The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 19, 1916, Page 7

| STARS SCATTERED TO ALL CORNERS oar aanz ne he — eases ai BY HAROLD JOHNSON m Where are the stars of yesteryear? as What has become of the old champions who made history 4 oa the cinderpath and the athletic field? | 4 Circle the globe and you'll find them scattered here and there. Many have run their last race. Scores have succeeded | in the commercial world while others have failed. Fickle ¥ fortune has played many pranks with the Old Guard. a Johnny Owens, the first amateur to run 100 yards in I 0:094-5 is one of the country’s foremost automobile builders, “a with headquarters in Detroit and New York - | Bernie Wefers, once king of sprinters, is coach of Colum- bia university athletics. a Judge Hugh Baxter, famous —_—_oee———- . fumper, sits on a ouabatrets | 7 Dench in New York state, |) THESE NAGS RIDE au lionatre Hugh Baxter, former pole |} 05 vault record holder, keeps a “ Bartow S. Weeks, the old Mor- Pus oben Rapala = cso ies court judge in New York City jevery mile of actual racing on the Wendel! Raker and Harry | turf! Brooks, sprinters, are officials of one of the biggest telephone com tS ee stable at the Windsor, Canada tin Sheridan, the greatest | is a| rack The nags are now on forelga fe FMA John Fer 13 bangtalls owned ) aiaround man of them all, 4 detective sergeant in the New) York police department Charley Mcivor, the old 100-yard | °°" title holder, owns the famous mma Vista vineyards in Califor- Charley Stage, the former) 100 and 20¢yard champion later an umpire in the National league, is a lawyer in Cleveland. Dan Kelly, the former speed mar- vel, is in business in Portland, Ore. is Forrest Smithson. Warren Schutt, famous Cornel! c'etancer, is in the consular service fn Europe. John Paul Jones is Mexico, Ferris started his sprint Mm | Diego, is 563 miles, and anothor to Windsor is 1,900 miles. — a job in the customs service | John Flanagan ts a farmer in Ireland. tracks. alt dtm: ha! a ae rering Shampion. te 2 plunc|Benny Leonard Is 2S, ° don marathon winner, is a play- nds director In New Jersey. is great rival, Dorando Pietri, runs a spaghett! restaurant in Carpl, Italy. Over the door is a 0% the going last night in every | SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y which, translated, means “Made by the feect"—the restaurant, of TUshing battle, but courre, touch the clever New Yorker. Billy Frank, another famous = marathoner, is a chauffeur and 10| Walter C. Hagen ie Fete Golden, also a onetime) Wins New Honors Tewanima, the great In- MILWAUKEE, Aug. 19.— The @an distance runner, is back Western golf championship now! (| emeng the Hopis, trying to heip hangs at the belt of Walter Sis tribesmen with the knowledge Hagen, Rochester professional. he acquired at Carlisle. Gwian| Hagen won this honor here yes Henry, the sprinter, is in business jrerday’ by making ‘the 72 holes at wefle record holder, is a brick-layer, |!m 286. and Henry St. Yves ts an aviator.) enna Ira Davenport, Chicago's fa Japanese Net Star Mexico. Simon Gillies, the weight) NEWPORT, thrower, is a movie actor. Tom Tunney, veteran sprinter, is a New York police captain, and at present Grant, former two-mile record hold-|was the fifth time this se er, is a professor at Hill school. ‘Ja, anese has defeated Griffin. & with Ballplayers Jack Coombs, Brooklyn Dodgers: Nee» others. “Baseball is a peculiar game. Dut there {s a fascination about it) that just holds one. There is some- | '>€ knowledge to good advantage. thing that comes of matching your | cye against a sweeping curve ball that can be found in no other game fn the world. Once you get inside the flannels you hate to lay them aside. “We Brooklyn men should win the pennant. We have a fair lead and at the clip we are traveling should not have much trouble in holding our position. We arrived at the top thru good Daseball and no one can down us However, there are 55 games to play and accidents may cut us down. managed to put over a winner. | time to pitching. Athletics: veloping pitching ability.” “The ona best way forthe young; — fellow breaking into the major leagues to get along is to keep his| Spokane Wallops eyes and ears open at all times. school. The men there discuss the | cpposing team and before long you | Tacoma oe learn that So-and-So can't hit one Spokane .... ° ther, and that Bill Whoosit feeds |and Sheely or a fast ball chest high and that | tain