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v » v 2 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1950 TUESDAY NIGHTERS | NEAR BOWLING END The Tuesday night bowling league on the Elks Alleys are nearing the end of their play. Next Tuesday night rolling will determine the winner for the third round, then the championship playoffs will fol- low, dates to be announced later. Last night, Scott of Don Abel’s squad was high for series with 600 and also high individual with 230. + Team and individual scores last night are as follows: Joe Louis s Off to Brazil NEW YORK, April 19—P—Joe Louis, accompanied by Manager Marshall Miles and Trainer Mannie Seamon, departed at midnight by plane for Brazil to engage in a series of exhibition bouts. CUB SCOUT CAGE TOURNEY STARTING TONIGHT, 2 GAMES Beginning tonight at 7 o'clock in «he Grade School gym there will be held the two-night tournament o decide the champion of the six dens of the Rotary sponsored Cub Pack No. 311. There is no admis- sion charge and everyone is wel- come to attend. The first game at 7 o’clock will e played by Dens I and V, the Den Mothers of these dens being Mrs. 2. Bailey and Mrs. C. Rusher. The econd game, beginning about 7:49 will be between dens II and III vhose Den Mothers are Mrs. Bry- on and Mrs. H. Harmon. ‘Winner of the first game on Wed- nesday will play the opening game m Thursday evening against Den V whose Den Mother is Mrs. C. ‘hattuck. Winner of Wednesday’s econd game will meet Den VI in the second game on Thursday. Winners of these last two games will then play to decide the champion- hip. Stan Grummett has been in charge of arranging the tourna- ment and Bill Sperling and Rich- crd “Itch” Hansen will referee the zames. FIGHT DOPE Here are results of fights pulled ff last night: At Cleveland — Sandy Saddler, 130, New York, stopped Lauro Salas, 130, Mexico City, 9. Parsons Electric 20 20 . 162 .. 167 . 145 . 180 - 197 .. 871 Handicap Hagerup Mork Haag 20— 174— 185— 170— 149— 475 150— 492 848—2544 60 517 500 481 Junaeu Florist Handicap 50 50 Bavard ‘Whittier Lajoie i H. Sturrock ... S. Houston Totals 50— 150 178— 525 136— 426 172— 463 174— 493 153— 437 863— 140 147 167 137 e 795 834 Thomas Hardware 172— 521 156— 506 158— 471 161— 540 208— 558 855—2599 Ripke 2 A. Sturrock . E. Lincoln Burke . Snow .. Totals Handicap Gormley Nichols Leighton Inman Applegate Totals .. Handicap Stewart Smith Davlin Estepp ... McKinnon Standard Aviation Handicap 80 80 - 80— 240 Barrager 167 157 199— 523 148 155 156— 459 123 113 153— 889 192--158 188— 539 . 166 141 .203— 510 . 876 805 979—2660 Flood, 160%2, New York, outpointed Geramine Caboche, 159}z, France, 8. At Los Angeles — Art Aragon, 136'2, Los Angeles, stopped Guil- lermo Gimeneg, 135 Argentina, 2. At Portland, Ore. — Roscoe Toles, 195, Detroit, outpointed Bill Peter- sen, 207, Chicago, 10. At Seattle — Eddie Cotton, 167, Don Abel's 20 20 . 230 173 182 180 126 170 20— 80 198— 600 181— 543 162— 458 Handicap Scatt Blanton Botelho THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA | Harris’ lightly-regarded Senators | knocked out Carl Scheib before he At White Plains, N.Y, — Jimmy YANKS WIN {Major League Baseball Season Opens with All Teams Playing By JACK HAND (Associated Press Sportswriter) Same old Boston Red Sox, left ; 2t the post again by the 1950 model | of Casey Stengel's New York Yan- kee “Team of Destiny.” } Old Casey, reigning miracle man of baseball, has done it again. The | Yanks are off a-winging on the | strength of a throbbing 15-10 open- ing day victory yesterday at Fen- way Park. They did it the hard way, over- coming an early 9-0 Boston lead and winning with nine runs in a shocking eighth-inning revolution. Just like 1949, Boston, overwhelming favorite to cop the American Leakue pennant and dethrone the world champi Yanks, had company. Brooklyr National League champs also flop- ped. They fell before the youthful Philadelphia Phils, 9-1. Don New- combe, pitching ace of the favored Brooks, was knocked from the box in the second inning before 29.074 * Attendance Good All in all, attendance at the eight- game opening show was tine. Gi course, there was the added im- petus of the first night opener in history in St. Louis—which added 20,871 to the total. The opener: drew 252,700 as compared to 257,45¢ for a nine-game, two-day program last year. Cleveland drew 65,744. Getting back to Boston where the real fireworks exploded, the Red Sox harbored real hopes of blast- ing their opening jinx. Instead they lost their third straight open Their 21-game carryover win streak at Fenway Park is smashed. It started like an easy ride for Mel Parnell, 25-game winner of last year. Boston knocked out Allie Rey- nolds, the Yanks’ No. 1 boy, open- ing up a wide early lead. Nobody worried when Parnell yielded four runs in the sixth. Boston made it 10-4 going to the eighth. the best crowd Real Uprising Then it happened. Fourteen Yapks went to bat in the inning. After Parnell it was Walt Master- on, Earl Johnson, Al Papai and finally Charley Schanz. When it was over, the Yanks had scored nine runs for a 13-10 lead. Just to make it sure, they added two in the ninth off Boo Ferriss. Detroit spoiled the day for Cleve- iland’s fine opening turnout by | retired a batter. BY UPRISE, 8TH FRAME 191— 524 174— 522 925—2707 Smithberg Shattuck Totals .. 