The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 23, 1948, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1948 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR G A— G S——T G5 S i— BIG FIGHT CARDS BEAT BRAVES 5-2 IN COMBINE By JOE REICHLER National League clubs are findin out that a team blessed with a .400! batter and an .800 pitcher is tough to beat. Th St. Louis Cardinals provec this yesterday by beating the Braves 5 to 2. The first half of the combinatior —slashing Stan Musial—stroked consecutive singles to zoom his le leading batting average to .403. His fifth hit cape in the ninth with the bases loaded to drive in a couple of mates and snap a 2-2 tie ‘The other half—Harry (The Cat) Breclhieen—won his eighth game of the year. He has lost two The American League ters, the Cleveland Indian New York 5-2 in Clevelar Joe DiMaggio whacked three hits including his 11th home run Dany Litwhilar’s 10th inning home run with Hank Sauer on base gave the Cincinnati Reds a 6-4 victory. Eariier Sauer had smashed his 21st home run of the season Earl Wocten's first Major League homer gave the Washington Sena- tors a 5-4 victory over the Tigers. A four-run eighth inning helped the Philadelphia Athletics to beat the St. Louis Browns 7-6. ‘The Boston Red Sox came from behind to beat Chicago 11 to 6 in a night game T S S DOUGLAS LOSERS T0 ELKS SQUAD | pace-set- whipped i i i | | Inning: Elks Dcuglas Tot. 6 2 Borrowing a catcher from the- Moose and three fielders from the | Legion, the shorthanded Douglas| Firemen managed to get a team| on the field for last night's game,, but despite its imported talent, the| Elks went hcme with a 6-2 win. | Douglas dropped biggest | chance to stay in the game in the first of the seventh when they had - three men on and the out yet to come. Eddie Mercado | tHen snatched Hagg’s drive out n[! the air, caught MacDonald o[[i third, and had two men down for| the day’s only double play. Little- field, the next man up, flew out to left for the third and retiring| out. - The game was one with few close plays and the ump was forced to the rule book only once . . . that time in the first of the fifth when a collie, scottie and a_Heinz var- iety pooch attempted fo take over the infield. BOX SCORE AB R o o Scuwcoccowony Elks: Speght, c. Palmer, If Cantillon, p. Snow, 1b. Mercado, 3b. Housten, cf Hagerup, rf Smithberg, Clark, 2b Total DR OGN CE R ORI conMoooORORN “cocoroNm N cCMHONOO MY cccocococococol 2 1 Douglas: A McGhee, 2b. Hagg, 3b Littlefield, Jensen, ss Krause, p Magorty, ¢ Rolison, cf MacDonald, If 3 Brown, rf 3 Total 28 Summary: Two base hits: Snow 1; three base hits: Snow 1; home runs: Brown 1; double plays: Elks 1; men left on base: Elks 6, Doug- las 7; runs batted in: Brown 1, MacDonald 1, Snow 2, Houston 1, Cantillon 1, Specht 1; walks: Krause 2, Jensen 1, Cantillon strikeouts: Krause 0, Jensen 1, Cantillon 7; hit batter: Cantillon 1, Krause 1, Jensen 1; umpires: Bill Forsythe, plate; Ed Krause, Sr., base. HYGIENE HEADS FOR DRYDOCK IN SEATTLE The Territorial Departmeiit of Health vessel, Hygiene, left here last night for Seattle where she will be in drydock for annual re- pairs until July 22. After that, the Hygiene will spend 10 weeks in the Alaska Peninsula area followed by a similar period in the Kodiak Island District. It is scheduled to visit Yakutat for five days during the middle of December and will spend the first three months of next year in Southeast Algska. — . —— FEmpire wantags ger resuits! 