The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 2, 1909, Page 2

| June Venone, Boston, won Jan. 14-—-Packey McFarland out-jocean race, Marblehead to Ber ted Bort Keyes, 12 rounds, Bos- | muda. | | June 9—Allsa Craig won power Fan. 31—Papke knocked out Wal-| boat race, Marblehead to Hermuda “ter Stanton, four rounds, Boston. =| July 1—"Cy” Young shut out New Darred from Zack Clifford, five rounds, Teen, ward pass rule, fouching of ball. A. Kiene, Chicago, breaking two-men bowling records, firsts. ae 1S—Pittaburg chosen 20 rounds, Milwaukee. great year in eport at of all the big events, waa 1908, of course was the Olympic meet in Engiand, where Amerioa’s contestants cleaned up the platter with @ point record that made every oth ver nation look emal! Of all Olympic events, greatest was the Marathon race, won by Johnny Hayes of New York, U. 8. A. Italy subsequently got a chance to do some Marathon crowing, wh beat Hayes. And when the Canad! Pando, all Amerioa rejoiced again en Dorando came to America and ian Indian, Longboat, beat Do Baseball had the biggest year in ite history, the world’s cham plonship being won by the Chicago Cubs, conceded by nearly all critics to me to invite crookedn: have suff: ine. both running and trotting, has the fastest and strongest team ever developed All amateur sports thrived, and prospered amazingly nt on the gambling element Sports OF appealing to it so strongly ered severe netbacks, Morse rac been stopped in several sections of the country by enforcement of anti-betting laws, and attacked In almost every stronghold. Famous tracks have gone to ruin, and high priced horses have been shipped abroad. Prize fighting by oast have real figh 0 seein them bide fair to deprive th ot follows a list of the high Jaa. 1—Attell and Moran fought) fect BB-round draw, San Francisco. Jan. 7 Jockey Geo, Mountain New Orleans tracks. Nelson knocked out Ogden, dan. 18 Jan 25 — Intercollegiate foot rules committee changed for. covering = Mlegal Jan. 30—Hackenschmidt American, London Jan. 31--Attet! won from threw Neil, ‘Mirteenth round, San Francisco Feb. 4—Battling Nelson outpotnt e4 by Unhols tn 10-rownd bout, Los Dilan Marathon 08. Fed. 10—Burns knocked out Pal Mer, London, fourth round. Fed. 10—J. Y. Chalmers and H rolled B.C. tournament. knocked out in one round. ‘Mar. 16—Papke defeated Kelly, Mar. 17—Burns knocked out one round, Dubita Mar. 20—“Ty” Cobb signed De contract. . 23—Bennin, D.C. 1—Gans es track opened, knocked —_ out 19—Wagner joined Pitts tearm. 20.—Heary Chadwick, “fa fu race | | out four rounds, Dublin. | May 14—Gans knocked out Un- four rounds, San Francisco. i4—Hrandon, Kansas City | club, pitched no-hit game against | May 1¢—Jay Gould deteated Eus-| tace Miles In international court | teants champlonship, London. ae ent, Tee. 29—Dray, Yale, vaulted 12! Feledst precarious time. n held, and j seventeenth round. Welch, 1,264, | American tor | kee | Milwaukee pitcher, not giving a nity ; 2i-—-MeParland won from) for 17 innings. Weloh, 10 rounds, Milwaukee. out Gans, Colma, Onty on the Pacifie there the growing sentiment ne puge of thelr last stamping spots of port in 1908: 4 inches, new record, Phil adelphia May 20—Fred Welch, beat Brock, 26 rounds, Los Angeles. June 4—~Kotehell whipped Papke, 10 rounds, Milwaukee Phil York without a hit, not a man reaching first Nelson knocked out Gana, San Francisco, 4—MePartand outpolnted 25 rounds, Los Angeies July 4—Wiltse, Giants, shut out Phillies without Bit, 10 Innings. July 23—Johnny Hayes won Olym Time 2:56:16 25 Pa,, and Falconer. July 4 July July 26—-Corry N. Y., clubs ved July 