The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 3, 1937, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, APRIL 3. 1937. BRIN GING UP FATHER P— REMEMBER THE LANDLORD WAS AFRAID TO CALL FOR THE RENT WITHOUT A POLICEMAN- EVEN THEN HE OIDN'T GET (T= AND EVERYBODY IN THE OLD NEIG! WOUIL! AND FIRE- ENGINES - | REMEMBER YOU! DROPPED YOU-AND YOU LIT ON O DROP EVERYTHING TO FOLLOW THE R BROTHER” YOUR HEAD- 'By GEORGE McMANUS BORHOOD ___ CLIMBED FENCE T0 BREAK INTO BASEBALL GAME Steve Mesner, White Sox Rookie,- Kicked from Field, Came Back PASADENA, Cal, April 3. — If anyone should ask Steve Mesner, 0 Chicago White Sox rookie how to break into ball the answer be “Go climb a s bhow -t the young Pa- cific Coz ue star got his E s told by Mesner and his hr_,nflud chum, Arnold (Mick- ey) Owen, prize St. Louis Cardinal catching recruit. Wesner and Owen. just kids — ner was 16—were all wrapped in eball, and Greamed of the day they would play together one some Major League team. One day in the winter of 1934 they decided to enter a tryout camp in Los Angeles. Rookies by the bundreds were there, and the first p in cutting the squad to work- le size s to give the candidates once-over to see if they had the physical equipment necessary. Truck Hannah—then a coach, now manager of the Los Angeles club—came upon Mesner and Owen standing side b; ide. He gave them one quick glance. “Hey, you two, what are you do- ing here?” he bellowed. “You guys are too small. Git goin.'’ He Scrammed—Right Back The two got goin’. but the de- termined Mesner wasn’t going to give .up so easily. He climbed over a fence back into the park, and un- obtrusively eased his way into the clubhouse where uniforms were be- ing issued. Suited up, he started out toward the field and was spotted by Han- nah. “Say you,” Hannah yelled. “I thought I ‘told you to get out of here.” Mesner started back to the club- house. He had gone only a few steps when Hannah, admiring the boy’s spunk, called him back. ‘Well, now that you're in here, you might as well stay,” he said. “But stay home tomorrow,” he warned. But young Steve didnt stay home the next day. In batting practice that first day he smashed line drives against the walls. He spear- ed hot grounders in fielding prac- tice at third base and burned the first-baseman’s glove with pegs. To Ponca City Among the coaches was Roy Johnson, now a Chicago Cub coach. Johnson liked the little fellow, and Hannah, too, began to weaken. Johnson called Mesner to him. “See here, young fellah,” he said. “I'm trying to round up a ball club for Ponca City, Okla., out in the M up Dazly S por!.s Cartoon NO CNE WANTS TO SEE TONY END UP ON TE FLOOR - YET THAT IS INEVITABLE IF HE NSISTS OV FIGHTING TWANT ™ ) RETIRE. A CHAMPION ECPITE THE ADVICE AND URG ATL Rights fiesers Western Association. I think you might have a chance. Want it?” | Mesner went to Ponca City at $100 a month, and the first year batted .359, failing by two per- centage points to lead the league. He's been a regular at Los Ange- les since the spring of 1935, and he hit 331 his first year in Class AA baseball, and .326 last year. He hit 20 home runs, was second = Tony Canzoneri just can’t” un- among third-basemen in fielding. derstand—never will understand— Los Angeles played the White why his friends advise him to quit: Sox in an exhibition game last the ring. spring. The bases were filled and “To hear them talk, one would Mesner stepped to the plate. Jim- get the impres my Dykes, Chisox pilot, called: broken down old man,” complains “We'll get this fellow.” {Tony. “As a matter of fact, there What they got was a line drive ure plenty of fighters older than into the left-field bleachers, s0 mycelf—Max Schmeling and Jim- now the kid who was too small my Braddock, for example. I know will be Jimmy Dykes' understudy, 1 started