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

1!0 a vlctory over the Cubs in the second half of a doubleheader Sun- day. After thjrteen innings, ‘a homer by Bill Nicholson gave the Cubs the opener. The Boston Red Sox took n double game victory from the St. Louis Browns Sunday, coming from behind to win the first in the eleventh inning. Jimmy fered a wrenched knee in a collision y‘wlt,h Johnny Bearding of the | Browns in the first game, and will Jlmmy Foxx Wren(hes be :uc of the lineup for several Knee-Out of Game | Several Days ' (BY A\SO( IATLD PRESS) Taking advantage of every oppor- tunity, the Cincinnati Reds in- creased their lead to two and one- half games with twin triumphs over Philadelphia on Sunday. St. Louis » CArdindls swept doubleheader from the Boston Bees Sunday, taking the second game be- hind Bill McGgee's effective pitch- ing; A four-run sixth inning rally pay2 them the opener, 1ill Lohrman pitched the (nimus Reds Take The Senators scored two runs after two men were out in the ninth inning Sunday to tie the score and then went on to defeat ! Cleveland in the eleventh inning. Red Ruffing found his form Sun- day and gave the Yanks a four- hit and shutout victory over Chi- cago. oo — — - RISES T0 B.B. FAME Freddy Fltzsmmons Hurls His Two Hundredth Victory Sunday SAVINGS HERE ARE Foxx suf- Tips. On Baseball: HOW TO PLAY SHORTSTOP , By BILL ! New York Giants’ Star AP FEATURE SERVICE Veteran baseball men say short- stop is the most important fielding position. T've been a National League shortstop for the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants for nine years and I can well agree that it's a tough spot. T'll try to tell you of some of the qualifications a shortstop must have | and of tome of his duties: He should be fast and a quick | | | i | smrter, adroit at fielding from any position over a wide range. He should have a strong, accu- rate throwing arm and should be able to throw underhand, side- larm and overhand. | He makes more long throws| SEATTLE IN TWO WINS ONSUNDAY Oaks Dele;t—Sa(ramenlo; Twice — Hollywood in Fifth Spot | (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) | Oakland continued to charge against Sacramento, winning e | doubleheader Sunday for their sev-| enth straight victory in nine games, | Dynamite Dunn hit two homers in the first game. A seven-run scoring spree by, Portland in the last inning of the; second game Sunday prevented | what normally would have been U doubleheader victory for the Hol-| lywood Stars who won the hrsl‘ game. | | Los Angeles took a doubleheader from San Diego Sunday, w‘mning; the second game in the eleventh| mning with a four-run outburst. | Seattle won two games {from San Francisco on Sunday, taking the| first game in the fourteenth ining| JURGES southpaw THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MONDAY, JULY 15, 1940. . Pllcher Now Pays Interest Star Slovenian Southpaw Just Handcuffs In- dlans Rivals .,l,()\\FR CLEVELAND, July 15—It took Al Milnar a long while to live up By RAY [to his early promise, but the Cleve- land Indians’ pitcher big interest The Indians picked Milnar up in his native Cleveland, and farmed the taciturn Slovenian to the Zanesville (O. club of the Mid- Atlantic League in 1933. He prompt- ly struck out 18 of his future mates in a night exhibition game, but it took him seven years to round into a consistent big league winner, The Tribe's front office brain trust almost gave up on Milnar be- fore the 1939 season, and thought of trading him to Boston. They changed their minds just in time. patience with the big finally is paying L s How Much Is Your Camera Worth? WHAT YOU © pa. o M, A SHATTUCK AGENCY Office Well, it's worth that much to someone else, too—someone who may manage to take it without your knowledge. A Camera in- surance policy would auickly re- imburse you if your camera were stolen or damaged or destroyed by fire or other cause. Doesn t cost much. Phone for details. New York Life Telephone 249 e e P e e i e Later, he changed his if any one appeared lisbeliever that Willkie arrived in with no entourage, a headquarters, just wasn't prediction to the third, but in both instances, incredulous Willkie merely reiterated that the aware “far-reaching movement.” Philadelphia | without even | without any of visi- War Stowaway EABN!NG Fr‘;fiy";‘c‘gg;::?fl?