The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 17, 1938, Page 5

POLLY AND HER PALS WHAT'S THIS I HEAR. ABOUT CARRIE WRITING [ S'FACT ! AN! 'THE GREAT AMERICAN WOT'S MORE SHE'S USIN' OUR FAMBLY FER WILL TAKE [T, HOLDOUTS IN BASEBALL ARE CHIEF LOSERS Owners Generally Always Win—Kickers Can't Get to First By DILLON GRAHAM CLEVELAND IN SECOND PLAGE IN AMER. LEAG. WashingtonAge;lalors Lose to Tigers—Giants Also Take Drubbing (By Associated Press) The Cleveland Indians pegan the ecast-west series yesterday by turn- ing back the Athietics in a ten- inning game and moving into sec- perate dissenter, finally surrendered ond place in the American League. joe saw the Colonel held trump. The Washington Senators suffered g, singing a sad Italian aria, ! a fourth straight defeat at Detroit's grabbed the $25,000. AP Feature Service Writer NEW YORK, May 17.—The hold- out brigade, bent to its last des- hands. And with DiMaggio's late ac The New York Giants, idle for ceptance of Col. Jake Ruppe: four days, got in a few bad plays terms, the baseball holdout hulla and took a drubbing from the cellar dwelling Phillies. balco ended for another year. Our wintry evenings were spent reading sport - page declarations GAMES MONDAY that these or those aces would re- Pacific Coast League tir rather than humble them- No games played as teams travel- selves by accepting paltry wages ing to open this afterncon on the proffered by heartless owners schedule for this week. magnates who neither appreciated National League their ability nor the drawing Boston 5; Brooklyn 4. power at the gate. New York 3; Philadelphia 12. Then slewly these differences were Ame~ican League adjusted. (It seems that owners Philadelphia 3; Cleveland 4 always hold the high trumps.) Washington 7; Detroit 13. Julius Solters of Cleveland and of the Philadelphia the stub- Wally Moses STANDING OF CLUBS A’s and DiMaggio were Pacific Coast League berneg* Solters and Moses finally Won Lost Pec. signc efore spring training ended Portland 25 19 568 B not until the Yankees had San Diego 24 20 545 lost two of their first three games Hollywood 24 20 .545 did Giuseppe bend his knee. San Francisco 23 21 Hank Bonura, Billy Sullivan, Joe Les Angeles 22 22 Stripp and Billy Knickerbocker Sacramento 22 22 arcused the ire of their owners by Seattle 2 23 their salary stands and woke up in Oakland 15 30 new uniforms. (It was a most pleas- ant dream for Knickerbocker.) Recalling the black headlines of National League Won Lost c'. Pebruary we jot down the names New York 18 4 813 of some who threatened to retire Pittsburgh 13 9 591 (and who are happily playing for a Chicago 14 1 560 living now): Cincinnati 12 13 480 Eric McNair of the Boston Red St. Louis 10 12 455 Scx; Lou Gehrig, Frank Croset on 9 1 .450 Tem Henrich, Bill Dickey, Lef Erooklyn 10 16 .385 Gomez, Red Rolfe of the New Yor Philadeiphia 5 15 250 Yankees; Joe Medwick of the St. — Louis Cardinals; Frank Demarce American League of the Chicago Cubs; Paul Der Won Lost Pct ringer of Cincinnati; the Waner Boston 16 8 667 brothers of Pittsburgh; Hank Lei- Cleveland 15 9 .625 ber, Harry Danning, Jo Jo Moore New York 14 9 609 Bartell of the New York ‘Washington 16 12 571 Wes Ferrell and John Chicago 8 11 421 Stone of Washington; Willis Hud- Detroit 10 13 435 lin, Earl Whitehill and Johnny Al- Philadelphia .. 7 14 .333 len of Cleveland; Luke Sewell, Ted St. Louis - 7 17 .292 Lyons, Rip Radcliffe, Sugar Cain and Boze Berger of the Chicagn| White Sox, and Woody English of Gastineau Channel League Won Lost Pet. B“DOklyn Douglas ........... 1 o 1.000| < e R Mocse o 1 o BEAR HUNTERS GOING | AFTER FAMED KODIAK SCOTIA MAC THROUGH | “Scotia Mac” John' A. McDonald,| Enroute to Kodiak to hunt the veteran Yukon River master mar-| famed Kodiak brown bear, Berry iner, was a passenger aboard the|B. Brooks, Jr. of Memphis, Tenn, Princess Louise, returning to take and Henry P. Boos of Minneapolis, over his boat, the Tutshi, as soon|are aboard the steamer Alaska. as river transportation begins. | They conferred with Alaska Game DR TR | Commission officials while the ves- Try The Empire classifieds for|sel was in port and secured their results. non-resident hunting licenses. ' Kentucky Derby Wmner Is Sho wn at Finish of Racmg