The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 19, 1923, Page 13

“beat Arnold Stats with plenty to SATURDAY, MAY cee SATURDAY, MAY _19, 1928 1 BETWEEN INNINGS: OBSERVATIONS or BASEBALL DE. BY DE.DUGDALE V HEN Pete Sob home runs double in that game between Vernon an¢é Salt ake last week, the former Seattle player estab ed a world’s home) Tum recom, breaking 4 mark that) has stood for years, Ed Delehanty | ence crashing four homers ina fame, and Sam Thompson, the old Detroit slugger, duplicating the feat, if l remember rightly, But Schnei-| Ger’s record is a world mark for home) runs as far as = search of my reo ord books goes, | elder tive! HKNEIDER, who started out/ with Seattle as 4 piteher, is now an outfielder, and he has do: | veloped into quite a minor league| slugger, He's such a big fellow that| when he hits that ‘onion’ it goes for keepa And he's fast, too, 1| doubt if there is a faster runner in| baseball today, with the possible ex:| ception of Maurice Archdeacon, the | International league speed king. | Schneider's size belies his speed. He! spare in a match race two years ago, and everybody knows that Statz can run, 'N spite of his speed Schneider doesn't do much on the bases be cause he is a slow starter and he doesn’t know much about the art of baserunning and because of his size he's @ poor slider. Bill Lane can run rings around Schnelder on the | paths, altho the Vernon slugger is| probably the Rabbit's superior in a} straight race, | Seattle club ts In the worst lump that any Seattle outfit has ever known. They lost aguin yesterday, 1 to 0 They have dropped 18 out of their last 3 games. At first I blamed the failure of the pitchers to get started and now, since the hurling has come around a bit better, the hitters are losing their stuff and we're dropping too many games by one-run margins The season is early yet and I still c have faith In Harry Wolverton being | able to bring his Indians around. They looked like a good ball when they played their two weeks at home. For some unexplained reason they simply blew up completely when they hit the road again. RESIDENT WILLIAM H. Mo- CARTHY'S actions in the spe- cial meeting at San Francisco last Monday, when ho refused to let Se- attle have a vote in the meeting and when he voted to create a tie, was the most high-handed that I ever saw in all my years of experience in or- wanized baseball. As long as the Se- attle team fs playing Coast league games this city is entitled to a vote in league affairs and McCarthy's | 5*s't! move was simply a political coup to| save his presidential hide. I don't think that his voting will ever hold if it goes before the minor league|™ Krause, the veteran lefthander, was pitching for Oakland and Paul Strand, the league's best hitter, was up. Krause deliberately walked Strand and forced a run over the plate, making the score 5 to 4. He then got Joe Wilholt, a southpaw sticker, on a long fly for the third out and the game was over. If he had failed he would have been given the razz, but his strategy worked and he {s called a pitching general. 1 think It was good baseball, but the second guessers would have made Harry the goat if he had fizzled. EATTLE {s missing Jack Adams’ headwork behind the plate. Adams had been in this league long enough to know the hitters. Everett Yaryan is new to the league and so is Pete Ritchie. Frank Tobin, the only catcher of the staff who does know the hitters, {isn’t hitting his weight and he hasn't been worked much. In time Yaryan will work bet- ter as he learns the batters, but Adams was too good a catcher to ever get away from this circuit. PEAKING of catchers, Jack Four- nier started out as a receiver with Seattle many years ago, but I told him that he would never be a catcher because he couldn't throw from behind the plate freely enough. He always could hit and that carried him along. Seattle had a chance to get Fournier, but Jack Lad the managerial bee and when he couldn't break in as a pilot, decided to stay in the big show, where he !s now play- ing the bag for Brooklyn, At that, Beattie could use the Frenchman's hitting power. YALE WON'T ENTER RACE ON HUDSON ERE has been talk going the ‘rounds that Ed Leader's