The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 22, 1940, Page 5

Jleveland Armsirong KeepingUp =~ WinsAgain; Win Streak Short Fight Yanks Stop Their Slipping Scores Technical Knockout —Giants Go Info Sec- | Over Challenger ond Position | Paul Junior ) | PORTLAND, Maine, June (By ASSOCIATED PRE 22 ; h Henry Armstrong, of Los Angeles Iike a rowdy family which quar-' ¢ ooconio defended the world's 'ls privately but gangs up on all o eerweight boxing crown last night utsiders, Cleveland yesterday CON- p,y gooring a third round technical iitaaidiod no signs of recent yyqcrout cver Paul Junior, veteran rzum banged Boston, un- | pawicion challenger. i st a pair of high scor-| 6, gunjor's fourth trip to the o ed Willlams and | g,,ys5 in the third round, the ref- Jimmie veland kept €Om- qreo halted the massacre. g he 1 in the eighth inning | pymsirong tipped the scales at Roy Beel hit a three run clinching 144 pounds and Junior weighed 1 Home, pounds. Yanks Stop Skidding e e The Yankees stopped their five- game skid yesterday to beat Detroit L gam pitching Washington to a o HARD TO BELIEVE Philadelphia worked on Chicago | effectively yesterday, Lee Roos| 1-4-hitter and Bob John-| TRENTON, Mo, June 22—Sev on getting two home runs times a month, Trenton officers a In National League called upon to explain to curious In the National League, Brook-|passersby that the sign on the lyn strengthéned first place city jail window dcesn't mean ex- held in a slugging festival with'actly what it says. The sign says Philadelphia and New York slipped “Keep Out—This Means You." It up inte second position upending js aimed at ioiterers who might Cincinnati want to talk to prisoners through Philad=Iphia checked the Chicago (he baus Cubs with the aid of Chuck Klein, - e whe made a double and sent two uns home. Today's news today In The Empire - WINNEROF 1 GAMES San Diego, by Bealing§ “ | Portland, Jumps from | 5th fo 3rd Place o TSEATILENS | (By ASSOCIATED JRESS) | Seattle's double shutout of Sac-| | tamento last night pushed the Rain- |iers farther ahead in the Pacific, § | Coast League's leadership and cen- [tered interest in the defending | shampion’s only competitive in-| terest was San Diego's jump in a B (single day from fifth to third po- | | sition | Seattle’s wins last night of a dou- | | bleheader followed the 5-hit pitching |in the first game and a similar per- | formance by Wilkie in the night- |cap. Sacramento dropped into fifth piace. San Diego's win was stemmed from Ed | homer which climoxed a »5\‘17\"" in the fifth inning. * || Oakland eased out its Portland Stewart’s four run over victe THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1940. 3ehind the large, heavily armored tanks used as the spearhead in a i 5 litzkrieg attack come these smaller tanks used to clear a path for |on the Italian side of nfantry, rushed along in speedy strokes did not place). Girls 25 yard race, ages 4-6 — 1st, Helen DuPree. (No other con- testants). 25 vard dash (ages 4-6 il nver Los Angeles which had the| 4 tying Tun. on & baso in the ninth |1st, George Messcrschmlidt; second, inning but couldn’t get' it over.|Bobble Dapcovich 7 Tt R [The win of San Francisco over 1(~| Mlaor:rn)x:l“l:xis race .;«:(fi‘l-in SOCIAL SWIM_one of bt ie O Kennedy; 3rd, Helen Dapcevich the first to get her feet wet as | GAME | Boys vard hop racs azes -9 he beach season opened for | .netropolitan socialites was Miss Peggy Jennison (above) of New | York and Tampa, Fla., shown wciween dips at Atlantic Beach club on Long Island. Pacific Coast League Sacramento 0, 0; Scattle 11, Oakland Los Angeles 5 S Diego Portland 3 Hollywood 4; San Francisco § Bobbie Nance; 2nd, Gerald Shaw. Giirls three-legzed race ages 10-15 1st, Ann Dapeevich and Pat Me- Alister. (There were a large num- ber of contestants in this race) National League | cincinnati 3; New York 4 Boys three-legzed race, ages 10-15 Pittsburgh 8; Brooklyn 10. | ~Elroy Hoffman and John Flo- | Chicago 5; Philadelphia 6. berg Fasketball throw for distance American Leag! Reston 4: Cleveland 7. | Philadelphia 12; Chicagzo 1 New York 12: Detroit 7 Washington 1; St. Louis 0. girls ages under ten 151, Lodena Johnson; 2nd, Mary Thibodeau; 3rd, Mae Dapvevich Bieyele hill climb, to boys open | death are shown in ma lorries. These Italian machines of | flame-throwing tanks for trench an Wounded warriors of the British Expeditionary Fore: back down the gangplank of a hospital ship af the Nazi tre= i~ ™euders. The British charge that iduring the past 10 years of the |A. A. A. meet, with an edge to the easterners, But any organization, from a big university to an Ameri- New Device can Legion Post or CCC Camp, can ee