}filis?] “e’r‘:‘"mz'r‘i’ Otzzfild‘"f}‘;e’d" *‘"d‘ °°‘:“ on Hal Turpin's effective twirling| The 195-pounder, fighting his|ble organization. When his head- | 200th victory in hi 1; i s rab slow goller d f:-ace:l e tfi |and winning the nightcap easily |lack of control, started to show|juarters was established in rooms | iy i Yo In g Sl JoLEy Rnd gk Shex , 10 BILL JURGES behind Dick Barrett's tight pitch-|promise last season and finished | .nadequate for visitors, the place the National League by shutting first—or he dashes back into short 3 | ing with 14 triumphs and 12 defeats,|nad an amateurish air. Far from out the Pirates on four hits Sun- left and center field for pop flies.| % e 4 2 s (| being ¢ le ol run | | | | walking a man almost every other|being a well-oiled machine, run day as the Dodgers scored a tri- Teams With Second-Sacker come when (a) the batted ball GAM SUNDAY inning. This spring, 27 years old|oy a masterful executive, it was umph. Footwork is important. A right-|bounds over or through the Pacific Coast League {&d Bl ok n‘}’)rovge.n major league- | \ melee in which Willkie was as| Thirty-three thousand Pittsburgh handed shortstop must learn to pitcher's box and (b) when a ball Portland 2, 8; Hollywood 3, 4 i lle wouldn't even predict 15|much a part of the scene as vol-| fans saw Fitzsimmons' rise to field ground balls off his Tight is hit to the left of the third base-| (oo 0 G b el B T 0 BE R S hl:s talking | unteer greeters, He saw all com-| fame, foot. If he is forced to cut decp man and to the shortstop’s ex: Los Angeles 4, 10; San Diego 3, 6.|from the pitcher’s box. ars, talked to everyone who called The Pirates won the opener of the twin conwst Your Money Is ® Available for with- drawal on request. ® Insured by U. S. Government up to $5.,000. Wife Is Wllness To Mate Drowning DEPORE BAY, Oregon, July 15. —Frank Katsules, Commander of the Clarence Labell Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in Minneapolis, was drowned in sight of his wife when a big wave swept him from a rock where he was taking pic-, tures. Alaska Federal Savings & Loan Assn. of Juneau — - | The Daily Alaska mmpire guaran- | J tees the largest daily circulation of any Alaska rewspnper Telephone 3 G M C TRUCK S Compare Them With Ml Others! PRICE - APPEARANCE - ECONOMY DURABILITY CONNORS MOTOR (30- PHONE 411 o . e T NWW “THE PRICE TAG IS NOT EVERYTHING” PHONE 767 PHONE 767 THRIFT COOP . 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When the . shortstop himself| receives a double play throw at second, he should get the bali about one step away from the bag, hit the cushion with his pivot| foot and throw. A shortstop often; must act on instinct.. For instance; a’deep: grounder, through the mid-| dle drivés him behind second and | a, runner at second speeds for third. The shortstop must make a lightning decislon, whether to play | for the more certain putout at first| or take a chance of catching the advance runner. | - Generally, shortstop covers second | base on all ground balls hit be- tween first and second, on moder- ately deep fly balls to the left side| of second and on all fly balls that elude the outfielders to the right side of second. Third base is cov- ered whenever that baseman leaves his position to field fly balls. | Catches Sleepers The shortstop is the logical man to catch ‘a runner off second. This play should be used only when the shortstop is sure the pitcher | won't throw wild. The shortstop | can fake two or three darts m‘ second and then, on a “pre- arranged signal, break quickly for the bag, take the throw and tag the runner. | On throws to third base from the outfield, the shortstop acts as: cut-off man. On long base hits and fly balls deep into the out-| field, he runs out té act as'a relay‘ man, Other infielders “shout to him where to throw. The shortstop’s NO 'l'respassing GEORGE BROS. : FARM ' n,‘as-u. mfi, | hardest . plnyn |Hagerup and Jensen treme right. Shortstops often signal outfielders on every pitch, if possible, indicat- ing the kind of delivery it is to be. They also are the “talker-uppers,” guys who keep the whole infield pepped