The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 25, 1947, Page 3

FRIDAY APRIL 25, 1947 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPlRL _]UNI:AU ALASKA Baseball Mass Meeling (alled for Sunday P. M. 0f Managers, Players Judge William, A President of the G eau Chan- nel Baseball League tcday issued a call for me meeting of all league officers, managers of clubs, ass players and re- cruits to in the Council Chamtlers the City Hall on afternoon at 3 o purpose of the mas: ng, Prexy Helzhejmer said, zet a perk up on the which opens next month. “I want the managers of three clubs, Moose, Elks and Le- gion, to show up at the meeting; the regular assigned players and anyone else who wants to play ball this coming season. There is plenty of opportunity for recruit to get tryouts with these t teams and then get assignments,” says Holzheimer. “The officials can't play ball they will be on crganizing with ager and players enrolled, getting to the proper clubs; therefor attendance is hoped for B. Hall is being used for . Workouts 1 spirit ready ma in the o1t Tkere has only cne player to sign at Empire Office for assignment, and he is Charles D. McClellan, right fielder. Last year at this time ov had s ne who can, devote Ump to ice and regular play is most invited to join the league and a proper place will be found on one of the three was a humdinger 3 -off from play, mvd I hope this coming season is go- ing to be Letter. “Anyway, show meeting Sunday 3 o'clock.” Holzheimer, meet- is to season ree s and team tl assig a big The A. indoor is al- be the up at the ms afternoon at - e AP SPORTS ROUNDUP By HUGH FULLERT! NEW YORK, Aprii 25 When Joe Louis and the 20th Cen- tury Club announced that heavy- weight elimination ies yest day amid a minor mob scene Mike Jacob’s office, one of the most surprised guys present was Vic Marsillo, Jersey Joe Wolcott's manager “Here I find we got a fight and I don’t know nothing about it,” Vic explained. According to Louis, the Walcott- Joey Maxim scrap is all set for June 16 at Gilmore Stadium at Los Angeles and Marsillo didn't say he wouldn't take it. Ezzard Charles may be an add- ed starter after he visits Sol Strauss here Saturday. “He will be considered too, if he wants to come in,” Stra said, but Scl immediately went on to say he couldn’t match Charles and Gus Lesnevich for the light heavy- weight title without extensive dick- ering with Gus . He'd better cicker with the weather man for a good break on Sept. 19. There's no other date for the big fall serap. n UNFAIR TACTICS Sixty-nine years ago the south's oldest ccllegiate baseball rivairy got mussed up when pitcher George Augustus Sykes of Wash- ington & Lee baffled Virginia bat- ters with balls which “gyrated with abnormal curvings.” ‘Tomorrow William McElwee, -Syke's catches, will be guest of honor when those schools renew the series which be- gan in 1867. Publicity Lea Booth adds: “Curves will thrown.” . . . he hopes. ONE-MINUTE SPORTS PAGE It wasn't six players the Dodgers again be offered the Phillies for Del Ennis this spring—it was ten No wonder Herb Pennock and Ben Chapman are now making eyes at some of Brooklyn's surplus talent| . Another Branch Rickey offer was $50,000 cash for a Philly farm- | hand he couldn’t even name . . Nebraska track fans already are getting worked up over a mile duel between Gil Dobbs and Bobby Ginn in the AAU meet July 4-5. ‘They're two local boys who made good. e HONEYMOO: G HERE Mr. and Mrs. Newton F. Fisher, both of the CAA in Anchorage, are on their honeymoon in Juneau. ‘The bride is the former Violet May Torgerson. The couple married in Anchorage Monday evening. e ‘When you pay 1or QuaLITY wny not get the FINEST—Buy FLOR- SHEIM SHOES at GRAVES. man- ., i1 - 120th Century Sporting Club. TITLEBOUT FOR LOUIS CALLED OFF Instead Ellmmahon Con-| test Planned for Chal- lenger of Joe NEW YORK, April 26 logical contender in sight g to be to pick a challenger Louis’ heavyweight crown, e didn’t want anybody right to holler,” the has called off his title i for Yankee and off to providing a turned up by iR—With there for Joe Stadiym Jur {ight in Septemtel uitable oppenent i ried by his co- rshall Miles and John arrived from Los An- and conferred with of the Then they called in the press and an- nounced abandonment of the June bout and plans for the elimination Roxberough geles yesterday Sol Strauss, acting director the couthpaw 2lio Le matched against champion Gu Square Gar- Joe Walcott axim in Hollyw mers will be pair- Yerk fight and he loped he could oppenent by July 15 - STRIFEIN BB CIRCLES, IS REPORT: Larry McPhail Summone fo Appear Before Chandler NEW YORK, A})lll 25.