early and very likely with ‘a $500 a month contract t0 have had as many bouts as the two show the home folks. of them together, but gosh, I feel Y 13 ST I still have some good fights in’ ATTENTION MASONS _'‘my system. As long as I feell There will be a Called Communi- that way, I hope to keep on doing cation of Mt. Juneau Lodge NO. tye thing I like best. That's fight- 147, F&AM., 2 pm. Sunday, for ing.” the purpose of holding the burial of our late Bro. Charles G. Warner. ' By order of the W. M. The main question about Tony's: .continuing doesn't concern his fighting ability. Tony has plenty; J. w. LEéVERtS“_ left. But when it comes to ab-| EarRInLY. !surblng more punishment, and Tony ; in his fights with Lou Ambers and NOTICE . 4 For special fresh dressed chickens, J,lmmy ol‘\;lc;.m'm;]x_\ mt: ;'norenx;]a? call Femmer, phone 114. adv; | Was:-good, - for -him,- thiabs. anotab matter. That's where the danger adv. Behind the Baseball Scene lies. He Can Go Too Far No one wants to see Tony con- tinue until ke is back on his heels| ,and talking to himself. He was'! jone of the great ringman of our )time. It would be nice to remem- ber him as such and not as a bat-| tered little man with a numbed brain. Tony has plenty of money— enough at least, to see him through; comfortably. There is no reason for him to keep on fighting, ex-| cept, possibly, that fighting is in his blood. That, under the circum- stances, is not reason enough. It is possible that Canzoneri may out-gallop Lou Ambers when they meet and regain the world light- weight title which he has held on two occasions. Lou is not a great fighter and hardly would belong| in the same ring with Tony, with Canzoneri at his peak. Lou did| gain the decision over Canzoneri in their last meeting but not by a con- vincing margin. Since then Lou |has lost three of five non-title bouts. You Respect Ambers ingly, Lou is tossing his valuable| bauble into the ring when he mix-| es with Tony. You admire Lou for keeping mx‘ word. You almost wish he hadn't. | Grandstand | Plans Ready For Bidders The plans and specifications for; the grandstand at the baseball park were approved by the special com- mittee of the Juneau Volunteer they will be ready for contractors to give them the once over on Mon- day. The plans and specifications wi 11 be at the otfice of Frank Metcalf where they may be seen and bids submitted. LEG!SLATORS ‘GUESTS AT JUNEAU SHOTGUN CLUB SHOOT SUNDAY | With members of the Territor-) ial Legislature invited to take part|/and Ray Carter were chosen as ex- Archaeology has announced the in a last-shoot before leaving Ju- neau for their homes, the Juneau Shotgun Club will blast clay pig- eons tomorrow morning at 10 o'- clock on their shooting grounds just inside the city limits behind the Juneau Dairy, it was announc- ed today. - et — |BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL Women’s Club will hold their regu- lar monthly business meeting Mon- iday evening, April 5, at 8 o'clock in the Council Chambers. FRANCES L. PAUL, adv. President. ————o— o Nebraska Agricultural college of- ficials say a hybrid corn grown in | Nebraska surpasses ordinary farm varieties from 15 to 20 per cent. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT AS ADMINISTRATOR ALL CONCERNED are hereby notified that the last will and testa- ment of e Gooden, deceased, was admitted to probate and that Frank A. Boyle was appointed Ad- ministrator W.W.A. of said dece- dent’s estate on March 18, 1937, by the United States Commissioner and ex officlo Probate Judge for the Juneau, Alaska, Commissioner’s Precinct. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to MRS AND THE DAY YOUR TOMMY ROT T-THE WADS PLAYING PO COLSING- HE HEL.D SEASUN STARTS IN CALIFORNIA Umpnu Will Yell "Play Ball” in Four Different Baseball Parks 82N FRANCISCO, Cal., April 3. —Umpires are to bark “play ball” in four California cities today, send- ing the Thi; Third Pacific Coast Baseball League ason mierrily on its way. Experts, as usual, predict one of the liveliest pennant scrambles in history Despite forecasts of unsettled weather, 15,000 fans are expected to turn out here and 8,000 fans in |Los Angeles. Fans at Oakland are also expected to swell the total to perhaps another 7,000, at least. At Sacramento, Gov. Frank Mer- riam will toss out the first ball for the game between Seattle and Sac- ramento with the opposing batteries eonsisting of Gregory and Bassler for Seattle and Freitas and Clark | for Sacramento. Los Angeles. JOE LOUIS i bl iBarnstorming Trip Ended | in San Diego — To Go to Chicago | SAN DIEGO, Cal, April 3.—Com- pleting a barnstorming tour, Joe | Louis, Detroit bomber, disposed of Witness Jagy dancing, \two sparring partners here Inight and left today for Chicago, {to begin further training for the | championship bout there on June 22 with Braddock. plans leaving there within the next few days for the Wisconsin woods ssion that I am aipje Department last night and for conditioning. e S ‘! IS ON SURVEY JOB George Karabelnikoff, recently in (Juneau visiting his father, is on a |survey gang for the engineering de- ‘pflnmem of the U. 8. Smelting Co., 'at Fairbanks. - IAILBANKS CARPENTERS ELECT NEW OFFICERS Carpenters of Fairbanks have or- |ganized and elected Fred Anderson President and Ray K. Carter secre- tary. T. 8. Bachelder, J. M. Jansen ecutive committeemen. The charter |roll carries fifty names. | NOTICE For special fresh dressed chickens, call Pemmer. phone 114. udv WAS AFRAID TO SHOW \T— e ’ Missions are playing here, Port-' land at Oakland and San Diego at GOING EAST Braddock is now in Chicago 'but £U® te Lee, as the central figure. TER'S BEALLI- MR BOILER SALESMAN~ ER WITH YOLIR THREE A ROYAL FLUSH, BUT | HAVE NOTHIN I.EAI] IN DERBY EVENT AT NOME Final Lap Being Run To- | day — Miss Alaska Big | Feature This Evening NOME, Alaska, April 3.—Albert Jnhnson. Eskimo driver from White Mountain, who won the first lap Thursday, won the second lap| 4 Uerby over Luc | T his time being 2 hours, 4 mmuu» and ten seconds. ‘The others in the top in the order named are Edwin Punguk, Eskimo; Ernie Buckmaster, white man of Nome; Fred Topkok, Eskimo from Igloo, and Luke McGluke, Eskimo Nome, Time, Juarer wie g, Two Days in order for the two have made the follow- ing time: yohnson, onds. Punguk, second, 4:09:45. Topkok, third, 4:15:33. Buckmaster, fourth, 4:23:01. McGluke, fifth, 4:36:33. The final lap will be run today. Yesterday the course was heavy. the weather being warm and snow |had drifted over the course dur- \in7 Thursday night and made the going slow. Gather at Scratch Wsarmer weather yesterday al- lowed nearly 500 spectators to as- semble at the scratch and watch the race. They remained around; the grandstand listening to the‘ special telephonic reports as the racers rounded Cape Nome for the return, | The opening night of the fair saw nearly 700 persons attending to ob- serve the hundreds of exhibits, the entertainment and | first, 4 hours, 37 sec- Finale Tonight Tonight, the final night of the | fair, will include a pageant, with Miss Alaska, the town’s own Mar- She will present the prizes in the sport events and to the winners of the three day dog derby. | A novelty this afternoon includes a baby parade with many amateur | movie fans taking inside pictures. Last night a special Eskimo pro- gram was given and there was also dancing. e Mound Dating 4,000 Years, B. C., Reported Found NEW YORK, April 3.