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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31
Ballet Bouncing
vs.. Triphammers

what chance has my man Wildcat
Levinsky got against Kid CuckOo?" the
manager would ask me, as man to man.
And would lean over and say con-
fidentIy:
Listen, Mr.. MoIloy. The kid won't
have chance once he runs into that
right ham of your fighting windmill.
The Kids good at dancing, you under
stand, but his ballet bouncing won't
help him once Wildcat connects with
his triphammer.'
"sure, that's just how got it sized
would say, and hand me couple more
cigars, gre-.ly pleased at my expert
opinion.
Then the manager for Kid Cuckoo
would breeze in and say:
Now about this match Friday night
Dye think Wildcat Levinsky has a
look-in with my bird?''
Listen. Mr.. Solomons," 1 would re-
ply seriously, "here's what l think.
wildcat won't have chance once he
ing windmill. Wildcats good at toe
dancing. you understand, but his ballet
bouncing won't help him once Kid
Cuckoo connects with his triphammer"
snow you're taIkingI" Mr.. SoIomons
would shout. Then he'd give me three
or four rich, ripe stcsies. II was fun
being sports editor.
Everything was rosy till the big
match came of. I've forgotten the de-
tails. All that l remember is that in
the third round one of the fighters did
make connection with the tripham-
mer- The poor bird got it square in
the nose and mouth. Blood gushed from
him and he landed in a heap, splitting
teeth. with his butchered face not four
feet from my own.
tainted.
Next day one of the fellows on an
other sheet had funny feature story
with the headline: Sports Editor
Knocked Out In Third"
Dean Kirk called me over to his
desk.
II think he said, Tn take you on
the sports desk and turn it over to the
sob sister"
So | went back to the embalmers'
convention and my pet couch at the
Press club.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31
Let Guest Tell
of Tribulations
as Sports Ed

Ernest L. Meyer, UhO IUrites the column
AS the CrOtO Flies" takes OUer Hugh
BradLey's assignment today to discuss his
trials and fluctuations u0hile acting as
sports editor of a family journal fer0-
quite terU-yeGrS back.
BY ERNEST 1. MEYER
livery time | read Hugh Bradley's
IL sparkling department recall my
own and not very scintillating career
as sports editor. recall it without
difficulty, but not without pain.
II happened about 10 years ago when
I was doing general assignments for
the defunct Milwaukee Daily News and
could be found most any hour of the
day peacefully sleeping on davenport
at the Press club. II seems that our
regular sports editor, after Illuminating
ABOUT life all evening at the Schiitz
Palm Garden, was seized by banker
ina for travel. He left Immediately, on
the midnight freight with quart OF
gin, and never came back. We never
heard from him again.
When 1 drifted into the office the fol-
lowing day with a yarn about the en-
baImers' convention, the city editor, a
ruthless person named Dean Kirk,
grabbed me.
'You're sports editor" he said.
"I'm not" | objected. al don't know
a boxing glove from pneumatic BIZ
cycle seat"
Cant help il. You've got to fill in
till we make other arrangements. Dust
out 10 the ball grounds now and phone
in the dope for the sports pink"
busted, yearning for a nap on my
favOrite couch at the Press club. The
wooden seats in the press box on top
of the grand stand were devilishly hard.
1 asked Art Schinners, who covered
sports for the Evening Wisconsin, how
the deuce one writes up a ball game.
Easy" he said. Never call ball
a ball or a home run a home run"
got the idea. A good sports writer
In those days would call a baseball
pellet, a horsehide, a gIobule, pill or
a spheroid. If he called it baseball
his readers wouldn't know what he was
talking about.
Somehow, I struggled through a
whole month without calling home
run a home run, so my stories were
always lucid and readily comprehend
ed. On one occasion, however, Dean
Kirk called" me.
what" he said, docs this mean?"
He pointed to sentence in my yarn
which read: "Southpaw Master spat
into his upholstery, wound his betty
left up like a windmill in a Missouri
tornado, and then shot over redhot
Smith Brothers."
"Why that" | explained patiently,
%means he threw a Drop"
1 had never in my life seen a boxing
match. But the managers and fighters
used TO drop in, ask for the sports edi-
tor, and hand me large, fat cigars
Then they'd sit down and chat with
me about the fight game. about which
/ knew less than 1 did about the Chi
nese alphabet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31
George Throws Out
Ball Players, Too

