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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1915
Page
7
Groundkeeper Leo White earns hall nod but center field gully mishap leads to chaos as Leo Me Quarry and Tiger center fielder stumble. Giants win 6 to 3 amid rough play and misplays. Seattle leads, Ta schedule uncertainty looms, Tacoma fans grow disinterested.
The article notes Norris Williams and Maurice McLoughlin leading a surge of young players that eclipses older stars in tennis. It contrasts myths that players must mature past 30, citing Larned and Wright as examples while highlighting Williams, McLoughlin, Johnston, Washburn, and Bundy as rising young figures shaping the era.
Earl Coop le won the Elgin road race in a Stutz with an average speed near 75 mph setting a new record for the Anderson while Barney Oldfield drove a second car and Allen inan finished fourth De Palma led the initial 50 miles but a mishap ended his run at 176 miles Ten cars were set to start the National trophy race Saturday
In Portland and Los Angeles it is claimed Fawcett the sporting editor believes Waels or Seals will win the mega league pennant. The years 1910 1911 1913 1914 are referenced with inconsistent results. The team lacks a consistent pitcher except Staniey.
Tland reports Sam Bel of the M A A C holder of the world indoor pole vault record at 12 feet inches plans to challenge the outdoor mark of 13 feet inches next spring. The athlete announced yesterday in a local update from August 21.
Sporting notes recount Hank O Day as sob umpire with fans cheering as he enters the field. Ernest Koob from Coloma emerges as a pitching sensation for the St. Louis Browns. Tencent baseball grows from Newark to the Federal league, while Wilbert Robinson argues weight is not a handicap. The New York Americans have been shut out only four times this season.
A serialized domestic vignette explores Mollie Margie and Dick through dialogue and diary musings. Margie confides in a locked diary about marital fault, distrust, and emotional distance, hinting at future revelations to come Monday.
An audit into Harry Dunaway's accounts shows a six thousand dollar shortage from mis placed funds while he served as a ticket clerk at the Northern Pacific city ticket office. He is believed to have begun gambling in the past year.
Dr Eva Harding a pioneer in the suffrage movement in Kansas announces her candidacy for the democratic nomination for Congress. She is the first Kansas woman to seek national office on the democratic ticket.
Fragmentary OCR lists city matchups and scores for early league standings. Notable entries include New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Brooklyn, Louisville, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and more with varied point totals.
Berkeley Aug 21 Dr Benjamin Ide Wheeler president of the University of California declares in a public speech his approval of switching from rugby to American football and the severance of athletic relations with Stanford University.
Chicago reports President Comiskey confirmed White Sox purchased slugger Joe Jackson from Cleveland. Jackson, a longtime feared hitter, previously starred for Philadelphia and Cleveland after early minor league beginnings. His speed and fielding have been strong, and fans expect the acquisition to boost the Sox toward the pennant.
National tennis champion R. Norrie Williams ii poses for a Star photo series to teach readers how he plays. He covers receiving, serving, sidearm drive, backhand, grip, and avoiding foot faults. Readers interested in tennis are urged to follow the sequence as it debuts in The Star soon.
Hugo Bezdek coach of the Oregon football team is the father of a baby girl. He would have named a boy Gilmour Doble Bezdek in honor of the University of Washington football coach.
Juniors of the Seattle Tennis club will compete in the annual city junior tourney on club courts at Summit and Madison starting next Wednesday morning and running through Saturday. Notables entered include past champion Lawrence Brown Marsha Allen who beat him at Blakistone field last Saturday and Percy Chamberlain high school champion of Broadway. L. A. Brown and Marshal Allen are in charge.
Noyes pitched steadily for Spokane as the Beaver crew faltered in a 4 to 1 victory. Batteries were Noyes and Brenegan for Spokane, Arlett and Brottem for Beaver, with Arlett's аппитер not breaking right in the loss.
The article notes Jake Daubert Ed Walsh Benny Kauf Miner Brown and others who came from coal mines before entering baseball and buying cars. It recalls Brown the three fingered wonder who did not lose a finger in the mine but while cutting corn in Indiana as a youth.
Irving Kantiehner, a southpaw sold by Victoria to Pittsburg in 1913, has developed into a sensation with improved control and confidence. The golf craze grows, but critics question public stock schemes in clubs and warn against fans attempting to run clubs from the grandstand.
The three-league park in Decatur Illinois is being dismantled as the grandstand is torn down and the property may be sold in building lots.
A reader asks how to handle a troubled love affair with an 18 year old. The adviser urges action, forgetting the past and tests the forgetting of the present relationship. The page also answers questions on marriage legality past abuse theater fires and public inquiries about gambling and a Catholic nun rumor.
At the Salvation Army hall Fifth and Washington streets special services will be led by Lt Col and Mrs T W Scott provincial officers for Washington Oregon and Idaho. A farewell will be given to cadets heading to Chicago for training including Ballington Rogers Eva Gale Olive Scott Stephen A True Thos Olivine John Gill Arthur Ainsworth and Jennie Conrad. Meanwhile Mrs Winnie Clinkingbeard filed for divorce from J E who is detained at the county stockade as a "lazy husband" with six children involved.
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