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VIO\’DAY MAY 12, 1947 Openmg Game of Ball Season Sunday Called 'Good Pltchmg Perform- | ‘TOTOP SPOT, P, C. LEAGUE ANGELS JUMP Off: Elements at Work . ances Feature Playing i in Sunday Games By BILL .ll CKER scociated Press Sports Writer) . s;;‘nklmu pitching performances | | i | N THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, ALASKA (rack Shot Coming Here « | ensuing INEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED, RAINBOW GIRLS - Installation term for the Saturday ul’ w officers held |night at the Scottish Rite Temple by the Order of Rainbow for Girls | The following officers were in- stalled | Worthy Advisor, Lily Ann Maur- [stad; Associate Worthy Advisor, ! Bonnie Chesney; Charity, Lois Har: led; Hope, Mae Cuthbert; Faith i {Pat Balog; Drill Leader, Harriet { Maurstad; Chaplain, Lois Nichol- !son; Musician, Vera Fryer; Choir Director, Joyce Hope The three threats, intermittent o;q of seven innings by the 7 p.m, |dotted the Sunday scene as the Los | showers, wet grounds and raln, penpsylvania curfew law. ! Angeles Angcls ascended, unaccom- collaborated Sunday to stall off i panted; o the’ Eucitic : :Coast!] the opening game of the 1947 The Short Scores | League's top rung ! ceason of the Gastineau Channel American League With big southpaw Cliff Cham- | Baseball League. (First) |bers of Bellmgham turning in his| Prexy William Holzheimer, Vice R H' E|seventh stbal victory against no | President Stan Grummett, play- pp;,geiphia 4 9 0 defeats in the ‘opene e Angels fs of the Moose snd. Legion vy pipeion 6 10 1 red ofi Hollywood Stars twice teams, members of the Juneau City g vu0e and Guerra; Hudson, ' 2- 5, to go a full game' Band and fans by the scores, Were, gy, " (3), “Pleretti (5), Candini of San Francisco all set for the game. (9 and Evans | traded shutout w IHETRHL sHoWEME ob QaILVAY: | Nbdtond) with the San Diego Padres. Anoth- alternoon. and. GVenig, BEait Saty Philadelphia 1 7 0'er lanky lefty, Cliff Melton, fanned ' Syrday moming formed .pools 8% yuopingion 2 10 012 as he hurled San Francisco to over theydlamond. 6ad. & d;’:‘_m'l‘""‘ Fowler and Rosar; Masterson and 'a 3-0 decision in the first game of ratn, At L, DiclpRl BUDCAY." I | aanouso, [Then, Padre Ed Vitalich shaded isyad Bhe 008 R EIVNEGE R H E'Jack Brewer, 1-0, i thielder | There was a break in the weath- 2 ack er, as outfielder ¢ New York 7 10 0 Maxie West clouted his ninth hom- | & er about ncon and it looked as if : the sun might come out and do Boston 8 11 0 er of the ses i a job of drying .but shortly after, Bevens, Lyvons 1), Gumpert (3) Sun Duel \ more rain. ['911. Page (5, 'Byme 8) and Berra;| The day’s top duel, however, was | ¥ At 1 o'clock, Director dJoseph!¥ine, Dorish (2), E. Johnson (9) another extra-inning thriller—this | Bbofosr sanounesh. pver KINY, An Wegner time jor 15 frames—between Sac Bob Druxman, commentator, and R H Eramento and Portland. The Solons by telephone that the band would Elh\;v(llnd 111, 16 (1) )Er.ulln-(l 1m ran [un\m\;) -1\;);;{:‘1-( ) : and members packed | St Liowis 7 ridges for two runs in the 15th to, ; G L R R : '\“:‘ (l\:,‘r" (:‘]:((Iu,“\l,.:,,,,.\» cARcelled | Mmibree and. Hegan; Russkowskl win, 3.2, Bridges weiit all the way, | E PR S A o “‘M"“ !““y" B dle 4 i Stnday éngagemhits D; Kramer, Kinder (5), Iott (7, while Garth Mann, the victor,. 