The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 29, 1937, Page 3

: il'HEil‘)AlLY ALASKA EMPIRE THURSDAY JU.LY 29 {937 b el THEY MEET IN Cards' Slumpls SACRAMENTO HOAX STARTS | TAXI TONIGHT ~ Major Mystery, DROPSTWOTO MYSTERY SHOW | = FOR LAST TIME Current Chase LOS ANGELES AT COLISEUM R a2 A S TONIGHT—isthe—NIGHT COLISEUM — —TONIGHT — AGAIN . . .. At the COLISEU “SWEEPSTAKE” Quartet of Movie Stare Bat-l(}as House Eang Knoc ks‘Prox_\' Kl e;);e r, on War “Case of Black Cat” Holds tle and Love in Capitol | Over Tail-enders But Has | Path, Suspends Another | Audiences Spellbound— Theatre Movie i No Luck in Big Time Player as Indians Lose Final Showings Tonight Chester Morris, Fay Wray, Lionel (By Associated Press) Stander and Raymond Walburn,| What's happened to the Gashouse as excellent a quartet of actors in;Gang? That's the big mystery of Hollywood, battle and love their the Majors these days. Except for Ducky Medwick, who is still clout- way through an hour of the grand- ing them, the Cards appear to have est creen entertainment this re- " [Viewer has seen this scason in Col-|become as lmp as empty sacks, al- mention the Solons dropping a tonight for the final time |umbia‘’s “They Met In a Taxi,”jthough they can still knock over doubleheader to the Los Angeles| The plot is most unusual in that |which opened last night at the such perrenial second-division clubs Angels last night. Rickey is on the the first “murder” is a hoax and Capitol Theatre. Tonight concludes|as the Dodgers and Phillies, The|coast to see what the Solons need |the man supposed to be killed turns the current showing. “big boys,” however, just y them, |in the way of new material. up at the trial of the man accused and the once rough and ready gang Prexy Bill Klepper of the Seattle of slaying him while two actual orful escapade of a beautiful dress|{rom St. Louis has lost thirteen of | In has suspended Bill Law- murders are committed as the result |model, posing as an escaping heir-|its last twenty-one games. The Fence outfielder, after the Indians of the trick ess-bride, who turns out to be not|Giants took them yesterday |yesterday dropped the second| six persons are suspected by the a bride at all, but a girl accused| The Cubs held on to théir m,.,“,_’smu:m game to San Diego. Klep-|police, all of whom are proved in- lof the theft of a valuable necklace,|ame lead by clouting the Dodgers; Per IS wielding the big stick on Pl&y-inocent. The real killers are expos-| | Among those whoth Miss Wray|While in the American League, the ;"-‘ in an attempt to get winnings|eq 4¢ the tarial of an innocent man! | o Sy 3 & Ylvanks were handcuffed by AukerPut so far has only pulled bloomers.|py perry Mason, the actute lawyer-| linvolves in her strange adventure , The Missions kept Portland in| g : il i X . , to two measly singles and humiliat- detective who invariably solves mys- | are Chester Morris, who billets her| Y third place by blanking them yester- a | g g v ed by the Tigers, who gained second . s teries that the police are unable to in his apartment when she appeals day. ol iy Iplace when the White Sox were fathom. {to him for aid, and Morris’ two pals, 3 i 3 4 ' drubbed by the Senators. The Ricardo Cortez gives an unusually {the nimble-fingered Lionel Stander . W, 0 T d P . il o0 - Peiry Rlkhnl and Raymond Walburn, a newspa- v-:m:.\lt-'nyl e b g D bor ( ”|”, p;" “'li}.‘:_‘ .0, ;)”|\] fil‘l";’f‘l perman writing a society gossip col- *° s B9 00 SRR SR A S Y mveiey his worldlywise secretary. Jane Br: WISHED HERSELF ONTO HiMmM! ....She was dumped in his lap-and he had to love it! \ | | } \ NEW REGISTRATION NEW NAMES (By Assoviated Press) Most baffling of all Erle Stanley Branch Rickey, big stick of the|Gardner murder mysteries is “The St. Louis Cardinals, said Sacramen- |Case of the Black Cat, the First| 'to will be the most colorful team [National production, which held in the history of the Pacific Coast|Coliseum Theatre audiences spell- League next year, but he did not|bound last night. The mystery shows PROSTRATION! fi BIACK CAT RICARDO CORTEZ IANE BRYAN The story revolves about the col- ADDED i Slippery Silks New Shoes Going Places Daily Alaska Empire Ne MIDNIGHT PREVIEW KILLER AT LARGE and GAMES WEDNI DAY Pacific Coast League Oakland 10; San Francisco 3. Ban Diego 12; Seattle 2. with CHESTER MORRIS FAY WRAY A Columbia Picture JUNE TRAVIS A Warner.Bras.