DODGERS IN
GREAT PUSH
BY PITCHERS
(By the Associated Press)
What goes with Brooklyn? Is
this the big push? Are Burt Shot
ton's boys ready to take charge?
Baseball fans ask these questions
today because the sudden turnabout
of Dodger pitching has jumbled
the National League race. It’s only
one game from the Phillies in first
to the Dodgers in fourth. Last'
Thursday night, the Brooks trailed
by 5U.
A week ago President Branch
Rickey of the Dodgers moaned
about the “worst pitching staff col
lapse I’ve ever seen.” Now his on
rushing Brooks have a budding five
game win streak.
Dodger Push On
In St. Louis, they’re convinced
the Dodger push is on. So far the
Brooks have whipped the Cardinals !
11 out of 14, the last seven in a row,
including a day-night doubleheader
yesterday.
Nine'of 14 Brooklyn pitchers to
face St. Louis have gone .all the
way—Preacher Roe—four times and
Don Newcombe three.
Roe did it again last night as the
Dodgers crushed Howie Pollet, 7-1,
after stumbling to a 6-3 afternoon
decision’ for Dan Bankhead. The
Preacher man allowed only five hits
for his 11th victory.
The double Cardinal loss let the
idle Phillies, rained out at Chicago,
sneak back into first place. Then
come St. Louis and Boston tied for
second.
Rookie Helps Boston
Bill Pierro, a rookie from Indiana
polis making his first big league ap
pearance, was well on his way to
success when Boston hung up a big
five in the ninth and dumped Pitts
burgh. 8-6. Pierro wasn’t charged
with the loss. That went to Hank
Borowy who gave up a double to
Earl Torgeson and a triple to Sid
Gordon after relieving Pierro.
Jim Hearn, making his first New
York start since his purchase from
St. Louis a1 week ago, held Cin
cinnati to foul- hits in an easy 10-3
romp. He retired 14 men in order.
In American League
Detroit boosted its American
League lead to 4‘_. games by whip
ping the Philadelphia A’s in a twi
light-night doubleheader. The run
nerup New York Yankees played
only one game, edging Chicago. 4-3.
Charley Keller’s pinch triple, a
pinch single by Freddie Hutchinson
and Jerry Priddy’s timely single
helped the Tigers rally with three
in the eighth inning of the 8-6
opener. Saul Rogovin, making his
third start, went the route for the
first time in the 3-1 night game.
Yogi Berra and Hank Bauer, a
couple of Yankee cripples returning
to action, took care of the White
Sox.
Berra broke a 2-2 tie with a two
run double in the seventh.
Joe Dobson, an afternoon loser,
came back to win on relief at night
as Boston broke even in a day-night
doubleheader with Cleveland.
Dobson came to the rescue of
Maurice McDermott in the night
game to win in the 10th, 7-5, after
losing the first 11-6.
Third baseman Eddie Yost made
a sensational Junging catch of a
foul ball to put down a ninth-inning
St. Louis threat and save a 3-1
Washington victory.
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COUNTRY CLUB 56-2t ‘
STANDINGS OF THE CLRBS
Pacific Coast Lragur
W L Pet
Oakland . 66 43 .606
Hollywood 64 47 .577
Seattle. 56 54 .509
San Diego . 57 56 .504
San Francisco . 54 57 .486
Portland . 52 55 .486 j
Lot; Angeles 50 62 .446
Sacramento 44 69 .389
National League
W L Pet
Philadelphia .... 45 33 .577 j
St. Louis . 45 34 .570 j
Boston . 45 34 .570
Brooklyn . 43 33 .566
Chicago . 36 40 .474 j
New York 36 43 .456 |
Cincinnati 33 46 .418
Pittsburgh . 29 49 .372
American League
W L Pet
Detroit . 54 27 .667
New York . 50 32 .610
Cleveland . 49 35 .583
Boston . 46 38 .548
Washington . 37 44 .457
Chicago . 36 49 .424
St. Louis . SO 52 .236
Philadelphia _ 29 54 .349
FIGK! DOPE
Results of fights pulled off last
night are as follows:
At Atlanta — Beau Jack, 142,
Atlanta, knocked out Bobby Timp
son, 138, Youngstown, O., (6).
