The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 16, 1912, Page 2

T news of pr: men. Phone your amateur news to ‘The Star, Main 9400, Independent 441, HE Star is atrong for amateur athietice—-more and better sporte for the boy. Thi clally to news of amateur NEWS AND STATISTICS Professional Sports Fostered | Seattle Athletic Club Captures t THE STAR—SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1912 SPORTS Edited by ROY WHITMAN DOPE AND COMMENT Amateur Sports Eneouraged S..0..0 8.9 eee oe «| ) . le ° eeoveeeeeee : From casual observallon W appeared rat the ¥ <eW. wae winnine| 6 oe ogy the . ° beer." 4 ae ; RIVERS HAS h: _ . >. “ oa Aer re te Stor tne rt sn fr Multnomah The ° OF THE MEET ° ‘ancouver Y, M. ¢ carried away five poluts a4 the result o t @eeeneeoeee ee @ ececeeeeeeeoee bw the. a Boy pg oa winged vot the same city captured « Pryor rerrTy Tyr iy. GROUCH THUS HIS TRAINER KNOWS HE'S READY FOR GATTLE eaned Wire) reh 16.—-As unconcer ugh future dates Worth $26,000 and the presti has built up in less than 18 months were not at stake in his battle at Vernon this afternoon with Jack White of Chicago, Joe Rivers arose this morning with the groueh that his trainer declared bespeaks per fect condition. Rivers surely looked in great shape for the battle, which Is sched uled for 20 rounds, Shortly after leaving his bed he stepped on the training quarters’ scales in his birthday clothes. The beam barely stirred. A short walk during the morning made the required 128 pounds at 10 o'clock the easiest thing In the world White also made the weight with: out trouble. The little Chicagoan | was absolutely confident of his abil: | ity to take the measure.of the Mex ed Proms BL ERNIE BARRIEAU NA & popular champ in his own town. itant in ex-| % the Vancouver papers| Six hundrea-yard rum—Rdmund 2 cendcowgy x ma v= cape per ag Teer en toe eee nes an fon, BA. C.; Sheridan, 8. A. C.; Wa | Wai th he igh Distanee ‘ett BY VICTOR ZEONICK “Rivers may be a good boy,” Jack ‘ Nowe tt hap | ARE: U: OCW. Tne—1:20 46, olff, M. A. A. C. . Grad nage ity of|aaid, “but who did he ever lick who|* Dae. te ling just how “>! Twelve bundred-yard run—Ris ites pi ae eee ‘ Tve got ane of those (pened. They toll how many times | don 8. A, C.; Hilton, U. of W.; Gar. dred-yard relay Wo had « punch? things in either band, and | surely | expect to hang ft on Joe's gingham Washington For the first time in the history bit the other fellow and the nur. Y . Interlake; Brivbin, Later of athletics at the University of] jaw before the fun is over.” ber of times he was swatted him | ouvor; Smith, 8. A. C.; Greenwell, | Pearden. ; Washington, three athletic teams |". 0°lcin fight Ia scheduled to |S Lately they have fallen into) Vancouver. Time—1 hour 3 min os oa pe 1 Bas age bl dee! Will be sent into California this} yocin about 2:30 o'clock, with the habit of saying after each | utes 40 seconds. olay, x In fact, in the past not more round that “Ernie's hair was »tiit lake team, year. Charles Eyton as referee. Ernte Barrieau, who packs the P. lightweight toga, ts certainty Every time Braie leks a budding | Ernie tainted, how many times he | solitary polnt While the meet wae more or less of « tur plenty of excitement on tap, and a few thrills. evening came when Smith, the Vancouver Marat closure, after a hike to Alki point in thick weather, ‘The second thrill came when another Maragione: ned Hmith hiked in for second place ‘This second Smith ts a ” boy, 17 years old, and he ran under the colors of the 8, A. C. c2the third thrill came when Norman, also an 8. A. ©. athlet the arene This thrill took bodily. hold of Mra, Norman, already worked to fever At first she thought hef husband needed atication, and she be sought Fra Vance to “rub him.” Norman's recuperative powers and bis wife's enthusianm arose the grand finale, and it was with the greatest effort that she