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YANKEES NOW
IN TOP SPOT IN
AMER.IEAGUE
(By Associated Press)
If Casey Sengel fell Into a city
sewer he would probably come up
owning an oil well.
The Puckish pilot of the New
York Yankees, who incidentally
owns several oil wells, is one of the
canniest managers in the business.
He also is a great guy for hunches.
Hunches that clicked helped the
Yankees sweep a doubleheader from
Cleveland yesterday and boost them
to the top in the seething American
League race.
The Yankees needed some clutch
hitting by Johnny Mize, Phil Riz
zuto and Tommy Henrich. The fine
pitching of Tom Ferrick and Ed Lo
pat also played a large part in
the 4-3 and 3-0 victories that gave
them a one-game lead over the De
troit Tigers.
Hunch No. I
But if Casey hadn't followed his
hunches those things might never
have happened.
Until an hour before play began,
Stengel wasn’t sure whether he
was going to play Mize at first base
Then Stengel recalled that Mize had
hit a couple of homers off Bob Fel
ler, who was due to pitch for Cleve
land in the opener.
All the former Giant slugger did
was slam a pair of homers, one in
each game.
Another Hunch
Hunch No. 2 came in the eighth
inning of the first game. Eddie Ford,
the little lefthander, was shaken up
in a collision with Cleveland’s Luke
Easter.
Stengel thought Ford was favoring
his right side. He promptly replaced
Ford with Tom Ferrick. The vet
eran reliever proceeded to stop the
Indians cold the rest of the way as
the Yankees broke a 3-3 tie in their
half of the eighth.
Tigers In Split
The Yanks one game margin
was accomplished when Washing
ton’s Senators held the slumping
Tigers to a split in their double
header. The Senators won the op
ener in 11 innings, 3-2, when Sam
Dente singled off Fred Hutchinson
to score nam Mcie me t igers naa
to tally three runs in the ninth to
come from behind and win the se
cond game, 10-8.
It marked the first time the Tigers
had been out of first place since
June 10.
Red Sox Go Up
Boston's Red Sox stormed into
third place, a game and a half
in front of Cleveland, by whipping
the Chicago White Sox, 6-1. It was
Boston's 15th win in 16 starts.
Veteran Joe Dobson turned in his
14th victory.
Philadelphia's pennant - hungry
Phillies increased their lead in the
National to six and a half games
| over Brooklyn. The Phils rallied for
j three runs in the ninth to come
| from behind and nip the St. Loui.
Cardinals, 9-8. Dick Whitman’s
| pinch double with the bases loaded
[ and Jimmy Bloodworth's scoring fly
produced the three runs.
Dodgers Downed
The Chicago Cubs downed the
Dodgers, 6-5.
Vern Bickford coasted to his 17tli
triumph as the Boston Braves
pounded out a 9-4 w'in over Cincin
nati.
Sal Maglie pitched the New York
Giants to a five-hit, 4-0 shutout
over Pittsburgh.
The St. Louis Browns shoved the
Philadelphia Athletics into the
league cellar by taking both ends
of their doubleheader.
! EAGLES SHATTER
RAMS BY 49-14
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31—(«—'The
Los Angeles Rams picked up the
pieces of their broken football team
today and the television sponsor of
National football league games here
had reason to worry.
The mighty Philadelphia Eagles
shattered the Rams, 49 to 14, and
played every minute like the cham
pions they are.
The television sponsor collected
a headache. The turnout in Memor
ial Coliseum’s 101,000 seat arena
numbered 24,119.
The Rams prior to the season, ex
pected no less than 50,000. Under
their contract with the TV sponsor,
their losses on the basis of past at
tendance figures must be made up.
FROM HAINES
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HOME RUNS
WIN GAMES
PC LEAGUE;
(By Associated Press)
There's just no beating the home
run as a lethal weapon.
