HOME RUNS
SPUTTERED
P.(. LEAGUE |
(By Associated Press)
There’s an echo of smashing hits
all' over • the Pacific Coast League
today.
Free-swinging hitters splattered
home runs in every park last night
to roll up generally lop-sided scor
es. But when the racket subsided
the Oakland Oaks were still perched I
five games ahead of the pursuers, j
Oakland’s win over Los Angeles j
was the closest of the lot, 6-3. San
Diego mauled Sacramento 12-1,
Hollywood pounded San Francisco
7-1, and Seattle manhandled Port
land 14-5.
Dick Wakefield earned a big piece
of his fancy salary by whalloping
a grand-slam homer for Oakland.
Los Angeles’ Stan Spence homered
with one aboard in the fifth to keep
score fairly close, but Oakland col
lected 13 hits off three Angel pitch
ers as George Bamberger limited
the Wrigley lads to six blows.
San Diego’s Jack Graham smack
ed two homers .one with two aboard,
and Harvey Storey also homered in
the Padres’ 11-hit assault.
Hollywood rolled up 14 hits, in
cluding Jim Baxe’s homer with a (
man on, while Ben Wade limited the j
seals to four hits. Two of those |
blows in the first inning produced J
San Francisco’s only run. |
It was a wild and wooly night at j
Seattle where the Rainiers got 12 |
hits and Portland 11. George Vico i
boomed a bases-loaded homer in
the sixth. He drove in seven runs I
during the night.
Seattle set sail in the first inning j
with five runs on five walks and a |
single. Three of Portland’s four
pitchers went to the mound in the
opening frame.
STANDINGS OF THE CLFBS
Pacific Coast League
W L Pet
Oakland .t. 100 66 .602
San Diego . 95 71 .572
Hollywood . 87 79 .524
Seattle . 84 82 .506
San Francisco.—.... 82 .83 .497
Pprtland ............ 74 89 .454
Lbs Angeles .. 73 91 .44o
Sfecramento . 66 100 .398
National League
W L Pet
Philadelphia . 80 49 .620
Brooklyn . 70 54 .565
Boston . 70 56 .556
New York .. 69 58 .543
St. Louis . 66 62 .516
Cincinnati . 53 73 .421
Chicago . 54 75 .419
Pittsburgh . 47 82 .364
American League
W L Pet
New York . 83 47 .638
Detroit . 81 48 .628
Boston . 80 51 .611
Cleveland . 80 53 .602
Washington . 57 71 .445
Chicago .51 81 .386
Philadelphia . 46 86 .348
St. Louis . 44 85 .341
b. bTstars
Stars of big league games played
yesterday are:
Batting—Stan Musial, Cards—
Drove in three runs on single and
homer to lead St. Louis to a 4-2
victory over Chicago.
Pitching—Marlin Stuart, Tigers:
Allowed only one run in five in
nings of relief pitching to gain his
third victory without a loss as De
troit came from behind to whip
St. Louis, 7-4.
BIG GAMES
SCHEDULED,
AMER. LEAG.i
I
r
(By Associated Press)
The four American League con
tenders go at each others throats
tonight in vital series that may
make or break their pennant ambi
tions.
Fenway Park will be the site of
the main event. The Boston battle
ground will pit the league-leading !
New York Yankees against third
place Red Sox. The other will be
fougly out at Briggs Stadium in
Detroit between the. runner up Tigers
and the invading fourth place
Cleveland Indians.
Here’s the picture at a glance
as the feathers begin to fly:
W. L GB GL
New York . 83 47 — 24
Detroit . 81 48 l1- 25
Boston 80 51 3'_. 23
Cleveland . 80 53 4 Vi 21
GB—games behind.
GL—games left.
Yankee Manager Casey Siengel
has nominated Lefty Ed Lopat
(15-7) to face the sizzling Red Sox
who have won 18 of their last 21
games with a power-packed lineup
boasting a club batting mark of
better than .300. ;
The move is a daring one as Fen- j
way Park is regarded as a grave- i
yard for lefthand pitchers.
Lopat, however, has mastered the j
Red Sox four times this year in I
five decisions.
Red Sox Skipper Steve O’Neill '
has named Lefty Mel Parnell (14- !
8). Parnell, who won 25 games last
year, is back in form after a poor ,
start. He has won six straight gam
es and nine out of his last ten.
At Detroit, Early Wynn (16-6),
enjoying his best season, has been
named to pitch for Cleveland against
Lefty Hal New'houser (12-9).
Both of these series are two
game affairs.
