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THE DAILY ALASKA, EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA PAGE THREE RAINIERS IN MOOSE STOPPED 159 BY LEGION TTHINNING "y rinst Loss W|N SIREAK Rolison, Nielsen Slaughter Moose Pitchers in Last Night's Game 2 3 5 By BOB TUCKMAN | It's a long slimb from the bot- tcrp to the top of the Pacific Coast league standing, but Seattle’s Rain-| Inning iers may make it. | Legicn The rejuvenated Rainiers, in the | Moose cellar on April 24, improved their second-place position last night by nipping Portland 5-4 in 11 inn- ings for their sixth straight win. It was Seattle’s 13th triumph in the last 15 times out and lifted the Rainiers within 5% games of the pennant favorites, the San Francisco Seals. 34567 Tot. 2330340 15 4501010 8 Both umpires quit in the iasi of the sixth when a called out at first was contested by the Moose, Grummett, the succeeding ump, tossed one Mcose player off the |field for a little too much lip re | garding called strike-out, but | desgite added attractions the a all The Los Angeles Angels helped Legion won the season’s first game | both themselves and Seattle by |against the Moose in a hit-happy tripping San Francisco 6 te 2. The |affair last evening. win evened the series at lwo-ull‘ Sparked by the lead-off men, with five games remaining. |Nielsen and Rolison, the Legion Hurler Charles (Red) Adams reg- [rapped the Moose pitchers for 19 istered his fifth victory the |hits which accounted for 15 runs seascn and for Cliff Melton it was |and an undisputed second spot in his 1ifth reverse, |the league standings. Nielsen con- For the second straight time,|nected for five hits in six trips Hollywood and Oakland needed [to the plate and Rolison batted three hours to complete their game. |an even 1.000 with five for five. Casey Stengel's Oaks won 9 to!|Nielsen also made home five times, 7 to take a 3-1 series lead. ‘lwnn Rolison settling for three. Jack Graham batted in six runs| to almost single-handedly engineer | San Diego's 7-3 triumph over Sac-| Legion: ramento. Graham clouted his 20th | Nietsen, and 21st homers of the season,|Rclison, p beth with two aboard, to boost his | Fe; rins batted in total to 56. | Metc of BOX SCORE AB H 3b bl o SwoorococoRNOy o wrHo O O 1 STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS National League Mamm©o oo | McDonald, cf Pet. | Pasquan, 2b 667 ‘Schmnz 567/ Total 529 | Team: 8t. Louis New York Philadelphia Bosten Pittsburgh Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Brrome wmo~ooo 5 : Moeose: 516 | Selmer, ss. 424 | Magorty, 2b 419 | McClellan, cf 382 | Pasquan, E. | Holloway, ¢ Phelps, p Pet. | Flokerg, 3b American League Team: Philadelphia Cleveland New York Detroit 5t. Louis Washington Boston Chicago O R R 690 | Lesher, 581 | Vu: 486, Total 32 12 483 Two base hits: Cope rf cocommwmnL ol moocOoOMoCOCOOOR wmeOoOCCOMN~ooOMN 5 , Floberg Team: Moose Legion Douglas e B. B. STARS Stars of games played yesterday are as follows: | Batting—Hank Sauer, Reds, hit two home runs in losing cause against Taicago Cubs. | Pitching—Nelson Potter, Athletics, |saved game for Lou Brissie in re- lief role against New York Yan- kees, 424 |1; three base hits, 0; home runs, 406 |Pasquan, E. 1; double plays, 0 233 | walks, Rolison 3, Phelps 1, Sei- \mer 2; strike outs, Rolison 8, b | Phelps 3, Selmer 4; umpires, For- Pacific Coast League {sythe, plate; Shaw, bases into sixth Team: W L Peliang Grummett chief ump San Francisco 673\ middle sixth. Seattle 580 | R o S R A Oakland 571 Los Angeles 559 | San Diego 2500 | FI HT D Hollywood 434 | Sacramento 358 | Portland 327| Two knockouts took place in the |ring last night as follows: NEW YORK—Kid Gavilan 144%, Pct.|Havana, knocked out Rocco Ros- 750 |sano, 144%, Brooklyn, 1. 600! HOLLYWOOD, Calif.,—Georgie 500 Duke, 161, San Francisce, outpointed 200 Bobby Volk, 161'%, Portland, Ore, 110. OMAHA,—Don Lee, 152':, Edison, I.E ADERS l“ B B {Ner. outpointed Vince Foster, 148, . [ Omabha, 10. NEW LONDON, Conn.