The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 17, 1947, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, 1J0-JO WHITE | TOPS LEAGUE BIG LEAGU ATTENDANCE KEEPING: UP Baseball Fans Crowd Parks to See Sporf - Three Monday Games By JOE REICHLER (Associated Precs Sperts Writer) Those who have been predicting that Major League baseball attend- ance never again would approach the altitudinous figures reached last season may be forced to eat the words. Including games played last night, the two leagues have drawn a total of 6,798,795 fans, only 101,650 cash customers behind the corresponding period a year azo on games through June 16. However they have utiliz- ed only playing dates as date: pare¢ to 363 playing year. A night game Yankee Stadium crowd of 52,633 fans saw their fa- -~ INBATTING Seattle Manager Isn't Wor-| Champion %XGS in | rying About His Team i . —Keeps Swatting S e a l i I e By BILL BECKER | Ascnciated Press Sports Writer | The Seatile Rainiers may be down | in the Coast League standings, but Manager Jo-Jo White isn't letting | June 17 P—Joe obably could and would SEATT Louis. who [ e them bothi on @t oUCR. BLEDS,| chhot hring hint down, [ ugh the ropes tonight to go four | "y s1rpyl, ever-hustling pilot- | inds at the Oivic Tce Arenal.irieiger i5 topping the circuit in | against Tige: Jjack Fox of Spokane 'p,yying with a fat 360 ave for and Bill Peterson of Chicago and) oo s ot Bl S o i a time L e B Ao as regularly as but the former g card, w: a couple of ome. | Rty | Detroit plaver is doing much better ers in the preclimax spol ‘ PO% [than the day some unkind T! starts at 8:30 and ends when Mr. g no o3¢ COF SOTE I s tea party with | ., Wy i | 1 out his tea party with ="y, 50 runs like a rabbit, but un- the local opposition around 10, : ; ) | Todk. i B2 (BkSS Th e utes | fOTHUNE hits like one, too i o'clock. give or take a few minutes. | “yop;i0 can still scamper with the | Joe got in shape for the evening cottontails, but his batting now puts The big Russian, hitting slammed out 11 homers and dri 48 runs to rank among the le And he’s grateful to Jo-Jo. | ., Novikoff and Co., will try | themselves out of the cellar | Ry playing peinhos K him at least in the gazelle class | day. Peterson took a light workout I : Mk i g e | And says Lou Novikoff, the man | i 2 e a0 vl“_“-‘ 2 ''who does most of the Rainiers’ ; et S et R L ! ging, “White's the best mapager I | pork cho The ining notes R | : ever played for frem the Louis camp said his put- | i ting was much proved AP SPORTS : at home at the expense | seventh-place Holly | s, who are not too steady on the vorites trail for seven innings, then come through with two runs in the eighth and one in the ninth to give the New York Yankees a 4-3 vic- tory over the Chicago White Sox. The triumph increased the Yan- 5 o By HUGH FULLERTON JR. the - ROUNDUP - Other PCL engagements put San | Diego's fast-traveling Padres, who kees' first place lead in the Ameri- have won seven of their last nine | can League to a game and a half PORTSMOUTH, Va., Junel7.—(® games, Los Angeles;San Francisco | over Detroit and Boston, deadlocked —Favorite tovic of conversation in at Sacramento, where the outs this part of the country today for second place. what happened to Sammy Sn are buzzing like Dees about the sweet | With 20,097 locking on in Chicago, : g prosvect, Eddie Fit the Brooklyn Dodg taking ad-|the 72nd hole at St. Louis and is itly batting .347): and Port- vantage of two errors by first base- Samm getting temperamental land at Oakland, where the Oaks man Ed Waitkus, scored two un- | Lew Worsham is a Virginia boy, too, | hope to increase their one - game earned runs to eke out a 2-1 deci- but that fact is recognized only casu- | league lead., ! sion over the Cubs. ally since he has spent more time > > In the only other game played around Washington, D. C. e EAGLE RIVER GIRL oriemo SCOUT CAMP NOTES | Frapk Lawrence, Portsmouth Cubs “When do we eat?” When do we in the Majors, the rejuvenated St Louis Cardirals eked cut a 4-3 vi tory over the Philadelphia Phill in St. Louis boss who was honored terday on the annives of his 40 year banking and baseball, says he into the latter business because he STANUING ur CLURS Pacitic Coast League |could eamn $5 a week when the local | o Euessed 1t the Girl Scouts & W L Pehineyspaper wouldn't raise him from |t (URSST B DOuE8s DAV Oakland £, 8 8% 1hs $350 weekl ke was getting as a | poos o b oo SHEE DAED an San| Prancisco 4 8% Boori=wite~- . wollmshoul ‘hear Jro TUCTRI 078 STEH WURE U} Los Angeles 42 36 538itho needling job the toastmaster, | N Peach. Mrs. Jack Fletcher is in | Sickimicaia R T o S R charge of crafs this year and shell an Diego : 2 ampers ¢ ’ yller | Hollywood 36 41 468 SPORTS BEFORE YOUR EY hf!'