The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 14, 1941, Page 5

[ (2 What M ai?s the Yankees Click! YOU CAN'T POINT TO ANY ONE THING AS LONE REASON FOR YANKS' SUCCESS . This is the first of three stories, by Dillon Graham, AP Feature Service sports editor, explaining the factors behind the New York Yankees' phe- nomental basebal' successes. By DILLON GRAHAM Sports Editor, AP Feature Service NEW YORK—The Yankees. zal- loping far ahead of the field and still full of run, are on their way to their fifth American League pen- nant in six years, perhaps their fifth world championship. Their unprecedented success brings up the question: “What makes the Yankees click?” There are so many factors in- volved that it is impossible (o place your finger on any one thing and say that's the reason. 1t is the result of careful scout- ing, of close attention to every detail of a rookie’s training, of| competent minor league managers, of a good, compact farm system, of a fine manager in Joe McCarthy, of excellent varsity club players. All these cogs turn the wheels that make the Yankees go. i The' New York club is mot | the richest in baseball, by far. | the Yankees have no wealthy Walter Briggs (Tigers), Philip | Wrigley (Cubs) or Tom Yaw- | key (Red Sox) behind them. | In the open market they can’t | outbid these other clubs. | And over a stretch of years the | Nee, who rambles through the signed. Mr. Wortman was also made Yanks Splif Double Bill With Solons Bucky Newsom TakesNinth Win with Aid of | Errors (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) The New York Yankees and the Washington Senators divided a doubleheader yesterday as the Sen- ators put a ring on the opener in the 11th on George Archis' two-run homer, and losing the second when they reached Marvin Bruer for only five hits. | Bucky Newsom pitched his ninth terday, aided by three errors by the Chicago White Sox. Denny Galehouse allowed Cleve- land eight hits and no runs after the first inning and smacked three i singles himself as the St. Louis Browns won. The Boston Red Sox neared the Isecond place Indians yesterday as Charley Wagner shut out the Phil- | adelphia Athletics. CARD'S LEAD | TOTTERS AS ' REDSGALLOP | victory for the Detroit Tigers yes- @ Yankees won't draw home crowds South; Steve O’'Rourke, the Mid- equal to those pulled by ~some West man, and Bill Essick and | other clubs. The club isn't the Joe Devine who check far west- best money-maker in the majors. | ern players. Joe McCarthy is a great man-| Six of the current Yankees, in- ager, a good handler of pitchers. cluding the great Joe DiMaggio, He knows how to keep the morale were acquired on Essick’s recom-| en associate member of the police| } ittee. t . . . | e ackinnon was appotntea| DOAGErs Still Fighting fo assistant chief of police, replacing| Regain Nafional } sSanford Endres who resigned. A resolution was passed empower- 'I'op SpOf of the players high and he knows how to bring brilliant young pros- pects along without pushing them too fast, as he demonstrated with Joe Gordon and this year with Phil Rizzuto. But is he the big difference? Other clubs have ca- pable pilots, too, and you'd prob- ably get an argument by crediting McCarthy with the Yankees' mar-| gin. | What is it the Yankees have t that other clubs don’t? Other clubs have more money, older l and larger farm systems, good | managers and star players who compare favorably with the | New Yorkers. But they're not | winning a flock of pennants. ; One baseball man suggested the Yankees might pay more atten-| tion to small details than other| clubs. That is, they might concen- trate more on ironing out any of; the little defects in a performer’s| playing ability. Perhaps their play- | ers are nearer major league cali-| bre when they reach the big show than those of other clubs. Another baseball expert puts it| this way: “Their success traces, back to their scouts.” The Yankees have a large scouting system with eagle- |evening granted an exclusive con- | collection of garbage. As soon as| city negotiating certain grants with the Federal Works Agency, which grants are for improvement of the sewer system, a new- high school, |paving, and the construction of a 25-bed hospital. mendation. The other five are Lefty Gomez, John Sturm, Ger- ald Priddy, Frankie Crosetti, and Joz Gordon. Nee dug up Bill Dickey and Marvin Bruer, De- vine came up with' pitcher Ernie| “oiher routine business was trans- Bonham. McCann got Rosar, and