The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 16, 1940, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1940. BASKETBALL PLAYERS IN SPEC CLAS | will 1eave a few broken speed rec-|to the A’s in 1927, but not as a reg- jords by the wayside. | ular fixture at first base. History shows thau Connie B]__\ ‘Two years more were required for ways starts his pennant drives with’| the cash to hit the jackpot in 1629, distribution of coplous quantities | S€Ven years after the drive started. of folding money. To be exact, Conni's curren cam- The pattern for the present comef,msn started about 1938 I!s high- 3 ight was the recent acquisition of back was set in 1922 when Connle\sfmnd Bademiin B > Mot6s h bought Third Baseman Sammy Hale s i Kot A b . He|? $45,000 bonus and a two-year con- i;?gwigrtll::dx; ?;:; lf::ers 7;.000 | tract at $10,000 per. McCoy was de- ith $75- | 1000 .for Paul Strand, who west, is his own restaurant, unof- ficial headquarters for most of the colorful and famous characters that make New York the sporting me- tropolis of the world. Next door is |a barbershop, and in the window is an interior picture of the shop, a busy shop, with Dempsey in the first chair. If you walk around the | corner until you come to the bus| | station you will see Dempsey's pic- | ture with the manager of the sta- | tion. You will find it in the book et e e SWEET and SIMPLE Bu? Very Lovely==- Spring Accessories The very spice of spring! Lovely new accessor- [ "Blilzkrieg” Planned Now By lfl[ Mack |clared a free agent this winter by turned. jidge Landis. Connie Wants Pennant fo Fly Over Athletics’ Shibe Park Ap Feature Service PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 16.— C. McGillicuddy, a fine broth of a lad at 77, is staging a “blitzkreig.” He wants the American League pennant flying from Shike Park in 1941 Tt is not the first tim~ that Mis- | ter MeGillicuddy — Connie Mack | to you—has coveted and cwn the| bunting. | But if the current comeback of the Athletics, who finished sev- enth last season, is successful, it out to be a baseball “lemon.” Con-| nie handed over $25000 to Mil- waukee for Al Simmons, Baltimor| got $50,000 for Max Bishop, and the following spring purchased Rube Walberg from the New York Giants. | With this expensive array of tal- ent, the A’s in eighth place in 1922 rose to fifth place in two years but “Blitzkreig"” wasn't a by-word then. It was in the bankroll era, though, and more than $100,000 went for; Lifty Grove and $75,000 for Mickey Cochrane, who joined the club in 1925. The same year 17-year-old Jimmy Foxx tried out—and was farmed out. 4 | Although the pennant still eluded Connie's grasp. the sock was still there. Out of it came the money | for George Boley, Mule Maas and | George Earnshaw. Jimmy F‘ox\i lwas also back when the trio came| it Gl | BASKETBALL TONIGHT February 16 HIGH SCHOOL Use Sixth Street First Game at 7:30 P. M. GYMNASIUM Entrance ONLY! HAIDA vs;mKRAUSE ELKS vs. MOOSE CALRO! TRIPLE- THRIFT D COOKING UNITS OVEN COOKER A General Electric 81 Range Along with McCoy in the infild Mack hopes to have $35,000 Bill Lil- lard at short, $35000 Al Rubeling at third, and Dick Siebert at first— the best potential infield the have had in 10 years. The outlay tops the $200,000 mark when one considers several pitchers and out- ¢lelders that Mack has purchased recently. ——.,—— Douglas Loser fo Skagway Channel B;g(;leers Lose Fast Game by Score of 28 fo 20 SKAGWAY, Alaska, Feb. 16. — 3 floor scramble, but Izzard has Prom a 19 to 18 lead at the begin-|twice had his cheaters knocked to, ning of the fourth quarter, the Skagway High School basketball five turned on last minute heat to trim the Douglas High School 28 to 20 in a fast game Wednesday night. G. Wahto was again high with 13 points. The game was well played Douglas taking an early lead tight battle, Skagway coming behind at the half to win. ?he teams will play again urday afternoon. GRALTS R SR Rainbow Girls Meet Tomorrow Preceding the DeMolay dance to- morrow night. at the Scottish Rite Temple, members of the Order of Rainbow Girls will gather for a 7:30 man with in a from Sat- o'clock meeting and initiation ser- vice. Miss Barbara Hermann, Worthv Advisor, will yreside at the session. FAST! CLEAN! ECONOMICAL! A General Electric Range simplifies the fine art of good cooking and makes it easier to stay young. Join the swing to Electric Cookery and: enjoy -better tasting’ foods, and cleaner kitchens. Electricity 'for cooking is cheap. We have only a few of the General Electric Ranges at this special price . TERMS TO SUIT YOU! ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER TR B R OO sl Huskies Have Two Men Wearing Cheaters on Grid Team-Now Cage Game (AP Feature Service) SEATTLE, Feb.' 16. — First, the | University of Washington had two bespectacled football tackles. Now, the Washington varsity has a pair of bespectacled basketball players. Harry “Cruiser” Nelson and Dick “Dizzy” Izzard. Nelson, six-foot-two, 170-pound sophomore from Denver, has worn | glasses since he first played the igame. He says that without the | glasses, the players and court are a blur, and he couldn't locate the basket with a naval range finder. | With the specs, however, Nelson has |twice led the team's scorers. | Ilzzard, six-foot-four, 175-pound ‘Sem(, of Seattle, has only worn glasses “the last year or two. Both wear unbreakable lenses. Both have strips of white adhesive tape on either temple binding down the wings. Nelson says he never has had his specs batted off during ! | \ | i the floor Washington's bespectacled grid- . ders, known as the “birdcage” tack- les because of the stout mask which protected their g ., were Glen Conley and Byng Nixon, both of whom return next fall - DEMPSEY 1S STILL GREAT ~ INNEWYORK Madison Square Garden Should Bear His Name as He Made It By GEORGE TUCKER NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—The area surrounding Madison Square Gar- den should be named Jack Demp- sey Square. It is that now in everything but name. Its fame rests on the glamor of Dempsey’s clang- ing victories. They say the Six Hundred Millionaires had some- thing to do with the Garden’s suc- cess: so they did. But what would the history of boxing be without Dempsey? Dempsey came, bringing with him the golden age, and his two iron fists. His kind of fight was based on wolf-flurries of action. Two men climbed into a ring and stayed there until one of them went down. That was Dempsey's| way, to rend and destroy. His way | is gone now, replaced by polite| rules of break, and pardon my; glove, And no one, ever, will see his like again. | If you walk through the Gar-| den now, at Eighth and Fiftieth, | you will see many pictures of many famous fighters, black and white, but most of them will be| Dempsey pictures, lean - flanked | and swift, with a crew haircut| | stores, flanked by the literary greats of the ages, and always, al- | ways it will be autographed, “To My Pal” Derhpsey is a pal to most of the people who know him. Certainly he is a hero and a friend to the newsboys along Eighth Avenue. The taxi-drivers know him and yhave his picture in their cabs. The cops along the street always touch the visors when they meet him, saying, “Hi, Jack,” or “Hi, Champ.” He an- swe correctly. at names Dempsey is very good Down the street, a block or so from Dempsey's restaurant, is a wax museum. You know what wax museums are, They take famous people, living and dead, and model them, and charge admissions for people to see It is the claim of this museum that in its rooms are all the fa- mous characters who have made history for the last five hundred years. But the legend out front doesn't specify the years. It says, simply, “From the day Columbus | discovered America until the day | Jack Dempsey opened his restau- rant.” You may call it Eighth Avenue ‘and Fiftieth Street if you care to; that’s the way it is on the city maps, and in the Manhattan di- rectories. But to the cab-drivers and cops, the newsboys and the ex-pugs, and the reporters, it 'is something a little more inti- |mate and personal than that. It is | Dempsey Square. | - HIGH MARK AT BRUNSWICK IS ROLLED BY HALM John Halm, Juneau Florist kegler, hit the maple at the Brunswick last night ‘for best score of the evening, marking 190-202-201 as the Flor- ists won three of four points from the Druggists, Barbers won three from Takus, all Barbers rolling over 500. Tonight's games are Brunswick vs. Beorge Brothers, and Signal Corp¥ vs. Brunswick Cafe. Last, nightt's scores were as | lows 4 i | | i i fol- Barber’s Trio 177 160 159 158 203— 520 197 168 533 496 526—1555 Takus 208 153 163— 524 157 172 150— 478 178 154 179— 511 543 479 492—1514 Juneua Florists 190 202 201— 593 158 147 189— 494 184 171 160— 515 Managlao R. Galao Quinto Totals Villaganas Gomez Aquino Totals Halm LaJoie Carnegie 532 520 550—1602 Druggists 189 160 181 125 *167 167 167— 501 Totals 537 452 475—1464 *—Average score, Did not bowl. Totals Larsson 142— 491 Bradley Ferguson and fists that could hammer a bull. Just. across the street, facing | TEACHE P s erf E—— Try an Empire ad. R'S f Blended tion SCOTCH WHISKY For Teacher's-and-soda, use the best water ob taindble: to enjoy fully Teacher’s distinctive quality . . . Y the flarour SOLE V. s. AGENTS: Schieffelin & Co., NEW YORK CITY - IMPORTERS SINCE 1794 of their caps them by calling their names 182— 519, 141— 506 | 166— 472 | o Kid ® Doe Skin ® Fabric ® Pig Skin | ? 5 | | fi { | ies that make you feel and look ALIVE with their perky good looks. A huge variety to choose from and more than moderately low priced. New Collars and Cuffs Fussy — frilly — or ta Piquay . . . lace . . sortment of vest fro: or blue. Aris Gloves Br, ilored styles in all shapes. . or organdy. 