Yale university crew would race at Poughkeepsie on June 28, against the University of Washington and crews from the big colleges of the East. This, according to Coach Russell Callow of the University of Wash- ington, is out of the question. Cal- low explains that Yale races Har- vard In the annual regatta at New London the week before the Pough- keepsie classic. “They can’t compete in two big races a week apart,” Coach Callow said, “and Yale would rather have the whole school torn down than to ming that annual race with Har- vard.” EXENDINE HOLDS _FIRST PRACTICE Conch” A. A. Exendine, newly. elected tutor of football at Wash- ington State colle took his first charges out for a workout jast week, bi pit, them thru a form of calls. o drills, which consisted of a] agents club R Grigas, 1b Tribe a , 8 Loser in Hard Tilt | O8 4NGELES, May 19. “Seattle | lost a tough one here yesterday, 1 to 0, to the local club. Vean Gregx, who worked on the mound for the Indians, had a few tough breaks his way, pretty nice for Lefty Thomas, Los Angeles twirler. Manager Harry Wolverton, of the Seattle club, was chased from the park by Umpire Reardon when he protested two decisions in the fourth inning. It appeared that Wolverton was justified In protestting one of Reardon's verdicts, Tho lone run of the game came in the second, when Hood doubled to deep center. A single by Lindimore brought him across. AB, i Z g ° the Seattio— tRitenie 3Welan Twombiey, Hood, of Lindtmore, Baldwin, © . lece-coccete! Totals . “Batted for Barney in etgnth. {Batted for Gregg in nintn. 3Ran for Tobin in ninth. Score by Innings Mite Los Angeles Hite... Ruse reepensibie ti —Ramage to Orr to Johnston, Crane Twombiey to BIG CROWD SEES STAR CITY BOUTS EVERAL hundred boxing fans crowded their way into Austin & Salt's new gymnasium last night to witness the semifinal round of The Star City Amateur boxing tour- ney. ‘The big crowd witnessed 11 slash. ing bouts, and wildly cheered the amateurs as they stood fighting toe| * to toe. The finals of The Star tourney will be run off on Friday evening, |! June 1, at the Austin & Salt gym. The winners of last night's bouts = meet in the finals. The heavyweight title will be de- cided in the bout between John Bud- nick and Jack McDonnell. This should be a pip, as both boys looked good when they eliminated contend- ers last night. Honey Melody, a dark-skinned lightweight, looked awfully good in a bout against Fred Burnett. He meets Jim Dunn, who won from Charles Dunlap last night by a tech- nical knockout. bs ‘Three other finals bouts will be on the slate a week from Friday, and a great crowd is expected. The results last night were: John Weglin won decision from Alvin Reboin, 90 pounds. John Brill won decision from Lew Thompson, 90 pounds. Bud Bercot won decision from Leo Barrett, 110 pounds. ‘Walt Williams won decision from Dick Butler, 126 pounds. Honey Melody won decision from Fred Burnett, 135 pounds. Farney Green won decision from Tom Lawler, 115 pounds, Jim Dunn won from Charles Dun- lap by technical knockout in second round, 136 pounds, John Carroll won decision from Walt Baerman, 148 pounds, Dave Manning won decision from Fred Gee, 115 pounds. Jack Budnick won decision from Ernie Rogers, 180 pounds, Jack’ McDonnell won from Jesse James by technical knockout in first round, Mike Mitchell, well known boxer, did the announcing. Tommy Dolan, Ted Whitman and Phi Richardson did the refereeing. FAST TILTS ARE BILLED FOR LEAGUE local RINGING together four of the], fastest clubs in the city in a double-header to be played at the Coast league park Sunday afternoon, THE SEATTLE STAR The Big Test for Dode Bercot BY LEO H. LASSEN how good ts Dode Ber ‘That easier to question will answer after ‘Tuesda night's scrap at the Arena, when the Monroe Bearcat tangles with Jimmy the clever Italian boy from Boston, Young Bercot has come along with leaps bounds. He still bas a lot to learn ut the finer points of the game, but he is gifted with @ wonderful physique built up in the woods and the outofdoors, and he has a natural eye und a hting heart In Sacco Bereot ts running up against an experienced light weight who can give the best men in tho business a battle Bacco fought here several times & year ago ur 80 ago, and showed plenty of class, Since then he has been boxing with wonderful success in San Francisco and thruout California Bercot may get licked Tues day, but the experience he will gain in euch @ match will do him more good in the long run than 4 bad beating will do him harm Saceo will enter the ring Tues: Bacco, white overything went along | & State Prep Track Meét HereToday [Preliminaries Are Run in Stadium Friday After- noon | 1E finals for the first annual/ state high school track meet wil!