The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 17, 1937, Page 8

HARMONY FLITS | AS CHANNEL BB HEADS WRANGLE Legion Stars and Holdout | Player Rule Start Battles | in First Ball Meeting | With the managers of all three remaining league teams present with their sleeves rolled above the elbow end ready to let punches fall where they might, preliminaries for the organization of the Gastineau Chan- nel Baseball League for the 1837 season were fought out last night at the first meeting of league of- ficials and managers, held ai the home of League President William A. Holzheimer, in the MacKinnon apartiments, Present at the meeting were Pres- ident Holzheimer, Vice-President TFrank Heinke; Art McKinnon and Sten Grummet, manager and cap- tain of the Moose team, last sea- son's champs; Walter Andrews and Claude Erskine, manager and cap- ain of the runner-up Douglas Is- landers; and C. H. MacSpadden, manager of the Elks nine First Tangle, Players Following a call of the role cn last season's team membeers still living on the Channel the manag- ers and officials delved into the distribution of the accounted for players of the disbanded American Legion team, and promptly the managers were deep in their first big wrangle of the evening At the bottum. of all the turmoil was the disposition of Joe Snow, the league's prize first baseman. “Big Andy"” Andrews, having suf- ficient first sacker for the Island- ers in himself, declared himself eas- ily satisfied and retired from the fray with Ken Junge on his hook, leaving the remainder of the Le- gion players to the other two man- agers | No First Sackers MacSpaddenn and McKinnon then set out to outvie each other in showing that their squads con- tained neither a qualified first- baseman nor anyone who could claim to have ever had more than a passing acquaintance with the first sack. After each had spent| his explosives, the situation was still high in the air, and it wes time ont to arranze a private play- Bonner, Eddie Roller, Jimmy Man- Livie, and from the Legion, left to President Holzheimer to se- certain the team preference of Snow What Is the Pooled Account | Alaska Credit Bureau PHONE 28 First National Bank Building {tirement THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1937. ’ e ——————————— and then make the assignment as he shall see fit. The distribution of the remain- der of the Legionnaires then pro- ceeded withcut furth fireworks; the Elks drawing Irving Ha up, R. H. Stevenson and Grassy Lowe, and the Moosemen, receiving Al Bloomquist, Bud Foster, and Toddy Baldwin. Nowell, Chief Umpire Evercit Newell though Legion rostor, w ned ng signified his m playing. Nowell assigned the post of Umpire- in-Chief, with the responsibility of recruiting a corps of arbiters to handle the scheduies. on pas not S8 ha Is to be The next biz batue of the night was precipitated over the que: of " Iplaye the N representatives taking the negat! e of the debate vhile the ks and Douglas fought for a rul'nt which ild make fre agents of all ball players returning to Juncau after the open schedule, reg their ious team affil Call Backs Proponents of the law an uniair advanta lies with the team that, after effort has been expended the teams for the season openine Al up- on former stars to return to town, then hoid call upon them because of possession. The Moose delegates were amenable to rule placin time limit upon du- ration of 1 to former players but held « ne month afte the opening season as ihe deadline aszortment of bowlin nd hang- man’s knots had d: ped in the tongues of all involved, agreement ed that after one month from night's meeti or on Moy 15, a team’s claim upon former players who may return to Juneau to play bali will have expired, and all such players who report for service after that date shall be ace-in-thi s of ations. prev- argued that every 0 balanc: st consider=d froe agents and may be| re-assi shall ¢ d as the league president m best. It was next decided that the play- ing scason shall open on the sec- ond Sunday in May, which is May 9, with the Moose, title defender: opposing y runner-ups. the Islonders. A three team schedule is to be drawn. based upon a split se2- scn, and presented in the noar fu- ture. Follow'nz MacSpadden that and Andrews took wepping catcher second baseman er deal: the E ond pitcher Plan It is an easy simplified procedure