The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1945, Page 3

{ 11 T | Al } [ N s b 3 . | 1 . (8 Bt S e Ty “ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1945 § -Readyfor January { Game BAMA GRIDDERS | LAND AT CALIF. TRAINING CAM Heavy Work Schedule Out- lined fo Prep Crimson Tide for Rose Bowl PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 27.—Ak1~‘ bama’s ‘34-man football squad has a Iot of hard work ahead to reach the peak - of physieal fitness for the Rose Bowl game. ! 8p says Coach Frank Thomas. Ahd ke started in today to whip the boys into condition. The 'Bam- ans amrived -in nearby Alhambra fast night, 9'2 hours late and hun- gry. After a light meal they work- ed out briskly under arc lights at South Pasadena high school. Whether halfback Lowell Tew plays against Southern Californi Trojans next Tuesday is problemati- cal. . The Alabama coaching staff has been trying to get a special head guard. for him but has failed. Tew has a broken faw, an injury sustain- ed in the last day of practice at ‘Tuscaloosd. - Now Coach Wally Butts of 'Georgla informs Thomas that Frankie” Sinkwich's special helmet that ‘protected his cracked jaw has. been lost. The weather man is reserving bl t on what he'll serve up New Year’s Day, but sald there Would be 2 forecast late tonight that might indicate whether the teams will have solid footing. The Ros¢ Bowl turf 15 'in good condition after recent raips. Regardless of the elements, the game will be a 93,000 sellout. ——-—— MOST OF SEEDED IN JUNIOR MEET : NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Alan Wat- son 6f Bhort Hills, N. J., and Prince- tarl’ University was the only seeded pléyer missing today as the National Indoor Junior and Boys Tennis Championships moved into the third round. v Watgon was upset by Edward Ja- ‘¢obs of Forest Hills, N. Y. and Dart- motth college in a second round match, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, while other fav- orites scored impressive victories. Top-seeded Richard Savitt of iyonne, N. J,, & seaman 2-c¢ i the Nevy, brushed ‘past Lec Mabel of Forest ' Hills, 6-2, 6-0, and Sidney Schwartz of Brooklyn, seeded No. 2, edyanced. to the quarter finals with- o‘;i‘t;m 8 game by cweeping {wo ! sets each from William Stucki of . Cliffside Park, N. J, and Law- refice Laiks .af Brooklyn. (DASTAL AIRLINES " ON MANY FLIGHTS M Co.s.t;_—mrlines carried the _following incoming” and out- going passengers yesterday: o, Bitka — Richard I. Eliason, Hgrold 8yerdrup and ‘R. W. Sver- Sitka — John Williams, H Porter, Mrs. Harold Porter and Jack Béhaefer. T 7 ‘o Skagway—Péte Lundy, L. W.! , H. L. Leé, Tommy Bavilla, iane Daly, Doris Topak, Alice Skagway—Mr. and Mrs. Al- Hall. Bitka today—Mary K. Hankin, Ngdenig “Corcoran, W. A. Welsh, d Bryant. ffo Pelican—Mrs. Jack Bear. fTo Oliver’s Inlet—W. B. Cuth- ezt and Clapey Haplis MB Want-ads bring results! Sporlg}hdrls NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27.—Coach Jimmy Phelan and A tant Marty Kcrdick of the Sugar Bowl bound St. Mary's Gaels have signed new {ive-year contracts with the Pacific Coast school. In announcing the new contracts last- night, Phelan said his contract also made him ath- letic director, a new post at St Mary’s. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27—The num- ber one baseball player for the year was Hal Newhouser, the left-handed pitching star for the world champion Detroit Tigers, according to The Sporting News, noted baseball news- paper. OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 27—The powerhouse basketball team of Ok- lahoma A and M proved last night why it’s a hot favorite to cop the tenth annual All-Callege tourna- ment pow. underway at Oklahoma City. The top-seeded Aggies bowled over undefeated Texas 69 to 3% in the most lop-sided game of the first round. In other first round games, Kanpsas spilled Rice 42 to 34, Baylor surprised Pepperdine College of Los Angeles 40 to 36, and Oklahoma out- fought a taller Texas Christian team 44 to 30. Shrine Hespital fcr Crippled Children, Sax The pigskins, cutographed by all the pl Year's Day, 1946, will be played in Kezar Stadium, San Francisco. LOS ANGELKS, Dev. 27.—Swim- ming and screen star Ester Williams 'and during the war h:z gave 806 has an invitation to be guest of exhibitions for war bond drives and honor at the National Women's A- military benefits. George's greatest A-U swimming meet in Seattle in ambiticn wil ke realized in 1946 April. The Washington Atheletic when he participates in the Ameri- Club is sponsoring the event can bowling congress in Buffalo,, New ¥ork ball games played last night: SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27—~This SAN rranlISCO, Dec. 27.