The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 19, 1940, Page 5

- ty! ELKS TAKE ISLANDERS ONSUNDAY Purple Sox fo Play Paps Tonight for Second Half Crown | The Elks hit Claude Erskine thir-| teen times last night and took ad-| vantage of four crrors to beat the | Islanders 5 to 2 in nine innings win the right to play the Moose ball club tonight for the second half championship. | @ Elks Manager Shavey Koski had big Bill Ramsey chucking for the first five innings, but pulled him out to save his arm for-the Mo~s*, and gave Staack of the Haida the mceund for the rest of the game Both chuckers had the Islanders swinging wild, and between them let the red suits have but five hits. Elks Get Started | Elks got two runs in the third frame, and Douglas tied up agzain | in the fourth with two tallies. In the fifth inning, Rabbit EI-| lenburg, fly chaser from Elks cen- terpatch, came up to the plate to bat left handed, and poked a ball over centerfield fence to start the Elks in the lead again. Elks got another run in the sixth frame, and another in the ninth as darkness settled on the ficld, but Deuglas couldn't get going from -~ AH, SWEET VICTORY ! —All smiles is Claire Byers Cincinnati 1, 4; St. Louis*3, 5. there on. and why shouldn’t he be? He landed this seven-foot sailfish in American League George Willey, Elks left fielder, the Gulf of Mexico, it being the second sailfish caught off Galves- Washington 2; Boston 4 was knocked out in the fifth in- ton, Tex., this season. ning sliding to third base in a freak pileup, Erskine driving in to cover the base and colliding with Willey, who belly-dived for the bag double plays, Lewis to Kumsaka to Tonight's game begins at 6:30, with naespadden: hit by pitched Moose probably pitching Johnson, E“(,m'mlg By E‘.skifw.p and Elks likely to put in Ramsey pamsey; time of game, two hours, again, 20 minutes; umpires Nowell and If- Box score and summary from last fert; scorer, Gaffney. Galveston anglers say k rarely found as far north as was this one, so they're eompinl the' i waters for brothers of this finny fighter. a0 Cards Turn THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, AUG. 19 SEATTLE IS BEATENFOR 4 STRAIGHT {Los Angelésmfakes Two Games, Going to Sec- ond Spgf, P.C L (By ASSOCSATED PRESS) Continuing the winning streak te |six games, the Los Angeles Angels Sunday defeated the Portland Beav- ers in a doubleheader to nose the Oakland Acorns out of second place Sacramento took a pair from the leading Seattle Rainiers, making four straight defeats from the league leaders. Hollywood and San Francisco broke even in a doubleheader. Speed anc daring on the bases of French: Uhalt contributed to the Stars sec ond victory in the opener San Diego and Oakland split doubleheader Sunday. The Oaks won the series, 4 to 3. | GAMES SUNDAY Pacific Coast’ League Seattle 1, 2; Sacramento 5, 4. Oakland 2, 2; San Diego 3, 1 Portland 4, 3; Los Angeles 9, 5 Hollywood 4, 3; San Francisco 1, { National League Boston 2, 1; Brooklyn 7, 3 | Pittsburgh 1; Chicago 9. Philadelphia 6, 8; New York 3, 6 Shat selih, sto St. Louis 2, Cleveland 2, tie, called on account of ‘rain. New York 9, 3; Philadelphia 1, 7 Chicage 7; Detroit 5. Gastineau Channel League Elks 5; Moose 2. GAMES SATURDAY Pacific Coast League Portland 1; Los Angeles 2. San Francisco 4. On Reds fo 1940. / U-M-M-M THAT SALMON DISH LOOKS G00D! BUILDING UPITHE MARKET for Alaska’s No. 1 product is mighty important to all people in Alaska. And again this year, the Industry is out to sell America on Canned Salmon and keep it sold! Intensive advertising in the States is teaching housewives the nutritive values and economy of Canned Salmon. Millions of magazine ads . . . recipes on the food pages of newspapers—are IS S S 577,'000 Straight Shooters n U. S. Titles §el Sighis o night is as follows: TR Hollywood Elks T[] | Oakland 7; San Diego 6. By FRITZ HOWELL with at least 5,000 of the country’s ABRHPO AE J | Sf‘nu,lo 3; Sacramento 4, fourteen A Feature Servi crack shots slated to compete in Taguchi, 3b. 8 12080 oy I Ing Ia h lead innings. 