BEAVERS
COME UP,
PCL RACE
(By the Associated rress)
Here come the Portland Beavers
again, scuttling busily up the ladder
in the waning Pacific Coast League
season.
They’ve finally' blasted their way
out of sixth place, taking over fifth
from San Francisco, and are but a
half game behind fourth place Se
attle at the moment.
The Beavers started the second tc
last week of the season in a general
slugfest last night, by shellacking
Los Angeles twice, 40-0 and 11-4.
The twin win boosted Portland over
Can Ftancisco despite the Seals’ 11-2
Tlctory over Seattle, for whose spot
In the first division Portland is
shooting.
Elsewhere Hollywood slammed
Sacramento 11-5 and second-place
San Diego smashed league leading
Oakland 10-6.
Portland knocked the socks off
the Angels in the first inning of
each game, scoring six times to open
the seven-inning first game and
nine times in the first of the night
cap. In the nine-runner catcher
John Ritchey boomed a grand slam
homer.
San Diego’s Orestes Minoso banged
three home runs, two with a man
aboard.
Herb Gorman’s bases-loaded
triple, homer and double (total seven
runs) paced Hollywood’s 14-hit at
tack. Ralph Hodgin homered for
Sacramento. The game drew 438
paid fans, smallest in the league this
season.
Seattle entertained its smallest
crowd of the season, 1,096, and they
shivered in 46-degree weather. The
Seals kept warm by galloping around
the bases on the heels of 11 hits
and four Rainier errors. Kirby
Higbe, onetime Brooklyn pitcher,
appeared for the first time for Se
attle and was the victim of San
Francisco’s biggest inning, six runs
in the sixth on six singles, a double,
an error, a wild pitch and a passed
ball. A1 Lyons produced Seattle’s
runs by homering with a man
aboard.
STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS
Pacific Coast League
W L Pet
Oakland . 113 74 .604
San Diego . 106 81 .566
Hollywood . 95 90 .514
Seattle . 92 93 .497
Portland . 90 92 .495
San Francisco . 91 94 .492
Los Angeles . 77 105 .423
Sacramento . 75 110 .405
American League
W L Pet
New york . 96 54 .640
Detroit . 92 57 .617
Boston . 91 57 .615
Cleveland . 89 61 .593
Washington . 65 84 .436
Chicago . 58 92 .387
St. Louis . 57 92 .383
Philadelphia . 50 101 .331
National League
W L Pet
Philadelphia . 90 58 .608
Brooklyn . 84 62 .575
Boston . 81 65 .555
New York . 80 68 .541
St. Louis . 73 74 .497
Cincinnati . 64 84 .432
Chicago . 63 85 .426
Pittsburgh . 55 94 .369
FIGHT DOPE
Only one fight last night and that
was at Washington when Ike Wil
liams, 142, Trenton, N.J., outpointed
Charley Salas, 147, Phoenix, Ariz.
10 (non-title). ;
FLAG RACES
ABOUTOYER
BOTH LEAGS.
(By the Associated Press)
This could be “Flag Day” for the |
New York Yankees and Philadelphia !
Phillies.
New York’s magnificent "clutch” j
team and Philadelphia’s dashing
youngsters were in a position to
lock up the American and National
League championships before sun
down and put to rest all the feverish
excitement over who will play in
the 1950 World Series.
This would make a mere formality
of the week-end windup that was
figured to be loaded with high ten
sion stuff.
Here’s the picture:
American League
W L Behind Left
New York . 96 54 4
Detroit . 92 57 3 Vi 5
Boston . 91 57 4 6
National League
Philadelphia .90 58 6
Brooklyn . 84 62 5 8
Magic Nuijtber
The so-called magic number for
the Yankees thus is two. For the
Phillies it’s three.
That means any combination of
those numbers—in victories for the
Yanks or Phils and defeats for their
i challengers would clinch the pen
j nant.
The Yankees moved today into
Philadelphia for two games with
the last-place Athletics before fin- ;
ishing off against Boston at Fen- I
way Park.
A Yankee victory linked with a
iingle loss for Detroit and Boston
thus would return the Bronx bom
bardiers to familiar World Series
surroundings without further ado.
