The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 2, 1918, Page 8

ORTS AND COMICS By Condo, WISH You WOvULD FIk T STaP _opDay. (—— (S SUNDAY, DON'T CiIK@ TO Do ANYs THING LIKG THAT ON A SUNDAY —— PAST THIS L ALL RIGHT, THEN, MY Con- ISMENTNOVS CBECTOR, Ger INTO YOUR Suny Toss AND WE WiLL OBSERVE THES DAY ——WE ARE GONG QE! LEONARD is not greater than Joe Gans, the old master > bet rather is a little cry baby. For fear John Flammer, Western | representative, will write us another letter of protest, we hasten | ‘Femark that the opinion is not our own. Harry Pollok, the smooth Man who guided the destinies of Freddie Welsh, makes the bold Bo lay off of us, John, and get after Pollok. For the benefit Pollok’s letter, already given publicity n New York, is set down F Sir: Our lightweight champion, Benjamin Leonard, camouflage a rap at Irish Patsy Cline with a string adjectives. Benny is such a nice little chap. hate to say anything unkind about him. But it’s this: The sooner he stops playing the cry that much sooner will he measure up to the great ring title hoklers. Nearly every battle spends half his time referee. Almost every time I looked at him the Philadelphia it seemed to me that he was making AT is not done in the BEST championship society. he has just sent to the press about Cline butting uch out of line for a game fighter. Leonard is a grown man and an experienced fighter Patsy Cline ts only a child. 19 years old a few months ago. Can imagine any of Leonard's predecessors—Gans, Nelson, Wol Welsh—crying about a little kid being a bit “rough”? as ff Benny didn't relish getting bis “hair mussed.” getting the above out of my system, here ix what I am driving at: There is $10,000 down in Broad st. in the hands curb broker, that either Patsy Cline or Freddie Welsh can ery truly, HARRY POLLOK. lh! oJ ~ : Ff a§ F j ! i z o oe SIGNS WOULD SHOW IT ‘The wedding bells will soon ring ont, At least that’s what the signs denote. Her powder rag he carries now Right in the pocket of his coat. ee ee recommendation of Walter McCredie will carry weight enough McCredie of the Portland Northwestern league club to appointment of team manager for 1918, Art Griggs will be boss. leCredie’s recommendation of Griggs comes somewhat as Griggs has been known as a player without a great deal ly Sullivan, veteran catcher and former Chicago White . is popular with Judge McCredie for the managerial berth. oe eee irs pit e @ gent sitting at my left who has just roll-called on his here ts what he got in his stocking ties (two red). socks (polka dot variety) iti i } Ey ts holders (only he thinks Santa made a mistake and of garters). le already had one.) eanbroidered muffler. in a frame. with the ladies? oe 8 oe ISN'T IT THE TRUTH? When first they started in the fuss The Germans used to cow the Russ; But tacties have been changed, ‘tis said; ‘They bull them nowadays instead. oe eee Tom—What is this camouflage thing? Jerry—Camouflage is the smile that father wears on Christmas Morning when the kids are telling him what a great guy Santa Claus in “ee ee E elev r 2 we i poster have had all kinds of operations to improve their ring strength, but it remains for Gus Christie of Milwaukee to spring _f Rew one. Christie has had his eyebrows cut open and the bone immediately Underneath scraped off. This was necemmary because with each suc eeeding battle Gus was finding that his eyelids were getting tighter, and he feared that within 2 short time he would scarcely be able to look the narrowing lids. You are slowing up a bit, Tyrus Cobb; ‘Tho I hate to mention it, Tyrus Cobb; You are going back, I know, And I reckon you will blow In about ten years or so, Tyrus Cobb, a ar “Porky” Flynn, who fought Fred Fulton recently, in answering a query relating to Fulton's ability, declares that he was in the ring long enough to know that Fred was too good for him. 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WELL, WELL, WELL, DADOY'S BOY ~ 6LAD To Ste Danni? Reverend “‘Kid’’ Wedge Tells How to Keep New Year’s Resolutions Fight of His Life in! Keeping His—and Won Staff Correspondent ROCKFORD, ft, Jan. 2.