The Yanks and Red Sox were idle
yesterday but the Indians and Tig
ers tuned up for approaching tests
W'ith victories.
Cleveland turned back the Chicago
White Sox, 3-2, in 10 innings. The
Tigers came from behind and down- ,
ed the St. Louis Browns, 7-4.
Gromek w’ent the distance for
Cleveland and turned in a five-hit
ter.
The Tigers spotted the Browns
a 3-0 lead in the first three innings. 1
Detroit tied the count with three
runs in the fourth and went ahead
with two more in the seventh,
j Only two games were played in
the National League. The surging
New York Giants downed the Brook
lyn Dodgers 8-5, in 10 innings and
the St. Louis Cardinals snapped a
even-game losing streak with a
1-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
LEADERSJN B. B. j
Leaders in the major baseball
leagues to date are:
National League
Batting—Musial, St. Louis, .361;
Robinson, Brooklyn, .331.
Runs batted in—Ennis, Philadel
phia, 112; Kiner, Pittsburgh, 105. !
Home runs—Kiner, Pittsburgh, 42;
Pafko, Chicago, 31.
Pitching—Maglie, New York, 14-3,
.824.
American League
I Batting—Goodman, Boston, .368;
Kell, Detroit, .348.
Runs batted in—Dropo and Steph
ens, Boston, 130.
| Home runs—Rosen, Cleveland, 33;
! Dropo, Boston, 30.
| Pitching—Trout, Detroit, 11-4, .733.
GOODMAN IS
HEADING AT
BAT IN A. L.
CHICAGO. Sept. 6——The Bos
ton Red Sox’ Billy Goodman is
threatening to make a runaway
■vith the American League batting
title. He now has mustered a 21
ooint lead over the pack with a .368
nark.
Goodman added only two points
ast week with 11 hits in 33 trips,
jut his rivals were slipping badly
n the meantime. Detroit’s George
Sell took the second spot with .347
is Larry Doby of Cleveland skidded
;rnm runner-up to third place with
341.
Doby banged only .three hits in i
>4 AB’s to sag 13 points. Kell was |
’ourth a week ago with .348.
New York's Hank Bauer dropped j
from third to fourth with a 14 point ,
ikid to .336.
Kell and Dom DiMaggio, Boston,!
were double leaders in the specializ-1
;'d bracket. Kell was ahead in hits!
with 185 adding six in 12 hits for |
he week, and in two-bagegrs with j
12, Di Maggio was tops in runs with |
118 anck stolen bases with a modest
13.
Two other Boston clouters, Dropo
and Vern Stephens, divided runs
batted-in honors with 130 each
Cleveland’s A1 Rosen continued as
home run king with an unchanged
oag of 33.
Musial Is
Top Balter,
N. L. Derby
NEW YORK. Sept. 6— (£) —It
looks like smooth sailing for Stan
Musial in the National League bat
ting derby. With Johnny Hopp now
in the American League, the St.
Louis slugger seems assured of his
fourth title.
Prior to his transfer from Pitts
burgh to the New York Yankees,
Hopp was Musial’s closest pursuer.
Including games of Monday, Sept.
4, Musial was hitting .359, Hopp
.340.
Brooklyn's Jackie Robinson, the
defending champ, apparently has
dropped from contention with his
third place .330 figure.
Musial. backbone of the Cardinals,
has connected for 170 safeties in
473 at bats. The hits, as well as
his 39 doubles, are top marks.
Carl Furillo of the Dodgers is
the circuit’s No. 4 batter with a
.324 average. Then come Chicago’s
Andy Pafko and Sid Gordon of
Boston tied for fifth with 319.
THURSDAYNIGHUEAGUE
OPENS PLAY THIS WEEK
The Thursday Night Bowling
League will begin play this week
on their 14-game first half sched
ule at 7:15 o’clock on the Elks
alleys.
Meeting in first night play will
be:
At 7:15 o’clock on alleys 1 and 2,
Casler’s Mens Wear vs. Caro Trans
fer and on alleys 3 and 4, Alaska
Coastal vs. Alaska Electric Light
and Power.
At 9:15 o’clock on alleys 1 and 2,
Pacific Northern vs. Sweeney’s Bari
and on alleys 3 and 4, Juneau Drug
vs. Pan American.
TAX NOTICES DUE OUT
Tax notices for the Juneau In
dependent School District are being
made up and will be mailed out
scon, City Clerk C. L. Popejoy an
nounced today. The date for de
linquent payments is October 1.
