The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 10, 1916, Page 9

You ARE To GO ON OUT PexT DUTY. CHALLENGE EVERY Sout wie Our LINES Wend f* HALT! ARE FRIEND OR PORT? TE THE AR entery ru a BuT He yp os A bed Stk: LUTE PROP, THe et seen. OUR COUNTER RIN. Billy Murray Challenges TRAP SHOOT IS NOW POSTPONED . the} game has been the heaviest of each day im anticipation of « hard ; | struggie. lL The official schedule of the Na- tional league, just at hand, sets the opening date for April 12 this sea- son. The teams will cross bats on “opening day as follows: Boston at " Brockiyn, New York at Philadel. phia, Pittsburg at St. Louls, Chi- ago at Cincinnati. _ BULL BROS, , Just Printere | $013 THIRD @AIN 1042 HacT ! iN ST. Goes ‘THERE, FNGND,oR Foe? FRIEND! STAR—THURSDAY, IP You are A IFRIEND ADVANCE AND GIVE “THE COUNTER SION LL ‘CHASING THE CHAMP” AS TOLD TO BROWN HOLMES Next I met Carl Morris, the Sa- pulpa, Okla, giant. I am eure | could have won, but was disquall. fled in the fourth round for foul- ing. These two defeats were all I ever met I went to California then, with Frank Force, a Minneapolis news- paper man. At San Francisco stopped Jack Hemple in three rounds. Then they gave me Al nag ero the veteran, who was the horse for the crew {nvad- Doost, but the g: California and back to home, sweet home. Call- fornia, you know, te a bdeautiful place with perpetual sunshine, but you can't eat sunshine. Back home, I ley Klosby tn one rvand and Jack Moran in five. Moran pad acted an 6 for MeGoorty, Willard and other good ones. I spread the report is leg in this match ve won. That's GET READY TO EAT NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—National league magnates dispersed here to day after having settled many, questions of importance that had | arisen since declaration of peace. | Altho Boston, New York and| Chicago favored lifting the player Imit to 22 men, it was decided to let it remain at 21. Tonight's banquet will be the big baseball thing of the winter in Gotham. LARGE CROWD WILL SEE PORTLAND MIX sticks Friday night at the Arena. Reports from the ice plant say the advance sale of seats for this any this season. Manager Muldoon is putting his boys thru their preliminary paces Ted Lewis, the English boxer, | could not box gently if he tried.) He ts a rushing, slambang fighter | and trains the same way, giving no quarter and asking none, He used to get bruised and cut about the face so often in training that he has devised a spectal box- ing headgear that makes him look like a masked marvel. Just supposing Benny Kauff hits a batting slump at the beginning of the season, We wonder if he} would ever regain his batting eye) by the close? Dan Salt promises us some fresh stuff in the boxing game. SAVE YOUR TEETH OHIO CUT RATE DENTISTS S08 Vutversity st. Oppeaite extracted chectutaly without pain free from 0:99 to 6 pm Gnily. Gol4 Alloy Fillings. .91 to 61.60 Kzaminations Free. | Best Bridgework ; | Full th Lady attendant at enc | Ne [SEATTLE HOCKEY CLUB THE BIG EVENT Championship Hocke, Portland vs. Seattle Friday, Feb. 11, 1916, 8:30 P. M. Tickets now on sale at Arena Office, 1 Fifth Ave. es ) Fred Fulton CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER the funniest alibi I ever heard.) Yes, I broke his leg, but I had to! hit him on the chin to do it. | About the biggest event in my) career occurred in » 1915, when Joss Willard, just after w ning the heavyweight champion- ship from Jack Johnson, came to! Rochester, Minn., my home town, on & tour of the country, taking on all comers. It was the chance of my life to get into the ring with a champion and I took it. The theatre was packed that night and I got a big hand when I stepped onto stage. Every- dbedy knew me had seen m work a plast The fact that I in the ring with the champion did not bother me, I had followed Willard’s reo ord and had the thing all doped out. I knew bhi had been beaten / by Joe Cox and shaded by Tom/ McMahon. Th inspiration. I not figure on meeting Jess Willard, champion of the world, Dat Jess Willard, the fell who had been beaten by Coz and shaded by McMahon. To be continued FLYING CHIPS From Sport Block Youth will be served, eh? Not when the St Louls Cardinals give St. Paul three kids for Charley Hall, who has been in the game 14 years. eee 1f Joe Capablanca should suf. fer biind staggers some day he might lose a chees game. And then, too, he might not. eee ALAS, POOR YORICK! There was a man in our town Who was an “amachoor”; His record was