The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 22, 1938, Page 3

SHOW SUNDAY PLACE or Midnight Preview 1:15 Matinee THE DAILY ALASK/\ EMPIRE, S — MONDAY — TUESPDAY AM. P.M. Tonight e | Sunday—- IT WILL CRAZE INTO nest! A horo is made and 3 Killer born! G"orqe foar m‘“ hatred in his b in *Ho il Not since “Fury” and “San Francis sucha pictureof punchand power! Spenc Tracy.. undy'mr love in his heart; YOUR ”mE,""‘ . i PMnmmfls Pull Good Show z0s Gladys ct in her soul; Gordon Muma Receives Two Broken Ribs During Fracas Juneau’s muscle benders last night put themselves in solidly with the channel fight fans—they arrived. Though fighting before only a mod- erately filled house, the show they put on registered with the crowd. audiencgs was well sprinkled feminine faces, and the din not unmarked by unladylike with was yells, WME@HMM& ATURDAY, JAN. 22, lthrew a head scissors and began to CALLING THE CAGERS—No. 5: wain for the Indian death lock, the wily Bill got hold of a Gas- nd hung on. That was Bill's mistake. and suddenly hind Walthers, with both of Walth- ds in Gaston grip—and Mr. Walthers became a surf with Gaston’s fect 1st Walthers shoulders and pull for all he was worth on Walth- arms was fall number two, iston to even the score. 13 minutes. Gaston walked out after the rest tripped Walthers in a step over tc ! received a headlock hims on Walthers and poli he broke and stood up, b Walthers a dirty rabbit try bu ton toe ¢ Gas got ton we 1 out be- going Time n f as lapping punch Walthers then grabbed Gaston in a beautiful head sors and wrist lock; aston got a head scissors and they broke. Walthers © braced | 1938 Nebraska i KANSAS CITY Jan. 22.—Big Six basketball critics are de cus of long standing this In the past they selected the champion by looking over the pointing to Kansas. This they are overlooking Kansas pointing to the field, with a nod towards Nebraska other words, for the in many a year, Dr (Phog.) Allen and his Kan: hawks enter a conference campaign withe the halo of favori al- \ the fact they have won or ared the title six of the nine years the formation of the loop makes the fans point elsewhere with misgivings. With Nebraska preferred in a Big Six campaign that looks closer than :'bread and butter, the Missouri Val- ley conference, which will match its serting a year prob- tom field and and slight In time first P. C s Jay- since FORMEIfiITLE HOLDER COMES BACK, FAST 60 Battle Scarred Jim Upsets Dope to Beat Brit- ish Champion NO KNOCKDOWNS BUT IS SLAMBANG MATCH Over 17, OOO Fans Witness Bout in Madison Square Garden in Big Six W YORK, Jan. 22. — Battle Braddock came back B()B PARSONS ka Guard |from benind with a gallant finish hE — last night to upset all expectations {n this sction, and in Floyd Ebaugh |and best tough Tommy Farr, terri- he has a star center. {ble Welshman and British heavy- Oklahoma A. & M. which won the \weisht champion, in a bristling 10~ 1937 Missouri Valley conference match in Madison: Square crown, with 11 victories against one defeat, lost two regular guards, but| replacements are capable and the g} cowboys loomed a contender again from the start. Champions or shs etball against that of any loop, . starts a race which also has the ear- marks of a dog fight, with any slight edge going to the defending cham- pion Oklahoma Aggies There is logic behind the choice Nebr as the Six favor- Rl R e St The Tuskers, co-champions fttiere bu 4 top deck With a le with Kansas last year, are rich in o 7 veterans who pos: both size and i | ability, and although the absence of \gain the Old Mexico man erab-| iy o ter Jump, - which the Ne- JEo sisry. Kb Wal | braskans scemed destined to control him a body slam in return;|pay provide a handicap for sheer ROnL RO O E they have the edge on Gaston one, got a head st Main Eventers Walt Gaston and|j;voq by a body slam, an Bill Walthers, went for two oub of o) qoq walthers' fun with ¢ fails, with Gaston hummu‘wmh on the back - of a victory on the judge's sheets. Inl the match between Gordon Muma Gene Eustace, the crowd cheer-| ., draw decision—but Muma car-| two broken ribs from the ring.