—Eddie Here are the leaders in the two Compo, 127, New Haven, knocked major leagues: (out Jose Gareia, 124'¢, Puerto Rico, American League s Batting— Boudreau, Cleveland, | .378; William, Beston, .375. Runs batted in— Williams, Bos- ton, DiMaggio, New York, 36. Home runs—Xeltner, Cleveland,| 13; DiMaggio, New York, 10. Pitching— < Fowler, Philadelphia, 3-0, 1.000; White, Detroit, Klieman and Black, Cleveland, and Savage, Philadelphia, 2-0, 1.000. National League Batting— Gustine, Pittsburgh, .411; Holmes, Boston, .400. Runs batted in—Musial, St. Louis, \ 33; Sauer, Cincinnati, and Jones, St. Louis, 29. Home runs—Sauer, Cincinnati, REEFER KI"G Do(KS' 12; Kiner, Pittsburgh, and Musial T ER St. Louis, 10. Pitching— Pollet, St. Louis, 4-0,| E"ROUIE o B I"G 1.000; Nahem, Heintzelman, Heus-’ i z cer, Philadelphia; Casey, Brooklyn; | e Reefer King, 143 foot fisher Shoun and Bickford, Boston; and |, - Js:eaur y:;gt"; rd:; a;dcalelet 3 ; wehmeieif‘“”""““' 2-0, 1000: ey hours later enroute to the Bering Sea area where Skipper 1John Joncich said it is planned Golr |to freeze and pack salmon and crab. She iIs scheduled to return to Juneau about August 10. SANDWICH, England, May 29.—| The big fisher, reputed to be (#—Frank Stranahan, Ohio’s golf- the world's largest stern dragger, ing millionaire, defeated Charles|pelongs to W. D. Suryan nnd’ Stowe of England, 5 and 4, today | Gecrge Kearney of Seattle. and took over the British amateur title, surrendered by Willie Turn- esa of White Plains, N. Y. Stranahan won by taking five Hosp"‘l' ms of the first' six holes after lunch. —_— The morning round, played in al| Admitted to St. Ann’s yesterday drenching rain and high wind, over |for medical treatment was Mrs. Dave the Royal St. Georges Course,|Brown, Mrs. H. J. Leonard was dis- ended all even. charged. e i At the Government Hospital Ray- mond Crapp was transferred to ATTENTION MOOSE Mt. Edgecumbe for medical treat- ment.. There will be no dance at the Moose Club Saturday, due to the Policemen’s Ball. All members please attend the Ball. 900 2t .- — DON'T MISS “It's A Wise Child” May 28-29 892-tf from | MACKMEN NOW HAVE NEW STAR By BEN PHLEGAR Connie Wk it to be good for a change year, apparently has found | relief man he wants in the veteran Nelson Potter. | His Philad Athletics figure to have just about the best pitch- |ing staff in the American, Le; 2. PBut Connie wanted experienc- |ed man to play n when one | was needed | A couple of weeks ago the Ath- !letics bought Potter from the St | Louis Browns in aight cash deal season he hadn't done much and had a sore shoulder. Last night in Shibe Park against [the New York Yankees he enter- |ed the game in the fifth with |two on and none out. He escaped without a run and from then on | the Yanks couldn't move past first | In all, Potter | t m seems this firema | | | gave up only two hits and received credit for the 6-3 | victory. It was the sixth in a {row for the 's who maintained ](h(il’ one game first place margin over the Cleveland Indians. Cleveland st d right behind by whipping the Chicago White Sox, 2 to 0, in Chicago. | | The Boston seventh place Red Sox slipped to again by losing 0 the Senators, 2-1, in Washington. A seventh inning rally brought the St. Louis Browns a 5-4 victory over Detroit and moved them to within three percentage points of [the iourth place Tigers In the National League, the St Louis Cardinals increased their | first place lead to three full games over the New York Giants, although rain shortened their game in Pittsburgh to 1-1 six-inning tie. The Giants couldn’t handle | Philadelphia Phils in the Grounds and lost, 6 to 3. The Brooklyn Dodgers finally caught up with the Boston Braves and beat them, 7 to 5, in Boston. It was the first time the Dodgers had turned the trick in the last nine games between the two clubs ! The Chicago Cubs came from far | Eehind and n d out the Cincin- | nati Reds, 10 to 8, at Cincinnat | a the Polo | TO FCC_GeorgeE. Ster- ling (above) of Portland, Me., was named by President Truman to succeed E. J. Jett, resigned, as a member of the Federal Com- munications Commission, | VISITOR | Charles Hartman of Tenakee is a guest at the Hotel Juneau. “ AVING TO WAIT for repair work to be done is no novelty today. And re- member, if disaster closes up your home, every delay in repaifing will mean extra expense for you — living away from home. So why not protect your- self now with Rent and Additional Living Expense Insurance? the | Newsy Nofes From Skagway | | (SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE) | SKAGWAY, Alaska, May 22— |Jack Keller was the winner of the| {lamp which was the special prize ffered at the Legion Dance Sat- irday evening, May 15 | | | Mrs. Peggy LaMaitre and Robert |Badten were united in marriage {Sunday evening, May 16, at the Gos- pel Mission. The Rev. Roy Sur- brock officiated. In the candle light | 'ceremony Miss Ruth Surbrook and Miss Jo Smith were the flower: girls; Mrs. J. Ward was