The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 9, 1917, Page 13

f 7am a . 4 _ s 2 Shave ever met Led © oe STAR—FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 1917. PAGE 13 Archie Wyard Matched for Bout With “Muff” Bronson in Portland Tuesday / RST MEETING OF PORTLANDER AND LOCAL LAD BY EDWARD HILL RCHIE WYARD, crack} A local lightweight and for mer pride of the S, A. ¢ » has been matched to box “Muff” Bronson, Portland's sensa tional s¢ Iboy gladiator, in a} six-round bout in Portland on the nig of Tuesday next | According to the dope from } Portland, Bronson feels that he has plucked off a tough bird to nd his N. W. light weight crown from in the per sonage of Wyard. It will be these two boys! Wyard at one best the the first time amateur Pacific was the ightweight on coast. | BONDS TRAINING AT DAL HAWKINS’ , Joe Bonds, Tacoma heavyweight, fs training for his bout with Frank Moran to be staged on the 23rd of this month In New York, at Dal Hawkins’ place at Westchester, N. | Y. The former pugilist has quits; a training quarters. It is used by practically all the better class box-| ers who appear in New York Friends of Joe out this way will| De glad to hear of his match with | Moran. The blond Pittsburger is} quite a drawing card in Gotham; and the go will give the Tacoma! boy a chance to display his wares} to good advantage. If he makes a/ good showicg he will have no trow bie in gteting matches up near the | top. | FRED FULTON CARRIES OWN COOK AROUND } This may or may not be true./ Possibly it is just a clever bit of} press-agenting. at any rate it is re-| ported from New York that Fred Fulton, the lanky contender for th heavyweight crown fr: Minne gota, has brought his own private ok along from Minneapolis to} his “dainties” in New York, | where he is now training for his| bout with Weinert. In all probability, Fulton's “dain ties” consist of porterhouse steak aJ foot thick and corn beef an—. SEATTLE FANS ANXIOUS TO SEE BRONSON There {s no denying but that) T TOLD Ni @ FHOUSAND PRES TART T DONT WANT | ARN MORE OF YouR PETS AROUND THE NOUSE? AND NOW YOUVE BROUGHT / Or ABYSSiNiAN me KER, \ TT REPS Us BROKE FEEDING CORSELVES un our Bowing SRD SEED. Youve Gor TO GET Riv oF Jusren sap! Haver 5 Biwurree \ \| Doser Gar ANY TMING BUT } Just A snc /\€Acw bay | MUTT AND JEFF- ‘You May Fool Jeff Bu ut You Can ron, WooDRow ! | ‘a D- THATS ALE KINOLING f , t Kida Woodpecker. Copyright, 1917, by H.C. Fisher. BY BUD FISHER. os RRR ARES TF Re a ER — aie “HEY! r THOUGHT es AN! Do YOU MEAN TO | You SAID HE tena) INSINUATE THAT MY | 9 LEAT ANYTHING HEAD Is MADE OF Wood? a Fo Sr wood ! J ie aasieniely ‘ ny af V INSINUATING | we te, oat ANN THING WonrT HE wonrr ot on) e pi THING QUT) ; WOOD ROY BROWN WILL TRY RING COMEBACK TONIGHT Baseball fans are more or | leas familiar with the work of Roy Brown, Vancouver in- fielder, on the diamond, hav- Ing seen him break in with the Seattie club from the bush lots. Boxing fans are more or less familiar with his work in the a Chet Neff vs. Charley Burns Casey, Roy Brown vs. Marty Foley. Bud Ridley vs. Billy Vetro, leo Houck vs. Frank Pete. Kid" Kinnear vs. Ernie! Dailey. | Lioyd Madden. Harry | 1} 1] | vs ° a | ring In the past. He formerly wielded the padded mitten un- der the flag of the 8. A. C. Well, it has been some fittle| time since Brown made his appear-| Jance in the roped inclosure, but he is going to do so this evening ta| Dreamland, Seventh and Union, when he takes on Marty Foley, the Tacoma miter. Austin It have Hned up what they believe one of the best cards *Muff’ Bronson is one of the most|they have put on for some time for) popular boxers that ever stepped | into a Seattle ring, despite the trouble that occurred in his last bout here with Chet Neff. The fans are antiously awaiting | ‘the time for “Muff to take on| Lloyd Madden, from whom he took | the Northwest lightweight title, in a return go. Considerable com- ment fs being passed about the fra- « ‘There are those who belleve that Bronson will not be returned the victor !n the coming encounter. JOE BENJAMIN TO BOX IN SAN FRANCISCO Joe Dillon, cousin of Jack Dillon, the scraper, writes from San Fran- cisco to the effect that he is now manager, chief trainer and bottle washer for Joe Benjamin, the Spo- kane featherweight who was seen | in Seattle on two occasions. Benjamin