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Les Rick S 500
for HiIIcrest
SetsLoop PATE
Ratxow, Strubonk Rank
Next; Leading Teams
Foil TO Place at Top

Team position has little TO do
with the batting averages in the
Twilight Leagues Red division,
a check of plate statistics in the
Softball loop revealed today.
Topping the leagues indivi-
dual standings is Les Rick, out
fielder for the third place Hill
crest team, who boasts seven sim
giles and a double in Is times at
bat for a 500 average. Repre-
sentatives of number of other
lOwer-plaCe outfits follow him
and the top man on the Leander
Cafe team, current leader in the
loop, ranks only eighth,
Hubarth & S c h { I, second
place ten, barely placed a man in
the first ten players on the hon
or roll, Jim McIntyre's .391 Civ
ing him 10th position.
PAIR TIE AT .462
Following Rick in the aver
age column are a pair of play
erS, Fred RatzoW of Nesbitt's
and Jack Strubank Of the Eagles,
both with .462 marks. Neither
fielder Ratzow nor pitcher Stru-
bank, Interestingly enough, have
anything but singles to their
credit.
Russ LaCroiX, rugged outfield-
er on the HillcreSt team and sec
ond-high scorer in the league,
boasts the top slugging average,
having blasted out three homers
and five singles in eight hits for
a .944 mark and a .444 batting
average.
Top scorer in the league is
Vance Crane, Eagles Shortstop,
who has crossed the plate II
times while compiling a 1886
batting mark. Twenty seven
players, representing six of the
seven teams in the league, are
listed on the honor roll. Only
Schwarzkoff, cellar occupant,
failed TO put man on the list.
The birthplace Eagles team tops
the group standings, placing six
men while Hillcrest, Leander
and Hubarth & SChott all have
five each.
Vino Hazard, Owls shortstop
who has poled out the most hits
in the league-ll-While having
% official times at bat, captured
fifth place honors with a .440
mark helped along by two dou-
bles and a homer. Wilbert (Bud)
Weier Of Nesbitts Jagged only
slightly behind with a .438 fig
ure.
Only players who have taken
part in at least four games we're
considered in compiling the av-
eragcs.
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Leo DurOcher
Exponent Of Free Speech

signed with the Brooks and today
couldn't him for Sl50000 Since he virtually
fondng Cardinals being born in ST. Louis
hearing Cardinal offcaldom risky hamburger
carnival Just for the sake of the records Reiser
batting 1857 and leading the loop Tear-jekng words
to the Cards, those
MEDWICK AVERAGE PUTS CARDS TO SHAME
there is "Ducky" Medw1ck, who got his name at
Cardinal farm because he walked like animal
name In 1910 he sold to the Dodgers and
promptly raised his batting 38 while driving in
Currently he's stitching $50 figure than
any member of the st. Louis sewing circle.
Add to the of these batting leaders such figures
Curt Davis and Mickey Owen Davis thrown in the Med
wick deal proving he has plenty Of stuff this and Owen
despite his infamous world boot remains the Dodgers
No 1 catcher, and triple plated that native Mis-
souran he has probably had several good laughs
the Redbirds expense.
Last and Ernest Durocher basebars
exponent of free speech Once the National Leagues lead
Ing shorsop while with the Cardinals Durocher has several
legs the talking championship Only special
match between Lppy and frankie Frsch IF the Pirates
is needed to decide the title
Durocher is the insult added to injury. It's bad enough
for the Cards whipped by the Dodgers they
four of their recent series But to have to lose to
the accompaniment Of the inevitable Durocher chn-music
bitter medicine, indeed
little smooth the gravel that lies
between the two clubs His conversation such
about as smooth as No. 10 sandpaper
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The Monifor-Leader
WEDNESDAY, JUNE "a, 1912 PAGE
In This Corner
CARDINALS TWO SMART FOR OWN GOOD:
: KEY BROOK PLAYERS FORMERLY
REDBIRO NESTLlNGS
BY DENNIS BROWN

