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English Mermaid by 16 Acres of Washington ( | EARLINGTON — “ Over Problem ma ES BY ALEX C, ROSE v7 and Says He Is Willing | Park Board Behind Mave’ ‘of Amateur Athletic Or- OUT ‘thes m fy j to Talk Business ganizations to Build Recreation Field for Seattle; idee. ‘ ’ aay BY LEO H. L ASSEN Executive Committee to Meet Later in Week Cea ht i$ “aly... KA EGG hag t from hig SSERVING 16 acres of Washington park on FE, Madi- ear ppt : gale 4 ada oa nm st, for a recreation field for Séattle high school sp cllgh nay . Shes t tcher Ig jand other amateur athletes, the Seattle park board has gS RRS RT pinay esl eens > ‘started the ball rolling in the big undertaking. “ ey mitt abe i x ahah The board made the reservation after a resolution had . On | a eee oe been read by Principal Luther, of Queen Anne high school, chairman of the committee in charge of preliminary ar |} rangements, recommending to the board that this land be | set aside for such a field ner r _Biack river property, the Luther states that the committee, consisting of representa-| + 4 : ee eitiin the’ cxuitten waa, tives of the various amateur athletic organizations in the > re AS 4.66 Ber | tusk wtian the ‘aiaild Sbamient at tcity, would meet some time}? hew cour Y be held ts not —_ | Mar tin Baby late this week to formulat é ' ene bess it ts « pratt further plans for the field. of Champions | tm meine 0 [ Yammy Sacco Winds | Up Training | ATHLETIC FIELD LAND RESERVED! 1 . Coming. Pitcher Ha 3 : Great Future een by | an i a That's what everyt before the ((CANNONBALI RDDI MARTIN HAS WASHINGTON th i fr shes . r r CONTRACT Martin ia the youngest aee Sr nae cua t t ‘ 4 A ‘vane + co the champions, just 21, He takes yr Seer tat ina Ga the best care of himeelf, but ts onstruction at tadium. | dosnt: the rushing typo of fighter, who TION OF s » knows how to hantedie 4 culty in getting together with the takes much punishment to win tn ANCE . | dirt, ank James, and in al! % lgenators in case he resceae every start. T om last It {@ impossible for the board at |!" t me experience in connection with fee |acreement with the local club. Jong, & la Nelson and We the present time to finande such a|"*™ | : the building of golf courses, I have ‘ It is understood that Gregg Mike MeTigue, who is more or || gigantic venture.” says Dutton, “but | 4 never ween his equal," ix the say-so - was sold to Washington for less a bogus champ, is the olde 1 believe that enough money cov of no » authority th Hob $10,000 and a player, to be 32, Harry Greb is 30, Jack Dem 1 popular subsertpth nil 4 Johnato he an Seattle Golf ; turned over Iater, which would Leonard are 38, |\to t « and that bonds in Blow turn to{ club prof bring the purchase price ,to ap proximately $15,000. Gregg figures that it cost him at The featherweight champlo || would pay off the bonded indebte D . ae boon out ohnstol ogre ast $10,000 when the deal with the up lens t 6 prog th A w York Yankees was called off Harry Smith, veteran sports writer om | pon = bag : Deaepproetyperrncd tes sey and Benny The Star cameraman pictured Jimmy Sacco, Boston bat-|| and Mickey Walker and Pancho |/could be sold to build the rest ¢ 4 oh s ao tler, winding up his training at Austin & Salts gymnasium Villa 33. the field. The receipts, in time, “ 1 “ ‘ r " for his six-round fight with Bob Harper, Northwest welter- " 6 h . } ' . still unsettled sin | and would maintain weight champion, at the Crystal Pool Tuesday. For the!) ¢¢ sonnny Dundee daar oe aeteas’ thaes skeptical, it's pure Cedar er liquid that he is pictured )| tite | tton also states that the _ i ’ drinking, (RS Se ee SS mittee of the elty Jaga eed prorat od Bs 5 7 . nat he saved there 2 P ar Staff Photographers | council is considering the rec fant 4 ah » hig chunk of iene se f f cee FINN PAIR mimendation of a street to be th 1 Me PERRY GAIL 5 