3 e pistol, small-bore and 30-caliber Ellenberg, cf B 11 1n® | ~ National League CAMP PERRY, O., Aug, 19.—Back | rifle events MacSpadden, 1b. .5 1 2 7 0 1 Cincinnati 3; St. Louis 0. Game| 5, geptember 10, 1813, just across| During the period trom Septem- Willey, rf, If. 50 20 0.0 ls (harged S "?”l“‘:m““‘”' first inning on account| pe pay from here, Commodore Oli-| ber 1 to September 21, about 1,- Addleman, c T G illi L TOL ser Hazard Perry fired a flock of 000,000 rounds of 30-caliber ammu- Lewis 500 R R o Ph|”|es TakeDOUbIehead n:::]’::mm‘ 5; Chicago 6, thirteen| ot 4t a British fleet and then| nition will be fired through govern- Kumsaka, 2b. 4.1 ey e i i nessaged his boss that “we havel ment-issued rifles, including the et e 211 0 0 1. Members of California Fish er from Giants Right Philadelphia-New York game was| met, the enemy and they are ours”| Springfield and the new Garand, Ramsey, p, rf 503010 | on Home Gmunds postpone: A;’fl""li‘i_“"“;‘f'u'“ n. THe shooting in that engage-| officially designated as the M-1 Staack, p. 201000 and Game Comm- y : P, e ment, which cleared the British semi-automatic which soon will be ,,,,,,, IS e Chicago 9; Detroit 5. ‘rom the midwest in the War of| the basic arm of the U. S. infan- Totals 44 5132711 4 sion Are in Bad (By Associated Press) Washington 9~| B"l‘“m‘ 12. 1812, was negligible when com-|try. This year for the first time Douglas | v The St. Louis Cardinals turned St. Louis 2; Cleveland 1. pared to the big barrage that will the Garand will get into actual AB R H PO A E —_— on the Cincinnati Reds Sunday New York-Philadelphia, postponed| o ynder way here on the 127th| competition. The new eight-shot 40 0 4 2 22 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 19.|to take a doubleheader and slash, rain. wniversary of the Perry conquest. rifle will appear in two matches 40 1 7 1 0 —Several members of the State Fish| the lead of the Reds to four and + WIth 1 abiimal Hefensbr »An RIS BrORramATS. far - \aab. ARt Salona; Erskine, p. 5 01 1 4 0 and Game Commission are under|one-half games over the second ~ STANDING OF THE CLUBS | ,permost in the public mind, the Lu“, avenfs ! HEInG (bt 300 '.u-a.\l Rustad, 4 0 0 1 1 olcriticism on charges of using state-| place Brookiyn Dodgers who climbed Pacific Coast League vederal Government and the Na- Dougl boys Defend Title Jensen, 3 1 011 0 2|/owned boats for weekend yachting|all over the Boston Bees for a Won Lost Pct | yiona) Rifle Association will pre-i Uncle Sam’s doughboys will be McCay, 3b 310 1 1 o and fishing parti doubleheader victory Seattls 9 51 .65l| oh¢ the annual national matches, the defending champions in the Klovdahl, 1f 401 0 0 0 The records of the Commission Phillies Do It | Los Angeles 80 65 552 Neimi, cf. 2 0 0 1 0 o showed that Several members have| The Phillies did the unusual at gaklfll;?d gg gg ga: A Hagerup, rf. 4 0 2 1 0 ofbeen in the habit of taking their|the Polo unds Sunday by tak-|San Diego 503 . v v — _ ~ __ _ _|friends for two- or three-day so-|ing a doubleheader from the Gi-|Sacramento 74 73 503 Thls Was a Brltlsh Destroyet Totals 33 2 527 9 4|journs into Mexican and Califor-|ants. Six homers