The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 24, 1917, Page 8

I CONSCRIPT THIS MONGY FOR. THE RED CROSS ESPITE THE FACT that Johnny Kilbane has promis ed the police that tomorrow “es fight between himself and iy Leonard is not going to be a stepping affair, but that he to knock Leon; out in the i if possible, the New| Yorker is tavored over the lehter) Ohioan. | According to wire dispatches,| lads are in the old excellent shape for the combat, which is a| short one of but six rounds’ dura-| longest permitted tn Phil- ‘adelphia, where it is being staged. Advance sales for the contest have been very large. | a or _ AUSTRALIA HAS FORGIVEN Death has caused Australian, i to quash treir indictment | the world’s most unfortun- e Slacker and grant him a full ‘pardon. ‘This is the word that comes from Baker, Australian boxing Promoter, who has written friends hhere that a fund has been started to Taise a monument to the memory of the former middleweight champion of the world, who paid so dearly for his mistakes “Australians regret deeply that " @eath has cut short such a promis ing career.” Baker wrote. “In a re- cent bout between Jeff Smith and Jimmy Clabby, the creat audience. Which had just learned of Darcy's death, paid its respects to his mem- ory by standing with bared heads for 10 seconds after the announcer) lad repeated the details of his ' ' Baseball death.” NATIONAL LEAGUP PROBABLY THE SECRET of the @uccess of many of the Hebrew boxers of late is the careful, normal Hives they lead in or out of training Fistic fame and fortune does not “ew Yor* 48 feem to lead them to dissipation ('"innat ; -. : and the merry path that has de- pyiiade ‘ ’ stroyed the grand physiques of so ne ‘ ‘ “ Mafiy ela4iators of other races says : “s “6 Jack Skelly. << ; 4 You don't find Benny Leonard Sead Whooping it up along the Great k 6 tebure White Way, like other lightweight champions before bim ‘Take nearly all the topnotch Jew Yah fighters, like Ted Lewis, the new welterweight champion tling Levinsky, probably boss of tt : Weht h weight division; Al Me. & Coy, the supposed middleweight ” chief: Charley White, Willie Jach gon, Frankie Callahan, Eddie Wa! lace, Joe Burman, the Chicago sen sation, and Soldier Bartfeld. They Bot only lead clean, athletic lives, but they probably train more e: estly and thoroly than the avera Christian boxer. In fact, | know they do. And if the Hebrews keep ‘ on developing in fistiana as during the past few vears, we may see all the title holders of Jewish blood, from the flyweight to the s weight classes. Holy Moses! Wor that be dreadful for us poor Irish? We who have predominated as Mistic champions and ring idols for 100 years or more, in this country, England and Australia! AMERICAN 8 ' 75,000 Estates Heid Up in U. 8, Probate Courts R U ONE Our business is to trace such measures and establish proof of birth or descent, Naturalization Papers Have you proof of where your father took them out? f not, consult us, IMPORTANT Telephone Beacon 3894 I certainly consider that the Jew- ish boxers deserve great pralae, credit and honor for their remark able progress in the ring. They have studied and learned the manly art by close, strenuous attention ‘They understand the great value of getting into fighting condition, and Most all of them work hard to at tain prominence in the front ranks of their division On the other ) hand, the vast majority of Christian 6 conscientions! Neither do the i 403 30th Ave. &. endeavor to acquire the fine points of boxing #0 thoroly and earnestly So, without any prejudice whatso ever, I must give the Jewish boys |@— all due credit for the they have attained. 