by which you can pay all “TREAT YOUR CREDIT AS A SACRED TRUST CHARLES WAYNOR ! league, probably with playing dates Btevenson, and Grassy Lowe. action, Manager Red Gray to Douglas in return for! outfielder Dick McDonald. The officials then turned their attention to the question of or- ganizing a minor league, to give playing opportunity to newcomers and the crop of younger players, and from which talent can be drafted to fill holes in the Channel League teams, WEDDING DAY, IS . FOUND SUICIDE Minor League Following the suggestion of Pres- ident Holzheimer, effort is to !;r“‘ expended toward forming a minor league of (wo team one of whichj hall be Irving Hagerups Cardin-| als. Tt was suggested that - Al Bloomquist, young Cardinal catch- er be given the managership of the econd bush team. A regular sched- ule will be drawn for the minox haust Fumes in Ne- vada Desert SHIPF Oflice NSBURG, Pa., s are secking to tra sivcumstances behind the trip of more then Lwenty-five hundred miles covered by Smith, commencing 11 on Saturday evenings, and horsehides will lend their coaching and developing i) ers. A cup will be presentation to the champions All new signad to the teams, that they tunity p! older aid in bush- heleen Bard here three week The. end of Smith's for trail lies in the Nevada desert, where league his bod s found yesterday in an autc He was a Vi vl poisoning. rn2y Douglas Castle He was undoubtedly a suwcide. The exhaust tube was found running into the car.” | Following Smith's disappearance, it was believed that he might have been on his way west, to visit an (aunt, Mrs. Myatt Goring, at Ed- Practice Schedules |monds, Washington. A ring found 'en the body bore the inscription, Practice schedules re to be «gav (o Dave” drawn and other details completed for the next League meeting,| which will be called as soon as def- inite knowledge of progress cn the ball park alterations is secured The meeting then broke up with/ peace and hermeny again r n»‘ ing supreme (except for accasional! glares exchanged by the team managers.) | married minor nobi will first minor league have cppor- and their abilities determined. Those players who prove themselves in the bush games will then be re-assigned to the big league teams as they may be need- ed. players two may be a | The Business and Professional Wo- Team Rosters |mens Club will assemble at Rey- According to team rosters turned nolds Cafe Monday cvening at 6:30 in by the managers, holdover play- o'clock for dinner. ers of each squad now on thel On a program arranged by Dr Channel accounted for and ready Rac Lillian Carlson, Dr. W. M for action, incltide: |Whitehéad and Miss Martha B. ELKS—Kelly Blaks, Dick Mc- Ressland will give Lwevesting talk Denald, Shavey Koskl, “Big Mac” ir subjects will be “Health.” MacSpadden, George Benson, Ralph| Miss Beinice Lovejoy and Hiss Bardi, Pete Schmitz, and from the Helen Westfall will present their Legion, Erving Hagerup, Roger humorous recitations given recent- ly in the school declamation con- test and on the musical part of the program Mrs. Jack Livie and Mrs. Robert Livie will entertain with selectio accompanied by Miss Helen Torkelson. 1t is expected a 1 n attendance. MOOSE — Joe Werner, Jack Schmitz, Bill Schmitz, Fritz Schmitz, Stan Grummett, Bill Bryan, and from the Legion Al Bloomquist, Bud Foster, and Toddy Baldwin, b DOUGLAS—Ciaide Eiskine, Red ¢ ! Gray, “Big Andy" Andrews, Bob| crowed will = | Ken ning, Mark Jensen, Johnny Niemi, Junge Andy Balog, Tauno Niemi, Dan Clark Off] Tn a bii of posi-meeting action Holzheimer and Vice- President Heinke, W. K. Cinrk was ve-appointed official for the league for this 1t was also decided that all new- | lcomers who wish to play ball in ‘Juncau this season shall be asked j(u register with Staniey Grummett, |8t his Juneau Insurance Agency of- | |fice at the entrance to the Gold-| tein Building. | The registry books are now open, | and all new yers are ashed at] 107ce t © names, addresses, | and the positions in which ¢, perferm, with Grummett. : S — 1 Scorer Sreciden year. £ \COMMIiTTEES NAMED | ' BY MARTHA SOCIETY | ' FOR CHURCH DINNER | | M | At the meeting of the Martha | |Sociely yesterday afternoon, plans | were considered for the annual | public dinner of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, the atfair to !be held on Wednesday evening, |April 28, | Committees