The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 15, 1941, Page 5

What Makes the Yankees Click? Z THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, AUG. 15,.1941. FARM PLAN AND EXPERT SCOUTS PAY NEW YORKERS BIG DIVIDENDS This is the second in a series of three stories on the factors behind the New York Yankees' baseball successes. By DILLON GRAHAM Sports Editor, AP Feature Service | NEW YORK.—The Yanzee stars are farm grown. Since -New York began its minor league /system in| it has bought only one player 1 market—Joe DiMaggio id outbid others for free agent 1 Henrich, DiMaggio purchase was a victory for the Yankee scouts. Other talent judges were afraid to famble on Joe because of injuries he ad suffered in the Pacific Coast loop but scout Bill Essick figured DiMag would be a star. The Yanks paid $25,000 and four players, worth another $20,000, for Joe, Henrich was signed for $25, 000. But the foundation of any majer league baseball club these days is its farm system. And so the kees can be tra largely to their efficient empire of minor ud clubs and to the excellent corps of scouts who discover prospects on college, sandlot and independent teams The St. Louis Cardinals were the pioneers in the farm club movement. And it wasn’t until a decade ago that the late Col. Jake Ruppert, owner of the Yankees tired of gambling on expensive ball players bought in the open market and acquired a ehain o minor league clubs. He picked George general manager of the Balti- more International League club, to head his chain’system. And it has been mainly through Weiss’ genius that the Yankees have built such a fine farm system. a Weiss, then The Yankee chain now in- cludes a dozen clubs, headed by Kansas City in the American Association and Newark in the International League, both AA lcops. Most Yankee players spend some time at one of these clubs before joining the var- sity. The other clubs are: Class A, Binghamton; Class B, Norfolk and Augusta; Class C, Akron, Joplin, , and Idaho Falls, and D, Butler, Pa, molk, Va., and Akron are Yankee property and the club has work-} ing' agreements with the other In addition to DiMaggio and Henrich, here's “how the other| Yankees were acquired: | Cutfielder Frenchy Bordagaray and Catcher Ken Silvestri obtained through farm trades. Fiankie Crosetti, Bill Dickey, Lefty Gomez and Red Ruffing | came to, New York before 1932, | Ruffing came from Boston in | trade for Cedric Durst and | cach, Diekey cost around $17,- ‘ 500, Gemez about $40,000 and | Cresetti ppproximately $50,000. ‘ All the other players are farm ‘ were srown. These came from sandlot clubs: John Serald corge nie d Sturm, Charles Priddy. Stanceau, Rizzuto, | Selkirk, Buddy Rosar, Bonham, Marvain Breuer, | Atley Donald. { se were signed by scouts vhile playing college ball: Joe Gor- | ion, Red Rolfe, John Murphy, | Marius Russo, Spurgeon Chand- ., Norman Branch, Charles Kel- and Steve Pcek. - eee— SHOTGUN CLUB | STAGES SHOOT | SUNDAY, 11 AM. | Members Urged fo Take Novices fo Event-Specia- | | tors, Women, Invited The Juneau Shotgun Club will stage a shoot Sunday forenoon at 11 |o'clock at the trap, two miles out the highway from Juneau. | A special novice event is planned and every member of the club is | urged to take a friend who has never shot before at traps. If 10 or more | novices show up, the club will offer a cash prize. Spectators are welcome to attend the Sunday shoot and women shoot- ers are also invited. All members with autos are re- | quested to call at Percy’s Sunday | morning to pick up those without | transportation. Phil i | - The Soviet! naval base at Kron- stadt, 20 miles off Leningrad, has Hull Back on Job Secretary Hull After being away from his office in Washington for weeks because of an illness, U. 8. Secretary of State Cordell Hull has returned to the capital to resume his official duties. Hull becomes