The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 10, 1938, Page 5

TR TOUGH LUCK- OUT ALL DAY AN’ NOT A ACE OF A THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1938. | PROMISED, SIR VON PLAT TER -I'D BRING BACK A BEAR - HE :| NEVER SAW ONE-= N| BUT 1 WILL HAVE TO DISAPPOINT HIM TO- DAY - I'M AFRAID - “opr 1938, King Features Syndicate, Inc THAT WHAT THEY ARE? THEY'RE 12 T VAT b TERS . THIS ST PIE WE HAD-I'VE HUNGRY LITTLE Warld rights reserved == " League Leaders To Play Series For City Crown DeMolays, Douglas, Elks,| High School to Enter Elimination Playoff for the championship of the City Basketball League begins tonight in the High School gym- nasium with Elks meeting High School and DeMolay meeting Doug- las in a best two out of three con- test to determine who will play for the championship in the finals next Tuesday. : It was agreed by managers in the league before the season began 7 VCOVIVmVie Stlll Shows ’em How last fall that the four top ranking teams would play for the cham- pionship in an elimination series, the first rung team to play the third rung five and the second place team the fourth in line squad in the semi-finals. First game of the series will be between the Elks and the High Scheol, beginning at 7:30 o'clock tonight, followed by the DeMolay and Douglas. Succeeding games in the semi-finals elimination will be played tomorrow night and Sat- urday if necessary. Survivors from the semi-finals will play off the series in the best two out of three beginning next Tuesday. The High School band has polish- ed its brass and the Crimson Bear squad itself is polishing its play with the determination to win the league championship in lieu of the inter-school crown which just slip- ped from its grasp. Special ar- rangements have been made to take care of an anticipated record crowd at the games. D VICAR IS FAN; HE PROVES T YORK, England, March 10.—The Yerk city football team went to church the day after it won one of its games in the playoff for the fcotball association cup, and was publicly acclaimed by the vicar. In front of 800 enthusiastic fol- lowers of the team, the Rev. G. C. Beach, vicar of the twelfth cen- tury - Church of St. Martin, an- nounced: “We congratulate the York team. I do not see why we should not do s0 in God's house. Those of you who join, me in congratulating them say ‘aye.’” “Aye,” the congregation dered. thun- o KEGISTRATION OF VOTERS Citizens who are not registered voters must register by April 2 to qualify as electors at the Municipal election April 5th. Persons who voted at the last municipal elec- tion need not register again as their names are on the permanent regis- tration list. If you are not regis- tered do not delay in so doing at once. Registered voters who have changed their addresses since last municipal election must notify the City Clerk promptly. H. I. LUCAS, adv. City Clerk T0 DOGS AS WELL AS.MAN FR'EN;%“«?' pointer pups when the mother died. ‘Despm'; his seventy-five years, Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Ath!eucs: can still step in there and toss a baseball with enough smoke to give his cub pitchers a few pointers at their Lake Charles, La., train- ing camp. Left to right are Bill Kalfass, Marvin Hamilton and Lester McCrabb watching Connie do his stuff. NATIONAL WILD LIFE WEEK WILL START MARCH 2 P(esiden.t Issues Proclama- tion Calling Attention to Need for Protection In connection with National Wild Life Week which will be celebrated throughout the nation beginning March 20, President Roosevelt has issued the following proclamation. WHEREAS one of the most im-| portant phases of the conservation of our natural resources is the pro- | tection and preservation of our wild | life; and | VHEREAS this is a work in whicl | virtually our entire citizenship car | participate wholeheartedly and en- | thusiastically, whether resident ir | the large metropolitan centers, witk limited access to the great outdoors or permitted to enjoy at first hanc | the wonders of nature; and | WHEREAS the carrying into ef-| fect of any program for the con- servation of cur hereditary wild life | —in the past seriously diminishec and depleted by destructive exploi- tation and lack of proper under- standing and sympathy—must en- list the support of all of our citi- zens if the mistakes of the past are to be avoided in the future in deal- ing with. this important resource of incaiculable social, economic, es-| thetic, and recreational value: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANK- LIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do| hereby proclaim and designate the week beginning March 20th, 1938, as