Farr Opposes Four-Club League in Northwest
President Farr of Spokane declares opposition to a four club circuit for 1916 and supports a six club plan including Butte Vancouver Seattle Tacoma Spokane with Great Falls as a possibility and Aberdeen unlikely. He notes Tacoma needs fans and funding and cites a Seattle February Northwestern league meeting to decide 1916 makeup and schedules.
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Farr
Spokane
Butte
Vancouver
Seatle
Tacoma
Great Falls
Aberdeen
Seattle
Blewett
Mark to Bowl For Bob Scholtz Sets High Season Target
Detroit bowler Bob Scholtz posted a 1151 total across five games, an average of 220.2. In the final game his score was robbed by two pins in the first frame, keeping him from a perfect 300. His game scores were 224 225 227 190 and 287.
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Bob Scholtz
Detroit
Scholtz
O Leary Offered Calvary Bout With Freddie Welsh
Johnnie O Leary has a proposal from Jardine of Calgary for a bout with Freddie Welsh at Calgary under military auspices on March 1. Jardine is in Winnipeg arranging with O Leary s manager and will receive documents today. This will be their second meeting as Welsh has a history of 19 1915 bouts with referee s decisions barred.
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Winnipeg
Johnnie O'Leary
Jardine
Calgary
Freddie Welsh
O'Leary
Freddy Welsh
How to Get Ahead
The piece urges readers to start a savings account at Dexter Horton Trust and Savings Bank. It promotes thrift as key to success and promises guidance on creating a saving system to insure progress.
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Dexter Horton Trust and Savings Bank
Weeks Defeats Egan In Six Round Bout In Ellensburg
Billy Weeks of Vancouver won a six round decision over Charley Egan of Everett in Ellensburg. Weeks used ring generalship to dominate the fight, dropping Egan with a left to the chin in the fourth, though Egan showed grit and fought to the final bell while bleeding for most of the bout.
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Ellensburg
Billy Weeks
Vancouver
Charley Egan
Egan
Freddie Bogan
Weeks
Everett
Dietz Dons All White for Pasadena Day Practice
Coach Bill Dietz surprised Pasadena crowds by appearing in a full white ensemble including suit shoes socks shirt tie hat and cane while his team worked out for the Brown game. He favors a stately look over the roughneck outfit his players usually wear and keeps his movements centralized during drills.
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Bill
Dietz
Pasadena
New York
Statesman
Grounds at Dugdale Park Forbid Annual International Soccer Game
The grounds at Dugdale Park will not permit the annual international soccer game on Sunday.
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Dugdale Park
Multnomah Defeats Washington In Close Portland Showdown
In Portland last night Multnomah club beat the University of Washington 24 to 18. Washington to meet Oregon Aggies in Corvallis next week. Referee Dean Walker. Scoring details list Sharp Dewey Tooney Bulmer Sanders Davidson and others.
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Portland
University of Washington
Multnomah
Washington
Oregon
Oregon Aggies
Corvallis
Muit
Wash
Wania Fr
Bulmer i
Wai Sanders
Smith
Elc
Davidson
Cacsesons
Deuteche
Dean Walker
Sharp
Dewey
Tooney
Bulmer
Sanders
Local Sports Roundup From Friday Actions
Stevens signs with Indianapolis club after last season with Tacoma. Bert Smith defeats Harry Young 25 to 20 at Brown and Hulen’s tournament. Berg beats Foss 25 to 22. Lincoln beats Ballard 31 to 18. Queen Anne wins two games. The Midgets crush West Seattle 70 to 7. Quay second team tops West Seattle seconds 75 to 3. WSC football scheduling with Washington next fall. Puget Sound and YMCA basketball teams on the floor Saturday. Howard Cochran signs with Charleston W V for the season. Stanley Yoakum of Denver loses a 10 round bout to Milburn Saylor in Kansas City. Wenatchee High loses to Whatcom 39 to 26.
