The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 4, 1938, Page 5

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Geh- ringer won the league batting title Medwick, turning in a record not S seen since the heyuey of Ty Cobb, took the laurels for batting, runs, . hits, 2-base hits, runs batted in and tied for the top in homers. . - | Happiest group in the business | were the teams’ owners, They sat |back and listened to the turnstiles click a merry pre-depression tune. A total of 9,447,497 fans turned out in the 16 big-league ball parks, head- ed by 1,181,000, at Detroit and 1,- 141,000 at Yankee Stadium. g The Injury Scourge ol All told, 43 players were hit by jinjury or illness. Most tragic was o |the triple skull fracture, result ot an accidental bean ball, which end- ed the playing career of Mickey |Cochrane, “Iron Mike” of Athletics’ |and Tigers' championship teams, and one of the best liked men in the game. Starting with next year, Mickey becomes Detroit’s non-play- ‘f THE YANKS CELEBRATE Mg puiot. il 4 In this locker room scene, and they had a lot o celebrate all year. IChfi?‘fsafl‘;ptol:xc]::l:;::‘z “DTQ:}"&:;] ::fi be Lefty Gomez, holding baseball, has just clinched the World Series |giq virtually no pitching after the “for the Yanks. Pitcher Johnny Murphy nats his shoulder. Next to |all-star game in July; Van Mungo Gomez is Coach John Schulte. Right is Joe DiMaggio, Yankee spark- ‘:lfls‘:‘;de?"gfi’::;"x; ::‘:“S!ch:;* plug, = {boy Rowe of the Tigers, who saw pitching, Gezrig's homer off Dizzy little action because of an ailing| By SID FEDER Dean, and DiMaggio’s fielding fea- arm. Bob Feller, strikeout sensa-' 4 NEW YORK, Jan. 4. — It was"’"red_ anha-.’! Amexl'icaal;xsl:ei.igue vie- tionk for glseve.::md d"}otihetd:iir:% Yankee murder in all degrees agamwlory in the annual -star game. uiee s of i 8! 0\;"6 S [0 p! & e in the baseball wars of 1937 One Pennant Race ;f':tvjo‘:l‘:‘ AR e ND- 10 Svone Not even an unprececented epi-| As usual, the National League A . ¥ N demic of player injuries or a 10 per |had the pennant race, although the| D‘f““' '"C‘d?f“a:"vyvs;e“;‘;h:; m?n ¢ cent boost in attendances over the|pre-season favorites, the St. Louis Jf share of "riot” hesdihoe. f 1036 fan turnout could take a thing|Cardinals, crumpled n mid-season, SPring training, he an he‘ ;“‘}‘Ozss away from the Yankees and the and Dizzy Dean was sidelined for|Pecame involved in a howel [obay walloping ways with which they|keeps with a combination of tem- i w": 2 f,oupedo Jimm; er x;v dominated the diamond show for|perament, sore toe and ailing arm.|°f Then be R OEY o the Accond sURIEG et The Chicago Cubs, hardest hitlyo 41j quring a game in St. Louls. And the worst of it, from the|of all by Old Man Jinx, managed 'O!Pflnally, he and National League of standpoint. of 15 other clubs in the stay in the thick of things, despite president Ford Frick came to grips| " big time, is that the swat squad|assorted accidents and ailments t0 i, the now famous “I ain’t gonna! shows no signs of losing any of its every member of their varsity. In|gon nuthin” episode over Diz's re- \ dynamite for next season. (mid-August, however, their SWan|fysa) to put his name to a denial y From start to finish, the Yanks song was sung when first baseman .r statements attributed to him. were in a league’ by themselves.!Ripper Collins broke an ankie. Behind the pennant conquests of Paced by a more dangerous Joe Di-| Squeezing through in the last the Yanks and Giants, the situation Maggio, the still larruping Lou Geh-|week ,the Giants were paced again in both leagues was clear. In sec- rig, who ran his amazing ironman|by the extraordinary hurling abil-|ond place, the Cubs, in the National streak well over the 1900 consecu- ity of King Carl Hubbell, who won|League were ruined by injuries, and tive-game mark, and Belting Bill|22 games, although his all-time the Tigers, in the American, were “bi Dickey, the 37 edition of Murderer's|2-year record of 24 straight vic-|crippled by the loss of Cochrane and Row stamped itself definitely among tories had been broken by the Dodg- |a pitching collapse, and were no AN the great clubs of all time. ers on May 31. He was supported match for Yankee power. Their deadly attack was backed by by Cliff Melton, stringbean south-| Third place finishers were the o classier pitching, particularly by a paw rookie, who