The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 20, 1946, Page 3

MONDAY, MAY 20, 1946 SWATFEST 1S WONSUNDAY BYLEGION 9 Tt 3 31 Team Elks 1 2 Legion 2 34 789 10 000 51 94x The Elks, with four of their starting lineup unable to play, were not able to stem the tide of Legion runs, which swamped them -by a lopsided tally of 81 to 3 in the Sun- day baseball game. The outstanding player of the game was Mark Jensen who had a fine day all around fanning ten men in five innings and getting four hits for six times at bat. On the side it can be noted that the Legion players weren't hoggish, each player scoring at least one run, Following is the play by play ac- count of the innings in which runs were scored. The Elks started the game off when with one away, Moscrip made first on an error by the shortstop and then tock second on an over- throw by the pitcher. Snow walked and Moscrip scored on an error by the catcher. Joe Snow came all the way from second to score on a passed ball. Pemberton singled but was forced out on Larry Kamisher's hit to the third baseman. One hit, two runs, three Legion errors. The Legion came back in their half of the first to tie the score when Miercezwski drew a walk. Stragier was safe on a fielder's choice, Miercezwski going out short to second. Jensen made first on an error by the shortstop Stragier scoring Niel- sen was safe on an overthrow by the pitcher, Jensen taking third. Jensen ‘went hcome on a passed ball, Rolison walked and Jim Vuille struck out to end the inning. No hits, two runs, and two Elk errors. First Big Swat Fest In the second inning the Legion proceeded to cinch their victory when - Cope singled scoring on Gaunt's double. Miercezwski singled scoring Gaunt. Stragier was safe on an error by the short stop and when center fielder fumbled the ball, Miercezwski scored. McDaniels was safe on another error by the shortstop. Jensen was safe on an overthrow by the pitcher, Stragier scoring. Nielsen and Rolison grounded out, McDaniels and Jen- sen scoring on the plays. Vuille singled and for the second time in this inning Cope, Gaunt and Mier- cezwski hit safely, Vuille, Cope and Gaunt scoring on the hits. Stragier flied out to right field to end the inning. Seven hits, nine runs, and five Elks errors. Snow’s Lone Score In the top half ‘of the third the Elks made a feeble attempt to even the score when with one away Joe Bnow walked, stole second and scored from second on a passed ball. The next two men going. out to retire the team. No hits, one run, and no Legion ‘or ‘nine miles from ‘the Loop, and | errors. Another Rampage The rampaging Legionnaires con- Gaunt’s fly. Miercezwski grounded out to end the inning. To add insult to injury the Legion gathered four moreeruns in the INTIEFOR |0A|(s, SEALS | | ~ FIRST SPOT ! (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) ! Pacific Coast League baseball, opener, the Boston Braves cam back to win the afterpiece 5-3 en Ly a threerun seventh inning rally. In a parade of lefthanders, Pitis- burgh and the New York G divided a doubleheader, the Pirates winning the opener 3-1 and the Giants the second half 5-1 Following up a 4-3 game cecis- ion over the St. Louis Browns, th Philadelphia Athletics unleashed an 18-hit attack, including eight doubles, a triple and homers by Hal Peck and George McQuinn eighth when Stragier was safe on fans looked with increased interest|swamp the Seweliren 13-2 in the an error by the third baseman. at Manager Casey Stengel's Oak- nighteap. McDaniels grounded out, Stragier geing to second. Jensen hit into a fielder’s choice, Stragier beating the play at third. Nielsen hit an- other fieider’s choice, Stragier again beating out the throw this time at hcme plate. Rolison was safe on an error by the center fielder, Jen- sen scoring. Vuille singled, scoring Nielsen and Rolison was put Cat at second attempting to stretch it into a double. Cope was safe on an er- ror by the shortstop. Joe Snow struck out Gaunt to end the game. One hit, four runs, and three Elk errors. Next Game The next game will be at 6:30 c'clock Tuesday night and will see the Mocse trying to force their way out of the basement and bring the Legion to its first defeat of the season. * BOX SCORE Elks Graham c, Moscrip, 3b, Snow, 1b, p, Krause ss, 2b, Pemberton, 2b, ss, Kamisher, rf, Gleascn, 1f, Hardin, cf, Hagerup, p, 1b, * Davis, 1f, ** *Ash, ph, memoOOMmmoooOMm cormcoocowWkwRy Totals 5241512 * Replaced Kamisher in the eighth. “*Batted for Gleason in the ninth. Legion Miercezwski Stragier, 3b, McDaniels, 1f, p, Jensen, p, If, Nielsen, ss, Rclison, 1b, Vuille, ¢, Cope, rf, Gaunt, cf, ¢ Sperling, If, 2b, Do PO R ww - Totals Substituted eighth. for Jensen Summary Two base hits Gaunt, Cope 2, McDaniels 2, Miercezwski 1; double plays, Nielson to Miercezwski; walks, off Jensen 5, off McDaniéls 1, off Hagerup 3, off Snow 3; struckcut by Jensen 10, McDaniels 2, by Hagerup 1, by Snow 3; plate umpire Stan Grummet, base um- pire Al Miller; scorer Monagle. Time of game 2 hours 30 minutes. STANDING OF CLUBS Team w L Legion Elks . Moose » Pct 1.000 2 0 1 1 500 0 2 000 SPORTS ROUNDUP BY HUGH FULLERTON NEW YORK, May 20.