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923. 2K SATURDAY, APRII ALLOON TIRE MAY BE USED NEW York ' perimental work A SE tires $0 large and t ‘ r have been descr al gasoline t done t Hm States of these expe m ¢ eate importan sint oe hal t development of The first pneuma bieycica were They Were vo muc solid or cushion to that time t) ooeassioned comment, but gotten when of the new tire stood. The exp wader way may pellation popular ” In the experiments w ne acde earried on by the United States Tire | 1 erest, and t company cord tires large | y y eretion and having very th ~ will be eases have been substitut DELIVERED AT SEATTLE There are over 400 Star owners in and around Seattle who praise the Star car and tell you of its wonderful economical satisfactory record. W. S. Dulmage Motor Co. - 925 East Pike St. Shyg.s > will i and TTT TNT TED OTOL OI NE | 1507 Broadway. Downtown Station, Kast 0160 Sane PRLS SS AP ST 3 Tage and Save 50% on Recharging We recharge your battery perfectly In 6 to 8 hours } Or new constant potential charging system. Removes | sulphate, gives a better, longer-lived charge. . Recomme by all the leading battery manufacturers. Your satisfac guaranteed. i UNAVUAUEUUVAVUGRAAUAUUAAUAEAATL AEA Sunset Electric Co. 4th and Stewart (across from Times Bldg) HN NEW $-Hou SERVICE TS with the ied tion Tae This year’s Buicks por- tray next year’s styles East Pike at Harvard Eust You can haye EASY TERMS on any Buick if you wish them, Sold as Low as $365 Down Depending on the model, and proportionately low monthly payments We'll be glad to show you the different models and quote you terms. Send in coupon below for illustrated catalogue. Eldridge Buick Company, 82 EB. Pike, Beatle Please send me complete catalogus of 1923 Buick model 4 ico When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them | 0842 i is and i Maple \s thi on't need to Whoever marries girl a worry when hia car breaks down on a Sunday afternoon jaunt, She's “Tom” Luera, Los Angeles’ only woman garage proprietor, who works right out in the shop with her siz male assistants INDORSE SITE ACQUISITION attle hapte on reed of the A repe Skinner & whip prover the report and 4 cussing its various angles, voted fave uisition of the Vari er meetings at wh the port question was the para mount iasue, were held Friday nigh A large audience greeted t plas the city in behalf of t The counell also Indorwed \idacy of Richard V, H port commissioner North Bend Wi Hold “Trout “Trou ” North Be , day tents and the free fish di the North Bend peopie. | pected, according to th that even nerc room. Trade Council Pri | indorsed | the can ighee for Il Day” i's ann’ fin th at in 8. |Believe Man Victim of Foul Play Here Believed to have been foul play, Ralph Dani Angeles, was being hunted by police and detectives of victim of} ot Port 1 Saturday |returned to the home of Mra | | Northwest | jarrived here, and intended to go im. BY THOMAS K BEEMAN King County Engineer WEEK ENDING APRIL ALL PAVED ROADS HITION GRAVEL ROADS Renton-Maple Valley—Graye' condition, Kent-Black Diamond—Pavom miles out of Kent, balance Valley-Black Dinmon: rough in pla Enumelaw-Fra et Highy od conditl Mason. wah -Fall Snoqualmie in King coun: City 28, 1988 GooD CON- 1 tn good ent for 11% fair gravel id — ndition. pause} ty td Ten Aaburn-Biack Diamond (via Sos Creek) Gravel woction oc 2, * Highway condition, in ville-Davall Dex Moines ea-Tacoma Open fair G Naches Pass—Open to point 1 yond. Yinume Hent ¢ Lake For fl ont 4 eauitton nit ok Num path a Highline to Index; — Gooa 4 miles be- ‘ondition, TT oxostlent Naw aravel on top ot nt of slides, | mediately to the auto agency to get| his car. He did not appear at the motor] firm, and has not, been heard from | since. Daniels, who is over six feet tall, | was dressed in a brown suit when| last seen. He is known to be of good character and habite. 