the Matron| |of Honor and Mr. Ward the best! man. Mrs, Surbrook gave the bride in marriage. Mr. Ben Wright sang) “I Love You Truly” and a trio, Misk Irma Fitzpatrick; violin, Mr. P. Van Zanten, flute, and Mrs. W. Steven- son at the piano, played Gounod's “Serenade.” The bride was dressed lin white crepe trimmed with lace and pink rosebuds. She wore a white hat and carried pink roses. A re- ception followed the ceremony. | | Mr. and Mrs. J. Blenkinsop en- tertained the Rev, G. Edgar Gallant, {Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Schibi and| |daughters Joan and Barbara, and {Miss Anita Roehr at dinner Sun-| lday evening, May 16 RS | i A regular meeting of the Common | | Council of the City of Skagway was ‘held Monday evening the OCity | | Hall | Mrs. Hans Soldin, who, with Mrs. | }L. McGuane, was present a com- imittee from the Woman's Club,] |asked if the lots in front of the City Garage might be cleaned in order {that they be used for a public play-| !ground. Mayor Carroll told her that | there were two things holding up! this project, that someone would ihave to see Mrs. M. Ropanski about | !the iots and the need of someone to | ldo the work. Mrs. Soldin reported | that some of the playground vquip-l ment was here ready to be placed| in a playground, and that the White | Pass Shops would make other equip- {ment for them. Mrs. V. Sparks !asked about the buildings on Broad- | 'way that are definately eyesores. She was assured that there would be some action taken concerning | these. She also asked for a sidewalk in front of her home. Mrs. Soldin stated that the sidewalk in front of | the Soldin and H. Johnson resdences | !was In very bad condition. She said | |if the lumber would be supplied, | the two families would build the, sidewalk. This was turned over to, the Chairman of the Puklic Works |and Property Cimmittee. Lots 4, 5 and 6 and the building thereon| | were sold. to Mr. Eddie Ermine for | $450. This will be used for a Dri\(‘-; { In-Garage. | Gail Budd asked to purchase lots| in block 75, lot 12 in block 86, and § “lot 11 in block 88 for the P. & A. R.| & N. Co. He offered $10 for each of the lots. J. Martini was present as |a representative of the I. L. A. to ask that this organization be given a deed to lot 1 in block 37 which had been purchased in 1941 but no | deed given. Mayor Carroll asked the | City Clerk to attend to this matter. Mrs. Sparks asked that the White !Pass and Yukon Railway be asked !to investigate the character of the| men employed from the states. | The Council decided to offer cash| prizes to the children collecting the imost nails from the streets and| |alleys. The land around the garages, barracks, and city dump are off |limits. The first prize is $56 with 15' prizes of $1 each. | The Mayor asked that the ceme-| {tery be cleaned up before Memorial Day. 1 | i i E. A. Rasmuson, H. L. Johnston, The Tr Lest We Forg William Feero, Sr., William Feero, June 1, at 8 o'clock. Jr., and George Hooker flew to Sitka Tuesday evening on a plane piloted by Mr. Feero, Sr.'s son-in- law, Clarence Walters, of Petersburg E. A. Rasmuson returned from the Republican Convention Thurs- day evening. He was accompanied by his son, Elmer Rasmuson, who had come from Anchorage to at- tend the Convention at Sitka. A regular meeting of Skagway Aerie No. F. O. E. was held Tues- day evening, May 18. Harold Cran-| dall, Rotert Boyd, and Ole Brandt| were initiated. Following the meet- ing refreshments and ‘bowling were enjoyed. by the membaers. Mrs, Hans Soldin and Mrs, M Brown were co-hostesses at a party given at the Brown residence Wednesday afternoon, May 19, to henor Mrs, Noel Pennington who will soon leave for her new home in Dawson, Y. T. The guests were Mis. Fred Nord, Mrs. William Was- , Mrs. William Beitinger, Mrs. J. C. Hoyt, Mrs. M. V. Rafferty, Mrs. Joseph Sheleby, Mrs. Bruce Boyn- ton, Mrs. C. A. Carroll, Mrs. L. Mc- Guane. d Mrs. Mark Lee. After the delicious luncheon was served Mrs. Pennington was presented with two silver coffee s rence Circle of the Eastern Star met Wednesday afternoon at the Pullen House with Mrs. Max Kopanski hostess. Eleven members enjoyed a pleusant afternoon and delicious refreshments. Mrs. Arnold Gutfield was selected to represent the Circle on the Fourth of July Cemmittee. The Fl Mavis Irene Soldin and Edith Ione Soldin flew to Juneau Thurs- day by Alaska Coastals, They plan to visit their aunt, Mrs Belle Dilch, several weeks. They also plan to go from Juneau to attend the