Draught, in “Stubbies,” or the famous “Keglined” Cans, Ask YOUR DISPENSER for Horluck’s VIENNA! (Also brewers of IMPERIAL ALE—~ Brewed especially for Alaskans) He | announces he is building a car to at-|to reach the final round this year, tack Sir Malcolm Campbell's record | has gained a reputation for speed of 301.33 miles per hour in 1937. |and close fighting. 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