The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 2, 1948, Page 3

- MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1948 IIIIIIIlIIlIII|m|I||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIm " " AT | SHAWPLALE or { /mm% SWORDSMA" AT CABITYL CAPITOL THEATRE SPORTS & The Story of PAGE THREE LENTURY ENDS TONIGHT "RAIOR'S EDGE" |7 AT 20TH CENTURY, CLOSERACE Whiffield 5 ¥ KPR U RNt 5y oo & | e The great tradition for romantic N f ;' r’S kS - - | [} 7 Darryl F. Zanuck has transformed @ o — o — — G S B adventure on the screen has seldom, W. Somerset Maugham’s “The Ra- lif ‘ever, hit such a peak of excellence An ordinary three-cent postage| stamp can cover the first four teams | BLEY, England, August »— in the closest four-club pennant race| Mal Whitefield, American Army the American League has enjoyed | Master Sergeant, showed his heels 'lashing title role, “The Swordsman” is completely captivating film fare. Sweeping action and tender ro- mance feature this swash-buckler of 3 | 3 i | Channel League | zor's Edge” into one of the finest E Forbid Lovel | as in Columbia’s “The Swordsman, E l Team: W L - Pet e'ers motion pletures ever to reach the| FEATURE at 7:00 and 9:40 4 # | which is now at the Capitol Theatre. | Moose 169 L} L screen. -The Twentieth Century-Fox " | I"‘:‘medén ;las"a;gglory o:x’:xh:rll-t | Legion _571? picture starring Tyrone Power, Gene | color an an T Elks 500 . bR g Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter, | performance by Larry Parks in the Top pl A(E Douglas ‘200 By JOE REICHLER By TED SMITS Clifton Webb and Herbert Marshall, OLYMPIC STADIUM, WEM- 5005 gt the 20th Century Theatre 2- tonight. As all who have read the must know, “The Razor's Edge” is book U, S. ATHLETES FALL P.C. LEAGUE pow riewo vents a picture. Its swiftly-moving story in its 48 years of operations. Only|to the world’s fastest 800 meter|ine powerful and deeply probing of two feuding Scottish clans is re- | eight percentage points separate the | man today to win one of the most gtory of one man's passionate search plete with duels to the death, gal- | {first four teams. i | coveted track championships of the |for ‘true peace and inner content- loping horses, fiery love and color- By BILL BECKER ‘AI olYMpl( GAMES Here is the picture as it appears| Olympio games for the United |ment, o search that tore him from ful Lackground. | San Francisco’s Seals, winding up today. The Philadelphia Athletics| states. {all love and sent him plunging into lone of their best weeks, had a 4 are back in first place, but are only| The little Ohio State runner strange places half-way across the pretty good grip on the Coast By TED SMITS eight points ahead of the fourth|with the massive legs drew the{world And, too, it is the story of the place Boston Red Sox. In between| pole position, lagged in third place are the Cleveland Indians and New | through the first lap, took the York .Yankvc& i : lead at the halfway point and _Here is how one day’s activity|fought off the challenge of the 3f:rambled up the Junior League's | six-oot, four-inch Arthur Wint of ! first fflt}l‘ teams: | Jamaica to win by three yards. Connie Mack’s A's, in second place| The American covere: after Saturday's games, jumped In-| (2nce of 8749 yards in to tirst place by defeating the Tigers 2 League reins téday. Splitting with Los Angeles, 10-4 and 4-7, the Seals took the series, five game to two, and found them- selves with a 1'2 game lead over Oakland. Moreover, the Seals, by being in first place as the sun went down last night, clinched the right to'| OLYMPIC STADIUM, WEM-| BLEY, ENGLAND, Aug. 2—(®—| | Everyone admits now that the fresh- | ly made 1948 Olympic games track| |1s fast—but the Americans are ask- ing today what's the matter In the | field events. Six regular Olympic track cham-: pionships now have been decided. In! woman who loved him, and of her desperate and ruthless plot to save him