The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 31, 1940, Page 5

PAPS DROP | ANOTHERTO ISLANDERS Jensen Pifches Shufout fo, Prolong Second Half | of Pennant Race threw beautiful 1inst the Moose last night teammates hammered out four runs off Johnson of the Paps to keep the second half pennant still anybody's rag, The score was Douglas 4, Moose 0. Jensen struck out seven men, walked only one, and his team-| mates, making only one error, whipped up two double plays and generally gave him fine support Moose turned in a fair fielding game, but couldn’t get to Jensen's changing pace. In the first frame, Manning led off with a scorching ground ball into right and scored after steal- ing second on a bad throw by Col- lins, Rustad slamming one on the nose through short patch. Second Inning In the second inning, Douglas, still geared in high, had two men cut and Niemi beat out an in- field hit. Bell walked and Roller got an infield hit. Johnson threw a piteh in the dirt and Collins lost it, Niemi scoring, Bell rounding third Johnson Mark ball and his Jensen a picked up the wander- ing ball, snapped one down to third to catch Bell, but hit Bell in the shoulder and the ball went bounding into deep short field and Bell scored. Then to top it, Man- ning singled to center to bring in Rol with the fourth run of the game. That's Moose where the scoring ended only four hits, Douglas got seven he latter was much more the inspired ball club, Tonight the Elks play Moose al 6:30 o'clock in Firemen's Park. If the Elks win, it's a three-way tie for the pennant of the second half. £0 , for the top spot #OR RENT — Office space in sross 20th Century Bldg. Suit- able for physician, dentist or beauty parlor. Will remodel to suit tenant. Apply Coliseum Theatre. F} Ly IO S Ol THE BUY OF YOUR LIFE! Big, Roomy 6.1 cubic foot General Electric at Lowest Price in G-E History! Don't go through another hot summer with a wasteful, incon- venient and inadequate refriger- ator. Right now you can buy— on easy monthly payments—a big new General Electric at the lowest price ever quoted on this ) famous refrigerator. Box scores and summary of last | Ab, Mg What a Delightful Interlude From War SEAT"_E IN night's game are as oilows: Douglas AB R E Roller, 2b Manning, 3b Erskine, 1f . Rustad, ss Jensen, p Andrews, McCay, Niemi, Bell, ¢ 1b rf of SrocoomoNmR Totals | Guy, 3b F. Schmitz, Collins, ¢ Snow, 1b Johnson, Lawson, Kimball, rf Sharek, rf J. Schmitz, ss 2b p if Totals 418 8 1 Summary Bases on balls: Johnson sen 1; struck out: Jensen John- son 2; wild pitches: Johnson 1; passed balls: Johnson 1; doublc pla McCay to Andrews; Rustad to Roller to Andrews; ¥. Schmitz to J. Schmitz to Snow; stolen Manning, Rustad, Johnson, n; umpires: Ellenberg and Yanks‘B*(‘aaI Tigers; Red Ruffing ‘It Detroit Goes Into Tie for Top Spot with Cleve- land Indians Red Ruffing lifted the bedraggled New York Yankees out of the for- gotten corner of the confused Am- crican League pennant picture by drubbing the Detroit Tizers yester- day. It was the third straight de- feat for the Tigers and puts them in a tie with the Cleveland Indians in the American League. The Indians defeated Bos- ton. Ruffing got credit for his tenth victo Ithough he weakened and was forced to the showers in the eighth inning. ‘The Chicago White Sox, getting a brilliant ninth inning relief hurling exhibition from Pete Appleton, de- 8 7 Jen- THRIFTY iN PRI THRIFTY IN CURRENT! \ THRIFTY IN UPKEEP! 14 New G-E Models All Priced Lower Than Ever Before! Get the Inside Story on G-E Selective Air Conditions! Alaska Eleciric Ligllt & Power Co. PHONE 616 “Seattle Prices Are Our Prices” BUT-MAGGIE -INVE GOT A LOT OF E i e I i 0 0 o0 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1940. i Carol Hansen, Eleanor Kriscunas and Vivian Mallah New York. Carol Hansen, left, was the winner with Eleanor Kriscunas, cénter, and Vivian Mallah, second and third, -respectively. These, gentlemen, are “Modern Venuses,” accord- ing to their designation after they finished one- two-three in a beauty contest at Coney Island, feated the Athletics yesterday after- | Peaches Sky noon. | 90-foot steel The Cincinnati Reds, who have | does some ser not had a losing streak longer than | including their three games this year, routed the The New York Giants yesterday to stop |less of the backslide of two aight games. | shinnics A four-run outburst in the’ eighth | dees h inning accounted for the victory. The Phi Revue climbs up a superstructure and nal trapeze work mous triple Stratosphere Man, regard- what may happen to him, a pole 130 feet stands on a slim 1 sways more than 30 I through his acro- conclusion of 1 world famous slide a wire which runs into the heart of up ad st pole s pounced on Bill Les | wpjle yesterday afternos for five runs in the second inning to score vie- tory over the Chicago Cubs Johnny Mize registered his 27th and 28th homers of the season yes- terday while the Cardinals over- whelmed the Boston Bees Pittsburgh overpowered the Dod- gers yesterday behind the six-hit pitching of Truett Sewell FREE ACTS AT FAIR ENTERTAIN he gees batics. At the |act he does his of death down 500 feet right hi dience. But these thrill acts are not the |enly ones which stir the blood of Fair visitors. There is Hoaglan’s Auto Polo, a game played in out- moded model T. Fords which crack up and roil over several times dur- | mg each game. ! ‘ The Auto Polo sports, long popu- lar in the Fast, is growing in favor {by leaps and bounds on Treasure 1sland where Jinks Hoaglan puts 2 "MES DA“_Y bis racing drivers through their paces thrice daily for the fans who TREASURE ISLAND ON SAN|pain admission to the Sports Field FRANCISCO BAY, duly 31.