The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1938, Page 5

DAY, OCT. 12, By ( 1938. Bl bi| Pt il ) { g e Js ) o RRETT I SUTTINLY \ SWAN. I NEVER KNOWED HER T'TURN ONE DOWN YET. 4 WONDER WHY 241 o] a Y THERE'S MRS’ i MEEK FEEDIN' ! ANUTHER World Series Scene as First Yankee Fun G GABBY GABBED, SAYS WRIBLEY ABOUT SHAKELP Owner of Chicago CubsHas| His Own Ideas—Dizzy Is Hope for Next Year CHICAGO, 111, Oct. 12—Philip K. Wrigley, owner of the Chicago Cu is determined to make a real cham- pienship team out of the Cubs. Gabby Hartnett's announcement of a shake-up, is ridiculous, sai Wrigley who said he offered Hart- aett a one-year contract only. ‘Wrigley plans to trade veterar | players rather than the . younger| men and he will also start a co- operative ownership system of farm teams. Wrigley also said Dizzy Dean re-| mains a strong hope for next year. —_————— NATION LOOKS T0 GOOD BALL THIS WEEKEND Pigskin World Gets Fine List of Matchings | Over Country o NEW YORK, Oct. 12.—With Cali- J I M MY Fuxx Lg fornia returning to its own class | This was the setting in the second inning of the opening World Serie s Lou Gehrig was on third, getting on via a pass and movi ind o Sclkirk at bat as shown. Billy Herman fumbled Selkirk’s first casily. A few seconds later, Joe Gordon smashed a ha do0 S y bounde oiler th A ,.g4() e Cubs Lose Op of football team and Fordham Holy Cross and Carnegie Tech also | going into stiffer opposition, those | scheduled Saturday games, along with well balanced midwest games ' gives the coming weekend the as- | pect of one of the best of the season. | California meets the UCLA eleven and according to reports, it will be Cal's strongest aggregation of Bruins that will be gunning for the dark horse southerners that upset Washington’s Huskies. Minnesota will lock horns with AP Feature Service Writer Old Man Trouble when the Gopher NEW YORK, Oct. 12 Baseba! squad lines up against Michigan’s| Man - Of - The - Year—the burly best team in many years. | double-X guy, James Emory Foxx Pitt's task is to overcome Wis-| Apple-cheeked Jimmy, who nose- | consin, the team that beat strong |dived under a sinus attack last year Iowa by three touchdowns. to his poorest performance in a The Huskies will attempt a come- | dozen years of major-leazue | back against Oregon State, and has gobbled the all-round hi prognosticators of football scores | honors of the season. say the Huskies will turn on the| The Boston Red Sox first-base « heat this time and show the ball man set the pace in runs batted they were supposed to produce this | in, with 174, led in batting averag year. with .349 and pushed Hank Green- And when Notre Dame walks into | berg closely in the home run derby,! | sy Boston’s First Baseman Is Given Honors for 1938 Season By DILLON GRAHAM Here are part of the 44,000 fans who jammed Wrigley Field in Chic a 3 to 1 licking from the New York Yankees in the firsi game of the Electrical Device Pins for Bowling - HELEMA, Mont., Oct. 12.—Bowl- ers are abhout to lose their number bi: “The pins weren't spotted and saw their homet World Series.—AP Photo. can be placec of both player < Sewaneg o Go? Tenn., Oct. 12. i b ¢ lighted triangle the wall in sight and spectators. The inventors claim the app ance does not change weigl re th conferenc SUSANNAH WESLEY IRCLE MEETING inCLE gr 113 S man and Art Merkle | Dorses wh » invented a system | more t! that takes all the guess work out of“";u“‘ spotting. £l k. " it pins in the proper places, |Flght, Vi an electric circuit is made. This|Rceer, Whisker cireuit s connected with a triangle | Dr- Clark and 1 end in the triangle are ten lights! = P o ieibogling: gl it me| HOSTESS YESTERDAY connection so delicate that if the | pin is off a fraction of an inch the| Mrs. H G. | yesterday aftern light to which it is connected fails| to burn. When the bowler knocks down a on Calhoun Avenue, pin the light goes out. Thus the de- eon and three table is in step with developments in the Hankus Pankus in the four-base vice not only is referee to settle Prizes were won durin industry,” the management st.aoesA;clouts, | disputes between player and pin- noon by Mrs. H. E Iif — e —— | So, Baseball's Man-Of-The-Year setter over the setting of pins but Mrs. Cecil C. Rulaford, se Today’s News Today.—Empire, —James Emory Foxx, it also is an automatic scorer, The|J. E. Neate, consolation. play with Alabama, the outcome is with 50. going to make a big difference in His constant heavy cannonading the who-is-who list of the country’s pushed the Red Sox up from their pigskin bluebook. fifth-place slot of the 1937 cam- W PIE N paign into a second position dueil Fl' with the strongly-likgd Cleveland | Jimmy's comeback was one of “ . ” the surprises of the season. The F"’e 1 saves plump cigar-smoker from Sudlers- § ville, Md., is no spring chicken, as | baseball poultry goes. He's 31 and ' |a chap who has lived at a pretty a"s u"se | fast clip. Some of the wise Boys | were readying his obituary last fall, | after Foxx slumped to a mere .285 FRANKFORT, Ind., Oct. 12—Hop hitting mark. | McBride heard an aviator over-| Sinus had him in its grip. At times head cut his motor and swoop low | he could hardly see the ball as it toward him. He looked up. i‘sizzled toward the plate. Only two The flier leaned from the cockpit | Players struck out more often than and yelled, “Fire.” | did he. Baseball had seen many hit- McBride looked around, saw | ters slough off permanently after neighbor Robert Van Nuy's roof sinus struck them and, they were ablaze. ;saying, Jimmy’s probably another. Firemen saved the house. | Jimmy