The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 7, 1919, Page 13

EVERETT? TRUE ~ tad ES NOW, THEN, CET'S MAIECH 5 PAST THe Front of Your} jSTORE— I WANT TO P= Je *, (0, [SHow You THAT ee r) =fve Feet Six inch AS “TOo Low To DRopP AN WNING Over THe Sipe wari tt ,000 Marksmen to Compete in Grand American Aug. 11 CHICAGO, Aug. 7.—With close to 000 entries expected, the annual d American handicap, the trap- oting classic of the year, will @ place at the traps of the puth Shore Country club here, Au- TL to 15. This will be pre- a. by a number of events, ef which wilh be the final) | immy Burke | and Gleason Win Places seball Pilots Come Into. Their Own This Season | in Big Leagues BY FRED TURBYVILLE ; N.. EL A. Sports “Writer was a long time finding Jim- Bi and Kid Gleason, but at/ they’re wearing the decorations those who have arrived. Neither | Dor the Kid fs trotting in the | year-old class, but what .they| im youth they more than make/ for in pep. They seem to grow peppery as they grow old | years Jimmie Burke and Kid| mn helped other managers win Burke is not new at the game, however. He man- teams in the American associa- several years back, but he never ts the success there that he has a this year at St. Louis. Af®r to win a°pennant at Indian- he went to Detroit and be- coach and seout. He was a big to Bugh Jennings, Then he to Louls, and in the middle last season was made manager, Fielder Jones failed. Kid Gleason, a veteran player. thed the White Sox pitchers and tchers, and acted as general assis- it to Clarence Rowland, when that won the pennant for the in 1917. There are those who ¥ maintain that Gleason was the i brains behind the victdry of the and that letting Rowland go ft affect the team in the least. the | ateur | courts in both competitions, and he ‘Clark to Meet GEE, I"ve Gor A DATE WITH A Peach oF | A GIRL = 'M GOING “TO | Teach HER How TO Swim 1 es WEDLOCKED— | DON'T THINKK THEY | | OUGHT TO ALLOW THOSE WOMEN To | DRESS AS THEY Do ON TH’ BEACH ANNIE L | competition for the ownership fr jthe Hercules all-round champion- ship trapshooting trophies on Au- gugt 9. Only previous winners} aré eligible to participate in the big | event, | ‘Those eligible to shoot for the am-}| championship are F. M.| Troch, Vancouver, Wash.; E. 1. Rartiett, Maltimore, Md.; Mark Arie, ‘Thomasboro, Ill.; Fred Plum, Atian- tic City, N. J., and A, H. Winkler, | Chicago. Those eligible to shoot for the open championship are Hemer| Clark, Alton, Ii; Bart Lewis, Au- burn, Il; Jay R. Graham, Ingle- side, Ti., and F. M. Troeh, Vancou- | ver, Wash | Hoth the amateur and open! events will be shot at one and the same time, and Troeh’s score will 6te— VA 6oT A DOG JEST Like WINE, AINTCHA ALEK? Gosh BET THEYRE WIAs. therefore has an opportunity of win ning both titles at the same time, as he did last year | On August 10 the South Shore| Country club will conduct a regin- | tered tournament. One of the main, events of this program will be a team shoot between the New York | Athletic club and the Chicago Ath- lotic amociation. At the New York Athletic club shoot in the spring | these teams met and the New York team .won, 950 to 945. Ten men shoot on each team, shooting at 200 targets. The high five scores count. | The only handicap will be the one | from which the tournament derives | its name. There will be more cham- | pionship events than usual, includ-| ing boys under 18, veterans beyond 70, doubles, amateur and profes | sional amateur championship from | 16 yards and the ,woman’s cham- pionship. mw Burns for Vet Championship Old Mat Men May Meet in} East for Title Soon WEST BADEN, Iowa. Aug. 7.—-/| “Dad” Clark, of this city, the “old| how, the Kid can now hand out) direct, and not thru Rowland. | White Sox undoubtedly have a| chance for the pennant. And/| Burkemen of St. Louis also have | ne chance. It ix a merry little; and as the weeks roll by, there to be no let-up in the tension. he fighting Irishmen will be in race as long as they can furnish inch. There'll be no quitting with White Sox or Browns, you can pon that. - Aug. 7.—The Jersey athletic commission, trofling boxing in this state, has| inted a referee for each of the man wonder.” holds with “Farmer Burns the distinction of still com-| manding respect from the best wrestlers in the land, altho “Dad” | has been in the mat game for the | past 49 years Clark was born July | 26, 1862, and his first professional; match ended successfully after 2) hours and 30 minutes in the city of| Walla Walla, Wash., before that state | was admitted into the Union “Dad” wrestled “Farmer” last Sep- tember 20, 1918, for the “old man” championship of the world, and only bowed before the “Farmer's” superior work after half an hour's strenuous work on the pad. Clark hag begun % Cam n for the coming season that e ually will leau up to an other match with Burna, and in che SQUIRREL FOOD— JOrT- THAT WILL STOP , | REFORMER, HOVE YOU ? WHO 1$ IN OUR THE SEATTLE STAR—THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1979. 