The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 16, 1946, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1946 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA - . Peak Amateur | Bob Feller Signs for 46 Sporis Honor WSS To Blanchard | £ Army Grid Ace' Way Qut in Front in Poll fo Award 5§ ESTABLISHED, NEW DIAMOND STARS IN RETURNING SWARM EXCITING GAMES 420 ALLEYMEN |°) oot Bk o Matonal \ | “ 5 PLAYED;DOUGLAS PARE LEAD OF | Since "45 Season LOSESBOTHENDS ~ FRSTCITVELKS ., ey, | FontinPollo A a7 . bk | are coming out of the service fast- Juneau High Is Forced to Juneau Ladies Fall Further oz man, they vere inaucted o seart 0 e som 16 —peix Play Hard fo BeatFire- = Off Pace in Kefchikan [huns by a thread. More than 160! (Doc) ~Blanchard, Army's great men-Subport Spurts Alley Matches ON Permanent Waves $12.50 Wave for $10.00 (complete $15.00 Wave for $12.50 (complete) VANITY BEAUTY | { 1 | | | e T R S R R R R R AR RRRR! | former GIs have returned to their | fullback and two-time All-Ameri- | National League clubs since the can who has been showered with | close of the 1945 season | virtually every conceivable trophy Juneau High Crimsorf Bears were nearly jarred loose from their un- defeated record in the League last night when Douglas Firemen clos- ed in for a tight hard-fought game that ended with the Bears victor- | ious by a 27 to 25 winning mar- gin. Also close was the Douglas High-Subport game with the Sub- porters coming out on tep by a 24 to 20 score. Barney Anderson’s Crimson Bears, top-notchers in this year's| City Bastketball League, fought furicusly against the strong newly- | organized Firemen for the entire game. In the last half fans began to realize just how closely matched the two teams were, Scores locked at 21, 23, and 25. . | Heading the list Paced by Claude Carnegie, Juneau Elks” men rollers came a little closer to finding the greoove in their sec- ond match-round at Ketchikan last evening and managed to whittle eight points off the home club’s lead. All five of the Juneau team man- aged to hit the 500 mark, indicating that line-up juggling paid off. On the ladies’ leaf of the ledger, kowever, invading Juneauites con- tinued to slip, dropping 51 pins to Ketchikan's distaff keglers. The Juneau Elks men now trail by 85 pins, with three rounds to go in the team matches. Our local ladies| are 249 pins behind their First City| oppenents. Last night's results at Ketchikan were: | a majority of them donned civvies !since the World Series. | | are such well- | for gridiron prowess, today became | known stars as Terry Moore, Max the first football player to hold Lanier, and Harry Walker, of the|amateur’s highest honor — the St. Louis Cardinals, Johnny Mize James E. Sullivan award. |and Hal Schumacher of the New Voted annually to the amateur | York Giants, Johnny Vandermeer athlete who has done the most to and Ray Mueller of the Cincinnati advance the cause of sportsmanship ‘Reds. Don Northey of the Phillies, during the year, the 20-year old Bama Rowell and Johnny Mc- grid ace from Bishopville, S. C,, 1Carthy of the Boston Braves, Elbie walked off with the 1945 prize, with Fletcher of Pittsburgh and Pete a total of 923 points in the poll Reiser, Pee Wee Reese and Billy conducted by the National A. A. U. Herman of Brooklyn. | For the second straight time, Al- A survey of current National an Ford, Yale’s crack swimmer | League rosters by Charles Segar, finished second. newly-appointed League publicist, | e 5 |showed the names of 336 players| who had been in service. Some re- | turned during the 1945 season but Phone 318 SALON OPEN EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT RRRRRRRRARRTERRRRRRRAS Cooper Building Musicians Protective Union {7s ol Beb