The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 6, 1938, Page 5

HEARD YUH FINALLY SOLD YER SHACK., SAMBO. DOUGLAS NEEDS HURLERS T0 60 T0 BALL WARS Return of Turner and Boyd Will Make or Break Island Squad Casting a discerning eye over the present ranks of the Douglas Is- landers as they prepare for the coming Gastineau Channel League pennant chase, the critical fan sees almost the same team that made a gallant fight through all last season, a team that has glaring weakness in the battery positions, yet a team that may well finish way out in front if all expectations hold true. Only one pitctier, though the best in the league, was proved not eonugh to win last season when the Island- ers went down before the three- hurler pitching corps of the Moose in the “Little World Series” play- otfs. And now, in the mound ranks lies Douglas’ greatest plight, and biggest expectation. Ace chucker Claude Erskine can be prophesied to win his share of games, but Douglas’ other mound workers have seen the years take the whip out of their arms and are generally good for only a few innings each. Battery Troubles The big “but” of the Douglas hurl. ing situation is Dave Turner, stel- lar moundworker for the Moose three years ago, who is forecast to be back on Gastinzau Channel soon, and who has been assigned to the Islanders. Turner should give the squad from across the Island two beiter than league average pitche: with Jimmy Manning, “Big Andy" Andrews and Mark Jensen for re- lief. With Turner back on harness and in shape, the Islanders can meet the three-chucker staffs of the other two teams on even terms. If Elmer Lindstrom, just named to don Douglas togs, develops they will be more than set on the slab. Next in the order of business for Douglas’ Manager A. E. Goetz is filling the spot behind the bat left by the departure of ranting Red Gray. With the capable Gray minus, only Sammy Nelson is at present on hand to take care of the catching chores—and, one receiver js far from plenty for any team. Give HER a ,,__‘\g YESSIREE. ) But, in their catching woes the Islanders have plenty of company from the other {wo league squads, and, if Bob Boyd returns to Juneau as expected to take his signed place with the Islanders they will have a big battery edge on the Moose and the Elks. Boyd was the stand- out catcher of the league three years ago, when his powerful bat played a big part in the old Legion team’s walk-away «with the pennant Outfielders Pleniijul In case the Douglas battery hopes come true, there will be no apologies needed for the squad from across the Channel. At first base will again be reliable Captain Andrews, top first-corner guardian in. the loop last season. Ouifield Johnny Niemi and Mark Jensen, normally fairly strong hitters, will have plenty of reserve in Andy Balog, young George Straigier and new- comer Rex Pinckley. If from that trio and those who iater join the |ranks another hittiny gardener can | be developed, the Douglas Firemen | will be set in tie outer pastures; as Pitcher Erskine is plenty good en- ough fielder for anybody's team when not performing on the mound he's hitting pitcher who can play anywhere The remainder of the Island in- field will line up as in the past two years; Eddie Roller, a good hitter, at short: Bob Bonner at second; and Jimmy Manning at third. Mark Jen- sen and Claude Erskine also infielders capable of handling util- ity roles, With recruits yet to come from new players in town, Douglas resi- dents can look forward to a ball (team that will be really powerful at the plate and tight enough in the tield—that is, if Turner and Boyd turn up as expected a are TOMORROW: THE ELKS In the last of this series of pre- views of the Gastineau Channel League line-ups, to appear in To- morrow’s Empire, the tail-enders of las t season, but now a team of new faces, the Elks, will be put under the microscope. LEWIS TAKES EASY MATCH BALTIMORE, Md., May 6.