The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 7, 1912, Page 2

| Btar le strong for ar for the boy. events, a ewe of profi mal ‘The Star, Main 9400, athietice—mo: ‘Thies department caters apectaily mateur doings are given the sa: rtamen, Phone your amateur news to indent 441, NEWS AND STATISTICS Professional Sports Fostered THE STAR—WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 191% PORTS. Sdited by ROY WHITMAN S COMMENT Star Pink, published each evening, publication, devoted to the sportsman, ing events of the world. All the local outside sport gossip. If you are interested 4 ‘ool ested In the Pink, Mave It delivered by carrier, NEVADA GOVERNOR IS GOING TO CLAMP DOWN LID ON THE FIGHTING Gi LEGISLATURE 13 0B) FLYNN-JOHNSON MILL RENO, Nev., Feb. 7-—Friends of » Oddie teday announced that if calle a epecial session of the Ne- vada legisiature he will ask a re of the law licensing prize EXTENSION TABLE Made of solid oak, in the waxed golden finish, turned pedestal, fondividing style, 42inch top; extends to six feet. 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RERRREKKERKRHRAH * * & WOLVERTON 18 SORRY * Abont the first move Harry Wolverton made when he land- ed in New York was to get rid of Catcher Walter Blair, but now he is sorry for his haste. Real good catchers are Just about as scarce as hen's teeth Hal Chase thonght Blair a pretty nifty recetver, and gave him lots of work last summer, but Wolverton looked wise and said Walter wouldn't do. So Mr, Blair packed his grip and went to the Interna. tional league. The Boston Sox had a young catcher they were planning on sending to Memphis, but Wolverton re- fused to waive. His name is Tonnemann, and he probably is infertor to Blair. In the meantime the Memphis fans are sore, So {t goes. SSSSSSSRSSSSSS SSS ER EEES SESS FESSEESSESSSESE EEE EEE President Hedges of the Browns has taken office on the 18th floor of a building in St. Louis. Teasing 1d 18 te risky stuff at ary but before the seat Baseball and the cigar business have been kind to Bill Carrigan of the Boston Red Sox. Bill recently purchased in Lewiston, Maine, a national bank, or a bank building, or & building from @ bank, or some thing like that, The coming season will be Lee Tannebill’s tenth with the Chieago White Sox. Speaking of Tannehill recently, Manager Callahan said: “Any youngster that keeps Tanny from being a regular on the will be a real gem, believe me,” | Chi CLAIM REFEREE WAS WRONG JAKLAND BUGS SAY KAUFMAN te HAD BEST OF KIRKWOOD OAKLAND, Cal,, Feb. 7.—-By his decision tn giving Geo. Kirkwood of St. Louis the decision over Ben- ny Kaufman of Philadelphia after 10 rounds of milling bere last night, Referee Harry Foley today is in bad” with the fight fans. Kaufman forced the fighting ings to and rights to the kidneys, A ma- jority of the fans believed that Kaufman was entitled at the out- a SAN FRANC! ), Feb. 7.— Coffroth, the San Francisco fight promoter, today le dickering with Zbyarko, the Polish wrestier, for a match here with Wm. Demetral for some time in March. Coffroth plane to stage the match in the Sighth et. open air arens. arate anny Hote pitted Missoula in the Union this year, will be on the job in a few days. He hae pent the winter cruising around the Georgian coast in hie brother's yacht. Pretty soft for Clifford. -|° Would Have Made w a time Bad 3 hm (hud). and be (Potg is od. F Don’ LH i E teneiie H il if GENE KRAPP Mr. Charley Somers of the Cleveland Naps, is a real baiky base ball magnate, and he doesn’t propose to have any Pacifio coast recruits tell him his business, For instance, Vean Gregg and Gene Krapp. offered the great Vean $3,000, and Vean is a hold-out; he wants an oven five. It is not given out just what Somers tendered Gene, but, anyhow, Gene, whose father is a cigarmaker and an alderman in De- troit, wrote back that he could make more coin working tn his father’s cigar factory, Charley was-real pleasant about it, too, and he wrote back it Hike this: “wear Gene; Note what you say yOu are making in the cigar store, glad to learn you are doing nicely. Trade must be good, Never good thing, my son. Stick to ft by all means, While, of courae, we would like to see you in @ Nap uniform this year, we wouldn't want to take you away from a job a8 good as your present one seems to be, . §.—-It you play ball this summoeg, it will be at the figure in your contract Gene is hopping mad, but he hasn't decided just what he'll do. He and Gregg bave both threatened to go outlaw, Bill Steen, the third of that trio that won the pennant for Walt McCredie in 1910, fell all over himself to sign a $2,200 contract and I Anybody Sore FRANK CHANCE not cago intercity series turned “Who did win, anyhow, the or White Sox?” asked Berry. Now the White Sox won, some- like: four straight laft fall, hance looked daggers at Herry without saying a word. “No fooling, Frank,” persisted did win? You see, 1 was at the time, and did not paper aceounts.” Chance stood it for about a min- and then he exploded. ‘You're a fine stiff to start in kidding me,” he fired. “If I had fin- ished down in the cellar as far as your Angels did, seems to me I Would not be talking baseball at all.” Chance would Itkely have said more, but the crowd gave him the horse laugh. ut Treasurer Charley Williams of the Chicago club is quoted as say ing: “I think Johnny Evers of the Cubs was the quictest fellow I ever saw the first season he came to Chi cago. He seldom opened his mouth. Now you could not keep it closed with a club.” The Chicago White Sox have signed Catcher Jack Nelson, who played in the New York Americans. He comes from Ossining, N. Y. Uf any promising college ball player gets away from Connie Mack, they will have to start early. Scout Tom O'Brien of the Athletics is already on the Job looking over the college @quads in New England. John M. Ward says that Mike Donlin will draw the highest salary next season of any out- fielder in the National league. No wonder Black Hand ginks are ying to hold up ball player's for a o# change when so much dope ed about the enormous salaries paid the tossers, Harry Tico, an outfielder who bate left handed, and made eeeeeseeeeeee * Joe Coster Wins Over * Louis Deponthieu has already although the maa of the ly indications ——— ° JOE COSTER % NEW YORK, Fob. 7.—Sport & writers here today unite in & giving Joe Coster of Brooklyn & the decision over Louis De- % povthieu, the French light ® weight, in their 10-round con- & test here, The Frenchman ‘W was aggressive, but Coster ex- ® perienced little difficulty to ® outpointing him. REEMA Bender’s Sister Marries Maud White, sister of Chief |leaguers Bender, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, was married to William |that he week. Parker ts a quarter blood, and is at present chief clerk of the Port Yates Indian reservation. Mra. 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