Feller, pitching star, smiles as he signs the “best contract” in his career to play with the Cleveland Indians this year. Feller re- LOCAL NO. 672 A.F.of L. Hall REGULAR MEETING | Election of Officers TRURSDAY — January 17 Please Be Prmnpt Juneau Men 554 507 510 500 537 With the stands screaming with | such concerted energy that referees and score-box officidls were reduc- | ed to sign language, Juneau High| surged ahead for a final break- | through and the winning goal The Firemen, composed of play ers who in many cases have starre before on Gastineau Channel bas- | ketball courts, played a strong| offensive game. Shooting and p: work was good, guarding tactics| fair. High scorer on the Crimson| HOWard Bears' team were Merritt with 7] To“‘l, A points, and Hogins with 6. On !hn" Wgveh ot Firemen's team Brown was high| SR man with 9 points. o \“0 474 375 370 429 | Not all of the demobilized vets| AlaskaHere | | i { Mize headline class but several of | | them probably will mean more to H jtheir clubs than the more highly 2808‘1}ubllclzed older stars. 5,037 Carnegie Henning, Nicholls Davlin Radde Total Match total Ketchikan Men Bob has a Juneau | Holmquist Lavenik Hudson Davlin Waukh Total Match total Ketchikan Ladies Exciting Game R TR TR W T SRR s » The game was one of the most exciting fans had seen in a long time. The only marring note was a display of poor sportsmanship from too-exuberent fans through- out the gymnasium. At one pumnt| ceived a reported $10,000 and a benus in 1941 before entering the Navy. Tribe Vice-President Roger Peckinpaugh (right), looks on at the signing in Cleveland. (AP Wirephoto) i m, which had been closed rt shortly before noon today with 1 0 The Giants welcomed back pitch- gy 5 sss'enlirs e !must be under 23. They must be un- er Mike Budnick who has excited thisp:i[y ® PROGRAM REOPENS married and agree to remain so until rav i r' 4 ccmmissioned Iffert rave notices from all the scouts in — sypiving here were: Mrs. Eva Ail, U4 ¢ ; ; Maloca |Horace Stoneman’s 42nd Street of- j “mq megproll Dr. W. C. Charteris, “AVY AN"OUN(ES Hrqulhm:rn;» mdu(tie completion S ek 4 at least “four academic semes- Halm fice. Mrs. Charterls, L. A. De Mers, Mrs. et Gordattedt ol Helland | ; Weooklyn rookie mound po npers, Florence Eby, J. H. Ford, T et 7 Yo e pid (phenom in Joe Hatten, recently ¢ vy Foster, Gall Galby, Willlam P T RN 9600, discharged from the Navy, and p Geddes, Mrs. Geddes, Fred R, WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The| THREE YAKUTAT VISITORS 5122 Branch Rickey believes ex-GI LeS Geeglin and A, J. Grinzell. Navy announced today reopening of | Yakutat visit registering at """ | Burge has the making of a “great James W. Hanna, D. J. House, its flight training program, giving the Gastineau are Mr. and Mrs. hitter.” Einar Jackson, Alex Kiloh, Marjie Qualified enlisted men a chance for Ben Peterson and Mrs. Helen Ralph Kiner, out of the Navy giloh, Beverly -Kiloh, Mrs. Emil commissions as Naval aviators | Bremner | Air Force, will offer stiff compe- grause Nils Ludrickson, L. E. Lund- Candidates applying for, admit- - [tition for the Pittsburgh outfield- goot Mrs. Lundgoot, Earl MacRae, tance to the pre-flight stage of the DRINK KING bLACK LABCL! o |ers and catch Vinnie Smith is a H R, McCutcheon, Jack McMahon, ~~ e s v S R L 0 S ) e | sure-fire No. 1 man of the future. mrs McMahon and Lynn McMahon. 