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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1916
Page
7
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Charley Schmuts pitched a shutout to end a three game losing streak for the Giants. Eduard Hill notes Schmuts allowed only one hit as Seattle visitations were halted 2 to 0. A single runner crossed off Charley Brook in the final moments of the_quarter melee.
The report centers on a baseball game with mentions of BILL MCCIVOR making a single and a double while stealing a sack. PUG BENNETT allegedly robbed Cunningham of a likely hit in the fourth. DODE BRINKER trained with the Gianta and REMNERS pitched well for Hurley. An informal, chaotic recap notes players, dates, and local color.
At Chicago May 3, Packey McFarland drew 10 000 fans as he boxed a three round exhibition at the carnival. Also taking part were Ever Hammer recent conqueror of Freddie Welsh Johnny Coulon former bantamweight champion Charlie White and wrestling challenger Joe Stecher in a varied program.
Twenty players from the Waverley Club will travel to Portland this week for a season team match. The Spokane golfers depart Friday with matches set for Saturday and Sunday in the Rose City.
The Spokane Country Club schedules its first season trophy competition for May 6 and 7. The Mc day Calioagh Cup will be played for as part of the weekend event.
The article notes the lively golf ball speeds up play similar to the era’s baseball hype. Tee shots reach 200 yards with rubber core balls, forcing longer courses and longer drives. It claims the new ball is revolutionizing golf and thrills enthusiasts.
Portland May 3. With the Oregon state golf championships a month away three experts Rudolph Wilhelm Russell Smith and M H Hartwell loom out as the most prominent contenders for the state's highest golfing honors.
Portland golfers from Waverley Country Club praised the welcome and royal treatment they received during a team match in Seattle on Saturday. Several Portland experts returned yesterday with positive reports on their Seattle experience.
Louis Sepulveda the 22 year old San Francisco Coast league catcher faced a desertion complaint from his wife Miss Daisy Petralli in a San Francisco court. She seeks $100 a month maintenance after a secret September marriage and elopement.
Sports editor group discusses why few college athletes reach professional baseball. A veteran cites overparticipation and early burnout as key factors while others doubt such predictions, noting energy wasted on transient college honors and delayed bodily maturation. The debate stresses limits on athletic indulgence for longer careers.
Cyrus Neighbors, former Spokane outfielder, will join the Giants as soon as he reaches town. The Seattle club eyed a slugging outfielder after learning Neighbors was released by the Indians. If he arrives in time he will be in uniform that afternoon, though manager Raymond doubts he will crack the lineup today.
Mac Bisaillon of Portland and Arthur Seymour of Los Angeles open at Brown and Hulen this evening at 8 o clock in an 800 point balk line match. If they win, Otto Neldofer of Spokane awaits tomorrow, and Friday pits the two victors in the top contest.
In Eugene on May 3, the Oregon Aggies were defeated by the University of Oregon 6 to 2, dropping them further in the Northwest intercollegiate baseball standings.
Miss Delpha Wood arrives at the New Cecil Cafe after appearing at Churchill's and joins Seattle's leading cafe group of live-wire entertainers. The venue features evening music and permissible dancing, promising a cheerful atmosphere and the chance to shed the mood with the Cecil Habit.
Fragmented market note shows wholesale prices paid to dealers for vegetables and fruit and prices to retailers for dairy items including butter and cheese. The text mentions vendors and creamery names and poorly legible shorthand for locations and triplet households.
Secretary of State Howell writes to the Commercial Club proposing a campaign to attract moving picture manufacturing to California. He notes California's industry revenue at 7 to 20 million dollars annually and argues California should not concede a monopoly to Washington, citing California scenery as a lure.
Engineers and others will survey Washington state for the National Industrial Preparedness league. Capt C A Powell of Seattle directs the effort gathering information on industrial plants labor conditions and other wartime value.
More than 200 athletes will take part in an arena entertainment Friday night by the Seattle Turnverein for its 30th anniversary. The police band will perform a concert. Proceeds from seat sales go to a benefit fund for totally blind and disabled soldiers in Europe.
In Japan fishermen report catching devilfish weighing up to 200 pounds. The creatures move on tentacles like oversized spiders in search of sweet potatoes. Natives kill them with clubs.
George H. Corson promotes in-home swimming lessons using a wash basin to teach breathing and floating. He claims 99 percent of drownings stem from improper breathing and demonstrates a drill to inhale through the mouth and exhale through the nose while floating. He notes women float more easily and that the exercise can be done in a wash basin.
San Francisco Chronicle editors mock umpire Brashear after last week's Seals and Salt Lake series. The papers question his judgment and joke about giving him spectacles to improve his form for the future.
The big golf event named Post Western will be staged at the Waverley Country Club in Portland from July 24 to 29. Local officials announced the designation and dates for the tournament.
Boxers who competed in the Far Western championships will attend a banquet this evening at the club. Medals will be awarded to the victors, and the big cake for the club with the most event wins will be cut. The San Francisco contingent praised the treatment they received here as they left for the Bay City.
Kansas University coach Beaun Olcott urges football players to avoid harvest work in the fields. He argues farm labor drains pep and strength better saved for the fall campaign, requesting his players refrain from harvesting thereafter.
Reports from the bedside of Roy Hitt indicate the Vernon pitcher continues to improve at the hospital in San Francisco. The daily bulletins say there is little danger of relapse and progress is steady.
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