kept her own foot stil! as a ble copper gently forced her from the track She appeared to be straggling between a desire to dance and engage in & Marathon on her own hook, She was the happiest woman in the house when her husband pulled in among the leaders Con Walsh and Sam Bellabof Portland, great athletes that they are, looked the part. They Mt, Rowever, fracture any records a Mdmondsen, 8. A.C, o 600-yard dash, and bis ranging was one of the features of the m 1@ the 200-yard race he fell and failed to got a start, owing to @ crowded track iitvous affair, there war ‘The biggest thrill of the honer, burst into the in heat to Pole vault~-Bellah, M. A A. © Humes, 8. A. C.; Willams, U. of Height——11 ft. 8% in. Sixteen pound shot OPEN EVENTS Fifty yard dash—Torenne, U. of W.: Purrell, 8. A. C.; Taleott, 0, of W. Time 4-6. Three hundred-yard run—Wright, U. of W.; Gray, 8 A. C.; Otto, B. A. Cc. Time—:38 A. A. ©; May, M.A. A. C.; Edmonds, Wolff, M U, of W. Distance—<41 ft. 3 in Grammar Schools Events Fiftysix-pound shot for betght of W. team fn 2:30, by U. Fifty-yard dash-—Dwyes, Lowell; land, 8. A. ©. Ten mile Marathon~-Smith, Van- Time-—-3:6 2-6. Fiftyyard low hurdles—MoFee, than one team has ever invaded tae \immacalately parted. U. of W.; Magtliieuddy, 8. A. C.; High Schoo! Midget Events California in a single year, The Ul|ae eae eee eee eee @ ee!) So much for that aide of the ple| Tyrer SAC. Thme16 410 Fifty-yard = dash—Rice, Broad: ot W. banedall team has never) « ® i ture, but in the other P. N. A. Fitty-yard high hurdiesSellah,| 8: Mayer, Queen Anne; Brehm, SOMUNOBSEN played in California, and several LISTEN TO CYNTHIA wjtowns ite different. Not that!) y 4 a. C.; Magiiiouddy, 8, A. C.;| Broadway, Tiine--€ 36 seconds, | years ago when the crew went & | Ernie is exactly personally unpop- | Tyrer, 8. A.C, Time—6:06. ‘| Relay, 1200 yarde—Won by) way: Parr, Lincoln; Breenahan, nouth to row on the Oakland Este-|@ a = @ @ « @ & & & & & & w& /itlar, but all the other fellows are) “Running high fump—Thomarses, | Queen Anne team. Queen Ame. Time—6 seconds fint ary it was not the custom to send YNTHIA GREY rushed into [after his goat. In Spokane Clsoo)g 4 ©; Hy, 8. A.C: W. Williams, High Schoo! Events | Pifty-yard low hurdles—-Willis, the track team to Berkeley, This the sporting department ali [Sullivant and George Douglas) y. of W. Helght—6 ft. 10 In Fifty-yard dash—Warrell, Broad-|Hroadway; Fart, Lincoln; Hall, year, however, according to cour excitement. Before any | Would give most anything up to! a ‘ ore aictianiaidaeal . =e | Broadway, Time-—-T 1-5 seconds. sy rcnmegectc age Pome Bay one had a chance to apprehend | their right eye to snag a kid who 5 0 st te ta | Relay—-Won by Broadway team. she burst out “Hoy, if her show before the California public, The crew wil go first, returning Just about the time the baseball team starts on its twoweeks funket, and on the baseball team’s arrival home the track aggrecation ‘wilt pack ther trunks for the Pa- cific coast meet at Berkeley. The crew last went to California five ago. The race ended disas- trously, however, the Washington eight being swamped in the middie of the course. Since that time it has not been thought advisable to gend a crew to row on the rough California waters. This year, how- ever, Coach Conibear determined to try it again and the race will take place early in April. of his laurels, Bot no use They slyly imported * profes | Mooney, but Arnie jalong with the rest Heked the fighting [he went the | Vancouver Monday night Johnay Kilbane bit Abe Attell | Chet Hrown, of the Seattle clab, in the eye could A.B.C.7 thought Sig Hart might taro * a jtriek, but he didn’t Temple Beats Tom Dillon! $y, Vatted, Eveee tasers Wire> S ANGELES, March 16 Dillon, Berry and Company are hav. | ing a bit of fun at Hap Hogan's ox-| pense today, following the Hogan Yannigans’ narrow escape at