The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 16, 1941, Page 5

SNOW AHEAD [MOOSE HIDE IN BATTING BRINGS LUCK PERCENTAGES FROM SEWARD Moose FirstB_aseman Now | Joe Werner Sends Token in Top Spot with | to Moose Ball Nine 490 with Warning i Chalking up a high 490 batting| Hairy and smelly; but full of op- average, Slugger Joe Snow smashed | timistic wishes, a good-luck piece out enough hits so far in the Juneau | of moose hide arrived here today ball season to merit his name and | for Stan Grummett, assistant man- istance any other batter on | ager of the Moose baseball nine. stineau Channel who has raised |. From Joe Werner, former Moose the hickory more than 15 times this | third baseman, and avid fan of year. Gastineau O Tabulations up to and including | e the h:;l:"ln(:r: r::r:gll: 1':3‘;1.. i‘]“';:w "\'&')'\lv ME:I‘(I&;D&‘:’iLT 1e§2?:g' pound animal killed by Werner and with 490, and Rusty Rustad of the | Srnt from Seward. Werner wished Douglas nine not far behind with | ' '* eague-leading Moosemen luck 466, Third place goes to Mark Jen- and warned them against Douglas. sen who holds a percentage of 431 Werner, now in Seward with the Forest Service, played with the for 44 time as bat. Both the Moose and Douglas are Moose during the 1940 season tled in the number of men batting | ¥ . . above 300, while the Elks eked .out | Stewart 22 3 one lone hitter, Kuhuski, above the | Graham % 3 mark. Douglas and the Moose held Sl five men above 300, | Mecay e e The season’s percentages following | powers 3 0 000 are up to and including last night's| Balog 7 0 .000 game, and are inclusive of all games | Mjller 8 0 1000 in both halves of the schedule. Men | Team average 223 segregated in the list from the upper ELKS half are players who have batted | Player AB H Pct. less than 15 times this year. Kuhuskl ... 10 6 315 Moose | Taguchi ... 57 17 208 Player AB H Pct. | Ellenberg ... 56 16 .286 Snow 51 25 490 | Lewis . 56 16 286 Guy 55 .2l 382 Junge s " am Shaw 4L 18- 811 Kumasaka 59 15 254 Grummett 49 15 306 | Neilsen 45 11 - 244 Schmitz, F. 53 16 .302 McDaniel . 42 10 283 Slagle 17 5 294 Koski 17 4 23 Rodenberg 34 9 264 | Iversen 22 4 181 Schmitz, J. .. 31 8 258 | Rice 19 2 105 Bird o g ady ¥ Kern 21 5 238 | Skok 3 666 Sturrock 62 12 193 | McFadden 10 200 Smith 23 3 130 | Ramsey 6 1166 Blake 18- 3. 105 Vorhies 083 Lnid, Reischl 000 Martin 12 5 416 | Team average 239 Moore T A — Chapados 187 %, 990 L) BUY DEFENSE BONDS Converse 14 2 142 | Brown 2 0 000 | S Team average .258 | i Player AB H Pect. | J L. Rustad 45 21 466 Jensen 4 19 431 | uneau Liguor Willey 54 20 370 | Erskine 56 19 339 | Store Space Manning 2 0810 ) 4 i e “ 1 o | Will Remodel to Suit Niemi 45 10+ 222 - Tenant. Andrews .18 4 222 | See Percy’s Cafe Stragier ... 46 8 174 | Delivery Service Out the Highway Every Day! HAULING OF ALL KINDS! Daily Delivery of the Daily Alaska Empire " Highway Delivery PHONE 374---Juneau At the Empire Printing Company H. R. “SHORTY" WHITE:IELD, Qwner S ’ L ¥ | i % e Ramsey Hurls Erskine S(a—fle_rs Six Hits, { ButElks Connect for Whitewash SCORE LAST NIGHT | Elks 3; Douglas 0. Score by Innings | 1234567 TL Elks 0010002—3 Douglas 0000000—0 path toward taking the league lead from the Moose, the second-place Elkmen whitewashed the Douglas | nine last night as Bill Ramsey held down the Islanders to two hits in the shut-out. Claude Erskine scattered six hits over the seven-inning fray, but the Elks connected with the right balls in the right places to score in the !third and the seventh frames. | Solid John Skok, playing and catching his first game this year, connected with a triple off of Erskine in the second frame in the second swing, but failed to score when Lewis flied out to the Douglas pitcher making three away. Neilsen Doubles in Score | Little Eddie Neilsen, playing one "of his best games this year, knocked in the first run for the lodgemen when he took a double from Erskine and brought in Ellenberg, who took his base on Stragier's wild throw to first base. The Islanders missed a chance to bring in tying and passing runs when they went to bat, as with bases loaded and two away Stewart picked up the hickory, but popped out to first baseman Junge. Ramsay had weakened when Stew- art stepped up for his turn, having allowed his two hits for the game and loaded the sacks when he hit Clancy Converse with a pitched ball. Stewart failed to connect solidly. The two hits given by Ramsey to Erskine and Rustad in the fourth frame were the only two safeties allowed by the giant Elk pitcher so far this esason. Ramsey, Triple Playing close Ball, ‘the two Hines continued the fight until the sev- enth when it looked asif the Elkmen would finish -with a one run lead. But Erskine fell ‘apart. inathe .first of the last canto as he gave three hits in a row and two runs trotted in on Ramsey’s mighty triple. Skok and Lewis took their bases on singles when Ramsey stepped up to smash out a two-run three-base hit, Ramsey held the boys down to nothing in the remainder of the con- test as he struck out two men after Converse had grounded out. The box score follows: Shutout Game | Chopping out another step in their | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1941. At Least the Caicher Was Well Profeded . o o - e o b - Catcher Ed Kearse, of Kansas City (center), well protected by his mask and other at Lou Novikoff, former big league and coast league player, after a ribbing match in Milwaukee led to a | brief fight. No one was hurt and the boys wound up shaking hands. DOUGLAS o vl cococorroom Player willey, c. . Balog, 2b. . Erskine, p. Rustad, ss. . Converse, cf. Stragier, 3b. Stewart, 1b. . Graham, 1f. Miller, rf. |l coomcocoocn ol cocccecos TOTALS ELKS Player Taguchi, 3b. ... Ellenberg, cf. Neilsen, ss. Ramsey, p. ... Blovwwwwwenp 2| T ol mrpocovoom ol cocococoocoot TOTALS ... Summary Stolen bases, Rustad, Stragier; two-base hits, Neilsen; three-base hits, Skok, Ramsey; hit by pitched ball, by Ramsey, Converse and Ba- log; bases on balls, off Ramsey 2; struck out, by Ramsey 11, by Erskine 8; umpires, Guy at the plate, Stur- rock at the bases; scorer, Hill; time | of game, one hour and fifteen min- ‘ut,es. GAME TONIGHT Tonight at 6:30 o'clock a postpon- ed game originally scheduled for Sunday, July 13, will be played be- tween the Elks and the Moose in Firemen's Field. AFW RECEIVES ADDED HONORS Mrs. Allen @rson,Unga, Awarded Second Prize ~Officers Elected Additional honors for the Alaska Federation of Women's Clubs were reported this week to Mrs. R. R. Hermann, outgoing president of the Federation, by Mrs. Allen Peterson, of Unga, Chairman of the Depart- ment of International Relations who won second prize in the Gen- eral Federation for geperal excel- lence of the program of work car- rled on under the auspices of her department. The program as slanned by Mrs. Peterson, and car- ried out by most of the clubs in the Alaska Federation, featured Pan American relations, and included the “Good Neighbor Tour” to South America. A substantial cash prize will be Mrs. Peterson’s award for this work, the same to be used for extending further the work of this department. The prize in this department is FOR PROGRAM| | SANDIEGO | IN SECOND PLACENOW 1Seaflle Dro_ps Down asi Sacramento Wins Mound | Duel in Ninth Inning (By Associated Press) | The San Diego Padres have moved into second place in the Pacific | Coast League standings by defeat- | | ing the Portland Beavers last night in the opener of an abbrevated | to defeat Seattle. cuffed the Rainiers in a mound duel with Dick Barrett, allowing the