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t _ CURVES Fin the faces of these ptctureeque| Weight star, soon. pes! is | SPEED KINGS TO MEET — IN AUTO CLASSIC OF YEAR AT INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY MAY 30 BY DEAN SNYDER Age be plenty of speed in the International 500-mfle auto races on May 80 at the Indianapolis speedway. Tommy Milton, Ralph De Palma, Dario Resta and fornish it. Tt it the most expensive speed in the world. Bach speedboat costs tts owner $50,000 and upwards to bulld and get ready for racing. When the 25 moing bugs leave the line on Memorial day for the dong grind they'll represent between two and three million dollars’ worth ef harnessed speed. RECORD PURSE The purse this year approxt ing $100,000 is the largest ever i= up. mut it tent the tinkle of meney What thrills the drivers, Tt ts the glory of winning the Workd's premier speed test that counts. ‘The men who guile the steering Wheels and pull the throttles are mpeed crary. ‘The auto racing game to them te femance—not the winning of money. Vet the taster they My round the 200 laps the more money they make Many of these powerfully bultt Facing boats are junk after reeling eff the 600 miles, DEATH | And death turks at every turn for the men at the wheel. Each year takes its toll In acct Gents and fatalities ‘The winner of last year’s speed- WAY classic—Gaston Chevrolet—was Tater killed tn a crash on a Call-| fornia racing saucer. Deep lines soon mark themsetves | romancers. The gray of worry into their hair. | They age before their time. But year finds practically the same up of drivers back at the wheel 22 22 other speed demons will HEAVY WEIGHTS HEAD SMOKER AT PAVILION TONIGHT; ANDERSON FAVORED Heavyweights will be the main attraction in tonight's smoker at the pavilion, with Lee Anderson, the California colored miller, meeting Terry Kellar, formerly one of Jack F | Dempsey’s sparring partners, in the four-round main event. | Anderson will be outweighed by several pounds, but he is rated as a much faster man than Keller, and he is expected to enter the ring a favorite win. Anderson leaves for California after tonight’s bout, where he will meet Panama Joe| Joe Harrahan, the = hardhitting ; i 74. | local lightie, goes up against Johnny Gans, the colored middle | Fiske, of Poruand, “in the special . Jevent The semi-windup will Dring to | 1 Bethel, a promistng local gether Frankie Rogers, who is no| heavyweight, faces a hard bout in the second go on the card when he Johnny Hogan, of Tacoma. Hogan packs a real punch. stranger to Seattle fans, and Stan ley Willis, Portland boy. Willis is Speed fascinates thera. It becomes | making his first start in two years to them. jin attie, and they say down in DePaima and Resta will race un-/the Rose city that he has improved |a lot since the last time he boxed @er the Italian flag. CUff Doro and Red Me of welterwelghts, ppen t The smoker being staged by the Cascade A. C. and the first Bout Mitton will fy Btripes. DE PALMA’S TIME DePalma holds the record for the Indianapolis speed derby. Im 1915 he clipped off the 200 aps tn 5 hours, 33 minutes and 55 Seconds. He made his great record | fm a Mercedes, a German-built car This year he will drive a Ballot the Stars and Resta will be at the wheel of | Bunbeam. He won the classic tn 1916 when the race was cut to 300 miles. The/ Ttatian raced but one season during which he made $84,000. His return ‘te the game is being watched with boat burst tnto flames | was at top speed. i head saved him. He stm- Grove the flaming car into the A few minor burns were/ only injuries. | In giancing at the entry Met of coming speed carnival one can a dozen novels written about hame. | ‘These men are a new type of hey are the kind who spend and give their lives for one jobby-——-S PEED. ply his | . Broadway va. West Seattle, Frank- | ya. Ballard, Queen Anne vs. Lin-| | uperb bh fs the way prep ball teams are off for their games this aft- Nothing sensational should devel- ‘@p from the games, altho It is getting | | to be nothing