featured the night- | Hollywood 71074 490 e Ihia waters. The matter came to| cap. | 8an Francisco 64 81 441 Stolen bases: Taguchi, MacSpad- | light after sportsmen’s clubs comn- Cubs Take Advance | Portland 45 105 .300 den, Willey 2, Ramsey, Jensen, Mc- | Plained of the asserted practice. The Chicago Cubs advanced to National League Cay; home run, Ellenburg; two-base | e within two games of third place : Won Lost Pet hits, Massey MacSpadden; three- NOTICE with a victory over the Pittsburgh Cincinnati 69 40 .633 base hit, Erskine; struck out by, AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing | Pirates. Brooklyn 65 45 591 Ramsey 6, by Staack 6, by Erskine air route from Seattle to Nome, on Cleveland in Draw New York 55 51 519 11; walked by Ramsey 4, by Staack saie at J. B. Burford & Co. adv.| The weatherman handed the St Louis 54 53 505 2, by Erskine 2; 2 hits off Ramsey R | Cleveland Indians a draw with the Pittsburgh 54 54 500 in 5 inninlgs; 3 hits off Staak in|Subscripe to ‘he Daily Alaska Em- St. Louis Browns Sunday who came Chicago 57 57 500 4 innings; passed balls, Addleman |pire—the paper with tne largest|from behind to tie the count in the Beston .. 43 66 -394 2, Jense! anteed Circuisiion | ninth inning when the game was Philadelphia 37 68 352 = — | called on account of rain. American League oameb | Rookie Pitches Game | Won Lost Pet | Left-handed rookie Earl Johnson Cleveland 69 45 -605 > pitched his first full game of the Detroit 66 49 ' 578 [ season Sunday and won it, giving Boston 62 52 e est Ba"'c ." | Boston a victory over Washington Chicago 58 52 521 | to sweep a three-game series. | New York 57 53 518 | Split Twin Contest | washington 49 64 434 Alas"‘"’ The Athletics and Yankees split, St- Louis . 47 69 405 o doublelieedes-Suhdsn Philadelphia 43 61 301 | Veteran' Gets Win | Gastineau Channel League - - §| Ted Lyons, 39-year-old veteran, Won Lost Pet CommerC]_al Savu]gs | | pitched the Chicago White Sox 10 EIks 7 6 538 |a victory over the Detroit Tigers. | MOoOse 6 6 -500 - | BB, Douglas 6 7 462 Safe Deposit — o K--SANTIDOTE - WHAT A SPLASH Banking by Mail Department ; FOR RED TAPE | BILLINGS, Mont., Aug. 19.—An DAYTON, O. Aug. 19. — Uncle airplane pilot, back from forest Sam's Army air corpsmen are K- | fires at Missoula, Mont., reported I-Sing these days. | that plane crews dropped hundreds Tlle B. M. Behrend No, that's not a misspelling of of hot lunches and supplies by par- . something extra-curricular. | achute to isolated fire fighting B nk | It's just an abbreviation adopt- | crews. Only one parachute failed to a |ed as purchase engineers seek to| open. It carried a case of 360 eggs! This phioto, just received in the United States, shows what apparently fa sheer through defense red tape. RS vy 40 00 a completely wrecked destroyer, According to the Berlin censor-approv Juneau, Alaska | It means “Keep It Simple,” and Subscripe to The Daily Alaska Em- | caption, it is a British warship which was surprised at its dock in 4 applies to reports as well as lab- pire—the paper with the largest Belgian harbor by a flight of Stuka dive bombers, s s s s amm oamiy OTRLOTY teChnique at Wright Field. guaranteed circulation. BRINGING UP FATHER DADDY -WHY DON'T YOU DRESS UP 2 YOU KNOW THAT ‘MOTHER DISLIKES SEEING' YOU SITTING AROUND THE HOUSE LOOKING LIKE THAT - B8Y GOLLY — DAUGHTER— | GUESS YOuU ARE RIGHT- T T WELL- NOW ¥LL JUST PASS MAGGIE AND SEE IF SHE NOTICES HOW | LOOK — A DEA " By GEORGE McMANUS WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING-DRESSED UP LIKE THAT? TAKE THEM OFF- YOU'RE NOT LEAVING THIS HOUSE — ] Copr. 1940, King Features Syndicate, Tne , World nights reserved YES MA'M _ AND THAT ADVERTISING MEANS GREATER SECURITY FOR YOUR FAMILY telling women how to serve more Canned Salrron in delicious new wa /s. The cooperation of grocers, too, has been enlisted to push Canned Salmon sales in their stores, All over the U. S. the forces of advertising, publicity, and promotion are at work building a more stable market for Alaska’s major food product. A market that will mean protected prosperity for every Alaska family. 