2,088! Each club has its quota of pros-. Ralph Mize, Mrs. Mize, Mrs. Pa- 4,008 pects to give the wartime major mela Ppierce, Katharine A. Porter, leaguers a battle and, even beforc Ella Ring, Mrs. R. Roberts, H. F. Douglas cheering section became so| Paderson 444 the competition starts, releases p, Rogers, Marie St. Martins, A. W. intense in its criticism of official Lane 446 have been handed out right and Smith, Ray Smith and Mrs. Smith, decisions that the Firemen's team| RYuS 31 | left. Elizabeth ~ Smith, Mrs. Charles was penalized a technical foul. | Boyle | F g s Steele, Irma Stone. ‘ Until the last two game sessions| Bailey George Stragier, Mrs. Stragier, Dr. in which Douglas teams have play-| Total 2,139 W. B. Butherland, Mrs. Sutherland, § ed, Douglas cheering section ha; Match total 4,257 por s or s Richard Sutherland, Mrs, Alice distinguished itself for fair spor 5%+ | Tucker, Mrs. Dolly Van Wyke, Capt. NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—~Running !wild for 51 points in his last two iri W. E. Wehrer, Mrs. Wehrer, Robert ¢ man ship and spirited but excel: 0 '+ ¢ lent grandstand conduct. Last Fri- A. Weh:er,‘.!oc F. Wehrer, Mrs. ls'l day’s cheering from the grand- J. White, Irene A Williamson, R. S. stands, ineluding all pep squad sec- | Collins, Jack Frazier, and Ole N. tions, was also over-excited and not | ¢ always in good spirit. High-Subport Game In the Douglas High-Subport | game, the first half was scored by | o A 4 By SID FEDER two men, Krogman on the Subpmt} NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—The Na- team and Bach on the Douglas! f 2 tional football l2ague’s clubowners e e o DOMBtS reached for the aspirin bottle and the half ded. Both ':q Hv Sha went to the mat with their own e hall sounded. Both teams hadgopeqyule.making headache again to- shown 'unusually good guarding, ,. . = day in the hope of firil passing and footwork, but only! y ® Hnigscne: Hia) 7 yshot at the young All-America con- these men had scored. | farence. | At the second half, other Scorers pecive already moved their began connecting with the basket | ;ompionship Cleveland Rams to and the unusual Bach-Krogman y, angeles to buck the All-Amer- situation came to an end. Kessen-jc, jn one of the “key” gridiron cit- ick of the Subporters sunk three|jes They've switched thelr commis- field goals and Bonnett two, but|gioner from mild Elmer Layden to Kr.oggle (13 points) and Bach ilz‘rought-and-ready Bert Bell for their points) still held the scoring leads. | o)1 gut war with the new rival loop. Outstanding as all-around play-|anq yesterday they and three other ers on the two teams were: BOn-|ggeoniated leagues warned all “con- nett, L. (Douglas), Kessenick (Sub-;¢rant jumping” players that the pun-| port), McGuire (Subport), McCor-|ishmént for bolting to the All- mick, D. (Douglas). {America would be banishment from Box scores for the four teamsipnrs ball for five years. were: Now, with a two-week wait in Douglas High front of them before the Los Angeles Bach Coliseum commission decides wheth- Harju ... {er the Rams can use the 100,000 seat ROUNDUP TP. 12 0 FG. FT. . "2 games against Western Kentuckv Reignam. and Murray (Ky) Teachers, big George Mikan of DePaul's Blue Demons has regained the lead in the National collegiate individual high scoring race, an Associated Press tabulation showed today. Mikan's splurge gave him 288 — ., - GEORGE GAMBLE OF ANGOON DIES HERE i % points to oust Marshall's Bill Hall chfiggcfl:}:‘:b&ifi;fi:fieflpz;l who took over first place with 243 at the age of 48 years. He was born points a week ago. Hall connected y; jyneqy May 12, 1897, but had re- for 38 points in two games since. gigeq yn Angoon most of his life. then, but slipped to second at 281. He is survived by one daughter, o Agnes, three sons, Arthur, Ronald PULLMAN, Wash., Jan. 16. — gnq Leonard; a brother, Andrew and Washington State College's COUg- 5 mother, Mrs. Mollie Gamble, all ars defeated the University of residing in Angoon. Washington 48 to 37 in a northern rya remains are at the Charles W. division, Pacific Coast