The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 7, 1949, Page 3

v WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1949 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE~JUNEAU, ALASKA ¥~ PAGE THREPR YOUR FUNNY- BONE TO THIS STAR-STUDDED ACTION MUSICA OLUMBIA PICTURES oo | 4 — 2nd Hit — A Mysterious Weapon leaving no tell-tale clues , but the 3 dead men it struck! COBRA STRIKES—7:13-9:33 ARKANSAS SWING—8:24-10:44 w==e TONIGHT and THUR. === HARNESS UP e===f= THE COBRA Saikes” Stea Ryan-Rkar Fraser-Lesie Broks e EAGUE LN e o 1 SHOCKING T pense! . E3 Air Express News DEMOCRATS OF ANCHORAGE ARE READY 10 FIGHT. Scorning Gov. Ernest Gruening’s | political appointments policy, the Anchorage Democratic Club last night drafted a resolution airing its dissatisfaction, says the Anchor- age Times of Sept. 1. In the resolution, the local Dem- ocrats charge that the governor| has “conspiciously failed to util-| ize the organized units of the par- ty in seeking new material for ap- pointive positions throughout the territory.” They also charged that the gov- ernor has on many occasions demonstrated indifference to poli- tical advice and counsel of party leaders and permitted his subordin- ate officers to seek territorial per- sonnel outside the party and even outside the territory. This failure to follow long-estab- lished party practice in clearing appointments has caused discontent within the party, the resolution points out. The resolution includes a warn- ing that the Anchorage Democrat- ic Club will oppose Gruening and all other top-level officers, under him in future elections unless the appointment policies are altered. At the meeting at the VFW lounge, the Democratic organization also elected officers for the coming year and discussed methods of speeding up statehood for Alaska. New head of the club is Ken Johnson. Other officers elected were Roy Plummer of Spenard, vice president; E. G. Bailey of Mountain View, secretary, and Audrey Cut- ting, treasurer. ‘Wendell Kay is the retiring pres- ident. SEATTLE VISITORS Registering yesterday at the Baranof from Seattle were: Walter Sharpe, C. M. Latimer, O. K. Devin, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Allen, W., H. Tilly, Jr., August Buschmann, C. H. Pemberton, M. E. Williams, C. E. Frankauski, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McGahee and daughters. FROM VANCOUVER Henry Howard of Vancouver is at the Baranof. FROM DES MOINES Ralph Green of Des Moines, Ia., is a guest at the Baranof. FROM TULSEQUAH Mrs. F. G. Southow of Tulse- quah is registered at the Baranof. FROM ANCHORAGE Francis Wells of Anchorage is a guest at the Baranof. jand Billy Gilman, DOCUSEN 15 GIVEN DECISION N BOUT WITH MILO SAVAGE SEATTLE, Sept. 7—®—Bernard Docusen, clever New Orleans mid- dleweight, scored his second straight 10-round decision last night over Milo Savage, 158, of Seattle. Docusen weighed 150. Preliminaries: Blackie Vanderveer, 136, Seattle, 135, Seattle, drew, 6; Terry Forret, 140, Van- couver, B.C, Smith, 139, Fort Lewis, 6; Jim Daly, 147, Vancouver, B.C. decisioned Bokby Davis, 150, Seattle, 4; Rocky Lewis, 148, Vancouver, B.C., knocked out Art James, 160, Seattle, 2. BEAU JACK HEADING FOR CHICAGO; IS TO FIGHT KID. GAVILAN LOS ANGELES, Sept. T—®— Beau Jack, the spoiler, heads for Chicago today to continue his comeback campaign in an import- ant fistic duel with Cuba’s Kid Gavilan. The former world lightweight champ handed Tote Martinez of Stockton a 10-round beating at the Olympic Auditorium last night. It was Martinez’ first loss in 28 pro- fessional .appearances. LEADERS IN B. 8. Leaders in the National League are: Batting — Robinson, Brooklyn, .349; [Slaughter, St. Louis, .342. Runs Batted In — Robinson, Brooklyn, 112; Kiner, Pittsburgh, 103. Home Runs — Kiner, Pittsburgh, 43; Musial, St. Louis, 28. ‘Pitching—Wilks, St. Louis, 11-3, .786; Roe, Brooklyn, 12-4, .750. AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting—Williams, Boston, .353; Kell, Detroit, .341, Runs Batted In—Stephens, Bos- ton, 145; Willilams, Boston, 141. Home Runs — Williams, Boston, 37; Stephens, Boston, 36. Pitching — Kinder, Boston, 18-5, 783; Parnell, Boston, 21-7, .750. HOSPITAL NOTES Six persons were admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital \esterds)7. They were: Clifford O’'Shea, Allen James ‘Wallace, Arnold F. Olson, Edward L. Kelly, Ralph J. Bachman, and Jim Sofoulis. Dismissed yesterday were Carl Graves and Bill Sakieff, decisioned Marvin | ACTION MUSICAL AND CHILL FiLM ON CAPITOL BILL A double bill with a vengeance— and a passel of musical mirth—is scheduled for tonight and tomor- row at the Capitol Theatre. “The Cobra Strikes,” a gripping mystery