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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1919
Page
2
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Bill Tate stands as a major size factor for the July 4 bout at Bay View Park as Willard challenges Dempsey. Fans expect Willard’s reach and power to test Dempsey’s speed and aggression, with both fighters promising hard, sustained exchanges in a corking championship showdown.
Bill Clymer's Jeeps hammered the Senators in a Rainier Valley ball clash. Cunningham collected six hits in six trips, driving in multiple runs as Seattle built a big lead and the visitors faltered on the mound. The Hosts' bats continued to fire behind a strong performance from Clymer and late offense sealed the win.
Sacramento and Seattle ball club players visit Jensen and Von Herberg's Liberty to watch Charles Ray's baseball comedy The Busher. The piece notes local writer Warren W Brown and Coast League veteran Herb Brenton arriving, with mention of past trades linking Sacramento and Oakland and Seattle.
Statistics from the American Trapshooting Association show a peak year with 46 tournaments held and total attendance of 58 amateurs and six professionals. The average per tournament reached 20 358 in attendance.
The Meadowbrook Polo Club announces a full event series on its grounds from June 7 to June 26. Five separate tournaments will be conducted across the period, spotlighting players and teams in a scheduled showcase.
The Seattle Tennis Club opens its club championship net tournament today at 5 pm with top players Mansell Smith and Crawford Anderson in form. Newcomers LeRoy Foley and Hyman Zettler join, along with University of Washington stars Percy Chamberlain and Bob Wabrausk with Chamberlain balancing baseball duties.
National League results show Cincinnati defeating Pittsburgh while Brooklyn and Philadelphia slump. Hubbard and Pfeffer lead hitters with key catches by Watson and Gowdy. Chicago and St Louis games feature pitching saves and lineup rotations as teams chase pennants.
Mise Alexa Stirling of Atlanta defeated Mrs Dave Gant of Memphis to reach the finals of the eighth annual Woman's Southern Golf Association tournament.
The choice of referee for the Willard Dempscy fight in Toledo this June was expected soon. A. J. Drexel Biddle proposed William O Rocap of the Philadelphia Public Ledger as official, with Jack Kearns backing a fair decision at the limit. Rocap previously stood firm in a controversial New Orleans decision for Herman over Williams.
In Los Angeles on June 11 the Oakes cracked and the Angels won 6 to 3 after a tied 2–2 sixth inning. Brown pitched steadily for the winners. Batteries were Weaver, Rarlett and Weaver, Brown, with Boles catching.
Hurting great ball Byron Houck pitched the Vernon Tigers to a 3 to 0 win over the Seals in San Francisco. Chadbourne added the decisive fifth inning, making a spectacular grab with the bases loaded. Batteries Houck De Vormer Scott Baldwin.
Ortega of the bay district may face Canadian champion Frank Barbeau or Soldier Bartfeld in a 15 round fight at Butte on July 4. Montana promoters are seeking to back the local battler.
Billy Cunningham starred with a six for six performance in Coast league action. He swiped two bases and hit two doubles while Pete Compton and Marty McGaffigan contributed sharp fielding and timely hits. Brick Flored left with a bum ankle, Bill Orr replaced him, and Gus Gleichmann made two notable catches in the outfield.
Chicago reporters reveal a planned nationwide strike by major league and class AA players over salary cuts and a $240,000 Baltimore Federal league suit. A new players fraternity, aligned with the White Rats, aims to organize action in August, with the pact excluding other minor leagues. Ward, a Brooklyn attorney, is named as a leader.
Coast league baseball may face a strike as Sacramento players draft a letter of demand seeking standard pull mane and better hotel accommodations. The missive asks for no tourist sleepers, two men per room, a connecting bath, and daily expenses of 2.50 at home and 3.50 on the road. Manager Bill Rodgers says no demands have been received.
The lawyer who won the back salary case for Jake Daubert, Cincinnati first baseman, is picked to succeed Dave Fultz as head of the players association. A five-league board of directors will be formed with two players from each league. Plans for a strike will be finished in two weeks as a player committee visits Brooklyn to meet Mr. Ward and solidify the organization.
A Times dispatch from Cologne reports a one armed British general playing golf during Empire day celebrations. Walter Phillips of the American Golfing Society of London notes hundreds of empty sleeves on British links. Some players master one arm to compete with two-armed peers.
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