up and on its toes. oo FORFEIT GAME LOST BY PAPS T0 ISLANDERS Pickup Teams Play Sunday E Evening and Douglas Beaten by "Moose’ Only four Moose ball players ap-| peared yesterday to mix with Doug- las on the Firemen’s Park diamond, |50 Douglas won by.right of forfeit, 9| to 0. Fans were given baseball, however, {when the Moose secured five Elk and Douglas ball players to mnke up a team. When the smoke had semed‘ the “Moose” had won, 9-6, but it was wild ball with a total of 23 hits and eight errors. George Willey, Elk infielder nnd outfielder, caught for the make- | up team last night, did a good job of it, and in addition, rapped out the only home run of the game and hit two of four. Eddie Nielsen, youngest ball play- er in the league, who got a home run |in the park the other day, nearly| duplicated it last night when his| drive to left field bounced over Jen- sen’s head. Nielsen rounded third safely, but couldn't beat the relay to home plate. Douglas batters Roller and Rus- |tad had field days for practice yes- | terday, with better than 50 percent of their trips to the plate being hits. Rustad hit a triple first time up. Guy pitched for the Moose and pitched for | Douglas. v FLYING GIRLS SEE MAKINLEY Alma Heflin and Margaret Mc- Quin, Lockhaven, Pennsylvania, girl flying over Alaska for their vaca- tion in a Piper coupe, flew from Fairbanks to McKinley Park Sun- day. The girls are to be guests: ot the | park until Tuesday morning :when they will fly to Anchorage to.spend Seattle 7, 10; San Francisco 6, 0. Mlinar Was Harder National League Milnar, who changed his name Philadelphia 2, 1; Cincinnati 3, from Mlinar (the Slovenian spell- k8 ing) to make it easier to pro- Brooklyn 2, 2; Pittsburgh 6, 0. nounce and spell, won 10 of hit Boston 7, 1; St. Louis 8, 3. | first dozen decisions. He, Bob Fel- New York 5, 2; Chicago 6, 0. ler and another southpaw, Al American aeague Smith, were the pitching reason: Chicago 0; New York 4. Detroit 2, 2; Philadelphia 8, 5 why the Indians were right in the fight for the American League pen- St. Louis 4, 3; Boston 5, 6. | nant. Cleveland 5; Washington 6. The cause of Milnar's excellent Gastineau Channel League performances? Douglas 9; Moose 0. Game for-| *“I have found my control, and feited. % my curve’s breaking a little sharper, | GAMES SATURDAY He offers nothing more. You | Pacific Coast League get the distinct impression his | Seattle 3; San Francisco 0. mind is so completely on his work Oakland 3; Sacramento 4. Portland Hollywood 5. that he doesn't care to take time to talk about it. | Los Angeles 6, 10; San Diego 5| Milnar went to New Orleans 1. and Milwaukee before he came National League up to the Indians in 1937. Steve Brooklyn 6, 3; Cincinnati 7, 1. O'Neill, then the Cleveland man- | Boston 7; Chicago 0. | Philadelphia 8; Pittsburgh 9. New York'3; St. Louis 4. | "American League | Cleveland 6; Philadelphia 4. Chieago 5, 7; Boston 0, 0. St. Louis 4, 6; New York 10, 12. Detroit 4, 4, Washington 3, 0. ager, put him in against the New York Yankees and he walked the first five men to face him before another pitcher could be warmed up. In 1938, the former Cleveland sandlotter won three and lost one, striking out 209 batters in 68 in- nings which saw him walk 26 STANl"NG OI" THF CLUBS men, with 48 runs scored against Pacific Coast League him. He started to arrive with an Won Lost Pct|i-inning, 2 to 1 victory over the Seattle 68 36 654 | yankees last year but it wasn't un- Oakland 64 46 582 (il this campaign that he proved Los Angelcs 56 50 528 he could keep it up. San Diego 53 54 495| Milnar is what is known to the Hollywood 51 58 A468|trade as a “hitting pitcher.” He San Francisco 49 57 462 | twirled in Cleveland amateur base- Sacramento 51 60 -459 | ball, but almost was made into an Portland 36 67 .350| outfielder at Zanesville before the National League Indians found out what was going Won Lost Pct |on, Cincinnati 50 24 676 — Brooklyn 47 26 644 . New York 42 .31 5B (I Sp d I Chicago 41 40 506 alm e a ors Pittsburgh 31 41 431 H H s o mow | Cheering Willkie Boston U7 43 386 . i Philadelphia 25 48 342 w pl l d“‘e American League ere an e re Won Lost Pct (Coniinue: .om Page One: Cleveland 48 30 615 A AR f e Detroit 46 . 