The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 18, 1940, Page 5

: THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940. KID McCOY == "BallPlayers SEATTLEIS FOUND DEAD Sign Up for | WINNER, 15T i McCoy held the middleweight | title early in the century after| defeating Tommy Ryan. He fought| all over the world and made and| lost a fortune at the fight game. :He had been married nine times. ;fifinahyyflflv | DETROIT, Mich., April 18.—Nor- In recent years McCoy had been lotal Teams HOME GAME“ ms s man Selby, 66, known in the ring | employed at the Ford automobile ‘ { as Kid McCoy, was found dead in | plant. his bed in a downtown hotel this b4 mc'mm and the coroner said an IM]'”MM /.flllflfllfljl’flll/ Todav 'S news Loday in The Empxre CALVE RT' l Ieelwe B/elm’ 4 E|gh1een Reglster for Most | Part, Newcomers to This City Ball players are registering for the three Gastineau Channel Base- | \ba]] League teams at The Empire | omce So far 18 have signed th(‘} | register, some old talent, previous- ly playing locally, but the majority are newcomers to Juneau and others entering their first year. | Among those registering are the| following: Eddie Nielsen, first year, out- field; Eddie Zinck, short or third, 15 years on diamond in North Da- kota. John Garcia, outfield, first year; | before New Calcher Makes Homer with Two Aboard- | Liska Hit | (By Associated Press) Scoring all of the runs in two big innings, Seattle downed Los Angeles last night in the city’s | opening game of the 1940 season 12,000 baseball fans. Seattle collected 11 hits off three hurlers of Los Angeles while Hal Turpin yielded nine hits. | Ed Kearse, new catcher for Se- attle, hit a home run in the sixth inning with two men aboard bases and was given a big ovation as he crossed the home plate. 1 Free Hitting Game S AP SRS i | e S S S S G Exclusive in Behrends’ Men's Shop Men's accessories made of am- azing new elastic-glass, heights of fashions . They stretch, bend with your body, and then ease back into their original shape new and comf ort . They're transparent, v« pro ‘c!, easily they'l com: you have ever worn. COME ]} AND SEE THEM! BELTS perspiration-proof .By all o make the smcxr!r‘ t rtable, cleanable . belts and bra 1.00 to 2.00 N. Rustad, second base. San Francisco defeated Port- | BRACES 1.00 to 2.00 . Ray Hanlic, right field, played|land in a f{ree-hitting game last GARTERS 1.00 | with AMF League, Chicago. | night. Ad Liska started on the CLEAR HEADS Oscar Knight, ouffield or sec- mound for the Beavers but was- g [CLEAR-HEADED BUYERS] ond base. replaced in the second inning after . . R “ n s c o . Eddie Saloum, outfield, first he had been pounded for five b CALL FOR year; Bill Harrington, outfield,six runs MEN'S SHOP years' experience. Batters Hit | s e Don Bell, catcher, first or sec- Sacramento pitchers hit three Calvert ond base, with Bellingham High, | batters and issued two walks in American Legion and Community the eighth inning last night to ou paw mo er ar % . League, six years' experience. enable Oakland to score seven runs B N N e ‘i("r":‘(’:"“"’l John Skok, catcher or outfield, and assure a victory. + _Spirits. Copyright 1940, Calvert Distillers Corporation, New York City. sl T i medie T Hollywood Sights And Sounds high school. A. T. Hallick, in Canada, ond base. | Eddie Sharek, second or third, Ragged fielding by Hollywood in a ragged eighth inning fiasco gave San Diego a victory last night, Pitchers s Announced For Yanks For April 30 Billy Terry is gambling on four rookies this year. Here is one. Nor- man (Babe) Young, a heavy hitter from the Southern Association, who will play first base for the New York Giants. 