Knights of Swat Perform at Dreamland Tonight
The Friday program at Dreamland features the Knights of Swat in a night show as Seattle activity heats up. In local bowling, the Rubes Cafe team snapped out of a slump with a three game sweep over Elks No 2, led by Pickering 642 and O'Donnell 640.
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Varsity Cage and Pack Teams to Meet in Seattle
The University of Washington and University of British Columbia will play basketball in Seattle this week at 7:30 pm in two games, tonight and Saturday, with UW starters Talbot and Lewis leading the forwards and S Anderson and C Mathers among the visiting forwards. A Canadian hockey squad will also visit, with Broadfoot in goal and Morrison among the defense, as Seattle’s Bobby Rowan coaches the local puckers for a 1:30 pm Arena show on Saturday.
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Boston Braves drop Indian sign for plain B initial
Boston February 25 1940 The Boston Braves will remove the Indian head insignia from their uniforms and replace it with a plain letter B as announced by manager Fred Mitch. The team will continue to be known as the Braves and maintain the same colors and branding otherwise.
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The Greatest Fight I Ever Saw by Pete Muldoon
Pete Muldoon recalls the 1907 Bakersfield bout between Bill Squires and Jim Burns and the later Squires Flynn clash in America. He describes Squires as a powerful Australian champ, Burns’ feints, and Flynn delivering a decisive sixth round knockout.
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Shama
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Colma
Billy Jordan
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Burns
Box Jack
Sullivan
Squire
Prep Cage Games Highlight Broadway Ballard Showdown
Two prep basketball games are scheduled this afternoon with Broadway facing Ballard at Ballard and Franklin meeting West Seattle at Franklin. Queen Anne and Lincoln remain idle due to vaccinations. Broadway Ballard draws the most attention as Ballard hopes to beat the Tigers on their floor while Franklin eyes another win over the Indians.
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Fight for Tiajuana track nears crisis amid control clash
San Francisco reports a power struggle over the Tiajuana Pace track as Jim Coffroth and Jerome Bas aity claim control after a Mexican passport tax closure. Frank Murphy announces potential reopening under Bas aity with preparations possibly set for tonight. Coffroth asserts he would reopen if anyone else starts. Local sports figures suspect Bas aity influenced the tax move.
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Banssity
Leonard Defeats Welling in Eight Rounds in St. Louis
Benny Leonard world lightweight champion defeated Joe Welling of Chicago in eight rounds in St. Louis. Leonard dominated every round and sent Welling to the canvas in the fifth with a hard right cross, Welling rose but clinched the remainder of the round.
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City Cage Finals Up in Air
With five teams in the playoff the league needs an extra game before the finals. The Puget Sound Paper Hox protest could alter the field, possibly advancing MacDougall Southwick Box Eckmann Furniture Co and Y M C A to a four team final. Two Saturday games at the Y will decide who advances to the title tilt among Box, Northern Life, and others. Chicago fans admired boxing star J Wilson in a hopeful note.
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Seattle Sportsmen to Stage Party
Seattle Sportsmen Association plans March 8 entertainment at the Marioniac temple open to ladies. An 8 p m program includes vocal and instrumental offerings a Lloyd Spencer monologue and a sketch about local anglers and nimrods followed by dancing with Warren Anderson’s orchestra in the main hall lower hall hosts yarn swapping smoking and cards no buffet lunch this year Stubey Hart oversees decorations and a woodland stage backdrop will enhance the evening.
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Northwest
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Warren Anderson
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Stub” Hart
Apartymen
Broadway to Have Strong Staff Tigers Promise Elite Pitching
Broadway high school baseball coach announces a strong pitching staff for the season. Chuck Zolla, former pitcher for Franklin and Queen Anne, will join the Tigers. Bob Saunders, noted as a promising returnee, and Ray Villa, a promising freshman, will be eligible.
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Moore and Tremaine Face Off In Memphis Boxing Bill
Moore of Memphis bantamweight meets Carl Tremaine of Cleveland in the main one round bout of a boxing show tonight. The note mentions Leonard’s past opponents seeking rematches and a line about Britain’s 1920 export trade rising one percent from 1919.
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Pal Moore
Memphis
Carl Tremaine
Great Britain
Cherry's Girl Dazzles Street in Spring Outfit Ad
A charming shopper exits Cherry's with a complete spring wardrobe, turning heads as onlookers stare and wonder the cause of the buzz. The ad promotes Cherry's at 207 Rialto Ridge, between Madison and Spring, near the Pig n Whistle, urging both men and women to shop and promise to pay.
