The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 18, 1946, Page 3

OB Mad Spring: Scramble Is Rickey Plan Dodger Bossman Outlines Image of Special Pre- | (BY JACK HAND) BROOKLYN, — Take 75 pitcher: 15 catchers and 60 assorted infield ers and cutfielders, add 30 mi 8- ers, coaches and scouts and a slight- 1y used blackboard manned by Pro-, fessor Branch Rickey and you get a rough idea of the Brooklyn Dodg-| ers spring training plans. | Returning to his Flatbush desk af-| ter a seige of illness, Rickey has outlined plans for a 150-man camp at Sanford, Florida, cpening Feb, 1, with special emphasis on returning servicemen; this, in addition to the regular Brooklyn and Montreal bi- vouacs starting March 1 El Brancho has invited all the “more likely players” from the Na- tional defensa lists of his leading farm clubs and the Brouks, in addi- tion to a selected few holaovers, to compete for jobs in a 150-man scramble preceding the formal dr Manager Leo Durocher will haye charge of a squad of master min running from coa s Church Dre: sen and John Corriden to pitcher Curt Davis and second baseman Ed Stanky. whom Rickéy thinks are “managerial timber.” Two ball games a day the huge squad busy but just to be sure_there, will e no idle hours. for card playing and golf, Rickey has set up a schedulz of two meetings before the workouts to yesterday's games and one after the drill. “The managers and players will be criticized ly at those eet- ings,” Rickey explained. “Wg want to find out what we have ing ball is the best way.” St Spérls Shor RICHMOND, Calif,, Jan. 18.—Pac- ed by ex-national PGA champion Bob Hamilton of Chicago, and with the big boss man of the links, By- ren Nelson, absent, to assure more wide open competition, the field teed off today in the second round of the 72-hole Richmond Open golf tournament. Hamilton, shooting 34-34—68 on the par 36-35—71 Richmond course, skimmed through the opening day to hold a narrow advantage over those next in line. Par cracking was fast Now you CG;SSN. and play- at home equal to those seryed at world-famous bars. Just add your favorite brand of liquor to Holland House Cock- tail Mix"...and serve. 8 PERFECT MIXES Dry Matini Bronx Side Car Daiquiri Maohattan Old Fashioned: *Whiskey Sour *Tom Collins FULL PINT .- .rl;(;n‘h kfmflzz €0 43 cocl or aall dn':ls. *at at For.Sale at Food, Drug and Dept. Stores HOLLAND HOUSE SALES cQ, 126 West 22nd St., New York 11, N. Y. Distributed Threughout Alaska by K & L DISTRIBUTORS | 911 Lowman Bldg., Seattle, 4, Wn. at our store i THOMAS Hardware Co. PHONE 555 A will keep and furious in the first round Trailing. Hamilton by a single strcke were 69-shooters: Joe Brown, Des Moines, Towa; Armand Farina, Schenectady, N. Y.; Jimmy Hines, Chicago; Toney Penna, Dayton, O.; John Perelli, Lake Tahoe, Cal and the leading amateur, Charles Stol- hand, Ponca City, Okla. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1§—A sug- gestion has been made by Assistant Secretary of Navy John L. Sullivan that the Army-Navy football game be played in various parts of the country, possibly beginning in 1949 after the Philadelphfa contract ex- | pires Sullivan told a repor that his views were.expressed orally to Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Super- intendent of the Naval Academy. NEW. YORK, Jan. 18—Baseball fans ought to see some real trading and selling action in March and April if Secretary Ed Brannick of the New York Giants knows what he is falking about. Brannick said: “I guarantee there will be more sales and trades and general shuffling around in March and April than any- body over thought of before.’ SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 18.