12 years playing catcher, {irst or sec- GAMES WEDNESDAY & | four years with Raymond Lumber Pacific Coast League New York 0 ik 000 By Robbin Coons | League. Seattle 7; Los Angeles 5. St. Louis 0 1 000 FORMER BASEBA"I'I'VI s | LS E * Ernest Stewart, 15 years, out-| san Diego 9: Hollywood 8 i 0 1 .000 N . D, Cal., April 18—So you want a divorce? % | Sa g0 9; y p Chicago K JE RO A, S0 T8 o Rt [ie e ecae e G, | e T i EXECUTIVE OF I World Champions fo Face Five Events Will Be Staged " . LEat % 5 Carl Gafert, infielder, four years; | san Francisco 11; Portland 9. Won Lost Pet. $ . . y | playing in “I Want a Divee” as a stepping-tone to something || \wayne Johnson, outfielder. National League St. Louis 10 1000 DIES IN BELLING! Assorfmen' from Phil- at BOXIflg Event in . they want. “I Want a Divorce” is just a title, Gilbert J. Johnson, outfielder,| All games postponed on account| Cleveland 1 0 1.000 = . 5 ANB H II Not that they weren't afraid of it. Joan is from the stage, ||five years; Pershing Hanafor, out-| of rain or cold. Boston R0 O ralor RATmEE farmar adelphla A"’llefl(s -‘na where superstitions come by the trunkful. Didn't they hear what fielder, four years, and Paul Dan. | American League New York i 1 O ey and maragnt: alsd’ &t i happened to Bette Davis, that time she was signing a contract? lelngy, omiael, ... | New York 4; Philadelphia 1. Philadelphia 1 1 500( peingham, Wash, April 3. He (By Assoclated Press) Slugger Weaver, matchmaker, to- At that time, studios were very solicitous about the “divorce The above list was today given| Al other games postponed on Detroit 0 1 000 | o5 58 years old and was born| Until Joe Di Maggio gets back into | 48y announced his smoker card for to Harv Iffert, President of the | f 1d. 0 1 000 p the event at the ANB Hall on the clause” in contracts. Players had to sign away their right, for 4 N gl lects d | account of rain or cold Chicago 000 4 San Francisco. the line-up for the New York Yank- | 7 ; : ey . ; League, to make selections and to| - Washington [ 1 000 ; | broke in with Los An-|ees, the world champions are sure to |MIght of April 30 given as a benefit specified time, to take their marital troubles to a judge. Bette KRaymond broke in b 3 3 % ; inform the managers of the three | - R o Portland |see more or less of a constant |t0 raise funds for improvements to Davis looked at her divorce clause, read it, announced she was STANDING OF THE CLUBS geles in 1903, wase with Portland |teams in the league about player,‘ Y 1905, Everett Stream of southpaw pitching. the building signing under protest. Because Bette just had married Harmon || available, Pacific Coast League 1904, Spokane in O. Nelson, Jr., and nothing like that ever, ever would happen | - S — “ Won Lost Pct. ANOIHER HEADA(HE and Peoria in 190(13 Peor 1?933 19(‘6(-l ha?xc;::l?estme‘:’cd);\l:::-llh:u;nl; ;;3':” Tl?e main event will be a 6-rounder . to Bette and “Ham.” Well, is hapuened—and it made' Joan and : Oakland 12 6 667 FOR HEAD WR"ERS 07- gs and Snmcmm e er’“«lfl played in the major leagues. belween H.ank Brouilette, weighing Dick feel sort of funny when they looked at a script called “I GOlF 'I‘o HAVE | san Diego 11 6 647| A - 1191 H«; 1‘”%1 ::ml m;r; an% 21 The Sankass went: rebS vo! watk | {158 pounds, and Tiger Brown, 156 Want a Divorce.” Sestue A8 T — ioB, Fole oo for a victory over the Philadelphia |P°"1%%" mained in charge of the Indians o \’s“‘i;{?,?fiif,” 8 '3 00| CINCINNATI Ohlo, April 18 — R I€E B o e 1016 season | Athletics, | The semi-tinal will be a 5-rounder But they took it anyway. In the picture, Dick and Joan get HA”. OF FAME | Hollywood PR e v Themcg"{g"él; R“\_']; "'1'1""‘“;)1}“.‘; st'" Raymond then piloted Tacoma in lhg"t“vkou:';"°!