1923 Record of Pedestrians Hit by Automobiles Sy 1 was knocked Thu nay t 10th ave, W at, by an uto driven by L, 2914 Weat B04. *, Jacobson, 1034 E. 65th at., was injured on the y when a car driven by m, 646 W. 88th at., struck Stewart st th into his auto at and Broad st. in trying a baseball that struck the ‘The lad was br ® Schofield, 16, of a% irview ave, re v © bruises Friday at B ake and Lynn st, when she y a car on by E. Haack, Manhattan api 307 Clarence Hegh, 12, of 3416 1th 2 W., wan struck at} | Interbay Friday by an auto driven| | by G. W. Seer 5610 26th ave, N. W. 308 D. Busick, 2010 Boylston Ave., recelved bruises when she was struck on Eastlake ave. Friday, by an auto piloted by F. B. Blanchard, of Lake Forest Park, Dies in Taxicab on Way to Train Stricken with heart trouble as she Psaania tod went in @ taxt bound for the depot o were aeid'to have attended the | Savuraays. Mis Mario Taber, 79, was Ne partakitig in the flahine com, |£0Und dead before the car arrived at ite destination. Mra. Taber bad aken the taxl, preparatory to re turning to Spoka' her home, here her husband, E. G, Taber, re- ides, ppening to look around during trip downtown, the taxi driver aw Mra. Taber lying on the floor of the cab. He turned around and bers son, O. 8. Bowen, 3707 Highland drive, where she had been visiting, but the woman was dead. |War Risk Insurance Head Here Resigns Bradley T. aes operation and war risk insurance Dailels dott ome at Port An.|!M the Pacific Northwest with the goles April 14, and came to Seattle | United States veterans’ bureau, hax to. pu: an auto. He js known |Te#lened, effective May 1, and haa to have had $1,000 in cash In u belt |@ccePted @ position .with the Wert. around his waist. He wrote to his eee eee eee ON | wife and four children that he had|*OW!kes has ‘been in the govern. ment service here for four years. Grocer Is F vend on Arson Charge C. G, Clementa, Ballard grocer, was found not guilty of an arson charge by, a jury in Judgo Everett EB. Smith's department of superior court at 9:30 p,m, Friday, Clements was accused of firing his grocery store, Only Indians He’ Found Were Wood CHICAGO, April 26.—Fred Terrell, & 14-year-old boy, rode a bicycle here from Indianapolis because he “want- ed to Kill Indiana, KENWORTHY IS HITTING BALL Bill Kenworthy is hitting in fourth place for the Columbus club in the American association and the Iron Duke {# pounding the ball hard. He'll make thone A. A, pitch. ors moan before the season ix very far along. 'MANUEL CUETO CHANGES MIND Manuel Cueto changed his mind about staying in Cuba thia year and the Cuban infielder has reported to the Mobile Bears in the Southern league., He is holding down the shortstop position. BOB KINSELLA IS RELEASED Hob Kinsella, speedy International league outfielder, has been turned back to the New York Nationals by the Salt Lake Fees, He couldn't hit hard enough to sult Dutty Lewis, "Chicken Hawkes, outfielder with Vernon for two years, is starting the weason at first base for the St. He has succeeded Walter Golyin now, with. bd pa Angeles palub | Ta) E.| Fowlkes, chief of co-| ‘|signed the Yankee stadium, recall a similar play, STAR AMERICAN GOLF MEN ARE BEATEN R™ Engle April After Jo Ving tne 1 defea nn 28 yoorning round, the ( team f the Oxford ‘ | won the morn- | 42, Foursomes we The British golfer ng round with four ball play, 4 and 2, and the Americana by thelr my tied the total for the two rounds a’ | Bernard Darwin and Roger Wett ered, British, beat F, G. Wright of Loa An sand Dr. O. P, Willing Portland, Ore, 4 and 3 K. F. Storey and C. M, Crone, Brit h, won from Robert rdner and Byers, three and two George V an, Houston, Texas d John ¥, Neville, Ban Francisco. won thelr matehem from the British pal L, Mellin and W. A. Powell, Band & M. R. Marston, Philadelphia, and * id Lewis, Connecticut state am plon were defeated by A. J ans.and D. B. Lanadale, 2 and 1 Joseph Sweetzer and Francis Ouimet, the American stars, again took their British opponents over the jumps, winning from Cyril rol 4 R. i, De Montmorency nd 1 Maxwell R, Marston, Philadelphia. and RobertA. Gardner won their matelt from the English pair, Roger Woethered nd Bernard Darwin,4 Dr. 0, P, Willing of Wr. J. Wright, Los Ang from KE. F. Storey KE. Lanse ale by the score of na D. Davidson Herron, Chicago, and Harrison W naton, Paul, de feated FE. W. Holderness, British amateur champion, and A, J. Evans, one up. | The matches t the Amer a n the wer ‘owell an L. Mell rge V yaston, Lewis 14 champion, two 4 KE. H. Gilles M, Crooms beat John F. San Fran elsco, and J Pittsburg YANKEE STADIUM NO HELP TO BABE Comparison With Polo Grounds, Ruth’s First Home Run. Recording a Long Triple. Unusual Freak Play. BY BILLY EVANS EW YORK, April 28.