The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 18, 1945, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 'THIRD PLACE IS CENTER OF ONLY PCL FIGHT LEFT The Associated Press) Coast League Clubs, prac- fixed n their present pos: wil! simply run out their his week in the seven games before the end of the season day Ony remaining contest is that for third place. Sacramento’s Solons, St who now occupy that berth, had 17-7 their lead over the San Franc League als cut to two tilts after drop- cinello, Chicago, 3115 ping their final engagement with 305. the tle Rainiers 3-2 last night New The encounter, to make up a post- 89, ponement last Saturday, was the Louis, schedulad in the circuit yes- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1945 (By Pacitic tica itions strir left Su d In—Walker Brook- Boston, 110. Holmes, Boston, 28 Workma ton, and Adams, St Lout Pitch Pas: 'dent of the Weatherhead Co., an- !nounced establishment of the ‘Weatherhead Trophy “to foster RJNNERS up ontinued development in the field ‘or jet propulsion.” B l | ‘The Weatherhead Company is a 1 {major producer of parts for jet lengines. Several months ago Weatherhead was sent to Germany Major League Pace Setfers (By The Associated Press) The big news in the big le: batting circles during the past week is that Cleveland's Jeff Heath has moved into the runner-up post to | Tony Cuccinello in the American circuit. Heath tcok over the chase fof the “Cooch” from Washington's | fading George Washington Chase. Hading George Washington Case. ‘lpagum managed (o hold firmly to Louis, 13-3 Chicago, American 3-CL Cleve on a technical mission by the Army | " Air Forces to study German jet taircraft production and develop- ment, Cardinals Conceded Better 7 Chance of Edging Into- FAVORED STARS Payoff Series e MOVE AHEAD IN | Bosten Braves' Tommy Holmes did (Associated Press Sports Writer) against | St. Louis and Washington make a last-ditch stand today the overwhelming odds dictating a LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 —Leading manage to gain a little ground in pgg rounds of shotgun ammunition Chicago versus Detroit world series. contenders Sgt. Frankie Parker, both the batting and RBI columns | (o phunter: The Cards are stacked against Francisco Segura and William Tal- | but still has men to catch in both Secratary of either the underdog Red Birds or PErt won their way into the second | categories Rep. Robertson Senators making the pennant grade, found of the Nineteenth Annual | Perhaps the most notable facts made public by th but, of the two, Billy Southworth’s Pacific Southwest Tennis T‘oumfl- of the individual performances are g 000,000 round opportunities have much the better ment with first-round triumphs|the relatively poor showings of Am- phaye already been declared surplus chance. yesterday. erican League batting leaders and They will distrik d through While the Nats have to depend Parker, National men’s singles|the longer victory chains of the regular commercial channels for on somebody else to knock off the champion, eliminated George John- junior loop’s mound aces. Records civilian uso, he said league-leading Tigers after their ston of nearby Glendale, 6-1, 6-1. | of individual major league perform- final clash this afternoon, the Segura, Ecuador net star, defeated ances to date, compiled by the As- Cardinals have five personal en- James Brown, Hollywood, 6-2, 6-2. sociated Press, are: gagements with the Cubs in their Talbert, Wilmington, Del, turned National League last 11 scheduled tilts. back Richard Berger, Los Angeles, Batting-Cavarretta, ClI terday sible to pick up a bargain in some I e S S Holmes, Boston, .352. a ~u{ Hotel premising kid who .\((uall:\ 711.17:, put after yesterday's 7-3 conquest of 3 (o iy the Phillies, the defending cham- pions have a chance to catch the front runners in the vital three- game set opening under the Sports- man's Park arcs tonight. Southworth got a well-pitched game from Blix Donnelly last night as the star of the 1944 world series won his first game since July 27 with an eight-hit job on the Phils. The Cards backed up the young curver with a 16-hit barrage, in- cluding four singles by Augie Ber- gamo. | Dick Etten, Detroit Stephens, St ork, Detroit, 18 tehir Muncrief Newhouser, Det - More Ainmunition Released io Hunters WASHING 'ON, Sept. 18— The Army is releasing more than 23,000,- only one te — St. Louis, 2-9. > e AP SPORTS HUGH FULLERT YORK, Sept. 18. — Watch “sleeper in the next baseball draft. According to the rules, a player can't be selected until he has served a certain time in the minors, ranging from one to four years, according to his league’s classification . But players re- turning from the armed forces are credited with time spent. in the service in determining their base- ball draft status, so it may be pos- By Jr. NEW War Sumson told for some (D-Va) in a letter latter me f 12-gu shells be J. Gitzpatrick, rrived in Juneau yes- d are guests at the Bar- .357; (Kewpie) Barrett of the cellar club finally nosed out Bobo Newsom, of the equally futile Ath- letics, in their backward race to reach the 20 mark in defeats, be- | coming the first major leaguer to hit the 20 jackpot in reverse, Little Art Herring of the Brook- lyns helped St. Louis clip a full game off the Chicago lead with a' three - hit shutout of Charley| Grimm's gang. Leo Durocher w: chased by the umpires in an early ' inning and so wasn't around to en- | joy Herring’s brilliant job. He al-| lowed only one single up to the | ninth when he just did escape | with his shutout. ! Elmer Singletorf, a formtr