—Hottest unconfirmed report that has come this way recently concerns a new racetrack to be built near Chicago in time for racing-next summer. . Story is that it' will be built just iover the Indiana line, about eight | will hold night racing. . . .Why not? i What really counts is the lighted numbers cn the tote board. . . . tinued in the third with McDaniels | Nick Londos, the Detroit fighter leading off with a single to left promoter, leaves tonight for Greece field. Jensen singled, McDaniels to see what's happened to his old scoring. Nielsen walked but was out home and his relatives there. at second on Rolison’s’ fielders | choice. Vuille was safe on an er- ror by the right fielder, Jensen | scoring. Cope hit a fielder's choice “spring’ fcotball session at Syra- the play at third being too late. |[ecyse U., leans toward Ox Dagrosa’s Miercezwski singled, Rolison and | theory that scrimmage isn't neces- Vauille scoring on the hit and COope | sary. ‘once the season starts. “The and Miercezwski scored when the pest e I ever had at Michigan,” left fielder was unable to field the he maintains, “had so few reserves ball. Stragier grounded out to end we couldn't scrimmage so the boys the inning. !were, well rested and ready to put MONDAY MATINEE and no Elk| rf‘;ur hits, five runs, and four Elk i out ‘on Saturday.” Jimmy CERELS. Smith, Billy Con's brother-in-law i 3 The Elks were slowed downinthe u;8 <on of the old Major Leaguer, 19 ’z‘;}- ’g:g;’:zls Y:glf:d ;:S sé?i' |15 playing in the U of Pennsylvania s ol S, outfleld and looks pretty good. cracked down to retire the next| e three batters in order. ’ Two hits, cne run, MRS GRUENING errors. » VIV A In the sixth with one away, Jen- | sen singled Nielsen fouled out tol j A the first' baseman Rolison singled‘ i scoring Jensen and Vuille fanned OF NEw AID{S to retire the side. | Two hits, one run, and no Elk| Mrs. iuuest Cruening announced erTors. 3 |tcday that she will be at home Legion Breaks Loose from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday honoring The Legion broke away again in Mrs. Edward' P. Chester Jr., wife the seventh to go on another wild]‘of the Governor’s new naval aide, scoring spree. Cope doubled, scoring ; and Mrs. Geoffrey Goff, wife of on Gaunt’s single, Gaunt taking|the new military aide. ;eccnd on an error by the left| Mrs. Goff has not yet arrived in elder. Miercezwski singled, Gaunt Juneau but is expected here Thurs- sccring. Stragier grounded out. Mc- | day. Daniel doubled to right field, scor- | BRI ot < S A ing Miercezwski. Jensen singled,! NEW ALMA IN PORT i McDaniels scoring on the play., The Alma, owned and skipper Nielsen was safe on an error by by Herb Tweit, was in and out the third baseman, Jensen going|tcday loading suppliés after a five- over to third. Rolison and Vuille day trip from Seattle. singled, Jensen and Nielsen.scoring.| Tweit, whose brother is Dan Rolison scored on a passed ball.|Tweit of the Juneau. halibut fleet, Cope walked and he and Vuille!is Sitka-bound. The Almad is a new romped home after tagging up nulhu:-t. Biggie Munn, starting his second ! jland Acorns today. The comet-like ‘rise cof the club from third to a tie for first place during the past week 'gave the early season race all the; fervor of a crucial down-the-stretch | finale. The rise of the Acorns was ac- | New ccmplished at the expense of the Hollywoed Stars, who dropped sev- | en straight yet retained fifth place in the standings. Meanwhile San Francisco's Seals and Los Angeles itting each other’s throats y Field in a 4-3 series, the als managing to cling to a tie | for the league lead by taking the | jcdd game. The Angeles slipped from second to the third rung. No games were scheduled for today. Saturday’s single bills set the| stage for the Sunday double-head- ers. The Angels took the Seals 3-2, | Oakland wen a 5-0 walkaway from | Hellywocd which put them on the ton with the Seals as & result; San Diego defeated Sacramento 4-2 and