—Tho kee stadium js being nd Babe Ruth, often heard that remark last while the park was under Yan built I | summer construction, The inference was that the park was being built in such a manner aa would assist Ruth in breaking his homerun record. The day before the opening of the season I went out and looked the stadium over. The foul line limits in left and right field are about the same distance from the plate as at the Polo Grounds, That means that {it will be ax easy to get a home run jat the stadium as at the Polo {Grounds on fly balls that travel just jinaide the foul line. The short territory, however, decidedly limited, and as the playing “| territory works away from the foul line, the distance from the home plate is rapidly increased, FTER | over | Ruth | giving the fiold the oace made the remark tbat find {t more difficult I would than at the Polo Grounds Ruth in the first game hit a home| run, It wan @ decidedly legitimate one, It would have traveled into the far ond of the right field stands at the Polo Grounds, In the second game Ruth hit a triple that bore out my delief that Ruth would find the stadium a harder place to get home runs than |the Polo Grounds, With the outfield playing deep, Ruth hit a slow curve on the outside that failed to break, far over the head of Left Fielder Joe Harris. The ball struck the left center bleachers on the second bound, traveling about 20 feet after first hitting the ground. have gone for a home run on Jany ball park in the American league with the exception of Wash ington, which has a yery deep left field. After the game I bumped into Major Tom Birmingham, who de I asked | him how far the ball had traveled, “The distance from the home plate |to where the ball struck the bleach. Jers is 600 feet,” replied Birmingham, “1 would say that the ball traveled |about 480 yards on the fly and a high fly at that. On the Polo | Grounds it would have been an easy home run" | | arse II didn’t take the 1923 season long | to produce something unusual tn |the way of freak plays. Ina National league gameat Bos: ton the other day two players were retired at the plate by Catcher Sny- der on the same throw from the y | outfield. Sounds impossible, but here are the details: With Southworth on second base and Boeckel on first, Bagwell hit the ball far into right field. Would the ball be caught? OUTHWORTI believed that Right Fielder Young of the Giants would make the catch and held sec- ond base, Boeckel didn’t think #0 and dashed for second, ‘As. Boeckel was almost to socond, Southworth decided that ‘Young wouldn't get the ball and dashed madly to third, with Boeckel at his heels. The ball struck the right field bleachers, Young taking it on the re: bound, throwing It fo Frisch, who ro: layed it to the plate, Catcher Snyder received the ball Just ahead of Southworth and man- aged to tag both Southworth and Roockel, completing a most unusual play and retiring the side, Not even the oldest inhabitant can | ia) to get home runs at the new stadium | FELT positive that the ball would | ———— ' Billy Lane and “Old Relia oe nen for Ei ears. the onion out of the air with this old glove it is still doing its stuff in the approved fashion. There is no leather left in the pocket of the gloveé—just the fingers and a rim sround the paim of the hand are left, and these are stripped jover and over again with adhesive tape. Lane is breaking in a new glove and he plans to put “Old Reliable” in retirement soon, | Ball players hang on their | gloves sometimes for many seasons. “Doo Johnston is using a glove |that he has had remodeled a half |doxen times, It has seen 10 years to of service. CLUB GOIN ON ROAD The Seattle club is going on the road Monday for a threo weeks’ trip, playing Portland the first week out and then jumping to San Fran jcisco and Los Angeles before com- ing home SCHORR NEEDS REGULAR WORK Regular work will help Schorr, When the husky plays regularly in | Dallas, Texas, he Hunky pastimer the outfield for should develop into one of the best hitters in the |minors and he can punish that baseball. When he learns more about outfielding and gets his bat- |ting eye trimmed, Schorr may fool |the wise ones by coming back into the Coast league again next year Jas a regular fly chaser, KING HAS GOOD ARM Ed Barney Is the sponsor for the statement that Lee King, Portland's new outfielder, has one of the best throwing arms’ in ‘baseball, altho he's not as accurate as he might be. But there's no doubt about his power, Incidentally he can rap that agate. YESTERDAY'S HOME RUN HITTERS Williams, Browns, 1; total 4. MeManus, Browns, 1; total 1. Griffith, Dodgers, 1; total 1. BOLTOD LONDON, April Bolton Wanderers, the pri do ot the North of England, won the association foot- ball cup finals today, defeating West- ham, 2 to 0, BY HENRY L. FARRELL HILADELPHIA, April 28.