The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 14, 1940, Page 5

McCORMICK GIVENB. B. / HONOR,'40 Selected asi(;si Valuable Player in National Cir- cuit, Past Season NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—The Base- ball Writers Association of Am- erica announced that Frank Mc- Cormick, Cincinnati’s first base- man, has been selected as the most valuabl player in the National League, by a narrow margin of 274 points against 205 for Johnny Mize, first baseman for St. Louis. B y Waiters w third choice then Paul Derringer, Fred Fitz- simmons, Dixie Walker, Harry Danning, Stan Hack, Ernie Lom- pardi, The valuable week, I PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE SEASON STARTS APRIL § One Hundred and Seventy- Six Games fo Be Played fo September 21 HOLLYWOGCD, Cal., Nov. 14 — | Officials of the Pacific Coast Base- ball League have set the 1941 sea- | son at 176 games, extending from April 5 to September 21 The season will open with Seat- tle in San Francisco, Portland at Los Angeles, Oakland at San Diego and Hollywood at Sacramento. Each team will be entitled to 30 veteran players and five rookies in 1941, Last season the teams werc limited to 18 veterans and seven rookies The league offi tain the Shauglnessy champiot hip playoff ¢f the four top teams pite ol some centiinent favor- ; a return to the split season. voted to re- n most 1 last| Detroit, | Freak Bet, Grid Game League’s le Amc pl fank ican rwas Greenbers oo - IT'S AN IDEA ARKANSAS CITY, Kas men of Arkansas City were 3 beards to provide atmosphere for a municipal celebration, Fred Lax- hon, one of the town's leadiug citizens, took his adornment tu AL rest asked for a handout— ALBUQUERGUE, N, M., Nov. 14 and got it! he Lions clubs of Albuquerque S — (and Tucson, Ariz. will bet a ton of beans against a truckload of grapefruit on the outcome of the Row {)ne Womai; Los! | Avzna-New Mexico foothall game to be at Tucson November 23 The Albuquerque Lions will fur- nish the beans, should Arizona win the game. If New Mexico W Tucson will supply the grapefruit | The commodities will go to char- ity in the home city of the win- ning team. played 20 Pounds of E ishuess Gained in Attractiveness Gained a Shapely Ii and Fal .- !Sons of Norway to Hold Card Party The second in a series of card parties will be given Saturday night at the LO.O.F. Hall by the Sons of Norway to pe system materials anged- > 5 you're objec- half t in ter, cream and su get on the sc pounds of fat notice i, T8 ey | Starting at 8 o'clock, pinochle brighter—you feel younger in body and whist will be played. There will be refreshments and prizes. The entertainment committee of the |lodge is in charge of arrangements and the public is invited to attend. | st ok Try a classifiea ad in The Empire. and keener in mind. Get a bottle of Krusc ts 4 weeks and is inexvensive vBuIler-Mauro Drug Co. You'll feel the need even more for a bigger, better refrigerator as the holi- day season rolls 'round . . . holidays which mhean additional home enter- taining, heartier appetites, and hi; food costs. o o So why not enjoy the convenience and economy which a big General Electric refrigerator offers NOW while prices are lowest and terms the easiest in General Electric history? LET'S MAKE A DEAL! You'll be prouder — and thriftier too — with a new G-E refrigerator in the . kitchen, knows a good way THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, NOV Hartnett Released From Cubs Time Up as_M—aBager when Contract Exnires at Fnd of Year CHICAGO. Ill., Nov. 1t--Owner Phil Wrigley announces that the Cub's manager, Gabby Hartnett, will be roleased when his cont ot expires at the end of 'this year Hartnett is a catcher and he took over the team in 1938. In all he has played with Chicago fc years @ never was in any other league team Hartnett said he has no plan Wiigley said Hartnett's succes- sor has not been selected GRID TRAINERS CAN BE WRONG NORMAN, Okla, Nov. 14 Traincr Ted Owens of the Okla- homa University foc to settle an @ gument with a player over a fooi- ball injury. Fullback Johnny Martin, hurt in the game against Kansas State, insisted his arm injury wasn't rious. Trainer Owens wasn't So between halves Martin