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

ve BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUCG 1 WAS A CHUMP ~ EOR TAKING You OFFA SNUFEV'S HANDS- NYOU'RE GONNA BE MORE BOTHER'N NOU'RE WORTH W\ BY GOLLY -- T WAy HONEY POT LOOKED &T ME-- . T SWEAR HE UNDERSTOOD EVERY WORD 1T SA\D--- T _GOTTA SE CAREFUL --- Copr_ 1937, King Features By BILLIE DE BECK Svndicate, Inc, World rights reserved Voo VS N a OVER W(TH —_— =% === N i Q&\@;}-\\ ==L Y97, King Peatures Syndicase, Joc, World DEMOLAYS WIN OVER FIREMEN IN BASKETBALL Douglas Eagles Take 61-40 Victory Over Krause Concreters Most Talent On Elksjfin Board Engineers put on the best showing at the Elks Club tourna- ment matches last night with a 1536 total that swamped the Fire- men by near 0 pins. Engineer Shaw led the attack with a 551 The Switchmen beat the Tele- graphers, with Redling bowling the only score over 500. The Conductors and Brakemen fought a close contest with only one The Hard fought but won by a safe margin, the DeMolay-Firemen bas- ketball battle ended in a 38 to 24 victory for the DeMolay last night with Manthey scoring 12 points high 500 bowler in Bl‘;xkum‘:xn Iversen, for the DeMolay, and blond Dutcl: | who never showed up. The Conduc- Behrends leading the Firemen witl tors won 11 points. Scores follow The opening game of the evening | ENGINEERS i was played in the High School gym- | Shaw 215 1.0 :“,q nasium by the Krause Concreters, Hermle 21 A:[..G and Dougl Eagles, finally ending Foster 147— 464 ilh a score of 61 to 40 in favor ot R e % i or e :‘. ‘}:‘A \1:] Ju i ; = 3 | Totals 447 562 527—1536 Al % .| "GET ME DAT GUY LOUIS," shouts Tony Galento FIREM b SER e 2 e i o ’ whose 225-pound frame is buil! like the beer barrels in his tavern at 'Burk. 165 165 Orme and: Behre nd cenisen | grange, N. J. Importance has come with a rush to the 28-year-old ' gjong 162 “162 returns from Manthey, the DeMo-| slugging fighter who, although he refuses to train, has been lifted by ;11 128 145 lay-Firemen fracas was marred by | his fists and circumstance to third spot in heavyweight ranks. R PG AT A tu@u(.nkm and 1\}mnunl_ \\\\;’u‘i % SR b L R SO eamwork yielding place to wild b ; | =ha el passing and shooting. Woodring of | SUMMARY o o s E) CHMEN. s, the DeMolay showed smooth form|KRAUSE (40) AGLES (6 o g i i dwards (6) 37 15 again, and Nelson was living up tc|Bardi a7 F. ..Edwards (6), Bl)az'dnn-n ‘m; ],;8 St fighting traditions. Substitutes|Rudolph (4) F. Mills “2" B B inl h it > DeMolay |James (9) C. ... Jensen (14) —_—— - Pinkley and Gould of the DeMolay [/FHe2 €0 i SRR s FRE T played scoring games, and the Lmd-lB & C. . Satal ) TELEG r ors, E arry (0) X Niej | 3 M strom Brothers, Elmer and Bud, met | BEU it A oo (2).| The Snow Whites won a bowling muichings {06 don B a0 as opponents, Elmer playing with| Substitutions rause See (2).| o 6 e e | Douglas Eagles: Stragier (2); Cash-|contest last night by 16 pins from wimer 135 188 176— 499 the DeMolay Purples, and Bud lox‘m_l |2y. . 4 the Hot Shots at the Brunswick Sterling 152 152 152—*456 the Firemen | . | 0g’ 3ala e Hot Shots, £ Joe Snow chalked up one beau-| SUMMARY f]rl);‘lixlglxn(;i}:néfn\[r.:l:L-.vo:}n‘w, B misi 303 463 504—13 Wul tield goal o his credit to off-|De MOLAY (38) FIREMEN @4)} 00 50 Poer” ingsotal, i A s M T et s Tater grudge battle with the E: Lindstrom (4).F... Behrends (1) |*Y0k WUl 08 Gy leg by seston O whole DeMolay team in general. Manthey (I2)...% Snow ()] Fne A loped fhe Emplre| posian 109 Tt Kinky Bayers made only two 'field| Bavers ) 2 merftiold (0| S8 8 0 PR i Hollmsn 161 1ol S e ’ " | Nelson (2) "G. __Sturrock (2) |trio by 106 pins. _ Benedict 166 136 147— 449 goals, but played a good game. oAt G orme (6) Tonight's games are American i s e Krausg-nnnglns Eflzles | iy S n‘m v Akley | Meat vs Weod Choppers and CO-| oo 486 477 466—1429 Starting off with a first quarter| Sub ““‘;'U';‘ F“" Ay —Pix e :1 Jumbia vs. Spark Plugs. e At 10 wOIiee a0 B L’ina.\x(x-;:: u;,v e ") rase Dight £iseonemel oW Tverson 169 169 kine was the unrivaled star, lho! i Snow White B R e Eagles pulled themselves to a wide-| T Daniels 182 186 169— 537 yojang 58 122 margined lead over the Krause] FURUNESS LEAVES |K. Larsen 143 153 169— 465 e | 1 squad as the game got underway.