8ive @ spectacular free public exhibiticn at Alaska Juneau tailing Shertly after this announcement 'and Moss. pitched all but the t inning. | dump in Juneau this month, it is-announced today by officials of the Holzheimer officially an-' (First) Each fanned nine. { Juneau Sportsmens Association, which is sponscring the even'.' Tn d cancellation of the open- R H arlier in the week Portland| the cut wbove he uses a rifle to disintegrate high al targets ing game, “wet grounds, etc.” Detroit 10 14 edged Sacramento, 1-0, in 20 inn-! A self-taught wizard with a Winchester, Parsons uses a shotgun The next scheduled game, the Chicago 0 3 2 ings | to “scramble” in ony two seconds, three eggs thrown high into the weather permitting, is tomorrow “Trout and Swift; Lee, Gebraine K Vince Dibiasi spun a two-hit In another amazing feat, using a 22 caliber rifle, Parsons throws t between the Legion { (T, Papish (8 and Dickey shutout to give the Beavers the At AR AT A Blook Tidb <h. 8k ook e - bl Legion l::. ‘ led TL,X":’CTM m‘ : ’nx‘m 6 10 0 ars gz:m"l}:nu,w Two ! splinters the pieces with four bullets in an average of thrce seconds § SR SR ; Parsons stresses safety practices in the handling of firearms irom night Chicago 1 3 3 The pitching wasn't so sensation- ’ A £ g Truck and Tebbetts; Lopat, al, but the games couldn’t have| Start to finish of his program. As an additional feature, at the close Smith :d Stephenscn, Dickey been closer in Oakland where the| ©f t ibition, he will answer any questiors and discuss shooting ©. Oaks took Seattle twice, 6-5 and| Problems with men of the audicnce : The Oaks pulled Garrison fin- | Thrc it his exhibition, in which he uses ten rifles, shotguns NEHGnNG: SoRRun | shes in both games, scoring five| and pistols, Parsons maintains a rapid-fire barrage of entertaining ) runs in the ninth for the opening | Th accomplishment of co-ordinating shooting, breath- R 1 E win and three in the last frame of | and talking is perfermed by no other shooter, and required three 3 7 1 the nighteap. s to perfec Philadelphia : 7 11 1, The blggest crowd of the season scns, who shoots under the ship of Winchester-Western, L] Lombardi, King (4), Barney (5), 19815—witnessed the Angel-Stars ; St Twmbhiaas dad HieHiret T Vi k & ¢g (7) and Edwards, Hodges twin bill, bringing the s total Anatye IN 2 enRsseee, pac - A 119 880, 0L B, Al {5 e onate and SAMIRIGE el e M| d his first limit of quail when cnly 1 Self-tauzht, he has (Second) ds record for Los Angeles been shooting ever since. itk v Brcoklyn 4 8 0 The series winners—all margins - T7ih E F Y k S‘ P _ Philadelphia 5 10 0 four games to three—were Los! re-voard stage wilh no Ling ormer Yankee Jiar rer Chandler, Taylor (5), Lombardi Angeles, San Francisco, ~Portland ! other furniture or finished ' l.'k Th l" (. ot Bawards, Sows, Heltzel- g = Cariang. nday results | s and no heat, but this is to be orms Like 1horougi man (6) and Seminick poosted Oakland into sixth ahead completed as funds become avail- b d f u ! Bd (First) of Hollywood. Otherwise, aside from able. Church service has been held red for Lieveian R H E San Francisco’s slide into second, | BI lEAG in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. S 1. Louis 10 12 0 the standings remained as they Grant during the past year. By JOE REICHLER < ittsburgh 6 11 0 were Z (Associated Press Sperts Writer) Munger, Wilks (4), Hearm (7) e | s BACC. RVIC A" 'month ngo @nyone brash"4nd Rice, Garagiola (7); Roe,Behr- R R e ar saders he ' Baccalaureate Services were held eniough. to. pick the Cleveland In- Man (5, Navy (10), Herring (10) AR IOE CLYDE Mgf‘: L(\:‘:A(C;.Ilelh:n I(;:\I«l?::x B % Sevansiis Aty Dhuyias BOOTS dians to win the American pennant and Kluttz, Howell (10). Pacitic Coast wea; ' National League: Scheol auditorium at 2 co'ciock in would have been labeled a “nut” (Second) 3 w L .