25—Oiympian games ended, team winning with 16 July 35 (Lal Sheboygan beat Milwau Shore lwague), Young. July 29—Waddell struck out 16 Athletics. July 30—Lajole made his two thousandth hit July 31—Ketchell knocked out Kelly, third round, San Francisco. Aug. 3--Dixie Il (American) won | international motor boat race from England. Aug. 13-—"Cy” Young day, Boston. Young presented with cup and 96,000. Aug. 23 — Street. team, caught bal! dropped from ee -|of Washington monument Aug. 24—Burns knocked out| Squires, thirteenth round, Sydney, N. 8. W. Aug. 25—Allen Winter won Read: | ville trotting handicap. Aug. 28—~Boals C. Wright defeat baseball,” died, Brooklyn. |ed Alexander ip finals of national tennis singlos Aug. 29—-Fred MeLeod won four teenth open golf championship. Sept. &—Papke knocked Ketchell, 12 rounds, San Francisco. Sept. $—Rattling Nelson knocked Cal, round. Sept. 12—Shaw, Dartmouth, broke world's record, 120-yard hurdles, tin ishing In 15 seconds, Chicago. Sept. 13—Mulford won 24-hour av tomodile race, Brighton Beach track, breaking record. Sept. 18S—Dusty Rhoades, Cleve 78 innings, Bedi ent striking out 41 men | Washington | out} twouty-tirst | =SPORTING NEWS RECORD SPORT OF 1908 BOILED TO THE BONES“ i ea in mile and furlong DEAN OF MINSTRELS WAS Deg, 2h a Langford de tented ia iynn, 1 round, Ban Frane 0, B—Fimmy Walsh and Mo ate | Dec, 26—Jack Johnson defented = my Burne 14 rounds, aydney,|“*W SIMMONS, COMEDIAN, wasl i ik ; ilime | Austratia REAL FOUNDER OF THE | jm ke record, Newark “ | f ee oa Mn Dec, 16—M. Malone ot new AMERICAN LEAGUE | Oct, 26—Anderson won wentern | hecord rm gee ‘Golusals 4| When one thinks of old-time w me profeamional golf ot amplonsbip } “i “ ' oto & M8) utrelny it ie natural to associate} Nov, 2i--Harvard 4, Yale ¢ ge se he Drivcol! gots dects.|BUCh thoughts with the mon aad club, ebut out Boston wit hout | Oct, 10—-Cubs won frow Detrolt No A Dorando defeated | er Matty Baldwin, Boston Eoeup sis Beriow, Wilson, | [i nit H10.¢ } | Hayes, Marathdn renewal, NeW eee aaa n eid University wina| 2averly aud Thatcher | » 7 York, time 2:98:15 2-5 { indy Wut there is another name which} | Sept. 26-—-Waddell struck out 17] Oct. 10-—Henrl Biret rah London | *° i, ae | Pacific commit soccer championship | 4 : jof the Washing team | Marathon 17 minutes 66 seconds nih ay See beat Papke, 12) deteating Vaticouver, Vancouver cote ‘aad th Pye world of mia | Oct. 2—Moran beat Manton, 20) faster than Hayes rounds, fan Franctaco, Dec, 40—-Al Kaufman defeats Jim po rye] Ms g een nda, San Francisco. Oot, 11-—Chicago beat Detrdtt, 6-1 Nov, 2—Brokes and Wilding | hay 19 rounds, San Pranclaco. oat ke wee ‘ P fa he Ay " Oct Joss, Cleveland, shut out | Chicago. (Australian) defeated Alexagder De 40 A be Attell defeat ti ~ " — ate ee Chicago without a bit | Oct 12—Detrolt beat Cubs, 93, /40¢ Wright, international tennis | “Rig” Mackay, aight rounds, New| /0 perforing oe eee Oct Detroit defeated Cleve: | Detroit doubles, Melbourne Ovleane Hing 1 Hide t's tEOErS! Ghaw t | land %0, winning A. L. pennant Oct, 12—Cubs boat Tigers, 3-0, Dec, 13-Moran and p riggs e 4 George Pr was born and be Oct The Harvester” lowered | Chicago win sixday bleyele race York fore "Mol cee gdm se Kentucky futurity record to 2:08% ‘ er ting new reoord spe mile gel on Oct Minor Heir equaled Star | | O8t Se en ee 737 | Wa Potnter’s race record of 2:00%, Lex: | Deo, 16—Longboat beat Dorando, | aT OPEN HOUSE | ps : | ingt Oct, 14--Yentol won Ceasorwiteh | marathon, New York, 2:45:0 } ‘ ; | Oct, Slants beat Boston and} at 100 to 6, Newmarket, Eng ea ae hi ey at A tied Chicago for National