The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 2, 1939, Page 5

(anloneri ! U.S. Liner Picks U ])7Cr(",u*s, Sub-Attacked Ships blasted th d € aam- fight by a knock- Dav thr cale and the Tony four tipping ghed e-quarters pounds at 143 pounds. - Try an Empire ad. | outwe ing from its flaming pe go is the French tanker ch was rescued by the United States liner President Hard- eronspool, Settling into the Atlantic with oil smoke pou V. Emili> Miguet, a Nai sub victim, crew of w ing. On her way o the Miguet, the Harding also picked up the crew of the British ta | another sub victim. Later a storm of hurricane proportions hit the President Harding, injuring 73 aboard. | A cabin boy was lost overboard in the storm. | A n HowfoSee '~ Grid Game dive in there's a possibility that he through their und t a tcuchdown Pass Defense 1l learn about watching n spot by lineman. It's pretty to watch posely offered little guy zooms through mto the off tery ive backfield. But just abo ime he s 1gratuls and looking around the ball- carrier he gets a terrific block frem an unexpected source. To add to our victim's chagrin the ball ometimes moves right spot left undefended by through tactics. Pur- S fended resistance. You just [ their potential them and break up the toss, trying to keecp d offensive threat f tting s aye between them and the goal There's more than the bali-carrier — A0 S in the offensive backfield, too. Glue Switching & your ¢ on a spot a few yards You can see a team quickly pehind center. Then just wait. You'll switch power from one side cf the see the ball come back. Maybe youw'll line to ancther and attack before gee the quarterback produce a sneaky the defenders e time to get set d while the enemy may This results in an unbalanced line. od youw'll know whether the In a swift shift the left guard V. quarterback y gave the ball to crosses behind center to the r another back or whether he kept it side of the line. This gives the at- himself. tacking squad extra manpower You'll deception that point of attack. makes play How the quarter- Some teams back fakes the ball to a halfback guards an and then slips it to an end on the Watch ely old end-around maneuver. How a wheel out of t passer tries tc fake a run before he ward the flan passes the ball. How a defensive econdary defen: team is caught unawares by a quick Occasionally kick your glasses on the defensive You'll enjoy football ba jeld. Then as the ball is fsll if you remember that you miss snapped. you'll see the offensive a lot by just watching the ball advance guard sweep into the de- fensive ckfield and “take out” possible tacklers in the path of th bail-carrier. On pass plays it several dec y from the by eivers an ym his smash Just taste our own ) A (Assc ted Press Feaure) Joshua Q. Spectator and Miss Amanda Fan miss a lot of football if they keep their eyes on the ball |all the time And maybe they feel very proud | when they plunk themselves down | smack on the 56-yard line. But some gridiron galleryites will tell them these are the worst sezats in the house. The chaps who “scout” rival grid teams say you get a better line cn a ball club while sitting behind the goal posts with field glasses to your eyes. You'll find football more inter- esting and improve your knowledge of how touchdowns are made if you forget the ball for a few plays. Pick out a tackle and watch him Backs can't lug the pi a solid mass of human Someone has to open a hole through the opposing forward wall |for the ball-car That's the tackle's job, d at times by i the end or the guard flanking him Tackle Works getting the jump on his rival, defensive e tackle dumps him into a sitting | fullback who generally tion to the right or the left feet behind their line! depending on which direction the - share of the tackles play going. Before the enemy tch them as the play starts. Ob- warri can untangle himself the them as they make quick ball-carrier is away. judgment of what's comi They've On some plays either the end or | got to decide whether to make & the guard assist the tackle in|swift dive through their line and smothering a rival. This is known tackle the ball-carrier before he as double-teaming. gets under way or whether to lay Then there's the mousetrap, built | back ¢ it for him. He'll make , over-anxious fipu' up by the Wilken Family that's been distilling 53 years! gmmm at the go. see of their runner, use one interference and yo him ° line, slide out to- nd bowl over a rival should train you Home to Mother o st 1 e nteresting to oys draw de- actual re- center and stand a make a You can ass >r serve At your favorite Restaurant and Package Store ed Whiskey 86.8 Proof. 