.x already begun her collection Seattle 31 42 425! ZAjthough Tke Williams is recog-| , LLWLY tWo campers have been di- niced in most States as & light. |YVided into two units according to age and interest and each of these subdivided jnto National League weight chamvion and Tippy L: w L is recognized in some as junior wel- g DERERL. | STOUDS. Boston 30 22 ter champion, thej fighting Fri- Colored sail boats glide across the New York 28 21 571 day in New York, where theyll be KaPer chart (work sheet to you who Chicago 20 23 558rccognized by the color’ of their|8re DCt Scouts) to tell the campers Brooklyn 28 25 528 tights | when to gather wood for the camp- Cincinnati 26 29 473| The fight that really is stirring|fire or when they have the luck St. Louis . . 25 28 472 interest among the pros this wesk |0 P¢ “Queen for the Day” with no Philadelphia 2¢ 31 436 |is Willie Pep vs. Victor Flores to- | Uty Pittsburgh 20 31 .392 night. Every manager who owns a Donna Olds is the Campers song | featherweight wil be on hand to see | 1eader and is brushing up on all the American League how the champion’s injured leg|0!d favorites under the direction W L Pet.istands up . . . | of Robin, our camp director New York 31 23 574| Hugh Stewart, national junior! Candidates for the “Polar Bear Detroit 27 22 551 |doubles tennis champ, is expected to | Club” were initiated today in the Boston 217 22 551 fly in from Korea for the Army-;f"' wimming session, with 15 girls Philadelphia 26 26 500 | Navy tourney. He's due for his |braving the cold wind and water tor Cleveland 21 22 488 Army discharge at the end of July. | instruction but the whole camp was Washington 22 25 .468 | = e, - ir:n the beach for Water Safety dis- Chicago 25 31 446 cussion, We saw a whale just off P o % % b0 OSBORNE BROTHERS [ he share and the geese rise off the Gastineaa Channel League | ‘We are hay- w B Pet. B — {ing fun, come out Sunday and see Elks 7 2 778| The Oskorne brothers, Tom znd|how we do it.” Legion 5 5 500 Orville, are nearing the completion JULIA MARSHALL Molse & 1 6 .43 cf their trollers, the Pinta and Assistant Camp Director. A Orion. They purchased two 38 Iml‘ | hulls from the U. S. Navy last fall in Kodiak. The ships were originally | used for harbor craft. The broth- ers then had them shipped to Ju- neau for extensive work. The brothers have been working IS OFFQRED on the ships since last winter and |port last night bound west, are 16 hope to be cut by the end of this|Washington bred saddle hors 16 SADDLE HORSES ARE ON ALEUTAN FORWEST Aboard the steamer Alemtian, in yood ! = erald | * | week. A Universal engine with 110 |Their owner, Lew Anderson, Ala \ horsepower has been installed and (kan guide, is on the steamer with %me two are now working on the !the horses. | rigging. They plan to fish oft Cape| Anderson purchased the horses | Cross for this season. for two hunting parties organized A " ( h 0 ra g e Pro moter - by doctors of St. Paul and Chicago LUTHERAN Rummage Sale, June [to be used during the next couple Ready with $10,000 for 13 10 am. - G07-t2 ot vieeks {0 the westward. Champ’s Show in July | SEATTLE, June 17—(®—Freddiz | Sommers, booking agent for Joe iLouis” current exhibition boxing tour, said today he had received a long distance telephone call from | Anchorage, Alaska, offering $10,000 | and a cut of the gate for an ex- hibition appearance there in July. Included in the offer, made by | . Ernje Stolen of the Alaska city, | were five plane tickets from Chicago to Anchorage. Sommers said Joe | would give the offer every con-| sideration. | ® ® o v 8 * - L] . TIDE TABLE to the . JUNE 18 e High tide 0:48 am,, lgg it 2 ide 7:28 a.m., -3. » i :;1 :ild: 13:54 pm., 159 ft. ® Gast‘nea“ Cuie e Low tide 19:29 pm., 24 ft. ® . : S LR ———.o—— Sell it with an Tmpire Wan‘uau!i Tami Take beits Tami Mau Field Klyn. carried on to win b o ello Jimmy Carollo (left), Corona, I N, ¥, of the uled 10-reand bout Hlo twice in the second less in 14 starts. AP Photo. Pine Flai Dam Is Starfed Governor Earl Warren (right, top) lurns a key wilocking a