The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 20, 1950, Page 3

| SHOWPLALE oF JAMES ENDS ““nv! TONIGHT The GREAT picture that Juneau has taken to its heart! It's Wonderful!! Complete Shows 7:20—9:30 Feature at 7:40—9:50 P Stewart « Allyson ¥ “SUFFERIN’ CATS” it’s Here TOMORROW 2 PAYS ONLY! s Tom & Jerry JUNE IAN HUNTER INTRODUCING Leveen MacGRATH Sonsational New “Find” “THE 3RD MAN” IS COMING! e b WARNING? 1T’S HERE FRI. & SAT. ONLY! 'THE NEW BATTING RACE IN | FOUR BUNCHING UP NEW YORK, osure 20—M—The National League batting race is turning out to be a replica of last year'’s three-man battle among Brooklyn's Jackie Robinson and St. Louis’ Stan Musial and Enos Slaughter. The only difference is that Duke Snider has horned in. Through games of Sunday, June 18, only 21 points separated the quartet. Musial, in front practically from the start, still led the pack with 364 but his once huge margin has shrunk to a mere dozen points. Robinson’s .352 is a six-point bulge over Snider for the runncrup spot with Slaughter a close fourth via a .343 mark. Less than a half dozen points separated Robinson, Musial and Slaughter last year as the trio fin- ished in that order. | Fifth spot belongs to the surpris- ing Eddie Stanky. The New York Giants’ scrappy intielder is tied with Chicago’s Andy Pafko at .333. Johnny Hopp, a hot™ hitter early in the campaign, dropped to seventh i York’s Whitely Lockman, .329; Phil- adelphia’s Dick Sisler, .328; and Cincinnati’s Johnny Wyrostek, .322. FLEISCHMANN on a product Ts | like 24-carat on gold—the finest it can be. Try FLEISCHMANN PRE- FERRED Blended Whiskey and be convinced. / fove that beer thars Extra Fale S$ICKS SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO., SEATTLE, U.3.A. Uit of One of the Wodds Orect Brewing Orgestastions | NATIONAL HOT ONE; with .331. He was followed by New | *| vote getter with a total of 112,208 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ° 'STRATTON STORY' SHOWING TONIGHT ON CAPITOL SCREEN When Frank Morgan stepped be- fore the cameras in M-G-M’s new |drama, “The Stratton Story,” now ;showmg at the Capitol Theatre, it | was to play a role written especially | with him in mind. The part is that | of a former big league baseball star | who has hit the skids and who re- | turns to the game he loves through | his discovery of a young pitching | sensation on the sandlots of ‘Texas Douglas Morrow, who wrote the | story, developed this particular i character in keeping with Morgan’s {own colorful personality. The writer formerly an actor, had become'a Morgan fan after working with him in a picture titled “Lady Luck.” “The Stratton Story,” which stars James Stewart and June Allyson, |tells the dramatic life-story ot Monty Stratton, former Chicago| White Sox pitching ace who lost & leg in a tragic hunting accident just as he was reaching the peak of a spectacular career. B.B.STARS Stars of games played in the major leagues Monday are: | Batting: Marv Rickert, White Sox | — homered in the last of the 1Ith| to give the White Sox a 4-3 victory over the Washington Senators. Rickert also singled to open the ninth and eventually scored the tying run on a long fly by Nelson | Fox. | Pitching — Cliff Chambers, Pir- ates—yielded only four hits — all singles—in besting Warren Spahn in a pitching duel as Pittsburgh de- feated the Boston Braves, 1-0. FIGHT DOPE Three fights last night and herc | are results: | At Toronto — Sandy Saddler, 129, {New York, knocked out Johnny | Forte, 137, New York (3). At Hartford, Conn. — Kid Gavi- lan, 155, Cuba, outpointed Bobby Mann, 154, Trenton, N.J. (10). | At Tucson — Houston Brown, 132, | Los Angeles, outpointed Packy Mc- Farland, 131, Tucson, (10). KELL UPS BATTING | INAMERICAN LEAG. CHICAGO, June 