The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 30, 1917, Page 9

ae Le ae ee ee Sera: EVE EE a . eS eee Oe Se ec nN STAR—WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1917. PAGE 9 Boxing Stars Who Will Compete in Far Western Amateur Tourney | RRR enn PPP PLP LS PLL LLL LPL LLL LPP PL PPP PDE Left to right—Harper, 115 pounds, Seattle; Quinn, 135 pounds, Seattle; Baird, national 125-pound champion, Seattle; Murphy, national 135-pound champion, Kansas City; Barker, 135 pounds, Los Angeles; Kelly, 108 pounds, Los Angeles. Two National Champions RALLY IN Will Be Seen in Action | at Far Wes tern Tourney) BY EDWARD HILL ‘or the second time in two years the Far W mn ama teur boxing championships, un- der the direction of the Ama- teur Athletic Union of Amer lea, and the auspices of the Seattle Athletic club, will get under way tonight in the Arena. With two national titleholders to add the class needed and a total of 39 mitt ingers representing the big amateur clubs from all sec tions west of the Mississippi, the meet has developed into the larg est of its kind ever held tn the Far Western section of the A. A. U The Far Western amateur title for the different classes is the glory the amatedr mitt slingers are fighting for. Eliminations On Tonight Tonight's series of encounters will be in the way of eliminations, altho some classes may work a far as the championship tilt. procedure is a simple one. The Sladiator’s names are dropped into a hat, they draw/®ne_and the own- er of the name theré@a_ becomes drawer’s opponent. tinued until the last two men [Economy Is the Watchword of the Day Falling in with the spirit of the time, Mr. H. Kessler of the Bell Clothing Co., of 109 First Ave. So., @ Teal opportunity to be econom- feal, to stop their waste of dollars and pennies. He is going to reorganize his) business, modeling of the store, and to make Toom for the workmen is reducing all stocks. This he will accomplish by a Policy of price reducing that has) néver been offered before in Seat-) tle. This economy bargain festival will start Saturday, June 2, at 8:30 a m., the store being closed for the Test of the week. Watch Friday’s Star for the good news. ACUTE CHRONIC DISEASES One Dollar Cash INCLUDES MEDICINE 401 Peoples Bank Bldg. 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Bring this ad with you HIO%:® Cut - Rate 2ef UNIVERSITY sr, , Ggpentte ‘Prase- Petersen Wicckreiais ithe On ‘The |ne ‘This tt is going to give the men of Seattle) which necessitates a re-| NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE NEW YORK, May 30—Harry | +i thinke Freddie Is cham A rally tn the ninth inning gave | f et Pollok still thinks Freddie the Ballard high school a 4-to-2 vic step into the ring to exchange “a s "is Welsh Ie the world’s tight. | Plon, It Is not expected hie [io°, Gver Hrondway yesterday on blows that will win one of them a “6 ir ‘ weight champion. He has thoughts will Interfere with University field. The game was title. Rounds under the amateur >, 42) written @ jong letter setting Benny Leonard's cashing In ae |for the championship of the high rules are of four minutes duration : 15 NY) forth his claims to the title for a result of Monday night’s vice achool league, each team having The length of a bout is three Freddie, and quoting a section tory. lost but one game during the regu. founds. If at the end of the third gpoKANE, May 30.