The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 4, 1939, Page 5

~ POLLY AND HER WAL, IF'"TAIN'T SAM PERKINS! HOW'S THINGS 2 HOW'S TH' FOLKS 2 HOW'S --- PALS e Skt EASY, ALE! ™ ONE THING AT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1939. - HAS SHE KEPT HER GIRLISH FIGURE 2 AN' HOW'S MAGGIE 2 ) HAS SHE KEPT 1T 2 HAS SHE 2 ks ANGELSDRO? | TOUGH GAME OTH INNING Seals Take Six-run Splurge in Last frame fo | Beat Solons 1 Los Angeles overcame San Diego’s lead and tied the score in the ninth inning yesterday then Pitcher Joe Berry allowed two singles and a walk to fill the bases, then forked the! Padres’ winning run across by walk- ing First Baseman George Mc-| Donald. San Francisco turned a nip and tuck ball game into a rout in the ninth inning with a six-run splurge to defeat Sacramento last night. Portland came from behind last night in the eighth inning with a rally to defeat Oakland night Seattle to Holly- wood. lost last Coast League Los Angeles 9; San Diego 10. Seattle 4; Hollywood 9. San Francisco 9; Sacramento 3. Portland 4; Oakland 3 National League Chicago 1; Philadelphia 4. Cineinnati 4; New York 6. American League Philadelphia 3; Chicago 1. | Boston 5; Cleveland 1. New York 10; Detroit 6. ‘Washington 11; St. Louis 10, Pacific Coast League Won Lost Pet. Los Angeles 22 11 667 Seattle 19 14 576 San Francisco 17 16 515 Hollywood 16 16 500 By mento 15 18 455 San Diego 14 17 453 Portland 14 17 Oakland 11 19 7 National League Won Lost Pct Boston 8 4 667 St. Louis 6 4 600 Cincinnati 6 5 545 Chicago 6 6 500 Philadelphia 6 6 500 5 5 500 5 7 Pittsburgh 3 8 273 American League Won Lost Pect. New York 7 3 100 Boston 6 3 667 Washington 7 4 636 Chicago 7 5 583 Detroit, 6 J: 462 St. Louis 4 i .364 Cleveland 4 7 364 Philadelphia 3 8 213 DERBY IS 10 TAX RAILROADS Boy Wonder Vander Meer Is Slipping Made Thiee Starts 3o Far This Season Buf Has Nof Finished Game Baséball’'s most persistent blight, one which withers wonder pitchers in their second year, seems to have shown up again this season and is threatening Johnny Vander Meer boy sensation last year for Cincin- nati. With two consecutive hitless performances last season, Johnny has made three starts so far this season without finishing one. He gave up six hits, six passes and a balk in two inning in which he worked yesterday afternoon and only the t that Cincinnati tied the score kept him from being charged with a loss to the Giants. ‘Washington defeated the St. Louis gang to move into third place. The Red Sox moved back into second place with a victory over the Indians and the White Sox vacated the run- ner-up spot in face of 3-hit hurling of George Caster of the Athletics. The Yarkees retained the lead by shellacking the Tigers, although Hank Greenberg got his fourth home run of the season. The Phillies stopped the Cubs yes- terday by a score of 3 to 1. - Moose Ball Club Holds First Practice \ager Art McKinnon put his M ball club hopefuls through their paces last night at Firemen's Park as his club took its first prac- tice of the year McKinnon, already claiming a reputation for “sending 'em up” to the pay-bfll circuits (since Joe McNamee clicked with Seattle), de- clines to say who is the big stick this i too hard to say, so early in the game. —————— FIRST BASEBALL GAME THIS YEAR IS ON SCHEDULE Cardinals and Haida fo Play at Firemen's Park, 9 Innings Almost fifty years ago Little Egypt danced at Chicago's Columbian Exposition and started the vogue for { el show The world has zipped from bustles, sid:-burns and livery stables of her day to streamlin: fan dancers at Chicago's Century of Progress, a nud st colony at the San Piego Pacific exposition, and, ® . this yeay, Nude Ranchers at San Francisco’s Treasu ¢ Island. Now comes New York's World of Tomor- i i (Continuear from Page One) rew with more CHICAGO, dance. i(enlucky Derby Is This Week Here Is Dope on Favorites, Milers, Also Women Horse Owners Favorites have held their own in | Kentucky