is in Frisco with Dil lon, apign for the Pacific herweight title. Seattle, the Spokane youngster got away to a flying start and has been | having some good luck In getting | and winning matches. FRANK BURNS MATCHED WITH PALMER Freddie Bogan writes from San Francisco that Frank Burns, the Seattle boy, has been matched with Eddie Palmer, one of the claimants of the Pacific Coast middleweight title, and that as soon as he beats Eddie will step out and take on “Battling” Ortega again It will be remembered that Burns Jost his first fight in Frisco to Or tega, and ever since then Freddie 8 been yelling for another crack at the Mexican middleweight for Burns. Bogan says he was expect ing Charley Egan, who, according to that, is in California by this time. Johnny Dundee said he always wondered how it felt to be knocked out. The anticipation probably was More pleasant than the realization it begins to took ae tho Dave Fultz will have to do all the strik- ing himself. who is preparing him for aj Coast | After leaving | Save Money on Separate Trousers Upstairs $2.50 Quality Upstairs for $1.95 $3.50 Quality Upstairs for $2.50 $5.00 Quality Upstairs for $3.50 $7.00 Quality Upstairs for $5.00 All sizes, plain or cuffed Open Saturday until 10 P. M. Tailored Ready Co. 401-403 Pike St. this eveniog’s entertainment The} [feature attraction is the battle be| tween Chet Neff, claimant of the Pacific coast lightweight title, and Lloyd Madden, former Northwent | 135-pound champ. Second in im- portance is the bout between! “Rough-House” Charley Burns, at | back from Australia, and Harry| Casey, local welterweight The preliminaries ail I. Dentist SOME PEOPL Spend half of their lives telling what they afte going to 4o, and the other half explaining why they didn’t do it Don't be age of ak! as a leader in Patnless Dentistry High -« 2 has been my $10.00 to 915.00 and extracted ab- without pa or bi solutely after effects PAINLESS AUSTIN NTIST Entrance Sundays bottoms. TONIGHT’S CARD ; Roy ba | Diamond Athlete Returns } to Roped Arena Tonight rat: ™ MAURICE M’LOUGHLIN _ WILL BE DECLARED A Se PROFESSIONAL, RUMO NEW YORK, Feb. o—It w almost a ready-made fact early today that delegates to the annual meeting of the U. & Lawn Tennis association would take the action that will make Maurice E. McLoughlin a pro fessional, when they convene at the Waldorf. The only chance to overcome the solid front that will be presented] in the East will be for the Western | men to win over the few clubs tn this section who have not instruct ed their delegates. The amendment to the bylaws will make any tennis player who engages in the sporting goods business a professional, fol lowing the example set by the Na tional Golf association, when di ;made Francis Oulmet and other prominent golfers professionals, Delay Action Year The tennis players will not be professionals for a year, and ac-| cording to the way the law is now contemplated, will make them pro. fessionals only so long as they are engaged in the business. This prob- ably will be changed to make them outright professionals, with no chance of a drawback The question of a location for this yoar’s tourney also promises start something, even tho the Weat Side club at Forest Hills seems to have the ral! been dissatisfied with the West Side club, and there undoubtedly will be an effort to have tho tour. ney taken somewhere olee. WAR WILL NOT STOP PROCEDURE OF N. W. War may be all that Gen. | Sherman said, but a declaration of war which might Involve the | United States in the world con- flict now being waged in Eu- rope would not cause any change of plans in the lineup of the Northwestern league for the 1917 season. President R. L. Blewett of the league and the directors plan to golity of the male population of the recruited ahead with arranging a schedule of} games for the six clubs just the) same as was done last year. | Will Go Ahead “The Northwestern league offi cers and directors plan to start the! '1917 season regardless of condi- LEAGUE, SAYS PREXY}' tions,” said President Blewett this morning. “Of course, a declaration ‘of war probably would be followgd | by a period of depression, and in all | probability would affect the seasen I believe, however, the strong enough to financially. organization {8 stand up under such a depression. “We have maintained a club in Vancouver for two seasons, regard loss of the fact that a large major Canadian city has been to take their places at the front No question, baseball has been af- | fected by the war conditions above |the border. The schedule meeting will be call,| ed In Spokane late this month, 'Stecher Will Be | in Frisco Feb. