Sport Page
The Crying Towel
(by Gil Truitt)
The writer has waddled
through another week in this
town and has had, as usual,
opportunity to make note of
several provocative items.
Definitely the most sensa
tional was the magnificant
incident which oceured last
Saturday evening when in his
presentation as the Casey
Stengle of Sitka, Mr. Wallace
McDonald breathed life into
a creature long dead in this
town baseball.
For the benefit of our un
suspecting readers, Wally is
foreman of a “Slaughter
House", strictly legitimate,
up on Baranof Street and is
one of the nicest guys in
town as long as he is not try
ing to peddle a sirloin steak.
McDonald, having managed
the local Elks baseball team
for many years, is an expert
on the national sport and
knows his baseball inside and
out.
The answer to our first
query was encouraging since
W ally definitely has man
agerial ambitions for the
coming summer, providing,
as he says, there is enough
interest and player material
to warrant a venture to re
vive what was once the fin
est baseball league in the ter
ritory. This observer will in
terject at this point to say
that the material is here....&
so is the interest.
one point that had to he
cleared with Wally before
this story went to press was
that this bureau would be
guaranteed a shot at the key
stone sack in the event that
a city baseball league mater
ializes. We believe our chanc
es of making the grade are
encouraging in view of the
fact that old man Harold
Donnelly, another oldtimer
from the defunct Elks team,
is planning on coming out of
the moth-balls to see if the
old flipper still has the zing
it once had.
On tap for short-stop
chores would be flashy Herb
Didriekson, one of the finest
shortfielders this city has se
t'll in many years. Herb, born
wth a wealth of natural abil
ity, in the opinion of the
writer would have gone a
long way as a pro if he had
so chosen.
Tony Yogi" Herman, one
of the finest catchers ever to
wear the tools of ignorance,
is in permanent retirement.
Rocky Cuiterrez, a fine catch
ei with a sling-shot like arm,
also claims to be in per
manent retirement. Both
were ace preformers with
Wallvs Elks team. With a
little persuasion plus a big
bankroll, we believe Rocky
would again don the catch
ing tool and help guide Sitka
on its come-back trail. It
Guiterreze holds his ground
youthful Sammy Martin may
have to step behind the plate
under the tutelage of Wally.
Sammy couldn't have a bet
ter coach since McDonald
is a former professional ball
player, having preformed for
many years with Wenatchee
in the Western International
League centuries ago.
As far as this writer can
determine, the only weakness
oi a Sitka team on its come
back trail in the diamond
sport would be in the pitch
ing department. That in it
S-P-OR-T* S-HO-R-T-S
Back to basketball again.
we note with great interest
that Yern Metcalfe is back
as sportswriter for one of the
self is a tremendous hurdle
since pitching, as estimated
by most experts, is 75 per
cent of the game. Despite
this glaring weakness and
other bugs which might pop
up during the anticipated
baseball season, we believe
an attempt should be made
to bring baseball back to
Sitka. Once the king of sports
in this town, baseball slowly
gave way to basketball in
terms of popularty. Both
sports then experienced a
slow death relative to adult
participation. We believe the
time is ripe to revive both
sports.
Juneau, papers Our old
friend recently wrote that the
Juneau Imperials were one
of the finest teams to com
pete in the Juneau Gold
Medal Tournament. In the
opinion of this writer, the
finest of all Gold Medal
teams were the Sitka ANB
clubs of 1949 and 1950; the
Metlakatla VFW quint of
of 1952; and the Ketchikan
Rockets of 1950 who nosed
out the ANB tribe in a dra
matic overtime thriller in the
finals Juneau wants a
Sitka baseball team in the
capital city on July 3 & 4 as
a part of their celebration ...
if Sitka is to have a baseball
league this summer, the Mol
ler Park will have to be com
pleted .
The Tri-School Track Meet
between Edgecumbe, Sitka
and SJS takes place on the
25th of this month. The
Southeastern Meet will un
furl on May 2 with the Is
land school preforming host
duties_coming into pos
session of many films rela
tive to great sporting events
such as the World Series,
football and basketball, this
bureau is planning an All
Sports Show which will be
announced at a later date....
In creating the standards for
this column, the writer vow
ed he would never give hon
or in one of his columns
either in part or in whole to
annonymous notes and let
ters, but because there is
agreement with the opinion
of the author among Edge.