Rainiers only five hits while the Solons got 11 hits off Barrett and his successor, Sylvester Johnson, in the ninth. Scoring four runs in a wild third inning, the Padres beat the Beavers equipment, tosses a right the third awarded the Alaska Fed- sration for its work during the past triennium. Second prize in the na- Jdonal club publicity writing con- sest, won by Mrs. Spencer DeLong »f the Juneau Woman's Club, was snnounced a few weeks ago, as was also the fact that the Federation won first place in the club pin competition, having the largest number of club pins, per capita. The Alaska Federation also won honorable mention in several other competitive events sponsored by the General Federation, and while final announcement on its Golden Jubilee Party rating has not been made, is believed to head the list in_that respect. Mrs. Hermann also announced .oday the election of new. officers for the Alaska Federation for the msuing three years. Following an election held by mail, reports were tabulated last month by an elec- o' committee composed of Ju- reau and Douglas clubwomen, and thrée offices were found to be in Joubt. Later election returns this wéek found the full slate of offi- sers ‘elected except for Custodian, for which office Mrs, Tom Parke of 'the Juneau Woman's Club and Mrs. Charles Fox of the Douglas Island Woman's Club remain tied, with the club at Homer yet to be heard from. Elected for the three-year term were Mrs. George McDonald, of Cordova, President; Mrs. Grace | Liebes, Cordova, Secretary; Mrs. { wWilliam Maitland, Anchorage, | Treasurer; Mrs. F. J. Vandewall, | skagway, Vice President (re-elect- ed), and Mrs. R. R. Hermann, Ju- neau, Alaska Director for the Gen- eral Federation of Women's Clubs. Outgoing officers for the Federa- tion are Mrs. Hermann, President; | Mrs. Vandewall, Vice President; Mrs, Helen Lemieux, Haines, Treas- | urer; Mrs, Marcus Jensen, Douglas, Secretary; Mrs. J. M. Chase, Ju- neau, Custodian; and Mrs. R. 8. Atwood, Anchorage, Director for Alaska. JUNEAU CHAMBER INVITES THREE _ GUEST T0 LUNCH Three guests have -been invited to the regular weekly . luncheon meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce tomorrow to be held n the .Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Guests will be scout executive Rex Muger, James C. Rettie of the National Resources Planning Board, and the Rev. R. W. Bay- «ess. Regular business will be con- sidered by the group. E£mpire Classifieds Payl in a heavy hitting contest, each team getting 12 hits. | Ray Prim, of Los Angeles, south- paw, pitched a three-hitter to defeat San Francisco by a shutout. Oakland scored a run in the ninth inning last night to break a 4-4 | deadlock to register a victory. GAMES TUESDAY Pacific Coast League | Los Angeles 3; San Francisco 0. ‘ San Diego 8; Portland 5. Sacramento 8; Seattle 2. | Hollywood 4; Oakland 5. | National League St. Louis 3; Philadelphia 2, six- teen innings. Pittsburgh 5; New York 1, | Cincinnati 3; Boston 0. | Brooklyn 7, 8; Chicago 0, 4. | American League | New York 5; Chicago 4. | Philadelphia 2; Detroit 3. Boston 6; Cleveland 2. | Gastineau Channel League Elks 3; Douglas 0. | STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS | Pacific Coast League | Won Lost Pct. Sacramento 66 35 853 San Diego . 56 45 554 Seattle .54 4“4 551 Hollywood 46 50 479 |Los Angeles 46 52 469 San Francisco 47 55 461 | Oakland 56 440 Portland 38 60 388 | National League Won Lost Pt 26 683 30 634 35 545 | Cincinnati . .43 38 531 | Pittsburgh ... 31 N 500 Chicago ..................36 4 434 | Boston 31 46 403 Philadelphia ... 21 59 263 Americah League Won Lost Pet New York 54 27 867 Cleveland . .50 38 602 Boston 37 538 | Chicago .. 