read the handwriting on = the wall, too, but he wouldn't be- BURNABY REOPEN | lieve it. He took himself in hand | during the winter, got into top shape FURNITURE PLANT | 2nd when the barrier was sprung IN THOMAS STORE this year Jimmy was a new man. | He led the league in hitting and runs batted in during most of the Following a vacation of three season. While others flared and fal- months, during which he was able|tered, Foxx kept up a consistent to pay his first visit in six years bombardment. to his ailing mother in Great Falls, Matches Old Marks Mont., D. Burnaby returned to Ju-| This year he equalied his record neau aboard the steamer Alaska. |of 1933 when he led the league at Mr. Burnaby, who operates the|bat with a 356 figure, and in runs he Nut. ' furniture repairing and building de- batted in. with 163. His batting ; ‘ partment for the Thomas Hardware | average is close to his mark of five Company here, was able to gather|years ago and he has driven in even new ideas and information on de- | more runs. Foxx led in runs batted velopments in his craft while in in on another occasion, too, in 1932 the States. He brought with him| with 169. re samples of new materials and is| While Greenberg’s home run slug- now ready to resume his post with | ging has been outstanding, Foxx is FIRE DRILL the local firm, and “give our Ju-‘far ahead in batting average and 3 neau patrons improved service that | runs batted in and not far behind - ;‘W {lh’[ fire d ter- kan school wa ; the Kayhi boys r nd; Mrs. steinging h lir dents in leaving the d time in the stu ng. d cor to Burleigh 1‘ Lrimes Shows Lis 1 lent yms Strong ia to pick v night, managers on their, choice; conferenc Jim Barrie | ) Oiler for- and Krause e v will find won't be at the open iiction are ) have Or prom school lding am- » a fldsh in the pan b, he handles the ball apparer gh the s he + shoots ard all the and seems to More Talent Y another man may not »e good. ian from the Dakotas type of ;‘M.ur he can cover a lot of the maple in the shortest space f time without unusual effort. His ro record of ten years implies as well as his build b just guessing on look: veleran Herbert ¢ has it another Elks' Aggregation The who won the pennant in the playoff last yea ve the strong ager for the most part, and with Dick May, Bob Dale Druliner in suf However, the whether not Roy look strong Daviin and Elks litt Smith will returr this year, and of course Ginsberg has left these parts. The are a question mark Henni die 1 of ne wrong end of tion nighk > doubtful or le: * observa- will defin- he floor ! but they Le a g squad. Firemen Not Shape The Firemen apparent shaped up a team a ned up tall Bd Metzgar and his en uncs Ithe one-hand stro; d push shot that be- | Hodges' plays on his | | dren | hou | ments iy marksmanship with | pers (at lo 108t ec s for our mean to » High School moo ion her cireui! que of those this hi: in the of material good season, ully anybody’s balance wckin, ant re | ROWNIE | wn bear that wred hunting rifle j in m a arose near- of xperience he returned yesterda w whic! stood and ¢ t of rip onl tection they red futile, walked ecurec mostly trip, venison w ile on Most of the three wecks the were out, the Posts sed i lcasant Bay hoats were 4 weathe there and alsc n Oliver’s Inlet bear were seen them durir trip. by P MANY AT D RECEFTION FOR MR. AND MRS, HODG A . tended the Mr. Mrs was held at mother larz ser of frien wedding receptior Hodges W home of M Vel the M 1 last night | - <o AT KIMSHAN COVE Jack LaForce and two chil- moved f the Gray e to one of the Shitanda apart formerly occupied by Mr., and Carlson. Mr. La- temporarily at and left for Mr wre e employed Hirst Chichagof mine there by plane yest - CHILD RETURN k and baby daugh- rived home yesterday on the after her trip to Portlanc visit to the Orthopedic clini for medical attention for her Nothing was to be done for d’s condition at the present time learned on her trip, a correc surgery must be ken when she gets a little olde: 4 -aa DR. COFFEY TO SPEAK Of particular interest at the menthly of the Douglas Isk Club tled Robert M. Coffey mem| The home of Mr . FLEE Elroy Fl there hild the ct mee d Women ight. Dr dré the ehad meets af the Wocdbu - s SCHOOL BOARD M H. L. Cochrane, clerk of 1s Schocl Board, has an for this e ing Parents interested ileged to attend, he said e TEACHER IS AT TILLAMOOK Miss Mary Baker who taught here last term was heard from in Llh" hool FORMER to Dee. 1, Tourist aches low ver cost) ent to i ip fares F. “NICK” CARTER laska Representative IARRY CLARK, C. P. & T. A. St., Vancouver "Red” Question Box TO0 BAD, PAL - MAYBE YOU LET AINT STANDING IN THE ference between the “short punt” and “long punt” forma- tions? Answer: When the tail-back approximately six yards back (QUESTION: What is the dif- of the line, the formation is “short punt.” When he is ap- proximately ten yards back, it constitutes the “long punt.” (Copyright, 1938) 2 mail ine effect that now teaching in Tillamock, Ore, enjoying r work there very home economiz with about 1i5 her cia she 1 great intercst t Douglas and the the new school. - to she ve day in 1 of * GARNS BUY HOME Mr. and Mrs. Abbie Garn have purchased the nine-room home of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Berg at Ket- - e News Toaay.— Embplre. Today": Marching To the Majors THE BASEBALL stars of tomorrow are the rookies marching to the majors today. Who are they? Where are they from? A series of five articles tells you about them, where they began play- , and what they 1in 1938. ' efirst of the articles starts tos morrow in THE L3 EMPIRE.