from himself and for herself. D ON ANNUAL LEAVE Mrs. Agnes Adsero, director of d e 45 lthe Central Filing Section of the : Unemployment Compensation Com-‘ RINCESS NURAH HERE SATURDAY; 13 FOR JUNEAU The Princess Norah arrived here i (P an Olympic record, cutting six- IN TECHNICOLOR! e PLUS @ “SKI RFLLES” PASSING PARADE TOM and JERRY LATEST NEWS Feature at 8:10—10:15 T late Saturday afternoon with 23 passengers for Juneau and sailed for Skagway a few hours later, being scheduled to return here on her \southbound trip tomorrow morn- ing. { For Juneau passengers were: Mrs. | Josephine Boyd, Mike Cherenkoff, |Mr. and Mrs. Wlbur Converse, Mrs. | Ruth Crooks, James D. Fowler, Miss iPhyllis Just, . Lou Jacobin, Mrs. { Louisa Malcolm, Miss Marjorie Mal- colm, Ellwood Matheson, Alexander | McLeod, Jarold F. Smith, Wilfred ;vmcem, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy West, LeRoy West, Jr., Miss Betty J. West and Miss Burnetta West. - host the PCL Al-Star game next Monday night. Oakland, after floundering most of the week against Hollywood bounced back with a double win, 7-8 and 7-3 to chop one game off the Seals’ margin. The League was definitely hit- minded on the Sabbath. The Seals banged out 16, in- cluding three-run homers by Mick- ey Rocco and Hugh Luby, to as- sure ‘Jack Brewster’s 11th victory in the opener. Sacramento’s last place Solons, enjoying one of their best series, | beat San Diego twice, 5-4 in ten SEATTLEITES HERE BSeveral Seattleites are among the guests at the Baranof Hotel. They include Bud Townsend, H. innings, and 7-4. That gave the Sacs a 6-2 week, but they were still 22': games back of the lead- ers. Portland, led by Herm Reich's! SITKA VISITORS Several Sitka people are in Ju- neau and staying at the Baranof { Hotel. They are A. Glen, Glenn | the three running races, two Olym- iplc records have been bettered and {one tied. In the three field events | Olympic records are untouched. | “The runways loosen up,” said Bob Richards, crack American pole vaulter. The problem is a burning one to the American team, for it is in the field events that the Americans hope to make their best showing. Sunday was a day of rest for most Athletes because of British Re- ligiove tradition. Of the six events run off, aside ifrom the kilomete® walk, the United States has now won three and the disappointménts have all come in the field events. T. Winter of Australia won the high jump at 6 feet, 6 inches, con- in Detroit 4-2 yesterday. The In- dians advanced from third to sec- iond by sweeping a doubeheader ifrom the Red Sox, 12-2 and 6-1. The double defeat dropped Joe McCar- thy's Red Sox from first all the way ydown to fourth. The Yankees moved tup from fourth to third ty vanquish- {ing the Chicago White Sox twice, 8- 12 and 7-5. !" Phnil Marchildon, the Canadian {righthander, gained the honor of boosting the grab-bag Athletics to the | | +five hits, | Ferris Fain, draft-purchased first baseman, led the 13-hit A's attack iagainst Dizzy Trout. top Sunday. He limited the Tigers lo' Itenths of a second off the pre- {vious mark of 1:49.8 set by Tom Hapson of England in an immort- al race at Los Angeles in 1932. | Mel Patton, Barney Ewell and Cliff Bowland won their prelim-| inary heats in the 200 meter dash ! Ibut “two of the three Americans {in the discus throw failed to reach the finals. 1 Patton, the University of South- ern California speedster who was a disappointing fifth in the 100 meter final, started his comeback by taking one of the 20C meter heats in 216 seconds. Beurland, a former Southern Bob Lemon and Sammy Zoldak California star, took it easy and Iheld the hard-hitting Red Sox to looked very good in wining in 21.3. {three runs and 13 hits in making it His time matched that of Herb three in a row over Ted Williams McKenley, the Jamaica ace, who mission, is on anual leave for three weeks. Mrs. Adsero and daughter | Darlene will visit in Petersburg, | i\ Ketchikan and Seattle. Mrs. Adsemi is a former Ketchikan resident. |§ g | SURVEY WORKERS | Sherman 8. Comstock and Wes Navarro with the U. 8. Geological Survey are again in Juneau and Air Express NeWS are staying at the Hotel Juneau.