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ELKSDROP | OPENERTO PAPSQUAD Moose Squeeze Out Win, | 3-2, in Seven-In- ning Contest | )\ The Moose ball club nosed out| the Elks last night in a nip and tuck seven-inning game in Fire- men’s Park to take the first of a| three of five series for the champ-| jonship, 3-2, Moose got to.chucker Staack of | the Haida for three hits, including| a double, in the second inning, and pushed across two runs. | Elks batters couldn't get going| until the sixth frame when Lewi popped a high one that dropped safe in right field, and then wen.| around to third on Blake's over- throw to first. Lewis scored when Ramsey lined one into left field. Nielsen, nexl| batter, was hit by a pitched ball| and went to first, and then So- gaard took over the mound Iioiu Henning | Elks scored Ramsey then and the . tally was tied up two-all. In the Moose half of the sixth, Tommy Martin, who was called back by the Moose to fill the ranks [ thinned out by Army jobs, drove a -ball into left field that took a bad hop past George Willey and Martin pulled up at third, scoring the winning tally as Jack Schmitz slemmed down a roller. Tonight the Elks and the Moose meet again, with Buck Johnson of the Moose and Bill Ramsey of the Elks duled to fight it out on the mound Box score and summary last $ night was as follows Moo ABRHPOAE Law.son, S5 205k 1 1 F. Schmitz, 2b ..3 0 1 4 3 0 Collins, 1b 300601 Johnson, cf 3005201 Martin, 1If SXP-INL0 0 I J. Schmitz, 3b Jeud 0217 00 Sharkek, rf 8,3 JehiD. 0 ® Henning, p VML 0 Blake, ¢ 2 401G G 1 *Grummett 00010 0 Sogard 00001 0f ,,,,,,, | Touals 24 3 621 7 4 Repaced Collins, first of sixth Replaced Henning, first of sixth. ~ GETS ONCE-OVER oy — ¥ One spectator at the twin bill between Detroit and Chicago American League teams in Chicago made sure that he got a good look at De- troit’s new second baseman, L. D. “Dutch” Meyer (right), by peering over the dugout in this fashion. Beside Meyer is Dick Bartell. veteran shortstop. Meyer, who was brought up from Knoxville of the South- ern Association, collected one hit in seven times at bat and scored one Cleveland SOOSE TIPS Stretching. OVERZALEIN leadership; TEN ROUNDS Stolen bases: Henning, Taguchi,| Cleveland’s combination, and Mel MacSpadden, Nielsen; sacrifice hit: ‘ Harder’s effective hurling in clinch- Staack; three-base hit: Martin;|es, gave the American League lead- - two-base hit: Martin; double-plays:|ers a victory yesterday over the Taguchi, 3b . 10021 (J‘, Kumasaka, 2b 970072 4 00" 3 . 3 L ey S o Tigers Lose on Four Balls, Middleweight Champion Adalenan, ¢ 30 9.3 02 Bases Loaded — Reds | Takes Whipping in | Ramsey, If 31100 0 i i V¥ i ot 201200 Defeaief_b_y Giants Bllslerlllq_Baille Staack, p 2.0, 8505059 (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Aug. 22.—Billy Soose, P R » i ; !of Ferrell, Pa., wrecker of cham- Totals .. Summiliy? 418 17 4‘M§:ayfiicéuual:§ n;fu h%?:[ir:}i l;;?selli:lh:r:;:tr:;: ZeirdeflofCG";xlnyv:I 1 Zale, recognized by the National Boxing Association as the middle- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUG. 22, 1940. SEATTLEIS WINNEROF TWO GAMES Sacramento Loses Game- Also Dib Williams, Who Is Hit in Eye (Ry ASSOCIATED PRESE) The San Diegd Padres retiined slim hold on a borth in th» First Civis'en of the Pazif Coa Laague t nieht by drubbina P rilan) C nd ned the servies with | Hellywoed at each when Jack salvessn won a pitching duel last yight with Fred Cay : » lost a ball game and snd sccend baseman Dib 11 at the ame t'me as seo club won a clese ntost Willjam® w hit in the ye by a ball pitched by Hub Kittle lost the Sclons for least it three w y a dcublehe GAMES V Pacific Coa gue Porland 1; San Dievc 12 Telivweoad 0 Oakland 4 £ a 10. 6: T.os Ang~les 2. 1 San Francis Sacramento 4. Nati League Drs'en 2; Pittsburgh 3. Cinc! 4, eleven Philadelphia 7; Chicago 5; ten in- 11 Brooklyn 5: St. Louis 7 American League Chicarc 0; Philadelphia 3 Cleveland 4; Boston 2 Detreit 5: New Y St. Leuis 0; Wast Channel Title Moose 3. THE CLUBS 6. n 3 ies Elks STANDING OF Pacific Coast [ Won Pt o een 81 547 | T e Anceles 80 68 541 San Diego 5 T2 510 Sacramento 1. . 