The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 27, 1941, Page 5

| Al Davis, Livic Go luly One Welterweight King Is to| Meet Man Who Is Now | Training, Army Camp | AP Feature Service NEW YORK, June 27 — Drum- beaters charged with kicking up in- terest in the Al Davis-Fritzie Ziv- ic return fight can thank Davis for doing j er< met seven months ago. i Brownsville Bummie — excuse, please, it's “Soldier Al Davis” now put on an exhibition of fouling and footwork that had fans howl- ing last November. The fiasco lasted less than two| rounds. Zivie, the welterweight king, had an edge in the first. In the second he had only Mr. Davis fist planted solidly at different points below the waist line Referee Billy Cavanagh warned Bummie agvinst <uch geings on and finally had to step the fight. That's when Da- vis put ¢n his show of foot- weork, Zivie was the first tar- get of Al's pedal attack, but he wound up kicking at 'most everything but the ring posts. explained in hurt| tones before the New York box-| ing commission, was to blame.} The champ knew how to use his| thumb other ways than for hitch-| hiking, Al asserted, and displayed a bandaged eye as proof. Such| unfair tactics, the belter from| Brooklyn said, had made him go berserk. But the | i | | Zivie, Al révoked him | That | commission Bummie’s license and fined $2,500 of his $11,340 purse. was in November, 1940. In January Al joined the Army and was sent to Camp Hulen in Texas. Now he’s back, cn furlough, for another non- titie go with Zivie, July 1 at the Polo Grounds. Al has had no real ring engage-| ments since his November ap- pearance. Zivic, meanwhile, has| been quite active. He fought a WESTERN CREWS SHARE HONORS AT POUGHKEEPSIE REGATTA“ A two lengths ahead of the California Bears. Bottom: The California junior varsity (near lire) leads half mile from the lhhh'uid .de- on to win. Washington (middle) was second and Cornell (far lane), was third. The regatta took place at Poughkeepsie ‘Wednesday. are the pictures, Telemats by the Associated hm received in Juneau y esterday afternoon at 4 o’clock by airmail and right m M eyes in The Empire this afternoon. | torrid | strong from the fight picture, | a non-title decision to Mike Kap- good the clous this st that when the fight-| - Jenkins, eliminated Henry Arm- lost lan, and engaged several other | lesser-known fistic citizens. All indicates it's a thing Davis kicked about way things went in the first Otherwise there'd be pre- little interest attached to return go. Al's layoff prob- will hurt his timing m Madam Bey's camp near Summit, N. J., where Al's training, come sweet stories of the “new Seldier Al Davis.” He crochets in odd moments, looks out the window when it rains and (instead of conking the cook with a frying pan because he can’t work out) expresses thanks for the rain because the farmers need it so badly.” The Army's made a new man of . say the stories. They scarce- y mention the fact that Bummie eally is a pretty fair fighter, that he has won 39 of his 43 profes- ional bouts, losing only to Zivic md Lou Ambers and drawing in he other two. And they don’'t even mention the goings on back there on that night in November. Chances are, Bummie's feet that night kicked up more interest in this fight than he can stir up with a dozen crocheting needles and as many thankful comments on the of which fight ably |rain up at Summit, >~ DODGERS ARE NOW IN TIE WITH CARDS (By /thnrn'rrn PRESEY The Brooklyn . Dodgers have moved into a tie for top spot in the National League with the St. Louis Cardinals. The move came as the result of the Dodgers de- feating the Boston Bees 11 to 2 yesterday afternoon while the St. | Louis team was idle. The Brooklyn-Boston game was the only one played yesterday in the National League. BACK AGAIN PUEBLO, Col. — Francis (Pug) Griffin, manager of Pueblo’s team in the reorganized Western base- ball league, also managed its last club in 1932 10-round drdw ° with uw‘ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1941 Bill Dickey (omes Back In Baseball [ Veteran Yankee Catcher's | Big Bat Blasts Fears that He Is Through By DILLON GRAHAM Sports Editer, AP Feature Service NEW YORK, June 27.