4 Corner 20th and Jackson prominence | i READ ST. SPORTS AND COMICS | | a] “ .tBenny Says “Rocky” ‘AR WANT AD84| STAR—TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1917. Olivia ¢ THE DOINGS OF THE DUFFS DANNN, | Don" KNow Wow Wau I'M GOING To GET AWAY WITH THis Bur PLE MAKE A STAB AT IT |! SQUIRREL FOOD—We Were All Ready to Give Him a Crutch. / . . » Ma, WHERES “TW NEAREST) F CG \ (HAY WHATSA |) Nmatrat } 7 PROCTOR: OVE KNOW Ny Gronce ¢% mee \* TODAY WE HAVE - HALE & HALE THOSE MISSISHIPP) CANAKIES —* Bantams Make Great Fighters in | Sport, so U.S. Wants Them for War BY PAUL PURMAN artment recently an cha plonship and world series. The greatest pitcher of the outfit was Dick Rudolph, a short, stubby fel low, who had been thought too small by McGraw and was not given a chance with the Giants The shortstop of the club was Rab. anville, one of the amaliesr bane and one of the the je has The war ¢ nounced it would not object to the antam regiments included in physt formation the men were otherwise providing these units The issue depar too nder army 1 they should hance to ser their cou vyinted out that man est fighters were small men. It Is not difficult to find ized men in hietics who hav wonders in their fields of en deavor, little men have out d thelr larger brothers ent-day bantams, Jack Dillon years ago the Boston little giant, is one of the greatest the National league | little men to ever batter his was brought before the all infielders men in to ost produced ball has little men.” diminutive, Eddie and stubby and others Boxing har champions.” Johnny Wilde of world, probabl 1 win against any of the pr letters from men into the ilations cs service who wet ced other Heine Groh ta Cieotte ts short there are many pr en a ry and of the great tit f under. produced many ht the who , " Bravea won way Winona Wants to Get | | Into Four-Club League Kansas Is Correct Renny Leonard says that the Winona, Wash., wants a place tr hardest hitter he ever met in the a fourclub league with Spokane, ring is “Rocky Kansas,” a little Butte and Great Falls. After the Indian whose right name is Rocco! fajlure of the Billings fans to come Tozze This ‘Rocky Kansas thru on the proposition to transfer says Leonard, “is nothing more the Tacoma club there, which caus than Tom Sharkey boiled down. ed the proposed four-club circuit to He's built like a piano mover and! go to the wall, Winona opened ne hits like a pile driver. We're all gotiations with Russ Hall for the lucky that his cleverness isn't in transfer of the Tigers to Winona. keeping with his strength and hit ting power.” . tue . : O. A. C. Grid Captain Is Active in Army, Meler (‘Darkhorse’) Newman, captain-elect of the Oregon Agricul Major Fails to Pass Because of Athletics Maj, Charles KR. Vincent of the tural college football team for t First Mlinois Field Artillery, and 1917 season, has been put in char fullback for two years on Yale's of the army Y. M. C. A. training football team, and selected by Wal: «chools and started for Seabeck ter Camp for the All-American, Wash, to take up his duties team, was rejected because he did not meet the requirements of the United States army. His heart had been overtazed by athletics {Notre Dame Will Postoffice Squad u | | Wins League Pennant} The postoffice squad of the Com mercial league won the flag in that gue T ; ” circuit when they triumphed ov Keep Up Football the". tWitiame crew. 7 10 Notre Dame will not cancel Its Wick allowed the Williams outfit football achedule for 1917. Altho. but four bingles | every member of the varsity eleven | is in the service, President John! 'T\.,°12 fe jer | Cavanaugh believes athletics should Iw light lennis be continued Played in’ Playfield ome brilliant tennix waa played Big Ben Hunt of big and other in yesterday's clashes of the play-| league fame turned the Stacy) field tourney, The playing was con Shown ball tossers back Sunday, tinued until it was so dark the con testants could no longer keep their winning for the Black Diamond’ 6 to 3 eyes on the ball, Nou kiNow, SON THIS Isn’T As EASY AS IT Loo Left to Right, Maranville, Oliphant, Dillon, Paul Jones, | Eddie Grant Will PAGE 8 tan. Probably Do as Well as Tom. Ks | —_ NOTICE AS How