The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 3, 1939, Page 5

TITLE SCRAP | FIGHT CARD ONTONIGHT Weaver-MEa_nn Will Go 100 Rounds for 140-lb. Championship, Alaska Tonight at 8 o'clock Juneau fight fans will invade the Coliseum Theatre to watch Billy McCann and Slugger Weaver go 10 rounds in a battle for the junior welter- weight title of Alaska. In & card replete with plenty of potential knockdowns and blood- shed, ven boxers will cavort for the entertainment of Fourth of July celebrators in the Capital City. The top rung event promises io be a mittfest of unusual propor- tions as the two scrappers come in at ringside with Weaver weigh- ing 136 and McCann 142, In addi- tion the two men appear almost equal In ability and condition. The younger Billy, as the chal- lenger, will climb through the ropes with an age advantage while the canny Weaver offsets with his 12 years of professional ring ex- perience. For the past six weeks *both men have been building up to be in the pink and also in the have | same length of time they - been gradually developing healthy dislike one for the other. Slugger is outspoken in his in- tention to pour out the sleeping potion in the early stages of the fight. “This is one scrap that will be no draw, he declares, “either I will cool McCann or its the count HOWDY, SAMBO, Y'OLE SNAKE! for me. Anyhow I am fairly cer- cin of coming out on top. I am a pug with experience who has ! come up the hard way while Mc- Cann is a training camp accessory and where he has had 52 fights I | can’t count the number under my "belt.” Both Weaver and MeCann own titles. Slugger aniexing a fly- weight crown in Washington back in 1928 and also the present un- disputed welter champ in Alaska. McCann holds a crown garnered off ,Jule Trolle, Canadian 145 pound | trophy owner. Betting odds on the fight figure at about 5 to 4 on | Mccann, J 4 Round Opener There are no curtain raiser bouts in this card. Warfare starts with two big tough boys sniping through 4 rounds in the opening bout. This should be one of the best of the evning. Clyde Lewis, a 200 pounder, | Stranger, Bob Serrano. will tangle with a rival inserted through necessity, Frank Gotcher, 180 pound heavyweight. Gotcher was originaiiy scheduled to meet Trambitas but due to a misunderstanding as to his weight it was found necessary to make the switch and, plapce him against Lewis. “ On paper Lewis figures to win as he has garnered some 25 wins \while fighting heavy in Montana, but he is up against one tough hombre in this Gotcher. Accord- ing to information from his soldier friends Gotcher is born mean and a real give and take scrapper. In any event he is not hesitant in saying he'll “beat this guy”. Luft vs. Sailor Kerr Connie (Speed) Luft and Sailor Kerr will step throgh 6 rounds in |a semi-final event. These boys need no introduction as they put on one of the roughest scraps in a local ring last year. Kerr has been outside' for the past month and has lined up on three cards. A boy who doesn’t usually get riled Kerr | brecht and Eddie Judson THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1939. LONG TIME NO SEE. ) 1 BET THAT BOY O' YOURN'S BIG ENUFF T'BE WEARNN' YER OLD SUITS BY NOW, EH, BERT?2 actually rises to the bait when Luft's name is brought up. Luft beat Kerr last year but there is a certain opinion around town that things will be different this time. Without a doubt this should be an excellent fight, as is any scrap in which the tough Luft appears. Trambitas and Goode Jack Trambitas, who springs from a family of champions, meets Sol- dier Goode in a special Trambitas has trained down to top shape as indicated by the fact of his dropping from 168 to 153 to be in fighting trim. Jack is a popular boy in Juneau and will have the support of the house against the soldier, and Goode says he'll need it. Montie Lambert from North Da- kota will trade leather for the first time in Juneau against another Both men weigh in around 145. Lambert is McCann's sparring mate and has been hard at it for the past two months. Of all the boys in the ring tonight