VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 237.
SEWARD. ALASKA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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BEITS ST, LOUIS
RECORD CROWD SEES YANKS
TAKE CARDINALS FIRST
GAME OF SERIES
NEW YORK, Oct., 4, (JP)—Crip
pled but still playing champion
ship baseball the Yankees made
their hits count and beat St.
Louis four to one in the opening
game of the V/orld’s Series beiore
a record crowd unofficially esti
mated at 75,000.
IIOYT MASTERFUL
NEW YORK„ Oct., 4, (A5)—Aided
by sparkling defense work Hoyt,
in spite of his wildness, pitched a
masterful game holding the Cards
hitless for the first four innings
and stopping the rally in the 3th
when reserves were rushed in and
striking out six men.
Sherdel was twice the victim of
Hoyt’s change of pace, vvnen Sher
del retired for a pinch-hitter in
the 8th he had better control but
could’nt get past the big Bertha
Yankee in the first and 3rd
innings rUSliwise hurled a hit
less game.
The crowd filled the Stadium
nearly to capati*. j# and unofficial
ly it was considered beyond the
former mark set in the same park
two years ago when 63,600 fans
attended.
HITS, RUNS. ERRORS
Yankees—Four runs, seven hits
and no errors.
Cardinals—One run, three hits
and one error.
FIRST INNING
Cardinals—Douthit wrent out to
Lazzeri to Gehrig. High sent up a
y high fly to Pachal; Frisch to Koe
nig for the third out. No runs,
hits of errors.
Yankees—Paschal flied to Haf
ey; Koenig flied to Hafey; Ruth
hit into right field for a double, the
first hit of the series. Ruth
scored on Gehrig’s double to the
right field bleacher fence. Muesel
sent up a high fly to Frisch. One
run, two hits and no errors.
SECOND INNING
Cardinals—Bottomley drew free
pass; Hafey fanned and Harper
flied to Paschal, Hoyt tossing out
Wilson at 1st. No runs, hits, errors.
Yankees—Lazzeri sent a long
fly to Hafey near the left field
barrier. Dugan up; Frisch tossed
out Dugan. Bengough up with
Frisch taking his bouncer throw
ing him out. No runs, hits, errors.
THIRD INNING
Cardinals—Maranville up; Ruth
took his fly. Sherdel fouled out to
Dugan; Bengough took Douthits
pop fly near the Cards bench for
a thrilling catch. No runs hits or
errors.
Yanks—Maranville made a won
derful catch of Hoyt’s pop foul
near the left field fence, douthit
snared Paschal’s high fly and
'.Frisch tossed out Koenig. No runs,
hits or errors.
* ... FOURTH INNING
. Cards—High fanned out with
three balls called; Frisch popped
out to Bengough who racer to the
screen to make the catch. Bot
tomley grounded out to Gehrig un
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Big German Airship
May Sail F&r U. S.
Sunday Weather 0 K
BERLIN, Oct. 4. (/P)—The dirigi
ble ‘Graf Zeppelin” wiH sail for
ihe United States Sunday officials
have announced. Only unfavora
ble weather conditions will delay
departure.
ALL POINTS OF COMPASS TO
SPEAK
ALBANY O'" V i'v ..
Al Smith i- iyor.ee ding with the
mapping out of his enmonign and
idans along the lines which are bc
.ieved most effective in the light of
experience gained from the fust
two weeks of invasion of the West
while keeping silent on the number
of speeches he expects to deliver
beginning next week and where
they take him.
He expects to start a course
around the eastern half of the
country, probably taking a dip into
[ho solid South dcIotv touching the
border States arid trie* ..ill com
plete the circle with speeches in
more Northern States.
WIFE THROWS ARMS AROUND
HUSBAND AND BOTH RE
CEIVE HIGH VOLTAGE
SUDBURY, Ont., Oct. 4, (A5)—In
an attempt to remove a discarded
radio airial from a power line car
rying 4000 volts caused the death
of a man and his wife while the
neighbors looked helplessly on.
vr>v.k Gc-rvaerts was returning
from work when he saw his wife
attemnflng to remove a sputtering
wire with a mop handle. lie rrn
from his car and seized the stick
just as his wife warned him that
the wire was alive. It dangled oh
he mon handle and twisted av-.nnd
bis wrist. He fell to the ground
with the wire still around him
while his wife threw her arms
about him and received t •• • f 'll
foi ce ot the electric charge
The v i. e had been tqssed aside
1 v carpenters reshingling the roof
and had caught on the line.
