The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 23, 1938, Page 5

9. 06000 8- 054 - OND ATRTTRIE.. . SIS & SURAER. 4 8.0, b T AERDAANEE AN B - O N THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1938. LOVELY ! BUT WE HAD A SET LIKE IT AN' THEY DIDN'T WEAR WELL / ‘ Base ball's Fl st THIRD STRAIGHT : 199 Years W|N PUTS PAPS ~——~7 CLOSE TO FLAG mr BALL / ) [slanders Go Down 6 to | JINKS HITS BIG LEAGUES ~ INBIG WAY Major Casuall_ies Cripple | [ I i \ Teams — Three Games Before Extra Base Only Played Monday Moose Drives (By Associated Press) R TR N The Giants, with Carl Hubbell in Its ‘the ekirs disuance, thet the Moose get on their drives that the hospital, Lou Chiozza tired Sotn hat e S e Bob Seeds unable to play 1 the s st x-*l. 4 'P' r “;‘:” i | Chicago Cubs who lost their mana- TR v BUSILBA D, R ALty o e Black Sox scenting their third 0 BeppY, ATt MQ WDt traight Gastineau Channel League a bum finger, and various other v : pennant close at hand, made eight| stars on the shelf are the hardest _ B0 350 castimitish hits count for six runs while their St Mk i bl Douglas opponents could total but | o s Gt a single tally from an equal num-, ns Lefty Grove is laid up with a ber of safe blows. | sore arm and Cleveland’s mound CY YOUNG, whose big-league " ' * - i Staff also seems to have been worn | career ran from 1890 through 191t Two of the Moose swats, however . ! | cleared the fence and two othe T i bn many to be the greatest | o\ o1 o bases, while the T aven Hle YamKeos N O e | Piicher that ever lived. He pitched | 1oy gatherea only one extra! load and Bill Dickey have suttered | Mors 94mes than any ofher, won | base, on Grants double | bruises during the last few dags, | MOr& got three no-hitters. Only | ®imbal, Moose chucker, started Yesterday Pittsburgh knocked off four seasons in 22 years was h2 wild, handing out a wingle to An-| Chicago in the last game before| backed by real tcams. irews and walks to Erskine and| Roc ner s to cram the paths, but Tur- \ opening in the home spilled the Island scoring chance stand against the East Nationaf Leugue : 3 The Reds hit hard behind Paul| Won Lost by grounding to short o Derringer to beat the Cardinals ves- | pjison 67 9 : Mark Jensen climbed '”"' ""”' ¥ terday. Derringer carned his seven-| wot’ vork i face the Moose in the last half® of teenth victory. el S the first, but lasted through only| The Chicago White S0x beat| Gpionne. & ix batters before Erksine came in Cleveland and Bobby Feller. Baston: 53 Trom Siafc Bield b iPatte; aiots \Wh R Sl , i and a walk to McNamee was fol-| National League Philadelphia i Jowed by Snow’s double to count Pittsburgh 4; Chicago 2. { American League Schmitz with the first run of the| Cincinnati 11; St. Louis 4. l Won Lost game i American League W Tork b Jim Orme then sewed up the fra- Chicago 4; Cleveland 2. Cleveland 63 cas for the Moose with his second Pacific Coast League Boston 61 homer in as many games, driving| No games scheduled for yesterday.| washington 57 o/ Across McNamee and Snow to total | Teams traveling to open this after-| Detroit 55 four runs for the Paps. When Wer- noon or tonight on schedule for this| chicago 46 ner followed up with a single, Jen- week. | 8t. Touls 3 sen had reached the end of the trail. ! Gastineau Channel League | Puiladelphia 33 5| Erskine got the next two batters on (Title Series) LT SR flies to leave Werner stranded on| Moose 6; Douglas 1. If Moose win SNOW ON RIDGES first the next game, the series is over. Big Douglas threats followed in| | Arrivals at Fairbanks from the | every inning until the fourth, when STANDING OF CLUBS Fortymile by plane report a heavy the Islanders finally pushed across Pacific Coast League fall of snow on the mountain di- | their lone . score. In the third, a; Won Lost. Pe|vides between the head of the double killing eased the situation| Los Angeles 85 61 582 |Chena and the Forty-mile