San patients concerning the
basketball qlay-by-qlay an
nouncing done by Brad Brad
si law during the past basket
ball season, we are breaking
the vow and presenting for
consideration an excerpt
from an annonymous letter;
“With nothing to do but lie
in bed, the basketball games
done by Brad were greatly
appreciated by all and if
there is anything that you
can do to make Brad realize
the service and enjoyment
that he brought to us all,
please do it.” We trust that
brad is happy that he reach
ed the San patients, which
was his main objective in the
first place People are
funny, they spend mony they
don’t have, to buy things they
don’t need, to impress people
MOOSE LODGE
ELECTED OFFICERS
The Moose Lodge elect
ed its officers for the coming
year at the regular meeting
April 7th. Elected were
Murry LaCour, Governor;
junior Governor, Fred Van
Horn; Prelate, Burt Dou
cette; Treasurer, Barney Es
sendrup; Trustee, Isaac
Knoll; Alternate Delegate to
Supreme Conference, Don
R. McGraw.
Installation of the new
officers will take place
April 26.
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WHO, WHAT, WHEN,
Jim Price and daughter,
4 yr. old Debbie, and Jim, Jr.
two, are visiting in Sitka.
Price was formerly manager
of the local theater and is
currently ass t manager of the
20th Century theatre in Jun
eau.
Price is here on business
and brought his daughter to
v isit their grandparents, Mrs,
Jessie Price of Sitka and Mr,
and Mrs. Ed Nelson of Mt.
Edgecumbe. Mrs. Price was
unable to leave her job with
the forest service in Juneau
to make the trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Kabot
left Sitka on Alaska Coastal
for Los Angeles where Mr.
Kabot will attend the meet
ing of the American Society
of Hospital Pharmacists.
They will be stateside for
eight days. Kabot is pharma
cist at Mt. Edgecumbe hos
pital.
Maxine Manning, dental
assistant instructor at Mt.
Edgecumbe, left for Juneau
this week to attend a dental
conference. She will return
on the week end.
The Pioneer Home opened
its hospitable doors to Mr.
and Mrs. Nat E. Blair on
Tuesday. The Blairs have
lived in Sitka for the past two
decades.
Mrs. Blair came to Alaska
from her home in Brooklyn.
New York and her husband
came to Alaska 28 years ago
from Aitken, Minn..
* * * *
Miss Ruth Hawkins resign
ed her position as secretary
to James Hutchison, resident
engineer for the Alaska Lum
ber and Pulp Co.. She has
returned to the states.
Before coming to Sitka,
Miss Hawkins was employed
in Japan by the military ser
vice. She spent two years in
that country and accepted
her Sitka position in Seattle.
Miss Ann Chapman, daugh
ter of Rev. and Mrs. Henry
Chapman, spent the Easter
holidays with her parents in
Sitka. A junior at Washing
ton State, Miss Chapman has
now returned to college.
It was a hoy this time for
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Massy.
Brian arrived to round out a
trio of two girls and a boy at
10:43 Wednesday morning.
He weighed Tibs, and Vaoz.
birth was at the Sitka Com
munity hospital.
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There will be a housewarm
ing Thursday evening at the
Clyde Franks residence be
tween the hours of 7 & 10 pm
sponsored by the Assembly
of God.all friends are in
vited to attend.
Lt. Col. Henry J. Schnieder
and William Lawrence of the
Seattle office of ACS have
been in Sitka making a rou
tine orientation visit. They
returned to Seattle on Wed..
THIS WEEK con t
be done Harry Truman is
back on the scene with com
ments on the recession on
Russia, on the Presidency &
other subjects as well. There
can be no doubt that he is
still a political figure of no
small power in Democratic
circles. The President wants
to give the Secretary of De
fence greatly increased
powers. The Army, Navy and
Air Force are expected to
battle his proposals lest they
forfit any of their authority
to the new plan. The Navy
has already shot an opening
gun against the idea .Wash
ington continues to reject
Russian notes on the propos
ed Russian top-level con
ference.
PREDICTIONS .
From this desk it looks
like an upturn in the reces
sion for the next six week
period and a downturn in
June when graduates will be
dumped on tthe labor mar
ket. We look for more dif
ficulties in the Middle East,
the area has been quiet too
long and the old problems
still smolder The Indo
nesian revolution will fizzle
completely.
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MARK JENSEN for the Senate
Democrat
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Reliable
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JENSEN
Primaries April 29, 1958
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