—Can a New Year's resolution be kept? How? “Rasy enough to keep a New Year's resolution if you really meant to keep it when you made it.” re plied the Rev. “Kid" Wedge, former prize fighter, former rowdy, former hard drinker, and who now i# doing Y. MC. A. work at Camp Grant bere. ‘The Rev, F. FL Wedge points to himeelf as one who made a resolu tion to turn over a new leaf and who turned it over and kept # turned over “It was a long and hard fight to keep my resolution,” mud the preach. er who once delighted in the rough ent kinds of fist battles. “Hut I won out. I made good, and I'll never get over being glad that I made the res olution and kept it “The trouble with most New Year resojutions in that they are made with ‘fingers cromed,’ and the mak er doesn't really want to keep them. Consequently he doesn't back them up with all the grit and will power he has. “He slides back into his old habits, drink, vice, or whatever it was, be cause he didn’t put his whole heart and soul into keeping his New Year resotution.” If anybody in the world knows what he’s talking about when he speaks of making and keeping reso: lutions, Rev. "Kid" Wedge is the man. He was born in the lumber camps His father was a lumberjack, and th “Kid” grew up among the rough,) liquordrinking, fighting men whose only “fun” was found in barroom brawis. The lumber camp bar-room was! the school to which the “Kid” went. | While still in his teens, he became | the roughest fighter and worst tough | In Northern Wisconsin. He could! drink more liquor than any other and he could get more vicious and| dangerous when drunk than any oth-| or. His greatest ambition was to) get everybody drunk, himself includ. | ed, and start a free-for-all, rough and-tumble scrap in which gouging, strangling, head-busting tacticn predominated | From the barroom brawls, he| emerged a “roughneck” prizefighter, | and fought many ring battles. acquired a love for boxing which hi still retains and has instilled in young men of his churches eye} |The good Rov. F. R. Wedge as he looks when he ts in his pulpit and as he appeared when a prize fighter. boxing he likes and teaches. ‘Then, one day, he asked himself: | was ordained as a Presbyterian min. inter and given a church at Monroe, “What does this boorefighting and | Neb. tough reputation get me?” And he answered that too: “Nothing™ 8 resolution. That like 15 years ago. He quit drinking and started go ing to church and school. He «pent more time at home and none in aa. loons. At first it was hard sledding people didn’t think him serious, and his former pals tried their ext to pull him back to their low leve But he kept on, making the keep. ing that good resolution the big gest thing of his life. He atud question, was something for rich men's sons to defray his ex- pennes. SITUATION IN NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE IS VERY MUCH UP IN AIR ACCORDING TO ALL DOPE} Baseball fans are awaiting with tn- terest the results of the meeting of Northwestern league magnates in this city. The session ix scheduled for January 10 and some important | baseball problems will come up for | settlement ‘The biggest question which will confront the moguls in that of the circuit. How many cities will make up the league, and which cities they will be are the two big matters which will cause the directors much worry | before they are settled, That an eight-club league will be in operation next spring is the report from some quarters. Others believe that aix teams are all that will start the rac Whether the Montana cities will b included in the circuit, and whether Bob Brown's Vancouver club will start the season, are other matters which will come up. Right now it is only certain that four cities—Port land, Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane— will start, Whether there will be any others, and if #0, which cities they will be, is the big question which the fans are waiting to have answered. Up in Air “I cannot say what action will be taken,” says the league president Bob Blewett, “for the simple reasoi that I have no idea, It will tak much time to go over the questions which will come up, and no one |nows which cities wil start the season at the present time, For my |own part, I will urge that the Mon tana cities be inctuded in the circuit Whether the directors will look at the matter from this angle or not, I do not know.” Another matter discussed by Seatt! which has been manager. There has been some talk of Hill Leard returning to the squad. 