memates Soe s S cut to the propoved fleld that tongs »¢ AT CALHOUN JRENCE BARKER the deal for ime : : “and. Athlete SETS FOUR sown Daten We Be: Io . liner ae coemonee i te A went tie the profe ming sar ¢ ort,| SEATTLE PANS make easier access to Washing 7 q . ou Calife ngla ? ‘ 4 “FOR” GREGG Title Staked Le re | TA RI eee ee cacialte: i Py f s)con sence 9¢ the Janine |i p apeed marcel 6t|Giee fon teach nme aon 1, hin fellow cou venture will i f the t c and critics term in Go Tonight) srt weit tadinm'act [tesa tear acs cmentng ares ot father |e SES St Safe | ao he sot day morn the world’s cham Nurm new marks on the ree cease pions. There t a ball fan in Ge Bob Harper and Jimmy played hiifback on the |} ora boo Tn aaa Gelet asid tlre h : “ ils @ dear 3° BUSINESS GOOD tu r {a ttle who doesn’t think that Greg 103rd Cavalry armory dingly AT FOSTER uld make good, Gregg, himself, Sacco Fight Important | \'!oe “lverity team tee the || quarters and twomile events oie He ap Wan 13: be 5 | Py scale 055 2 in Six-Round Bout at Pool varsity football | . 1 His time| "choo! 4 ) and 7 bots ae verge Kg rope : evidently made ‘COACH TAKES and one-quarter-mile race rye be leagues. In the meantime Gregg is a SPER o. ss eae see I season > minuw 38 neconds, which in ine ‘ . ry efe h c ed hit with Seattle's knights of Be HARPER and Jimmy § “ ; : is’ (aaler Goats theo aprenden a talrinagie, “Owner: Georke 20805 preparing for any emergency, will climb thru the rc it , ord for thix distance és arqiic 1 outa Vabink teagan very dh aac wn 4 and with his brother Dave, he nue is breaking ground for the con . ; F vis Finland, in 1913. s - eee : ; Nurmi’s time for the milo was 4/uured a al ET ou pie ube borg onship team at stake| Sefvice station at 23rd ave, § Warr pony Se minute 3-5 second: ‘ : : : OF bout : t g the trip, Coach Heck Ba d Rainier blvd, and it Be onds, and for the two-mile, § be the walv / ant soot conning me tila af eo Ful Garter ; anne Pore ere |, al once tee. Daee aa ogee is, prese fDss th eee tae - . ne : it, Full part a wo f ds with him when the the summer months. They are « [but few upsets, marked Mon¢ H s leave Wednesday 1 r| plannnig to open a chain of tialearies qual Gn tha snaunell such stations, egrets meee me ere || So tse cm ci = amare tens ot ee ee GOOD MATCHES Stirs rr ae |W tec eS ei 1 xtipend college of arts and sciences at . RHODES TEAM WINS The ‘ « the first thing |Play, Today's schedule and yes-| SCOTLAND VS. i . having met three Fulbr will graduated The Rhodes Department Store| at; ‘ ree field house in|terday’s results follow IRELAND will name tfie men be will ta In case Gregg doesn’t report then -ackrande om the University of Arkansas ||team of the Women’s Commercial tion he stadium is be | tland Ireland! © This:t The first stop is at Walla|he will pitch seml-pro ball’ seat Btimes before Ai} f i MENSAS Il oskethall: league’ defeated the Im-|< ree autabec i TODAY'S a Scotland vs, Ireland This is th a, where Whitman will be mi where in Washington during th Pye 10-round fight in 2 {natal Cela Covdextet on the Y, Wi! cn, ee ee | At 2: Kk x | inks battle that the golfing members| Washington State, Idaho and Mon-|summer week-ends, M Portland was | the end of this term in February || Peal Cw ‘ ae , field on ted. of the Arctic club off in at the/tana follow in order. | draw, ax || Dut will continue his studies in c - re gay rd cs ap ere t oe hitcoms va, Li Ingiewood course: Friday, and after , a . | ut another 10-|| law at the university for the re. |jOf 46 to 3. In the other Saturday) ot ith Jack Renault, the Hf : Ei the divots cease fying, the 1c | Ri kk G t cont mainder. of the achoo! year contest the Northwestern Mutual |, Yr tet are playing in the south | pescy st-—taen 66 /tureane vel ng pets’ 6c; Vhs wind cKkey GO Ce eter taka Un his eocdence || Fire aegociation. won over the Pa-| 00x fighter, are playing In the south ag | will be the hosts of the winners’) Kansas Hurts Hands ncouver, B. ake ip. hin reqienon || "0s Telephone Cs to 17 ern golf tourname The o'clock—LeRoy Foley ve, Harry{at a dinner and smoker in the Arctic | “4 B d End f irper was given || 18 Oxford in October, 1935, where ||siflc Telephone Ce, fine old ume tn gradually regaining |}xh¢foot.