the Austin, of the Rainier Valley ¢ failed. the trick. Ume be was booked to tangh om opener ed D of Soatbern | ite, by reason of dissipation OR RRR RRR ee et Danas Of the Uni yeeT ohe vernon | wouldn't let him cross the men meet, McVey wilt doubtless be backed by bu * youngsters won, they were pressed | That bout was scheduled for) dreds of sports. A victory for Sam would not, of * A GOOD RUN to the wire, the college men taking | Berries home tows, but when course, afford much nutriment to the white race, but & Chase Sibley, probably the ®/ 11. short end of a 2 to t score the champ returned the visit Tom there are many white boxing bugs who would vastly | ® warmest exponent of the three ®cnshion game, at Brown & % Helen's, the other evening, ‘® made consecutive runs of 9, 10 Wand 11. This feat in consis- & tency following close upon & Steve Johnson's recent run of ® 13, has revived interest in the ® three-angle pastime. gave him something of a walloping. though the referee called draw. ‘That was about the closest Bar rieau ever came to being licked. and it probably will clowest for some time to come. All of Hogan's pitchers showed up well, althonsh Cummings wae 4) trifle shaky the final three rounds. Haskell for the collegians held the leaguers to three hits. LINCOLN TEAM CHOSEN ‘The relay team which is to repre- eeeeeeeeeeeeeee sent Lincoln in the track meet at * the Armory tonight has been sein "© ********* *¥ lina: stevey and Johnson, gt ering together, would afford some classy | Hee eRe AR EAH Hl incted About a week ago Zi (ely MR. MILLER EXPLAING «| mubement for the fight and, with the possible exception of Joe Trae w lows turned oat for the woyard |y * Jeanette, there doean't seem to be a man in the heavyweight ranks | Close Show for Hogan dun at Woodland park. The first | ean eae wae a tae wa] THO Cuiild be expected tovgive.ibe champion such a run for his money. || (By United Press Leased Wire) |'#2 Were chose nto run again on ' 4 : A ‘ ee SAN FRANCISCO, March 16—| Wednesday afternoon. The first van Miller, the middleweight Any time you hearthe crack of a pitched ball as it strikes FOR Ray Temple's stock is boosted with |f04F men, who compose the team, boxer, phoned the Pink thie [the head of a balter and mee the latier fall senseless to the ground, put the fans today as a consequence of {finished as follows: Stephen, firs! morning to say that the reason | it down that you have seem a ball player permanently injured. The HUNGRY the walloping he handed Tommy |Stewart. second; Campbell, third, _ failed to go on with Harry |iatest example of this rulé is Roy Corban, the young White Sox short-|; Dillon here last night. Temple wou J. Balkema, fourth. Nelson,| Forbes, the other ht, was |stop. Corhan broke into the league like a wonder fast spring. He was! all the way, having a clear lead in| ¥%O came in fifth,-was chosen as because his nose was on the | (he sensation of the club until (me day Russell ford of the Highlanders | A Little Goesip ‘ alternate. blink. It came in contact with | nit him on the head with @ fastione. Corhan dropped to the ground un From All the every round, and knocking the In diana lightweight down in the fourth. Dillon is a brother of Jack one of Forbes’ mitts during a previous bout, and the collision was severe enough to leave a eoccccceeeeeees for the middle-)¢ Greatest Ring Battles °) few fractures. Miller says th: . e f Hi | as a matter of fact, he was Billy Weeks and Ike Cohen fu of History present and weuld have been nished the best entertainment of ase Gilad to box had his nose been in the evening. Weeks was foored in the first, second and third rounds, bat was after his man all the time, Cohen was awarded the decision. Charlie Miller put a crimp in a “white hope” heavyweight when he stopped Soldier George Schwader in ° ee2e2eeeee 1Y GEORGE ("KIO") LAVIN Ex-Lightweight Champion of the