The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 7, 1938, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, MAY 7 1938 POLLY AND HER PALS OZZIE OSBORNE ! 'SCUSE US A MINUTE, WILL Y!SUSIE 2 COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE YER WIFE'S BOUGHT A NEW BONNET. 3TEAMS ARE TIED FOR T0/ COAST LEAGUE Two Clubs Matched for Second Position—Pitch- ers’ Duel Is Fought (By Associated Press) Shortstop Bob Sturgeon’s over- throw in the first half of the fifth inning yesterday, allowing the only run of the game to be scored, de- ¢ cided the pilchers’ battle between Hutchinson of Seattle and Schmid of Sacramento. Hutchinson yielded only four hits and Schmidt five hits. A three run rally in the ninth in- ning yesterday fell short as Los An- geles bowed to Oakland san Francisco scored three runs in the ninth inning for a victory over Hollywood. The Seals collected 22 hits. san Diego’s defeat of Portland for the seventh straight win put San Diego, Portland and Hollywood in a three way tie for first place in the Pacific Coast League. GAMES FRIDAY Pacific Coast League can Diego 7; Portland 5. Oakland 7; Los - Angeles 6. Seattle 1; Sacramento 0. Hollywood 11; San Francisco 12 National League New York 11; Pittsburgh 7. Cincinnati 10; Brooklyn 3 Boston 9; Chicago 13 Philadelphia 3; St. Louis 4 American League Chicage 3; Washington 4. St. Louis 3; Boston 7. Cleveland 4; Philadelphia 1 STANDI OF CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won Lost Pc: Hollywood 19 15 559 Portlaryl 19 15 559 San Diego 19 15 .559 Los Angeles 18 16 529 Sacramento 18 18 528 San Francisco 191 506 Seattle 15 20 429 Oakland 12 23 543 National League Won Lost Pe! New York 14 3 824 Chicago 13 6 684 Pittsburgh 10 d .588 Cincinnati 2y ) 9 500 Boston 6 1 462 St. Louis (] 10 375 Brooklyn 6 n 355 Philadelphia 3 13 .188 American League Won Lost Pect Cleveland 12 5 106 New York 1 7 611 ‘Washington 11 1 611 Boston 9 8 529 Chicago 1 8 467 Detroit 7 9 438 Philadelphia 5 11 313 St. Louis 5 12 204 BROOKLYN DROPS SEVENTH IN ROW AS MUNGO LOSES Cleveland Club Stretches League Lead with Win Over Atheltics ‘ (By Associated Press) A deal to trade Ducky Joe Med- wick, of the St. Louis Cardinals, to Brooklyn, for Van Mungo, is defin- itely off. after Mungo dropped his third straight loss to the Cincy Reds yesterday. Brooklyn lost its seventh game in a row and gave up sixth place to the Cards. Enns Slaughter lashed a triple against the boards te defeat the Phillies and send the Cardinals into the number six notch. Melton pitched his fifth victory, wihen the Giants took the Pittsburgh clgb to camp. The Cubs knocked off Boston i a comedy of Bee errors. Ken Keltner’s fifth home of the season gave Cleveland a win over the Athletics and moved the In- dians a half game up the ladder to widen the league lead. Aging Jimmy Dykes, forced into the White Sox lineup, collected four hits in six times up, but the White n Sox dropped the game to Washing -| $40,000 for: ring admissions to his training camp. % ton. NO COLD STORAGE FOR HOCKEY IC hawks, who'll call ’em for National League this season. 3 GAMES IN CHANNEL B, FOURTEEN NEW BALL RECRUITS 1938 SEASON ~ SIGN FOR PLAY Wisconsin Contributes Five Rookies—Assignment to Teams Monday Schedule Calls for ‘‘Play Ball” for First Con- test May 15 and ten add to fourteen in Thirty-six games, in-two halves Four of 18 each, will be played in the Gas- anybody’s league, and, In the Gast- tineau Channel Baseball League's ineau Channel League they add to season this year. fourteen new ballplayers signed to The opening game is scheduled perform wish the three local clubs to be played in Juneau on Sunday this coming se n Four prospects signed the first afternoon, May 15, between Doug- day the call for new talent was is- las and Moose teams. The last game is scheduled for sued. They were Otto McVey, out- Sunday, August 7. fielder; Gordon Ferguson, infielder; The following is the compiete Ray Carlson, outfielder and R schedule as released today Fisher, hurler and tirst baseman Among the ten new signed play- ers are four infielders, two outfield- two pitchers and two catchers. Out to fill the post of catcher, where new men are most needed, are two backstops from a Northern Wis- Friday, May 27—Elks-Douglas. consin semi-pro league: Ed Amel- Sunday, May 29—Elks-Moose ung, of Mellen, Wistcnsin who packs