tributar- | for the Moose. Sacramento 80 68 544 |ies. As much as four to six inches Jensen drew a walk to open the| Seattle i 68 531 {of snow fell there within the last | Islanders big inning. Niemi fanned | 3an Francisco m 69 527 |week, and looked as though it but Balog moved Jensen up tol San Diego k63 3 % 514|might be there to stay, they re- second on a bunt, from where he Portland 69 8 .469 | ported. crossed the plate on Grant’s double. | Haollywood 68 8 46€ - eee - | McNamee muffed the relay to the, 93 367 Try an Empure ad. plate, letting Grant go to second. Oaklanid 54 St ettt st S e EIN s TOCKS calls the furn on Cowboy Dale Kennedy who took a few fliers in Scoity, a actor in the amatens buckine contest at Cheyenne’s Frontier Days rodeo. . RIS A {in the last of the fifth when Wer- | Grant, By CLIFF STERRETT REALLY 2 AND WOULD YOU MIND TELLIN' HOW LONG THEY DID LAST. Syndicate, Inc, World nehes ¢ LESSEE---- ABOUT THREE MAIDS AN' single moved him to third, Ju\] he lingered wWhile Andrews down opening singles, by Erskine and Rodgers, plus Jensen's sacri- | fice, gave the Islanders their final | scoring shot in the first of the | fifth, but again they were cut Off,| and the game was over as far as| they were concerned. | An error on McNamee's drive fo Isecond set up another Moose tally | there m HELEN WILLS Pt {Will Be Unable to Play in Forest Hills' Cham- pionships NEW YORK, Aug. 23-—Because | the effects of a “severe attack of neuritis” have kept her out of com- ner and Grummett followed up with singles. In that same session Jen- sen made a beautiful diving catch on Orme’s foul fly. Haglunds homer counted the final Pap marker in the last of the sixth. Fritz Schmitz backed it up|Bew with a double, but got no further | Petition since returning from her than third, where he was hurt and | Wimbledon triumph, Helen Wills gave over his running chores to|Mo0dy has notified the United e Dbt par el ,M\ States Lawn Tennis Association she come home McNamee and Snmv“""“ not play in ti theoming flied. out to end the frame. National Women’s: Singles champ- | cuships or Forest H > BILL BOYD WINNER IN Two Forsythes, Elk ~kul|)¢‘r E |lr, and his father, J. W. syt veteran arbiter in the States rare of the umpiring, assisted by abbit’ Ellensberg. Forsythe Sen- for was behind the plate and kept I the game moving along at a lively | pace te finish before dark and with- | look | jout a squabble Their win last evening put the| Moose within one game of thei | third league title in as many sea- | sons, and they figure to clinch the | flag tonight when they go against|Seattle Man, Mana;(‘(l by the Islanders again in the fift hl Ja(‘k Demnsey Lall(lb - >y game of the “Little World Series.’ With Erskine on the ‘shelf after Quick Knockout {his workout last evening, the Is- & [landers will have to choose thelr| WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, — Bill hurler between Jensen and Turner.|Boyd. of Seattle, heavyweizht, scor- Turner worked eight innings Sun-|eq. his twenty-first knockout in 22 day and is not quite ready to g0|fights when he disposed of *Billy {again. The Moose are looking to|Nijchy, of Pittsburgh, in the second Joe McNamee to pitch them into|round last night of a scheduled the flag, but will be short a catcher | with Kelly Blake not yet returned | and the big slugger on the mound. This evening’s tussle will be an- | 10-round bout Boyd is managed by . sey. Jack Demp- > | other seven-inning affair, startine ga(;xl:u)ll_\ at 6 oclock at Fireme Br('llght SCORE BY INNINGS ‘R 2 l Team 1234567—-R H E ¢ bll ts Douglas 0001000—1 8 2 s | Moose 400011x—6 8 2 In the last mail C. W. Wagner, — owner of the North Pole Bakery in THE BOX SCORE Fairbanks, received a card from his Dineles AR R H PO Albother, Max, a baker in Philadel- Grant e 4 0 2 17 o|phia — the first correspondence in Nessiaihal 65 4 0 1 o olover 15 years. The Philadelphia Andrews, 1b 4 0 1 3 o Wagner had been attracted by an Erskine, If, *p ... 