The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 10, 1946, Page 3

s THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1 MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 10. —LCzechoslovakia and Ireland join- ed the challengers for the Davis Cup teday, bringing to eight the number received by Australia to date. Other challengers are the United States, England, the Philippines, New Zea- land, Mexico and France. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10—The touring P.G.A. pros, still determined to break the spell of all-time money winner Byron Nelson, tee off today in the first 18 holes of the San Fran- cisco Open golf tournament scramble for $15,000 in war bonds. Nelson’s competition over the tricky Lakeside course includes Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Harold McSpad- en, E. J. “Dutch” Harrison, Sam Byrd and a host of others he bested | in winning the $13,333 Los Angzeles Open last week. Nelson, who gathered in $66,500 in bonds last year, is shotting for his third straight win at San Fran- ciscc. NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—Three un- defeated basketball teams protected their perfect records last night — and without too much trouble. ‘Unbeaten West Virginia downed Long Island University 59 to 51 be- fore more than 18,000 fans at Madi- son Square Garden. Cornell’s cag- ers won their seventh straight game at Ithaca, by trimming Rochester 77 to 49. Yale maintained its per-| fect record by trimming Columbus 44 to 32. MOSCOW, Idahe, Jan. 10.—Mos- cow’s Vandals hold five of the first six places in the Coast Conference nerthern division hoop scoring race: Fred Quinn leads the sharpshunung' parade with 44 points, followed by Le¢cnard. Pyne with 36 and Carb | Carbaugh with 26. Reedy Berg of Oregen is fourth with a two-game 1946 West Coast’s FUR AUCTION SALES Bates WEST COAST FUR SALES INCORPORATED JANUARY FEBRUARY.....27 MARCH.........27 APRIL ... MAY...-..-...29 JUNE.... JULY.... AUGUST .........28 SEPTEMBER.....25 OCTOBER NOVEMBER......27 DECEMBER......27 YOUR SHIPMENTS SOLICITED Try West Cc.mst in 1946 Advances Had: Upon Request WEST COAST FUR SALES INCORPORATED SINCE 1897 Affiliated with West Coast Grocery Co. TACOMA, WASHINGTON “Qldest Fur Saleson. Pucific Coast” !and Walter Wesbrook. 946 RAPID ROBERT BECOMES TOP PAID FLINGER Feller Signed to Reported 50-Grand Contract with Indians Next Year total of 25. The Vandals have play- | ed twice as many games as other; northern division teams. PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Jan. 10.—} Top pro tennis players will open a| threz-day tournamént hers tomor-! row. The present pro champion | Bobby Riggs is favored to win the event. Hell have competition from Bill Tilden, Fred Pérry, Lester Stoc- | GLEVELAND, Jan. 10-The Cleve- fen, Gene Mako, John Faunce, Jack jang Indians today had Fireballer March, Wayne Sabin, Bill Weisbuck | oy, Feller under contract as the | highest salaried pitcher in the his- ltory of baseball SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 10.—Num-; mhe 27.year-old right-hander sign- ber One lady of the National A-A-{¢q 5 one-year contract which U’s women's all-American swimming | termedq “the best” of his career af- team is & 20-year-old University of | e 3 prist cont California sophomore. Ann Curtis, who won six national titles and set a dozen records the past year, has been selected for four | individual places and named on three | .. 1owa farm lad will receive ap- relay teams in the mythical lineup.|roximately $50,000 for his services Miss Curtis also hold the distinction 1, 1946 of keing the first woman athletel poy ast affixed his name to a to win the Sullivan trophy. !one-year contract in 1941, his final Eight other Californians were \ry;) season before entering naval named to the team: Mgrilyn Sahner, gervice. At that time he signed for Marion Ponta, Sue Curtis, Joyce Me- :fl reported $40,000, including a $10,000 Crae, Helen Graham and Lomraine ponus hased on attendance. The Fischer, who represent the Crystal|giriksout artist said no bonus clause Plunge of San Francisco; Helen was attached to this season’s con- Crlenkovich Mogan who carries the tract. colors of the Fairmont Hotel in San| The $50000 salary would make Francisco and Zoe Ann Olson of |Feller baseball's highest paid hurl- the Athens Athletic Club I Oak-|er Althcugh there are no official land figures on the subject, old time dia- mond follcwers recalled that the pre- Jhokeayid STEAMER MOVEMENTS jgmmmmor pitchers was between G ,000, reputedly pajd Princess Norah, enroute to Skag- to such flingers as Dazzy Vance, m}» way frcm the south, scheduled tolzy Dean, Charley Ruffing and Carl arrive late tomorrow afternoon or!Hubbell. Bobo Newsom claimed to evening. Ihave drawn around $40,000 for his Alaska and Baranof, scheduled to |services with the Detroit Tigers dur- erence here yester- er Peckinpaugh No official estimates were dis- sail from Seattle tomorrow. .The ing the 1941 season former gees to Sitka from Juneau,| Feller is confident he will have while the latter goes to the west- |all of his cld-time skill this sea- ward. {son. He reported his weight was North Sea, scheduled southbound 183 and said he expected to get an|Dis plans to send the Yankees to the gy, frcm Sitka tomorrow night or early |early t conditioning at his base- Saturday. {ball schcol for returned veterans Yukon, scheduled southbound !and rookies, opening in Tampa, Fla., from the west Monday or Tuesday. |January 20. AP SPORTS ROUNDUP HUGH FULLERTON, EL PASO, ‘Tex, Jan. 10-=Three ..;00030 rpecece o4 CHIC o.