World. | its normal condition—that the | statement in the Pink that he failed to show up was a trifle misleading. One of the five great fights In this country was the GansNelsonje@ ee eeeeeeee ee ee three rounds, tosting at Gold] ¢ SEATTLE RANGERS, RUNNERS-UP IN NORTHWEST SOCCER LEAGUE, *) 32th Devore, tne Giants’ fleet foot re ee eld, Nev., Sep), led outfielder, has declared that} tember 2, 1906, WANT GAME WITH THE CHAMPIONS *| nothing leas than 100 stolen bases | which Nelson will satisfy his pilfering disposition Other sizes in proportion. ‘Sold by Sais den tea dk @eeeeeeveeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeees this season. Josh said that last the Chas. H. Lilly Co., Foot of Main the 42d round. year but did not live up to it | Bt., Seattle aoe The papers : anid it was a de Although the Philadelphia liberate foul. No- National league baseball team “ . | lan, manager of has not won a championship in jefson, claimed the Battler was 29 years, some of its admirers Jobbed, but no one paid any atten tion to him. Referee Goorge Siler said the foul was intentional as did many critics at the ringside Gans went around Nelson like a cooper round a barrel, but Nelson |took punishment like a stole. A | Samer man never lived than Nelson }and Gans had few ring equals } Gans fought « clean, maniy fight | He had been forced to weigh in at |138 ringside with his togs on, which | |meant he had to make 131 pounds. |He fooled Nelson by making the! | weight and retaining his strength and he left the ring cheered by me: ) who came re Nelson and Round after round Gans punched | Nelson until the Dane's face lost resemblance to a human counte nance, but he piled in for more, doggedly trying to wear down his| jopponent. Twice Gans knocked him jdown, and once, when he helped Bat to his feet, his reward was # vicious blow to the stomach | In the 16th round Gans injured | his hand and in the 28th*it was) literally smashed. He fought with | one hand thereafter, but to deceive Neison, he limped as if he had in fared his foot. ‘The fight was a struggle of braina, skill, heart and hands, but above all ft was one of will. In sheer will Skates Special for This Week Rall Bearing Skates 7 Stee! Bearing / | | 1012 First Ave. EVERETT-SEATTLE INTERURBAN RAILWAY BRETT — Limit S78 pm diss, a00, om a lates |POwer Gans excelled Nelson. Both bad its trate Saturday and Bunday at 9:98! were weary at the end, but Gans| Ke meDeugait Py iy oe Nodicates tareage trat was stronger than his rival, ‘ >w—W. christ. Lower row—W. McGrath, fought with a broken hand, gamely and wonderfully until Nelson's fiat landed in bis groin and lald him low, It was a vicious, hard, grueling fight and will live long in ring an- nals. The receipts were $78,000 and They were the only team to di in fact, they are out with a chall BULL BROS. Just Printers liant exhibitions have been greatly The management has been neg writing they have failed to come around player in the Northwest. 1013 THIRD AVENUE tn paren. me 00. Nelson received | land. 500 win, lo “ ” , MAIN 1043 IND. 5200| took $11.000. me or draw and Gans winat Light Blues,” as the Rai can jambast Ernie, and relieve him) sional from Butte, named Johnny | i Jobnny | Then they dug up a chap with me of Murphy, but ‘ay of the others In the | and Lonnie} jtrotted out Tom Martin, who also Martin, though, came the closest | The fleet) with | the Canadian custome offi- ita remain the Middie row—P. Campbell, F, Simpson, W. Fraser, A. McCafferty, R. Gil. Mrelght shed at Sizte| Gans’ generalsh W. Rutherford, H. Keir, J. Gilchrist, J. Hendry, ‘Olive w es generalship was wonderful. r , ¥ ly dwindling. It apepars now thal SEATTLE-KV TRACTION co, | He forced Nelson to do all the work This team got a bad start in the Soccer league this seasori, but d we ‘ yea: ae a Mliceaes sme ti en | term anh Fe yh Pees ait wA ge Meng Alb meng ; towad the end