For number of years now the St Louis Cardinals have
the widest purveyor of out baseball
flesh country Branch Hickey, Billy SOuhworth
etc. admittedly been sharp traders Among
other things you'll recall they sold the welrayed arm OF
Jerome Dizzy" Dean for Sl8500 to the Chicago Cubs
while the Cubs have frequently mistaken the lame,
the blind baseball players, and vice versa
the only victims of the ST. Louis club S
shangans A nice system has kept the Redbirds
supplied rapidly players passed their peak
they off the Cards roster usually for of
goose-eggs.
CONSUMPTION OF ASPIRIN SLIGHTLY INCREASED
But. the consumption of aspern around Sportsmen S
this should be greatly increased and the palm
slightly essened Last you'll recall the Brooklyn
the Cardinals for the National League
pennant like the second stanza this
And if that happens the Cardinals will have but
many horsetrader before them they got
too smart to be smart
quick glance at the Dodger roster reveals that the
morning Ebbes Field must look like June
Glasses 384l of Hickey University Five vital mem
Dodger formerly toured with the ST. Louis
troupe subsidiaries.
example young Pete Reiser last years N. l..
batting champion Joe Duky Medwck who played the
role in the 1887 loop production.
Young Mr.. Reiser is indeed wound to the Cardinals
pride At time he the property OF the ST Louis club
but Commissioner KeneSaw M Lands of major league
baseball ruled Reser and 100 other players
free agents. and Pete, %, his
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HIKE

Batteries. Bar bY-LCggott and
KOlozVari. PesChke - Lovalvo
and BOurdage.
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NJ L. Question: Who's Most
Kaluable--on Dodgers Team

was tied at the time and French
pitched shutout ball for the rest
Of the way and also set off the
winning rally.
The New York Yankees came
out of their slump by nosing out
the st. Louis Browns 6-5 with a
14-hit barrage including three
safetics by Joe Gordon and a
like number by Joe DiMaggio
The Browns succeeded in belt
ing Alley Donald off the mound
with a three-run uprising in the
eighth, but it was insufficient.
TIGERS LOSE
The Boston Red SOx smashed
the Detroit Tigers into submis-
sion 60 with Oscar Judd scat
tering eight hits and himself
getting one of Boston's three
home runs. Ted Williams hit
one, his 18th Of the season, and
Jim Tabor the other.
The Cleveland Indians also
collected three homers in over
towering the Philadelphia Ath-
letics rs. The Tribes round
trippers were by Oris Hockett,
Les Fleming and Ken Keltner.
The AS made four runs in the
fifth inning when Bob Johnson
homered with two aboard.
The Cincinnati Reds, who had
won ID of their last II games
and were hopeful of g e tt i n &
within sight of the Dodgers dur
ing their eastern invasion, were
rudely shut out by the New
York Giants TO as Bill Lohr-
man pitched a four-hitter.
The Chicago Cubs captured
free-hitting affair from the Phil
adelphia Phils "a although out
hit 1912. The big blow in the
Bruins assault was a three-run
homer by Lou Novikoff.
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FunbIeLeag|ue
in The Groove

The tumble Softball League,
leading exponent Of Brooklyn
ish play in Mount Clemens,
opened its loop play last night
strictly in the groove.
Barney's Tailors set a season
scoring record for recreation
leagues by pounding out IS runs
for a ISL victory on the Eagles
Diamond, over Richards Roof
erS.
The losers got only three scat
tered hits off a pair of Tailor
hurlerS, Kepsel and Pegelo, who
combined for five hitleSs frames.
Unable to muster more than
half their team for the play, the
Roofers picked up several men
and scored one run during the
first inning, after Smith had
tripled, to make the game look
close for a few minutes. The
Tailors took a 81 lead in the
first frame but eight runs in the
merit inning gave an idea of the
shape of things to come.
The winners, paced by first
baseman Louie Dopp who got
five hits in six times up, inClud-
ing a pair of triples, scored in
every inning save the last while
piling up % hits.
Tailors 283 1928 O-25 % 2
Roofing 100 600 o 3 !
Batteries: Tailors - Kepsel,
Pegclo and Reh, Roofers-Rick-
ard and Kuser.
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SohbaII
Schedule
WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY
Blue - Covered Wagon VS..
Merchants at st. Mary's.
Red - Leander VS.. Eagles at
Griffith.
Junior-Merchants VS.. Gasow
Boat at Consumers.
THURSDAY
Blue - Bar 50 VS.. Sears at
st. Mary's; Peschke VS.. Spruce
Inn at Covered Wagon.
Red - II. & 5. VS.. SchwarZ-
koff at Griffith.
Junior - A. a. w. VS.. Kres-
ge's at Consumers.
tumble - OptimiSts VS.. Bar
ney's at Eagles Diamond.
FRIDAY
Blue - Merchants VS.. Bust
ness Men at St Mary's.
Red-Hillcrest VS.. Owls Club
at Griffith.
Junior - Monitor-Leader VS..
l.. & G. at Consumers.
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Kayo Morgan Seeks
9Th Straight Win

