The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 27, 1938, Page 5

POLLY AND HER PALS YEP. JESS NARROW - MINDEDNESS ON TH' EDITOR'S PART 2 BECUZ YESSIR, JUGGED ! JESS I KNOWED ABOUT APIECE O' NEWS WOT T DIDN'T TELL HIM ABOUT 'TIL FIVE DAYS STEELE K 0. Middleweight Champion Lasts Less Than Two Minutes, First Round, in Title Match, Seattle Challenger Floors Tacoma Fighter Four Times and Then Referee Jack Dempsey Makes Final €Count; Seattle Man Uncorks Sockeroo That Ends Encounter in Briefest Time in Ring History SEATTLE, July 27.—Al Hostak, York State Athletic Commission’s age Slav, knocked out Mid- ruling in no way aimed at Hostak dleweight Champion Freddie Steele but rather at Steele for failing to with startling suddenness last night take a challenge filed several in the first round, in 1 minute and months ago by Apostoli. 43 seconds, and took the world title The commission today suggested in one of the briefest encounters that Mike Jacobs seek to arrange a on record. meeting between Apostoli and Young The Seattle boy had Tacoma Corbett Steele down four times in less than for the middleweight crown. one and. one-half minutes. If Corbett refuses that match The first two knockdowns werc then it is sugested that Apostoli hy two left hooks to Steele’s ja and Jacobs said and the third and fourth were he will try for the events. from rights to the jaw. Steele landed punches, light lefts at the opening apd then two left counters to the body when Hostak uncorked a Sunday sockeroo and they swept up the piec Stater Steele opened with a right to the head. Hostak crossed withr-a left. The challenger followed with a right and left to the head and body and drew two left jabs in return then a left hook to the chin put Steele down for the no count. Hostak nailed him ‘twice more and Steele went down twice more. Steele got up and another right sent Steele down the fourth time and Referee Jack Dempsey counted Steele out. The Tacoma man rose groggi after the count was completed. Steele weighed in at 159 pounds and Hostak at 158% pounds. IS HAPPY G SEATTLE, July 27—“I am happiest g in the country, Hostak after last night's fight. ‘I wish Hostak all good luck. T did the same thing once,” said Steele, referring to the time he took the title from Babe Risko. Steele is an expectant father. said he will take a long rest. PWA Mongy Is - Requested for - Existing Roads |16 Routes, mtly in West- i ward, to Be Improved If Funds Obtained | The 16 road projects, estimated | to cost $875,000, for which the Ter-i ritorial Road Commissioners have | asked a grant of $393,750 from the know what to do, consequently did'puplic Works Administration in- | the wrong—he got right up. \volve for the most part improve- Groggy and weaving, he was an ments for existing routes, it is re- | easy mark the rest of the Way. lyegled in the listing of projects Hostak charged in throwing ,ccompanying the application. Most | punches in every direction. lof them are located in western | Steele bounced down twice more'ajaska and the Interior. They in- before finally taking a vicious right | cjude the following roads: | that finished him. | Craig-Klawock; Nome-Kougarok; The new champion now boasts 16 njvon Fork-Ganes Creek; Talkeet- consecutive knockouts. He has had na_cache Creek; Chistochina-Slate | 69 battles. He lost one to Jimmy creek; Hot Springs-Tofty; Iliamna | Best in Tacoma when he Was 2 jake-Newhalem River; Lower Fish welterweight but later got eVen creek; Birch Hill-Goldstream; Pal- with Jimmy by knocking him Off mer farm roads; Anchorage local his feet in a return bout. |roads; Snag Point-Wood River; Il-l Hostak. is ready to defend the jamna Bay extension; Park Bound- | tile and may have to battle here ayy . Kantishna; Georgetown - Flat | August 13 against some likely con-'summer tractor road, and 'Homer | tender. |spit road. $90,000 GATE | flca il n: . SEATTLE, July 21.—Nearly 35,000 chh Ma" Bagms fight fans paid close to $90,000 to| see Al Hostak knock out Freddie| i Steele in the first round to win Term as Kl"er the middleweight champion. | Steele’s share is reported between | $30,000 and $35,000 and Hostak gets | 12'%. per cent net, after the tax is reduced. , Y the s He SPOTS OPENING SEATTLE, July 27.