The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 18, 1938, Page 5

SETTIN' KINDA SWANK , AIN'TCHA, , SAMBO - DRIVIN' HOME IN CAB 2 ITAIN'T THAT, ) DENNIS, A held down to just four points. Man- they again scored high for the De- molays, and Sammy Nelson pitched in with some well-placed guarding At the close of the game, Jack Fowler, president of the city ba ketball league, presented the sily trophy to Stan Grummett, m.2 ger of the Elks. SUMMARY ELKS' PLAYERS BEAT DEMSLAYS T0 WIN "% TITLE e | Elks Basketball Championship| FG FS Fir TP | R. Smith, 4 1 2 9 Honors Go to Antlers |paviin, £ AR May, c 5 1 1 1! = Se"_isgni Ends J. Smith, g 1 1 0 3 The Elks win! Druliner, g 2 1 0® Downing the hopes of the battling il 8 e DeMolay quintet, an overpowering 2 : 8 : 4 4 teap of Elks drove through to Totals llnMo::y . b championship honors last night B0 e BE TR winning the City League basketball o0 o ¢ S fitle_in the final game of the 1938 i (" FRS o season by a score of 41 to 29. I;n«’;;l}nm a 1 9 ; s spite the threat of a traditicn- 1\}~1«r~~ ¥ §o'ig ety al DeMolay recovery, the Flks main- (-mu:l‘ ba RN e R tained their lead comsistently ' ° g 5 throughout all four quarters, and Totals 12 5 8 2 playing a fast game of ball, man- by -‘; ¢ aged to elude valiant opposition The first quarter saw the Elks arch ahead by four points in an 11 to 7 point lead, and the half ended in their favor with the ccore standing 24 to 15. Upset Threat The threat of upset stood h at the opening of the when the DeMolays marched on the floor ready to of their brilliant come- BOGGAN HiGH WITH 556 FOR THREE GAMES Garland Boggan was best bowler h- est. half, confidently stage one backs. But the comeback never came. An opening few minutes of wild in the Railroader’s matches last court length passes and the loss night, with a score of 556. His Con- of a couple of sure shots dampened ductors, however, lost to the Switch- hepe, although the Elks at the same men, two out of three. time found themselves faced with The Mail Clerks won over the three fouls in three minutes on their Oilers by 41 pins and the Firemen Speedy guard, Dale Druliner. won over the Telegraphers by 14 After an opening foul shot by vins. Ehner Lindstrom, the Elks took mat- Tonight'’s games are Big Four ters into their own hands and the games, Pen lvania vs. Reading, score soon stood 31 to 18. Discour- Southern Pacific vs. New York Cen- aged but still battling, the DeMo- tral and Canadian Pacific vs. Bal- timore and Ohio. Last night’s scores follow: Conductors lays managed to rally with a few more goals but the Elks kept the score safe from invasion,” and the whistle biew on the 41 to 29 final— Boggan 181 212 almost an exact reverse of the night Hollmann 145 190 before score when the DeMolays Bencdict 140 168 made a bid for the title, defeating _—— — the Elks by 41 to 28. Totals 466 570 473—1500 Defensive Game Switchmen Eoth teams played more on the Redling 167 178 174— 519 defensive last night, the DeMolays Kyler 154 188 184— 526 using zone defense and the Elks Bloedhorn 149 164 102 475 fighting man to man. Dick May, key R T - man of the Antler squad. was in Totals 470 530 5201520 good form along with Bob Davlin e and both totalled 11 points for the lerks Elks Spot 15 15 15— 45 Joe Smith, although injured the Fagerson 167 157 142— 466 night before, played until just ten Rupe 158 158 158—*474 seconds were left in the third quar- Whitehead 155 155 155—*465 ter, when the severe gash on his e e | head ended his game of speedy, de- = Totals 495 485 470—1450 pendable guarding. Oilers If it hadn’t been for Joe Smith's Monagle 167 167 167—*501 guarding, Elmer Lindstrem's scoic Stevens 131 173 165— 462 might have changed the story for MacSpadden 137 138 164— 439 the DeMolays, but the star marks- Gy i cEel e Totals 435 478 496—1409 HERE'S the BIGGEST BARGAIN YET! TERMS IF DESIRED We MUST MAKE ROOM for improvements now under way in our show room SO- We have PRICED FOR IMMEDIATE SALE: ONE—3-Unit Monarch ELECTRIC RANGE TABLE-TOP MODEL WITH LARGE OVEN—Units are Chromalox and non-breakable. 