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THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW * put up in two styles GHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco ‘ % W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco na we wt 64 pla | the | that t | quali ing qualify in these two rounds of the With Tis STupno Thc? 1 wt fi oo HE ISN'T NATURAL- (LL HAVE TO WatcH HiM AFTER. THAT STATEMENT ’ Gee! What Does Freckles Exnect? : WOU! YA THINK VER So SMART-TLL BET You CANT RUN AS FAST AS MY DOG CAN WANNA RACE 2 SAY! Y'KNOW WHAT? MY DAWG BEAT A TRAIN NESSTERDAY ! FELLOW NOPE! you CAN WALK OUT ABOUT 6 Block! HAVE LIFE GUARDS MY DEAK FELLow? WHAT KIND OF A RACKET 1S HERE HE COMES ~ BUT GOSH, THIS HE'S WORKING 2 WuaT s The MATTER. Pur MY PENHY We s') dui} Uhl 1B} Yo Be HAVING ‘four MACH IIE wy OW, WeLLo There® me BUSINESS Man —You SEEM {\ ' Thovete vier | | SHE gel AH! THEN ITS QUITE SAFE FOR ME To Go IN WADING! ‘Complete All Plans for U.S. Golf Tourney Chick Evans Is Title Holder: Expect Big Field of Entries NEW YORK, Aug. 7 tional @ on by Charles “Chick” Evans, Jr. lof Chicago at Philadelphia in 1916, will begin Saturday, August 16, at Alle on will be a preliminary The 4 who qualify on the open Country club, ty, fa, Oakmont nen cou Pennsylve g round of 18 holes. ph will continue on Monday aying 36 holes, Thirty-two wil qualify in these two rounds of the course for the champlonship match Play for the | cur golfing Utle las ‘Families of Three Leading Trotters Were of Little Value "AS & PECULIAR GAREER Three leading families of trotters at the present time trace to horses which at one time considered of very little value, William L., the sire of Axtell, from which the Ax |worthy family is descended, «| without exception the most worth 9 | less-looking stallion ever seen, Pilot | Medium, the sire of Peter the Grea was injured as a colt and orde troyed, while May King, the sire of had nothing to recommend t/ him ag a sire except his pedigree. The success of their descendants appears to be one of the whims of nature during the formative period of a type, while the path which led to Bingen’s success as a sire ix also of interest, In the fall of 1894 Geo. W. Leavitt was at Lexington, Ky., looking for racing material. One evening he heard of @ arling that had trotted a quarter in 35 seconds, Finding that it was a hy 1 each day during the rest of the week, the final round being set for Satur: play, of which there will be 36 holes|day, August 23. was | . lever, looked up the colt and bought | se called | | Sandow (Cincinnati bantams), Chuck | |BINGARA MARE REBECCA| May King, he asked the local talent} Won the 2:12% at Greenfield, Mass., in regard te’ him and was told that|has had a peculiar racing career he was of no account, Also, when it ears ago she won a heat at was learned that the owner wanted |Cambridge, N.Y. in 2:21%, and was $800 for the colt, the cleverest of {considered ma: life, Last | them said they would not give $8|Winter she was peddied for around for a May King colt if he trotted a| $300. Fred Trail was going to buy quarter in 80 seconds. Leavitt, how- | but Harry Brusie told him to off, as she was not worth the ‘or \t. He shipped it to New England, | Water she drank for racing purposes, where he sold {t the following Sep-| Finally Fred Beloin picked her up! tember for $8,000, and the week aft-]4nd sent her to Brusie to train, He] er the sale was made an offer of |took her under protest, and on her $25,000 way turned down, This was | first start finished second to Trevis- | the horse that glred Uhland, 1:58, the | ton at Woonsocket. At Windsor he champion trottey of the world also won a@ see-saw race of six heats - with her, after she had been sold for | $1,000. Now she has a win race of| 2:12%, and some one will be picking her up for a stake trotter next year. MILWAUKEH, Wis, Aug. 7.—T. S. Andrews, the local fight promoter, will leave the latter part of this month with five boxers for Australia,| 4y.6 \ooen are Sadie-on-theSpot where they have several engage | comes to gossipin, t | ments pending at ney, Melbourne | When it comes gossiping about | .nd Brisbane. Billy Ryan and Young| ther women. ——— 3 When you think of advertis- | | ing, think of The Star, | Ls ‘ +] : Wiggins, Eddie Coulon and Ray Riv-| ers are the five boxers whom An drews will take with him NO FREIGHT ON R-34 Gillettes Taken Back to Britain Personal Property of Officers BOSTON, July 27.—Persistent ru mors that shipments of merchandise had been made by the R-34 were dis. counted today by an official of the Gillette Safety Razor Company, whose product was one of those often mentioned in connection with the latest shipments, He stated: “The flight of the air. ship to Mineola and return was pure: ly a scientific enterprise, under the direct control of the government of Great Britain, “It is true that a number of Gil- lettes were taken back in the air ship, but these were secured by the officers of the R-34 for their personal use, “It appears that they suffered no little inconvenience in flying te America through the effect of raw, cold air on the skin and the lack of warm shaving water, and they pro. cured Gillettes to obviate this incon. venience and discomfort on the trip home” MOORE MEETS ROSS Walter Ross, the British bantam- weight champion, has been matched * with Pal Moore, the American ban tamweight, now in England. They will meet in London within the next * three weeks for a side bet of $2,500, * DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 7.—With the largest entry list in its history, the annual tournament for the ten- is championship of the state of Mich+ igan is being held on the courts of | the Detroit Tennis club.