immaculate, But he was very poor. In leu of more substantial food, On which to try his teeth, He got some oll and vinegar And ate his laurel wreath. An amateur fs one who may A diamond medal win; But he {s not allowed to toll, Nor will they let him spin. I know a lot of amateurs, But few of them are champs; In our commercial lexicon They call ‘em common tramps. —L, C. DAVIS. . A lot of the fancy skaters we have seen this season have made a fine impression—on the ice, eee Ballplayers 3 ate ors, so the Glant-Yale spring game will be played in the Yale bowl. o. perhaps a plain jc* would do just as well. cee Kid McCoy wore a mask when he appeared for a bout in New York. There was a time when the kid was not ashamed of bimself and his ring ability. ee New York fight fans see a chance to spend their money for something sensible. The Willard. Moran bout may never be held. ore Heinie Zimmerman will not quit chewing the rag just be- cause William Wrigley Is one of the owners of the club. eee Fielder Jones must do using a dull knife. He has been slicing at squad for three weeks and has 52 heads left, enovgh for seven teams. see Some wives don’t know their husbands Gibbons, knocking didn't know Mike could be so rough.” Bat Levinsky beats Everybody's doing It. os Al Reach Willie Hoppe’s manager says Willie is improving at billta: Impossible, We've seen him form. where I got my) BY BROWN HOLMES Benny Kauff, the “Ty Cobb of the Feds,” who will be with ‘th ants thie year, le being roasted for his conceit. He is even called a ewell-head.” Concelt made Ty Cobi the greatest of all ball players. Concelt made Bat Neison lightweight champion of the world, Concelt made Frank Gotch wrestling champion of the world. And concelt put a lot of oth- er athletes higher than they would have gotten without it. Red Doolin, farmer mi the Phillies, once : “Gl me the conceited ball play The fellow who thinks he is the goods will work hie head off to mai everybody of of himself, doesn’t o what other people think and It will show In his work.” When Ty Cobb broke Into the majors he wae 80 “cocky” several Detroit players tried High School Athletics Weet Seattle le figuring en mak Ing a showing In tennis. Waller and ide are going to be about the best doubles team In the city. Ide made a good showing In the Wood- land park tournament last year. ee When the ball season rolls around, Franklin will be minus the services of its star first base- man, Johnny Allen, who ts going to the university. * ee “Waller, the West Seattle pitcher, had the jinks on Ballard last year. When ho pitched against Broadway, the Pine street school slammed his offerings to all corners of the lot. Against Ballard he was the cham- pion. chap ae What will Harold White, the Broadway track captain, run when the track season rolls around? For the last couple of years White-he been running the 100 and 220, At the city track meet held at the university last year, he ran the mile and was beaten out of first place by only a couple of feet. Paul Duryea, the best all-around man in the city high schools last year, will be lost to the Broadway track squad, When ho did not reg- ister, in September, the track fol- lowers hoped that he would be FEB. 10, 1916. PAGE 9. Copyright, 1916, by MG Fisher ® Pat Of Trade Mark Hee. U. X WANeorT Gor LEND Mme A Qvuartza if You ane A FRIEND take him down @ notch. are In the minors. Cobb ing records. if was a bearcat in hit- ting and base running in his two seasons in the Federal to get his first Ib } make fane forget Cobb and give Jake Daubert batting jee sone. There is, of course, tittle chance Kauff will accomplish all theee things, but he is the who will try think he has a id” he will try think he has a In the trying, will always be playing to the mit of his abilit dh SOME hitter and he te boastful, will have gi ir opposition than If he had kept his con. celt more to himself, ‘CASTING CLUB TO HOLD MEET There will be a meeting of the Seattle Fly and Bait Cabting club Thursday night tn Eflers hall, Third and University, at 8 p. m. All sportsmen are invited, Prof. Kincaid of the state unt versity, will lecture on game fish and thelr habits, d much busi- ness of tmportan will be trans acted, Targeta have been made, grounds have been selected, and Just as soon as the snow has melted practice will begin. The club has at present a membership of 260 and been organized just one month. nara aa back for the January term, but so far he has fatled to show up at Broadway for school work. ° . Many