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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1948 THE DAILY ALASKA HfiPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA Di Magqio Swals Out Homer To Beat Red Sox of Boston; | Yanks Back in Pennant Race. BY RALPH RODEN Sparker by the greatest preseut; Yankee of them all—Jolting Jo¢ Di|,,4;; 4ok o twilight-night double | Maggio—the New York Yankees have declared themselves back in| the American race, DiMaggio rekindled the pennant hopes cf the defending world champions in Boston yesterday with a tremendous home run that brought the Yanks an 11-6, ten inming victory over the league-leading Red Sox. The Yankee Clipper socked his game-wrecking blow in the tenth inning off Earl Caldwell, fourth Boston pitcher. The blast ended a League pennant nine-game Boston winping streak.|goy pitchers walked 15 Brown Caldwell dug his own grave by | with rookie Marvin Rotklatt pass walking Gus Niarhos and hitting pitcher Spec Shea with a pitched ball to start the tenth. He fan- ned pinch-hitter Charley Keller, walked Tommy Henrich and struck out rookie Hank Bauer, but he | who | hcme Red Schoendienst in couldn't get by DiMaggio, swatted the ball into the center- field bleachers, 420 feet away from home plate, to break it up. It was DiMaggio's 34th homer of the sea- son and 198th of his career. The defeat cut the Sox lead to two and one-half games over the ‘Yanks. The Indians remained a game be- hind the Yanks by blitzing the Detroit Tigers, 10-1. Leity Gene Bearden limited the visiting Tig- ers to six hits in posting his 14th victory, Bearden also singled, doubled and drove in two runms as the Tribe whacked pitchexs for 14 hits. Joe Gordon grand-slam | three Tiger | chlppcd in with nis 25th homer to help the rookie along. Connie Mack’s fourth-place Ath-| header frcm the Senators in Wash- | jngton, 9-6 and 3-0. The A’s ham- mered Sid Hudson for 17 hits in| the opener and won out with a | four-run ninth inning rally. Phil | Marchildon stopped the Nats on'| three hits in the second game th:u; was called at the end of eight| innings to permit Philadelphia to| catch a train for Boston. The de- feats extended Washington's los- ing streak to 10 fames. | The St. Louis B{owns walked to | | a 10-7 victory over the White Sox | in a night game at Chicago. White S - { ling 10. In the only National League | game, the fourth place St. Louis | Cardinals turned back the Cin-| cinnati Reds, 6-5. Stan Musial | broke up the game by singling the | ninth inning. | Musial's safety was his second | of the game and his 200th of the! season. The Cards hammered Ken | Ref.ensberger and Harry (:umbextl for 15 hits including a two-run homer by Nippy Jones. Howie Pollet went the distance for St.l‘ Louis and won his 11th game. Fwe‘ i errors kept Pollet in trouble. A scheduled night game between | the league-leading Boston Braves | and the Philadelphia Phillies was | postponed because of rain, as was| a day game between Brooklyn and | New York. Pittsburgh and Chi- vago were not scheduled. | RAINIERS IN FOURTHSPOT; DEFEAT SEALS (By The Associated Press) Seattle is back in the Pacific Coast League's first division to- day. The Rainiers advanced the hard | way from {fifth place in the stand- | ings to fourth, defeating the locp- leading San Francisco Seals last night 6 to 3. Five of the Rainiers’ six tallies were scored in a freakish eighth inning which saw a homer count- | Seattle catcher | €d as a single. Jack Warren, batiing for the first time in a Coast League game, hit a four-ply blow. But it raied as a ane-bagged necause be passed another base-runner, O'Niel. O'Niel haa stopped to egake his hand. The Seis maintainad *aeir t. hold on the l:as.ae leadersiip bv virtue of lowiy Sacramentos win oyer second Oak'ard ir a slugfest. N v Grissom per- mitted the 2 s ‘11 blows, but} kept them well scattecd. e Solons led all the way to capture; cpeir first wviefory an T oar against the Oakland club. * Los Angeles and Portland split a pair, from iourth to fifth in the stand- ings. The Beavers blanked their rivals 5 to 0 in the opener and dropped the afterpiece 8 to 5. ‘Roy Helser hurled five-hit ball to win the opener. Red Adams survived a ninth inning Portland uprising to capture the finale. Hollywood beat San Diego 2-1 on Pink Woods’ three-hitter, even- ing the series at two games each. slaits STANDINGS oF CLUBS National League Team: +© W L Pet. Boston ... . 76 57 571 Pittsburgh 7 58 550 Brooklyn 5 LY 546 St. Louis . 