Forty-seVen basebaIIs, with a whole.
sale value of S5s.75, were lost in the
crowd during a ST. Louis-Cincinnati
night game this summer. The
Yankees, because the stands are so
convenient that 90 balls often have dis
appeared during one game, spend from
$4,000 to $1,000 for baseballs each
season. :. This is the biggest bill in
the American league, the other clubs
averaging about $1,000. d. George
Moriarty says that he throws out more
baseballs during season than any
other umpire. That is largely because
ne figures, quite correctly, that when
an overland pitcher sails the ball there
must be something wrong with it. =.
He recalls one Boston game where he
had TO throw out only four balls,
though, and Nick Altrock will tell you
that he used only one ball while pitch
ing a game for the White Sox back in
1906 or 1907.
Could it be that the Hearst charities
and Jack Curley, the wrestling pro-
moter, are planning to go in for pro-
fessiOnaI tennis? Or could it be those
youthful reporters who have been left
out in the cold on the prize fight pro-
noting end of the newspaper business
were merely kidding when they spoke
of big dough while tempting Fred
Perry to perform at Yankee stadium
after the national championships?
The tip-off on U. S. C.'s football pros
spects may be found in the fact that
the Trojans have booked a game with
Hawaii university at Honolulu for New
Years day. =. :. Although he breeds sad
die horses that win blue ribbons at ma
tionaI shows and although he is trot-
ting race deVotee, Bill Brown, the box
ing commissioner, never has been in
side any park where the thoroughbreds
run for money.
Are the Yankees sure that Joe Di
Maggie, the outfelder who will come
from San Francisco Seals in the spring,
is not another of those athletes with
trick knees la Steve Hamas? The
daughter of Steve O'Neill, Cleveland
manager, won a prize this year for be-
ing the best all-around athlete at
girls school. The most reckless
Of all fighters when driving an auto
mobile is Pauline Uzcudun. He doesn't
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31

talking TO Dizzy Dean, Hughie Critz
and Allyn Stout still handy words with
the pitcher. Stout once was a team
mate of the elder Dean and so natural
ly cannot be prevented from saying
"Howdy" now and then. CritZ hits
Dizzy so hard, so we'll and so often
that it would be crime to prevent him
from Growing a bit about it. Certainly
the dizzy one does more than his share
of growing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31
1sIIH 80
JUST AS GOOD

The lady customer entered the
store and headed straight for the pro-
prietor.
You sold me some rotten apples
Yesterday" she said. land I'm bring
ing them back to you"
That's all right. lady," hastily
apologized the merchant. You
needn't have taken the trouble TO bring
them back. Your words just as good
as the apples"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31

ALASAAN N--sN-@ -
on the racetrackS.
Payne Whitney was
the biggest plunger of
the tribe. To make
sure that Art Lasky
would work himself
back into condition
BrOt h err Manag ger
Maurice put the heavy
weight on the Los An
geIes water works pay
roll at 81 a day.
In spite of Bill Terry's
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31
AAA. MIRA. Etc

Shipwrecked Braintruster-Fn have
you know that in my own country, I'm
regarded as man Of letters.
Cannibal Cook-GoodI Wen make
you into alphabet soup.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31
Boy Patrol?

Little Peggy-Mother, was that
pliceman ever a little boy?
Mother-Yes. dear.
Peggy-That's funny; | don't be-
iIeve | ever saw a baby p'liceman.-
Pathfinder Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31
HIKING

First Maiden-Well, did you enjoy
your long hike?
Second Ditto-Oh. it was simply
perfectI A kind motOrist gave Us
a lift for more than three-quarters
Of the way.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31

of that little garden of mine last
year."
THAT was a pretty good showing >
II should say it wasl Why, only
planted four bushelsI"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31
THINGS the box score never told
L me:

THINGS the box score never told
L me:
Persons Interested in keeping the
olympics out of Germany should in
Vestigate the case of Baron Gottfried
Won cramm, the Davis Cup star. Orig
inally it had been arranged that Dom
aid Bulge and Gene Mako were to play
in the German tennis championships
and in return the baron was to come
to the United States for the nationals.
Then the trade fell through and now
it seems that not only will the Ger
man star be prevented from coming to
this country but also he will be barred
from the 1886 trophy team as DR.. DAN
ieI Prem was this year.
The reason? Could it be that Hitler
discovered that the baroness was Jew
ish and that therefore the baron must
be anti-Nazi and unfit to represent his
native country in a sports event?
Lester Doctor, betting commissioner
for the Whitneys, has handled more
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31
Alert Suspicion

whats that loud noise on the
radloT' asked Senator Sorghum.
THAT is static" said the wise young
man
I'm glad TO know IL | feared +
was that rival orator stealing
thunder"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31
Margin