500 | Hollvwood (A 170 San Francisco 66 82 446 Portland 45 107 296 National League Won Lost Pet, Cincinnati 70 42 625 Breoklyn 65 48 575 New York 57 52 523 St. Louis 57 53 518 Pittsburgh 56 55 505 Chicago 58 58 500 Boston 44 68 393 Philadelphia 38 9 American League Won Lost Pect. Cleveland n 46 607 Detroit 66 52 559 Beston 63 b4 538 New York 60 53 531 Chicago 59 54 522 Washington 50 65 435 St. Louis 48 70 407 Philadelphia 45 68 .398 ———— VISITING HERE Arind Hammer Jr., from Sitka, weight champion, dropped the ce-| Lewis to Kumasaka to MacSpad-} den; Kumasaka to Lewis; hit by pitched ball: Lawson by . Staack;| ' Nielsen by Henning; Taguchi, Ad-| dieman by Sogaard; four hits off| Henning in 5 1/3 innings; no hits off Sogaard in 1 2/3 innings; struck out by Henning 5, by Sogaard 1, by Stmack 1; walked by Henning, 3; passed ball, Blake; time of game, 1 hour, 50 minutes; umpires, Duck- A worth, Iffert, Rustad; scorer, Gaff- ney. FIGHTLOOMS, " WEST COAST ] SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22— Fight Promoter Jack Kearns has left for New York after promising San Francisco a Joe Louis-Max - Tiger pitcher to face the Yankees | | yesterday, tossed four con,secutive‘(olllus Io SII ! | balls to Bill Dickey, with the bases| —er——— louls - BAER | season to break Washington'’s 10s-| who has been filling in at first base cision in ten blistering overweight | rounds, with Soose weighing in at| 162 pounds and Zale at 161. | It was Zale’s first start since he| tle. Boston Red Sox.” The victory stretched to five and one-half games tne Indian's margin over the Detroit Tigers. | Tigers Lose | defeated Al Hostak of S | Al Benton, the fourth Detroit | R i | loaded in the ninth inning to give the Yankees a win and a clean sweep of the series, | | | ON SIDELINES AT | CCNTEST TONIGHT Browns Whitewashed Dutch Leonard yesterday white-| | washed the St. Louis Browns to | win his thirteenth game of the| Frank Collins, veteran ball player |ing streak. |for the Moose ball club since the Athletics Win |teams ranks suffered with players Bill Beckman's five-hit pitching leaving for the Westward, won't be | gave the Athletics a victory over|in the lineup tonight. the Chicago White Sox yesterday collins dove for a wide pitch from afternoon. |catcher Kelly Blake to first last| Giants Beat Reds | night and got the ball on his right | The off again on again New York| pand little finger, smashing that | Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds member open. | yesterday afternoon in eleven in-| Manager-Coach Stan Grummett, | nings on Mickey Witek’s single that| with a weak leg ligament, will likely sent Mell Ott scampering home/fill Collins' shoes on the first sack. from second base. -— — i e e | nitter in the tenth inning to swat| Baer fight on Armistice Day. Kearns said there was a very good chance of such a fight at Kezar Stadium in light of an an- ol ticipated $250,000 gate. However, he added that he would have to out- line the fight to New York fight promoter Mike Jacobs for final approval. A sensational six-run outburst| oot oo cinone man on base! /in the fifth inning yesterday helped | ¢ " iu0 "o phijlies a victory over the St. Louis Cardinals to defeat . S obr b v the Brooklyn Dodgers for a clean‘ 8 " | | sweep of the series. [ ‘ | Pinch Hitter Wins | Subscribe to The Dally Alaska| Charlie Frye, rookie pitcher, Empire—the paper with the largest | stepped up yesterday as a pmch|y-a1d circulation. is visiting his grandfather, Peter Hammer, to remain uptil the school term opens at Ketchikan when he will go to the First City. e - | Trv 8 classified ad in The Emoire. | FROM BERLIN—Confer- ences with. F.D.R, and the state department now occupy Alex- ander - Kirk (above), U. S. chargé d’affaires at Berlin, who Is in America “on vacation.” Fir Seattle, teamed to win the double championship of the national boys’ | tennis tournament at Culver, Ind., then they competed against each other for the singles crown. The West Coast boys won in doubles | by defeating Allen Richardson of Webster Grove, Mo,, and Jack Tuero of New Orleans. | ! The activities will stop directly ‘at | 3 o'cleck for the preseniation Ev E N Ts 0 N gram. All persons winn.ng tr hould b2 there Friday ¢r send some cne present them [ ¥ if they cannot come | revram of Even's Events will be run off in the or- | i | that are lost for this year to persons | (who gain them for permanent pos- sessicn, der that they are given cn the pro- | 3 (ziam | Summer Season at Local| t sana box display, limitea to I persons under six years of age. @ 10 minutes time limit.) Playgrounds fo Finish |, artoon Contest (10 minutes 'h A d | time limit): B ges 6 to 9; ages wi wardas 110 to 13; ages 14 to 16. | Girls: Ages 6 to 9; ages 10 to 13 This weeks activities will bring [ages 14 to 16 years. to @ close tomorrow the summer’s| 3. Horseshoe pitching for dis- program conducted at the Everg wce (one try): Boys, ges 5 to Bowl. As a closing event the larg-|7; ages 8 to 10; ages 11 to 13 years est aclivities program of the year| Girls: Ages 5 to 7; ages 8 to 10; will be conducted beginning at 1|ages 11 to 13 years o'cleck in the afterncon and lasting Golf Stroke for Distance. (One| until the activities are completed.