The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 1, 1948, Page 3

2 5 o N . DERBY 10 | BE RUN ON MUD TRACK Six Spry CoFScheduled fo Take Off Before Crowd of Racing Fans By JOHN CHANDLER i LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 1. ! muddy track is likely for today | 74th running of the Kentucky Der by. The day dawned to companiment of heavy thunder and four hours of the § downpour converted the Churchill Downs racing stip into a loblolly. The rain ceased shortly before 8 a. m. At that time the track condition was described as “slop- § py.” And even thoug the sky | was clearing, some ervers said the strip was not ected to be better than “muddy” at post time. Ironically, Galedo, a mudder, j was withdrawn last night by own- § er Charles O'Neill, Jr. Miami, ecause a muddy track today seem- | ed out of the questiocn. A horse | once scratched, can not be | stated in the Derby, offic the rain and ac- of settle a few pres questions for a roaring crowd of 90,000 or more. oo JACK FOX ENDS HIS CAREER BY KNOCKOUT BLOW SPOKANE, May 1 Jack Fox has ano his credit today—po: The veteran Spol Charley Eagle, New for the count last 1 in the fifth round of their hed 1 10- round main event. Fox, faced with the State Boxing Commission’s re- | fusal to rem@w his license,had said previously this bout would end his long ring career - FIGHT DOPE Hollywcod, Ca 189, San Diego, Culbertson, 182%, a 10-round bout. Lewis Williams, 132, of | Kansas City, knocked out Keith]| Nuttall, 134, Brigham City, Utah,| in the third round of their fight.| pokane—Tiger Jack Fox, 185, of Spokane, knacked cut Charley| Eagle, 192, New York, in the .’)lh.;' Louisville—Sidney Peaks, 214,§ Louisville, stopped Harold Guss, 185 poui , Chicago, in 10 rounds. Philadelphia—George Larover, at 149, of Philadelphia, outpointed Jimmy Briscoe, 143'2, Washington, in an 8-frame go. | | | DR., MRS. CLEMENTS | ON 2-MONTH VACATION. Dr. and Mrs. John H. Clements left yesterday aboard the Alaska for a two-month vacation in Seattle | ahd California. They are expected to return the latter part of June. He will possibly attend medical copferences while South. B -(AP r knockout ibly his I fighter York Agin, to put| down ~—gerry MeSwain, | outpointed Dutch | Los Angeles, in! The earliest coats of mail in the!which includes some suburbs, con-'distinguished new author, Mr. Leo days of chivalry were leather coats tains about six per cent of the pcpu—“ Durccher.” e SN S | frem Pirales Are Surprise. of Nail.League By JACK HAND Bi#tly Meyer, long celebrated best manager in the minors, right at home. in the big His Pittsburgh Pirates, only a half game out of first place, are the surprise-of-the-month in the National League. Althou Meyer hi A reputation an expert handler of young 1948 Pirates aren’t ex- youthful club. They have on a pitching ' staff of as “the p seems time. as Elaye to bank cldtimers Rip & ell failed to go the yesterday in the Pirate's 10- 4 romp over Chicago. Kirby Hig- had to mop up despite an ight-run spurt in the second inn- in route L ame Boston’s 7-2 over Ray . Poat. Tommy Holmes, b Elliott and Jeff Heath all hemers off Poat, the Giants’ g ile Johnny Sain scat- hits for his fi win. Louis Cardinals, finally inning to hit, rallied for a ven runs in the seventh at Cin- ‘innati, downing the Reds 13-7. Br n followed up “its 17-run romp over the Giants by bombing Phi 11-2, 834 fans to Shibe Palica, 20-year-old Montreal, became the 1irst t to go the route wash- 5t. Louis, proceeded dumping trail the and half. Detroit pitcher loss .against one knocked him x in a four-run eighth a 5-4 edge. archion pitched Philadel- three-w tie for the American with against Washing- victory Park Erv Dodger by 6-0. now They yame I 17 - > BASEBALL WORKOUTS opening little of the more than a week cutive Poard has > schedule to be teams. ve the field for werking out Monday, May 3; Doug- las Tuesday; Legion Wednesday; Moose T ay. Friday the Elks and Douglas will share the field and Saturday the Moose and Le- gion clubs-will work out. Les Cochran of the Douglas team urges all members of his