—Baseball’s No. 1 Comena.vci the year is William Malcolm Dickey. Many tiiought that the tall, easy- going New York Yankee catche:r's days were numbered as they watched him dragging his heels last year. Bill looked terrible. hit and he looked like a slow| freight on the bases. He wound up with a puny .247 average. Just a half dozen more timely hits by Bill might have won the 1940 pen- nant for the Yanks, who finished only two games back of Detroit. Scme thought Bill had just run down at 33 after 11 years with New York, Others figured he was worried about his health. Lou Gehrig was Bill's road trips room mate and when husky Lou was stricken in his prime the blow struck Dickey harder than any of Low's other friends. or He couldn't| But there nothing with bill. Apparently he | this during the off season and de- l»rmmmx to get into shape ‘moro good seasons. Lots of yn]l and hunting around his Arkar home built up his legs and he re- ported in fine condition. And he has been belting the ball from the getaway. He was one of the league's five top hitters with a 375 average, as the cam- paign moved into June. For years experts have said that although Ruth and the late Geh-| rig and DiMaggio were the head- line stars the real backbone of the| | Yankees was Dickey. As long as| | he went we]l, slumps by the others. The Yankees have been a hot-and-cold club so far this year but they're still within | Browns, Joe Cronin of the Red Sox, | Jeff Heath of the Indians, ‘W-hdvll of the Dodgers, 1 wrong realized for! the club could take reaching distance of the' lzqna " leaders, and, if Bill keeps hit- ting and the others finally come up with a splurge to match his pace, the Yanks may overhaul Cleveland and Chi- cago. SEATILE IS KEEPING UP | A | rivals should remember s many years with the Yankees he finished under .300( vy one time berore last year. rhat was in 1935, when he hit .279, d Bill came back to bang out 2 average the lfoliowing year. Other successful comebackers this year are Roy Cullenbine of _the Batting that in Bil " Rainiers fo Victory- Acorns Get Power (By ASSOC! lATED PRESS) The Seattle Rainiers continued a second place surge on Jimmy | Lee Hand- | ley of the Pirates and Don Pud{’c‘t‘ of the Cardinals. Cullenbine, a reserve flychaser who hit .230 in 1940, had a .363 ave erage early in June. Cronin had!iDg& arm. Johnson held the Ban 370 as compared with .286 a year! Francisco Seals to eight scattered | ago, Heath 357 and .219. Wasden|hits last night and drove in three 339 and .278, Handley .342 and|Tuns himself, one with a trlple 281, and Padgett .340 and .242.) Swat. Frankie Crosetti, who boasted a| Oakland, which has likewise dLfl- wee .194 mark last year, batteg|covered new power, outhit San around .341 for the first aeverul‘t’l!‘gu for the third straight night | weeks after he replaced rookié|though the victory took three | Phil Rizzuto. | hurlers who together gave 13 hits. i - 1 Ohkland was behind until the fseventh inning. Sacramento took a third straight | nose dive last night before the Hol- [lywood bats although each team got 13 hits. Sacramento got three runs in the final but Tost stopped the rally. Spensor Bun. McDowell, straddling{" "} Angeles won & S ; 10-inning ::]D' ':/’:”e":;::jfil‘: T;',n Sm:pilfal“ game last night after the teams | ‘grudge race” following the Soap." were tled 1 and 1 sinos’ the first | tox Derby finals yesterday. frame. 