The Pacific Coast League bore;
that out last night as:
1. Harry Simpson clouted his 28th |
and 29th homers—the latter with ;
bases loaded—to pace San Diego j
to a win over Portland, 5-2, 8-2.
2. Neill Sheridan slammed a !
three-run homer to give San Fran- j
cisco a 7-6 verdict over Oakland, j
cutting the Acorns’ league lead to i
four games over spurting San Diego, i
3. Seattle’s George Vico clouted'
one over the fence with one on'
to edge Sacramento, 2-1.
The only game not included by a
circuit clout was Los Angeles’ 3-01
conquest of Hollywood.
Harry the satchel put on another
one of his typical Simpson shows.'
He tripled and singled in the first
game, then poled a double and two
homers in the finale. Altogether he
drove in six runs and scored four.
His home run total is now just one
behind league-leading Joe Brovia of
Portland.
Jack Graham and Merrill Combs
also homered for the Padres, who
received a pair of four-hit pitching
jobs from Roy Welmaker and A1
Olsen.
Sheridan’s blow came as a pinch
hitter in the ninth and gave the
Seals a 7-4 cushion. It proved nec
I essary as the Oaks surged back for
i two runs in their half.
Seattle reliefer Denny Galehouse
was the beneficiary of Vico’s clout
[ which came in the eighth after
Marv Rackley had singled. It wiped
out Sacramento’s 1-0 lead and sad
dled hard-luck Bill Evans with his
18th defeat. (He’s won 11.).
Bob Muncrief, with the aid of
[ Fancy Fielding, handed Hollywood
J its third straight shutout on a
diet of eight hits, The loss stretch
ed the Stars’ goose-egg string to
30 innings.
STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS
Pacific Coast League
W L Pet
Oakland . 95 63 .601
1 San Diego . 91 67 .576
j Hollywood . 84 74 .532
| Seattle . 82 76 .519
San Francisco. 77 80 .490
Portland . 70 85 .452
Los Angeles . 70 86 .449
j Sacramento . 60 98 .380
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National League
W L Pet
Philadelphia . 78 47 .624
Brooklyn . 68 50 .576
Boston . 68 53 .562
St. Louis . 65 57 .533
New York . 64 57 .529
; Chicago . 54 70 .435
! Cincinnati . 49 73 .402
j Pittsburgh . 42 81 .341
American League
W L Pet
New York . 79 46 .632
Detroit . 77 46 .626
Boston . 77 49 .611
Cleveland . 76 51 .598
Washington . 55 68 .447
i Chicago . 50 76 .397
St. Louis . 42 80 .344
Philadelphia. 42 83 .341
b.bTstars
Here are stars of big league games
played yesterday:
Batting—Johnny Mize, Yankees—
Clouted two homers, one in each
game, and added two singles to
lead the Yankees to 4-3 and 3-0 vic
tories over the Cleveland Indians.
Pitching—Ed Lopat, Yankees—
Throttled the Indians with six sing
les for a 3-0 shutout win for fifth
[ straight victory of the season over
j the Tribe and his 27th life-time
1 win over them against six losses.
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PENNANT RACE j
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Here is a glance at the Pennant)
races in the two major baseball
leagues to date:
Games Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pet.
New York . 79 46 .632
29 games left.
Detroit . 77 46 .626
1 game behind: 31 left.
Boston . 77 49 :611
21 - games behind; 28 left.
Cleveland . 76 51 .598
4 games behind; 27 left.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pet
Philadelphia 78 47 ,. .624
29 games left.
Brooklyn 68 50 .576
6'j games behind; 36 left.
Boston . 68 53 .563
8 games behind; 33 left.
St. Louis 65 57 .533
11'a games behind; 32 left.
BASEBALL GAME
SLATED SUNDAY
FOR INJURY FUND
A baseball game, the finale oi
the season, is scheduled for Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, weather
permitting, and if postponed will
be at the same hour on Monday.
Labor Day.
The game will be between thi
Elks and a combined Moose-COasi
Guard nine.