they showed their true |t will be only four mem team is composed of some of the best exponents of the game she Military Events x Equipment race—Won by Arthur > Campbell, of Company B. Centipede race--Won by Com~ une pany B bs ia Wall-scaling contest-—-Won- by | Company L. AM McVEY, the California “cullud man” who not) jong ako defeated Sam Langford in Australia, and whe ia now considered the logical contender for the crown which Jack Johnson wears on his bean, has already had three cracks at the champion. The first meeting between the two blacks was at Loe Angelos, nine! years ago, and went twenty rounds, resulting in a decixton tor Johnson. Later in the same year and again in 1904, the men were matehed, Johnson winning both, | the last time by & knockout, McVey has been coming | steadily to the front since then, while many believe tbat Johnson baa been going back since he won the If the two colored wre rr Ss. Sa... 2 * * A QUESTION OF WOOD * * ethene ee ee VRRENAHAN at one time tried to effect a trade with Boston in which he offer- od Ontfielder Oake and Infielder Willew in trade for Pitcher enjoy the spectacle of seeing Jack bumbled, even by « man of his own race. Some American fighters who witnen the contest at Sydney last Christmas be- tween MeVey and Langford have written to friends in Amerion that McVey was not entitied to the deciston, i thal the “Boston Raby” was cheated out of a bdes@rved™ victory Veers declare that MeVey won faifhy, that it was jast another case of « good big man putting it over a good little man. It te certain Wood of Boston, which goes to the East is in much better con- dition than in the West. ) jeonscious, and it was weeks before he could start in the game again. | Leagues | Then be waan't the same Corhan who had teen burning up the short | field. Comiskey has turned him over to the San Francisco Seals. er ee Ty Cobb says that to secure the | beat results in hitting, a player must Abe Attell now refers to Kilbane as Chilblains. avers that Johnay has a very severe attack of frosted extremitics freee Abe! ever go to the plate with the mani eat desire to secure « hit, but must be prepared to meet the occasion, Toledo has a pitcher named Frost, and Toledo fans are|such a» it might be. Hughie Jen- hoping that he will be able to blight (he prospects of the rival teams |nings thinks different as he teaches for the whole of this season. \them to go to the plate prepared Ac comme [$9 meet the ball and to let the oc Corre ecreserereeereeseesese sees | mim take care of Itself | think the Phillies will win this ind oppose the Athletics, 's champions, in the play- off next fall. What would Hugnie Jennings give now to possess the contract of Grover Cleveland Alexander, Con siderable—and then some. Yet tt ts | A case of so near, yet so far. The| bure of Grover’s fame reached | | Hughie’s ear, and he rushed big George Mullin down to look the kid | over. “He looks good,” was Mul-| lin's report, Bill Donovan followed suit, and corroborated Mullin's judg: | ment. Hughie was getting interest ed and sent a “real” scout down to look at the shoots Mr, Alexander was shooing over the plate. “He's a bloomer,” said the scout. Some- time maybe, but not now. Manager John McGraw of the Giants has signed another De- vore for his team. Marry De- vore is a brother of osh, Mo- speed merchant and goes to New York with an A-1 reputa- tion. Harry is also an out fielder and hopes to sup- plant Red Murray, who made Buch a mis Top row--R. Munro, P. Robertson, R. Chambers, A, Rose, A, Cameron, Canada’s Twilight league is slow. é |when time lefeat the champions this geason, and they are anxious to meet them again Calgary, lenge to meet any team in Washington, Oregon or British Columbia. Northwest hi samires by fe Tmany Sceepelies, jotiating wi ck Diamend,team for a e, but uj to terms. The team is captained by Jack Hendry, i og a ol