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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1948 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA. A . S — G —— | G Wb B Pirafes Nose Ouf | Giants National League leadersf Challenged-Dodgers Lose Twin Bill By JOE REICHLER Billy Meyer, Pittsbugh’s freshman manager, is the talk of the baseball world today his “pickup” Pirates defy i the critics and challenge the league leaders, Manned largely by castoffs, and generally picked to wind up in a nice soft second division berth, | Meyer's brash, bold Bucaneers have | proved a bigger surprise than even Connie Mack's Philadelphia Ath- letics, They're in third pldce only two games off the pace. The Pirates picked up a game and a half cn the Dodgers yesterday, nosing out the New York Giants,| 5-4, while the cellar-dwelling Chi- cago Cubs upset the Brooks twice, 3-0 and 7-2. Pittsburgh remained two games behind the runner-up Braves who climbed within two percentage points of Brookiyn by defeating the Reds in Cincinnati, 3-1. The fourth place | |a fun DODGERS IN | WIN TODAY CHICAGO, Sept. 1. 1.9—Bl‘ook-i lyn’s league-leading Dodgers broke the Johnny Schmitz jinx today, battering the crack southpaw and | the Chicago Cub, 6-0. Preacher Roc hurled a four-hitter for the Brooks. The triumph enabled the| Dodgers to increase their’ lead to game over Boston. The first game of a 3 to 1. Braves lost the doubleheader to the Reds OTHER GAMES TODAY American League New York St. Louis 4 innings). Boston 10; Detroit 1. | Naticnal League i Cincinnati 3; Boston 1 AP SPORTS | ROUNDUP By HUGH FULLERTON JR. ! NEW YORK, Sept. 1—(#—Okay, Loys, you can forget those unim- portant baseball races now; foot-| zall really is getting under way . . . and the guy who said it never stop- 5; a2 (first). SEALS ARE BY BRIDGES Rainiersfle Winners Over Angels by Hurl- ing of Gorsica | By BILL BECKER Tommy Bridges, at 41, is the/ Coast League's hottest pitcher. o The wiry curveball artist twirled his ninth consecutive win for Port- | land last night. It was a three- hit shutout of the league-lead-| ing San Francisco Seals in a 12-}' inning 1-0 duel with young Con Dempsey. | In notching his 15th victory against eight defeats, Bridges fan- | ned 11 batters and walked only two. i Portland, which has driven stead- | ily up the PCL ladder to fourth place, is now 10 games back of the Seals. Despite the loss, San Francisco ! maintained a 1'; game margin over | Oakland. The Oaks dropped a 10- ] inning affair to San Diego, 13-12. In all, 37 players saw action. Jack Graham, the Padres’ homer king, played his first full game since his beaning on July 25 and got three of San Diego's 20 hits. Johnny Gorsica pitched Seattle to a 3-0 win over Les Angeles. He allowed only four hits and fanned seven to best Dewey Adkins, who whified nine. - Earl Rapp's double | In "Major League’ Engagement ILLEGAL _FISHING CASE WILL BE TRIED IN COURT AT SITKA At the request of the defendants, |a jury trial will be held in Sitka this afternoon trying Kurt Gustaf Nordgren, captain of the seine boat {Lois W., and the crew members on the charge of illegal fishing. Stan- ley Bascom, Assistnat U. 8. Attor- ney, flew to Sitka this morning to represent the government in the case, which will be held in the U. 5. Commissioner’s Court. Capt. Nordgren and his crew have also been charged with alleged Lribery and the preliminary hear- {ing on this charge will be held tomorrow. { R SUMMER TRAVELLERS ! Travellers from Tulare, Calif, are Mr. and Mrs. Byran Renaurd, who arrived in Juneau Tuesday via {Pan Arherican, and are at the iBaranoi Hotel. ->>> @ 3 MRS. ASP TO SEATTLE Mrs. Sam Asp of Tenakee was a | Eeattle passenger from Juneau on Pan American Airways Tuesday. U. S. DEPARIMENT OF THE {INTERIOR, National Park Service, August 27, 1948. SEALED BIDS will be received at the office of the Pub- {lic Roads Administration, 208 ! Broadway-Oak Building, Portland, (Oregon, until 