The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1949, Page 3

Homwoou 15 AT 0P IN P. (. LEAGUE JIM BACON is the new Coast league. trimmed Oakland 8-6 vhile the former , split a double- scattle. Hollywood ne over the Padres. e around the loop Tues- : San Francisco beat Los 7-1 with Steve Nagy lan: the cellar-dwelling P avers whipped Sacramento By Hcilywood Pacific leader of Olscn nctened his third win in many starts in besti the Oaklands before 4,005 Clsen pitched two first ceven innings but Dario Lodi- th)c(, run homer in the ta and s two run mdtr pper n on the ropes. Jack retired the last two men. DOUBLEHEADER AT SEATTLE At Seattle, Guy Fletcher silenced the big bats of the Padres with but Jour hits and a 2-0 shutout in the {irst game. But the 9249 fans *got a lock at the Padres’ vaunted power in the nightcap. Steve Mesner had six singles in imes gt -at to pace the Padres \c a 12-2 decision. The Padtes scored four runs in the third with Max West and Luke Easter each doukling. In the {fifth, they ex- ploded for seven runs. Pitcher Jess | Flores doubled in a pair and West homered for another pair. Dick Wenner hit a home run in the eighth to d'no in two runs nd its edge over . Southpaw Roy 1a's ninth Salvesc i "|took the fight STANDINGS Qi THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League Hollywood San Diego Seattle acra'mnw Los Gakla €an Francisco Fcitland 545 524 | 500 | 409 | 409 | 300 National League 1 000 Ercoklyn 1 DOO Cincinnati Pittsburgh Boston l'hl'zulclpl'm .667 .333 | 000 mHRmOMOOOH New York 000 American League New York Ehiladelphia Washington RBoston Chicago Cleveland .500 000 .000 S s FIVE ELK BOWLERS TAKE T0P HONORS FOR SKAGWAY TRIP| Five Juneau Elks, following the climination series have been select-. ed to go to Skagway during the weekend to meet the Elks there. Eight games were rolled in the elimination and here is how the selected team stands up: Erv Hagerup made 2004 for an average of 200; “Red” Lockert 1818, for an average of 182; Dr. Blanton 1787, average 179; J. Hazlett 1768, average 176, and O. Smithberg 1710 for an average of 171. Other runners up were Claude Carnegie with an average of 170, Joe Snow 169 and B. M(,rk 166. FIGHT DOPE Two engagements in the ring last night resulted as follows: PORTLAND, Ore—Joe Kahut, 184, Woodburn, Ore., knocked out Watson Jones, 178, Los Angeles, 2. LOS ANGELES — Bout between Maxie Docusen, 133, New Orleans, and Keith Nuttall, 133':, Brigham, Utah, ruled one-round draw. (Nut- tall accidentally butted and bout halted on doctor’s advice). — v NOT FROM HOONAH Inez Johnson Vosotros, who said ghe came from Hoonah, was sen- tenced last. week by Judge George W. Folta for theft of two diamond rings fcllowing conviction. Now, FHarry Douglas, Mayor of Hoonah, writing to the Empire, says several persons of Hoonah say she was never there, and desires a correct- jon made. fans. | hit ball for the | ad (< | chilly Helser | 000 ¢ (asualties AiOpening Ball Season | NEW YORK, April 20—®—The vm:',m: league’s opening mes pro- duced a long list of caxuu'nes but | the most damage was done off the| ficld- y gulped crust of | | bread. | Joe Lafata, reserve first baseman fer the New York Giants, was put| n for at least a month | 1 ess on one lung. The docs said he swallowed a piece of | tread too fast end it lodged in the | lung. | Jier andage-and-split boys were | kept &uppmv throughout the lwm circuits. Bob Feller, Cleveland's fast ball\ ace, turned up with a sors arm | b Ll‘e ‘;( Louis Browns. | New Yo:k Yankee| pu]ll‘(l muscles' in his in batting pract and is lost three or four days. | il Stallcup, Cincinnati short- | was hit in the face by a| thrown ball in the game against the St. Louis Cards and suffered a| pcssible fractured cheek bone. Sherman Lollar, St. Louis Browns' catcher, swung at one of ! Feller's fleet ones and pulled some | muscles that forced him out of the game. |out JONES OUT, ~ IND ROUND | PORTLAND, Apru 20—(P—Loop- ling right hand punch by Joe Kahut sut of Los Angeles heavyweight Watson Jones last FELLER WILD; "5 THE DAILY ALASKA EM Left Hander Starls Season man (centcr) throws the ball (upper right) left h'lnd(-d n, Washington. Left to right: front, V. PIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA (o open the seasen at Griffith Pres. Barkley; Harry Jobes, Kansas City; Mrs. Truman; the President; Clark Giffith, president, Washington Senators; Manager Jce Kuhel of the Senators; back, A. B. Chandler, commissioner of baseball; Presidential Secretaries (seated delphia Athletics; unidentified man; Sen. Kenneth Wherry Mich.); Sen. Edwin Johnson (D.-Colo.) ® wlr'pholoi (R.