The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 23, 1941, Page 5

~ HOMER IN | delphia’s four-game winning stre: St. Louis collected 13 hits yester- | day afternoon for a triumph be- |ing the seven innings he pitched |in the game against Boston 9TH WINS FORYANKS alibuters Chicago Sops four-Gome g} Gaafla 4 Winning Streak of Athletics B oy (Ry Associated Press) s third homer in four| win margin yesterday | v rk over Detroit. and staged a two-run rally | in the ninth inning yesterday after- nee o beat Washington. Johnny Rugney pitched a six-hit two here SEATTLE, May halibuters arrived and | today. The Lindy came in from the wes tern banks with 40,000 pounds nnd sold at 12 and 10 7-8 to the New | England Fish Company. The Presho came in from the the Booth Fisheries. You'll find the rare quality that comes with old-fashioned distilling methods . . . when you buy B&EN“E@C%WM}Q S REY MONOGRAM is distilled from selected grains and famous spring water...properly aged to bring out the rich, full flavor and mellow- ness. Bottled at the distillery and really BIG value at LITTLE prices: —— N AVAILABLE at YOUR DEALERS Now The Book ‘S‘ALASKA’? By LESTER D. HENDERSON The Story of Alaska in Printed Word and Picture Jbalt vesterday: as Cnicago deteated {the Athletics and stopping Phila- | hind Bob Muncrief’s four hits dur-| local banks and sold 17,000 pounds at the same price as the Lindy to Lake — e == After a lull in the sport of m\mo‘ fishing, comes in a series of xeDorz\‘ to show that there are still a Im\ fish in the lakes and Southeast Alaska. Taking Ha. borg in Rlnolnrts nce Mallack, Vern plane, Hoke and back 40 nice the lower end at also the creek draining the lake Fishing was good they said, with the fish hungry and willing to take eggs and salmon meat. trout. More reports come in from catchers of Colorado Brook in Sai-| mon Creek Dam as Bobby Pas-| quan and brother, Jackie, brought| back a small cateh of seven. They caught three in the reservoir itsell| and four in tke creek. Nice’ part of the trout at the dam is that mey have all been planted, all run lof a size. Few are smaller than 14 inches. Runs of Dolly’s in both McGinnis ,and Montana Creeks are expected | within the next few days. The| fighting trout are still firm, full or‘hgm henvywetght championship. ‘vlgor and lash, fresh out of the| salt water and fine for the table ‘Even now the little pools up mmwlou's Baer on McGinnis, the pools below log usually yield fair catch- the Dolly’s are fairly or rapids, jes. As yet, | small. Juneau fishermen are holding off and | their trips into Hasselborg | Florence these days . . . for warmer catches at the Admiralty lakes. It for the 17th defense of his heavy- |will not be many days, however, | before the cutthroat and rainbows | are striking for all they're worth what little there appears to be, of | and the weather will become more 8 to 1. 1 creeks of | mild so that the water does not| | freeze in the pails at night. | (By Associated Press) | A A | Portland jumped from the cellar Pishing along » bank at the 1 Fishing along the bank at the|, “gyin yiace in the Pacific Coast Salmon Creek Dam, Trv BIOWEIS|y op00, undings last night by de- |and Jerry Green decided they nad 8 & Y short hop over mmmml enough when they landed four | 8 dl \ immy Rinehart brought | along the bank. Not in the middle Vot dust naht G0 Db 4 IANGaIeR They nshn-d\nf the luke 3 i the outlet and | Lesnevich { nevich, 174-pounder, last night out- wmunf-‘,l WASHINGTON, May 23 — Joe| weather and better, {PORTLAND | GoEs our t OF CELLAR Los ’Angelefi)?ops fo Sev- enih Spot with Oakland Going fo Bottom feating Hollywood with a six-run| barrage in the second inning. Sacramento maintains the lead- ership in the league by getting 15 nice 16-inch Colorados. They were using single eggs and kept working into the seventh spot in the standings, just half a game over the last place Oakland. San Francisco moved into third place by defeating and replacing San Diego last night. Although Seattle won over Oak- land, the Rainiers failed to gain and still remain seven and one- half games behind the Solons. Se-' attle was out-hit 9 to 7 but made clouts at strategic points and also cashed in on two errors. GAMES THURSDAY Pacific Coast League Sacramento 11; Los Angeles 7. Seattle 5; Oakland 8. Portland 7; Hollywood 3. San Francisco 9; San Diego 8 National League New York 4; Cincinnati 6. Philadelphia - Chicago, postponed, | rain. Boston - rain. Brooklyn 6; St. Louis 7 American League | Chicago 4; Philadelphia 1. St. Louis 4; Boston 1, B New York 6; Detroit 5. | Cleveland 4; Washington 3. Is Champ Outpoints ChTisIoforidis in 15 Rounder fo Win Title Honors NEW YORK, May 23—Gus Les-) pointed Antxa Christoforidis, 166 pounds, in a 15-rounder to win the | National Boxing Association’s world Pittsburgh postponed, " Bout Tonight STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS GAMETODAY IF WEATHER Especially for:— The Girl G and be assured a one long reme have very de the gifts which w PLAYS BALL bered ! nite ideas, they like things new, modern, wearable, large selection and collections you'll find just raduate of ‘41 gift from Behrends will be The girl grads of '41 and individual. From our ill please her most. Saybury House Coats She's admired and seen them adver- tised in Madamoiselle. 