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The Fan’s Corner
—
There ought to be two swell
games next Wednesday night to
mark the opening of the second
half of the series. In the first
game the Nome team and the
Hammon will clash. These two
teams have both improved since
the first half started.
The Nome team deplorably
weak in pitching and experienced
catching, have bolstered both de
rpartments until they must be con
6idered as dangerous contenders
for first place. At the last game
if you noticed Brousseau seemed
as strong i!n the seventh inning
as in the first and his condition
we really believe will improve
as we go into the second half.
Their infield, on the whole will
compare favorably with any
team on the floor.
As this column has repeatedly
mentioned aside from catching,
the Hammon is one of your J
strongest ball clubs and iin Ho- j
aner Roberts if the last game is!
■any criterion they seem to have j
I that problem adequately solved.
You can write your own ticked
on the outcome of the first con
test. Our guess is Hammon.
In the wind-up your two strong
teams meet, Alaskans and Com
mercials.
If Art Cabinboy can maintain
the fast pace he has set for him
self in the last two games, we
give the call to the Alaskans.
The Commercials are due for a
beating.
It has been reported that Cur
tis Jacobs has resigned as um
pire. We hope that Mr. Jacobs
has taken no offense at anything
printed in this column. Our’s is
a job of merely reporting and no
tiling personal is intended. Jake’s
honest and integrity needs no
man’s ballyhoo. No announce
ment has yet been made as to
his successor.
A thing happened in the Ham
mon-Commercial contest last
Wednesday night that we believe
deserves honorable mention.
In a close play at home plate
Umpire Nevin called the runner,
Fred Waid out. Unknown to the
umpire catcher for the Commer
cials, Carl Wourinen had drop
ped the ball. He immediately
made that fact known to the um
pire who rightly so, reversed his
decision. There fans was what
we call sportsmanship. Let’s give
Carl a great big hand!
We will try to have an an
nouncement as to umpires in the
next issue and let’s go for the
second half!
The Old Fan
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FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Fair and Continued old Tonight and Tuesday.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp — -1 Lowest t emp — -25 Precipitation 0.00
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight . -20 55 N-2 Clear
*am . -22 60 Calm Clear1
12:30 p m . -6 50 Calm Clear
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One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 20 Lowest temp — -16 Precipitation 0.14
Total precip this mo — 0.20 To tal pricip since Jan. 1 — 0.65
Tomorrow: Sunrise 8:08 am Sunset 4:24 pm
The Peninsula: Temp. Wind Weather
Candle . -30 Calm Clear
Council . -27 W-25 Clear
Golovin . -27 NW-3 Clear
Kotzebue . -48 Calm Clr, low fog
Solomon . -26 NW-24 Clear
Teller ..' -25 N-12 Clear
Wales . -30 NE-30 Clear]
Weather Elsewhere: 1:00 am Nome Time ’
Temp. Wind Weather Precip. |
Anchorage . 31 ENE-10 Cloudy 0.00
Pt. Barrow . 2 NE-10 Cloudy 0.00
Bethel . 40 SE-10 Rain 0.45
Dutch Harbor . 35 NE-13 Rain 0.13
Fairbanks . -9 SE-6 Pt Cldy 0.00
Cordova . 39 SE-15 Rain 0.26
Juneau .. 41 SW-10 Clear 0.00
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WEATHER SYNOPS16 AND GENERAL
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This morning there is a deep
area of low barometric pressure
in the North Pacific approximate
ly 100 miles east of Dutch Har
bor with higher pressure north
ward and indications of a well
defined center of high pressure
over eastern Siberia.
Cloudy and warmer weather
prevails over Southeastern half
of Alaska with some precipita
tion falling mostly along the
southern and southeastern coast.
Clear skies and much colder
weather over western half.
Conditions are favorable for
continued fair and colder during
the next 24 to 36 hours over the
Seward Peninsula.
Suggestion* and Criticisms Invited
Ski Activities
(Contributed)
In skiing as with other things
there is some virtue in making
up one’s mind and sticking to
it. Yet a Dry Creek rumor has
it that Nome skiers actually got:
up Sunday morning then went
back to bed without organizing
a trip to the ski cabin because
one or two enthusiast claimed
that it was too cold.
They should have been at Dry
Creek. It was only zero there
wiith a bright sun no wind and
plenty of smooth stretches of
hard but no icy snow. The cabin
was snug and it was pleasant to
sit at noon and discuss the fail
ings of the absent fellow-skiers
.
Among those present. One
drove a car within half a mile
of the cabin and the rest arriv
ed by deg team. Surely Nome
could produce enough more out
door minded people to load up a
sled for the cat.
There is some thought of a ski
meet to be held a little later on.
The skiers of Council are anxi
ous to come over and clean up.
And unless there is a little pract
icing done they will.
Some more comparisons—At
Anchorage the high school giv
es letters to its ski team. In Jun
eau there are so many skiers
that the ski area is patrolled by
proficient skiers who have tak
en the first-aid course. At Fair
banks university it is the lead
ing outdoor student activity.
Among local skiers Jonesy
holds first place as Slalom and
downhill man. Chuck O'Leary is
second Bud Slack third. The may
or Fred Kubon is a rapidy im
proving fourth. Few skiers des
cend the hills with the dash and
abandon displayed by Mr Kub
on and it is safe to predict that
if he doesn’t kill himself he will
be an ace skier by spring. The
Scandinavians have a definite
edge on the rest of us at cross
country work but even they
would be better off if they could
whip down the hills in a series
of smooth highspeed turns in
stead of riding the sticks or pick
ing their way slowly among thei
rocks. It is too early yet to com
ment on the progress of the girls.
And the high school has no chan
ce whatever against the Council
grade school this year at least
for the first two places in down
hill ski events.
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angle, the world doesn't look any better to Tony, versatile chim
panzee at St. I.ouis. Tony's doing head-stands in rehearsal for a
summer show starring the "chimps.”
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