—Two !games in Utah this weekend might throw Wyoming’s basketball express clear off the tracks that lead to the national championship. Coach Everett Shelton’s Cowboys tangle with the tall Brigham Young Cougars at Provo tonight and fol- low up against Utah — the team that upset them 45-31 last week— in Salt Lake City Saturday night. Lefeats in both contests could. be enough to cost Wyoming the Big Seven Championship and a crack at the National Collegiate Athletic ation playoffs LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18.—One of the National league’s baseball heroes of another year has decided to call it quits. Southpaw Larry French says he's retiring from baseball, and has written to the Brooklyn Dodger’s President—Branch Rickey—that he’ll not. be present when the Dodgers meet in spring camp. The 38-year-old French recently was discharged from the Navy as a lieutznant-commander. He plans to go into a partnership in an auto- mobile agency in Inglewood, Cali- fernia. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18— The wrestlers in California are asking 45 per cent of the gate receipts, and tkey mean business. At the Civic Auditorium at Stock- ton last night A F of L union mem- bers picketed a wrestling show for several hours. They didn’t withdraw until Promoter Bill Hunefeldt agrezd 704 Friday Junean Dcliveries 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m. Douglas Delivery 10 a.m. Thane Deliveries 2, p.u, Tuesday, and Boat Orders Delivered Any Time! to negotiate with the A F of L pro- fessional wrestlers union Some cannery workers and boiler- makers from the A F of L helped with the picketing 5 e o JUNEAU GUARDSMEN, DEFEAT DOUGLAS IN SHOOT LAST NIGHT In tke second contest this \\m(m“ between the Juneau Territorial Guardsmen, sharpshooters out shot riflomen last night in a meet at Dcuglas Natatorium Hall. Juneau scored a total of 958 against Doug- las’ 905 points. High man in the contest was Louis Garrett, Douglas, who scorsd 175 points Range officer last evening was Capt. John Osborne, with Col. J. P. Williams as official scorer. The next contest will be held February 7 and Douglas the Juneau the Douglas Capt. Wendell Cahill announced the following scores, the results of last night's shooting 5 5 JUNEAU Boddy, Sr 49 42 139 EXeithahn 48 44 167 Nelsen 50 45 162 Hermele 47 45 162 Crass, O. 46 41 162 Beddy, Jr 42 43 166 Totals 282 260 237 179 958 DOUGLAS: Jensen 49 44 44 25 162 Cashen 43 35 39 20 146 Shudshift 46 48 45 22 161 ‘Thompson 27 27 3% 23 112 Garrett 48 47 42 38 175 Mortensen 47 45 36 21 149 Totals 260 246 241 158 905 Doubleheader Is Oni Ionighl Pan American Airways' Clipper tcam will play Douglas Firemen to- night at 7:30 o'clock in the Juneau High School gymnasium. Immed- iately following this game, the Ju- u High Crimson Bears will mest Subport’s team. The game session will be the 15th in the City League Basketball Cham- pionship. Only 11 more sessions will be held before the league officially closes February 22. Tonight’s game will be the first mceting between PAA and Douglas Fireman. Thke Firemen's team has recently been reorganized and now coentains somz of the finest players in the League. - .o - ATTENTION V, F. W. MEMBERS V. F. W. meeting Friday, Jan. 18 in CIO hall. Time: 7:30. Important meeting. Everyone urged to attend. (170-t2) e i DRINK KING BLACK UABEL! See Our Appétizing Assortment of FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES including Radishes, Green Onions, Brussell - Sprouts, Cauliflower, Avocados, Grapes, Tomatoes, Pears and many others! FINAL SCORES | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA AT BASKETBALL The following are final scores of; basketball games played last night:| Wake Forest 46; George Washing- ton 38., Holy Cross 70; Boston College 39 Alabama 39; Tulane 28. { Penn 43; Dubuque U. 41. | | | | Baylor 98; S. Methodist 35, Texas College of Mines 45; Hardin and Simmons 33. Arizona State 54; New Mexico 44 AP SPORTS (By Hugh Fullerton) | NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—Bill Dk‘k-‘ ey says hed like to stay in base- lall but not as g player. Well, there’s a nice job at Yale that Red | Rolfe just abandoned. . . . Tralner| Mannie Seamon says he has #l