At Philadelphia — Lloyd Tate,
149, Philadelphia, outpointed Mike
Kobella, 142, Pittsburgh, (8).
B.B.STARS
Stars of major league games
played yesterday are:
Batting: Joe Gordon, Indians —
hit four singles and home run to
help Cleveland whip Red Sox, 11-6,
in first game of a day-night double
header.
Pitching: Preacher Roe. Dodgers
—stopped Cards with five hits, 7-1,
for Brooklyn’s seventh straight vic
tory over St. Louis.
LEADERS IN B. B.
Leaders in the major league base
ball games through Monday are;
American League
Batting — Kell, Detroit, .354;
Dropo, Boston, .352.
Runs Batted — Stephens, Boston,
92; Dropo, Boston, 91.
Home Runs — Rosen, Cleveland,
26: Williams, Boston, 25.
Pitching — McDermott, Boston,
5-1, .833.
National League
Batting — Robinson, Brooklyn,
.355; Musial, St. Louis, .345.
Runs Batted In — Kiner, Pitts
burgh, 71; Sauer, Chicago, 64.
Home Runs — Kiner, Pittsburgh,
26; Snider, Brooklyn, 19.
Pitching — Miller, Philadelphia,
8-1, .889.
DON PAUL IS SIGNED
UP WITH CARDINALS
NATIONAL FOOTBALL
CHICAGO, July 18 — iS) — Don
Paul, Washington State College
halfback, has been signed by the
Chicago Cardinals of the National
Football League. The Tacoma ath
lete led the WSC team in pass
catching last fall, snaring 17 catches
for 352 yards and seven touchdowns.
For Plastering and Tile—pnone
Ray Rice—Douglas 21.
NORTH PCL
IS WINNER
OYER SOUTH
By JIM HUBBART
(Associated Press Sportswriter)
Seattle Manager Paul Richards is
right with the world and with Pa
cific Coast League President Clar
ence Rowland today. His pitching
prodigy, Jim Wilson, toiled in the
All-Star game after all.
As anticipated, Wilson didn’t
pitch much. Only two innings, in
fact. But he retired the Southerners
in order and—what’s more—got
credit for the victory as the North
won, 9 to 2.
Wilson, who chucked seven in
nings at San Diego the day before,
thus chalked up his 16th straight
conquest. Theoretically, that ties
Frank Browning's PCL record for
consecutive victories set with San
Francisco in 1909.
Officially, however, Wilson still
has a game to go. He’ll get his
chance at Hollywood this week,
probably on Friday. The Rainiers
move into filmville tonight for the
series headliner.
Last night’s ninth annual All-Star
contest marked only the second
time the north has whipped the
south. Tim Tabor, Sacramento’s
third baseman, delivered the big
punch, a three-run homer in the
sixth inning off Los Angeles
moundsman Cal McLish.
The north's pitching was superb.
Matt Surkont, the Sacramento ace,
took over Wilson's shutout in the
third inning and maintained it until
Oakland's George Bamberger came
on in the sixth. Bill Evans, also of
Sacramento, finished up. The quar
tet yielded only ,x hits, while the
northern batsir.en raked three Rebel
Lingers for 15.
The game, played this time at
Sacramento, drew 6.424 customers,
an improvement over some years,
but not much.
Short score of the game:
South 000 000 101—2 6 0
North . ... 100 104 30x—9 15 C
Lien, Olsen (4), McLish (6) and
Moore, Sandlock (5); Wilson, Sur
kont (3). Bamberger (6), Evans (8)
and Gladd, Noble (5).
GAMES TODAY
PITTSBURGH, July 18—Iff!-The
Pittsburgh Pirates infield fell apart
in the fourth inning today to con
tribute five unearned runs to an
11- 3 Boston victory before 5,445 pay
ing fans. Walker Cooper hit his
tenth home run of the year with
two aboard in the second inning.
Gus Bell slammed his fifth in the
seventh with one on.
CHICAGO, July 18 — UP) — Two
home runs by Bill Serena plus a
seven hit pitching job by Paul Min
ner gave the Chicago Cubs a 5 to
2 victory over the Philadelphia Phil
lies today in the first game of a
doubleheader. The Cubs made 14
hits off Robin Roberts and Ken
Johnson.
