The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 5, 1940, Page 5

POLLY AND HER PALS PAW PERKINS, ONE O YER SILLY SNOWBALLS COME YEARS'BAD LUCK, PLAGUE TAKE 1T/ f edict and Mac Morio of the pholu-l Grizzlies 10 VSKI pHoIOGRAPHS graphy committee of the Juneau Ski Sharks 9 [] | Club took a number of stills snd] Luckies 9 | TAKEN YESIERDAY | movie shots as conditions were ideal | Dolphins 9 | jfor good pictures. i Brewers 7 | 5 T | Humplies 10 CAMPOLO TO | onpoucLAs TRAIL L : | 'HORSES GALLOP Phicars : | e i | Cooks 7 upper Ski cabin yesterday where | ‘ Jewelers 1 | they skied in a sheltered area over- | v | supers 7 T, looking Admiralty Island and Ste- | ElKS TOURNEY‘ Snipes 8 5 x | phens Passage. Snow conditions and | Editors 5 Argenhna Heavywmgh' '0 the weather was perfect, and many | Femmes 5 . ; beginning skiers making the wid | park Horses are at the top of the | ~ Tailors 6 Enter Rlng Agaln for the first time were thrilled bY | mixeq tourney at the Elks Club,| Fosters 5 | the excellent view from the top of | with Medicos and Grocers in close | Mallards 4 Maf(h 15 the Island. It was undoubtedly the | pyreyit, according to figures re- | x:;zg:;’k-‘ -'; ‘mt,v::rccessfu] sk itrip sponsored | jegenq today as of last ]:Hdflyk | LR | y g | High man for totals, so far, is| Y anEW YORK, Feb. S—ValehUno| gyies were carried mus. of the |“Shavey” Koskl, with 625, while DEVELOPMENT AT a n{:afio. tg;n;“}c- he;:zvywe Sdh" way to the upper cabin as the snow , Mrs. Lavenik paces the women with | s Ooen ratened for & 2-roUNder | was hard and crusted on the trail. |492. ;"h.h"l“sddy Baer in New York mpere i5 less snow on Douclas Is-| High team total is 586 for one “C” i A H |land than any time during the past 'game, by the “Grocers, and high ampolo made his American de- | e vears at this time of the sea- | series for three games is 1635, by but last Monday by scoring a nine- round technical knockout victory over Jim Robinson. |son. The skiing, however, has been | the Grocers also. | e0ood the past month as each Sun- day the Juneau Ski Club has found | follows: | MARMION ISLAND IS INVESTIGATED rov William Parke, W. A. Chipperfield Team standings to date are as and John Brillhart of the Forest | Service traveled to Marmion Island 5 a place to ski. | Won Lost | yesterday on the Wanderer with RUMMAGE SALE Trevor Davis and Russell Cook Dark Horses 9 3 Capt. Olaus Larsson to investigate By Lutheran Ladies Aid, Tuesday, |made the trip to the top of Douglas | Medicos 10 5 | proposed improvements to be made ® Feb. 13, Church Parlors, begin-|las Island and spent several hours Grocers 10 5 in connection with the Salmon ning at 10 a.m, adv. taking ski photographs. Elmer Ben- Engineers 8 4 Derby. THE ROAD TO PROFIT IS REACHED IN THE PAGES OF THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE HOMES IN JUNEAU DEPEND UPON THE EMPIRE TO GIVE THEM MONEY-SAVING NEWS The shortest distance between two poinis is a straight line! Trzec. And the shortest route between buyer and seller is THE IMPIRE! Also true. 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By CLIFF B.B.MX-UPGO | BACK, 15T FARMS Current Diamond Head-| | aches Traced fo Begin- | - ning of System | By DILLON GRAHAM |Sports Editcr, AP Featurs Service | NEW YORK, Feb. 5-—Baseball's current headache traces away back to the beginnings of the major the majors with a total of 607, In-!| league’s farm system 19 years ngo.‘ The game’s high commissioner, | club owners don't see eye to eye| ball law concerning the transfer| of players in this complicated chain store’ hookup. | Olub owners want the rules in-| terpreted now to conform with gen- | eral practices. The Judge—Landis was formerly a U. 8. Judge—says he interprets them as they read on !.hz:l books. The Judge warned 'em two years gO0. players in a manner approved by the. commissioner. Hints didn't work 80-the Judge eut loose with a blow, against the St. Louis Cardinals that was to serve: as a warning to the The commissioner freed a flock dinals ‘held and plastered a bateh | |of fines .on several minor ~league | clubs. | But baseball—or all of it—still dign't heed the plain cdution. 