Classic - AcmddM&MMlmMfieSlflyFflflhlmdmKenludy Derbyuchuehmnmuhlnhfluc‘ Ky. The derby was won by Lawrin, owned by H. N. Wolff. Pictured is the finish d the lanwm turf classic with Lawrin first, Dauber, second and The time of the race was 2 minutes and 4.4 seconds. Can’t Wait third, HUMPH ! SHE WON'T MAKE A CENT. T'LL BET NO PUBLISHER SHE'LL MAKE A WAD, DON'T WORRY--- AN! NO PUBLISHER!LL HAFTA TAKE IT! hts reerved Copr 1938, King F s Syndicate, BUDGE, MAKO ENTRAIN FOR TENNIS WARS Will Fight It Out on Three Fronts—Paris, Wimble- don and Forest Hills ES, May 17 globe Donald Budge and Two of trotting Gene LOS ANGELES, a's youngest etes at Mako, have packed their rackets and entrained for tennis wars that will be fought cn three big fronts this eason—Paris, Wimbledon and For- est Hills. They will practice in Chicago and plan to sail from New York, May 25, for Paris and the French har court championships beginning at famous Roland Garros Stadium June 7. Thence to Wimbledon where the pair will defend their world's men's doubles title beginning June 24 and where Red-Topped Budge will try for his second consecutive men’s singles championship. The climax of the young men’s bardy campaign comes with the defense of the newly won Davis Cup at Forest Hills in iate July. The major eastern grass court tourna- ments follow in August and the twosome then hope to win back their national doubles fitle in early September. This was the only title to escape their winning hands last year. It went to the Germans, Gott- fried Von Cramm and Heinner Henkel ,ee CALIFORNIA SETS RECORD BERKELEY, Cal, May 17.-When the 1937-38 school year draws to a close the University of Califorma will be in position to ciaim somo sort of a record for meeting the reatest number of schools in ath- Sclmdmm show that by the time the Golden Bear baseball team makes its Eastern trip, the track team completes in the National Collegiates and the crew rows in the Poughkeepsie regatta, Califor- nia will have competed against 105 schools. B JUNEAU BOY PASSES WEST POINT EXAMS, TO ENTER IN JULY i Scott Ford received word today, from San Antonio, Texas, that his| brother Wilfred, who lived for a| number of years in Juneau and at-| tended the Juneau grades, has pass-| ed the enirance examinations for the West Point military academy. Wilfred Ford will enter the acad- emy in July. At present he is at Kelly Field, in San Antonio, with his parents. D (Continued from Page One) TH' WAY SHE'S DIGGIN' INTA TH' FAMBLY HISTORY-- By CLIFF STERRETT ‘ WE'LL HAFTA PAY HER PLEN'TY' Ir! T'SUPPRESS the post office department. This agreement has expireed, however. It was said the line was notified it could not even take mail as a convenience to Alaskans, that if u did so it would risk a $500 fine. It was decided to send the reso- lution of protest to postal officials and to Delegate Dimond MAIL RULING IS PROTESTED AT KETCHIKAN (Ketchikan Chronicle) | | Refusal of the post office depart- ment to permit Alaskans to send on KOTZEBUE TEACHERS GOING OUTSIDE FOR Cheering Squads W.C.T.U. Meeting | Click at Tee Harbor in July, and a mecting to be held in August aboard mail on e Nortiand Transpor. S UMMER VACATION tation company boats, even by Ve courtesy of the line, drew a pro- After three years in fne Arctl, test from the Ketchikan Chamber teaching for the Office of Indian of Commerce recently. The chamber Affairs, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W. voted to draw up a resolution pro-| Starling of Kotzebue arrived in testing the decision and seeking a Juneau by PAA plane yesterday and | change in the ruling or otherwisc' will take a steamer here for the allowing the Northland line to carry | States where they expect. to spend mail. The resolution will be voted most of the summer. The Starlings on at the next meeting have been teaching at Kotzebue for Discussion at the meeting also, the last two years and prior to brought out the fact that on some that were at Koyukuk. he a as guests rs. the s as guests of Mrs. JOMR o icasions mail at the post office| They are going first to Spokane, H 1 | Ine program closed with talks Closes many hours before boats|where they lived before coming Uusnlg Inese e es e[ av from Mr: Zm”w Jackson, and Mrs, Sail. and because of confusion as | north, and then expect to visit in |C. Weiss, 4 to local rulings it was .