| be run off in the University of Waah-| ington stadium here, starting at 2 o'clock thin afternoon. The preliminaries for the were staged yesterday afternoon in| the stadium Milier of Walla Walla was one of the outstanding stars of the try outs, winning his heats in both the 100 whd 220-yard dashes Dixon, a young Yakima discus thrower, looks like he has the real stuff. The Yakima lad threw the Greek weight 115 feet 1% inches. This ts within four feet of the throw made by Percy Egtvet at Pullman in winning that event in the W. 8 C-U. of W. dual meet. Shrauger of Mount Vernon looked good In the shot-put. Ho tossed the 12-pound ball 43 feet | SUMMARY OF EVENTS 100-Yord Dash Walia Watla, fir cond: Amith, Yakima, Bremerton, fourth. First hegt Lacy, Lynden, first; Fu 3 Longbotte » Wenatchee, fourth. ‘ard Dash First heat—Miller, Walle Walls, firet: Livaay, Almira, second; Pitagerald, Van- couver, third, “Time-—t¢ I-§ seconds. fecond heat—Philltps, Monroe, first: Lacy, Lynden, second; Troy, Olympia, third. ‘Time—26 2-5 seconds. Third heat—Welch, Cast: Broutliet, Puyallup, sec Rock, firet: i Time-19, second Second heat— Spillers, Monroe, secot Walla, third; Dixon, nm, Yakima, first: Hoon, Walls Yakima, fourth Firat Cobation, héat—Cariton, Port Ani Faking, | frets Tarlor, Lynden, first; Hoon, md; Frye, Vancouver, atehee, fourth. Time— Pomeroy, Castle Rock, fifth. Distance—43 feet. Disews Dixon, Yakima, first; Nyt Bno- homash, second; Coplin, Walla Walla, third; Hopke, Bellingham, fourth; Shrau- ger, Mount Vernon, fifth. Distance— 118 fest 1% Inches, Broad Jump Lynden, first; Spillers, Monroe, Mesre, nohomish, third; | Ra- Murphy, Kapow~ feet 4 Inches. lacy, second; Bhelton, third; Van- 2% Burneli, feat fourth; Distance—159 Pole Vault ‘ima, Lundquist, Twaco, and Mann, Walla Walla, tled for first Dalaren, Mon- roe, Lundhout, Lynden, and Overby, Mason, qualified for finals Jump id Burns, Olym- t BIG CROWD TO WATCH BIG DERBY HURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, C Ky., May 19.—A grent army of racing fans from all parts of the country swooped down upon the town to witness the runnings of the 48th Kentucky derby today. Louisville, familiar with derby day excitement, was aroused by the in- flux of strangers, for never in the history of the derby has #o large a crowd attended. Special trains rolled in from New York, Chicago, Cincinnati and many other cities, until the railroad yards were so crowded with private cars it appeared impossible to press in another, It was estimated 80,000 would witness the running of the derby, the most open in the long history of that classic of the turf, Tho probable starters, with posl- tions, weights and probable ride: Post- tion Weleht Jockey 196 C the Seattle Seml-Pro league will fur- nish the baseball public with some interesting’ entertainment, The Asahi club and Georgetown Merchants meet in the first halt of the double bill, while the Western Electric Company and South Park merchants meet in the other game. Shaner & Wolff plays the Mall Advertisers in another league game at Upper Woodland at 2 o'clock. The Dairyman and royal Arcanum will tangle on Walla Walla play- field at 4 o'clock, ‘The two other teams of the league have out-of-town games, ‘The sup: ply Laundry plays Renton, wille the Bicone of the World meet Black | j J. Heupel 1 Pri ? w Vigit Balter Luck Bright To- Kolnay 1, Murinelto A. Johnson 1. Like B, Poole Frank B, Kennedy ¥. Ban 4, Yourgan Golden Mule G ©, Lang Thatcher Anna i Humphrey Misito Picketoor ©. Robinson M. Garnor F, Coitttotth J. Corcoran Martingale . Kummer Ho MeMilan 1, Connolly meet | ~ |as his opponent ; | Utle-holder. In Memoriam J, ‘ . } Mooney | mt DODE BERCOT —Photo by Marteook stual When K ilbane Won Hi is Title From Abe Attell BY JOHNNY KILBANE were alt his. And I wound up the Featherweight Champion of the |4ay by getting the decision, and World by N, EA, Service, the United States and all ign countries having copy: right laws. juction te prohibited. A ow> always is with a cham- pion before the fight, As soon starts to hit him, for a knockout of the But when the cham pion steps into the ring, the cheers are all for him. I learned that especially at Ver hon, Cal, on that day back in 1912, when Abe Attell and I clashed for the featherweight title, I had been told by so many that he was un- beatabie. It didn’t encourage me any more than witnessing an execution would encourage a man sentenced to die. they cry . | But I sort of gathered my wits and Asked myself whether it waan't an advantage to moe to have Attell auch & great fighter, Surely ft woud! be no credit for mo to lick or be beaten by a dub! And so I climbed in tho ring. I didn't mind the half-hearted cheers I received, and the roofsmashing cheers that went to Abe. I deter mined not to rush him, but to have bim bring the fight to me. When he brought {t, I'd have a reception committees consisting of a couple of rights and a few lefts there to greet him, * | ATTELL TALKED I followed this course, and al- tho Attell gave me a severe tongue lashing—he certainly tried to dis. courage me vocally—he didn't do ny particular damage to my husky young body, “So you're the guy who beat Kil- bane.” he eald at one time in a clinch. Ho waa no excited he even thought he was fighting Rivers! I'd answer with a simple: “Yes.” Or I'd even add a “Yoo—air!" ‘That made him no mad he dropped his hands once, and asked me why I didn’t come in. I was polite, but firm, in replying that the honors Jall no new. jneem to get with it the championship, which I have kept ever since. When tho referee lifted my arm and proclaimed me champion, the crowd was all for me. I didn't seem to realize it, It was excited over it. I've never realized 1 waa the champ. My life's hablts have not changed @ bit. After the fight the talk of the town wus Kilbane. Those in the cabarets wanted to know where he was, Why didn't he come around and show himself? THE REASON wHy ‘The reason he didn't. I don't mind telling for the first time, waa that be was walking up and down the beach with Mr. Kilbane, pushing their baby carriage. We allpped away from the crowds and stayed together ail that evening, walking back and forth, talking, planning our future, Becauso my wife's happiness meant more to me than all the championships put together. Our baby was only about a year old. Our second baby, whom we were to lone, had not been born. Our future meant everything, The few curious onea who wanted to see the new champ meant nothing. We decided to go back to Cleveland, but to take the Journey leisurely, playing a few theatrical engage- ments on the way. Woe started back about six weeks later, and all went well until we hit Syracuse, Kansas. Thera we ran {nto a snowstorm that held us up nearly two days, I'll always re- member that storm. It was a ter rible one. Finally, on March 17, a Sunday, we reached Cleveland, and what a reception! Kilbane describes vividly that homecoming when he returned to Cleveland the champlon, in his next article. Junior Stars No, 5—Rodney Gilbert, star hitter and outfielder of the Best Shoe Shop team. More Sports DDITIONAL sporting news will be found on page 16 of this edition, j|on to turn in the! Tallored Ready playei Star Chatter Monroe Dean, crack third the Fremont Cyclones, would ike catch on with elther the Three Hroth- era Dye Works or Talloréd Ready team: The Fremont team has quit the league. Dean can be reached thru The Star. aacker ‘The Arden Cubs haven't been able to wet started this season, but the boys are showing the right Kind of spirit by atiok~ ing to the ship. ‘They will have their chance next year and should benefit by thin year's experience. The Arden outfit pi & Wheeler champions at South noon tomorrow. k at And to this day I can’t} day favored to win bees hin longer experience. Sa: no broken down veteran, but ts young battler who hard se cle and who will