Conference, carter Mortuary, and will be sent to basketball game here last night. Angoon for burial there, Tall Vince Hanson, who was the Nation's top scorer last year, hit his old form and led the Cougar scoring with 24 points. — e — BUYS IN YELLOW CAB Carl A. Bergstrom, owner of the Arctic Cab Company, has purchas- | iy ed Tom Sandborn’s half-interest in | SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16. — the Yellow Cab Company, he an-| Golfdom’s touring money players nounced today. | switch their activities this weekend | to Richmond, California, where the C. W. KAISER HE $10,000 Richmond Open will be ¢ w Kaiser of Palmer has ar- held beginning tomorrow and con riveq in Juneau. He is stopping at tinuing through Sunday. the Baranof. But while the scene of the pro _. e el Bonnett, L. 4 |stadium for their five home games' 2 McCormicks D. 2 |next season, the moguls only have 8ctivities wili change, the story Will | (peq Weir 0 |to make up a powerful gate-drawing be the same. Once again, it will be . Substitute: McCormick, J., schedule before winding up the long- | Byron Nelson against the field. [ points, Total points by ‘team 20. |est annual meeting in their history.] There have been two open tourn- | i 0. 0 2 0 2 i Subport ¥G. PT. TP.| Kessenick 3 0 Krogman 1 Dompke 0 McGuire 1 Stewart .. v 0 Substitute: Woods. Total points| by team: 24. Juneau High Merritt Mead Aase O’Connor Hogins Substitute: LETTER PERFECT | No wonder that football draft was | hushed When the names that came out were like alphabet mush. The league could hardly take a bow-ski For picking Dancewicz, Strzykal- ski, Koslowski. The fans might tongues to bits On Strzykalski, Dancewicz. In the lineups they’ll surely ke something like | Joe Dance, Stan Kos and Johhny | strike. 6 6 3 0 0 1 3 1 2 PG BT TP, 7 chew their Koslowski and Moore, two points. Total points by team 27. Douglas Firemen F.G. F.T. T. 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jensen, McDaniels Wahto Hickey Savikko Harry Cashen Substitutes: i SHORTS AND SHELLS | Construction Notes: Pittsburgh |has had the dough on hand for a auditorium for a 5 1 6 | P P. 0 4 [ 0 2 4 o 2 4| Smith; 2'rew municipal L | points; Brown, 9; Frank Cashen, 2.|dozen years, but Barney McGinley |still +is hoping the new mayor is !enough of a sports fan to get things | moving . And although they |may face some competition from a new “bowl” at Baton Rouge, La., fzhe Sugar Bowl folks aren’t even BROWNIE SCOUT TROOP Io HoI'D GOODIE Sm'mlhng about adding the 20,000 seats 'they could use because of the high A goodie sale to k2 held Saturday!cost of building. morning at 10 o'clock at Bert's Cash e L Greeery is being planned by Girl| MRS. GRACE FISHER HERE Scout Brownie Troop No. 11, it has, Ms. Grace Fisher arrived last been announced. {night on the steamer Yukon from There are 32 girls in this troop,|the Westward for an indefinite and they are undertaking this pro-|stay with her son-in-law and ject to raise funds for needed sup-|daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ram- pues and equipment for their Scout!sey. Mrs. Fisher has been making work her home at Wasilla, Total points by team 25. A eys played se far this year, the Los | Angeles Open and San Francisco Open. Nelson won them both. And | he’ll be gunning for victory num- ber three of the New Year in the Richmond Open this weekend. el r FINAL SCORES The following are final scores of basketball games played in the states last night: | Long Island U 62; Fort Dix 48. Mississippi College 39; Louisiana Tech 38. | Wake Forest 36; William and Mary 34. | Ohio 64; Ohio Wesleyan 51. Missouri 44; Kansas State 34. Oklahoma A and M 52; Wichita| University 41. 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