out of the ordinary to} have some lowly team come up and) ‘wallop a first division team out of fits place. | ‘The Broadway-West Seattle tilt) ‘will be played on Hiawatha playfield. | Queen Anneand Lincoln will mix| en the lower Woodland park grounds. Franklin and Pafard will tangte| _ @m Adams playfield. \ i All of the games are stated to start at 3:20. MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 17— Richie Mitchell was knocked down four times in his battle with Johnny Mendelsohn, Wisconsin champion. He finally punched his way into a draw. STAR TENNIS ENTRY BLANK IE were, to aster the efunte market with creme ta ‘Pho Star-Wastiand park tennis toernament Men's stngtes. . . Man’ Geublew . Wen. 2 ~~ 3 nnn ee QName éoub! Women's Goubles.......---eeeeesecccccecssessseeeneerececscensasasoes: (Name doub! Mixed doubles... umes -- 2-2 202s os oe nore e nes -s anne ereqnencececcocaces: QName doubles partner) worrecccetewtem eee nee, I can play after........--..eeioch on week Gays; after.......... om Saturdays, after.......-- (FUL tn Boys who had not reached thetr wishing to compete in special boys’ tournament fill in with X here here. [will get under way at $:30 as usual FACIFIC COAST w Sam Princisce ....... Sacrament Low Angeles . Seattle Vernoa Oakland Sat Lake . Portiang .. Detroit Beaten PACITIO INTERN w Vancouver Washingtom ik BL Loule 5 ATIONAL on Leet 1 ‘ ' 6 Pet are +e ait “ae Ats| Tacoma sccccmereroees aie 10 acecrcecssemse Sif | Victoria s 1 ‘ ' Ne RATIONAL LFAGUR teane mm 00 etry ian 2 PMittebore & Chicage 1. Bt. Lous 4, Brookiya & New York 7, Ciocinnatt « Chicago Priledeiph' ' 2 York @, Cleveland % Chiesgo 6, Philadelphia 4 Tickets to Be Mailed Ruth . Winners Soon for the 20 winners tn Rabe Ruth contest who picked Ed Rommell, of Phil adelphia, to fan the home run first will be put in the matis n a day or two. They would a been rallied ear but Prexy Kiepper, of the local club, has been Ill, and as he must sign the tickets before they are accept able, the winners have to wait The tickets, which make the winners the guests of the Senttle Coast league club at a Coast league game, will be good for any game at the Seattle fark, Each winner will receive two grand stand pasteboards, Philadetph Boston LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED TO RED ‘Wintam ¢'Red") Hyndman, Untver sity of Washington football player, has been named amistant football jcoach at the Hoquiam high schoo! [next year, Hyndman will teach his tory besides, SAN FRANCISCO, May 17.—Ed An finson, catcher of the San Francisco Coast league ball club, was turned over to the Victoria club, in the Pa cific International league, according to an announcement made here yea | terday. You Lik ou Like It favorite, free Quay from Boldt's kertes. Just what ‘As You Like Your every big b you ad LONDON, May 17.—Amertca's polo team was beaten for the first time since its arrival here today by the Hurlingham club. The score was 3 to 2, in favor of the British | oa | _ 913 Second MMA Third Madison, Pacific and Queen City Markets ALLENTOWN, Pa. May 17—Bill Brennan, Chicago heavyweight knocked out Jack Burke, Chicago, in four rounds here last, night. CANADIAN PACIFIC Foot of ¥ 00 A. M. DAILY AND VANCOU- +B. O. bes partner) atile Pier 4, t DAILY BXCEPT 11:30 P.M. Patixexo FOR VANCOUVER, DB. C., DIRECT les partner) aces +o ccececencnenercceneceneneses + QName) Bb TPRANS-CANADA LIMITE! exumed Sunday, May 22. 92 Hours to Montreal 87 Hours to Toronto “QUICKEST TIME ACnOSS L 6 CONTINENT ~ LOW EXCURSION — RES EAST ON SALE JUNE 1 Manff Springs Hotel Opens May 15 Chateau Lake Louise, June --.0'Hlockk en Sundays. hours) 18th birthday by March 1, 1921 ——— Three kings of “harnessed speed—Tommy Milton (left), Ralph De Palma (center) and Dario Resta—who will try to hang up a new time record on Hoosier brick saucer.