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Bert Smith
Harry Young
Brown & Hulen
Berg
Foss
Queen Anne
West Seattle
Quay
Stanley Yoakum
Denver
Milburn Saylor
Kansas City
Aged hiker ends 1600 mile jaunt
Olin A. Bibbins, 62, completed a 1 500 mile hike Friday after starting November 27 with a mile every hour. He said he weighed a pound more at the finish than at the start.
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Olin A. Bibbins
Bibbins
Better Be Better
Fielder Jones chafed at Federal League umpires last season and promises changes next year. Ban Be Johnson maintains a regular staff of officials for consistent calls.
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Fielder Jones
Ban BE
Johnson
Old Black Cat Aims to Quit Baseball
Vincent Campbell once with the Aberdeen Black Cats and later with the Newark Feds is reportedly retiring from baseball. Friends in Pittsburg say he earned about $7,000 last season and will instead focus on his automobile business after the Gilmore organization folded.
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Aberdeen Black Cats
Pittsburg
Newark Feds
Vin
Newark
Gilmore
Fulton Makes Poor Showing In 20 Round Bout
New Orleans fans split on Fred Fulton after his 20 round decision over Porky Flynn. Fulton appeared far from championship form, being knocked to his knees in the fourth and again near the end while Flynn was driven into the ropes in the eighth. Flynn weighed 202 pounds to Fulton's 220.
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New Orleans
Fred Fulton
Altho Fulton
Porky” Flynn
Fulton
Flynn
Coffey Knocks Out Bodie In Fifth Round
Syracuse report says Jim Coffey stopped Lew Bodie in the fifth round of their scheduled 16 round heavyweight bout. Bodie weighed 218 pounds, Coffey 208.
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Syracuse
Lew Bodie
Spokane
Dreamland
Jim Coffey
Bodie
Coffey
Pat Callahan may not play pro baseball again
Chehalis reports Pat Callahan a newly wed may quit baseball after being sold by Vancouver to Oakland. He disagrees with the trade and questions continuing in the sport.
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Chehalis
Pat Callahan
Pat
Vancouver
Oakland
Fight Between McCredies and Berry Roils Pacific Coast League
A dispute between Walter McCredie of Portland and Henry Berry of San Francisco over alleged syndicate baseball unsettles the Pacific Coast League. Berry threatens to force a retraction or eject McCredie, while league president Haum calls the charges untrue.
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McCredies
Berry
Pacific Coast Ball League
San Francisco
Walter McCredie
Portland
Henryerry
The
Seals
McCredie
Vernon
Los Angeles
Anld Berry
Powers
Mailer
Haum
League
Beaver
Lloyd's
Pro Boxing Returns in San Francisco After Ban
California voters banned professional boxing but a group of four round promoters has returned to the sport in San Francisco. Figures like Bob McAllister Willie Hoppe Willie Meehan and Lee Johnson are frequently seen in the Bay City arena with boxing held every Friday night.
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Altho
California
South
Bob McAllister
Willie Hoppe
Willie Meehan
Lee Johnson
San Francisco
Bay City
Colleges seek football schedules in Northwest says Younger
Graduate Manager Arthur Younger of the University of Washington states that eight eastern colleges including Georgetown Texas Wabash Middlebury and Washington are eager to arrange football games in the Northwest. He mentions a board meeting next Wednesday to discuss possible matchups and coaching rumors swirl around Joe Pipal of Occidental.
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Northwest
Arthur Younger
University of Washington
Georgetown University
University of Texas
Penn Relay Carnival Set for April Big Meet
Penn State or University of Pennsylvania invites have gone to colleges for the Relay carnival scheduled Friday and Saturday April 28. The Pennsylvania Relay carnival is billed as the year’s best athletic meet with over 80 colleges and more than 250 schools attending. The event draws broad national representation in both track and scholastic events.
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Ious
Pennsylvania
America
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