The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 13, 1917, Page 15

RED FULTON, F heavyweight, deaten, and @arl Morris, the te their rece when Fulton iberately j } the Westerner, Every writer at the ringside agreed that tt would only have taken a few more rounds ; § fer Morris to have at Fulton} ) down for the count Parl Morris ce been born under touted Imoky star. The poor old gladiator! He sim ply cannot get credit for what he} accomplises in the prize ring. Before (Le meeting with Morrts, Fulton was being lauded ene hich-clasa heavyweight of the Minneapolis was being | beaten badly, by Oklahoma giant, New York fracas # i =Verwrnr. £€ SOtS OC OSES tainly the eannot highly thi of his crown, Then along Morris in a “come-back” learned a lot Jim ping block ont went to lard of comes be has Flynn made a chopp of him when be first Gotham from Sapvlpa. since DESPITE THE NEAT manner ‘mn which Morris trimmed Fulton, he ts still considered pretty much of a joke by Gotham ascribes. Those boys in the big town are a pretty wise outfit, all right, all right. Nit! The same bench that are keep ing Morris down are the ones that couldn't sce Jess Willard as an op ponent for Jack Johnson with a periscope even as late as a few ort months before the colored in their bout at Havana. Tt was unfortunate for Carl that bout with Fulton ended the way it di The bout was and has been look- ed upon merely as a try-out for Fulton before be tcok on Willard Morris was not and has not been considered at all. sThis gives the present champion ail the more) leeway tn which to sidestep him. eee SPEAKING OF THE Johnson bout at Havana Dick Wheeler, former Pacific Coast lightweight champion who was here os an actor at the Al bambra a short time back, was in place. Wheeler declares that Johnson Yas not knocked out. ‘The big cinder tried everything he had on Jess and when he saw hat Willard was getting stronger 4 stronger and taking every- \tning he (Johnson) could gtre, sk began to figure. He was Weakening round by round. It + "as becoming plainly evident. He word for his wife to leave. 4 when Willard landed a stiff Punch he took it and went to the Mat and stayed there. He saw Only too well that he was due for & terrific lacing at the hands of the Kansas giant !f he tried to ttick it out any longer.” e+e THOSE WHOM WE like to ferm “old-timers,” meaning the fans who have been following the four-round shows !n Seattle for @ number of years and saw Johnny “O'Leary and ther former favor- ites in their first bouts here, are picking O'Leary tc trim Pokman weaday night when the pair d tangle in Dreamland. j We, however, fafl to agree with The old boysedon't give the lads | now boxing the credit that is due! them. Thoy are every bit as good as the iads that were fighting here | five and 10 years ago. Lloyd Madden, Eddie Pinkman,| Marry Anderson and Franki jivan Will stack up favorably wide of Joe Bailey, “Rough House” lie Burns, Johnny O Leary | . ond “Frenchie” Vaise, each one at his best. | That the boys now boxing can trim the lads of other days will most likeiy be proven when Pink- tan takes on O'Leary. ot TOM AND MIKE Gibbons, the famous pair of St. Paul phantoms, ere headed for Seattle and will be here prepared to show Seattle box ing followers their rill in the réped arena the early part of next have the Gibbons boys’ promise to box for their institutions. Nothing has been said, however, of an op- ponent for either Tom or Mike At the present time it appears that Al Sommers, Portland mid dieweight, should at least be given the Minnesota lads. It lies between Sommers and “Battling” Ortega, the San Fran- cisco “knock-em-dead” as to which of the two is the class of the mid- Gleweights on the Pacific Coast. ip for promote A bout be- een Somnmers and Ortega should! a good one at this time “Red” Dolan Loses RACINE, Wis. 14. “Rocky too husky for the ten-round route. Kansas got stronger as the fighting progressed and won the decision, Spokane County Wilk War on All Varmints A determined effort will be made by the Spokane county game com mission this spring and summer to rid the county of birds of prey which are largely responsible for the April hirty-two