| The two High School pretzel ar- tists, Gil DeVault and Mike Dan- iloff, put on the same sort of a nappy exhibition for the mumm!,,“ i raiser that they showed with in De- |, cember, but Daniloff outrushed his| G er opponent to win the um-i three ton snapped over e legs of his and got a head changed to an arm scis- 'round Garden The and ed 4 rie of ite. 38-year-old former world sion, making his first appear- ance since he lost the championship last June Lo Joe Louis, pulled a de- ing the title cision out of the fire after appar- five of the last nine the Crei- ently being hopelessly battered and Bk tolibeois ghton Bluejays who finished second | jicked at the end of the 8th round, Si0 & kot ks i 1y man-power year, again loom v threat|Braddock came back in the next o BIl tied the Gaston hoad tn]PHEIr ~ cobference rivals. Kansa spite the loss of three regulars. |two rounds. \‘l:_‘_‘ i ‘ 8 ! oA Mistate &5 the only rival to Nebraska | Drake and Grinnell, ticd for third | There vere ho knockdowns but it By el in the matter of veteran material. 'last year, again figure to be in the|was a slambang bout from start to StDp« the The other conference schools — | title fight, Drake with an ambitious! finish. b ; ’“‘; l"l""“ "f"‘ 03 Towa State, Missouri and Oklahoma bunch of sophomores and Grinnell| Referee Johnny McAvoy and Judge u;u‘:“l.:;{x:‘ M‘}‘]f’ffi"‘_‘ “W“‘; J‘\ “]ml\”u —are as green as gourds, with soph- | with a tall, veteran team. | George Lecron decided for Braddock Doc got the first| oui and got an arm bar on Gaston! OHOreS overbalancing the veterans| The valley conference ushered IMlang the other judge, Charles Lynch, all a double 160l BnA | "t ar Binston begkn o work for tHEIE the llll(‘ll}?\ the league’s ason January .i' by iscored in Farr's favor. Hohovan. dlA - REE e Y o bt cherod. nibls SUHoOUEH O trying something new — double-| were 17,369 fans who paid though Donovan did not return, the i 4y (#it Of D T {lost two heav header. Drake played St. Louis and |$g0,645 to see the. bout. sy fhns: -got- ety . thotiby'ss Wortit. 1k (hat developed into siill an.|PiS Poient 1937 Nebraska squad, he|Grinnell played Washington on the| Braddock weighed 199 pounds and Mblldflyr“nw“‘:nmhand another one of those tangles WhHere|gner fisure four afm scissors |CAR Put a team averaging 6 feet 5 Washington court. The next niiht Farr 207 pounds. 45 oing on! 0 what | the referee got mixed up in the bout| T '-Wm! g R " (1o, nches on the floor with a veteran the teams switched partners and| Furr entered the ring a 8 to 5 and {and came out with only shreds of |gyip e lu;mxll Bilishle Bhannlis on|At_every position. In Bob Par- played a twin bill on the St. Louis|7 to 5 favorite mainly because he shirt hanging from bare shoulders.|Gaston with Farin e sons he has one of the best guards | floor. went the full 15 rounds with Louis | The evening's tally showed bar o | $\which Gaston easily got out from {Wihoh benathing S Moiml e | follows: two broken ribs, one sprain-|,n gy . one ripped white shirt | ‘hnd\ slam th; {ed ang nd | After a few minutes mm arm SSOTS. mat in the ring \'\hlh' Byington was/ o snp trying for holds, Main Event a pleased Not content with that, Mr. Dono- still trying to untangle himself from on Walther: In the final bout of the HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Jan. 22. — The daring bank sor ¥/ } (ard gets cour- age froma gun ? s hand! / p as ladies the the But bout of show, v making nt Webb and to a roaring house. and gentlemen, evening that the bone-battering face! and groan dish that| Bill Donovan cast| stole The trade did not Gaston got Do with ach W. Harold Browne -duty players from come # lh) (A yn N‘Yf' ncrurs {m 1d scis- roke he ended in a 11;:m~«»[nw two wrestlers were back on the| more of fran- Gaston got ::‘ SHORT SUBJECTS They Are the Talk the Town! SWING WEDDING tic | ove A great picture % comes to life from a best vades his underworld rendezvous', the crowd M-G-M made “The Good with an elaborate regard for | the Tired from with arms and feet, then