The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1947, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, ALASKA FERRISS IS MOVING UP AS PITCHER By JOE REICHLER Acssceiated Fress Sports Writer Dave (Boo) Ferriss may yet realize his ambiticn of joining Wes Fer- rell, former star Cleieland right- hander, as the only pitchers ever o win 20 or more games in each of their first four years in the majors The Boston Red Sox righthander, who established an American League mark for pitchers in 1946 when he won 46 games in his first two sea- , in the big time, is still two 3 s away from the mark Skeptics who early last season termed him a wartime pitcher and were forced to eat their words began to pop up again. “He needs lots of runs to win," they observed Ferri again yesterday proved ss that this was a wrong observation Boston made ouly eight hits ve: terday, three of which he con- tributed himself, but e gave up only seven and whipped the CI cago Sox 6-2 at Comiskey Park to give the American League cham- pions a split in their doubleheader. The White Sox outscrambled the Red Sox 6-5 in the nightcap. It took strong hitting on his own part to win yesterday. He drove in three runs with a trinle and a single and scored once to account for four of Boston's six runs. Giants Get Swat Johnny Neun's Cincinnati Reds knecked the New York Giants out of sole possession of the National League leadershin when they hand- ed previously unbeated Clint Har- tung his first setback of the season and crushed the Giants 9-3. The defeat dropped the Polo Ground crew into a tie for first place with the idle Chicago Cubs Lefty Howie Pollet pitched and batted the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 victory cver the Brooklyn Dod: ers at Ebbets Field. Pollet crack a single in the 10th inning to score Encs Slaughter from second with the tie-breaking run Pittsburgh throttled a ninth in- ning rallv bv Boston and nosed out the Braves 4-3 in Boston. It was only the Pirates’ second triu in seven meetings with the B In a night game at St. Louis Philadelphia Athletics defe: Browns, 6-3. The As .ocke; Fannin for three runs in ihe2 second and scored what proved to be the winning run in the fifth when rookie first sacker Ferris Fain homered Scheduled doubleheaders between New York and Cleveland and Wash- ington and Detroit were postponed because of rain . BALL GAME ON TONIGHT The Moose and Elks will tangle tonight at Firemen’s Park, the game scheduled to start at 6:30 o'clock. the | jser P.C. LEAGUE " LEADERSTO GET ITEASY. (By 4HE AQSU!\IAJZD PRESS) ; The big three of the Pacific Coast League—Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles—will finally get jut of one another's hair this week : and get'a chance to work on—and | perhaps, work over—lesser opposi- | tion | Oakland may face the hardest | b, traveling north to meet Port- Beavers, who have been at home. The Beavers, sec- | ond only to Oakland as a surprise | outfit, are still in fourth place des- | | pite having dropped just under the 0 mark | San ancisco, tied with the| s for the lead, and Los Angeles, AP SPORTS ROUNDUP By HUGH : ULLERTON, JR. NEW YORK, June 3. —Fo the past 20 ye e of the 'S or 80, 0 | golf tournaments | s been the Jess Sweet- | Cup event at the Si-| | | hereabouts 1 Victory wanoy Club . . . That commemorate the first Americ: triumph in the British amateur championship anc of golfers a chance tc nt day chasing a ball s and a night beat- bout old times—the gives ing thew gums principal reasons for golf hird only a game back, draws Sa- Now it might be a good idca tc|cramento and San Diego, respe: set up 2 Chavman tourney in honor | tively. Sacramento won a tempor- | of the first all American final injary hold on fifth place by beating | Britain and how about a Bobby | San Diego last week. Jones 1 slam tournament before | Tt could mean a respite for the Bebby's great feat is lost in the{top trio, which for the past sev-| mists