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Dr Edwin J Brown Promises Dental Care Guarantee
Seattle dentist Dr Edwin J Brown at Le Dental Office 106 Columbia St assures high quality dental care. The statement ties patient outcome to guaranteed service as a local promise.
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Seattle
le Dental
Columbia St
Beattie Beaws Seattle Beavers in Coast League Race
Beattie Beaws rely on power and strong pitching to challenge in the Coast League. Hitting stars Brick Midred Rod Murphy Bil Kenworthy Tex Winteril Tub Spencer and Roxy Middleton boost the lineup while Sammy Bohne's absence will be felt. Seattle’s pitching staff led by Geary Schorr Gardner Demaree Jacobs Dalley Francia Swartz and Seibold plus Spencer and Adams behind the plate gives heavy depth. Fielding is solid with Murphy at first Kenworthy at second and Smith as a ball hawk in center. If the pitching and hitting hold, Seattle should contend from the opening gong.
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Bil Kem 7Worthy
Tex Winteorsil
Tub” Spencer
Roxy Middleton
Sammy Bohne
Bohne
Jimmy Smith
Seattle
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Demaree
Jacobs
Dalley
Francia
Swartz
Seibold
Spencer
Adams
Beattie
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Kenworthy
O. K
Smith
Wieterzil
Cunningham
Eldred
Middleton
Leonard seeks title bout after Dundee win
Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, wired Tex Rickard from St Louis asking to sign the winner of the Jackson Dundee bout Friday night for a championship fight. He said, Get him and I'll sign. Loney Langer breaks two swim records but went to Tasmania to do it. League of golf succeeds where league of nations doesn't make first hole.
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Benny Leonard
Tex Rickard
St. Louie
Jackson Dundee
Lo¢y Langer
Tasmania
League of Golf
League of Nations
Indians Recall Louie Guisto From Oakland
The Cleveland Indians called up slugger Louie Guisto from Oakland today, a move that weakens the A's planned lineup. Guisto is to report to the Indians training camp on March 7.
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Jackson and Dundee Tonight in 11th Meeting
Henry L. Farrell reports a heated night as Johnny Dundee and Willie Jackson clash for the 11th time in a 15 round bout. Fans seek a verdict on who is the better man as endurance and action define the serial feud amid near equal weight, reach, and dancing legs.
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Johnny Dundee
Willie Jackson
Britton
Lewis
Langford
McVey
Willie
Johnny
Ami
Mets Aim for Second as Puck Men Face Victoria
The Seattle Mets hope to secure second place in the Coast hockey standings by beating Victoria tonight in B C hamlet. A victory would give Seattle a four game edge over the Aria tocrata while Victoria seeks to extend a four game win streak against Seattle. The lineup is listed with players from both teams, highlighting goaltenders and key forwards in a tense Island clash.
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Herman and Barry Head Card at Dreamland Tonight
Heavyweights Jim Parry and Tiny Herman headline a Seattle boxing card at Dreamland for the American Legion post. Barry and Herman, familiar to Seattle crowds, top a lineup including Red Gage vs Harry Oaery and Eddie Jackson vs Marcario Flores as promoters stage the event under the Seattle boxing commission with an 8 30 start.
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Harry Oaery
Eddie Jackson
Marcario Flores
Billy Vitro
Spike” Carney
Ernie Daley
Kid Martin
Bud Fitzgerald
Pat Wikbane
Johnny Lewis
Hugh Comley
Jones Beats Britt in Tacoma Ring Bout
Morgan Jones former Coast featherweight champion defeated Frankie Britt in six rounds in Tacoma. Britt led early but was wild, Jones outboxed him every round. Also in the card Jimmy Storey beat Johnny Boscovitch with two third round knockdowns, while Johnny Hogan won over Clem Zukowiski in four rounds and Lloyd Madden drew with Jack Hartford in Tacoma.
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Morgan Jones
Coast
Frankie Britt
Pritt
Jones
Jimmy Storey
Seattle
Johnny Boscovitch
Portland
Storey
Johnny Hogan
Clem Zukowiski
Lloyd Madden
Beattie
Wetter
Jack Hartford
Taecoma
Star Runners To Compete In Indoor Handicap Events
Chicago February 25 Jole Ray of the Illinois A C and other prominent distance runners will contest the 2 mile handicap race at the 25th annual indoor handicap track and field games of the First Regiment A A A tonight. Mrs Babe Ruth has gone to Hot Springs with the home rankings. She is a Babe Ruth fan too.
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