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BRINGING UP FATHER MAGGIE - TH' NEW NEVER MIND-WERE GO- BUTLER YOU'VE ING TO HAVE COMPANY ] HIRED IS THE FOR DINNER TONIGHT 'VE INVITED BOESTUTNAT | || AR TR O, SEBSHEE wen RIGHT VL LET HIMGO- TO DINNER - WiSH HE'D QUIT= wNg J NS \- a \e= ~ i [, Copr. 1937, King Festures Syndicate, Inc, World right THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1937. By GEORGE McMANUS o HEAVENS-IT SOUNDED AS IF THE CHINA YJUMPED OU THE WINDOW- HE BROKE ATRAY OF DISHES AND T OF =~ HE MUSTVE HEARD WHAT U SA ().f ] N i S E A LS UPR|SE | DailyAS p;)fts Cartoon IN LAST INNING | DEFEAT SUI.UNSj Seattle Makes Three Errors —Gets TenHits—Then Beats Missions S e LEAGUES N MITTING THE YANKEE YOUNSSTER /S THE BEST QUTFIELDER N THE AMERICAN (By Associated Press) The Seals are back in third place due to a four-run uprising in the last half of the ninth inning to defeat the Solons. LEAGUE -IF NOT IN > Padres increased their lead- THE MAJORS ership by defeating the Beavers who went back to fourth position in the \ standing column. ' The Oaks took a 2 to 1 lead in the series over the Angels. The first! five Oaks up at the plate got four! hits. The Oaks scored all the runs| made in the first two innings. | Seattle made three errors but got ten hits to win the second straight ame from the Missions. GAMES TiRURSDAY Pacific Coast League Sacramento 5; San Francisco 6. San Diego 7; Portland 5. ons 1; Seattle 4. | and 4; Los Angeles 1. | National League | rooklyn 9; Pittsburgh 6. | ladelphia 4; Chicago 2. | w York 2; Cincinnati 0, twelve | American League | Cleveland 4; Boston 5. | Chicago 8; New York 13. | Detroit 5; Philadelphia 3. St. Louis 7; Washington 4. . A Righte Reserved by The Asioclated Press r ; Slants More and more 1t becames appar- ent that Joe Di Maggio is not only| a talented ball player but a mighty sensible younster as well. The New York Yankee sophomore star has come into his own this season. Last year he more than lived up to the Inice things said about him before ue came up as a freshman. This year his work shows improvement | what with the extra year of ex- perience | Di Maggio is an established star lafter a season and a half of major, {league baseball. But he has no il- lusions concerning his own capa- Ibilities. He is a good ball player and he knows it. But those who would stamap lum another Babe | Ruth just because he happens to be‘ 'setting the home run pace for the; ;Amencan League are likely to find the youngster simply does mnot care to be “another anyone.” | Joe admits he has no ambitions to emulate the Sultan of Swat. He :JB willing to let Teammate Lou Gehrig enjoy that honor. Joe, for PHILLIES STEP \ TO FORE WHEN | s sonuter g HOME'S BEHIND = d SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO. 535 Red Sox Stretch Win Streak CENTURY BREWERY ——— SEATTLE, U.S. A. to Ten—Yanks Take 9- | g . Game Edge in A. L. |—— sz (By Associated Press) Jinxed at home, the Phillies won six of their seven tu n the current road trip, including two straight from the Cul Wednesday and yesterday. Walters allowed but four hits for his ninth victory against four losses away from home, while his at home record shows H i Capitol s 3:lis.thme wins against six set- Theat’e The Chicago Cubs had their Na- * % f tional League lead cut to five games rnd receive tickets for your- as the second place Giants out- self and a friend or lasted the Cincinnati Reds. The relative to see e “THE LOST CITY"——and “CAPTAIN CALAMITY" Mrs. F. Sterling | | Yon are invited to pres~nt ] _a18 coupon at the box office of the | the Cards. Lou Gehrig found the range for 1 the present, would be content to|tWO homers and the Yankees swept As a pald-up subscriber of The win the runs-batted-in champion-'their four-game series with the Daily Alaska Empire ship of his league. ‘Wmte Sox, to stretch their edge | Naturally he would like to win | over the rest of the American league the batting title, but next to mm;clubs to nine full games. The Red A SENSATION AS A FRESHMAN, HE /S BETTER TRIS YEAR. BECAUSE OF THE ADPDED EXPERIENCE STANDING OF CLUBS National League American League | H H Won Lost Pet. Won Lost Pct. I"Esfl I"s £an Diego 76 53 64 29 688 | 589 | New York factementn 28 58 " Boston 54 31 593 . San Francisco ... 