DETROIT, June "a - Up -
Kayo Morgan, ancient Detroit
featherwcight in the midst Of
boxing comeback, meets Carl
Fosnaugh of Toledo tonight in
the feature of a ring program
at Mack Park. Morgan has
seven straight victories.
In one of the supporting bouts
Bill Eddy Of Flint meets Leroy
Andrews of Detroit.
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Additional
Sports News
Additional sports news -
both local and national-will
be found on Page Z.
Girls Take 11th
Straight Win
Diamond Crystol
14-3 Victim Here

If other teams in the girls
Blue Water Softball League are
getting just bit discouraged,
the cause is obvious.
For the Fisher Towers team
of Mount Clemens, defending
h m pi ion, has consistently
trounced all opposition by fat
margins and last night continued
to over ride the opposition in
fine style with a 1913 victory
over the invading Diamond Crys-
tai team on Shadyside diamond
The Vi tory was the 18th
straight in league opposition for
the girls, who pounded out l8
hits, led by Jerry Quandt and
Keitha Campbell Jerry, the left
shOrtstop, homered with two on
her seventh circuit bloW-for
one Of her four hits in four
times at bat. Catcher Keitha had
four singles in four trips.
STRIKES OUT 8
Jean Randolph, pitching for
Manager Bill LaCrOix's team,
struck out nine batters.
Next game for the Towers ten
is on Friday at Port Huron The
schedule calls for a Thursday
clash, but at the request of Port
Huron, the game was delayed a
day. The girls will meet at Man
ager LaCroiX's house, los Park,
at 6 o'clock,
ID. Crystal 10 00I o. 3 8 4
+. Towers $50 Sol x-l4 18 8
Batteries: Diamond Crystal
BostiCk and Wolf. Fisher Tow
ers-Randolph and Campbell.
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BY JUDSON BAILEY
Associated Press Sports writer

The Brooklyn Dodgers have
erased virtually all question of
the cir retaining the National
League pennant, but they are
giving their fans something to
ponder nthe way Of batting and
most valuable player hOnorS.
Pete Reiscr and Joe MedWick
are away out in front of every
one else in the league in batting
and it is generally conceded
that they are the two foremost
candidates for recognition this
year as the most valuable play
er in the league.
FRENCH VALUABLE
But the records would seem
to show that laughing Larry
French is just about as valuable
as any other one man on the
Dodgers. Fro C h always has
been around when needed and
last night in the game with the
Pirates, when Whitlow Wyatt
couldn't get his throwing arm
loosened up, Larry was tagged
in from the bull pen at the start
Of the third inning. The score
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BATTLES IN BASKETBALL

NEW YORK - Cliff Battles
will serve as head basketball
coach at Columbia. The famous
back and assistant football men
tor takes over for Lieut.. Paul
Mooney, now a physical instruct
or in the Naval Air Corps.
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Blue Leader
Warns up for
Clutch Battle
Bor 50 Hands Pesehke
1913 Loss, Sears 10
is Thursday Opponent

Bar 90, only team with per-
feet record in the three softball
leagues that have been operating
over the past month, warmed up
for its clutch battle last night by
bouncing the Peschke Sausage
team, 1913 to maintain an unde-
feated mark in the Twilight Soft
ball Leagues Blue Division.
The tavern ten will clash with
Danny Sears second-place out
fit on Thursday at st. Mary's
diamond. Sears team has been
defeated only once, that by the
league leader.
Last nights clash on the Cow
cred Wagon diamond saw Marv
Leggett holding the losers to
three scattered hits, while his
teammates opened a five-run
lead in the opening inning and,
marching on through, scored at
least three runs in five frames.
FOUR FOR FOUR
Bud Moore, who got four for
four during the evening, homer
ed in the second inning and third
bascman Pete Heller followed
up with a triple. Harry AL
brecht's single pushed Heller
across and Arnie Helner doubled
"Mushy" in, for Bar SOS heav-
iest-hitting frame.
The losers scored once in the
third and added a pair more in
the fourth, John Barry's double
being responsible for one tally.
Les Verscheurcn, with three
for four. followed Bud Moore in
plate hOnors. Moore had a hom-
or, double and two singles in
four official trips. Seven errors
on the part Of the Peschke out
fit CCDtriblItpd 70 their lose
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KNOWS WHERE TO RUN

PHILADELPHIA &C h u k
Klein is just the man to stand in
the coach's box and tell what
few PhilS get on base what to do
next. The old outfielder holds
the goth century National League
record for runs scored in a sea-
sOn-58 for the PhilS of 1890.
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QUEXON HOME

LEESBURG, VA. 60 Belmont,
former horse breeding farm of
the late Edward B. Mclean, has
become the home Of President
Manuel Quezon of the Philip
pines.
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Owls Spring
Upset, Whip
Mesbitts Ten