league) O¢t. 22-Katherine Harle beat | Dec, 10--Paj : and Kelly fough 4m ‘ coptior all aft h : pennant Margaret Curtis tn final national “round draw, Los Angeles ern Kuente crowded sea Oct, t—Harvard won Intercotlogt- | olf championship Dec, 1k -Yusiff Mahmont viet enjoying the athlete, | * age ate tennis single Philadeiphia Oct, 24-—heo. Robertson won Van. ‘O08 Over Cus Schoelein (Ameriens) a and musical enter + “Oe Oct. %—Cubs beat Giants, New | derbilt oup race. Gnteage nnd the SRSeeRs “NOP e. have Williat York, #2, for N. le pennant Get, 24—Frank Kramer broke Dec, 19—-Vox Popull sets new rec: | pitality of the Inatitution, In the | Hare “ . « u" Physical Director bl pated / Douthitt and his aeaistante Lee and | W4y# & minstrel man “ ” | ilis heid away, pulling off athletic| He Was one of the owne events that were immensely en-| Orginal Philadelphia Athletics LEW SIMMONS. od classy American association mem-|— 4 ibe wad oh kate ' be at e | ber of the early ‘80's which engag-| ‘mated the use of @ net to protect The climax of the athletics came’ i in no many royal battles with’ the grandstand from passed ang | with ¢ y ball game between | ed jot |the “Preachers’” team, composed |Chris Von der Ahe's tamous base | tO ‘ lot Capt. Arn Allen, Rev. John Dean! ball team, the Browns | Sn one first suggested that a » land Rey. Mr. Jones, against a bust Simmons founded the American) penalty be incorporated in the | ang a's Lent tpha ame ended |ieague, and from 1882 to 1887 en-|tules when a pitcher struck th ae eee ee ingun tnon'e favor, |JoYed & season of great prosperity.| bateman with the ball 81-0 tn the Demness mee ‘Belence in bas li was a thing| Bimmons was the man who in Bplit in Boccer League. junknown in those days,” said Mr.| troduced the use of an extra hall The Victoria United Soccer team | Simmons, “Today it ts a hundred| when one was clouted out of the 7 nn ae a 4 per cent better. A let of persons | Me . = — Pp Bier gp aggre say Jack Chesbro originated the| Simmons has made and Jost sev. | eth the Badtle United team |spitball. Nothing to tt. Bobby Mat-| eral fortanes, but is always happy. 5 artnet yl eran n thews was the first pitcher to use| That's Simmons who, with Frank 4 ~~ the ‘saliva shoot 1 war around| White, is making patrons of the eve aPoLowes cs GISbON™ JOHN L. SULLIVAN REVIEWS 1908 IN FISTDOM RRR ee * ‘& BATTLES OF TODAY ARE BOXING MATCHES. ith his victory the negro can't assume the title of z $ z Ea z H a where padded mitts S ‘t see where Johuson given a high position the opinion of the public, I do not think the people make a great how! over jored man when he re can be gaers 3 b Malledinte Maeda tedetedetedetedntedetetedeteteteded i HPSCPE EERE RE RETR EEE * * * + * * * . * * * * > * * * BY JOHN L. SULLIVAN. | The year 1908 passes into history as the greatest of the present decade. Surprises mark almost every turn. | Three world’s champions have been dethroned and another went Deyond his class and was defeated. | The year started quietly, but warmed up, and as month after month passed the pugilistic calen dar grew more important until the elimax was reached in the return form of Stanley Ketchel and his recovery of a lost title Thankegiv yen was twice fought to a standstill by Owen Moran and de- feated in a 15-round engagement by | Freddie Welch; Battling Nelson twice defeated Joe Gans, and took from him a crown that he had worn for six or seven years, and Stanley Ketchel won, lost and regained the world’s middieweight championship Aside from these events many | fights of more than ordinary Inter-| est were fought Probably the biggest surprise