National Wild Life Week and do earnestly appeal to all of our citi- zens first to recognize the impor- tance of the problem of conserva- tion of these assets in wild life, and then to work with one accord for their proper protection and preser-| is “Pal” s police dog in Memphis, who pups were three days old when orphaned. vation. To this end I call upon al itizens in every community to give hought during this period to the 1eeds of the denizens of field, for- :st, and water and intelligent con- ideration of the best means foi ranslating good intentions intc ractical action in bebalf of thesc nvaluable but inarticulate friends. dnly through the full cooperation of Jl can wild life be restored for the resent generation and perpetuated ‘or posterity. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States t0 ke affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this 14th day of February. in the ear of our Lord nineteen hundred |and thirty-eight, and of the Inde- nendence of the United States of America and one hundred and sixty- second. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (seal) 3y the President: CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State. CROOKES DISCUSSES SKIING AT MEETING Women members of the Juneau Ski Club met last evening at the home of Mrs. W. P. Blanton where Darroch Crookes, visiting ski in- structor, of the club, discussed ski technique. Motion pictures taken by Trevor Davis of the recent ski tourna- ment and other ski club activities also marked the evening. ; Doatel ST MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 10, —Ineligibility likely will never worry Harold Van Every, Minnesota's sen- sational sophomore football half- back. He has an “A” average. e ————— The Pleiades form a cluster of more than 2,000 stars, of which six or seven are visible to the naked eye. P : e | saved the building. J B. B, PLAYERS AT DUKE ARE BIVEN QUIZ Veteran Coach Hands Out “Final Examination in P. E. 59" DURHAM, N.C., March 10.—The bld professor distributed mimeo- graphed sheets titled “Final Ex- amination in P. E.-59" and tramped aut of the classroom. Then Duke university’s baseball players - began swinging fountain pens with a flourish. Here was a quiz they could handle. It ‘was Jack Coombs' annual questionnaire fer his athletes, who ake a physical education course in baseball as part of their required college credits for graduation. Professor Coombs has been giving these tests since he came to Duke in 1929. They deal with techniques of positional play, batting and fielding problems and often pre- sent case examples that call for imaginative thinking for the dia- mond students to extricate them- selves from hypothetical situations A baseball writer once offered one of these questionnaires to the New York baschall team and the Yankees spent hours of a road trip «debating over the answers. These tests, following a semes- ter's classroom lectures and con- versations, have made Duke’s team a collection of smart youngsters. They've won a flock of titles, in- cluding last year's Southern con- ference championship. In case you've forgotten, Coombs won 5 world series victories for Philadelphia, three of which were against the Chicago Cubs in 1910 In 1906 he pitched the longest American league game, winning a 24-inning tussle with the Boston Red Sox, 4-1. Here are some of Professor Coombs' questions, with the an- swers: Q. What is a shortstop’s hardest fielding play? A. A batted ball which bounds over the pitcher’s head. This ball must be fielded on the run, and the hortstop’s throw to first base must be made under full speed, thrown from the awkward position in which he fields the ball. Q. How would you play your nfield under the following situa- tions, deep or in close? (1) Runners on first and third bases, second in- ning, no score, one out, eighth man in the batting order at the plate. (2) Runner on first base, one out, hree runs behind, three balls and one strike? A. (1) deep. (2) close. Q. Should a pitcher vary time between each pitched ball? A. Yes, particularly if any base is occupied. If the pitcher does not vary the time he consumes in mak- ing his different deliveries, run- ners will be invited to steal bases. Q. When should a catcher back up third base? A. A catcher should never back up third base. Q. What is a waste ball and why is it pitched? A. A quick pitch so far away from the plate that it cannot be hit by the batsman. It is thrown because the catcher has some defensive play in mind. Q. What is the most difficult fielding play for a pitcher? A. The swinging bunt. The ball is swung at very hard and is hit in such a manner that it rolls