40 506 Detroit 43 404 Philadelphia 36 43 456 ‘Washington 29 50 367 St. Louis S— ] 359 Gastineau Channel League Won Lost Pect. Moose 5 2 T4 ks .3 3 500 4 200 MEET ON DIAMOND IN FUNFEST RIOT Nine Old Men Trim An- cients - Challenge Pioneers Home SITKA, Alaska, July 16.—A riot of errors, sprained ankles and unpre- cedented hitting marked the first annual meet of Andy Lorentzen’s Nine Old Men and Harry Hagen's Silver Foam Ancients last night when the two alleged ball clubs fought it out for nine frames in an orgy of fun. Like a basketball fin- ish, the score stood 21 to 19 with the Nine Old Men in the lead at the end. A large crowd watched the two teams, composed of members of the City Council, bankers, lawyers, bak- ers and bartenders, fight for the win and the privilege of challenging | series, while the Sacramento Sen- | ators went on a six-run batting | | spree in the ninth inning last night Munger, Sacramento ace, hand- Dodgers Whip Cubs fo Gain 4-Game Lead DiMaggio Still Hitting with 55 Straight Games Marked _Down (By Associated Press) The Brooklyn Dodgers conquered the Chicago Cubs in both ends of a doubleheader yesterday to inflate their National League lead to four full games over the St. Louls Card- inals. Earlier the Dodgers’ lead was protected by the superb pitching of Johnny Vander Meer, who struck out 11 Boston Braves to gain his fourth shutout for the Cincinnati Reds and allowed only four hits. The Cardinals and the last-place Phillies battled tooth and nail for 16 innings before the Redbird eked {out a victory yesterday. The Giants whipped themselves yesterday making four errors and ylelding four unearned runs as the Pirates romped off with the de- cision, Joe Dobson limited Cleveland to four hits yesterday to give the Bos- ton Red Sox a triumph. { The Yankees rolled over the White Sox again as their powerhouse slug- ger, Joe DiMaggio, ran his con- | secutive game hitting streak to 55 games. in striking distance of fourth place by defeating the Philadelphia Ath- letics on Barney McCoskey's first homer of the season. the Pioneers’ Home. Highlight of the game was when Bill Bates sprained both ankles. Bob Jernberg clipped out a homer. Winn Goddard was the winning pitcher and loss of the game was |chalked up against Ancient hurler Pros Ganty. Jack Conway made five errors in the tussle. The game will be an annual event in the Coast town. GONA Surprises Hga_lth Nurse As a surprise to Miss M. Oygard, who is leaving her position as Public Health Nurse in Juneau ‘to be itinerary nurse in Southeast Al- last night into a social The Detroit Tigers climbed with- aska, the Gastineau Channel. Nurses' Association turned their meeting PERU HOPEFUL_Meissen, champion horse from Peru im- ported to U.S. by A. T. Jergins of Long Beach, Cal, is being pointed for the $75,000 Gold Cup race at Hollywood July 19. His trainer is teaching him to break from a starting gate. " Convict Takes Time Out New York Distributed by National Grocery Co., Seattle, Wash. occasion in her honor. Miss Oygard was presented with a gift of a pathrobe bv the nurses. uring the evening, Ralph Bak- er, Assistant Manager of the Am- erican Red Cross, addressed the meeting. An open discussion fol- lowed on the Red Cross and its work. Many of the nurses joined the organization. Mr. Baker spoke to the women of Juneau today at a public meei- ing sponsored by the American Women’s Voluntary Services held at the Methodisi Church at 3 o'- clock, i e Primitive calendars were based cn the lunar month of 29'% days. By GEORGE McMANUS e N g YOUR DINNER ALONE AS ~ BRINGING UP FATHER BE FIRM=MAGGIE~ AND DON'T LET ITER i ; a3 B ng the dull movotony of prison life, Robert Cales, prisoner the Federal Benitentiary at Atanta, Ga, climbed to the top o the tan n the prison water tower and refused to come down for eight hours. He is pictured waving to his earth-bound audicngs, e