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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1918
Page
6
Fragmentary note reports a stock sale and a building project with unclear bidders and dates. Readable names are scarce, leaving the main action as a proposed sale of assets and a building bid. Further details are not legible.
A mass meeting of sportsmen is planned in Seattle on February 5 to unite hunters and anglers, with the Harbor Rod and Gun Club and J Pechacek as delegates. The event aims to organize the state's sportsmen, address game laws, and improve fish and game supplies amid wardens' support and related agencies.
Northwest Washington Trapshooters league plans its 1914 season with 25 clubs represented including Green Lake, Seattle Trapshooters, Bellingham, Tacoma, and Aberdeen. A meeting at Taft's Sporting Goods on February 1 will elect officers and set the season program.
Ballard High School boys basketball overwhelmed the YMCA quintet last night with a strong Varsity performance. The Bal lard squad raced to a decisive 80 to 22 victory, showcasing fast play and a solid offense.
Camp Gordon lines up Sherrod Smith and Joe Jenkins as core players for its baseball club with Samwies and scouts eyeing major league talent. The piece notes many stars leaving major and minor leagues for service, including Hank Gowdy Dav Robertson Maranville and a host of others across the leagues.
Portland outplayed Seattle 5 to 2 in a game marked by rough play and injuries. Fowler struggled in goal for Seattle while Oatman Harris and Tobin starred for Portland, with Beattle Roberts and Tobin among the scorers.
Chicago dispatch reports Jess Willard avoided a deputy sheriff summons in a 25 000 damage suit. The clerk says a Texas reply prompted by a cafe chase, with Willard asserting he won’t tolerate bulldozing by lawmen.
Northwestern League allstars will meet a Vancouver team at Liberty Park on February 22. A double header features Dry Dock versus Duthies and Skinner Eddy against Carbonado prior to Ames facing the coal heavers at Black Diamond.
Willie Hoppe defeated Charley Peterson in a pair of exhibition matches at Brown and Hulen parlors yesterday afternoon and again last night. The exhibition concluded with Hoppe as the winner and the stars leaving today for Spokane.
Augusta Ga January 19 Ty Cobb Detroit star has been placed in the first draft class by the local board He said he was ready to serve whenever called up and is prepared to report when notified and required by authorities.
Frankie Burns, Pacific coast lightweight, who trained at Camp Grant Rockford Illinois, has departed for an Eastern point with an engineering unit.
Fred Fulton failed to fix Billy Miske's set and Miske rushed clinches to contest the ten round bout in St Paul. Miske used perfect defense against Fulton's left and repeatedly closed to hammer Fulton mid section. Fulton won on a hollow decision as the crowd favored Miske.
In Seattle the league decision keeps Butte and Vancouver in while Great Falls is dropped. Six clubs will compete with Seattle Portland and Tacoma opening, Camp Lewis may host games, and Kelly lands with Seattle as the top outfielder. Judge McCredie joins Portland on the scheduling committee.
Charley Weeghman and fellow Cubs stockholders are defendants in a suit brought by former Cubs president Charlies Murphy to recover rent on the old West Side hall park abandoned when the Nationals took over the Federal park in Chicago on January 19.
Six teams from the high school circuit played three games yesterday. Lincoln beat West Seattle 30 to 13, Queen Anne defeated Broadway 25 to 18, and Franklin won over Ballard 23 to 15.
Joe Stecher’s bid for a comeback ends as he fails to throw Paul Martinson within the 50 minute limit and cannot continue against Steve Savage. In Des Moines, John Noye of St. Paul defeats Ever Hammer in 12 rounds.
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