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

POLLY AND HER PALS SNIFE -SNIFF ==+ SMELLS AS THOUGH SOMETHING WERE CO! IN HERE / SEATTLE IS LOSERFOR 2ND TIME —_— Los Angeles Held fo Three | e IT'S JESS YER PA'S OKING PIPE, POLLY Ruth’s Record Is Safe as | Hitters Harvest Woeful Home Run Crop This Season THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1939. : By CLIFF STERRETT R -+ AN'" ANGEL HE READI A Indians, Red Sox Split Con- LOST HIS N'-GLASSES FILLED HIS BOX UP BREAKFAST FOOD!/ ‘Copr_ 1919, King Featume Syndhcate, I . World eghts TOBACCO WITH ROOKIE ACE LOSES HIS FIRST GAME DOUGLAS | NEWS | | DISCOUNT OF FIVE PERCENT | IS AVAILABLE TO TAXPAYERS | Douglas City Council at a spec- | fal meeting held after adjournment |of the Board of Equalization last night decided to allow property owners the usual five percent dis- Dizzy's Arm ” Is Examined; Not So Bad CHICAGO, Aug. 3.—The Chica- ‘Wherever you are; whatever you’ doing, delicious WRIGLEY'S Spearmint Chewing Gum helps give you that alert, vivacious feel- ing your friends and family admire. The healthful action of chewing helps freshen your mouth; aids your digestion and assists you to velax. Chew dclicious WRIGLEY’S Spearmint Gum to help strengthen your teeth and gums, too. The action of chewing removes the food particles that lodge between your teeth and help cause decay. In addi- tion, it gives your teeth and gums the beneficial, natural exercise they need and that dentists recommend. WRIGLEY’S Spearmint Gum hel| sweeten your e the lasting flavor come garden mint leaves. Buy several packages today and always keep a supply handy. Remember, WRIGLEY’S Spearmint is a great favorite with children, too. . c h count this year again for prompt go Cubs’ physician, Dr. John Davis, y Hifs as Sacramenfo | | fests-Pirafes Crush sount, i e wosin for promat sudied new x-ay pieares of 0| WIRIGLEY’S SPEARMINT GUM Wins Dodgers rate allowed by law of 20 mills on the dollar made the rate and decided that nothing is serious- Enjoy this refreshing +reat daily. .Millions do..On sale everywhere g | ! was ly wrong. | ] | charged. If all taxes be discounted ~Dr. Davis said there were some| .dindihdindi i A (By Associated Press) (By Associated Press) the saving to those affected will pulled tissues in the shoulder| oy SRR With Dick Newsome registering | his first victory in a Padre uniform, | San Diego last night defeated the Seattle Indians for the second] his first defeat of the season in- men‘rvl( that the five percent re- straight time. Newsome was aided | stead of his thirteenth victory as duction would be justified. Octo- series with the Philadelphia Phil- by four double plays. | the Detroit Tigers won. Schoolboy ber 12 was set as the final dis- liés. San Francisco evened the series Rowe went the distance for the Ti- count date and after that date Dean pitched three innings against ut e with Oakland last night by winning behind the four-hit pitching of Ed Stutz. Portland made it two straight over Hollywood on Harry Rosen- berg's single, scoring Pitcher Bill ever seen in the Yankee Stadium. night with only two or three dis- the injury that has kept him on P' He ] Thomas in the ninth inning last He caught a terrific fly in the out- |senters having come before it dur- ‘D€ sidelines. l(lll( - night. field while on a dead run. The ing the entire session. No reduc- _ 1h€ Teport from the physician Tom Seats was in rare form last batter was Hank Greenberg. tion was made in any assessment S3d that If all goes well the tissues night, allowing the Los Angeles Split Doubleheader while 2 minimum assessment of Vil heal rapidly and he can re- team only three hits for a Sacra- mento victory. Boston Red Sox split a duoble head- resident not otherwise on the tax i 3 4 er yesterday. Cleveland won the roll. About 50 names were thus | GAMES WE ESDAY opener 8 to 2 and dropped the sec- included among those who regu- Pacific Coasi League Seattle 2; San Diego 7. San Francisco 5; Oakland 2. Los Angeles 1; Sacramento 6. Portland 6; Hollywood 5. National League Brooklyn 0; Pittsburgh 6. New York 12; Cincinnati 2. Boston 3; St. Louis 4. American League Detroit 7; New York 2. St. Louis 1; Washington 2. Cleveland 8, 4; Boston 2, 5. Chicago 2; Philadelphia 1. Disaster caught up yesterday with the Yankee's rookie pitching ace,! Atley Donald, and he was handed' gers and allowed only seven hits. Donald was relieved by Chandler in the sixth inning. In