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BEHRENDS €O “QUALITY SINCE 1887” CroninBum In Outfield WASHINGTON, May 23.—Gabs bing about Joe Gordon's versatility the other day and talking of othef | great players who could handle vire at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon at the Governor's House. Rings and bracelets, bearing the insignia_of the Women's Voluntary Service, have been received and may be purchased for $1.50 each from Mrs. Fred Geeslin or Mus. Russell Maynard, co-chairman of the finance committee. A percent- age of the purchase price goes to the local organization. ,e—— ON SALE AT The Empire and Newsstands Learn About Alaska and Its History! Seventh Printing The Widest Selling Book on Alaska! Price $1.00 Louis meets Buddy Baer tonight| Pacific Coast League } Won Lost Pet.'J | weight championship. | Sacramento 33 11 50 § | Louis is a favorite in the betting, | Seattle 26 19 518 San' Francisco .28 23 500 San i Diego 22 23 489 — ———— | Hollywood 20 24 455 e e Portland .18 25 A9 Los ' Angeles 18 26 4090 Oakland 18 400 § | National League i 8 Won Lost Pet.|f | St. -Lionis" k. O 9 .'1lfl|‘ i Brooklyn 22 12 6478 | New ' York 17 14 548§ | Chicago 14 15 . Pittsburgh 12 15 Cincinnati 14 18 Boston 12 19 387 Philadelphia 10 21 323 iti.» American League Won Lost Pet.! Cleveland 25 12 676| Chicago . 19 12 613 New ' ¥York 19 17 528 Boston 15 15 500 - Detroit : e 16 17 485 Philadelphia .14 19 424 Washington 14 21 400 St. Louls ... 1 20 355/ Gastineau Channel League Won Lost Pct.| Jouglas ... 2 1 667 Aoose 2 2 808 333 S1ks LR, 1 2 Brooklyn Goes Down Sixth Time (By Associated Press) Brooklyn lost the sixth straight game yesterday as the fighting St. Louis bunch successfully downed a ninth inning uprising to increase the lead in the National League.! on Warneke is credited with 50 sitching victories and no defeats, | the National League’s best pitching record. Mel Ott hit a pair of homers yesterday to take the homer lead- ership ‘but Cincinnati downed New Zork when Ernje Lombardi hom- e2red with the bases loaded. McCor- nick homered with one man on base, | wimost possibie that the second in-| |at the Firemen's Ball Park fontont] | Since that date — et The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any Al «ska = newspaper. PARDON-MADAM~ A GENTLEMAN WISHES TO TALK HUH- GENTLEMAN- HE DOESN'T KNOW AN\I GENTLEMEN- oow-r" THINKTHAT DON'T KNOW THAT TONIGHT YOUR FRIEND. M‘G.FF-IS GIVING ATBIG SAID HE WAS By GEORGE McMANUb PARDON- THE GENTLEMAN SORRY-MUM= HE D TO TAKE MR: Ji OUT TO DINNER- IT WAS SIR TENNLYNOT T = 'Seniars Hold Class Dinner Last Night With Lee Lucas, class president,| as the visiting Douglas Islanders as toastmaster, members of the meet the Elks for a seven-inning|senior class of the Junean High fray. School held their annual banquet Last game was played in Doug-|last evening at Percy’s Cafe. las 10 days ago when the Island| Decorations for the occasion were nine walloped the Elks 4 to 0 in|carried out in the class colors of the first whitewash of the season. red, white and blue. three scheduled| During the evening Miss Phyllis games have been rained out, and|Poulin, class adviser, was presenied yet. a possibility remains that to-|with a corsage by the senior moth- night's game might meet the ume!ers and a gift was also presented As weather - conditions cleared somewhat this morning it seemed auguration of the Gastineau Chan- nel Baseball League will take place fate. her from the class. A gift was also First ball will be pitched at 6:30| given Mr. Alex Dunham, High o'clock. School principal, who was a spec- ——e—te—— |ial guest at the dinner. Community singing and dancing New Headquarters tually any position—Wagner, Rul Sisler, Bresnaham, Ott—Clark om- fith of the Washington Senlwu said: “I know of only one real good player who couldn’t play just any spot.” Then he told a tale about his son~ in-law, Joe Cronin, Boston Red Sox | manager. Cronin, while managing Washe« ington in the early 1930's, became | disgusted at the brand of flychasing . 'he was getting and vowed he'd 3 out and show 'em how. But it was pretty horrible. Cronin caught noths. ing and promptly moved back o shortstop. “He was & bum in the oumald.‘ lluihted Griff. ——————— B Subscrie 0 the Dally Empire—the paper with the paid circulation. :::;1:::‘ entertainment during the For Voluntary Service Soon Announcement . was made today| that the headquarters for the Ju- neau Women’s Voluntary Service will be in readiness next week. It was also announced that a new section of the agricultural group, a home garden section, is| now open for membership to the general public, There will be a forum meeting Tyesday, May 27,| DAILY “SHORTY" WHITFIELD L A PHONE 374 GLACIER HIGHWAY DELIVERY TRIPS - COAL ——WO0OD LUMBER —— GROCERIES PHONE 374