suddenly/got a toe hold; Bill got a leg split|show. Muma had broken two ribs. The |then got the underside deal on a|went to the mat afte pair of and Doc got a leg split, and then decision called the match a popular body press that developed into a]trippings. {finally, Donovan got a toe hold by | draw. Walther’s head lock. Gaston fi-; Doc suddenly rose from the melee himself. Doctor Council was called from nally snapped out of it and cracked |with a triumphant sneer and spread| After the break, Doc was wrap- the audience to attend him. {a head scissors on Walthers which|Mr. Donovan with a standing leg ped in a step over toe hold and The first match of the evening, Bill shook out of. split and when Donovan broke loose,|Doc¢ did a crawl to the edge of the the curtain raiser between Gil De- Gaston circled back to his much-{Doc rubbed the best part of the ring, got purchase with his hands | Vault and Mike Daniloff, from the loved ropes, swung back and forth{Donovan nose with tape the cagey|and pulled loose. Back in the ring |High School, showed two boys wha for added power, then charged Wal- doctor had on a left wrist, jagain, Bill hit him with a flying have learned a lot since the last thers across the ring—but missed| Donovan got a little peeved, slap-,body shoulders. bout they fought. and took a header under the ropes|ped the doctor with a rabbit pvmgh? “Watch his shoulders!” They still fought for everything and into Row One. (tied him up in a head scissors, but, a woman. start, it could be noticed that Muma there was in the sack and pulled When Gaston came back, Bill|then found himself going over in' “Yon ch 'em!” howled Doc. |was tiring terribly. It developed af-|ring tricks that a lot of profes- slapped him with a flying body scis-{what can only be called a “hair After an arm scissors and body|ter the fight that Muma had suf-|sionals often pass up opportunities sors followed by a step over toe hold, | throw.” ‘slam by Donovan, Doc broke loose|fered two broken ribs after the(to use. They drop kicked, body then a leg split, which when he lost| Bill retaliated with a body slam, and for some unaccountable, but|first flyick kick he received from |slammed, over kicked, scissored, used it he worked into a figure four body|arm scissors and another body brofit-making reason, jumped the|Eustace. flying mares, wrist locks, toe holds scissor slam, then a head lock, but Du(’lclnn-e Mr. Byington, Muma got the first real hold with|and the rest of the list. Breaking, Gaston charged from|worked loose, got an arm scissors| Then the battle royal began! Docla ftoe hold and then Eustace hit| Both boys fought hard and clevers the ropes, but Walthers dropped |that he finally worked into a figure|tried to throw Byington out of the|him with a flying body secissors after|ly. Both were fast and both could back on his shoulders and booted|four arm s ors before the break_;rmg, Referee Byington did not want|the break. Muma got another toe|dish it out and take it.” Daniloft the Old Mexico«grappler back to When the Donovan boy rollcdilo get out of the ring and fought hold and then a leg split that he|showed he had been receiving ex- where he had started from with ajout, he came back quickly with a‘vullanlly back. Both were strug-|changed to an arm bar and after(pert coaching somewhere and he iwell directed mule kick nicely executed double step over toe gling on the ropes, when Donovan|the break gave a tit for tat flying|showed definitely more polish than Gaston came back, threw Walthers|hold but suffered a leg split in lhc'decid(’d he'd had enough of thelbody scissors to thé Eustace frame.