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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1915
Page
7
Golf-pool arrives in Seattle as a winter pastime. The game uses a cue ball and an object ball with six antique pockets forming a six-hole course. Players pocket the object ball in side pockets while counting strokes and penalties for scratches or misses.
Bakersfield reports Bob Burman claimed the world record in a 50 mile automobile race with a 48 minute 58 second time at an average speed of 73.2 mph. He defeated Old Os and broke a long standing mark once held by Bisbrow. Winchester, Va. enforces the laws, while a quip about Gen Sheridan appears in the dispatch.
Entry lists open for Seattle City boxing and wrestling championships at the Seattle Athletic Club on January 14 and 15. Nearly all A C teams and entrants from YMCA and University of Washington will compete, with winners advancing to represent the Northwest at the San Francisco exposition next summer. The club notes no single favorite, and unattached athletes may capture city titles.
Dowling reports renewed action in the Printers bowling league at Imperial alleys with the Picas vs Nonparetis. Picas hold 14–9 mark and 643 percentage, Breviers 571, Agates 500, while Rice leads individual averages at 164 and Gaseman 163. Tonight determines City Bowling championship as Gerald's No.1 and S. A. C. No.1 clash with Basel's Stars and Mack's Colts. Seattles vs Bismarcks. Imperials vs No.2 S. A. C. with tied leaders Gerald's and S. A. C. at .641.
Freddie Dyer, a Welsh light heavy fighter, has launched a new path as he sings in concerts to fund his musical studies. He aims for grand opera honors and may be hired by American promoters to perform a leading role and box six rounds between acts.
Reports note the Coast league adds Salt Lake City to its circuit shifting opening from March 23 to March 30. In Utica New York a man killed a hotel clerk then killed himself. Finnish runner Willie Kolehmeinen lost to G McCrea in the Powder Hill 16 mile marathon in Edinburgh with Hans Holmer third. Fox leads 8 A.C. handicap at 11–0 with .785 percentage, J B Lewis second, Churchill third. Jim Flynn set to fight Al Reich in ten rounds in New York. San Francisco Coast League to partner with Detroit Americans this season.
Figures released today show boxing in New York state generated more than 72 thousand dollars for the state treasury last year. State athletic commission figures indicate total receipts of 660 thousand dollars from boxing clubs with the state taking five percent.
Bellingham businessmen will meet tomorrow afternoon at the call of Chamber of Commerce president Brown to decide on placing a Bellingham team in the Northwestern league next season. They favor the move for advertising value and note available strong grounds, with likely financial backing.
A hall of fame style column rips Johnny O Leary as overmatched in the lightweight ranks. Freddie Hogan touts backing him, but the piece notes O Leary lacks recent wins and promotion-worthy merit. The column surveys Burns Neff and Beattie era fighters and mocks exaggerated promises while recalling Chicago White Sox and baseball figures.
Heavy rain made Woodland Park and Fort Lawton grounds soft causing postponement of the McMillan Cup race opener. Celtics were set to face Black Diamond, with the season now scheduled to begin next Sunday.
New York January 4 Organized baseball waging war on the Federals. Phillies trade Sherwood Magee to the Braves to deter a jump to the Feds. Magee valued as slugger and regular outfielder and likely to thrive with the champions.
Queen Anne high school teams lost both games at the Y M C A Saturday with the first squad beaten 26 to 11 by Y M C A Students and the second 46 to 13 by Y Outlawn. Cathlamet won 87 to 20 at home against Fort Columbia, while North Side High fell 19 to 16 to Snohomish in Bellingham. John Bunny humorously thanks his face aiding Nick Altrock and Kid Broad.
The University of Washington football team will clash with a non Northwest conference opponent on Thanksgiving Day. Denver reports Colorado will travel to the Coast after schedule makers in Spokane approved the outside game. Colorado’s terms reportedly forced the move as other conference colleges rejected the proposed arrangement. Colorado’s program, once a Colorado football kingpin, was last beaten by Colorado School of Mines.
Doc Watson says JHWs fingers and legs were crooked causing improper signals. He describes catcher Jim Blocks crooked fingers making straight balls appear curved and how leg signaling was adopted after an early mistake.
An eyewitness account from a Yorkshire coast town describes German shelling near Hartlepool. A cabby narrates ruined homes, a mother named Mrs. Margaret Leete, and the tragic deaths of children Albert and Stanley Walker. Christopher Bennett recalls his family’s destruction and his father’s despair after losing his wife and children in the bombardment.
Robert W. Chambers reports on a Illinois women’s congress debate over eugenics versus romantic love. He cites speculative ideas on breeding for physical or mental traits including militarized lines and specialized human roles, noting that laws would not stop such efforts.
A perfected instrument capable of recording heat from stars so distant they are unseen could aid scouts in finding late blooming talents. The text suggests baseball use in locating "second Cobbs" by detecting heat signatures of players.
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