8o/ |the other day Landis uncorked the most severe punch he has 'tossed | during his 20 years as head man.' He made free agents of four Detroit players an daround 90 minor lea- | guers on clubs with' which the Tigers ed Detroit’s farm system. Then, while other club owners doubtless waited and wondered | whether their slates looked clean | to the Judge, Landis poured out another warning. He said that ev- , ery -sécret player transfer or other player “cover up” effected would lead to _making the player a free agent ‘and assessing a-$500 fine to each club concerned. Each club offictal parficipating would be sus- pended. A heavy fine and suspen- | sion would await any club or offi-| cial ‘whofiled information misrep- resenting the status of -a player or club - affiliation. Theteihas been intermittent trou- ble between -the commissioner and the owners ever since Branch Rickey of the 8t .Louis Cardinals origin- ated the farm system in 1921. Let's consider the birth and growth of this chain-store baseball, which Landis | dislikes. Rickey:found that the richer clubs {had” the money to outbid poorer | clubs .for ‘the best player talent. So he decided to make connections and develop his own. | The venture he made in produc- | tion of young players in wholesale | lots at minimum costs eventually | revolutionized the big business of i majoring in baseball. - Rickey start- |ed by negotiating deals with Syra- |cuse, Fort Smith and Houston. | These farms began to produce good players and four ‘years later the, Cardinals won the World champion- ship. Other ¢lubs began to see the light, | | Finally’ ‘éven” thosé with the big;‘ i checkbooks adopted Rickey's ‘idea.| | Now every major league clug owns | jor has working agreements with minor. Jeague clubs. From a mod- {est beginning the Cardinal chal | developed until last: year there were |20 ciubs—18 bwned outright and| |11 linked by ' working agreements. | The chain-store method brought two mew terms to baseball—'"syn- !dicnqunc" " ‘and “share-crop- gnms.‘" The major iéague clubs weére | “syndicate - farmers - ‘{nasmuch, ds| |tthey held" tjtle to come of their | minor league connections outright. They were “share-croppers” under the numerous working agreements. These working agreements are flex- ible affairs. The plan is simple, how- ever. i A minor club, say in Class C, needs money for operating expens- | es. It petitions 4 major outfit for| | perhaps $6,000 and in retum offers that club the pick of a half doun‘ players when the season is over. The “angel” of the miifior club thus can pick the plums, taking the six| players. most - likely to make good | in the big time, or can spot them| !eluwhon .in, the major-controlled chain, Players are. exchanged and farmed out for seasoning in anoth- er phase’of ‘the workifig agreément. ROOTS OF 1940 (CAFE KEGLERS Baseball men knew that some operators weren't handling their ! other ;major league clubs. i i of players whose strings the car- | had affiliations. This all but smash- R& STERRETT WINFIRSTHALF | IN PIN FIGHT Kaufmann's Cate Keglers cinched the first half of the Major League bowling tourney yesterday after- noon in whipping George Brothers three points of four at the Bruns- wick. | At the Elks Alleys, Rainier Beer split evenly with Brunswick, win- ning the first two games, but losing the last game and total included Mike Ugrin was Sunday star in cluding one total of 226. With the first half over, Kauf- | Kenesaw Mountain Landis, and the | manns lead with 14 points, followed | by ‘George Brothers with 13, and in the interpretation of base- | Rainier Beer and Brunswick' with 11 each. Beores yesterday were as follows: v Rainier Beer Ugrin .. 