—-A ninth in| of the Marquis of Queensbury Welsh himeeif says he thinks jar season and that to each other. round, however, the judges fat! to sing rally won the game here yes-! rules providing that a man must he should have been given the |The loss marks the downfall of | agree and the referee thinks the!iiragy for Daniel Edward Dur. be counted out by the referee benefit of a count, but does mot | Proadway on the ball lot where affair has been even, an extra ses | aale's Seattle baseball tossers, 6{ When he ie hanging on the Intend to ask for a return jshe has held supreme for many sion two minutes long may be with hie “toes off the match, and may not appear in moons. The score called for. In this round the!” pert Murphy started the Reds ‘a | the ring again, Datiard AB. NH. PO. A. showing of both boys in the other | . down grade. when ho nicked | ——— pee e tine in three rounds is not conphieced, the Tete Bishes tera Geuble ¢ the Ht Bere fight starts all over and the judges ‘pater. A Lively § L uo’ will again be called upon to render [oeminning ot the ninth choater A LAVELY QeEasOn Looms ogi a decision on the one, two-minute|Carman he alone and} fi Ci Cl b: 3 4 Jround alone. If they again fall tol before the het ag ce ote, coatite| or Queen ity u ¢ fl hgh le ga ie that the ref-jiiad nicked the locals for four tal-| Beginning with the open club Skiff Point course, followed by ag be decide the winner |iles, making five in all. The In-| power boat race on July 21 noe Chet MelIntyre's 8. A. C. ath-\¢ians came back in the ninth and| "U0 ereund Lake Washington | Pocky Do, Tare oe ty ihe sea-| a e| letes are expected to cop the ma-| added another marker to the lone| thie morning, the Queen City | aon wii te 1 off on Saturday, | jority of honora as they are in their home city and have the ad |rantage in numbers. The last 's ot much of an advantage, howev er, for the outside boys are all the pick of the clubs from whence they came. The list of entries follows: 108-Pound Class } Mike Mitchell, 8. A. C.; Law- rence Kelly, L. A. A. C.; j Clifford, 3. A. C.; Harry cont, Olympic club. 115-Pound Clase John Weisgeiber, 8. A. C.; Eddie Zachrins, Elks’ club Roy Amund son, S. A. C.; ‘Fred Giddens, Elks’ club; Irving Gleason, 8. A. ©. Frank Pantley, Dry Ralph Underwood, Multnomah Bob Harper, 8. A. C.; Charles Davalos, Olympic club. 125-Pound Class Oscar Benson, 8. A. C.: Lyts, Dry Dock club; Charles Son- tag, 8. A. ¢ 1 Baird, 8. A. C Ciarence Amund sor A. C. Wes lley Banckle, 8. A. © Sisto, L. A. A. C land, Olympte club | wood, Multnomah club. j 135-Pound Clas: Al Buckley, unattached; Chester Scott, 8. A. C.; Elmer Quinn, 8. A Domen- i} { 145-Pound Class Claude Fortner, 8. A. C.; Tommy | Murphy, Kansas City A. C.; Fred Murphy, Olympic A. C. 158-Pound Clase Elsworth Hammond, Ames club Stanley ag, 8. A.C; Tom | Woodhouse A. C.; Claude Fort ner, 8. A. C.; Fred Murphy, Olym pie club. Light-Heavyweight Class Tom Woodhouse, 8. A. © lees Sontag, S. A. C.; A sen, 8. 6 Cc One of Title Cue Games On Tonight Joe Schermer and Charley Jor don tangle in the second match of their series of three games to de cide the ci three-cushion billiard championship tonight at the Browao & Hulen parlors. Jordon already has an edge of one game The | winner of the series takes on John- ny Gilroy in the home stretch for the title | Vanderlas to Meet Dock club: | Dwight | Kerns NINTH IS WINNER one they had before, which wa: far from being the number requir. ed to lst the game under the W column. The score Spokane ABR HPO. A & Jacks ‘ $1¢ Coitr Sow 8 ck ee Zam Te ee ae ee Meg et oe ae e Mu 461 6 Bald 44 t e had, ee Toe . Higbee, p qo . e 3 6 eo 8 ARK MPC z Leard, 2b ‘ 2 ° Murp » 5 ee Gardner, 1b ee ee ee 1 | Carma a ae << e ‘ at af ‘ $9 ® Walter | S20 | jot use | Allen at Net Game} | Allen and Vanderlas are sohed uled to settle a little argument for the singles championship of the high school tourney on the Seattle ‘Yennis club's courts Thursday Hoth have gone thru the single thout a defeat Mails Is Wrestler Frank Schulte broke a rib in a} wrestling match with Walter Mails, former Seattle Giant, now |with Portland, Frank has been called a smart ball player, no won jder he can't wrestle «| Robins Not Drawing Charley Comiskey has agreed to give the Red Cross 10 per cent of the receipts home games. If Charley Ebb would ke such an offer the R®™ Cross would owe him mone Game On'p The challe game between the Duthies of the Shipbuilders’ league |Chalenge league was on this afternoon