DETROIT IS
AT D-DAY IN
YANK SERIES
(My Associated Press)
Today could be described as D
Day in the life and times of the
turbulent Detroit Tigers.
Another loss on top of yesterday’s
13-6 beating by the New York Yanks
might mark the beginning of the
end of Detroit’s pennant dream. Also
the outlook for the third and last of
the three-game set at Yankee Stad
ium Thursday is far from bright.
Then comes Boston.
Red Wolfe is banking on his ace,
Act Houtteman today. The young
right-hander and veteran Dizzy
Trout are all that’s left of the
once-mighty Tiger pitching crew.
Newhouser and Fred Hutchinson
have been in and out all year. Virgil
Trucks and Ted Gray are laid up
with sore arms. Hal White was
pounded black and blue yesterday
and Trout worked the day before.
So everything is up to Houtteman.
Houtteman (16-9) has beaten the
Yanks four times in six outings.
Veteran Vic Raschi (15-8), his op
ponent, owns a 1-2 season record
against the Tigers.
Rolfe recognizes that the flag
can be won or lost at the Stadium.
“I’m not trying to belittle the
chances of the Indians or Red Sox,”
Red said before yesterday’s game,
“but the Yankees are the team to
beat for the flag. I think it will be
between us and New York.
The Yankees were simply merci
less on three Tiger pitchers yester
day. Led by catcher Yogi Berra, they
clubbed out 14 hits, including two
doubles, a triple and three home
runs. Berra batted in six’runs with
his homer, triple and two singles.
It was a disastrous day all around
for the Tigers as the Indians and
Red Sox also won. The Tribe whip
ped Washington, 5-1, to cut Detroit’s
margin to three and a half games.
The Red Sox walloped, St. Louis’s |
Browns, 9-5, to climb .to within five i
and a half games of the top.
Philadelphia’s furious Phillies re
tained their five and a half game
margin 'in 'the' Vatihnal League,
edging the Reds in Cincinnati, 4-3.
Brooklyn’s Dodgers outslugged the
Pirates in Pittsburgh, 10-8, and Bos
ton’s Braves took third place from
the Cardinals with a 5-1 triumph
in St. Louis.
The New Jfork Giants made It
16 wins in ^19-%ames with the Cubs,
winning in’Crttcago, 6-5, in the Na
tional’s only afternoon contest. Phil
adelphia and Chicago in the Ameri
can League were idled by rain.
Bob Feller pitched six-hit ball
to record his 12th win for the In
dians.
Del Ennis’ ninth-inning single
drove in Richie Ashburn with the
run that gave the Phillies’ Robin
Roberts the* edge in the pitching
duel with Cincinnati’s veteran Ken
Raffensberger. It was Roberts’ 17th
victory, tops in the National League.
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WORLD RECORDS
BETTERED LAST
HIGHTJN MEET
ESKILSTUNA, Sweden—M—Geo.
Rhoden of Morgan State and Jim
Fuchs of Yale bettered world re
cords in a track meet last night.
Rhoden ran the 400 meters in 45.8
seconds, one-tenth second below
Herb McKeneley’s mark. Fuchs tos
sed the shot 58 feet 10 23-32 inches,
well beyond the record of 58 feet
% inch held by Charles Fonville of
Michigan.
MAXIM, WALCOTT
MEET OCTOBER 1C
CINCINNATI . Aug. 23— UH —
Match-maker Sam Becker said last
night he is about to complete nego
tiations for an over-the weight bout
between light heavyweight champion
Joe Maxim and heavyweight Jersey
Joe Wolcott. The bout would be held
Oct. 10 at Cincinnati Garden, Beck
er added.
leaders!!, b.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Batting—Musial, St. Louis, .358;
Hopp, Pittsburgh, r345. Runs batted
in—Ennis, Philadelphia, 101; Kinar,
Pittsburgh, 97. Home runs—Kinar,
Pittsburgh, 37; Pafko, Chicago, 30.
Pitching—Hiller, Chicago, 9-2, .818.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Batting—Goodman, Boston, .361;
Kell, Detroit. .351. Runs batted in
Stephens, Boston, 120; Dropo, Bos
ton. 113. Home runs—Rosen, Cleve
land, 33; Stephens and Dropo, Bos
ton. 27. Pitching—Trout, Detroit,
11-2, .846.
SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S
PADRES ARE
CLOSING GAP
WITH OAKS
(By Associated Press)
Look out for San Diego coming
up on the outside.
That’s the cry today from the
railbirds who only two weeks ago
were touting Oakland as a shoo-in
in the Pacific Coast League derby.
Del Baker’s red-hit Padres nar
rowed the Oaks’ margin to i'j games
by edging Sacramenta, 5-4. last night
as the leaders bowed to Los Angeles,
4-1. It was San Diego’s 14th win in
the last 15 games. Two weeks ago
the border boys were 101 - games
behind.
Elsewhere on the PLC rialto,
Hollywood skinned past San Fran
cisco, 4-3, and Seattle at Portland
was rained out.