‘_‘l';f;du:“§s::e rgz:;: l;‘»fl‘lmn 1§:HV Jack, 155, and Lefty married, but they aren'’t the ones who want the divorce. It's Joan's || |san” Prancisco @i 333 1“;“"‘]’ mp“‘N;’:;:):al “Le‘ngu‘p paseball | 1917 and 1918, Vancouver in 1019, g, mOCRG S UET PSS, RRSKle | Nellsen sister in the picture, Gloria Dickson, who wants one. (In real life, || NEW YORK, apru 18—Golt will| Pm‘tland 6 12 Las3! o Sl this sedson, have pitchers| ToEmA In ;fl”" and 1921, and Ta-| 1 rown into the lions’ den today, A 4-rounder special will see Gene too, I understand, she wants a divorce from Perc Westmore.) In soon have a “Hall of Fame”. such | Baraits Baiwetbiana bolh are nioks| SomA:in 1932, With Di Maggio in the sick bay, L€e. 110, and Pete Villanuva, 110, in the picture, she wants a divoree -from-Sidney Blackmer, who in as baseball has as Cooperstown, Natienal League pamed s Rea’ Omcinnati’s, Barrett Rt e !the Yankees have five left-handed |® Mitt fest. real life already has one from Lenore Ulric. N. Y. Plans are underway to nom- | Won Lost Pct. |hails from California, while the A Festival of Fools was held batters in the line-up, four coming| One prerm-ary will be wetween In fact, when you look over the cast, there are mighty few ||inate a number of the game's|Brooklyn 0 1000 cardinals’ hurler comes from Flor- annually in Paris on January 1,|to the vlate in succession. | Frank Howard, 138, of Tee Harbor, o= o el - ||greatest stars to the Hall of Fame | Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 ida. from 1198 to 1438. — e, - — and Peu’. Howard, also 138. ] and to keep on exhibit many of | Pittsburgh 1 0 boppen WS bl o S S!usetl'x Weaver s:jnnouncfi ixc is . the clubs made famous by top Cincinnati 15D & 1 R | S mlnury =i\ / | players. | Boston 0 1 T i v SyoP e e e | | HOSP]TAL NOTE! | n‘x”“ hic) 1, w e announced later. 4 e & - iy i | th the exception of Brouilette | and Billy Jack, all the other fighters | A |are new comers to the ring in Jun- Mrs. Alma Davis was a surgical | egy, admission today at St. Ann's Hos- AT FRANK A. BOYLE - ' - ~ ‘ 4 o ! THat's the receptiom AT charming hostessess give pital | _Today's news today in The Empire. thoug™ ful guests who c d'd f ‘ | | - bring gifts of delfclous | andiaate lor i | Van Duyn Candles. Little 3 ! | After receiving surgical care, Os- BT S ttentions K jcar Johnson was dismissed from Halmet ) Perey’s AUDITOR OF ALASKA oy B H. S. GRAVES R A S “The Clothing Man” FRESH . i | g exclusivel 2 . oS | Miss Ann Schatf was dismissed | | HoME OP HART SCHAFFNER 7/[3 7} @uy " Y Subject to Democratic Primary |from surgieal care today at St.| | ©°'s MARY GLOTHING | s ospital, CHOCOLATES VAN DUYN CHOCOLATE SHOPS E]ecnon, Apnl 30, 1940 Admitted to the Government Hos- | * + | pital today, Alex Johnson is re- | in it who haven't had a divorce. Conrad Nagel has; so has Frank ,c_e‘liig surgjcal Vsupervlston JAMES c‘ COOPER Fay. And Joan and Dick have, too—the divorces they got before |! | . C.P. A, iy mari M | hey married each other. A | Business Counselor But they don't want any more: this “I Want a Divorce,” as adean Meh' works { | COOPER BUILDING they see it, is a chance to show the folks what a nice, congenial || . 4 South Seward St. #* A Mr. and Mrs. team they can make—for future pictures as in life. i 9 AIR CONDITIONING P ORI . ) ARG 5o M There hasn't been a real Mr. and Mrs. comedy team on the and OIL BURNERS | screen sincé Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew, which was 'way back in ‘ SHEET METAL WOBK the silents. There are some mighty potent Mr. and Mrs. teams around, but all working in different movies. Mr. and Mrs. Gable, for instance, who haven't worked together since “No Man of Her Own.” Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, who haven't been teamed since 1 they became Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Power—Annabella ) 1 /| WANTED? Small Children Cared For MRS. 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