CINCINNATI, July 18—UP)—The
Cincinnati Reds today defeated the
New York Giants, 1-0. Howard Fox.
who gave up seven hits, was the
winner.
NEW YORK, July 18—UP)—.Johnny
Mize clubbed tw'o home runs and
two singles, driving in four runs,
to lead the New York Yankees to a
12- 1 romp over the St. Louis Browns
today. Lefty Tommy Byrne picked
up his 10th victory, fanning eight
batters.
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WANT ADS BRING RESULTS ■
First Baseman Joe
Joe DiMaggio. New York Yankee renterfielcler since 1926, works out
at first base in Boston before the Red Sox game as Manager Casey
Stengel announced that he would start at that position in their
game with Washington, iff) Wirephoto.
Hof Bats
! In
Coot Off
NEW YORK, Jmy 18—(/Pi—Now
j that Jackie Robinson's hot bat has
! cooled somewhat, another late sum
I mer batting duel between the speedy
Brooklyn infielder and Stan Musial
of the St. Louis Cardinals is in
prospect.
Robinson’s mark tailed off nine
points last week to .356. Musial slip
ped only two points to .348. Figures
include 'games of Sunday, July 16.
Robby. the defending champion,
has 98 hits in 275 at bats. Musial
has one less hit—97—but has been
up four more times, 279. Musial has
scored 56 runs, four less than Rob
inson.
Andy Pafko, the Chicago Cubs’
handy man, made the big jump—
from ninth to third place. Eleven
hits in 18 at bats ballooned his
average 22 points to .338.
WILSON LEADS IN
PITCHING IN PCL
SAN FRANCISCO, July 18—i/PI
Lanky right hander Jim Wilson of
Seattle dominated the Pacific Coast
League’s pitching records laM week
He tied with Matt Surkont of Sac
ramento in winning 14 games, tops
for the season, and set the pace in
strikeouts, with a sizzling 133. Sur
! kont had fanned 130, as of last Sat
urday’s games.
Jack Salveson of Hollywood had
the best won and lost record, with
11 and 1.
CARD OF THANKS
To all of our friends, we wish,
to express our sincere thanks for I
their assistance, sympathy and con-1
i dolences in the recent death of j
our husband and father.
Mrs. William T. Mahoney I
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mahoney. J
SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S i
BODY OF AIR CRASH
VICTIM RECOVERED
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. July 18—OP
—Recovery of the body of Patrick
J. Carrol, Civil Aeronautics Admin
istration radio communicator, l'rom
the Kuskokwim River was reported
yesterday to the U. S. Marshal's
office.
He lost his life in the crash of
his plane into the river near Mc
rath June 18. Deputy Marshal
Charles R. Pierson reported Car
roll’s body was found eight miles
downstream and was buried at Mc
Grath.
KUHLMAN FUNERAL TO
BE HELD TOMORROW
Funeral services for Fred Kuhl
man, 59. who died July 7 on Treaa
w'ell beach after a sudden heart
attack, will be held tomorrow at 2
p.m. in the cfiapel of the Charles
W. Carter Mortuary:
Major Eric Newbould of the Sal
vation Army will conduct, the ser
vices, and interment will be in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Pall bearers will be John Rog
oski, Warren Wilson, Mike Gemofi,
A. Anderson, John Bollan, and Mr.
Gaines.
Mr. Kuhlman worked as a long
shoreman in Juneau.
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Slum - Clearance
For Territories Is
Signed by President
WASHINGTON. July 18 — (iPl —
Legislation permitting Alaska. Ha
waii and Puerto Rico legislatures
to authorize slum-clearance and
urban redevelopment programs was
signed today by President Truman.
It gives the three legislatures the
same authority as the 43 states now
have.
FROM SPOKANE
Les A. Matson of Spokane, Wash.,
is at the Baranof Hotel.
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Kell Keeping j
Top Position in j
Amer. Batting!
CHICAGO. July 18—1-P—-Detroit's j
3eorge Kell still is holding the lead,
jut Boston rookie Walt Dropo has
popped up as a dangerous contender
n the American League batting
race.
Through Sunday's games, Kell
jwned a pace-setting .358 percent
ige. This, however, was only six
joints ahead of Dropo, who climbed
nine points last week to .352. Dur
ing the week Kell slumped seven |
joints from last week's .365.