of time? And right now | eral weeks seemed to be bumping the ¢ probat uld like to stage | up - against each other constantly. a send - Bobby - Locke - back - home | In these meetings of course, the tournament and raise enough dough to pay Bobby's fare to South Africa. | Locke hasn't left them much, what ith winning four of nd something over April. Oaks came off best. Casey Stengel's slugging Acorns measured Los Angeles, four games S|to three then lambasted San Fran- $8,000 since cisco, 6-1. The Seals salvaged at least their pride by smacking down = | the Angels, 5-3 | ONE-MINUTE SPORTS PAGE | geattle's Rainiers, virtually tied Ed McCarthy, acc catcher of the | with San Diego is to invade Holly- Duke University = baseball team, | wood, the home of the cellar-dwel- would lfke to start his pro career|ling Stars, in the other scheduled six tou as a playing-manager in some Class | serjes. It may be the Stars’ best “D” circuit Why net aim a little | opportunity to escape from the higher to start—say a job as com- | qungeon missioner? Eddie Cameron, a guard who recently was signed by | inals, is the same STANDING ur CLURS guy from the University of Miami Pacitic Toast League en fighting with some w L heavyweight . .. Warren | Oakland ) Spahn of the Braves has picked run- | San Francisco 3 .28 ners off first base in eight of the Los Angeles 3% 29 nine games he has pitched this sea- | Portland 28 29 son . . . Barney Ewell, who seidom | Sacramento 31 33 gets a rear view of rival sprinters San Diego 28 38 : says that “Pell” Mel Patton is the | Seattle 21 32 458 best he has seen in several y Hollywood 27 36 429 When Ruvert Thompson, man- e ager of the Salt Lake City Bees in Natnal League the Pio: League, was bounced w L Pet. from a game for kicking dirt on an ¢ York 22 18 5 umpire, he was fined well ago 2 16 79 that would pay for a lot of shoe | Boston 22 18 550 shines Brocklyn 21 Afh e i Pittsburgh 18 19 486 Cincinr 18 23 439 WALKER IS CHiEF R : 16 23 410 BATSMAN' NAII.. I.. American wcague By Assccated Press) W I B Harry Walker has moved back | Detroit gl . into the ton svot among National NeW York o U A League batsmen. The Philadelphia Cleveland 16. 15780 s outfielder held his mark of B0ston 80:7" 20~ Sohll v a8 his club was idle. Philadelphia 20 487 ) Mize who had gone into first W ashington 10 407 place Sunday with a 370 figure drop- Chicago 23 452 ped down to third place with 360, St- Louis 2 40 The New York Giants' slugger went ; hitless in four times yesterday Gastinesa Leoxghs against the Cincinnati Reds. Enos L Pet Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals 2 601 with three hits against Brookiyn 3 500 advanced to secend place with an Moose 3 250 average of .361. T There was no change among the IF YOUR MONEY IS NOT ton three hitters in the American League as the leaders—George Mc- Quinn and Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees and Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians made idle by rain. EARNING FOUR PERCENT it will pay vou to investigate our offerings in well chosen investments, ALAS- KA FINANCE CORPORATION, all were Cooper Building, 4th and Main. —adv.—5T4-tf NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION CO. BTSN o b 0 S. S. ALASKA ACQUIRED TO SERVE SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA CITIES First Sailings FROM JUNEAU Northbound: Haines, Skagway and Sitka SAT. JUNE 21 Southbound : TUES. JUNE 24 and every other Tues. thereafter NORTIHE AN I TRANSPORTATION CO. announces the FAMGREER SERVNGE: ® We are happy to announce that we have acquired the 366-foot turbo-electric SS “Alaska” for operation in the Southeastern Alaska route. She will make her maiden voyage in this service, sailing from Seattle, Tuesday, June 17th—and every other Tuesday thereafter. In addition to our regular ports of call, service will be extended to include Haines and Skagway. With a capac- ity of 214 cabin passengers, the SS “Alaska” constitutes