—John Henry Lewis, light heavyweight champion, took an easy decision last night from Domencio Ceccar- alli, of Italy. WHITMAN’S What Is More Appropriate——— than a box of delicious WHITMAN'S CANDIES? Mother is sure to enjoy their fresh, wholesome goodness. Choose from our ‘wide variety of better-grade candies. Butler-Mauro Drug Co. “The REXALL STORE” WE ARE OPEN SUNDAY—MAY 8——FROM NOON TILL 6 P. M. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1938. I SOLD IT T'A OLD MILLIONAIRE ECCENTRIC WOT!S SO DISGUSTED WITH HIS HOUSE THAT HE SAID HE JESS HADDA BUY MINE ! QUITE A COMPLIMENT! 7 FIGHTING FOX, 'COAST LEAGUE RACEY RETURNS | ——— WAL, YES AN' NO.TH! ONLY REASON HE WANTS TH' PLACE IS T' COME OVER AN' LOAF AROUND IN IT OCCASIONALLY-- By CLIFF STERRETT SOIS HE WON'T BE SO DISGUSTED WITH HIS OWN ! BULL LEA ARE BUNCHED NOW FROM SURVEY OF DERBY LEADERS SEVERAL SPOTS PINTA BAY ORES Ten 3-Year-Olds Ready to Go to Post in Ken- tucky . Classic LOUISVILLE, Ky.. May o—With- out the semblance of a surprise, ten 3-year-olds are named for the sixty- fourth running of the Kentucky Derby tomorrow. The “herd” is headed by William Woodward’s Fighting Fox and War- ren Wright's Bull Lea, first and sec- ond choices respectively The odds on Fighting Fox are ! to 2 and Bull Lea 3 to 1. D SENATORS WIN BY HOMER AS BASES LOADED Cubs Go on Batting Splurge with 12 Runs in Eighth Inning | (By Associated Press) The Washington Senators gave another beating to the Cleveland Warriors yesterday largely through Johnny Stone’s homer with the bases loaded. An error by cin i.a, victory yesterday. The Cubs beat the Phillies with an 18-hit attack featured by a 12- run splurge in the eighth inning Rudy York clouted out two hom- ers to put the Detroit Tigers in win over the Boston Red Sox. - Mel Ott gave Cin over the Giants Mexico is the leading world pro- ducer of silver and in the last five centuries has yielded about five and a half billion ounces of silver, more than 33 per cent of world produc- tion during that period. - e—e— - Egyptian goldsmiths made brace- lets for the queen of Zer in 5400 B. C. Be Sweet to Your MOTHER Specially Packed in a Mother's Day Wrap. | Cleveland New York } ‘Washington | Boston | Chicago Detroit - Philadelphia St. Louis Betting Mistake (By Associated Press) The Pacific Coast League is all tied up like a pretzel as teams changed partners for the weekend. Portland pounded out 15 hits yes- terday to defeat Hollywood and go into a tie with them for the lead. Only one game behind the lead- ers in a three-way tie are Los An- geles, Sacramento and San Diego. The Solons trimined the Angel: when pitcher Tony Freitas cele- brated his birthday by hitting a single to win his own game. San Diego outhit Oakland to make a clean sweep of the three gam series A wild pitch gave Sar Franciscc a victory over Seattle in a ten inning game. GAM Pacific 3 THURSDAY Joast League Seattle San Francisco 4, innings. Los Angeles 4; Sacramento 6. Portland 7; Hollywood 4 Oakland 8; San Diego 9 National League Brooklyn 2; Pittsburgh 4 New York 2; Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 2; Ch Boston 5; St ter Chicago 10; Philadeiphia 4 New York 12; St. Louis 10. Detroit 7; Boston 5. Cleveland 6; Washington 8 "ANDI OF CLUBS Coast League Won Lost Pc Hollywood 576 Portland Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco Seattle Oakland 23 National League Won Lost 3 6 New York Chicago Pittsburgh Boston ‘ (Cincinnati Brooklyn St. Louis Philadelphia American League Won Lost 11 5 1 10 8 7 17 5 5 1 1 ~ Wins @nfl Stake Newsboy of Boston Pulls $2,500 by Error of Ticket Seller LYNN, Mass, May 6—Guiseppi | Scullio, 20-year-old newsboy, saved up $100 to bet on the Suffolk Downs favorite War Minstrel, but by =2 mistake of the seller, who said he was sorry, the money was put on Natty Boy. ] You guessed it—Natty Boy won and paid $51.40 on a $2 ticket. The mistake broug™ Scullio $2.