—With n .600 average in two starts, the Oxford university team, which lost the two-mile run, but captured the sprint medley relay, has Its big chance today tn the two-mile Amert- ean relay championship. race, the feature of the Penn relays, ‘The men who won the sprint med: ley yosterday will compete in the twomile event Many conchox here favor the Eng: Iishmen to win, Georgetown {s cited by the experts as the teams Billy Lane Has Used Same Glove won't be long now and “Old Reliable” will be laid on the shelf. That's the monicker of Billy Lane’s fielder's mitt that he has used for the ait eight | It Tooks like a street car ran over i it or something, but, judging by the way Lane pulls OXFORD FAV ght Seasons; Other Gossip BY LEO H. LASSE) Last Night’s Fights DES MOINES.—Conny Curry Sioux City, decisively outpointed Pal — Moore, of Memphis, In 10 rounds here last night. They are bantams. — OMAHA.—Tiny Herman, Omaha, and Capt. Bob Roper, Roanoke, fought” 4 10-round draw. Johnny O'Donnell, St. Paul lightweight, knocked out Arios Fanning, Kansas City, in the eighth, LINCOLN, Neb.—Len Schwabe, St, Paul, and Battling Strayér, Lincoln, lightweights, found a 10-round draw, LOS ANGELES.—Frankie MeCann took a decision over Young Brown in four rounds at the Hollywood American Legion show last — night. out George Shade, California, in the second round of a scheduled 12-round bout. Johnny Papke, Cleveland, knocked out Bill Miller, Messenen, two rounds. PROVIDENCE, R. I.--Eddie Shevlin, of Boston, scored a technical knockout over Frankie Murphy, of Denyer, in the ninth round of/a scleny uled 10-round bout, WHITE SOX HAVE GOOD FLAG TEAM IHICAGO, April 28.—"Don't over- look the Chicago White Sox in doping out the American league pennant,"” says Barry McCormick, National league umpire. McCormick worked in the spring series between the Giants and the White Sox, being the National! league umpire, He thinks the Sox have a mighty formidable ball club. “The White Sox cértainly looked good to me in the series with the Giants,” says McCormick. “Glea- sons's club made the world champs step the distance in every game. “The Chicago club plays smart baseball, Of course that isn't hard to understand when you remember Schalk is back of the plate and Ed- die Collins at second, “Chicago is going to have better pitching than most of the big league clubs will get. Gleason has a pitch: ing staff that, with the exception of Faber, is made up of young blood, capable of standing a lot of work. Of the new men Mack and Duff look mighty good, Last year Gleason de- veloped Robertson, Leverette and ‘Ted Blankenship, “Kamm is a great ball player, He is a wonderful fielder, acts like a smart ball player, and is going to ‘The: Gt. Louie Hrewne scored. ely two runs off two homers, two tripe and three doubles, and the Tigers beat them, 5 te 2. ‘The Roston Braves gave a fine pounds ing to four Giant pitchers, and world’s champions dropped thelr seco! game of the season, 10 to 3, ‘ ‘\ behind Fullerton and Quinn and — hitting of Witt and. Duj 4 to 2 Victory over the Error the. timely gave the Yank! Red Sox. William Kamm cracked out le and « double and drove in four runs, but the Cleveland Indians wen! ahead when Cvengros weakened, and. he White Sox lost, 8 to @. ‘Tom Griffith hit a homer and a inte and cut off a run with a fine ent Robins winning from the Phils, 3 to 2. error on Judge, and Goas Uinta ainele Jn. the, 18th: RING eRe u hit even better than predicted, if his” showing against the Giants is a fair” example of what he can do, uh “The White Sox certainly lo Uke a mighty good ball club and wish my old pal, 2. Gleason, all the luck in ORED IN CLASSIC RELA a « most Hkely to nose out the invad- ers, There are also 16 high school and six prep school events on today’s program, Clouds hung over the city this morning, and rain was ta the alr, but the management an nounced that the show would be put on regardless of weather con- ditions, More international flavor will be added to the card by the appearance of the Universite de Montreal in the American college championship. re- pe and by the ew college dine stitute in the one-mile and. twoui high school events, Which the Canadians are accorded a fine ei chance to win, ‘The banner relay numbers on the ecard are the mile and two-mile hi school championships and. the half. mile, one-mile, two-mile and fou mile American college champi ships. at | + Two speclat track events a special field events have. entered them the class of all tl schools and » ern and Souther

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