The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 22, 1941, Page 5

. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, AUG. 22, 1941. As Long as He's 46 He’ll 7 , Wrestle, and John Pesek Just Won't Quit Being 46 [ } | | ‘ \ | oM | | Apparently in distress—momentarily at least—was John Pesek in a ; recei:t wrestling match with rowdy Rudy La Ditzi in an Omaha ring. | Pesek had been packing them lin at least 10 years when he took| | on Joe Stecher ‘for what the sports| writers termed the “world’s title” in an Omaha ring That was 21 years ago. Still agile and formidable, he paired off against Bronko Nagur-| By ODELL HANSON AP Feature Service OMAHA, Neb. — Ageless John Pesck, a sort of resin-smeared ver- sion of o' man river, is still roll- ing along on the grunt-and-groan circuit The fabulous wrestler, turkey- ski, the ex-Minnesota University raiser and greyhound racer re- gridder, recently, huffed and puffed| become legend, despite 60 minutes to a draw with that fuses to y th husky. With rare forethought, Pesek de-| clines to become specific about his age, thus preserving an ever available topic for speculation. In 1937 the National Association named him 3 send most mat men in- to | retirement. | His retinue declares unequivo- cally that Pesek is 46 years old. They've been saying as much, in fact, for the past three years. Wrestling world’s He holds a priority right to the number. What “77" was to Red champion. A disgruntled New York promoter, protesting the award, Grange, 46 is to Pesek. —_ E — alled Pesek a young man of prom- ise somewhere in his late fifties. Pesek lost the title somewhere in | |the shuffle. But he hasn't lost the| | physique, the dexterity and the Enng-crartiness he had before he {quit counting years. And that must |have been some time ago. | Out of the ring, Pesek raises tur-| keys at his farm near Ravenna, Neb., and breeds greyhounds for| racing. NO NOTHING ASHEVILLE, N. C., Aug. 22—An | Insured Safety eight-story building here has no elevator, no stairs—and no ten- \ants. When he building was erected in 1924, at the same time a: simi- | lar adjoining structure, owners of the two buildings agreed that ten- mnts in the now vacant structure would have use of steam heat,| water, elevator and stairways of the adjoining building. A disagreement several months )ago resulted in complete severance of all connections between the two buildings. NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing will be held before the | under-signed Probate Judge on Sep- tember 3, 1941, at 10:00 o'clock A. M., in the office of the United States Commissioner and Ex-Officio Pro- bate Court for the Juneau, Alaska, Commissioner’s Precinct, upon the | setition of CARL D. HUPP for his | EARNINGS On Savings Accounts ® Accounts Government In- * sured up to $5,000. ® Money available at any time. appointment as administrator of the ® Start an account with $1 estate of SIGURD MEDHAUG, de- D TGS ceased, and for the issuance of Let- ters of Administration to him. All persons in interest are hereby re- {quired at said time and place to ap- pear and show cause, if any they have, why said petition should not | be granted as prayed for. Witness my hand and official seal at Juneau, Alaska, this 21st day of Current 4% Rate Alaska Federal Savings and Loan’ August, 1941. (SEAL) FELIX GRAY, Assn. of Junear U. §. Commissioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge for Juneau, Alaska, Phone 3 Commissioners’ Precinct. lprolostiniz a ball | 2rly was air officer of General Head- First publication, Aug. 22, 1941. Lasy LavscaUON, Sepu. 2, 1941, WOP SLOTMEN Best Wisheg from th BOTH TOTTER INLEAD RACE Cards and Dag;ers Defeat- ed to Mark Time in National League (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Brooklyn and St. Louis were both defeated in the National League lead race yester Brooklyn by the Chicago Cuk in a turbulent struggie as managers Leo Durocher and Jimmy Wilson were both ban- ished from the game. Durocher got the thumb for continually protest- ing a called ball and Wilson for called in the fourth. Chicago got 13 hits off four Dodger hurlers. Last place Philadelphia staged a ! ninth-inning, two-run onslaught yesterday to edge out the ds, although St. Louis hit 15 times. Bucky Walters collected his 16th erday as the Cincinnati ated the Boston Braves The Pittsburgh Pirates took New York yesterday Max Butcher spaced out 13 hits while his mates bunched 11 off four Giaht hurlers. as R R About 8,538,000 men lost their lives in the World War .