-First National Picture FUGITIVE SHERIFF Friday Contests, Evergreen Bowl, Announced Today ketball Game in Fore- noon with Softball Event Scheduled in Afternoon The ninth Friday afternoon con- tests will be held in Evergreen Bowl beginning 1 oclock tomorrow. frhe contests will be preceded in the forenoon with a basketball game at 11 o'clock and will be followed in {he ‘afternoon with a soitball gam ! Jack McDaniel will be presented with a prize for winning the horse- $hoe champinship. Juggling and harmonica playing will be the special features of the tontests. Other popular features such as golf, wire balance, log walking, and even a wagon race have been arranged. Even the little Yolks have been remembered. The fifteen events are as follows: Boys’ or girls’ croguet golf, 4 to & years; boys’ or girls tub basketball, k b or wagon race, s’ harmonica play- ing contests, open; boys' or girls’ croquet golf, 7-9; boys’ or girls’ tub basketball, 7-9; boys’ softball juggle, 10-12; girls' softball juggle, 10-12; at EENEEERZETNERENE 5 1-save on PRICE! 3-save on UPKEEP! @ Now you can buy “first"choice” in refrig- erators and save three ways—on purchase price, on operating cost and on upkeep. Automatic Thrift Unit sealed-in:steel in all models. Judge refrigerator values any way you choose—and you'll find the new G-E Triple- Thrift Refrigerator is the biggest buyof 1937. SEENREEINIRENREEN SOLD O} PHO Juneau—§ Serving J;.meflu and Douglas, Alaska TPITEILLITELEE PELEEEEE nzEe %-save on CURRENT! CONVENIENT TERM Alaska Electric Light and Power Company boys’ softball juggle, 13-15; softball juggle, 13-15; crafts, log walking, wire balance, golf, all open Prizes for will be operation of the Rotary Club and the courtesy of Rotarian J. B. Bur- ford open; boy: the afterncn STEELE IS TO ENTER COLLEGE WASHINGTON, July 29.—Fred- die Steele, the world’s middleweight boxing champion, who whipped Charles (Hobo) Williams here, hell g the ring in two years nd go to college. Steele, a Tacoma, Wash. lad, has {been fighting since he was thirteen. He's twenty-four now and he fi- gures another couple of years’ bat- |fling will enable him to put away enough money to support him for life. Then he hopes to enter Wash- ington State College. CURFEW TOLLS AS SCOT THROWN BY IRISH O'MAHONEY HARTFORD, Conn. July 29. — Danno O'Mahoney, Irish grappler, threw George Clark, Scottist bone- crusher, in a bout that w halted by the 11:30 o'clock curfew. SEETNESENERERENED 1 These are the finest General Electric refrigerators ever built—the value sen- sation of the yearand America is buying one-a-minute! BEEEEERERTNI F2REIRRREE NES Douglas—18 ETEEEEEEEININRNRNDEREERANND girls’ contest | furnished through the co- | ZETEISEINNEETENETNEETNSNRENRSARCE FRRSNE | “They Met In a Taxi” is farce | melodrama and comedy agreeably |concocted with just enough spice tc {keep every audience on its toes ! - Sport Slants The scheduiea serles of interna- tional match races between the Ital- ian-owned Muscletone and E. J. {Baker’s greyhound is the tipoff on the great strides trotting has made |in its comeback to popular favor. These races are probably the first f their kind ever arranged for trotters. The plan is to bring Mus- with Greyhound, and later to stage a return race on Italian soil. The horses will race for a minimum guarantee of $10,000, to say nothing of the sizable side bets Muscletone is an American bred and trained trotter. He was shipped ond (behind Lord Jim) in the Ham- bletonian. His owner is listed as one Givo Mainani, but it is whispered about that Mussolini has more than a rooting interest in the trotter. | As a 3-year-old, Muscletone es- | tablished-a mark of 2:0: |from Europe say the horse has im- {proved greatly