1n an all-out effort (he couldn't | 3¢t inside the cramped quarters of | .h(- Special), Bert defeated Henry‘ \let’('ll and E. J. (Kelly) Blake. The priz trip to Douglas. R - ST g LIVED ON DIFFERENT STREETS TOGETHER, in | R Grocer Bert (Wins Handily {In Grudge Race GAMES THURSDAY Pacific Coast League San Francisco 1; Seattle 6. Oakland 8; San Dilego 5. Los Angeles 2; Portland 1 Hollywood 10; Sacramento 9. National League * Brooklyn 11; Boston 2. American League St. Louls 1; New York 4. Philatlelphia 8; Detroit ) { sot! HOLLYWOOD, Cal.,, June Z’l—An! | effusive woman plunked herself |down in the front row to watéh™ | Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake'' Cleveland 11; Boston 8. | broadcast their “Blondie” show. *| ' Chicago 2; Washington 3, “I know Arthur's family very innings, well,” she confided to the woman, | beside her, “He came from very ordinary parents and was terribly! misbehaved. I don't see how i got this far, do you?” “I wouldn't know,” the woman replied, “because I'm Av<[$an Diego thur’s mother.” ij8an Francisco — -, —— | Los Angeles There are at least 20 P‘ederal:HOllywood agencies concerned directly or ins Oakland | directly with various phases o( Portland public health. 4. 16 STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won * Lost .54 25 2 42 39 .37 .36 35 32 National League Won Lost 45 21 .45 21 .34 29 34 31 ....30 35 24 32 Pet. 684 538 519 481 »1” % 416 i Sacramento other | Seattle Pct. 682 anz 52'4 462" | Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh | Baston 2 3 Philadelphia 18 46 American League ‘Won' Lost 39 373 .281 Pet. | 609, 608, 565! 516 507 469 375 344 f f !New York ‘Cleveland | Boston Chicago Detroit ' Philadelphia :Wuhlngwn St. Louls .. Gastineau Channel League Won Lost 2 Pet. 667 500 333 | Moose 1 Douglas 1 Elks 2 GOVERNOR'S PARTY| IS BACK IN JUNEAU Gov. Ernesc Gruenlnz and his party aboard the yacht Caroline re- 'turried at 7:30 o'clock this morning | % Juneau after a trip which took them to Sitka. The members of the pavty enjoyed good weather the en- tire ‘trip which added to the scenic grihdeur of the voyage. vAmong those aboard were the sisters of the Governor, Mrs. Clara gtillman and Miss ‘Mary Gruening, who left for the South aboard the ¢ Prim-s Charlotte, at 9 o'clock this [ | | ’lfi\e othar membefs of the party Paul Gordon, Mrs. E, L. Bart-| 2 lett. and Mrs. Gruening. The Cap- taip ot the Caroline, Jim Sande, ex- pects to return to Ketchikan in the next day or so. ity bad: caverns: in the Southwest were 60,000,000 . years in the . making. ‘and here back 4,000 years. WINSTREAK “ Sylvester Johnson Leads 429! | Belentists estimate. that the Carlss- SACRIFICE SALE | [ []] item listed and notice the great | sacrifice value. the | strength of Sylvester Johnson's ag-! 8 SWEATERS — All wool, c slip-ons. Assorted colors and sizes. 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Originally 50c and 75¢ 4 IMPORTED 1.50 1.50 1.00 25¢ Black 13 EVENING printed 1.50 . 