| Jack Dempsey’s Career Jack stops Woods in four rounds. Dempsey gave away a lot of weight. Malloy takes Dempsey punch in three rounds, This story of Jack Dempary's cw | and once more Moose hall was rented. reer has been written for The Star by| Malloy was weil known and prov. | Hal Cochran on information much of | “4 a drawing card. The place was jammed. Dempeey climbed higher | which was furnished by Dempsey! in tie town's esteem when he laid | himself. The rest was obtained from | Matioy low in three rounds | Dempaey’s close acquaintances and| Malloy was ‘paid $100, on the par crtp cottons |etrength of his reputation and his 4 drawing power, Jack once more set ted other expenses and found him self just where he had started, finan. clally, ‘This bout, however, paved the way to more and better paying battles. BY HAL COCIMAN CHAPTER I Freddie Woods was willing to ad-| |mit that he could lick anybody in | Montrose, Col, with the ponmibility | tice lof Jack Dempary, And he made this! (In the next story Dempsey knocks lone exception because he bad mever| two brothers out and gets $1.25 per | mixed punches with Jack, They had | K, 0) | been good pals | When Jack landed back tn Mont rons, Freddic was the first fellow be looked up. | “Tal the folie tm this town think | you can tick ma,” Jack told him, “and | the rest of thet think I can lick you. | | Lot's stage a go and settle it, A lot lof fotke will pay money to see us | scrap.” | Woods agreed and Dempsey rented | Moose Hall. He put out handbills, | | did some ballyhooing, and advertised a dance to follow the fieht. When the people of the town atart- ed drifting in, Jack was at the door | selling Ucketa, After customers ceased to come he went up stairs and donned a pair of trunka Then the batue was on. It only took Jack four rounds te knock Woods cold. “He slapped me pretty bard.” as Jack now recalls it, “but I slapped him a bit harder, Woods knew a lot about boxing and all I could do was slam. One of those alara went home —and the dance was on!™ | Dempsey helped stage the dance and afterwards paid Woods $15 as his share, Jack had other expenses to meet and when he got thru settling up, found that he had broken about even. The bout, however, gxve Jack « lot of confidence, and realizing that he was shy on A real reputation aa a boxer, he set out to gather one.| Smaller fights turned up around Colo | rado and Utah and Jack went from | place to place, either in, on or under) a freight can ” He was rea@y to battle whenever |there was @ little plece of change in| it. He seldom argued over what he was to be paid, however, and seem: | ed to love, m nly, the idea of step | ping into anything that looked like a ring. Ina great many of his early | \ fights he gave away much weight to his opponents.” | Every now and then Jack would! }bum a freight ride back home to see) the folks. His vacation from fight ing was when he turned to picking peaches. Many folks in Montrose still remember him as the youngster who used to pitch their hay, do odd carpenter jobs around the house and swing a scythe when reaping season Who'll Win? NEW YORK, May 17—Jack Curley, wrestling impresario and close friend of the Frenchman “Carpentier Will win the cham plonship. His speed and kill will counteract what weight and |] strength advantage Dempsey will have over him, Carpentier has ax much punch as Dempsey and can hit more accurately “The fight may not be long. The more rounds it goes the easier it will be for Carpentier.” BOSTON, May 17-—Joe Lynch, world’s bantam ehampion, was barred from boxing tn Massachusetts today by & suspension of the state boxing commiarion. Breach of contract for falling te appear in a bout at Holyoke with Ernie Balon was gtven as the cause of @uspension. Eddie Mende, man ager of the champion, also was sus pended, Tho two will be gtven a hearing at ® future date, Vulcan Trucks SHIP BY AUTO FREIGHT THE EFFICIENT WAY FRANK WATERHOUSE \ & CO. apaey’s next fight came with | Andy Malloy, Montrose youth who had battled with Bernard Dempsey | nd had taken an interest in Jack. | | He offered to mix mitts with Jack! PINE AT BELLEVUE C LET “For Economical Transportation’? RSA SONU NMANOLEDOED ane NeTeMenUN austen neve aya Mearesy eae} At sersvgrere ey ‘ eragegenn ttt N the Chevrolet “FB 20” Roadster, the comfort and equipment of larger cars are combined with the convenience of limited seating capacity. Its appearance, performance, and economy of operation are a credit to’ the judgment of the purchaser. ‘ CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY RETAIL STORE Third Avenue nt Blanchard Street Elliott 4056 Harley-Davidson Motorcycles SIWASHES TO FACE STRONG PITCHING F THE Beattle §1/ washes can continue | the brand of hitting | | against San Fran- cinco thin week that | they showed in! their series with | Oakland here last week they will be | in a fair way to | clean up the haughty Seala, But the local gang will! run into @ much | better brand of pitching in the Gold en Gate park than Oakland showed here, Right now the San Francisco) pitchers are going pretty well. Jim Scott, Johnny Couch, Sam Lewis, Lefty” O'Doul, Crumpler and Mo: | Quaid make up a pretty good staff with the first four bearing the bur den And the Seal regulars are 4otng | some great hitting on their own ac | coynt. O'Connell, Kamm, Caveney,! Rath, Ellison, Shick, Agnew and Fitzgerald, eight regulars in all, are hitting over the .200 mark. Middleton, Lane, Cunningham, | Spencer, Bates and Kenworthy are the local stickers hitting over 300 at present After the Beal games the Stwasxhes face series With Vernon and Bacrn mento tn turn and the locals will have to show at their best to get as much as an even break in those three engagements. FRANKLIN WILL NOT PROTEST Coach Dvormk and Capt Loren | Pearce, of the Franklin high schoo! | track team, decided not to protest }the recent dual meet between the | Quakers and the Tigers, It is under- | stood that Franklin had perfectly | good grounds to protest the meet be- |cause of a Broadway man violating | | instructions in the relay race. The| | final score was 60-53, in favor of | | Broadway. DON’T LOSE A CHANCE F tract and I can't get away. “It means a quarter of million dol- | Why not send Brown?” “No use—he hasn't the appear jance, He makes no impression on j men.” | “Truly Brown was missing hin big. | gest opportunity to make good mere- lly because he lacked that poise and dignity which come With the knowl edge that one ts well-dressed, And he didn't have the ready cash to buy | " t does seem a shame, doesn’t tt, jold man, Let's you and I see to it) that Brown gets a few new clothes— give him @ chance to make the) grade.” | “Why doesn’t he go to Cherry's and get outfitted? He doesn't have | to pay cash, He can pay ag he earns, |and {t's a dead cinch that from now jon he'll certainly’do some earning.” ‘Their address is 207 Rialto Bidg., Jon 2nd ave., between Madison and | Spring, over the Pig'n Whistle, REAL PAINLESS, DENTISTS to In order introduce our new! |(whalebone) plate, which {a the lightest and strongest plate known, does not cover th roof of the! mouth; you can bite corn off the! d 15 years. 88 Dridgework |$2 Amalgam F' | All work guaranteed for 15 years, Have impressions taken in the orning and get teeth same day. amination and advice free, and fee Samples of Our Plate Most of our present patronage is recommended by our early custo- whose work is still giving satisfaction, Ask our. cuss who have tested our work, oming to our office, be sure you are in the right placa Bring | Pe ad with y | Cut-Rats OH I Oo Dentiste 207 UNIVERSITY st, Opposite Mraser-l’aterson Ca A | boys who had not reached their 18th | | SECONDS MAY WIN OR LOSE BIG FIGHT BY JOHNNY KILBANE Featherweight Champion Outcome of the Dempsey-Carpem tier fight may depend largely om the work done by the men im the corners of the two fighters, Many a fight has been lost by poor seconds. For an example you need fo back no farther than the lant real heavyweight championship fight the Dempsey Willard bout. Had the men in Willard's corner gtvem him the proper kind of handling, Big Jeon could have come back after that disastrous third round, the fight would e been prolonged and |might have gone the limit. Fifteen years of fighting has gives me a good iden of what seconds should and should