The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1938, Page 5

PIRATES GET . TIRED FACING ~ THEIR RIVALS Chicago Cubs Get Another Crackup — Hartnett Cracks His Thumb (By Associated Press) There is a possibility that one of thcée: traditionally close Nationcl League races is in sight but right no'y it looks like a sure in for the Pittsburgh Pirates, unles: thcy rua ir.to bad luck Plaguing their riva o0 doubit has tired the Pirates as indicated yes terday afternoon when they toci a beating in the game aga.nst the Cincinnati Reds. The Chicago Cubs, vict:ms of nn- merous crackups, took anouiier se- wvere blow yesterday when Managor Hartnett cracked his thumb trying to handle a foul tip. He will be out of the game for three weeks. The Cubs lost the game to St. Louis and are now tied for third place with Cincinnati. The Boston Bees defeated the Phillies as Rabbit Warstler set the pace with a triple and two singles. GAMES MONDAY National League Boston 5; Philadelphia 3. St. Louis 8; Chicago 4. Cincinnati 6; Pittsburgh 2. American League There were no games played yes- terday. Pacific Coast League No games were played yesterday as the teams were traveling to open this afternoon or evening on the schedule for this week. STANDING OF CLUBS Pacific Coast League Wen Jost 81 58 79 61 Per 583 564 Los Angeles Sacramento San Francisco San Diego Seattle Portland Hollywood Oakland 5 518 514 471 453 371 National League Won Lost 63 61 Per Pittsburgh New York Chicago Cincinnati Boston Brooklyn St. Louis Philadelphia 613 575 562 552 485 47 A437 304 American League Won Lost 68 60 55 Pct, 673 600 561 219 471 448 370 364 New York Cleveland Boston Washington Detroit Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis 53 63 65 e SOURDOUGHS T0 MEET,PORTLAND; STARTS SEPT. 1 International Reunion An- nounced—Hundreds Slated to Attend PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 16.—Pre- parations are under way here for the annual convention of the In- ternational Sourdough Reunion, an organization made up of former res- idents of Alaska and.the Yukon. This will be the tenth annual con- vention and the second to be held in Portland. Sponsor is the Alaska- ‘Yukon Society of Oregon. The convention will open on Sep- tember 1 and continue for three days, during which time the visi- tors will be entertained with a var- jed program. One of the features will be a river excursion up the Co- lumbia, with opportunity to see Bonneville dam and the big power plant in operation there. Preparations for the convention are under the direction of Lee B. Loomis, general chairman and vice president of the International or- ganization. He estimates that the convention will be attended by up- wards of 1,000 former Alaskans and ‘Yukoners, made up of delegations from many Pacific coast cities and inland points. It is expected that there also will be a considerable number present from both of the, northern territories. Opening entertainment feature will be a sourdough banquet on the evening of the first day. The busi- ness of the convention will be transacted on the second day, fol- lowed by a grand ball in the eve- ning. The excursion will form a col- orful and interesting concluding feature. Headquarters will be established at Hotel Multnomah for the regis- tration and reception of visiting sourdoughs. - Iron Ivory PITTSBURGH, Aug. 16.—Through July, Vaughan and Young had been the iron men of the Pittsburgh base- ball team. They had played in every inning of every 1938 game. ‘Bank Executives Meet at U. Wash; " 12-Day School SEATTLE, Aug. 16-—One hun- dred young bank executives of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana will meet at the Univer- sity of Washington August 22 for the first 12-day Pacific Northwest Banking school. Sponsored by the bankers' asso- ciations of the four states repre- sented, the school will provide an opportunity for intensive study of banking problems under the direc- tion of recognized finance experts Prominent on the visiting faculty are J. Franklin Ebersole, professor of finance, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, | George H. Rigler, head of the Se- | curities Research Department, Ha.