film featuring Sheila Ryan and Richard Fraser, tells of a clever and sinister killer who uses a hypo-gun, adapted from one of the most recent inventions of medi- cal science, to strike down his vic- tims. It isn’t until after one of his |intended victims informs the police, | that this insidious killer is brought |to bay. “The Arkansas Swing,” latest in | Columbia’s popular action musical | series, balances the bill. Heading the star-studded cast of radio and rodeo stars are the Hoo- |sier Hot [Shots (Hezzie, Ken, Gil and Gabe). Other performers in key spots are Gloria Henry, Stuart Donahue, the Texas Rangers, Doro- thy Porter and Cottonseed Clark. Ray Nazarro directed from Barry Shipman’s original screen-play for producer Colbert Clark. UP IN BATTING; IS /NEARING ROBINSO NEW YORK, Sept. T—(®—Enos (Country) Slaughter, of the St. Louis Cardinals, is stirring up quite a fuss in the National League’s in- dividual batting race. Slaughter, a throwback to Car- dinal Gas House Gang days of 1934, itoday was seriously challenging | title. Robinson is but six points in front of Slaughter. Jackie is moving at a .348 gait, including game of Labor Day. Slaughter is hard on ' his heels at .342. | The Dodger sparkplug dropped from 349 to .348 during the past week while Slaughter jumped from 1.328 to .342. Slaughter belted out! 17 hits in 35 trips, a 486 gait. Stan Musial, who with Slaughter forms the Cards’ one-two punch,; tacked five points to his mark to! increase his average from .321 to .326, third best in the circuit. Trailing Musial are the New York Giants’ Willard Marshall, Bobby Thomson and Pittsburgh’s Ralph Kiner. Marshall is socking .315 and Thomson and Kiner, .306. NELL ON HEELS OF WILLIAMS, BAT HONORS, AMER.L. CHICAGO, Sept. 7—®—If Bos- ton’s Ted Williams is looking over his shoulder in the American League batting race, he will “’“’i Detroit’s George Kell coming strong. The Bengal third-sacker last week picked up eight points on thumpin’ ‘Teddy. While Willlams skidded six points | to .353, Kell inched up two points to .341. The previous week, Wil- liams held a 20-point margin which now has melted to 12. Kell is Williams' only barrier to a third straight batting crown and Ted’s fifth since 1941, Third with .320 is Boi Dillinger of St. Louis. games i Boston, 318, Cleveland, .313. Williams also is the big man in the specialized departments. He is and Dale Mitchell, Hart, June Vincent, Mary Eleanor | SLAUGHTER COMES| i to eat the Giants, 4-2, in a ten Other leaders through Monday's | included Dom DiMaggio, | | YANKEES TO MEET | BOSTON RED SOX BIG GAME TODAY By RALPH RODEN The New York Yankees, leading the American League since the 10pening gun, face their severest test of the season tonight when they open a vital three-game series with the challenging Boston Red Sox! at Yankee Stadium. Casey Stengel's crippled Yanks lead the sizzling Sox by a game and a half and a Boston sweep would dump the Yanks into sec-1 ond place. |Stengel has selected nolds (13-4) to face Ellis Kinder (18-5) before an estimated 75,000 plus crowd. Lefty Ed Lopat is the probable Yankee pitcher for the second encounter and Vic Raschi or Tommy Byrne for the third. The Sox are expected to counter with Jack Kramer and 21-game winner Mel Parnell. The return to action of Joe Di- Maggio and possibly catcher Yogi Berra greatly enhances the Yankee chances. DiMaggio bowed out of the second game in the Labor Day doubleheader in Philadelphia be- cause of leg cramps but the jolter reported the ailment has disap- peared. Berra has been out with a frac- tured left thumb since Aug. 7. The third place Cleveland In- dians and fourth place Detroit Tigers will also be battling. The Tigers entertain the Indians in a two game series. Allie Rey- i Brooklyn’s Jackie Robinson for v.he’ Meanwhile, the equally tense Na- | tional League race finds the front- running St. Louis Cardinals only one game ahead of the Brooklyn | Dodgers. Don Newcombe, big Negro right- hander pitched the Dodgers to within a game of the Red Birds last night as he turned back the Boston ‘Braves, 10-2, at Ebbets Field. The Cards, the Chicago Cubs and the entire American League were idle. Newcombe, in bagging his 15th triumph, yielded only six hits and fanned seven to run his league- leading strikeout total to 126. ‘ ‘The Dodger ace's string of con- secutive pooreless innings waa' snapped at 31 when the Bmvu‘ scored the first run of the game in the second inning. Philadelphia came from behind inning opener but Leo Dumcher's] men took the nightcap, 4-1. 