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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1919
Page
5
Veteran managers debate minor league talent as 1920 plans loom. Gavy Cravath says few stars are available, war delays development, and big leagues face a talent drought with little new youth ready for major roles.
Chicago sporting writers fault the Cubs for not showing pennant caliber due to a lack of punch. They praise improved pitching and overall good play and note Grover Alexander returning to form and delivering brilliant pitching.
Indians show a powerful batting lineup led by Ray Chapman and Larry Gardner with strong support from Speaker and ONeill. The club sits tied for second in team batting with Detroit while White Sox lead, and the seventh and eighth batters post low averages, yet the Tribe remains the most dangerous lineup in the league.
Readville last Friday showcased Hawkins winning an amateur race in 2:15 at age 18. The piece compares age records with Goldsmith Maid and notes other fast trots including Henry Setzer and Charley Mac, with Native Chief and Direct C. Burnett listed among standout performances.
Entry blank for Seattle Star bicycle races dated Saturday August 30 1919. Includes fields for name address year of birth school month age and race options stock or racing bicycles with age divisions 16 14 12 and under plus parent/guardian consent and entry deadline August 27.
One of Seattle’s longest labor conflicts ended Saturday night as Master Butchers local 81 and Meat Cutters local 8 settled a dispute dating from December 8, 2017. The agreement includes a $40 weekly scale and a closed shop with reopen negotiations on future wage scales. Joel Hofmann of the Amalgamated Association of Meat Cutters represented the workers. I M Ringer led employer negotiations.
Woodland park added 18 Shetland ponies for daily pony rides serving 300 to 600 children. Keeper Gust Knudsen oversees a system where neighborhood boys run the ride and earn free rides, with many on a waiting list ready to fill in.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, will speak in Seattle on August 27 and 28. He will address the Rotary Club at a noon luncheon on "The Struggle to Save Civilization" and on the next day speak before the Young Men's Republican Club on "Constructive Political Progress."
A party of 400 Masons from the newly formed Masonic club of Victoria British Columbia spent the weekend in Seattle as guests of Seattle Masons. They arrived Saturday, toured the city by auto, and attended an entertainment and dance at the Masonic club in the evening.
Jerome H. Remick & Co music publishers plan a Seattle store at 321 Pike Street between Third and Fourth Avenues. The shop will feature Remick sheet music and phonographs, player piano rolls, gifts, tokens, and Rose O’Neill Kewpie dolls in new fashion creations.
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