\ugge;tuiqnhrornm. “if we don't get hom o g 5 that the whole matter of handling |sick before the summer is over,” HANKOW, China, May 17.—The Members of \he w. T. C. U. me“ D s mail here be gone into. | added Mrs. Starling. “The north, old American of collegiate in the City Council Chambers yes- It was pointed out that uncer-|after all, is home to us now.” nl\v*m'ng sectio being put to terday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs.| Mrs. Catherine Kingstord-Smith tainty as to the handling of out-| —————— "new use in wartime China. Several thousand students from schools closed by hostilities have d cheering corps to awak- en the hinterland populace to their J. E. Click, President of the club gave a short talk on “How One’s Work Should Be Appreciated.” Plans for the summer were dis- cussed, and the following arrange-| who has died at 81 left instructions her ashes were to be scattered from an airplane where her distinguished aviator son, Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith, lost his life in 1935. going mail causes many people tu[ TWINS RAISE BIRTH RATE prefer leaving letters with the| transportation companies rnther§ GDYNIA, Poland .— This Polish than risk delay by depositing them | senport town, scarcely 14 years ola, in the post office after office hours. | claims the highest percentage of [but Marter | aboard Capt. | V. P. Williams, Oscar Waterude and | Howard McKinney. patriotic duties. ments were made: a gathering at| s TR The Northland line carried flrst twins ever recorded in the nation, Starting their rounds at day- Mrs. 8. Jackson's residence, in June; Lode and placer location notices and second class mail during melwmch may explain why it also has brea the student teams gola pienic, at the home of Mrs. J. E. for sale at The Empire Office. winter by special contract with|the highest birth rate in Poland. through the streets singing war 35 R Vi R i e 335 songs and shouting such slogans as| = “Awake, fellow citizens, and stay| awake until the war is won!” URGES ALASKA BE COGNIZANT OF WILDLIFE Budd Marter, Bear Hunter, Is Strong Booster for Conservation E. Budd Marter, who arrived in! Juneau with his father, Walter Mar- ter, and his brother, Kirkland Mar- ter on the Princess Louise, for a two weeks’ bear hunt in the Juneau | area, has a soft spot in his heart | for the craft on which he arrived. It is the first time since 1922 that | Budd Marter has been in Jumu\lu remembers it well the frip was on the Princess Louise then as it was yesterday, and it was on that first trip that Marter met his wife. Both were making the Southeast Alaska tour. “I had to leave her back home for Marter laughed last night sation in the lobby of the Gastineau Hotel. “Her hobby is horseback riding and mine is hunt- ing and fishing.” Marter, whose hcme is in N Jersey where he is general manager of Archer-Midland-Daniels, table oils, is prominent in the East in conservation circles. A delegate from New Jersey to Washington for the National Wildlife Federation, he is firm #) his belief that “sportsmen must organize.” “We've got a priceless heritage in game and fish, but we can't pro- tect it from politicians without or- ganization. The politicians under- stand only one language and that is ‘votes.’ If the sportsmen are well | enough organized, we can save what | we're going to lose if we don't.” Marter urged Alaskans to “keep a wary eye peeled on the way this country’s game is going.” “With the airplane and new high- ways, you'll be surprised how fast game can go,” Marter said. The three Marters were to leave today on their bear hunting trip Tom Smith’s Yakobi. It is their second big game hunt on the Pacific Coast. In 1929 they hunt- ed in the Cassiar District. Guides accompanying them are vege- What--- Would the Judge Say? —-About Your Letters, About Your Statements, About Your Mailing Pieces, About AUl Your Printed Forms? Would he say they are all that fine printing should be?—or would he give them a single glance then sentence them to death in the waste basket? JUDGE for YOURSELF! Compare your present printed forms with like work from The Empire Printing Company TELEPHONE 374 N w