became the first Pittsburgh Pirates, who lacked a fin- vastly improved Lefty Gomez and freshmen flinger to win 20 games ish punch, and the Chicago White big Rufus the Red Ruffing, who won since Wes Farrell, Sox, with Jimmy Dykes doing the 20 games after ending the season’s| Melton did not hold the distinc- smartest managing job in the league. most persistent holdout in May. tion alone, however, before the sea- At the bottom of the first divisions On May 24, they marched into first son ended, he was jointed in the were the Cards, with little or no place in the American League to select set of “double ten” winers by pitching, and the Cleveland Indians, stay, and then went on to flail the the Boston Bees’ sensational “old whose infield and “away-from-home AR 4 ears off their neighborhood rivals,'men,” Jim Turner and Lou Fette. losing-complex” both worked against the New York Giants, in five games|These three pitchers, along with De- them. Steve O'Neill finally was de- vl e of New York's repeat World Series troits Roundhouse Rudy York, who posed as manager of Cleveland in ¥ monopoly. In addition, Gomez's cracked a Babe Ruth record by wal- | favor of Oscar Vitt who piloted New- MUDERATION PORE LEETLE CRITTER --- WNOWED WHAT To Do PAW'S NAME --- L THE DAILY AL ASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, ]/ N. 4, 1938. By BILLIE DE BECK WHILST A T OON'T THINK TH Ol WONAN'S PUT ON & NWTE O WE\GHT, GOO&LE" LOOK\T H\S ENES EN YE MENTION loping 18 homers in one month, rat- ed tops among the year's rookies Cleveland’s John Allen won 15 games and lost 1. KEERFUL, MISTOFER GOOGLE --- PAW'LL HEAR ™ RUMPLS aN' MAKE MINCE-MEAT OUT'N BOTH O' YE--, ark’s s c nder team” to a record-smashin in the In- ternational League and “little world seri Boston Bees astonisned all con- cerned by finishing fifth in the Na- , ticnal League under w Kechnie, before he 1 Charley Dresdsen &s pilot engel ook McKoch- sion. The Red Sox again failing to justify Tom Yaw- key's investment, were American League fiith in the Sixth were Brookiyn, which show- ed little, and Washington’s Sel who did not live up to pre on calculations. Philadelphia’s two clubs, the Athletics and Phillies, both built on rookies, were seventh. The Cincinnati Reds, year's biggest disappointment, and the pitcher-less St. Louis Browns brought up the rear. ator's D Veteran Jockeys |Two years ago 'after 36 yi InLong Tenures : LONDON, Jan. 4.-—Steve Don- oghue, the English ace, who com- pleted his lifetime as a jockey last fall, spent 33 years in the saddle Joe Childs retired as a rider. Carslake, an Australian jockey, is still going strong, and he began in 1900 D s - Empire classifieds pay. NE ORTER SE TH' MO HANME -EACED DUNKEY ON "THW TOoP O TH AWRTEH--W A-SNEAKIN' N T HOLSE WUZ TARNED-- THAT'S QUEER--- T NEVER NOTICED (T~ " He Blows Whistle Toniéizt HECK ,F\RE --- WHNN'T NE TELL ME VE WUZ TRYIN TER WARSH MAH FACE WHUST T WUZ DOZ\N' THAR , LOW\Z\E 22 I SWOW--- HT'S CLEAN EZ & WH\SSLE-- MY 8ACK | | | | | | | i | | HONEN -POT \W WHY DON'T YOu BE A GOOD LTTLE DONKEY AN COME I RECKON WE-UNS'LL BE GITTIN z COMPLAINTS £ROM *‘°M§Hfi&‘?—°f‘€ : T NEIGHBORS ON ‘—, | SHH - ~SHM - — T OTHER MOUNT'N--- B TH OU WOMAN'S il TOOK UP SINGIN' THEW DOLEFUL Ouv SONG SALLATS AGIN =~ | only a little in front of C Mel- | great southpaw combination, who' | { wound up with 261 ers, Pittsh! pr ing right- ! hander, in fourth place with 2.87 5 Boston “side-kick,” Lou Fette, with 288 SRETEy | Trio Cop 20 Games | NEW YORK, Jan. 4—With all due| All four combined to stand the respect to Mr. Carl Hubbell and the senior circuit’s batsmen on their handy little trick he has of winning/collective ears. Three of them more ball games than anyone else, Turner, Melton and Fatte—won 20 the rookies, and particularly thir- games each; the first rookies in turn in the “double-ten” victory per- formance since Grover Cleveland Al- exander bowed into the big time in 1911 And what's more, Melton, ty-one-year young Jim Turner, were the cream of the National League pitching crop for 1937. As usual, the League’s otficial flinging records, just released, show- ed there was pitching galore in the feats for a .690 percentage, was senior circuit. But the old-timers, second only to Hubbell in that de- like Hubbell and Hal Schumacher Partment Hubbell’s twenty-two lof the pennant-winning Giants, WiBs gave him a record of twenty or {or Dizzy Dean and Paul Derringer better for five straight years land Lon Warneke, didn't provide g . o | the major portion of evidence. } ords, showed twenty-two victories six defeats for a percentage and was the loop .