—(M—The New York World-Telegram in a copyrighted story said today that baseball Commissioner A. B. (Hap- py) Chandler had summoned Pres- ident Larry MacPhail of the New York Yankees to appear before him in Cincinnati on Tuesday. Bettina v\Lu light heavyweight dis will fight Joe M The New aid name Louis’ The story said that ¢acPhail had | been asked to answer charges of| 1suberdination and an effort to| stir up striie in the Major Leagues. A Louis dispatch quoted “Sporting News” saying that| Chandler would ask MacPhail to| “clarify” a Newark interview “in| which he was quoted as saying Chandler did not have sufficient cvidence against Durocher to bar him for even five minutes"—and alsc that MacPhail had not voted for Chandler for Commissioner un- St. til the sixth ballot, previously sup-! porting Ford Frick, Jim Marley and Bob Hannegan. WEATHERMAN TAKES Mr. and Mrs, Claude V. Brown {left this morning on the Princess {Louise for a well deserved rest. |Mr. Brown took no vacation dur- v ing the war and this will be his first time off in six years. Brown came to Juneau in August |1940 as supervising forecaster and tecame Official-in-Charge of the Juneau Weather Bureau Office in February, 1942, when Howard J. _|Thompson was transferred to An- . chorage as Regional Director. The vacation of the Browns will be divided between Burbank, Calif,. previous station, and Bellingham, Wash,, their parents’ home. J. M. Beall is in charge of the Weather Bureau Office until Mr. Brown's return late in June, Girl Scout Trop 11 had shadow- graphing at their regular meeting and several of the girls acted out the laws. A7 the last meeting we were shown through the Purity Dutch Maid Bakery and we were each given 2 doughnut and we had a very nice time. NATALIE DAPCEVICH, reporter. an elimination con- VACATION IN STATES| TIGHT RACE BEINGRUN, PCLEAGUE Three Teah_s_ Practically Tied for Top Spot-Oak- land Is Out of Cellar By RILL BECKER (Associated Press Sports Writer) The Pacific Coast League race was tighter today than a pair of wartime pants The San Diego Padres, |Beavers and Los Angeles Angels and only five leaders from f place, & eparated the cellar-dwelling Seattle. The ranks were closed the Angels last night the Beavers. for the second '~LM\JLh( game, while the Padres i bowed, 8-7, to Casey Stengels Oak- land bunch, who thus pushed their y cut of the basement ior the time since the season start- tie for | | games | abruptly s downed ed { - The Ange! runs in five pounded home five nings to hand Vinee |Di Biasi his first defeat of the seascn. Oren Baker and Don Os- latter nabbing the cre- ined to throitle Portland cluteh, yieldinz 11 dit-—cg lin the hits. despite l's triple, double m‘d' &n\uw driving in three runs paced the Oaks' victory over the Paaxres. Eight hits goed for five runs in the second inning gave the Oaks a hig lead, but the hustling San Diegans came back to knock Char- ley Gassaway out of the box nearly tie the affair. G nhowever, got his fourth win, Al Olsen the leser. The results left Portland and San Diego iied at the top, a mere .008 ahead of the Angels. San Francisco and Sacramento kept pace in their fourth place deadleck, the Seals beating Seattle, 5-1, and the Solons measuring Hol- lywood, 4-1 Bob Joy blows while Ted Jennil their tage off W Little Tor Freitas, the Sclons’ ageless soutkpaw, gave up a first- inning tally and then settled down to pitch his 201st coast league vie- tory. A three-run splurge off > Dasso iced the contest for o. It broke the Solons’ g string. scattered 10 his Seal mates, th three, ks to better 1t Dubiel led by advan- STANDING Or CLUBS Pacit.c Coast League w L 13 13 14 12 12 11 10 9 League W o6 Pet. 591 591 .583 500 500 458 417 315 Portland San Diego Angeles Sacramenm San Francisco Hollywood Oakland i Seattle National Pittsburgh Brooklyn Boston Chicago Philadelphia Cincinnati New York St. Louis | 4 America |New York Cleveland Beston Chu‘a"n ; Washington | Detroit St. Louis Philadelphia Penn Relays Carnival On PHILADELPHIA, April 25.