he will probably stack up in the best shape. Sponsored by the Juneau Boxing Club and promoted by E. F. and L. W. Link this bout gives assurances of being the highlight on the Fourth of July program for Juneau. Fight Officials Local men interestea in the pm-' motion of boxing in the city will serve as officials. Chief of Police Dan Ralston and John Adams will be Judges, Dr. W. W. Council wil! handle the ring gong. Roy Hoff- man, veteran announcer will again act in that capacity tonight. Referees will be Sammie Nelson, a former popular fighter in Juneau, and Harty Barbola, a rosin duster from the states in the heavyweight division, who will himself appear on a card in Juneau at some fu- ture date. Al Rhodes, Tom Cole, Bob Al- event. | f ELKSTAKE RED SUITS BY8T0?2 Second Half Series Even as Lodgemen Hold Early Game Runfest “Shavey” Koski pitched shut-out ball against Douglas until the sev- enth irning when walks and errors let the first of Douglas’ two tallies get in, and the Elks won the nine- inning contest, 8 to 2, tieing all three league teams in the second half, Gribble began hurling work for Douglas, but was relieved in the second inning by Dave Turner, after the Elks had garnered six runs. Molly MacSpadden hit his second home run of the season in the first inning with Bud Foster aboard, driving a high one over center- field fence to score the first runs | for the Elks. Douglas tried a rally in the ninth into the nignis activinies as han- dlers and seconds. Tickets are on sale at the Tri- angle, Imperial, New York Tavern, Alaskan Bar, and Baranof Cigar Stand. The box office at the Col- iseum will be open at 5 o'clock this afternoon. All seats are re- served and indications are that) they are getting a heavy call. | Should the unexpected happen a | good substitution in the pe n of one, Jca Riley, is available, Riley, a CCC boy, weighs 170 pounds and is a comer in the rough and | ill enter i tough division By CLIFF STERRETT inning wien Koski walked Grant Koshak( If. and things began to look dangerous Foster, 3b. for the Elks, but even pinch-hit- MacSpadden, 1b. ting Manager Andrews couldn't Addleman, c. come through, and the Islanders | Peterson, ss. were only able to score one more | Russell, rf. g Havlic, rf. Errors, for some reasou or other,] Gray, rf. were plentiful, but a' crowded grand- | Hautala, 2b. stand enjoyed a good game. | Koski, p. In the first game yesterday, be- gun early in the afternoon, fans | saw a really good ball game be-| tween the destroyers Tucker and Case, the Tucker hurler setting the Case down with three hits and a lone run while his team-mates batted in three tallies. Box score for the Douglas-Elks game, and the summary, is as fol- lows: Totals DOUGLAS Grant, c. Turner, ss-p. Erskine, 1f.-ss. | McKay, 1b. | Gribble, p.-rf. Niemi, cf. Jensen, If. Roller, 2b. Manning, 3b. *Andrews Totals < w SRS Pl SR Box Score AB R H PO A B R TR T ELKS Ellensburg, cf. S RIS T T Empwws coorm~rononEmo | nooo MM | 33| cwococor5S L ob~oe Eoomor » You Can Go From the Golden Gate to the Perisphere but—— YOU WILL NOT FIND A MORE DELICIOUS PACKAGED ICE CREAM THAN THE FAMOUS - - - - - blue basket Summary Stolen bases—Grant, Turner. Jen- sen (2) Koshak, MacSpadden; Er- rors, Turner 1, McKay 3, Roller 1, Koshak 1, Foster 1, Hautala 1 ki 1; sacrifice hit, Ellensburg; home run, MacSpadden; two-base hits, Niemi, Addleman (2); hit by pitched ball, by Gribble, (Ellensburg); t on balls, off Gribble 1, Turner 1 Koski 6; runs batted in, McKay MacSpadden 2, Koshak 2, Fosterr 2 Koski 1, Addleman 1; left on bases, Douglas 11, Elks 6; earned runs Douglas 2, Elks 5; 6 runs, 4 hits off Gribble in 1 2-3 innings; 2 runs, 5 Kos- 5 hits off Turner in 6 1-3 inning; 2 runs 8 hits, off Koski in 9 innings; struck out, by Gribble 2, Turner 7, Koski 9; passed ball, Grant 1; wild pitch, Koski 2; charge defeat to Gribble; credit ylptory to Keski Umpires—Shat, Iffert Time of game—2 hours 5 minutes, IO - ot SANITARY PLUMBING and HEATING COMPANY W. J. NEIML, Owner . 788 Willoughby Formerly Alfors 27 . 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