5 SILK SCAR ors. ONE-DAY 26 PAIRS BETTER STEP- lNS—-—ch. and large. Originally 1.50 ... Envelopes, Under Arm Typol Orlq- 8 BETTER BAGS—Beautifully styled. Originally 4.25 gator, Pin Seal. Originally 6.95 satin, Originally 1.50 to 2.50 Originally 1.00 The entire remaining stock of the May Godfrey Shop ON SALE at SACRIFICE PRICES! WE HAVE PURCHASED THE REMAINING STOCK OF FINE QUALITY MERCHANDISE FORM- ERLY IN THE MAY GODFREY SHOP FOR A SACRIFICE being sold, in most cases, at LESS THAN COST. A wonderful opportunity for you to save handsomely and SALE. This stock is now ition, no irregulars. Read every Broken sizes and colors in some cases, but every piece a super- 1.00 " 1.00 2.00 HAND BAGS — Pouches, 1.50 2.00 4.00 BAGS — Beaded and DLES—Small. medium el LEATHER BAGS—AIli- "d 75¢ 85 LINEN HAND-MADE HANDKERCHIEFS —Whites and prints, hems. Originally 60c to 1.25 ... Hand-rolled 35 PIECES COSTUME JEWELRY—Clips, Bracelets, Pins. Oriqinally 1.25 to 250 FS — Whites' and Col- 50c BM Behrends Co QUALITY SINCE /887 :YANKS HOLD BROWNS 10 ONE SAFETY Bob Johnson Takes Two Homers, Two Singles in Five Trips (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) The New York Yankees led the, dashing Browns on Marius mlm’n; one-hitter yesterday, with George; { McQuinn's sixth inning ‘homer the only safe blow against him. Nobody else got past first. The Cleveland Indians battled from behind yesterday, giving Boh/ Feller his 16th victory at the ex- pense of Boston, Feller was bench- | ed in the eighth after giving the, Red Sox 11 of 12 hits. Clint Brown saved the game. I verance Rebekah Lodge until Sep- 3, Curtiss Wright, 8%, General Mo~ tors 38%, International Harvester 50%, Kennecott 367%, New York Cen- ed States tSeel 56%, Pound $4.03%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are todays Dow, Jones averages: industrials 123.46, rails 28. 55 utilities 17.89. e REBEKAHS HOLD "LAST MEETING OF THE SUMMER| The last meeting of the Perse- tember 10 was held Wednesday eve- ning at the Odd Fellows Hall with a large attendance. Tentative plans were made for entertaining of Junior Past Presi- dent Henrietta Emigh who will ar- rive on the Princess Louise next ‘Tuesday. Mrs. Mary Ross and all Past Noble Grands were appointed | ! to ‘collaborate with the Eastern Star in tnklng charge of the ar- tral 12%, Northern Pacific 6%, Unit- | sandwiches. rangements. Mrs. Emigh is a Worthy Matron of the E-m Stars. g Noble Grand Amey Messerschmitit asked all members to assist .the | Women’s Volunteer Service of Ja- ‘neuu in helping entertain the ing to Juneau throughout the :a | mer, |sonnel of the destroyers, etc., At the conclusion of the mM | refreshments were served by * Mesdames Linda Schindler, Holmgquist, Dorothy Sturrock, en Hermle, Goldie Johnson Katherine Halm. Mrs, Pannie Wehren was m- sented with a hon voyage gift and the good wishes of the lodge. M' is returning to her home in - land, Wash., on the Nonn'c:% —— e ¢ Chopped pimlento-stufted olives and broken pecans—equal portionse moistened with mayonnaise or salad dressine nuntil “spreadable” make n grand filling for rye or.whole wheat ————————— The Daily Alaska Empire has targest paid circulation ax ‘sny aska newspaper. Washington won & marathon from Chicago yuwrdnyl on one of Jimmy Bloodworth's | timely singles, Tacoma's Bob Johnson, phylnz with Philadelphia, gave the Ath-; letics a singlehanded victory ove'r | Detroit by driving in six runs yes-1 terday, Johnson took two homeru and two singles in five trips w thz plate. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 27— Closing stock today 1§ 3%, American Can 13%, Commonwealth and’ Southern o Ml wpher sy 16-inning |~ quotation of Alaska Junesu Mine| 82, American Power and Light 1%, Traces of -human occupancy trace Anaconta 27%, Bethlehem Steel ! 1 Time Out From the War e BRINGING UP FATHER VEA-I'M GONNA Do A GREAT TRICK AT MAGGIE PARTY TONIGHT- ‘r's A WOW- 'VE GOT A $100 Q_LL HIDDEN IN A BOOK ON THE BEEars L wa oa A Al?t:vsa1 APACK OF C. By GEORGE McMANUS MRS, VIGGS 1S afi‘ AND THE BUT] SJN THE LIBRA STIN' Ol THE BOOK WHE?E 15 MA m‘ y, 153rd mfl-fi-u n-mm- ncmcm-, Texas, to write Wb | achoolhouse where his company is L] b i i i 1 1 * 'uR’