The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 18, 1916, Page 11

BUNCH OF CHILDREN, BOXERS NOWADAYS DELICATE SAYS BOB BY EDWARD HILL “cc H, FOR them good old Robert Fitzsimmons. days,” is the plaintive cry of The old-fashioned “eave-man” of the ring is now a thing of the past along with sideburns for men and skirted bathing the tough mugs who used to expressions “I had my first fight when of the padden mitten. heavyweights when I was a kid of 115 pounds. suits for women, according to “Ruby” Robert. The boxers of this day and age are infants compared to] scramble each other's facial I was 15,” says the old slinger “I had three bare-knuckle fights with weighing in the neighborhood Some days them,” reflects Robert, and the old-timers nod their hoary heads in agreement. HALL EASES UP A BIT 1 ON HIS TRAINING Laurence Hall, corn-fed bantam weight champion of the Middle West, was advised by his physi- ¢lan to ease up a bit on his train- ing. Since agreeing to box tn Ev. @rett on Labor day, he has been! working out daily at Zang’s training camp, on Lake Union, and is fast getting in fighting trim. VAN NOSTERN WANTS BOUT WITH PURCELL'S BOY R. H. Van Nostern, manager of Frankie Sullivan, who meets “Muff” Bronson in Portland ehortly, is anxious to have Frankie hook up with Frank Purcell’s pride and joy, Joe Farrell, when Frankie comes ck up this way. MEMSIC IS NOW AN AMATEUR BOXER Remember George Memsic, who was battling Ad Wolgast and all the rest of the old clan back in 19107 Well, George !s now a simon-pure ILKES PLAYERS} C wre un “DIVoORG 1 beehan Summer } 100, 200, 300 Matinee Today. SUNDAY— GIRLS” NEW PANTAGES | Always 10¢ and 200 | “A Night in the Park” “The Japanese Caruso” _ Mats 2:30. Evenings 7 and 9 PALACE HIP Afternoons, 120105; Rves, ¢:20 te 11 J0Y RIDERS” “THE 1ACK BORNHOLDT, NIORBE Other Vaudeville and Feature Photopiaye Mats 19¢, any seat; Eves, and Sun, ie Save the ‘The Seattle Electric Company is waging a war of extermina- Its methods are those of the piratical bands who have long infested and filched the world art of the three-card monte shark and the bludgeon of the mid- It is trying to kill the Jitney off, under the de- tion against the Jitney. night marauder. lusive and hypocritical guise of false representations and other disreputable methods to secure Vacations for its signers to its petitions. gent on the number of signers they get dren of immature years. The people have tried to get car exten- sions for ten years; and yet, the company has the unmiti gall to make false and vague promises of such extensions; but when, where and how nobody knows. some competition and enjoy monopoly. Based on the same carrying capacity, the money invested tn street car transportation is about four times more than in the Jitney, and the people pay profits and dividends on this differ- ence. The Jitney atfords an honest living to many men. money paid them stays here, but that paid the electric octopus on watered stock and to fatten the purses of bloated bondholders. The Jitney 1s safe, quick, cheap If you do not w: goes Fast to pay dividends and convenient. nihilate the Jitney, then inform letter. Save the GvORCE' ™ Si ~a-UA! Ww ‘ v la rere es A TO JOIN GIANTS NEW YORK, Aug. —Cateh- er Geo. Gibson, formerly with the Pirates, has refused to join the Giants. According to word received here, he wants an unconditional release, which, he says, Barney Dreyfu romised him after the 1909 world’s series. teur, Yep, George ts boxing in the four-round game down tn Los Angeles, for watches, medals and such—mostly such, we opine. CAN'T KEEP THE DEAD ONES BURIED It seems impossible to keep the pugtlistic dead kicking their heels under the sod In the boxing bone | yard. The latest of those who should have heard the call some time ago is Owen Moran. Owen recently fought in Engiaud and scored a kneeckout over a lad named Billy Merchant. “MUFF” BRONSON DEFEATS JOE BENJAMIN “Mutt” Bronson seems to be about the best featherweight in this Weck of the tall and uncut Tuesday night, in Portland, “Muff kept up his reputation by walloping Joe Benjamin in a short s! melee. Bronson may be brought to Seat- tle next winter to mest some tough featherweight on one of the Austin & Salt cards. AMERICAN RESULTS At Washington 64, Detroit 11-8 At Philadelphia 4-2, St. Louls 3-3, At Boston 0, Chi 07 At New York 5. JITNEY Cleveland 4 It uses the regulation. It resorts to lies, mployes are contin- Many signers are chil ted It seeks to destroy whole The ant the electric company to an- the City Council by phone or JITNEY round | when he