Seattle took a 3-1 game from Port- land. With ears attuned to what was happening at Emeryville yesterday, | where the Acorns won 8-0 and 1-0 victories, the Seals at Wrigley Field kept pace with their rivals by win- | ning beth games also, 2-1 and 3-1. Sacramento likewise took both con- | tests, downing San Diego 3-2 and 4-3. Portland won the first game | 4-3 and Seattle the second close battle 1-2. RESULTS SUNDAY San Francisco 2-3; Los Angeles 1-0. Oakland 8-1; Hollywood 0-0. Sacramento 3-4; San Diego 2-3. Portland 4-1; Seattle 1-2, STANDING OF CLUBS Pacilic Coast League Teams Oakland San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Hcllywood Sacramento Seattle Portland | American Teams Boston New York Detroit ‘Washington St. Louis Cleveland Chicago Philade’chia National League | Teams | St. - Louis Brooklyn Chicago Boston Cincinnati | New York | Pittsburgh | Philadelphia | | | | i | | | BOO FERRISS HAS 5 WINS, EY JOE REICHLER (AP SPORTS WRITER) | Dave (Boo) Ferriss, the Boston 'Red Sox’ drawling righthander (from Shaw, Miss, had a fine start teday toward becoming the first pitcher to win 20 or more games in each of his first two years in the Major leagues since Jake Weimer turned the trick for Chicago’s Cubs Jin 1903-'04. | Perriss, who astounded the base- iball world last year by nabbing 21 victories despite joining the Sox just a few months after receiving his Army Air Corps discharge, boasts five wins without a setback this season, following his 4-0 shut- out victory over the Detroit Tigers yestérday. The 24-year-old sopho- more's fine performance gave the American League leaders and even break in- tbe twin 1, for De- troit'’s Hal Newhouser beat the Sox 3-1 on four hits in. the nightcap. { Yanks Move Up H The second placé New York Yankees moved within four and a half games of the Red Sox by sweeping their double header with the Indians 2-0 and 7-1 before 53,- 310, Cleveland’s largest crowd of the season. St. Louis Cards’ manager Eddie Dyer led with his southpaw aces, Max Lanier and Harry ‘Brecheen, and they rewarded him with 9-5 and 4-0 wins before a Philadelphia record crowd of 35,049. ‘The Brooklyn Dodgers dropped a full game behind the Cards when they succumbed to the righthanded wizardry of veteran Ed Heuscer, who permitted seven hits in pitch- ing the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-0 vietory. 4 The up-and-coming Washington Senators: licked the Chicago White Sox twice 4-3 and 7-1, coming from behind to win the operer from 45- year-old Ted Lycns with two runs in the ninth. ath Inning Rally After blowing a 6-0 lead and los- ing 8-6'to Citeago’s Cubs in the The short scores: (Amcrican League) New York 000 000 002® & 3 Cleveland 000 000 000—0 3 Chandler and Dickey; Reynold Krakauskas (9), and Hayes York 000 120 031—7 11 0 Cleveland 000 010 000—1 7 2 Ruffing and Drescher; Embre Ferrick (6), Johnson (9) and Hay- 0 es. 001 100 002—4 9 000 100 200—3 11 Washington Chicago to 1 0 ¢ 012 102 000 001 ; and Guerra; L 711 0 $.5 1 pat and 000 220 000—4 10 000 030 0000 7 0 Trout, Ben- and Tebbetts. 000 000 1001 i 010 002 00x 1 hson, Johnson (7), and Wag- er and Richard 010 000 210 002 019 000 and Res: nd Helf 411 410 130 009 110 000—2 9 Ro! tiinar, Miller \lelouse ollingworth ns (9 and 1 0 . 4 11 3 13 18 Lout * and (Nationa! League) 0C0 092 010 000 100 €00, and Lopez; ® and Lombardi. gt rgh rmusller Carpenter 4 1 Pittsbur 090 001000 New York 050 000 0 Heintzelman, Gerheaus kie (6), Hallett (8) and Koslo an#t Warren. 1cinnati 200 020 0004 000 000 G30—0 7 and Lamanno; Head (1), Behrman (6), Anderson 000 030 4108 11 1 410 100 C00—6 8 1 Chipman (1), 9 Camelli; Boston Borowy, (3), Adams McCullough Posedsl (9) Cr g Boston Livingston; St. Louis Wallace, and Hofferth, 001 200 000 000 020 30x (7, Kush and Masi 008 020 130 Philadelphia .. 000 020 300 Lanier anc Rice; Mullizan, hanz (6), Muleany (8), and Ro- St. Louis Philadelphia Precheen Karl (9 and 3 Prim Lee €CO 100 030—4 5 1 600 00O 000—0 6 1 and O'Dea; Hug Seminick ol Higbe Fleming (5), Erick’on (), and Johnson (1), GERMAN WAR PRISONERS FROM U. S.,. NOW WELL - TAUGHT IN DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES, ARE HOPE FOR THEIR F ATHERLAND; :. POW CARPENTERS—Germcn prisoners of war are shown above working in @ carpentry shop at Fort Dix, N. J. These men have learncd to build many things of wood, from model airplanes to turniture. By WILLIAM RUTLEDGE Il Centrai Press Corresponaent SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—One of the monumental achievements of the United States Ariny has been the