- 500. g Try The Emplre classifieds for results. Development Work Expect- ed to Be Completed by Mid-summer Percy Racey, geologist-engineer, has returned to Juneau after a two day inspection of the properties of the Pinta Bay Mining Syndicate on ,We bay of that name near Chicha- 30f. Racey had no comment to make, but Juneau men interested in the | property appeared enthused today. The Syndicate is composed entire. ly of a group of Juneauites, who to date have spent approximately $8,- {000 in doing considerable develop- Iment work on the group of 17 claims. The ore is said to run from $16 to $80 a ton, and lies in a limestone area cut by a tifty foot wide dike. Several open cuts have been made on mineralized outcroppings and ‘wo long tunnels have been driven nto the mountain The upper tunnel, about feet ibove level, has been driven in about 200 feet, with ore found on both sides of the dike, which the tunnel pierces The lower tunnel, about 750 feet into the mountain now, has not yet | bicrced the dike, but has tapped one exceptionally high grade pocket of ore and several average spots on the outward side of the dike Development work will tinued and it is expected the ex- ploratory work will have reached a rather complete stage by midsum- mer Among the Juneau men interested sea be con- i in the property are J. J. Meherin, 5 Joe Stocker, George Osborne, Max Behrman, Gunnar Blomgren, Ern- est Baker, Arthur Ficken and Louis Delebecque. S eee : Alaska Chamber Meets @dnesday‘ Wires Sent to Washington in Protest on Pending Bonding Bill At a meeting of the Territorial Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, members approved of a wired ref- erendum to member chambers, ask- | ing officials in Washington, D.C., for postponement of hearings on the Alaska Bonding Bill. | Concensus among members pres- ent was that not enough notice had been given the Territory as to the nature of the bill's progress and content. | Wires were also approved as sent | to five major Chambers of Com- merce on the Pacific Coast, urging | control of the influx of job seekers to Alaska. Present at the meeting were F. A, J. Gallwas, L. W. Kilburn, both of Douglas; W. J. McDonald, Cordova representative, M. S. Whittier, Wal- lis George, H. R. VanderLeest and | Curtis Shattuck, of Juneau. ! Some Americans Likely to Lose Their Citizenship WASHINGTON, May 6. — The Senate has voted to take away citi- zenship from Americans who vote in foreign elections or plebiscites. The measure now goes to the House for action, SATURDAY NIGHT MAY 7 Admission $1.00 Music by—Wesley Barrett and his Royal Alaskans for bases have been ordered Feusi from and Jensen; also wire for a new backstop nual D.F.D. dance would be May Bob Bonner reported that the an- held on 28. Sale of tickets will start next week mittee pointed Andrews and Gordon Mills. NEW OFFICERS ARE IN CHARGE, D.F.D. Seating of the new officers of the Douglas Volunteer Fire Department, elected at the last meeting. was the most important business of a two hour session held last evening Claude Erskine, retiring from the presiding officer’s chair, expressed his appreciation for the support and cooperation he had received and a vote of thanks to him and the other officials for their efficient service was accorded. New fire chief, Mike Pusich, who was unable to be present on ac- count of illness, gave evidence ot his activity nevertheless with written report which contained a copy of an inventory of all fire equipment and supplies on hand, to- gether with jobs completed, and also recommended the following definite action to improve range of the siren; a ladder and hose coup- ling practice drills; repairs to the Nob Hill pipe line; membership rules be enforced; early practice for Fourth of July races; and dedica- tion ceremonies for the new fire hall