Fords Lead in Seattle Auto Trade and Plans for Growth
Ford dominates Seattle with about 200 Fords among roughly 2,000 cars in the city. R P Price, Seattle branch manager, cites wide parts stock from Detroit and rapid turnover. The Northwest point aims for a million-dollar season and notes four Ford carloads en route, with strong farmer demand and a shift toward higher priced models.
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Seattle
R. P. Price
Detroit
Ford
Denver
Northwest
Winton Company Stock in Seattle Could Build Seventy Cars
Winton Motor Car company holds Seattle stock sufficient to build 70 automobiles from scratch and still have leftovers. The inventory is kept to meet emergency demands with a well organized stock room on the fifth floor enabling a person to select any needed item from a catalogue without help.
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Seattle
Winton Motor Car Company
Automobiles Used as Derricks Highlight Odd Transit Feats
A Ford touring car hoisted a 1000 pound piano to a third floor, with photos as proof, and a Minneapolis roadster moved ice into an ice box in one third the time of horses. In Brown & Hulen’s tournament, R O Dean beat D Sadler 40 to 0 as play resumes Monday between B A Schultz and R Graff. Chehalis notes Centralia South Bend games rescheduled to old grounds due to mud.
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Cashmere
Wash
Minneapolis
Brown & Hulen's
R. O. Dean
D. Sadler
B. A. Schultz
R. Graff
Prof. M. and Freed Box Wrestling Steal Cultere
A cryptic clipping reports a wrestling incident involving Prof. M. and Freed in Washington Building Malm List. The fragment hints at a theft or steal related event during a match or display, with limited readable details available.
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Prof. M. & Freed
TUS
Washington
Te Coma Team Welcomes Lynch Back In Game
President Shreeder of the Te coma team received a telegram from President Lindsay granting Mike Lynch permission to play again. A directors meeting scheduled for tomorrow remains on track, pending approval from Northwestern league presidents. Lynch is set to return today.
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Tecoma
Lindsay
Mike Lynch
Lynch
Maud S Dies, Famous Trotting Mare Destroyed
Maud S a 36 year old blind trotting mare once owned by G M Stearns of Springfield Ky and previously owned by K Vanderbilt who sold her for 40000 dollars was destroyed by order of her owner per his will.
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Maud S
G. M. Stearns
Springfield
K. Vanderbilt
Packey MacFarland Stops Kilbane In Ten Rounder
In Buffalo Chicago’s Packey MacFarland defeats Tommy Kilbane in a ten round bout, scoring a technical but artistic stoppage by not delivering a knockout and letting Kilbane finish the distance. Kilbane shows resilience while MacFarland’s control dictates the pace.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Tommy Kilbane
Packey MacFarland
Chicago Secrapper
Kilbane
McFarland
Donovan Expected to Become Major League Manager
Pitcher William Donovan of Detroit is seen as destined to become a major league manager within two years. He is favored to debut as a manager in 1912, possibly not for the Tigers, with discussions among Detroit owners and other clubs indicating an amicable arrangement for his move when his pitching days decline.
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Tip Wright
Adrian Joss
William Donovan
Detroit
Bill
Donovan
Hugh Jennings
Tigers
Detroit Yannigans
Jennings
JAP BEATS CHINK IN FIERCE FOUR-ROUND DRAW
In San Francisco a brutal four round bout ended in a draw between Hrick Bur geese and Sailor Bowers after one of the fiercest mixups seen. A novelty event featured Yugero Watanabe a husky Japanese versus Mochow a Chinese with a quick finish. In Vallejo Mrs Frank Bodie travels to join her husband Ping Bodie the famed San Francisco club star famous for his batting prowess.
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San Francisco
Hrick Burgeese
Sailor Bowers
Yugero Watanabe
Mochow
Chow
Philadelphia Nationals suspend Nimrods manager and catcher
Philadelphia on May 11 reported a three day suspension for the Nationals manager and backstop following a dispute over language directed at the umpire Fin neran.
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Philadelphia
Finneran
Philadelphia Nationals
Portland Try To Move PN A Track Meet To Seattle
Tom Mc Donald of the Seattle Athletic Club is in Portland aiming to transfer the PN A track and field meet from Portland to Seattle for the upcoming schedule.
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Portland
Tom McDonald
Seattle Athletic Club
Seattle
Paul Strand Sold to Boston Americans for 6000
Spokane’s South Prairie pitcher Paul Strand, who set a Northwestern league record by selling for 6000, is slated to pitch Sunday as the Indians face the Victorians at Dugdale’s. Seattle and Tacoma games listed with rain delays and Vancouver winning 11 to 1 at Portland.
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Tacoma
Portland Mu
Victoria
Paul Strand
Spokane
South Prairie
Flynn Seizes Challenges After Kaufman Defeat
Chicago May 13 Jim Flynn a Pueblo fireman who beat Al Kaufman faces new challengers Italian boxer Tony Caponi held the early rounds but Flynn finished strong in the ninth.
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Chicago
al Kaufman
Jim Flynn
Pueblo
Tony Caponi
Caponi
Lakeside Defeats Edgewater 27 to 23 at 36th Ave Grounds
Lakeside won over Edgewater 27 to 23 in a grounds game on 36th Avenue. Burke provided key plays as the teams contested the matchup yesterday at the Lakeside playing field.
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Edgewater
Burke
Local Baseball Schedule and Contact Info
Fast teams seeking Sunday games should call Steven Danel. Circle W travels to Port Townsend tomorrow to meet Port Townsend team and seeks additional games. Ellers visit Wilkee on Sunday to play the local losers. The bankers league resumes Tuesday afternoon at Dugdale's Meld with Seattle National Bank facing United Bankers.
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Steven Danel
Circle W
Port Townsend
Ellers
Wilkee
Bankers’ League
Dugdale
Seattle National Bank
United Bankes
Lang Defeats Lester in Sixth Round Victory in Sydney
Australian heavyweight Bill Lang defeated Jack Lester of Seattle in the sixth round. Lester broke a wrist and was defenseless as Lang, the favorite, secured the decision in Sydney on May 13.
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United
Sydney
Bill Lang
Jack Lester
Seattle
Tommy Burns
Lester
Lang
Interscholastic Meet Set At Denny Feld
A highly anticipated state Interscholastic meet unfolds at Denny Field this afternoon with a record crowd expected if weather holds. Lincoln Broadway and Tacoma loom as top contenders in a neck and neck race for first, though smaller schools may upset the favorites.
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Denny Feld
Lincoln
Broadway
Tacoma
Boys Sports Roundup From City Midget Association Standings
Saturday results show Puget Juniors beat Baby Websters 8 to 2 with the Juniors' battery starring. Western Union messengers crushed Postals 15 to 4. All Stars swept Starks over three games this week, 29 27, 10 to, and 15 to 8, and also beat University Cubs 15 to unknown. Broadway Midgets forfeited, placing Frank lin in lead for city midget throne as Queen Anne, Lincoln trail.
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Franklin
Queen Anne
Lincoln
The
All Stars
Starks
University Cubs
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