The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1940, Page 5

| The Year In Sports Baseball ‘ 1939 P e LOU GENRIG Watched from Sideline, 3 |cinnati pitcher who won 27 games - | Eight pitct than 20 ' {gam They were Wa | Ruffing, Yankee: 1 Luke Hamlin, Dedgers; Cayinals; Buck Newsom, Ti- : ‘ T | : Dutch Leonard, Senators, and S i Bob Fe tndians the “boy Lombardi misses Kelle sien DiMaggio whizzes by Ernie. { wonder a few y had his — {best year, winning 24 and pitching more than se ss and wound | Blades, and Brooklyn, piloted by Leo|more lew-hit contests than any oth- The veteran Lefty Grove, {er thrower. | used Durocher, were the surprise teams, -hitter in all up with the fifth t Wi ‘ the Red Sox, had while the Chicago Cubs, defending v by v — World Series t y L anks Hit Hard champions under Gabby Hartnett,|d 19-and- The Yankee long-di uns | were the big disappointment | william Red Sox ague | boomed in the third eng hd| Paralysis struck down the Yan- 1 e hap- | with five hits—four of them homers | kee captain b | Man" Lou l'ni.-‘vl ) 1 142 their —New York settled the issue. Then |rig, early in May. His consecutive| jimmy F « forc- ) the finale, with a viet their | game streak broken at 2,130, Geh-|og out by an apper in Sep- | i i : £ l : ' J 3ascball j a runa romp for the i T} w Y mploying a ht ped battle ¢ again | power al American L rth consecutive world champion- 3 awa rasp, the Reds became jitttery and 'rig kept donning his uniform muiumhp led in home runs with 35 from the Boston | ccllapsed. 7 his playing days were over. |and was a batting leader. Mize paced 1 i 1 by 17 games to win the In the tenth inning the Yankees To replace Lou the Yar called | National League hom hitters J :n League pennant, the tallied the ‘hing counters on on Babe Dahigren, a light- :nnJ“-vm 8. Washington's Georze Case 1tk National | wha culd have b enly Dan. (He surpri them with | was the top base steale: ‘l I tandard béarers, in four | ple by DiMagzio allops in the s S IWHE | The i diairh el ol by t ored on DiMag's hit and when | Tom Henrich slumped in fight field, | ho of the vankees a ' N v did they pierce the Reds’ | Goodman the ball get. past him cie Charlie Keller took over 0 cominskey of the with lusty flailing and puz- | Kcller raced home and beat the e one cf the finds of the year, | gov ' Tiness removed C | with ¢ pitching, but | threw. Pudgy Ernie Lombardi lest ing hitter and the World from the. Philadelphin ~ Athiebl | were also speedy and |the ball in the confusion and while tting star with three homers pench for mos tof the yvear i It e to cash in on Cin \dled bewildered and ex- and a 438 average. The Yanks also . - | ti's 1 > Japses beside the plate, the alert | presented two fine y twirl Ry American League won. the i cir Paul Derringer had ccooted across with still | Atley Donald, who set a freshman All-Star game, 3-to-1 e better of a pitching duel with another run recc d by winning 12 straight games Frankie Frisch, who spent the ' ¢4 Ruffing in the opener until Ival ~ There was the customary tight a-d Marius Russo year broadcasting Boston gam man let Charley Keller's National League race. The Reds, DiMa sardinal Johnny Was named Pittst pilot to re- ' 1l get away r a triple in njcying a dozen game margin in Mize were the batti champions Place Pie Trayno i nth. Mcr : Augt aw their lead cut to a!with averages of 381 and .349. Most | George Sisler, Eddi» Collins and challe me-e 2% games by the St. Louis | valuable player awards went to Di- Willie Keeler were named to base- them dc Cardinals. The Cardinals, under Ray | Maggio and Bucky Walters, Cin- ball's hall of fame ’ EUNNELL SAYS \. 