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BRIGHT, BRIEF AND D BREEZY STORIES SCOTT ANDM’VEIGH MEET AND BOX A DRAW PETE M'VEIGH McVeigh and Pat Scott, r lightweights, got together Bt last-—at the Press club smoker Jast night, but the result is still in doubt. Pat was in good shape and fresh as a daisy at the finish, and Pete was a trifle tired, Pat had] Lie) Johnny O'Leary tangled with Frank Delaney, who claims Now York as his home, but Frank was not much inclined to fight, and Johnny won on potnts, Other bouts on the program were tter of the long range work, Leo-Wetro ainst Young Poterson, = x aah thera ite Gee goods | Which proved a draw; Floyd Good- fn close stuff—and there you are. man against Kid O'Brien, in which T. Burns pronounced it a draw, the latter got the decision, and Wit- boys will have to travel a lie Vietro against Billy Mahoney, distance to settle the argu-|in which the former received a But It was about the elasai-|hairiine decision, Kid Herman ref- est bout witnessed by Seattle fans |ereed the preliminaries and Tommy for a long time. Burns the main events. ee cme Se) This Brick Leonard Ought to Help Sone da tc A ETE Secccvccce 00 0 e| one trick Leonard to bri the be e Captain H @ con home next fall. Bri the e of oe) chap who shut out the Boston Sox | Soccer Team | during thelr spring Cocccecccccccese mt St. Mary's college team One of Connie Mack's trust scouts Induced Brick to sign a con-| tract shortly after that stunt, and) las soon as school was out the pink-/ {headed youngster hurried to Phila- deiphia to stick alongside Connte on the Athletics’ bench. Joe says Connie wrote thet he wouldn't think of sending Brick if he wasn’t gure he (Brick) would be a tre | endous sensation. This prospect, | joy the way, is part of the deal) | whereby Bonner and Houck went) to the Athietics last fall Here’s a Good Match CHICAGO, Feb, 24.—Mahmout jthe Turk, is in bard training here | today for his bout with Jess Peder.) son, seheduled for March 1. Peder-/ |een's manager says he expects his cure ® match with Frank Goteb for the world’s title, eee ee 008000 ef Ol netore reverting to the Colorado} Don't Smoke; Griff e " Won't Like You if you are a young Gali player and you aspire to some day play junder the management of Clark Griffith, or if you are one of dhe veterans and to maintain | your position with the National, | get off the cigarette habit, If you) [never smoke them all is serene, but | ‘if you happen to be accustomed to ltake a “drag” now and then, give ‘this up and in its place take the thr ‘antinicotine pledge. Cigarette us- tee and Clark Griffith do ¥. along together. | “Next to drinking heavily, there | is no more pernicious habit for the { excellent player, {ball player than smoking cigarettes. player, end her’, drunkard cannot be depended . Builgrating YPOD at all, and if you will gather iy for |‘ {°tistics yoo will find that the ball for City Players who have the cigarette 1907-08-09-16 Weakness, for it is a weakness, sel- played in the'dom make good and never last In the winter |long,” sald Griffith. to Baitimore,"” “I do not object to a ball player forthe Sons of St. \taking an occasional drink, but ‘coal digger” ts ale> when they find they can't handle it Gaelic football player, | it's time to leave it alone. In re Played on the Shamroek team gard to smoking, cigars, in moder Mor- | ation, will not hurt, but on the oth- i H (i not get) i fz Ha H : Hi ll a fs a 3 Ls s 3 ! ‘ gE player from going stale, especially toward mid-season.” a ec st ce SULPHURRO AT ALL DRUGGISTS 4 On. 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Open Sundays Until 12, WEINeTS*T S INSEATTLE UNIVERSI oF UNI Dn CULL ie ww D FR IND ANCE Y Joe Cohn tx depending large se. | ternal jb THE STAR—SATURDAY; FEBRUARY 24, 1912, THE STAR’S SPORTING PAG ATTEL, PUT REAR ERE REET * * REMEMBER THIS FELLOW? # DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 24— * Fis(ic fans today are laughing * over the announcement that # George (Kid) Lavigne of Sag * inaw, Mich, former king of # lightweight», has decided to ® ‘come back.” The last time # Lavigne, now 41 years of age, ® fought was ten years ago, * when he was knocked out by * Jimmy Britt In Ban Fritnelico, z perrrrrrere ss eRe RARER WHITE HOPE 1N AUTO WRECK SOLDIER ELDER BAOLY HURT RETURNING ‘FROM FIGHT SAN DIEGO, Feb. 24.