The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 26, 1939, Page 5

POLLY AND HER PALS THE CHILD IS CRYING BECAUSE ANGEL IS SIMPLY EATING ANGE OWN SHARE OF THE CAKE. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JAN 26, 1939. By CLIFF STERRETT U's | % Vg THEN ANGEL' GIRL FRIEND' SHARE IS FINISHED S S CHAMP JOE WINS QUICK TIME LEWIS OUT ~ 1STROUND This may be just another way of cribing how a roof falls in when Louis starts hitting The Brief Round sound of the gong, hoth out cautiously. Bach ed light lefts to jaw, after they ring. Joe missed a left b od John Henry into corner and landed a At the men came m civeled the hook. Joc the challenger th hands to the body and a right L L LAST NIGHI | hook to the jaw that sent John Hen- Louis Puts Challenger TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT VICTORY IS DECISION Fighi Lasts Just Two Min- utes and Twenty-nine Seconds, Round 1 1 / YORK, Jan. 26—Ruthless Joe Louis, heavyweight champion of the world, blasted John Henry Lowis into sub: on in less than three minutes last night to success- fully defend the title For the fifth time, the most dan- ous puncher since Jack Demp- ne: tore the head off a chal- lenger with vicious right hooks as he battered John Henry all over the ri Joe dropped John Henry for the counts of two and three, then smashed him to the floor again. Didn’t Finish Count There John Henry lay while referee Arthur counted five before deciding to de- clare Joe the winner by a technical knock 2 minutes and 29 second. the cpening of the first round The seavyweight championship match in ed States Champiocn Joe was a 10 to 1 fave ie to keep his title, not beingfooled by John Henry's boxing skill. Last summer Louis won another short round fight when he annihi- Jated Max Sehmeling in 2 minutes and 4 seconds of the first round of their bout. The crowd of 17.000 in Madison Equare Garden, with a gate of $102 000, asked why didn’t John Henry take the count of nine when he wa first dropped? The challenger, after revived in his room said: ‘I felt funny all of a sudden.” hélpless | Donovan | bout was the first all-negro| ry down for the count of two. John Henry got up and the champion sent both hands to the head time and time again and John Henry stag- The referee parted them in John's corner. The challenger threw a left hook into Joe's bady then was rapped over the ropes for a count of three Then Louis threw another right to Lewis' head, and the latter was ap- I antly helpless. Joe then landed a two-handed barrd and John Henry dropped to the floor along the ropes. He was goggleyed and all but unconscious. After Referee Don- ovan reached the count of five he decided to halt the bout and award- ed Champion Joe a technical knock- out victory just 2 minutes and 29 Lou Gehrig Signed Up With Yanks To Play with World Cham- pions for His Fifteenth Straight Season NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Lou Geh- who played first base .for the Yankees in 2,122 consecutive games, has signed a contract calling for a salary of between $30,000 and $39,- 000 for 1939, his fifteenth season with the world champions. Gehrig received $39,000 last year when he had one of his poorest sea- | sons, rig 1 been in 1 is reported Gehrig had to take a $9.000 cut seconds after the opening gong had |* RIFLE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL TOURNEY BEGINS THIS WEEK postal tournament ka Indoor Rifie Associa- tion will start this week, Leo Jew- ett, Secretary-Treasurer of the Ju- neau Rifle and Pistol Club, an- nounced today Third annual of the Ale Five teams will compete in the four-position match. Ten shot be fired in each match frol position and any sights are allowed. The teams to compete are the Juneau, Petersburg, Seward, An- chorage and Fairbanks rifle clubs. he last is known officially as the Tanana Valley Sportsmen's Associa- tion The tourney will consist of three rate matches, to be fired in the L week of January, last week of Februa and t week of March. | e Ataturk to Have Special Mausoleum ANKARA, Jan. 26. — Architects and artists of international repute |are to be invited to take part in a | competition for the erection of | mausoleum to shelter the remains of the late Kamal Ataturk The cost is estimated at $175,000. EAST! Dining is one of the most enjoyable features of your trip on the air-conditioned Empire Builder. Made doubly so by thoughtful atten- tion of courteous waiters. Daily: To Spokane, Twin , Chicago. ASK H. F. “NICK" CARTER 1400 Fourth Ave. SE 0400 { | CALLS FOR TWIN BILLY McCANN ~ UNDERMARINO | Former Juneau Boxer Is in| Stable with Champ | | Al Hostak ? A post card of interest to Juneau | fight fans came to the Sports Desk | |of The Empire the other day from Billy McCann, that fast and color-| | ful little mitt slinger that showed | Juneau two of the fastest and hard- est hitting gloves that have been seen here in a long time. | | Bill writes he started training a few days back, with Eddie Marino | | his manager. Eddie is Champion Al | ‘Hostak's manager, also, so Billy is| {in a good stable. | Says Bill, "I worked a few ('u\s‘ |ago with Gorilla Jones—am Puglisi's | | regular sparring partner. Their fight | is atiracting a lot of attention. Pug- | |lisi is a good boy and except yes-| terday when I ran into one, it has| been good training.” Tast night’s Empire carried a| | dispatch telling of Gorilla Jones’| ten-round decision oveir Puglisi. “Am booked for a couple of fights | Canada next month at 142 | pounds,” Billy says. “Best regards | | to Juneau ring fans.” | Billy will be remembered as the| headline boxer of the last smoker here, when he clipped one of this country’s better boxers, with a pow- | erful left hook to the jaw and before | the hapless mittman fell to the mat, | Billy smashed a short dynamite- loaded right