gced by the City Dads in the meet- Krichell recommended Keller, Riz-|ing which lasted over three hours. zuto, Russo, Murphy and Rolfe. | Members present were Harry Hagen, - 4 " |A. B. Holt, Dr. William Charteris, SITKA OBSERVES R ke SANITATION LAWS; \Miss Petrich Home COLlE(T_GARBAGE Donald MacKinnon Made | ' From Vacation Trip Assistant Police Chief Miss Pauline Petrich returned to at Council Meeting | Juneau yesterday on the 'Alaska SITKA, ALASKA, Aug. 14—In an after a month's vacation trip in Kelchikan and Seattle. She visited effort to provide better sanitary| conditions in the city, the Common with friends in Ketchikan for ten Council at their meeting Tuesday days and then traveled to Seattle where she spent three weeks visit- ing. COCA (OLA GETS FLASHY NEW TRUCK | The bright red and yellow Ford the contractor is able to providegejyery truck with the Coca Cola covcrlnmmnlutwn regulnaons.wui fewysiiinlo. appeating. Jodey, an g 2 Juneau’s streets. The truck arrived tract to Lloyd Tilson, who entered the lowest bid, for the compulsory; ing Mayor Conway to represent !hc} | | eyed bush-beaters in every sec- tion of the country. They watch college clubs, sand lot teams and independent squads as well as minor league outfits. be enforced, according to the report of the Health Officer. Five bids were submitted by Sitka transfer firms. | C. E. Wortman, who was sworn at the special council meeting held last Saturday, was appointed by Among the better known Yan- kee scouts are Paul Krichell, who covers the East with Gene Mc-|the finance committee, replacing Cann and John Haddock; John'Councilman O. W. Tupper who re- yesterday on the Alaska, and ac- cording to Wallis George, is a dandy. Hunan province, South China, in enforcing a wartime anti-epi- Mayor J. J. Conway as chairman of Jemic project, has established 12| quarantine offices, 15 isolation hos- pitals, and ‘100 inoculation centers. BRINGING UP FATHER ' THERE HE IS~ AR e e BERAR GETTING INTERESTED i MOVE A ey N THE BARN- WELL= AT LEAST IN THE Yo COUNTRY CAN BE QUIET AN' ALONE WITH YOUR THOUGHTS-IT'S NICE TO SIT HERE AN MED|TATE - .! OV HE's A BIG ey <b‘ RS HE's ALway, A voLieant 2 HeLe! & | i errculntion (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) A tenth inning single by Frank | McCormick brought the Cincin- inati Reds a victory over the St. | Louis Cards in the National League | yesterday, reducing the lead tak:a | the day before to half a game as| | the Brooklyn Dodgers came back to beat the Phillies, aided by Dolph | Camilli’s homer with two on in| the four-run third inning. The New York Giants and the| | Boston Braves divided a double-| header yesterday with the Giants winning the first with a four-run | third inning and Boston taking ‘the| second with two winning ‘runs. iy the first inning. The Chicago Cubs scored five runs in the ninth coming from be- hind to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates when Charlie Gilbert's pinch hit- ting drove in the tying and win- ning runs with a single. REDS’ BOOSTER IS REDS' JINX ASHLAND, Ky. Aug. 14—Since 1923, .Courtney Clark has seen the Cincinnati Reds play 25 games but not once has he been there when they won. “I guess it just isn't in the cards for me to see 'em win,” lamented Clark, associate editor of a rail- .| road magazine and a dyed-in-the- wool Cincinnati fan. - eee —— Alasky larges Bubscrive. to /the Dally Empire—the paper with the GETSERERCSE e e —— With Charles S. Howard swinging into the saddle, Seabiscuit, high money winner of the turf, got an early morning workout at Howard's ranch rear Willits, Calif. Althou, some time, the animal is kept in ¢ gh Seabiscuit has been retired for ondition with workout each day. Evergreen Bowl Play On Friday Events Will Start with Soft Ball Game - Archery Tackle Is Here Now The next to the last field day ‘o be held at Evergreen Bowl this year will start at 1:30 o'clock to- morrow afternoon with a soft ball game. Two teams will be chosen from those signing up at the bowl office for the event. All persons de- siring to be on one of the teams must sign up before 1:15 o'clock Friday afternoon and must be at the. bowl when the event starts. aFour bows, 13. doxen arrows -and five targets are nearing comple- tion “and ‘will be ready for use shortly. More use s expected to be’ made of these articles because materials were not shipped for their . construction until quite late s>ecause of defense orders. The nereaséd ‘interest. in archery has »éen worth noting