was the work of Welch. This little Png lishman stands today, as the result of his showing this year, one of the greatest little men the world has r seen, ana in all probability RHEUMATISM | Piliocet in one tree es a”) a0 Annex us tor our trae liter: JOHN L. SULLIVAN. will be given the first erack at Nel son for the honors in the light weight division. Moran has given his countryman 4 run for honors, and while he was unable to defeat Attel, he put up two great fights against the little wonder and shares the honor of world’s featherweight champion ship with the California lad. Jem Driscoll, another Engtli«h. man, has made such a good tmpres sion to the East that the writers | fare touting him ax the future king of feathers In the and Ketehs even world Gans Into camp the fact, his vietory was so unlooked for that the sporting world was ready to call for another fight be quit with honors about Nelson turned the fighting topay-turvy when he took firet time. In tween the two with scarcely a month's notice The Wattler turned the trick again and did ft so decisively that no doubt was left, The Dane then did as all other fighters of today do, crawled into the champlonship hole he had made and pulled the ing in after him The Ketchel-Papke battles were knockout surprises, To start with, Papke surprised his friends by stay. ing 10 rounds with Ketehel he had been all but Later, at Los open after knocked out Angeles, Ketchel 1 give it free to overy 4nd ailing person who malls me this wd or culls for it | 4 M.D. } 1894 Bae Beattie, Wa nqiest for titles Nelson | (eee TOMMY BURNS [8 A FREAK Tommy Burns, defeated by Jack Johnaon for the heary weight championship, was th most unique heavy weight champion the world has pro- duced In hetght he te halt an tench shorter than Bat Neb song and but three inéhes taller than Terry MeGovern, being bat 6 feet 7 inches. Burne has a reach like a gorilla, He is four and a half inches shorter than Fitzsimmons, bet his reach of 74% inche beala Wita's an inch and fs an ineh leas than Jeffries errrrerrrrrrr rT sets rs eee tees eee eee eee eeee - *« e * - * * * * *« * * * * handed the sporting world one of| the greatest shocks it has ever felt when he was beaten to a pulp by Papke / The boys were matched » ruled favorite in and Thousands to 6 and almost knocked the can from the top of Papke's body. There was no room for doubt this time, either, Stanley's victory was more decisive than Papke's io their sec lond fight. | Onee more the public fooled. The dope had been wrong Minor battle of importance fought among the little fellows dur ing the year that stirred up the pu | ailistio following included the con teste in which MoFarland Leach Cross, Tommy Murphy, ( had been key clone Johnny Thompson, Rudolph | Unhols, Jimmy Britt, Johnay Sum mers, Jem Driscoll and Jimmy Cla he took part The heavyweight division was al most at a standstill in America dur ing the year. Tommy Burns, the | would-be champion, spent the year on the other side of the world Al Kaufman, protege of Billy De laney, who has had more effort spent on him than any other pngil ist in modern times, has made some progress. He had a couple of fights with men who class no better than the third rank, and he won them, The game on the whole showed improvement over the previous year, and the coming cycle gives promise of being even more sue cessful from every standpoint bet on him at 10 to 7 and 10/ Ketehe! came back strong | MONEY [San (Without Commission) REAL BSTATE On UILDING PURFOSHS, KR. Campbell, 112 Columbia St Does neoe tr the it | Johnson | retura | white Thualy a | ficing | shrine him Erienborn |cision over jenne in a Both were |B. Miller Hienown rum }oual Mara 2 to 6 p. chestras © } Whitworth Downe Clubmen. ' ¥. | PORTLAND, Jan, 2—The Whit | Worth college eleven of Tacoma xB yesterday dufeated the football > team of the Multoomah Athletic club, 10 to 4. Pilkington o: Mult nomah was carried off the field in Madrona A. C. Opens Season. Krant Is Defeated. The Madrona Athletic club yes) GOLDFIELD, Jan Larry PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.