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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1939. POLLY AND HER PALS By CLIFF STERRETT WAL D'JA TELL BOSS 1 YER GETTIN' AR SEATTLE IS TOPS AGAIN, P.C.LEAGUE Los Angeles Given Wal- loping Twice Tuesday by San Diego (By Associated Press) Seattle moved back into first place in the Pacific Coast League Tues- day by taking a pair of games from Hollywood as San Diego spanked Los Angeles twice. Joe Gonzales pitched a six-hit shutout for San Diego in the opener and Lefty Al Olson, just one year out of the San Diego High School, pitcheda two-hitter in the eight in- ning nighteap. Hal Turpin held the Stars to nine hits in the opener while the Rain- iers hit three Hollywood twirlers for 15 safeties. Dick Barrett had an easy time in the second game, the Rainiers scoring five runs in the sixth inning. Sacramento took its second straight doubleheader to elimb into sixth place, beating San Francisco | twice yesterday. GAMES TUESDAY Pacific Coast League Portland 11, 11; Oakland 5, 5. Seattie 11, 13; Hollywood 4, 4. Sacramento 8, 4; San Francisco 1,2 Los Angeles 0, 2; San Diego 5, 3. National League Philadelphia 3, 6; Brooklyn 6, 8.! Cincinnati 7, 3; Pittsburgh 4, 4. New York 1, 2; Boston 3, 10. St. Louis 6, 2; Chicago 4, 3. American League Washington 3, 1; New York 2, 11. Boston 17, 18; Philadelphia 7, 12. Chicago 7, 7; St. Louis 3, 4. Cleveland 0, 0; Detroit 4, 0. Sec- ond game called at end of third in- ning on account of rain. GAMES MONDAY National League St. Louis 5; Chicago 3. Amerzcan League Cleveland 4; Detroit 2. Chicago 8; St. Louis 3. Pacific Coast League No games as teams traveling. STANDING OF CLUBS (Official to date) Pacific Coast League ... 56 40 55 42 . 49 44 . 46 47 46 50 41 50 e 43 53 . 39 49 Seattle Los Angeles .. San Francisco San Diego Oakland Sacramento Hollywood ... Portland .. 448 443 THURSDAY’'S TREAT | INSISTED ON YER SWELL IDEE, AISE 2 Won Lost National Levgue Won Lost 41 25 31 33 32 31 32 Pet. [ Pet. | 621 544 535 515 .508 492 | 462 | 2306 | Cincinnati New York Chicago St. Louis Brooklyn Pittsburgh Boston 30 35 Philadelphia 19 43 American League Won Lost 52 17 37 25 36 31 .37 32 .35 32 29 43 37 38 34 32 a1 Pet. 754 | 501 537 536 | 522 403 New York Boston Cleveland | Detroit : Chicago Washington Philadelphia 26 42 .382 | St. Louis . y 19 49 279 | Gastineau Channel League } (Second Half) Won Lost Pet.| Douglas 1 1 500 ; Moose 1 1 .500 Elks 1 1 500 | WEAVER-MCCANN FIGHT IS DRAW | MONDAY NIGHT Gotcher of Haines Is Sur-| prise-Whips Bigger | Man Easily 1 | We don't know exactly what to‘ say. We do know this much, how-‘ ever, about Monday night's Alaska: welterweight ‘title scrap—the judges | said it was a draw between Billy| “Cannon” McCann and Slugger| Weaver. | ! Purthermore, we know this. Tt| was the “lovin'est” serap we've ever | : seen, with every round a “solid|the curtain raiser of heavyweights, mass” of clinches where it would with big 200-pound Clyde Lewis tak- | be difficult to stay who was doing ing a bad mauling from Frank Got- | the “riding.” cher, Chilkoot Barracks soldier who To fans that boeed Harry Bar-|weighed in at onl]y ls;) pounds. Got- bola, finalist referee, while he was cher took a popular decision. having a mighty tough job parting| jack Trambitas and Soldier Goode, his charges, it would‘bve worth while | gnother Chilkoot boy, slugged it fur- backing up and realizing that here jously for six rounds until they! iwas a strange coincidence in ring|could hardly lift their gloves or ifl"fi‘“’fi m;fl :’h" flO'fi on tm‘nxh(i“shift their feet in a special event ing, who duck punches to evade|that was a popular draw. Both boys | | leather death and, who duck, like|were hit a good deal, but, satisfying | | good boxers, with the weight toward | the crowd, they seemed to enjoy | ‘!h='| opponelm- The rest;l!t Was, You | throwing gloves more than duckmg} had tw oclever punchers going|them, | | swiftly into close quarters, trading,| prontie Lambert used two rounds‘ ducking the traded gloves — and/ four to buteher. Bob . Serrano, \W‘;g‘e’;g ;gs“;n:“o:::;";‘n‘;‘; clineh. | tighting in the 1s-pound' lass and | winning on a technical. ambert | clinahnis U SMAATYERy afipgem;was definitely in the better condi- that Weaver, who has seen McCann | yi5, ang seemed to hit Serrano at |lay in long “murder shots” with| gy, brief openings, realized how neces-| = sary it was for him to come back | Best Of Fights | Sailor Bobby Kerr from the| in close as quick as possible, al- ia o g e though