1 handled the team last season until he went East to try out with a big league club, He was sent to the coast, but there is some talk of getting him back as manager Le | of the Giants again next season, Alexander Doesn’t Want to Be Actor By United Press Leased Wire CHICAGO, Jan, 2—Grover Alex ander doesn’t think anything of a mere $1,000, He has turned down that much offered him to appear before the footlights, « Wilkeson Boxer Is Reported Married Reports from ‘Tacoma are to the effect that Frank Pete, Wilkeson boxer, was married the day before New Year's, No word is mentioned as to the bride's identity, however, local fans is that of al | conducting @ summer training camp that Later he went back as pastor to Rhinelander, Wis, where once he had been the police's “toughest cus tomer.” ‘Then he became an evan Kid" Wedge made his famous gelist and preached the dual goxpel of a clean, healthy body and a clean, Christian mind. For the former he prescribes athletics, outde work; for the latter, church. and home. The fight and school Rey, “Kid” Wedge is most proud of is the one he fought} with the vice-stained Chinatown and the vicious Barbary Coast of San Francisco, neither of which is a tenth as morally rotten as it was be- fore he got into the fray And if he hadn't made and kept resolution he wouldn't have done that. More than likely he now Four years he spent at the| would be a human rerelict in some But it is clean, manly, scientific Omaha Theological Seminary and big city's flop house, ican Aviator Killed in Battle ey Amer Ee) EUT BENJAMIN VALCOTE IAeut, Walcott, a son of the secre- tary of the Smithsonian institution, is reported to have fallen in his first big battle with the Boche airnen. He went from Princeton, where he was graduated, last May, to ‘rench flying sch member of tie Lafay Recently he was transferred to the American force. ObNov LittLe DEAR ! OLIVIA THOUGHT OF You SO MANN ‘Times WHEN SWE WAS AWAY — sae VE a Sure HE WAS- WE Looks Like A MILLION DOLLARS YOU MEAN Vo Wes. ME YOU DIDNT In py EVE Z SEATTL WINNER IN MIX The Pacific Coast Ioe Hockey ax sociation season broke in bere with & bang last night, when Portland land Seattle tangled in the hottest kane ever played on local ice. ‘The contest ended after 20 minutes of overtime playing—Seattle 1, Portiand © Bornie Morris pulled the trick for the locals, ably aasisted by Lester Patrick, who held to the bench until the fag end of the #truggie, when he was able to keep out of the fray no longer The play was fast and rough. “Cully” Wilson had a couple of en counters that cost him a fine of $5 and a total of 23 minutes in penal ee Early in the melee he tangled with Charley Tobin, and rapped him on the head with his hockey club, after | ‘Tobin had tried to muss up his face with hin xkate. Later he and “Amoky” Harris tangled, with the/ result that Harris was forced to re-| tire and Wilson was carried from the ice with a broken lek. | Johnson Joins Cripples “Moore” Johnson also joined the cripples In the last period, when he contracted a cramp in his leg. He tried to get back into the fray twice, | but neither time was he able to stand up ‘The context was one between goal tenders. First one team and then the other was hammering at the nets, and Fowler, Seattle's new net suardian, turned the Portlanders back in @ way that won him a place in the hearts of the fa Roth teams were slower than they will be later In the season. Capt. Bobby Rowe shared honors | with Fowler tn the fans’ praises. Jim | Riley worked fast in the first part of the and Lester atrick made nome fine dashes down the ice with the puck when he replaced him. An a result of the win, Seattle ix | now at the head of the leagu Seattle Position | Fowler Rickey Rowe (Capt) ..L. tiley -R forris (1) Wilson . Roberts contest Portland «Murray +. .Johnson + eee Laughlin Oatman ..(Capt) Dunderdale -R.D D. Portland ... Seattle Lester Patrick Rickey, 3 min Wilson, 10 Port Ansixte tle Penalties: Seattle utes; Wilson, 8 minutes minutes (twice) and $5 fine. | land—Dunderdale, 3 minutes. Substitutions: Seattle Patrick for Roberts, Roberts for Wilson, Wil son for Riley, Riley for Morris, Mor: ris for Wilson. Portland—Ukstila for Dunderdale, Dunderdale for Ukstla, Uksila for Oatman, Oatman for Uk sila, Barbour for Harris, Uksila for Johnson. Officials: Referee—Mickey Timer—Kendall. Goal umpires: MeDonald and Roy McKittrick Jess Willard Ready to Sell His Circus} By United Press Leased Wire CHICAGO, Jan Willard has tired of the sawdust ring and is| really hankering to get back in the | canvas-floored one ast, this is| the dope he handed out today, and he prepared to return to Jacksonville and sell his circus John’s Shot Missed; Burglar Got Away | John Wolf, who sleeps in the rear | y store at 1918 65th | mee aorneorls trying to enter thru a window 1 aday night Wolf} fired at the man, but missed. The would-be burglar ran off down the street. 