charge of ¢ne ton ¢f dynamite (below) to mark the start of consiiucti the $35,190,000 Pine Flat dam cu the Kings Miver, 20 miles cast of Fresne, Cajif. At left is Col. E. H. Marks, refiring Pacific division engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers. (AP Fhete) on_of TAKU LODGE | in well chosen investments, ALAS- Call Mary Joyce at the Baranof KA FINANCE CORPORATION, for reservations and transportation Cooper Building, 4th and Mai arrangements. —adv. 604-tf | ' At the More , _ Exclusive Places 14-tf SICKS’ SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO. E. G. Sick, President * Sinee 1878 % Distributed Throughout, Alaska by ODOM & COMPANY ALASKA Wins Anyway - R e PAGE THREE * SMALL BOYS START '™~ Syus Goviowr™~ "'FIRE; DEPY, CALLED {FOR CHARTER PARTIES ! s * HING [ Two unidentified small boys were | b ¢ supplied) ' | responsible for the calling out of ° S Sy |the Juneau Volunteer Fire Depart- : i, _;,.“J! bl Cruises | |m, nt last evening at 6:05 oclock o yi-o Tery t Tak ' | for larm. The youngsters { — yM&er 14Xi 10 Taku Ty fbullt a small campfire under the | Pk | concrete sidewalk on Calhoun Av- o o e e St - | Call BILL JONES | e | BLUES arbor Cafe § was done, but a large plenty of smoke No damage crowd witnessed before the City | into the narrcw | sidewalk in order tb tlames. Firemen could erawl the the 5 Foans! Storing Repairing Remodelling passage under quench Now! Open Cleaning and Glazing GUARANTEED WORKMANSHIP Capifol Fur Shep HOSPITAL NOTES Yesterday's admittances at Ann’s Hospi were J. B surgery, Mrs. Joe Reid Mrs. Lee Smith for medical. Dis were Mike Gavril, medical, Ernest Andersen, medical, Mrs. Paul at 118 Third Strect rnbroich and baby daughter, it Long. medical and E. R, el Sharnbroich, surgery A The Government Hospital had no & ttances or lischarges ter- - e ke B For COMFORT and M Gooin SERVICE . - Get the NEW TRAFFIC WARNING e WASHINGTON Thateer, Habit! ISSUED BY LYBECK ~ mer. bl ALASKANS FEEL AT HOME Street Superinterdent Bert Ly- at = beek today s that motorists g ax, N. Y., battler, in the first round | slow on lower Frankiin Street Hhtel went all cut in the ensuing reunds, a certain lccation. Lybeck has a fiith, It was Carollo’s wirst [NEW WASHINGTON | crew employed on sewer work near the wmill and cautions drivers of cars and trucks to ease up when | ALL TICKETS VALID s g 0 Kenneth FROM PELICAN CITY ira Broone of Pelican City ar- | FOR QUEEN CONTEST, . Thomas* " " rived yesterday and is staying ! | LOST” ONES FOUND :..." .0l soter ! | weli that ends well, and too 3 — ’ has switched to to the case cf the “lost” tickets for Dills made by the Northwest Dairy ' is smoother. the Fourth of July Queen contest, Service 4 ich, it turps cut, were never DAYTON FLEEK. ¥of 34 Princeton Avenue, Uniontown, Pa. t at all but ar. in the hands of —ady 605-t6 "ALVERT RESERVE Blended Whiskey cne of the contestants. - - ~86.8 Proof -65% Grain Neutral Spirits. The erroneous report to the Em- ~ Suv it through Ex wasi:-ndst - Cvort Ristilers Coin Hew Stk Gike pire ming the missing tickets ne about beca wn and very busy a certain man did @ Percy’s HEFBESHMENT SUGGESTION the tickets had been turn- to the wdidate, Instead cking up a fus round the of- fice when he missed the five books, lie assumed he must have misplaced them himselt, and so notified mem- k of the iwth ef July commit- tee and the Empire The whole thing was cleared up r the report came out in the and the rest of the office began c notes, and id at ginning; “all's ends tickets have been accounted i declared valid by the com- nd it is sincerely hoped no s done by the mixup. v = SITKA MAN HER George Dick of Sitka is in town and is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. 1 that Perfect Pickup! You'll relish the thirst - quenching in a or, a mitte harm v it here in attract- ive surroundings. —— . —— HBERE FROM SEATTLE The following per from Se- attle arrived yesterday and are re- red at the Baranof Hotel: W.| atterly. Artiur Anderson, Dr.! ' Richard Peterson, Larry Hagen, | Everything H William Warner, Fred C. Canine| in ”' and Fred Linden. | \Pnone | . - e ~ s PLAN = spend your July -nh“ po"'na 82’ i at Taku Lodge. Contact | G d ce at the Baranof Hotel | 0005 H adv-605-t1 DAZZLING FIREWORKS DISPLAY QUEEN—and COURT OF BEAUTIES THRILLING U. S. ARMY AIR SHOW JUNEAU WATER SPORTS-PRIZES-BALL GAMES FIELD DAY-FUN ZONE-HILARITIES PECTACULAR PARADE COSTUMES-FLOATS