-Neb.) Bill Hassett and Matt Connally. : Attorney General Tom Clark (abcve Connall); Connie Mack (head turned), manager, Phila- ; Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (R.- st hit a game-winning |homer off Joe Dobson in the seventh inning to square the A's at YANKED AFTER.I 1 for the season before 19,897 at \Shike Park. 1 - Cleveland’s pitching staff, tabbed | ‘Best in Baseball,” used Feller, I rly Wynn, Mike Garcia and| |Satchell Paige against the| | Brownies. Feller gave only one hit, J\U'("'HA\D |a triple by Jack Graham, but, Feller's failure is the most gest crowd was 53,435, a, note the major | ; stadium opening record, that ! eLall “mu,‘mmn to see the Detroit Tigers| Bcbby turting ague ba of opener ree. la °"27 ABOARD PNA'S WESTWARD FLIGHTS| Twenty-seven passengers were aboard Pacific Northern Airlines flights in and out of Juneau yes- terday as follows: Frcm Anchorage: Daniel Paul, Earl Hickock. From Cordova: ge Herbert. From Gustavus: con, Fred Matson, Richard Slack. To Gustavus: Lyle Bieber, M, F.! le |nizht and a few seconds later the | ipo wice read like a carbon copy |thump the Chicago White Sox, 5-1. Huffacker. | Californian was counted out as he, ‘k'uln cn one knee. The finish came | in the second round of a scheduled | | 10-round mix. | The actual knockout punch was| a mystery to most fans. Ringsiders | {thought it grazed Jones' forehead, | | but the Califcrnian went down 'n\d\ rose to his knee at the eight count | and stayed there. | | Kahut at 184 had a six pomt‘ weight advantage on Jone: | e | * BATTING, PITCHING STARS OF OPENERS Yesterday's baumg and pm:hmgw stars are as follows: Batting-—Johnny Groth, Tigers.| Rookie outfielder hit two home| . |runs, drove in two runs and scored | two in Detroit’s 5-1 victory over| Chicago. Pitching—Rip Sewell, | Veteran ~ 40-year-old righthander pitched Pittsburgh to 1-0 eigm-hu} victory over Chicago. WESTERN LEAGUE READY T START Pirates. 1 (By the Associated Press) Western International League baseball makes its 1949 debut to- {morrow night with Victoria and Vancuuver B.C., fans getting the initial look-see at this year's Class B competition. Victoria ‘will host Yakima and Vancouver will entertain Spokane. The rest of the circuit—Salem at Taccma, and Bremerton at Wen- atchee—wid open Friday. The Ca- nadian cities get a one-day jump on the league because of the North- erners’ ban on Sunday baseball. e —— Sister Kenny Gives Up Infantile Work (By Associated Press) Sister Elizabeth Kenny has given up administration of the founda- tion bearing her name. The 62- ear-old, Australian nurse has done research work in infantile paralysis since 1911. The foundaticn she created operates seven centers in the United States for treatment of infantile paralysis. Two of the seven are located on the west coast —at Los Angeles and San Fran- cisco. Sister Kenny is replaced by Dr. E. J. Juenckens of Minneapolis. She will serve as a consultant to the doctor - TWO FIEOM PORTLAND Claude L. Smith and Arnold Frederickson of Portland are regis- tered at the Baranof. They ar- rived via PAA. —— FROM YAKIMA Robert C. Estep and B. W. Breitwieg of Yakima, Wash., are at the Baranof. 4 et | liant | the of 1948. Bouncing back from Monday’si A year ago Bobby pitched a two- | |hit shutout opening day as me\Bo ston Braves whipped the Phila- Cleveland Indians rushed into @ delphja Phillies twice, 4-3 and 11-2| \\mnnr, Betore Lefore a Patriots’ Day crowd of eere | 0BT | Cincinnati to whip the capitalized on errors St. Lows Cardinals,| was yanked because of wild- " sore arm. He yielded | the Indians lost luw St. Louis Browns, 5 ‘.‘ Ned Garver scattered seven hits to | eat the champs before 12,817, the owns’ largest opening crowd in 15 years “Throwing tco |gave me a little aid afterwards. “Three to J").b rest and a few warm |should have me back in shape.” Rip Sewell of Pittsburgh re- Yesterday |after two innin . e CREDIT SYSTEM 1S EXPANDING, MANY | 2 PARTS OF NATION days | (By Awuuuted Press) Buying on the installment plan is supposed to be easier than it sumed his favorite job—beating the |used to be since the government Chicago Cubs. He scored his 10th |relaxed the ter But that is nutr opening day triumph, 1-0. Lou|the way it is ing out in some | the Philadelphia A's bril- ! E' second-year man, repeated is 1948 rockie job of speiling the and lenders are opener for the Boston Red Sox, 3-2. on their install-| Larry Jansan of the New Yurk‘m(n credit terms than the regula-} Cdaut; continued to find it tough |tions require to whip Breeklyn, losing 10-3 under | The stricter terms are most not- a deluge of homers by Jackie