Tills game is for the injury fund
of the Gastineau Channel League
which is nearly depleted. The fund
is one used when players are in
jured, requiring hospital or med
ical attention. The players are
only in the games for the sport ol
it and when laid up from accidents
in the contests should not be re
quired to foot their own bills.
Players of the league are selling
tickets for this needy purpose.
LEADERS IN B. B.
Leaders in the major leaguet
through games of Wednesday are:
American League
Batting—Goodman, Boston, .371;
Doby, Cleveland, .348.
Runs batted in—Stephens, Bos
ton, 129; Dropo, Boston, 126.
Home runs—Rosen, Cleveland, 33
Dropo, Boston, 29.
Pitching—Lemon, Cleveland, 20-7
.741; Trout, Detroit 11-4, .733.
National League
Batting—Musial, St. Louis, .368:
Hopp, Pittsburgh. .339.
Runs batted in—Ennis, Philadel
phia, 112; Kiner, Pittsburgh, 101
Home runs—Kiner, Pittsburgh, 40;
Pafko, Chicago, 31.
Pitching—Maglie, New York, 13-3.
.813; Miller, Philadelphia, 11-3, .786.
FIGHT DOPE
There was one fight of note last
night at Norwalk, Conn., and Chico
Vegar, 140, Stamford, Conn., knock
ed out Tiger Fox Williams, 145,
New York (2).
IRA FOR NEEDS
UNFILLED "CAT" i
MEN ANNOUNCE
Representatives of the Caterpillar j
Co., and Northern Commercial Co.,
from Seattle are in Juneau today
on a regular business trip to the
Territory. They are: Ernest A. Ti
arks, district representative for the
Caterpillar Co., Fred Moe, service
representative, and Melvin S. Roe, of
Ketchikan. Truman Sage, head of
the Northern Commercial Co. mach
ine department of Seattle, is accom
panying the men on a month’s
trip throughout the Territory. They
are conferring with Ernest O.
Whitehead, manager of the Juneau :
N.C. Co. Roe will return to Ketchi- ;
kan Saturday and the others are
leaving for Whitehorse, Dawson, I
Fairbanks, Nome, McGrath. Bethel,
md Anchorage where they will visit ;
ill N.C. Co., stores and jobs on which i
Caterpillar tractor equipment is be- I
ing. used.
The machinery situation is more
•ritical than any time since the
■nd of the war,” Tinrks Stated. ‘‘We
ire unable to fill the demand for
equipment. This is in many cases
slowing down defen-e jobs in Al
aska."
DEMAND TWENTY
CENTS A POUND,
COLUMBIA FISH
ASTORIA, Aug. 31—(A—The Col
umbia River Fishermen’s Protective
Union today demanded ’’not less
than 20 cents a pound” for salmon
caught after the commercial season
reopens Sept. 10 .
At the opening of the fall season
a year ago packers paid 11 cents
for Chinook, 12'a cents for silvers
and 13 cents for steelhead.
Henry Niemela, union secretary
told packers salmon would be sold
on the open market unless the price
is met.
SALMON ON LADDERS
PORTLAND, Aug. 31— (if! —The
big fall run of salmon reached the
Bonneville Dam yesterday and 8104
Chinooks were counted on the lad
ders.
Steelhead going up river totaled
1,801. There were 311 silvers and
two bluebacks.
The total, 10,218, was up 3231
from the previous day.
WIL GAMES
Here are final scores of WIL
games played last night:
Yakima 3; Tacoma 2 (14 innings)
Spokane 4; Tri-City 0.
Vancouver 8; Victoria 4.
Wenatchee 8; Salem 6.
BERKELEY GUEST
Philip J. Webster of Berkeley,
Calif., is a guest at the Gastineau
Hotel.
SEATTLE VISITOR
Mrs. C. Pillsburg of Seattle is a
guest at the Baranof Hotel.
Deer season opens Friday . . .
Check your weekend hunting trip
supplies tonight — fill in missing
articles at Thomas Hardware and
Furniture tomorrow.