McCann usually prefers his | Haida, and Connie Luit, Juneau | man, fought six rounds to a draw | fights at short range. g 5. the “hist) tickits " of ABEL Anyway, it was a grand battle. °i"e o the - bept NETUE. O -SRRY Weaver took a blooded nose and | Ve ;‘3' Sy s B several stiff left jabs to the face,| Luft used his 8, 5 b stabbing | and once a bad right hook—but;“;‘;“d‘ t%a]d‘l/tamage, ‘;‘ mkxhe”‘s;\ with a second of rest in thé next|right and left crosses from Kerr i P back with tr |return. Both men showed glove clineh, ‘e camt HArk NIt g o0 | marks after it was all over, and previously. HE SAID IT WUZ A INSISTIN' I HAVE YER that sometimes gave McCann real worry. A less tough man than Weaver would not have gone the ten round route. Surprise Event Surprise event of the evening was Baked Turkey Loaf ‘ with CREAMED PEAS For Luncheon at the BARANOF HALF-TON GMC PRICES STACK UP WITH THE LOWEST Get the astonishing facts on General Motors Truck power and gas economy. Check them against the whole field and you'll find that no other truck gives so much for so little. @ OUTPULLS ANY %-TON @ SAVES MORE GAS @ BIGGER CABS © BIGGEST BODIES ® 4 SHOCK ABSORBERS CONNORS MOTOR CO., Inc. GME THUBK TRAILERS *DIESELS | heart and a rushing counter attack irade’ h. bie Bt wilh: U oromd, Unusual in the fight was the fact that neither man spent any time shooting body blows, but continually ‘threw all manner of pokes at the | face, desperately trying for knock- [out. | Kerr apparently lacked a knock-| out punch for the hardy Luft, and | | Luft missed too many left jabs as| Kerr rolled and let them go past his ear. All in all, it was a good fight |card, with a large crowd getting| |real enjoyment from the Roman| carnjval. | | Harry Barbola refereed the last | | two fights of the evening, and} | Sammy Nelson the first set-tos. | | Judges were Dan Ralston and e P Tony stopped at a doctor’s office tight. i e (AN NOW ALL HE'S GOTTA DO IS AS'T HIS WIFE IF HE SHOULD GIVE IT TO ME/ ate, Loc., Werkd cights reserved Louis Wins Technical Knockout Over Galento Two minutes and 29 seconds after the start of the fourth round, Tony Galento fell to the crushing blows of Joe Louis in their bout at the New York Yankee S tadium. on the ropes with Referee Arthur Donovan calling it a technical knockout for Louis. of the champion as he witnessed the result of a lightning series of lefts and rights unleashed a moment The photg shows the challenger hanging Note the coolness 26 REDS, PIRATES SPLIT DOUBLE GAME, FOURTH Yankees Dm; Twin Con- test with Senators on Lou Gehrig Day | (By Associated Press) Pittsburgh and Cincinnati split a| | doubleheader on the Fourth before | & crowd of 41,000, the season’s larg- |est in Pittsburgh. The Reds took | the opeper, scoring four times in | the first inning. The Pirates took { the second game as relief hurler | Ace Brown pitched his first full game, The Cubs, although getting only ten hits off four St. Louis pitchers, | | broke even in a doubleheader with | the Cards winning the second game in ten innings after dropping the| first. Relief Pitcher Morton Cooper won the opener for the Cubs. Hank Lieber of the Cubs got three | homers yesterday in three coccessive | times at bat. | The Dodgers dumped the Phillies twice on the Fourth. The season’s largest crowd, 61,000 | fans, saw the Yankees split with | the Senators on Lou Gehrig Day, honoring the retiring first baseman. | Buck Newsom limited the Indians to three hits as Detroit won the opener yesterday. The second game was rained out. e YACHTS | green Bowl to watch the thrills and MOTORCYCLISTS | STAGE THRILLING SHOW AT BOWL| Tourist Trophy Race, Bal- | loon Bust, Trick Rid- ing on Program | Putting on a show which many characterized as “the best event on the Fourth of July program,” the Gastineau Motorcycle Club yester- day drew a large crowd to the Ever- spills of races and stunts. ‘Winning team in the balloon bust consisted of Francis Doogan, driver, and Larry Fillinger, rider. J. R. Scott won the tourist trophy race, with Clarence Germane, second. \ Best trick riders weer adjudged to be Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fleek, with the team of Bert Whitfeld and Clarence Germane, second. Clifford M. Shearer was referee. Banquet The motorcyclists pooled their winnings, including a gallon of wine | donated by Percy Reynolds as a prize for the balloon bust, and held | a banquet last night at Percy’s Cafe, | with Mrs. A. W. Hoffman as the guest of honor. Shearer was Master | of Ceremonies. Motoreyclists