The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1941, Page 5

' National Girls Softball | Champions, Now Stressing Youth, Versatilty and Fi - By RAYMOND F. LAW i AP Feature Service PHOCENIX, Ariz, Aug. 21.—One| su evening in 1934, during| a gir softball game out in Hol-| lywood, an 11-year-old kid came to| bat for the Ramblers from Phoenix. | Serving 'em up for Hollywood |er,” ghl1 | | | | | was Lois Terry, the “blonde bomb- then considered the greatest pitcher in the game. Quite unimpressed, Dot Wilkin- son, the fifth grader from the des- ert country, socked the ball out of the lot for a home run which (a) won the game; (b) got her |an offer to go into the movies,| which she didn't accept, and (¢ | | put the Ramblers in the big umel isoftball picture which they now| | dominate as national champions. That was the second year of! the club's existence. The 1941 Ram- | blers, who will defend their title in the national tournament at De- troit September 10-14, also empha- size youth, plus unusual versatility of players and a tradition of win- ning that seldom is broken. The average age of the ten regular starters is 19 years. with Insured Safety 4 EARNINGS On Savings Accounts ® Accounts Government In- sured up to $5,000. ® Money available at any time. ©® Start an account with §1 or more. Current 4% Rate Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Assn. of Juneau Phone 3 They are real champions. They take all comers. This sea- son has seen a parade of the West's toughest teams to Phoe- nix, all to take a drubbing from the Ramblers, who, be- tween invasions, have taken time for a few triumphant tours of their own. The Ramblers are no softhail Topsy that just *growed” Into| fame. The clyb was organized carefully with the idea of making it the best that available talent and coaching skill could produce. There was plenty of talent, be- cause in Arizona there is a soft- ball team behind every other mesquite bush. | The coaching, from the begin- ning, has been done by Ford Hoff- man, state softball commissioner, !who recounts this history of the| team. In May, 1933, three girls who taught physical education in Phoe- |nix schools decided to organize a team to join a new league. They hand-picked a group which did =0 | well that four of them remain ac- tive today. Hoffman, then a play- |ground instructor, agreed to show |the girls some fine points of the |game. He still has the job and one of the founders, Peggy Flood, who still takes a turn in the outfield now and then, is now Mrs. Hoff- man. Other founders were Jessie Pet- erson, now Mrs. Paul Ellsworth, ‘and Rheta Thomas, since become | six first game, 4-3, but the next day Hoffman talked a Phoenix office supply company into sponsoring the team and the girls didn’t lose another game that first season until a Cali- fornia club beat them in the finals of the sectional tourna- ment, They copped the Arizona title, and have repeated each year. Incidentally, that first 30-game winning streak was the team’s longest, although they have never iost more than eight games in any one season, For eight years the record stands 317 won, 38 lost The Ramblers reached the semi- finals in national competition three times before, finally taking the title in 1940. “It is not a team of stars,” Hoff- man insists, although the roster includes Dot Wilkinson, now 18 and without a peer behind the plate; Louise Miller Curtis, who pitched three games in one day at the 1937 tournament and won them all, one a no-hitter; and Amelina Peralta, who won all- America pitching honors last fall by beating Cleveland 10 to 3 on hits in the championship game. Most of the 15 girls on the squad play every position well, which Hoffman points out, is a tremendous help In the long pull of a tough 50- or 60-game They are great ‘“money” play- ers. The first five hitters, Louise Curtis, Mickey Sullivan, Dot Wil- kinson, Amelina Peralta and Mar- jorie Wood, take pleasure in mur- dering the tightest pitching any team can throw at them. Squad members are carefully selected, for many qualities, chief {of which, in Hoffman’s estimation, is the feminine equivalent of in- testinal fortitude. 