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LARSEN IS
NET CHAMP
FOREST HILLS. N. Y. Sept. 6-LP
—Art Larsen, skinny San Francis
can, won the National Amateur
rennis title yesterday by defeating
rlerb Flam of Beverly Hills, Calif.,
i-3, 4-6, 5-7. 6-4, 6-3, in the final,
rle outran, outlasted and outfought
he UCLA senior to become the
irst lefthanded ruler since Johnny
Coeg in 1930.
Mrs. Margaret Osborne Dupont of
Wilmington, Del., the defending
champion, won the women's title
vith a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Doris
Tart of Jacksonville, Fla. This was
he second straight year Mrs. Du
ront has beaten Miss Hart in the
inal.
WIL GAMES
Final scores of WIL games last
light are as follows:
Yakima 4: Vancouver 3.
Victoria 12; Tacoma 5.
Tri-City 18; Salem 4.
Spokane 14; Wenatchee 9.
FIGHT DOW
One fight last night in Phoenix
and Charlie Salas, 139. Phoenix,
outpointed Houston Brown, 135,
Cleveland, (10).
WOMEN GRAPPLERS
MEET FOR FIRST
ItME IN JUNEAU
A wrestling match between two
■ men will be presented for the first
sne in Juneau Friday night at 8
dock in the Twentieth Century
theatre by the Juneau Volunteer
Fire Department when the world's
; ten wrestling champion Clara
Mortensen meets the grappling
inllenger. Lindy Lawrence.
\U coquetish ways and wiles of
manshood are left at the ring
lie when these two mat masters
1 ow they have a repertoire of holds
.ipable of confusing some of the
tter male wrestlers. Champion
Mortenson meets n fast, .smart cus
uner in the comparatively lighter
. rence.
It has been said, and justifiably so,
.hat the female of the species is
hr more dangerous. Whether ’tis
ue in the ring remains to be seen
Friday night.
The two women grapplers met in
Anchorage last Saturday night and
ilie customers were more than satis
tied with the results.
Other added attractions are billed
h r the evening’s program. Tickets
f, r the two hour show are now on
ale by members of the tire De
partment.
FROM SEATTLE
A. W. Murray of Seattle Is regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel.
Don Muir of Mountain Home. Ida.,
is registered at the Juneau Hotel.
FRIDAY NIGHT BOWL
LEAGUERS GET READY;
CAPTAINS SELECTED
The Friday Night Mixed Classic
League team captains met last night
at the Elks bowling alleys and voted
on rules and regulations for the
coming season. They elected Joe Al
exander as league secretary.
Each team captain selected their
own team and sponsors which will
be published at a later date. They
voted to start their league rolling
on September 15. Team captains
present were, Marlon Funk. Maxine
Davlin, Jackie Porter. Florenc Holm
quist, Fran Wilber, Connie McLean.
Ann Warner, Ruth Rudolph.
The Tuesday Night Pot of Silvei
Tournament was played last night
with 15 bowlers participating. The
winner was not decided until the
last ball was rolled in the last frame
of the third game. Alex Sturrock,
captain of the Standard Aviation
team won first prize with a 535 ser
ies. Then the wind blew and the
birds flew and there stood Jack
Hazlctt with a grin on his face
accepting second prize with a 563
series. Warren King came in third j
with a 560 series.
Skeefers How Die
Df Sore Throal;
So Says (hemisl
— I
CHICAGO, .s-pt. I Mcs'iUl-j
toes die of sore throats.
That's what happens to thctta
when you spread oil on st.v,nan
waters where skreter larvae live
They don't die of suffocation,
commonly supposed. Dr. H It
Stage of the U. S'. Dept, ot \g.i-!
culture told the American Chem
ical Society today.
Volatile gases In the oik pen
etrate the throats of tracheal tis
sue of the larvae and poison th. ri.
he said. The more voln'ile the cits,
the more lethal they are.
WORM) SI KVK 1 i >R< l.i:
MEETS FRIDAY AFTERNOON
The World Static' Circle oi tin
Northern Light Pre.-hvt' can Church
holds its next meeting Friday after
noon, September 8 at 2 o'clock ini
the church parlors. Mrs. Willi, i.
Booth, who was a delegate ol Ft
byterian women to the m ting in
Ocean Grove, will give a report on
her trip. She will illustrate he:
talk with slides.
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With connections to Craig. Klawock and Hydahurg
Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M.
FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 012
All members or tne circle are
urged to attend and other Jun.«:
women interested are also invited
to the meeting.
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t /
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