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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
3
The readable fragments describe a local historical fort site but lack clear actions, dates, or participants. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, leaving researchers with incomplete details about the fort and events.
The article notes weather delaying National and American league camp openings, with Ebbetts of the Dodgers backing a later start to avoid cold and rain. It mentions Burns setting a new games-played record and Giants leading a strong season, alongside injuries affecting the Yankees and Cubs and a historic injury run in prior seasons.
Community recruitment note lists Navy Marine Corps and Army enlistment sites with addresses and hours. Navy location on Second Floor American Bank, open nights, ages 16 to 33. Marine Corps on 8th floor at 191 Yesterday, hours 8 to 10 p.m. Army on Pioneer Building corner Vintage and James St, open 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. to 9 p.m. Age limits 15 to 95.
Seattle Giants beat Vancouver club 5 to 1 in a Northwest League game. Tom Dailey pitched with zip for the visitors, allowing four singles for the locals. After the game both teams headed to Seattle for today’s matchup.
The Giants return from Vancouver after a 2 out of 3 victory set at Bob Brown's ball yard. Tom Dalley impressed with four singles in yesterday's contests, while Jim Thorpe fueled a 1 run scoring hit for a no hit bid by Fred Toney and Jim Vaughn.
American top ten tennis players prepare for military service as Anthony Wilding’s sacrifice is recalled. R Norris Williams will enter artillery. Clarence Griffin joins Plattsburg camp. George M Church suspends summer play for aviation training. Watson M Waterbury Dean Mathey and Karl Behr seek commissions.
Market listing shows prices for artichokes beets broccoli cabbage and other produce by origin and type. Local hothouse lettuce onions celery and tomatoes from Yakima and California appear with crate and per pound pricing along with fruit varieties like apples oranges and strawberries and meat dairy prices including butter cheese and various eggs.
In Chicago on May 3 Ed Strangler Lewis was declared winner over John Olin after two hours and thirty seven minutes when Olin conceded the match due to a lame shoulder. Lewis weighed 228 pounds to Olin's 220. Seven thousand spectators, many women, witnessed the bout refereed by Frank Gotch.
In San Francisco a movement proposes promoters pay a 3900 fee to stage shows. The plan would tax promoters who bring in wrestling events with a sum around 5000 per show.
Ray Campbell will clash with Mike Gibbons Friday night in Vancouver British Columbia replacing the originally scheduled Canadian soldier Harry Thomas. The matchup change shifts the bout from the planned opponent to Campbell in the local card.
Walter Johnston was defeated last night in the three cushion billiard tourney at the Brown and Hulen parlors. Carl Stoecker won the match with a score of 510 and 24.
Chicago manager Fred Mitchell reshapes the lineup as Rollie Zeider replaces Wortman at short and Fred Merkle takes first base. Jim Vaughn fires nine hitless innings against Cincinnati before a 10th inning hiccup. Mitchell mixes youth and veteran arms, building a club ready to challenge the league’s top teams.
Baseball scores from major league games listing teams and pitchers. Philadelphia beat Boston 7 to 2 while Chicago defeated Cincinnati 6 to 1. New York and Brooklyn split 2 to 2. St Louis beat Detroit. Washington lost to New York 0 to 281 with Johnson and Ainsmith noted.
Boxing figure Richard Mitchell known as Richie Mitchell allegedly stole a match on friends and fans on April 21 per reports from Waukegan Illinois. The license bureau reportedly issued a marriage license to Richard Mitchell and Miss Florence Rowley of Milwaukee.
Birdshot Pruitt, once popular in Portland for injuring Lyric chorus girls, appears on the Oakland suspended list after twisting his leg in the San Francisco Oakland series three weeks ago. He has used crutches recently.
The item argues that all golf tournament winners in the West would receive bronze war medals this year with trophy funds donated to the Red Cross. It imagines using spent trophy money and golf course rhetoric as wartime support and jokes about rapid victory in France.
Former world heavyweight champion Jack Johnson enters the motion picture industry in Spain as an independent territorial salesman. He has established headquarters in Barcelona and is currently residing there.
Eddie Pinkman and Bernie Dillon travel to Vancouver for a signing to meet Joe Bailey of Victoria in an upcoming ten or fifteen round fracas.
Carl Zamloch has been sent back to the Spokane Indians by Oakland because his speed and batting did not meet expectations for an infielder. He may still be useful to Nick Williams. Zamloch is noted for card tricks and is not considered a Class AA ballplayer.
In a score driven event at Tacoma the team recorded a 6-6-3 result while Butte posted a 3-6-3. Sutherland Stevens Schroeder Leifer and Hoffman are named among participants.
Spokane loses to an unnamed opponent with a 2 4 3 score while Great Falls defeats 3 4 3. Players Glavenish Baldwin Gardner and Cheek featured in the action.
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