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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1915
Page
7
Amateurs clash at S A C with boys aiming for a trip to Frisco and possible titles. Johnny Griffiths defeated Azevedo handily and moves toward championship contention as the event unfolds tonight.
The SAOC gym hosts a major amateur show featuring Chet McIntyre’s best against Victoria and Vancouver foes. Five Seattle A C bouts highlight the card as Spokane meet selections and San Francisco championship hopes take shape with contenders including Baird, Davies, Soules, Gleason, Wyard, Clements, Ross, Phelps, Sontag, Madden, Runchey, Breedid, Griffiths and Azevedo.
Spring excitement stirs Seattle Yacht Club members as they prepare plans for the upcoming yachting season and look to resume activities after a long winter.
Tonight at the Y M C A gym in Seattle the Northwest basketball championship will be decided as Tony Savages U of W Northwestern champions face a strong foe. Both teams are coming off losses to national champions Illinois A C and are viewed as evenly matched for the season finale. Bleacher seats are set for a big crowd with play slated to start at 8 30.
Sporting editor requests the printed line on the sports page stating the standard regulation boxing ring measures twenty four feet square. The note asks for publication in The Star.
Havana reports Jack Johnson and Jess Willard will contest the heavyweight world title in Havana on Saturday April 3. Promoter Jack Curley announced terms identical to Juarez plans with Willard arriving March 26 and training beginning at Marianac, with local promoter Richard Kiegin assisting.
Kid Williams the bantamweight king declares he fears no foe and has wired Milwaukee promoters to arrange a bout with Johnny Ertie. He says he is ready to meet the challenger whenever a fight can be set.
In Chicago today lawyers argued the motion to dissolve the temporary injunction blocking the transfer of the Kansas City franchise to Newark New Jersey. In New York the Heathlin meet active with twenty thousand YMCA athletes expected and trophy to high scorer.
The Supreme Court held that a state cannot require a railroad to carry one commodity at a loss or only nominal profit even if the railroad earns profit from other business within the state. The decision clarifies interstate commerce constraints and state regulatory limits on rail carriers.
James Chorney Black now operates in the jitney field and can supply cards and spades in pinochle to almost anyone seeking them.
Joe Tinker recalls a pennant chase in Chicago when a dugout clash with Dick Egan led to a midgame fight. As chaos erupted, Chance charged from the showers in a bowled undershirt, splitting the melee and causing laughter amid the tense season ending drama.
Market report notes slight poultry improvement with good demand for small hens and ample large birds. Overall market remains demoralized as top stock sells well while anything below tops meets buyer’s price. Pork holds steady.
Wilson's Modern Business College baseball club opened practice Sunday by beating Belafont Dye Works 25 to 10 5. Baxley and Kuntz pitched well and heavy hitting sparked the victory. The club prepares for South Park next Sunday and a Seattle league game on April 7. Contact K P Welch 308 Alaska Building Beattie for out of town games.
Forty Broadway athletes answered the first turnout for track with a largely new squad. Training starts immediately for a slate of meets including the April 17 freshman sophomore meet and the April 24 city meet. Upcoming duals vs Lincoln Franklin and Queen Anne run through May with the city meet on May 29.
The Printers league completed its bowling schedule at Imperial alleys with the Picas defeating the Breviers in a tight three game series by 17 pins. The Picas totaled 2,370 to the Breviers 2,353, with Rice of the Breviers posting the high score and high average of 1972-3.
In Tacoma Martha. The courtroom for Mrs Bertha M Diffley housekeeper is crowded as she stands trial for murder in the death of Clarence Hall a year old.
Mount Vernon verdict finds 25 year old Joe Estis guilty of second degree burglary for a hen coop robbery. A trap gun at the coop door shot away one of his legs during the incident.
Hoquiam March 9 Copa lis Lumber Co plans to resume operations Thursday with a 250 man crew, leaving only one idle mill in the Hoquiam district.
Nome March 9 A search is under way for Mrs Emma Dalquist who was caught with her dog team in a Monday blizzard and is now missing.
H. RB. 211, approved by the senate, allows cities to use voting machines in some precincts while others may vote by paper ballots, ending the requirement for a uniform voting system.
In South Vancouver on March 9 Councilman Stanley suffered a slightly damaged finger after a fight in the council chambers. An adversary clamped Stanley's finger between teeth and began to chew as tensions peaked after a stormy council session.
A compact ledger lists cash balances and affiliations including President C A Philbrick and Assistant Cashier A R Truax. It also names Thomas Bordeaux, D D Fisher, Maurice McMicken, and law firm Hughes McMicken Devell Ramsey with positions at Mason County Lumber, Fisher Flouring Mills, and related entities.
Freddie Welsh and Willie Ritchie meet in a ten round title clash at Madison Square Garden with a reported record crowd expected. Ritchie aims to reclaim his lightweight crown and vows to force Welsh into a firefight, predicting a decisive punch could decide the bout. Welsh, famed for defense, may stall if Ritchie presses, heightening the New York bout’s intensity.
John W. Reid once wealthy in oil, planned his death to aid his wife’s claim on a $10,000 life policy after losing her money in an add venture. He telephoned minister E P Ryland to explain his plan, then leaped 150 feet from the Astoria hotel roof, dying instantly.
In Tacoma on March 9, 20 volunteers including girls, boys and men offered skin from their bodies to doctors at St. Joseph's hospital to treat 3 year old Willie Haukaas, burned in a bonfire accident. Two score more offered but were turned away as surgeons prepared operations to cover his wounds.
Hospital surgeons warned the boy would die without skin grafts. Paul Steele, a well known lightweight boxer, volunteered 20 inches of skin from his legs to aid the patient.
Edwin J. Brown promotes low prices on dental and optical work in Seattle. The ad claims savings from 50 cents to five dollars on glasses and states lenses duplication as a specialty. It lists Dental Department at 713 First Ave and Optical Department at 705 Washington Blvd with evening and Sunday hours.
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