| 1G. Larsen 138 199 157— 494 St s =% A wide-open battle with lttle con-| HERE AFTER VISIT|® e T 8 G centration on defense, the high-| Totals 463 538 495—1496 {5t BN : scoring tilt was punctuated With! paph Furuness, tormerly of this Hot Shots | frequent goals and fast action. lcity and Thane, returned to Fair-|Hildirger 180 135 162— 477 Erskine rose to unexpected heights panks today aboard a Pacific Al-|Burke 126 132 162— 420 UNA 0 foilowing his inauspicious start. and|aers Airways Lockheed Electra. |R. Galao 193 172 218— 583 ended up by scoring 20 points for pyruness has been visiting in Ju- Frd e e the Douglas Eagles, seconded bY|peau for several weeks. He arrivea| Totals 5421480 WITH FREIGHT reliable Mills with 16 points, and iy Juneau in time to witness the ;‘2}1::“"5 by Mark Jensen with 14 yecent wedding of his sister Lynda LR AU 4 to_Paul Ecklund. friacn 146 116 117 379 7o freighted Odunia, of the Alas- The second half left the Krause pHs is employed by the United|Metcalf 172 171 2237 5681 Sm“mfmp L squad so far behind that the Eag- gtates Smelting, Mining and Refin-| Seston 5 159— 573 il from Beattle with & -load .of les played around with some quick jng Co., near Fairbanks. e freight, d ';rxmm\ -l shooting which proved fairly accu-| Totals 50151820 FOBDOHRURONS K8 BH T oL, rate. James was an outstanding! The trans ¢ in- cluded, for Alaska, on Jun‘\mn 20th, man on the Krause team, but was formation by radioteletypewriter { Bringdale 166 163 129— 458 according to “d‘,“'"“c”"““;“"'_ .h"; ihe sent out in the second half with has been developed to a point where|Sciby 3 147 182 pog Alaska Bteamship Co. office here four fouls to his name. Bardi was reliability equal to that obtained|Clark 143 147 164— 454 O O Krause high int man, scoring with land wire installations has bee o e e 17 points. e g attained. T Totals 432 457 475—1414 MARTHA SOCIETY TO | HOLD FIRST MEETING | OF YEAR ON FRIDAY Mrs. Homer Norling and Mrs Ray G. Day will be hostesses at the first business meeting of the Martha Society for this year, when members assemble at 1:30 p.m. Fri< day for dessert luncheon. | Presiding at the business meet- ing will be Mrs. Ray Peterman, president. All members and friends are invited to be in attendance. The meeting will be held in the pariors of the Northern Light Pres- byterian Church. S e LIEUTENANT ROWAN | RETURNS TO HAINES Lieutenant E. M. Rowan of Chil- | koot Barracks returned to Haines |aboard the Baranof, ending a vac tion of two weeks with friends in | Juneau. IN WINTER SPORTS, HE'S TOP FLIG HT and Tomm Murstad, 22-year-old Nof- ' wnhile here, Lieutenant Rowan wegian skier, demonstrates it by soaring high over a snow-covered roof top. Head of a ski school i | oq the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H Oslo, he is in America to compete in ‘vinter sports shows. 1§ Sisamons. 5 JUMP N = 1 GOTTA SNUEEY W JEEPERS W - - TELL SNUEEN W T CAUGHT HONEY €oT T'S A & THAT DONKEY DO T BREAKEAST MRACLE W WILL BR\WNG DISHES -- YOU COULDA KNOCKED e FEATHER a JES A& MWNIT, GOOGLE:--: (E BETTER POUR & LEETLE YARS TEA DOWN TH CR\TTER'S THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5, 1938. HE'S GOT W' W\ BBLE i WOBBLES , | NECK , LOW\Z\E -- | | ER SUNTHIN =] b fl)v S Max Schmeling ‘When Max Schmeling, world heavyweight former champion, sailed from New York, above, after knocking out Harry Thomas in New York, he took some $30, 000 back to his native Germany as his share of the gate. COMPENSATION LAWS ENACTED All States, Territories Have Passed Needed Legis- lation Says Board NGTON, Jan. 5—The So- cial Security Board has certified to the Treasury Department that 51 approved unemployed compensation laws have been e ted in all the States and Territories At the same time the Social curity Board approved grants taling $5.258 for Alaska to pay ad- ministrative expenses for the ad- ministration of the unemployment compensation act. R LUTHERAN GROUP IS TO BE ENTERTAINED BY EPWORTH LEAGUE “Members of the young people’s group of the Lutheran Church will be guests at the weekly party of the Methodist Epworth League, Friday evening, in the social parlors of the Methodist Church. Informal games will be and refreshments served TWIN SONS ARE BORN