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SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1948 MAYOR WILL PITCH ° FAMOUS FIRE BALL AT GAME TGMIRROW Holzheimer, Gilmore and Mill Are Slated for Ac- tion in B.B. Openar | Waino Hendrickson wiil take the mound armed with his series-winning “sinker Us. Attorney P. J. Gilmo cepted great, in ba will step into the and Past League William players Mayor Judge call the Sunday's Pr Holzheimer will into action for cpener in the 1948 Gastineau Chan- | nel Baseball League season. Fire Chief Minard Mill, second umpire | for tHe opening game, is expected to rule the close cnes at first bas with a booklet of fire regulations in hand. Should things get to hot on the first sac voluntee firemen have been instructed to stand by for the emergency call. It is not believed that Hendrick- son and Gilmore will last the full nine innings—fact is, they will re- tire to the role of spectators af- ter the first smoking piteh, and the opening game will get under- way with the Elks facing the Legion in a seven-inning go sched- uled to bkegin at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. In the second game the Moose- men will square away against Les| Cochran and his Douglas squad Cochran hopes his new uniforms will be on hand for the game, but in the event they are delayed, the Douglas team will probably be wearing past issue Elk uniforms. The Elks will be sporting ne jackets donated by Wallis Geo; Both umpires for the openers had not been decided last night, ow ! the reasonably certain . that w will call the plays in 1 post. Mullaney, League said that if necessary first contest, he will assist the. umpire chores. S on tickets are now on sale for $3 and can be obtained at the Elks, Moose and Legion Clubs, and > Transfer Co., lceated 8 Hotel. “VIOLENT RAY" I KNOCKED OUT, 9TH night, pounder of out “Violent” 192 pounds, of Hastings, Fla., he ninth round. Other f results re follows Hollywood, Calif.—Jackie Wilson, Los Angeles, outpointed Ear 150, Oakland, Calif., in 0 rcunds ladelphia—Bobby Waters, 138, Harrisburg, Pa. stopped Joey Fa- gan, 139, Philadelphia, in the six- th round of their fight. Detroii—Willie Pep, 131, Hart- fcrd, Conn., outpointed Leroy Wil- lis, 134'%, Detroit, in a 10-round nen-title bout. v -0 ELKS BEAT DOUGLAS IN EXHIBITION GAME The Elks baseballers yesterday afterncon dumped the Douglas nine to the tune n to three in v scheduled pr son exhibition gan As was expected, enough errors were crammed into the five inning period to justify the usual 14 inning overtimer, but both the teams are satisfied they now have bad out of their sys knocked last night 48! lief that a short distance fence is not needed in left . field, step- ped up in the second and smacked a long one over third base for the afternocn's only homer. Not over the fence, but just against it, Can~ tillion made the rounds with a little tir to spare. Palmer Cantillion did the with Prouty, Krause g on the Doug- Elks chalked in en hits with Douglas close be- hind with six. - e TWELVE FLOWN HERE BY ALASKA (OASTAL nd 17 Jeft Toastal as follows Carl WV Clift Oshen Twelve persons arrived efelt; from Hood Bay and Merle Coughlin. From Sitka: Olafson, Am gard. Carl To chell. From Tenakee: C. Brown; from Hoonah: F. Metcalf and Amy Kundsen; to Hoonah: Kent Linn and Mrs. Thompson, F. Metcalf ak Mrs. Tom Hill, C. Brown; ham: John Richard; to Baranof: C. Shipp; to Sitka: C. Huff. Sid Thompson, William Moy and R. Romke To Wrangell: Margaret Gillispie, Florence Arderson and XK. ¥F. O'Neal; to Food Bay: Charlie Swan and Dolly Ceorge. - - - Gus Gissberg, J. O. lton, Perry Tous- sen and David Twit- ARGENTINA BLAMED IN DISEASE OUTBREAK AN, Switzerland kg The Federal Vaccine Institute an- nounced recently that the source n