Tuesday. May 31—Douglas-EIks. a . serage; and Karl Om- FIRST HALF Sunday, May 15—Douglas-Moose. Tuesday, May 17—Moose-Elks. Friday, May 20—Moose-Douglas. Sunday, May,22—Douglas-Elks. Tuesday, May 24—Douglas-Moost at Douglas, |dahl, ithpaw who has Friday, June 3—Moose-EIks. also done some pitcning. Omdhal Sunday, June 5—Moose-Douglas. |comes from Blue Luke, Wisconsin, Tuesday, June 7—Elks-Moose. Friday, June 10—Douglas-Moose. Sunday, June 12—Elks-Douglas. Tuesday, June 14—Moose-Doug- las, at Douglas. Friday, June 17—Douglas-Elks. Sunday, June Tuesday, June 21—Elks-Douglas. where he played two years Wisconsin' is well on the way to fill out the Gastineau Channel league ranks this year, as the three other baseballers from the northern part of that state are likewise sign- ed to play here. The three, all young, but experienced semi-pros, are: Bill Friday, June 24—Elks-Moose. Odell, of McKinley, Wisconsin, in- SECOND HALF tielder; Owen Fitzgerald, of Albion, Sunday, June 26—Douglas-Moose. | Wisconsin, shortstop with a 265 Tuesday, June 28—Moose-EIks. |patting average; and Peter Brown, Friday, July 1—Moose-Douglas. |from Blue Lake, Wisconsin, out- Sunday, July 3—Douglas-Elks. fielder and pitcher. Friday, July 8—Douglas-Moose, at From Centralia, Washington, Douglas. Sunday, July 10—Elks-Douglas. Tuesday, July 12—Elks-Moose. Friday, July 15—Douglas-Elks. |where he played on the Centralia Town team, is Herman Russell, pit- cher and outfielder; while also from the State of Washington is Willard Sunday, July 17—Moose-EIks. Marshall, high school outfieltier Tuesday, July 19—Moose-Douglas. | from the town of Edeson. Friday, July 22—Elks-Moose. | Two former Channel League play- Sunday, July 24—Douglas-Moose.|ars are signed up to play again this Tuesday, July 26—EIks-DOuglas.|year after being out for one season. at Douglas. v They are Ted Adams, Elk shortstop, Friday, July 29—Moose-Dougias. | Sunday, July 31—Douglas-Elks. ‘Tuesday, August 2—Moose-EIks. Friday, August 5—Elks-Douglas. Sunday, August 7—Elks-Moose. (Team named last on each date is home team.) B Start Home Runs NEW YORK, May 7.—Dick Bar- tell, Giants shortstop, with a first in- ning four-master against the Bees in the opening game, got credit for the first home run of the National league season. Ben Chapman of the Boston Red Sox hit the first one in the American league, a second inning clout against the Yankees. .- Practice Pays NEW YORK, May 7.—Jack Demp-~ sey got more for training for the Jess Willard fight (when he won the heavyweight title) than he did| for the fight itself. Jack's cut of the purse was $27,500, but he took in | Havre d¢ Grace, Md., race fans By CLIFF STERRETT JESS IN CASE MY WIFE GETS HAT- HANKERIN' MIND TELLIN' WOT PRICE YUH PAID 2 SIX HUNNERT AN' SEVENTY - TWO SMACKEROOS . fLL, CHILL, THRILL reaa registering stages of anxiety, 'SOAP SALESMAN IS NET GOACH; HE CLEANS UP Should Be Peak By PAUL SIMMONS AP Feature Service Wi CHAPEL HILL, N.C, May 17 Jehn Kenfield of Chicago good as a soap salesman, but he thought he would like to try the piano busi- ness. He did well at that, too. but soon saw & better opportunity with a candy firm. He took another step up the business ladder. Then he took up tennis coaching. E MAN, Bill Stewart of Chicago Blacke He has becn coach at the Univer- He's seen umpiring in Red Sox-Bees serles. sity of North Carolina for ten years now, and if what he has and: Tod BaldWipbe formes i patpl ARt 10 this DelBAHDL enought-= flelder. And,. RMNo signed: TRoM| N 1o '8 hard to satity : i ward Day, localstennis} His North Carolina teams have champ, who feels he has time this| »on doa mscuse iR ot TR o g7, . : makes a batting average of .977 year to hold down an infield post in the league. Day has high school experience in California Monday afterncon will see the rst apportionment to teams of new yers, and President William A. Holzheimer today urged again that all who have had baseball experience and wish to play sign immediately, with Sc r W. K. Clark at the Daily Alaska Empire, before he makes his allotment President Holzheimer this after- nocn anncunced that a practice ses- sion for all ball players, especially for newcomers, will be held on Fire- men’s Park tomorrow afternoon at| 4 o'clock. All new players signed up or wishing to sign are urged to turn ont e league team managers will be present to look over