Federals Now in the Majors! of th " on, and berths, are occupying regu all "The National league has American nine. 23 + 'U. W. TEAM HANDS fouled | as the! day—the man to relieve Jess Wil-| p was fore@™l to quit to Wil-| wittara-| the front row «when this battle took | month. Three of the local clubs now) staging »oxing shows, claim they #2 opportupity to step with one ot} Bout to R. Kansas Kanses of Buffalo proved | “Red” Dolan over| dearth of song birds | in that section and the! GIANTS STIFF MIX “Dode” Brinker's University low. “He cracked two in three of Washington baseball club | chances gave the Seatti Giant | bees Bg oe Pen = But one hit wae gathered off the tinel eaeke joe i : bn delivery of Ed Klein in the four Wa » Soattlo 2, U. | frames he worked, Two left-handers, Hd Klein and | Clark left , R nl Strand, were on the hillock ga edt od the Glante, while Sonthae | Alole a couple of bases standing up ‘oftman dished up the twisters |?! Was called by Skipper Leard for the college lada, "i ‘ Brinker's boys did not show|, Vernen Ayau le beginning to IIm: much at bat against tho Seattle + a aba lil aaa bt |twirlers, getting a total of but four | dingles. | attle Southpaw gathered but six hits off The Seattic players moved from Coffman. | the Buech hotel to the Barker to. day. The university team takes on i the Giants again today and tomor. Goldie looked good with the wil‘ row, High Schools O} Open _ Ball Season Today !vine members who are taking part in today’s contest for the Ballard « 1 are veterans, Their bat tery has been on the job for three years, Merrill serves the balls and strikes for Ballard opposed by La Fray of Broadway The Franklin and Lincoln teame seom to be pretty well matched, the Ballard team as the best pros lincoln may have an edge. Queen pect to cop the gonfalon tn the in-| Anne ts favored to trim Weat Se terecholastic Greuit. Seven, of the | attle, Lincoln at Franklin. rd The above ts the schedule for |the opening baseball games of the High School league, which got un- der way this afternoon. Pre-season dope this year favors iChalk Marks in Gym May Win Him Title Chalk marks on a gym. nasium floor may have a great right crosses and the sotnta of defensive fighting. From the chalk marks, Dunn, who deal to do with the coming |... of the plan, for it was by this bantamweight championship. method that he gave Johnny Kil- For that is the method Jimmie |bane the rudiments Dunn is using in grooming Kid/| knowledge and Johnny is now the Wolfe in bis campaign for the title |recognized cleverest boxer tn the now claimed jointly by Pete Her- | world. man and Johnny Ertle. Duna marks cros on the floor general | — of his fistic |) 13, 1917, PAGE 15 STAR—FRIDAY, APRIL Anan nnn, ‘TWO NEW PLAYERS These two sturdy athletes are | bucking each other for a place in ) the Seattle Giante’ outfield, i} Standing, Goldie; sitting, Boldt Renner ICASEY LOSES GO; PINKMAN WORKS TACOMA, April 13. —Harry ‘Tuenday night with Johnn Casey, Seattle welterweight, |O'Leary. Tho talkative lightwieght tale 4 Seaneedhd “Ussiaion to tes g00d deal more quiet than 1s | Sammy Good of Sacramento When I get. O'Les date the here last night. On the same ring | am going to show some of card, Al Ross, claimant of the hese people how I ata up who left Beattle m for bir d topnotehe and elf of net a boy Canadian middieweight title, fost to Frank Farmer, local light-heavyweigh The liveliest fi r am the Want as of the night Was put on by “Toughy” Wing of “I am confident that T can beat} Portland and Sammy Morris, Call- O'Leary. 1 have always felt that 1) fornia featherweight could lek hiv whenever we got | Eddie Pinkman {s hard at work {nto the same ring. This ts all 1) here for li I am in excellent shape. Burns Wants to Box Chet in Butte Ring 13.—Tommy | Jack Monroe bout in Seattle next \ ind way the Butte boxer ual BUTTE, April Burns, former champion heavy. | ¥ert to the trenches in France weight fighter, last night came and was badly wounded. Burns, who was to have boxed to the front with an offer to take active steps to raise a Willie Mechan jn Seattle, canceled | the match when {nformed Meeban | Baker Meets Whole Town When “Coming Mayor” Gets Busy MACON, Ga, April 13.