Spanking Nesbitt's with a 6-3
win, the up-and-down Owls Club
turned in surprising upset last
night as they won their second
game of the e son, at st.
Mary's Stadium. The clash was
Red division tilt in the Twi-
light Softball League.
Though seldom able to win,
the Owls have frequently given
opposing teams the shivers, the
last occasion being when they
nearly whipped the strong H. &
S. outfit last Friday.
Bernie Ballantine opened the
scoring in the second frame for
the Owls, a fielder's h o e,
stolen base and two errors Civ
ing him a run. Don Baarck trip
led for Nesbitt's, however, to tie
the count up when he scored on
a passed ball.
NEVER HEADED
A single followed by Gerry
Lozens triple in the second gave
the Owls the start on a 81 lead
and they were never headed.
The winners added another run
in each of the fourth, fifth and
sixth innings.
Meanwhile the losers put
pair of singles together in the
siXth-by Smrcina and Schwartz
for a run and threatened brief
ly in the seventh when a pair of
errors contributed to a run by
Wandt. The defeat dropped Mes
bits from third place into a tie
for fourth. Both teams got six
hits, the Owls collecting theirs
in three groups of two.
Owls $500. 012 III % 6 4
Nesbitt's 010 0O1 1-3 6 7
Batteries: Owls - Lozen and
Babe. Ncsbitts-Weier and Es-
chenburg.
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HEADED FOR 1000

BOSTON-When Paul Waner
draws his 18th base on balls this
year the veteran outfielder of
the Boston Braves will join Mel
OFT as the only big Lacquer with
1000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
0pA ISSUES NEW ORDER,
 GAS RATION
Regulation BewieIdering to Motorists in East
 ern Siates

WASHINGTON, Dec. l8.-Gaso- line sales in the East Coast area of the United States where critical shortage exists were limited today to generally the amount obtainable for one coupon from the ration books.
 No restriction has been placed on the sales to commercial vehicles, the Office of Price Administration said. Motorists can use only one coupon out of their ration hoods for fuel for emergency" use, but the OPA gave no definition of "emer- gency." Neither did the OPA reveal how it would keep the motorists from using single coupons at diff ferent filling stations.
 At the time the OPA order was issued, the President was telling re- porters that he had not yet seen the regulation. He said that pros pective suspension of all cards for temporary time was possible.
 The OPA made no mention of the suspension of A cards which move was reported to be under considera- ton in a tense night session of the OPA and War Petroleum Adminis- tration officials.
 Roosevelt said the reason for a curtailment of gasoline for less es- sential uses in the East is the demand for shipments to North Africa, that while we are using all available means of transporta- ton to get gas to the East Coast" the immediate need of gas at ports of authorization along the eastern seaboard for transportation to Afri- ca necessitates curtailing consump- tion there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
0pA JOB IS STILL OPEN,
 FOR HINTS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. - The President offered no clue today as to when Leon Henderson might be formally succeeded as Price Ad- ministrator.
 He told a questioner that the rationing machinery is being over hauled and revised. It is believed that the next Price Administrator will replace the drastic rationing rules with more voluntary controls.
 At first the President said he didn't know what was coming in the way of changes in rationing then went on to note that it is time there were revisions He cited as an example the new curtailment of gas in the East
 Asked about the possibility that Prentiss Brown, Senator defeated in the recent election, might get the job which Henderson has sur rendered, the President said there was nothing on that at the present time. Asked whether there was a further possibility that Henderson's price fixing and rationing duties might be divided and given to two separate individuals, Roosevelt re- piled that he hadn't the faintest idea
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
BOY SCOUTS ENJOY
 TREASURE SCRAMBLE

Fourteen Boy Scouts of Juneau Troop SIP participated in an ex- citing mystery treasure hunt, held last Wednesday evening and end- ing up at the Alaska-Juneau board ing house in Jualpa Basin.
 Divided up into two teams of seven each, the boys followed eight sets of directions and travelled over mile at night, following tn e mystery trail" by Morse code di- rections.
 Time required to complete the hunt by the winning team was 36 minutes, Joe Werner, Scoutmaster, said. At the A-J boarding house, Mrs. Tex Lovett helped entertain the Scouts at the party which ter minated the hunt.
 At the skiing instruction held last Sunday, eight Scouts were present, MT. Werner said. The group will meet again at the same place this coming Sunday to con- tinue work on fundamentals. Scouts interested should be at the slalom cabin on the Douglas ski trail al l0:30 am, unless the weather is too severe, MT. Werner an nounced.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
FIRST ALCAN
 TRAvELER ON
 VISIT HERE E