tied a can to Jack Coombs Was John McGraw hasty to firing Rube Marquard and Chief Meyers’ Did Roger Bresnahan “boot” one when he banished Larry Cheney from the Cubs? | Every time he ponders these |questions, Col, Wilbert Robinson laughs in his sleeve. For It ts to laugh, says the Brooklyn manager |when you contemplate the perform ances of this quartet in bis club's |present dash. | If Brooklyn cope the flag. dis cards must be given credit, for the veterans cast adrift by the Cubs, Athietice and Giants have made titiecontenders of the Dodger machine. | Each of the above quartet had |worn out his welcome on the club with which he played prior to enter (DISCARDS MAY WIN Did Connie Mack pull a boner} diamond greats, Schultz STAR—FRIDAY, AUG. 18, 1916, PAGE 11. of ame other back scores they ments, Coombs, a cripple, t overwork in the role of man. piteher, has in om staff, the club's march of triv games the Kennebunk marvel has |*#me flerceness and regularity that turned tn 10 winners as against four ;™marked his efforts for McGraw, he) falr-to-middiin’|has been a prominent factor in the defeats. That's pitching for a man supposed to have |catching one foot in h grave. jing Robinson's family, but like! Cheney, for years the mains found again, and tho not worked as often |Giants, have profited by the change as other members of the Brooklyn | from Coogan’s Bluff to Flatbue been a prime factor tn | sod WA-A-HA-A-aAa a WERE'S A BIRD!! WHA-A-AAA! FLAG FOR DODGERS! Cheney, Coombs, Marquard and Meyers, Dropped as Dead Tim- ber, Star as Comebacks on Robinson's Team ew environ he result of jmer Mack's iron himwelt umph. th 17 y of _—_— | DENVER, Ang. 18,—Already | deeply bronzed by his road work in the Colorado sun, and almost down to weight, Lightweight Cham- pion Freddie Welsh today moved his headquarters to Colorado ley White tn a 20-round title bout Labor day. Harry Pollok, Welsh’ manager, Welsh and White Meet , From now on box at least six round: the ch is daily with his sparring partners, and it will] : i at Ringside in Denver ampion will! be no “tango” performance at that. Real, sure-enough slug indulged tn. Welsh and White | “Hello, Freddie, ming will be met at the Springs, where he will meet Char- Bramer-Chavez go last night eaid Charley “Howdy?” replies Welsh “You know I hélped you win the arrived at The Springs last night|champlonship,” said White. and completed preliminary arrange ments for Welsh's training. | die will continue his dally hikes, but in a different direction each day, so as to vary the monotony.\an, “I'm going to take it aw: H Speaker Is Big Cog in Cleveland Baseball Nine “Yes,” sald Welsh met him.” “And now,” retorted “You gave Fred-| Ritchie a terrible beating before 1 the Chicago. | NEW YORK, Au 18.—With |their drive toward the American | league pennant only started on the jhome grounds, the Boston Red Sex hook up with the White Sox again |today, after falling yesterday be fore the bats of the Chicago crowd |who pounded Carl Mays for seven jruns in four and a« third tnnings. and won the third game of the ries with the leaders, At eame time, in New York, Cleveland s losing to the Yanks, and in | hington Detroit hammered the Senators for a double victory. When you ber that a wor4 Prompt, reliab Consult the Lisk of Toll Rates to Cities Hervabouts; It’s in the\Front of Your Bell Directory. The Talk Highways of the Land Millions of miles of long distance wire stretch out from your telephone to practically every city and town in Oregon, Washington, California and parts of Idaho and Nevada. ust have quick action remem- to the operator will clear the track, two mileg or two thousand, day or night. long distance service. r Pacific Long Distance THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE the | Cleveland's lo was dropping a against the status unchanged T while Boston also} si DENTISTS lengthen the distance between the two leading clubs, and they go back game clubs with their hree and a half games now separate them. Team Play Important The remarkable team the Red Sox, coupled with the long| experience under fire of every one| of ita players, is playing an impor. tant part in Roston's fight those burlers are right, there services of Chick baseman, and Bobby R er, again within a few days, ager Fohl said today been out with a pair of little chance to beat them. Cleveland probably will have the Gandil, first cob; guaranteed 15 years, oth, outfield Man. | G0l4 crown ....... seeecees 838,00 Gandll has 615 set of teeth (whalebone) $8.00 bruised §10 set of tecth $5.00 toes and Roth is under suspension Foh! declared of one man Speaker. en him,” nerve and ability. | Jim Thorpe to MILWAUKEE, Aug Thorpe, famous Indian ball player, has been the New York Giants. about the ‘steenth time come to the American and gone back to the Cleveland's success has been due mainly to the work “Too much credit cannot be giv-| Bilver fillings Fohl declared. complimented his young pitchers, saying they have shown wonderful Again | Join New York Team| 18. — Jim athlete and recalled by his makes Thorpe has association Giants, will not join the New York club until the end of the se | Pacific Coast ason here, Net Stars Win Tourney LAKE FOREST, 1,, Aug, 18.