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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
2
Mique Fisher plans to take 12 bold players to Hawaii and Australia after the season for baseball education. The first postseason game is set in Honolulu on November 12. The piece notes various league sentiments, player comparisons, and team fortunes with a mix of color and sports opinion.
Slim Sallee of St. Louis has shown sensational form, shutting out the Giants on three hits. He needs a strong, fast-fielding team behind him to realize his potential and become one of baseball's great pitchers.
Sailor White a New York arrival was sentenced to an indeterminate term of not less than one nor more than fifteen years at Monroe reformatory for grand larceny. He stole jewelry valued at $74.50 from J. C. Briggs and had a history of fighting around New York.
A delegation of Spanish-American War veterans secured a pledge from Everett city commissioners that the production of "The Colonel and His Friends" would not be allowed to be performed in Everett. The play had been barred from Seattle, and veterans urged similar suppression in Everett.
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and his younger sibling left Seattle Wednesday night for San Francisco after a day here. A dance at Dreamland is planned for tonight.
Plans for a last day auto race at the King County fair are being prepared. Northwest drivers including Joe Thomas with the Hallard special Earl Staley Studebaker Locomobile Hudson and Interstate may enter. The Meadows mile course will host the races if trustees approve.
The junior championship between the Seattle and Tacoma Golf and Country clubs will be decided today as two junior teams clash on the links. Tacoma selects four players Paul Ford George Tidmarsh Pat Tidmarsh and Marfeld Bolcom.
Ad Wolgast accuses Willie Ritchie of fleeing Los Angeles to avoid talks on a $26,000 side bet for their proposed fight. Ritchie posted $5,000 with Tom McCarey and left for San Francisco promising to cover the remaining stake upon Wolgast’s commitment. Both fighters appear reluctant to act, still awaiting the other to post real money.
In Los Angeles July 31 Joe Rivers, humiliated by Willie Ritchie, is slated for another bout likely against Leach Cross. Promoter Tom McCarey plans an early fight for Rivers and Cross agrees to be the final trial foe. If Ritchie cannot be booked for Labor Day at Vernon, the Rivers Cross bout probably shifts to that date.
Portland win over Tacoma Bengals marks third straight victory as Todd, a former Coast league pitcher, starts on the mound. Conroy Bel ford Kaufman Kurfoss Harris also contribute. In Vancouver, Beavers top Hees 9 to 1 with Clark Lewis Fitzgerald and Shea helping. In New York, football rules set to allow kickers to stand any distance from line of scrimmage, speeding play.
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