Margin
do you ever trade on a margin?'
"You might say So" said the small
Speculation, although it seems more
like a ragged edge"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31

Room for Others
Sometimes l don't speak for hours
at a time"
Thanks for those kind voids.'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31

Ernest L. Meyer, tUhO rUrites the column
AS the CrouO Flies" takes OUer Hugh
BradLey's assignment today to discuss his
trials and nibulations whIe acting as
sports editor of family journal a teuO-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
FIRE BIRDSHOOT IN H0QU|AM IN AFTERNOON RIOT
Mill Workers Are Beseiiged in House-Militiamen
 and Police Charge

TCQUIAM, Wash, July 25.- Six blasts of bird shot fired from within a house surrounded by lum- Ger strike pickets and onlookers, rsked through the crowd and wounded four men and boy.
 The shooting climaxed the after noon of yesterday during reign of disorder in which men, women and children stoned the house and yelled imprecations at twelve lum- Der mill workers in the house.
 National Guardsmen and police swept into the house and took Victory C. Millett, one Of the work CTS into custody Two shotguns, pistol and several blackjacks were seized.
 The police said the mill employ eeS moved into the house last Sunday after pickets demonstrated repeatedly in front Of hcteis where the workers had been staying.
 J. c. Bird, of Aberdeen, WIS treated for wounds in the right leg and arm Others were on J slightly wounded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
For Fish Yarns,
 Bureau Fisheries Expert Beats Elm

You'd naturally expect that the Alaska Agent of the Bureau oi Fisheries could tell a pretty fail fish story"
 Lemuel G. Wingard did just that this noon at the Chamber of Com merce luncheon when he had mem bers and visiting Navy officers 'goggle-eyed' with an account of a trout fishing expedition on a river in the Bristol Bay area.
 Why, shucks. fellows, there are no small fish up there. The big ones eat 'em all upi" said the fish expert.
 Wingard explained, bit more seriously, that he fished on the Naknek River, and caught l7-pound trout. He explained that the fish there never have been molested by sportsmen, so will bite at almost any kind of contraption.
 However, he refused to comment on fife suggestion of one Navy officer that a ships anchor migfA be a good hook for such large fish
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
ELSIE JANIS INJURED IN , AUTO CRASH
Sweetheart of AEF' Suf-
 fers Concussion of Brain, Accident

EASTVIEW, N. Y, July B. Elsie Janis, vaudeville performcF and well-known entertainer and actress, was severely injured in an auto accident but is responding fla yorably to treatment.
 The well-known entertainer suf- fered brain concussion and a deep gash at the back of her head with an accompanying loss of bolod.
 Transfusion might be necessary, it is said.
 Her husband, Gilbert Wilson, was driving the automobile which struck a parked truck. He suffered slight head injuries.
 Miss Janis was known as the Sweetheart of the AEF' during the World War
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
WINCARD TELLS CHAMBER ABOUT BRISTOL B A '
Alaska Agent Says Bureau of Fisheries "Satis-
 fied'' with Pack
tcontinued from Page one,

are busy gathering important data on harbors and inlets. In the mean time, the enlisted men and offic- CTS are thoroughly enjoying our cruise here. Our reports to Navy headquarters all have indicated that we favor return here next sum- mer"
 Lieut. -Comdr. M K. Aiken, com manding the U. s. S Williamson, member of the Scouting Force, also spoke and thanked the Chamber for the cordial welcome given his ship.
 F.. P. Guptill, special agent of the Hartford Fire Insurance Com pany, also was introduced.
 Notice of two important busi- ness items also was made. The Chamber is writing Washington, D. C.. officials to permit the opens ing of the Glacier Bay area for prospecting. Second. it was an- nounced that the Coast and Geo. detic survey had been approached to conduct a harbor survey here. It was pointed out that Juneau is the only jor Alaskan port of which detailed chart is not avail able.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
PAVLiG WALKOUT
 CONTINUES TODAY


 The walkout of laborers on the Gastineau Construction Company's street paving project moved into it's second day with no concrete being poured. More than 25 men walked off the job yesterday, asking 15- cent an hour raise.
 E. J. Bowling, president of the construction firm, indicated today he had no intention of granting the pay raise demand, although he said he was conferring with Public Works Administration authorities relative to allowing the men to work 48 hours instead of 30 hours a week
 Meanwhile, a few laborers were
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
.CRIMONT CLUB
 DANCE FRIDAY
Social Affair Will Be Given in Parish Hall-Every-
 thing Is Ready

