The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-07
BASEBALL OPENER PLANS COMPLETED,
 FIREMEN MEETING
Mill Appoints Group 10 Furnish Material for
 Douglas Beath

The monthly Firemens meeting got underway last night with com mittee reports and final prepara- tions for the seasons opening base ball game.
 Relative to furnishing the club room with new furniture, the fire men agreed that the present pieces would require so much in the way of repairs that it would be more profitable to wait and buy new furnishings at later date. Howard Dilg reported that three hand pumps for the small boat harbor were on order and that other im- provements for the harbor and docks remained under considera- tion. Jim Orme reported the base ball field to be in fair playing shape following the recent clean up by firemen.
 Joe Werner's proposal to form a baseball school for Juneau's younger prospects was approved by unanimous vote.
 Werner plans to conduct school ing sessions for the young players beginning about the first of this summer, which is intended to in- clude the formation of a wooden face club for young hurlers as proposed by Dr. James Ryan, Terri torial Commissioner of Education two weeks ago. Through this medium 1t is possible that an ex- hibition with the teenage wood en-face" winner from Seattle can be arranged.
 Tn addition to the development of a local "wooden-face" contest, coaching in all fields of baseball will be included in Werner's plan, in which he will be assisted by other local ball players.
 M. P. Mullaney, head of the Gastineau Baseball League, reiter- ated his desire that consumption of alcoholic beverages by specta- tors be held to minimum this season.
 Opening Game Battery
 O, R. Cleveland, league vice. president. named four of the Sun day game starters, any of which could profitably be signed by the major leagues, Mayor Waino Hen drickson will toss the first ball with U. s. Attorney P. J. Gilmore, Jr, catching the expected fire-ball. Judge Holzheimer will be umpire in chief backing up the catcher. and Fire Chief Mill will be the first base-ruler on the field. It was generally agreed at the meet that the construction of a fence to equalize the home run distances in right and left fields would not be undertaken in the immediate future.
 Curtis Shattuck, chairman of Boy Scout activities in this area, said that participation of the scouts in ticket sales would not be definitely known until after the district com mittee meeting Saturday.
 L. V. Card was voted concession rights at the park for an esti- mated two to three year period in return for furnishing a ticket taker at the games and the con- struciion of portable refresh ment stand to be used at the park The definite period for which the concession rights will be held is to be decided by Card and the firemen's ground committee.
 It was passed that the fire de- partment would not be respon- sible for league umpire payment this season, and that compliment tary tickets would be furnished to players and their families.
 Douglas Beach Work
 Chief Mill appointed commit tee of Spike MacLean, Frank Heinke, Herman Porter, Jim Orme and Ellis Reynolds to make ar- engagements for the provision of recreation material for the propos- ed Douglas Beach, being jointly undertaken by the city if Juneau and Douglas. The primary objec- tive in this field is to provide amusement for children visiting the beach.
 It was also voted to investigate further the proposed purchasing of some cyclone fencing from the city. The fencing can be had at a bargain price and can be put to good advantage at later date, Mill said.
 In the way of concentrations, firemen praised the Alaska Coastal Airline crews for the excellent handling of their recent fire before the firemen could arrive Mill pointed out that the Alaska Coastal crews proved to De excellently trained in accepted fire-fighting routines, and added that other or uarizatio,1c in tha oify chntrld cfriya