—/®— ‘The University of Illinois sends its speed-conscious track team off to- day on what may be the road to the most coveted of collegiate cin- der laurels—a new record in the Penn Relay Carnival. Only a juggled baton kept the Illini from equalling the all-time mark of four major relay victories in last year's meeting, and as 3,000 athletes got set for the 53d annual carnival, Illinois ap- peared to have a strong chance to establish a new mark. >+ss — BRITISH ROYAL | FAMILY IS NOW ENGLAND BOUND CAPETOWN, South Africa, April 25—(#—The British Royal family departed for England late tLcday akoard the battleship Vanguard, leaving a cheering throng behmd on the dock.s lowm e wo e o PIONEEBS AUXILIARY Meet tonight in the Odd Fellows Hall at 8. —adv. 563t1 Portland | were locked in a virtual three-way | and | Rainier | bunched | .| Yakutat | | | i nnd a 6-1 ¢ = over Detroit. Jack [Krun‘ Brownie winner, with a three- HOME RUNS CLOTTED IN BIG LEAGUE | By JACK HAND ‘ (Asscciated Press Sports Writer) | Chic Life is tough with the New York | Pittsbu Giants when biz “Jawn” Mize hits| Borowy three home runs off a 20-gameiRoe, I wvin nd the club hits rock bot-!(9) on in the National League cellar.! Man Mel Ott has oniy one|Philac onsolation in his miseries. He has!Brook { distinguished company in the world | Huzhe hampion St. Louis Cardinals who | inick also have won only twd of their! (8) first seven starts in the bright new season Despite never in the ton. Johnny along with big fore Mize started hitting rcund trippers on each of his last three trips to the plate Another homer by Walker Cooper' also failed to discourage Sain who 3ot home with a 14-5 verdict. The Braves used only one homer, | sy Danny Litwhiler, in their 21-hit salute to five New York pitchers, starting with loser Monty Kennedy. The home run also had its place the Pitisburgh-Chicago -~ game it was Don Johnson's single in'! eighth that gave the Cubs a| 3-5 edge over the Pirates, reduc- ing their lead over Brooklyn to a nalf game { Dedg 1 and were 1 ean and Cinci poned L the National game between ti and St. Louis was post- of wet grounds Shert Scores Nauona! League R 6 10 5 10 and Scheffing Tost B H 1 h 1 Kush (8) and Ja 6 6 Sem- | 0 8 Branc Donnelly dgett (4); Edwards. New Y 8 1 Bndnul\ (1 and i nd Masi his was able ball game slugging feat, Mize to get the Giants yesterday at Bos- 1 was coasting © early lead be- | to do his stuff, Hansen (1) (6) Andrev n (8); Sain g dy er; Shea and R l H .'y E ll R R F 6 10 n I 8 Trucks, White and in out he Detr K @) Swilt and Mos: 9 v vermire 9 -+ Arnie Hall Strong Left $20,000 Estate; Win Streak Brocklyn Dodgers continued their mastery over the Dixie Walker's first-inn- with the bases loaded | for both runs of iulph 20 shutout over Tommy | rs' The o prove Phillies. ing g weounted Branca's Hughes. Jce Cronin's Boston Red Sox sal vaged the last of their three-game ‘et at the Yenkee Stadium, shading New Y 1-0, on Tex Hughson's two-hitter. Don Black reformed cha ter, pitched Cleveland to its fourth straight win, a 1-0 shutout of Chi- »ago with a neat four-hit job. Pat Seere) second inning homer was the differenze between Black and | Johnny Rigney. The St. Louis Browns, shut out in three of their first five starts, nudged Virgil T Hal Whi |n\fl Stubby Overmire for 10 hits' E"]n”' . DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCUE, WEATHER BURI JUNEAU, ALASKA WEATHER BULLETIN DATA FOR 24 FOURS ENDED AT 4:30 A. M, 120TH MERIDIAN TIME Max. temp. ! TODAY last | Lowest 4:30am. Z4hrs temp.&. tem, Precip. 35 35 -16 25 EEATTLE, l\pnl 25.