'PROMOTIONS AT FORT RICHARDSON Army Base Headquarters of the Alaska Defense Command, at Fort Richardson, announces four promo- tions of officers at the base. John W. Bridges, one of the first men to arrive in the newly establish- ed Alaska Defense Command, was promoted to Corporal. Before going in the Air Corps he spent consid- erable time with ‘the infantry in the motor transportation section. This is | Bridges’ second tour of duty in Al- aska, having served previously at Chilkoot Barracks. Other promotions saw advance- ment of Technical Sergeant Oppie D. Wellborn, of the Signal Corps, to the grade of Master Sergeant. | On the same order, Sergeants | Jack J. Steorts and James Hornbeck | were promoted to the grade of Staff Sergeant. e e COPSTEADS LEAVE Mr. and Mrs. C. Copstead and their two children, who have been in Juneau visiting their two sons, left on the Alaska for their home in Ket- chikan. They have been here for several weeks, ERROR AIDS DODGERS AS BASES FULL Cards Climb Half Game in Standings with Win of Doubleheader (By Associated Press) Ninth inning errors by the Pitts- burgh Pirates helped Brooklyn yes- terday in a wild game tied from the seventh inning. Brooklyn loaded the bases in the ninth and Harry Lava- getto dropped a fly ball allowing a score to come in. The St. Louis Cardinals gained a half-game on the Dodgers yesterday, taking a doubleheader from the Bos- ton Braves. Ernie White pitched a shutout opener and Howard Pollet made a four-hit major league debut in the nightcap. The Chicago Cubs shellacked the Giants yesterday, reaching four pitchers for 16 hits. Johnny Vander Meer and Elmer Riddle shut out Philadelphia for the Cincinnati Reds yesterday as Van- der Meer pitched a three-hitter and Riddle a six-hitter. TIGERS NOSE OUT YANKEES WITHNOHITS Chicago Team Takes Third Straight Shutout to Blank Athletics (By Associated Press) ‘The Detroit Tigers nosed out the Yankees yesterday with Tommy Bridges giving no hits in the ten-in- ning game. Cleveland lost its seventh straight game yesterday as Washington ad- ded four runs in the ninth to win, The Chicago White Sox won its, third straight shutout yesterday as Johnny Rigney blanked the Phila- delphia Athltics, allowing only three hits. The Boston Red Sox lost a double- header to the St. Louis Browns yes- terday with the second battle going ten innings, but decided by Johnny Berardinos bunt, scoring Cullenbine. D EXPRESS AUDITOR HERE Stanley Johnson, auditor and route agent of the Alaska area for the Railway Express Agency, ar tived in Juneau yesterday on & northbound Ledestar. He is on a routine trip. e Tree-climbing fish abound in Ceram, an island in the Dutch East Indies. The Doiph Mrs. Russell Jackson. The Ramblers dropped their w. BRINGING UP FATHER HELLO-JARVIS-IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK FROM TH' COUNTRY- EVERYTHING LOOKS JUST THE SAME -AM | GLAD TO BE BACK/ ! CAN?JZSA\/ THE SAME ABOUT YOUR WIFE- the Brooklyn Dod!:fl and ‘The Dodger star, ‘wife and baby ~ Fifth Child for Dodger Star Camillis Presenting another new heir of the Doiph Camilli household. A fifth cmw,-boy,umwmwmumwgnqt both mother child baseman of A are doing well. are shown in New York hospital | dayes, and Mrs. Malcolm .Greeny. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUG. 21, 1941 SEATTLE IN CLOSE WIN OVER SOLONS |Goasf Leaders Shut Out Last _Night-Hollywood, Oaks | Have Hurlers’ Duels (By Associated Pres) Sacramento’s lead has been trim- /med to six games, the lowest since the third week of the season, as the result of Seattle defeating the Sol- ons last night, in fact the Rainiers shut the leaders out, 2 to 0. Les | Webber allowed the Solons only four hits and he was aided by three Idouble plays. Pinch hitter George Detore doubled in the eighth inning last night scor- ing two runs for San Diego and a victory over Portland. Hollywood split a doubleheader with Oakland last night with Henry Pippen defeated in the seventh in- ning of the nightcap though he al- {lowed only one hit. Both games were | pitching battles. GAMES WEDNESDAY Pacific Coast League San Diego 8; Portland 7. Seattle 2; Sacramento 0. | | ‘l Los Angeles 6, 3; San Francisco e v | e Oakland 1, 0; Hollywood 0, 1. NEW FALL DRESS LENGTHS OVER 200 GUARANTEED 3%2 TO 4% YARD PIECES IN A GLORIOUS ASSORTMENT OF NEW PATTERNS AND FABRICS. WARDROBE. in yard goods. 