NO HITTER
HURLED BY
DKKFORD
(By the Associated Press'
Vern Bickford’s no-hitter yester
day. first in the majors since 1948.
may be the spark to ignite another
pennant fire in Boston. He beat
Brooklyn. 7-0.
Bickford, once No. 3 man behind
Johnny Sain and Warren Spahn,
can hold his own with the best,
giving Billy Southworth a strong
1-2-3 pitching punch.
The Bickford story is familiar.
How the Braves won him on the flip
of a coin while dividing some Indi
anapolis farm hands with Pitts
burgh.
This, of course, was his best major
league game. Walking only four,
the 29-year-old righthander allowed
but one man to reach second base.
Brooklyn, whose Rex Barney
pitched the last previous no-hitter
against New York, Sept. 9, 1948,
was the victim.
Carrying a 7-0 lead into the ninth
last night, Bickford wavered mo
mentarily. He walked pinch hitter
Jim Russell. After retiring Pee Wee
Reese, he walked Gene Hermanski.
Russell thus became the first Dodger
to reach second base. After Duke
Snider curled a long foul drive into
the leftfield corner, he rapped a
double play ball to shortstop Buddy
Kerr to end the game.
Clip Phil’s Lead
The Braves clipped a full game ofl
the Phils’ lead when New York's Sal t
Maglie knocked off the pace setters,
3-1. A1 Dark’s two-run homer and
an inning of wildness by soldier
Curt Simmons gave the Giants
their 18th win in their last 21
games.
Ewell Blackwell, flashing his 1947
form, held the Cardinals to four
hits and left them in fourth place,
6'2 games behind the Phils. The
leSn Cincinnati righthander was
helped to a 5 to 2 victory by Ted
Kluszewski, who slugged two
doubles and a single.
Chicago handed Pittsburgh an
other loss, 3-1, with Frank Hiller
copping his third in a row.
Everybody fattened up on the j
second division clubs in the Ameri- •
can except Detroit and Boston. The j
Tigers were held to a doubleheader j
split at St. Louis and lost ground all j
around. ;
Detroit In Wirt
Dizzy Trout bested Ned Garver for ■
a Detroit win in the 4-3 opener i
when Don Lenhardt dropped a i
throw on a possible double play ball
in the 10th inning. j
Outfielder Kenwood cut down to
consecutive runners at the plate in I
the second game, won by the Browns
2-1. Although he held St. Louis to
five hits. Hank Borowy lost his
first start at a Tiger.
Cleveland moved to within three
games of Detroit by shoving across
two runs in the ninth to edge Chi
cago, 3-2. Ray Boone’s single drove
home Allied Clark with the winning
run for Mike Garcia.
Joe DiMaggio rode the bench for
the first time in his career and his
sub, Cliff Mapes, hit a seventh in
ning homer that gave New York a
7-6 edge over Philadelphia. The
Yankee clipper was benched by
Manager Casey Stengel who said he
was “dead tired.” DiMaggio has
missed many games because of in
juries but this was his first bench- i
ing.
MINE SIGHTED
The fishing vessel Faithful re
ported to Coast Guard headquar
ters here late yesterday that it had
sighted a mine on the beach in
Howard Cove near Cape Decision.
MRS. VEATCH HERE
Mrs. Harold A. Veatch, co-pub
lisher with her husband of The
Sitka Sentinel, was in Juneau over
night, having come here on busi
ness. She returned via Alaska
Coastal Airlines this afternoon.
Title Won by
Elks for Third
Straight Year
By bunching half of their runs in
one big inning last night the Elks
team won the Gastineau Channel
Baseball League trophy for the third
consecutive year as they pounded
Coast Guard pitcher Wilber for 13
hits good for 12 runs while the
Guard ran seven hits into 10 tallies.
Last night's win made it two in
a row for the Elks in a three game
series with the Guard thereby elim
inating the necessity of playing
Sunday’s game.
In winning the two games the
Elks scored a total of 25 runs while
the Guard totaled 20. The Elks
made 29 hits, two of them homers,
with the Guard getting 19 hits for
their 20 runs.
The Elks started the scoring last
night by pushing in Manning and
Forsythe in the top of the first. In
the top of the third they pushed in
Houston, Forsythe and Snow on a
homer by Snow that cleared the
right field fence. Forsythe again
came home when Snow hit a double
in the fifth.
The big sixth inning saw 10 come
to bat with Palmer. Notar. Manning,
Houston, Snow and Trump scoring
on doubles by Notar, Manning, For
sythe and Hazlett., singles by Hous
ton and Trump. Snow’s walk and
an error by Guard second baseman
Tibbitts.
