The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 20, 1948, Page 6

PAGE SIX 0, THE DAILY AEASISA EMPIRE— JUNEAU. ALASKA TUESDAY. .JA\'UARY 20, 1948 RTS IN PICTURES - 1947 | LEADER _Jockey Johnny SWIMMER — Ann Cur- Longden, (above) whose 180 tis (above) of San Francisco sef winners collected $981,977 in a fast pace during 1947 for the X 3 3 7 : 3 1945, had a big year in 1947, girl swimmers, She won the T L e ; . 5 R With all the returns still not in, AR W ilesiat N, 40D NO. 1 TEAM IN ACTION — Notre Dame, closely e had set new mark for wiie Liing the AU indoor evenie ob No. 1 football {eam, Here All-Awncrica Johnny Lujack (arrow) passes successfully against Purd well past the 300 mark, 3 100, 220 and 440 yasds, . FISTIC FIREWORKS — Jercey Joo Walcott starlled the VorTT By floostng Champion Joe Louis twice in losing a split 15-round decision. This knockdows in the fourth. =/ R O O K I E— Jyackie Robin- son, (above) voted the rookie of % * the year, became the first Negro L - = 3 7 : - S R e to play in the major leagues and GLUE-FINGERED C AT CH — All-America Bill Swiacki of Columbia made this Sen- @ gtarred for the Do o sational cafch of a forward pass to spark the Lions' upset defeat of Army, 21 to 20. O R 7 RUGGED FI1GHTING_ Rocky Graziano, (right) oiie cad s eve closed, shakes up Tony Zale with a stinging right in their PINCH-HIT HER O _ Dodger Manager Burt Shot- middieweight {itle bout in Chicago, which ended with Rocky a o ’ fon hugs Cookie Lavagetto after the laiter's pinch-hit double won ixth round. 3 | the fourth World Series game, 3 to 2. But the Yankees came back 5 : : $ | 5 to take the see-saw series in seven gamies. s ! INVADER_Bobby - v ’ . Do " ; Sagg ot .. . ik SERIES SPECTATORS _— Leo Durocher took a one- i % 4 { THOROUGHBRED DIES — Man o War, famous Locke, (above) South African 5 o 4 the ulti- year leave from managing the Brooklyn Dodgers, thanks to Com- race horse shown above on his 30th birthday last March 29, died ~ E0lf pro, had a big season on this g . . ; a il Downs, Jet Pilot, on Samuel D. Riddle's i"Taraway Farm at Lexington, \‘ Nov.mL side, winning the Goodall, Tam KE N‘T v |S ;(s The [t,‘xefdI;l':u:daenzl!':gh:u;‘:fix;“;:dm:‘ Ig:‘:'::x‘n‘::i:?:fr‘thcl'lt(er:t:cky Derby. missioner A. B. Chandler’s suspension order, but saw the series Man o' War was beater: only once in all his races, o' Shanter and Canadian open uate yielor, lea with his actress bride, Laraine Day (above), tournaments. AGNATE _ Rovert E. . % E {hgnenv:m(abave\ resigned as r 3 I, 8. postmaster general to head bove il i i Tl_se"mT “?'m' f““ciecfn;- :\ez ixlts At Goshen, N. Y. Hoot Mon (fourth from right) hegins bis & Sraticale wileh bousnt Gl ioery AMTA s i (RIS oA S + : dis ¢ Hambietonian in a record 2:90 fiat. He weat on to win the race. St-' Loul‘s Cagdlnals baseball champion, defeating Frank Par- 500-MILE FINISH — Mauri Rose, veteran driver, flashes across the finish line at . team from Sam Breadon, ker in the Forest Hilis final, Indianapolis fo win the 1947 500-mile race with an average of 116 miles an hour, S v