and many. are ptting their own equipment o< naking - it., Instruction in the art »f - making equipment has been riven at the bowl for those inter- 2sted. Final Field Day Monday The last and final field day of the year will be held next Monday afternoon starting at 2 o'clock. No published list of ‘events will be giv- en but there will be a large num- ber of events, both in the swim- ming ‘pool and in the play field. All 'are encouraged to attend this} final field day as there will be a large number of prizes and fun is guaranteed to all. The tournament season will end tomorrow and on Monday after- noon after the field day, the tro- phies will be presented to the vari- 4 ous winners. Many of the tourna- ments are completed and those who are not quite through should hurry up their events. The men’s tennis tournament is progressing rapidly with last year’s champ, Joe Bird, coming along strong to again make {his bid this year. Gov. Ernest Gruening, Roger Stevenson and several others are still in the run- | ning and will make a strong bid ‘{ror top place. | Pool Remains Open The Bowl closes officially August 22 and the week of the 22nd will be used to clean up and put away equipment. The swimming pool however, will remain open for an | indefinite period, opening at - the | usual hours, 2 o'clock in the after- noon and 7 o'clock in the .evening. The following list of events will be run off this Friday afternoon. Boys' soft ball game (prize for each on the winning team). Girls' 25-yard dash (6-8 years). Girls' 25-yard dash (9-11 years). Girls' 25-yard dash (12-14 years). Girls' 50-yard dash (15-16 years). Boys' horse and rider race’(10- 13 years). : Girls' shuttle rage (10-13- years). Boys' horse and rider: race (14- 16 years). s $a5 Girls' shuttle’ race (14:16 years). LAST RITES ARE SET, MRS. BARTELL SATURDAY MORNING Funeral services for Mrs. Hope Bartell, the wife of William Bartell of Security Bay, have been tenta- tively ‘set for Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. The rites will be said by the Rev. W. G. LeVasseur at the Catholic Church of the Nativity. Mrs. Bartell died suddenly . at St. Ann’s hospital August 12. In- terment will be in the American Legion plot of Evergreen cemetery. —————-— A nail 2% inches long was re- moved from the skull and brain of a Chinese in Hongkong when he sought medical aid two weeks after he had been knocked out'in a street fight. By GEORGE McMANUS . .| FROMSOLONS SEALS TAKE ONLY 5 HITS Seattle, Hollywood Split Doubleheader After 14-Hit Game slBY A.\‘f()(—';i'l:ifll) PRESS) with a two-run first Inning yester- day, trimming San Francisco as Kleinke limited the Seals to five hits. Pitcher Byron Humphreys of Los Angeles coasted in with a triumph over second place San Diego yes- terday. Seattle and Hollywood split a double bill yesterday as Hollywood reached Ira Scribner for 14 hits routing Seattle in the opener. The Rainiers came back to shut out Hollywood in the nightcap. Portland and Oakland divided two games yesterday, Portland taking the opener, but losing the night- cap. GAMES WEDNESDAY Pacific Coast League Los Angeles 10; San Diego 1 Seattle 1, 7; Hollywood 9, 0. Portland 7, 3; Oakland 2, 4. National League New York 7, 1; Boston 6, 3. Brooklyn 7; Philadelphia 2. Cincinnati 3; St. Louls 2. American League Detroit 4; Chicago 1. Washington 5, 1; New York 3, 5 Cleveland 3; St. Louis 9. Boston 4; Philadelphia 0. STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won Lost Pct. Sacramento 83 49 .629 San Diego . 3 58 557 Seattle 2 58 554 Hollywood 65 63 508 Oakland 60 0 462 Los Angeles 59 69 461 San Prancisco 57 4 Portland 51 kK] National League ! Won Lost 8t. Louis n 39 Brooklyn 0 39 Cincinnati 58 41 Pittsburgh 1 4 New York 52 53 Chichgo 46 62 Boston v 45 63 Philadelphia 20 .8 » American League Won Lost Néw York 8 38 Cleveland 50 50 Boston 58 62 Chicago .56 55 Detroft, x...52 58 Philadelphia .49 60 Washington 45 62 8t. Louls .44 64 ADVICE SEA BRIGHT, N. J., Aug. 14— Get into condition and forget about your shots. 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Y., are Frank Kovas, third ranking national tennis star, of Oakland, Calif,, and the former Virginia Wolfenden of San Francisco. They were married July 14 in Indianapolis during the playing of the western champlonships. Kovacs is now playing iu the eastern grass court tourncy. ‘The bride is the seyenth ranking woman’s player in the country. Rumor has: ' i they plan a_delayed honeymoon trip to Argentina, e | 3 e