TO HERBERT MERCERS Twin boys were born to Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Mercer at the Gov- ernment Hospital this morning at Se- to- played 7:35 and 7:42 o'clock, each weighing |s two pounds and four ounces. So small that they need extra warmth and care, the children have been placed in an incubator borrow- ed from St. Ann's Hospital. Mr. Mercer, well known in Juneau as a Kurause team basketball player, is engaged in CCC work. * DOUBLAS | . NEWS | — | MISS ELEANOR IRVINE WEDDED IN SALEM, ORE. Miss Eleanor Irvine, former Doug- |1as girl, who also resided in Juneau | with her parents for some years was recently married in Oregon, according to announcements re- ceived here in the last mail Born in Douglas, the bride at- tended the Douglas school through all the grades. Her father, Harry Irvine, had charge of the cable of- fice here and upon his being trans- !ferred to the managership of the Juneau office, she attended high school there, being very popular among the younger folks. The following clipping, taken from the Oregon Statesman of Salem, tells the story of the event KEIZER—Friday afternoon at o'clock, December 24, in the First Presbyterian Church at Salem, Miss Eleanor Neal Irvine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Irvine, will become the bride of Royal S. Keef- er, son of D. S. Keefer and the late Mrs. Keefer of Keizer. Vows will be exchanged at the altar with Rev. Grover C. Birchett officiating. The bride, who will be given by her father, will be gown- ed in ivory chiffon velvet with train and tulle veil and will carry 'a shower bouquet of gardenias and 'lilies of the valley Miss Mary Elizabeth Irvine, sis- ter of the bride, will be maid of honor. She will wear peacock blue satin and carry light yellow chry |anthemums. The bridesmaids are Miss Mary Keefer of Seattle, who \will wear turquoise blue silk and Miss Cecelia Gurr of Portland, who will wear royal blue moire and both will carry bronze and deeper shade of chrysanthemums. | | Hal Keefer will attend the groom. | The ushers will be Russel Hills, Di Lloyd Hockett and Calvin Mason of Salem, Rossen Chapin of Perry- dale, Eugene Silke of Canby and Douglas Wilkinson, Portland. Miss Bretchen Thielsen will play the wedding march, Earl Potter will sing. | Following the ceremony a recep- | tion will be given at the Irvine home for the immediate families and the bridal party. Lois Keefer | will cut the cake and Mrs. A. E. Gurr will preside at the punch| bowl. The couple are both graduates of Willamette University and after a |short honeymoon trip to Seattle | will make their home on Center Street in Salem. YOUNG MEN LEAVE Herbert Savikko took passage on the Yukon this morning bound for a vacation visit to California, where {he will spend the next two or three months. He will visit with |his _sisters, Mrs. Fred Gebhart and Mrs. Caesar Bradenini, who reside | in Auburn, Cal. John Cashen was hidding his folks and friends here farewell last | levening as he and Mrs. Cashen |were leaving on the Yukon this| morning for Ketchikan where he |will be connected with the U. S.| Marshal’s Office. They expect o | return within six months. i, o S R | WAHTO TO TEACH, FISH CREEK | Arvo Wahto, who completed his | first semester of teaching at Ka- | 1as been transferrcl to teach Creek, where he will begin the second half of the year next | |Monday. An attendance of nine | pupils is anticipated there, Mr.| Wahto said. The school, a new | structure just compieted last Fall, is located just opposite Fritz Cove on the Juneau side. |in California, is just a mass of crys- Basketball, in 1937, Was Dominated by Stanford as Center Jump Is Eliminated THE INDIANS AT WORK Stanford’s high-scoring quintet dominated basketball circles in 1937. The team beat Southern California, 61-49, in the game during which this picture was taken. Background, in dark uniform, ‘s Hank Lui- setti, the Indians’ star forward, who has scored 1,131 points in college games and is back for more this season. Beatrice Massey Married Jan. 3 To R“‘L W. Jones Juneau Clinic Nurse Sur- prises Friends in Seattle Wedding Married in Seattle on January 3, Miss By ORLO ROBERTSON NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—Basketball, the game Dr. James Naismith fash- ioned from a peach basket and a sccer ball 46 years ago,; underwent one of its most radical changes last year when the center jump was el- iminated. The rules committee legislated against the jump system of putting the ball into play at the start of each period and after a goal had been scored with the hopes it would do away with some of the advantage held by tall players Early results this se shown that it not only that but has n have has done speeded up the game until now a team’s success may well | - :"‘1”"“)? 