attending the ban- quet were Miss Lois Stanton, Bert lWhl'.fleld. J. R. Scott, Larry Fil-| | linger, Jack Hussey, Mrs, Roy Hoff- | man, Francis Doogan, Lila Sinclair, George Abrahamson, Carl Omdahl, P PRS- HORSESHOE PITCHES \VIEWED YESTERDAY BY JUNEAU FANS Joe Werne} Wins for Secé ond Consecutive Year -Addleman Second Nosing out approximately 24 ops ponents, Joe Werner, for the secol consecutive year, pitched horsesh for first place honors in the f! match held yesterday at the Fi men's Ball Park. Orrin Addlemal won second place and third hon went to John Newmon. Tieing for first place with a score of four out of five, Werner al Addleman played off with the sc ending in 50 to 26, giving We top ranking. Winners of the preliminaries Art Hautala, Orrin Addleman, Js Werner, Phil Aldrich, John Newmi and Ed Laughlin. M The match was conducted by John Newmal 2 ket g VTSP RPRASARY | 3 Clarence CGermane, Owen Jenux& Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fleek, Hal Abrahamson, Charlotte Lane al Douglas McBride. o | S | SANITARY PLUMBING and' HEATING COMPANY W. J. NEIML, Owner Tel. 788 222 Willoughby Formerly Alfors Table when Control ELECTRIC SEWING MACHINE Cabinet Model Moderne Design Striped Walnut Finish Rotary Type Sewing Head Makes Beautiful Stand or not in use Complete with All Latest Attachments and Knee Price $78.00 @ HARRI MACHINE ARE RACING TO HAWAII SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 5—' Twenty-six yachts yesterday began America’s longest race, from Treas- ure Island to Hawaii. The contender Los Angeles is' the favorite and the Dorade, of San Francisco, is the defending champion. The fleet will keep in touch with the shore and other vessels as for the first time most of the boats are equipped with radio trans- mitters. 4 MEXICO DOWNED | BY AUSTRALIA IN DAVIS CUP SERIES MEXICO CITY, July 5.—Australia has completed a clean sweep in the | Davis Cup series with Mexico and \ is now moving on to meet the Phil- ! ippines in the second round. A LOT OF PROTECTION FOR A LITTLE More and more home-owners are coming to realize that fire is not the only hazard they have to worry about That's why so many are taking advantage of the “whole- © s, CO. M. & sale” protection afforded by the Extended Coverage En- dorsement, which covers damage by windstorm, hal, explosion, falling aircraft, “wild” vehicles, riot and smoke. You'll be amazed to learh how little it costs. Office—New York Life SHATTUCK AGENCY Telephone 249 000 D The first thing Tony Galento did unon returning to his Orange, N. J,, beer parlors was colleect the day’s receipts of $235. En route from his crushing defeat in New York at the hands of Joe Louis, champion, and had 23 stitches taken in his wounds, and unofficially he also got $42,141.37 for his part in the | Jules Adams, while Dr. W. W. Coun- cil was timekeeper. Swims 288 " Miles; Fast Time Made Another Maich ‘ For Boxer, ‘ Right Affer Fight Nick Trambitas, the fighter, can take it. An hour after fighting a fast and furious draw with Soldier Goode on the boxing card Saturday night, Nick woke up U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray at his home in Douglas to marry Trambitas to Miss Edith GLENDIVE, Montana, July 5.—| Dora Spaulding of Auk Bay. Clarence Giles, 220-pound six-foot Nick, who wrote his name Jack four inches, has completed a 288| Nicholas Trambitas on the license mile swim down the Yellowstone | application, had for a best man an- River from Billings, Montana, in| other fighter who fought a draw on 77% hours and claims the world's|the Juneau Boxing Club program, record for -fresh water marathons.| Billy McCann, the headliner. Miss The course is treacherous and Spaulding was attended by Ernes- rocky. tine Tyler. ————— p SRR IRt l Empire Want Ads Bring Results, Empire Want Ads Bring Results, BIBLIOPHILE WHO AIDED WICKERSHAM | VISITING ALASKA Hugh A. Morrison, of Washing- ton, D. C, who assisted Judge James Wickersham in compiling his | bibliography of Alaska books, is spending a few days in Juneau on| his first visit to Alaska, which he knows thoroughly by reputation though not until now at“first hand. Morrison, now a cataloguer of pri-| vate libraries, was Assistant Super-| intendent of the House of Repre- sentatives reading room in the Li- hyary of Congress until recently. | His wifg accompanies him on his| trip to Alaska. They are registered | at the Baranof. D “The Book ALASRA, Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00, | K-I-N-Y 6:30 Thnight Thursday an Friday Revised and i R