Yankee farmhand, earned his first big| league victory for Boston, a 4-2. job | against Cincinnati’'s Bucky Wal- | who lasted only one inning. | Pittsburgh and New York were not | scheduled. | The American League | marked time with rain washing out the Detroit at Washington | single game and both the St. Louis | at New York single and Cleveland | at Philadelphia double-headers. i | | race (American League) Boston, 8-2; Chicago, 4-0. (Only game played.) (National League) Brooklyn, 4; Chicago, 0. Boston, 4; Cincinnati, 2. St. Louis, 7; Philadelphia, 3. (Only games scheduled.) (Pacific Coast League) Seattle, 3; Sacramento, 2. (Only game scheduled.) STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS (American League) Team— Ww. Detroit .85 ‘Washington .84 St. Louis .16 New York Cleveland ... Chicago Boston Philadelphia ..... long way to help me toward independence. Shine, midiloy, —! Yep. We had it figured out. We'd keep on buying bonds; keep on saving. And at the ma- turity of those bonds, we’d have had it all— and more. Four dollars for every three when our “E” bonds matured! And then—my own radio repair place! Had lots of ideas. It would have been a big success, too... Not quite enough gumption, I suppose, back in 1945. 1 sloughed off on my bond buying. Pet. .586 568 528 521 | 493 | 486 459 357 Yep, I'm in business for myself. Not a very good business, I guess. Funny. That used to be an old dream of mine—way back in 1945. A business of my own. Never thought it would work out this way ... Sthine, miitor, —? Those were the days. I was making more mopey ‘than ever in my life. And buying Vi ictory Bonds on the Payroll plan—setting up the nest egg Mabel and I thought would someday go a what.” Mister—? * * The difference between (National League) Team— w. Chicago -90 St. Louis . .87 Brooklyn 9 Pittsburgh .80 New York .16 Boston .61 82 Cincinnati 59 84 Philadelphia 44 102 L. 53 56 64 67 68 on to your bonds! (Pacific Coast League) Team— W. L Portland ......... ..109 67 Seattle 101 7% Sacramento . .94 San Francisco ... 92 Oakland .87 San Diego .19 97 Los Angeles . 73 103 Hollywood .69 107 Jet-Propelled Plane Races for Next Year CLEVELAND, Sept. 18—A race for * jet-propelled planes, open to international entries, has been an- nounced as one of the attractions for 'the National Air Races when they are resumed next year. Albert J, Weatherhead, Jr., presi- l 392 Peninsula Packing Co. This is an official U. 8. Treasury advertisement—prepared ur.der au: JUNEAU, ALASKA ROUNDUP Even began to cash in on the ones I had .73 Shucks, the war was over and I thought ‘So Guess I've been a terrible fool . . . Shine, can be a small difference—the difference be- tween sticking to a resolution or dropping it. Keep those War Bonds—and buy more and more Victory Bonds! They can mean your own business—your own home—the edacation’ of your children. Think of your future—hang VICTORY BfiNBS...fo have and to hold ices of Treasury Department and War Advertising Council in only a or so in minor league ball. year N. W. GOl MECCA Top golf pros are headed for the $10,000 Esmeralda Open at Spo- kane . It starts Thursday Word also.has come that Snead and Nelson have signed for the| $14,000 Portland Open SLUGGER SHELVES SELF Staff Sgt. Joe DiMaggio has| been discharged from the Army However, the former New York Yankee slugger has indicated that| he will not rejoin the Yanks until next spring. . . . Joe explains that he would need several weeks to get into playing shape, and that the campaign has only two weeks to 8O. . He received a medical dis- charge because of stomach ulcers SPOTLIGHT ON GRID College football moves closer to the front and.center of the nation’s sports stage this weekend Topped by such encounters as In- diana - Michigan, Southern Cali- feinia-UCLA, Kentucky-Mississippi, | and Duke-South Carolina, m‘di-i narily. late October or November | clashes, more than 50 games are scheduled for Friday night and Saturday afternoon - HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Knute Abraham' has entered | St. Ann's Hospital for medical care. ; Q. V. Fields has been admitted to| St. Ann’s Hospital for surgery. Mrs. Ann Pellagalli has returned to her home from St. Ann's Hos-| pital, where she was a medical pat- ient D Empire Want-ads brlna resulh’ * success and failure PAGE THREE wbia Breweries, In. (e) Colu g Tacoma — o 2 “Whata spot to be in! No Columbia Ale.” Disiributed in Alaska by Gdom & Company : JiE et i SRl S S NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION C O M.P AN Y \ REQUEST FOR BIDS Removal of Radio Transmission Tower . Secaled bids will be received at the office of the Area Engineer until September 20, 1945, for dismantling the 300-foot steel radio transmission tower located behind the Signal Corps buildings on Twelfth Street within the city limits of Juneau, Alaska. Specifications call for complete dismantling of the tower and hauling to the Juneau Port storage area. Further information may be obtained from the Area Engineer, P. O. Box 1361, Juneau, Alaska. AUDITS : SYSTEMS | TAXES - NEILL, CLARK and COMPANY Established 1940 Public Accountants — Auditors — Tax Counselors 208 Franklin Street — Phone 757 FAIRBANKS OFFICE—201-2 LAVERY BUILDING Kinloch N. Neill - John W. Clark QUIRE ABOUT OUR MONTHLY ACCOUNTING SERVICE OIL BURNERS DRAFT CONTROLS - HEATING Smith Qil Burner Service Day Phone 711 ' P. O. Box 2066 Night Phone 476 T GBAY MABINE ENGINES FISHERMEN'S PRIORITY ORDERS BEING FILLED FROM 60 TO 90 DAYS Non-priority orders being filled as material is released. 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