The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 31, 1941, Page 5

ELKS AREDIVIDED BETWEEN MOOSE AND ISLANDERS Liftle World Series Ready for Play with Antler- ed Nine Gone The second place Elks nine ceased to exist today as the remaining| seven players were assigned berths with the Moose and Douglas for | the coming Little World Series. | With the firgt contest of the four-out-of-seven game schedule set for Sunday at 6 p.m., League prs‘xv J. L. (Dolly Gray today an-, nounced the slate is ready to roll, with dates for other games to be announced after a conference witi managers of the Moose and Douglas nines. the Fighting it out for the pennant! 1941 season, the Moose bolstered with former for the have been Llks catchers Ken Junge and John Skok, whilé the Island nine profit- ed from the addition of five play-' ers. Short-stop Eddy Nielsen, third baseman Sammy Taguchi, second baseman Rabbit Ellenberg, hurler Shavey Koski and hurler Bill Ram- sey were added squad, .- (HANGE OF COLORS, ALSO CHANGE NAM July 31. — The MILWAUKEE, Golden Avalanche just won't seem | to fit Marquette's 1941 football | team, with the squad adopting white jerseys this year. So ath- letic officials are casting about for a new nickname, “ CLOTHES that are CLEANED OFTEN--Wear Longer! Send YOUR GARMENTS to Triangle to the Dougias | WAKEFIELD | CONSIDERED ! | | Scout Al Egfiegards De- froit Tiger Player as One of Best Finds By WATSON SPOELSTRA AP Feature Service | DETROIT, July 31.—Owner Wal- ter O. Briggs of the Detroit Tl[zors is more of a hard-headed business | |man than a gambler §hen he sends his greenbacks aftpr talent such as Richard Cummings Wake- field, the $45,000 collegian. ! When Briggs, ‘the wealthy manu- facturer of automobile bodies, as- tounded baseball with his record bonus for a college sophomore two or three years away from the ma- of his foremost ivory hunter, sil- ver-haired Aloysius J. the Middle West for | Letroit. He currently has finds in the majors, ‘ Perhaps Egan saw in’' Wakefield the opportunity to erase from memory his disappointment over| ‘rhe signing in 1915 by the St. uis Browns of George Sisler, | Michigan pitcher and first base- man. George hit American League ‘piLchlng for a 13-year mark of .341. Egan, himself a former pitcher, who never was quite good enough for the majors, spotted Sisler at Ann Arbor, He repbrted to Frank Navin, Tiger owner. | Branch Rickey, then manager of the Browns, cgme up with the Sisler contract. Egan was blame- {less but it was NOT pleasant to reflect that the first player he un- covered got away. | It was the Sisler incident that Estarwd Egan as a talent scout. His {current crop includes Barney Mec- |Cosky, Harold Newhouser, Pat | Mulline and Paul Trout of Detroit, |Roy Cullenbihe and Chester Laahs |of the Browns, Mike Tresh of the | White Sox,’ Benny McCoy of the | Athletics and Maurice Van Robays of the Pirates. | But in’ 25 years of watching| | Egan never again saw a player he |could bracket with Sisler until | Wakefield came aleng this spring. {It wasn't what he did that im- 1 pressed. the scout but the way he | did i. “Podont take any of the aredit HAULING OF ALL KINDS! Daily Delivery of the Delivery Service Out the Highway Every Day! JEN Bt g, 4 Daily Alaska Empire Highway Delivery PHONE 374---Juneau At thie Empire Printing Company H.‘R. "SHORTY" WHITFIELD, Owner DISCOVERY| Jjors, he was backing the judgment‘ ‘ (Wish) Egan. | | For 25 years Egan has combed | players for' nine THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1941, PASTOR BEATS THOMPSON IN 10 ROUNDS SACRAMENTO | [~ S E—— Bob Pastor (left), New York ex-collegian, out-maneuvered and out-slugged Turkey Thompson, Los. An- | geles negro heavyweight, to win a 10-round decision before a crowd of 14,000 at Hollywood. Here, in the third round I’uwrs lcu landed hard on Thnmpflm s chln. 3-RUN SPREE PUTS SCREWS TOBROOKLYN for signing this boy,” says Egan. “I liked his power and his speed. I knew the boy hadn't phycd | much baseball and that there was| (room for improvement. Mr. Briggsi backed me up and he should get| lthe credit.” Should Wakefield eventually be- | !come a $45,000 “lemon,” Egan says | he willingly will shoulder the blame. | “Nothing is certain in baseball,”| Egan declares, “but I'm ready t.u:, T Oy ng::m:x reputation on this boys‘cubs Spl" DOI.Ible Bi“ w"h 5 baseball’s S HIH : Lot soute, ‘wno. truvet avoutwne| PHIllies—Giants Are | country combing the minor’ leagues and collegé campuses for prospects. Scouts sometimes trail a player for weeks, They judge not only his Skidding (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) e turned | whip the Brooklyn Dodgers and in- {crease their first place margin to three gami A three-run splurge in the eighth after Pete Reisel tenth homer of the year put Brook- lyn ahead. Typical of this rampant gang of veterans and youngsters |who will not give up is Cardinal rookie southpaw Ernie White, who | chalked up his 12th victory, his| | fifth