full on the point of the chin, effectively ending the bout almost before it had begun. When Billy has developed his get- | away after the punch, it's our wager | that we'll see his name in bigger | headiines. | He's a likeable chap, clean, and ;pome‘ young, and certainly a clever | man with a terrific wallop in either hand. | Best of lucky, Billy, and keep us | posted. | AR SR CITY BALL LOOP | in ; | | | BILL, HIGH GYM {Henning vsj(?ause, 1:30- | FElks vs. Haida for I " Llast Game | Henning’s Clothing five, with one | | win and no losses, tonight go against | | the Krause squad, which has won | fonp and lost one, in the first game | of two scheduled for the high school | gym, beginning at 7:30. | In the second game of the eve-| | ning, the Elks. will try to come out | | of their definite slump when they | battle the third place Haida squad. Both these games offer plenty of opportunity for close scoring and certainly a lot of entertainment, [PRISONERS PROGRESS 'YOUNGSTERS TO GET COACHED BY TO RESTORE CONVICTS toa useful life when their tation program is in force at McNeil ngton state’s Puget Sound, and there men learn to sew (above), paint, barber, typewrite, handle books. Warden Edwin B. Swope says his “educational prison” on 4,500« veil Island is paying dividends in rehabilitated lives. terms are en Island federal prison in acre Me Y UNCLE SAM'S SUPPER MENU at v prison in Puget Sound is posted so the men can se can take any seat they wish in a cafeleria-style din have “seconds” but must eat all the food ihey're served. AIRING THEIR GRIEVANCES, an inmate-elected committee meets with Warden Edwin B. Swope of McNeil Island prison to voice complaints about food or {reatment. He makes his | decisions after hearing both sides. In this prison, the inmates are | always called by their names in workshops—not by numbers—to simulate working conditions they'll meet upon release. FOXX SIGNS BOSTON, Mass. Jan. 26— First baseman Jimmy Foxx, of the Boston Red Sox, signed his 1939 conlract this morning, it was announced by General Manager Eddie Collins, STARS AT FARR By DILLON GRAHA A ecature Service Wri NEW YORK. Jan. 26.—-Dad and Mom will like it, too, but Little Johnny is the chap who'll get the RED LETTER DAY for this red-coated cocker spaniel puppy, Dungarvan Precise, came when she won annual Futurity stake of the American Spanicl club’s show in New York. This show inaugurated kennel competition for 1939. The one red cocker in an otherwise all-black litter of cight, Dungarvan Precise is 11- months-old, is owned by Mrs. Francis Gagvan of Roslyn, biggest k out of the New York! World Fair's Academy of Sport. The sport show is being directed primarily at the kids. Many will come from out of the way towns where national sport figures are never seen. Their big thrill will come from meeting these stars they've heard about. And they’ll get tips on how to play their favorite game. Almost every day some sports ace will be at the Academy of Sport Twice a week there’ll be an hour lesson on football or baseball or track or boxing. | Any youngster who attends one of these classes will receive a student sports card. It will say that he has attended a class taught by Babe | And it will bear not only his name |And it wil bear not only his name but also the autograph of his in- structor. And for the boy who lives near enough to come to 10 of these classes |there’ll be a handsome Certificate lof Sport, suitable for framing, and | signed by several sport figures. The Faculty Bill Terry, Joe McCarthy, Hank Greenberg and Jimmy Foxx are others who'll conduct baseball class- es. Jimmy Crowley, Mal Stevens, Lou Little, Pop Warner and Benny Friedman will coach football. Jack | Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Joe Louis, and Jim Braddock are among the boxing instructors. And track tips | will be given by Lawson Robertson, {Dean Cromwell and Dink Temple- | ton. | These classes will be held in the - | court of Sports, outside the Acad- (emy of Sports building. Flags of 1 ‘mmuus sport teams or clubs will fly from poles surrounding the court. | | Inside the Academy there’ll be a | fine collection of sports trophies. Christy Walsh, director of sports, iplans to have for display the Davis | |and Wightman cups of tennis, Lhej | Walker and Ryder cups of golf, the | | Vanderbilt cup of antomobile racing, | | the heavywetight boxii belt, the | Americas cup of yact racing, Babe | Ruth’s famous Yankee uniform with | |the No. 3 on the back of the shirt, | {the little Brown Jug of Michigan and Minnesota grid rivalry, the Sugar Bowl troPhy, the Yale fence on which Eli sport captains have sat for pictures for many years, and the Diamond Sculls. Baseball Show Inside also will be exhibits by many sports associations. Commis- sioner Landis is considering an ex- hibit for baseball. Arrangements are available for the major leagues to show their baseball movies. It is particularly timely for baseball in view of the game's 100th anniversary celebration this year at Cooperstown, N.Y Although there will be no actual |sports competition on the fair grounds, many sporting events will be held in the New York area dur- ing the fair. There'll probably be a major golf championship, a col- legiate regatta, baseball's All-Star | game ,a World Series (if the Giants or Yankees win) and perhaps a heavyweight prize fight. - ee——— The inmates g room, can i | Wyoming Wins at Basketball LARAMIE, Wyo., Jan. 26 —Willard (Dutch) Witte, Who resigned as football and basketball coach at official announcement of his, Wyoming University, leaves behind not forthcoming but it a cage record that will be hard to eyed that it will be in ex- equal. 5,000 which is consderable, Under the 12-college Rocky Moun- than he received last year. 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