give Bercot the firet big use of has seen ce in the squared cir If Bercot the Monroe er has rived in fast apany and promoters can bring on any of the tough ones wins it means that If he in will mean that he ts the topnote makers wil defeated it not read r ers and the match have to nurse him ong « while longer I the Monroe youngster needs ts experience and he will gain more by fighting tough men and getting beat than he will tn fighting easy setups and winning. Bercot has the kind of fight ing heart that won't be broken by a couple of setbacks. The Monroe youngster !s of the highest type that the ring knows. In the ring and out he is a gentleman clear thru and a real credit to the Northwest. Beattle fans will be picking Bacco to win Tuenday, but they'll pulling for the Bearcat to keep up his great winning streak for Prep Ball Clubs \Quakers, Roosevelt, Ku- ays and West Siders Are Winners rer “STANDINGS West Seattle | Roosevait |Praniiin .! Broadway. Lincotn Gartiela IRANKLIN, Roosevelt, Queen Anne and West Seattle were the winners in the high school baseball games played yesterday afternoon on local playfields, Queen Anne won from Lincoln on Lower Woodland by an 8 to 4 score. Lincoln sluggera outhit thelr rivals, but were unable to cross the platter enough times. In the third tnning Ken Johnson drove out a home run into left field with the bases full, scoring Lincoln's only tallies. Seven successive safe hits were made in that inning by Lincoln men, The bases were again loaded after John: non cleaned them up, but the bats- man disappointed with a strikeout. ‘Tho score— R. H. EB, Queen Anne pe} in Lincoln . . -4 4 Batteries—Johnson and McKenzie; Placek, Tvete and Hyman. BROADWAY BEATEN West Seattle and Broadway battled for 11 innings at Broadway in an ex- citing contest, and the West Siders finally won by a 2 to 0 score. Broadway's infield, which had been airtight until the eleventh, loosened up enough for West Seattle to score the winning tallies. Tho score— R. H. EB. West Seattle -2 6 0 Broadway... o 6 4 Butler and Sypher; Reynolds and Burnsed. FRANKLIN WINS Franklin had little difficulty in trouncing Garfield, 14 to 1, on Co- Jumbia playfield. Garfield's lone coun- tor was made in the fifth session, The score— R. H. EB. Gartield . seeneee dh 2 3 Franklin +1415 2 Ritchie, Hayashai and McGuren, Hopper; Patricellj and Natelll. ROOSEVELT VICTORY Roosevelt sunmprised with a 10 to 6 victory over Ballard in a high school game yesterday on Ballard’s field. It was a loosely played contest, many errors being made by both sides. The score— R. H. EB. Roosevelt . . 10 14 3 Ballard . Ma ree Chae Batteries— Garton, J. Hyllengren and Alexander; Backstrom, Fox and Cooper, Fowler. Fides PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Won, Laat. Pet Ban Franctaco eos. HH IR thi VOrnOD cssseieisseseecs BA isos Sacramento x ‘oss Salt LAKO .vevvvserere 38 ‘eas Portiand Bes Cheers | ran Lon Angoteh c.0 0000048 Bk ate [Oakland .. seeeey 18 | Beattie pe) RESULTS Los Angeles 1, Seattle 0. n Francisco 9, Sait Lake ¢ kland 8, Portland 2 Sacramento 1, Vernon. 0. NATIONAL LEAGUE Won, Lost, New York ..... uJ ‘ ‘The Bent Bhoo Shop team has signed | St. A new pitcher named Art Dwyer and he will be wsed againat the Ta Ready outfit when they ‘play at Walla Walla tomorrow. They clash at noon, incon Park Pirates and the Y. A. will play @ practice game at Walla Walla at 2 p.m, Sunday, tho Pugets witt ‘At noon tomorrow. ‘The Aaah! Cubs and Toule's French Dry Cleaners play at Walla Walla at 4 o'clock Sunda} iter Lindberg, manager of the ized Tallored Rend; bunch who played ‘The former tn touch Kane Predicts Gibbons’ Win Eddie Kane, manager of Tom- my Gibbona, predicts that his fighter will knock Champion Jack Dempsey for a “row of wagebrushes" whon they meet at Shelby, Mont,, July 4. “Dempsey never licked anyone and Gibbons has beaten them all except Grebb, and Tommy was really sick When he fought Grebb," Kane sald, Pittsburg Roston tengo oklyn Hadelphia it Brooklyn 1 Chicago 10, Philadelphia AMERICAN LEAGUE New York .. Philadephia Cleveland Dotroit . Bt Lo Wasnt Chicago Boston Phi Chic A n 8. Howton, Detroit 2 110 {ning New York @ Bt, Loule 4. OAKS ARE NOW OUT OF CELLAR OAKLAND, May 19, — Oakland emerged from the cellar yosterday when they trounced Portland, 3 to 2, ina fast game, he score Portland . Oakland... 