rushed against his wishes to nearby college infirmary wher: X-ray was taken. It showed bones broken. ‘I told you s0," was the no said Martin and went back into the game and scored another touchdown. - Roaming - Gridders LEXINGTON, Va., Nov Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia were represented on the squads of Washington and Lee and George Washington universi- ties when the teams clashed on the football field here. The Gen- erals represent 15 states, while the represent 15 and the Dis- e Todayv's news toaay n The Empire LIGHT and POWER (0. PHON E 616 BRINGING UP FATHER " DARLING-DONT TIRE YOURSELF | WAS-8UT YOU SEEING MY = DA DON'T THINK I'D GO WITHOUT DEA R 191 14, 1940. HOOPSTERS (CORNELL HAS ALL ANY GOOD GRID TEAM HAS PRACTICES BEGIN SOON Seven Teanfined Up for Play-Toner Applies for Whistle Post team local basketball AND PLUS A (ROP e seven OF INSTINCTIVE PERFORMERS , Big Red junicr, is the batl-carrier starting for a sizeable gain against ) lead the way up front with Mort Landsberg ( coming around $338,000 in the Bag civeud chedulcd o get under way ar i the end cf the month from locks of League Prexy J ng th's mcni n lists at the newspeper of- will close November 16 Fwler al cd a menting | Le November the with heacs | i 4 izatien nd maniee Jm Ormr t> manaz~ the Ju- " Joe Bitd the Hen- ir thirss, and Dale e quad while pilc ) Fady a Mr squads eyt vn'newn. Hgh School coach | i5 yeav j= . T. Lindenmeyer whe cepo.tedly bLae b a siow pass na <tyle of altac to the Criansor Bear play. A Here's an example of Cornell’s machine-like precision. Louis Bufalino, 6 m“'”‘.‘"“fl‘"‘r:l’"w‘f”"““")“l‘;“"‘I""‘f"w‘:“i;i Ohio State hehind an array of blrckers. Jerome Cckn (68) and Pete Wolf e ot Novenbor 10, that| 10 Join them as Walt Matuszcaak, behind Landsbers, preparcs to take oave of Ruc keoe End Charles Anderson. all percons wh id bid for the i thankless referee’s jcb apply by By DILLON GRANAM | jarched 89 yards to taily against Saturday, November 23, and that | SPorts Editor, AP Feature Service corell. B 1 gave no signs all applications be sent to Jack of discouragement. They came Fowler, Box o ITHACA. N. Y. Nov. 1% — The back to win. Ohio State, on the [T T, IRGCH Toner, Who Teltimed | rrét of Cornigilg tonball suc- Gitier nd, was, Babily, Whipren f ar u |>I<>l».jl ess may be that Carl Snavel and without spirit ’.3‘\«; Cornell and did a handsome job of 1t it | \jgqers instinctively do the ri had pushed ahcad. That was the report~d to have put in his ticket thing. difference fer the job this year, and another Spirit Not There applicant is Borge Skov. | That means a combimation of Lo oL ohardy to say A practice schedule will be pub-| Alent. experience. and thoroush| . onjg state, one of the best in lished before. the week. is over with| driling” “in fundamentals, ~Addf " el 6L ahoum By its close zenerous portions of imagination,' ., e Minnesota and North- practice to begin the first of next you have and the love of play and not 21l drilled western, was All players who have registered | ‘ootballers who make correct . “ajen oOr that it had less tal- ire free to sign with any manager |Moves instinctively ent than the Ithacans. It just they wish. The league has nothing [ That's Cornell, voted the nation’s gqy'( have the same football in- to do with shaping of teams other | No. 1 team in the Associated Press!gtinet and will-to-win than limiting each team to ten|poll of coaches and sports writ Cornell's victor in what ap- players. | October 29 pears its biggest hurdle—and it is| SRR e i Cornell doesn’t have ota’s now likely to go unbeaten again| CATTY NEIGHBORHOOD power, Ohio State's trickery or a .pjs year a triumph for the| R riple-threat ace to compare With coaching of Carl a preci- But the GREENVILLE, 8. C.—Mark Gup- | Mishiean's Tom Harmon sionist who observes the sma ten. gatherer of stray cats for biol. | COTRells can turn on a short blast detail and is satisfied with noth- c3ists and medical laboratories, | °f Power when ey noma W, . ing short of perfection caught 700 in a week, then declared | M7k, f@nsbers not only can There has been a charge that hat the cat population of the coun. | Muscle his way through a line for snavely signaled plays from the try had hardly been touched. 