30 -605/ A DEFINITE MOVEMENT Boston 4 33 571| There are two versions, and I New York .. 41 34 -547| rind strong adherents to both. The Chicago i 34 39 466 | first is that Wendell L. Willkie is Philadelphia 31 46 403{the G.OP. presidential candidate 8t. Louis 33 a9 402|py popular demand and personal Washington 32 48 400 charm. Gastineau Channel League On the surface, there is much Won Lost - Pct.|to support this. It was weeks ago Douglas, 2 1 667)that the hulking, good-humored, Elks .. 2 2 500 | quick-witted utilittes captain told Moose 2 3 400{ me, without conceit or bombast, A oy “There is a definite and far- reaching movement in this coun- try to put business back into gov- ernment, and because I believe what these people believe . .. and BITTEN BY DOG Young Jack Hash was taken to St. la few, days. From Anchorage they wlll fly to McGrath, Flat, on to Bethel,’Nome and Kotzebue before returnifig up, the . Yukon to Fairbanks and back to Juneau. Ann's Hospital yesterday and is re- |ceiving treatment for wounds re- aumng from bites’ of*a German fe- |malé Police dog. The dog was later shot. The incident occured on the Douglas nghway say so, I have become the spear- head of.that movement.” Before the convention had start- ed, Willkic had said he would be nominated on the sixth ballot. DED TO GIVE A MUSICALE — IN_HONOR OF _ HOME gru, oH E L EVENT o=gHE EVEI LL e By GEORGE McMANUS THE GRAND BALL: him, even answered telephones him- elf. When things slacked down, he went out button-holing delegates personally. When the voting was zoing on, he sat for hours in a crowded room to which any one was welcome, until it became too ammed for comfortable brexthing A WELL LAID SCHEME To this, a good many politicians say tosh and twaddle. They repre- sent the second version. They say il that informality and helter- kelterishness was part of one of .he best-laid schemes to blitzkrieg 1 convention that any man ecver conceived. They say it had its roots n and was a refinement of the 1tilities fight against the Govern- nent. In the first place, from all over the country, they say, the dele- sates were deluged with a flood of telegrams . that these tele- jrams were inspired by last-min- ute telephone campaigns by busi- ness and utility leaders and plant- ed Willkie workers. They say that those um-.mm hundreds or thousands in the| convention galleries who roared| whenever a single vote was tossed to Willkie and filled the interim with the din of “We want Willkie!" were planted there on privately printed tickets, They say that no landslide was ever more effectively planned in the “smoke-filled rooms” ... that the larger defections were the re- sult of out-horse trading the op- position . that the first bn\ak} came when Alf M. Landon threw | his Kansas delegation over to| Willkie and the final blow struck =) ENGAG R ‘THAT EVENING TO ENTERTA A FRIEND OF HIS ON HIS RETURN HOME= when Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg tossed in his support ... and that hese two and other breaks came Solton Szeko | When the liner President Harrison docked at Jersey City, N. J., after | evacuating 184 American war refugees from Genoa, Italy, Solton Bzeko, a Hungarian, was aboard —as a stowaway. He hid on the liner at Genoa. THREE CONVICTED FOR VIOLATIONS OF GAME REGULATIONS Conviction of three men in the court of U. S. Commissioner Fran- ces Jones at Cordova for game law violations has been reported to the Alaska Game Commission here by Wildlife Agent Clarence Rhode. .rom sessions in the smoke-tilled | cooms where it was decided Lru break the back of the Old Guard. | Well, that's how it was: either qne of the most cleverly executed political schemes of our time, traveling behind a smoke-screen of good - natured and charming| political inefficiency ... or merely a revolt in the Repub]u,an ranks | spurred by a popular demand for| this amazing character who had risen like a meteor from (as one delegate put it) “those depths called the Democratic party.” Politicians have a way of saying things Iike that about the opposing party. Gus Nelson was fined $25 and fors feited five beaver skins for exceed- ing the limit. Nick Nelson was fined $25 for disposing of unsealed beaver skins. 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