1 Battorles —-Suilierland and Daly; }| Kremer and Tho 3} can't blame FAIRWAY and GREEN ey of the Ra Appointed, talent in t 1 tee-off in 24 couples will campete, nship ttle will go tering the low| holes of best-ball- | for the | only medal play | A change was m j the Portland golf cltb’s Griswold, an old Seattle links fa |ite, will replace Rudy Wilhelm, who | was scheduled pe up with | Johnnie Junor, the club professional | Reports from the Oregon city say | |that Clare is shooting better than| lever, and with team mate Junor |also going at top form, the Portland | jelub should finish on or near the |top. Another entry was listed this | week that adds more class to the jfield when Fred Henwoc Johnstone's assistant a . tle | wolf club, and Lee St e club lchampion, paired up. Bob | Johnstone and Bon Stein also in th |field, the North End club will b very strongly represented Final arrangements will be made next week, but it is going to be the choicest bit of holes of golf seen here in many moons, i» this Pacific Northwest pro-amateur meet a@ Rainier next Satur (qonbow HAW and “Bill” Doran as finalists in the Jefferson | Park golf cluy championship, will tee-off at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn ing on thelr 86-hole journey to cide who will wear the titular] crown, Both lads have been play | ing par golf thruout the tournament, | and a hard and well-played match | is expected when they hook up in tomorrow's finals. Haw is a slight| favorite to win but—there’s many & slip ‘twixt the tee and the pin. At least that’s the way Doran's sup- porters feel about it. And you ‘em, because Bill has been clicking the pill around in the early 70's for several weeks past. The flights finals are also sched-| uled for tomorrow, with Scott op-| posing McDonald in the first flight; | Herrick versus Finley in the sec- ond, Carlson meeting Pollock in the third, and Negley and Norton fight- ing it out for the fourth flight. this week entry; Clare NEW course record was hung up last Sunday at Inglewood that will be hard to pull down! Mrs, Harry Young, playing in a four-ball foursome with her hus band and Mr. and Mrs. D. Twitchell, went around this very hard course in §3 strokes, which creates a record that the fair sex players of the lake shore links will have trouble even tying, let alone beating {t. Mrs, Young's playing was from the long tees, which makes that wonderful round all the more impressive. Her best work came on the outward journey, where she scored a “38"—or just two strokes over the men’s par. On the home stretch she faltered on the 16th, taking three putts for a "7." But a “45" coming home {s plenty good enough for any lady golfer—on Inglewood, At Aberdeen, last year, this Inglewood star went to the finals of the women’s state championship. Here ts her Ingle- wood record score: Out ....444554345—38, In .....564544746—45—83. RED FRY, who has been ussist- ant professional at the Beacon Hill course ever since the yinks opened for play, elght years ago, will be missing from his old stand after tomorrow night, as he leaves next week for California to take over the professional duties at the new Oakland municipal course. ‘This young man, with his genial smile and winning ways, bas made hun- dreds of friends “on the hill." All of them hate to see him go, All of them wish him the best of good luck. HE opening of the Metropolitan indoor golf course, situated in the basement of the Cobb building annex, at 1323 Fourth ave., Wednesday evening, was a big suc- cess, and the big gallery witnessed several exciting matches between the lending golf stars of the North- west. Everybody seemed to be of the same opinion in that this latest innovation in golf courses was “just what's wanted,” and Fred Murphy Jand burned half of | July. last | K ALEX C. ‘ROS E Gay Party Was W here It Started HELBY, Mont, May 19—How did the big fight start? Who pulled the strings that set @ million-dollar enterprise down in @ Wild West town? The Irish woman's icked over a ntern in Chicago the city had nothing on the way in which the Dempsey-Gibbons