Derbies. Since 1875, when | Aristides won the first Derby, the popular cheice has won 31 tim The odds-on choice has finished second 16 times, was third lwice and was unplaced 15 times. In the past 20 years nine favorites have won, the last being War Ad- | miral, son of Man o' War, in 1937. There have been few long-shot | triumphs. Stonestreet in 1908, Denerail in 1913, Exterminator in ‘1918. Zev in 1923 and Bold Venture in 1936 have been notable excep- | tions. Donerail paid the highest price yet recorded in Derby history | —$184.90 for a $2 win ticket. | Abcut Milers Little Egypt girl shows than we've been able to ¢ Juneau will see its first baseball If the horse youre rooting for game of the season on Saturdayin the Derby is leading the field at |afternoon, if the weather gives a!the mile post, you've got an even break chance of having picked the winner. The Cardinals, a pick-up squad of new talent for the Channel League, will play the ‘Coast Guard Cutter CHICAGO, May 4—The Pullman paida's nine. Company reports that the demand gy Hagerup is managing the Car- for sleeping cars to carry passengers | gjna| squad, and says Channel to the Kentucky Derby on May 6 yeague managers will get a chance will result in perhaps the biggest o look over the baseball material single day movement of special Pull- pefore the season starts. mans in the company’s history. Ensign Robert Waldron, a four Railroads in the East, Sodth and year paseball letterman from Acad- Middle West will run almost fifty | emy, will lead what he specials to Louisville for the racing “pretty good looking outfit. classic, which number is far in ex-| If the weather is favorable, cess of the total for any previous game will be called at 2 p.m. vear. The call for sleeper accommoda~- tions already is so great that there is the likelihood that two of the railroads in the East may add one or two more specials to the schedule. BALL PLAYERS IN the - e — BASEBALL TODAY ‘The following are scores of Major League games played this afternoon: National League Pittsburgh 6; Philadelphia 4. Chicago 2; Brooklyn 6. St. Louis 3; New York 6. CHANNEL LEAGUE MUSTREPORTNOW | american veague Judge William A. Holzheimer. posion 7; Detroit 6. President of the Gastineau Channel York 4; Cleveland 0, ten in- Baseball League, announced today 8 y ¢ that all players who have been as- Z nings Philadelphia 3; St. Louis 9. signed to one team or another, must event these players do not report, M E"l STROKE LAST EVENING -oe | gional Forester's office here, is back | Ann's Hospital last evening where ited relatives in California and at- [tending a movie show early in the - report to their managers. . sias, b id s n v ABERT WILE SUFFERS they will be dropped from the team rosters. i BACK ON JOB Suffering from a stroke, Albert Miss Pearl Peterson, in the Re- Wile, Postmaster, was taken to St. at her desk today following two | he is receiving medical supervision. months’ leave during which she vis-| Mr. Wile was taken ill while at- tended the exposition at San Fran- | evening and was rushed to the hos- cisco, Jpital, Eleven champions since 1917 were lin first place at the mile—a quarter of a mile from the finish line. All but six of the past 22 victors led as the field hit the home stretch | —the last 220 yards. The excep- | tions were Cavalcade, Broker's Tip, and. Omar Khayyam ‘Whiskery |and Black Gold were in third at | that stage; the other four were second. Lawrin, Cavalcade, Broker's Tip,| Burgoo King, Twenty Grand, Reigh Count, Whiskery, Flying Ebony, Black Gold, Behave Yourself and Omar Khayyam were the eventual winners who were not first at the mil¢ mark. Behave Yourself and Omar Khay- vam were sixth, but quickly picked up ground. Behave Yourself, Col- onel E. R. Bradley's first champlion was leading in the stretch while 1Kha\\um had raced into second | Only one Derby winner came back after relinquishing an early lead That was Flying Ebony, ridden by 1 Earle Sande, in 1925. Abcut Women Owners | The Kentucky Derby is strictly a | “gentleman’s” race. In 64 years ion)y one filly has won. Only five | winners have been owned by women. 