| Batting—Walker, Brooklyn, 397; the afterncon, and rushed to the nearest psycho- St. Louis 3 6 1 1cs Angeles 25 4 595 'Rigney, New York, .389. Invocation and * Benediction pathic ward. Today that thought Pittsburgh 3 8 1 gan Francisco 24 18 Runs batted in—Elliott, Boston, given by the Rev. W. Robert Webl is wandering through the minds of (Called end 7th: Sunday law). szcramento 22 20 Torgeson, Boston, 18 Mrs. L. S. Grant sang “Teach Me many fans—end they den't all live Burkhart, Munger (6) and Gar- gan Diego 20 19 Home runs—Mize, New York, 9; To Pray” while the Rev. Robert in Cleveland. aggiola; Higbe, Bahr (6), Bonham pgytland 20 20 500 Miller, Cincinnati, 7 Whelan delivered the Baccalaureate And oddly enough, their biggest (7) and Howell, Kluttz (6). Oakland 20 22 476| Pitching—Rowe, Philadelphia, Sermon. The Girls Glee Club sang reason is nct Bobby Feller, base- (First) Hollywooc 18 23 439 0, 1.000. '“Glory To God” by Rachmoninofi. ball’s number one righthander. The R H E geattle 16 26 ° 3811 American League: Processional and Recessional and guy is the former Yankee star sec- Boston 1 3 e ! Batting—Mullin, Detroit, .441; accompaniment \, v Mrs. Marcus cnd baseman, Bullet Joe Gordon. New York 8 9 0 National League {Lewis, Washington, .382. Jensen. In performing like a thorough- Sain, Lanning (5), Lanfranconi w ) Pct.| Runs batted in- Doerr, Boston, ° ———————— bred at his old second base pest (5), Wright (8) and Masi; Kennedy chicago 14 7 667 17; Gordon, Cleveland, 16. - -3 and teaming perfectly with Bou- and W. Cooper. | Boston 13 8 619' Home rtuns—Gordon, Cleveland, DR. DEV!QHN: io dreau in th field, Gordon has set (Second) Brooklyn 11 8 579 T; four players tied with 5. a terrific pace with his war club. Boston 110 3 pigtepuren 9 9 500, Pitching—Gove, Chicago, and BE SPECIAL GUEST At the moment, Gordon is batting® New York 8 148 Philadeiphia 11 12 478 Dietrich, Philadelphia, 2-0, 1.000. well over .300, is leading theleague Johnson and Camelli; Ayers, New ‘York § 10 444 Sunday's pitching batting stars OF lEGIo" To"'G“T in home runs and trails Boston's 'l’rmkh’_ ‘:'zvv. Koslo (5), Thompson‘cmcmmu 9 14 ‘391"!incf1 up as \rollnw.v 1 Doerr in the important (7! And W. Cooper St. Louis 6 13 316 VP‘llclmmuBoa. Smarzg .Athleurv | R G I o runs-batted-in department by one (First) f Bt i jwas: tagged for 10 hits and gave §5i, wiit have e Ghkir special for individual leadership. On de-| R HE American League |up a base on balls, but was su- Bieat IaL their rwnu‘hr m(‘c'i;lg o fense, he has made only one error Chicago 6 10 1 w T, Pet. | Perb in pinches to blank Washing- aigi—u i “D’uu’om ”‘w fi‘r in 80 changes and has helped the Cincinnati 3 6 1 petroit e .632\“’“ 0. Scmmander of this post, Dr. Harry Indians complete 19 double plays in - Lade and Scheffing and Kethi, | | Cleveland 9 7 563 Batting—Bob Elliott, Braves, af- - Deliighde. The oldtimers “will 16 games. Shoun (8) and Lamantio. | Boston 11 9 soplter getting three for three in & o5 0% eccoing® with him the early Good Work Sunday Second) | Washington 8 7 533 | losing cause in the first game, he days of the organization of the The 32-year-old Oregonian ham- Chicago 4 12 0 chicago 1 10 5g4|drove in five runs with a home American Legion in 1919, and the mered out two home runs and a Cincinnati 3 8 0'New York 9 9 500 run and single scored OWO MO yyinger members will be given single yesterday and drove in four (10 innings) | Philadelphia 8 12 gooffo help the Braves defeat WS Cympses of the problems then runs to lead the Indians to an Wyse, Kush (7), Chipman (9) (st Louis BB .333|Gmn!