acting chief executive in the absence of both President Roosevelt and Vice President Henry A. Wallace, who are vacationing. HOSPITAL NOTES Alex Russell was dismissed last Hospital evening from St. Ann's aftet receiving medical attention. Sam Knudson was admitted last night and underwent surgery this morning at St. Ann’s Hospital. A. S. Andres was dismissed this forenoon from St. Ann’s Haspitnl“l)- F. D, PLANS PARTY Y FOR BASEBALL 'TEAM | Boston after undergoing surgery. Wwilliam Holland was dismissed Norfolk,' three harbor basins, one of them from St. Ann's Hospital this fore- Neb., and [Easton, Md., Newark, capable of holding 1,000 merchant noon after receiving surgery. Kansas City, Bingham*on, Nor- ships. | ~ LOUIS' WIFEIN (Ui!T ond Mrs. Joe Louis (left), estranged | i wife of the MWt, boxing champion, and her attorney, Bindley C. Cyrus (right) appeared in ! court in Chicago when Circuit Judge Michael Feinberg entered sn order that the boxer pay his wife her petition for temporary alimony. $200 & week pending disposition of | THINK 1L CALL UP DINTY- POOR GUY-SITTIN' THERE ALL. ALONE IN HIS PLACE-I SUPPOSE MY CALL WILL BE A CHEERFUL NOTE TO HIM - -HELLO- GET ME DINTY MOORE'S PLACE — i Mr. and Mrs. William Bowling are the parent§™of a, haby son weighing eight pounds and seven ounces, born at St. Ann's Hospital at 10:35. o'clock yesterday. Velma Misoff was dismissed from St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday after undergoing an appendectomy. —_— Lilly Smjth underwent a major operation af the @overnment Hos- pital this forenod. Laurence Atkinson, of Metlakat- la, entered the Government Hos- pital yesterday to receive medical treatment. .- — U. of Hard Knocks Will Ha!e_ Diplomas BALTIMORE, Aug. 15.—Maryland is openfiu a “long list of pro- fessions and voeations previously barred to: self-educated persons un- able to produce high school diplo- mas. ¢ ¢ Examinations leading to diplomas as authorized' by the last legisla- ture, will start in October. A three- man committee is drafting the tests to determine whether the adult ap- plicants measure up to high school standards. e NOTICE The Juneau ' Woman'’s Club s not sponsoring any project- involv- ing selling advertising and has ne representative soliciting advertise- ments from Juneau merchants at the present*time. S i TR S RN < it W o { 5 YANKS SWEEP. f WITH 9 HITS Foxx of Boston Make§'§3"— run Homer fo De- ... feat Athletics (By Associated Press) The New York Yankees' American Leaguers swept a doubleheader with the Washington Senators yesterday as Lefty Marius Russo pitched three-hit ball in the opener and Atley Donald allowed only six safe blows in the nightcap, while the Yanks collected 11 and 15 hits from an array of Senator hurlers. The Athletics and the Boston Red Fox collected a total of 62 hits, in- cluding seven homers in a double- header split between the two teams yesterday. The first fray wemt, 11 innings and was won when Jimmy Foxx smashed out a homer with two on for Boston. The White Sox swept Detroit'in a double bill yesterday with Thorn- ton Lee shading Tommy Bridges in the opening pitching duel. Johnny Humphries shutout Detroit in the second game. Darkness ended the Cleveland In- | dians-St. Louis Browns game in the | tenth inning yesterday with a tie score after an hour's delay caused | by rain in the sixth. 