at the and the Nonpareils of the City ball lot at 14th and Jefferson, i Ott Bigbee By Bigbee Boost for Stamps C.; Byron Sherbeck, Elks; Tommie | Every nickel the government Murphy, Kansas City A. C.; Chat-|gets from a baseball stamp act lie Barker, L. A. A. C.; Sam Ek oo a nickel away from the stein, Olymple club. vhite-coated gent who tramps on| |your feet trying to sell last month's jpeanute, Root for the stamps. He's Always Right “Any one who says I'm a slacker far,” says Jess Willard, Jess bly Is safe, It ia likely nobod are to resent the “short isa prot ugl and Stan | Paid $250. to “See Go, John MeCormack, the singer, paid $250 to see the Welsh-Kil bane bout. John must have a lot eas coin hanging around Just. an Old. Trick Jess Willard used to be a cow- boy. When he offered to enlist it) sounded like one of his cowboy | tricks, throwing the-—yes, yes, cor rect the first time. RELIABLE DENTISTRY Skillful treatment, conscientious care, finest quality of material and painless methods These are tho prominent features ot my highly efficient service. In addition to these distinct advantages | my prices are the lowest in Seattle, considering the class of wo: I have successfully treated Pyor- |rnea (Rigge Disease) for many I will diagnone your case abso | jutely free of charge. wen Pike A Main . Not Open Sunday, “FREDDIE STILL | | CHAMP”--HARRY My United Prose Leased Wire Yacht club's activities for the | 1917 season got under way. The next event on the calendar is nlated for June 2, when the sail boat race for the Commodore's cup will be held on the Skiff Potnt course, with the start at the chan nel buoy. On June 17 the club will set salle for the club run to West Passage. This will be followed on June 23 by the power boat race around Blake {sland, under the American Power Boat association's rules, July 7 will see the second heat of the sail boat race on the! ‘BALLARD TITLE GO | Pollok being the only one who 3] | August 4, when the va | will be made big doing The club | August 19 | three-day | order on 8 well club run, ation cruise to Orcas island, and held at East Sound run to Kingston on follows this, with the | a ulse to Olympia next in ember 1. The fare under sealed orders, will be put on September 16. Sun aierterence | day, December 30, is the date for roth the annual mid-winter cruise on 0123-4] Lake Washington Ur “ 91003000 0-4 The club recently celebrated its aso hit—Dean. Home rune y. It was one year old or, Staley, Stolen basne—<inia. Merrill a Pray and BR BENNY IS SAME LAD : AS USUAL BY H. Cc. HAMILTON Complete Report of Market Today 4 Wholesale Dealers tut tables and Fruit | ck out—By Merri mber by Conner & I D Wigan, | Staley, Hit by pi Morrill by Con- ber, Umpires—Armatrong and Foraythe | ted Breas Matt ne | NEW YORK, May. 30. “the | funny part of it is | don't feel like a champion, | feel just exactly like Benny Leonard, who was begging for a chance to knock Freddie Welsh out and bring the world’s light- championship back to That's how Benny Leonard ex pressed himself today as he do jseribed his feelings after he annexed the title “I went home feeling kinda fan ny and happy and when I awaken- ed yesterday morning I yelled to |mamma to give me some dope or something because I didn't feei aifi ent You know when a fel low's after something right haid end won't rest until he gets tt, he orta feels he sho feel like a ¢ifferent man when he finally lends it. But, it is not that wa at all, I'm juat plain Benny Leon-| lard and glad of it “When I got home from the fight there were hundreds of peo- jrle in front of the house. ‘They yelled and yelled until I stuck my head out of the window, wanted me to make a speech, but 1 couldn't say anything. I just held jup my hands and yelled ‘Il love |yez all’ and ran back.” | Leonard was asked what |thinks of Johnny Kilbane, the mar who started Welsh cine by whipping him soundly | just before Leonard won the world’s title “He's a grand Ittle