3 0 2 o 7|article in a bakers' trade magazine | Rodgers, 2b g R VU T | which described the modern shop Turner, ss 8 o |of the North Pole Bakery here, and | Jensen, p, *If 1 1 0 4 1 Which showed pictures of the shop Niemi, ef 3 0 o0 3 o interior as well as several fish and Balog, rf 2 0 1 o o 8ame pictures taken in Alaska. Al- w— — o — __acka has been given excellent pub- Totals 26 1 8 18 10 licity by Mr. Wagner in another *—Erskine replaced Jensen as pitch- | field also—through motion pictures er with 1 out in first inning; Jen- ©f the country which have been sen taking left field. shown in mm\) parts of Europe. R Moose AB = ¥ Fo A | Haglund, cf [ s s LR ] {P. Schmitz, 20 3 1 1 2 scapes al ree McNamee, ¢ 21279008 Snow, 1b | e T o ) e, 14 Timesin 12 Days | Werner, 3b 8 .0 .28 2 1 | Grummett, 1f 0370 0 g i,:‘;:’l']‘“"; SR 9 9 1 3 BELLEFONTAINE, O, Aug. 23.— ‘700"‘,'0“0 % S0t sh” 0 | Harold “Happy” Paxson, thirty-one, sias ke escaped from the Logan County jail = T2 - T |three times in twelve days and . T;(‘:)'i;ced s Sc::mzem Bk 1leach time made his final break S L {through a ventilator on the roof z iva officials have finally nailed SUMMARY {the ventilator down. ERRORS: Douglas—Rodgers, Tur-| ner; Moose—McNamee, J. Schmitz. | Sacrifice hits: Jensen, Bnlng.‘ Stolen base: Erskine. Two-base hits Snow, F. Schmitz. Home runs: Orme, Haglund. Runs batted in: Grant, Haglund, Snow, Orme 3, Gru<Zmett. Double play: Moose (J. Schmitz to F. Schmitz to Snow).| First base on balls: Off Jensen 1 (McNamee), off Erskine 1 (McNa- mee); off Kimball 4 (Erskine, Rod- gers 2, Jensen). Struck out: By Jen- sen 1 (Haglund), by Erskine 6 (F. Schmitz, Grummett, J. Schmitz 2,| Kimball 2); by Kimball 3 (Manning, | Turner, Niemi). Pitching records: Jensen 4 runs 3 hits 4 at bat against in 1/3 innings, Erskine 2 runs 5 hits 24 at bat against in 5 2/3™innings. Charge defeat to Jensen. Earned runs: Off Jensen 4, off Erskine 1; off Kimball 1. Hit by pitched ball: F. Schmitz by Jensen. Passed ball: McNamee. Left on bases: Douglas— | 10; Moose—T7. Time of game: 1 hour | 20 minutes. Umpires: J. W. For-| sythe at plate, Ellensberg at first base, Earl Forsythe at third base. Scorer: Clark. e e e TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN That I, the undersigned, will not be responsible for any debts, after this date, August 23, unless author- ized by me. —ady. RONALD WILEY. —,,e—— | Today’s News Today.—Empire. l RELIEF PROBLEM IS AGUTE IN BB Emergency Squad Is Gen- | erally Always Ready to Be of Assistance NEW YORK, Auy. 23 One of | baseball’s axioms says a pennant- winning team must have a crack re- lief hurler. + That’s about as true as the equi- site of strength on the catcher- econd base-center field axis And the front-running teams of both major leagues are up there partly because they have competent trouble - shooter: stout - hearted, strong-armed guys who march in from the bull pen to wainst starting huriers The Yankees bank Murphy. When the begins the Pirates yelp for Mace Brown. Bill T of the Giant thumbs Dick Coffman to the mound when obposing batters get fresh with the offerings of Hubbell or Melton or Schumacher. And the In- dians rely largely on Rookie Johnny Humphries. That quartet, along with the vet- eran Cl Root of {he Chics Cubs and Pete Appleton of ‘Wash- ington, has enjoyed most succe: ng the relief twirlers this se em uprisir on Johnny cannonading am: k at these aces of the succo; Mace Staniey rates—As the preached the won 12 games and lot three zo0d Ter: 1 him in the All-Star game. He's 6 feet 1, weighs 190 pounds, 28 years old. He has been coming to the aid of Pittsburgh pitchers for three seasons. John Joseph Murphy of the Yan- ~With the season more than half finished, Irish Johnny had not been beaten, boasted a 6-0 record In addition to his half dozen tri- umphs, Murphy has