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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1914
Page
7
A collage of sports tales and anecdotes features Meek vs Mitze in a Birmingham tryout, Bantry’s gate recall, Billy Sullivan interacting with Van Buren, and a Chicago fan visiting a monument maker about a memorial tomb. Also notes Howard and Sutor anecdotes and Geers’ blunt pride in past horses.
Preparations for a three mile Lake Washington course race Friday feature eight oared crews from Washington and California. Schedule includes single scullers and junior races with start at Madison to let auto traffic follow the event. California seeks upset after a third place in Oakland while Washington hopes to extend its lead in a likely close finish.
The notice lists Puget Sound steamers routes from Colman Dock including Victoria Port Townsend Port Angeles and more with daily and weekly departures. It details rates schedules landing points passenger rules and ticket office hours plus landings and liability notes.
Betting on the ten round match between Willie Ritchie and White began San Francisco with a 10 to 7 line favoring Ritchie. Tickets sold briskly with nearly $12,000 worth of seats moved by day’s end. Ritchie added Maurice Firnn to his training camp and will take the Chicago fighter to Milwaukee. Abe Attell applied for a job at Ritchie’s camp, was turned down, and then joined White’s staff.
J Givens questions memory after The Star misprints omit wins and losses. He notes O Leary beat Charley Givens once and lost twice, while Billy Vetro and Red Hughes beat him twice and once respectively in Spokane.
Only three Americans remained to play in the competition for the British amateur championship. Francis Ouimet was defeated by Tubs two up. Arthur G. Lockwood of Massachusetts lost to Hayward two up and one to play. Best modern outside rooms 25 to 50 cents. Stewart House 86 West Stewart.
Joshua Kingham, a coal merchant, aided Victoria to save the club ending a Seattle transfer plan. Financial troubles and Rush Humber’s actions caused a postponement of Victoria versus Spokane yesterday. Kingham becomes sole owner, Victoria assured baseball for the rest of the season as league directors forfeit the franchise to Bingham after Humber did not join the conference.
The Seattle Giants were defeated 3 to 1 by Vancouver. Gipe started pitching, relieved by Dell in the second inning. Details list Vancouver to Seattle runs, hits, errors, and player stats with pitchers Dell and Gipe.
A fragmented list shows multiple city matchups and scores across American, National, Federal, and Coast divisions. Entries include teams such as Cleveland Chicago Philadelphia Boston Detroit St Leut e New York Cincinnati Brooklyn Pittsburgh Baltimore Kansas City Buffalo Leyte Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Oakland with varying results notes.
Social notes describe Mme Havenith wife of the Belgian minister Mme Riano wife of the Spanish ambassador and Mrs Edward Beale McLean among Washington damsels following ponies in a playful society moment.
New York May 20 Manager Hughey Jennings of the Detroit Tigers forecasts another pennant, claiming the 1907 1908 1909 era infield and outfield are superior, with Carv anaugh Burns Veach Cobb Crawford and better catchers. He promises the team will be in the race all season.
A fragment notes baseball uses the squeeze play as a favored tactic. It emphasizes a single decisive play and hints at its strategic value in the game.
An advertisement by DH Macy promotes advanced methods in naturopathic medicine. It promises free examinations and affordable pricing for non-poisonous therapies including onteopathy chiropractic drugrees treatment and bioodiess surgery. Patients are urged to call or write for cures without surgery.
Los Angeles fans grow warm to the middleweight clash between George Chip Sallor Petroskey set for Vernon on Thursday night May 28. Daily training crowds rise as both fighters shape up with Chip gaining wide backing and Petroskey drawing strong local support.
Vancouver leads the Northwest League with 14 15 21 as results show Vancouver 3 Seattle 1 Portland 6 Tacoma 1. Noting only Pete Schneider stands out among 380 orchid species yesterday’s results list Vancouver 3 Seattle 1 and Portland 6 Tacoma 1.
A. C. won the running long jump at London A. C. games in London, England, with a mark of 20 ft 9 in. The notice also lists wall paper advertising by Carrington Wall Paper Co from New Jersey with contact details.
Franklin High School defeats Broadway 5 to 3 on a Tuesday afternoon at Lincoln Park, tying the series after Broadway had previously won. The well played game features solid pitching and timely hitting from Franklin.
Dr Edwin J Brown operates at 705 and 715 First Avenue within the Union Block and Washington Building. The practice advertises the largest dental offices in the area and lists a phone number Main 9640 for contact.
Seattle Athletic Club aims to field its strongest P N A squad for the Victoria meet on July 4. Coach Vance will announce the final lineup soon with UW runner Paul Clyde favored to win the mile and half mile. The group draws from local schools and UW alumni.
Cross starts training for a scheduled 20 round match against Red Watson of Los Angeles. Ralph Grunan and Patsy Riley are set to whip Cross into shape and he will begin work today. Watson trains at his camp in San Rafael.
A Seattle reader credits Dr. J. Eugene Jordan at 619 First Avenue with lasting asthma relief after years of illness. The Star highlights cures across many diseases and urges readers to watch Wednesdays for remarkable results.
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