The Padres had to hustle to beat
th,e tail-end Solons, and didn’t
manage it until the ninth when
singles by A1 Smith and Orestes Min
oso and Jack Graham’s fly broke a
4-4 tie. That gave reliefer A1 Jur
isich, who had taken over for Red
Embrea in the sixth, the win over
Ken Gables, third Solon hurler.
Biggest blow, however, was struck
by Harry Simpson who, nursing
a chest injury, came off the bench
to pinch-hit a triple, driving in two
runs in the Padres’ three-run
splurge in the sixth.
Steve Souchock hit his 23rd homer
for the losers.
The Oaks ran into southpaw Her
man Besse at his best. The Angel
flinger gave up only five hits, in
cluding homers by Noble and Bob
Hofman. Frank Baumholtz homered
for the Angels, who sewed it up
with three in the sixth. Rube Nov
otney’s double accounting for two
Seattle and Portland will make up
their rained out game with a double
header tomorrow night.
STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS
Pacific Coast League
W L Pet
Oakland . 90 60 .600
San Diego . 85 64 .570
Hollywood _ 81 69 .540
Seattle . 76 73 .510
San Francisco . 73 76 .490
Portland . 67 78 .446
Los Angeles . 66 82 .446
Sacramento . 57 93 .380
National League
W L Pci
Philadelphia . 71 45 .612
Brooklyn . 62 47 .569
Boston . 61 51 .545
St. Louis .T.. 62 52 .544
New York .58 54 .518
Chicago .. 50 64 .439
Cincinnati . 47 65 .420
Pittsburgh . 41 74 .357
American League
W L Pet
Detroit . 73 40 .646
; New York . 72 44 .621
Cleveland .. 72 46 .610
Boston .... 70 48 .593
Washington . 50 62 .446
Chicago .•. 46 71 .393
St. Louis .. 39 74 .345
Philadelphia . 40 77 .342
GRAND, PETIT JURORS
NAMES ARE DRAWN FOR
KETCHIKAN COURT TERM
The names of 120 voters in the
southern section of the First Div
ision were drawn yesterday for
grand and petit jury duties "to be
gin when the Ketchikan term of
court opens Sept. 26.
J. S. MacKinnon, jury commis
sioner, and J. W. Leivers, clerk of
the court, made the drawing. Lei
vers’ staff is now compiling the
names. All are from Wrangell and
southward.
Grand jury names numbered 45
and petit jurors numbered 75
Those persons drawn for the grand
' jury are required to report to the
court in the First City at 2 p.m
Sept. 26; for the petit jury at 1C
a.m. Oct. 4.
Whing Ding Vows
Floor Shows on Time
After First High! Jinx
It seems there was a mix-up
about hours, and it take a long time
for make-up when you are to be
revealed in scanty costume undei
strong spotlights. Besides, there if
a special jinx that hangs arounc
opening night performances.
In any case, Sally Christy’s first
floor show at Whing Ding’s, on the
Douglas Highway, got off to a late
start Saturday night.
Wilbur (Whing Ding) Irving
vows that entertainment will be or
schedule from now on—at 11:3C
p.m. every night but Monday, the
late show booked for 2:30 am.
Miss Christy, exotic dancer, as
a $6,000-wardrobe, says Whing Di.
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TO MEET MID DIE S—West Pointers leave to boa> il a
transport (background) in Hudson River for a joint ampiilbi.ui
operation with Naval Academy middies in ths: apcal.e E-*’
TWO SWIMMERS
BREAK 24-YEAR
CHANNEL RECORD
Nine Persons Cross English
Channel in a Single
Day Marathon
DOVER, Eng., Aug. 23—UD— Nine
persons, two of them women, one a
118-pounder, swam the English
Channel yesterday in a dizzy mara
thon that began with 24 hopefuls.
Two of them, an Egyptian and a
Frenchman, broke the Channel
swimming record mark.
The 118-ppund woman, Eileen
Fenton, an English school teacher,
made it across in 16 hours, 31 min
utes—not even close to the woman's
record. But she was the first woman
to make it in yesterday’s race, and
for that the London Daily Mail,
sponsor of the event, awarded her
$2,800, the same as went to the
Egyptian record-breaker.
Latest to get across were Jason
Zirganos of Greece, Antonio Albert
ondo of Argentina ,and Jennie Kam
mersgaard, a Danish dress designer.
Plowing through rain and choppy
seas in a mass race sponsored by
a London newspaper, Hassan Abd-El
Rehim, 41, of Egypt, and Roger Le
Morvan, 26, of France, broke the
24-year-old record of 11 hours and
five minutes set by another French
man. George Michel.
Rehim’s official time was 10 hours
and 53 minutes. Morvan was 10 min
: utes behind Rehim, finishing the
19-mile course in 11 hours and three
minutes. Hehim won $2,800 from
the London Daily Mail, sponsor of
j the race, for finishing first. It was
his third successful channel swim.
As he emerged from the water, the
big six-footer declared: "I feel very
good. I’m not tired at all. I’m ready
! to swim back.”
Third to finish was Mareeh Has
san Hamad, 33, also of Egypt. His
i time was 12 hours and 16 minutes.
