The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 26, 1941, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 26, 1941. RIZIUTO IS YANKS ACE SHORTSTOP Phil the Scooter Scoofs Toward Ouistanding Rookie Honors DILLON GRAHAM Sports Editor, AP Feature Service WINDOWS ‘M : PLYMOUTHS FINEST ! o 001 COWLING-DAVLIN CO. of 5- NEW YORK — The King Queens is a little, baby-faced foot-6 youngster. He's Phil Rizzuto, the ace short- stop that Joe McCarthy came up with to rebuild his shaky Yankece | b ? s | intield L Midwest | He's quer and modest, doesnt G Creighton vs. Centenary. drink or smoke. Girls back in Kan- r' ames Detroit U. vs. Indiana. sas City, where he played last Drake vs. Iowa r, send him letters signed with Iowa State vs. Denver | lipsticked kisses. He's called King @ii ga'urday Kansas St. vs. Fort H of Queens because he lives in the bl Mich. vs. Michigan State. | Queens borough of New York City. Missouri vs, Ohio State. Teammates call him Scooter -- Notre Dame vs. Arizona he’'s so close to the ground and With virtually every major team Oklahoma. vs. Oklahoma Aggies |5coots around so fast. participating, football makes its Purdue vs. Vanderbilt. {irst full-fledged bow of the 1941 pyja ys T.C.U. | e is the outstanding Amor- season on gridirons scattered across South | ican League freshman of the ol ki e b e Alabama vs. S.W. Louisiana. | scason and this corner would The following important games Alapama Poly. vs. Howard. | like to say told you so.” We are scheduled: Centre vs. Mississippi College. | tabbed him last February as Far West Clemson vs. V.M.L | No. 1 rookie. University of Washington vs. Davidson vs. North Carolira | —— Minnesota. State. | With an average of well above Washington State vs. U.CL.A. Duke vs. Wake Forest. 1300 only the great DiMaggio Stanford vs. Oregon Florida vs. Mississippi State. {among the Yanks outhits him. Oregon State. Furman vs. Wofford. | Scooters hits are timely, but not vs. California. Georgia vs. Mercer. long-distance blows. He banged ancisco U, vs. Sanca George Washington vs. Mt. St.|only two homers this year. Mary’s. | He and Joe Gordon form the Portland U, vs. Pacific Univer- Kentucky vs. V.P.I |best second base combination in sity Maryland vs. H-Sydney ithc league. They're threatening Loyola vs. Redlands. North Carolina vs. South Caro-|the loop’s double-play record and Gal vs. Pacific Lutheran. |lina. may better it before the curtains East sewanee vs. W. and L. fall, Aml t vs. Bates. Virginia vs. Lafayette, e Bosten College vs. Tulane, Southwest | Scooter and his pal, Jerry Brown vs. Wesleyan. Arkansas vs. Cent. State. { Priddy, came up from KC last Bucknell vs. Lebanon Valley. Baylor vs. Harden-Simmons. | spring and Boss McCarthy Carnegie Tech vs. Westminister.| S.M.U. Vs. North Texas. tossed 'em in at short and sec- Colgate vs. St. Lawrence. Texas vs. Colorado. ond and shifted Gordon to D nouth vs. Nor h. Texas A. and M. vs, South| (first. This maneuver didn’'t pan Duquesne vs. Niagars Houston. ovt. So Gorden went back to Ceorgetown vs. Mississippi. Rocky Mountain second, the slowed-up veteran Holy s vs. LS.U. B.Y.U. vs. Montana University. | Frankie Crosetti to short, Manhattan St. Bonaventure.' Colo. St. vs. Colorado Mines. Johnny Sturm to first and Riz- Navy vs. William and Mary. i Colorado College vs. Regis. | zuto and Priddy to the bench. N.Y.U. vs. Penn Military. | Greely State vs. Wyoming. Syracuse vs. Clarkson. University of Idaho vs. Utah. McCarthy kept Rizzuto at his Temple vs, Kanpsas U, | Montana State vs. Western State. |elbow. coaching him and building t V' . Wayneshurg. Utah State vs. San Jose. up his confidence. Then he shot The 1941 football season starts tomorrow afternoon a 1d continues for the next ten weeks with annual bowl games on New Year’s Day ending the important sched iles. The Empire will as nm.l»uflfl;y‘ the final scores of the important games with Associated Press dispat hes giving accounts of lmremlelu. especially on & BRINGING UP FATHER WELL-MOTHER -1 THINK IARSTRINES OUR SHOPPING ug‘?'