of the high school swim mers are preyaring to euier the mateur swimming meet to be held jet the Washington Natatorium Thursday. Those who saw the |high school meet last year know |that the schools have some good |swimmers, and would like to see jthem In action again. Now we have masked boxers, well as masked wrestlers. Still, those brazen promoters go about with tueir ruddy complexions bared to the breezes. A Cen ry went |Will Choose Referee for Big Contest in N.Y.Today | NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-—The Identity of the referee of the coming heavywelght champlon- ship battle between Jess Wil- lard and Frank Moran, will be Dorgan, Is holding out Brown, while Jones ha for “Jack ‘GREW PRACTICE IS | RESUMED AT U.OF W. The U. of W. crew again took to the shells Wednesday, after a | week's layoff on account of the ip- |clement weather. The delay was not much to Coach Conibear’s lik- ing. He has a@ race scheduled for early in April, and figures that the jmen need all the practice they can jset in between now and then. HERE IT IS Here, There and Everywhere Short Sport John C. Welty of Canton, 0., has been elected president of the Na- tional Trotting association, Bill Bowden was selected as foot- ball manager at Broadway high Wednesday. Chas, Lanning and Ed Porep were chosen to manage the baseball and track teams respec tively. The Broadway high quintet de- feated the university sophs at bas- ketball Wednesday, 25 to 16. The Lane county fair, to be held | at Eugene, Oro., will eliminate horse | racing this year. Connie Mack has 18 pitchers, five catchers, 10 infielders and six out- | Mlelders on his squad from which to mold a winning team, Everétt May and Dr. G. J. Sweet- land are being selected the most probable successors to Dr. Stewart as coach at 0. A. C. Delegates from 20 cities will meet in Louisville on Feb. 12, when the National Amateur Baseball assocta- tion holds {ts annual session. Willie Hoppe, the billiard expert, averaged $1,400 a week while tour- ing the country with Koji Yamada, the Japanese ivory tapper. BY BUD FISHER Cheasty’s The Home of the Invincible Suit $16.50 Always $16.50 “Values Tell” THE VILLAGE SMITHY Samos the spreading smithy stands, When a fight contract, in chestnut tree the village romoter dashes madly up with a is hands; He gave the smithy the up and down and danced around in glee. “Come, come, my worthy a champion of thee.” ae 8 man,” he said, “I'll make Be i The blacksmith fell for his line of bunk And laying aside his smithy junk, He went on Sunday to the city hard by Where he was matched with this Willard guy. saa night of the bout, with a yell and a shout, he climbed into the ring, He stepped to the front with the tap of the gong and received an awful swing. ei f Smithy took the count, he was down and out, the darkness filled his eyes, He thought he heard his mother’s voice singing to him in Paradise. J Toiling—rejoicing—sorrowing, Onward thru life he goes, He thought he was a champion ‘Till Willard binged him on the nose. R2aes In spite of the fact that youth has a tendency to go wrong, @ school for umpires has been estab- shed. 3 & 8 Outside of the fact that the North- western league doesn't know how many clubs there will be in the circuit, can't draw up a schedule and hasn't any capable umpires signed up, things look pretty good for a prosperous season. n 3 8 President Blewett should come In for food a of censure if he doea not have Perle Casey on his umpire staff this season. Cassy is one of the best indi- cator men in the business, and it would be foolish to let him get away. Good umps are always at & premium. s 8 The morning paper Informs us that Jose Cap: blanca and A. Krupchik played draw in the chess tournament at New York, The verdict is that it served them right. Res As soon as Johnny Evers learned that Percy Haughton wore @ wrist watch he wanted to be traded to the Cubs. RB 3 8 We wonder what those baseball moguls would do if they had to convene in a dry to The king of indoor sports, Letepe corks, is the favorite game all their gatherings. RBs Headlines we'll miss this season—= “Feds Acquire Site in New York.” @ 8 8 Agitation has been started change the nickname of the Portland Uncle Sams. Some people think Uncle Slams would be more appropriate. Rose Buds could also be made to read “Nose Bloods.” GEDAP SELIM! - JOB HONEYCUT JUST TELEPHONED THAT HES, GOT THE MUMPS, ABOIL ON HIS NECK, TWO BUNIONS AND A NEIGH BOR WHO PLAYS THE CORNET A PIEDMONT WILL CHEER HIM UR. GLANG THERE!