~lnks‘-; """a EE uw out king with 159 “kayo” victories, | but his earned run average, the barometer by which pitching effec-| TORONTO, Jan. 4.—The ice car- tiveness is measured, slipped to 3.19 nival, brilliant spectacle presented per nine-inning games compared to by the Toronto Skating Club with his pace-setting 2.41 of 1936 |the cooperation of the Granite Club, Turner, one-half of the “old-man” will be held at the Maple Leaf Gar- ‘ershman combination of Boston's dens, Toronto, March 8, 9, 10 and 11. baffling Bees, led the earned-run| - laverage, allowing 238 such tallies| Try the Emnire classifieds for per nine innings. At that, he was results. | S MAKE DECISIONS ?D:\\ lin with twenty victories and nine de-| ON ELKS' ALLEYS Railroaders ;Open Play Tonight with Three | Matches The Southern Pacific bowling trio opened the Big Four bowling tour- nament with a fat 1693 that beat the Union Pacific squad by 136 pins with Bob Duckworth leading the field with a 562. All bowlers in this match hit 500 plus. The New York Central-Santa Fe | ntest ended with both squads over 1600, and NYC the victor by the lim margain of six pins. Bill Pul-| len, with 571, took first place honors. Stewart, N.P., rolled high ball for the evening with 583 Tonight's games are: Railroaders’ League, Engineers vs. Firemen, Con- ductors vs. Brakemen and Switch- men vs. Telegraphers. | Last nights scores follow: | Union Pacific ) Radde 172 191 168— 531 Sides 168 160 187— 515 170 170 170510 510 521 525—156 Southern Pacific Totals 6 Henning 192 192 192—* Duckworth 225 155. Wirt 156 204 Totals 573 5511693 New York Central 173 146 180— 499 181 200 181-- 512 1556 192 199— 546 Totals 509 538 5601607 & Santa Fe Etevenson 181 181 168— 530 Pullen 195 194 182— 571 Hudson 156 172 172— 500 Totals 532 547 5221601 | Canadian Pacific | Ugrin 181 167 188— 536 Helmquist 180 180 180—*540 Hollmann 196 145 171— 512 Totals 557 492 5591588 Northern Pacific | Stewart 194 224 165 583 Tubbs 165 158 135 458 Blanton 136 156 154— 446 Totals 495 538 454--1487 “—Average score. Did not bowl Pari-Mutue Brokers Legal CHICAGO, Jan. 4—Mayor Edward J. Kelly signed an epochal ordinance authorizing “pari-mutual brokers’ to handle bets on horse races. Legalizing that form of gambling |for the first time in the city’s his- tory, ‘he legislation paved the way for the formal opening of the track agents’ shops on January 6. Under the ordinance’s provisions, ' the “bookies” will accept wagers, telegraph them to the nation’s var- fous tracks and charge a 5 per cent commission. i | The ordinance called for the li- censing of “persons of good reputa-| [tion,” who would pay from $1,000 to' ‘350011 a year for the privilege of attaining the supposedly legal status of “brokers.” } It was estimated they would fur- nish two million dollars a year to the city. Britsh Open Set At Deal on July 4 DEAL, England, Jan. 4. — The British 1938 open golf champion- ship will be played at Deal, start-| ing July 4, with qualifying rounds ' at the Royal Cinque Ports and the Royal St. George's clubs’ courses.! > - | INSTALLATION O.E.S. ‘ Installation of Officers Wed., 8 p.m. Visitors welcome, Masons, fami-l lies especially invited. Program and refreshments. adv. LILLIAN G. WATSON, Sec'y' W Bl BIG FOUR BOYS Northern Star BOMB TEN PINS Shines Off lce As_Well As On By ROBBIN COON. Hollywood annals are ci0k-,. full of athletes who have been lifted through pre-eminence in sport to sudden stardom in the movies, They've reached the films through football, swim- ming, track, tennis and boxing. And Darryl Zanuck signed up Sonja Henie mainly because she a champien skater. But s career differs from the others in this important re- spect—she’s making a name as an actress independent of her reputation as an athlete. was S0 HER LEGS are the chief reason why her latest production is in= sured for a million dollars, but oddly enough . HER SKATES, which Shirley Temple looks over, cost only $40 a pair. Yet they are the basic groundwork of . . . HER FAME, now assured as she rehearses for her third picture, “Happy Landing,” and adds glamor to her name through . . . 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