- 4 KNOW WE ARE GO- DODGERS WIN FIRST FLAG iN 21 YEARS DRAMA AT THIRD BASE P National League Lead (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Joy runs rampant in Flatbush as the nation’s most partisan baseball| fans celebrated Brooklyn's 6-0 win| over Boston yesterday, automati-' cally clinching the National League' pennant and putting “dem bums” in the World Series. | The victory-flushed Brooklynites, | with their first pennant in 21 long years and only the third in Dodger history, gave the credit for yester- day's win to the five-hit pitching by Whitlow Wyatt. A first inning| run decided the game. | Meanwhile, St. Louis lost its final pennant chance by dropping| a game to Pittsburgh, 3-1, Max]| Butcher, ex-Brooklyn player, pitched five-hit ball to assure the| Pirate victory. New York eked out a 3-2 \\,m‘ over Philadelphia by virtue of a ninth inning run. Two-hit hurling | | Wee” Reese, who had taken Marion's drive. Here Is how Crespi tumbled into the bag. No. 18 is Lew Riggs, Dodger third baseman. Billy Southworth (No. 40) is getting away from the spill. The um- pire is Lee Ballafant. The Dodgers won, 1 to 0. GAMES THURSDAY National League New York 3; Philadelphia 2. Chicago 0; Cincinnati 6. Boston 0; Brooklyn 6. | | | | | | | Flatbush Celebrates as| | Brooklyn Team Clinches | | When Frank Crespi, Cardinal second baseman started for third in |by Ray Starr gave Cincinnati its| the fifth inning of the last of a three-game series with the Brooklyn 158001"1 consecutive ~ shutout over Lfi rry Ma cPhail Spenf Dedgers at St. Louis, he was struck in the back by a throw from “Pec | Chicago, 6-0. MOHCY and Has Boughf Double Your Enjoyment With TEN HIGH! DODGERS IN WINASCASH NOW SHOWS Storm’s Aftermath | | | National League Flag AP FEATURE SERVICE BROOKLYN, Sept. 26. Who says you can’t buy a baseball pen- back into the fray and Scooter Pittsburgh 3; St. Louis 1. |soon became a star. } American League Almost every year the Yanks | No games scheduled. have uncovered some rookie star. Coast League Playoff This time i Rizzuto. Three years Sacramento defeated San Diego ago it was Gordon. And Joe last night in the Shaughnessy playoff series by nipping a nintn o e | inning rally to win the third game VELEGATE DIMOND TO BE | which was the only one played in GUEST VISITOR IN DOUGLAS the gseries. The score was Sacra- A special meeting of the Douglas| mento 3, San Diego 2. Chamber of Commerce has been | called for 8 o'clock this evening to! which Delegate Anthony J. Dxmond‘ turned out to be the hitting star ‘ul the World Series that fall with a 400 batting average. Scooter jmay be October’s standout. !flag that Larry’s check - book »1ANDINGS OF THE CLUBS |bought. | National League As soon as Larry took charge nant? { i | 'The questioner might be Larry | MacPhail, big, burly, loquacious | Larry, a twinkle in his eye and !a chuckle in his husky voice | For MacPhail, the one-time! ! Kaiser-hunter, has booted that| ' baseball axiom out of the window. | | His - Brooklyn Dodgers have won | :the National League pennant — a | has been invited, President of Won Lost Pct. Of the Brooklyns three years ago! | Chamber Arne Shudshift announc-' gooyjen 99 53 651 he began sweeping out the dead-| | |ed“this H;Drlfliflz» £ the weather,| St: Louls . 96 55 636 wood with one hand and waving' ‘ DDue 1o "‘c em:“;" °be 1 unable to| Cincinnati .8 65 570 that ‘checkbook in the other, all | elegate Dimon as‘ el | d Pittsburgh 80 mn 530 the- ~while -howling for talent. ! || ssave-ni e Dikhe 11ip 88, B 8| New. ok 73 78 483,Others had tried before him. Tom | - l;;fl' nl"(‘f‘ylw:"s oh ;npgrmnt ovent | Chicago 69 83 451 Yawkey had sunk millions into : ui'u;c:‘;'I "‘mxenw' is being looked Boston .. .61 91 401'the Red Sox, But no one had ever {1ggward to with pleasure. The meet—iph“‘d“'l’h‘“ e 42110 276 bought a major league pennant. g will be held in the City Hall. | American | Larry - just grinned, It could, he' £ | g | Pct. |s5aid, be done. | i ' New York .. 660 Heavy Spending ! [ dmAgDszi;?lg:fin Pool’s Boston 543| Even Brooklyn fans, who are | | |1eport at a meeting of the Douglas | Chicago 497\used to anything, were startled [ ; §School Board last evening the‘Detm"» 490 when MacPhail tossed out $60,000 }' | question of hot lunches being s"-isvlevle:lia:‘t’o :g;;(:lr I»l;::lph Cnmmtl b:ro;edth: f,"k‘ ved at school during the noon hour) Washington 453 own contrac A ard]y l copsidered last ufm is again an| St. Louls . 