The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 17, 1940, Page 5

dres. | e GAMES "TUESDAY Pacitic Coast League San Francisco 6; Los Angeles Seattle 3; Oakland 2. Hollywood 3; San Diego 1. Nadivnal Leagne New York 0; Chicago 2. Brooklyn 3; Pittsburgh 5. Bosten 3; St. Louis 4. Amevican League Detroit 1; Philadelphia 3. Chicago 5; New York 1. Clevelund 8; Washington 11 stiveau (lmmul L ague Elks SEATTLE IS INVICTORY OVER 0AKS Paul Gregtrwaikhes k- fective Ball in Opener G Douglas 2; STANDING Ol‘ THE CL/ 'a ‘victory over the San ‘Diego Pay 3 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1940. GET IN THE SWIM By. JOHNNY WEISSMULLER | Former World S»eed Cham>ion (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Bucifics Caan: Lanfve The Seattle Rainiers opened their L RO L crucial series with the second place Seattle %0, ., 139 ey « Ouakland Acorns last night with a Oakland s 5 oy 4 well earned victory, aided by Paul L0s Angeles 86/l 82 e Gregory’s effective pitching. San D.ezo (b ot George Archie’s homer in the Hollywoud . ey sixth inning and Ted Norbert’s ;:“l""lf}:"‘:""l s ' (Fnis ic the first of a series of eight stories wriiten for The Em- clreuit drve. tn, Wo piabtetnwng, oL " pire by Johnny Weissmuiler, ~time holder of 75 world speel ..:-“:”'}.:I'x-\v‘:‘x:f::' l'm:‘f'gln\ ‘J:‘j:"_ Gl ) swimming records, who gained later fame as Tarzan of the movies. D P He is the author of “Swimming The American Crawl.”) Although cut-hit 8 t6 6, the Cincinnal SLe A 48, Hallywoed'-Gtars iast ‘nlght ‘scored Brooklyn 48 28 42 Yor (he average person who does not want to spend money for sports New York 2 a3 260 equipment and cports cléthes, swimming is the ideal form of exercise. Chicago LR U 2 I myself took up swimming as a youngster to offset the effects of an % v A 40 Jness and it work perfectly SAVlN‘Is | Plttsburgh 33 a2 440 Swimming s the only sport which completsly equalizes the body. 1 Boston Cra 1 o AT N i i P | | < e 4 49 s 1415 reducer for fat people or a body-builder for (hin people. It is | | HERE ABE R ates D non-jarring, affording complete cxercise without sudden muscle shocks, | Won Lost | pet, S0 that no stiffness resulte, It involves no expense other than a pair of [ Detroit 47. 81 gos trunks or a bathing suit. Also, It mav casily prove a form of life insur | EARNI“G Oleveland 48 32 600 ance. Furthermore, once you can swim you never forget how. i Boston 45 33 " ; | New York a1 36 | a Chicago 36 39 480 | St. Louis 33 41 .46 DODGERS IN | Washington 34 48 415 | i Philadelphia 32 41 405 | Gastineau Channel League DRop lOSE Won Lost P(,l Elks R Douglas 2 2 .)UU | Yonr Money Is | moose 23 4w To le ATES | Available for with- drawal on request. Insured by U, S. Government up to $5,000. Hostak-Zale Alaska Federal Savings & Loan Assn. of Juneau Hostak-Tony Zale title fight Friday night. Hostak, who is recognized Association, Zale who defeated Hostak in Telephone 3 GMC T RU C K S . Compare Them With All Others! PRICE - APPEARANCE - ECONOMY DURABILITY CONNORS MOTOR CO. PHONE 411 IS NOT EVERYTHING" PHONE 767 318 MAIN STREET “THE PRICE TAG PHONE 767 '* THRIFT CO-OP i RETAJLERS OF FAMOUS SHURFINE and TASTEWELL PRODUCTS 3——FREE DELIVERIES——3 Our Store Is as Close as Your Phone—SHOP EARLY “THE PRICE TAG IS NOT' EVERYTHING” Fight Friday SEATTLE, July 17.—Former Light- weight Champion Benny Leonard has arrived here to referee the Al middleweight the Brooklyn as to beat champion by the National Boxing trated hitting in the sixth is a favorite to beat eighth a game dropped the Dodgers to three non-title bout several months ago. and one-half { NDidest Bank in | Alaska Commercial | Safe Deposit Banking by Mail Department “{ Sowmo Savings The B. M. Behrends Bank Two Toppe;s in American League Both Defeat- ed Yesterday (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Pittsburgh Pirates spotted Dodgers three runs and then battled back them with ;some concen- and loss of the yesterday innings. The games behind the \idle Cincinnati Reds. | Giants Lose The Giants out-hit the Cubs bm‘ were held tight on scoring by Léfty!| Vern Olsen for their filth defeat in seven games, Homer Wins | | Enos Slaughter's tenth homer of the season, made in the sixth in- ning yesterday, gave the St. Louis | |Cardinals a victory over the Bos- |ton Bees, It was the sixth consecu- | | tive triumph for the Cards. ‘ Washington Takes Series | Cleveland pitchers presented the | | Washington Senators with four | bases on balls yesterday afternoon, | filling the sacks twice for them,| all in the same inning as Wash- | ingtc_m won to sweep the Lluer-‘ game series. Five Indian plthels\ failed to stop the Senators. Sox Beat Yankees The Chicago White Sox took v,h:- deciding game' of their series ch-‘ terday with the Yankees on Jolmny Rigney’'s six-hit hurling. Tigers Loze | The Athletics dampened the hopes\ of the Tigers by winning yester- day’s game. Freddy Hutchinson,| making his first. start with the | Tigers since his recall from Buf-| falo, pitched a good game however, allowing only six hits, - .