For the past several days the Parish Hall has lost it's summer quiet as members of the Crimont Club prepare for the annual dance to be held tomorrow night.
 Helped by the title of Decora- tions Committee, Ada Giovanetti Jean Mcdonald, Dorothy Johnson Josephine McGinnis and Ruth Gey- CT figure and point while John Heron, Jimmy Doogan, Paul Nich- oils and Bob McGinnis do the agreeing and climbing. Their ef- forts have been rewarded with a beauty and symmetry of effect that will make the dance long remem- bered.
 Music played by Dude Haynes Orchestra and refreshments plan ned by Virginia Mullen is com bination that will fit in well with any background
 To MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Boyle, MT. and Mrs. Guy McNaughton. MT. and Mrs Louis H. Metzgar. MT. and Mrs. J. F. Mullen, and MT. and Mrs. H. R. VanderLeest as patrons and patronesses; to the Reverend Father LeVasseur for the use of the Parish Hall; to the nuns of St. Ann's Hospital for the use of dec- crations; and to all the invited guests go the thanks of the mem lbers of the Crimont Club for be- ing enabled to stage the dance and for insuring it's success.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25

possible 5000 Navy men over the weekend. If the latter figure is attained, it will be the largest num- Der of service men ever to visit Juneau.
 The heavy cruiser Chicago, boast ing a good baseball team and as equally as fine racing boat crew, is scheduled to arrive tomorrow Along with her will be five destroy CTS. including the Decatur, Evans, Wickes, Philip, and Twiggs.
 Offer Made
 However, there is strong pos although nothing definite was known late this afternoon that two more heavy cruisers, the Houston and the Portland, may an- chor at Aux Bay over the weekend. Tho7e two ships have been visiting Seward, but, at an order from Vice. Admiral A. J. Hepburn, who visited here last week on the Indianapolis, they were offered a choice of visit ing either Yakutat Bay or Aux Bay enroute south this weekend.
 No word has been received on the selection which will be made, but if Aux Bay is chosen, 400 more men will be added to Juneau's mann moth Navy weekend celebration.
 Today's program of welcome for the men aboard the destroyers in cluded a trip through tho Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company pl9nt this morning at the invitation of L. H. Metzgar, superintendent. The trip was arranged by Lieut.. tjg) W. w. Pierce 0ChC), who is temporarily attached to Division 12 as a chap lain More than 200 enlisted men took advantage of the trip. Trips to Mcndenhall Glacier and two
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
California Eases
 Its Divorce Law

SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 25.- Gov Frank F. Merriam has signed bill legalizing marriages perform ed year after the interlocutory, or preliminary divorce decree has been granted in California court even though no final decree has been entered.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
LUMBER MILL OPENS SOON

Cutting operations at the Juneau Lumber Mills are expected to begin again about August l, it was an- nounced today Several tows of logs have been received at the lumber mills dock from nearby camps.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
P0ST,R0GERS BOUNDNORTH.

which was without any advance notice.
 Post arrived at the airport, get his wife from the admin islration building, and they rushed 10 the plane just as Rogers showed up. The comed- ian bought a magazine, was chewing gum. and ran to the plane.
 Within a few seconds Post gave the plane the gun" and the trio scared away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
NEW DEPUTY COLLECTOR
 OF CUSTOMS FOR NOME

Clio Clement Tanner has taken the cath a Deputy Collector of Customs at Nome according to ad- vices received at the Juneau Gus toms office. Tanner will only tc a part time deputy, it is said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25

baseball games rounded out the en- listed mems program.
 Two commissioned officers from each destroyer were guests of the Chamber of Commerce at lunch con this noon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
JACK FINLAY DADDY
 OF BOY BABY TODAY

A baby boy was born to MT. and Mrs. Jack Finlay at St. Ann's Hos pital this afternoon. Mrs. Finlay is a former Juneau school teacher and Finlay is one of the officers of the Juneau Mine Workers Association.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25