slow- Iy close to the base line. The diffi- culty for the pitcher is to decide whether to let the ball roll with the hope it may go foul or pick it up for an almost impossible play at first base. « Q. What advice would you give your batsman under the following ball and strike situations? (1) Bases empty, two balls and no strike. (2) Runner on first, one out, no score, two balls and no strikes. (3) run- ners on second and third, one out, three balls and one strike. A. (1) Hit. Try for a long hit to get into scoring position. (2) Hit the good ball, using possibly, the hit and run play. (3) Hit the good ball. the e CARD OF THANKS Dutch welcomes this opportunity to thank the fire boys for their prompt action in getting a stream of water on the blaze at the Garage last evening. Their quick work adv. ——,r——— «.. “Pry the Empire *classifieds for results, Elimination of Civil Service CommissionHit to Reorganize Would Imperil System WASHINGTON, March 10.—Elim- ination of the Civil Service Com- mission as proposed in the admi istration's government reorgan tion bill will endanger the entire merit system, Senator Walsh, Dem- ocrat, of Massachusetts, has warned the Benate, A breakdown of the entire fabric covering 831,000 Federal employees would result should a single civil service administrator be named to replace the commission, he said. Provision for an advisory com- JOHNNY MIZE, St. Louis, gct a home run at Wrigley field, Chi- €ago, in his last time at bat last season, to become the only Na- tional league slugger to hit a round- tripper in every one of the eight National parks in ‘37. Mize had 25 homers for the season. NS i< 12 gesture to the friends 1t Civil Service Com- nd those who believe in the principle of a real and effective and etficient commission.” Not One Man Job The President’s proposal would et up a 1gle adminnstrator for a fifteen-year term to administer the merit system. No one can do this jab, Walsh said, if the rights, welfare and future status of gov- crnment employees are to be pro- tected. Walsh declared: I submit that the advisory board, meeting for a few days four times a year would serve very little useful purpose. It is & useless appendage a fifth wheel to the coach.” Senator Schwellenbach, Democrat, Washington, said the office of Ccmptroller General had been “ab- solutely useless.” Addressing the Senate in support auditing and accounting sec- of the administration’s bill Schwellenbach contended “admin- istrative” functions of the comp- troller should be transferred to the executive branch of the govern- ment. “The Comptroller General doesn't represent Congress and doesn't do Congress the slightest semblance of good,” Schwellenbach asserted. No New Power Seen Senator Bailey, Democrat, of South Carolina, replied that the language of the bill would give the President no more power to remove the auditor than to “remove the clerk of the Senate Appropriations Committee.” of tions >+ ARE SUPTS. NOW DETROIT, March 10.—There are no longer any golf course greens- keepers in the Detroit area. The group handling such tasks have elected to call themselves superin- tendents. e ,e—— the Empire cl fieds Try for results. TO CONVINCE SKEPTICS night spots won't lure bim from comeback. Max Raer nosed at Lakewood, N. J., camp. Adults—25¢ CITY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL | TONIGHT PLAY-OFF TOURNEY DOUBLE-HEADER COMMENCES AT 7:30 P. M. Juneau High Gymnasium ELKS vs. HIGH SCHOOL DeMOLAY vs. DOUGLAS Students—15¢ SO EXCLUSIVE IS CLUB to which “polo widows® of 10-goal polo players belong that Mrs. Cecil Smith (left) and Mrs. Stewart Iglehart, whose husbands play with Old Westbury, are almost whole club. There are only three players of 10-goal caliber in nation. Tommy Hitchcock ic in this class, Lefty Grissom and Bill McKechnie In the training camp of the Cincinnati Reds at Tampa, Fla., Lee (Lefty) Grissom, young pitcher who promises to become one of the | National league's leading moundsmen, talks things over with the | new manager of the club, Bill McKechnie, veteran and former man- " J)d v p‘- ager of the Bees, Cardinals and other teams. TANANA RIVER ICE MOVE DATES 1917—April 30 1918—May 11 1919—May 3 1920—May 11 1921—May, 11 1922—May 12 1923—May 9 1924—May 11 1925—May 7 1926—April 26 1927—May 13 1928—May 6 1929—May 5 1930—May 8 1931 —May 10 1932—May 1 1933—May 8 1934—April 30 k 1935—May 15 at 11:30 a.m. at 9:33 am. at 2:33 p.m. at 10:46 a.m. at at 1:20 p.m. at 2:00 p.m. at 3:10 p.m. at 6:32 p.m. at 4:03 p.m. at 5:42 p.m. at 4:24 p.m. at 3:41 p.m. at 7:03 p.m. at 9:23 am. at 10:10 a.m. at 7:20 p.m. at 2:07 pm. at 1:32 pm. NENANA ICE POOL . CLOSES April 15, 1938—Midnight