A. Wilfrid Carriviau, of Seattle, globe trotting chef who was the first civilian to have the honor Of travelling out over the new Alcan Highway, was a Juneau visitor to- day.
 Carriviau, who is a chef because he likes to travel, has been to Pearl Harbor twice since the Jap attack and also has served at Mid way and other Pacific bases. At present he is employed on mill tary vessel serving in Alaskan waters.
 He has visited 28 different for eign countries on his tours, came to Alaska last August where he was employed as chef at a civil ian construction camp at Dead mans Creek, "one-truck" stopping place on the Alcan road. He went out over the new road last month, arriving in Edmonton on Novem- Der T, on his way to Seattle for treatment for frost bite.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
FINE PROGRAM E
 ENJOYED BYC. OF C., ROTARY CLUB

The Juneau RotarianS and mem bers of the Chamber of Com merce celebrated their annual get together with a fine dinner pro- gram last night in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel, about 80 per- sons attending. Many guests were present at the stag. The High School orchestra played three numbers to start the pro- gram off and then Biologist Charles E. Gillham of the Alaska Game Commission gave talk on bird life and showed motion pie lures, many of them taken in the Canadian Arctic.
 Both President Charles w. Car ter of the Chamber, and Gillham, no amateur in the line, really cut loose and slugged it out with tall stories. Carter, who holds an award, given jointly to him and Executive Officer Frank Dufresne of the Game Commission in a Liars Club match, found the com petition pretty tough last night according to Rotary Club President Don Skuse.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
HEARING IN
 SHOOTING 10
 BE MONDAY

Mrs. T. J. Scott, charged with assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the wounding of her husband, Juneau non-com- missioned naval officer last Mon day, has been arraigned in U. s. Commissioner Court and bail set at $2,50O
 She is being represented by R. E. Robertson and M E. Monagle. A preliminary hearing in the case has been set for next Monday af- ternoon at o'clock, Commissioner Felix Gray said.
 Mrs. Scott claims that the shoot ing was an accident. Her husband, recovering in St. Ann's Hospital, is reported to be past the danger point.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
SEE GREAT FUTURE FOR
 TERRITORY
Foreign Policy Association Reports on Post
 War Chances

WASHINGTON. Dec. 18,-An im- portant place for Alaska in the na- tion's postwar reconstruction is visualized by the Foreign Policy Association which declared that such place will go to the Territory provided the development and set- clement can proceed simultaneously
 The association said survey ii has made showed Alaska could nc longer be considered a remote ap- bondage to the United States, useful only for its enormous wealth that can be pumped out of it.
 "The long established domination of steamship, mining and fishing industries over the political and economic life of the Territory can not be overstressed," the association said.
 The report advocated as postwar projects that farming areas be de- veloped and extended and the nor nal population growth be encour- aged by new industries. It advocates a revaluation of the fishing industry in view of finding new uses for fish products with an effort to extend the fishing season over the entire year.
 "Wasteful and obstructive dual ism between Federal and Territorial officials exists in the branches of government, some of which should be eliminated by consolidation" the re- port stated
 The association added that tax reform and road program also should be brought about.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
THIRTY SIX
 ARRIVE HERE
 FROM SITKh

Arrivals here from Sitka this morning were Elmer Osborn, Mrs E. Osborn, Mrs Viola Eskesen Bodile Eskesen, John Klingbeil Mrs. J. Klingbeil, Marjorie Kling- bell, George Collins.
 Minnie Knight, John Mutch, Mrs J. Mutch, Malcolm Miller. Mrs. M Miller, Leo Solomon, Amby Fred erick, Mrs. Audre Porlier, Lieut.. V w. Porlier, Pvt. McManus, Pvt Coldicutt, Pvt. Clemens, Ivan Re zek, Mrs. I. Rezek.
 A. Van Mavern, Tom Morgan Jack Garrett, Ernest Sellman James Larson, John Scott, Mrs J. Scott, J. Lester, F. Bello, B. c Gomez, L. Lopez, J. Fulgencia Emile Brabander.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
ROBERT STROUD, JUNEAU SLAYER,
 IS TRANSFERRED
Man Now Past 50, Has Spent B Years in SoIi-
 tary Confinement

LEAVENWORTH, Kansas, Dec. 18.-Robert F. Stroud, who has spent the past 26 years in solitary con- finement in Leavenworth Peniten- tiary, has been transferred to an other undisclosed prison. He is now past SO years.
 Stroud was first convicted of kill ing a man at Juneau, Alaska, in 1910. in a jealous rage over dance hall girl.
 In prison he killed a guard and was sentenced to hang but sentence was reduced to solitary confinement by President Wilson.