10:00 o'clock A. M. | September 22, 1948, for construct- | ing and fmproving Richardson igh- {way, Section A; Fourth Judicial Di- \visi-n, Territory of Alaska, Grading, | Surfacing and Bituminous Surfac- linT, | Misa, Teree' Account Work; 70 acres iclenring and Grubbing: 60.000 Cu. invclving All Reqd. Extra & | !Ronds Administration engineers at Fairbanks -and Anchorage will have a general knowledge of the work which should enable interested con- tractors to view the sites at this {time. W. H. Lynch, Division En- gineer First publication, Sept. 1, 1948. Last publication, Sept 8, 1948. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, National Park Service, August 27, 1948. SEALED BIDS will | be received at the office of the Pub- lic Roads Administration, 208 ;Bmadway»Oflk Building, Portland, |Oregon, until 10:00 o'clock A. M. |September 22, 1948, for construct- |ing or improving Glenn Highway, Section A, Third Judicial Division, | Territory of Alaska, Grading, Sur- facing and Bituminous Surfacing, |involving All Reqd. Extra & Misc. {Force Account Work; 60 Acres |Clearing and Grubbing; 390,000 Cu. | Yds. Unclassified Excavation; 1,500 Cu.Yds. Unclassified Excavation for Structures; 167,000 Cu.Yds. Unclas- |sified Excavation for Borrow, Case 1; 120,000 Sta.Yd. Overhaul (1,000 feet free haul); 150,00 Cu.Yd.Mile |Special Overhsul of Borrow (1,000 feet free haul); 5570 M.Gal Wat- ering of Base Course, Item 52A; 1115,000 Cu.Yds. Crushed Gravel or Crushed Stone Base Course, Class 12, Grading D-1; 625 Tons Medium |curing Cutback Asphalt, Grade 2 for Prime Coat; 3,600 Cu.Yds. Cover Aggregate for Type 3 Seal Coat, Grading B; 42,000 Tons (Class F Pavement Type F-1) Plant Mixture | Grading A-1; 2,810 Tons Raptd Cur- ing Cutback Asphalt Grade 4 for | Type F-1; 5,320 Lin.Ft. Culvert Pipe and other small items of work. ‘Where plans and specifications are requested, a deposit of $10.00 will |be required to insure their return within 15 days after opening of bids. | Checks should be made payable to the Treasurer of the United States. Plans, specifications and proposals may be obtained at the office of the | Public Roads Administration, 208 | Broadway-Oak Building, Portland, Oregon. In addition to the sections on which bids are now being in- vited, it is proposed to issue invita- tions to bidders for similar con- struction on contiguous sections be- fore the end of the 1948 construc- tion season. ' This proposed work includes grading, surfacing and bi- tuminous surfacing from the south- erly end of Section A to Big Delta | and erushing and stockpiling of sur- | facing, aggregates from Big Delta | to Gulkana on the Richardson High- way, and grading, surfacing and | bituminous surfacing on the Alaska | Highway from Tok Junction west- erly aidistance of approximately 65 miles. " No plans are yet available for this fubre Work but the Public Roads Administration engineers at | Fairbanks and Anchorage will have a general knowledge of the work which should enable interested con- tractors to view the sites at this {time. W. H. Lynch, Division En- | gineer ‘Fh'sl publication, Sept. 1. 1948. Last publication, Sept 8, 1948. Cardnals also moved toward the|peq must have been a pro. . . . the|and single accounted for two of 1vds. Unclassified Exacavatipn; 800 | - top Big Nine, Ivy League, Big Sevenl!the Rainier’s runs. !Cu.Yds. Unclassified Excavation for The fourth place Athletics lostiand other conservative college! In a 10 inning tilt, Hollywood | | ; 390,000 Cu.Yds. Excava- (e ground in the tight American | leagues finally have reached their:cdged Sacramento, 6-5 i {tion. for Cipsbel Borow (Unit A)| SRR A S League pennant race, bowing 6-1 to official starting date and from here| I THE CINCINNATI REDS' FAST BALL PITCHER, Ewell Blackwell, !Case 1; 160,000 Cu.Yds. Excavation the third place Cleveland Indifns, |in you can't pick up a newspaper that ! STANDINGS OF CLUBS | stepped into another league the other day by tossing a diamond ring for Rock Borrow (Unit B) Case 1; . while the first place Boston Red | won't have a tea-spotted sports page NAGbIal Losehl I on the third finger, left hand, of Miss Dorothy Davenport, 23 (left), of (1,400,000 Cu.