LImPIn’ F~ 4 mi oop! “ene 1 GO Aoaw ! ‘ei |{ \\_mespe — an’ i'm 2 4 so Youne! . Moy WT OO WEY CRA THES (writin ORAm ee trim PaMomel J |) ROOM Sued we np Given With matt ( ‘ORK, NEW the speeding Giant The Reds promise real pep into the N race. The Phillies from second to course of a few nals jumped into thi jevery team he | ble they can ta scramble ts on the Easters swing, b nesday, the Rowland | So far the White Jedge in games won |Sox. Out of 11 meeti Sox have n * | With the F the Chicago bunch w ) be GETTIN RHEUMATISM | OR LOCOMOTIVE “TAXICAB Christy Mathewson ha the National league a real, old- Sox on | MADE For RED Cross 9 ' Gut Matty Has jar Reds BY H. C. HAMILTON tent 24.— given fashioned jar. He's in second place with hi eds today. | | “Taking the Reds from their | place as a joke team in the | league, Big Six has brought them on steadily thru the sea- | eon, until they are now in the runner-up position, tho a considerable distance behind . to ational have throw sow league rd by beating | the Phillies, and with Matty giving s all the trou © of, a great! Battle Soon On With this situation on hand tn the National league American battle will be resu morrow in earnest. After batt e Yan kees in their first appearance on ginning Wed rs will go to Boston for a four-game meeting with the champions This series will bring another battle royal Sox hold the from the Red ngs, the White even victories it of the way ll go to Wash ington and F ia, where the picking has t later they Rudolph will take on Cleveland ‘ ‘ . While this program ts ng run thru the big heavyweight class. Joe! oe the Red Sox will have the Walcott, greatest of welterwolghts,| Browns, Detroit ani Cleveland on was a little stubby fellow thetr hands at home. Elmer Oliphant, West Point's great all-around star, is much} 4 couple of doubles, a brac smaller than btw teammates FOst-| soon og etalon babe, & fen end ail has produced many great Mt-| tive putouts—and Eddie Rousch n. Casey, of Harvard, {8 | cated it a day's work fellow; Hez Clark, the old| Ind ana halfback, was | tfugo Besdek(s, anger scnredithe stubby > © into bl ng the G Golf has given us Bob Jones, the | -1"8t#* into blanking the Giants boy wonder, and Walter J, Travi Joa Midis alicct: tiv to Nett eave A number of our great distance runners have been little men Paul Jone John | and Norman Taber, iS . Spokane Net of the greatest milers, w ite fellows as * on can store slot of fiancana| in it at My stamina in a small body Uncle Myron Hutchinson Sam no wonder he ed int permits the organization of bantam regiments ers, are ent ment, which oe" . . . Minneapolis Swimming Champion |the Braves their 13-Inning victory Players | nneapolis | and Phil Brain, former Spokane tennis play he Northwest ern championship patriotic tourna-| started Saturday at} | Given Commission] Bettingless Racing of West Australia, the! breast stroke champion swimmer of! G. Finlay Now oni DETROIT, July 24 rived the world, has re a commis: sion in the British army, He is to circuit. The first be attached to the camel corps in| meet in the history Eeypt. In 1910 Finlay won the|!* under way here king cup, one of the most coveted | of English trophies for all-around swimming Swing at Kaiser Eddie Grant, Infield star in the National league for 10 years, has| joined the “Sammies." Eddie haa} played with Philadelphia, Cinetn- nati and New York He is a Har-) vard graduate Elect Ouimet to Membership Now Now that Francis Oulmet is de. clared an amateur by the Western Golf association, and a professional by the United States Golf associa tion, he becomes an honorary mem ber of the Hard Botled Egg club. | Frank Barrieau and Rowlands to Battle United Frese Lonsed Wire SAN FRANCISCO, July 24 Frank Barrieau and Len Rowlands middleweights, were matched today for a four-round bout here Friday night. | Pod DO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT IS THE OLD GENUINE GRAVELY TOBACCO! n Detroit! Betting