—Al Hostak spotted an opening through Steele’s guaxd and let fly a left cross to the jaw. Steele went down in a heap. He was so far gone that he did not NEW YORK, July 27. — Mario Fanti, wealthy importer, who killed his “office wife,” Bertha Nolan, is {in Sing Sing beginning a ten-to- TO MEET, ALL-COMERS twenty years sentence. SEATTLE, July 21—Al Hostak,| judge Brancato sentenced him in who knnck_ed out Freddie Steele Queens County without comment- last night in 1 minute and 43 sec- |ing on the slayer's statement that onds, today said: he had arranged to support the SAM HILL DID'JA DO THAT 2 ,_/ PURELY NATU'R-\_S \ INSTINCT, UNK. ./ , 1938. By CLIFF STERRETT I WANTED T'ENJOY IT ALL BY MYSELF FER A FEW DAYS FIRST the winner to meet Hoslak ! HIGH SCHOOL GIR teach elders something about + FEDERALSWIN ANGELS KEEP e L Pat Laursen, 17, of Akron, can skeet shooting. She won women’s championship at Lordship, Conn., meet, tieing with two others, with 95x100, then getting 25 out of 25 to win “shoot-off.” - DERRINGER 1S AGAIN IN 600D PITGHING FORM Hank Greenberg Swats Out Two Homers— Just Be- hind Babe's Record (By Associated Press) The old reliable Paul Derringer pitched the Cincinnati Reds to a victory yesterday over the Boston Bees and recorded his thirteenth victory. Hank Greenberg socked homers numbers 30 and 31 to give the Detroit Tigers a victory over the Washington Senators yesterday. He is now only two swats behind Babe Ruth's 1927 pace when he hit 60 circuit clouts. The Yankees walloped the St. Louis Browns twice yesterday to increase their lead over the Cleve- land Indians. The Indians took a single game from Philadelphia. The Pirates went down before the Phillies on account of a ninth- inning rally. Ll gt Among the wonders displayed in temples on Omei Shan, one of the sacred Buddhist mountains in China, are lacquered mummies of three holy men and a tooth of Buddha 12 inches long. “Sure, I'll meet all comers, in-idead woman's two children. He was cluding ‘Apostoli, but in Seattle, not convicted of manslaughter. New York.” e R e This is the answer given out by Eddie Marino, manager of Hostak, TUUGH BREAK to the New York State Athletic Commission, who refuses to recog- nfa thé BEIo B0y ;f‘;hfom':e‘:"‘us TULSA, Okla.—Paul Bales, seven, : Th_exe B;f_,w Yorgk » further samdumped on an ice wagon to get a | phck into New York: (WABEr € Ipicce of ice. As he hopped off he| Masino. ;mf_o : 3 e o [ell. A bottle that he was carrying Z“:firw grfl we fight Apostoli op|ID his hip pocket broke and. eut | g g ‘Young Corbett, it will be in Seattle anyway. There is more money to be made in Seattle than New York.” NOT AIMED AT HOSTAK NEW YORK, July 21.—The New, {him so severely he had to go to a hospital. - oo | Rural villages in Germany which have no motion picture houses are now visited by moter trucks which contain complete projection out- fits. | i | I | Numerous escapes in recent weeks by prisoners from the Arizona State Prison at Florence, Ariz, led to the pesting of National Guardsmen on the wall; and arcund the over-crowded penitentiary. Militia officers are shown confejring with a prison guard sicrtly after they assumed their duties. Baseball's First 99 Years L—— GARDNER SOULE. CLEAR UP HERE, AND NOW WE HAVE TO PAY ADMISSION- I DECLARE T NEVER HEARD THE LIKE_OF 1T/ Ti cents) in baseball history was made for a game between New York and Brooklyn, at the Fashion Race Course, Long Island, July 20, 1858. Fifteen hundred fans, who made a difficult trip by boat and rail, saw the game. There is no such country as Hol- land. The official name for the lit- tle diked-in-land which has one cf the world’s greatest colonial em- pires is The Netherlands. Holland is the name of one of its prov- » inces. National Guards Take Over Arizona Prison DEFAULT GAME The Foderals softball club of the Bowl Softball League |last ni climbed higher on ‘the {ladder wi'h a default win over the | Rockets, who failed to turn out for | the gan | Tonight's contest Miners and the Tru | |19 Saimon Caught, Strip Fishing ] | Evergre is bel en th iimon, perhaps a was reported cauzh rip-fi hing, by Robert Dupree who Mr. and Mrs. Bert boat for a couple uf re- las wen with Caro ir nours sir las Island. But the fishing wa: sed t Z would not leave i two hours and the urs, se ened to sevenl h he rest of the ecpit n boat, returning town ju:t in time for the men o to work time le he the -~ i SAMMGEEIS COMING NORTH | (Whitehorse Star) i Notwithstanding the story