The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 5, 1941, Page 5

( CARDSFROM PENNANT FOR LEAGUELEAD EARLY DATE Tl ‘ (IO Pilishurgh and Heavy Rain |Boston Loses Game and T&ke Victory from | New York Garners Cincinnati | Historical Banner I { (By Asscciated Press) | (By Associated Press) The Chicago Cubs knocked St out of the National League winning a double- ouis o e earlie (UBS KNOCK | YANKS CINCH clinched | lead " yesterday. 3 . N f the American header with St. Louis using three e o R B':flon The pitchers in both games. The night- 5 soorad t:n hi‘Ls Siutassaaio cap, running 11 innings, was won = g a0 y g five hits off Atley Donald on a fly ball of rookie Barney Olson | " 0 B wn:‘ o oo il 10 AP g as. drogped: by: 8 cmflmm‘Clt‘\‘(’lm\d defeating Detroit in | fi scoring Stanley Hack Pibarried Pittsburgh, aided by rain, beat the The " l\:o il -AjsUanly: gkmes Cineinnati Reds yesterday in a 3 ) v v he American League yes- same called in the fifth inning by {’:‘r‘;;:‘ Tasie St a downpour s Games between Boston and New DIRECTORY and d Brookiyn and Philadel- »ostponed by rain. Brook- holding a one-game lead D NEW TELEPHONI To be published this month forms will close Sept. 18, listings and changes, please the Juneau and Douglas Telephone Co. Phone 420 before the clo: date. The Daiiy Alaska Fxpire has th largest paid circuistion of any Al aska newspaper. GIVES US A CHILL_cCalendars to the contrary, it’s winter time in the Westinghouse Electric laboratories at East Pittsburgh, where icicles are man-made on this circuit breaker to test its operation under sub-zero temperatures, Gasoline Shortage Closes The first “out of gas” sign to appear in Washington, D. C., is shown on a gasoline pump, with a dis- appointed motorist wondering what to do next. Authorities declare only a six-week supply in reserve on the East coast and what there is will have to be rationed carefully. for space. & Azgfi L - —I. I. N. Soundphoto Anxious teammates and players of the Boston Braves surround Terry Moore, captain of the St..Louis Cardinals, as he lies on the ground after becoming dangerously acquainted with a new variety of Boston “bean,” a pitch that struck Moore oa the temple and knocked him out for 10 minutes. Moore suffered simple cerebral concussions and a lacerated scalp when one of Lefty Art Johnson's slants struck him above the left ear. He was taken to a Boston hospital, where he was reported *“resting coiafcil i# NOVA SIGNS, LOUIS BOUT ¢ wite Siory | vesterday as Oakland defeated Sac- | {nings to score. . THEDAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, 1941. _ Pitch Fells Cardinals’ Captain 4-HITTER ENDANGERS TOPRUNG Oakland’s Win Shakes! Team at Top of Coast | League Ladder (By Associated Press) Tom Ananicz hurled a four-hitter ramento to put the league lead in danger. | ‘The top rung dropped to one game | | over San Diego who defeated Holly- | |wood by taking advantage of poor ‘rieldlng in the fourth and fifth in- “THE LITTLE THINGS YOU LOVE" ACCESSORIES as you like them . . . and RIGHT you must be this season in your SELECTION. We've made a special effort to bring you Fall’'s newest and most original accessories. You'll find at Behrends the larg- est and most complete stocks in Alaska. “We have what it takes,” to give vou that added dash and accent you vant, - Portland took a doubleheader from Criterion Belts Aris Gloves New Turbans Wraparounds and high crown models in wearable wool jersey. All new fall colors. San Francisco, bunching runs in three innings of the opener and win- | ning with three runs in the fifth frame of the nightcap. I Seattle and Los Angeles split a | doubleheader yesterday, Seattle win- | | ning|a freak opener with five runs | on three hits and three runs with- | out & hit. | ' GAMES THURSDAY Pacific Coast League San Diego 4; Hollywood 2. Oakland 2; Sacramento 1. Seattle 5, 1; Los Angeles 3, 3. Portland 7, 3; San Francisco 2, 0. National League St, Louis 0, 3; Chicago 3, 4. Pittsburgh 4; Cincinnati 0. Game called in fifth inning on account of rain. Boston-New York, postponed on' [. . A Laughing Matfer . . account ot rain. ‘ '] Brooklyn-Philadelphia postponed i on account of rain. American League | New York 6; Boston 3. ! Cleveland 7; Detroit 6. | STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS | | NEW YORK, Sept. 5—Lou Nova Pacific Coast League this afternoon officially signed for Won Lost Pet.