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.—Joe Stecher, Nebraska wrestling mar: vel, Will arrive here February 17, to begin training for his match,| February with Ad, Santel. High School Teams Have Games Today} Franklin goes “against the bas keteers of Lincoln high this after: noon, while the hilltop boys from the Queen Anne institution of learning will tangle with the Bal lard layout Les Darcy says he will box for LONESOME CLUB OPENS ITS DOORS : Bridge work, per tooth, gold $3.00 | CHICAGO, b. 9—Those who are lonesome and had sort of a “blue” feeling and no place to go, were welcomed at the annual open meeting of the Lonesome club here s | Many players have} UNDER WAY AT U. ON MONDAY The University of Washington will begin its track season next Monday afternoon, when Coach Van der Veer will issue the first official call for the | track candidates to turn out. For the first couple of weeks | the practice will take place in the varsity gym, but after that It will be held on the new track on University field. By the way of having all things ready for the beginning of the trac season, Graduate Manager Arthur Younger has given orders that the finishing touches be put on the new track. The first layer is being put on now, and the job jought to be com ed eo latter part of next week. W complet od, the local institution can boast lof the best track west of the Mis | sissippl ‘PLAYERS WILL TRAIN | HARD, ACCORDING | TO CAPTAIN CHICAGO, Feb. 9%—Ban Johnson and Chas. Weeghman and Owner Comiskey of the Cubs and White Sox, respec- tively, acorove the “prepared plan” of Capt. Houston, owner of e Yankees. Spring training camps may wit- ness an entirely new brand of conditioning this season. Houston, who saw service in the and E4 American fracas, comes by his title honestly, plans for an hour or more each Ae: to |be devoted to military training in |the camps. Fifty or more regulars and rookies attend each camp.| |Trench digging and other military| |maneuvers, under the direction of lan army officer, not only would {help get the men {n condition, but would furnish a large body of train Jed men. {1a case of war |Oregon Aggies Wore Grease, Charge Made On their return home from Cor vallis, members of the U. of W bas ball team declared that the ron Aggie team resembled a sed pig in the games played at Corvallis, Capt. Davidson stated that the Aggies took the floor cov ered with grease, and were slipp propositions to handle. Basketball Contest for Title Arranged CENTRALIA, Feb. 9.—Follow jing the clash here between Tono and Winlock, the basketball title of the southwestern section of the stato whould be the property of one of the two teams, The game is set for February REAL PAINLESS DENTISTS |{n order to new) | (whalebone) plate, which Is the) | lightest and strongest plate known, |does not cover the roof of the mouth; you can bite corn off the cob; guaranteed 15 years. Gold crown Seah +++: $3.00 set of teeth (whalebone) 88.00 $10 set of teeth introduce our White crowns . Gold fillings « Silver fillings Platina fillings aranteed for 15 years. on taken in the morn- | _ All work Have impre: and at a dinner—at 75 cents per| Have lpr emt et tame day. Exam- Diate. ination and advice free. Miss Wlizabeth Guion Dormer, and See Samples of r Plate secretary of the club, says it's fool ‘- a dat.40 Maint, th to think that no one loves you MEN wat wait Our prices are the low- est for reliable treatm: $30,000. 