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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1912
Page
2
A vintage dental ad touts high grade fillings crowns and bridges that fit and stay in with natural appearance. It highlights guaranteed work and comfort, offering a $1.00 extra heavy gold crown and a $5.00 Never Slip plate, by Dr L R Clark at 1405 Third Ave NW corner Union. Note urges bringing the Act.
Edwin J Brown proclaims a square deal policy in Seattle dentistry. He discusses fair pricing, honest work, and customer trust as keys to building the largest private practice in the region with extensive staff and facilities.
Los Angeles fans swarm to see McCarty versus Palzer on New Year’s Day promoter McCarey reports near sellout and a $35 000 to $40 000 gate. Both fighters train hard with recent ring work in Ocean Park as Willard Daley Smith Moran and others loom as potential future opponents.
Centralia T F Banzer and Porter Jarret elected president and secretary of a new athletic club formed by enthusiasts at Little Ha New York. The item notes numerous sports figures and events across the country with brief mentions of boxing baseball and track figures.
A first person account by a dedicated bowler recounts decades of effort to gain recognition. He details early Cincinnati alley experiences, a 266 game, and splintered pride as he challenges city champions and pits himself against numerous rivals in pursuit of a hypothetical 300.
A column mixes football grit and rowing chatter with names from college sports. It notes Charley Murphy and Horace Bennett, Yale's rowing plans against Harvard, Joe McGinnity’s schedule move, Vic Zednick’s managerial role at Washington, and Seattle football anecdotes from 1896. Younger players and administrators are praised for grit and strategy.
Last Flight's manager D B Dugdale obtained Walter Cadman a husky backstop who played last year with Mobile in the Southern league. Cadman, sought for years, is fast and sure in the field but batted only .194 last season. Dugdale also notes a young pitcher Browning picked up in California by Jim Wises.
Lightweight champion Willie Ritchie declares Wolgast can have the first chance at his title after arriving in Los Angeles He says he will not discuss business while his theatrical contracts run through May 16 and hints he may fight again after July 4 He also hints at financing his own bid for the rematch and denies a $26000 bet plan.
San Francisco December 24. With Prask Moran and Gunboat Smith set to meet Friday, promoters and managers seek a referee. Jim Griffin is the probable choice with Harry Foley Frank Schuier and Eddie Hanlon as other candidates. Training camps operate smoothly and betting odds favor a close fight.
Baltimore’s Kid Williamen is set to fight San Francisco’s Hd die Campi in Vernon on February 11. The 20 round bantamweight bout could lead to a title shot against Johnny Coulon if the champion agrees to travel to California for the bout.
New York report says two Cuban players will join major league teams next year. Jacques Calvo will be tried out by the Boston Americans while Jacinto Calvo is slated for the Washington Americans after playing with the Almendares club.
Al Palzer may fight Luther McCarty winner on New Year’s Day with Vernon promoter James Coffroth planning a February 22 bout against the Gunboat Smith Frank Moran winner. Y M C A seniors lose to Y M B C 26 22 in a fast basketball exhibition. Britton defeats Ahern in ten rounds in Brooklyn. Promoters discuss Kid Williams vs Madie Camus in Vernon January 20. Burns demands eight thousand dollars for a bout with Ad Wolgast. California promoters balk at the purse. Fred Bealhao opens winter wrestling by beating Walter Miller in Duluth in straight falls.
Jimmy Fitz, the Irish Canadian speed merchant, wins a Northwest championship race defeating Eugene Watler of Neah Bay by about 600 yards. He clocks 26 minutes flat for five miles, claimed as a new world mark though questioned by timekeepers and experts. Fitz plans a move to New York to face top runners Kohlemainen Quest and others.
The next regular 5 A M bowling tourney game is set for Monday night with a Thursday night special ten times total pin match between Harris and Putman and Finley and Kitne. Friday night Conover will bowl a ten game match against McGregor while Harrie leads the monthly prize for high scores over 200 after passing the double century mark.
Portland followers of the Northwestern league learn the city will host ten weeks of baseball or 79 games in the 1912 season. Tacoma and Victoria receive extensive schedules as Ta coma earns more games. Fielder Jones was reelected league president at the Tacoma meeting following a banquet hosted by Iron Man Joe McGinalty for visitors and Tacoma officials.
Toronto dispatch reports W. W. Hill of Amateur Rugby Union Australia says the London international rugby conference will set the stage for matches among the United States Australia New Zealand Canada South Africa England Scotland and Wales. He notes plans for uniform rules and a season schedule. Adjustments will align Canadian rugby with Western Coast and other nations.
Active training work for their scheduled bouts here December 27 continued as Gunboat Smith and Frank Moran sparred before a large crowd. Frankie Turns of Oakland and Harlem Tommay Murphy also prepared for their New Year’s afternoon clash.
Edgar Frank chairman of indoor sports at Multnomah Athletic club prepares a monthly series of ring and mat events for the first four months of 1913. The program will feature the Olympic club of San Francisco from February to March and end with city championship events around April 18.
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