TO BE WELCOMED
•TiV YORK, Oct. 4, (A*)—Official
mn will be given Hassell and
-amer when they arrive here,
r Whalen, chairman of the
Mayor's Reception Committee, an
’.lunr.ed.
Rockford Flyers Say
f Make Am
Atlantic At
CO"r?NHAGEN, Oct. 4. UP)—Bert
Ilasse'1 and Parker Cramer of j
3?oe!:ford, Iil., who landed on j
Greenland, sailed for America as1
guests ol the Scandinavian-Ameri- I
can Line. Before leaving they reit
erated that they desided to make
another attempt to fly the Atlantic
next year.
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t v<vrtttknTON. Oc4 4 I/p)—With
'• is attention centered upon present
exigencies of the campaign, Her
bert Hoover is leaving to the futuie
his precise program for the closing
days of the presidential contest.
Hh chief concern at this time is
the eastern sectors from which he
has received varying reports as the
lookout from some of these are of
a very pessimistic, nature while otn
lers are less gloomy.
Assessing the whole Hoover is
J convinced that the real fight v/ili
he along the eastern Atlantic sea
board from New Jersey to the point
where the rock-lined shores of
Maine begins.
SCIENTISTS TO HUNT
DEADLY SEA SERPENTS
A, year’s voyage in search of specimens for the Field
Museum in Chicago will lx? begun by ythe Crane Pacific
Expedition this month. Above is a map showing the
route to be covered. Cornelius Crane (lower left) will
head the expedition, which will use his yacht, the
“Illyria. ’ Karl P. Schmidt, assistant curator in charge
of reptiles at the Field Museum of Natural History will
lead the scientific section.
POT OF SOLD FDR
VICTORIOUS TEI
QUARTER MILLION IN GOLD IS
RAINBOW’S END FOR WIN
NERS OF SERIES
NEW YORK, Oct., 4, (£>)—'The
series of facts which face the con
tenders, the St. Louis Nationals
and the New York Americans at
the conclusion of the present ser
ies, is the prize baseball champion
ship of the world and about a
quarter of a million dollars to be
divided among the players.
The chedule of games in New
York will be today and tomorrow
and in St. Louis on the eventh,
eigth and ninth. They play in New
York again on the ii and 12th.
The series ends when either
club wins four games.
The rival managers, William Me
Ketchnie of St. Louis, and Milller
Huggins of New York, are both as
confident a the fans could wish.
The umpires will be Owen and
McGowan of the American League
and Rigler and Pfirman of the
National League.
The capacity of the Yankee Sta
dium is 75,000 and Sportsmen Park
45,000. Postponements will be play
ed the next day on the grounds
where occuring.
OFF HEWFOUIIIUB
: BIG VESSEL BOUND FOR BOS
' TON IN THE GRIP MIGHT!
GALE
i STEAMSHIP AMERICA, Oct., 4.
j (/P)—46:10 North latitude, 34:30
West longitude, proceeding West
the Dutch steamship Celaeno is In
distress and sinking in a north
west gale and high rough sea.
Her position is doubtful but the
vessel may have bearings on a
radio compass station.
This message was sent to the As
sociated Press by Captain George
Field at 5 o’clock yesterday morn
ing, Eastern standard time. The
position of the ship is approxi
mately 1,000 miles east of New
foundland. The Celaeno sailed for
Boston from Rotterdam on Septem
ber 25.
IT
FROM BERING STRAI
TO SI DIEGO ON BET
WENT WTHOUT SLEEP FOR 7»
HOURS SAYS CHARLEY OS
BORNE, IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Oct., 4, (A*)—A strange
tale of a race down the coast from
Bering Strait to San Diego for the
fum of $3,000 was told by Charky
Osborne who said he had run here
in a 16-foot dory equipped with a
five h. p. motor.
Osborne said, “I was once without
sleep for 78 hours for I traveled
alone.” He declared he has the
bet up with E. E. Hatch, Alaskan.