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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
2
Chicago fans push for another coast championship game with West and East rivals next year as Seattle seeks to defend its title. Chicago team left today at 10 50 eager for another matchup.
The Kent Good basketball team defeated Tacoma Y M C A second team 55 to 19 in a New Year’s game at Kent Washington. Slippery floor from prior dancing hindered play but Kent dominated with Whitfield Routh scoring the main points and the Kent band providing music.
Yesterday’s program shows multiple races with winners and placements. Miller aboard several winners including Hereain and Voladay while Cock Eure and Magrane mounted second places. Times range from about 1:11 to 2:12 for various legs and distance formats.
The Southern Pacific’s Scenic Shasta Route now operates trains daily from Seattle to San Francisco. Tickets and reservations are available at Union Ticket Office, 609 First Avenue, Seattle, Washington. General Agent B E Ellis signs the note.
The piece recounts anti drinking norms in old sports circles and details Fouts, a Louisville star, winning big at poker in Prisco while wintering on the coast. Moute reportedly drank and bet heavily as Chicago faced Louisville, with Fouts staying sober until late, then pitching the next day.
A collage of sports items includes Seattle competing for a national title, San Francisco planning a park-side season, and college rugby events led by Paul Harper Milner Roberts and Walter Barnhisel. Jockey Perrett and Seder are penalized during New Orleans racing for rule breaches. Tommy Urna edges Jack O’Lirtean in a language tutor contest.
Joe Gans and Jamie Britt schedule a decisive fight in Tonopah with a $25,000 purse split 60 percent to the winner and 40 percent to the loser. Weigh in at 123 pounds two hours before entering the ring. Articles signed by Ben Selig for Gans and M. M. Riley for the Casino Athletic Club.
The Stanford football squad, after two losses in three starts against Vancouver Rugby, reached Seattle late yesterday and checked into a hotel near 217 James, ahead of next Saturday matchup with Klein the shoemaker.
A jumble of quirky notes covers languages, boxing and football feats, horse names, chess wins, and franchise rumors. Lane speaks coven tongues while another talks pug. Mobile’s new manager is sidelined with illness. boxers, jockeys, and players are profiled amid curious claims of health cures and dramatic injuries.
Readable text suggests a casual remark about ball parks and autos and a note that horse blankets labeled League Champions would have nowhere to hang. No named individuals or organizations are identifiable.
The Gedney a steamer used in geodetic and survey work in the Pacific coast will be opened for examination at Quartermaster Harbor dry dock in Puget Sound. If condemned she may receive repairs or be sold by the government as with the revenue cutter Grant.
Receipts on Western avenue fall amid rain as commission men attribute the slowdown to weather. A car of pineapples arrived in poor condition due to rail delays. Eggs from Washington ranch decline in price from 3.59 to 6 per dozen. Apple shipments from Eastern Washington also noted.
A damaged OCR fragment lists various dairy products, feed items, live stock prices, and equipment. It mentions sales terms, tub butter, cheese, cream, hay, grain, lime, cement, and cattle values, with scattered references to routes and trains and a Southern company scenic Shasta trains offering new Portland service at 11:30 p m.
Notice to subscribers asks readers to call The Star offices in Sunset Mass 1960 between 6 and 7 o clock if their copy is late or missed, so staff can correct the delivery and confirm subscriber contact details.
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