ttle battle horned into Shelb; Thereby hangs a tale. start in a banker's office. tart in a professional cow that It didn’t It didn’t promoter’s | bonnet. Here's how and why and where: A few Shelby business men were whooping it up at a gay party. clicked. Dreams were They decided to do some- thing big. They wanted the outside world to recognize the Wild and Woolly West. They wired Jack Kearns a Wild West proposition for a Dempsey- Gibbons match for the Fourth of ‘They didn't think for a min- ute he would accept. Kearns sent back a favorable re- ply. They couldn't back down. No true Westerner ever does that. ‘The news spread like wildfire in dry prairie grass. The Great Northern chimed in. This all ago. Shelby called for help to engineer its seemingly impossible dream. Mike E. Collins, St. Paul promot- er, was called to Shelby. Loy J. folumby, an aviator during the world war, and now a lawyer im Great Fails, then entered the ple- ture, They flew to Salt Lake and railroad happened two months | St. Paul, then en to Chicago, where” the articles were signed. The huge guarantee of demanded by Kearns for Dempsey's- end was raised by towns. Shelby shelled out $50,000. Great Falls shot a similar bundle of cash.” Butte anted $25,000. President Ralph P, Budd, of the Great Ni came across with $5,000 personally. The rest of it came in smaller lots— but it came. 7 After the match was made proved to be a whale of a drawit card. Reno, scene of tho last big fight in the West, drew $270,755 in 1910, The Shelby shellout is over $350,000 six weeks ahead of the fight. A million-dollar gate is im sight. The Seattle Eagles are reorgai thelr baseball club, and will remainder of the season. Manager Earl Wyatt will be ted by El who formerly managed the Mall Adver- the Semi-Pro league. Th day to play off a tle. came to Kelso for a cleaning, Ki will draw big crowds to the Ams Legion park, as the Interest Is due to Callahan being something of: som{-pro idol in this part of tha country. a Fame at’the so on May 2) Ed Roben, Kelso's midget second er, who has just arrived from the West longue, is taking the Kelso ¢ thru the paces, and the local conti has picked up fully 60 per cent since arrival. Cummins, K r, lett for Wyomin: has a contract In the wild and and Dode Struthers, the owners, were warmly congratulated. IE Seattle Golf club team left last night for Victoria to en- gage in the first half of the annual 72-hole home-and-home match today with the Victoria Golf club for the Biggerstatfe Wilson trophy. IRANK ATKINS and his team of Earlington slickers, will en- tertain the Bellingham Country club team in an 18-hole match over the Black River inks tomorrow. SALT LAKE IS BEATEN AGAIN SALT LAKE CITY, May 19.—San Francisco came thru with a 9 to 4 victory over Salt Lake in, a fast game yesterday. ‘The score— R. H. BE. “| san Francisco . 944 Salt Lake #41 Batteries—Scott and Agnew; Gould and Peters. state, Skipper Branseo VERNON SHUT _ OUT BY SACS SACRAMENTO, May 19.— Fittery and Elmer Reiger engaged — in a keeh pitching duel here yester- day and the locals beat Vernon, 1 to 0. The score— Vernon . ....006 Sacramento . ... Batterles—Relger and D. Murph Fittery and Koehler. SAY JESS_IS TOO OLD é NEW YORK, May 19.—Jess Wil lard has been declared too old to Luis Angel Firpo by the New Yo state boxing commission, which h prohibited the staging of that "Tox Rickard, who is promoting: hout between the two men, sald tl he would stage it at Jersey Cif tournament on the courts at West Seattle vs. Ballard. University campus. the stadium. One hundred parts of the state compete. and Portland Rowing club course, Today’s Sport Program 9 a. m.—Start of the annual Seattle high school Woodland park. 10 a. m.—Three high school dual track meets at stadium. Lincoln vs. Roosevelt, Franklin vs, Queen A 12 noon—University of Washington frosh basebal teams meet St. Martin’s college on Denny field on th 2 p. m—First annual state high school track meet | and fifty athletes from 5 p, m—Reid college crew of Portland races the. Uni versity of Washington Second frosh eight on Lake Wash- | ington, finishing at the yvest end of the canal, | 6:30 p. m.—University of Washington, varsity, fi crew race) Ra ite.