20—M—While other leaders hit the skids, third- sacker George Kell of Detroit, de- fending champion, upped his Ameri- | can League batting mark three points during the week to .384 to | take an 18 point lead over Boston’s ‘Walt Dropo. Dropo retained second place al- though slumping from .379 to .366. Detroit’s Hoot Evers remained mn third with .359, a drop ot four. Larry Dohy of Cleveland contin- ued fourth with a seven point cut to .355. MUSIAL S IN TOP SPOT, VOTE OF FANS CHICAGO, June 2Z6-—M—Boston’s | Ted Williams has moved into sec- | ond place behind Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals in the pop- ularity poll of the nation’s fan in selecting starting lineups for the All-Star baseball game at Comiskey Park July 11. Musial today remained the best ballots. But Williams, the American League’s most valuable player last year, is closing in with 109,317. Second baseman Jackie Robin- son of Brooklyn is third with 107,982 while George Kell, Detroit third baseman, has dropped to fourth with 103,684. . ®ecseccese Fly with the leader— » Go by Clipper’ " SEATTLE @ Seattle is only a few hours away by big four-engine Clip- per. En route you enjoy good food, relaxing lounge seats, traditional Clipper service. Convenient daily service > Seattle . . . frequent Clipper flights to key cities inside & Alaska. For fares and reserve- o tiens, call Pan American at... BARANOF HOTEL Phone 106 WORLD'S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE 2000000 0000000000000000700000000000000000 COAST LEAGUE IN THIRTEENTH WEEK STARTING TODAY (By the Associated Press) The Pacific Coast League mara- with the Hollywood Stars still well on top via a variation of the Indian Tope trick You can't holds 'em up. The Twinks are fourth in team batting, 23 points below Oakland. Both Los Angeles and Sacramento, second division clubs, surpass them in this department. Four teams have scored more runs tell by looking what | and five teams have collected more hits than Hollywood. The Stars haven't a pitcher who has won eight games. Last place Sacramento’s Max Surkont, by comparison, has 12 victories; George Bamberger of Oakland has 11; San Francisco’s Al Lien has 10. Hollywood will defend its tive game lead tonight against the San Francisco Seals. It will be the first time Holly- wood has met San Francisco at home this season. San Diego, meanwhile, will try to recuperate from the clubbing re- ceived last week at the hands of Oakland. The Padres play host to last place Sacramento in a bid to regain their status as a pennant contender. Los Angeles, which has dropped its last six series, figures as a solid choice to make it seven straight. The Angels move in on the dan- gerous Oakland Acorns. The Seattle Rainiers have won eight straight series, are playing .600 baseball and still they languish in the No. 7 position. Tonight, the Rainiers open against their long time foes, the Portland Beavers. No games were played Monday in the Pacific Coast League. STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League w L Pct Hollywood 51 31 622 Oakland - 45 35 563 San Diego. .. 43 41 512 Portland o inad B9 B .500 San Francisco ... 41 41 500 Los Angeles 44 470 Seattle 44 457 Sacramento 52 381 Natlonai League L Pet St. Louis . 20 615 Brooklyn ... 20 615 Philadelphia 21 588 Boston 24 556 Chicago 25 .500 New York . 26 480 Pittsburgh 35 364 Cincinnati .. 37 288 American League L Pet Detroit 15 .15 New York 19 861 Cleveland 24 564 Boston 5 28 525 ‘Washington 31 436 Chicago 32 418 St. Louis .. 