outbreak of foot and mouth and are ready for the Sunday reaifirming his L4 be- "/ ed to frozen pork imported from ntina much Lo 49 ENOUGH! Many a home is long overdue for better'lighting . . . soft modern illumination for easier seeing, for new working convenience. You should have good light wherever your eyes and the eyes of members of your family are required to do work like reading, sewing, cooking, figuring and the like . . . not just enough light to make the work possible. We’ll be pleased t6 measure the light requirements of your home and advise you how to bring your lighting up to par for your family’s eyes, ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. Cheerful Dispensers of Dependable 24-hour Electric Service THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— SEALS IN WIN, ATH STRAIGHT; RAINIERS WIN (By The Th a won't beat themselves f the Pacific Coast base finding out the hard way. The Seals went out and raked n five runs in the first three frames fourth str kidding Bea 5 o Then to pour it on a little more, Manager Lefty ODoul put ‘in young Con Dempsey in the sixth when starter Jack Brewer began to weaken. Dempsey, rapidly be- ccming the league's standout hurl- er, blanked the Beavers with two hits and fanned five the the way. The win put the hustling O'Doul- er’'s a full game ahead in thé PCL chase as runner-up Los An- cles fell before Hollywood, 9-3. attle’s Rainiers pulled up even t two games aplece in their T with San Diego by handing Assoc rest Se ies night to coast to their| 1t win over Portland’s | rest of |+ | the Pad man B | while sen, A son for | Holde | ged t! | one [ with o ¢ | Her | played leag Detroit g Chica St Brookl; 8t. Lc New Yc Lo Cleveland 8, Boston 4 JUNEAU, ALASKA I a 6-4 trimming. Her- awve up only six hits tes pounded. Al Ol- ch and Gene Thomp- 4, three of them by Lou led by d Bernie Uhalt who bag- hits each, took a three- rad over Sacramento -3 decision. the results of games in the two major re terday American League New York, rain. Philadelphia, rain. Boston, rain ‘Washington National League Cincinnati 3. n 9, Chicago 5. is Philadelphia 4. at Pittsburg, rain. - uis at 0. MR., MRS ART UGGEN | CELEBRATE THEIR 15 nd Mrs. br: party try r gue WEDDING ANKIVERSARY Art 15th night Salmon Uggen cele- wedding anni- with a dinner Creek Coun- eir last the and Mrs were Mr. Decorating Materials and Building Specialiies 209 Seward Sireet Phone 407 HAVE YOUR PAINTING and WALL PAPERING DONE NOW WALLPAPER - CANVAS Also Suitable for Curtains BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME or PLACE of BUSINESS with Custom-Made, Perma-Kleen, Reimovakle Slat VENETIAN BLINDS SOLD and INSTALLED by WALTER D. 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AT 2 ‘The Elks Lodge No. 428 will honor all mot} of the Channel area| tomorrow 2 o'clock in tk nocn with a ervice in the 4 I | | after- | vs Day ["set for trial in U. 8. District Court PAGE THREE Mrs. Lillian Uggen will accom all vocal numbers and the Rev. Samuel McPhetres will delivet | the address. All mothers of Juneau and Doug- | las are cordially invj d to attend. - -ro DATE OF TRIAL NAMED The case of Jghn M. Pichotta the City of Skagway has been re at 10 am, June 21 Please be, seated (.i new (‘mn/ort awails your guesis. .you U have a new feeling of priz/c ,..a/?er you have your old su/a and chairs re- up/m/s{orm/ Sofas Re-Upholstered as low as Chairs Re-Upholstered as low as $85.00 842.50 mem'l Upholstery Second Street e ——— Phone 36 VE YOUR HOME NEW LIFE THIS SPRING! We hope the day will come when you can get your Spring cleaning done by pressing buttons. This atomic age hasn’t produced this miracle yet—but it's a nice dream! This however—can be your easiest Spring in years. 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