- NOTICE | | NIFTY, EH? _Easing the | soldiers’ k.vden, Uncle Sam in- troduces a new jacket. It weighs 1 pound, 9 ounces, against 3 pounds, 2 ouncés of the old Jacket. Of simple design, it's made of water-repellent cottor twill, lined with flannel. | ‘ HospiTaL NoTES AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing| Hans Johanson was a medical air route from Seattle to Nome, on| gismissal today from St. Ann’s sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv. | Hospital, il it — After receiving medical treat- Subscribe for The Empire. ment at the Government Hospital, Charlie Willis was dismissed to- day. NO Trespassing ON Robert Davis will be discharged this evening from the Government Hospital and is to sail for' the south on the steamer North Sea to enter the Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle, - GEORGE BROS. | FARM Dynamite Blasting Everyday! Be Careful! The Daily Alaska Empire guaran- | tees the largest daily circulation of | |any Alaska newspaper. ———— Subscrive for The Empire. | Willey to MacSpadden; | by Staack 5, by Erskine 8; bases | bases; ISLANDERS TAKE LOSS FROM ELKS ""Smoke” g&ack Pitches Nice Control Game- Score Is 7-2 The high-flying Elks ball dumped the Douglas banners un- ceremoniously last night right in the laps of the old folks at home, “Smoke” Staaci, returned to the set the boys down with hits in their own pas- club as and mound but three tures in the first frame, Elks gathered runs with two and a and thres two doubles four hits singles, ice Doug'a of the frame a hit and error centrol night were biting at poor Lalls, In the sixth ihning, Els gar- neced two hi id an additional run, then came back agam in thé evenuh inumg o hit twice 1more take advantage of errors, and thiee mose ruis on but two hits Elgs batters got (o lursiii sacri- half on returned in their to get ona 1un Staack had nice the Loys and night for ten Lis, Douglas batters nicked Staack for but three | Box score and summary is @ follows DOUGL. ABRHPOAE Roller, 2b IR s A0 Y W | Balog, rf 000000 Erskine, p 9:1.3°'1 8.0 Jensen, ss-rf 91000 , Andrews, 1b 3003810 Bell, ¢ . 300900 Hagerup, 3b-lf 200000 Niemi, cf 8§70:.0 1 L5 Miller, If 1000 0 00 McCay, « ss-3b 2000 21 Rustad, ss b e Bl ) | 24 2 321 9 3 * McCay in second, Jensen to right, Balog out. % | ‘Rustad in third, Miller out. | ELKS AB R HPOAF Taguchi, 3b 9012 3 2 Ellenberg, cf FI'R VR MacSpadden, 1b 324180 0 Addléman, c 4°2°2:5 1°0 Willey, 2b 412320 | Lewis, ss 4 01030 Nielsen, 1f . B IS e B Maloney, rf B B A Staack, p 301000 @ 32 71021 8 2 Summary Stolen bases: Addleman, Jensen, Rustad; sacrifice hit: Ellenber two-base hits: MacSpadden, Willey, Erskine; double play: Lewis to struck out on balls: off Staack 3; wild pitche: Staack 1, Erskine 1; passed ball Addleman 1, Bell 1; time of gam one hour, 40 minutes; umpires: Shaw at the plate, Iffert on the scorer, Gaffney. POUND MARKET GETS SHAKING FROM ENGLAND Free Sterlin_ngo Longer to Be Tonvertible fo U. S. Account LONDON, July 17.—The free mar- ket price of the British pound in| New York will virtually vanish as| a result of a British order qued‘ under defense regulations and ef- | fective tomorrow. Quatations will be brought to the | official- London level, under whuh the Bank of England buys sterling at $4.025 and sells at $4.035. The ifree New York rate is cur- rently around $3.76. In effect, free sterling is no longer conyertible into dollars, since no free' sterling is to be credited to American accounts except from | other American accounts. ———.———— HOFFMAN BACK Dave Hoffman, mining equipment man, came vack from.a trip to the | tree Fair,” ! 16, 3 HIS HOMER BEAT AMERICAN ALL-STARS A hoaier by max West (No. 4) o1 Boston, subb.ng 1or Mel Ott, league all-star Laschall game with two mates on bas The Nationals won the game 4 to 0 at St. Louis. tory. the first inving of the annual major of vie- v Mize h to give the } Here's West cross the ationals a marg plate with J No. 16) and another teammate congratulating him, FAIR SEX_chosen “fair- | est” of 1,000 socialites at “Green- Gloria Vanderbilt, teward the i glamor girl title that probably will soon be hers. The fair, for a a milk fund benefit, was on Mrs. Payne Whitney's estate. gets started Forest Fires | Raging, B. (.. VANCOUVER, B. C, July 17. | British Columbia forestry officials {fear that forest fires now burning i might become the worst on record. Seven hundred fires are reported blazing in the Province. Officials said there is no relief in sight from hot weather that has made the forests tinder dry Westward and Interior with the Columbia. Hotel. Juneau, Alaska | BRINGING UP FATHER - DEAR -WHAT DO YOI | % gfi‘LLYA:rELkGBE:'éEE THINK?I TOOK A TRIP HAS B \T- v BUT I'LL BE GLAD AND 1| HA HEN E EXCITEMENT WHEN Ty e FROM DQVING I.ESSON WY- E DECIDE! 1L DRNE THE CAR NOW ON-I'M JUST DYING TO DRIVE IT HOME - THE ¢ AN PO " By GEORGE McMANUS HELLO gl‘NTVTKEEPALL MAGGIE I INSURANCE AGENT TO DOUBLE MY ACCIDENT" S He is at the Baranof| Subscribe for The Empire. 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