the crop of rookies. It likely that teams will be chosen on the spot and a practice game held, the Prexy stated Ldng@rtfine plus, which ought to be just about the peak Mcre Worlds To Conquer The Tar Heels started out under Kenfield's tutelage in 1928 to es- tablish their supremacy in Dixie They won 11 matches and lost one that year. They did the same thing in 1929. Then they turned eastward for wider fields. Princeton, Yale, Army Harvard, New York University, Navy, Williams and Lehigh all bowed to the Tar Heels during 1930- 33. Princeton broke through in 1934 and 1935 with 7-2 and 9-0 vic- tories. The Old North State boys, their stroking tuned by Kenfields magic, were right back in 36 and ’37, smashing out a string of 33 consecutive victories, They are still going strong. Summing up, the North Carolin- ians in ten years have laid claim to five national collegiate champion- chips (‘31, '32, '33, '36 and '37), to say nothing of state and regional titles. Grant Was No. 1 BOSTON, May 7. — A new ice! Coach Kenfield rates Bryan (Bit- hockey marathon record was set Sy) Grant of Atlanta the best pla fhis season when Syracuse beat he has had and Wilmer Hines of Columbus, S.C., as probably second. although he believes Archie Hender- son, a 1937 ace, has better possibili- ————— ties than Hines. (] Kenfield—now 46 and handy with Ha"ks Bats |a racquet himself—is a native of Louisville, Ky. He played tennis in ki ss | his student days and participated in several national elay courts champ- ionships, once reaching the semi- finals. He has always kept up his ten- nis and in 1922 became instructor at the fashionable Lakeshore country club at Glencoe, 111, a Chicago su- burb. He still fills this job during the summer months. - b ATTENTION MASONS fl;lelx B;::I, Will:ncr There will be a Stated Communi- ce Wit cation of Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147 Rokas, Is Dazed Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. When the news came to The Em- Cleveland in a playoff game which went 122 minuts 41 seconds over- time. DETROIT, May 7.—Hank Green- | berg, Detroit first baseman who drove in more runs than any major | league player last ‘season, has a half dozen assorted bats of differ- ent weights this year. They tip the; scales all the way from 36 to 39 ounces. “I'll fool around with them for a while and see which one hits best,” he says. s Work in the M. M. Degree. By order of the W. M. J. W. LEIVERS, pire from Fairbanks that John adv. Secretary Rokas and Company had won ey portion of the big Nenana Ice Pool, |Rokas was on shift at the mine, where he is a mucker, and his " |partner on the ticket, Alex Boras, enjoyed his “happy daze” by him- |zelf. | Boras, who is a mucker also, was !seen on the street early this morn- ing, smiling, feebly, trying to con- vince himself he had cashed in. “I bought the ticket, and John punched it,” Boras recalled. Asekd what he was going to do with the six or seven thousand dollars he might receive as his share, Boras said he “might take a trip to Califernia.” As an afterthought he added: “Can I buy you a glass of beer, or a box of cigars, or something?” Tee l‘h:bi;r Kings Taking Plugs, iOne Man Fifg Salmon at Tee Harbor are hit- ting big plugs as well as herring and spinners. Carlson Lawrence reported getting a 30-pound King on a plug about feur inches long, so came to town and bought a six-inch plug with hopes of getting a larger fish. i Today’s News Today.—Empire. g i $320 FER TH! HAT PROPER --AN' TH' REST FER CLOTHES T' NEW PLAYERS? THEY'RE ELKS' BIG QUESTION of Recruits—Will They Come Through? in mystery is the Elks saseball team as the opening of the ineau Channel League diamond son speeds nearer! Foolball of league for the past few scasons, the Purples drew the the sympathetic attention of the locp oftic when it came time for the first distribution of players this year, with the result that to the nucleus of five capable regulars held over from past seasons there is added a corps of new and return- ing faces; all belonging to proven or promising horsehiders. Foster Gets Aid The mainstay of the Elks hurling staff last season, Bud Foster, is the scle survivor of a pre-season of the Elks mound staff; a pruning in which the shears of the managerial staff clipped “Big Mac” MacSpad- den, “Shavey” Koski and Grassy Lowe from the Purple-Clads roster To