75% Grain Neu- wal Spirits. Copyright 1939, The Wilken Family, Wic., Aladdin, Schenley P. O., Pennsylvanie | to catch the unw James Curley, 9, is enthnsiaatieplly greeted by his mother as he arrives at Port Washington, N. Y., tgy clip- per plane. He had lived with his grandmother in Ireland for past seven years, but was brought back to United States because of the war. “Empire Want Ads Bring Results. Y LARGE IRONING SURFACE J HEAT CONTROL * NOOILING = s FLOATING SHOE % CONVENIENT KNEE CONTROL 7 % IRONS AND PRESSES ALL MATERIALS : BROADCAST JOINT FEATURE SERVICE ON THE AIRI By The Daily Alaska Empire and KINY € days every week at 12:30 p.m. See General Tlectrice First ALASKA ELECTRIC LiGHT & POWER CO. POLLY AND HER PAL 8:15 a.m. 7:00 p.m. QGUESS IT WUz JESS ONE OF OUR. NEIGHBORS LEMME FINISH. TH' POINT IS TH' FELLER STUCK HIS NOSE UP AN' RETURNED MY, GREETIN'/ more this ® | game if we can k 1COSMOS NOSE . OUT GROCERS | | | | Caliic 1 Grocery and Cosmo- | politans were the only Commercial | League bowlers kegling at the Bruns wick las ht, and the Cosmopoli- tans siretched themselves to win three and total, averaging | well over 500 for all three gam | Ugrin rnia Grocery the however, markit ame of Cali high tally are Percy’ nal Corp winier Beer rolls Brur s roll California | tomorrow | wick and | Groce | Last nigi | Cosmopolitans | Mor 210 | Hildinger 174 | Rayela cores are as {oliows 136 188 212 g 536—1603 | h | ) 158— 435 152 441 198— 592 Bavard 5081468 24 72 | Totals | Handicap Totals 5321540 'MORE GRIDDERS WANTED; GOLD BOWL FOOTBALL Two SquadS nge to Build‘ Three Teams Each to Lessen Strain The head coaches of the Sour- doughs and Baranof Bears foot- ball squads, which will meet on Thanksgiving Day in Alaska’s first annual Gold Bowl champoniship, teday issued a call for additicnal players. s explained that while both squads have more than sufficient men for practice scrimmage pur- poses, there still is an insufficient number to build up an reserve for the actual game IN THRILLER adequate | NOW —Forthe First Time! B. M. RED CROSS ROLL CALL TO START Appeal fo—rplembership Is Voiced by Many Prominent People (Continued from Page One’ “What both coaches want is three | teams so there will be no physical strain on any one " explained Tom Dyer, Sour- | doughs’ coach. “In a game of this sort, where we I ¢ had so short |a time to get the boys into com- plete training i to physi- cal fitnes and football ability, we shall be able to provide a better, faster and higher grade ) our men fresh as fauch of the time as possible Additional players are requested to report to Jim O'Neill at the Bar- anof cigar stand within the next 48 hours, and men thus comply- ing ‘with the call can be assured of a regular berth on each squad and full recognition of their con- tribution to this charity sports event with the presentation of gold footballs which are to be presented to each member of both squads at a banquet and dance to be given in honor of the players soon after Thanksgiving. B. B. CZARILL CHICAGO, Nov. said today that Baseball Comm sioner Landis will return to his desk in about a week. | Landis is in a Chicago hospital undergoing a complete physical | checkup. * SEEK DIVORCE RENO, Nevada, Nov. 2.—A divorce | suit has been filed in the case of |Thelma Remsburg vs. Remsburg, of Anchorage, Alaska. O ¥ 0. M. SULLIVAN ON LEAVE; TRAVELING O. M. Sullivan, one of the two Deputy Collectors of Internal Reve- nue for Alaska, is now on leave of absence in the States, according to Deputy Collector Wesley Overby who returned to Juneau yesterday from headquarters at Tacoma. With his wife, Sullivan is touring the East. They will return to Ju- neau after the first of the year. - Empire classitieds bring results. By C TH ful at playe: Kenneth | |call. I ask all individual Legion- paires to join through their Red Cross chapters, November 11-30." Humanitarian Ideals atement of Archbishop Cant- wel! “The limits of the worth of this rganization are set only by the e tent of the needs they supply. It is the act of expression of all our humanitarian id It restores to the people the of human nature, In the disaster: of nature it gives the comfort o | practical help to persons who can- not help themselves.” Statement of Bishop Mead: “The work of the American Rec Cross is worthy of all support and interest on the part of every hu- man being on earth, as it is de- signed to aid and help anyone ir need because of emergency or un- expected disaster, and it renders this help without discrimination of race, |eclor or condition of servitude. | “The world needs just such man- ifestations of helpfulness as the | American Red Cross gives at this | time, when we realize that all men should be and should act as broth- ers toward one another.” Statement of Rabbi Gerstenfeld: “The American Red Cross aids disaster victims, patrols our rural | frontiers with public health nurses; its first aiders and life savers act intelligently when accident occurs; |its volunteers work tirelessly tc | clotthe the needy. I urge everyone t ojoin this Society during its an- |nual roll call, so that this great !work may continue full strength.’ B ARMISTICE CLOSIN " OF STORES UNDER ; DISCUSSION HERE Whether or not Juneau mer- chants will close their stores on Armistice Day will be determined this week by a Chamber of Com- merce committee. It has been the custom for several years past for stores to close in observance of the holiday, but since the Armis- tice anniversary falls this year on a Saturday there gestion that stores remain open. Thanksgiving is to he througl jus doz LIFF STERRETT EY NEVER RETURNS ANYTHIN' I ssential kindliness At has been a sug-| observed | hout Alaska on November 23, | n days after Armistice. L NEW “Ludgel” HOSE * PHOENIX BSe pair DOUBLE VITA Scld eniy in Juneau at BEHRENDS CO. INCE 1887 ” QUALITY S i —————————— they insisted. was Opie's . “But we heard six,” “Three were echoes, retort the originator the originated goifer joke. quick OPIE READ ~ DIES TODAY ~ INCHICAGO Last of Pioneer American Literary Line, Pass- es Away (Continued riumi aage One) War War Civil Civil the the of of “That fellow,” he said, “is a Civil War golfer,” and when asked to explain replied: “He went cut in 61 and came back in 65." noted for the Opie Read of Tenne, themselves himself a in of the who Born stature dwarfed sesans glants a state its men, majority imagined Yet he called mere child in comparison” with his own long-limbed relatives. As illustration he enjoyed telling the story of a mountaineer relative who went into politics and was \asked to make a stump speech. “’i “But they didn’t put him on a PN | stump,” Mr. Read insisted, “the found time outside its edit u-iul\“h“,_ 5‘ hole for him to stand m."y duties to sketch southern life for| pe was the author of “Len Gan- most of the prominent magazines|g.i~ in 1888; “A Kentucky Colo- of the country and to write afne) " 18g9; “Emmett Bonlore,” 1891; | score of books A Tennessee Judge,” 1893; “Wives { the Prophet,” 1894; “The Juck- lins,” 1895; “My Young Master,” 1896; “Bolanyo,” 1897; “Old Ebe- | neze 1898; “Waters of Caney ! For! 1899; “On the Suwanee 1900; “A Yankee from the 1900; “In the Alama,” 1900; Elbridge,” 1900; “The Car- (with Frank Pixiey) Starbucks, an and Benham took their Chicago. Then Read'’s paper prolific Lure of Gol® Advancing age rent to the “princ st med no deter- of story tellers.’ 76 he wrote “The Gold Gauz Veil,” which his publishers called \is best work. The story, opening n the Civil War days, was re- ;arded as Mr. Read's autobiogra- ohy. In it he told of the lure of ;0lf that had held his enthusiasm or long. Mr. Read was born December 22, 1852, at Nashville, Tenn, the soungest of ten children of Guil- ord and Elizabeth Wallace Read. He was reared through his boyhood n his father’s plantation at Gal-| latin, On June 30, 1881, he married | Miss Ada Benham, sister of his sartner. They had three sons, Philo, Leslie and Guilford, and three iaughters, Mrs. Harriet Blue, Mrs. Elaine Green and Enid Ada Read. The last named died at the age of 24. “Judge pet-bagge 1901 | Amer. ," 1905; jof the Swordmaker,” 190¢ |Lim Jucklin,” 1905; “Turkey-Egg Griffin,” 1905 and “The Mpystery of Margaret,” 1907. s S WOMAN INJURES HAND IN DOOR AT FEDERAL BLDG. he A bloody injury to her hand was ) suffered yesterday by Mrs. Minnie Barbich, Native, when her arm was caught in one of the heavy front | doors of the Federal Building. The driver of a taxi in which Mrs, Barbich came to the building opened ekr the door for her and went back to playing in Texas when his ball' g cap Instead of passing through, rolled into a trap. The other gol(-‘ however, Mrs. Barbich clung to the ers waited on the far side of the! ooy until it jammed on her hand. bunker until Read came puffing The injury was treated at the Ju= over the top. neau Medical and Surgical Clinic, “How many did you take back > there, Opie?” they asked The Book ALASKA, Revised and “Three,” he replied. | Enlarged. Now On Sale: $1.00. Quick Repartee His ready wit made Mr. Read a delightful companion and his golfing friends enjoyed much of his best, repartee. A story is told of a foursome in which he was She’s Got Hinrxi Traiiied UK] ¥ nup Copr 1919, King Peatures Syndecace, I, World cights reserved | Patrick and Nora Lynch hug each other as he receives a suspended sentence for acting as lookout for two boy robbers. Pat, 17, was paroled in his 13-year-old sister’s care on Aug. 10, and she supervised his behavior throughout each day until he appeared, a thoroughly disciplined bog, e _before & Brooklyn, N, Y., judge to hear his fate, - g