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Jimmie an- ounced that Welling stood ready to end his title against all chal lengers t | | | | | | ‘TRACK SEASON TO BE: WELLING’S CLAIM TO | TITLE NOT TAKEN AS | SERIOUS IN GOTHAM | contends, went to Britt by forfeit. Pattling Nelson won from Gans at, 128 pounds, he points out, and then shows that Ad Wolgast won his tithe at the same weight. He concludes by saying these two are has-beens, and that Welling is the logical successor. Not only has Johnston mixed his, history fn a trifling manner, but he has ooverlooked the fact that 133 pounds is not, and never has been, a standard weight for light-| weights. Lt HOUCK and Lonnie Aus A® a matter of fact, Jimmie Britt) tin, lightweight boxer and box never attained the championship of | ing instructor, ere talking anything, except, may be, a county | fight—the war situation. or so in California, altho he was| The conversation twisted around quite a scrapper when he was at his/until they began talking about the best. In addition, Gans weighed| various ranks of army officers. something near 13: many of Whom would serve| He went way back into history and dug up the time when Joe Gans, then the lightweight champion thru his vietory over Frank Erne,| pounds whea refused to meet Jimmie Britt in| he wrested the title from Erne, California, The championship, he], Way back in the days of the old] London prize ring rules, articles of| y pb tecma between boxers stipulat-| el that the lightweight poundage * Indian Girl Is pO 18%, give or take teal pounds. The title was defended by Champ Shooter everal champtons, with a variety | ———“ | of poundage, running from 133 to} Basket shooters on other famous | 138. teams had best look to their honors,| Willie Ritchie lost his title to for a 16-yearold Indian girl of Ap-|Freddie Welsh with an agreement pleton, Wis., threatens to break all| Which called for 135 pounds eight| ext basket tossing records. hours before the bout. The Nation- Shé ts Miss Anna Metoxin, a full-| al Sporting club rules call for that blood Oneida Indian girl, a member | stipulation, and it would have been! jof the Bushey Girls’ basketball |compulsory for the boys to weigh | of that city, |in at that figure or lower. It could| To her wonderful ability of “find-| not have been fixed at a lower fig- ing the hoop” is due the team's rec- | ure. ord of @ season without adefeat. | Welling weighed 135% pounds re This year Miss Metoxin bas reg-|cently in a bout with Leo Johnson, istered 85 per cent of her free | negro lightweight. throws and more than 50 per cent| |of her shots from the field Seattle Ice Team | | Set to Win Melee} | PORTLAND, Feb. 9—The Seat |tle hockey players who are al | remy polishing up their mobile! brows to receive the laurel wreath of championship, will take a crack at Portland here tonight. Portland jis in the cellar. To lose the cham pionship, Seattle would have to} drop t games before March 2, while Vancouver was winning all| of its contests. , Stars Will Ni iaieaites | in Tennis Tourney | HONOLULU, . I association, started here today on) the courts of the Beretania Tennis club. George M. Church of Tena: fly, N. J.; Wm. M,. Johnston, San} Francisco; John Strachan, Califor-} Harold A. Throckmorton, | N. J., wit compete, i Bodie Agrees to Become Athletic SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.—The} \crew-el war is over, so far as Ping | Bodie is concerned | Hostilities between the fence |buster and Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, have ended, and Ping has accepted a contract calling for $3,600 salary. | Ping got $2,500 last ye ‘ nia, and | Elizabeth, |Henry Solomon Wins Second Cue Contest Henry Solomon came back last night at the Pope-Sibley parlors in| ‘his effort to wrest the Northwest Every garment guarar | three-cushion title from Charley Jordon, and won, 55 to 60. The y) a e score now stands 100 to 97, with Durable Blue Serges, Jordon on the long end, The Tweeds. final block was to be played this afternoon at 2 |Jim Coffey Wins in Gotham Ring Suits are all f. | NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Jim Cof- \tey, local heavyweight, gave Bob | Devere of Kansas City a bad beat- jing in ten rounds. | \Larry Doyle Will Captain C Cub Crew | cincaco, |second sacke Store No. 1 First and Main Feb, 9. , will be Larry Doyle, field captain for the Cubs this season Manage Mitchell has notified Doyle, who is vacationing in Mor ida, “Which is the highest, colonel?” Austin asked Hi “Why, major, of course.” «collet Leo. He then went on to — that a Heutenant was next’ general and otherwise display ignorance of military ratings. Austin called him on it. “Well, I guess I ought to know,” exclaimed Houck indignantly, “I be long to the Coast Guard.” Two Amateur Ice Hockey Games On Two amateur ice hockey games” tap tonight at the Arena. — are Ou The U. of W. and 8. A. 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