The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 17, 1920, Page 10

on, only to be found wanti elder, now with the Seatt ce Harrigan, shortstop, NIS TALK; boasts a good | wieldera whe | rd, Me Pollick, La_ Blond, | Derothy Mre path, Greene. Lucille Green, Mra Spetd Mra. Holmes, Myra Lar ahd Mra’ Hemrich a tournament is bound to be «& whether Sara yuited to Mra. Cushing in of th 1 te Livingstone woo ‘aucouver | the ap-| Begttio last year, and it is very that group of local players wil! hand at t re year. Mra. Cush! the ladies” ttle, while Mercer, of Vancouver, an a result of bis ought to Gevelop fn ‘te circles this fall | finaliet t fornia tennis squad, and W: ‘ef Tacoma, and Phil Neer, of ‘booked for the Stanford team. ‘d Byrne, who held the Class A | eup here one year, is another : star who will feature at the| ity of California this coming sea- CLYMER HAS TROUBLES Tt looks like Bill Clymer’s “Mir ‘acle” days are over. The former WBeattle pilot can't even win in his Beloved American association. His © Columbus team ts now perched but B couple of points ahead of the, / Kansas City Blues, present base- ment champions. | HUNTERTO | LITTLE ROCK | ** Herb Hunter, former San Fran Cisco outfielder, who started out this season with the Boston Red ‘Box, only to be shipped to the In-| @ianapolis club which turned him| “Wack to the Sox, has now been sent ito the Little Rock club in the Southern league. MEN GO EAST | “Kayo” Kruvosky, San Francisco) light heavyweight, and “Spud” Mur ‘phy, Golden Gate middle, are plan ping @ tour of the Kast They ere} following in the footsteps of Tillie!on this trip. Herman, the Mexican welter, who has invaded the East and who has Made good, stepping into the big) oars in rowboats, are being put out money right off the bat. NIXON, SWEENEY, HARRIGAN AND . LAFAYETTE TO REJOIN TRIBE _ Four promising youngsters who were given the once over y Clyde Wares, of the Siwashes, during the early part of the | his fielding and base running were | shortatop of the P. 1. cireuit, accord. | hard =| Outfield oF first base, FRISCO RING |been easy for the *tribe, ATTLE SIWASH ng, will be given their second} ce to show whether they are ready yet for Coast league ll soon. They will rejoin the team Labor day. _ The four prospects in question are Bob Nixon, the young le International league team; , and George Lafayette, first sacker, with the Yakima P. I. club, and Ed Sweeney, the young southpaw hurler, who was farmed out to Calgary in the Western Canada league. Nixon showed a lot of promise as a hitter when he played as a regular in the early part of the season, but terrible. He is said to have perked up a bit In both fielding and base running. He will bear watching. Bob will probably rejoin the team | immediately unless Carl Zagiiock re-| covers rapidly from his operation Which he was subjected to Monday. The big fellow had his tonsils remov- ed yesterday. TEALY PRA HARRIGAN Harrigan is ready for Coast league ball right now and is the ranking| ing to Tealy Raymond, former Seat- tle skipper*and present pilot of the | Yakima club. Tealy was a Seattle) vasitor yesterday. “Harrigan is fielding In fine fottle | and be's cracking the ball around the 320 mark,” declares Haymond. “| think he’s a Coast league ball player | right now.”* Lafayette, who ts a bit awkwant as & fielder, ts stil! cracking the onion lor Raymond's club. He may} come*in handy as a pinch hitter dur- jing the close of the campaign. SWEENFY IS WINNING Sweeney has won 17 and lost three games for the Calgary club so far this seanon, according Klepper Monday. This quartet of players should for- j tity the local club during the closing | weeks of the season, and Wares may | for next season. WARES TO LOOK HARRIS OVER Spencer Harris, one of the heat Prospects in the Seattle amateur ranks this year, will be given the! East and West by Manager Wares | this week. Harris, who has been | playing a good brand of ball for a green youngster with the Broadway high school and Tailored teams this year, is @ good hitter and| shows possibilities. He's a southpaw | hitter and thrower, and plays the| PROBABLE 1 | BATTERY | ‘The other players who are lined up for trials with the locals next spring are “Dummy” Collins, the Redmond hurter, who ts now pitch. | ing for the Victoria club, and Frank | Tobin, the young catcher loaned to| the Portland Beavers for the rest of the season. Collins is said to have plenty of stuff and all that he lacks is experience. Tobin has demonstrat. ed hitting ability with the Beavers. | He split his throwing hand in al game here last week and may be out | of the game for some time T TWO WEF TO COUNT HEAV The next two weeks