| his 15-round title bout with Joe| (Mr. Jones is quite aware this ' Sacramento 92 65 586 | Louis at the Polo Grounds on Sep-| story has a lot of versions, San Diego 89 63 583 tember 29. some of them worn threadbare. |Seattle UGO8 578 | - -ro | “But I get a kick out of it |Hcllywood "W 487 | every time I tell it—or hear it,» San Francisco 72 84 462 B Oakland 70 87 446 | ) Los Angeles 66 86 434 { Portland 65 87 428 | One of the residents of a small National League g 7 | Texas village missed a horse one Won Lost Pet. TIN — BERLIN, Sept. |4qy and the whole community Brooklyn 85 47 044 ; 3 h |turned out to hunt for it. The &t Louls 84 41 641 Chipe Berlin Christian Science | searchers were organized into pai- | Cineinnati 0 58 547, ; 2 . t and literally combed the Pittsburgh 70 59 543 aftcrnoon in the official Gazette | | ! | A Sof 3 countryside. New: York 62 66 496, | and Christian Science is now | | e T e R K | They left the vyillage halfwit Chicago 50 5 A0 [ is is 1 | Boston 52 76 400 This is the last of all religious Ve | denominations to be banned | Philadelphia 3. 0. W from the Reich. American League e - — | | Won Last Pet. { | | New York 91 45 - 669 | LEAVES ON LOUISE | Boston i ol R | George Alexander, son of Judge| {Chicago 70 64 522 |and Mrs. G. F. Alexander, left this | Cleysland 66 65 504 | morning aboard the Princess Lou- | Detroit 84 0 A48 |ise to return to the University of | | 8t. Louis 58 73 443 | Washington. | Philadelphia 58 7% 439 { | Washington 54 15 419 | e o BUY DEFENSE BONDS out of the hunt, assuming he'd be |more trouble than help. | The searchers all returned to the |village square empty-handed, to be |greeted by the blank and smiling | halfwit. He was leading the horse. Recovering from their astonish- ment, the villagers asked him how and where he’d found the animal. | The “where” he declined to dis- close, but he agreed to tell them | how he’d made the capture. a Pump if I were a horse,” he explained. he was.” (AP Feature Service) Fun fo Everybody | | HICKORY, N. C., Sept, 5—When ‘!Walter Leverly, Jr., was unable to | find his automobile after his wed- | ding his friends (?) locked a sma'l | cow bell about his neck and threw | the key away. “The car will come to you,” they ' said. He found the car where the pranksters had hidden it but he didn’t get the bell off until he en- gaged a blacksmith to sever the chain. e Subscribe tor The Empire. | “I went to that place, and v.here‘ But Io!_rldegroom r TORPEDOING 'NAVY (RAFT ~ ATTEMPTED | | “I just thought where I' d go? (Continuea from Page One) Lieut. Comdr. Lawrence H. Frost and has eight officers and 113 men aboard. DESTROYER ATTACKED MORE THAN ONCE SAYS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—Presi- dent, - Roosevelt said the United| States destroyer Greer was af- tacked more than once and steps are being taken to track down the marauding submarine and the vessel will be eliminated if found. The President made his stat. ment at a conference with the re- porters this afternoon. 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Mrs. Lockie Dick was admitted to the Government Hospital yester- day as a surgical patient after fly- ing in from Sitka. John Howard, who has been re- celving medical attention at the Government Hospital, was dismissed today. e MRS. BARRAGAR RETURNING Mrs. Fred Barragar, who has been | south for several weeks, is return- |ing to her Juneau home aboard the Aleutian. were SENATOR SAVES TROOPS IN ALASKA FROM HARD LIFE IN WINTER TENTS (Continued trom Page One) ment to reach* one post was com= posed of :360 refrigerators, “with ) a man of the investigating commit ' the - ground frosen 100° feet deep.” tee and also Senator David Walsh, hairman or the Naval Affairs Com- | The: sSAEIRERICER, MVEIT0d. SN e Ll | fore the barracks was constructed, mittee. {he said, and added, “Then some He criticized the method of guns arrived with no sights.” Brew= handling shipments of supplies ster said the Army was charged with defenamg iVavy bases still “waiting for sights.” from ‘Seattle to Alaskan Army and Navy posts, saying the first ship- Makes Plaster Mask for Escape —I. I. N. Soundphoto ‘When William “Slick Willie” Sut- ton, right, serving a 25-to-50-year term in Eastern penitentiary at Philadelphia for robbery, went in for art, prison officials were a lit- tle puzaled. Later, when they dis- cavered a plaster hand and & plaster mask Sutton made of his face, the convict's interest in art became understandable. A guard s, abave, how Suttgn _probably ‘planned an escape by Izfi:kvk‘"‘m mabk afid hand I bynk, to make guards boliqvl_ l“? " he Was sleeping.