kinds of curves but can't!afford ice next winter. FORMER ATHLETIC STAR—SATURDAY, AUG. 19, 1916. PAGF 7, <——~" WOR. i o~/” eye on his extensive quarry and | 21 MILES TO RUN] t railroad Interests in Vermont. | } ecury Foot sprinter, is a supreme Twenty.one miles by rail to That's the percentage credited to ris who has just quartered bis/ |soll for the second time this seqe! | Earlier in the year they }raced at Juarez and Tia Juana, ers at New Orleans last winter; Ithen shipped them 1,060 miles to | Juares. From the latter city to Tia|———— Juana, which is situated across) ————~——~—~—~~—~~~— e California border from San) Alexander Hangs Up a New National Record shutout games in the National was 12, held jotatly by Alexander and/ Christy Mathewson. Alexander equaled Mathew son when he pitched his team to vietory 12 times without allowing a run. Mathewson pitched his wa jump which took the stable to Reno, Nev., added 563 more miles of travel. The jump from Reno working in Chicago. Mel Shepard |" -corging to Ferris his mounts| made 200 starte at the four YORK, Aug. Cleveland Alexander holds a new National league record. ting out the Reds yesterday, the premier hurler for the Phillies hung up his 13th shutout victory for thin season, and established a now tuner. Johnny Hayes, the Lon- Victor Over Joe Aug. 19.—Benny Leonard, New York Mghtweight, had the better games for a single season. ed seven hits, control was almost perfect not give a base on balls, nor did hejuntil yesterday, for prior to the [birth of the American league shut-/ The previous best record for out games were rare. sign which reads “Fatto da Piedo,” round of his 10round battle with} ‘y Joe Azevedo.” Azevedo fought a could hardly| is STULL RUNNING — BuT it’s A BE ANERY-” 12 whitewash wins in 1908, Rec ords showing shutout games for seasons do not go back farther than, 1901, but it is probably Alexande: and Mathewson held the record) Wa-a-aa! J, ‘8 stunt last sea fo Texas. Jim Crowley, the 15-|the Blue Mound Country club links) | seem In an entertaining and instructive to be Pro and Con of Golf,” one of Chi book entitled Alexander H. cago’s “merchant princes, of the most famous gentl players in the ed the question. In paying a personal tribute to mous middle distancer, spends his ° | time on his dig ranch in New) Reaches Final Set} . L, Aug. 19.—Will Johnston and I. Kumagae, Japanese tennis wizard, are scheduled to| clash here today in the final match fm command of the bomb squad. of the Casino tournament. Kuma-| Dutch Arnold is shouldering a gun gae defeated Clarence J. Griffin Chick Evans, the author says fm the regular army, and Alexander yesterday tn the semi-finals, It} m the “I have in mind a young man who is a golf player, the antithesis | because of his genial, pleasant man of all that pertains to conceit, ego ner, as well as other good @ lor vanity, one whose youth and (that he numbers his fri lauccess in the game could make|Well wishers by the thou any of these quite possible, and, tf not overdone, partially exc: “Many of his acquaintan he has lost important games thru considerate of friends who were following the game. the winning of match apparently did not seem rx jessential as the need for recogni» jing and having @ with friends of high or low degree “Were these friends bankers or OnEMinuteTalks other words, “Youngsters who listen carefully ‘The life is hard and the game fast, | learn these points and when they get out on the field they can use Naturally this properly called out « |difference of opinin on his action in Wheezer Dell, Brooklyn Nation- als: Nevertheless } “T became a pitcher by accident | Pivotal rine years ago when I was playing first base on an amateur ball tean: | in Butte, Mont. One day the team |t© was short of pitchers and I was| lecnt to the slab as an emergency | pitcher. I had a lot of luck ani he apparently How important the occasion mat “The disposition and the gentle | Since then I have devoted all my| (Here's How] ere's Ho “Most fellows who are pitchers | in the major leagues started their | Shaw baseball careers playing other pos!