1 But nine women nominated horses for the Derby this year, including | two former Derby champion-owners —Mrs. Payne Whitney and Mrs. |John D. Hertz Miss Ethel V. Mars led both men and women in nominations this year, naming seven horses. Mrs. Lasca Durell was the first | woman to enter the charmed circle of Derby-winning-owners when her | Elwood scored in 1904. Twerdty iyears later Mrs. Robert M. Hoots of Oklahoma registered the second ing received a wire of acceptan unt ma “es: goes into her NEW YORK, 1 Temorrow. ! triumph for women with Black Gold. Mrs. Hertz, with R Count in 8, W followed by 5. Whitney, with ity Grand in 1831, d by Mrs. Isabel Dedge Sloan, whose Cavalcade captured the 1934 title Abcut Homebodies The 1939 Kentucky Derby win- ner may be owned by an oui-of- state person but chances are the champion will have been bred in Ol' Kentuck Fifty-two of the 64 winners were. Only one champion was impor He was Omar Khayyam, 1917 victor, from’ England. Other out-of-state Derby winners, the year they won and the state in which they were | fealed: Lord Murphy 1879; Kingman, 11891; and Typhoon II, 1897—Ten- nessee, Spokane, 1889—Montana Elwood, 1904—Missouri Wintes green, 1909—Ohio. Regret, 1915 W Jersey Morvich 22 fornis Bla old, 1924 homa. Reigh Count, 1928- Virginia Lawrin, 1938—Kansas. > DOUGLAS FINAL P. N MARKED BY GOOD PROG With a larger attendance than noted at any previous meeting, the last session of the 1938-1939 term of the Douglas Parent-Teacher As- sociation was held last night in the Douglas School. Roll call showed both Miss Fraser rcoms having 100 percent parent ipresent. Since Mr. Oberg awarded the picture as a perm: ient possession for winning it greatest number of times thro {out the -year. The picture was awarded for the month of May to |Miss Fraser. Nominsation of officers was held tand the followin were elected: President, Mrs, ack Langseth; Vice-President. Mrg, Fl Kirk- ham; Secretary, Miss Frances Hess Treasurer, Mrs. Pusich The unusually large crowd at- tending the meeting last night |treated to a fine program. cons |ing of community nging, led by Mrs. Jay Smith, accompanied at the piano by Mr. Oberg, two short playlets by Miss P s primary gropps, “Secret in the Woods,” and ‘Fer Mother”; a 4-H club demon- stration by Alfreda Fleek and Sol- veig Havdahl, two piano selections and Mr. Oberg’s Betty Bonnet, “Minuet,” and felody in F.” and a vocal solo, “Reses of Picardy by Mrs. Jay Smith accompanied at the piano by, Mr. Oberg. Miss Magnhild Oygard concluded , the program by showing a reel of films depicting case histories of tuberculosis. This reel was a follow- up of other reels shown to the Douglas parents earlier in the year and reveals the successful progress being made in the fight against this disease. —— e GEORGE W. BROWN AC EPTS SUPERINTENDENTCY, SCHOOLS Douglas School Board this mor: Anyvhow, look at the difference a half-century By CLIFF STERRETT WHY, SHE'S MORE THAN DOUBLED IT | ALASKA NO PLACE FOR CLIENTS WHO wrongly, he was credited with con- veying to Prime Minister Chamber- {1ain his views that the Russian Alr Corps was too inefficient to be de- pended upon against Germany. Russian aviators denounced the report as inaccurate and their eriti- clsm has been reflected in some cir- cles in the United States. Nevertheless, best sources here predicted his influence would be |felt in persuading Congr to think deeply before denying the . National Advisory Committee for Aecronautics the $10,000,000 it is ,asking for research to bring U, S.