1.95 National League Pittsburgh 6; Brooklyn 7. | Chicago 9; New York 4. Cincinnati 2, 3; Philadelphia 0, 0. St. Louts 2, 3; Boston 0, 2. American League { Philadelphia 0; Chicago 9. New York 0; Detroit 1, ten in- nings. ‘Washington 6; Cleveland 3. Boston 9, 3; St. Louis 11, 4. STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won Lost Pet. | sacramento 54 614 San Diego 59 572 Seattie 59 572 Hollywood 69 .500 Los Angeles 5 449 San Francisco 6 449 |Oakland . 79 438 |Portland ... A 81 413 } National League Won Lost Pct. Brooklyn .16 40 855 .|St. Louis 4 41 643 Cincinnati 64 49 566 | Pittsburgh 60 53 531 |New Yia¢ 56 56 500 | Chicago 50 67 421 oston .46 68 404 TPhiladelphia 31 8 a2 American League Won Lost Pct. New York 81 41 664 | Chicago .65 56 542 Boston 61 58 513 | Cleveland 59 57 509 Detroit i 55 64 458 Philadelphia 51 66 436 | Washington 5 65 435 | §t. Louis .50 66 431 PARISH PICNIC PLANNED FOR NEXT SUNDAY The Parish picnic planned by the Rev. W. G. LeVasseur at the Shrine of Bt. Terese will take place next Sunday afternoon, and a large crowd |1s expected. Members of th Parish, and of Douglas and Thane, are all invited, and children are especially asked, ! Transportation to the picnic is free, as three busses have been don- uted by the Catholic Daughters of America. The busses will leave from Jhe Bus Depot at 1:30 o'clock. In charge of the refreshments are Mrs. D. P. Holden, Mrs. Howard A sports program of races and contests has been arranged for the afternoon, with Harold Roth in charge and Joe Bruitt assisting. At the Shrine, the Rev. LeVasseur will have the souvenir booth open for the picnickers to see, and they may also see the many improve- nents made at the Shrine this sum- mer, e FAREWELL PARTY ‘ ! Mrs, Hal Kimmell entertained this week at her Auk Lake home in honor of Mrs. Willlam Bills who will leave Perfect materials for school dresses, business clothes, house frocks, house coatg, dress suits, and all guaranieed quality. This may be the last opportunity to purchase them at this featured low price. In Juneau It's Behrends for Values! A M. Behrends Co. QUALITY SINCE /887 FISHERMEN FINED UP - T0 $200 {Nineteen Arraigned at Pe- ersburg, Wrangell for lllegal Fishing halled be- Nineteen fishermen, gell and Petersburg the past two cays have paid fines ranging from $200 to $25 plus court costs when ttey have pled guilty of illegal fishing, Top fine was nicted out to Fred Haltiner, who was assessed $200 and costs when he was arraigned at Petersburg. In second place for the‘ doubtful honor of paying most| vearly for illegal fishing was Earl| Larson, fined $150 at Petersburg. Also at Petersburg, five Kake In- dians were fined $50 each. They were Thomas Skeek, William Jack- son, John J. Brown, Kelly Brown and Joseph Johnson. In Wrangell yesterday, top fine «f $50 was imposed against Henry Johnson, of the bcat Chinook, while three other members of ‘the Chin- ook’s crew, George Beaudreo, Clar- ence Buhler and Georgs Rogers.| each were fined $25. i Also fined $25 by the Wrangell commissioner were Jerry Neilson, Lawrence Bahovic. Warren, Gartley, and- Laurie Prood, of the gasboat Jr.,, Jerry Desmond and Marcus Dailey, of the boat Annie K. Illegal fishing charges brought at Wrangell against Karl Theile and Eddie Churchill, also of the hoat Chinook, were dismissed because the two are under legal age. ——————— REPRESENTS ELKS Past Exalted Ruler Frank Bayer soon for Fairfield, Ohio, to join her husband who is now an airplane mechanic at the big Ohio girfield. 'of Anchorage Lodge No. 1351, has Ruler in the Anchorage district. been named Deputy Grand Exalted fore U. 8. Commissioners at Wran- | Lalowa; and Ed Lynch, Mike Lyneh, * TIME TO START Pl.‘ANN[NG YOUR FALL Our new dress lengths are a thrilling and economical beginning. get 3%2 to 4% yard pieces than you could buy the Per Length You for much. | same materials Solid Colors Stripes Plaids Prints Monotones ‘At Army Chapel Dedication Gen, George C. Marshall, U, 8. chief of staff, shakes hands with James J. Norris (left), assistant director of the National Catholic Communi Service, after dedication at Arlington Cantonment near Washingt: D. C., of the first of 555 frame chapels being built in army eam, throughout the nation.