453 drled. Since then he has speit; f:g‘l _c.lg::‘nl'vmd:re::“m vlhz!::; | issne and was given support at|Philadelphia - 417 more than $800,000 for players. damage in the New York ares, ! their recent meeting by the Execu- | Only four players who wore! workmen are shown salvaging one | tive Board of the P, T. A. Before Fl"Al SHGOI or Brooklyn livery when he arrived| of two cars that fell 30 feet through giving their approval on the project it was decided to await report from Miss Warren who is linvestigating the. feasibility of jnches and contacting :parents as to their wishes in the matter. The subject of basketball came 'up at the session with report by Pool that Skagway high school team is expected here for a series of games during the season, also that a irip to Wrangell for the local boys is planned. No action was taken by the Board, Payment of monthly bills concluded the session. | > WOROBECS TAKE DOUGLAS RESIDENCE! Mr. and Mrs. H. Worobec and three children have removed here from Juneau and are located in the Just Watch Those very Br'gh' Remarks Demon house, corner Third and I P | streels. JACKSONVILLE, N. C, Sept. 26. | —Two Marines walking along a ;Jacksonvflle street fell in step with BOSTON'S _Aroun d the Boston Red Sox camp they're pointing with pride at Ted Wil- liams, the young San Diego flash who's currently the Sox .410 hitter—and a league leader. i/ -~~~ | — e DEPARTURE POSTPONED W. C. Anderson and family who anticipated leaving here this week @ stranger. ! ke their home in the states “That's & pretty house,” one !0 make their Marine commented upon ap- h;x;‘emreclded § i Ao w b | proaching a dwelling, “Bet there’s — - — pretty women there.” DANCING CLASS | SHOTGUNCLUBTO_ | BE HELD SUNDAY Hot degs and coffee will be “on the house” Sunday when the Jun—‘ eau Shotgun Club holds its final shoot of the season at its Glacier Highway grounds, Becretary Milt Daniel pointed out today that attendance at the week- ly meets has increased steadiiy, so that Sunday’s turnout ought to set o season record, | Shooting will sart at 11 o'clock. Persons desiring transportation to the grounds should meet at Percy's Cafe at 10:30 o'clock. HAIDA, ON WAY TO NAVY YARD, WILL STOP HERE Headed for the 13th .District “There is,” replied the stranger, Mrs. Dorothy Stearns Roff hn51 Naval Yard at Bremerton, the | { “my wife.” | a to next Monday Coasf His invitation to dinner was de- | .1torrn meat 2t v CURG codar- Balga i fogny, | afternoon after school with children is enroute from Unalaska. The ves- clined by the red-faced leather-|of the school who may be inter-'sel will call at its Juneau e i necks. — The Daily Alaska Empuce nas the largest paid circulation of any Al- aska newspaper. ——teo— Subscribe for The Empire. |ested in, taking dancing lessons. . If |there. be the required number a/ Iclass will be formed to practice.at | regular intervals in the kindergar- | den room, | Subscribe for The Empire. OH-HE'S ASLEEP-ILL NOT DISTHLéZB HIM= By GEORGE McMANUS the way south. At Bremerton, where the Haida is scheduled to arrive about Octo- | ber 10, the vessel will undergo an- nual repairs and overhaul. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS planking that covered a Brooklyn subway excavation. The crash was followed by fire as lightning ignited are here now—Leo the Lip Duroch- er, Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons, Cookie Lavagetto and Luke Hamlin, His most expensive single pur- chase was Kirby Higbe. He spent $125000 for the Philadelphia thrower. |for he was the first National He kissed $132,000 goodbye 1o!1ecague pitcher to ring up 20 wins. get Ducky-Wucky Medwick and|whitlow Wyatt, with a record Curt Davis from the Cards. This ahout as good, cost a wad of dough year he gave the Cardinals $60,-' when he came up from the Amer- 000, Gus Mancuso and a young jcan Association three years ago. pitcher for Mickey Owen. | Of the regular squad Reiser is More and More the only athlete whom the Dodgers Then he handed the Cubs $50,- had a hand in developing. 000 for Billy Herman. Pee Wee| ——————— | Reese cost him another fifty grand. | NOTICE On the other hand, one of his tep| I will not be responsible for any stars this year cost him only $100.' debts contracted by the North That'’s Pete Reiser, the young out- Transfer Co. after Sept. 25, 1941, fielder who is a batting champion- adv. GILDO BATTELLO. ship contender. — e Higbe has been worth thedougn, BUY DEFENSE BONDS a broken gas main. One driver leaped to safety, the other suffered minor injuries. faces the 1941 season with the expert services b de Lauer, who plays right tackle, 1k