for the clude the following: Hostesses—Mrs. Katherin» Hook- {er, Mrs. Charles Sey, and Mrs, J, |K. campbell. Decorations—Mrs. E. M. Richard- son, Mrs. Howard Wilcox, Mrs. John Glasse. Dining Room—Mrs. Walter Scott, Mrs. Tom Morgan, Mrs. Erling Bugge, Mrs. Kenneth Junge, Mrs. Harry Douglas, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. N. L. Troast, Mrs. Carl Coates, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, and Mrs. Har- ry Larsen. Kitchen—Mrs. E. J. Cowling, Mrs. Ray G. Day, Mrs. Florine Housel, Mrs. George Rice, Mrs. A. J. Ficken, Mrs. Forrest Bates, Mrs. R. E. Ro- bertson, Mrs. Homer Nordling, Mrs, R. W. Marshall, Mrs. Roellford, and Mrs. Byron Miller. affair in- HAVE YOUR SPRING COMBO RINGLETTE PERMANENTS CREATED ‘AT THE HENNA MARCEL SHOP Priced at $5.00 PHONE 103 For Appointment L T T T T T Manager |and well known Alaskan MONDAY NIGHT DISAPPEARS ON [Holbrook Marks Long Period in Forest Service. Grovmi-toBe DN from Ex- Once Almost Fired by Gif~?Residcnts to Paint, Clear,| ford Pinchot, Forester | Completes 32 Years | Thirly-two years ago this nmm-| the|ing turned out to be a momentous as Judson Juneau’s clean-up week | yecasion in the life of Wellman Hol- | begins next Monday. brook, Assistant Regional Forester It was on this day 32 years ago hat Holbrook, an ambitions young- iresidents to begin to clear yards of in debr’s, started out from Niehart Montana with two pack er, ceir'ral horses on his first job with the U.|ments which will follow during the| S. Forest Service. His salary on that | week. day was $69 per month out of which fed himself and supplied andcl ouk care of his own horses. His job was temporary assistant to lhe‘cur | residue He had quit a job in the Great 'along the curbs to facilitate work Jof the trucks. forest ranger in that district. Is postoffice at $50 a month to take his first step toward rising[ to be one of the first flight men injof clean-up week by fixing fences, the U. 8. Forest Service. Reca]hng;checking fire hazards, clearing at-|} that step, the genial official re-| members that in addition to supply- | ng his own horses and feeding hem, he even had to furnish his| own axe. And the job was tempor- | It came nearly being cven less | than that when his summer in the| field was over. | Among the official's prized pas-] the | ions is a letter signed by | ford Pingot, then U. S. Foresters which he received at the| end of that first summer’s work.| Holbrook had been checking ]ogs} ff the forest area. Mr. Pinchot’s| letter pointed out in a few bricf{.lll,sfice Van Devanter sentences that it had come to his| tention that one temporary as-| t to the Ranger, Holbrook, at' hart, Montana, had let some logs ss which were found to be un- | marked. Reoccurrence of such a 'hing, Mr. Pinchot wrote, in his now | historic letter, would lead to the! rstant dismissal ‘of one Wellman | Holbrook. i Best evidence that no further | unmarked logs passed the wagle eye, of the budding young forester is: hat today, 32 years later, he occu- pics one of the highest positions of trust in the U. 8. Forest Service. “But T was plenty worried about logs about then,” reminisced the of- ficia | In his long service with the l“m'—I s Service, Mr. Holbrook has been fationed in Montana, later in Port- ' land and since 1921 in Alaska. Prior to coming here permanently, he tpent the summers in Alaska for several seasons. While past the re-' tirement period of 30 years, Mr. Hol- | bro: still a comparatively young man, has years o go before being ubject to age retirement. - DANCE SET TONIGHT | BY SONS OF NORWAY. The Sous o ivrway are enier- jta'nina tonight at an evening gath- to br marked by cards and dencing, with refreshments to be rved after the usual meeting, kich begins at 8 p. m. | Albert Peterson will provide mu- sic for the dancing, and in charge of arrangements for the evening are H. Swanson, George Jorgen-| son and Doris Swap. HERMLES RETURNING Mrs. John Hermle, wife of the joint operator of the Home Grocery ! and American Meat Market here.' accompanied by her two children, is | enroute back to Juneau aboard the' steamer Yukon. Mrs. Hermle and her children have been in the States | for several months, visiting her own | parents in the Northwest, and Mr. | Hermle'’s in California. .and sunny day, CLEAN-UP OF CITY BEGINS HERE MONDAY Wash, Repair During | Coming Week By proclamation of Mayor Thom- | Tomorrow, scheduled to be a clear vill be an oppor- tune time, it is pointed out, for and and make plans for the painting repairing improve- In cooperation with the purpose of n-up week, city trucks will pick | p all debris piled along the street| s. Residents are asked to pile in convenient locations Many have already begun work ties of inflammable materials, re- pairing sidewalks and dusting off the well worn welcome mat on the door step and washing windows. OVER 100 CROWN TOKYO, April i7.