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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1904
Page
7
A list profiles Seattle baseball hopefuls for the 1904 season. Included are players and teams with notes on positions and prospects as the club prepares for early spring games.
Phoenix Athletic Club presents amateur boxing tonight in Ranke Hall. Notable bout featuring Big Jack Ricarthy vs Reuben Green and a slate of promising matches in the same ring where Jimmy Britt and Eddie Han began pros.
Qtark Griffith features ambidextrous twirler Piwell in the guide. Alfred G Vanderbilt may build a Pace track at Newport. St Paul signs 15 men with only three returning from last year. Washington club members report to Manager Loftus. Chicago police ban ring at Washington Park race this season. Frank Neil open to a meeting with Hughey McGovern for the bantam championship. Meine Reitz mentioned from Baltimore.
A second baseman is playing this year with Eugene Oregon as plans for Saratoga race track improvements by the late W. Co Whitney are pushed forward. Rube Waddell invested four dollars in a mock bird at Mouth, a purchase that proved to be a muddes.
Fresno report states Taco Ma defeated Portland 5 to 1 yesterday. Thompson the Tacoma pitcher excelled for six innings, no hits allowed against Ely's lineup. Standings show teams with wins and losses, though some lines are garbled. Advices from Newchwang indicate the port is now open and Russian obstruction on the Lia river remains unconfirmed.
It is practically decided that the harness maces from September 19 to 24 will not be held here after the estate fair. Manager Van de Vanter of Seattle is willing to accept the Gates and will probably be given them. This will give a fall racing meet at Srattic.
Abe Attell won the decision over Aureno Herrera in Chicago last night but spectators loudly denounced the verdict saying the Mexican fighter deserved the win. The crowd believed Herrera fought fairly and was robbed of the decision by the officials.
Seattle city council considers American Improvement Company gas franchise with councilman Cole introducing the ordinance. The plan would sell illuminating gas citywide with contracts and endorsements from numerous unions and associations totaling about 13,406 members. Committee chair Bowen undecided on meeting date to advance the proposal.
The Baker company run drew a full house at the Beattie ter as The Christian and Davy Crockett headlined at Alcazar. Thursday will see Prince Remico added to the lineup with Mahara’s Minstrels and a colored girl chorus at the Third Avenue venue drawing large crowds.
The British steamship Tottenham under Captain T. B. Peters departed Puget Sound bound for Shanghai carrying a cargo of 2,454,990 feet of lumber valued at 45,360.08 dollars. Loaded at Port Blakeley and Port Gambier this marks its second trip from Puget Sound to China.
Nele Newman was arrested by Patrolmen Higan Phil brick Mason and Crandall on a charge of robbing James Smith of a small sum of money. Smith says the money was taken by force and identified Newman to the officers. Both men are held at the police station awaiting investigation.
Go will take place at the piano store of H. & H. Cheabro 1207 Bec on avenue Wednesday evening March 30 at 8 20 o clock Mrs Emma Moffatt will sing and the Pianista will play the piano concert is free to all lovers of good music
A disturbance erupted at the Little Paris house in a restricted district brothel last evening. C. H. B. Matteson allegedly assaulted Rose Hendrickson, another inmate, leaving her badly beaten before Matteson was taken to jail by Patrolman Rocester after police were alerted by whistles. The woman claimed she did not know the man.
New petit jurors appeared this morning boosting the court’s juror list to twenty five. Names include J M Sparkmen Beattie George B Kittenger Beattie J B Powelin Beattie M H McNatt Georgetown H B Newell Interbay James H Boyes Ballard C McDonald Hartford and Daniel Curry Everett.
London reports on March 2 that the Russian imperial fours fell a half point as Beoul wires describe a Russian defeat by Japan between Anju and Laing.
A tale of a rumored large fortune owed to Charles Tyler prompts police to search for the missing man. A letter from Mrs. J Laybolt claims Charlie Tyler of Waymaville died and left his nephew Charles the fortune. Burden Harrison and his wife, noted author, are reported gravely ill in Washington D C with death hourly expected.
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