The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 7, 1947, Page 3

» TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1947 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. JUNEAU, ALASKA PAGE THREE CAMERA GLIMPSES OF 1946 A BIG SPORT YEAR £ : ) TOP GRIDIRON FORM — The Army’s celebrated backs display their championship iYnl‘:rrSn:‘u:!:l 51‘: (EI"EM“ g:‘;—cAii:wl\:‘xl:“(]n:nl‘ll‘“-)“\\"‘;;l,:,l:r:::.‘-r .lhl,l‘“: form as Glenn Davis (41) leads Doc Blanchard (right foreground) on a touchdown run around b Larchmont, N. Y., Xacht Club's annual race began July 21, A 15+ Columbia Unive; s line Oct. 10 behind fine biocking. The two backfield stars became the only mile wind kicks up Long Island Sound wat THE CHAMP TAKES ONE — Tami Maurie right in their heavyweight title bout in New York, Sept. 18, a few moments before the champion knocked out Tami in the first round. Louis also successfully defended his crown June 19, chasi Billy Conn around the ring until he finally connected with a krackout punch in the eiz LEAP FROG _— Red Schoendienst, Cardinal second base- TROPHY — sam Snead of man, straddles the back of Boston Red Sox shortstop Johnny Hot Springs, Va., first U.S. golfer Pe=ky to throw to first to complete a double play in the sixth to win the Bri h open tourna- - - - - o % game of the world scries at St. Louis, Oct, 3. ment in 13 years, displays the STARTING UP GLORY TR AL Assault crosses the finich line far out in front championship trophy after re- to win the 72nd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, May 4. He became “horse of turning from England, the year” by winning the 1946 triple crown—Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes, o =& S NET CHAMPS _ jack Kramer of Montebello, Calif., 1916 TP WALz s 1 national men's singles tennis champion, and Pauline Betz of Los b ; ] i Angeles, who won the national women's singles title, chat at a tournament in Los Angeles, Sept, 9, STAR — John Lujack, 1946 All-America quarterback, cocks the passing arm that helped him ¢ make sports writers vu(el N%lr;; Wi T o- Dame the nation's top footbal /' team. A junior, Lujack can shoot LURED PLAYERS — jorge Pasquel (left), Mexican baseball league president, and his brother, Bernardo, examine mail for another sensational seasor trom U SERIES CELEBRATION — Whooping it up in thcir dressing room after winning the in 1947, World Series, Oct. 15 are (left to right) St. Louis Cardinals’ Enos Slaughter, Harry Walker, Harry Breechen and Mauager Kddie Dyer. Cards beat Red Sox, 4 games to 3. players in Mexico City on Aprit 6. Their bankroll lured 26 major leaguers south of the border in 1946, DE)JECTED — Ted Williams (left) and Mickey Harris of tic Boston Red Sox look unhappy in the dressing room at St. Louis, Oct. 15, after their team lost the World Series to Cardinals,’ * @ ' I,‘ I‘,:' 'Ai:;;.”:z: Nangram BASEBALL UNION REJECTED _ The score by which the Pirates voted down the g i 3 " BT y ild is s y players in their dressing room Aug. 20. Left to right, Honus Wagner, SPEEDWAY WINNER DIED HERE_ George Robson, who won the 1946 Indianapolis Memorial Day speed classic, national open golf champlonship Baseball sulld is scanned by, pi § g sy Wik 3 " was killed in the car_at the left in a race track crash at Aflanta, Sept. 2, George Berringer died in the auto at the right./ » at Cleveland, June 16, Ed Albosta, Lee Handley (pointing), Maurice van Robayes and Preacher Roe, Y