—More than 100 have been drowned in floods on the island of Shakhalin. One whole village has been submerged. The dead are Japanese and Russians. DL Y Y Is 78 Years Old Today WASHINGTON, April 17. — Su- preme Court Justice Willis Van De- vanter, who has sat in the court with many colleagues, observed his 78th birthday today studying some legal cases before the court. “It is just the same as any other day.” said the Justice. A few months ago he was found duck hunting in Virginia, without nd had to procure one. - IN HOSPITAL Carl Linga was admitted this af- ternoon to St. Ann’s Hospital where he is to receive medical care. - DUFRESNE GOING SOUTH Frank Dufresne, Executive Officer the Alaska Game Commission and representative of the Biologi- cal Survey, is going south on the amer Alaska Monday to Seattle i» crnnection with Commission and vivey work. He expects to be gone bout a month. - - GALLW COMING HERE 2rden Harold Gallwas of the Alaska Game Commission at Sew- ard and Mrs. Gallwas are coming to Juneau Monday on the steamer Alaska. of D PHILLIPS RETURNING Juneau's Superintendent of Pub- lic Schools, A. B. Phillips, is among the passengers on the steamer Yu- kon enroute back to Juneau fol- lowing a three-weeks' trip to at- tend the Annual Inland Empire and Northwest educators’ conference at Spokane, Washington. e J. T. Tenneson, president of the | Superior Fisheries Company, is on his way north aboard the steamer | ukon. He is enroute to his com- | pany’s salmon cannery, at Tenakee, | to prepare for the coming season. e | SHRINE DANCE Last of the Season. Invitational. Masonic Temple. Dancing 10 o'clock sharp. Go to School Concert first. adv.’ the Great Northern Railway, who SURVEY TENDER WESDAHL CALLS HERE FROM TAKU Coming in to Juneau for supplies, the U. 8. Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey tender Wesdahl, commanded by Lieut. H. Arnold Karo, arrived in port here this morning and moored at the Government Dock. She is to sail again this after- noon or tomorrow for Taku Inlet where she is occupled this summer on survey work. PETERSBURG BOAT CALLING HERE FOR BAIT ON WAY OUT Enroute to the fishing grounds from her home port, Petersburg, the halibut boat Bravo was in port here today. She is to call at the Auk Bay herring pot for fresh bait after leaving Juneau. No sales were made on the Juneau fish market today, and no boats to bait or ice. - e — laska” by Lester D. Henderson. Great Northern Boosting Alaska, Declares Carter Alaska will received more publi- cily than ever this year, according to Nick Carter, representative of Juneau 5. stopping in during an laska business Great Norihern's aavertising will have much to do with this publicity. “Besides our regular advertising schedule,” said Mr. Carter, “we are adding a full year schedule with ali of the most important national publications, many of the sports and outdoor magazines, and other magazines and newspapers. Every bit of this publicity is aimed to ex- plain Alaska at its best, both with word and picture, and we hope that it will be important not only to us but to the Territory as well.” Mr. Carter will extend his trip t0 the westward aboard the Yukon, ieaving Juneau on Tuesday. efededededeedefobobdedebebedefoeded IRVING’S SWING BAND IS PLAYING AT THE - TERMINAL TONIGHT COME AND DANCE DROP IN AFTER THE SHRINE DANCE ADMISSION $1.00 ? P TN » T ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE THAT TO GIVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY THE MOST COMPLETE AND COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE SERVICE I AM NOW LOCATED IN THE OFFICE OF ALLEN SHATTUCK For the next few weeks I will be in the Seattle Office of the NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. ANY BUSINESS MATTERS MAY BE TAKEN UP WITH Allen Shattuck’s OFFICE DURING MY ABSENCE. KEITH G. WILDES INSURANCE i e s Pl