|stroke): Boys, ages 6 to 7, ages 8 Tournaments Finished |to 9; ages 10 to 11 years All tournaments must be com-| Girls: ages 6 to 7; ages 8 to 9; pleted before 3 o'clock Priday af-|ages 10 to 11 years. ternoon. At that time trophies for | Water Events those events will be presented to| Wading Across tiie Pool. Boys and the winners of the tournaments. For | girls, ages 4 to 5; ages 6 to 7 years. permanent possession of a trophy, Splashing and shouting contest. a person must win the tournament|(Winner is person who can shout for two consecutive years. The per- |the loudest while splashing to pre- sons who won this year for the first|vent others from shouting). Boys, time will have their awards stored |ages 8 to 14; girls, ages 8 to 14 at the high school until they have won for two consecutive years Adult Tennis Finals and Rider Joust in the Water—Boys, ages 10 to 15 years. The men’s and women’s tennis|(Two prizes for the pair that win). tournaments are drawing to a close, Under Water Swim for Distance with interest increasing as we step|Boys, 6 to 8; years, 9 to 11 years into the semi-finals. Joe Bird still 12 to 14 years. seems to be the favorite with many| Girls—Ages 6 to 8; ages 9 to 11; of the players but he still has such |ages 12 to 14 years. players as George Schmidt, Steven- Inner Tube Race for girls, ages son, Fred Ball and a few others who,6 to 12 years. (Contestants must can give most anyone a good game, take their own inner tubes.) Two to contend with. In the women'’s prizes. finals there remains only Mrs, Al-| Water Race—(One prize in each len and Jean Anderson to compete. event): Boys, ages 8 to 10; ages Just how that match will turn out, |11 to 13 years. no one seems willing to predict. | Girls: ages 8 to 10; ages 11 to 13 More Contests—Prizes years. More contests and more prizes Runring Races will be given this Friday than on| Boys: (a) ages 5 to 6 years; (b) any previous Friday this year. Ow- ages 7 to 8 years; () ages 9 to 10 ing to the increased number of years; (d) ages 11 to 12 years; (e) evel will be necessary to start|ages 13-to 14 years. & the program at 1 o'clock sharp, al- Girls—(a) ages 5 to 6 years; (b) lowing but a few minutes between ages 7 tc 8 years; (c) azes 9 to 10 contests, Persons should pick out years; (d) ages 11 to 12 years; (€ their events ahead of time and re- ages 13 to 14 years. port immediately as the events are Boys Backward Race—(a) ages| called. 9 to 11; ages 12 to 14 years. One| tion "CaseyeitheBat” | “u Author Passes Away To Present Awards prize each event. 1t is hoped that Dr. Whitehead, Girls Backward Race (a) ages 9 President of the Rqtary Club, will to 11 years; (b) ages 12 to 14 years. | 1 be ‘able to present the tcurnament Bicycle Hill Climb—(a) Boys 12| | | winners, their awards this Friday and under (one try, one prize). (b) aft@ipcon. The Rotary Club orig- Girls 12 and under (one try, one inally purchased these cups and prize); (c) Boys 13 to 16 .years;| consented to replace the trophies (cne try, one prize); (d) Girls 13 to| P e BRINGING UP FATHER OH-DEAR-JUST AS SOON AS | OUT MY EY TO_PAY THE DOOR -BELL " By GEORGE McMANUS " oy e v Lorarny Yrlkt, TR W ba Intarein et See »nd Childheod,” Parish ly at 3 p. m. for the presenta- aday, TuEsiel8 Doy 5o of awards, says Harold Roth, Director. 7’77' N1 T el b o SANITARY PLUMBING and | | HEATINCG COMPANY NIEMI, Owner Lt your plumbing woiry be our worry.' PHONE 788 = Sp WRESSE . SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Aug. 22. * The author of the famous poem i ' i the tamous peem | Flying Insiruclion ad at his Monte- 1 Alaska Schoal of Aeronanties, sito home. Thayer penned thepoem | TIne. Box 2187, Junean. Aiaska | 1888 while working on a San | by tne hour or in courses from | ancicco newspaper. Tihe poem was SOLO to COMMERCIAL. | ter made famous by Actor De i | Wolf Hopper. . 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