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VOLUME XXIII, NUMBER 216. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WEES TIE FIRST
GAME WORLD SERIES
PROM THE PIRATES
BAD THIRD INNING SPELLED
DOOM TO PIRATES IN OPEN.
ING GAME
FORBES FIELD, Oct. 5. <£>)—'The
New York Yankees defeated the Pitts
burgh Pirates by a score of five to
four in the opening game of the world
series before a record-breaking crowd
of 45,000 fans. Pittsburgh lost large
ly thru the bad third inning when the
winners scored three runs on one hit,
two errors and two bases on balls.
Neither of the starting pitchers, Ray
Kremer for the Pirates and Waite
Hoyt for the Yankees, was able to
finish. The two right handed aces
saw John Mil jus and Wiley Moore
pitching at the finish.
The box score for the Yankees five
runs, six hits and one error; for the
Pirates four runs, nine hits and two
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errors.
FIRST INNING
Yankees—Combs bit a long fly to
Barnhart; Koenig fanned, Ruth sing
led to right; Smith tried to catch
Rutb off first but Babe slid back.
Rutb scored on Gehrig’s triple to right.
It was a short fly but P. Waner over
ran it. P. Waner took Meusel’s long
fly.
One run, two hits, no errors.
Pirates—L. Waner was hit by a
pitched ball; Barnhart lines out to
Ruth; P. Waner doubled to right, L.
Waner going to third. The crowd
was frantic as L. Waner scored on
Wright’s sacrifice fly to Combs. P.
Waner going to third; Travnor flied
to Ruth who made a fine catch.
One run, one hit, no errors.
SECOND INNING
Yankees—Lazzeri sent a high foul
to Traynor; Dugan flied to Granthan
and Collins walked; Grantham threw
out Hoyt at first.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Pirates—Grantham walked; Lazzeri
took Harris’s grounder and touched
Grantham and then threw out Harris
at first for a double play. Smith out,
Lazzeri to Gehrig.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
THIRD INNING
Yankees—Grantham threw out
Combs at first; Grantham fumbled
Koenig’s grounder and Koenig arrived
safe at first; Ruth singles sending
Koenig to third; Gehrig walked filling
the bases; Meusel walked scoring
Koenig; the bases are still full; Ruth
scored when Lazzeri was forced out,
Meusel to Wright to Grantham; Geh
rig scored on an attempted double
steal; Lazzeri going to third when
Smith let Traynor’s throw go through
him; Smith was chalked up with an
error, Dugan lined out to Barnhart.
Three runs, one hit, tw'o erors.
Pirates—Koenig doubled to right;
L. Waner flied to Meusel; Meusel
dropped Barnhart’s fly but Kremer
was held at second; Kremer scored on
P. Waner’s single to center; Barnhart
halting at second; Wright forced out
P. Waner, Lazzeri to Koenig, Barn
hart going to third; Traynor forced
out Wright, Koenig to Lazzeri.
One run, two hits, one error.
FOURTH INNING
Yankees—Collins flied to L. Waner;
Hoyt flied out to P. Waner; Barnhart
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FANS TURNED AWAY
| FORBES FIELD, Oct. 5. (/p)—With
I a record Pittsburgh crowd of nearly
45,000 looking on the world series
j opened. A thousand fans were disap
pointed when unable to get tickets.
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HOYT AND COLLINS, KRAMER
AND SMITH, BATTERIES FOR
TODAY’S GAME
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5. (JF)—One of
the fairest of October days with mod
erate cool temperature and bright sun
shine greeted thousands of baseball
fans for the first of the world series
game. Sunshine, along with a tem
perature of 70 made the fans comfor
table. The lineups are: Pittsburgh;
L. Waner, C. F.; Barnhart, L. F.; P.
Waner, R. F.; Wright, S. S.; Traynor,
3 B.; Grantham, 2 B.; Harris, 1 B.;
Smith, Kremer, P.
New York. Combs, C. F.; Koenig,
S. S.; Ruth, R. F.; Gehrig, 1 B.; Mue
sel, L. F.; Lazze-ri, 2 B.; Dugan, 3 B.;
Collins, C.; Hoyt, P.
Umpires: Ernest Quigley, Dick Mal
lin, Charles Moran and Emmet Orms
by.
N. Y. TEMPERATURE
NEW YORK, Oct. 5. (#»)—'The tem
perature here yesterday reached a
minimum of 67 and a maximum of 81.
MILLIONS FOR N. Y.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5. (/F)—The ten
tative sum of $490,000,000 was set by
the budget committee as the amount
necesary to run New York City.
