George Sisler Primed for Cobb's Baseball Throne
George Sisler, the St. Louis first baseman, emerges as a top rival to Ty Cobb in the 1920 season pacing at a 417 clip early in the American League. His speed and fielding have revived first-base play, joining Joe Jackson, Tris Speaker, and Babe Ruth in a quartet of swatters driving the chase for baseball’s throne.
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Dean Snyder
Ty Cobb
Peachy George
Brown
George Sisler
St. Louis
Lister
Hall of Baseball Fame
Ty Cobbis
Johnson
George
Joe Jackson
Tris Speaker
Babe Ruth
Cobb
Sister
Bal Chase
Hal Chase
Bisler
Ann Arbor
Mich
Portland Bankers Clash With Northwestern National in Seattle Set
Washington Mutuals, 1920 Seattle league champions, visit Portland based Northwestern National bank in a Coast league ballpark game at 10 am Sunday with free admission. A postgame banquet at the Butler hotel and an city auto tour are planned. Washington Mutuals previously defeated Commerce 7 to 1 in 11 innings to prove league strength.
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Washington Mutuals
Northwestern National Bank
Portland
Butler Hotel
Mutuals
Seattle
National Bank of Commerce
Davis to Meet Trambitas in Arena Bout
Travie Davis is slated for a third straight week in the local ring to face Portland’s Alex Trambitas at the Arena. Trambitas is described as a tougher challenger than Murphy or Storey and is expected to provide a hard fight as the full card remains incomplete.
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Travie Davis
Portland
Alex Trambitas
Trambitas
Miller
Murphy
Storey
Travis
Fly fishing dominates Northwest waters with artificial lures
Farla Fry notes that successful catches are common for visitors to streams and lakes as fly fishing rises in popularity. The artificial lure is described as the best bet in many Northwest waters, signaling a shift toward this method among anglers.
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Farla
Northwest
Walters
Piper Taft fishing contest highlights large trout catches
The two week period features many big trout entries including 32 inch rainbow by J W Lathrop and 12 inch trout from Wildcat Lake. Reports from Kittitas County lakes Keechelus and Fish Lake note Dolly Varden cutthroat and silver varieties. Piper Taft offers a prize basket of leaders and fly line, with anglers from Seattle and Stillaguamish area active.
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Piper
Taft
Peardsleys
Lake Crescent
Piper & Taft
Mra J. A Martin
Piedmont
Fake Crescent
J. W Lathrop
Lathrop
Piper & Tait Information Bureau
Kittitas
Keechelus
Crystal Pool Coach Don Vickers trains mermaids at Crystal Swim
Don Vickers, swimming instructor at Crystal Pool since early 1920s, trains the all Star Crystal Swim team. He arrived in Seattle in 1915 from Washington Baths and has coached in Eugene Oregon and Denver with YMCA roots. Born 1889 in Finley Ohio, he learned swimming at age four and now spends long hours in the pool, claims a large appetite and avoids only shrimp salad.
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Don
Fair Mermaids
Donald
Vickers
Seattle
Washington
Crystal Pool
Httle
Finley
Hancock County
Ohio
Denver
Eugene
Oregon
Crystal
Hill Net Meet Opens Monday
The Capitol Hill tennis tournament opens Monday July 26 with entries from any Seattle area player. Entry closes July 24. fee is 50 cents. Events are men’s singles and doubles. Piper Taft’s Spalding’s Roy at Pharmacy and Taft advertise entry spots. Prizes include a $15 racquet and tennis gear. cups expected. Committee in charge includes Roy Nelson Armand Marion and Ralph Lee.
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Capitol Hill
Seattle
Piper & Taft's
Spalding's
Roy
Pharmacy
Pipe & Taft
Roy Nelson
Armand Marion
Ralph Lee
Wilde and Leonard Are Only Real World Ring Champions
Timmy Wilde the flyweight champion and Benny Leonard the lightweight king are the only genuine world champions. The piece argues American fighters held world titles for years, but now champions exist across leading countries, with Edgar Wilde and Leonard among the true world titleholders and other U S figures no longer claiming universal supremacy.
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Wilde
Leonard
Timmy Wilde
Benny Leonard
America
Great Britain
Freddy Welsh
England
United States
Jimmy Wilde
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Pete Herman
Pete
Charley Ledoux
Drewer Evans
Johnny Kilbane
Local sports note on youth baseball and boxing champions
The piece highlights Robby Thorburn and John Thorburn links in Feliz club and Franklin HS sports. It notes Mt Baker in junior baseball title race, base path warnings, and Patterson base errors. It comments on boxing's world titles, Yank champions, and renewed legality in New York inviting international matches.
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Robby Thorburn
Feliz Club
John Thorburn
Franklin
Johnny
Mt Baker
Mt. Baker
Young Patterson
Firet
Young Rich
Jack Britton
Johnny Wilson
Levinsk#y
New York
Uue
Local Angler Displays Four-Pound Nine Ounce Base
Mrs J Griswald shows off a fine base weighing four pounds thirteen ounces, caught in the backwaters of the Booqualmie river near Dy vall.
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J. Griswald
Booqualmie River
Dyvall
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Tyrus
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Portland Bankers
Davis
Hazel
Dorothy This Deek
Sportsmen's Association of Seattle
King County Game Commission
Fr. C. Brown
Wildcat Lake
J. F E. Dtron
Pureka Dye Works
Snoqualmie River
Dixon
Harry van Tassel
Capt
Manson
Stillaguamish
Don Vickers
PABST
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D. D
Columbia
France
Belgium
Dempsey
Carpentier
al Barberia
Felix
Kanes
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Barbers
Port Orchard
Clothiers
Rey Willie
Tallcredy
Moundeman
Central Grammar Echeel
Willis
Lincoln
Europe
Yank” Champs
Dundee
Pike ST
University Clothiers First
University
NEW York Yanks
New York Yankees
Mite
Miller Huggins
Son London
George Bell
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