souad to turn out for practice at 6:30 o'clock tonight and Sunday evening Mullaney With pason baseball dev oks The the and Cleveland are busy working out the season game schedule and plan to attend the Firem at is expected to be an important factor. - - HERE FROM PORTLAND Newell Wright, here from Port- land, Oregon, is staying at the Baranof Hotel. - The New Yodk metropolitan area, upen which rings of steel were sewn. lation of the United State:. New York's lead shrunk to a half in a night that © rookie ° en’s meeting Thursday night' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNE RAINIERS | LOSETWO OAK GAMES & Associatec m race on Pacific The San Francisco Seals lead the ay. They retained their 1% me margin by 1 Diego t night Los Angeles its second by edging ramento 5-4 in 12 innings. The Oakland Oaks thened their hold on third position by smacking Sea twice, 4-3 and 7-5, moving within a half game of Los Angeles. But the rest of the strung out from five games behind the leaders Portland succeeded i seven-game losing stre Hollywood 3-2 in the of a dcubleheader, but took the nightcap, 6-5 -+ Stars of Yes_lerday bes and spot str league is to eight ending, a k, beating first game the Stars Here are the batting and pitch- ing stars of games played Friday in the two m r leagues: Nat League Edwards, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, .405. \ in—Cooper, New Stevens, Pittsburgh, 14. Sauer, Cincinnati 5; York, 4 Jones, New York, Sewell Pittsburgh, and Palica, 0 for 1.000. American Lcague Boudreau, Cleveland, Cleveland, 462, in—Keltner, Cleve- Cleveland, Mayo, Washir C Battinz 478, York and Home runs obinson, ted Boudreau and Cean runs Keltner , Detroit, 4 g—Reynolds and Lemon Detroit 2-0, .o - AP SPORTS ROUNDUP By HUGH FULLERTON, Jr. NEW YORK, May 1—(®—Some- times a guy takes a liking to a race hors: or no other reason than he likes its looks, or its name, or the way it runs—as some horse pl have learned to their dism Two years ago at Churchill Downs this writer took a fancy ome, bright chestnut d Jet Pilot and as a re- to win last year's New York, Cleveland 1,000. 3-0; Feller and Trucks TS d of retiring on these un- earned laurcls as a racing expert, we lcoked at Calumet’s Coaltown when he equalled the six furlong record at Hileah last winter—so here we go again. Coaltown is an eye-filling dark bay colt who looks smaller than) he really is . . . He's fast as a streak two track records in his four starts prove. George Vico, the Tigers’ six-foot| baseman who amazes doing a “split” when out for the ball, can’t perform the feat at all in practice | . “but in the excitement of the game, I just loosen up and it's no trouble at all,” says George. | A New York publishing house Ram:olmcex “The literary debut of a by Guess we’'ll just. have to grin and parrott. ! CLEAN-UP WEEK! Spring Cleaning Time! Time to put your house in Apple-Pie Order. Clean-up, Paini-up, Fix-up the interior of your home and business property during this period tha has officially been set aside for the purpose. Reduce fire hazards, increase property value, insure health by cleaning up now. It's an owner's wise investment . . . CLEANLINESS MAKES FOR BETTER LIVING! ! AU, ALASKA iy /u//,{///{///// 7 » % % N e '/'/////fi/jy b » i oY % P E PREVENTION" LOOK FOR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MONDAY T ¥ v A s It s Being Rumored Around Town THAT There is a certain crewd of The campaign will be laid. Strategy will be drawn in the men who want to join “Clean-Up” Gang. Well, we'll kitchen, The Legionnaire tell the world they will have who misses THIS, well, he'll their chance. be the biggest Sap in Juneau. MONDAY-MAY 3 C:320 P. M. IN THE DUGOUT FIREMEN-=sconeae AT TENTION? ALL Firemen, baseball fans and public spirited citizens, turn out at the Ball Park TUESDAY evening at 6:30 o'clock, fo clean up the diamond. ERYONE (O TOOLS WILL BE FURNISHED. However, if it is convenient, kindly bring a RAKE with you. JUNEAU Juneau Volunteer Fire Uepariment Ball Park Committee The Ball Park--May 4--6:30 P. M. - April 24 to May 3 City of Juneau, Alaska