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C. not later than April 6. | Except for the substitution of cer- tain experience for education, ap- | plicants must have completed a 4- year college course in electrical or communications engineering. Cer- itain experience is also necessary for | the inspector grade. Applicants must not have passed their forty-fifth birthday. Full information may be obtained at Room 311, Federal Building. " i Stag Party for Warren Eveland | Warren =’eland, whose marriage | to Miss Virginia Dudley will be an event of this Monday evening, was the honoree at a stag party last ev- ening at the Baranof apartment of Kaarlo Nasi. Hosts for the occasion were Mr. Nasi, Dr. E. F. Vollert and Prank Pauls. FPifteen were invited for the informal evening, e COUNCIL TONIGHT The Juneau City Council meets tonight at 8 o'clock for a regular session, Today's News Tozay—Em| POLLY ANDH YES, THERE SEEMS T' BE SO LITTLE OF HOME INTEREST NOWADAYS ER PALS Y TRUE AS TRIPE, - ALTHOLIGH I ALL FINDS PAW'S ANIMAL IMITATIONS AMUSIN' ENUFF/ By CLIFF STERRETT TRYIN' TO MEOW LIKE KITTY WHEN YuH COMES IN LATE / DUCKWORTH IS TP MAN WITH ELKS' BOWLERS Dolphin kegler Bob Duckworth paced the Dolphins to victory last night, two out of three, over the Grizzlies, his 535 tally the best of the evening at the Elks. Mallards won two from the Su- the Luckies. Tonight's games are, Cooks vs. Dolphins, Sharks vs. Talflors and Medicos vs. Amazons. Last night’s scores were as fol- lows: Mallards 9 143 9 131 123 155 135 136 410 431 Supers 169 148 118 9— 27 127— 401 *140— 418 168— 439 444—1285 Spot Manthy 8Stoft .. Boyer i Totals . | 129— 453 148— 444 118— 354 395—1251 155 148 118 Boyle Overby . Dunham 435 421 Luckies 137 148 159 138 103 173 399 459 Femmes 30 30 141 137 125 159 136 147 Totais 145— 430 153— 450 147— 423 445—1305 Mrs. Sperling Mrs, Dufresne Sperling Totals 30— 90 89— 367 153— 437 149— 432 4211326 Spot A. Simpson Mrs. White Mrs. Stewart 432 473 Grizzlies 137 127 98 171 193 162 428 460 Dolphins 39 39 Duckworth 158 179 Mrs. Overby 112 105 Mrs. Duckworth 116 158 Totals 425 481 501—1407 *—Average score. Did not bowl. HIS i, ISKATING GOOD | ON AUK LAKE | Skating is good on Auk Lake, ac- cording to a report today from the | District Ranger’s ofiice. Ice is solid {and, except for a few rough spots from which skaters are warned to stay clear, smooth and fast. A number enjoyed the skating last night. Tonight a fire will be !mAlntaxned ashore by CCC enrol- | lees. Totals 123— 397 148— 417 157— 512 438—1326 Mrs. Duncan Duncar Riendeau Totals 39— 117 198— 535 128— 345 136— 410 Spot ————— pers and the Femmes won two from | both dress and sport odels. 1.00-5.00 Imported Scarfs | Harrlsonrlsks Bond Issue fo Get Money For Fil@h Nation (ooutinued from rage One) ed that if the bonds should prove worthless in the end, “it is a deductible item in Income tax returns.” The war has knocked out one hap- py feature of the U. 8. weather re- iporting service into a cocked hat. The Coast Guard is filling in the breach by sending a pair of re- | porting ships into the south central Atlantic. Over a period of years the Weath- er Bureau has received from ships at sea, both American and foreign, a report of ocean weather. It has come in from every spot on the ocean where a ship with a good radio happened to be. Pour times a day, at 1:30 and 7:30 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time, morning and night, the ships would report to U. 8. receiving stations. Quickly a world weather map would be drawn. Then, at 3 and 9 o'clock, morning and night—just an hour and a half after each report — a weather message would be broad- cast world-wide over the naval radio station at Arlington, just across the river from Washington. It was a splendid service, and the maritime commerce of the world benefited by it. Then came the war. American ships continued te send in the weather reports four time a day but no ship belonging to a bel- ligerent nation and few belong- ing to neutral nations would repert. For a ship to broad- cast its location and the kind of weather thereabouts would have made it dead meat for a submarine. Since much American traffic has shifted lately to the South Atlantic \lanes, the Coast Guard is establish- ing two reporting ships there. One will be a tehird of the way from Bermuda to the Azores, the other two thirds of the way. Their re- ports will be particularly valuable to the trans-Atlantic air service which now uses only the Southern route. | CALM FROM THEN WOODLAND, Cal., Feb. 16.—This is a warring world today, but in number of conflicts it does not com- pare with 1864. A copy of a local newspaper for that year, found by Delmus Fenton as he was on a house, lists 17 different wars | Empire Want Ads Bring Results. l‘m on.