72 62 546 New York . 69 63 .523 Chicago . 57 76 429 Philadelphia i BT 36 429, Cincinnati ......... 5% 71 417 American League Team: W L Pet. Boston ... 84 49 .632 New York ... 8 52 612 Cleveland ... 81 53 604 Philadelphia 8 59 .569 Detroit ... 62 66 481 St. Louis ... e B2 T 408 ‘Washington 49 87 360 Chicago ... 89 331 Pacific Coast League Team: W L Pet. San Francisco 99 70 586 Oakland 9 : Los Angeles 91 Seattle . 8 86 489 Portland 8 8 494 San Diego ‘78 93 456 Hollywood 74 97 433 Sacramento () | was shooting against. Johuuy |as follows: 8- 71139, Galveston, outpointed Joey An- 1gelo, 138; Providence, R. 1. {Nebr., stopped Vince Foster, Omaha which dropped Portland | | Ashburn, Philadelphia .333. 71 582| Tacoma 10; Wenatchee 9. ki 544 Vitcoria 8; Yakima 3. 408 Gastineau Hotel. 'Bud’ Ward | In Miss of | 5., Pult COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, SepL‘ 11—(A—Marvin “Bud” Ward of | Spokane missed a five-feot putt yesterday to fall short of a new record. 5 But the Spokane amateur’s 62 was plenty. to top a field cf 96 in | the first round of the $2,500 Coeur | | D’Alene open golf tourney at Hay- den Lake. It was his own record | —an under par mark—that Bud | FIGHT DOPE Results of fights last night are| At New York—Willie Pep, 128%, Hartford, Conn., outpointed Paddy ! de Marco, 133%, Brooklyn (10-non- title.) At New Orleans—Buddy Garcia, 10). At Omaha—Don Lee, Edison, 10). At San Diego, Calif.—Bob Mur- phy, 160, San Diego, outpointed Jim- my Coleman, 161, Los Angeles,(10). At Hollywood, Calif.—John Duke, 158, Seattle, stopped Erskine Howell, 154, Fresnc, Callf (2) LEADERS INB B. Leaders ‘in"the Major baseball leagues through games of yesterday arc as follows: National League Batting—Musial, St, Louis .372; Runs batted in—Musial, St. Louis 114; Mize, New York 109. Home runs—Kiner, Pittsburgh 38; Mize, New York and Musial, St. Louis 34. Pitching—Sewell, Pittsburgh 10-3 .769; Chesnes, Pittsburgh 12-4 .750. American League Batting—Boudreau, Cleveland 369; Williams, Boston .367. Runs btatted in—DiMaggio, New York 134; Stephens, Boston 122. Home runs—DiMaggio, New York 34; Stephens, Boston 27. Pitching—Kramer, Boston 14-4| .800; Raschi, New York 18-6 .750. — e - — WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Final scores of games played last night in the Western International League are as follows: Vancouver 20; Bremerton 6. Spokane 9; Salem 4. — e FROM NEW JERSEY Mrs. Grazia B. Ore of Pater- som, N. J., is staying at the | Poland Bound in 24- FooI (fafl TWO SEATTLE MEN AND THEIR DOG d, in their 24-foot cutter. lund, top, Leopold S. Topor-Taperek, and their dog, Borek, their departure from Seattle. aw, P plan to sail to W in the small craft before tional Soundphoto). All For Science F BRECKSVILLE, OHIO — The most precise and delicate instru-| ments known to man are at the disposal of the staff of the newly completed Research Center of the B. Goodrich company here, in- cluding the new hooded recesses | educ nver chemical testing equipment to ; where he will enter U. W. to take| 2DAY NURSERY MEETINGS SET FOR NEXT WEEK Call Again Made for Vol- unfeers to Help Out in Institution that the women of Juneau have giv- en to the distress signal namely, velunteers for the Co-operative Day Nursery, is the report made today. However, there is much still to be done befors the Nursery can open. There are vacancies to be filled fof women ide tke children, toys to ke repaired and work to be done on the nursery rooms. Mt is ne ‘ that three woms2n ize there each day, and it is hoped that in addition a supervisor will Le on hand at least part of the tima, Used toys will be most welcome jitems. Anyone having used toys to donate may make arrangements to have them picked up by calling Mrs. George Schmidt at Blue 270. 4 p.m., on Monday, September 13, in the Governor's House. Women who would like to attend are asked to call Mrs. Kenneth Axelson, phone 932, Mrs. George Sghmidt has offer- ed to stay in the nursery with any children who attend. i There will be a workshop meeting |on ‘Wednesday, September 15, at 8 “just going for a ride,” Dale Nord- are shown (Interna- asked to attend this and to go with |rnmmer~ nails and saws. ,—ee DOUGLAS NEWS SEATTLE VISITORS 5 2o —— Here {rom Seattle, staying at the A VL VIR (| Baranot Hotel are: James P. Shel- e s 5| don, Monroe Rongred, Misses Ma morning that the Rev. G. Edward| P gred, Y K. Minor and Pat Ferguson, Don Knight will give the Sunday Ser- |1 geoer ol o e, Mr. vice at the Douglas Community n;ld Mrs. ]'w M. Wilson A R Methodist Church tomorrow, Sun- day, at 10 am. The Rev. Robert Treat has not returned from his visit in the States. Leake, H. Gloslie and H. G. Heat- on. A TOM RAKICH IMPROVING i In a receut from To | Rakich, who is at the Walla Walla, | Wash.,, Veterans Administration Hospital, he says he has improved scmewhat in health, but he will be at the hospital for some time. In the letter, Tom sent his greetings to his many friends of Douglas.