-! w tions, but they usually spend their | eidred, « stare time fooling around with |Mctver. p “stuffy” Mcinnis, Philadelphia} pitchers during practice and in de-|jtarmond. a» ou nonooue> wocceocus “The bench is one great training Tigers’ Pitcher | Fitestinmons, #* “Northem weakness of every player on the At Spokane— R. H. E./Ce cocccoconPo ind of a curve but will murder an-| Sutherland and Baldwin; Evans ee certain other batters murder cer Cheer up. The poorest of us can| NORTHWESTERN w Cigarette |: Merchant Prince Calls Evans ‘Perfect Golfer’ the perfect;man asserted themselves, and ly or otherwise, above the game and its win ning, however much he desired to win. This is not a reflection on others jemen golfjwho did not or do not follow his country, has answer- | attitude d, unconscio "For after all is sald and done. A game Is a game— Fairly played ts fairly won, "But let us ask a question. Is {t nds “He may lose an important con test, but he holds and multiplies his s think friends, and these friends will de} and his challen his long after the winning or losir of a contest shall have been quite forgotten.” 30 YO! KNOW That Seattle has the finest billiard parlor in the world? Come In and see. BROWN & HULEN Second and Spring Third Floor Via Thru the interesting and resource ful Northwest. Stop at Yellowstone Park Original and Greatest National Park Low round trip tickets on sale { daily. Travel Northern Paciic | || Oregon triplets and get additional scenery and service at no addit Best cinin world. 1, sleepers to Yellowstone Park Tell your eastern friends of our westbound round trip summer tourist fores, Homeseeks ets to Montana point A. D. CHARLTON A.G.PLA Portland, Ore, ie tl atecarla alities | da and {training well under way, fight fans Pacific Ry bad t may Butte two tall cnth when he drop fly Great Falls Wins From Beavers, 11-7 CHESTNUT ‘CHARLIE. THE OLDER THEY ARE THE FUNNIER THEY ARE) BY BLOSSER > wien issue | HP, (rT swows? WORST WEATHER “FOR RATS AWD Mice? HA && NoSIRI! f WHEN IT RAINS CATS AwD GIANTS STILL Se WIN FROM BUTTE BUTTE, Aug. 19.—Seattle made it three straight over Butte by winning yesterday's melee, 13 to 5. Bill Mcivor dispensed with his first basing long enough to mark up the victory for the visitors. The weather was cold and raw and the few fans who gathered for the mix were more then pleased when the one-sided exhibition of the na- tional pastime had drawn to a close. Butte chalked up 11 bingles off Melvor, but for the most part he sign on the locals when ever they needed a timely bingle! or two. Seattle had the game on Ico at the end of the third frame runs in the firet canto, second and four in the third the business. Rose played first base and es in the sev an easy por At Great Falls R. H. Vancouver owe 7 1 Great Falls a1 12 R. Brown and Cheek; Kallio and ‘risp, Haworth ~{}EARL BAIRD LOSES BOUT AT SAN DIEGO Patra, clever lightweight boxer of the Seattle Athletic club, lost his ut here last night to Eddie Glea son, The boys were formerly members of the same club In Se attle, but Gleason ts now boxing | under the standard of the Olympic | ub of San Francisco. Other re ults follow | Eddie Ryan, Los Angeles News boys’ club, defeated Danny War dell, of the same club, in two rounds, Referee Blake stopped the bout in the second round to avoid lw certain knockout; 115-pound | Philip Mata, San Diego, defeated | Lawrence Kelly, Los Angeles A. C., three rounds; decision; 108-pound clase. | Monte Wolgaat, Olympic club. }#an Franciseo, knocked out Tom oefeated Anthc toys _ TO EDDIE GLEASON SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. 19.—Earl;Loutitt, Multnomah A. C., Port- jiend, fn teeond round; 175-pound class. Allen Bruce, Los Angeles ate? Ralph Underwood, Mr nomah A. C,, Portland, in thee James ‘Noodward, Los Angeles C,, defeated Walter Schiller, |Olympiec club, San Francisco, three rounds; decision; 125-pound class. Earl Baird, Seattle Athletic club, y Sisto, Los An-| geles Newsboys’ club; three! rounds; decision; 125-pound class. | Ray Harper, Seattle Athletic club, defeated Charles Egan, Salt) Lake City; five rounds; decision; 108-pound class | Eddie Ryan, Los Angeles News club, defeated Eddie Hughes, Salt Lake City; three rounds; 115 pound class unds; decision; 115. Four five in the journeyed to E man’s Cubs pe you know, and fr with the Chicago Whales 4 Last fall Mr. Gilmore was clamoring for the Whales to be allowed ~ rticipate in the world’s series. He voiced the sentiment that the pions of the Federal league could hold their own with Phillies Mr. Gillin THE EXILE'S REVERY om “Songs of the Off-Trail.” When I come home again When I come back to scenes from boyhood days, When I have seen old faces there, and when I've journeyed down the wellremembered ways The pathway to the river and the Which twisted