| pssssssssessessssssssmsen PPraduead by DARRYL . ZANUCK Oirected by EDMUND GOULDING AR TR Seroen Vo H sidered well within the range of theland Company. A Cleveland crowd Won the first heat. W. Haugland,. Roy W. Johnson, R.| Thornton, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Con- | four hits and John Rucker’s home- | Americans. I. Nemeth of Hungary of 70,702 saw the Tribe get a route- | — e Rasmussen, Kenneth Caplinger,|way and H. L. Finch of Vita|run, buried Seattle, 12-6, under 17|Won the hammer at 183 feet, 11% |going affair for the first time since ' : John T. Savage, George (‘P.WB:OS-‘FOOG Products. blows. Jake Mooty was the win-|inches, a distance that Sam Felton!Julv 15. | seau, Robert Fleming an el RS Tt o, T ner. Then the Suds came back of Harvard has bettered, but Felton| yi i o X ‘ 1 .8 Vis Rasct d Southpaw Tommy P. Sharpe. BELLINGHAM COUPLE {With 13 hits in seven innings for|wound up fourth. Willle Steele of ‘o pnck:;dal‘he Y:nksgs Sictatioe | i a0 { Mr. and Mrs. Albrahamsen of{a 13-1 romp for Dick Barrett. Bob |the U. S. won the troad jump at ZSIRnschi allowed the White Sox only | FROM TAKU Bellingham, Wash., arrived over |Johnson homered. Portland won |feet, 8 inches, well helow Lis capa-|gy nhitg in the first game. i Ro NDU Louie DeFlorian of Taku is|the weekend and are stopping at)the series, 4-3. . | bilities. Tine Browns ahid Washinbton Son-l ! | in the track events it Is another ,¢5; givided a doubleheader, St.! Louis winning the opener, 8-5, and| Washington the nightcap, 4-3. A four-run fifth inning against veteran Nelson Potter enabled the St L:uis Cm'di:als to defeat the' When a scrite asked Leo Duroch- . the “secret” of those three Braves in Boston 9-6. The defeat cut the Braves' first place National straight Glant shutouts against the] . Reds, Leo pondered and replied: Lt rgin to fi! ames_over A "::’g:iwm;:fik Ginm;.e L “I'm not doing anything that Mel Rain washed out three other Na- g:'u:;’fi" :e:;’]' ‘D‘]B‘&. "3‘;:’;;; ;{]’“etl 1 Let doubleheaders, s & g | Minnl Lekepe s€oubienca0s { Madison this fall, it will be,the Elis' |longest football trip in 76 years. ‘WESIER“ lEAGuE ‘ A couple of years.ago, Ben Hogan told a friend that in a way he was pleased that he hadn't won the] open golf championship early in msi career. . . “You don't make enough jmoney out of it that way,” Ben ex- ;plained. . . . Hogan won both the open and PGA titles this year and, on the last official compilation, he registered at the Gastineau Hotel. the Baranof Hotel. No games are scheduled today. |story. Harrison Dillard won the 100 5 » meter dash for the U. S, in :013,' GAMES ON SA1URDAY tying the Olympic record. Roy Coch- ! Results of games played Satur-|ran won the 400 meter hurdles for day are as follows: the U. S, in :51.1, a new Olympic Pacific Coast League record subject to ratification, and| Portland 3; Seattle 0. | Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia won | Hollywood 7; Oakland 1. the 10,000-meters in 29:59.3, also a San Francisco 5; Los Angeles 2. inew Olympic mark. San Diego 15; Sacarmento 5. —— e — —— National League New York 14-6; Chicago 9-3. | AI.I. SI- AR GRID ! - Philadelphia 4-4; Cincinnati 3-1.} G AME AU GUST 20 Pittsburgh5; Brooklyn 2. Boston 7; St. Louis 6. | EVANSTON, I, Aug. 2—P—The | American League i Philadelphia 8; Detroit 3. Cleveland 10; Boston 9. New York 4; Chicago 2. igreatest squad of collegiate football | St. Louis 10; Washington 8. :players ever assembled opened drills {today at Northwestern's Dyche Sta-| !dium for the 15th annual All-Star |game in Soldier Field Aug. 20. By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. 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