The Detroit Tigers, their once
flaming pennant hopes chilled by a
last week letdown, met the can
tankerous St. Louis Browns at De
roit. Boston entertained Washing
ton in a doubleheader. Both must
keep winning to stay "alive.”
The Phillies, meanwhile — already
ong overdue in staging their flag
clinching party—moved into New
york where the first item of busi
less was a doubleheader with the
New York Giants.
The Tigers’ pennant hopes, al- |
ready ebbing, all but disappeared
yesterday when they could get no
better than a split with the Browns.
The Brownies won the opener, 3-1,
behind Don Johnson after the Tigers
left a dozen men on bases. They
were ahead, 3-1, in the aftermath
until George Kell unloaded the bases
in the eighth to help the Tigers to
a 5-3 triumph.
They had a chance to pick up
| ground on the Yankees, who lost a
weird game to the Washington
Senators, 11-9, before snatching the
second, 10-7.
After spotting the Senators a
10-1 lead in the opener, the cham
pions rallied. They had the winning
run on base in the ninth with one
out but couldn’t quite make it as
Mickey Harris put down the upris
'ing.
The Phillies eliminated Boston’s
last mathematical hope of a pen
nant by whipping the Braves, 8-7.
Bob Miller, who has been out with
an injury, had a 3-hitter going into
the seventh but then the roof caved
in. He had to be relieved by Jim
I Konstanty, making his 71st relief
I appearance for a new major league
I record.
[ Gil Hodges and Carl Furillo
banged home runs as the Dodgers
I turned back the Giants, 8-4.
The Cleveland Indians, blanked
the Chicago White Sox, 2-0, on
Early Wynn’s six-hit pitching at
Cleveland.
Further misery befell the once
mighty St. Louis Cardinals, who
dropped below the .500 figure by
losing to Cincinnati, 7-2.
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LEADERS IN B. B.
Leaders in major league baseball
through games of yesterday are:
American League
Batting — Goodman, Boston, ,356;
Kell, Detroit, .336.
Runs Batted In — Stephens. Bos
ton. 144; Dropo, Boston, 143.
Home Runs — Rosen, Cleveland.
37; Dropo, Boston, 34.
Pitching — Raschi, New York
21-8, .724.
National League
Batting — Musial, St. Louis, .345;
Robinson. Brooklyn, .334.
Runs Batted In — Ennis, Phila
delphia, 123; Kiner, Pittsburgh, 116
Home Runs — Kiner, Pittsburgh
46; Pafko, Chicago, 35.
Pitching — Maglie, New York
17-4, .810.
B. B. STARS
Stars in yesterday's major league
baseball are:
Batting: George Kell, Tigers —
kept Detroit’s pennant hopes aliv<
with three-run double in eightl
inning to give Tigers a 5 to 3. sec
ond-game victory over Browns.
Pitching: Don Johnson. Browns —
though in frequent trouble, stopper
Tigers in opening game of twin bil
3-1, on nine hits.
GOOD WHALE TALE
FROM ST. LAWRENCE
TOLD BY TWO FLIERS
(By Associated Press)
It was a whale of a tale Mat!
Brown brought back from St. Law
rence Island in the Bering Sea.
Brown and his wife were return
ing to Nome after working at th
island for the summer. They spot
ted a whale from the air and land
ed their float plane on the water
close enough to get some good pic
tures of the whale.
Suddenly they felt a movement
on the other side of the plane. It
was another whale.
Brown slowly taxied the aircraf*
between the two and hit the air
just as the second whale flipped its
tail.
When they glanced back from a
cozy height the Browns discovered
they had been sitting right in the
middle of a large and active school
of whales.
GAMESTODAY
NEW YORK, Sept. 27——'The
New York Giants defeated the Phil
adelphia Phillies, 8 to 7, in the first
game of a doubleheader today in
10 innings. This postponed any
chance the Phils had of sewing up
the National League pennant today.
BOSTON, Sept. 27—W—Washing
ton's Senators virtually eliminated
the Red Sox from the American
League pennant battle today by
whipping the Bostonians 2-0 in the
opening game of a doubleheader.