| He was an old-time, well-liked | bachelor he SAVIKKO TO U. W. Walter Savikko Is a passenger on the Princess Louise for Seattle, a post graduate course, to obtain his Masters degree. Savikko, in t.he: i years, { A Better Method taught at Kodiak last y It is pleasing to note the response SEV | L and garden on seventh floor of La Maison Francaise, one, There will be a mesting for ail b g . w York’s Rockefeller Center. The women interested in the Narsefy at of the fifteen buildings of Ne PAGETHREE SEATTLE j — within easy reach by fast 4-engine C"PP" Fly in swift comfort M‘ the bigs ‘-llll.-t ~minute on frequent Mdu Enroute, settle back Ia your <comfortable ‘leun seat and enjoy % world- EN - STOIY.GARDEN—Workmen mnlcllto spires of St. Patrick’s Cathedral are in background. pam., in the Nursery. Fathers are lI|IIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllIllllllIIllllllllllIIIIIlIIIIIlllllllllllmlllllllillllIIllllllllllllllllmlllllllllllllllllllllllmlllllllll BUT ARE YOU AWARE i OVER $3,000,000 Has been Ioanéd at half the legal rate of interest by the Territory provided the money is expended in Alaska for homes or new businesses? OB, THAT OVER $2,000,000 Has been granted to qualifications? No, there is no catch to this story. The money was pro- vided in a hill sponsored in the Special Alaska Legislature in 1946 by SEN. NORMAN R. WALKER for the benefit of ALASKA WOBLD WAR I VETERANS. THAT citizens of Alaska with certain’ R ARE THE FACTS: Session of the { only cooled or heated, but fllund-| Who. lives on St. Lawrence, carry off fumes, as shown above. | — eeo ST, LAWRENCE ISLE, PASSES AWAY HERE >f scientific discoveries three or| Warren Koozaata of St. Lawrence four times faster than grevlonsl) according to Dr. Howard E Friu.[ vice-president of the firm. The Center, now consisting of | six buildings and a powerhouse, al- | ready is established lm the field of :glrslcu;tnu;alpraflr:fid:):o ofgokl:alzrc‘:\;::; Island, passed away last evening in food and fruit crops for research, | the Government Hospital. He was The 112 room main research la- |56 at the time of his death. Koo- boratories and connected engineer- | zaata entered the Government Hos- ing ]‘;n" are WIHdO\:}lIEl! edxcefn'h.lfolr pltal on March 10 and his OHAV small openings at the end o - | ways, with conditioned _air, not known survivor is his wife, Lucille, | and humidified to give maximum | The remains are at the Charles Ruman. copfort wng: protection of | W. Carter Mortuary and funeral the precise instruments. Other fea- | arrangements will be announced tures worth the visitor's notice | when word is received from St. are the three decorative architec- Lawrencc tural panels and exhibit of prod- | ucts in the beautifully appointed lobby, and the Technical Library consisting of nearly 10,000 volumes dating back in technical history to Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Creasey of 1788. Boulder, Colo., are guests at the Baranof Hotel. ->->e —— AT BARANOF | ) | _FOR YOUR MONEY 12 HP* SEA-BEE ¢ 65.75 GOODSVEAR 3 e ~Soa~bee = T OUTBOARD MOTOR 12 HP* 5 H. 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A small minority who begrudged the tronble and inconvenience complained. A very small group who did not want the FREE governments of the world to WIN the war OPPOSED this legislation. - Remember these facts when you see the name of NOR- MAN R. WALKER on the ballot during the October 12 General Elections. Senator Walker is seeking re-election in the First Division. Yes, on October 12, patriotic Alaskans will have an op- portunity to approve or disapprove of SENATOR WALKER'’S efforts to aid the people who helped save our country from dictatorship. RE-ELECT : Sen. Norman R. Walkcr (This advmlumem was paid for by beneficiaries of the legl.slaubn !ponmrofl by Senator Wllh!r, the women whose fathers, sons and brothers who did not return from the great war for world freedom.) Alaska Flrst For All Alaskans! (Paid Advertisement) . 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