The Sporting Pkge:
The "Chilkooties" have been ’forking out faithfully in
anticipation of cleaning up the Juneau Fourth of Jifcly series* If they
fail to cop, it won(t be for lack of trying# The million dollar infield
is working at top speed,-the gardeners are grabbing them all,-and the
batteries are performing 3ike dollar watches# If the SoJLdiers fail to
repeat their Whitehorse victory a lot of dopesters will have to admit
that they have fallen for a bum steer»
Reports from Juneau indicate that three teams will make
the fight for the baseball championship of southeastern Alaska# Juneau,
Douglas, and the "Chilkooties"# Douglas we know all about,having walloped
them,-9 to 3,-at ’Vhitehorse# And from what we hear, Douglas will be minus
the services of ’’Bobby” Coughlin, catcher par excellence,-and the brains
of the team# Which is saying enough# If the Soldiers can beat Douglas
9 to 3 with Bobby in,they should have little trouble with the Islanders
with Bobby out#
Juneau is an unknown quantity. Baseball has been flourish
ing in the Capital City this year, with a four-team league in full swing.
But it has been whiskered’that the brand of ball put up by the Leaguers
is a long ways removed from World Series* caliber. Trying to combine the
best players of all four City League teans is some stunt,-and has a lot
of disadvantages. The "Kooties" have their weather eyes open to that
fact, and intend to make the most of it. The chances are that out old pal
,fAlphabet Andy" will be picked to do the hurling for the Capitolists.
And the Soldiers are-a bunch of very red Socialists when it comes to
swatting Andy. lot that we love him any the less,-but we love to beat
him more. In a recent game in Juneau, Andy struck out 13 batters,-BUT he
passed eleven to first on free transportation, TNuf sed’I We hope to see
another of our ex-soldats in the Juneau lineup,too. A1 Hook,one-time
third saeker for the Ft.Seward team of cherished memory,has been playing
good ball for Juneau,but we want A1 to have a chance to watch our own
Bruce Wilson show him haw to manouever on the Hot Corner. We’ll predict
that Al*s eyss are due to dilate.
The Soldier team will probably operate according to the
following formula*
F>urch, r.f*
Cole, 2nd B#
Wilson, 3rd 3*
Grant, c*
Jones, 1st 3#
Rogers, C*F# oc P*
Bruhn, l#f .
Porter, 3*s*
Clarke, P0 & C#Fc
Lee, - Utility#
Beitinger,- Utility#
Just what the arrangement for tint playing of the games is
can not be determined until the return of th8 "Romance" from the Capitol#
But one thing we do kno^wposulutely- that "Tex” Zinnernan will not be one
of the Umpires# We want a nan who can see 1 en~ iihe "Shorty” Lepple*