30-caliber events civilian and Guard teams and in 12 from service [ two which man National | each state, possession l‘n-;nu'h will compete | The infantry team won the squad for the second straight year [in 1939, while t. Coats Brown, | 28-year-old infantryman from Fort McClellan, Ala., beat out a field of 2,027 for individual laurels. | For several years prior to that the Marines were the top-notchers, |and last fall the Devil Dog squad of eight rammed 160 straight she {into the “V” ring at 1,000 yards the first perfect score ever in the historic Herrick match | While the races between the {service teams in the 30-caliber events attract most of the specta- tor interest at Perry, the most seething activity is on the small- |bore and pistol ranges. Hundreds of the nation's best small-bore | marksmen “squirt” the little 22's all day long in a series of events [leading to the grand aggregate championship, while on the pistol {range the boys usually fire to de- termine who will finish second to | Detroit’s national champion po- |lice team led by Al Hemming, the Nation's No. 1 hand gun artist for 1939, major man | event for fired Sam service live in Army It's On Uncle The competitors, and civilian alike, tents, sleep betw kets on Army co fire service ammunition in service guns, and eat Army food. The cost is nomi- nal for the competitors, for they can enter one match a cost of 50 cents and then draw practice ammunition, sleeping quarters and equipment, a service rifle and two weeks of Lake Erie air at no fur- ther cost except meals. man Army 2 blan- Expenses of the 12-man ticnal Guard and civilian teams from each state, and the squad from the service branches, are paid from the national match funds while the National Rifle Association foots the bill for its regional pistol and small - bore champions It's a great place to spend a va- cation, at little cost, but it's no holiday for the shooters. To them placing a bullet in a bulleseye is a science and they work pretty hard at it. Considering the trajec- tories, mirages, windage and other mysteries of the game, they do a good job | Al “Walks” Again S Al Smith Famous for his walk out of the Demeocratic party convention in 1936, former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York, himself a Demo- cratic candidate for president in 1928, has announced he will sup= port Wendell L. Willkie, the Ree publican presidential candidate, is year. Al posed for this pice sure as he told newsmen of his' latest “walk.” Rumbling Mountain's Secret Out LAKE LURE, N. C, Aug. 19. No longer is there any mystery about where the noises come from inside Rumbling Bald Mountain. Members of the National Spelologi- cal Society came here from Wash= ington and explored the fissures that honeycomb the huge rock 1, 000 feet above Lake Lure They discovered that boulders weighing thousands of tons break loose from the tops of subterranean crevices and thunder down to the bottom of a cave. The society is a group of amateur cave explorers and mappers, GLACIER -HIGHWAY DELIVERY DAILY TRIPS COAL——WOOD LUMBER—GROCERIES PHONE 374 "SHORTY" WHITFIELD . Hy 4] 3 A}