The best the third place Sox can do
now is tie the front running Yan
kees, provided the New Yorkers lose
their remaining four games.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27—<tfl—
Sam Chapman hit a homerun in
the last of the ninth today with
Ferris Fain on base to give the Ath
letics an 8 to 7 victory over the
New York Yankees.
ELKS ATTENTION
Regular Lodge Meeting tonight,
eight o’clock, Initiation. 6i7-lt
Big Fight Is
On Tonight,
Title Bout
Joe Louis to Try for Come
back in Meeting
Ezzard Charles
BULLETIN—NEW YORK, Sept.
27—lfl>i—Joe Louis, who will at
tempt to win back the heavy
weight boxing title tonight in
a 15 round match from Ezzard
Charles, scaled 218 pounds when
the fighters weighed in today.
Charles weighed 184' ^ pounds.
In his last defense of his title,
Louis weighed 213 pounds as he
knocked out Joe Walcott June
25, 1948. When he won the cham
pionship by knocking out Jimmy
Braddock in 1937, Louis weighed
197'i pounds.
(By Murray Rose)
NEW YORK. Sept. 27—OP)—Joe
Louis, who retired two years ago,
battles Ezzard Charles at the Yan
kee Stadium tonight in an effort
to become the first heavyweight
titleholder in history to regain the
prized crown.
A fresh flood of Charles money
has dropped the price on the title
fight to 5 to 8 in favor of the
Brown Bomber.
If the odds hold up until the
7 p.m. < PST i fight time. Louis may
enter the ring at the shortest odds
since he first won the heavyweight
crown from Jimmy Braddock in
Chicago on June 22, 1937.
Joe In Low Esteem
Not since his second scrap with
Max Schmeling 12 years ago has
Louis been held in such low es
teem by the bookmakers. That night
he was the 5 to 9 choice when he
annihilated the Uhlan In one round.
A crowd of around 30,000 paying
from $3 to $30, is expected to visit
the big ballpark.
Another 25,000,000 fans probably
will watch the 15-round bout via
television and millions more will
hear it over a National CBS radio
network. CBS also is telecasting
the show. The combined TV-radio
network is the greatest ever lor any
single event.
The TV-radio rights were sold
for $140,000, of which Louis is re
. ceiving 35 per cent and Charles 20
per cent. That is the way they
will split the gate and motion pic
I ture proceeds, too.
$250,000 Gate
i The promoting International Box
ing Club is hoping for a gross gale I
of at least $250,000.
Increasing cloudiness, with a low
temperature of 55 to 60 was the
Weather Bureau's forecast for to
i night. In the event of rain, tHe j
I fight would be scheduled for tomor
row night.
As for the fight itself, it boils
down to this:
; Can Louis catch Charles?
i If he does almost everyone con
i cedes that the Louis’ devastating I
i punch will blast Charles out quick -
I er than you can snuff out a match.
But there are many, including1
i this observer, who believe that the
I 36-year-old Louis hasn’t got the
i legs to corner his underrated 29
| year-old opponent.
• I’ll Knock Him Out”
! Louis is understood to have told
; friends yesterday: “I’ll knock him
! out in five rounds.”
Charles, embittered by Louis’ re
; turn and still peeved at the Louis
! shadow hanging over him, says,
! “I’m going to stop him no later
than the 12th round. Joe can be
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chopped up like any other old
guy."
Ezzard will give away about 34
pounds—he is expected to scale
around 183 to Louis' 217 at the
noon weigh-in at Madison Square
Garden.
Charles won NBA recognition as
heavyweight champion when he de
feated Jersey Joe Walcott in Chi
cago June 22, 1949. That fight was
staged after Louis officially an
nounced his retirement on March 1
FACTS AND FIGURES
NEW YORK. Sept. 27—tfV-Facts
and figures on tonight's Ezzard
Charles-Joe Louis heavyweight title
bout:
Rounds—15 or less.
Site—Yankee Stadium.
Time cf bout 7 pin. (PS'Ti.
Odds—Louis favored at 5 to 8.
If postponed—will be held tomor
row r.ight, Thursday, Sept. 28.