saved 10 games for such aces as Lefty Gomez Charles Ruffing. Johnny is 6 feet 2, 194 pounds, 30 years old. This is his fifth campaign as a reliefman His major-league records shows 52 victories as against 22 setbacks. Joe McCarthy figures he is too good a trouble-shooter to be given starting assignments, John William Humphries of the Indians He's a rookic who has won six and lost two. He is 6 feet 2, 185 pounds, 23 years old. He was the only Southern association pitcher to win 20 games last year He pitched a no-hit game for New Orleans and in his next time out hurled a one-hitter, Samuel Richard Coffman of the Glants—Dick came to the Giants after bouncing around the can Jeague for many seasons. He is 6 feet 1, 170 pounds, 32 years old He won eight and lost three for the Giants last year. His record for the first half of this season is four v tories and one defeat. He's eight games. And there's among the; They're all squad: Brown of the pennant races ap- August stretch he'd °d several other: record wa Pi- saved not a leading relief right handers > the rmmpuire ciassitieds for artists. Try | esults SARATOGA SETTING wouldn't be complete without Samuel Riddle, owner of War Admiral, among race spectators. and | Ameri- | southpaw | FEDERALS SCORE' VICTORY; DOWN ALL - STAR CLUB Standings Won Lost Pet. Truckers L ; 3 700 Rockets 8, 4 600 Allstars 7 5 583 Federals 6 5 545 A. J. Miners 1430 091 TC All NIGHT'S GAM vs. Haida stars The Allst Federals, 5-3, in the held in Evergreen Bowl concluded the games scheduled for the Allstars unless, however, the Haida qualify for entrance into the ague by playing nine games in the next week. Leonard Holmquist scored in the first inning on a long hit by Harry Sperling and the Allstars went out one, two, three. In the second frame, John Krugness started with a hard one to the outfield. This |started a rally that scored Krug- ness, George White and Gilbert Prucha. Not to be outdone, the Allstars came right back with two P(‘m.lv'\ by Tom Hall and Ned Rowe. lost last night to the softball g The second ended with the score 4-2 in favor of Uncle Sam In the third, fourth, and fifth innings both sides were held score- le: L. E. Iverson scored for the Fe in the th, and Manager Miller scored for the Stars. But that was all, and the ball game ended in the seventh with the youngsters on the short end of a 3 score Pitcher Holmquist for the Fed erals allowed only three hits with his teammates making six errors Seven hits were allowed under the combined pitching of Tom Powers and Charles Notar with eight errors recorded FED! LS AB R H Coughlin, 3b. & Yl g Holmquist, p. LR KT Hendrickson, rs. 45051 Ward, 1b. 104020 Sperling, c. - . s | Iverson, ls. } S oS Krugness, 2b. S e . Fennessy, If AR White, cf 1 10 Prucha, rf. AR Totals Tl A | ALLSTARS AB R H Terrell, cf. 920 Notar, o B 3 LG Miller, 2b. - T SRR | Powers, p., Is. 3 0.8 Coke, ls. 3 0 0 Hall, 1f 208 Wl Rowe, 3b. - S B ) This game |\ Schmidt, 1b, 2 ® Paul, c. 00 Alexander, rf U *Murphy 1 0 als p o *—For Alexander in seventh. Score by Innings FEDERA 13000 10-5 LLSTARS 020001 0-3 Umpires: Harry Peterson, Howard Dilg, Lloyd Hildingeri - - . Baby in Bathtub Dies hy Drowning J., Aug. 23.—Mrs. t her two baby in an inch fof tub while she her nine-year- Day, Howard in the ent out to look for old s in ten minutes, she found the tub full of water, and the older child, Elizabeth, crying. Genevieye, eleve months, was lying in the bottom of the tub, drowned. - Today.—£mplre. SALES Every Month in the Year AUCTION SALES DATES 1938 November 9 December 14 September 7 October 12 Special Sales Held On Request of Shippers Advances will be made as usual when requested. Transferred by telegraph, if desired. THE SEATTLE FUR EXCHANGE 1008 Western Avenue Seattle, Wash. ottt e A.J. (Tony) DIMOND Candidate for Re-election for Delegate to Congress from Alaska. ELECTION SEPTEMBER 13, 1938 (Paid Advertisement)