| before, with a body slam, but Walthers|trade, and then perhaps just to gc(,‘ff)(}]i»‘hnt!ss‘ and would throw them| FEustace took him right over| After 13 minutes of the scheduled played dead until Gaston fell into|even, kicked the Doctor out of the both out of the ring. though and delivered a hard body| 15 minute fight, Daniloff threw D¢ a Walthers figure four arm scissors{ring when he broke away. He nearly did, but somebody in{slam. Muma worked loose and |Vault and scored a fall with a and an arm lock that ended in the When Doc came back, Donovanithe mess reached out an arm and snapped around for a double toe|body press. The decision was popu= first fall going to Walthers after{threw him with a rolling wrist lock|got a headlock on Donovan and hold. lar and the crowd displayed approv- ten minutes of knot-tying. {al of both boys. and made a knot of him with a head all three fell through the ropes and| “Take Bill grabbed a leg split, they trad=-[seissors, Doc grabbed him in a cru-|half into the aisles. With Dono- West!” shouted a Texas voice. All in all it was a god wrestling ed, then Gaston threw Walthersleifix and then to bring his stock van's back bowed over the edge of| Muma did not get far into the card and a good show. It was not in a series of four damaging body|back to par, kicked Donovan out of the ring and one wrestler and onel West with the toe (Eustace was | exactly a big crowd that attended, slams ending in a head scissors: |the ring. jone referee on top of him, \p.'rln-;lluh“n'.: barefoot), and with both but it was a good looking crowd Walthers then chucked Gaston Back in the ring again (Doc c|(|-’llu'.~: rushed to his aid to hold up on their feet again, Eustace deliv- ed crowd. Next Febru- lover in a body slam and grabbed aling the locomotive Big Apple), his shoulder lered a flying body kick and fin-|ary 7th's mat card should be well wrist lock lished with a leg scissors. Muma received. Gaston jerked out andDonovan used a flying tackle and a When thie whole By GEORGE McMANUS his jolting, Gaston Prelim. Gordon Muma, last month’s ref- eree, clean cut looking young fel-| low at 165 pounds, tangled with| Gene Eustace, another well cut| physical specimen who says he is a blacksmith, with a weight of 170 pounds. This match showed two men with blinding speed not often seen on the screamed | professional mat, but after a furious Wrist, and the|van did another body slam with|the ropes, and nr‘\-(lh-\u(u say, there | evening,|jatter went r in three hammer| the Doctor and ended with an arm|were but mere shreds of Mr. Bying-| | Bill Walthers stepped barefooted |y owe in o yow. Gaston polished bar after eries of rolling wrist|ton's shirt hanging from bare shou-| jinto the ring at 160 pounds andiic off with a body press and a fall|10¢KS, but while Doc lay on the mat|ders. BURY THE HATCHE {Walt Gaston, at 170 for a no tme[ggior fon minutes of knot tying. | Wondering what to do, he got a| And maybe you think M-G-M NEWS |limit best two out of three graD-\ qany: Pirst fall to Walthers, sec-|Peautitul inspiration, |did not like it! pling contest. hd / | Referee Bill Byington was stand-| Donovan got down to business and| A g, ; jond two to Gaston. | o & i i | |Nick Peters, of San Antonio, last o | Both men came out to the.center| ling within range and Doc grabbed threw Doc with a body slam, then - D BT A SR A i . e e % H - o s S i . e { Rt night outpointed Umio Gen, of Ja= L A S I T I M E S T O N I G I‘I T of the ring fast, Walthers slapped| SEMI- AL |him, ripped his shirt off, and when grabbed him in a body scissors, but pan, in a 10 round match ELF |a step-over toe hold on Gaston,| ¥ ’ \Byingten ripped both wrestlers the Doctor snapped loose and jump- | ', et = o w ] g Mbeal f Pety righed 1 ng THE MIGHTY TREVE and THE MAN .Ho FOUND HIMS who wormed out, got a head lock| (The Xeal SHow) apart, Doc went after him again. ed on the prc e Donovan with| o ‘X'J; ]‘:L;";‘C‘l:d 33 pounds and Robinson Crusoe First Show Starts }lon Walthers and chucked him over| When Doctor W!‘!}.b um;r»,«rn Then the fight was on, but the By-|the Doctor's famous ankle lock— 9 e X . in a body sla |through the ropes at 187 pounds, jngton shirt was minus a right|and Donovan said “uncle” as Doc got ot the Pathe News at 7:00 P. M: | Walthers snapped out of it and|KnNowing wrestling audience moved)gsieeve, ‘hmuu.