1b wwwe s wwn vS~ocococormoood S - ] ;oucwncdfiwg CocorRmONNY vvooococoocool en a break in the weather, a bulky | of 1 crowd of | skies first i g Kiner, Pittsburgh 19. night in the Western International league are as follows: SCHEDULED FOR 2 JOES Louis Is Io—l)efend Title| Against Walcott-Weigh In at Noon Today BULLETIN—NEW YORK, June 23 —P—The Joz Louis-Jersey Jce Walcott fight was postpon- ed until tomorrew night in the Yankee Stadium because of rain and threatening weather. | By WILL GRIMSLEY NEW YORK, June 23 —#—Giv- fight-weary Joe Louis will defend his heavyweight championship | against Jersey Joe Walcott tonight | in what might well mark the end| a boxing era. | It's this intriguing prospect—the' last rig appearance of a great| champion or an upset victory by’; the old campaigner from South Jersey—that is expected to lure a 55,000 Into Yankee Stad- | ium. The 15-round title bout is sched- uled to start at 7 p. m. (P.D.T. Twentieth Century Sperting Club oificials anticipate a gate of be- tween $800,000 and $900,000 with radio and television receipts mak-| ing a million dollar affair if clear, | The weatherman could offer lit-| tle comfort en that peint He aid intermittent showers that the New York area yesterday ear by evening, permitting attle to go on under warm, conditions | h tr humid If postponement the bout will be st night Odds favering Louis diopped to| to 12 the resuit of a last-| inute influx of Walcott money 1 possible they will shrink to 1-2 by ring time. ! The two principals, both 34 and old as fighters go, spent the next | o last day quietly. Louis, at Pompom Lakes, N. J,, indulged in a few exe 5, SAW | a movie and ate a heavy meal. | Walcott took a five-mile run over tpe hills around Grenloch, N. necessary, ! Thursday is ed 5 m They Weigh In i New York, June 23.—(P—Heavy-| weight champion Joe Louis weighed 213% pounds at noon for his 25th —and he says his last—title de- iense tonight. Jersey Joe Walcott, the challenger, registered 194% pounds. CTS AND FIGURES Title at stake— Heavyweight championship of the world. Principals—Joe Louis, Detroit, champion; Jersey Joe Walcott, Camden, N. J., challenger. Place—Yankee Stadium, York. Date—tonight (June 23). ‘Time——Main bout 7:00 p.m. (P. D.T. preliminaries start at 5:30 p. m. (P.D.T.. Distance—15 rounds or less. Promceter—Mike Jacobs, Twen- tieth Century Sporting Club. Expected weights—Louis Walcott, 195. Expected crowd and gafe—55,000 fans and gross gate of $900,000. Purses to principals—40 percent of net to Louis, 20 percent to Wal- cott. Betting odds—Louis 5 to 12 fay- orite Radio Broadcast—The American Broadcasting Co. Television—The National Broad- casting Co. New 214; L NEFEA 2 s U LEADERS IN B. B. Leaders in the big time baseball leagues through games of yeslerday' are as follows: American League Batting—Williams, Boston Boudreau, Cleveland .373. Runs batted in—Williams, Boston 61; DiMaggio, New York 60. Home runs—DiMaggio, New York and Keltner, Cleveland 16. Pitching—Raschi, New York 8-1 .889. 413; National League Batting—Musial, St. Louis Holmes, Boston .354. Runs batted, in—Sauer, Cincinnati 55; Kiner, Pittsburgh 50. Home runs—Sauer, Cincinnati 21; 403; Pitching—Pcat, New York 5-1 .833, B WESTERN LEAGUE Final scores of games played last Spokane 5; Tacoma 3. jon the trang }son River, 1ing S ington iereek since 1936-37 when the West- 1 Hollywood U Wal_shifigl‘én Huskies Siueep Poughkeepsie Regalia Races; Now Head for ()Jympic Tryouls keepsie trophies It was an Olympic omen, too— POUGHKEEPSIE Y., June Washington winning the works this 23 —P—The Huskies from the|years, be the Husky shell that University of Washington were a took part in the 1936 sweep went good choice for Uncle Sam's Olym- on take the U. S. tryouts and pic team today the world championship in the Ber- In yesterda; overcast twilight, lin games. waters of the Hud-! *“I knew they “swept the ditch” they were so fat-headed all week as they took all three races in that I was plenty worr the 46th Poughkeepsie regatta, win- Coach Al Ulbrickson of the Husk- ning the Varsity, Junior Varsity ics afterward and Frosh eight-oared crew con- a recap fliets. Three Along ingtcn, 14:06.4; 2 3 the 14.7; 3—Navy,. 