1 Larry Jansen had the Phils beaten, 2-0, with two out in the; ninth when they rallied to tie up the game. Bill Nicholson's single broke it up in the following frame. ‘The Cincinnati Reds exploded for four runs in the tenth inning to clip the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-3, under the lights in Pittsburgh. WIL BASEBALL Western International League | baseball playoffs start tonight in Yakima and Vancouver, B.C, The two front-running clubs en- tertain third-place Spokane% and | foyrth place Wenatchee, respec- | tively, in the first two games of a | best-of-five series. Winners of the two series will! tangle next week for a top prize of $1,500. The second place squad will receive $1,000 and each of the eliminated teams will split $750. | FROM VICTORIA | leading in four divisions, home runs with 37; hits with 176; two-baggers with 37; and runs with 134. Mr. and Mrs. G. Griffiths of Victoria are registered at the ; Baranof Hotel. BLOCES for For Estimales on that New Basement, House or Fireplace—~PHONE 416—Evenings We have enough PUMICE and CONCRETE EARL CRASS AND SON several houses and similor communities, block of seats so that its priority wish those who eAving Soutbbound? fo the States on Pan American, and then fo any In Shka, Hoonah, Tenakee, Skagway, Haines Southeastern ACA reserves a special passengers share equal buy tickets in Juneawl o w % % RES 10 STARS, PAD TANGLE, HOT SERIES, STARTING TONIGHT (By the Associated Press) The collective eyes of the Pacific Coast League will turn tonight to the opening of Hollywood's series with San Diego. The Stars hold a three game lead over Oakland with but 20 games left, San Diego, loaded with sluggers, promises to e a tough one for the Stars. The Padres are in fifth place in the standings, 10 games behind the Stars. That means they’ll be fighting for a place in league playoffs. The Oaks tangle with Sacramento. ‘There was only one game in the loop Tuesday night. Dr. Francis Dierick, Portland’s home game pitcher, scattered seven hits to San Francisco batsmen to win 7-4. The Beavers’ Dick Wenner hit two homers. Frank Shofner and Dario Lodigiani homered for the Seals. P STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League W L Pct Hollywood ................ 85 72 569 Oakland ... .92 5 551 Sacramento 87 80 521 Seattle . 87 " 80 521 San Diego .85 82 509 San Francisco . 80 87 479 Portland 78 89 467 Los Angeles .. 64 103 383 National League W L Pct St. Louis 82 49 626 Brooklyn " .. 82 51 617 Philadelphia 1 64 825 Boston 67 67 New York 66 67 406 Pittsburgh 58 T3 443 Cincinnati . 53 18 405 Chicago 52 82 .388 American League W L Pct New York . . 81 48 623 Boston 52 612 Cleveland 54 501 Detroit ... 58 574 Philadelphia 65 508 Chicago 80 308 St. Louis . 48 86 .358 Washington 43 87 331 HONGKONG—The Royal Obser- vatory said’tohight a typhoon was building up in the China Sea. Winds of gale proportion are ex- pected tomorrow morning. LAVISH REVUE T0 CLOSE TONIGHT AT 20TH CENTUR The ABC's of American mu.sic,' Fred Astaire, Irving Berlin nnd| Bing Crosby, have teamed up again! to turn out a picture that has more of everything that delighted film- goers in their initial etfort, “Holi- day Inn.” The new melody master-, piece is Paramount's Technicolor production of Berlin's “Blue Skies.” It will close tonight at the 20th| Century Theatre, Gorgeous Joan Caulfield co-stars with Crosby and Astaire, with Billy De Wolfe and; Olga San Juan topping the support- ing cast. Lavish is the word for “Blue | Skies,” for it has more of the music of America's foremost songwm,er: than any other picture Hollywood has made. Thirty-two of Berlin's biggest hits are utilized as solos for Bing to sing and Fred to dance to, as themes for spectacular produc- tion numbers, and as background musie for the touching love story involving Bing, Fred and Miss Caul- field. B.B. STARS Stars of games played yesterday in the National League are: Batting—Wes_Westrum, Giants— Clouted a three-run homer to give New York 4-1 victory over Phila-: delphia in second game of a double- header. Pitching—Don Newcombe, Dod- gers—Pitched Brooklyn to within game of leading St. Louis Cardinals lby beating Boston, 10-2 on a strong six-hitter that included seven strikeouts. ¢ ' FIGHT DOPE i : Fistic encounters, if you can call them, turned out last night as fol- | lows: At Seattle — Bernard Docusen, 150, New Orleans, outpointed Milo Savage, 158, Seattle (10). At Los Angeles—Beau Jack, 139, New York, outpointed Tote Mar- tinez, 140%, Los Angeles (10). At Salt Lake Oity—Tony Chavez, San Jose, Calif., outpointed Joey Jacques, 148, Ogden, Utah (10). ' | | ,1 ] FREEMAN-MORLEY MARRIAGE | Fannie Christina Morley became Mrs. Homer Lee Freeman in a ’ceremony performed by U. S, Com- missioner Gordon Gray. The vows! were spoken at the Hotel Juneau Saturday evening. . 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