@oooza 00.0..31 0.....30 Harbor Market Garnick’s Grocery Gastinean Grocery day with Indian Vice-President Rog- | sed, but it was believed the form- | Fryers and Roasting DRESSED and DRAWN From Shore’s Pouliry Ranch * ON SALE AT: THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ol TV SV GENEY TR T TR AL DR 0 W s came Okinawa and wounds that put him in a hospital for months. To- day he wonders if he'll ever race again with the cinder path great. But he'’s going to try . . . The big test will come June 28-29 when Bounding Bill enters the high and low hurdles in the National AUU meet at San Antonio. The six-foot El Paso athlete who carried on at Rice Institute in the footsetps of the great Fred Wolcott is most concerned about fragments of a mortar shell loged in his right foot. So “far, he says, his foot hasn't bothered him But he doesn’t {know how it will hold up when he starts training for track again. Two more major leaguers are out |of the service and will rejoin their Jold clubs in spring training . . . They are infielder Billy Herman of the Brooklyn Dodgers and catcher Ken Sears of the New York Yankees. Outfielder Buddy Lewis has put his “John Henry” on a Washington contract . . . But he is going to move back to his old infield spot at third base next season. | REWRITE NOTES The National Collegiate Athletic Association meeting in St. Louis has | begun the task of making changes 1in various sports . . . Boxers in high school now are permitted to engage {in out-of-school tournaments up to the age of 18, instead of 16 as here- | tofore . . . And the Rules Commjttee lof the American Football Coaches Asscciation has offered suggestions for seven minor changes from 1045 grid rules. ] One of the honest members of the infamous 1919 Black Sox team is |back in baseball . . . He is pitcher | Dickie Kerr, who could not be brib- ed and won two games of the fixed 1919 World Series against the Cin- | cinnati Reds. Kerr is going to manage the Hutchinson, Kansas, {Cubs, of the Western Association, | this year. | THOUGHT FOR TODAY | When Larry MacPhail announced Isthmus it wds a surprise that no | one thought he was talking through his panama. | Don't be surprised if a new college j football conference is organized in {the East in the near future and this one will operate as a real league, not ‘Jusz an association like the “Ivy” group . . . Some of the likely mem- jbers are New York U. (ain’t that a | surprise?), Temple, Penn State, Col- gate, Syracuse and West Virginia The loop may also be extended to basketball if N.Y.U. makes a deal | to play league games in the Garden ... One reason why Sam Breadon’s bankroll is fatter is that Walker Cooper twice asked to be released KENS | B.M. Behrends Co. " Thrift Co-Op - Swanson Bros. Promptand Efficient. RADIO SERVICE Call at the Alaska Music Supply, Inc. SECOND and SEWARD Phone Red 206 < E nN\vi Coas VING - NORTHLAND | I FRESH-KILLED LOCAL I TRANSPORTATION A r~ < - AL efter Eddie Dyer was named man- ager of the Cards. Their feud goes back to Cooper’s minor league days When Pacific Cc Prexy Pants Rowland visited his old kome town, Dubuque, Ia., last month, coribes reported he did more toward obtaining a city stadium in two days than committees could do in weeks. LEATHER LYRIC Jimmy Johnston is a loose man With words when talking of Hoosman Al SPORTS BEFORE YOUR EYES Lew Fonseca was putting on a pre- view of the 1045 world series movie the American League is about to spring on the public, and he ex- plained how one of his film-cutters quit after running off the first six games, and Lew asked him how come “Because,” the fellow came back as he grabbed his hat, “I've looked at six games now, and I don't think either team is gonna win it . The American League, incidentally, are starting a series of technical films for the benefit of £chool and college coaches . . . The first, on base running, features George Case and George Stirnweiss .+ . Local bowlers are hoping the telegraph strike will be settled be- foré Sunday so they can participate in the National Telegraphic Tourna- ment of “700” clubs . . . They figure they couldn't get the results to La Cross, Wisc., by city-bred carrier pigeons. FINAL SCORES ATBASKETBALL Final scores of basketball games played last night in various sections of the country are as follows: Muhlenberg 56; Franklin and Mar- shall 46 Penn State 46; Temple 34. Villanova 54; Bucknell 62, Cornell 77; Rochester 49. Harvard 65; Boston U. 48. Rartmouth 58; Quonset Navy 42. Princeton 50; Rutgers 37. Pittsburgh 56; Carnegie Tech 45. Yale 44; Columbia 32. U. 8. Military Academy imore 38. Duk= 51; North Carolina 46 (Ex- t. period). 70; } Kansas State 26. Colorado 66; Denver 30. 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