REPUBLIC!) HAVE I
| BREAKFAST WHITE
j ROUSE, COOLIE
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NATIONAL COMMMITTEEMEN AND j
PRESIDENT'S TALK IS UNRE- j
PORTED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. (JF)—A J
group of Republican National Com
mitteemen were breakfast guests of
President Coolidge at the White
House but said neither the President’s
statement, he does not choose to run
for reelection nor any other political
, subject, was discussed. There had
| been predictments in some quarters
, that Coolidge might take advantage
of the opportunity to amplify the much |
discussed statement. The committee
men included William H. Butler, chair
! man of the National Committee; Wil- ]
| liam Hodges, treasurer; Roy West, j,
| secretary; George Wharton Pepper
land C. Bascom Slemp.
OLD CUTTER BEAR MM :
BE MADE INTO MUSEUMi
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5. (/P)— j
Plans for turning the superannuated j
coast guard cutter Bear into an Arctic ;
museum was revealed by coast guard
officials. Division commander Deotte
declared the treasury department re- ]
fused two offers to sell the old vessel (]
as the disposition of the vessel has not <
been finally determined by officials <
who declared the scores who visit the i •
old cutter daily prove her worthy of
museum purposes.
PERSHHING AT YALE
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 5. (/P)—Warren
Pershing, sen of the world war general
leader of the A. E. F. is among the
freshmen who yesterday started the
four year term at Yale.
MAKING MAIDEN TRIP IN CRAFT
OF OWN DESIGNING; WING
BROKE LOOSE
CHICAGO, Oct. 5. (JP)—W. A. Yack
By, president of the Vackey Aircraft
Corporation, burned to death1 when an
lirplane crashed from an altitude of
>00 feet. The burning plane fell near
he Haywood air mail field when a
wing dropped off. Vackey was the
eading commercial pilot and manufac
turer of planes and conducted an air
craft school. Members of his firm
*aid he was making a maiden trip in
i whirlwind two seater byplane of his
>wn construction and had been in the
dr 15 minutes. When the wing broke
he plane immediately burst into
"lames. '
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SUL SERRANO IS
CAPTURED, EXECUTED
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 5. (/P)—General
Francisco Serrano, leading Presiden
al candidate against Obregon and ac
cused of heading the recent revolt,
vas captured with 13 of his followers
ind executed. It is reported 19 rebels
were killed in fierce fighting in the
date of Jarisco.
‘Another Gold Rush"
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CRUSHED ASSERTS
GENERAL ALVAREX
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TWO SMALL FORCES OF REBELS
j STILL IN FIELD; EXECUTIONS
PLANNED
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 5. (^-—General
Alvarex, chief of the presidental staff,
; declared the rebellious military move
ment has been crushed with the ex
ception of two small forces, one of
:them commanded by the Presidental
icandidate, General Arnulfo Gomez.
While the government forces are in
active pursuit of the two bands furth
er executions in the campaign of the
Calles government to stop the military
revolt is announced.
ADMIRAL EVANS SEAMAN
ARRESTED IN SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, Oct. 5. (&)—John Fornet,
seaman, was arrested on the charge of
attempting to sell stolen radio access
jories on the steamship Admiral Evans
to I. M. Foster, Superintendent of the
' Alitak Packing Co., at Lazy Bay, Kodi
lak Island. The alleged accessories
were stolen from the company’s plant
. in Alaska and Fornet was trying to
■ peddle them on the boat.
SCHLEE COLLAPSES IN
MAKING SPEECH,DETROIT
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DETROIT, Oct. 5. (JP)— Edward
Schlee, round the world flier, collaps
ed when he began a speech at a ban
' quet in his and William Brock’s honor.
They are still tired from their 38 day
race against time around the world.
I Schlee was carried from the banquet
| hall, in which were 2,000 persons, and
! taken to a hospital, then home.
HERB PENNOCK INJURED
HIT HI LINE DRIVE
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5. (&)—Herb
i Pennock, star Yankee southpaw who
never lost a world series game, suf
fered a ruptured blood vessel in his
left leg when Cedric Durst, a substi
tute out fielder, hit a line drive strik
ing Pennock just above the knee in
practice. It is unknown whether the
injury will keep Pennock out of the
series.
OVER LATEST CRASH
ROME, Oct. 5. (/P)—Charles Levine
is discouraged because of the damage
to the trans-Atlantic plane Columbia
when it made a forced landing Tues
day near Rome: He announced he
has given up all plans for further
flights in it. ' The plane may be creat
ed and shipped to New York. Levine
•himself hopes to sail from Europe on
the Leviathian Tuesday. The forced
landing was caused by faulty feeding
of fuel oil.