- - In New Air Post Col. William E. Lynd Appointed chief of staff of one of the five new Air Support Com- mands, Col. William E. Lynd form- quarters in the War Department. The Air Commands were formed to ensurc coordination of air and | ground forces in action, The Duchess of Windsor, who is president of the Bahamas Red Cross, bids farewell to members of the Shoreham Athletic Club as they leave Nassau for the U. S. They are participating in swimming meets at Charlotte, N. C., and Jacksonville, Fla. Proceeds will go to Bundles i for Britain. Indians Greet Kifig’s Brothetg i The Duke of Kent, brother of King George of England, is greeted by Chief Johnny Bearspaw (left) and Chief Waving Feather, who donned full war regalia to welcome the royal visitor to Banff. The Duke is mak- ing an aerial tour of Canadian armv trajnine stations and flving schools. YOU'RE BLIND! HE'S SAFE! runner is Forrest Tucker. oo, BRINGING UP FATEER BY GOLLY-PAUGHTER-|[ DADDY-WHY DON'T_YOU! IT WLUZ ALL | COULD|| JUST TELL MOTHER YOU DO TO SIT THROUGH || DIDNIT LIKE IT?IT'S SO THAT OPERA 5 LAST NIGHT- LET MOTHER NaZ Y LNDESSTAND 9 THA BY_GOLLY-DALIGHTER 1S RIGHT-ILL JUST LET MAGGIE KNOW | DONT LIKE OPERA- Everythirg was in a whirl for Umpire Joan Blondell on this play at home plate as Hollywood’s leading men and comedians clashed on their annual charity ball game before 26,000 spectators at Los Angeles. Giv- ing Joan an argument are (left to right) Maxie Rosenbloom, Andy Devine and Dennis Morgan. The base- LAST NIGHT'S OPERA wWUZ AWFLIL= | AM STILL ° JITTERY FROM LISTENIN/ TO IT-, YOU ARE PERFECTLY RIGHT-DEAR- M SO GLAD YOU ARE BEGINNING JUPGE By GEORGE McMANUS R T P e uchess lSOlON LEAD 8 DWINDLESAS | bl 'RAINIERSWIN jSan Diego,rsfiea'file Tie Now | Broken with Porfland Victory Last Night (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Sacramento’s lead dwindled tn five in Coast play last night a Seattle defeated Lhe Solons for | their third straight. Dick DBarrett eight hits. | Portland overcame a five-run lead | yesterday to beat San Diego, who was knocked out of a second place | tie with Seattle. | Hollywood beat Oakland to take in series of four of five games. | Los Angeles defeated San Fran- cisco in a hitting spree, with both Inines using three pitchers. | spaced | GAMES THURSDAY Pacific Coast League Seattle 5; Sacramento 1. | Portland 8; San Diego 5. Hollywood 4; Oakland 2. Los Angeles 13; San Francisco 9. National League Cincinnati 8; Boston 5. Chicago 6; Brooklyn 2. Philadelphia 5; St. Louis 4. Pittsburgh 5; New York 3. American League Boston 8; Chicago 5. New York 0; Cleveland 2. | Washington 6, 9; Detroit 3, 0 hiladelphia 3, 12; St. Louis 11, STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS ; Pacific Coast League | | Won Lost Pet. Sacramento 86 55 610 | Seattle 80 50 570 | San Diego 79 60 568 | Hollywood 0 69 504 | Los Angeles 62 75 453 |san Francisco 62 446 | Oekland 61 80 .48 | Portland 58 81 A1 Nalional League Won Lost Pet. | Brooklyn % 41 650 St. Louis L7 Cincinnati 65 49 570 Pittsburgh 61 53 535 | New York 56 57 496 | chicago 51 67 432 Boston 46 60 400 Philadelphia 32 83 278 | American League Won Lost Pet. New York 8L 42 659 Chicago 65 56 537 Boston 62 58 517 Cleveland 60 57 513 | | Detroit 5 66 455 | Washington 52 65 444! Fhiladelphia 52 67 437 St. Louls 51 67 432 -~ YANKEES GET (OLD SHUTOUT FROM FELLER lke Ryna %s Red Sox| | Break Chicago’s Win- | “ ning Streak (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Bob Feller shut out the New York | Yankees for his 21st victory yes- terday as Cleveland drew two runs | in the first inning and then held ! the lead. 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