The Coast Guam began their scor
ing in the bottom of the second
when Rolison came home on an
error by Elk's shortstop Trump
after being walked and advanced to
third on a steal and a balk. The
Guard’s big third inning saw Scott,
Arnold, Tibbitts, Peterson and Wil
ber score on a double, two singles
three errors, and a walk.
In the fourth inning the Guard
scored Scott and Arnold, and in
the sixth inning Tibbitts came
home. The Guard’s seventh inning
threat fizzled with only one run by
Rolison after a double and a single
had been "hit.
STATISTICS
Coast Guard ab h po a
Arnold, lb . 4 16 0
Tibbitts, 2b . 3 3 12
Peterson, c . 4 1 10 0
Dorris, 3b . 4 0 11
Wilber, p .. 3 0 12
Rolison, ss . 3 10 0
Morrison, If . 4 10 0
xKane, cf 3 0 2 0
xxScott, rf . 1 0 0 0
xShepard, cf . 10 0 0
xxSheets, rf 10 0 0
Totals ... 31 7 21 5
xln the seventh inning, Shepard
batted for Kane, xxln the seventh
inning, Sheets batted for Scott.
Elks ab h po a
Manning, 3b . 5 2 2 5
Houston, c . 5 17 1
Forsythe, 2b . 3 3 2 1
Snow, lb .. 3 2 8 0
xxCantillion, If . 4 111
Trump, ss .— 4 10 2
Hazlett, rf .. 4 110
xDay, cf ... 10 0 0
xxNota'r, p . 4 2 0 0
xPalmer, cf . 2 0 0 0
Totals .39 13 21 10
xln the third, Palmer for Day in
cf. xxln the fourth with none out,
two on base. Palmer to pitcher,
Notar to left field and Cantillion
to center field.
Score by Innings
Coast Guard 0 1 5 2 0 1 1—10 7 5
Elks . 2 0 3 0 1 6 0—12 13 6
Runs: Manning 2. Houston 2, For
sythe 3, Snow 2, Trump, Palmer,
Notar, Arnold 2, Tibbitts 2, Peter
son, Wilber, Rolison 2, Scott 2. Home
runs: Snow. Two-base hits: Man
ning. Forsythe, Snow, Hazlett, Notar,
Arnold, Tibbitts, Rolison. Double
plays: Cantillion to Forsythe. Left
on bases, by: Elks 7, CG 6. Errors:
Tibbitts 2, Peterson, Dorris, Rolison,
Manning, Houston, Forsythe, Can
tillion, Trump, Hazlett. Balks, by:
Notar. First on balls, off: Notar 5,
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2:21. I
"BIG JIM" IS
WINNER FOR
RAINIERS, 3-1
(By the Associated Press)
Jim Wilson of Seattle Is the first
pitcher in the Pacific Coast circuit
to register his 20th victory.
Big Jim, who won 15 in a row
until Hollywood stopped him,
crowded Into the select and other
wise unoccupied niche last night by
disposing of the power-laden Oak
land Acorns at Emeryville, 8 to l.j
Wilson took all the zing out of the
Oakland bats, and set Charley Dres- j
sen’s marauders down with four
scattered hits. Seattle batted Hank
Behrman out In the first inning.
It was Seattle’ first win in four
j games of the series.
San Diego stayea in second place
j by outlasting Los Angeles in a slug
I fest, 9 to 8; Hollywood clipped Port
! land, 4 to 2, and San Francisco
i nosed out Sacramento, 1 to 0.
Hollywood, held hitless by Port
land’s Cal Mclrvin for four innings,
broke loose for six hits in the fifth
and scored four runs. Mclrvin left
the premises with three runs in,
the bases loaded and two out. The
Stars got another run off reliefer
Jack Creel. Aside from the fifth,
Hollywood put only three men
aboard, and all were erased by
double plays.
San Diego, seemingly beaten as It I
came to bat in • the seventh, scored
five runs and chased Los Angeles
hurler Booker McDaniles. The bor
\ tier club banged two more runs in
; off Bob Muncrief in the eighth. Jack
i Graham’s fourth single drove in the
j winning counter. Los Angeles’ Clar
j ence Maddern hit a grand slam
! homer in the top of the seventh. It
' was the fourth straight win for the
I Padres over the haples Angels.
San Francisco’s Cliff Melton gave
| Sacramento only five hits. But Orval
Grove almost matched him pitch for
pitch. Joe Qrace got a lucky hit for
j the Seals in the sixth, the ball hit
i ting a pebble and bounding high
■ over second. Ray Orteig singled to
] left and shortstop Jack Conway
slashed a double down the left field
j foul line to count Grace for the
, only run.