enter a team. Last year points were scored by 30 teams and by many unattached athletes. In its perennial rivalry with the Olympic Club, the New York A. C. enters with an overwhelming ad-| For Timing | Wounded, But Free from Trap in Flanders t an undisclosed British port 1 : German airmen bombed and machine-gunned the shij —ercilessly despite Red Cross insignia. neuvers at Rome. Hundreds are reported massed the French border. In addition, Italy has many d open road work. e and of the French army are carried piggy- after being evacuated from Louis Is fo Fight Again In September A BEAUTY AND A BARGAINI Shop Around! Compare Values! And you'll appre- ciate how much more dol- lar-for-dollar value you get in a G-E. See the new deluxe General Electric, the refrigerator with CONDITIONED AIR! ’ ] MODEL LB6B | . et all—1st, Jack Newmarker; 2ud, Elroy | STANDING OF THE CLUBS Hoffman, 3rd, Eugene Carothers Rt ket Tk Under water swim for distanc Wor Lost Pet.| (CPeh to alD—1st, Terr. ondahl, Seatil 48 31 g0g d'stance, length and a half of the Oakland 46 38 548 p-tni. 2nd, Quentin Johnson, 3rd, gan Diego &, e Tk Y"'""i»rl i i " 9 9 5 arl ews AMAZING Moot B2 4 %ei Two tables have been placed in = S g the park for the use of persons pic- PRICE OF L‘m ’;f::‘:]‘f"u ‘;: :E :::’: nicing there. Another will be placed owtiarit 29 41 ‘a7 in the park for use as soon as the Nt Heite necessary repairs are completed Won Lost Pet o # vimming Pool ta | % " The ' we on the new swimming *l 19.50 ' Breoay. i o pool 1§ going ahcad rapidly despite / Chaviaan 35 a0 ‘g3g the handicap of working in the | Chicago... 29 29 500 'ain most: of the time. The forms St. Louis 21 30 412 Are althost completed and cement Including 5 Veurs | Pittsburgh 20 31 392 will ptrobably be poured sometime Performance Philadelphia 19 31 380 Next week: Protection Boston 17 31 354 et omsll Lo | American League Softball games for the Ileague Won Lost Pet. teams will definitely be held on Cleveland 36 29 621, Mondays and Wednesdays from now Boston 31 T 596 O weather permitting. The dia- Detroit 32 22 593 mm}(l can h(‘_ used immediately fol- 62 Cu. Ft. stm_age Spuce o117 New York 28 27 509 lowing a l'al.nfflll because of the St. Louis 27 31 466 gravel and drainage. Sq. Ft. of Shelf Area * 8 Lbs. of o 2 31 456 TheFederals are to play the Rin- lu-A—WBigCl"bGS*A' OneTime | Philadelphia 22 33 400 keydinks of Douglas, Monday even- - 5 | Washington 21 37 362 "8 at thc‘Evergreen Bowl. The game o Fast Freezing Stainless Steel i D |is to begin at 6:30 o'clock. These Super-Freezer * All-Steel Cabinet —1-Piece Porcelain Interior © Automatic Interior Lighting Sealed-in-Steel G-E Thrift Unit. A STATEMENT BY GENERAL ELECTRIC *We believe the new 1940 G-E Refrigerator to be the finest roduct of its kind ever of- ered to the public—one that will cost you less to own than any other refrigerator you could buy at any price.” “You'll Always Be Glad You Bought A General Electric” ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. PHONE 616 i “OUR PRICES ARE SEATTLE PRICES” 'Big Turnout ~ At Bowl for - Day's Sport In spite of the lack of sunshine | over | Evergreen Bowl Friday afternoon to take part in the second playday. Every Friday from now on until the last of August these playdays will be held rain or shine. If the weath- er makes it impossible to run off some of the events scheduled for that day others will be given in their place. For the main event of the day a “shinney *golf” tournament was run off in regular tournament fashion. The contestants had a large fol- lowing which continued around the course with them for the entire nine holes. A few of the contest- ants certainly had to replace the turf. The following is the list of win- ners of the conte: “Shinney Gol{"—1. score 43 strokes; 2. score 44 strokes; 3. Elroy Hoffman score 49 strokes. (Mike Chambers who holds the course record of 41 Billy Allen, George Paul, 150 youngsters were at the| |games are open to the public | ~ The Independent team consists of George Martin, Don Murphy, Bill Odell, Ed O. Salome, Hal Bloomquist, | Bill Goodman, Robert Smith, Jos |eph Walldinne, Michell Dantloff, |Don Daigler, John Kennedy, John | Floberg, Kill Kennedy, William Al- len, Paul Dapcevich, Henry Thibo- !deau and Clarence Phillips. others wishing to play on one of these teams is to call Harold Roth at the Bowl and his name will be placed on the list, Managers may get their sched- ule of games by calling for them at the office of the Bowl - -+ - BE CAREFUL, YES! HARRODSBURG, Ky., June 22.