Young People’s Conference at Sitka. Mr. Olds, Electro-lux Salesman, and Albert Cushing who has been working on the section in Skagway went to Juneau Thurday by Alaska Coastals. . The Pullen House, North Hotel, and The Pullen House Museum are now open for business The drapery committee, Mrs. P. Colton, Mrs. W. Dewar, Mrs. M. Moe, Mrs. W. Heidelberger, and Mrs. G. Villesvik, with Mrs. W. Beitinger as chairman, met Wednes- day evening at the F. O. E. Hall and cut the drapes for the lodge room. Mr. and Mrs. Si Dennis have moved into the former Tellis resi- dence, and the Richard Dick family has moved into the old manse. They will live there until October when the old manse will either be torn down or moved away. The Presbyterian Organ Commit- tee presents “The Great Waltz," the life of Johann Strauss, at the Broadway Theatre, Saturday, May 29. The theatre and the picture are being donated with the compli- ments of William Feero, Jr. There will be two shows at 7 and 9 p.m. The prices are $1 for adults and 50 cents for children under 16. ’!‘he Organ Committee is raising fuhds to purchase a Hammond Organ for tHe Presbyterian Church and so far has raised over two-thirds of the amoun needed. - e FROM TACOMA Mrs. J. L. Hale of Tacoma ar- rived yesterday to join her hus- band who is with the orchestra at the Salmon Creek Country Club. She is registered at the Hotel Juneau. —————— ATTENTION REBEKAHS All members interested in our annual bazaar will meet at the heme of Rebecca Feero Tuesday, 900 3t iangle Cleaners ef SATURDAY CA CLOSED MONDAY LL The Golden | JUNEAU PLAYERS | GIVE EXCELLENT FIRST PRODUCTION The - Juneau Players = presented their first play “Its A Wise Child"| in the Grade School Auditorium. The crowd enjoyed its local talent in the three act comedy. The story is in the setting of a small Michigan city and the plot was excellently is never seen throughout the play production, almost with a profes- sional touch The main character a maid who is never seen throuughout the play is the beginning of the Stanton family trouble and from the first few minutes of the plot the amount of family relations begin to unroll. The capable cast and characters are as follows | Alice Peabody Saxon Snow Mrs. Stanton Edith Shrink Joyce Stanton Maxihe Anderson Bill Stanton Johnny Harris | Roger Baldwin Pitt White Jim Stevens Eddie Dick Bertha Bobbie Rowland Otho Peatody ... Walter Johnson | G. A. Appleby Richard Peter | “Cool” Kelly Don Miller Alice Peabody played by Saxon Snow is a predominating wife of Otho Peabody, played by Walter Johnson, the Stanton son-in-law, who is managing the family enter- prize, a factory, and with the wile's nagging and the husband’s idea that mental telepathy and horo-; scope reading, thinking that it wiil help in putting over big business s, keeps the family lawyer, Jim played by Eddie Dick, in of dilemna | Stanton the part of the| motlier, played by Edith Shrink was| an excellent piece of acting. Her problems were that of trying to keep the entire family from becoming moere involved and also trying to agsist ' the maid with her problem with the ice man, and to keep her son, Bill Stanton played by Johnny | Harris, from bkecoming involved in ! the mix-up with the maid and the ice man. | Roger Baldwin played by Pitt White is the young man who is employed in the bank owned by G.' A. Appleby played by Dick Peter,! and is in love with Joyce Stanton | played by Maxine Anderson, until she announces her intentions to' kreak her egagement with the ba er to marry Baldwin. After he his job she finds she loves another | man. | The ice man, “Cool” Kelly, played ky Don Miller, finally saves the day by marrying the maid and then, family troubles start tn unravel. | Bertha the second maid played by | BoLcie Rowland has an excellent| part and does it well. ‘ The people of Juneau have the right to be preud of this production and the cast is to be complimented for their splendid work and per-| cycri of Oaklapd, Calif. ica™ of 1947, gets on his bicycle. Steve i weighs 215, has a 29-inch wai: who didn't attend | last night will ve the ')ppul'tlml(_\“ to do so this evening at 8:30 o'clock and it is assured that they will be pleased with the first production of the Juneau Players, “Tit’s A Wise| Child.” The comedy wag directed by Florence Lockwood - FROM LOS ANGELES James C. Shelten of Los Angeles, Calif., is staying at the Hatel Ju- | formance. Thos is neau. - e wantagas ger Tresuits! 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