8 | Ion. Jim Joxs Suspect Arrested at Bremerton Yard Believed to be the man of the same name, indicted by the al grand jury in Chicago, Peter Keenan, 82, was arrested Tuesday at the navy yard, and brought to Seattle for investigation, 1. W. W. papers and credentials were found in his possession, it is said. was STAR IS SIGNED SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 2-—Ty Cobb will have to look to his laurels, if predictions by Walter McCredie, Salt Lake Coast league manager, prove as well founded as he nays they are. He sees in Joe Cox, young outfielder, now playing with Pasa- dena, a phenom of the first wa McCredie signed him for the Bees. 1 regard Cox as the greatest young player I have ever signed,” said McCredie. “He ts built on the lines of Ping Bodie and hits all kinds of pitching. In the mid-winter league he has been playing with bi league stars and showing them up. Furthermore, says McCredie, Cox in a boxer of ability. Griffith Wins by Showing at Finish By United Press Leased Wire AKRO! Jan. 2—Johnny Grif- fith, local welterweight, was credited with a draw in his 12-round bout here yesterday with Bryan Downey of Columbus Griffith, beaten bad- ly, came ik in the last few rounds, and edged out a draw. Lee Johnson Fights Draw With F. Malone By United Presa Leased Wire OAKLAND, Jan. 2.—Frankie Ma- lone and Lee Johnson fought a four- round draw at Emeryville as the feature event of the New Year's card. |George Ingle in Draw With Frankie Tucker George Ingle and Frankie Tucker, lightweights, fought six rounds to a draw yesterday afternoon in Ta coma, Frankie Sullivan and Lioyé Madden also fought a draw Jack Britton Wins From Jimmy Duffy By United Press Leased Wire BUFFALA, Jan. 2—Jimmy Duffy ‘was outpointed in a 10-round bout here last night by Jack Britton. The two are old rivals Monk Fowler Winner in Melee at Denver By United Press Leased Wire DENVER, Jan. Monk Fowler, of Los Angeles, won a 15-round de cision over Matt Brock here yester- day. The result was popular with the fans. Frankie Callahan in Draw With Easterner By United Press Leased Wire PHILADELPHIA Jan, 2 Frankie Callahan fought a six-round draw here last night with Eddie Wagond, local boy. Babe Picato out classed Johnny Mahoney Artillery Eleven Is Beaten by Sailors Ry United Press Leased Wire SAN DIEGO, Jan ‘The Utah artillery met defeat in a game here yesterday with the training school team, 24 About 15,000 saw the fr: MARINES VICTORS PASADENA, Cal, Jan dazzling speed and brains of Camp Lewis football eleven it naught yesterday against weight and strength of the T | Marine team, in the New ¥ football classic. The score: Camp Lewis 1% rines 19. The proceeds of the game the Red Cross. The interference of the was much too much for the men. They were especially in massed plays. Play was despite the summer weather, cattved three persons to be by the heat One of the | suffered a wsunstroke. This the East shivered in zero went More than 40,000 witnessed | fracas. Many men wore white | while the women all dressed ia | summer attire. | The Camp Lewis men hed a | time acclimating themselves “o | They were fast and fumbled |than the Marines, however. | was hardly any penalizing, a3 one argument by officials ever | ruling. 4 | Mare Island. | Ambrose Beckett . ee | Ridderhof ..--Ia G. soves | Tebers | Han Bailey Hobson - Brown | Sanderson Huntington ...F. B...-cesccs @ Mare Island .....3 0 6 Camp Lewis ....0 0 7 Ga Referee—W. S. Kienhola U ~—Dean Cromwell. Field Graham Moody. Head In Jack Wells. Time of periods, 15 minutes eacl Marines’ scoring: Field goals, brose, touchdowns, Brown Huntington; goal after Ambrose. Camp Lewis: | downs, Romney; goal from j}down, McKay. Substitutes | for Hot for Mck for McRae, Green for Russell, | tor Green, Lynch for Cook, |for Lynch, McKinney for |Kapple for Sharpe, Monteith Craig. Mare Island: |Belgian Winner in | Chicago Bike Rac By United Press Leased Wire CHICAGO, Jan, 2.—Jules a Belgian, was a better snow p jthan Wilhelm Grothahn tn the nual New Year's day “250 club? to Pullman, He won by | feet Of the eight starters, four finished. Business Men Try Our 30c Lunch 11 A. M. to 2 P.M. NATIONAL DE THIRD = NTISTS | & PIKE OFFICE OF SATISFACTION It Will Pay You to Call on Us. ee ae ws > ee) We he cee - b a