—~ The Pacific coast te scored another victory day when Maurice Met War Dawson defeated Church and Will Davis tn the tional lawn tennis doubles. cracks yester: nnis here oughlin and George M na preliminary RAIN MALTS GAME SPOKANE, Aug. 18. & postponement of the Spokane-| Sen. Tacoma ball game yesterday, Rain caused play of Also | Carrigan’s pitching staff seems tot, order to have rounded into form, and when 8 He also : OHI fe] the Cub machine, has come back | with a resounding thud, and won 11 jencounters and lost nix, while oper: | ating In 24 battles, He was of little assistance to the Cubs during the/ first half of the 1915 race, owing to a bum knee, and failed to assist the Dodgers after being traded for Joe| But the Cubs could use the Okla boman to good advantage this sum- once the York Marquard and Meyers prize battery of the New while the noble aborigin hasn't slammed the ball with the department, and has |hustled Ike a yearling since the bell rang last April. Marquard ranks 1ith among the [pitching stars of the National, and in 18 battles has won seven and lost two, He's a tower of strength, how ever, in the role of a rescuer. | WHAT ISTHE HARDEST “THING TO DEAL WITH? SEATTLE WINS BALL MIX 6 TO 4 BUTTE, Aug. 18, — With Frank Wolfram on the hill yes jay, the locals were unable attle ball tossers, despite the fact that Butte hung up one more hit than the visitors. In the run column the Giants had an edge of two tallies when the amoke of battle cleared away. The score: Seattle 6, Butte 4 For the Westerners, Wolfram pitched a remarkably good game. It was fast and snappy, altho there were no particular features. Had Butte been able to put the game tn the win column, it would probably have been done in the seventh. In this frame Eddie Johnson lifted the apple over the garden wall for a roundtrip ducat NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE Wen. Laat. Pet Kpokane 43) kee Butte Me ou ‘eta Teroms a1 Great Falls aa Reattle rr Vancouver or AMERICAN LEAGUE Won, AN O10 DECK OF CARDS!! H0-0-0~ co THE HEART OF A BOY A boy with the heart of a boy, Dreaming along life’s way; A boy with the heart of a boy, lAving but for the day Having no thought of the drab tomorrow, Knowing but little of care or of sorrow A boy with the heart of a boy Oh, just to be again, again, A boy with the heart of a boy! I was so happy then, ah, then A boy with the heart of a boy. Hitching my wagon to a star That gleamed in the twilight heavens far Romance is real, too, when you are A boy with the heart of a boy, The laureled pathway seems 60 near To a boy with the heart of a boy; He has not A boy with the heart of a boy. Thru the sweep of years that lie between learned what it means to foar— Dreams of things as they might have been Still live in the heart of a boy. No others, BY BLOSSER — 18.— The played here 13 AOE oa le ee NG i edit dhe se ie ay ae a ‘ : } ¢|Miss Agnes Ford First of Soccer 3 IT. Coontngham ” 6 e 4 Weitran Oe Ge ies Bias | Wins at Gearhart} Games Ends a Tie of of at 08 2! GEARHART, Or., Aug. 18.—Miss| STOCKHOLM, Aug. ‘6 2 & ©|Agnes Ford, Seattle's sensational |first game of football * © © woman golfer, won the Gearhart|Tuesday by the American soccer mf @ } 1 € J ltourney for women yesterday by de-|team against all-Stockholm, result. 4 © 1 & © 4/feating Mrs. Victor Johnson of Port jed in a draw. ch team scored a ee 8 8 8 Silend $ to 7 g King Gustave V. was a mem- { 3 $ $$ $l tn the semi-final events for men |ber of the large and enthustastie | 2 © © © © 6|Russell Smith, Ellis Bragg, Frank |crowd that saw the contest. er 1 8 ¢|Fey and Roscoe Fawcett will com-| Se RINE CBOE: 3: i ot es ens i Great Falls Winner 220000 a } * . . . 22299228 Sct] Williams Loses in Over Crippled Crew Show,” Raymses. 7. bas eaten % Fiortman hovers! Slow Net Exhibition! 4: crest raiis— a ae Levins pits] et |vancouver .. nie by| NEWPORT, R. 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