Rob- |able in sales of older model used- incon, Roy Campanella and Carl|cais, furniture, radios, television | Furillo. i‘ ts and me household appli- With outfielder Joe DiMaggio on bench' in street clothes, the | e contr New York Yankess shaded Wash- |minim down payment' of 33, ington, 3-2, on a ninth inning home | percent for autos and 15 percent| run by Tommy Henrich. irticles, and a maximum | ATTENDANCE time-limit of 21 months. The crowds were slightly off but are free to require fli .cme of the smaller parks were the |greater down payment and faster sites of vesterday's games. The |pay-offs, and many of them are total for Monday and Tuesday was|donz it 257,459 as compared to 331,783 in :48. However, the remaining open- rs Friday, including an expected 70,000 at Cleveland, should better last year's 16-game total. The Athletics’ Brissie, the boy with the war-shatteréd leg, was hard pressed in the late innings -ut a great catch by Sam Chap-| August H. Murphy of Ketchi- man on Bobby Doerr's long drive kan is at the Baranof. ne run the upstart as hard too trouzle,” soon | Reserve board says regulations fix aj ol .o ACCOUNTANT HERE Louis W. Roehm, Seattle ac-: countant, arrived here yesterday by i PAA and is staying at the Baranof. - AT BARA\OF a rare imported whisky, botiled under the supervision of the Canadian Govt. for John MacNaughton Companys Ltd., Montreal, P.Q,, Canada. ./m,o’m)’zL Blended Canadian Whisky, 86.8 170- Schenley Import Corp., New York, N. 1. To Cordova: Meda Swanson, Rob- shutout by Ken Heintzelman, the!ert Olscn, Richard Olson, Olaf Ty- | ; nes, G nie Tom Axland, Henry Oksvol, rge Orfstad, Herb Hansen, Bon- Jacobsen, Ncrris Bjorge, W. { H. Hamilton, Henry Carey, Leo Os- terman, G. P. Halferty. To Anchorage: George Jamison, | Tem Davies, Dy Johm Porter. 'S0AP BOX DERBY DATE (HANGED T0 JULY 10/ The date of tne local Soap Box D rby has been changed to July | 10 because of conflict with another event, it was announced today by Lr. william P. Blanton, chairman oi the race. Dr. Blanton said that "next Monday, the date of the first question and answer meeting to be held for the boys, will be an- nounced. At next week’s meeting, all en- trants will be given a chance to ‘ask questions concerning the rules tand construction of their cars. The finals of the Soap Box Derby to be held at Akron, Ohio, August 14 is an international affair. En-| tered last year was one contestant from Eouth America. Besides all the thrills of a lifetime in the ! ccmpetition with other mechanics and racers, each youngster will have the lure of the finalist's trip to Akron—and the chance of winning a four year college scholarship. There'll be prizes for local win- ners tco! J. H. Stender, i John Casperson, | Mrs. Ruth Mat- | KIRK NAMED 'AMBASSADOR TOMO5COW il 20— @ — Kirk was ap- to- WASHINGTON, . Vice Admiral Alan ¢ ipointed Ambassador ‘o Moscow 1day. Kirk is being transferred from the Ambassadorship Belgium. He alto has been serv as Minister to Luzembourg. At Moscow, Kirk will succeed Lt Gen. Walter Bedell Smith who ws relieved recently to take command (of the First Army in New Ycrk. ‘' The White House announced President Truman'’s choice of Kirk ifor the Moscow post. Kirk, 60, is a native of PhMa- | delphia and now a legal resident or Connecticut. Ho w graduated from the Nmal‘ ,Amd( my in 1909 and served in the I'Navy until 1946 when he was ap- ,pointed Ambas:ader to Belgium, | During World War Two, he par- | jticipated in the Allied landing | ‘opemnons in Sicily as Commander of the ampiidous -force of the United States Atlantic fleet. He was one of a group of Allied offi- cers who prepared and directed naval phases of the cross-channel invasion of France. - BOAT HARBOR NEWS Olson has pur sed a at the Jacobs-Neely for tallation on Valen “Tiger” mar.n: motor Machine shop his boat, the At the Nortnern Commercial Co., e Baranof ownad %ty Earl Benitz <f Petersburg, is off the ways after 1opairs and a fathometer installed. ‘the Beulah cwned by Cecil Owsley of Petersburg is off the grid after rainor repairs and installation of fathometer. The 126-foot CGC hoon oa the w for hul 1spection. The Ensee is back in water and cabin work is to be shed, At the same shop, the iku Chlef II of the Polaris-Taku ¢, is having its diesel motor over- liauled. In the.small boat harkor, Fern IT cwr d by John Lowell recently ca print » Procyon, owned Iy Clarcuce Fow.er arrived Monday ght frcm ttl> for the sea- on, Iowler said that if the run f herring in the Bella Bella, B. C. n, the eren s uny dndicatic rien are in for a good season. 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