3 Bm"";\:ed Mlassess longer can five or six men step . el Clinie, 18 0WIR FeE G Mr. Roy W. Jones of Seattle. through a game at top speed, as Miss Massey left for Seattl there is no letup while the ball 15 M5 M6V € S f&e il being returned to the center cir- C.. G4¥S 880 foF @ TOMLAS vachs tion and plans to return here by cle, as in the past. Curbs Tall Players As an additional curb on tall players, the rules committee pro- hibited a player from reaching above thie basket and tipping the ball out The committee also attempted to February. Formerly associated on the staff of the Government Hos- pital, she has been a nurse at the Clinic for the past several months. She and Mr. Jones are now living in Seattle PR clarify the blocking and screening rule which has been intarpreted differently in various it OLD FRIENDS SERVE AS PALLBEARERS AT EDITOR’S FUNERAL ruled that a player entitled to any unoccupied spot on the floor providing he takes the position tt feet away from an opposing player and does not take the position with _ Close personal friends and those the intentions of blocking a man ©f 1008 standing served as pall- with or without the ball bearers at the funeral of Robert Pitt, Oklahoma A. & M. Repeat W. Bender, late Editor and Man- Outstanding in the nationwide %£¢f Of The Empire, which was competition that saw only two ma- Deld yesterday afternoon in Ta- jor conference champions retain OMd- Burial was in Tacoma Ceme- their titles was the high-powered '°'Y Stanford quintet led by sensational _ The Pallbearers were Ralph E. Hank Luisetti. Robertson, prominent Juneau attor- Pittsburgh, annually one of the DeY; George Faltico of Seattle, best in the East, again won the Widely known contractor; Foster Eastern intercolleglate conterence MCGOVern, Manager of the Alaska crown while Oklahoma A. & M. re. Department of the Seattle Cham-' peated in the Missouri Valley, Tili- Der Of Commerce; James Clemmer, nois and Minnesota tied for the Washington State theatre magnate: 1 Wilson, prominent Seattle bookstore man; Fred Wimen, Seat- tle engraving executive. McGovern and Wimen were school mates of Mr. Bender at Stadium High School in Tacoma and later at the Uni- versity of Washington. - eee—— BOOKWALTER FLIES IN FROM SKAGWAY Verne Bookwalter and E. M. Ad- ams, mechanic, flew to Juneau yes- terday from Skagway in a Ford tri- motor plane i On a brief business trip, the two expected to return to the Lynn Can- al city today. They stopped at the Gastineau. Big Ten title with Washington and Lee taking the Southern, Kentucky the Southeastern, Pennsylvania the Eastern intercollegiate league, and Montana State the Rocky Mountain and Southern Methodist the South- west, Kansas dominant in the Big Six, yielded a half-portion of the ecir- cuit’s honors to Nebraska. With the famous McPherson Oilers split-up the Denver Safeways exhibited plen- ty of speed and height to win the' National A.A.U. championship. D GAIR HAS NEW CAR At least new to him and Doug- las perhaps, a fine looking Pontiac s being sported by Alex Gair in place of the Chevrolet which he has been driving for several years.| e | largest potash lake, ——e EASTERN STAR TONIGHT Installation services are to be held by the Order of Eastern Star at 8 oclock this evening in the Scottish Rite Temple. Mrs. Ed Sweeney will be seated as worthy matron. The world" tals, square deep. interspersed with brine, 12 miles in area and 80 feet AS A PAID-UP THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE Frank Foster is invited to present this coupon at the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE AND RECEIVE TWO FREE TICKETS TO SEE “A FAMILY AFFAIR" Your Name May Appear—WATCH THIS SPACE SUBSCRIBER TO