—Soldier Wilts Elder, G. M. Anderson's |“white hope,” who defeated Jim Cameron at Vernon Thursday, Hos lin a local hospital today painfully jand, perhaps, seriously injured as | the result of an automobile accident jelght miles north of Oceanside inst jnight. Freddie Bogen, Elder's |trainer, and Chauffeur P. T, | Rooney, who were in the machine with Elder, were also Injured. The party was returning from the fight when the accidentoceurred. Physicians who attended the tn- jured men stated that unless in- injuries develop today all three will soon be able to leave the owpital. Elder is evidently the most sert training trip ously injured. His right shoulder while burling|and the right side of his neck is oa | Cedi bruised and he was badly shaken up. His companions were also shaken up and bruised, buf hone suffered broken bones. ODER A_ Little Gossip From All the Leagues Dick Kinsella, the sixfeet five Inches of hurting artillery, who, when adorns the mound, looks | man to throw the Turk and thus 8© more like the Eifel tower than af piteher, Is on the market by the Denver club. He was offered to Portinnd, the club he pitehed for metropolis, Like most giants, he @ had everything—bat, oh, well | Pitcher Remneas of Butte, who }wWI endeavor to inetitate bimaelf jas a regular on the Detroit staff next season, says if he ever gets @ E is mae EDITED BY ROY WHITMAN we: 2 ——————— ae UP THE OLD SQUEAL ABOU :|JEFF OFFERS TO BACK ABE!: BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.—Promoter Jas. W. Coffroth today is in receipt of @ telegram from Jas. J. Jeffries at Los Angetes, in which the former heavywi 4 Coffroth not %6 call off the match between Abe A' Francisco, March 9. Jeffries evidently aympathizes with ex-champs, is strong for Abe and says the worst Attell should have been handed a draw. Attell sent Coffroth a similar message. ing he had been robbed by-Meferee Eyton. Coffroth says the match would been held even without the impassioned appeals of the twe ex-cham ee . 08 ANGELES, Feb. 24.—Johnny Kilbane ts ready?to rik bin new Jaurela the day a suitable otalle: if ind @ @ativfac- tory purse offered | ‘Th litde Ci jer chime fos Angelos late yesterday and for a8 hour per aro wofablpers slong Spring st. free rein, He announced t wan talk basiness with any promoter who has business to os 47% «+ Kilbane will begin & weok's eugaxement Monday at-@-local thoatre, after which, if bis plans mature, be will Jamp w Chicago for an eight weeks’ The only mark the nm right eye which he says Attell's whereabouts ‘Tom MeCarey to collect nor at Jim Jeffries’ home, reported to be the cause A welldefined rumor bet $5,000 on Attell if Mi not be found to confirm LOB ANGELES, Feb. B4.—"Champion squealer” and “ery-baby” are two of the terme that Referee Chas, Byton applies to Abe Attell. Eyton also advines Attoll's friends to buy him a rubber ring and a rattle, and also a front seat in the first exhibition of the moving pictures of the Altell-Kilbane battle, that the litte Hebrew may see just héw far he was beaten. When Attell woke up yesterday with an “ex” In front of bis title, jampion bore today was the eut over the od by Attell’s head. a is a mystery He did not even visit check. He was not at Doyle's camp of bis haunts, An overweening groveh js ‘his disappearance current that Jim Jeffries would offer to will match the boysagain. Jeff could y the statement vee ee he began «preading the robbery talk and appeaied to his friends to sap | port bim tn his attack upon the referee, Eyton is firm in’ his declaration that his decision was just, and he in supported by 95 per cent of the fans who saw the battle Eyton also charges that Abe “pulled every dirty trick known to the ring’ when he saw that he was losing. The referea and after the fgnt “Kilbane.” be contluded, * js, and always will be, Attell’s master.” As a~ BY TOM ANDREWS | Detroit uniform on they will have! to cut ft off bim. “If Remoeas can infuse that much spirit in bin eal ery wing he stands « good chance of staytux. , It looks tike « hard summer for negro boxers who, have been eat | ing chicken regularly io Paris, Londen and tome Ametican cities. Kven Jack Jolineay is not burning’ Wp the world these days, With Tommy” Murphy, scheduled for Gan) ‘Was unreserved in his condemnation of Attell's conduct during |* COMPLET T ROBBER) Tee ee eee eee FRIEND OF GREGG Joe Cohn bas signed for the Indians a young giant who is a friend and former team-mate of the great Vean Grege. Grease induced him to sign with Cohan, ‘tin anid, in preference to the ouver and abn, Hie name ie A. Turnbull, and he ie only « few inches over #X loot * * * * * * \* * * \w \* \* Cretan 2eeeeeeteteses? | YOUTH VERSUS OLD AGE PURSE FOR KID -M'COY AND GEO, CARPENTER | MICE, France, Feb. 24—Kid Me Coy, of uncertain age, and Georges | Carpentier, the 17-yearold French marvel, will fight 20 rounds in Paria May 12 for a purse of $12,000 and the heavyweight championship of Burope, in the event that Carpen- tier defeats Jim Sullivan of Eng. land tn their scheduled mill at Monte Carlo. MeCoy already h signed articles, and Carpentier given bis word for the match. eeeeeee * * se eeeeaes * * ODD BITS OF SPORT Reece eee eee eS An international series of yacht races for the Richardson trophy ts to be sailed off Chicago this sum- mer, Patricia will be the chal- jlenging yacht and a defender Is to be built by a syndicate of the Chi- cago clab. | Richard Arnet, the Australian | world’s champion professional seul- lier, has written to Eddie Durnan, Canadian and American champion, |naming the terms on which he will lrow the Canadian on Toronto Bay. lArnst demands @ big share of the receipts from the boats which fol- |tow the race. | New Vork state game commission | will distribute this year thirty thou- |saud pheasant eggs and five thou- | sand pheasants to sportamen, farm- lers and lovers of game birds de- jxtrous of stocking covers. The Aeronautical society of New en up the subject of regulate aviators and craft. The purpose of the proposed legislation is to provide |for the inspection of aircraft by a competent body, and also a thor: ough examination of candidates for air pilots’ Poenses Worcester, an well as Springfield, Mass. Saratoga, N. Y., and several yr places are expected to bid for thé next national rowing regatta. |The award will be made at the an- jpaal meeting in March in New | York, lof a scheduled 10-round go. ?P (MIKE GIBBINS MIKE GIBBONS, TH ICTURES OF | WORLD'S ATH STOWS AWA CLEVER HARRY LEWig< fag E ST. PAUL WEL’ NEW YORK, Feb, 24.—Local fight fans today of St. Paul is the coming welterweight champion, by out here last night of Willie Lewis, A This is th You have to go away from home to get the news, Here is what a Vancouver paper has to say of hockey in Seattle: Organized “Advices received in Vancouver the local boxer, tm the rrific right-hander rr second defeat Gibbons has handed Lewis Hurrah, Boys! Hockey yesterday are to the effect that Se.) jattle is sure of its ice skating rink jand that a fourth team in the Pa jeific Coast Hockey association will |be located there next year. There has never been any doubt as to the erection of the rink if a company to operate the establishment could be organized with a solid guarantee to the builders that it would be taken off their hands at a reason- able interest on the money in vested. Such a company has fust been organized by Mr. L. H. Grif fiths, the .eattie real estate man, and with Sunday hockey in the Queen City, there can be no doubt lof the success of the plan. best men in the East are dissatis- fied with their condition at present and are clamoring to get out on the congt. Heke neaekeeee * REAL OUTLAWS * *% LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Feb. © * 24-—-A three-team baseball ® % league is to be organized next * ‘* summer at the federal penl- * et Teams | Catsher Alex Sweeney has opened | a school for instruction in baseball [in East Liverpool, O., and baw ap- |plied for an Obio charter, It ts | through with negro boxers, all bis reputation he has received the ley mittfrom many clubs. Fol. lowing bis turn down by New York clubs and the fadament of $7,400 awarded egainst him by an English judge, comes word that Parte ts, There should be no difficulty tv getting all the stars necessary to lform a team of the calibre of those : playing in the league. The. — RES a Boxer Dead, Other in al lected from the white prison # y z & ers, negroes and Indians. The ince patna dea thee —t00 | department of justice will furé # etchel, pugtliat. died here today |» nish the equipment with the # as the result of injuries suffored in)» exception of sults, which will & planned to give « series of lectures | and actual playing experience to s¢holars, It is the only school of ity kind én the country. Ty Cobb sews a sheepskin into his trousers to seve bis hide w he slides. /Manager Jimmy Ca m, it was said, bas ordered « carload of fleeces from the Chieago stock | yards for his base stealers. ‘ een Manager Griffith thought he had secured -a@ promising southpaw named Taylor from the Brownsville club of the Southwest Texas league, only to learn that San Francisco had seen the twirler first and bought him, Jim McGuire, whose last claim to fame was his management of the | | Naps, has been signed by