¥d. Mile Special Over- Sox whipped Detroit, 8-4, and the|or a magazine that isn't trying to! e | Glendale, Calif. The wedding date has not been set, but will be “very |haul ‘for Borrow (1,000 feet free NOW Y AND runner-up New York Yankees edged | pe first with an all America team. .| _° W ,L Pet.{ coon,” according to Blackwell, Miss Davenport was accompanied to Cin- haul); 6,250 Units Watering of Base ) P out St. Louis’ Browns, 10-9. At the | Just for the heck of it, how about a, 68 53 562 innati by her mother, Mrs. Jimmy Walker (right), also of Glendale. |Course, Ttems 52A; 100,000 Cu.Yds. ! | end of the day's activites, the Red | “first ten” composed of Notre Dame, | Boston 70 55 560 1nternational Soundphoto) |Pit Stripping, 125000 Cu.¥ds \ Sox stil possessed o one-gume ad- | urdue, Calliornia, Georgia Teuh.#}:"tsbm‘gh 65 54 546 |Crushed Gravel or Crushed Stone | g ARE Jm]’ vantage over the Yankees. e In- | Texas, Minnesota, Oregon, Penn!St. Louis 61 57 544 R _ . dians were a game and a half be- |state, North Carclina and Georgia|New York 60 60 500 WOMEN NEEDED e oy o Lo ‘°':f£°¢§§:"&'e§f: gug;;d‘giz:cli ] hind and the A’s four and a half. | _not necessarily in that order? |Philadelphia 55 68 447 y the dessert luncheon and Mrs. Ro- |1/ eanyig e Coat: WMOR T T O remATHNG Kfflerican Bnsmmad S T a0 |land Burrows will lead the devo- Asphalt, Grade 2 for Prime Coat; . 5 o ! {. tiomns 1l members and thdse 4000 Cu.¥ds. Cover Aggregate for 3 0X, =% M ipas missed a large part of the ke ‘ 9 { H Washington. All Major = League| yerican League pgennfint race be-| Amerfcan League ! i l_affiil:”i—o~»< ‘gg:;eR:T;cégyfl?zgmsg‘::l:; ."by Pan American c”pp.r games were played at night With|e uee ne has been too busy build-: Team: W L Pet.! e demand for the co-operative | (Class F Pavement Type F-1) Plant | the exception of the Dodgers-Cubs 0 3 660 Jow-cost houses in Tucson, | Boston 76 48 613 |nursery school is great, but volun- pRl“ Ess NORAH |Mixture Grading A-1; 2,900 Tons “ is twin bill ) : Blv. . e from all reports, Del{New York 75 49 605 teer women to supervise the chil- |Rapid Curing Cutback ~Asphalt, “‘\‘h 0III’ A Pittsburgh crowd of 30386, | yiy cel) you a nifty two-bedroom job | Cleveland 75 50 .600idren are few. To open the nursery, | Grade 4 for Type F-1; 1,660 Lin. Pt ‘ 9 which set a home attendance Tec- |z ghout as much as yowd pay for| Fhiladelphia 73 54 57515 women are needed, but as yet BRMGS EIGH'I’EE“ |Culvert Pipe ,and other small items ¢ ing frgn ord of 1291558, saw the Pirates| 'y, ¢ Yankee Stadium. .. . .; Detroit 59 61 492|there is an insufficient ugmber | {; lof work. Where plan and specifi- score three unearned runs in the|gesee g Ross of Battle Creek,|St. Louis 47 74 387 |available. All women, regardless of ieaiin __ 'cations are required, a deposit of seventh to come from behind and|\pen one-time Scottish soccer in-| Washington .48 77 384 whether they have children, who| FROM VANCOUVE $1000 will be required to insure nip the Giants. It was Pittsburgh's | o nationalist, is looking for a job | Chicago 42 82 339 are interested in working with and their return within 15 days after fourth straight triumph and seventh |, nanager-coach of a soccer team - !for little children at the Day Nur- _ e |opening of bids. Checks should be successive loss by the Giants. anywhere in North or South Ameri-/ Pacific Coast League {sery are asked to contact Mrs, Ken- _Docking with 18 passengers for .46 payable to the Treasurer of The lowly Cubs not only put an | """ "~ Joe Louis stopped play-; Team: W L Pet.'neth Axelson at 932. Juneau, the Princess Norah arriv- yn. ynited States. Plans, specifica- abrupt halt to the Dodgers' SeVeD |y, gqf for two