promise to| count heavily in the Siwashes’ chances for the Coast league flag. The first tough assignment is the Vernon invasion, and then comes the Oakland crew. The Tigers are al- ways a tough team to beat, but they | have been somewhat weakened by’ the loss of Babe" Borton, their regular first sacker, who was let out in the Coast gambling scandal. But the Tigers, are still a dangerous club. But we beat ‘em the last time and the Easick crew has lost two series in row, taking defeats from both ramento and Oakland,-two of the r teams in the league, Oakiand is going strong, fm their victories over Vernon and Salt Lake show. The Acorns have alwaye| but they should give us plenty of opposition Small hand propellers, to replace by a Wisconsin firm. | dia not extend himself. Ready |#ired to qualify and did #0 eadily in| Jing beache ae - THE SEATTLE STAR .- ES TO RECALL YOUNGSTE RS TURSDAY,,AUGUST 17, 1926. SOON Golden Bears to Get Jump on Other Coast Grid Warriors SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 17.—In spite of the Pacific Coast conference ruling that prevents regular varsity gridiron practice until the middle of September, candidates for} . the University of California eleven will get the jump on other Coast college gridders in the matter of getting into condition for the season’s grind by being able to take part in the inter-class and fraternity games which will get under way at Berkeley soon. The teams will have to be coached by class and frat men, however, the regular coaches being forbidden to take a hand in the tutoring of grad candidates until the time set By the conference. Harper Favored to Beat Muff Bronson If Bob Takes Lead! Bill Rumler Suspended; Bee Star Admits Gambling SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17.—Bill Rumler, Salt Lake outfielder, one of the leading hitters in the Coast league, was indefinitely suspended. by President William Mc- Carthy, of the Coast circuit, here yesterday for alleged gambling Rumler is said to have engaged in last season. AMERICA CLEANS UP IN HIGH JUMP; bd BY HENRY L. FARRELL ANTWERP, Aug. Baker of England were tied for fourth place. The Americans failed to finish tn the finals of the 6,000 meter run. which was won by Gulllemot of Nurmi of Finland was seo ond; Backman, Sweden, third; Kos kenlemie, Finland, fourth; Blewitt, England, fifth, and Seagrove, Eng: land, sixth. C. Furnas, Purdue untversity; H H. Brown, Boston, and I, C. Dresser, New York, the American entries dropped out. The time was 14 min tes and 55 seconds HM. D. Liversedge, the. navy shot Putter, also qualified for the Amer feana. H. G. Cann of New York and G. 1 Bihiman of San Francisco were elim! nated. In the trials for the 110meter) hurdies, F. & Murray of New York won the first heat in 1545 seconds. to Prexy|W. Yount of Law Angeles won the } second heat in 1535 seconds, and Walker Smith, who ran despite his ingaped leg muscles, in a heroic formance, won the third heat again! uncover a couple of good prospects | lgyS seconds. 4. KB. Barron of Philadelphia took the fourth heat in the 110meter jburdies, making the fourth Ameri jcan to finish first in the preliminary heats. Barron defeated Earl Thompson, the crack Canadian, who is consid ered the greatest hurdler in the world. Thompson has been sick and as the race was only the trial, he He only de finishing second ‘The time was 151-5 seconds. In the tug-of-war trials England won from the United States, 2 to @. The Olympic committees announced it had unanimously rejected the ~ WATER PRELIMS | AT LAKES | SATURDAY Preliminaries for The Star city swim meet will be held at the Green Lake and Mount Baker bath Saturday afteroon. The start of the events at the Mount Baker beach will be 4 p. m. and at Green Lake at 2 p.m. A complete list of the entries right up to date, will be published in The Star Wednesday. The final entry list and the schedule for Sat urday’s events will be in Friday's Star. “Dad” Henry will visit the Lake Washington beaches Wednesday after 2 p. m. and will be glad to answer any questions in regard to |the meet. Swimmers who have never com peted in a registered A. A. U. meet before should be sure and enter the novice aces billed for them. This will give the new swimmers }a chance to ghow What they can do in competition with entrants of their own class. Entries close promptly at 6 p. m Thursday evening at The Star of: fice. The blanks appear dally on this page. Swimming Entry Blank I am a regular registered member of the American Amateur Union and wish to enter in the following meet marked with a cross: events of The Star city swimming MEN'S EVENTS $0-yard dash (free style). 