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VOLUME XXIII, NUMBER 219. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8,1927.
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UCE TEN CENTS
BASES FULL, 10
MEN 001, S WILD
SCORE TIED AT THREE TO THREE
UNTIL FATAL WILD PITCH
LAST OF THE NINTH
COMBS TROTS HOME WITH RUN
MAKING N. Y. CHAMPS OF
WORLD
NEW YORK, Oct. 8. (/P)—The
Yankees won the world baseball
championship by defeating the Pirat
es for the fourth straight game by the
score of four to three. Combs scored
the winning run in the ninth inning
when Miljus made a wild pitch with
the bases full and two out.
Miljus, who had relieved Hill on the
mound for Pittsburgh, had seen the j
bases filled with none out and after ,
fanning both Gehrig and Meusel he j
cut one loose to Lazzeri that Gooch
only managed to get the tip of his
glove on, Combs trotting home with
the winning run.
Short score—Pirates; Three runs, |
ten hits and one error. Yankees—
four runs, 12 hits and two errors.
UP TO CZAR
NEW YORK, Oct. 8. (/P)—A driz
zling rain has fallen intermittently j
since midnight and continued this
morning and is expected to halt to
day’s world series game. Decision
will be made by Czar Landis at the
last minute.
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TODAY’S BATTERIES
NEW YORK, Oct. 8. (/P)—The rain
stopped and the field was prepared
for play. Batteries for today’s game
are, for Pittsburgh, Hill and Smith
and for New York, Moore and Collins, j
FIRST INNING
Pittsburgh—L. Waner beat out a hit j
to short and Koenig threw out Barn
hart at first, L. Waner going to sec
ond. Dugan threw P. Waner out at
first. L. Waner holding second. L.
Waner scored on Wright’s single to
right and Wright went to second on
Ruth’s throw to the plate. Dugan took
Traynor’s hot smash and touched out ^
Wrigiht.
One run, two hits, no errors.
Yankees—Combs singled to right, ;
Koenig singled to right Combs halting j
at second. Combs scored on Ruth’s
single to right Koenig going to tjjird. ;
Gehrig fanned and Ruth stole second; j
Meusel and Lazzeri fanned.
One run, three hits, no errors.
SECOND INNING
Pittsburgh—Dugan took Grantham’s I
bunt and threw him out; Harris singl- j
ed past Dugan and Smith flied out to j
Ruth. Hill drew a walk; L. Waner j
scratched an infield hit which Mooore
could not field and bases were filled.
Lazzeri took Barnhart’s grounder and j
touched second.
No runs, two hits, no errors.
Yankees—Wright threw out Dugan
at first and Collins doubled to left;
Wright threw out Moore at first Col
lins holding second; Wright threw out i
Combs.
No runs, one (hit, no errors.
(Continued on Page Pour)
TO WINTER QUARTERS
RUBY, Oct. 8. (JP)—'The lower Yuk
on mail boat Agnes "reached here
Thursday night enroute to its Nenana
winter quarters.
DARRELL FINCH, U. S. COMMIS
MISSIONER AND MRS. A. F. HOPE
ILL BUT IMPROVING
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. (/P)—The 1
cutter Northland has been ordered by j
the coast guard to proceed to Unalas
ka to answer calls for medical aid.
The reports indicated a strange epi
iemic had broken out but later infor
mation led the coast guard authorities
to believe the call was merely for
medicine and a physician to care for
some ordinary illness. However, coast
guard officials lost no time in dis- ;
patching the boat to the place.
DOCTOR RADIOS ADVICE
UNALASKA, Oct. 8. (£>)—United
States Commissioner Darrell Finch
and Mrs. A. F. Hope, who have been ;
ill for several days, are reported on
the road to recovery after being treat
ed. The residents of this village, on
the advice radioed by Dr. Sturdivant
of the cutter Northland, treated
Finch’s illness for an internal disorder
and the woman, pneumonia.
NO CHANCE “PEACHES”
NEW YORK, Oct. 8. (£>)—Chief
Justice Seeger of the Supreme court
has denied Peaches Browning an ap
peal in her suit against Daddy Brown
ing which she lost at the first trial.
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SILL LISTING
SEATTLE, Oct. 8. (#>)—The S. S.
Aleutian, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed at
9 o’clock this morning and carried 58
passengers. The Seward reservations
were: Dave Dunbar, Henry Howard,
Mrs. Justin and two daughters, Dr.