out beneath the n And echoed with the mocking-bird’s refrain, The thrush's call—the h of drifting bees 1 wonder if the sun will seem as gold As I once knew it in the years gone by? 1 wonder if the paths I knew of old Will wind beneath as deep.and blue a sky As I once loved before I went away? Or if the songs of birds will seem as sweet, The catbird's cali—the bluebird’s roundel As when I wandered down the old home beat? And when the purple shadows droop and fall Just as the moon has crossed the twilight hill, Out by the gate where roses climb the wall I wonder if I'll find YOU waiting still, Remembering me the weary seasons thru, With eyes aglow just as you waited then? 1 wonder if the joy will be yours, too, When I come home again? % St 8s St VERILY, THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH James A. Gilmore, ex-president of the defunct Federal league, rley Weegh- inst the Dodgers. Joe Tinker leads the Cubs, t a year ago Tinker won the Federal league pennant bets field, Brooklyn, recently, to see Cha m % KO € nd Red Sox ne realizes (hat be was a promoting genius. 8 CHEER-UP STUFF When you figure you are tn for Dull Fortune's heavy frowns, Just take a look around and see What Jones did with the Browns? WELSH AND WHITE HARD AT WORK FOR CLASH LABOR DAY COLORADO SPRIN With both men here, and actual ltoday centered their attention on the conditioning program of Light weight Champion Freddie Welsh ger, Charley White lfor their scheduled 20-round de jcision bout here Labor Day Welsh astonished even his friends when he stepped on the scales before leaving Denver last night, and weighed fn at 12 pounds, Many of his friends belleved the champion took a long chance of kening him in pulling his ght down to that notch. Fred die declared he did it simply to show what he could do in the way of reducing. to the a visit to the impromptu reception and a trial of | the new arr set out for an end hu will be the dail the champion and tt from now on, Challenger White, as a pre: . anew stun y guns irance march mpanied by lreds of the amen. The guardsmen were pretty well fagged out by the time White finished thir new kind of workout Road work and boxing exhibitions | From now on his ef-| forts will be devoted to building up| 140-pound mark, and from | that will gradually scale down tc the 135 pounds, stipulated weight ara tory hike, showed the Colorado guardsmen now bilized at Gold rday. He pai and after an| 1 of both} challenge io———- ae = If Prices Paid Producers for Exes, | Poultry, Veal and Pork Springs . " |1916 brotiers ... ° “a @ 16 | Ducks, fat saeneecese “6 31 rf) rr 16 100 @ 160 is 4 | 1 @ Veal, large pisies 00 ae Old ‘roosters, ‘ive oe °° | Pork, good block ho o @ 1 rices to Retailer for Butter, Kegs and Cheese i Hutter Cheese Domestio wheel * 32 | Limburger teens + 28 © oa 1 Wisconsin triplets H Wisconsin twine ... i |Young America ; + me | intry Hay loos pald oe: 14.00 @15.00 Wholesale Dealers for {| (Corrected datly ty J. W. 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Rolly” Jones, a Portland light-| ht, may be seen in action | inst Harry Casey on the same A Trip Through Snow-Capped Mountains - HOOD CANAL THE TRIP OF A THOUSAND DELIGHTFUL SURPRISES Sunday, 4%.2° THE POPULAR STEEL STEAMER POTLATCH’ Leaves Colman Dock at 9 A. M. ARRIVES BACK 10:30 P. M. ON THIS EXCURSION THIS STEAMER WILL CALL AT PORT GAMBLE, BRINNON, HOODSPORT, POTLATCH AND UNION CITY -BOTH GUING AND RETURNING A Miniature Alaska Trip THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN THE WORLD. FINE SANDY BATHING BEACHES. PICNIC GROUNDS, FISHING, ETC. The Round Trip Rate for Sunday Will Be Only $12: Children 65c STATEROOMS IF YOU WANT THEM Take a basket lunch, or you can get dairy lunch aboard the steamer—Coffee, 5c; sandwiches, 5c; pie, Se, ete. Puget Sound Navigation Co. Ticket Office—Colman Dock ——MAIN 3993—— »re must have had cause for reflection as he gazed at the Joe Tinker, {t will be remembered, had the pick of the Chicago Federals and of the old Cubs to start this year’s campaign with. Im the game Gilmore saw, just two Federal leaguers, Mann and Zeider, played. Mr. Gilmore knows now that the Federal league was not feasible. He knows, too, that it never really attained major league strength, However, no one can say that Mr, Gilmore himself was not of big league caliber. When one looks back at what he a¢complished in raising money and carrying on the gigantic fight be waged against hopeless