In third place with .351 was Cleve
land's Larry Doby, who had .370
iwq weeks ago. Others in the top
ten included: Hoot Evers, Detroit,
335: A1 Zarilla, Boston, .333; Dorn]
Di Maggio, Boston, .322; Bob Dil- (
linger, Philadelphia, .321; and Ted
Williams, Boston, .321.
Kell also was a double leader in
specialized performance with most
hits, 116. and most doubles, 25. Bos
ton’s Vern Stephens led in runs,
77, and w'as tied with Dropo for
most RBI's with 90 each.
Williams and Cleveland's A1 Ro
sen shared the home-run leadership
at 25 apiece. Dom Di Maggio of
Boston paced the base stealers with
nine thefts.
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Kahuf, Layne
Fight Tonight
PORTLAND, Ore., July 18—i/B—
With the Far West Heavyweight
title at stake. Joe Kahut, Woodburn,
Ore., and Rex Layne of Salt Lake
City clash here tonight over the
12-round distance.
ALASKA PUBLIC WORKS
TO OPEN CONSTRUCTION
OFFICES IN TWO CITIES
Alaska Public Works engineers
w’ill set up construction offices in
Fairbanks and Anchorage, John D.
Argetsinger, district engineer, said
today.
William Wick will be assigned to
the Fairbanks area where he will
oversee Alaska Public Works pro
jects; Lester Hock will be in charge
of projects in the Anchorage area.
Alfred Boberg is construction en
gineer representing Alaska Public
Works on projects in Juneau. Doug
las, Skagway and Petersburg.
Bids on three public works pro
jects will be opened in Juneau to
morrow. They are a $341,000 grade
school building at Fairbanks, a
$208,700 school at Naknek, and a
$185,600 school at Ninilchik.
The following day three more
sets of bids will be opened. The bids
will be on a sewer and water facili
ties job in Skagway, the cost of
which is estimated at $57,200; a
water, sewer and street improve
ment job in Douglas, estimated cost
$59,900; and a street improvement
job in Anchorage, estimated cost
$226,950.
47 IN FROM SOUTH ON
ALEUTIAN; 20 WEST
Docking in Juneau at 7:30 this
morning northbound from Seattle,
the Aleutian brought 31 persons
here from that city and 13 from
Ketchikan.
From Seattle pessrngers were
Margaret Abbott. John Allison, J.
P. Christensen, Mrs. J. P. Christen
sen. Svend Christensen, P. L.
Durocher. Mrs. P. L. Durocher, Mrs.
J. Fraser. John (Sever. Mrs. Marilyn
Herring. Michael Herring. Perry
Hinds, Stuart Johnson. Mrs. Lueria
Jordan, Miss Bernice Juchalski,
Charles E. Labostre.
Mrs. S. Leirfallom, Mrs. E. L.
Mallory, Betty McNally, Mrs. Aud
rey Lee Newell. Tyra Lee Newell,
H. O. Parks, Mrs. H. O. Parks.
Reece Shelly, Lt. Norman B. Stein
ing. Mrs. N. B. Steining, Norman
Steining. Ronald Steining, John
Welsgerber. Mrs. E. Willets, Ira T.
Yarnall and Miss Sumaya Zahawl.
From Ketchikan: Mrs. Mary
Brown, Mrs. B. I. Cnrpenter, Irene
Chambers, Robert Erickson, E. B.
Howe, Mrs. E. B. Howe, J. S. Jeff
rey, Mrs. J. F. Jeffrey. Roy Lang. Z.
O. Roberts, Mrs. Willard Walker
and infant, and Janet Walker.
Sailing at 1:30 p.m. for Seward
were C. J. Jenne. Mrs. Bill Evans,
Patricia Evans, Sally Ann Evans,
John Cornwell. T. Pet rich. Glenn
Leach. Mrs. G. Leach. Patricia
Leach, Lawrence Bell, E. G. Bean,
P. Gordon Gould, Norman Olsen,
Jack Olsen, Alberta Roady and
Annie Whiley.
From Juneau to Valdez were Mr.
} and Mrs. William H. Wick and Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Hoch.
FROM I'MIAT
Joe! Wing of Umiat is registered
| at tile Baranof Hotel.
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