the fore part of June Foreman Ray McCormick an-| nounced the appointment of Sante Degan and Orville Gulhaugen as | his assistants. | The names of applicants for | membership were mentioned as fol- | lows: Charles Schramm and Mex | Isaacs for reinstatement and Rulph‘ Mortinsen. | W. Andrews covered the baseball situation in a report which stated hat four games, one for each team entered in the league, will be played in Douglas this summer; also a game for the Fourth. A. E. Goetz is mana- ger of the team, he said. New bags for a keg of beer wiches passed The following refreshments com- for next meeting was ap- Dick McCormick, Walter A vote of thanks to Wallis George which with sand- followed the meeting, was D BALL GAME SATURDAY Another baseball game tor Doug- las is scheduled for Saturday eve- ning when the west end of town will play the east end. E Street where the fire hall is located, is the divid- ing line between the sections, from which the two teams will be chosen Andy Andrews is captain of the west end and Claude Erskine heads the east end The game will start at 6 o'clock. -~ MRS. TASSELL SUCCUMBS The death of Mrs. Mary Tassell, result of long illness and her ad- vanced age, occurred here this morn- ing at 11 o'clock, at her home in the Native village. One of the earli- est residents among the Indians here, Mrs. Tassell four grown children, all well known here: Mrs. Peter Jackson 0f Doug- las and Mijss Alice Tassell, teacher at the Wrangell Institute, are daughters and Joe, Harry and Alex of Douglas are sons surviving. Alex Tassell, husband of the de- ceased, it is recalled, was the one and only victim recorded at the time of the Treadwell Mine cave-in. NEW FIXTURES The booths on the main dance floor at the Douglas Inn were yes-| terday extended to greater height with modernistically designed wood- work which adds much to the beauly is survived by of the interior. Kraft's Cabinet shop installed the new trim. - w ALL TO HOSPITAL J: Westfall entered Sf. Ann's Hospital this morning for medical treatment. She expects to be out in two or three days at the most MRS, Mrs, - EVANGELIZATION SOCIETY SERVICES ARE ANNOUNCED, ‘Perfect Womanhood” will be thef topic discussed at the gathering of the Alaska Evangelization Society of Douglas Sunday morning, with? George Loveless scheduled to be the guest speaker Sunday night, services are to be held at the theatre in conjunction with the Eagles Lodge. A Mother’s Day message will be delivered byt H Schlegel. B LUTHERAN CHURCH GATHERING IS SET FOR MONDAY NIGHT Plans for a congregational gath- ering were outlined at the meeting of the Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society yesterday when members met for luncheon in the social room of the church where Mrs. M. A. Mello, Mrs, W. A. Rasmussen, and Mrs. Bert McDowell were hostesses. Close to threé dozen were present for the affair. X The Church choir, Lutheran teagh= ers in the Public schools, Sunday School teachers, and Palm Sunday, contirmation class members are o be g1 at the congregational gets together set for Monday evening, Plans were also made yesterday for a rummage sale to be sponsor by the Society on Wednesday, May 11, under the direction of Mrs. Rasé mussen and Mrs. Mello. PEREORE 2 b § The Japanese empire has been ruled for 2,567 years by an unhroke line of sovercigns, B // )éexfz (e 4 D bo EAF THE FINEST OF ORT TABLE BEERS FOR SATURDAY and MONDAY CAKE FLO! Snowdrift 3 pound can Cosmos HOT TOMATO SAUCE— RELIANCE PEAS—3 tins 49c Swans Down - 5 8c 2 Packages S. & W. LIBBY’S 65¢ 19¢ 4 tins 0. 2 tins 2 tins .. HEINZ 4 tins ALBER’S Each ... . Grapef JUICE—2 -12 ounce tins... Orange Juice Tomato Juice Corn Flakes 12 ounce tins - 25¢ 15 ounce tins 25¢ Large Package 10° LOG CABIN SYRUP, medium can —49c FRESH FR and VEGETABLES “ALWAYS THE BEST” Old Potatoes U. S. 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