Ammunition
Gun Cleaning
Supplies
Rifle Rods
Gas Lanterns
Hunting Knives
All Popular Gnns
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Flashlights
Camp Stoves
Waterproof Natch
Boxes
Everything to make your 2 or 3
day hunting trip a success!
Thomas Hardware
and Furniture
AMVET POLL SHOWS'
STATEHOOD BILLS j
WILL PASS SENATE,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31— Ifll —
The Amvets said today a poll of
the Senate show's the statehood
bills for Hawaii and Alaska should
pass by a substantial majority.
Harold Russell. Amvets national
commander, said 34 of the senators •
replying wrote they favor statehood |
now for the two Territories; 24
senators "indicated a sympathetic j
understanding of the legislation," I
and six reported they would oppose
the bills.
The statehood bills have passed
the House.
DR. HALDEMAN IS
ACTING AGENT FOR
FEDERAL SECURITY]
Dr. Jack C. Haldeman or An
chorage has been named acting
Federal Security Agency represent
ative in Alaska, according to word
from Regional Director Fay W.
Hunter, San Francisco. He says
the appointment is "pending de
termination of permanent arrange
ments." , .
Dr. Haldeman, is medical, director
in charge of the Arctic Health Re
search Center of the Public Health
Service, with headquarters in An
chorage, where he will remain lor
the time being.
The Juneau office will continue
in operation, nnd be maintained by
Mrs. Katherine Nordale, adminis
trative assistant.
The office of FSA deputy regional
director was left vacant when Hugh
J. Wade was transferred August 20
to the Alaska Native Service as
area director.
LUCKY CLOVER 4-H
CLUB HAS MEETING
The Lucky Clover 4-H Club met
at Karen Bartness' house August 26.
There were four members present.
Karen Bartness called the meet
ing to order and Rosalee Nelson
read the minutes of the previous
meeting.
Karen Bartness and Page Wood
demonstrated baking powder bis
cuits and refreshments were served
by Mrs. Bartness.
The next meeting will be held
at Mrs. Matheney’s house orb Sep
tember 9.
Song Leader, Malin Babcock
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Mrs. S. T. Long
Dies in Seattle
SEATTLE. Aug. 31—Mrs. Susie T.
Long, 77. widow of a veteran Deputy
United States Marshall in Alaska,
died Monday. She lived 30 years in
Alaska during the tenure of her
husband, Thomas Long. He died in
1946.
In addition. Mrs. Long had lived
in the Philippines four years, teach
ing School. She was a member of the
Ladies of the Golden North.
She is survived by a son, Thomas
H. Long, Seattle, and two grand
children.
CHAMBER COMMERCE
IN SHORT MEETING
Something should be done about
tlie removal of debris resulting from
recent fires before the time of
Taku winds, Harold Foss pointed
out today at the regular meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce at the
Baranof Hotel. It was suggested
that the matter be taken up with
-the City Council to see if it has
authority in such cases.
A letter was read from Laid
Warwick, vice consul at Hamburg,
Germany, requesting pictures of the
1950 Juneau harbor. These pic
tures are to be used as a basis fpr
murals on the walls of the new
consulate in Hamburg. *
Alva Blackerby showed a Forest
Service educational movie, 'Realm
of the Wild," which depicts the
relation of wildlife to the forests.
Dr. Livie of Anchorage and fjr
Wnrmoth of Fairbanks were guests.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Edwin L. Stringer of Petersburg
was admitted to St. Ann's Hospital
yesterday and John Raymond Hope
was discharged.
At the Government Hospital Her
bert Murchison of Mellakatla was
admitted.
MAJ. DEAN TO SEATTLE
Major Dean, commanding officer
of the 208th Infantry Battalion
! 'sepi of the National Guard and
assistant to the adjutant general
of Alaska, leaves today via Pan
American for Seattle on National
Guard business. He will be gone
for 10 days.
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