days during the|San Francisco 91 66 580 women who donate orie afternoon | ¢4 1ast nizht at 7 o’clock and yiong and proposals may be obtained game wim}mg streak, but added 1?1- heat wave last week because he was | Oakland 90 68 570|per week - assisting .in the snpw'-‘ sailed shortly btfirn'e midnight for at the office of the Public Roads sult to injury when Hank BOrowy, | qng weight too rapidly. Joe usually Los Angeles 85 71 545 |yigon of the children may send| DKABWAY. She I expected to Te- pqminjstation, 208 Broadway-Oak Bryip, xgbshander,, limited hf"{; starts golfing about nine am. and|Pertland %5 516 their children to the nursery with- | {Ur0 here on her southbound trip pyilding, Portland, Oregon In-ad- 7 oy e tsklotgon;"m? S;gm‘:glymg’:g sl doesn’t quit until it gets too dark.|Seattle 80 491/oyut charge. The charge for those Friday, "},‘J"“m- 4 " dition to the sections on which bids ETTING AROUND ALASKA Is easy. And gquick, too. Flying el \ |San Diego 74 85 466 |who do not volunteer time but who| AITIVINg at Juneau were Aseft gre now being invited, it is proposed Cli tak h ‘go—Trom No by Gene Hermanski. Borowy faced| o, tno gtationery of the Boone|Hollywosd 68 91 427Ipave children at the nursery vill be| CHOIneyko, Myrtle Phillips, MISS to jssue invitations to bidders for 1ppers taX0, JOB. NIBEE TN wl"“ t:hl 3; Iy fone cnly 27 men as Hermanski went out | o, 0 (Mo,) Fair ham show comes | Sacramento 65 94 409'%] for each afternoon. The hours Freeda Bechtold, Miss Norma F.'similar construction on contiguous clear to Sea'nle—-on frequent, regular A ) stealing. : word that members-6f the Columb! | sRE ¢ I Bt o Foossi 1 % 5 wioek. Goss, Miss Ruth M. Johnson, Al- gestions before the end of the 1948 And you'll feel at home aboard the big, dependable 77 | Mo., Cosmopolitan ¢lub have wager-| WESTERN INTERNATION. THERE AN BT Rseting st theliery Léve, Robert W. Menzies, Har- gonstruction seasgn. This proposed Clippers. The food and service are world-famous. The fare ed an old Boone County country LEAGUE A. Menzies, Dolotes Mattila, work includes grading, surfacing low—with a saving of 10% on round'trips. Call 'us st .., HOLE-IN-ONE BET PAID BY LLOYDS OLYMPIA, Sept. 1. —i®—So Lloyds of London paid the G. ‘When the Lions Club organized its hole- in-one contest here, it took out in- surance in case anyone should win the ,proffered $500 for shooting an ace. So two men rattled the cup, De- | loss Brown the first day and Floyd | Lavender on the second. Lloyds was out $1,000 and the Lions were out $50 for the prem- jum. | ASHBURN OUT OF . GAME FOR SEASON PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.—#— Richie Ashburn, star. rookie out- tielder for the Philadelphia Phil- lies, is scheduled to undergo an operation today at Temple Univer- sity ‘Hospital to repair a bone in his left hand. Ashburn broke 2 bone in his fourth finger while sliding into second base in the first game of a doubleheader with the Pittsburgh Pirates last Saturday. As a result, Ashburn is expected to be sidelined for the remainder of the season. He is a player from Anchorage, Alaska. LEADERS IN B. B. Leaders in the major leagues,i through games of yesterday, fox-f lows: ; | | American League Batting—Boudreau, Cleveland 369; Williams, Boston .370. Runs batted in—DiMaggio, New York and Stephens, Boston 118. Home runs—DiMaggio, New York 29; Stephens, Boston 27. Pitching—Kramer, Boston .778; Raschi, New York 17-8 .739. National League Batting—Musial, St. Louis .378; Slaughter, St. Louis .338. Runs batted in—Musial, St. Louis 109; Mize, New York 101. Home runs—Kiner, Pittsburgh 35; Musial, St. Louis 34. shing—Chesnes, Pittsburgh 11-3 14-4 ham (his name wasn't given) against an oil well (gusher type) put up by the Tulsa Cosmopolitans on the outcome of the Missouri-Oklahoma football game Nov. 6. Both sides claim its an even bet. PAN AM CARRIES . 