1, 1940 -1939 The Year En Spor By Sports F NEW Y RAHAM AP Feature Service 1 For the big moment June night when the tender, Tony Galento, vweight champion Joe the year dumped Louis on seat of his pants out in Yarkee S um, Louis was down only a second or two but s long enough to afford boxing at the Bomber ento, regarded | cracking had knock That Ga crowd in on one pugilistic cheering ) thrill. Spines tingled el f the invincible Brown d oyer. Globular caten by third g as a loud, wise clown, ofte cular he champion down. to could punch. The ; that perhaps it was greatest upsets in y, was on its feet ly. But Louis got up quickly battered the gallant Galento so terrifically that the fight was stopped in the fourth round ser Last year also saw Louis stop three other challengers, new cham- pions crowned in several divisions the arrival a fistic glamour boy nest Gruening prior to the Gov €00 building fund appropriation has ' 3 i X LoWIS ! nor's deparwure for Washington. been used to enlarge the Eielson i i £ Building from a one-story 54 by o T e, it | AT T innell A R L i ing will be at home in the Gover- & ; E’RSE‘;Y ES 80 fooi structure to one 30 feet JL“\ AU DHQF"G e R I: R : longer and having stories L Y 18 olclock today 14 the it ?QWF‘-E@ FAS Arge Gther building this year has in- ; oELIED LRt rieepBibn. it l ; YUW N I ven la earollment cluded & laundry and a dairy build NEW YEAQ FET[ the Scottish Rite Temple. The an- 2 Tl e S5y o nual affair is for all Masons and g e iisail ,l,“(:,‘,:;' to Pair- ks their ladies, members of the Eastern I wl : e With the New Year season comes Star, Rainbow Girls and DeMoiay viding places for pe to live and ey i ! D the annual “open house . Boys. ys ¢ . ' $70.- Today's N PRl Between 3 and 7 Numerous D ivate open houses pdlic ; TefN s NeRE A noon Gov. and Mrs: prevailed during the week-end, one of the largest being that held Sat- ] 5 m @E urday evening by Mr. and Mrs. Ern- | ) £ B ¥ 3; 2 FL% %J enth Street. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. | Hayes entertained a zroup of frienas Il - ? . “ Saturday evening at their apart- | ? N Evelyn Chandls( is the Follies’ ment in the Hillerest. Today Mr. | & acrobatic star and Mrs. M. D. Williams are hosts | &l to a group of friends at their West | Sixth Street residence e PERHAPS the most spectacular sport shows developed in recent years are the ice skating carnivals. Combining beauty and grace with daring, and borrowing attractive features from the . ballet, burlesque, vaudeville acrobatics and the musical comedy, the producers build shows that ring the bell at every stop on their ’ nation-wide winter tours. Scenes are from the Ice Follies of 1940 1 PAW PERKINS FER TH' SAKE O' YUH SURE YER SUFFERIN' SASSAFRA! PAINTIN' TH' PARLOR WOT'S ALL TH' - LIKE I TOL' BANGIN' ABOUT?2 « {8 | Many other individual parties and dinners were on the social calendar Saturday and Sunday and others are scheduled for today and this evening -+ - CROSS FIRE HAS CAUGHT LABOR BOARD & Union Warfare In- vestigation Brings Out Odd Issues n i WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. — That Hcuse investigation into the Na- tic Relations Board is m 1 of a few tel inte; memoranda into the hearings, use Cemmittee has painted the whole lusty picture { the fight in the coal fields be- w-en the CIO United Miners' un- i and that vizorous chall T adopted by the A. F. of L.