100-yard daxh (free style) 220-yard dash (free style) 200-yard dash (breast stroke) {00-yard dash (back stroke)... 50-yard dash (noviow) r 60-yatd swim (under water).. Fancy diving (10-foot board). JUNIONS 14 and 15 Years O14 50-yard dash (free style). 60-yard dash (back stroke: 50-yard dash (fr 60-yard dash (ba WOMEN'S EVENTS 50-yard dash (free style). 100-yard dash (free style) 100-yard dash (breast stroke) bo-yard (novice)... Fancy diving (10-foot board). NAME ceecesee ADDRESS.... TELEPHONE JUNIORS 14 and 15 Years O14 60 yard-Gash (free style)... ‘Under 14 Years 50 yard-dash (free style), Blanks must be in The Star office by August 12. Entrants under 16 years do not have to be registered. VICTORIA BOY | PROMISING Kenny Darbyshire, a 10-yearold youngster, is one of the Victoria Island Athletic association's best swim bets. The young star won |the 60-yard dash for b of 14 jand under at the big Saturday meet with the good time of xeconds. This is only 8 45 seconds more than the time mi by Harry Me | Watters of the Crystal club, winner of the same race for seniors, Young |Darbyshire, besides being a crack | swimmer, is @ good diver, | PORT ORCHARD WINS 3 MORE | Port Orchard won three more ‘ames the last week-end when they |took the Bremerton Elks, U. 8. 8. |New Mexico and Colonial theatre iv, the line, ‘This makes 13 games won and three lost for the Orchard boys, Rumler, according to his affidavit sent to McCarthy, admitted betting $250 on the Vernon team to win the pennant, while “Babe” Borton, the Vernon first baseman re- cently released for the same charges, bet the same amount on the Salt Lake club, “Butch” Byler, Salt Lake catcher, has also sent an affidavit to McCarthy substanti- ating the same statement regarding Rumler’s bet with Borton. ACES ARE French protest against the award of fourth place in the 100-meter dash to J. V. Scholz of the University of Missourt. The French claimed Alik han, their entry, finished ahead of Scholx Jack Moakley, the American head coach, ls negotiating with Col, Jack son of the British team for a dual | Meet between the American athletes entered In the Olympics and the Brit ish contestants, it was learned to day. The arrangements. are prac Ueally sompleted. ‘The affair would be held in London Beptember ¢ Hi) of England won the $00-meter run, with Kart Eby of the Chicago A. A. second Mudd of England and Mountain of England captured third }and fourth places, Fifth went to | Lieut. M. D. Scott of the American team and sixth to A. B, Sprott of the Loa Angeles A, C. Time was 153 2-5 ANTWERP, Aug. 11-—Encouraged by their impressive showing in the | finals of the 400meter hurdies and | the 100.meter dash, the morale of the American Olympic contestants w at high tide today, The fact that Frank Loomis, Chi cago, clipped a whole second from the previous world record in thd 400. | moter hurdles caused the committer |again to measure the track. They found it a few inches short of stand ard. Coach Jack Moakley declared he was greatly pleared with the show ing of the Americans and was con { dent they would hang up some more | |records before the contests were | over, Jole Ray, long distance runner, who atrained his leg muscles tn train: | ing on the grass, was better today. | Walker Smith, who was injured In the same manner, was also improved | and was expected to start in the hur | dies. | Sol Rutler, the negro jumper of | Dubuque, was injured in his firet jump today. Hoe strained a tendon in the left lee and was carried off the feld. He probably will be unable to compete. | J. B. Pearman of New York fin | ished second in the first heat of the trials for the 10,000meter walk to | day In the second heat T. A. Maroney of New York finished third and W Metric System in Olympics Every event in the Olympic games at Antwerp that require measuring are measured by the metric system. his is puzging to the average American. The metre is the foundation of Measurement in the metric sys- tem. The metre is 29.37 inches long, a little over a yard in the lineal system of measurement. ma traveling Monda: Thin Week ’ | Vernon at & Bacramento at Lo Angeles a |New York Louls Chub Pot Brooklyn «+ 668 Cinetnnat! 