in nine days. Tot Pressnell's brilliant relief | ! pitching gave the Chicago Cubs an | even break with the Phlladelphm* Phillies in a doubleheader yester- l day. The Phils captured the open- Z er. i | Bucky Walters picked on the skidding New York Giants for his 13th victory yesterday as the Cin- cinnati Reds belted three Giants hurlers for a 16-hit win. S8am Chapman smacked a homer | with one on in the 11th yesterday to give the Athletics a victory over the Chicago White Sox after the| Sox had tied the game up in the ninth with a two-run rally. Chap- man also homered in the sixth. The Boston Braves defeated Pitts- burgh in an exciting ten-inning game yesterday in which Jim To- bin held his former Pirate team- mates to a lone hit for seven in-| nings. A two-run rally in the ninth gave the Washington Senators a victory | {over the Cleveland Indians yes- terday. - ~ | | YANKS AREGOOD AT BALL IN DARK NEW YORK, July sL—-fm,n ony | two more night games. scheduled Scouts take gambles. Som thumbs down on Joe DiMaggio be- cause he was injured while a Pa- |cific Coast League player. The Yankee scout was willing to take a chance and came up with base- ball's gl'o:flefl. all-round star. i e Defends Title Patricia McWhorter Beating Lorraine Fischer, of New York, in the 100-yard free style event at an American Athletic Union meet in Oreland, Pa., Patri- cia McWhorter, of Newark, N. J., ! this season, the New. York Yankees successfully defended - her A.A.U. | .re convinced they're pfetty good | title, setting a new. pool record of- |at night even if they on't pm'-: one minute four and seven-tenths seconds. ball. The | ticularly like arc lght) nocmrnnl Yanks have won ev Subscrioe 1o the pPally Alaska Empire—the paper with the larges oaid eirculatiun —— e BUY DEFENSE BONDS engagement this Empire—the. paper the largest paid circulation. Evergreen Bowl Play For Friday Model Airpfifle Contest Is Featured - Tennis Play- ers Asked to Sign Up Time is rapidly nnpronchlng ability, but his temperament, cour-| The St. Louis Cardinals twice|Whep players will be able to sign ‘ ot outsINs “Rativitl d habits, |came from behind yesterday tojUp for the tennis tournament to age, outside activities and ha |be held at the 'Evergreen Bowl. About seven persons have signed up for the men’s tennis tournament |but Joe Bird, last year'’s champion, !is conspicuous by his absence. All pefshns’ desiring to enter the con- testé’ are reminded that tomorrow | |is the 'last time when names will| |be ‘accepted for the tournaments. \'um applies to all tournaments, | grade school, high school and adult. Tomorrow’s main event at Ever- green Bowl, plane contest and all persons des- iring to eater their models should start checking them over. Friday and, next week there will be fea- tured a pet show, Pool Open to Adults The pool has been open almost |every night and the adult attend- ance has been fair notwithstanding the weather. The pool opens at 7 jo'clock evenings and remains open until 10 o'clock if there are person’s desiring to use it. The attendance |of children at the pool during the |day has been remarkably good. The water has warmed up considerably in the past five days and a slight break in the weather would make it more inviting to everyone. The pool opens at 2 o'clock every after- ncon. Tomorrow's Play The . following program will be |run_pff tomorrow afternoon in the order stated. This will be the sev- enth Play Day. Gils Shinney Golf Stroke distance (age 11-13), Boy’s Shinney Golf Stroke distance (ages 11-13). Girl’'s 8hinney Golf Stroke for distan¢e ‘(ages 14-16). Boy's' Shinney Golf Stroke distance (ages 14-16). Girls! Bwimming inner-tube race (ages ‘urider 10) contestants must bring” their own tubes. Boys" Swimming inner-tube race (ages under 10). Boys’ Dead Man Float for dis- tanee (no age limit). Gifls' Dead Man Float for dis- tance (o age limit). Girls' 25 yard dash (ages 5-7 ypam) for for S for years) Girt§’ ‘25 yard dash (ages 8-10 OOKING INNER- Copt 1941, King Features Syndicate, Inc., World rights reserved AN uP 7-( GOTTA SEE WHAT PPENIN' INSIDE~ MUST BE TAKES BILL FROMANGELS t0aks Trim Seattle in First| | of Doubleheader- | :‘ Second Called | — | (By ASSOCIATED PRE | | Sacramento took a doubleheade:r from Los Angeles yesterday toin- crease its league-lead. George | Munter hurled the opener; Tony Freitas, the nightcap. Oakland defeated Seattle in an 11-inning first game of a double- | header last night. The nlgh!mp“ | was called at the end of the tenth| at nothing to nothing, because of | the league's time limit. Jack Sal- veson fanned 11 men in the sec- | ond game for the Oaks. Though out-hit, the San Fran- cisco Seals shut out San Diego in the first battle of a three-game | series yesterday. | Portiand squeezed out a vicmrvi | over Hollywood in the first game of a double bill yesterday. The Stars won the second in route! | GAMES WEDNESDAY Pacific Coast League San Francisco 3; Sén Diego 0. Portland 3, 1; Hollywood 