—~The Am- erican Institute for Persian Art and discovery in northeastern Meso- |potamia, of a mound dating back {to four thousand years before |Christ. It is believed to be one of the world’s oldest civilized settle- ments yet discovered. Rehearsal for | | World Serles? MREYNOLDS IS CHAMP LEWIS NOT RESIGNING POUNDS BARRY, - FIGHT STOPPED ‘Referee Calls Halt Between | Two in Fifth of Sched- uled 10 Rounder ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 3. — Hard punching light heavyweight champ= ion John Henry Lewis, rained lea- | ther into the face and body of Don- ald “Red” Barry for four rounds last night before the referee stopped the non-title battle in the fifth round of a scheduled ten rounder. The negro ring veteran managed to dodge ger but in the fourth round Lewis dropped Barry to the canvas with a succession of rights to the head. Barry was still groggy when the gong sounded for the fifth round land after a few seconds of fight= ing, the referee stopped the bout. FOR SALE By owners, Motorship SILVER WAVE. Built Seattle 1925, lenath 59 ft. 5 in., beam 18 ft. 3 in., depth 10 ft. 8 in., net tons 69, engine 100 H.P.C.O. Diesel re- cently completely overhauled, ready for service, ideal boat for fishing in- dustry or general cargo. Terms or charter to responsible party. Price re- duced to $12,500. Can be inspected at Lake Union, Seattle. Write for further mformcmon. LOMEN COMMERCIAL CO. Colman Building ' Seattle Associate Justice, Suprcme Court, Not to Leave His Post SANTA BARRARA, Cal, —Associate Justice James Clark | McE nolds, of the Supreme Court of the United States, said in a let- ter to a friend here, the Rev. Jam Clement Reid, that he has no intention of “retiring from the bench in the immediate future de- ¢pite inclinations to seek freedom from the incessant demands on my ime and strength.” A i SPRING THAW STARTS ; thaw started at Fair- | , according to va ys PAA Electra and Thursday, owing to a freezing temperature, the streets were icy. - Lester April 3. ‘Alaska” by D. Henderson TANANA RIVER ICE MOVE DATES 1917—April 30 at 11:30 a.m. 1918—May 1] at 9:33 a.m. 1919—May 3 at 2:33 p.m. 1920—May 11 at 10:46 a.m. 192]1—May 11 at 6:42 a.m. 1922—May 12 at 1:20 p.m. 1923—May 9 at 2:00 p.m. 1924—May 11 at 3:10 p.m. 1925—May 7 at 6:32 p.m. 1926—April 26 at 4:03 p.m. 1927—May 13 at 5:42 a.m. 1928—May 6 at 4:24 p.m. 1929—May 5 at 3:41 p.m. 1930—May 8 at 7:03 p.m. 1931—May 10 at 9:23 a.m. 1932—May 1 at 10:10 a.m. 1933—May 8 at 7:20 p.m. 1934—April 30 at 2:07 p.m. 1935—-May 15 at 1:32 p.m. 1936—April 30 at 12:58 p.m. NENANA ICE POOL CLOSES April 10, 1937-Midmght The First National Bank JUNEAU [ CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$75.000 @ COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS It would be quite a feat for Tony|Present the same, with proper vou- to wear the lightweight crown for|chers, within six months from the the third time, but even that, at{date hereof to the undersigned at the expense of his health, hardly|the office of his attorney, R. E. Ro- would be worthwhile. bertson, 200 Seward Building, Ju- Tony has long been Amber’s pu-|neau, Alaska. |gilistic hero. He still is, despitef Dated at Juneau, Alaska, Merch !Lou now wears the lightweight |20, 1937. |crown. On the uifht Ambers took FRANK A. BOYLE |the crown from Tony he promised Administrator W.W.A. |the battered little veteran the first|Publication dates, March 20, 27, shot at the championship. Accord-|April 3, 10, 1937. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 2% Paid on Savings Accounts s —— e e e Frank Frisch, left, manager of the St. Louls Cardinals, and Joe )(MY. right, New York Yankee pilot, posed before the start of t league” exhibition at Daytona Beach, Fla. Favored wmwrmwlwemmu,mpdrmymut;‘un Peering through the screen at St. Petersburg, Fla., 1s Judge Kenesaw next fall for the world series, dis, the High Commissioner of organized baseball, as keen | y%:‘;;;:‘lll‘f‘:;n l:s u:y b{elchenu The judge witnessed an axluhit.mn game between, the Yankees and the Boston Bees, .