bolster the Tail-Enders’ hurl- ing crew, the officials, in their first meeling last week, p! ented Man- uger Howard Simmoens and Assist- ant Elks Manager Carey Tubbs with Ward McAlister and Harold Abram- son. McAlister has already demon- strated his worth in the the local |league. After walking off with star honors as mound mainstay of the Legion wrecking crew during the season three years ago, McAlister contracted a sore arm early in 1936 and did not fare so well that sea- son. But, to testify that he is again in form is the manner in which he last fall held down the best local clouters while on the mound for the visiting €kagway team, with whom he played last season. Abramson is a very likely looking newcomer to Southeastern Alaska baseball. He is rangy and is the possessor of plenty of power. In just how well he can use that power may well lie the season’s future for the Elks. Should Abramson live up to his advance notices, the EIks will be the possessors of a very com- petent mound staff to replace their tottering ancients of seasons past With three hurlers that can win games, plus their new talent in other needed spots, the Elks should be well able to wreak havoc in Gastineau Channel Leagué ranks. Catching Is Good When it comes to the other end of the battery situation, the Purples are best blest of any loop club. In a pre-season deal just completed they traded backstop Kelly Blake to the Moose for young Orin Addleman. Addleman is all the catcher any team could wish. One of the most likely-looking youngsters to come into the league in recent years, Ad- dleman showed plenty of zipper and hustle behind the bat as well as real power at the plate in the few times he broke into the Moose lineup last year. Playing regularly for the Elks this season, his form can be expect- ed to show improvement Last season the Elks were almost completely missing an infield. This season, they should have a whole in- field with a few spares to keep the first-stringers working. At first base is Molly MacSpadden, regular from last season. A good hitter, MacSpad- den is entirely capable of handling the chores around the initial sack. For the other inner defense posts the Elks have dpawn three proven performers from the pre- on shuffle. Topping the trio is Earl Forsythe, who, two seasons back, showed as the flashiest hustling shortpatcher to don a league uni- form for several years. At that time, as a vital member of the champion Moose, he won all shortstopping honors. Now, after a year’s vacation in Sitka, Forsythe is back with all his old pepper. Returning to the Elks’ fold after a season away is third-sacker Don Bradley. Two season's ago Young Bradley was the most sparkling member of the Elks' team, drawing acclaim from the most critical of local fans both as fielder and hitter. With a season’s experience under his belt, there is no reason why the youngster should not nc v be even better, What About Second? With' short and third ably taken care of, the keystone field remains the only question mark in the Ant- ler’s infield; and not a very big Try the wmmpire ciassitieds for question mark at that. To round out Jthe inner quartette for the Elks, *MISUNDERSTOOD' — NOT ‘WAYWARD"' is term Supt. Byron D. Paddon prefers to apply to youngsters a\ Berkshire industrial farm for boys at Canaan, N. Y., where voca- tional training is stressed as remedial measure. Above, “inter- mediaf ” listen earngstly as Paul M. Williams conducts wood- working class, the league moguls handed them Ed- die Lawson, another former league performer who has been away for a season, Two seusons ago Law 1 showed a full share of ginger. But, last year while playing with a Ket- chikan team, Lawsen proved himsell both steady and elficient. 1f he can an- tight in= league’s ho'd up now to his last y dard, the Elks will have tield; quite possibly the tightest, And, the Purples will not luck for infield replacements, either. While expected to perform generally a pitcher, Bud Foster has been ranked for several seasons now as the best of the local third-basemen; and, it not needed at the hot corner, he is also fully capable of taking good care of the first sack. Besides Foster, the Elks have a possible in- field reserve in Erv Hagerup, also. Though normally an outfieldey, Hagerup has put in time at both second and short, often doing a good job in those posts. Then, there is pitcher McAlister. Nothing wrong with him as a shortstop. 