—the Pro- 1c:sive Miners’ on The crux of the battle as it stormed around the heads of tie bor Board members, is the ques- tion of what is the “appropriate barzaining unit” for labor. Under the Taho= Act, the 21man Labor to decide By Board is given authority IM actually | '————‘ I'M PUTTIN' IT ON WITH A HAMMER SO YUH'LL BE SURE WOMAN / Box s | ing—"l in ha < { against Bettina and He: ; [ Lesne Billy stopped he - fine in Pa alk of 1 Joe Louis next Comis ) imina- | summe Most experts figured. ion of Lou Nova, and the |though, that Conn couldn’t punch end of the comebacic t y \e | hard ertough to worry Louis Hiie Touy S % Lou Ambers regained the light- iy SNb) DGR weight title from He Armstrong | s But that lento i 1 in one of the rou battles in : everything stunned Joe Ith ' recent New York histc Lou's vie- a left in the first round e D e um in n fc an almost unpreceder BILLY CO duck. Once Galen ffer at referee Arthur I 3 pped Up Light Heavy | target, Louis finished him a A trong for hurry | Joe polished off John, Henry Lew- sia Stops Apostoli ©0 in 14 heats is in 2:29 of first’ round, took red Apostoli, twice beater Archibald, the feali | nine seconds less with < Roper nn, lost the New York version Jost non-title and then finally caus ol with | the middlewtizht ¢ham pionship mon Chavez. A ng clever Bob Pastor-in tie 11th frame. | when he was knocked out in the Conn, the Pittsh battle) ith seventh round by Ceferino Garc e-champion W was | the face of a choir hoy, the fighting | Al Hostak regained the Nati one title, fought of fury of an Trishu nd the fastest Boxing Association’s world middle- 'a W title victi u; brou left hand in the ht title by kayoing Solly Krieg- Roderick in Londor {new life into the light heavyweight er in the fourth 1zoneri, hoping to c division. Billy outpointed Melio Bet-| Lou Nova halted former champion a crack at Armst tina for the title a few months after Max Baer's comeback bid with an |knocked « in the third Bettina had won it in beating Tiger 11th round technical knockout but a Al Davis bright Brc ck Fox. Then Conn won handily few months lat was stopped by | pect STREET MARKET MARKED F HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED TO MEN THAT CHALLENGED JOE LOUIS : 4 ¥ + OR DOOM-~—After Jan. 1, when New York open: & Essex st. market in the lower east side, the pushcart peddlers and store-front stalls like this on Or¢ -« st. will vanish, bargains in vegetables, meats, and dresses. and the tenement dwellers must accustom themsel ves to shopping under a roo 25 a week will rent a stall in the new mz « About $4 the bargaining unit shall regic nd ha out the in- ¢ craft union, the industrial coming A. F. of L. Prosressive Min- unior r whether the bargaining ers’ Unjon. Natura the A. F. of Oung an unit | be set up on a local or a L. has been intensely critical of tt B regiona ¢ Labcr Board, On the other hand, | Latest commitiee {estimony raises he ¥ erator _employers de-| o' le" 2¥E s he question of whether or not the clare that (he arrangement | L B : Bos ould have this determin- ‘stabilized coal indusiry . ing cuthority. -Earlier testimony re- > mines on a fair compe- , Jan. 1 ng the mine-fields battle shows 1UVe Ho, 1ange: the . Issyes b Labor Board decided to and @ i, onc cannot nal affairs o . va bargaining there on help addir . if the C sersonal correspondence. H a onal” basis. This give the A. F. of L. wouid get t eguarly to ti boys ir Gr CIC's United Mine Workers the vic- Weuld be no unioa 3 tory in most of the Eastern soft coal i cLIFF STERRETT Deer WORKIN' BUTLER cm ruble on its way. Two Hunfers near Echo can take care of itself Struble and Turk came upon &l g-point buck, but before oul anything about it, t sal lowered its head and mada for Turk He climbed the tree. The man eLick buck then tu Struble, who Navior be had taken aim witk un but Many ca found the shells fau Up anoth- gestion a! er three went Struble. The deer went due to inadequate and lighting.” States. Trees > Bright Lighis Are (ure z ~ For Headaches i LUMBIA, M n the we