14:15,1 substitutes, s breaking camp and Jayvees Three Miles: heading for Princeton, N. J.,, and ington, 14:286, Califernia, the Olympic tryouts starting June Pennsylvani umbia, 30. | M.L'T,, Syracuse. It was the greatest day for Wash-|{ Frost Two Miles ‘Washington, on Hendrick Hudson's old 9:45.9; Nav; Wisconsin, M.UIT., Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Rut- erners previously swept all Pough-| gers, Penn and Syracuse. By GAIL FOWLER | N | they had a chance, but! of the Miles: finishes: about 5 am. this morn- 2 Varsity boat, with four Navy, Cornell, JUNICR CHAMBER " TROUT DERBY WILL OPEN HERE JULY 1 | Rules and Derby to be spons nior Chamber | nounced to | Pete Warner hn Quilico. The fishermen w enter the largest Dolly Varden and the largest ‘| cutthroat will receive a complete trout fishing outfit each. Tk limit for this Der- by which runs from July 1 to Sep- tember 1 inclusive SEALS GIVEN HARD FIGHT, P. (. LEAGUE By BOB TUCKMAN Being on top of the Pacific Coast League is a peachy way to be . . but it has its worries. Ever since the campaign started | the San Francisco Seals have led| the loop, but almost every week | ancther club tried to unseat them.| 10 1| entered within those dates The sccond-place Los Angeles| ™ yon Quilico and Buck Harris are mbed two games of the last Eht BY b he & | the judges and fish entered must be v ’l‘":‘ oy Trouncing e | registered at the H & Q Sporting e AL aue T e The trout remains the from third-place Oakland | Goods Store | propert the ler. Prizes will The Oaks, Who are in a Position | o g otaen 1o the lucky anglers at to inflict considerable damage : % A o " Dithe first meeting of the Junior this week's series against 8an|cpamper after the closing date of Franciscc, walloped the league- | the gerby leaders 11 to T i Here is the equipment Los Angeles collected 13 hits| cky fishermen will win: off three Seattle hurlers and snap-| 1 oniv South Bend ped a 10-game winning string of |y yed, 1 only Oren-O-Matic auto- the league’s leading pitcher, Her-!matic trout rod, 1 nylon fly man Bes Besse departed after|jine 1 only fishing I only four innings with the Angels in front, 4 to 0. The San Diego Padres, mean- while, beat the Hollywood Stars to 1. 1 Sacramento rallied for five runs in the ninth inning to beat Port- land 7 to 6. for the Trout ed ty the Ju- mmerce were an- Committeemen prizes by re is no ¢ of the tw 1 | spinners and flies SR Y MEETS TCMORROW Juneau Chamber of Commerce | will hear further development plans jon the Glacier Bay project at its | meeting tomorrow noen in the Gold {Room of the Baranof Hotel. The preliminary development report will C.C. 7 STANDING OF CLUBS National League 34 32 32 29 Beston Pittsburgh | st. Louis | New York | Philadelphia | Brooklyn | Cincinnati | Chicago i - e — CLLINGHAM, WASH. Jeannie M. Welsh and Barnara | Welsh from Bellingham, Wash,, | are visiting Juneau and staying at the Baranof Hotel. FROM EVERETT J. C. Lewis, from Everett, Wash., |is a Juneau visitor and staying | at the Baranof Hotel. American League w 35 | | { ' Team: Cleveland | New York Philadelphia Boston Detroit | Washington | St. Louis | Chicago 648 519 567 519 491 429 400 .333 24 26 26 Pacific Coast Team San Francisco Les Angeles Oakland San Diego Seattle Pet, Sacramento Pertland Channel League Team: Mocse Elks Legion Douglas . FIGHT DOPE Fights follows: At Honolulu—Dado Marino, 114%, Honolulu, outpointed Jackie Turner, 113%, Vancouver, 10, In Los Angeles—Maxie Docusen, 132%, New Orleans, outpointed Bud- dy Jacklch, 132%:, Ssan Francisco, 10. In Portland, Ore.