1f all ex- pectations hold true—what team could ask for a sweeter inner de- fense set-up than that possessed by the Elks? One Top Outfielder Concerning gardeners — in the outfield is appatenily the only real weakness of the BPOE's; and it's not such a big bit of weakness. Ranking Elk gardener is Dicik Mc- Donald, who, after playing high c: ibre baseball for Douglas two sea- son’s back, spent most of last sea- son away from Juneau; returning only in time to get into the last few games for Elks and demonstrated that he still had all it takes. Abetting McDonald in holding down the outer pastures are Ev Nowell and Hagerup. There is noth- ing to complain of in Hagerup's tielding, and, if he can re-capture the hitting form that brought him |the league crown three years ago, there is nothing wrong with his hit- ting either. But, that's a big if, as Hagerup has been in a two-year long and very deep slump at the plate. Nowell, the third Elk fielder, has always been a bitter. So, skipping his hitting, has he slowed down too much to cover enough ground in the outfield? Nowell, was a top league outfielder for long years, and, even though now slowed down, he should not be too slow in the field; and, he can still throw. Signed to the Elks mainly in the role of coach, Nowell will have to do outfield duty unless the Elks garner a gardener or two from the field of new recruits. | There is the set-up at present for Elks and for the three league teams. Can the Moose find a new catch- er? Will Turner and Boyd be back | to relieve the Douglas ills? Are the Elks done with their managerial troubles of last year and will their aggregation of new names perform as expected? | Sunday, May 15, opens the league season; and, before the end of Aug-|®t ust the season will be over and the Se fans will have the answers. 5 MISS FAIRBANKS TO VISIT ‘ Friends in Juneau have received | word that Miss Lulu Fairbanks cf | Seattle, pominent Camp Fire Girl leader and frequent visitor to Al- aska, is planning a trip to Juneau this summer. Folta Tells JCC To Look to Jobs In [:Evt. Sphere Suggests Young Men Take Interest in Coming Politics George W. Folta, Assistant Dis- trict Attorney, was the guest speak- er at the regular Friday luncheon of the Junior Chamber of Com- merce held in the high school. “Begin to prepare yourself to take a place in affairs of the govern- ment by taking an active and in- telligent interest now,” Folta said. “In thirty years, nearly all the men now holding government posi- tions will be out of office,” he con- tinued. “These offices will be filled with the young men of today. The fundamental aim of a government is to protect the lives and property of the people. From this funda- mental aim has grown our complex governments of today. However, even this original aim is lost when people decide to let politicians run ' the government, and graft comes in," Folta told the group. Raymond Reaber; and George Walmsley, chairman, were appointed on the Program Committee while Joe Kendler, Rod- ney Nordling and Ernest Tyler, chairman, will serve on the Subs sidiary Committee. Malcolm Faulkner was awarded the best-joke award and John Ba- vard took high honors for the best report on an Alaskan current event. According to Walter Fukuyama, the second anual Father vs. Son softball game will be held tomor- row at 1 p.m. in Evergreen Bowl, providing weather conditions per- mit. iy ‘The annual ice cream banquét will be held May 20 in the hi economics room of the high schoél, Robert Boggan, chairman, announg- ed. £ It was also announced that the Junior Chamber will again sponsor a track meet in the upper grades, Ribbons will be provided the win- ners. M. S. Whittier, Assistant Collector of Customs, will be the guest speak- er at next Friday's meeting, which will conclude the year’s regular Friday meetings. - TURNER,LANDSCAPE GARDENER IS HERE TO PLAN WORK ON ARD OF GOVERNOR'S HOUSE Bob Phillips, Garrison Turner, landscape gard- ener who has charge of the garden the Pioneers' Home at Sitka, arrived in Juneau on the North a. While in Juneau Mr. Turner will make plans and start the work of landscaping the yard of the Gov- ernor’s House. e — Try The Empire classifieds for results. o Today's News Today—Empire. | FROM BEAVER C 1 [(1aft) to win Peansylvania