66 New York 646 Pitt aie Chicago “a |e “404 Bow : Philadelphia ‘ay8 taburg 3, Bt. Louis 2 Cincinnati 9, Chi 1 JOHNSON WILL BE O. K. SOON Walter Johnson, ace of pitchers in the American league, who has been out of the game for over a month because of a sore arm, will be ready for regular duty on t mound with the Washington club soon, according to Dr. Knight of | Rochester, N, Y¥, who has been treating the hurler’s throwing arm. Ho says that cold settled in t muscles and Johnson will be able to pitch af soon as treatment cures ft, 1 Plant of New York fourth. Butler was eliminated in the trials of the broad jump as a result of his/ injuries, Kt L. Templeton of San Francisco | qualified for the American team.) Butler's injury wan a severe blow to the chances of the Americans in this | event, Carl Johnion of the Univer sity of Michigan also qualified for the Americans, Pat McDonald, the New York cop, took second place in the trials for the shotput, McDonald was throwing with his hand bandaged as a rewult of an accident to his litte finger while practicing aboard ship en route to Antwerp. His throw w Umeters under that of Ni who took first in the triala, TODAY'S OLYMPIC SUMMARY ANTWERP, Aug. 17.--Following are today’s summaries in Olympic events: England Howth Africa; tht fourth, Plant, A Hpain; sixth, Doyen, Won by Mente ter Nitth, Melend: . & meters Johneon, America, € me. tere 42 centimeters; Frankeon, #wede £ centimeters *. Ame Xthonta. mer (Qua Bihiman, Amerteans, eliminated 110-Meter Murtle Trials on by Murray, Firat heat second, Gray Amertoa: | America Fourth heat second, Thompson, ul rn Won by Landon, America: second, Mut- ler, America, and Eklund, Sweden, thed fourth, Murphy and Whalen, Amerion, | and Baker, England, tied. Meight, 1 me-| ter 94 contimeters (6 feet 4% inches), « new Olympic rerord Meter Rane Finals Guillemot, Tee. England beat America, 2 to ©. CHAPMAN | KILLED BY PITCHED BALL | NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—Ray Chap- man, star shortatop for the Cleve- land American league baseball team, | died early today from injuries re- ceived when he was hit by a pitched! ball at the Polo grounds yesterday. | Today's game between the Yan Kees and the Indians was called off| as the result of Chapman's death. Chapman was hit in the head when he attempted to dodge a fast curve pitched by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, in the fifth inning He was rushed to St. Lawrence. Physicians declaréd he had a frac- tured skull. An operation was per- former at midnight. ‘The surgeons made an ineision three and a half inches long thru the base of the skull on the left side. The operation disclosed a rupture of the lateral sinews and a quantity of clotted.blood. A small piece of skull was removed. Chapman was one of the best shortstop in either of the major leagues, His work hag aided the In. diang greatly in the pennant race. BALL STARS ARE LUCKY “Rabbit” Maranville, Boston short stop, and Lew MoeCarthy, Cardinal] catcher, had a miraculous escape from death in an atito accident in |the East the other day when their) |machipe slipped off of the road in| Boston when they tried to get out of the way of a speeding car on a |river driveway. ‘The “Rabbit” is ex pected to be ready to play soon, but McCarthy may be out for the year. Press reports from the East car- ried the first story to Seattle re garding the accident. CALL OFF SWIM RACE Tack of funds caused the Mult nomah @lub of Portland to cancel the National A, A. U. mile race scheduled for early this month, The race is an annual event. The Seattle Crystal Swimming | local ltwo out | has a better baseball head and holds gare fair fielder# and they both hit ITH the Jack Dempsey-Billy Miske heavyweight title bout billed for Benton Harbor, Mich., but a few weeks off there doesn’t seem to be country regarding the match. |bound for Benton Harbor, where they will establish training camps soon. The mix is over for Labor Day. e While. Dempsey has been working right along it behooves bim to be in real shape when he goes into the ring with Miske because fe much excitement around the Dempsey and Miske are both the 10-round route and is set ROSE CITY BOY IS BIT WILD Bob Harper, Seattle's best lght who tones the Levisons with Muff | Bronson, the Portland boy who | staging a& comeback, at Liberty tomorrow night, should beat. Rone City gladiator if Bob forces fighting, according to the form tl two boys have shown in their can't afford to take any chances in being out of condition, While Miske isn't regarded ae a very strong contender for Dempsey’s crown it must be admitted that he fought the Giant Killer twice without kissing the canvas. Dempsey harn’ "t done any real fighting for over arding ® year, More news is expected to start coming in soon reg: the big battle, Tiny Herman, the Tacoma heavyweight, will undoubtedly be the first "sane opponent for Frank Farmer when ready for action again. and Farmer have fought a couple Seattle. They are expected to head a local card soon. out of the here last spring. the veteran Kapowsin logger gets Farmer never will be a world's champion, but ns lke to wee him fight because he battles all the way. Herman