the ninth in- ning, Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees made one of the greatest catches The Cleveland Indians and the ond game 5 to 4. A seven run rally| in the fifth inning salted away the first game for the Indians. Jimmy Foxx of Boston clouted his 28th| homer of the season in the sixth inning. The Red Sox staged an uphill fight to win the second game behind the effective relief pitching | of Joe Heving. Heving held the| Indians scoreless while his mates scored two runs in the sixth and two in the eighth. \ Washington Wins Again | By winning yesterday’s game, Washington made it two straight amount to about $320, and while the city needs all the money it can get, Mayor Kilburn and Council- property owners will not only lose the rebate but will have to pay a penalty of 10 percent. The Board of Equalization con- cluded its labors by 9 o'clock last $100 was made against each male larly have borne the various mun:- cipal expenses. | - - ' TINGUISHERS FIRE F | HOOL AUTHORIZED FOR Fire Chief Pusich, appearing be- ' fore the Council last evening, was authorized to purchase three fire extinguishers for the school build- ing; a Foamite for the furnace room, and an acid-soda chemical for each of the upper two floors. They are to be placed secured be- fore school reopens next month. | muscles but the injury need keep him from working. Diz will be back in uniform to- day when the Cubs resume their not the Phillies Tuesday and complained to manager Hartnett that his arm pained him worse than at any time this year. It was feared that he might be suffering a recurrence of sume his place on the mound. .- Teniplelon | Gefs Leave PALO ALTO, Cal, Aug. 3.—Rob- ert Lyman “Dink” Templeton, Stan- ford University track and field coach, has obtained a leave of ab- sence for one year. - R HOT AT KETCHIKAN Win a Race Office B b | Last Thursday it was hot in Ket- HOSE COMPANIES MEET | chikan—temperature registering 72 Regular monthly meeting of the degrees at 1:20 o'clock in the after-| over St. Louis as Dutch Leonard pitched 4-hit ball for his eleventh victory of the season. | STANDING Or CLUBS (Official to date) Pacific Coast League ice home By The AP Feature Se BOSTON, Aug. 3. — The BILLY MISKE Won Lost Pet.| § . g s Giants Schellack Reds } 4 noon. Tt Abaia’ o 3 s S run hitters have cooled nff this sea-| + gy _1Douglas Fire Department will be he previous day the tem- ‘ ¥ Seattle . LR L 92| on and baseball men can't explain SIRUIS STUFF The Giants humbled Cincinnati|nelq this evening at the Fire Hall Perature was 73, ! \ ‘- Los Angeles .71 56 E why. | again yesterday on the 5-hit pitch- 3 | ! 47 K « San Francisco 64 58 521 3 it ing of Bill Lohrman who also got| CHILDRE) | The Book ALASKA, R STRAIG“T berg of 8 | “HIL N VACCINATED | , Revised and Sacramento 61 58 .513:[h‘: Iieoa‘:wi&i: vlv‘:iml:arg;:;nm;gbnll ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 3.—Billy 2 double and two gingl.es, ‘bagclng} Under the direction of the Terri- Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00, BOURBON e 88, 6. ezt et & Gistirbing clip and Miske, of &6 Paul, son of the late in four suns “The Giants plao SeLorial. Health - Offigs 17 "or 1816 — R - 32 A |there was talk that George Her- boxer of thp A a0 é‘;i‘w":vglaf e . enoq. . Dltchers PeIOT) Douglas children were given the | For Your Friday Luncheon WHISKEY 3 man Ruth’s prodigious poking re- Went ten fas 150 2 B | benefit of local public health serv- w ,, IlollywoodN i ”f: :x 432 00 of 60 homers would be shat- Billy Gillespie of Stoney Lake, Wis- Pirl;‘!,reasl:zt (:e}:eavn;sym down |1ce With vaccination against small- Braised Short Ribs THE WHISKEY WITH "NO ROUGH EDGES a ormWon"“h'»st Ppet, tered. [T O on the Dodgers' hopes of getting POX here yesterday afternoon. !| OF BEEF and SPAGHETTI Cincinnati . .60 32 652, Hankus-Pankus came closer than| into the first division, shutting them | Ozzr:nr{;we:lhwas as;:lstfi gy I\giss at fhe BARANOF } il MEEELE 4 ; t. Loui: .50 42 543 |any clouter has come in many a out on the 5-hit pitching of Joe| P JOLE, . Weanesaty { . . i . © Ghidago 50 45 526 year but he struck a famine stretch Doviman. The rejuvenated sngger, Of DOt week they will return to' ), ,) There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising Pittsburgh ... 47 43 522 in the last fortnight of the cam- Chuck Klein, banked out a homer check results of the treatments. - St RS New York 46 46 500 | paign and wound up with 58 round-| 'I'H in the third with Arky Vaughn on| = e o S Brooklyn ........ 