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FIGHl DOPE
Fights last night turned out as
follows:
At Hollywood, Calif.—Rudy Gar
cia, 128%, Los Angeles, stopped Rudy
Vasquez, 127%, Los Angeles, 4.
At Denver—Luis Galvani, 123%,
Havana, knocked out Corky Gon
zales. 124%, Denver, 9.
Country Club Finest Food
French fried prawns, oysters, lob
sters, steaks and chicken. Open ail
night. Entertainment. Chinese
food. 77-3t
STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS
Pacific Coast League
W L Pet GBL
Oakland . 84 54 .609 -
San Diego 75 63 .543 9
Hollywood 75 64 .540 9*4
Seattle 70 69 .504 14 >4
San Francisco . 68 69 .496 15 Vi
Portland. 66 69 .489 16*4
Los Angeles . 60 77 .438 2314
Sacramento 53 86 .381 3114
National League
W L Pet GBL
Philadelphia 66 43 .606 -
Boston . 59 46 .562 5
Brooklyn . 55 45 .550 6*a
St. Louis . 57 47 .548 6*4
New York 54 49 .524 9
Chicago ... 44 58 ,.431 18*4
Cincinnati 44 58 .431 18'i:
Pittsburgh . 35 68 .340 28
American League
W L Pet GBL
Detroit . 67 37 .644 -
Cleveland . 65 41 .613 3
New York . 64 41 .610 3*4
Boston . 61 47 .565 8
Washington . 47 56 .456 19*4
Chicago 42 67 .385 27*4
Philadelphia ... 39 67 .368 29
St. Louis . 38 67 .362 29*4
Eagles Are
Trounced in
Grid Contest
CHICAGO, Aug. 12 — VP) — The
Philadelphia Eagles, ranked as one
of the greatest pro football machines
ever assembled, were picking up
their wreckage today.
The All Stars ripped through the
National Football League champions
17-7 before nearly 90,000 enthralled
customers in Soldier Field last night.
The surprise triumph—the Eagles
were favored 14’.. points—was balm
for the 38-0 trouncing Coach Greasy
Neale's team registered over the col
lege graduates in 1949.
Sharpening the attack were 20
year-old Eddie LeBaron, the 165
pound quarterback from College of
Pacific and North Carolina’s Char
ley "Choo Choo” Justice.
LeBaron’s masterful generalship,
his flip out passes and his nimble
runs through and over guys twice
his size stamped him as about the
toughest little gent to come along
since Davey O’Brien. He left today
for Camp Pendleton, Calif., and
active service with the Marines.
Justice was every inch an All
America—a ball of fire lashing 133
yards in nine carries, including runs
of 47, 31, 28 and 12 yards.
MILAN RETURNS
Frederick A. Milan of the Uni
versity of Alaska, meteorologist and
communications expert with the
Juneau Icefield Research Project
(JIRP), returned this morning frotn
the Juneau Ice Cap and again is
registered at the Juneau Hotel.
MARTINEZ HERE
M. B. Martinez, Ketchikan and
Metlakatla fisherman who has one
of the larger outfits, returned yes
terday from a successful season at
Kodiak. He is stopping at the
Juneau Hotel before returning to
Ketchikan.
CALENDAR,
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IS A GOOD SAVINGS DAY!
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Some people prefer to save on payday—some
save all their dimes or quarters every day. The
important thing is to make an actual start,
saving! Open that account now. Money added
the first ten days of the month starts to earn
from the first of that month. Accounts are in*
sured, of course.
We have never paid
LESS than
2 Wo
on Savings
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OF JUNEAU
119 Seward Street Janean, Alaska
BARANOF CIGAR STAND ’
IS SOLD BY PAT BAXTER
TO MR.,MRS. LEVASSEUR
After nearly six months of own
ership, Mrs. Patricia Baxter has
sold the Baranof Cigar Stand, and
plans to go to Seattle in late Aug
ust for a two-month stay. Mrs.
Baxter has been in Juneau nearly
a year.
The new owners, who took over
today, are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A.
Levasseur. They like to be known
1 as ‘ Joe" and “Jackie.”
; They plan to operate the popuTar
stand in the Baranof Hotel them
selves, Jackie in the daytime, and
Joe for the short evening shift.
Mr. Levasseur is disbursing offi
cer at U. S. Coast Guard 17th Dls
' trict headquarters. The couple
came here with the first head
quarters Coast Guard contingent a
'year ago—June 1, 1949. to be speci
fic..
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JUNEAU LUMBER MILL
FIRE EXTINGUISHED
The Juneau Volunteer Fire De
partment was called out early this
morning to extinguish a blaze in
a conveyor at the Juneau Lumber
Company mill on South Franklin.