have never met in Farmer thas been of draws but me since he broke his band in his bout with Young Hector Alex Trambitas, the Portland weiterweight, who was taken seriously i from # cut obtained in bis bout with Johnny McCarthy a short time ago, ts 0, K. again, accordin; Trambitas had to call off his bout from the Rose City. ig to reports with Travie Davis, scheduled for the Arena three weeks ago, because there was danger of blood pol- son setting in the wound. Trambitas will probably headline the next Arena card with Jobony MeCarthy. . This pair put up a thrilling 10. round draw in Salem when they met last, When Johnny Wilson, the new middleweight champion, knocked out Steve Choyneki in five rounds af Buffalo, added a lot of prestige to his title championship contender by eastern critics but he was rated as @ g00d/ing hy tough boy, and while Wilson was expected to beat him the K. 0. boosted] that Wilson's stock several points. MT. BAKER Y., the other night, he 1 was never considered a Choy AND FELIX CLUB ARE PRETTY. EVENLY MATCHED IN JUNIOR BALL FINA There's little to choose between Mount Baker and Felix 5 vo squads go into the battle for | Junior Baseball trophy and the city diamond cham) club before the two Both teams have come thru the year. Pitching wil play a big part fn} the series, which will be the best of three games. Mount Raker ts banking on Wes Sheedy to do most of their mound work,| while Bob Thorburn is slated to toil on the hill for the club boys.| Otherwise, the teams balance up| pretty well. Here's a line on the players: | CATCHERS—Ackelson of Mount! Baker has a slight edge over Miller! of the Felix club tn allaround abil ity. The former is a better thrower, up his pitcher better, edge in hitting. PITCHERS—Thorburn and Sheedy are about @ toss up. Both have fair speed and a pretty good curve ball. Thorburn adds to his effective- ness by his stickwork and he's a pretty good hitter, ore | FIRST BASE—Haghes of Fetlx club is in a class by himself in Seat tle junior baseball circles around first base. He fields like a regular Hal Chase and hits the ball fairty hard. He has a knack of getting on bases often. Bill Troepple of Mount Baker is a fair tosser, but he doesn't compare with” Hughes. 05 SECOND BASE—Roberts of Mount| Baker and Abner of Felix club are| pretty evenly matched players, Both Miller has the | the ball hard when they connect, Roberts being @ more consistent hitter, THIRD BASE—There tent much to choose between Frisell of the Felix club and Larson of, Mount Baker at third base, Frisell has it on Larson for speéd and works a pitcher better at the plate. SHORTSTOP—Liedtke of Mount Baker is a better all around short stop than Kohler of the club team He hits the ball harder and has a better arm, Kohler is an aggressive | ball player, however, and may kick thru with some good baseball, LEFT FIELD—Boyer of Felix club has a big edge pon Davis of Mount Baker, Davis may not play | in the. city series as he hasn't} been showing much in practice. Boyer is a good hitter and a steady fielder. Davis is playing in a bit too fast company. CENTER FIELD-Patterson of} Mount Baker has it on either) Snorsky or Griffen, one of whom| is expected to start in the center garden for the Felix club. Patter son is @ good leadoff man and ty fast on the bases, Neither Snorsky or Griffen amount to much as hit- ters. RIGHT FIELD—Al! Barbaris, be- cause of his hitting power, holds an edge over Kringle, the Mount Baker right fielder, Barbaris is one of the hardest junior clouters in the city. Kringle is a bit faster. however, and IN NATIONAL BOSTON, Aug. 17.—Favorites won in the national doubles tennis tour Longwood Crjcket club) Allen and Burrill of the state of Washington lost to W, F. Johnson and 8, W. Pearson, the ney at the yesterday, club offered to promote the race, Vag it was deemed too late in the season, Eastern veterans, in straight sets, ‘There were no upsets in the day's place, | Britton, | Carthy Dp. the season with records |and they have dished up some good ball since the Start of may make up in speed what he lacks in hitting power. The grounds for the games ana other details will be decided at a meeting of the managers of the two teams at The Star office Wed nesday night at 6 p,m, * Seek Stiffer : eae Competition Crystal Swimming club swim- mers and divers will compete in the big meets of California and Oregon in the future, according to Don Vickers, coach of the Seattle team. The ease in which the Crystal club team carried off the honors in the big P. N. A. outdoor meet in Victoria last Saturday demon- strated that there is no real team opposition in this neck of the woods. Vickers said that he does not believe he will send @ complete team to compete in outof-town P. N. A, meets in the future, but save them for the bigger meets in the South. MAY CHARGE CRIMINAL LIBEL LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17.