—It BIN} Dublin. Shakespeare had been in Dublin,) Baker good-naturedly talked with Ge, when the Hraves and Yanks/him for a moment, but his ood |~ | From the chalk marks, Dun, who | where Wolfe's feet are to be plac was one of the cleverest fighters | ed and on either side draws eurved jin the ring before he became a) manager, !s teaching Wolfs how to fetnt, avold bard left hooks and hould be made to avoid blows and to be In the best position to hit “Brick” Eldred Sold | to Milwaukee Squad | James May Sue Braves Seattle Bill James, it is under _—— stood, threatens to bring sult remng to eek With she legainst the Boston Nationals, on| White Sox, “Brick” Eldred, for. mer Seattle outfielder, reverted back to the Giante, and has been sold to Milwauk American association club, ac cording to reports. There is some hitch In the deal, as Danny Shay, Milwaukee manager, ie taking the matter up with the national commis | sion. jthe ground that there was a clause in his three-year contract, which lexpired last year, which required the Boston club to renew it on the same terms or to give him his un- conditional release. Three More Schools Suspend Athletics v hitman college, | the University lof Oregon and Colorado collége are the latest to vote to abolish all in- Ore., April 13.—The! tercollegiate sports while the U. W. league club won a! &. is engaged in war. Military |[double-header from the U. of O training is repincing athletics in all baseball nine here yesterday, 13 to 3 and 10 to 0. Spokane Is Winner lof the institutions. | No High e P e The great quantity of clothes | bought by us six and eight months ago, and which are now being de- | livered, makes it possible for us to give you the same wonderful val- which we have given in th¢ values which have caused business to nearly double every month for the past nine pit i We therefore say to you now, that if you are looking for the greatest possible value in Men's and Young Men’s Clothes, come to this Upstairs Shop tomorrow and you will not be disappointed, for we guarantee to save you $10 on every Suit or Overcoat. $25 Quality Every Day for ues D this e | | Tailored Ready Co. 401-403 PIKE ST. Open Saturday Night Until 10 o’Clock by Giants; Squabble were booked to play an exhibition| humor vanished when the coming | | same, ne would never have written| mayor dragged a delegation of nes to show where the sidestep | that litte paragraph about there be-| about 26 out of the crowd and grave | After ing nothing tn a name. When the two ball clubs arrived) ly introdnced them Raker is one of the quietest men at the hovel, there was a delegation;in baseball. He does not like to be Tepresenting half a dozen countioe| singled out of a crowd, and the to kok them over. demonstration {n his honor was not After gazing with the same ad-/at all to hin liking. miration with which they might|/shook hands with the delegation | have sized up the pyramids or the| and then escaped to his room as bis capitol at Washington, the crowd teammates kidded him | Was broken #4 one man pushed thru) There t* something in a name, es- and inquired of a newspaper man pecially if that name happens to where be could find Home Run|have come from winning a couple of Baker. world’s series with a mighty bat. After Baker was pointed out, the} Another filustration is that the! man approached and introduced stops Invariably page “Call for Mr. himself the com! ning mayor of! Home Run Baker.” Bigbee to 1 Take Wife! Carson Bigbee, the University of Oregon boy, who graduated to th Pittsburg club leet fall from Tare ma, has made known his engage ment to Miss Grace Bingham, daugh ter of State Senator Bingham, of Kugene, Ore. Bigbee and Miss Bingham attended college together. The wedging probably will t place upon Carson's return at the conclusion of the major league sea- son | COAST RESULTS ~~ ° At San Francisco 3. At Vernon 4, Portland 7 A kiand 4<, Salt Lake, Los Angeles: rain. ronete "BINGLES ] erday'’s big y Robertson. He out walking, starting t fourth, in which the Giants opened | thelr scoring season with six runs, The Yankees fel! before a port.) sider again—aud Parry will send Ruth In Saturday. | Three safe ones in four times up for Spesker nd three in three times for V tman brought vic tory Connie Mack Ie still making over his team He gave three pitchers big league training yester- day and the Senators hit them 12 times. Long dropped McKechnie's fly and the Reds stayed tn the 1.000 class. |Charley Wallgren Is Victor at Billiards Dressed in his soldier suit, Char. ley Wallgren, Fyerett cue star, de- feated Johnny Gilroy in their |game in the three-cushion billiard \tournament at Brown & Hulen's |iast night ‘The score was hed to 22, |Billy Nelson Takes K. O. From Mischie VANCOUVER, “‘Wash., April 13.