The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1940, Page 5

DodgersBack |leonardSisres 5 HITS, 5 In First Place (By Associated Press) After three days in second place, the Brooklyn Dodgers have re- gained the National League lead with a 13-inning victory over the Cince i Reds. The winning run yesterday was scored off Joe Beggs when Gene Moore was walked and Leo Durocher singled him to third, then Gus Mancuso lifted a fly to centerfield. Brooklyn won 5 to 6. - -, Grandmother Dean Roofer The best 80, LSA. Okla., May 15. Mrs. C. M. Dean, zzy Dean. is grandmother and Hospital with compli- fractured hip. nurses say every time forms with brilliance her very happy - > frem a Diz- it npire classifieds bring results. Announce Troth ‘ 0f Daughter| Dr. and Mrs. Leonard O. Sloane, formerly of Juneau, but for man,/ vears residents of Los Angeles, re- cently announced the engagemeni of their daughter Charlotte to Rich- ard F. C. Hayden, son Richard I Hayden and the late Mrs Hayden. Word of the engagement has been received by friends here and a news story of the announcement is in the Los Angeles Times of Sunday May 5. accompanying an attractive picture of Miss Sloane. Miss Sloane is a graduate of Marl- borough Schcol and will finish the Unive ty of Califcinia at Los An- geles in June. She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Mr Hayden, who is attending law school 1t the University of California is & member of Phi Delta Phi. The announcement of the enzage- ment of Miss Sloane was at a tea May 4. With her mother ard sister l~..\, i Miss Sloane visited in Juneau dur- ing the summer of 1936. Dr. and Mrs. Sloane formerly lived in Juneau and have many Juneau friends who e Lem when in California. -o Today's news today in The Empire A winner on taste—a winner on And the name’s Old price. mitage. Her- Magnificent 4-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon, now priced 1o make pocketbooks cheer. National Distillers Products Corp., N. 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The game was delayed by a free-for-all in the fourth inning which required the attention of the police. Four walks issued in one-two style in the third inning by Milo Candini, Oakland pitcher, last night contributed to the victory for' the Los Angeles club, San Francisco put on a three- run rally in the ninth inning last night to defeat Hollywood. Ferris Fains' single with the bases load- ed with two away and the score tied, proved the decisive single of the free-hitting battle. GAMES TUESDAY Pacific Coast League Sacramento 10; San Diego 8. Los Angeles 6; Oakland 4. San Francisco 8; Hollywood 6. Nationar iLeagve St. Louis 0; Philadelp! Pittsburgh 7; New Yol Cincinnati Brooklyn teen innings. American League Washington 4; Detroit Boston 17; Chicago 6, nings. Philadelphia 9; Cleveland 7. 7 5, 2 ten in- AP Feature Se:vice SOX STAR OVERCOMES BIG LEAGUE JITTERS NEDY: His Arm Is One of the Greatest. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1940 WHITE THANKS MR. 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STANDING OF THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won 26 24 20 22 22 20 20 16 San Diego Oakland Seattle San Francisco Hollywood Los Angeles Sacramento Portland Lost Pct. 18 21 18 21 23 22 25 22 National League Won Lost Pct. 15 15 11 11 7 8 8 6 Brooklyn Cincinnati New York Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis Boston Pittsburgh 4 5 9 1 11 14 12 13 American League Lost Pct. ‘Won Boston Cleveland | Detroit Philadelphia | St. Louis ‘Washington Chicago , | New York o f 14 591 533 526 512 489 476 444 421 739 S50 550 .500 .389 364 .333 316 139 636 542 478 429 435 409 .333 Gastineau Channel League Won Lost 2 1 0 | Moose | Douglas ; Elks . | { | | | | | | | 0 2 1 Empire classifieds bring results. Pet. | 1.000 333 000 Oldest Bank in Alaska Commercial Safe Deposit Banking by Mail Department The B. M. Behrends in {fine shape. He stepped into the third base job when Eric McNair came up with a sore arm Big league jitters first—off the field. “I couldn’t sit still,” he The kid's knees shook and ie “I had to keep moving, couldn’t read, felt on edge. But it wasn't wound up and shot the ball across ¥ all right off the field too. {he plate. Stiike! He looks all right. Perfectly e feotta: e poised, an easy talker, Bob weighs fop. Hae I like,” 195, stands 6 feet 2 inches. Well e Wi groomed, he doesn’t appear to be ririer. ooting: dnd one who'll go haywire in the first his wobbling knees. Mg et stidoess, ¥ His plans? “I want to be a great third base- man and I'm going to work har at it.” Those long winter months, though, he’s going to spend at the University of Chicago.” “Don’t know yet what I'll major in. First two years are general and,I figure that in that time I'll p o Y Played Legion Ball {Bob looks ‘more like a husky fadm_boy than a product of Chi- cago’s South Side. That's where he. gat his baseball start, playing and American Le- CHICAGO, May 15.