—Court action charging W. Baker ("Babe") Borton, former first baseman of the Vernon Coast league baseball team, with criminal libel, may be begun to- day by Ed R. Maler, owner of the Vernon club, it became known today. Acting on the suggestion of W. H. McCarthy, president of the league, that immediate criminal libel action be begun against Borton, Maier’s at torneys conferred with District At torney Woolwine. “We are going ahead on the sug gestion of President MeCarthy that Borton be sued for libel for his charges against the Vernon players,” | Maier said. “Our actions will depend WORLD'S BEST TIME EQUALED SAN DIEGO, Cal. Aug. 17—~Thel ma Finn of the Los Angeles Athletic club equaled the world’s best time in 'the 50-yard dash for women in the championship swim. Her time Far Western ming meet here Sunday. was 29 geconds flat. Ann Wagstaff of the Seattle Crys. tal Swimming club made, the same distance in 294-5 seconds at the P. N. A. meet in Victoria last Saturday, despite the fact that the fleld was crowded. M’CARTHY IS AFTER CHAMP Johnny McCarthy, the San Fran- cisco gvelter, craves a crack at Jack world’s champion. Britton is getting pretty old and when Me- is right he figures to give any Welter in the business a run for his money, This story comes out of San Francisco, McCarthy will undoubtedly meet Britton if the champion ever comes to the Coast. at Austin and Salt'’s gym during U past few days. Harper hasn't been boxing lately and he has filled out consid ably. Bob, who is still a youngster, was doing too much work in th gym to reserve his strength, and has adopted a system of lighter work the stronger for it, demonstrated that he has lowt none of his skill, however, by” kicking Charley McCarthy, the Cana- dian champion, all over the ring in their recent engagement in Aber- deen, BRONSON DEVELOPS KICK Bronson, a great favorite here = couple of years ago, Is also stronger now than he was when he fought here the last couple of times, He has developed a kick in both mitts, according to Portland scribes who saw him lick Eddie Shannon, the former Coast champion, in Salem re cently. 7 The Portland boy is wid ti boxing, howeyer, He showed so his work with Billy Wright yes, | day. But Billy will make any ¥ itter look wild, Billy nk¢ Harper will beat the Orega man if he steps into the fight, The boys laid off of heavy ti ing yesterday and will do a bit Nght ym work today, Harry Casey and young Zazu, pair of favorites with the local who like slam-bang milling, mix the first time in the semi-windup, morrow night. WELCH BOXES NEWCOMER Army Welch, the Bremerton Gleweight, takes on a fell Bradley in the special event. never going to be a eham: ything, but he does fight. RE ere call EP ad handed bamtamweight, who Jones a couple of stiff punches on the teeth and behind the ears tl sent Jones on his nose for the a last week, will go on with Mi Mitchell, the hard-trying local boy. One more bout will be lined today, BEN LEONARD FIGHTS AGAIN NEW YORK, Aug. 117. | Leonard, world’s lightweight pion, will defend his title at Rickard’s Madison Square gan arena some time during Pp The announcement was made Leonard's manager, Billy Gibson. opponent will be picked within a days. WINGED “O” STARTS WORK > SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. | Olympic club of San Francisco jits first football tryout last day. Over 100 candidates were jfor places. Joe Devine, who used to m the Duthie shipyard team here, Piloting the Calgary club in fi place in the Western Canadi league. BORTON WITH on advice we receive from Dist Attorney Woolwine, with whom attorneys will confer today. Just soon as the club returns from Northern trip members will be to face Borton in court.” Mater declared he had never lieved Borton's charges that the Vi non players had raised a “slush fund to buy last year's pennant, that the charges had not been stantiated. Today's proceedings follows of a teelgram from MeCarthy nights suggesting that the local ¢ ‘immediately prosecute Borton f criminal libel.” “My jurisdiction over the against Manager Essick and *| Vernon players is limited,” McC thy's telegram said, “but the sup court will have power to fully, d terestedly and publicly investigate,’ $$$ t's eat breakfast at Boldt’s, That Seattle has the est billiard parlor in fin- the world? Come in and see, BROWN & HULEN Can de eliminated by weart Lundberg Rupture Support We, trial to prove its superiori A. LUNDBERG CO,