2, 11 Oakland 3, 0; Seattle 2, 0. Sec- ond game called at end of 10th in- | ning on account of time limit. Sacramento 4, 1; Los Angeles 1, 0. National Philadelphia 8, 3; Chicago 4, 5. St. Louis 6; Brooklyn 4. Boston 3; Pittsburgh 2. | AMERICA'S LARGEST SELLING WINE Roma Wine Company, Inc., Fresno, California FSA Puts Boom Towns On Wheels; TrailersAre "¢ Construded for Workers (Continued from Page One) The Government turned to the "six years ago, was caught short when the government went into the traller market. Safe trailers Philadelphia 5; Cincinnati 9; New York 0. American League Washington 7; Cleveland 6, Chicago 3. STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League only agency that had had any ex- | cost money—big money. If ' they perience in this problem and FSA are going to be yanked all over is to be a model air-| Won Lost Pect Sacramento 5 43 .638 Seattle 83 50 558 San Diego 64 52 552 | Hollywood 56 56 500 | Los Angeles 53° 61 465 Oakland. .53 61 465 San Francisco 51 65 440 | Portland 4 T 583 National League Won Lost Pct. St. Louls -] 33 .653 Brooklyn ...b9 36 821 Cincinnati 51 42 548 Pittsburgh 40 42 538 | New York 46 4 506 Chicago .44 51 463 Boston . .38 55 409 ! Philadelphia 24 69 .258 American League Won Lost Pet, New York 65 30 684 Cleveland 55 42 567 Boston 9 46 521 Chicago 41 50 485 Philadelphia 46 49 484 Detroit 45 53 459 8t. Louils 37 56 398 ‘Washington 37 56 398 years). | Boys' 25 yard dash (ages 8-10 vears). Model Airplane Contest: A, Best looking model: B, Plane making the longest flight: C, Plane making the best take off and landing. Remember to sign up for the tournaments says Playground Dir- jector Harold Roth. i DiMaggiols Going Affer Triple Title NEW YORK, July 31.—With the American League season half over Joe DiMaggio, besides extending his new major league consecutive game hitting streak, topped all rivals in homers and runs batted in and was well up in the batting average competition. Joe hopes to win the triple crown. — NOTICE I will not be responsible for any Subscribe 30 the f Dany Alasxa| Boys' 25 yard dash (ages 5-7|debts contracted by anyone unless authorized by me. adv, LES MYERS. By GEORGE McMANUS went all out for “mobile housing.” This “mobile housing” has re- 1suued in a phase of living which may hang on for many years. In an even dozen defense areas, FSA | now has 3,194 trailers, housing from two to five persons, at ren- tals of from 86 to $650 a week. Not only is the total output of the trailer industry completely ab- sorbed now, but, according to es- timates here, the output for the next six months is wholly con- tracted. At the moment, there are camps of 200 or more trallers at Baltimore; .Erie, Pa.; Ravenna, Ohio; Burlington, Iowa; Kings- bury-LaPorte, Ind.; Jacksonville, and Wilmington, N. C.; Nashville, Tenn.; and San Diego; and small- er camps at ‘Paso Robles and Ben- icia, (Cal.; and Bethiehem, Pa. Built in units around service butidings, these trailer camps close- ly ‘résemble the trailer towns twat follow the seasonal migrations along the two coasts. There is, however, one important difference. National defense trailers do not have to be always on the go. They might set- tle down in a community for a year or so until their wheels are hub deep in the soil. HAVE TO BE COSTLY This is a vital difference and be- hind it lies the story of why the trailer industry, booming five or the land from border to border, they have to be on sturdy frames. If they are going to be occupied ‘ln winter and summer, they have to be built like permanent homes. Such trailers—luxury , homes, in a sense—never could be built to supply only migratory workers' incomes. Thus, the recession of 1037 played hobb with the trailer industry and when the govern- ment went into the market with a wholesale demend, it found a very low supply. Under the impetus of goverh- ment demand, the trailer business is booming again, but whether it will last is another problem. “Stop gap” housing 1s just what; the name implies and it doesn't last forever. Better ; methods .catch Yo with it and make it obsolete, Day after tomorrow, with low- cost, prefabricated housing sup-~ planting the stop-gaps, the story of trailer towns from 1,000 to 2,000 persons may be merely something with which bearded grandpas will bore or delight uu children. PRLERNN S KD ATTENTION TO JUNEAU AIRFIELD WORKERS Room and board at a fine home in Douglas. Anyone interested; call. 'ln person on Sundays or phone eve- nings at ten. Phone Douglas 412 or P.O. Box 1101, Douglas. adv. 2 P Nazi Drive Slows Down Germans reported that strong Red Army resistance and bad were hampering their Russian drives, but claimed progress. They said , Red units were defeated at points on' both sides of the important . Smolensk salient, but that bad weather and highways were delayigg: the Kiev drive. Moscow underwent another overnight air mald, Odessa was reported bombed, Wedges indicate German arrows, apparent heavies( Red counter blows,