—Mick Jterday afternoon opened tts basket: | dou of Butte won over Marry Krant ey Gannon of Pittaly knocked ball season by defeating the Y. M. of Seattle in the sixth round of & owt Dick Nelson of New York in Lot 1-—-$20.00 Suite, Overcoats and Rain: ~ 312 00 C. A. junior five by an 18 to 10\acheduled 20-round bout here last | the round here last night. | conta; “Bacrifice price « core. Center Efaw and Forward | aight. Kraut broke a bone tn bie | aos : Flynn proved to be the point win-| left hand with his first punch after Locals Win Relay. ST ay Geek eee $i6 00 ners for the Madronas, Efaw shoot the opening gong. He waa help he Seattle Y. M. C, A. yeater ? ee if ing eit baa! and Fiynn three after that, and In the sixth round 4 ¥ relay race at the Lot 3-—$90.00 Suits, Overcoats and Rain Both teams played a clean game/| bis seconds threw up the sponge. | aquati at Vancouver in) coats; Sacrifice price ...... $20.00 from start to finish. 1 Tex Rickard refereed the serap 2 1-6. You have never seen an ailing person smile th smile that means a smile. builds up the tissues of brain and body and fids the young and old,ii the enjoyment of real health, besides it pleases and delights the palate. 30 cups of a delicious drink 25¢. Ask the grocer. team of all extern loigue waa round : 4 . \vis panied” tab @ukitie Simmons was the man who orig EDDIE BOYDEN, team t© « draw, two goals each, | eseeeeeeeeerese EE a Declaration was made at th | Boxing for New York Makes New Record. attle United headquarters yer Supreme Court Justice § PRETORIA, Jan. 2--A new day that the Seattle team w has handed down a decis world’s record of 10 25 seconds I not pl Coast league while |ing permanent the tempor wan established yesterday for the’ | Vietoria ret its present man granted to several 100-meter dash by R. E. Watker, | agement New York boxing clubs. the South African sprinter. spake one J Colorado Jeonm would | incidentally Nobly |atick to the boards | DENVER LOB ANGELE Unknown le Winner. san. 2,—George | A PRIVATE is, Ps city and Ventoe, m Mickey Gannon Wins. A Smile All the While is the expression of enjoyment of those only in good health. Ghirardelli’s Cocoa stare from th Orpheum laugh this week then and I think I know. sction prevents the police terfering with sparring ex Coullon Retaing Title, KANSAS CITY, Jan. 2—Johony Coullor antam-weight champion of the world, was given the de- Cision over Mike Orreson of Kan- sas City lust night after eix rounds of furious milling. Children’s Eye Troub Given spectal and carefal atte by our spectalist. Charges | moderate. SCHUCHARD OPTICAL CO, 1207 Second Ave. James Need Coin? mary I challenge h order leavor championship to the Hart Gets Offer. INGTON, Jan. ~Marvin Hart yesterday received @ cable gram from Australia offering “him a match with Jacek Johneon. From reliable sources It te sald he wae b affered $10,000. Mart defeated ‘but | Johnson several years ago in San | Franeiaco J. Corbett town last night be the emanetpator, the martyr, sacri nsalf the John James on anid Kubiak Thrown Twice. GRAND RAPIDS, Jan. 2 rlenhorn Wins. 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