- ris Trust and Savings Bank, Chica- go, and Charles R. Wittlesey ciate profess ton University. Second such effort in the nation and the only one in the west, the school may become an annual event if the success of the pioneer session justifies a repetition, Professor | Howard H. Preston, of the college of economics and business said. asso- sentatives on the faculty several outstanding men from posts in the northwest will participate in the direction of the meeting. They are Carl S. Dakan, professor of corporation finance and invest- ments, University of Washihgton, {Dnn:)ld M. Erb, president of the | University of Oregon, Ralph H. Far- mer, dean of the school of business administration, University of Idaho, Richard B. Heflebower, professor and director of the school of busi- ness administration, State College |of Washington, Professor Preston, jand A. R. Truax, vice president cf the Seattle-First National Bank, PANAMA BREWER T0 HUNT MOOSE IN KENAT AREA Making beer and hunting is the favorite combination sport of Anton Keis, brewery engineer from the Panama Canal Zone who passed through Juneau on the Baranof last night on his way to the West- ward and a moose hunt. Keis will hunt in the Kenai area with guide Frank Towles, and will seek moose, sheep, and perhaps caribou farther north. | Hunting in the Canal Zone, where there are no game laws, Keis lists his moving targets as tapirs (wild pigs called “mountain cows”), deer, wild cats of several sorts, monkeys, ‘a]ligatork. snakes and many birds. | Kies says hunting is “fine” near Col- ogne and Panama, where Keis ha: built two breweries, making “Atl; |beer, but the “biggest thri in hunting, according to Kais, can be had in the Philippines. | On recent trip to those islands, Keis went on a hunt on Mindanao Island for carabao (water and the dangerous tamarao. | | |“He is like the water buffalo, but has that straight horn, and when angered, he runs in a circle and gores you in the back if he gets I've ever run up against,” Keis said. the chance. straight.” This is brewer Keis’s first visit to Alaska. He hopes to stop over !in Juneau on his southbound trip for a deer hunt in this district. DISCOVERY OF You've got to shoot KINGSVILLE, Tex., Aug. 16.—In 14 years of search for the black sarkling beetle, Prof. Joe C. Brown of Texas A. and I. college never had found more than five in any one colony until a recent trip. Then he discovered 19 — more than he had obtained in previous finds combined — under driftwood on an island in Corpus Christi bay. The life history of the beetle has inot been defined and is one of en- |tomology’s major question marks. In 1919 the U. S. bureau of en- |tomology offered a prize for com- plete information on the bug but Customs Change, Even for Chinese EHANGHAI, Aug. 16. — Bathing beauties and swimming champions are becoming commonplace i China. A few years ago no re- spectable Chinese girl would have dared to appear in a bathing suit. Western influence and the em- the ideas of China’s young people. — e - The compositions of Percy Grain- ger are based on folk music. r of economics, Prince- faculty, | Ih addition to the eastern repre-| buffalo) | “The tamarao is the worst thing RARE BEETLES the reward has never been claimed. phasis on health and athletics by ' the National Football the chinee"e government’s “New Life | cord for field goals in one %asux\_‘ Movement” are rapidly changing 1 1934 he booted ten pigskins over | l THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1938. POLLY AND HER PALS THA'S WOT I SAD, SISTER I'M GONNA SHOW YUH HOW T'KEEP DOWN EXPENSES BY SERVIN' UP SUPPER, MYSELF | —~ HIS DERN BUDGETS! YEAH! AN' wc‘r'? MORE - ASH 1S HELPIN' ME2 | HEY, ASH, DID'JA TURN LIKE I TOLD YUH 2 SORRY, PUSS, BUT THAT'S ALL YUH GET WE'RE BUDGETIN', YUH KNOW. William Lillard (above), 20, San Francisco Seals shortstop, was sold by the Pacific Coast club to the Philadelphia Athletics and will report to them next season. Above: Lillard shaves just after learning »f the deal. The young player was with Tucson, Ariz., club in 1937 and was hitting .339 with the Seals until a knee injury, suffered a short time ago, put him on the sidelines.—AP Photo, Slugging Dodgers INDIANS OBJECT, PHONEY INDIANS MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 16— After the appearance of white men dressed as Indians in Milwaukee's Midsummer Festival Harold Wilde, representing the festival, received a protest from Francis Coleman, Chippewa Indian Recorder for the { Consolidated Tribes of North Am- FRENCH LICK SPRINGS, Ind, erican Indians, in this city. Aug. 16.—Phil R. Miller of this city “Ugh,” Coleman wrote. “Milwau- who won the Indiana State trap- keeans get disgusted when we wit- shooting championship of 1938, did ness the sorry spectacle of white 50 by breaking 600 birds in a row. men trying to imitate us in our T TR SRR ceremonial dances, It can’t be done |and the sooner that is realized the Ma"ders' Ma[k |better it will be for future pa- " commission would consider using CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—Jack Man | req) Indians instead of palefaces in geants.” Wilde replied that the pageant ders, Chicngo Bear halfback, holds'ine futur league re- JUREELS S SR NEW YORK, Aug. 16. — When| Ernie Koy of Brooklyn belted a| home run against the Pittsburgh| s July 30, it