34 .358 3e 333 Philadelphia NCAA BASEBALL OMAHA, June 20—M—It was a pitchers’ picnic last night in the NCAA baseball tournament as Texas' Jim Ehrler fired a no-hit, no-run 7-0 win over Tufts and Rod Keogh of Washington State held Rutgers to one safety. Tonight, Alabama and Wisconsin —after resting a day—will meet at 7:30 p.m. (EST) in a game that will eliminate one. Washington State and Texas will clash at 10 p.m. The Washington State-Texas tilt may determine the eventual win- ner of the double elimination tour- nament. Washington State is still unbeaten in play here. Texas, once- beaten, is the defending champion. The two teams have proved them- selves the toughest nines in the tourney. RAIN - NO GAME The first game of the Gastineau Channel Baseball League this sea- son to be sprinkled out was last night and according to rules will be played on the first good weather night. The game last night was to have seen the Elks and Moose in play. NAVAL RESERVISTS OF JUNEAU TO GET TRAINING CRUISE The USS Bagaduce (ATA-184), Navy auxiliary vessel, will arrive at Juneau on June 30, to take mem- bers of the local Naval Reserve unit on a weekend training cruise July 1-2. The Reservists will be given prac- tical training in ship handling, sea- manship and navigation. After leaving Juneau, the Baga- duce will participate in the Fourth of July celebration at Sitka before returning to the Naval Operating Base at Kodiak. Complete Ming Tree Supplies at Nina’s Nik Naks; $2.50 up. 31-6¢ s Merk, Pon dmiogn Fortd dree > | Polls close at 7 pm. VOTE! thon enters its 13th week tonight | "SWAMP WATER' IS THRILLER COMING T0 20TH CENTURY Four of the screen’s top stars— | Dana Andrews, Anne Baxter, Walter Brennan and Walter Huston—ap- | pear in what are considered to be among their most memorable roles, iwhen “Swamp Water,” a Twentieth | Century-Fox encore hit, comes to the screen of the 20th Century The- atre tonight to thrill local audi- lences anew with one of the most | unusual and shocking adventure | stories ever filmed. Highlighted by thrill-chilling | scenes, startling action and a ten- der romance, the film unfolds the amazing story of a boy who matched his courage and cunning against'a | swamp-crazed madman, the ruth- {less ruler of a 700-mile empire ot ! untold terrors, in a fight tor justice and the love of a girl. | Background for the exciting story |is Georgia’ fabled Oketenokee | Swamp, which, up to a few years |ago, was t6 the people who lived around its edges a fearsome wilder- ness of sluggish waters filled with alligators, and boggy forests harbor- ing the deadly cottonmouth snake. DODGERS KEEP O WINNING; GIANTS LOSE GAME BY -5 (By the Associated Press) Tip to the National League clubs —don’t bring a winning streak into Ebbetts Field. Those unsympathetic :Brooklyn Dodgers are sure to crack Really, it’s uncanny the way the devil-may-care Dodgers cool off the “red hot” clubs. i First it was Philadelphia, then i was St. Louis. Last night it was New York. Led by Jackie Robinson and Carlo Furillo, the Dodgers dusted the) Giants off, 8-5, for their fourth vic- tory in as many meetings with their | interborough rivals. The victory, Brooklyn’s fourth in a row, moved the Dodgers into an exact first place tie with the idie Redbirds. Each team has won 32| and lost 20. In the only American League game, the Chicago White Sox nipped | the Washington Senators, 4-3, in 11 innings. The only other. scheduled game, that between the Cincinnati Reds and Phillies, was rained out. | | - LEADERS INB. 8. | Leaders in the major baseball leagues through Monday games are: National League | Batting — Musial, St. Louls, .364; Robinson, Brooklyn, .359. e Runs Batted In — Sauer, Chi-’ cago, 45; Ennis, Philadelphia, 44. Home Runs — Kinder, Pittsburgh and Campanella, Brooklyn, 14. Pitching — Miller, Philadeiphia, 5-0, 1.000. American League | Batting — Kell, Detroit, .384; Dropo, Boston, .336. Runs Batted In — Stephens, and Williams, Boston, 65. 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