- in the second game 11-3. rooo the young and new Leglon- overwhelming 16-1 victory over the and McCullough; Petarson, Cum- —— - naires. St. Louis Brewns. The triumph en- abled the Tribe to take over the runner-up svot only a game and a half behind the iront running De- troit Tigers who swept a double- header from the Chicago White Sox 10-0 and 6-1 before 45,755 fans in Chicago. The. defending champion Bosten Red Sox gladden- ed a crowd of 32211 hemetown Tooters by nosing out the Yankees 8-7. The Philadelphia Athletics di- vided a pair with Washington, win- ning the opener 4-0 and dropping the nightean 2-1. The Chicago Cubs took over the National League lead by one full game from the Boston Braves by whipping the Reds in Cincinnati twice, 6-3 and 4-3. A turnout of 51.- 840 saw the hometown New York Giants hold the Braves to a split as the Polo Grounders won the first 8-1 and lost the second 11-3. Earl Torgeson, Snchomish, homered in the second game, aiter fanning four times in the nightcap. The’ Philadelphia Phils handed the Brooklyn Dodgers a severe jolt by humbling them twice before a record Shibe Park crowd of 40,952, 7-3 and 5-4. The double defeat dropped the Dcdgers from first to third place. The St. als emerged with a win and a tie in their double-header in Pitts- burgh, winning the first in 10 inn- lnxs. 10-6,. and tying the gcond,,en cuneau-Y 3-3, with the game called at the Louis Cardin- | bart (9) and Lamanno SALVATION ARMY IN RECEIPT OF STATION WAGON; IT'S A GIFT The Juneau Salvation Army is thé recipient of a fine gift in a| Willys Jeep all-metal Station Wa- gon which has been given by Lt.| Col. R. E. Clarke and Salvationists of Southern California. The station wagon asrived today on the Square Sinnet. It will be a great help in the service of They Salvation Army in Juneau. Mayor Waino Hendrickson and H. L. Faulkner, Advisory Board chairmen, are writing to Col Clarke expressing thanks for this gift. PALISANA IN PORT Alaska Tn.n.spultauon Company ireighter Palisana arrived in Ju- neau Sunday morning at 2:30 c'clock, with 200 tons of general cargo for here. Since the longshore- men refused to unload the ship on Sunday, she lay idle at the dock until 8 o'clock today. The freighter is expected to sail by this evening. - - FURNI1 i Clearance continues vung's Mezzanine, —adv, 5%3-tf |tival 'MRS. KATE DENNIS MAKIRG VISIT HERE | Mrs. Kaw Dennis, one of Ju-| neau’s oldtime residents who has! \mnde her home in Portland, Ore., the past several years, is the house- guest of Mrs. R. D. Peterman. She made the trip to be with | ber brother, Billie Williams, who is 'recuperating in St. Ann's Hospital from spinal injuries received in a \bad fall recently. After her ar- in Juneau from the South, |and finding her brother recover- ing nicely and in good spirits, Mrs. Dennis flew on to Fairbanks for 1a visit with her grandson and wife, |Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Erickson. She returned the Juneau the latter part of last week and will| be here for another week or two Buildozers telp Warsaw Cleanup! WARSAW, Poland—(®—The ]nb| of cleaning up the miles of rubble | and ruins in Warsaw is getting a big boost. Several hundred “bulldozers” Kave | arrived in the capital from the United States. Poles estimate each machine replaces 65 men, most of whom have been cleaning up War- saw by pick and shovel. Dol]E;ZAs NEWS CITY COUNCII» MEETING A regular monthly meeting of the Douglas City Council will be held tonight in City Hall. Bills will be paid and other regular business dis- pesed of. FIRST SERVICES, NEW CHURCH First services were held in the inewly constructed Douglas Com- munity Methodist Church yester- day, honoring the mothers at home and abroad on Mothers’ Day. The Rev. Robert Treat dedicated the services and the opening of the church to the mothers of the world and spensored a collection to be used for the happiness of mothers, in distressed countries. ) The Douglas Community Church ! was first brought to Douglas in the fall of 1945 when the Rev. Tre: started church meetings to decide the need.of a Community Church The movement then joined with the Congregational Douglas Church and with their help and the Meth- odist Board of Missions, financed and planned the building which is| now being used. Only half of the| building is completed at this time.| The plans call- for another larze' wing. The church is still in the, A Dutch lunch will be enjoyed after the business meeting, and all Legionnaires are expected to turn out for the cccasion. A S LR California and Gecrgia comb)md produce about half the peaches grown in the United States. —— e - Ancient Egytians made many art objects from voleanic glas: Pr—— New — Used — Rebuilt AUTO PARTS Grilles, Shock Absorbers, Knee Action Units, Motors, Trans- missions and a MILLION OTHER PARTS We Mail and Ship Promptly Seattle Auto Wrecking Co. 1950—1st Avenue South Seattle, Wash, Casler s Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmends Shoes Skyway Luggage S o s | | | Confidential Observor, Carmen Mantyla; Outer, Observer, Donna Olds; Keepers of Pharaphernalia, Paula Kay Cook and Lynn Bodding, Page, Donna Carver; Flag Bearer, Rdath Dawe: Color Bearer, Lillie |May Allen; @olor Stations: Lo Helen Isaac; Religion, Phcebe L an; Nature, Bom#le Bell Eaton; Fidelity, Carcl Jean MacDonald; Immortality, Betty Allen; Patrio- tism, Barbara Reid; phine Hared Choir: Irene McKinley, McCrea, Marjorie Willilams, Wan- da Nelson, Shirley Elstad, Mary Louise Whitaker, Sally Ruth Crooks, Aileen Kronquist, Ann Rieschl, Jean Penrcd, E Marie Knape, Peggy Forward Terry Smnethen, Ev- elyn Hollmann Service, Jose- Sandra The installing officers were Ber- tha Beebe as installing Worthy Advisor; Ada Burns, Chaplain; Roema Fargher, Ma 1, Mary Jean Sofouli Recorder; Claire Folta, Musician. Mrs. Maurstad, mother of the newly installed Worthy Advisor, Lily Ann Mawrstad, was intreduced in the East and was given a ¢ » by Lily Ann Follcw installation Bertha Beebe w en a lovely addenda by the officers who had served with Ler during her term, after which she was presented a lovely bouquet of carnations. Bertha’s Past Worthy Advisor's jewel was presented by Rema Fargher who expressed the great pleasure she received in do- 7 s0. Mis. Tucket presented merit bars to those girls who had earned them during the pest term. The installation dance followed attended by a large crowd who pro- ncunced it a great success. Re- freshments were served by the com- mittee after the dance. - ATTENTION MASONS Stated Communication of Mt. Ju- neau Ledge Monday evening at 7:30, with Labor in the M. M. De- gree. Visitors welcome. J. 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