45 46 495 trippers. [ third base. The Pirates scored four| Mrs. Jack Warner and daughter Boston ‘42 50 457| Jimmy The Foxx was also a-slug- runs in the third frame. Luke Ham- | Aleta left last night on the Este- Phumdelphiu. 26 62 295 | ging the agate, pressing closely on Io (Allfok“lA lin started on the mound for the|beth for Tenakee Springs to enjoy Amefl;; League i Hank’s shirt tails, and over in the Dodgers, but was replaced by Vito two_ or three weeks of vacation Won Lost Pet. ‘ National League Ival Goodman was | perhveiy . ‘Tamulis in the third. outing. | New York ... 66 28 702 | going strong. H H 3 —— | Boston 58 35 624| But this year they've all cooled MISS Falrbanks commg by 1 Chicago . 54 42 563 off. _Mi i Th l t + Cleveland 49 4 527! Their slow pace isn’t causing the Plane ‘0 Juneau MISS | : e mml‘ ance Detroit ... 50 46 521! Babe any worry as he slugs golf | | j ‘Washintgon .. 41 57 418 | balls down the fairways and spends | A|aSka On Sfeamel’ Philadelphia .34 59 366 | his evenings smoking stogies and 0 St. Louis R S | .280 | clipping coupons. , There's a queen coming. In fact, Gastineau Channel League As the major league race moved two queens, and theyre going to (Second Half) {into the last week of the July 1ap j04ct" Alaska through the States. 1 S A v ' N G Won TLost Pet,|Foxx was out front in the home " np ™ moiwanks (comely Jane Douglas 5 2 714|run derby with 10. Greenbers Was|;orq0n daughter of Representative i Elks . 4 2 667/ @ belt behind. Ted Williams of the Frank 'SA Gordon, Interior mer- Moose . 1 6 143/ Red Sox had 16. And, in the Na- s o o boccenger A tional loop, Johnny Mize of the | Cardinals had 18 and Mel Ott of e e | the Giants 16. e er an | At this rate the home run cham- | pions of the year won’t havé many more than 30. It is doubtful that \ |any of them can break Babe's - InBaseball = This time last year both Green- berg and Foxx had around 30 four- basers. A DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 3. — The/ g nd Goodman boasted some first six months of this year saw|™joe npivagpio who is hittin . % 2 g the Mickey Cochrane making $50.000 in| pay for 5 higger average than he his new job, while his highest salary | a5 ever owned before, isn’t hit- in baseball was $40,000 a year. | ting homers at anywhere near his Jimmy Dykes Is | this just isn't a home-run year. | Perhaps home run years run in cy- Offered Contract For Next 2 Years CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 3.—Jimmy Dykes, under whose leadership the Chicago White Sox changed from | a second division club to a battling | first division team, has been of- fered a new 2-year contract. | - e | HAS NEW PRESS | The Ketchikan Chronicle is now | printed on a new press—a Goss Comet, producing eight pages at| one time, the same as The Empire | on Ms Duplex press. | - e “Alaskana” by Marie Drake at all book stores, 50 cents, Browns Ge cles. — - \ Ouffielder ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3.—The St.l Louis Browns announce that they| had acquired the veteran American | League outfielder, Julius Solters, on/ waivers from Cleveland. Solters will join the Browns in| Cleveland. He wili step into the! lineup immediately in the place of | the injured rookie, Joe Gallagher. Solters was traded to Cleveland by | St. Louis in 1938. i | Pacific Alaska Airways plane ar- | riving in Juneau this afternoon. The other queen is Miss Alaska, | blonde and attractive Irene Reen- | strom of Seward, arriving here, it is believed, aboard the southbound steamer Mt. McKinley tomorrow night. According to advices from Fair- i banks this morning, a large dele- | gation of friends and general Fair- | banks boosters were at the Golden | Heart airport to bid adieu to Miss | Gordon when she boarded the Electra this morning for Juneau. | The two queens will join forces 'here and invade Seattle on their | way to the Sourdough Internation- al Reunion at Oakland, Cal, Aug-! ust 17, then ‘take over” at the San Francisco Exposition. 1 And like true Alaskan queens ; should do in this day and age, the | two lasses will go by plane from | Seattle to California. CUSTOMS MEN T INSPECT PORTS Collector of Customs J. J. Con- nors and Deputy M. H. Sides are leaving tonight on the steamer North Sea to inspect ports of Southeast Alaska. 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