1 precious first-down yard or tWo pench, So many of Cornell's long| BFSiE > U Y but s also a touchdown threat who paing inst Ohio State were an step on the accelerator and jpade as a result of instinctive ac- The Daily Alaska wmpire guaran | [p through the slightest opening.|(jons that we think a good reply| to this charge—whether it is true| . as cne writer expressed | tees the largest daily circulation o The backfielders are smooth pig-| any Alaska newspaper :kin , handlers although they don’t| g not— try to copy the Buckeyes' magic.| ¢ And while Cornell hasn’t a Har-! «gpavely can’'t signal his boys| mon it has a half dozen youn?2 to peverse their field while they're| athletes of far better than aver-|on the dead run. [ lage ability and any one of them Bt can go to town. { Matuszczak and McCullough are | good handlers of the ball. McCul- I | ough is an able runner and a good | | | | passer. Matuszczak has few peers 1s a blocker. He loves to bowl them over, McCullough is a satisfactory gicker. As for the backfield subs | Lou Bufalino can knife through nd he slimmest opening, run low tear away the yardage: at top speed Walter Scholl, little fellow of 162 pounds who 't ke the heavy pounding of a full game, is the 2 = 3 best of the passers. Vincent Eich- ThIS Yeal' SSquad fo GO Up ler, a 193-pounder, is the Reds best bet solely as a line puncher Against Powerhouse First Rate Line The line is good, very good Aumni Ouffit Heading the forewall is All- America Nick Drahos at ta Juncau High School's 1940-41 bas- ketball power will show for the first perhaps a trifle better than a 240 1:‘:1' there is Alva .livl(I. Y. e of the season tomorzow Dight ENEBAL Mo, o9 e best end s, C o High School gym, topping he has ever , and the other : [a double bill to go up against a wingmen, Kirk Hirshey and Jim A e all, adooy b Cornellis|SX008 Alumnl squad after the seo- "L”‘]‘_‘" 2 ‘“”"l A omeSlond string Bears have mixed with old favorte the oo around pail.|® National Guard quint. offers a neuver, Frank Finneran, a bail-|* pii®t SN or 730 6 CU. FT. MODEL T{“fl,(' is a n,lu‘l.'lll- unl.i.li ‘“” ‘clock. New coach F. T. Linden- e o tmv.u(l Dunbar is a whizz at will probably on’. his | award. G _ lfirst string lineup Don Murphy, Time after time, in the second flashy forward who played com- 119.50 | half, this line stopped Ohio State’s|yercial last year; Hallie Rice, husi- power and deception cold. Many g jittle ball hawk; John Bavard Easy Tefllls ‘:"‘t’»’ fl‘jeh Bucll;eyles far:;d fourth| yack McDanlels, Sam Martin, Alex : own with still 10 yards 1o 80 wller, Lee Lucas and Eddie Niel- (Model illustrated | The Big Red wall couldn't be .on L i | dented or turned | The Alumni outfit will have r 274.95 | In the Ohio State affair—major jower with last year's crack gua contest for Cornell and a top game | for the Buckeyes—Cornell showed | {that it could take a pounding,| stand up under it and come back to win. Ohio State demonstrated that it lacked. the fire to retaliate under adverse conditions. squad is nct definitely known. Few teams have appeared as e powerful as the Buckeyes who| Subscribe for The Empire By GEORGE McMANUS | Tcmmy Powers and Wally Jones and the two-years-ago flash Bud Brown with Lewis Taylor and John- ny Krugness. Who will compose Guard and second string Bears the Nationai | WONPER WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THAT HOME OF MI DO Your XMAS SHOPPING EARLY JMMINS Diamond merchant Leon Akselrod, arriving im New York from Nazi- conquered Antwerp, Belgium, with his wife and three children, brings a fortune in diamonds with him. The bag he holds contains gems with an estimated value of $338,000. The children are Bernard, 17; David. 12 and Emanuel, 5. Heads Swarthmore at 35 Felix Morley (left) is assisted into his academic gown by Dr. Johm W. Nason for the ceremonies at which Dr. Nason was inducted as presie dent of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Dr. Nason at 35 is the sountry’s youngest college president. Dr. Morley recently was named head of Haverford College, also in Pennsylvani: GLACIER HIGHWAY | DELIVERY DAILY TRIPS COAL——WOOD LUMBER—GROCERIES ® PHONE 374 “SHORTY" WHITFIELD R PR S SRR T