fellow,” Leonard replied, “but I feel sure 1 will stop him when we meet. 1 don't care if it’s six rounds or 20, I just have the feeling that I can do it.” | Baseball York At 0-3, At Washington 1-0, Boston 2-9, Detroit 0, Louls 2. At Cleveland 1, At ©) hicago 4, Bt. NATIONAL RESULTS At Cincinnati 4, St. Louls 7, No others, | She Should Worry | War can't have many terrors for the woman whose husband plays olf. During the season she never sees him anyway Wagner Is Missed Honus Wagner's shoes are having about as much success as a sub- marine in Lake Washington. Ww oreiz had They | down the de | The biris who are trying to fin|4 + | Snow Has Baseball | Games in Montana Shades of an old-fashioned summer! howe Pe tonaeeted roqap After disporting Itself in the Corn Hashe—Per 1s finest kind of weather for the | Cuccimbers— past few weeks, Montana is now frolicking In a snow storm. That's the reason the Butte and Great Falls ball games are not being played. Cal Oure—Per vox ie p nag \Jack Dillon Scores auetraile - ole , areen, per Gow * Victory Over G. Chip Parsiey— | CINCINNATI, May 20,—Jack eae AS TORR > ents 2s tij@ tr|Dilion of Indianapolis — shaded Lveppers _— George Chip of Newcastle, Penn., in | Zietée sreseseesens Ala hard 10-round bout before a big ro haags he “és crowd at the local ball park last | night There were no knockdowns, A *@¢?!but Dillon rocked Chip several] | Tomatoes apenas :2.16| times with right-handers to the jaw. | Fiona (t-besket ernie) ert | tarnipe | Seliew Portland Lightweight | | gig 900 to Fight in Wallace Seed «.. 76.00] Locals +-76.00@80.00| Jack Allen, Portland lightweight ; wan in Seattle yesterday on his way em ine to Wallace, Idaho, where he has a | Soci 1388388 | 10-round bout Mned up, Allen will | be handled by Bobby Evans in this | fracas | Grapetrait— Cal Les Darcy’s Body | Coming to Frisco aoe SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.--Ar | Oranges—sin ait 26 Strawberries — rangements for receiving the body | Cat, 20 pte . ‘ 2.00/of Les Darcy, Australian pugilist, Aee ediings « Ss0/and for services in Darcy's mem-| ©*25) ory, to be held Monday afternoon, ° are being made here today by al committee of sport fans, headed by John L. Herget (Young Mitchell) | Tho body is expected to arrive Sat jurday night | Think Kid Herman — | Got Lucky Contest Under 4 Ibe. nd #ite, ow Turkeys —Dre Veul—Fancy store Old, Good bi an erie te Macala SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.—Kid! Hutter, Kegs and Cheese Herman won a decision last night over Young Joo Gans in the main Native Washington creamery, cube, .ay| bout of the Association club's pro: Native Washi creamery, a9; ram, but today many fight fans brick 13 + -M#/are saying it should have been a draw. pects i} 43 = . , "“!Some Soothing News| 24) Stromb@dpoks like a real race 34| horse now, comments an exchange - ]Which is probably soothing to th Country Hay and Grat | iprieen paid hi alee) birds who dropped coin on him last season \a [Los Angeles Athletic WINNER IN | Director Praises S. A. C. Way of Handling Meet 4 BY DE WIT T VAN COURT Veteran Los Angeles Instructor Chet Mcintyre, boxing in- structor of the &. A. C., is fast endearing himself In the hearts of the amateur boxers of the Coast. The Far Western championships have *about be- come an annual fixture in this city. If last year’s tournament is any criterion, tonight's af- fair at the Arena will gladden the old sports’ hearts. Chet is Is a hustler, and it Is safe to y that this year’s tournament will far outdo that of 1916. From one end of the Coast to the) this tournament is the big To win championship, American © ?)