4 LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 25. Wiley Post, two times navi- gator of the globe, with his wife and Will Rogers, famous hum oToIs and motion picture and stage actor, left here On a new plane at 1:20 o'clock this after neon, presumably for Seattle on the first leg of a projected B. 263-mile flight to Moscow by way of Alaska and Siberia.
 Post made no announcement of his plans before leaving,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25

continuing the erection of forms on Second Avenue, and others were clearing Main Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, preparatory to pouring. V. Anderson, who organized sthe walkout and who directed the sign ing of raise petition, was .em- ployed this morning by the Jufieau Lulnbee Miiij
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
TO ENTER HOME

John A'bo2k. C.. Of C1rdova has been at St. Ann's Ho pital since Monday, awaiting favorable steam CT accommodations 10 Sitka, wHcye he will enter the Pioneers Home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25

Despite national reduction in all livestock in 1884, horses and sheep increased in Oklahoma, Peter Nell son, economist at Oklahoma A. and M. college, reported.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
ATTENTION RIFLEMEN

All persons wishing to enter the shoot on the rifle range Sunday will please register at the Juneau Young Hardware Co.
 JOHN w. JONES, President, adv. Juneau Rifle Association.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
FIRE AT JUDGES HOME

A chimney fire in &the residence of Judge c. F. Alexander, on Gold and Sixth Street, was extinguishcd without loss by the Juneau Fire Department early this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25

Kansas has been recognized of ficially by the department of agri- culture as the nineteenth state practically free of bovine tubercu- lOSiS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
Thirty-ihree Are Killed
 in India Mine Disaster

CALCUTTA, July 25.-Thirty- three persons were killed and 43 injured today in an explosion in a mine at Giridih
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
ARE HOUSE GUESTS
 OF WILLIAMS HERE

MT. and Mrs. L. E. Sutherland, of Pasadena, Cal, stopped off in Juneau from tho Alaska and care house guests for a week of MT. and Mrs M. D. Williams. sy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL

c. D. Strode. an A. J. employee, was admitted to St. Anns Hospital last night for treatment of back injuries sustained in fall
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25

DAILY EMPiRr wANJ ADS PAY.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25
NEW ORLEANS LEAVES, BUT
 NAVY IS HERE
More than $50 Destroyer Men Still in Port - B.
 000More May BeDue

cccntinued from Page one'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-25

Empire Classified Ads Pay.
Evening star., 1935-03-22

something of real value to our Capital
City.
Gained by Hard Work.
Dreaming dreams has been the
way that most Of the great things
in the world have been done, ana the
National Symphony Orchestra, which
brings so much that is good and so
much that is beautiful into the lives
OF the people of Washington, Is the
result of dreams.
But with the dreams have gone
year by year hard, practical work, and
back of everything Of beauty, no mat
ter what the art. lies years Of hard
work, whether it is the hard work of
the musicians and Of their leader, or
whether it is the hard work Of the
people who raise the money to pay
these men sufficiently we'll SO that they
NAV devote their time to the work
which gives us who listen to their per-
formances the ability again to dream
dreams.
"Year by year the number Of con-
tributors and subscribers has grown,
but it must grow even more If the goal
of 100000 is to be achieved this year,
and yet this is a conservative sum for
carrying on the work in the way
which will bring the best results.
$500 Attend Concerts.
ION Sunday afternoons the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra has pro-
vided during this past Winter at very
low admission prices $500 people with
really remarkable concerts. The chill
dren's concerts are packed to the
doors. The orchestra has gone from
here to many Southern places and
Evening star., 1935-03-22
MRS.. ROOSEVELT
MAKES APPEAL
Asks Funds for Symphony
In Radio Address Read
by Mrs. 0'Day.

In g radio speech delivered by her
close personal friend. Representative
Caroline O'Day Of Nc;y York, Mrs.
Franklin d. Roosevelt yesterday ap-
pealed to the citizens of the Capital
and the country to make the National
Symphony Orchestra's drive for q
100000 sustaining fund a success.
Unable to appear IN person because
OF the critical illness of the Presidents
secretary, Louis McHenry Howe, Mrs.
Roosevelt had requested MS. O'Day
to read her appeal over Station WRC
at the symphony's concert in Consti-
tuition Hall.
I'VE have been so busy in this
country making money" Mrs. RooSe-
velt said in her message, that we
have had little chance to realize what
it would mean to us as Nation to
develop a real understanding and en-
joyment OF music. This Is coming to
us now, but 1t can not come unless
we have the opportunity 10 listen to
good concerts and to hear a good
orchestra play good music. I hope
that we shall do whatever We can to
make this campaign successful aud
that in its success We will all feel
pride that We have contributed