- : tte ta the’ eveniug in Bout in Buffalo, a Oo tha za! » fox 6 will specialize history anc its aristorneratic , 7 & ve resident P. E - i , 7 F the ¢ i in four ead ticBhy. y ONE OF WRTERANS arist | President 1 FE. Harris is busy UFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 17.—Bobby | Pla: er S round battle at the Arena after J|- zach Wheat, of Brooklyn, is oF > ). T. Stephens ve, H. {searching the highways and byways cy of Buffalo won a six-round} yi ‘wap Sacto bal fidored him in an early | ————____. Perhaps it does pay to be too r P in his quest for Micks who can golf. | decision over Pal Moran of New Or-| A NOTHER “10-year” major leag- |the oldest players in the majors in) |) ee ‘ ie his qu ‘ TBotnt *t nervice. Wheat Joined the| ‘hor hat happen: s P, FE. has taken the job of capta ns here last night. Rocky Kan-| uer is ready to drop off tht big Sacco can fight when he wants T ito the Kent 0 insisted on : of bea itee > de suftalo Seda ted taee to, and he'll have to fight tonight | Dodkers tn: $900. “He hasbeen with ing te of thing suspension sot acct: jw rt Irvin qe “i A thal ; ot Ne w onl ; an iy 7 fe oe i ted to We 9 a ye s the same elub ever since . Witt fer eR | e, Oo w ad the| son of New Orleans another 5s! r se slip is expect us Harper isn't much of a stalier _BEARG BOOST! ated M. Flogman. | go) has a much easier job than| round bout, hurt his hands so badly |received by Outfielder “Hi? Myers in the § o is at his best | . “FEN A lot of hard-boi theater x tata lost to W. Beardale Skipper Harris. According to Bill, | that he was forced to withdraw from | of the St. Louis Cardinals, as Mab when ed, and the Seattle boy nows football and has} are saying Benny Leonard's 3-6, Jevery Scotchman is a golfer, Play| the coming lightweight tournament. |ager Branch Rickey is so well.ait o shte ho: Iay Washington showed th premier de ‘hs etd ce q ng Nit seer hae tne. bil to impart his knowledze | fensive team in the American league Rete te He tire to be @ | last season, In 156 games opponent. SACCO jsuccess in his pew position.” ran up a total of but 613 runs, or *AVORED |. That's the compliment Bob Zuppke, | tess than four per contest In spite of the fact that Harper |famous coach of University of Mlt-| more than held his own with| Nols, pays to Ernest Bearg, recently | * 5 c beaten after winnin, straight 1 F VANCOUVER WINS In dealing with Myers, howeves | “DMONTON . ‘ | a d + EDMONTON VICTOR games the town ict “ Me lost to Al Wasson, 6-6. VANCOUVER, B, C, Feb, 17 Rickey does not want to lose a® | co in their other fights, the fans | Placed in charge of football at Ne are making Sacco a slight favorite |braska. For several years Bearg| REGINA, Sask., Fet looking for a new job. a ae McGrath ended eacn {THC Vancouver Maroons defeated Y article that is valued around $7.40 has assisted Zuppke at Ulinols. monton won a loose Fh ited cand thovedeach the Calgary Tigers, 3 to 1, In a ~ Z in the baseball market. = - test from the Regina he American dele have w will €o tn Ispirited exhibition here last night — As Myers has just completed his ague schedule|to 6, here last night. By the vic-! geawn from the Geneva opium ¢ }10th year in the National league, he permitted to negotiate for him is not claimed by # a ae hse word. & oboe fi Merri won from Johnny Vogler, | wil} be on handicap single matches, | Jisfied with several youngsters whe es ~ oii ROTENE, AD 10 Tess yo re won from Joe Liven. | but the field will be sent off in four. | hi been plucked from the minor s 3 then default |wome, the first of which will