nandling of the German POW's (prisoners ot war), Jhose who have peen interned within America are being returned to their homeland with such dispatch that by this summer it is expected that all POW’s will have left our shores. The Army's accomplishment has been to inculcate thoroughly these erstwhile super-men of Hitler's vanquished armies with the prin- ciples and fundamentals of de- mocracy and provide them /ith first-hand ‘observations of how a free people conduct their affairs. Most of the POW’s are among the best material to have been found in German uniforms, men who had been captured in the African, Sicily and Italian cam- paigns. o They have been interned within J the United States up to four years. During that time the Army ] has schooled with a view to the future, their future in defeated and ruined Germany. It is ex- pected that from their ranks will come leaders who will restore the Fatherlard to a position of respect and integrity within the world family of nations. Seelr Proper Leaders The overall project, administered under the direction of Col. A. W. Smith, a professor recruited from Northwestern university, has had as its objective the continual sif! ing of the 370,000 German-Aus- trian prisoners brought to the United States for leaders of a democratic post-war fatherland. Members of the Nazi party and professionals of the German army were eliminated from considera- tion. Of the 370,000 Teuton POW’s in this country, a total of about 22,- 000 were chosen for intensive training in democratic govern- ment. They are being sent ack to Germany and Austria to be re- leased immediately as civilians. Selections were made by the com- manders of the various prison camps in the United States on the basis of their attitude towards America and their aptitudes for such schooling. ; The prison internment camps In the west, most of them in the des- ert, are being liquidated rapidly. The ex-supermen are processed through the headquarters here. Back in Germany they are taken to concentration camps and held while American authorities check their records against those of the Nazi party. Those who survive this sereening are alloweu to re-, {urn to their homes as civilians. POWS CHECK IN—War prisoners return to their barracks ot Stony Brook in Livingston county, N. Y., after working in a food processing plant. Park Prisoner of War Camp in Arizona declared, the United States has scrupulously tried to live up to every tenet of the Geneva convention. At the camp every effort was put forth to change the heart and spirit of thése men. As the last of tge Papago Park POW’s left for San Francisco, Colonel Austin told them, “By our treatment we have tried to make it clear to you what American de- mocracy really means. From newspapers, magazines, motion pictures and radio, all of which you had access to, you were able to find out what we understand in freedom of the individual; the freedom which in this country finds its expression ir the ‘same chance for everybody’ and the free way of thinking. “I sincerely hope that you pay due attention to all those thoughts, not only for the future of your own country, but also for the peace of the world. “I hope you return to your homeland with a sacred deter- mination to rebuild the country into & peace-loving nation in whieh there will be a full recog- nition of the ‘rights of the indi- vidual, and in which politics go a constructive and not destrugtive way."” During their internment the Germans were allowed to send home as many momentoes of the United States as they wished, Most of them have not heard from their families and friends in the As Colonel Austin of Papago|fatherland since VE-Day. POW’s said they were more concerned about the spirit and mental outlook of their fellow Ger- mans than they were about ‘heir | property. They are returning with every evidence of the good focd and clothing and treatment they were adcorded during their in- ternment. Italians Returned The thousands of Italian POW's interned in western campsg have | been returned fo their homeland I saw numbers of them anc through interpreters many of them expressed amazement at America and said they wished they coulc become citizens. Jap repatriation has posed a pe culiar situation, Soon after thc Nipponese had been taken frowr civilian life on the west coast anc placed in reloctsun centers, they were given a questionnaire to 3l out. ; Among the questions asked was whether they preferred to stay ir the United States after the wai or return to Japan. 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