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Their outstand- Walmer 159 159 159 McKechnie, Best Manager inz capabiiities are physical, not Sterling 190 148 160— ~ “ . mental — - of 1937, Says "SC"“’ With men like these, McKechnie Totals 512 470 4821464 More Runs doesn’t try to be a master mind. He *—Average score. Did not bow! 2 tries to place himself on their level > CINNATI. March 18. Bill To them the best signal is no sig- ’ winner of the Sport- nal. They are left to think only of amnus u- s Jews’ award for the best mana- hitting, running, fielding, throw- ing 1 job of 1837, says the way of doing things - - SAVE THE DATE WASHINGTON.—Eunice Barrow ~ MgKechnie piloted the sister of heavyweight boxing cham- Bees last season. He is now — pion Joe Louis, is a co-ed at Howard ¢ i manager. Rebekah Benefit izance, March 23, university here. best strategy, he says, is to Flks Hall adv. MODES ohe MOMENT by Adelaide Kerr GAY NINETIES THEME The days-of the frivolously feminine nineties are recalled by this spring blowse. It is‘designed of white shadow-printed Swiss organdy processed to retain its crispness when laundered. The spring bonnet is of deep rose felt fli cked with a clyster of flowers, MARCH 18, 1938. By CLIFF STERRETT f WOMEN GIVE MEN RUN AT BRUNSWICK Feminine Pii:‘Artists Roll Better than Most + of Men With Mrs. Bill Schmitz leading her two men teammates in the scor ing column, the Independent trio last night opened the new mixec eam tournament at the Brunswick sowling alleys with a six pin win ver the Hot Shots. Interestingly enough, in checking he scores, it comes out that the wo- nen more than held up their e¢nd »f the scoring and the only score o fall below the 500 mark was olled up by a man. Frank Metealf, Hot Shot, was high bowler with 593, scoring 220- 181-192. downed North Transfer hree games straight, during which L. Hildinger, Percy's bowler, rolled up one game of 232. Tonight’s games are Juneau Flor- ist vs. Alaska Laundry and Bog- gan's Trio vs. Aretic. Last night's scores follow: Commercial F. Metcalf 220 181 192— 593 Mrs. Holmguist 191 179 145— 515 L. Holmquist 161 172 Totals 572 532 Independent Bill Schmitz 186 198 2 Mrs. B. Schmitz 200 211 567 I M. Seston 154 209 145-— 508 Totals 540 618 4691627 North Transfer Mary Rhodes . 182 211 167— 560 G. Battello 148 123 120— 391 R. Galao 189 207 150— 546 Totals 519 541 4371497 Percy's Mrs, Reynolds . 171 181 155— 507 J. Hendricks ... 201 196 124— 521 L. Hidinger .. 170 169 232— 571 Totals 542 546 5111599 St. Patrick’s Day Gard Party Held by C. D. A. . Attended by close to a hundred guests, the St. Patrick’s Day card party given by the Catholic Daugh- ters of America was an event of last night, gathering Gastineau Chan- nel residents for an informal ev- ening of pinochle, bridge and whist. Shamrock tallies and green and white decorations in the banquet room carried out the Irish motitf, and as a special event of the oc- casion, Mrs. L. P. Dawes presented her original reading, “Irish Stew.” The following players were award- ed prizes: Bridge, Mrs. Kate Jar- man, Frank Foster, high ;Mrs. Rob- ert Rice, Ed Herron, low; Pinochle, Mrs. O. J. Reiten, George Shaw, high ;Mrs. Lockie MacKinnon, P. J. Mullen, low; Whist, Mrs. Rose Schneider, high; Mrs. Irene Martin, low. Refreshments were served under the direction of a committee com- posed of Mrs. William Frank, Miss \Caroline McAllister, Mrs. Peter Bond, and Mrs. Walter G. Hellan. On the card committee for the ev- ening were Mrs. J. K. McAllister, Mrs. A. M. Geyer, and Mrs. Jce Thibodeau. S eee o Marks the Spot LEXINGTON, Ky. March 18. — There's a spike marking the spot on the University of Kentucky gym floor where Joe Hagan stood as he fired a winning last-second goal to whip Marquette U. this basketball season. Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chand- ler of Kentucky drove the spike to commemorate the triumph. Another Francis LINCOLN, Neb, March 18—Ne- braska has high hopes for another Francis. Not long ago Sam Francis won all-American honors as a Corn- | husker fullback, His brother, Vike, who resembles Sam closely, will be a backfielder next. season. |result; Mary will be telling about Dr. Matsuo Nagai (right), secretary general of ne sapanese ‘Jiym- pics C:ganizing committee, is pictured at Tokyo with a newspaper- man, pering over the plans for the Tokyo Olympics of 1940, Japan asked, at the meeting of the International Amateur Athletic Union in G , Egypt, for pestponement of the meet until late in Sep- tember of 1940 and this was granted. Americans are disappointed with the plans, which will prevent many United States college ath- letes from competing. Mary Ann Hits The “Big Town” And Way Points Dark-eye.cni”?\laska Gal Makes Weber's Chorus of Attractive Trout Flies Dark-eyed Alaska Mary Ann, the famed Alaska trout fly that gets em, has moved to the top in trout rly lure of the world. Gaining wide reputation throughout te Ter- ritory and on Puget Sound, Mary nas strutted her stuff right into the imagination of eastern fly fish- rmen and sportsmen and taken her place in a distinctive class in the dress, can be seen in the fishing de- partment at Jugau-Youn and Thomas bardwares ] Old C(;é;rsi ‘ Were Best. LEXINGTON, Va, March 18 -~ Only two basketball players of the last decade have beerr brilliant enough to gain ranking on the all- time college cage team of Washing- ton and Lee's coach, Harry K. (Cy) Young They are Hank Luisetti, forward on Stanford's 1933 quintet, and Leigh Williams, who played center for W. and L. in 1931. H Notre Dame’s Sugarman of 1910 at forward, and North Carolina’s Carmichael of 1920 and Centre College's Louis Seelbach of 1910/ at guards complete Young’s honor¥ five. output of the worid's largest manu- —_—k facturer of fishing tackle—the O. L ] Weber Company of Stevens Point, X Wis. ‘ Not only is Mr. Weber featuring ! the attracuive fly this secson but so alluring has Mary become to the i t fly-casting manufacturer that he i has written Frank Dufresne of the Alaska Game Commissicn that he ( is planning a trip north this sum- mer to prove to himself that Mary cun really do her stuff in Alaskan waters. w After establishing herself at Web- { er’s, Mary has let her flight of L fancy soar on to the “Big Town.” The dark-eyed damsel hit New York and sauntered boldly into the edit- orial sanctum of Ray Holland, Ed- itor of Field and Stream, outstand- ing national sports magazine, The GABBY HARTNETT obtained o' hit in each of 26 straight games, te lead the National league in fhis: department. Another Chicago Cub, Augie Galan, scored at least one run in each of |1 successive games, to do better than anyone else is that specialty. herself in a forthcoming issue of that. publication, Dufresne collabor- ating in the role of author. Incidently, Mary, in her newest TANANA RIVER ICE MOVE DATES 1917—April 30 at 11 1918—May 1919—May :30 a.m. 11 at 9:33 am. : 1920—May 11 at 10:46 a.m. 1921—May 11 at 6:42 a.m. 1922—May 12 at 1:20 p.m. 1923—May 9 at 2:00 p.m. 1924—May 11 at 3:10 p.m. 1925—May 7 at 6:32 p.m. * 1926—April 26 at 4:03 p.m. 1927—May 13 at 5:42 p.m. 1928—May 6 at 4:24 p.m. 1929—May 5 at 3:41 p.m. 1930—May 8 at 7:03 p.m. 1931—May 10 at 9:23 a.m. 1832—May 1 at 10:10 a.m. 1933—May 8 at 7:20 p.m. 1934—April 30 at 2:07 p.m. 1935—May 15 at 1:32 p.m. 1936—April 30 at 12:58 p.m. 1937—May 12 at 8:04 NENANA ICE POOL CLOSES April 15, 1938—Midnight