nerd fore immigrating to America, he played for first-class teams in Scot- is called-——Edmonton, Bassano and Lethbridge. he|Brandon, Moose Jaw and Leth- ver seen, and their bril-| bridge quit the 1911 season, it is. said, owing to vatrous and sundry bills to the league, which, so far, have remained unsettled, and un- less liquidation is made by March 16, the territory will be declared out, The Twilight figures on open- ing the eeasou May 3, ingers are popularly known, would like to hear from any team desiring a he Big Indoor Track Mee lumber business in |4orff will play s field position for show that tam! \the San Francisco Seals, and that) {mk HE Bter Pink, published exch evening, ie an — publication, devoted to the sporteman, ang exclusive. ing events of the world. Ali the loeal 9 ewtelde eport gossip. If you are interested In aoa r Have It delive ested in the Pink od by carrier, © eesy * IF DUG * JOE SE Pe ONLY iy VARSITY OUT OF RAGE DEFEAT OF BASKETBALL TEAM SETTLES PENNANT Bi By a score of 17 to 13, Washing ton to the Oregon Vare | at Bugenc, last night, and thus is! out of the race for the champion ship. The Washington team plays the Willamette University team to night at Salem, thee ty tear ‘ * * *# LYNCH LET DEVOGT GO *® 408 SEATON *” AND WAG SORRY; | Joe Beaton playy " * WAT MAY BE SORRY, TOO #|in the winter lenge at o * goles, Tee ee eee ee Norneue a Jack Barry made the state |. 004 to i ment the other night, in a fan- lone papers ning bee, that it is easier to |i aay gap Pre toss off a game through poor |. rte papi eatohing than in any other way. | to take Tom deck and Dug have been wor |) )ine ing over the catching end of Dob ne @ business, but both are rest. 4 n't see it, ing easier now that Wattelet (70) clee besides He has turned over Rex DeVogt to | hey peg, the Geattic team. It may not tough luek b nae soem the nicest thing In the world to get # catcher a tai! Becton to end team is willing to part with, but it may os before the | ete, but Roy season is very old that Vic. |!f Dug had Seaton toria will wish it had this Oe | ‘rade Brown has Vogt person back in the foia. | Breckenridge ip Last spring Eddie Burns looked 1 and this P| $0 good that Mike Lynch of Ta | come im real handy, 4 ‘Shea tse boldout, o he eons coma turned DeVogt loose, ‘and Wattelet grabbed him. Burns was no horse and after working in innumerable games without the young phenom, failed come up to expectations, and old Mike sighed for DeVogt. in fact he tried to get him back Wattelet is surely toying with fate. He has good reports Meek, but many a player bh failed to make good, after mov ing to another league. Young Grindet! caught nice enough bail fast fall, but he is DeVogt was di years ago by the Boston Ameri- cans, but Bill Carrigan was al- ways on the job, and young catchers got little chance. He hes worked in several minor Jeagues. Wattelet had a chance to sell him to Buffalo last fall. He is a fine receiver, a sticker of more than ordinary ability, and while he is in- clined to rainbow them to sec- ond, he gets the throw off in a jiffy. He isn't the worst catcher In the Northwestern league by @ long way, if Watty did discard him for twe men he knows little about. Rex win- tered in Detroit, and may arrive In time for the Sunday game. tise our werk, 8. All work " spactaliats, | tertals The latest ts that Howard Mun} cone and Pike Dutch Altmann will get the third | Poposite are vator or walk BB from Puget Soul any part of Washington the route to travel is 0-W.R.&l vi A ticket for passage over these lines g@ tees you the very best facilities known @™ ern steam railway transportation. The trains are sanitarily correct and dlectts lighted. Electric Block Signals and Steel Coote isure safety. ‘This protection extends along® entire route. The routing is direct so that time aboard is shorter. 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