brought the Dod- ason total to 37, equal to their whole output in 1937. oo Sfiun!i a 600 Negro slaves were introduced into the cross-bar. ‘Ham as early as 1505. - Lode anG pracer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. results, Baseball's First 99 Years By GARDNER SOUL! I TELL YOU IT IGNT FAIR— HE AINT EVEN THROWING THEM STRAGHT/ A PRINCETON pitcher, Joseph MacElroy Mann, pitched the first no-hit, no-run game on record against Yale in 1875. Mann had a sore finger in an 1874 game, let the ball roll off, noticed his curve, be- came the first hurler to develop it, and got his no-hitter. Battle Over Group Health Plan Shows Changes Pending (Continued trom Page One) sicians could not have access to the hospitals. In steps Thurman Arnold, assis- tant attorney general in charge of anti-trust prosecutions. In a public statement he charges the Medical Society action constitutes violation of the anti-trust laws by depriving certain physicians of a right to practice their profession. Nonsense, replies American Medi- cal Association. Can’t the AMA de- cide who .will be members, and can’t hospitals decide who may have access to them? CHANGES ON WAY ~ What menace do “regular” phy- siclans see in Group Health? 1—They say such low fees can't support full medical coverage. It will necessitate ultimate government subsidy. Malingering patients will take advantage. In Germany, for instance, they say workers are “sick” twice as often and twice as long as in America because it is nice to loaf in a hospital. 2—Federal intervention means pc litical control of medicine, a glary- eyed bugaboo to the medical pro- fession, What do Group-Healthers reply? 1—They are “delivering the goods" by providing the medical care prom- ised—as far as the hospital restric- tions will permit. By assuring ready access to “preventive” medicine, they hepe to reduce the total ill- nesses. Clinical practice reduces lost time on the part of physicians, so makes them more efficient, permits e Try The Empire classifieds for|them to handle more patients, at lresflfl-. lower costs, They seem L0| singing, they're likely to be talking about children. The choir, meeting for a gen- eral conference of the Latter Day aimts Church, took a poll and found the average was ity close to four children for each mother. Five had given birth to 16 chil- dren each; 10 had mothered 12 children and 12 had borne 11 chil- dren. Altogether the choir mem- bers had given birth to 3289 chil- dren. agree that perhaps present fees are low 2 Group-H and man high rankir physician are not panicked by Federal inter- vention. What's coming of it? The District Medical Society points to steps taken here before the advent of Group Health, by which they sought to extend medi- cal aid to the low paid. Admitted- ly they have become more active in that direction since Both in and out o! Group Health freely admitted that radical in medical practice are on SOFTBALL the sun peeking out morning, Playfield Director Ken Ferguson announced softball tilts in the Evergreen Bowl League for every night of this week up to Fri- day evening. Tonight: All Stars vs. Truckers. Wednesday night: All Stars vs. it changes the way. is MOTHERS CHOR FULFILLS NAME RSN Rockets. SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 16— Thursday When the more than 800 members erals. of the Mothers Singers choir aren’t Friday night: A. J. vs. Truckers. With this night: A. J. vs. Fed- SLIDES bring spills: This Brooklyn infielder tried to guard his base too zealously. A Cin- cinnati base-runner came tearing into the bag. Note cap in air. to score. SAFE, by a head! With feet in the air, arms outstretched and head skidding along the ground, Bruce Campbell of Cleveland shows one way to | steal a base, THEY'RE not playing piggy - back. Roerr of the Boston Red Sox dives feet first through Chicago third-baseman Marvin Owen's legs to reach the bag safely, Cossack Pastime Proves Its Fatal RAVENNA, O., Aug. 16.—Cossack luck does not seem to click very well with Americans. Grady Greer of Cuyahoga Falls, O., and Henry Malott of Atwater are dead as sult of their Russian pistol twirl ing tests. The men heard tnat Russian cos- sacks liked to gamble with death by loading one bullet into a five- chambered revolver, twirl the cylin- der and pull the trigger with the muzzle pressed against their heads. It was a 5 to 1 chance that the hammer would fall on an empty chamber but that was not the case with Malott and Greer who tried it for the benefit of friends. - The Eall, popular song, “After The cold saround 3,000,000 copies. Ii(;cv to Slide Onto;he Spofts Page DOUBLEHEADER: Klein brakes to keep from spiking Jordan, Catcher Riddle looks for an opening to catch the ball. on the ground, as both slide Bobby