The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 24, 1941, Page 5

blasphemer dead. . . That isn't an | exaggeration, He shol the guy. And guy dropped dead. Right there. imply doesn’t pay to make un- guarded statements in the presence of Dodger rooters. Of course, the man who did the shooting is in the Penitentiary. But that doesn’t help the man who thought the Dodgers were lousy. He is inconveniently dead, and never again can he cheer |2 Dodger defeat or stand in public |places and make unwise observa- tions. Brooklyn Is Most Loyal To Dodgers Fans Even (%_So Farasfo Shoot Those Who “'In- As you may recall, one of the cel- " : ebrated sports news pictures of last sult” Their Team |fcason showea « fist-isne between vy |a National league umpire and a fan. By GEORGE TUCKER That fan was a Dodger fan, a Brook- NEW YORK, June 24.—As has|jop ra; He didn't like a decision the been stated previousiy here and|,npie hgd made on the field. So elsewhere, the Brooklyn Dodgers e piled out of the grandstand, or breed a strange sort of loyalty amONE | . vhe it was the bleachers, and lit their followers . . . and their fol- | Jowers are legion. As a matter of fact, almost anybody .in Brooklyn | will kick out your teeth if you so much as intimate that their darl-| inos are not going to win the pen- nant this year. What T am trying to say is that the good people of Brooklyn are never lukewarm in their enthusiasm for the team . . . When the Dodg- ¢re win, they are in heaven . . . But when they lose, the police have | to patrol the bridges to keep the heart-broken citizens from leaping to their own destruction . Yo think this is exaggerteed don’t yeu? Well, you do not know Brooklyn Last summer a little incident took’ place in Brooklyn pub that will illustrate the point, and very nicely for you . . . An alien came in .. . Probably he was from Manhattan, o Hobcken . . By “alien” is meant just anybody who isn't from Brook- Iyn. a Wnll this alien was standing in| he pub, having a beer, and the rosc cf the crowd was singing, the glories of the Dodgers . . . The alien looked k “I think the Dodgers are said in.a loud voice. was a sudden and ami- nous silence. If anybody had tak- en the bother to drop a pin, you could have heard it. . . Suddenly one of the Dodger fans let out a harsh! cry and ran out of the saloon. . . He ran out somewhere, and got a little, | |into the umpire with his fists. It ymade a geed picture. It was in most jof the newspapers everywhere. It was just another little link in the chain of evidence that when the |good people of Brooklyn go in for a team, they go all out. Flatbush simp- ly doesn’t believe in half-measures |and never has. i Among the leather-lungs wh'® yell | for the Dodgers on all occasions is a | Chinese headwaiter at Ruby Foo's | whose name in Billy Gwon. Billy| used to play semi-pro ball on a team with Vito Tamulis. But the nportant thing to remember is that Rilly s his insults in Chinese . . . |T have d him to give me a few 'examples, and here they are: Ah| |que jun (kill the umpire); Looie {how yu (ya big bum); Ah koy bo | (we want a hit); kin que cho (throw him out); and who kar lor (get a basket). Surely, even to umpires,| {the ways of the Chinese remain in-| ‘crumble ‘Ball Club Owners i } Have PganuISaIes | WENATCHEE, Wash., June 24— /Run through the reorganization wringer last winter, the Wenatchee lbaseball club of .the Western Inter- {national League wound up with something like 700 new owners. Demonstrating the democra {gun; and came baek and shot tha' \ | Hamliton Fish batting For charity, congressmen annually don old sweatshirts and running shoes for their capital baseball game with Lowell Thomas' “Nine | Old Men.” Among the solons participating in the game this year are those pictured in action on the Capitol Plaza. Representative } Hamilton Fish of New York is the batter. Representatge James A. Shanley of Connecticut catches and Representative Joseph W. Martin ©of Massachusetts umpires. viewpoint of the new moguls,| many of them, including some of; A special meeting of the Rebekahs the region’s more wealthy individ- }has been called for tomorrow evening uals, got out on opening mgm‘June 25, at 8 o'clock, according to and sold peanuts to the crowd. Mrs, I. E. Tucker, secretary of the | e e———— group. The meeting is to be bo'.h RUY DEFENSE STAMPS {a business and social affair. 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LEAGUE Only Half a Game Behind Leading Cardinals- Giants Shutout (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Brooklyn Dodgers moved to| within half a game of the Na-; tional League leaders, St. Louis Cardinals, yesterday, when Fat| chalked up' his 13th consecutive victory over Pittsburgh. Herman Franks got a three-run homer in the eighth in- ning for a clincher. Fhe Chicago Cubs, after losing three straight games, came back yesterday and downed the New Freddie Fitzsimmons | York Giants in a shutout behind Claude Passeau’s three-hit pitch- ing and Bill Nicholson's double with Stan Hack on base that scored the only run. GAMES MONDAY National League Brooklyn 9;° Pittsburgh 4. New York 0; Chicago 1. American League No games were played yesterday. Pacific Coast League .No games were played in the Pacific Coast League yesterday as | the teams were traveling to open today on the schedule for this | week. STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS | Pacific Coast League ; Won Lost 54 22 42 36 39 36 39 39 35 43 32 42 32 43 . .32 4“4 Nlllnn.ll League Won Lost 21 21 29 31 33 30 Pet. 11 538 520 500 440 432 421 Sacramento Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles Hollywood Portland Oakland Pot. 672 6687 535 500 476 A4 343 Sl. Louis . Brooklyn 3 New York ... Cincinnati Chjcago Bittsburgh Boston é 34 Philadelphia 43 American League Pet. ,Gl’p 5 )9 | 525 516 459 362| ae1! ,Cleveland . lew York Boston ... Chicago Detroit Philadelphia St. Louis .. Washington Gastineau Channel League Won Lost 2 1 25 Pct. 667| .500 333 BEE E:g DOIJGLAS NEWS CITY COUNCIL ACTS ¥ ON VARIOUS ISSUES Plans for a sewer assessment against property owners of Doug- las this year, as was proposed by previous city administrations but left unacted upon, were advanced for a first step at the regular Council meeting last night by or- der from Mayor Bonner to have suitable ordinance legalizing proper procedure in the matter drawn up| for, presentation at the next meet- ing. place some of the burden of water and sewer bonded indebtedness on the sewers from which no revenue has accrued in the past, all pay- ments on the debt coming from water receipts alone. Approxlm.uly $400 will have to be ‘raised from the special assess- ‘ment this year and the most equi- table. way it was thought would be t6 levy four cents per frontage foot on all properties. Thus. the extra tax against a property having a 50- foot frontage would amount to only 9 Disposal of garbage in the town wag another issue before the meet- (TN IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIF 421 | the Magistrate anyone The measure, when effective, will|to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE TUESDAY;, JUNE 24 I94I MONTH -END CLEARANCE Dresses — Coats — Hats FINAL SMASHING CLEARANCE OF THE SEASON — AND WE REALLY MEAN THESE ARE VALUES! All merchandise is new spring and summer stock, foremost in fashion and quality. It's all out for you to take your choice, and in many cases you'll save more than HALF PRICE. COME EARLY, THEY'LL SELL IN A HURRY! DRESSES Values to 16.95 21 DRESSES Prints — Navy — Black Pastels Sizes 12-44—Broken Values to 22.50 39 Lettee Lee. Paula Brooks, and better women'’s dresses. Prints, navy, blacks, Capes, Values to 19.75 14 better dresses, all original models, jacket types. nauti- cals and grand women's {dresses. Sizes 12-44. 12.00 | afternoon and jacket frocks. Sizes 12-44. 15.00 C-0-A-T-S Values to 19.75 THERE'S ONLY 6, BUT WHAT VALUES! Sizes 12-20—Broken Light Colors———Sport Types 7.00 25 dress and find coats suc money. Values fo 35.00 sport models. Navy, black, checks and pastels. Sizes 12-44. You won't h as these any place for the 16.00 MILLINERY Values fo 5. 25 STRAWS AND FELTS Navy Black Pastels 9 1.00 ,’/33 a/M Rebrends Co | QUALITY Values 1o 10.50 18 STRAWS AND FELTS S/INCE /887 pressed for the' method being used by a number of people in dumping their garbage along the water front close to streets. City Marshal Tuck- ett was directed to bring before violating regulations which permit disposal into the channel beyond low tide level only. A communication from the Ter- | ritorial Department of Health, read {at the meeting, indicated some of-! ficial action may be taken against certain property owners in town unless their method of sewerage disposal is changed. Parking of cars on the city wharf was also condemned on t of lack of space there and difficul= ties that would be encountered by the fire truck in case of a fire. A no-parking sign will so notify car drivers there in the future. From now on, too, children must keep off the wharf unless they have definite business there, Mayor Bonner stated. Action to collect magistrate fines previously levied was ordered. It was decided to paint the freight shed on the wharf match the cannery buildings, Concensus of the City Dads in connection with request from the FCC to have a building erected here for their use was that no funds being available for such pur- pose the best they could do would be to donate a lot for the Com- mission to build on if desired. FRISCO BRINGS FISH Fifteen hundred salmon made up the first load of fish to arrive for the Douglas cannery which was brought in from Icy Straits this morning by the company tender Frisco, ——————— BALL GAME HERE With favorable weather this eve- ning, which, however, appears doubtful, Douglas residents are to have opportunity to witness an- I By GEORGE McMANUS other ball game on the home field as the local players will tangle with the Moose nine. Christian Service The scheduled dinner of the ‘Women's Society of Christian Serv- ice has been postponed for one week due to the late arrival of the Co- lumbia on which several special| guests are arriving. However, the regular monthly meeting will take| place at 7 o'clock tomorrow eve- ning in the Epworth League Room of the Methodist Church. The meet- ing is the last of the season and| has beén called for the purpose of electing officers for the following year and for reports on the year's| work. Mrs. C. H. Gross, this year's president, has appointed the nom- inating committee. ——e—— The highly-specialized train- ing of each naval aviation ca- det costs the government BLOWS ARE | Dinner Postponed EXCHANGED, AIR nAloi (Contnuea Trom Page One) S ._______;_—‘ spotted from the air,'and he lofl! tion of the batteries revealed. ’ The war bulletin also stated Gers man planes raided the port fac! ties at the mouth of the Than River and other targets in South: eastern England. A i ‘The bulletin also claimed two m night raiders were destroyed in RA! attempts to drop shells over occhs pled areas yesterday afternoon. It is claimed that 22 British pla have been downed in the past about $25000. 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