has been ordered stopped in the Grand betless racing of the circuit! YES, HE 85 OH, Tom, LooK AT ALt THE BANDAGES — se SU SE) REPUTATION FOR WELL, Stemes You'Re | So PROFICIENT AT ["1| BANDAGING THINGS, TRY A LITTLE FiRsT AID RIGHT HERE! s— a THE a Airs o J 4 : MN \\ )' WONDER ~ You POOR BOOB~ LOOK \ WHERE YOUR OTHER \ pepar is! Po weu- HUH 1S THAT WHY ~ GOSH | WAS Sscaneo P+ ( ( \ GENE aren DOME DLO APPLES AHO wan omen . Tae RIA ooven | we One win wee Ooms Un et!) Tew MNS 9 era Th ABOUT A Switie FEED! MERE “Tomonsow - AOVONK REROY | Clark Griffith’s Work in Vain; Sub Hits Ship The Clark Griffith baseball ity. My job happens to be fund hae been in vain. Three baseball. | have been in this monthe ago the “Old Fox Dusiness for a good many years. And | can keep right on with a clear conscience. Base- © ball is not only an honorab business—it has a big part play in the war. Baseball is a war game. it always will be. “The soldiers, both of the North and South, played base- started a chain letter to col- lect 25 cents from any of his friends. The appeal was suc- cessful and Griffith spent $8,000 for supplies, enough to outfit 150 baseball clube, and shipped the goods to Gen. John J. Pershing, “somewhere In ball in| our civil war, and France.” taught the whole country to The steamer Kansan. the like the game. it's the same boat upon which the baseball thing In this war. The English supplies were sent, has been are taking to baseball more reported sent to the bottom by than ever before. They are a German submarine and all playing the game in France have to be and Belgium close up behind the trenches, within range of the German guns. The soldiers like it and will have it. “Baseball is a good, whole- some game, built to order for soldiers.” Griff's work will done again. “1 am too old to fight,” says Clark Griffith, “we can't all be soldiers. The next best thing ie for all of us to do the job we have to the best of our abil- (TXTf) Fielder Jones has lived up to Gill, eh? his reputation as a great man- | _ ager by beating out Connie See where an athlete Is to Mack in the race for the cel. come an army chaplain. Bet lar. never played golf. Losing a ball in a golf course = FRET, FF war garden is about as satisfactory | as drawing a club to fill a heart} flush only three clubs 1 Atlantic league. n to worry much abot 1 post-season games now in the have won't War is booming fencing says a contem. Wonder whether it's speaking of sword or rail. the Can't 8 secured Evers and Frank Schulte, the Having Johnny Phillies will soon be in the aathe class as Cantillion’s home for the aged, at Minneapolis. | | | Star-Gazer was left at jin an Empire City race. gaze and win races. Wonder what the Dodgers have against Mack Wheat? They have recalled him from the minors. |Swain and Blankenshif Weiser Dell has taken his |Go Into Bowling Alle last wheeze with Brooklyn. | By United Press Leased Wire SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.—Cli Blankenship and Charley Swai opened a bowling alley in Oaklang} Eddie Pinkman Is now teach- ing the Russian dance to Ed Hunt. Saturday. The new place has be Maybe Pat Moran expects to get | fitted up with every modern ¢o better results from Johnny Evers, venience for the bowler, and, by providing him with a Maxim|cording to Cliff, the “strikes” ellencer. be as plentiful as they were in t good old days when Swaiy The Braves have released bat with a curve ball pitcher On thes: Pitcher Gill. Hooks for the | hill AND ITS Sa oes GRAVELY ‘S eager TSS CELEBRATED | le | | Chewing Plug |= BEFORE THE INVENTION OF OUR PATENT AIR-PROOF POUCH GRAVELY PLUG TOBACCO MADE STRICTLY FOR ITS CHEWING QUALITY WOULD NOT KEEP FRESH IN THIS SECTION. INOW THE PATENT POUCH KEEPS IT FRESH ANO CLEAN AND GOOD ALITTLE CHEW OF GRAVELY IS ENOUGH AND LASTS LONGER THAN A BIG CHEW OF ORDINARY PLUG. PRB.Gravely Jobracce Co Deve Va. “HN? YEARS BELIEVE BILLY POSTER, THAT NEW POUCH IS A PEACH