tee-off| that he nds to replace sever! from Neatler Kilne-/at 11 o'clock pieces of ancient ware with young: The Passaic basketball team was |" Ries res blood die Byerm in the betting. The boys will come in weigh- ing about the same—around 142 The American pounds, meeting was perfectly harmonious,|tory, Edmonton m up to a tle! gorence TE Maekaine a - N Druximan, who {x promoting| much to the disgust of the city’s} with Saskatoon in the Western! seen what effect this will have on e , 1 zn self in case he the show, has lined up five good |three surviving Irishmen [Canada Hockey association lthe training camp predictions. ohnnson ac Cy onne BY BOZO BL |big Teague club, preliminaries. ———— — = ~— ~ IY addition to Mr, Kearns, it may In acquiring Myers two years age 5 m5 ow be said Mr. Dempsey has|from the Brooklyn Superbas, MALLODY \ Hurt Ca . P L now psey has | : Rickey IRACTO se trates | Estelle to support ladmite that be. .drew.taaa o ylsieas the Wyoming feath- | BY A HERN ? ue | as hand. His pawn was Jacques Four: fight Al Gracio, of Spo-| Serene Sore ee ——————— = SS OWS suppose Miss Taylor agreed | nicr, who proved a valuable playet x rounds in the semi-final. | (A BY BILLY EVANS pretty general that O'Connell was|to take the champion for better or | for the Dodgers. On the other = un experienced workman | 7 2 y Z 6 |JGIANDOM in general and Wash.|the “goat of the Giant scandal | worse and yet he could hardly be | Myers faded hurriedly, lost Gf GPERKING OF MY WORD STCLAIR We] HOLLAND 19 F ington in. particular. will wet,(@Md @ large percentage of the fana|/&ny worse than he was the night | speed, his batting punch and ¥s in the ring, while Gracio has looked good his two fights here. MONEY HOOPLE, 1 NOTED FOR 116 51. | {come the news that Walter John. |eemed rather cager to see that he he fought Bill Brennan. |used only occasionally in the Gi a vale ©, paltea ‘ , 0 i “et got out of the mess all right | ies dinals’ outfield last season. Benny Shannon, Mallody’s NKES Ay)’ on will be back esther pokes Toa: rend uh RECALL YOU TELLING $33500% EGAD, L igh BI WHAT CASE ee ae ions ‘ine | O'Connell could have stren 2 z EMPSEY IS ‘TO However, Rickey, by disposing Young Sam Langford, the Seat- ME-THAT NOU MADE. AM GOTHOUGHTLESS WINDMILLS tL)" MATOR 16 3 : tgain next season (ed his case immeasurably by catch.| BECOME A SUCCESSFUL RO- | Fournier, developed one of the ma tle colored boy. ' $33,500 LAST v 1 “WATS ONE (}A MEGAPHONE with the world |'"& the first train East and repeat. | 2 @ WILI, HAVE TO DO | promising players in the Benny, Furrel, the: Filipino ben: 33,900 L ABOUT MONEN MATIERS!) | -tuiig we FOR Hic diatiplons jing the straightforward story _he| 2 CLINCHING THAN HE |league, as Jim Bottomley, & tamweight, is down to box a four YEAR tu} TOLD MY 1 COMPLETELN OVER: p ; L veatgre the {told Landis some weeks earlier. The} U : DOES IN THE /of 23, became the Cardinals’ rounder with Bud Davies. 4 WIFE OF IT AND on OVER HEREMp prediction "Walter {ct that he refused to testify indi} RING baseman and a_fence-buster. Ted Frayne and Martin O'Shea, a A\D tT WAS LOOKED A STOCK DEAL te E iL have another | cated he was not particularly inter: | = Cecile, ot heatyrweights, “oper? tbe SHE SAID WITH THE ARGEAMINE 16 DIKES! 7 : aoe” Snother |ested in seeing that the prosecutors | IV DEMPSEY says this, his sec. ae "+ got to the bottom of he affair ond marriage, will be ‘his last REMARKABLE !-NE@, , 2 | ee } . ; ‘ AND! AMS RAILWAY, | 1 gle ap ay A Pee ze | In other words, it is a wind-up bout. | PORTLAND, Me.. si yigen A pet ret § ote hae THAT FETCHED ME A ' . in bd aie te Dolan’s hreat to sue Landis | arene Martin, world’s bantamweight ¢ham ME FOR NOT NEAT LITTLE SUM OF 2 Ne one big amtae| Will develop nothing. Even if | Not the least remarkable thing | DOM. defeated Wee W Big Dolan should win such a. suit mt the wedding was that no| Brooklyn, in 12 rounds EARNING THAT $ : : : . ‘ 16,500, ~~ MAKING AN in| & tion, namely, to] jie nro : d ae Miss Hollins Again MUCH MSELF ! EVEN 450,000 IN) own a ball club) Ne probably would baxe @ hard fs. head. | night on the Coast Pebble Beach Champ ! | ane Const. | tion with another big league t ball club. don't know whether Miss Tay- DEL MONTE, Cal., Feb. 17.