153 1890 174 1714 . 885 897 » Sicks Rainiers 67 67 . 98 179 . 145 130 131 181 158 846 Handicap Hedges Cole Sweeney Hazlett Nordenson 67— 201 162— 439 128— 403 181— 485 158— 453 » 124— 406 820—2392 . LEAGUE STANDINGS Team Thomas Hardware Parsons. .. Standard Aviation Don Abel .. Hennings Signal Corps Sicks Rainiers .. * Juneau Florists " WOMEN BOWLERS TO START TOURNEY ST. PAUL, Minn,, April 10—#— . The country’é-best: women bowlers— many of them carrying averages many a mere male would love to boast about—start competition in '’ the Women’s International Bowling Congress tomorrow night in St Paul. The meet will take on an inter- national atmosphere April 29 and 30 when the Sourdoughs team of Alaska, take to the """ Anchorage, alleys. COACH NEWELL IS NOW IN BIG TEN EAST LANSING, Mich., April 19 —{P—Peter F. (Pete) Newell, who made a reputation at the Univer- sity of San Francisco, is the Big Ten’s newest basketball coach. Michigan State signed Newell yes- | terday, ending a long search for a new coach. State makes its debut in " Big Ten basketball next season. Newell, 34, takes over a team that won only four games in 22 last sea- son. FROM SEATTLE Among ' the Seattle guests re- gistered at the Baranof are: Mrs. James W. Dillard, Ralph S. Aag- aard, Frank Olsen, Dow I. Gallo- way and Donald D. McFeeley, the latter, of the National Labor Re- Jations Board, - Seattle, outpointed Don Lee, 165, edging the Indians, 7-6, in 10 in- Edison, Neb., 10. nings. The Tigers knocked Bob At San Jose, Calif. — Rudy Cruz, | Lemon out of the box in the eighth 136, Los Angeles, outpointed Tate:and went on to win. Their last four Martinez, 137, Stockton, Calif., 12. [runs were unearned. | President Truman threw out the FROM PORTLAND |firsL ball at Washington where the | D. C. Wise, of Portland, is re-| Senators knocked off the Philadel- gistered at the Baranof. !phia A’s, 8-7, before 31,548, Buck Vote For ...Eleect J.S."Sim" MacKinno Republican Candidate HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ® Life-Long Resident of Alaska ® Veteran of World Wars I and II ® (bligated to NO ONE | Oregon, with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Rookie outfielder Ken Wood and pitcher Ned Garver teamed up to lead the St. Louis Browns to a 5-3 win over Chicago. Brooklyn Humbled Newcombe had nothing but size | at Shibe Park where the youthful| Phillies humbled Brooklyn behind Robin Roberts’ seven-hit workout. Rookie second baseman Mike Goliat broke in with a perfect four-hit{ day and Eddie Waitkus and Gran| Hamner each added three hits. In the first night opener at St.| Louis, home runs by Red Schoen- | dienst and Stan Musial sent the Cardinals off to a flying start with | a 4-2 victory over Pittsburgh. | RAINIERS LOST 5TH STRAIGHT By JIM BACON (Associated Press Sportswriter) Hollywood is looking mighty nat- ural atop the Pacific Coast League standi but somehow Seattle | doesn’t seem to belong so deep in | the loop cellar, iniers were a good club in The Battle of the Big Trade— New York Giants vs. Boston Braves 1t the Polo Grounds—wound up in an 11-4 decision for Boston. Actu- ally the key men in the most im- | portant winter trade were not im-! portant factors. Andy Pafko rapped two homers ! and a double in the Chicago Cubs 9-6 victory f 81,213 Cincin- { nati fans. { 7 it Stars of baseball games yester- day are as follows: Batting Billy Martin, Yankees, and Andy Pafko, Cubs—Rookie Martin drove home three runs on double and ingle in his major league at bats o feature nine run eighth inning rally that sparked Yanks to 15-10| riumph over Boston. Pafko belted wo home runs, a double, and drove home four runs to lead Cubs to 9-5| riumph over Cincinnati. Pitching Robin Roberts, Phils—Pitched a 9-1 seven hit victory over Brooklyn, fanning four and walking only one. WIL GAMES Final scores of games played yes- terday in the WIL are as follows: Yakima 8, Wenatchee 3. Spokane 5, Victoria 3. Tacoma 4, Salem 2. Vancouver 8, Tri-City 3 (11 in- nings). STANLEY CUP PLAY 1S NOW TIED UP DETROIT, April 19 — (# — The Stanley Cup hopes of the underdog New York Rangers were on the up- grade today after they beat the De- troit Red Wings 4-83 in overtime| last night to even the series at two | games apiece. | | | MOTHER SURPRISES DAUGHTER WITH VISIT Mrs. Harvey Frietag, mother of| Mrs. Ned Zenger, arrived here on| the Baranof for a surprise visit to| her daughter and son-in-law. | This is Mrs. Frietag’s first visit| to Alaska. She came from Albany, | Carnegie, close friends of the family. (Paid advertisement) had some of the best in