—Pete Mitchie knocked out Billy Nelson of Spokane in the sixth round of a echeduled ten- | round fight at the post gym- nasium here last night. “Muff” Bronson Hurt | Ribs While in South “Muff” Bronson, Portland Hght-} weight, will not be able to box for 10 days, Three of his ribs were tn- jured in a workout while In San Francisco, T Portland boy is scheduled to Clash with EJdte Pink man for the Northwest lightweight| championship at the Rowe City club, April 24, fe wile However, he! jwas beaten by Chet McIntyre. | Kurns te willing to box Meclot Burns, a Canadian by birth, is\in Butte six-round route now in Butte aad the fighter whojand donae a share of the proceed: ucceeded Jeffries as champion is|tc the Belgian relief fund or the silling to go to the front as did| American Red Crows society. ‘BIG LEAGUE RESULTS NATIONAL company of Canadian-Ameri- cans. AMERICAN LEAGUE LEAGUE Won, Lost Hoston | Waroington Louis i i ° etrolt ° o Sew York ‘ Philadelphia ° 3 LYS YESTERDAY g jew York 6-11-2. 4 Rariden, M | 8-1 4) Carty: Rudolph, Allen, Barnes and eh Gaile band ienr Goway jew York Boston 6-8-0. At Chicago 2 8 - 2, Pittsburg 0-4-0 Nune- att; at Cooper, Miller gawker, Love ona. W maker, I At. Det A 2-7-2.) At Cincinna 7-1, St. Louts 0-3-1 Ehmke y and/ Toney and W Ames and Snyder. Oeil Philadelphia at yn, wet] |_Chi at St. Louts, rain, _' Srounds. ‘Track Men Still Work Interclase meets will in a meas Johnny Kilbane Is 20-Round Go With Champ Freddie} CLEVELAND, April 13— ure replace intercollegiate athletic| Johnny Kilbane may fight |competition at the University of Freddy Welsh in Clevgiand at tie i eton this y Their dis- on rly date. Negotiations ashington ® year, ir d continuance will {n no way affect for a 20round bout will be the plans of “Vandy” Vander Veer, opened Saturday when Harry Pollok, Weish's manager, will coach of the track and field men come here for a conference | These athletes are turning out each with Promoter Matt Hinkel evening, as bas been the custom in) and Kilban manager, Jim- the past. In place of the conference meets can be made for a bout were scheduled, there will be Hinkel probably will sta held interclass meets every Satur-) at Coder Point. ‘day | Leonard Puts Up | Only 18 Holes Now Money for 'Melee| on Our Golf Links! MILWAUKEE, April 14. —Benny | Says the Pacific “Coast Golf and! Leonard, aspirant for the world’s) Motor: title, has posted his $1,000 forteit | There are only 18 holes on the! for weight and appearance io the | Oregon and Washington courses | Auditorium ring with Ritchie Mitch-/now. ‘The nineteenth has been vot-| ell here next ‘Thursday. ed out ot existence.’ }War No Hindrance to Golf in Vancouver my Dunn. rangements ;Only 28 Savers. on Washington Payroll With but of the Washington team, Manager Griffith will have to release only three men in order to get within the American league player limit Despite the war, golf is forging ahead in Vancouver, B.C. The full 18 holes at Burnaby will be opened to play on May 24. A. KE. McKenzie is mresident of the organization Comfortable smoke them 28 players on the roster) __iand Harvard you smoke them Every- thing That’s ew For Spring and Summer in High Grade Woolens Is Here for Your Inspection SUITS Made to Order 15 UNION MADE Let Us Make Your Spring Suit We will save you no less than $10. We specialize in $15, $18 and $20 Made-to | Team Wants Games | The Knights of Columbus ball team is anxious to line up a few more games. Write or phone the team manager at the Knights of Columbus clubhouse, East Usion while you and after