—A rousing cheer greeted the graying Lefty Grove as he strolled to the mound —and Bob Kennedy, 19-year-old rookie third baseman for the Chi- cago White Sox, thrilled to this first glimpse of his hero. hit him at recalls. cool, gotta wait Bob told himself his spikes for a tried to stay The went to three and two. Then Bob saw one coming down tte middle, one he liked. He swuny, and was off as bat hit ball. The ball rose and rose, farther and farther, until it sailed over the fence, 400 feet away in left center- field That was Bob's biggest thrill his young baseball career. “I surprised myself,” he says with a grin. “Lefty had always been a sort of special hero to me and I was preety nm'vovu:; But ‘Enrlgfiborhood managed to cool off and I leaned |y ™o opn, into that one I liked. count, in | At 15, he got a workout at Co- A Kegular Now | miskey Park and Billie Webb, Bob, who went to training camp|head of the White Sox farm sys- | “just for the ride”—one of several tem, all but shipped him out right | rookies taken along so that Jim-|then, until Bob admitted he was | my Dykes could get a look at his|only 15. | better farm hands before they| That gave the youngster a went back to the bushes—is still | chance at high school athletic! ~ | competition. As a sophomore, he | was a regular halfback on the De| |La Salle High School football team, played on the basketball team that won the national Cath- |olic tournament, won the | championship in the mile and, placed second in the same event| in a national Catholic tournament | at Notre Dame. | The next summer he went to Dallas and played some at Vicks-| burg. He returned to Dallas the | following year but was moved over to Longview, in the East Texas loop. Last year he was with Shreveport, A broken hand halt- ed him in mid-season but the Sox | decided to have a look 4t him. | Now he’s a riproaring third baseman with an arm that's called the greatest in the American League and a bat that already | commands respect. | “I'm a lucky kid,” he says. city | Savings {mons of the Athletics visited thz-‘ | der . . After seeing them They are the best champions every one of them . you'll agree with all the others . . looking' suits in town. OPEN .UNTIL 6:00 P. M. Stern Suits when w the new ought and packed wi th ] B. M. BEHRENDS C9. Men’s Shop G0OD BATTERS SHOULD STICK THEIR STYLE Bad Eyes, Good Hit 4 | LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 15. NORMAN, Okla., May 15.—Pop- “Good hitters,” says Henry W. Mor- eye Lasater's constituents are sug- row, “never change the model of gesting that he close his eyes their’ bat.” | when he comes to bat. Morrow is supervisor at the That's because ne has been hit- Hillerich and Bradsby bat factory ting phenomenally ever since he here. ilhrew away his specs last sum- “But,” he says, “that wasn’t mer when his eyes started both- true years ago.” ering him. With | he batted .560 and now, at Okla- Honus Wagner, toe great short-! . stop-hitter, Lcmne lo“the plant homa University, he's still around some 20 years age. looked around | M ,.»M»maxk. and picked out a dozen bats from | various bins. Every one was dif-| ferent. A few weeks ago Al Sim-! While New England's fresh waters contain only 60 species of fish, and Ohio waters 163, New. York waters boast about 200 varieties, according to Dr. plant. 1 He swung and tested a number| of bats. Finally Al picked one up{ E. C. Raney of Cornell Uni- Jiggled it in his hands and said: versity. “This is what I've been KIRING (Tt et | for «in a bat. Now, .mayhe 1.can| proserederees cvooee——=0eq | The company man took Als or-| | but laughed and said they REPAIRS and SERVICE | ied little r p i i varie tle from the Simmons, JUNEAU RADIO SERVICE || Phone 464 Bill Hixson model that Al had used for years.| D Pirates Beat Special Sale on HATS Gian's:(ards sz-ss While They Last Joe Kelly, Haberdasher Are Shu' ou' Next to Winter & Pond | Murphy Cabranette " (By Associated Press) The Pittsburgh Pirates staged a five-run sixth-inning rally yester- Lakeview, Ore.,| CARDINALS NEED 2 MORE"M" MEN ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 15.—If the | Cardinals had a catcher and a third-baseman whose names began with “M,” they could put a full |team of m-men on the field. Joe Medwick, Terry Moore and Pepper Martin would be in the |outfield, Johnny Mize at first, Stuart Martin at second, Martin Marion at shortstop and Bill Mec- Gee would be the pitcher. | E - Daily Empire classifieds pay. H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING —_—— — JAMES C. COOPER C.P. A Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING | *. - — 4 WANTED! Small Children Cared For MRS. BROWN'S NURSERY 315 Third 8¢ or Phone Red 119 -— TIMELY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS QUALITY WORK CLOTHING Kitchens Office at Radio Eng. & Mig. Co. PHONE 176 BOX 2824 Vi L D AR |day to snap the six-game win of | Blue glass is produced with co-|the Giants. 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