— ‘With the ground covered by ice and snow for more than a month, R. E. Cunningham, 71, farmer, took pains when he went outdoors. Every time he ventured from his house he used a pitchfork for a walking stick, jab- bing the pronks into the ground firmly to sure against a fall. Then it happened. He slipped on the hardwood floor in his home and fell, breaking a hip. He was sent to a hospital. e eee— The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any Al- aska newspaper. g - Empire Classifieds Pay! NOW-EVERYONE MUST BE UP BY SEVEN-SO LET'S Ni BE LATE- oT | HAVE A SUGGESTION TO MAKE- Any | ‘Electric Contrivance Will Check Performances —New Invention 1 | e i By SAM JACKS | 1 AP Feature Service Writer FRESNO, Cal,, June 22.—Americ | greatest athletes, who might |been in Finland this summer quishing the world at the wa an- |celed 1940 Olympic Games, will {fight it out among themselves in- |stead here in Fresno. | The event that will bring them | itogether is the National A. A. U.| | championships June 28 and 29. A| | proposal to hold an “Olympic try-| outs” meet has been dropped, mul; both in date and in talent repre- this 1940 | sented will climax the Use Special mer | An s jed feature at I\'mu'\. meet will be the use of which its inven Dr. H. G. Burbridge of Fresno 5t College, says is accurate to 1/1000 | of a second. The timer is started | by the firing of the starter’s gun| this | an | electric timer land stopped when the runners {break the tape at the finish in| specially arranged stalls Burbrid; »stimates the timer will “slow down” presept records by labont 1/10 of a seeond The New York Athletic Club and the Olympic Club of San Fran- cisco have monopolized title honors | advantage over collegiate entries be- | zan beat | Stanford’s vantage in six events that are not part of far western track meets. These are the steeplechase, 3,000- both east and west in the 1500-meter runs, the 56 pound weight and the 16 pound hammer. Athletic Clubs Have Advantage The big athletic clubs have an Will Meet Winner of Gal- enfo-Baer Go fo Be Staged July 2 NEW YORK, June 22.—Joe Louis cause they can include any ama- teurs—athletes from campuses th; are not entering teams and grad- | will defend his title of world uates who are still at peak form,|heavyweight champion next Sep n Francisco's “Winged O,” for in-|tember. He will then meet the \»‘Lanm‘. will have its pick of men|winner of the Galento-Max Baer bout, according to Mike Jacobs. The Galento-Baer clash will take place in Jersey City July 2. Louis collected $56,000 for his fight with Arturo Godoy Thursday from California, Stanford and half a dozen smaller schools, as well as some 18 men in the graduate class. With 400 athletes participating in 23 events it is hard to predict stand- outs. Coach Charles F. Hunter of [night. Godoy drew down $23,000. the Olympic Club, who is in gen- cral charge, says the talent from both eas tand west in the 1,500-meter (mile) run will make it a great race, the big question being who Chuck Fenske. There is always a chance of see- ing a tenth of a second clipped off 1 sprint at an A. A. U. meet, and great Clyde Jeffrey may be the boy to do it. The rapidly mounting pole vault record could 1ls0 rise a notch, with both Cornel- ius Warmerdam (15 feet) and Earl Meadows (14 feet 11 inches) com- peting Sweet Kitchens by WEST WIND OW about the atmos- phere of your home? Are you, like many home owners, annoyed by smoke, stalc air and odors that come from the kitchen and through all the house? West Wind, an incxrm ive, good~ looking, quict veatilating {an, sct in an outside wall of your kitchen, literally pulls out every trace of odor« ous, heavy air as it riscs from the stove and turns it out of doors. It Plenty of Honoers Rewards in points, medals and trophies will be more liberally dis- {ributed than in the past. There will be six places in each event, ounting 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 respect- ively, and every boy who places will | get a medal. keeps the air of your entire home Fresno, a city of 52,000 population clean, swect and breathable. Call us in the 1930 census, is famous on the| it us show you the Wes Wind Veatilating Fan, By GEORGE McMANUS ‘ Y GOLLY ~ B CAN'T SLEEP JUST_THINKIN' OF GETTIN' UP_IN THE MORNING— Copr. 1940, King Peaties Syndicate, Tuc., World right [} ‘Whizzer Whife Is Jany Alaska newspaper, cast as scene of the annual Fresno rel; The A. A U. meet was brought here under sponsorship of Fresno State College, which posted $6,000 advance expense money | | | Taken fo Hospifal| DENER, Col., June 22-—Profes-| sional football star Whizzer White | entered the Colorado General Hos- | pital last night for an appendicitis cperation, ND i o WESL Ventilating fm RICE & AHLERS C0. i PHONE 34 : | | -eo - { The Daily Alaska Empire guaran- | tees the largest daily circulation of