4 1 DOUGLAS NEWS CANNERY SEASON IS > WINDING UP NOW TO,, SUCCESSFUL FINISH With today’s canning at !i-e local {plant of Douglas Fisheries Co., the season’s pack is without doubt go- ing over the anticipated 40,000 |cases mark which L. R. Ellson 'isn- ager for the company sct: two months ago. ' B After yesterdays and last night's operations during which 37,000 ‘sal mon went into cans the pack ‘figure | this morning stood at 39,628 icases. An estimated 12,000 fish awaited resumption . of canning eazy.dbis afternoon so that tonight when, the {last report is “pulled” .the, most successful salmon canning season Douglas has ever had will Le, over, - | Douglas firemen will be hogts to |the players of the Islend, bal] club, its captain and manager, at |their next regular meeting Septem- ber 11, according to plans made at meeting here last night. The party is to be a stag affair and-if aiftned to provide a fitting climex"to a baseball season of which the 'boys| may well be proud. X { | A committee of six, Robe:!, Bon- ner, A. E. Goetz, E. E. Engstrom, A. J. Balog, Walter Andrews' and Sante Degan, was appointed to arrange the details of the nifafr. Also special for next meeling the attendance of fire-chief Mike Pusich will be urged by letter fiom the! secretary. Chairman Lloyd Guerin reported having been propositioned by different parties for lease of the natatorium which is now in hands o the department. A new maintenance committee consisting of Orrin Edwards, Ed Roller, Gordon Mills and Gordon Gray was appointed after which the business session gave way to re- freshments. PSS TP TG LANGFELDT PARTY —_— Mr. and Mrs, Henry Lang’eldt and Joe Riedi returned home in their own boat yesterday afternocn after nearly three weeks of outing and visit of Tenakee Springs. At the latter place they enjoyed rest and curative properties of the mineral water which benefited Mr - Riedi’s Lealth. Practically all their time at Tenakee the wéather wus.:very warm, they reported. e GLEN, JR., I8 BACK FROM SUMMER TROLLING| Glenward Kirkham arrived home on the Northland yesterday after- Jnoon after a season spent cn the trolling boat Padgie which provided a profitable vacation according to DOUBLE BIEL; EATTLE IS LOSER;TOUGH GAMEFOUGHT Lowly Porfland Beavers Give Trouncing fo Oak- land Last Night (By Associated Press) The Pacific Coast League's cellar champions, Portland Beavers, trim- med the Oakland Acorns last night; making three of four games in the series. Ray Harrell and George Munger were in a pitching duel, allowing five hits each, but the game was won by Harrell for the San Fran- cisco Seals, shutting out the leading Sacramento Solons. Nancy Fernandez, of Hollywood, made a homer with one aboard last night and winning the game from Seattle. It took three Hollywood pitchers to hold Seattle in the ninth inning from staging a rally. GAMES THURSDAY Pacific Coast League Hollywood 8; Seattle 7. San Francisco 2; Sacramento 0. Portland 5; Oakland 1. National League Philadelphia 6; Pittsburgh New York 4; Boston 3. American League Washington 0, 3; New York 7, 10. Detroit 1, 0; Chicago 3, 3 Boston 11, 8; Philadelphia 8, 10 Cleveland 3; St. Louis 3. Called at end of tenth inning because of darkness. | | | | i | | | P STANDINGS OF THE CLUI Pacific Coast League Won Lost 83 50 3 58 2 69 66 63 59 69 60 n 58 52 National League Won n 10 58 57 53 46 Sacramento San Diego Seattle Hollywood Los Angeles Oakland £an Francisco Portland St. Louis Brooklyn Cincinnati Pittsburgh New York Chicago Boston 45 Philadelphia 30 American League Won Lost .18 38 L 59 50 541 | 159 53 527 58 55 52 60 50 61 New York Cleveland Chijcago Detroit Philadelphia Washington 45 64 St. Louis . 44 64 513 464 450 | 413 407, | ELKS HAVE NEW RULER | John” 8. 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Va., Aug. 15, — With a population of only 588and the nearest railroad 12 miles away, Glenville ' hoasts of being the smallest town in the nation receiv- ing direct airmail service twice n day. The airplane, flying over th: pickup point, drops the mall des- tined for Glenville, and with a} hook attached to a rope. picks up the bag containing outgoing ma‘l. |- AUY*DEFENSE - BONDS /- VR Us TH Freddie (Red) Cochrane, new welterweight boxing champlen, his mouth and sald “Ah” for Dr. Jacob Reimer of the draft beard Hillside, N: ¥, €ochrang may be ealled for the army sometime in Seps tember, if he passes the: examiuation. The. champion said