made | ous in the poem of Robert W.! rvice we have it upon undeniable authority supported by documentary | evidence, that the original Sam;| McGee will appear in person in Whitehorse in the near future, ter a residence in Montana, ex- tending over a period of years, he has decided to visit his old stamp- ing ground of 15 years ago, to sleep in his old two-rcom cabin which he built in 1900, to inspect the roads he used to keep in repair here years ago and to renew his acquaintance with many are still resident in this o ity. What a “house warming” there | will be! Instead of climbing the arduous trail of '98 he will, on this occasion arrive by plane. He is coming in with Dick Corless, known to all and sundry as “the flying prospector.” They have a common interest in a mining venture at the headwaters of the Liard River. - - ELKS MEET TONIGHT Members of the Elks Lodge will meet at 8 o'clock this evening to discuss routine business. All mem- | bers are urged to attend. M | | ( Arne at the end of Doug-|" | some HALKING UP WIN STREAKS ¢ Sacramento Bumps Seattle —Remains in Second Place in P. C. L. (By Associated Press) catcher Rip Colli a homer and oulfielde Moore hit a (wo-bagg the right time last nigh s maintain a lead in th ast League. Portland wa Cecause nasted Johnny just il win over s victory allow 5 to remain near (he top I.avkie Hawkins strelched s’ curreni winning five games with a ¢ inst € 1d n Diego snapped th treak by defeating upie » four-gann Hol GAMES TUESDAY Conis League san Diego Pacific Hollywood Los. Angele: Scattle 3; Sac ©an Francisco 7; Oakland 4 National League Pittsburgh 5; Philadelphia 6. Chicago 10; Brooklyn 6 St. Louis 6; New York 5. Cincinnati 6; Boston 2 Any an League Boston 1; Chicago 9. ‘Washington 5; Detroit 6. | New York 10, 12; St. Louis 5, 5 Second game called in eighth, ac- count of darkness. Philadephia Cleveland 4. Gastineau Channel League Elks-Douglas, showered out. ST. DING OF CLUBS Pacific Coast i.eague Won Lost 50 51 56 57 59 64 [ Angeles Sacramento Seattle San Diego €an Prancisco Portland Hellywood OOakland National League Won Lost 53 51 50 48 40 36 36 26 American League Won Lost 52 29 50 48 46 35 41 29 Pittsburgh New York Chicago Cincinnati Brooklyn Boston St. Louis Philadelphia New York Cleveland Boston Washington Chicago Detroit, Philadelphia St. Louls Gastineau Cha (Second Half) Won Moose 6 Douglas 3 Elks 1 -oo Jim Crow Laws Beinglightened ROME, July 27.—Italy, which has already imposed stringent laws against the marriage of whites and natives in her new Ethiopian em- pire, is tightening Jim Crow reg-| ulations there. Under a new ordinance, whites may not patronize native cafes and restaurants, with the ex eption of establishments especially li- censed to serve all races. - - - The individual mess kit of a sol- dier in the U. S. army consists of one tin cup, knife, fork, spoon and | meat-can., ‘ l Lost 2 3 5 5 - [ndiana Democrats Bury Hatchet Governor Townsend and Senator Van Nuys Indiana’s Democratic leaders bury the hatchet with a handshake as Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, left, congratulates Senator Frederick Van Nuys on his renomination as the party's candidate at the state Democratic convention in Indianapolis. Townsend had read Van Nuys out of the party some time ago for Van Nuys' opposition to the president’s court plan, New York’s Biggest Smiles By actual measurement, the smiles of these two youngsters were the biggest at the annual “biggest smile” competition of the Boys’ Athletic League in New York City. The lad is 4-year-old Jimmy O’Brien; the little lady is 7, and her name is Rose Rushit, ‘CANADA FOR CANADIANS’ is slogan of Cana- dian Fascists who organized at Kingston, Ont., as National Unity party with Joseph Farr (right) directing the procedure. The new leader, Adrian Arcand (second from left), declared that Fascism will enable Canada to reconquer its territory from “red clutches of Moscow and international Jewrv.” Ahout 1.500 attended meetine. g [ THEY’'RE HERS, if she has to fight moiher cat for them. Those are the sentiments of Nipper, female fox terrier belonging to Mrs. Stella Abrams of Philadelphia. Nipper stole three kittens from a neighboring litter and fiercely chases away the mother cat and even members of the Abrams family. Saucers with milk for Kkittens are pushed toward Nipper with long poles.