—Miss NS the type of pitch Marion Hollins of New York Monday er who will join his ball club with | 4 : E lor can cook. or not. It is |regrets, He will not be coming McGraw Fears Pirates | tairly evident, however, that she ha won the Pebble Beach women's| f championship for the third straight | jback to Griffith just to collect his | JOHN McGRAW of the Giants | already cooked Harry Wills’ goose. TONIGHT 4 |money. He will be coming back | picks the Pittsburg Pirates as! id year when she defeated Miss Louise ™“™ . | y | a Miss Hollins continued to play the! {that has marked his efforts ever|win his fifth straight pennant this | excellent brand of golf Monday that since he started as a big leaguer.|Year, “It's a young ball club and | N IND THE HOU SECOND AND LENORA she ha dall during the tournament. Johnson has never lost his enthus-|has much latent strength.” says Me ALLY W TH ea liasm for the game and I doubt if|Graw. “TI think they will be much 2 ° he ever will }more dangerous than Brooklyn. 1] 00. Willie Howie Now | - . % , are 2 8 thio the deal with Chicago BOG iy eran : y dohngon will doubtless try to sburg more than it did the, other i'M SS TAYLOR had to get a di. s b , ’ | fn + in Lead of Match) buy a club next year, It won't | lub: |4VE vorce to get Dempsey. Gib- etter as NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—Willie q hurt him any as 2 minor league Barney Dreyfus, owner of the Pi./bons and Wills are still wondering . y yi y c card to lead the American |Fates, is optimistic, too. “We | what they'll have to do to get him. forged into the lead in the three Jought to win this year because all | Arce | of Seattle, North cushion tournament with Bob Can * star in another world series, In {Ur comedians are gone.” By this| For the first time in his life Mr. nefax, the defending title holder, here : f returning to the game Johnson | Barney is taking @ sly er at | Dempsey appeared for an important ete Bee sce tent | | pe nag Bty pbit Maranville and his cohorts, | engagement without his red sweater | MMY once Hoppe 240 and Cannefax 227. Hoppe x ee pbit was the clown of that ball |and butter-rabbed whiskers, made 75 points last nig hile Can L O’Connell’s Stand ee This r he captains the ers of Boston, Challenger nefax made but 47. | > FOCNENT Barn yo probably noticed that Firpo nt Bout Starts at Sit@ pm ] ¢ IMMY O'CONNELL certainly | ie y] +. was not the best man. Indeed, Mc kets on si at DruxmeS didn't help his case any by re We Pirates have been a good |he was not the best man at a prev Fifth Ave.: Joe. DIS [fusing to testify before the New| ball club for several years. Ap- {ous affair in which Mr. Dempsey ool ae pee near Shien bean, tf r Say r pa |York prosecutors unless granted! parently they lack stamina. | participated ie Atlanta negro boxer, J Mel | immunity. ways th blow up in the | Fe Sece! Nustin &§ sbi Hoppe, world’s balkline champion, leaguo pitchers again—and to . # loat to Lou ah of Bridgeport on i ; & a foul in the third round of their Jimmy: was badly advised. Every.| stretch. This year it may be There seems but one thing left to} oo scheduled 10-round bout here last one admits the possibility of his) different. It's been a tong time [do and that is to throw this Nurmi . ot a ' 2 conviction was very remote since the Smoky City experi. | bird into « ta 0 fates General night, \ é CAREFUL MADORY “GO EASY 1 ~~~ oinas ay men convict ce 2-17 ‘pe feeling In baseball has been anced World bertes thet, Li H nto & tank with Johnny Weiss jenera! | muoligr and see what happens,