since then. He is |regarded abroad as every bit as fast as Greyhound, who set his mark |at 1:57% as a 4-year-old last sum- | mer. Clockers abroad have timed |Muscletone over the mile route in (1:57 and 1:58, indicating he belongs in Greyhound's clas: There seems little doubt as to |Greyhound’s ability to hold up his end of the argument. The grey ghost made a show of the field in the 1935 Hambletonian and estab- lished himself as one of the great trotters of all time. Grand old BEER 1S NOW AVAILABLE IN THE BRAND NEW STEINIE Bottle A fully ma- tured, rich and mellow brew — the best Milwau- kee Beer since 1855 eo KEGUNED FOR SALE AT YOUR DEALER Alaska Distributor W. J. LAKE & CO., INC. Seattle, Wash. ALSO IN CANS TRADE-MARI cletone over from Italy for a brush, to Italy in 1934 after placing sec- | , but reports ' 1. S. GRAND PRIX EVENT ON AUS. 23 VANDALLA, Ohid, July 28.—Trap- | shooters from every section of the| United States, from Canada, Mex-| ico, and the Canal Zone, are begin-| ning to come up for the greatest event the clay target sport knows, the Grand American Ttournament. Scheduled August 23 to 27, in-| clusive, this tournament attracts the greatest scattergun marksmen | in North America, who shoot for cash, trophies and special awards| valued at more than $50,000 | Strangely enough, the amateur| trapshooter is permitted to shoot for cash prizes, and for this reason the sport has mot been represented | at the Olympic since the games in| Paris in 1924. '4 4 | .- | Do you know that when you buy| 100 proof whiskey, you get 11 per-| cent more strength than in 90 proof | whiskey—in other words a 100 proof whiskey priced at $2.20 would be as cheap as a 90 proof whiskey at $2.00. adv | Brooklyn Missions 3; Portland 0. Sacramento 0, 5; Los Angeles 4, 8. National League Philadelphia 4; Pittsburgh 6 Boston 1; Cincinnati 6 Brooklyn 5; Chicago 7. New Yo St. Louis 4. American League St. Louis 4; Boston 5. Detroit 8; New York 1. Cleveland 7; Philadelphia 11, Chicago 8; Washington 11. STANDING OF CLUBS Won 72 69 66 64 60 54 49 70 44 % National League Won Lost 56 31 54 35 46 40 45 42 43 46 35 50 Cincinnati 36 49 Philadelphia 34 56 American League Won Lost 57 28 53 36 51 37 Lost 49 50 b4 53 69 67 San Diego Sacramento San Francisco Portland Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Missions 30 550 547 466 446 367 Pct. 644 607 Chicago New York Pittsburgh St. Louis Boston 483 New York Chicago Detroit 871 596 580 .412‘ | | 535 | 412 Auditorium on August 6 424 | formerly of Tacoma, Wash,, now liv- 318|108 an is lovely to look at and effective as the romantic granddaughter {off by nis latest will. i | | Boston Cleveland | Washington {St. Louis 28 58 | Philadelphia 26 58 | Gastineau Channel League | (Second Half) | | Moose Won 4 | Douglas | Elks Lenhart fo Meet 46 41 31 36 42 46 Lost 2 2 4 Pet 0 Wanstqp in Aug, MINNEAPOLIS, July {Lennon, St. Paul fight has matched Freddie promoter, for ¢ Lenhart, at White has not engaged in a St Bear Lake, Minn Paul bout Pet. |since he won a decision from Wen- stob about a year ago. e Try an Empire ad. Daily S})orts Cartoon wWoN THE HAMBLETONIAN W 1935 GRE Y HOUND HAS BEEN RATED ONE OF THE GREAT TROTTERS OF ALL TIME —A SERIES OF TWO MATEH RACES WILL BRING THESE TWO GREAT TROTTERS TOGETHER. “ONE RACE N THIS COUNTRY , THE OTHER N ITALY WHERE THE AMERICAN BRED AND TRAINED MUSCLETONE 1S NOW OWNED| RUNNING RACE CONTESTED A TS CONTRY o of the millionaire, who has been <‘lll‘l 561 494 446 326 310 667 667 000 20.—Harry! Lenhart with 517 Eddie Wenstob of Edmonton, Alta., return match at the St. Paul ¢ ALSO——— TRIPLE TROUBLE SPORTING QUIZ WAY OUT WEST LATE PARAMOUNT NEWS ITEMS Softal Teams | Wil Seek it NASHVILLE, July 29.—Cham- ! |pionship teams from fourteen se |tions of Tennesse will vie for honors !in the fifth annual state softball| playotf, September 3-6, to determine | {an entry for the world tournament| {at Soldier Field, Chicago, Septem- (ber 10-13, VIOLA SWEET on ) i “THE GAME W A OF LIFE” u‘ 3 TONIGHT 8:00 P. M. 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