—(M—Annie Hall Streng, widow of former Gov. A. St of Alaska, left valued at $20,000, it was when her will was en-| probate. The will left! t three children nf her late husband, with other ques to the Shriners’ for crippled children, Spokane, Boy Scouts and Camp Fire of Ncme, Alaska, institutions in Alaska. > for $1C000 to the Gnls for results! “Want-ads AU 4:30 am. Rain 24 hrs.* 41 Station Anchcrage Barrow Bethel Cordova Dawson Edmonton Fairbanks Haines Havre Juneau Airport Ketchikan { Kodiak Kotzebue Los Angeles McGrath Nome Northway Petersburg Portland Prince George Prince Rupert Seattle Sitka Whitehorze Pt. Cloudy Rain Rain Pt. Cloudy Rain Rain Clear Rain Rain Cloudy Snow Cloudy Snow Clear Pt. Cloudy Rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Rain Pt. Cloudy Drizzle *—(4:30 a. m. yesterday 10 4:30 a. m. today) WEATHER SYNOPSIS: A filling low pressure area is located over the upper Tanana River Valley. A storm front from the center of this low was located at 16 o'clock this morning on a line near Tanacross-Lake Atlin southward to Ketchikan and thencz into the Pacific. This rather vigopous storm front yielded almost an inch and three Guarters of rain in Juneau. The winds asscciated with this storm front were 20 to 33 miles per hour. The winds are now decreasing and have become westerly. Other features of this morning's map were a large high pressure cell located over the eastern Pacific with a ridge extending over the northwestern United States, British Columbia and northward into central Canada. A low pressure center has moved into the Gulf of Anadyr with the second in this family of stcrms now located 400 miles southwest of Kiska. MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reports from Marine >tauons at 1:30 P. M. today WIND Height of Waves Temp. Dir.and Vel. (Sea Condition) 44 WsW 8 1 foot, 43 swW 30 3 feet 47 Calm 1 foot 46 SSE 2 feet 46 SSE 2 feet Guard Zsland .Cloudy 47 SE 22 2 feet Cape Decision ... Drizzle 45 SsW 4 Zero MARINE FORECAST FOR PERIOD ENDING SATURDAY EVE- NING: Protected waters of Southeast Alaska and the outside waters from Dixon Entrance to Yakutat—winds southerly to southwesterly 20 to*30 miles per hour gradually decreasing tonight and becoming light and variable Saturday. Rain showers. ALASMI\J{ LUNCH Now Open—7a.m.tola. m. Weather Cloudy -..Cloudy ...Cloudy ...Drizzle Rain Station Cape Spencer Eldred Rock .. 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Malcolm CITY TRUCKS WiLL PA(,l THRl:E Yacht-Blast Accusees | HAUL RUBBISH [N SPRING CLEAN-UP The city Cleanup Campaign according to Mayor Waino 5, giving residents two nd Sundays to rake up debris in their yards, where il is conver to city truck-arive As is customary, the city Lhe n ed is piled on the curb. is made that brok and Ltottles be pla cther containers ing scattered about the job of loading yone is urged to do his part in m a more spic-and-span to continue to keep after the spring clean-uj reau - oo WASHINGTC 25 Armed Services Subc sproved today legisla a Naval post3 oy, Calif. d the Del commedate ly. committee dec the original permancnt pril ~(' acl he vy property can ficers immedia Batcs said the 1sider later to erect a school at Monterey ubcommitiee's appr foliowed a rep. Navy board appoir !investigate the possibility verting the Army's surplu Stevens, Ore., into Naval pxwum school. PNA BRINGS at M 500 posal 3 office Th Montere fre a @ e L) E such rubbish wi e be- a pro- and will continue throu and 1 in edon with the R. Gelhnun, the fact that tt of Wate Beulah § tock place Despite blast d 5 1 el e Ov and his wife 1 ath ineee, 1 the ecu ful scene back to the ca s Overell is hel is held without ba wa Lopes, Risney and Is Approved by Com Adua 00- FROM AN(HORAGE Pacific Northc completed a4 A wgul,nl\ n\'(! and Bastbound from Anchor Norval Cavett, First Ofi and Stewarc ht the llow neau. Capt broug 1 Belle R. Johnson, Roley, Emma Charleboi Mike Scheer Johnson, Dick Bob Steve Shepherd took | bound fifght from Juncau, following passengers on To Anchorage: Jack Carr, Carr, W. Darden, John B. Storey, Donald the with - JUDGE DIMOND BACK Judge Anthony J. 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