B. B. STARS
Batting: Yogi Berra, Yankees—
j hit two singles, triple and home run,
! driving in six runs, to lead New
j Yorkers to a 13-6 romp over Detroit.
I Pitching: Vern Bickford, Braves—
i hurled Braves into third place with
! a six-hit, 5-1 victory over Cardinals.
BOWLING
— j
A final meeting of the Tuesday
Night Major League captains was
held last night at the Elks Club to
finish outstanding business before
the league starts rolling September '•
19.
Because Walt McKinnon is work
ing Tuesday nights, he will be un- i
able to bowl this season and it was
voted by the team captains tp take
the next highest averagt man from
last year’s Tuesday Night League, j
Otto Smithberg, to replace him.
After the meeting, a Pot of Silver
tournameht was held and John Scott
of the Triangle Club team won first i
prize with a 561 series, Art Burke of !
the Juneau Florist team was second,.
with a 540 series and Bob Haag of
the Standard Aviation team was
third with a 530 series.
Any Elk or Elks lady who is not ]
bowling on Mondays, Tuesdays or
Thursday nights and wants to bowl
should sign up for the Friday Night
League immediately at the Elks!
bowling alleys. Additional informa
tion on the bulletin board.
The alleys will be closed for re
pairs and touching up on August
28 and open again on the 1st day of
September.
The following is a list of the
sponsors, captains and members of
the Tuesday Night Major League;'
THOMAS HARDWARE—J. Snow,
captain; Alexander, Baxter, Ripke
and H. Sturrock.
TRIANGLE CLUB—J. Scott, Capt.
Blanton, Day, Lincoln and Waddell.
JUNEAU FLORIST8—A Burke,
Capt., Bavard, Ray, Houston arid Ja
Joie.
PARSONS ELECTRIC—E. Hag
erup, Capt. Lavenick, Bothello, Par
sons and Phelps.
SICKS RAINER—O. Smithberg,
Capt., Gormley, Holmquist, King,
and Hendricksen.
DON ABEL—B. Mork, Capt., Es
tepp, Saddler, Shattuck and Hoyez.
HENNINGS—A. Stewart, Capt.,
Davlin, Henning, Matheny and
Smith.
STD. AVIATION—A. Sturrock,
Capt., Baker, Barrager, Haag and
McCarthy.
TACOMA VISITOR
Arthur Johnson of Tacoma is re*
gistered at the Barapof Hotel.
DEFEAT FOR THE BUFFS
BANGKOK—UPI—Enthusiastic on
lookers at Bangkok fires' hamper fire
fighters to such art extent that
authorities decided to ipwpse $5
fine's on all unauthorized persons
attending biases.
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U I N C H I E S OFF O N C H AMPIONSH IP T E S T—Against a background of the
Long Beach, Cal., skyline, dinghy competitors get off in a race for the 1950 championship.
GAMES TODAY
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23-Ai/H—The
New York Yankees chopped De
troit’s American League lead to l1
games today by downing the Tigers
for the second straight day, 7-5.
Once again Yogi Berra and Johnny
Mize paced Now' York’s assault.
Mize clouted a two run double in
the Yanks’ four-run fifth inning,
and Berra hit a two-run homer in
the sixth.
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BOSTON—Boston - Med Sox ex
tended their winning streak to nine
games today when they thumped
the St. Louis Browns 9-5. The home
forces built up a four run cushion
in the second on a pair of hits,
three Brownie errors and a walk by
starting and losing pitcher Dick
.Starr. Big Walt Dropo belted his
28th homer of the year for the
Sok in the eighth and Les Moss rap
l>ed his seventh for the losers in the
sixth.
CHICAGO—The New York Gi- !
ants won their 16th game from the
Chicago Cubs today against only
three losses for the season, by a
score of 5 to 4. Bill Serena made
It close for Chicago with a three
run homer In the eighth. Bobby
Thomson and Monte Irvin clouted
home runs for New York.
Visitors may climb down into an
ancient Indian ceremonial chamber,
or “kiva”, at the Coronado State
Monument, 20 miles north of Albu
querque, New Mexico. Weird pic
tures on the wall held particular
significance for the tribesmen who
worshipped pagan gods here hun
dreds of years ago.
DERBY PRIZES TO BE j
AWARDED BY CHAMBER |
Chamber of Commerce Trout
tierby prizes will be awarded when
the Chamber holds its regular meet
ing tomorrow noon in the Gold
Room of the Baranof Hotel
Pete Warner, (chairman, of the
derby committee, will make the
awards. ,.,,
E. Glen Wilder, director of the
Alaska Housing Authority, will speak
on the work of the organization.
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Detectivg Raymond J- Walsh’s car.
and wit.£ it! the bundle of herring,
sardines, tuna and,slu’lmp that lay
in the’ back. seat. The officer re
covered h*;'«3gjjtetTt7l!p two days
later. The fifm#EFi^way.
Protect it
I F A BLOW comes, you
will he glad you have
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You won’t have to pay
hundreds of dollars out
of your own pocket to re
store your property if
you have your fire insur
ance policy extended to
cover windstorm dam
age.
Ask this Hartford agency
about it, 1
Shattuck
Agency
Phone 249
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