50 ON TUESDAY An even 50 passengers were on Pan American Airways lists Tuesday. From Seattle to Juneau were R. L. Shellenbarger, Mrs. Shellenbar- ger, Donna Shellenbarger, Carol Shellenbarger, Marjery Tillotson. Brooks, Olive Halsey, Ethel Finlay- son, Katherin Osage, Robert Lajoie. Edward Hanson, Bama Lapont, Irma O'Hara, P. Allison, William Rutan, Elaine Lapont. From Ketchikan: John R. Creilin. Passengers leaving Juneau for Se- attle were: Patte Davis, Herman Jones, D. A. Ellis, Harry Townsend, Frank Coder, Floyd Iodence. sEva Richardson, Lewis Richard- son, Barney Bordeue, Bruce Hoff- man, P. A. Duncan. Gertrude Biggins, Jerry Barash, Dr, Joseph Aronson, George Judd, Louis Fritsche, Don Scott. Maud Asp, Robert Clifton, Mark Mathias, George Henderson, Bright, Winifred Lindsey. To Fairbanks from Juneau: Parker, Ed Chamberlain, Glenn Leach, G. E. Munger, Joseph Brogan, Elizabeth Brogan, Frank Kay and Jeanne Kay. Appointments fo Bureau Land Man. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1—P— Secretary of the Interior Krug yes- terday appointed three regional counsels for the Bureau of Land Management. They are Francis L. McFarren, 44, Albuquerque, N. M., Max Cap- lan, 40, Billings, Mont., and Abe Barber, 59, Anchorage, Alaska. McFarren and Barber are being transierred from Washington. ———————— FROM SEATTLE Seattleites staying at the Baranof Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. G.' R. Earl Pitching- 1186; Sewell, Pittsburg 9-3 .750. | Francisco, and Robert F. Morgan. Fina] scores ofv games played ‘last night in the Western International League are as follows: Victoria 5-12; Tacoma 1-2. Salem 7; Yakima 6. Spokane 10; Wenatchee\D. Vancouver 4; Bremerton 3. D Fights last night resulted as — follows: In Los Angeles, Enrique Bolanos, 134, Mexico City, stopped Tommy | Bryan Renaud, Mrs. Renaud, Henry | Stenhouse, 134, of Buffalo, N. Y., |the church. in four rounds. In Brooklyn, Harold Green, at 165, local hoy, outpointed Richie Dallas, at 158, of St. Louis in an eight round go. In Seattle, Harold “Baby Face” Jones, 138-pound battler from De- troit, outpointed Tony Chavez, San Jose, Calif.,, 136 pounds, in a fast 10 rounder. 7 SIXTEEN ARRIVE ABOARD BARANOF; 3 FOR WESTWARD The steamer Baranof docked in Juneau at 8 o'clock this morning on her westbound trip, bringing 16 here as follows: From Seattle—Avis Aamot, Helen Amos, Mrs. J. W. Caldwell, Mrs., J. H. Fiester, Elizabeth Gadke, Ros- alind Hermes, Mable C. Madill, George Prescott, Mrs. Prescott, O. D. Treiber, C. H. Wiggins, wife and children, and Mrs. Patricia Murphy. From Ketchikan: George* Meyer. The vessel is expected to leave about 4 o'clock this aftéfnoon. for Seward and Valdez with the fol- lowing three passengers: The Rev. Ossargin, Steve Vukovich and Mrs. Dorothy Novatney. ———e-——— FROM ANCHORAGE Registered at the Hotel Juneau from Anchorage are the following: Dr. Jack C. Haldeman, Mrs. K. E. Walkers and Donald Bogi. Governor's House Sups. !Jlm“ 4 x») 121. Miss Emily Madsen, Miss Naomi fdiscuss pians for the nursery. Those gor, JOHN B Earieuitent b who finve éu?gestions or ld‘rus for | Wright and wife, Mrs. Sarah Wil- = scn .and James M. Wilson. HOSPITAL NOTES jed to take them to this meeting. Patrick Nutt was admitted to St. ——————— Ann’s Hospital yesterday for medi- MARTHA SOCIETY Io MEE', FR!DAY cal attention. The first. fall meeting of the Martha Society of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church will be held on Friday afterncon at 1:30 o'clock at the Manse, next door to Okasoff and Oley Powers, - SITKANS HERE Mrs. Robert DiRae and baby of Sitka are staying at the Baranof Mrs. Sam Troutman and Mrs. |Hotel You "EXTRA POWER with Hlé new HYCAP | The new Exide Hycap is the finest | battery money can buy. Ruggedly constructed throughout, with heavy, oversize plates, this is the battery to buy if you want plenty of power for sure starts in any weather, plus ample pawer for radio, heater and other accessories. 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