First alarm, one-eight, was sound
ed at 1:25 a.m. and all clear about
: 45 minutes later, firemen said.
The Juneau Spruce Corporation
mill, formerly on the site, was
destroyed by fire a year ago.
Damage in this morning's fire
was confined to the conveyer run
ning to the large burner, and dam
age was slight, according to Fire
Chief A. Minard Mill.
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I)R. GEYER’S PARENTS
RETURN TO PORTLAND
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Geyer, who
have been visiting their son, Dr.
John Geyer, and his family for 2%
months, left yesterday on their re
turn to Portland, Ore.
They flew to Haines and picked
up their car, which had been
shipped on the motorvessel Chii
koot, for the trip out on the Al
aska Highway. They plan to visit
in Montana before returning tb
their home.
Dr. and Mrs. John Geyer re
turned Thursday from a motor trip
to Anchorage and Fairbanks. Dr.
Geyer attended the first annual
convention of the Territorial Den
tal Association in Anchorage, Aug
ust 2, 3 and 4.
FROM BREMERTON
Mrs. Frank Barber of Bremer
ton, Wash., is a guest at the Ju
neau Hotel.
SCIENTISTS GO TO
ATTU, OBSERVE
ECLIPSE OF SUN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12—UP)—'Teh
government scientists left today for
Attu in the Aleutian Islands to ob
serve a total eclipse of the sun
September 12. ^
LEADERS IN B. B.
Here are the leaders in the major
league baseball games:
National League
Batting — Musial. St. Louis, .358;
Robinson, Brooklyn, .355.
Runs Batted In — Ennis, Phila
delphia, 95; Slaughter, St. Louis,
and Kiner, Pittsburgh, 83.
Home Runs — Kiner, Pittsburgh.
31; Ennis, Philadelphia, and Pafko,
Chicago, 25.
Pitching — Miller, Philadelphia,
and Maglie, New York, 10-3, .769.
American League
Batting—Kell, Detroit, .355; Doby,
Cleveland, .351.
Runs Batted In — Stephens, Bos
ton, 108; Dropo, Boston, 107.
Home Runs — Rosen, Cleveland.
30; Dropo, Boston, 26.
Pitching — Trout, Detroit, 9-2,
.818; Lemon, Cleveland, 18-5, .783.
CHURCH MEETINGS
TOMORROW, IOOF HALL
Meetings of the Apostalic Mission
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
3 o'clock and tomorrow evening at
8 o’clock at Odd Fallow's Hall, it
was announced today by members
I of the missionary boat Lower
Light.
The public is invited to attend.
MRS. SASSEEN HERE
Mrs. Merle W. Sasseen of Everett
arrived yesterday by Pan American
to join her husband, “Sass,” well
known bush pilot who now flies for
Nick Bez. The Sasseens are at the
Baranof Hotel.
FROM PORTLAND
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rushlight of
I Portland, Ore., are guests at the
Baranof Hotel.
SHELBURG HERE
Earl Shelburg of Haines is at the
Gastineau Hotel.
FROM HAINES
Burl Provence of Haines is stop
ping at the Gastineau Hotel.
FROM SKAGWAY
John S. Stockton and party are
registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
FROM COBOL
Leonard Bender came in from
the little mining town of Cobol and
is registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
FRED CAMERON, (7, j
FOUND DEAD TODAY
Fred Cameron, longtime Juneau
resident, was found dead this mor- j
ning in his room In the Bergman
Hotel. lie was 67.
The physician called when i
Cameron's body was found said he
apparently died of natural causes.
Mr. Cameron was employed by ■
the Baranof Liquor Store here and :
was well known as a member of the
American Legion. As far as knoWn
there are no survivors.
I
ULMER HERE STUDYING
FWS PERSONNEL PROBLEMS '
Severin Ulmer, head of Pish and
Wildlife Service personnel in Wash
ington, D. C„ is in Juneau for the
coming week studying personnel
problems in the Territory. This is
Ulmer's first trip to Alaska al
though his father, Joe Ulmer who
lives in Central, has been a resident
of Alaska for many years.
FIRE ALARM
The Juneau Fire Department an
swered a four-nine alarm at 11:05
a.m. today and extinguished a small
fire in the Castro residence, 1018
West Ninth Street. Firemen said
the blaze started when cardboard
covering an opening in the chimney
was ignited. Damage was slight,
they said.
Watch this car!
The CAR to watch is
is the one behind the car
in front of yours! And
this same car is the one
that ought to be com
pletely insured.
Shattaek
Agency
Phone 249
Seward Street
JUNEAU
ELLIS AIR LINES
DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN
via Petersburg and Wrangell
With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydabnry
Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M.
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FREIGHTER SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE
Coastal Rambler — August 15
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