69 59 539 Chicago 57 40 588 shu“tl“g Eve“t Pertland 67 59 254 | Detroit 53 39 576 Los Angeles 66 12 478 Cleveland 43 48 473 Oskland 59 70 458 washingtonl 39 51 433 K Seattle 4. 54 T8 425 gt Louis 32 61 344| LOS ANGELES, Cal. Aug. 6— ¢ Missions 49 80 380 philadelphia 27 . 64 297 The almond eyes of Frank Jowe, N“mm'wl‘e;‘“;mn Pet. | Gastineau Channel League | Chinese youth, have no trouble see- Chicago g() 34 _63‘;' (Second Half) ‘lng a pistol targei. In 1937 postal New York .. 56 40 Won Lost Pct./matches, in whicn supervised shoots 583 | 44 532 Douglas [ 2 7750 are held locally and targets for- Pittsburgh 50 st. Louis L4944’ 527iMoose s A R rin) 571 |warded to the National Rifle As- Boston 46 50 479 |Elks g 0 5 .000 |sociation for scoring, Jowe emerged Prooklyn 39 54 419 e e & |winner of the 50-foot slow fire Philadelphia . .41 58 .414\ Lode and placer location notices| events and 20-yard match in the 409 'for sale at The Empire Office. Ityro class. Cincinnati 38 55 WINCHESTER STAYNLESS NON-MERCURIC AMMUNITION High Speed, POWERFUL, Accurate, Dependable, CLEAN-=Won’'t Cause Rust! YOUR NEW FAST STEPPERS OR OLD FAVORITE LOADS BOX of cartridges for your rifle. 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Which means a clean rifle barrel, with no rust or pitting from firing residue, and in Winchester center fires besides no harm to fired cases, owing to the valuable Non-Mercuric feature, Your dealer will be glad to supply you. Look for the red Winchester trade mark on the box. DEPT. 5-N WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO,, NEW HAVEN, CONN,, U. S, A. ly) Davis, - UMPIRE DUMB BOONE, Ia., Aug. 6.—Nyal (Cur- softball league here, had to call himself out. A foul tip struck him in the throat. Tae blow made Davis swallow his :i:ck‘fitn%ocul cnordj:mporary t¥iNg National uprising. That play went o a long way to make up for Joe's | failure in (he all-star test of 1936. THE PITTSBURGH B’S . T A rye plant bearing T1 heads and PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 6. — containing 3,550 kernels was discov- Boston has its Bees, but most of lgreq on the Bart Welch farm near the National League's B's are al‘Tekemah, Neb. On the Pirates active| e i iy playing list are Pitchers Bauers,| The Iowa corn crop has had an Blanton, Bowman, Brandt, and|on-the-farm value of more than Brown and Third Baseman Bru-‘ $200,000,000 in each of 18 years since Pittsburgh. baker. umpire ;nc gets his big thrill out of clearing ithe sacks of runners. Hits, when {Lhey mean runs. They're what Joe wants. His attitude is absolutely right. | There is no reason in the world| ‘why he should follow in the foot-| jau-‘pse of any former great of thei diamond. Joe has a personality of | his own. He plays a brand of balli _|of his own. He is not another| Ruth in temperament and never| will be. As far as Di Maggio is| concerned Ruth's laurels are secure. Joe is content to carve out his own future along his own lines. Di Maggio was one of the heroes |of the recent American League vic-| tory over the Nationals in the all- star test. One of the gems of the igame was his throw to cut off Whitehead at the plate and end a 1912, Sox staggered through with a slight margin over the Indians, ex- tending their winning streak to ten games without a loss. Hank Greenburg’s homer gave the Tigers victory over the Athletics, while Good only for current offering. Your Name May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACE | {the Browns belted the Senators. |- s - -oe - Empire classifieds pay. Read the Classified Ads in THE EMPIREE o mociess e WANTED! PARTIES INTERESTED IN PICKING UP HALF MILLION FEET LOGS NEAR SNETTISHAM. JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS NEXT RANGE SHOULD BE A ETTER TASTING, more healthful foods—more uniform results—Iless kitchen time—a clean, cool kitchen— all these matchless advantages of modern electric cookery can now be yours at a new low cost. Automatic Efe! with new exclusive TRIPL-OVEN Speed Oven! Master Oven! Super Breiler! All-three-combined-in-one! 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