of Joe Louis’ training equipment lock- ed up in his house and can get it | out in ten minutes. . . . If Andy| Gustafson takes the Pitt football coaching job, as it has been ru- mored, a lot of rivals may start catching up with Army in about two or three years—and will they rub it in! . Walter Brown, the Boston hockey man, and Eddie Shipstad flew to England this week, the former to talk with the British Ice Hockey Association and the latter to scout for figure skating talent ON THE WRONG TRACK When the Pittsburgh Steelers re- cently signed Dr. Jock Sutherland as coach, Prez. Art Rooney receiy- ed the following congratulatory message from some of his Miami track friends “that's great news It's like a parlay on Seabiscuit and Man O'War. The Steelers will be on top from flag to the wire, Thev will be earning brackets every time out. We'll be there for the parade to the post next fall”. Ar pocketed the wire, “I'm afraid our new coach won't know what.they're talking about,” he explained. SPORTS BEFORE YOUR EYES Doc Blanchard tribute No. 0000: Tommy Timlin, the referee, says there’s only one back he ever saw who can compare with Doc, “that's Jim Thorpe and I never worked Lehind him.” Barney Hearn nesed out Bill Kovalak by a mar- gin of .0008 for the Pony League batting championship. That title involved almost as many zeroes as the next Louis-Conn scrap. PRESSURES OFF All together, 21 players of the starting field of 120 equalled or Lettered par yesterday in the open- ing round of the Richmond, Calif. Open. . . . Byron Nelson was con- sidered partly responsible for this wave of low scoring. When Lord PAGE Byron withdrew on the the L. T. CAMPBELL HOME HERE FROM ANCHORAGE tournament, pleadirn iness and | Getting acquainted with his baby KET(HIKAN H-KS Anchorage residents registering physical reasons, it 1oved the daughter and celebrating a delay- |at the Baranof yesterday e country's ow yer—wi ed Christmas, with a- tree and all ARE HNE HOSIS=R0bm-t M. Weiner, Mrs. Pat Yi A E. Brown, . Pfe. ver of his la tournaments | the trimmings, with his wife, th First of the Juneau Elks in the Mrs. Florence and favorite every time he starts former Miss Lanore Kaufmann, has party making the Ketchikan jaunt,| Thomas P. Willlams, Mr. and Mrs. With the nation’s leadinz kept Leonard T. Campbell busy to return to Juneau is Harry Sper-| Robert T. Phillips, and Frederick J. money winner out of the competi- since his arrival on the steamer ling, of the Ritual team, who re-| Miller tion the rest of the field had time | Alaska Wednesday turned here yesterday by plane —— to concentrate less on beating Nel-| Campbell, who has been. with th He reports the 420 Lodgemen are KEYS HAVE GIRL BABY son and more on their own ATS the past four years, recently Loing royally entertained in the' Mr. and Mrs. Roy Key became | chances. arrived in tle from the su- First City, but it’s not that which the parents of a daughter' last > tians, and received his dischar has adversely affected their bowling night at 9:44 o'clock in St., Ann's GOODIE SAL there. Mr. and Mrs, Campbell plan scores. The Ketchikan Lodge has Hospital. The infant— weighs +six Jan. 19.—-10 a.m., Berts Cash Gro- to remain in Juneau, about a'a banquet Scheduled this evéning pounds, seven ounces. cery. By Girl Scout Brownies No. month, before leaving for his form- for its Juneau guests and a dance to- e (170-t2) home at Wrangell morrow evening er DRINK KING 11 000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 THE ; "BINE in the Pleasant Decor BUBRLE of the | W”M““WQWOWOOQW BUBBLE ROOM TERRACE with PIANO MELODIES. on tap, straight from the VIENNA WOODS featuring the @’Reillys with SONGS FOR LISTENING and NEAT RHYTHMS FOR DANCING featuring the @’ Reillys Enterlainment Starts at 8 o'Clock BARANOF HOTEL ROOM L L0 T e ROUTE OF THE COAST NEW POSTWAR DC ly app LINERS n Airlines bring ard of air transport rontier of opp PACIFIC General Off City Ticket Office: Baranof Hotel S R PHONE 716