Detroit | aa “training adviser and scout.” He will alternate with Joe Sugden in curbing the ambitions of the | Tiger youngsters. Washington will return Shortstop [Scott and Pitcher Ainsworth to | Youngstown. -They were taken on |by McAleer a8 a matter of “accom- |modatton” to his home town and the Youngstown club was in a stew for fear that Clark Griffith meant to kvep them, Bobby Waliace of the St. Louis Browns will have a recruit with him in the ¢bring who ts six feet in height and weighs 185 pounds. His name ts Brief, Not much brevity about this youngster, but perhaps his name refers to the expected length of his stay on the St. Louis payroll, Photo .aKen Real Auto POST CARDS—$1.00 PER Doz. Kodak Films developed, 10c a roll, any size. A, M. FROST 1332 Firat Ave. Seattle. Have Your na Bicycles COLUMBIA ooessecbeseersee Seattle Spirit No. 2.. Beattie Spirit No, Dayton + 825.00 927.50 $35.00 845.00 Theo.Wilts & Co, 1012 First Ave. Word to this effect comes from the boxing Beau Brommel, Char- | Me Gavin, who hax managed several negro boxers, including Dixie Kid and Bob Seanion. He has passed them up. “The smokes on the chute,” writes Gajyin, “and I'm through. { ‘The clubs won't hire them, because the public is tired of matches be- tween white and black men. They are being pul out of basiness.” The animosity against the negro boxers is in the air. They are | not as popular in Australia as they were, and that land was their }last stand, apparently i ee Freddy Walsh's calling off of bis bout with Jack Britton, recalls the fact that the little Welshman has had to cancel two other bouts within the past year and causes me to wonder whether his vegetable diet isn't responsible for this. When Walsh trained in’ Milwaukee for Wolgast, I believe, he ad. hered to his vegetable diet and bis arms were covered with bolia to an extent that he had to call off the bout. Dr. James Frew, who examined Walsh, sald he would become consumptive unless he changed his training methods. He ordered juicy beeffteaks and after esting them Walsh rapidly regained his health The strain of train. ing, Dr. Frew says, demands the most always confined himself to vegetables when preparing for a battle, which may be at the bottom of his present difficulty o 8 © Johnny Thompson's victory over Jack Lester m to the Ilinois cyclone, who lost deci Smith. Johnny may now get on with Langford, : | EVERETT-SEATTLE Ask Your Doctor | iwrerurBaN RAILWAY Stop coughing! Coughing rasps and tears. Stop it! Coughing’ | prepares the throat and lungs for |more trouble. Stop it! There lis nothing so bad for a cough , i as coughing. Stop it! Ayer’s « att | Cherry Pectoral is a medicine | for coughs and colds, a regular) | doctor's medicine. Ask your) }), v2 doctor about this. 9 LA) Lowell. 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Captain }Fallam appointed a commission of \three officers to Investigate the af- fair. 4 McFarland and Britton SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.—An | attempt ts being made today by | Promoter Jas. Coffroth to match | Packey McParland and Jack Brit- ton. Coffroth wired Packey, offer. |ing him a chance to mix with Brit- ton. Roth these fighters have much the same style, and there is much speculation among the boxing bugs as to what sort of a bout the two would put up. The match, if ar- ranged, probably will be ed jsome time in March at Daly | t have been sweet It was a lifesaver for Thompson and the finish of Lester! BTT—Limited traine | ™ their escorts. *% be made in the prison taflor ® \w shop. This will be the first & iw baseball league in the federal * *® penitentiary * | 2 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. Sport writers here today united In| jaiving Jack Dillon of Indianapolis the decision over Kid Clarke of Columbus In a ten-round bout here. Dillon was at least ten pounds heavier than his opponent. Murphy and Redmond Sign MILWAUKEE, Feb. 24.--Eddte |Murphy of Boston and Jack Red- mond of Milwaukee today have aned articles to meet in a 10- jround bout either in Kenosha, Wis., lor South Bend, Ind March. will be se HARRY 87! CINCINNATL, 1 Steinfeldt has makes the new than ever, and doubtful believe hind the United jtend to make & 80 | zation. ; NEW YORK, | Smejkal, pri today has Zbyszko in a finish ‘of the 8 O’°CLOCK COLISEUM, THIRD ano J HON. JOHN F. MILLER, Chairman. Hiram C. Gi NOMINEE FOR MAYO AND OTHER SPEAKERS. | The boxes and first five hundred ‘seats will be reserved for ladies Gill Rally Tonig

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