the le e. But that was {last year. This year the Rainiers | have only five of their 18 | games. Hollywood nipped them last ght 5-4 for the fifth loss in a row and the 11th in 12 starts. The Stars pounded Jim' Wilson | for ten hits, including an inside- | the-pe homer by Herb German. Bill Ramsey crashed into the cen- | ter field fence going after Gorman's | sh. By the time the Rainier out- himse!f up, Gorman for home. Ramsey, centerfield n his head, had to les won The win kept Hollywood a slim half-game ahead of San Diego which took an 11th inning 3-2 de- cision from Los Angeles. | The Oakland Acorns homered | their way into third place with a |5-3 win over Portland. The Oaks | hit three homers, two of them by Earl Rapp. A three-hit pitching performance by Bill Evans plus five San Fran- cisco errors gave Sacramento a 10-1 win over the Seals. Evans walked {five and hit two batters to other- | wise mar a masterful pitching job. | | NEW GRIDIRON GOES INTO USE AT BOAT HARBOR HERE The new egridircn at the small boat harbor is being kept busy. { Although the 640-foot structure is not quite half finished, it has keen continually in use since Sun- day, when the halibut boat Dixon, owned by Emil Samuelson of Ju- neau, was first to tie up on it. The same day the halibut boat Belle J., owned by Arthur Vienola, and the trolling boat Argus, owned by Emil Vienola, were brought onto the gridiron for spring copper- | painting. | Constructed parallel to Harbor | Way on the east side of the har-| bor, the new gridiron when com-! pleted will accommodate 20 vessels | at one time, | Need for the new gridiron was| termed an ‘“emergency” by local fishermen when they approached city and Territorial officials about having it built. Telritorial Motor Fuel Tax funds were granted to finance construc- tion several months ago, and City Engineer J. L. McNamara drew up plans for its construction with the help of Juneau fishermen. At present it will accomodate as many vessels as the old gridiron And it is being brounght nearer to completion every day, as th piledriver works north from the finished portion. The gridiron is handy to Har por Way and will make carryin: of repair materials from the street to the boats a much simpler task, according to fishermen, i ALASKA STEAMSHIP | OPENS NEW OFFICE, ATH AVENUE, SEATTLE The Alaska Steamship Company has opened its new ticket office at' 1223 Fourth Avenue, S:attle in charge of K A. Cro: sistant general passenger agent. The new quarters are of-conven- | tional design. Warm, bold, char- acteristic Alaska colors are em- i ployed throughout the interior. pre-‘= senting an effective display that| is completely exposed to the street; by the plate glass and aluminum front, eliminating the need for ex-| terior advertising. Red birch paneling is silhoutted ogainst sparkling white and gray side walls, , The back wall is of Ilright yellow, adding a touch of briiliance. i The furniture in the public area and the main counter are specially | designed and also made of birch. Interior lighting was planned to give an even distribution of light. This is accomplished by exposed cold cathode tubes against the ceil- | ifng with incandescent adjustable spots to highlight certain features. especially designed Alaska inum is inset on the inside south wall, abutting the plate glass front. | FROM PETERSBURG Registered from Petersburg, L. PAGE THREE The New England catch of ocean perch, or rosefish, increased from 118,000 pounds in 1931 to 245,000,000 in 1949. RRTO ALASKA BY WAY OF CANADA 10 BE DISCUSSED WASHINGTON, April 19—(P—A discussion of steps lcoking to nego- tiations with Canada for construc- tion of a railroad from the United | tiates to Alaska was arranged to- day Serator Magnuson (D-Wash.) Rep. Jackson (D-Wash.) and Will- am E. Warne, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, planned a lunch- con conference. Others interested in the proposal were invited. The meeting was the outcome of proposal approved by Congress 1st year authorizing President Tru- man to start negotiations. An interdepartmental committee as been named to work out pro- cedure on the best method of put- ting the proposition up to Canada. Warne is its chairman. ON FIELD TRIP In Alaska on a field trip for the U. S. Bureau of Mings are Frank Tlanagan, of the General Account- | ing Office, Kenfield Bailey, U ©. Bur¢au of Mines and Miss Irene C. Smolder, also of the Bureau of Mines, who are registered at the Baranof Hotel. Miss Smolder is registered from Pittsburgh, Penn, nd Flanagan and Bailey are from Arlington, Va., with offices in Washington, D. C. The party will be here about a week before going to San Francisco on business for their de.pm-!n\ems, Re-Elect Deoris M. BARNES (Mrs. Frank Barnes) Of Wrangell Republican candidate for the House of Representatives —Paid adv. FROM KANSAS | % Cecilia E. Buser, of Mercier, Kan- s, is stopping at the Baranof. 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