Broadcasts—radio broadcast over
CBS network. Television broadcast
by CBS.
rrrcentages—Louis 35 per cent of
everything; Charles 20 per cent of
Cveryt hing.
Records*—Louis, 01 fights: won 60
lost one; knockout victories, 52.
Charles 73 fights; won 07; lost live;
!:no kout victories 43.
Prices—reserved seats from $5 to
$30. General admission $3.
Estima' ed crowd—30,000.
Estimated gross gate—$200,000.
DENNIS WINN OF FWS
FLEET IN PORT TODAY;
TO SEATTLE ON THL'RS.
The Fish and Wildlife Service
ship, Dennis Winn, docked this
morning from summer patrol duty
in the Bristol Bay area. Master cf
the ship is Capt. Clyde "Pop’' Dell.
The patrol was for about four
months with four patrol boats cov
ering the Ugasik, Egekik, Hushegok
and Kvichak areas within Eristo
Bay. The patrol boats had been
taken north on the decks of the
Dennis Winn and covered the fish
ing fleets while the Dennis Winn
ran counts on two weirs. On the
i.rip north, the ship carried lumber
total 450 tons for the construction
of the weirs.
Leaving Bristol Bay September 9,
patrol boats were picked up at
Cook's Inlet, Naknek and Seldovia
for repair in Seattle this winter.
Construction materials were ta^en
from Dutch- Harbor to Kodiak for
the building of a dock on the south
bound trip also.
But the most unusual cargo that
the FWS vessel carried on the re
turn trip were t\\ o moose calves
from Seward to Cordova. The bull
had been weaned but the cow had
to be fed two cans of condensed milk
diluted with hot water every four
hours. Job of feeding and caring
for the calves was delegated to Mate
Jack Haggen.
There arc two FWS ships the size
of the Dennis Winn. The other is
the Zussmnn on the Pribilof T land
supply run. Their measurements are
148 feet long overall. 28 foot beam,
12 foot draft when light and 580
tons gross. A total of 450 tons of net
cargo can be carried with 350 tons
in the hold and balance on deck.
The Dennis Winn leave; for Seat
tle Friday with a stop in Ketchikan
Sunday. A supply trip is scheduled
in February for the Dennis Winn to
the Pribilof Islands.
DENALI ARRIVES;!
18 DISEMBARK HERE
The Denali, (locking at 1:45 o’clock
this morning from Seattle, had 18
passengers disembarking and had
six embarking at sailing time this
morning at 8:30 o’clock for the west
war^. Master of the ship is Captain
Ben Aspen.
From Seattle passengers were: Dr.
and Mrs. L. F. Cobb, Marrie and
William Forward, Ethel Hansen,
Louise Heinzenberger, Mr. and Mrs.
George T. Keefe and two children:
Mrs. Charlotte McCrea and two
children; Della T. Romero, Susan
Shappee, Mrs. Louis Urban, Lillian
Zittell.
From Petersburg: Glenn Leach.
Embarking for Sitka, passengers
vere: Mrs. Harry Brandt, Mr. and
VTrs. J. S. Jeffrey, B. F. Kane; for
Reward: Art Komphoff, Carroll
’-Comphoff,
ELKS ATTENTION
Regular Lodge Meeting tonight,
eight o’clock, Initiation. 617-11
MENDENHALL 4-H
CLUB BOYS WILL
MEET SATURDAY
At 2 pXn. next Saturday, Septem
ber 30, there wil! be a meeting for
Mendenhall 4-H Club for boys to be
held at the Kendler home.
Members bring your records and
i figures covering the investment,
| expenses, and income of your pro
! jeets and your club story. At an
j early date Mrs. Kendler has to mail
I them to the University of Alaska,
j but they must all look neat and ac
ceptable, must not be folded but be
inside a manila folder.
Boys who need further advice on
these subjects can get them at the
| meeting, as Mr . Howard Gaines
i will lit there to assist.
Only after our records and stories
i in good condition have been brought
■ to the meeting, can we get our prize
money Ihat, our projects have won
for us at the recent fair. So, mem
bers, let’s get busy.
Richard Gaines, Secretary.
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World’s Heavyweight Championship
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