—Shot at a dime a head | from a cannon, Swinging )4 a - oo 90-foot trapeze. Doing a head SUNK | 130 feet up. Sliding down a | | foot “death slide.” Cracking’dp at LONDON, July 31—The British| says that the patrol| least four times every fiftgen min- utes, | These are some of tb'z outstand- {ing attractions seen ‘on Treasure Admiralty Island as features ~of the 1940 yacht Culzar has been sunk during)| Golden Gate Intersiational Exposi-| a German air attack but without | The location of’ the given. - - Subscribe to The Daily tion. loss of life. Twice daily the Fearless Grege inking is not Empire —the paper with the the paid cuculation, |are shot from a cannon, landing |50 feet away from the muzzle in a big fish net. [ During the same show, Al larg | e ez ONE-CARROT FRIEND_1¢s all yours, pal.” Fiash, the dog, might say as he offers a carrof ranca, seven-year= ol: n?:tmhbud’owned by R. J. Rossi, San Francisco turfman, Flash is chum and exercise boy for the horse at Inglewood, Cal. HER WELL-1T'S ABOUT TIME YOU DID SOME WORK= BUT-I'M HAVING THE PAINTERS HERE TODAY=- SO GET OUT- 6 GO TO YOUR OFFICE AND WORK- WHY DIDN'T YoU THATV\_;JHE PLACE HAVE THE HOLISE PAINTED WHILE WE WUZ AWAY ? WELL-I'LL GO TO MY OFFICE WHERE IT 1S | convention had bo - WINSTRIDE LAST NIGHT Rainiers Take 5 to 2 Vic- fory Over Angels- Stars Beat Solons (Ry Arsociated Press) k Barrett bore down with his strikeout bali in pinches last nizht to give Seaftle a over Lo Augele It wr ven- teenth vietory of Hollyweod beal batting out veteran Freitas with a three-run rally in the cighth inning last night Heiry Pippen held San Di ix attered hits last night a land score a victory Sad Sam Gibson pitehed the Seal to a vietory over Portland last night although he ) difficulty the last ors ccored four runs. victory Barrett the eason acramento by outhpaw Tony to ran two innings when the GAMES Pacific Co Fan Di Sacramento 2 Fan Francisco Los Angel ttle 5 National League Louis 12; Boctor Chicago 5; Philadelph Cincinnati 6; New Yor Pittsburgh 8; Brookly game. Portland 1 Vice-Presidency May Go fo Woman Buf ls Not for 1q Ig 20 Years (Continued trom Page One) American League Pi delphia 1; Chicago 3. New Vork 8; Detroit 6. Washington 4; St. Louis 0. game Boston game Night 1: Cleveland 2. 1 Channel League to me, “we thought sassination.” Whenever ens to desert of type, I it was an as- 1IE CLUBS Coast League Won Lost 82 42 69 57 64 59 63 64 61 64 60 64 56 66 42 81 Leagu Won Lost 61 p my modesty threat- me about this pillar all that it took a lit- tle more than a million words a 1 A day (o keep you all informed of ‘_‘"”‘”"I" what went on at the conventions,:ocramento Hollywood Of course, no paper can carry a . ¥ £an Deigo million words. The special corre- n Francisco pondents and the duplicating ser- ool vices to. various papers and groups| = pape accounted for the vast Oakland " National of ver Neayly everyone I talked to the convention agreed (hat it the pressure of delegate and lic sentiment that forced velt into the statement he through Alben Barkley. The ed down as if wading in a swamp and the dele-| ghtes were miserable and lifeless. The powers that be insisted they | had to have a jolter and franti- cally pleaded with FDR to give it to them, Cincinnati Brooklyn New York Chicago £t. Louis Pittsburgh Philadelphia Boston at was pub- Roose- made 39 48 15 42 46 31 56 29 57 American League Won Lost 56 Sen Detroit Cleveland Boston New York Chicago Washington of Ecuador, g once the most important art cen- Philadelphia ter in America and its churches Gastineau Channel League still contain the works of im- Won Lost mortal sculptors and painters. | Moose 5 > oo | Douglas Empire Classifieds Pay! -+ Quita, capital ALL IN A DAY’'S WORK—_putifully, Flash exercises his friend, Baranca, at the Inglewood, Cal., stables owned by R. J. Rossi_of San Francisco. Rossi trained the dog, a 28-month-old German shepherd. to lead the horse around stable area, - By GEORGE McMANUS o o 7. I'M_SORRY-BOSS BUT | DIDN'T THINI YOU'D BE IN FER A COUPLE OF DAYS | n | Night | RETURN ENGAGEMENT_Charity brought Bobby Jones, one-time golf master, back into exhibition games, to aid the Red Cross war relief fund. He's seen in New York. His mother knitted those different-colored hoods for his ¢ HE MEETS THE CHIEF—_The man in “civvies” Is Gen, George C. Marshall, chief of staff of 1 , the expanding U. 8. seen in Washington as he greeted Lieut. Col. Jor:e Snrm‘ér':.lz: new military attache to the Peruvian embassy in capital. -Racing for College Education ! George Bach, Jr., of Landsdowne, Pa., winner of the annual soap box | derby in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, is pictured with his trophies. He will compete in the national tournament in Akron, Ohio. The national champion receives a college scholarship. GLACIER HIGHWAY DELIVERY DAILY TRIPS COAL——WOOD LUMBEE—GROCERIES @ PHHONE 374 "SHORTY" WHITFIELD