179 226 202— 607 Hagerup 176 157 156— 490 Lavenik 179 183 147— 500 Henning 181 169 150— 510 Stevenson 124 165 100— 479 Totals 849 900 8482505 Brunswick % Galao, E. 159 161 188-- 505 Rayela 175 216 183— 574 Hildinger 176 118 213~ 306 Mangalao 136 103 204 533 Galao, R. 172 . 188 188— 546 | Totals 818 874 97122664 i Kaufmanns : Stewart ..., 150 185 183~ 8§37 Carnegle 203 224 166~ 505 Kaufmann ... 220 10§ 16}~ 567 Benson ' .. . 179 112 138 B10 Hudson 179 190 16— 565 iR T TR, e Totals 940 067 8672764 George l;othns Spot ) 5 2 2- 6 Metcalf 188 108 167— 553 Iffert .. 167 181 207— 565 urke ... 165 169 147— 481 Holmquist 154 169 166— 489 dde .. . 182 159 183— 524 Totals ... 858 888 8722618 FORMER HOCKEY HEAD SHOOTS 3, THEN SUICIDES PRESTON, Ontario, Feb, 5—Al- vin Schleger, middle-aged, former President of the Ontario Hockey | Association, is reported by the po- lice to have shot and killed his wife, son and daughter and then committed suicide. Schleger had been undergoing treatment for his mental condition. JERE LU T Empire ciussifieds DMng results School For Skaters : By IRVING JAFFEE Undefeated Olympic Speed Skating Champion 9 ' TWO WAYS TO STOP . Bring rear foot up. and | ONE FOOT STOP Lean full weight forward, placing one skate behind other at right angle. Ap- ply pressure on rear foot and scrape against the ice | | | \ >\ | \ 478 to easy stop | N 2y & / R <& 2. Bring the points of your skates on an even line, «ith full body bent for- ward and knees held close in together. 3. Berd knees and put weight on skate heels, l-3ning into the turn in crouching position. 4. Making a small circle, you will come | SKAGWAY'S FIVE WILL PLAY HERE Juneau afid Lynn Canal City fo Fight for Ca- | saba Crown - Skagway High School's aggrega- tion .of fire-eating basketball play- lers will tangle with Juneau High tonight in the first of a two-of- three series to determine the win- ner of the Northern Division hoop champlonship. The Bkagway lads arrived In Juneau . last night on the steamer Alaska and put up with various stu- dents of Juneau and friends. In the curtain-raiser tonight, Douglas High will play the Juneau |Reserves, The second geme is be- tween 'the Juneau High and Skag- | way: I Lining up for Skagway on the first string, will be Richard Wilson, Douglas Blanchard, Bob Selmer, Roger Dahl and Tikken Olson. On |the second string are Bud Sullivan, | Dinty Sipprell, John Hannan, Rich-~ ,ard Sullivan. Accompanying the boys to Juneau Manager Bill Feero. Two rooters lare Bert Hern and Emmet Holdin. Pans are going to see fighting 'bnll as only two High School teams can dish it out. That much is cer- tain. What the outcome will be is another thing. Juneau has a power- Alaska Eleciric Light & Power /were Coach Barney Anderson. and | I house squad that is headed for the | Southeast Alaska crown, but Skag- | way in the past, has frequently mede it so tough for Juneau in the play- off that the margin of victory has been mighty small. First game starts at 7:30 and use the Sixth Street entrance only. Tomorrow night, Juneau and Skagway meet again, playing the curtain-raiser, while in the City League, Elks meet Krause in the second game, PETERSBURG “WINS SOUTH HOOPCROWN Will Meet Winner of Skag- way-Juneau Series in Playoff PETERSBURG, Feb. 5-—Peters- |burg High School’s strong Viking | basketball five took the measure of Ketchikan's cagers Saturday night for the third time straight on tha Petersburg floor and walked off with the Southern Division basketball championship. The Saturday night game was won by the Vikings, 34-26. The previous | two games were taken by the Vik- ings by scores of 31-25 and 21-20. In Ketchikan, the Kayhi cagers won two jof three before thetr Shrimp Capital debacle. Having taken the Southern Divis- ion crown, the Petersburg squad will meet the winners of the Skagway- Juneau series starting in Juneau to- night. G E. Wers ulow as £$359.95 |~ Alaska Eleciric Light & Power