the first step in the replacement of our passenger service. N—— PAGE THREE ROYAL BICYCLIST Twelve-year-old King Feisal II of Iraq, one of the youngest ruicis of modern times, rides one of his four hicycles on the grounds of the Rose Palace. CIVIC CENTER AT ANCHORAGE FORMED Two new Anchorage corporations | good to bad, a normal early season ] condition. Observers agreed that ' the league t2ams showed good com- petitive spirit and a lively season is expected In the first gamg Notar and Boech- | ler pitched a good brand of ball, and Gisskry hit a home run and a | p, filed articles of incorporation G I'I juu\:hh for the winner with the office of Territorial Audi- o our"e The ond game, between ihe | tor Frank A. Boyle, | CAA and VFW was hard on piteh- | The Anchorage Civie Center, Inc., | ers as both teams slugged the ball.'y non-profit corporation, was form- | John Keith hit three home runs and | James Redo clouted a home Yun o censtruct a civie center building, and five singles for the CAA. Kuhn, | gol, course and recreational area. | with a double, trivle, and single Was 14 will be a membership organiza- qualified yesterday to represent the leading batter for VEW ticn managed by an 11 person board Pacific Northwest in the U. S. Open n BT B dtrotbre: BRI o8 b My b B e i O R r, General Manager of the Al-| it s Dbl g | U (AUFORN‘A ka Railroad, Commanding officer | “’; "‘_““?I 1“')11“_ "l“"";‘,”'("rl”’l'" ] of Fort Richardson, President of | i g R ool v e the Anchorage School Board, Dis-! ed by prominent Anchorage ciizens | PORTLAND, Ore., June 3. Harold West, Portland profassionc, and Ted Neist, Walla Walla pro, 86 holes, declined the trip. Neist US( wul plAY il B ek B ABCE. & 140, Twu over pab 0NN G4 from labor unions, women's clubs | more than carded by West and FoR BB TIILE and the Chamber of Commerce. Longworth. | Forming the corporation were: | USRS 5104 { Charles F. Chevillon, E. Wells Er- | | The University of California and the win, J. P. Johnson, E. E. Rasmuson, 1 Fred Axford, W. P. Plett, Edward | University of Southern California Davis, Evangeline Atwood, | INE WILLIAMS AND o o vt et ¢ | BERKELEY, Calif., June 3.—(¥ D OfF { BOB ARMS]‘RONG mcrrow afternoon in Los Angeles to Thomas Mosley, Kenneth R. Bow- | Getermine which shall meet Wash- man and Francis Bowden. | inglon® State College for the cham- Also formed was the Alaskan | SlGN FOR BOUI pionship of the Pacific Coast Con- Program Service, Inc., by James ference. A. Kelly, Perry E. Hilleary and | The playoff was arranged last Allan V. Chapman, Jr. It will offer | PHILADELPHIA, June 3.—M— yight after the California Bears had wirecasting programs of entertain- | lke Williams and Bob Montgomery moved to a tie for the southern ment wherever there are power signed today for a 15-round light~ division crown by defeating Stan- lines in Alaska. It was capitalized | weight title fight August 4 at Phila- ferd 6 to 4. Both California and | at $100,000 with stock divided into | delphia Municipal Stadium. USC thus ended their regular sched- | 1,600 shares having a par value of | — ules with 11 victories and four de- ' $100 each. feats each. - SOFTBALL LEAGUE o AT HOT J ELECTRICITY of the Hotel Juneau were Virginia ~On Glacier Hiway from 9 am. te NIGHI; 2 GfiMES Landis from Portland, it Johnson and Cliff Gallagher 'from 10 am. Wednesday, June 4, from Juneau, Dairy to Glacier Dairy. The City Softball League opened Sitka and Felix Narva from Idaho Duck Creek Area. —adv. 596-t1 Monday night in Evergreen Bowl, Inlet. George J. Kippola returned - - with the Veterans Admniistrs to the Juneau aiter a trip out of NOTICE | defeating the Teen Age Club 15 to 3 town. Local 1504, Painters and Decora- | in the first game, and the CAA e tors, election of officers Wednes- taking the VFW 27 to 19 in the When you pay for QUALITY why day, June 4, 8 p.m. AFL Hall | second game, not get the FINEST—Buy FLOR- ! 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