( the corners of his toes to- u[;'qkfl:?ll“:tlz] lfivelxqidho::ts::t:s: S SRR ¢ 1bbed Gaston in @ body scissors,[{OTWARd in thel seats and when bi | The crowd was getting a kick out|ward each other for the sixth tme. on his feot again, delvered st —_— e A i e | Gaston broke it with a head hwk_ Bill Donovan followed him at 195 of it and Doc made the fight really| The first fall—and the only fall—|another body kick by the air route. where [but lost it and fell into a pile driy-|Pounds, the crowd knew there would good when he punched Donovan in, for Donovan did not come back, be-| After another exchange of flying TRAGY TDNE Earth” er—Walthers liffing him off thebe @ show—and nobody can denythe midriff and followed with a fly-|cause of a sprained ankle, went t0/hody kicks and half nefSon follow= L} detail. mat by both feet and dropping him [there was not. ling kick and another Doc special|Doc Webb (Doity-Doity Doc the ups, the match was stopped after |back time and again on his shoul-j Both came out slowly, Doc using “hair throw.” Referee Killer) in 28 minutes. 118 minutes of fighting, and five min- ders. {that locomotive warm up motion| Donovan got a toe hold and Doc| Definitely this match stole |utes later it was announced that Featherwelght Cham pion Makes it 28 Wins in “They Gave Him a Gun”| Also Features Gladys George in Lead | MoOscow, Jan. 22—The Univer- | 29 Starts — sity of Idaho last night took the op-| Riding on the crest of the wave ening game of the present basket- 29 PHOENIX, Ariz, Jan. champion Henry Armstrong last night made it 28 | knockouts in 29 fights when he kay loed Frankie Castillo, of Los Angele in the third round of a scheduled ten-rounder. Armstrong weighed and Castillo tipped the pounds. as the ball series with the University of PFeatherweight score of 41 to 30. OREGON U WINS EUGENE, Oregon, Jan. .—The .Umvcmby of Oregon last night de- e e fml‘cd‘ the Unlversity of Montana Mayer adaptation of William Joyce| ¥ ® “60°¢ O 69,%o 43 in the first) Cowen’s novel, “They Gave Him a game of a two basketball series. Gun,” opening tomorrow at the Capitol Theatre, with Gladys George and Franchot Tone as Tracy ('nl-‘b leagues. | W. 8. Van Dyke II was the di-| rector. He has followed the mcm- orable story of war closely, as author, himself a former suldm uf the line, described it. But more| than that, the picture clings to Uw powerful psychological effect of um on certain characters, long after the | conflict is ended. The supporting cast includes Ed- | gar Dearing, Cliff Edwar Mary . Treen and others. War scenes were| filmed on the <p:\miv«» luaniun‘ COLISEUM STARTING SUNDAY Prevue Tenight 1:15 Sunday Is THE BIG NIGHT SIMONE SIMON and JAMES ‘STEWART in ‘SEVENTH HEAVEN’ Matmee Sunday 2:00 P.M. LAST TIMES TONIGHT Rechelle Hudson—Robert Kent in “THAT I MAY LIVE” for his sterling performance heroic Portuguese fishermen in Washington by “Captains Courageaous, Spencer Tracy now maintains his standard of excellent acting in a new pic- ture. 129 pounds scales at 133 a % R 1S DOWN, 0UT, SIXTH ROUND SAN DIEGO, Cal, Jan. 22.—Frank Benson, Galveston ng techni- cally kayoed Moose Irwin, of Los Angeles, last night in the sixth of \d scheduled eight round match. Benson's weight was 225 pounds and Irwin 191. SOUTHERN SECTION In the Southern Conference the ketball scores were as follows: California 47; Stanford 44. UscC. 40; UCLA 30. BOXERS WILL BE LINED UP NEXT MONDAY | Try-outs WTlTBe Started, Announces Jack Wil- son, Matchmaker Next Monday night all boxers for| /the coming smoker to be given by the Juneau Athletic Club are re- |quested to meet at the club’s gym- |nasium, the new quarters on Sec- |ond between Main and Seward. Jack Wilson, matchmaker, wants |the boys to line up for the tryouts. He has several good matches in| |sight and wants more talent for the second smoker under the auspices| of the Juneau Athletic Club | —————— Though not related, Mr. Roberts and Mrs, J. P. Robe: both florists in' Sylacauga, Ala. | he | e} that blg toe and start i - ‘t Today’s News Today.—Empire, thing was over BRINGING UP FATHER MAGGIE-THIS GUY- SIR VON PLATTER~ 4 CANT REMEMBER | | A THING | TELL HIM-IN FACT, HE FORGOT TO' QUIT. IGHT- MQ JIGGS? STRANGE- ERE HAVE | HEARD. THAT NAME BEFORE? 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