—Joey Maxim, 181, Cleveland, outpointed Joe Ka- hut, 186, Woodburn, Ore., 10. .800 545 444 1200 last night turned out as D Ties UP AT COLD STORAGE The Eastern was in at Juneau Cold Storage teday with a 21,000 pound halibut load which went tol' Engstrom Brothers and Booth Fish-” eries at 19 for medium, eight for chix and 18 cents a pound for large. EASTERN e R FROM NORTH CAROLINA Y. Coleman has arrived here from North Carolina and is registered at | the Hotel Juneau. ———————— EXPERT WATCH REPAIR Ada Thomas, watch-maker, off- Bremerton 2; Wenatchee 0. Vancouver 4-7; Salem 2- Victoria 3; Yakima 2 (10 innings) l ers 3 to 4 day service at the For- get-me-nol Gifts on Franklin, 21 4t All trout must be . Room of | fly book with assorted leaders, hooks, P play a | th> holi red |composed iman HAVE A COCA-COLA E PLAY REFRESHED BOTILED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY JUNEAU COLD STORAGE JUNEAU, ALASKA HONOR NEW JEWISH FLAG 'BOTANY STUDENTS| T0 PICK ALEUTIAN FLOWERS FOR STUDY| Will Thenfiurn fo Ju- neau to Cafalogue, Press Specimens June 23 —(M— midwest botany students were in | Seattle today awaiting passage to the rugged Aleutian Islands to. pick | flowers Bob Dorsett and Ted Bank, Uni- versity of Michigan ethno-botanists, said they will gather plants and flowers until the weather too severe. They they will return to Juneau to catalogue and press specimens and transcribe their da- ta | SEATTLE, Two said flowers bloom in undance during July and August {in the Aleutians. He sald there are wild roses and midget orchids which grow in spikes on plants Bank becomes | PAGE THREE = ALASKA IS TEN HOURS smae ...by Pan American Clipper ol e bbb 3™ o FAIRBANKS oy, 05t 4, |six or seven inches high. | They also plan to study how tle SING CEREMONY | natives use the plant life—seaweed ton, D. C., was staged |and roots for food and certain root ion of the proclamation |juices as poison for their harpoon ¢f provisional Jewish government (tips. They plan to visit about 20 Palestine. Photo shows a gen- |islands. They said the Coast Guard eral view of new flag while young |Will transport them. people dance a Palestinian folk | S o B 10P FEWS BIULOGIST CHILDREN GUESTS i (ONFERS HERE WITH a AT KIWANIS cLup | "ESTOMAL OFFICALS ¥ Dr. Lionel A. walford. Chief of DAD S DAY pARTY!Bmlmz_v Branch of the U. S. Fish land Wildlite Service, arrived here | via PAA yesterday afternoon from Kiwanis dads and other members ' his Washington, D. C. headquart- entertained in hon- | €7S to confer with Regional F&WS vere royally or of Father's Day at the mnoon Officials on the Alaska program. Dr. Walford talked with Clarence |J. Rhode, Regional Director, and George B. Kelez, Fisheries Man- agement Supervisor, about fisheries research activities in Alaska. He {was pleased with increased Con- igressional appropriations for this Iwork despite the cut in enforce- ment appropriations. He expects to remain in Juneau for two days. - .- HERE FROM ANCHORAGE Bill Evans and family from Anchorage are visitors in Juneau, registered at the Baranof Hotel. incheon-meeting today in the Gold the Baranof Hotel. program included musical by several of the sons ers present for the an- m. Miss Connie Brown, f Gus Brown, played two numbers, “Hawaiian Love and “Waltz King.” Denny son of Martin Victo sang y in the Morning,” and Jackie >, adopted for the luncheon Cleveland, played a clari- solo, “Spirit Dance.” The Rev. Leo Sweeney Catholic Church of the Nativity he Father’s Day my e and |- i to the importance a father in the rearing of good, re- nsikle citizens, Three Sea Scouts from the Grey Ghost, Rlaph Olson, Jim Nelson and Ronald Tatum, sponsored by Tacoma Kiwanis Club, were “adopt- ed” by local Kiwanians for the day The Rev. James Conwell welcomed the young guests and Earl Bost, who brought his three children, took the bows for having ne-most children present Larry Parker urged fellow mem- bers not to miss the big fireworks display for July 4 celebration and promised it will be the bi st dis- play ever ofiered in Alaska. Kiwanians will assist the Mayor's July 4 general committee during . 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