| aviation abreast of, or ahead of Germany, | But to escape leaving people gasping about these things, Norman Thomas, ofttime Socialist presiden- | tial candidate, has this to say abou the “German menace.” “Any force which Germany coulc | sneak across the Atlantic and land at Montauk Point (that is on Long Island) could be taken in hand by | the New York Police. Like myself, | the Germans would probably get lost | in the outskirts of Brooklyn.” ACTIVITIES OF * CHAMBER LISTED : A woman of the Werld oi for the position of superintendent I“ FUNDS DRIVE of local schools offered him from | Gdorge H. Brown of Las § Ne- — vada, and filling tt ney : : causea b et of . D U€S Collection Begins— tin Pederson who is leaving after il Ysaowinsmiohnce , Service to Juneau With many year experience Underlined t ing various subjects in differ- (Continued from Page One) ent schools, several of which have been as principal and superinten- dent, besides eight years coaching basketball, Mr. Brown should be a valuable man for the school. He is married and has two children of grade school age. - - the Chamber has taken a lead- ing role since its inception. Coup- led with this speeding up of mail jand passenger service between the |Southeast and Interior and West- THREE HONORED, LUNCHEON | %14 regions Is the beginning of Mrs. George Pleck and Mrs. Oe- | 2iF Mail and passenger service be- 1 EBARIR e S hiabasidet Nt |tween Juncgu and the States. Pan luncheon given yesterday afternoon |AMCrican Airways, parent company at 'Mrs. Elroy Fleek's home to °f Paclfic Alaska Alrways Is now honor the latter who is leaving soon 'f”'l:‘tll‘g ':)xp;"me“wl g'“}:"s‘ from for, Portland, Oregon, and also' for.Pcatile Hitsirsis gt By Miss Shirl PRI s pected that b: summer regular fly- fred Fleek, and Mrs. Howard Haye: ¥ b2 Additional’ guests ‘were Mis: Wino- |, 10 8ddiion to assisting in pushs 5 ing these projects, the Chamber na Hoffman, Mrs. Carl Lindstrom, | Mrs, Charlotte Fleek, Mrs. -Tauno has been instrumental in backing a Niemi and the Misses Margaret and (08¢ facility at Auk Bay to serve MY eabos the Pan American Clipper ships. AR Assistance also is being given on REMEN TO MEET (plans to improve and perfect land- Tonight s the regular meeting ing fields to serve large land planes time for the Douglas Volunteer Fire ! Which _"‘“'r_ will be put on the Fan Department and a session of in- | American route. terest is scheduled. Final prepara-| | JRYINg; Howers tions for the annual dance sched- The, Chanitier’s suppart was a de- uled will be made. Officers, elected, will preside at the meeting. | termining factor in putting over the recent bond issue which makes available for the city a large amount Public Works Administration e |of Ro'ary Anns Distuss ‘iumuncy which will be used in pav- }mz Willoughby "Avenue, improving plans 'or (Ollfel'ell(e the city's sewer System, building a 'large number of needed sidewalks | i:md obtaining rights-of-way for Yesterday, in the banguet room Wwidening streets. of Percy's Cafe, members of the| The Chamber at the present time Rotary Anns met to discuss final is endeavoring to get a marine plans for entertaining the wives of |Ways, possibly to be installed in Rotarians who will-attend the con- |conjunction with the small boat ference here this month. harbor. This will mean a great deal | The session yesterday was in the to the fleet of small boats and ‘to form of a dessert-luncheon and was business in Juneau. All boats now presided over by Mrs. E. J. Blake. |have to go to Ketchikan or Seattle for service on the ‘ways, meaning a big loss to this city in dollars and; |cents, | The Chamber has given .wme‘E |valuable assistance to obtaining a | | westerly route for the Internatiunnl! |Highway. Working with the cities | {of Southeast Alaska, which can be | jonly served by the highway, If it |follows a westerly route north from Hazelton, the Chamber has given its recommendaticn to the westerly route and lent general support to the entire undertaking. i~ | Series Ends 1 In Tie for Seven Years | COLORADO SPRINGS, May 4.— For the last seven years regularly, | Colorado College and Western sme! College have split their two-game | basketball series, | This year C. 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