not do tn order that a fighter may get the most benefit from their help. BOXERS NEED RELAXATION They must remember that when a fighter comes to his corner he wants perfect relaxation. Seconds shouldn't touch his body. Try rubbing your MEN LOOM STRONG jee yeaa oer ‘Wilton Smith and Alec Ross, two sciously set your muscles. It pre California tennis products, loom as vents relaxation. the “dark horses in the Star Wood-| I never allow oranges or lemons land ts |or sugar tn my corner. These form see CATH meet, This pale of rNeaUet an acid in the mouth with the re elders has been showing real suit that before the next round ie form, according to local net players | fairly started, my throat is Gry and who have played in practice with|burning from thirst. Plain water then, | and a sponge and spirita of ammonia. fmith the ce |are the only “revivers” my seconds can use. title « couple of years ago, butis now! 4 tichter should never have more over the junigr Umit of 18 years. /than three meh in his corner—and Ross is still a junior and wilt enter one of these should stay ey is the band up articles as needed. The lar Junlor meet, ae well 84 {N° | an inside to hold out the draws open tournament, | string on the tights to give a fighter Ross and Smith are teamed tn the free breathing room and to swing & doubles in the Woodland park meet. towel, and another to stand at the Entries are now hovering around | side of a fighters chair and taille the 100 mark, which ts far short of with him about next-round ‘plans the number expected to enter the |! rane en a ‘the sir’ bite the Woodland park tournament. En-|)*. ae lone Wednesday night, and no|besd.where'it te needed, entries will be considered that are SECONDS recelved after 6 p. m. Wednesday. | LEEWAY , ‘The entry blank will be published in| Seconds should get out ef the ‘The Star today and tomorrow and|19 seconds before the bell, can also be obtained at the tennis do | not only gives the audience « bref partment at Piper & Taft's. It will | chance to see the fight, but ft also be accepted there as well as at| the fighter a chance to get set. The star. Dempsey and th re This meet wit be the firwt reat | Must pick their seconds with @ tournament of the year, and it costs| must get boys who know the . nothing to enter it. All that is neo-|And know it well. If they Gem's. enmary to enter is to fill out anentry| they’ fo into the ring blank and file it 'handicapped. Entries for junior tournament,| (Copyright, 1981, by N. A HL) which under way June 1, will | not close until May 21. AD junior Star Baseball Pilots Will Meet at Star Wednesday There will be a meeting of The Star Junior Baseball leagues at ‘The Star office Wednesday night. Fach team in the league ts asked to have but one representative at this meeting. Protests arising in two of the gamen of May 15 will be decided at this sension, and there will also be an open discus ion of nome of the league rules that have not been lived up to by fome of the teams in their recent games, It i# important that ev. ery team be represented. No more than one representative of the tearm will be admitted. Managers attending this meeting should bring in their Mats of players, with names, addresses and agen of thelr men, #o that each team’s lint can be checked with the files on hand at The Star, GOLDEN STATE NET WE HAVE RECENTLY ADDED 1500 NEW BOXES TO OUR MODERN SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS. birthday by March,J, 1921, are ell- sible to compete in this meet. Dodgers Leave Tonight for Big . Series With Cougars ‘The University of Washington ban team will leave tonight for Pullman, where it will play the Washington State College team in a two-game series that may.de- cide the Coast conference honors. The Cougars will play here May 27 and 28%. The University team must win three out of the four games to win the championship, FIRST AND SPRING M 2Teo < & Eundbe: oWupease Support free trisl to prove its supe LUNDBERG ©0. 1101 Third Avense ” WHY PAY MORE? 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