— Oklahoma @ity Tcurnament city’s nationall known blind bowler Standouts during western All-Star , Kansas 42; "Rice 34. — George McDonald — will match squad practice se 1s here are two Baylor 40; Pepperdine 36. skill with Bob Anderson in Los University ¢f Nevada linemen—end Oklahoma 44; Texas Angeles January 4, 5 and 6. The Max Dodge and tackle Bob McClure University 30, contest is booked as the Blind Cham- —and guards Alf Hemstad of Wash-. piopship of the world. McDonald ingtcn and Harold Jungmichael of * took up howling several years ago Texac . < Formerly WOODLEY PIONEER AIRLINE o Pl ¢ appre brinc por f opportur General Offices ~Anchorage, Alaska City Ticket Office: Baranof Hotel = THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA “Brick” Muller of gridh‘nr; fame and Suriner Frank Marisch visit the Francisco, to inspect the criginal fostballs used in the twenly Shrine fcotball games to date. ers, coaches and civie of- ficials, are kent on display at the Shriners' Hospita). “Brick” signed the ball which he carried for a touchdown to win a 7 to 0 victory for the West in the first Shrine game in 1925, The twenty-first game, New BASKETBALL The 1610WIng 4re scorcs of basket- to Catalina Island in 1926, . Mos- Christian ' were Cklahoma A and M 69; Texas 34" DRINK KING 3BLACK LABEL! AIRWAYS f ACIFIC NORTHERN AIRLINES |dignant at his being suspended for |a year because his assistant sprayed | the horse Magnific Duel With ephe- n A ! 4P SPORTS | drine before a race at Jamacia, are | speaking their minds in no uncertain ?OUNDUP terms. They peint out that Maine - “Clmnuc Farms, for which Smith | trains, numbers 22 stake winners among its brilllant string, and that' By HUGH FULLE TON, Jr {it has no fewer than five top can- NEW YORK, Dec It still is didates for next year's Kentucky suppesed to be a top secret that porby, including Star Pilot, lading | | thete's talk of another major foot- two-year-old colt, and Beaugay, one ball “bowl” to be set up at Baton of the year's leading fillies Rouge, La., next year . .. A group of words, they say, Maine Louisiana sportsmen has been touch with the southeastern confer- | comer to the racing game, Mrs. Eliz- ence about signing up the league gpeth Graham, is making monkeys champion each season and, if that out of the old established stables through, they'll round out the [which have been in the habit of uisiana State U. stadium to seat | gominating the sport customers The SEC , it > - wer is expected in February or ch and if it is “no” the whole w".m pEp GEIS Chance L 75.000 ar M idea will be dropped Harry Men- de uring Western Canada with an ice show, reports receiving a bid from Mexico City to run a 10-day bike race The average major league baseball scout earns about $3,500 a year with a top salary of akout 10 Gs Wonder where they learn the financial lauguage they talk to prospects? NEW YORK, Dec. 27—Willie Pep, the stylish Hartford, Conn., clouter, 2, ‘who owns one half of the world’s featherweight title, has been named the “Boxer of the Year” for 1945 by Ring magazine. The 126-pound king was the only BO ON THE GO | Indiana’s Bo McMillin and several | cther prominent grid coaches, likely including Jeft Cravath and Bob Hig- gins, are all set to head for Japan y next month to help out with the GI sports program . . . McMillin’s Ohio neighbors, still burned up be- cause Bo occasionally crc: S 2 line to talk at a high school nquet, likely will claim his two- !months absence will be bayely | {encugh to give local colleges a' ‘(hullL-) to sign up a few footballers ! SHORTS AND SHELLS f | If the Minor leagues decide to hold " thoir 1946 winter convention on the West Coast, they hope to bg able to run a special train’ for the delegates for the first time since they went | cow reports that Russian athletes set | 105 domestic 'sports records this year as compared to 56 last year. cms that in 1944 the Russlans busy setting other kinds of cord: DOING ALL RIGHT ant Tom" Smith, in- mMoZI>Opm MO—TmTmoO s ALASKA Gastineau Hotel PHONE 716 In other | I Farms, owned by a comparative new- | FIGHTER OF YEAR ALASKA during the year, whipping Phil PAGE THREE champion to defend his crown | ger, E. K. Gallinger, D. A. Baker, William Smith, U. F. Kronquist, Terranova in 15 rounds and piling John A. Hammond, W, E. Walker, up seven victorles and one draw | Rex Fox, Larry Bahm, Ivan Larsen, for the year. Pep's chief rivals for the “Boxer | of the Year” honor in Ring's an- nual copyrighted review and yearly ring’ ratings, were Manuel Ortiz, the bantam champ from El Centro, Calif.; Jake LaMotta, the rock- jawed Bronx middleweight; Ray Robinson, new York Negro whose only non-winning effort was a draw with Jose Basora, and Rocky Graziano, a middleweight thumper who flattened six straight rivals to rank as the “best new fighter.” > Columbiain Bound South Steamer Columbia arvived here | yesterday afternoon from Whittier with six passengers for this ecity, D. Glakeney, Howard Moher, A. W. Norman, R. J. Craig, H. G. Rus- sell, Donald C. Gordon, HNenry Wournas, Bobbie ‘Sipin, Herman T. Hansen and G. O. Evans. For Ketchikan—John Holm, Mrs. John Holm, Mary Holm and Wil- liam Schmidt. CLINTON, Okla.—Ray Van Al- stine didn't fire a shot during the hunting season but he has a fipe fat duck in his holiday larder—and it wasn't a gift fram a friend. Van Alstine was on his way to work when he found.a crippled pintail. The duck had been shot by 4 hunter and managed to fly into town before it was grounded. e PIONEERS' XMAS MEETING Friday evening at 8. Election of and salled last night at 9:30 o'clock | officers and a party by the Ladies with 24 southbound passeggers. From Whittier—Joseph of the Auxiliary. No member of damson, | the Ploneers or the Auxiliary can Thomas F. Allain, John Bustness, | afford to miss this treat. So be Alfred Grant, Louis O. Minard and | there. Emil Tang. 7 7 . - Al plane rovtes [ v O-E $29> DAt / =-DC-3 ?ckmlal rovtes Aitlines fooder _ALASKA_AIALIN ‘Begular Servise from Seallle and Tacoma COMING YOUR WAY SOON (153-12), / BN SRV To Seattle—Mrs. E. K. Gallin- ' DRINK KING BLACK LABEL! s \] 7 £