\ championship, and that {s the goal other, thing In Far means, ateur boxing. virtually, an of all amateurs. Thos tournament, more of such sport, to see them off again, tonight. There has been a keen rivalry s|among the amateurs of Southern would be} less one of those dark horses | chosen to represent that part of the! pear, and we will have to keep our Barker, Anthony! California to see who state. Charlie who witnessed last year's} went away crying for and it is safe|another champion of the A. A. 1|to say that all will be there again then he has won several bouts and has developed, both in weight and | hitting powers. He is about the ring, when in action, and will give | beat him. his hands again on that great lit tle champion, Earl Baird, Earl took a decision from him last August in San Diego, in the A. A. U. cham pionships, and Anthony {fs conf if he is lucky enough to work his | way to the finals, where Earl usual ly appears. Anthony hes trained as he never did before, and is @ fast, clever and hard-hitting boxer, and will surely make Baird himself to the limit to win. Figures Murphy Winner Murphy, of the Olympte, club, tournament and the boxer who neatly trimmed Archie from whom he won his title. phy figures to win this class, i 38 eyes on Chet Mcintyre to pull Sisto and Lawrence Kelly were the) those fellows out of the woods. lucky ones chosen Treatment Excellent The excellent treatment, | Both the middleweight and 116 | pound classes ere well represent good! ed and should give us some inter | management and fair decisions of/ esting bouts. the 8. A. C. year's tournament, has made th affair a long-looked-for trip for ot Southern boys. While the 8. A. C. ers, appear, which often happens boxing championships. It is ra- mored that there hand, trained to the minute, The contest between Lloyd Mad-| and Jimmy last will not soon be’ wish before leaving Los Angeles den and tiie Barker in year’s tournament forgotten by any who were Juck enough to witness it. There hav been few such fast and hard-hitting contests in amateur meets The lightweight class seems t be the most interesting of the tournament, as it brings together Tommy Murphy, of Kansas City, present title holder, and Barker, of Sam of who is said to be and game boxer. Some of the new and unknown box-| manship of the S. A. C, prove a sur-| and the Los Angeles A. C., Ey club, Iskteine, of the Olympic an Francisco, a rough, tough ers of this class may prise to the more seasoned more experienced boys well known here and Murphy an | proven his worth many times. and officials of last| Barker is re There is a decided difference be- is|tween the pure amateur and the ur | semi-professional The amateur | boxes purely for the glory and have lost three! prize he wins, while the semi-pro of the national champions {t will | not deter in the least from the In-|of the purse | terest and earnestness of the box-| himself. lis too often satisfied with his end without extending No draws with the ama- an@ several dark horses may|teurs—it is win or lose, with plenty in} of action from start to finish. While on the job, I wish to con- are several on/tradict the rumor, that I have been Charles Hulen as judges of It was my one objecting to Mr. Carroll this tournament. y\that the S. A. C. would be lucky e enough to secure the services of these gentlemen. But have learned since that Mr. Hulen has refused to act and that Mr. Carroll is un- eble to officiate. We are all more than satisfied to leave those mat- ters entirely in the hands of Chet McIntyre and the S. A. C. and abide strictly to their rulings and whoever they have choscn are good enough for us. I am too familiar with the judgment and good sports- sportsmen to ever allow such a thought to djenter my head. It is untrue. Evergreen Athletic ° two-time inner of the alms championships must be some baby! qt : Of the little 1084b. boys, Law-| Club Wins Ball Mix rence Kelly, of the L. A C.,| The Evergreen Athletic club seems to have a slight advantage, cleaned up the Denny Way Jrs, 15 due to his experience in tourna-|to 5, Sunday. The heavy hitting ments. Lawrence won second and tight pitching of Roberts fea- prize several years ago in the Pa- tured the game. 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