Alcorn and wife, Mrs. Roberts, C. H.
Brown, Fred Koenig and wife, Miss
Huett, Segt. Probasco, Eva Lerner and
two steerage.
NEW YORK, Oct. S. (^P)—Tommy !
Loughran of Philadelphia lifted the j
light heavyweight championship from !
Mike McTigue getting the judges de,-.
cision at the end of 15 rounds. The
contest was marked by frequent
claims of fouls in the early rounds
but there was also some heavy punch
ing.
ANOTHER NAVAL PARLEY
TOKYO, Oct. 8. (flP)—Admiral Saito,
Japan’s naval attache at the recent
three power disarmament conference,
declared he had advised the Japanese
government to call another naval arm
ament parley on behalf 'that the pow
ers are now in better position for
reaching an understanding.
MAKES WORTHY RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. (^—Chair
man Butler of the House Naval Com
mittee will offer Congress a resolu
tion to send mother or one relative of
each soldier buried in France on a
visit to his grave. It is estimated that
it would cost the government $150,000.
BAD WEATHER H A ' HOP
LISBON, Oct. 8. (/Pi * ankers
plane flight is again ; -»ned on ac
count of bad weather.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND MINERS
ARE AFFECTED IN INDIANA
AND ILLINOIS
TERRI HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 8. (/P)—■
Coal operators and miners reached an
agreement and a similar one was
reached in Illinois. The agreement
will be in effect until February 1 of
next year and calls for the same wag
es. The Illinois agreement -permits
the mines be opened immediately but
it is net expected production will be
increased much until the mines find a
market for the coal. About 25,000
miners- are affected.
LUES OF FISHER-FOLK
BLAGOVESCHCHENSK, Siberia,
Oct. 8. (/P)—One hundred and 67 per
sons -perished when a severe storm
along the shores of the Maritime pro
vinces swept three fishing crafts to
sea, drowming many -workers in the
fisheries and fishermen.
A NEW FAD
MOUNT VERNON, 111., Oct. 8. (/P)—
Mrs. Elsie Sweetin was acquitted on
a charge of poisoning her husband to I
wed her pastor. At her first trial she
was given 35 years in the penitentiary.
"The Transportation Problem”
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MINE WHAT PRECIPITATED
THE COLLAPSE
APPLETON, Wis., Oct. S. (/P)—Six
men were killed and 15 others hurt,
two seriously, when falling floors and
crumbling walls of the Kimberly Clark
Paper Co., crushed them. Nine oth
ers are believed u> have been trapped
in the wreckage. They are being
sought their fate being uncertain.
Thirty men were trapped in the two
story brick unit of the large paper
mill around which the village of Kim
berly, with 1,300 inhabitants built,
when the structure came toppling
down. The cornorer said he has been
unable to determine what precititat
ed the collapse.
NO DANCE TONIGHT
Owing to the departure of the S. S.
Alaska for the Westward early this
evening the management of the Sat
urday night public dance decided, late
this afternoon, to call it off. Else
where in this issue, will be found a
notation calling attentJon to the fact
there will be a dance tonight. This
announcement cancels it.
TIDE OF BATTLE NORTH
OF PEKING IS TURNING
PEKING, Oct. 8. (£>)—The tide of
battle of North Peking turned with
the recapture of Sunah Wafu 85 miles
away by the Northern forces from
Shansi. The invaders, after two days
of fighting the Northerners, captured
five battalions of prisoners and a large
quantity of ammunition.
KARACHI, British India, Oct. 8. (IP)
—Lieut. Koennecke* on his flight to
the United States from Germany by
way of the Orient and Alaska, arrived
at Bender Abbas, Persia. Koennecke
has been repairing his plane since
September 13 when he crashed at
Bagdad.
CRIPPLE CREEK HAS
BIG OUTPUT OF GOLD
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. October 8.
(IP)—Production from the mines of
the Cripple Creek district in August
totaled 42,282 tons with a gross value
of 1282,556.20. While the tonnage
treated at the Golden Cycle was high,
the average value was low, due to
unusual large shipments of dump
rock.
EMERGENCY JUMPS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. (IP)—Nine
men with parachutes leaped one after
another from a navy plane landing
safely. The performance was a test of
speed in which the navy plane could
be emptied in case of emergency.
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