This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
7
The Northwestern season starts with fanfare as Mayors attend opening ceremonies and Wagner's Band leads the parade. Seattle plays at 3 pm with lines featuring Shaw, Raymond, Seanaphaee, and Beach among others, signaling a hopeful 1916 start.
Ed Kippert, center fielder of the Butte club, is the captain of the team. Kippert previously played for Spokane last season, finished with Tacoma after being released, and joined Butte when McGinnity moved to the Miners.
Tacoma baseball fans push for a record crowd on opening day with the slogan 15,000 or bust as the city tries to set a lasting mark for the national pastime.
Walter McCredie, manager of Portland in the Pacific Coast league, hauled in a little over $8,000 during the two weeks the Portland club stayed in San Francisco, more than his share of last season's gate receipts at the exposition city.
The article catalogs numerous boxing brothers and relatives from Philadelphia New York and beyond. It highlights Benny Leonard Charley Moore Leach Phil Dave Marty Joe Chip George Chip Young Jack O’Brien George and Jimmy Gardner Billy and Mike Glover Willus Terry McGovern Hughey and Phil McGovern and notes their relative prominence in various weight classes.
Public Service Commissioner A. A. Lewis announced he disagreed with fellow commissioners C. A. Reynolds and F. R. Spinning over the actual performance method used to value Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. property. He said he had not time to study the method. The commission valued the company at 19,764,418 dollars, based on actual cost rather than reproduction cost.
At a Washington Annex luncheon on Wednesday J. W. Witherspoon won the prize in a salesmen contest. Numerous competitors demonstrated selling skills by peddling various articles to J. W. Efaw who dressed as a “rube” for the event.
Rufus R. Wilson, Weeks campaign manager, left Seattle for Portland predicting the senator would lead with 225 to 260 votes on the first ballot at the Chicago convention.
In Corvallis Oregon on April 27 Ade Seiberts, Oregon Aggie pitcher, held University of Washington batters to three hits and the Aggies defeated Washington in eight innings. Rogers yielded ten hits before Darrie relieved him and contained the Aggies thereafter. It was Seiberts first game with the Aggies.
Tonight the Far Western championships begin in the Arena with 32 bouts across two sessions. Referee is Biddy Bishop, judges Doc Carroll and Charley Hulen. Notables include Fat La Rue from the Olympic club, Willie Coulsting, Ralph Underwood, and Albert Beyers as top entrants from Seattle and Oakland clubs.
Spokane April 27 Rube Evans secured from Portland appears the best bet for the opening game. He will be opposed by Pat Callan another former Portlander now with Vancouver. Baseball enthusiasm runs high as the season opens with optimism.
The Bush and Lane team remains atop the Northwest bowling tournament after last night’s high scoring session. None of the other teams could defeat the score set by the piano pin smashers.
Yale drops Georgetown 1 to 3 while Princeton defeats Union 4 to 2. Army beats Seton Hall 7 to 1 and Navy bests Trinity 8 to 1.
In Pullman on April 27 Washington State College rode strong pitching by Hartman who fanned 16 and totaled a 6 to 4 win followed by a 16 to 10 victory over the University of Montana. The wins put WSC back in the Northwest Intercollegiate championship race.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.