Gus Thompson Shuts Out Vancouver Sluggers in Morning Game
Big Gus Thompson pitched a shutout for the Beavers against the Vancouver Sluggers as the crowd of about 4,000 saw Mossom and Beere’s pitchers hold down the hits. Mike Lynch snared a key line drive, while Lefty Miller worked to limit free passes. Vancouver managed six hits and one run. The afternoon game was postponed by rain.
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Adams
British Columbia
Indian medicine fatal to Tigers
Jens Baker head sachem of the Indian pitchers used medicine on the team. His actions inflamed the blood of his tribesmen and led to fatal consequences for the Tigers.
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Tacoma
Jens Baker
Baseball Notes From The Field Games Involving Akin Swain Flanagan
Akin collected two hits in three at bats. Roy fears base running as a future asset. Swain and Flana gan Vancouver outfielders each had a single, Thompson denied two. Pug Bennett argued a ruling and was fined five bones. Stub Spencer impressed Edmonton fans with two hits in Calgary game. He also wrote a letter about emigrating to Edmonton and acquiring 146 acres of wheat land.
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Pug Bennett
Rusty Wrong
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Stub Spencer
Calgary
Stub
Seattle
High Schools in Meet Saturday The Track Teams of the Tacoma
Tacoma track clubs prepare for a Saturday meet with rivalry among local high schools. Athletes from multiple Tacoma teams compete in sprints distance events and field disciplines seeking strong times and medals.
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Tacoma
New Football Rules Seen Safer by Western Critics
Chicago May 2 1926 Western critics predict safer football under the new rules adopted by the game’s reform committee led by Walter Camp and others. Opinions differ on forward passes restrictions but agree on four 16 minute quarters and limited onside kicks enhancing safety while preserving excitement.
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Alonso Stagg
University of Chicago
Alleghanies
New York
Walter Camp
Yale
Carl Willams
University of Pennsylvania
Penny Haughton
Harvard
Bic
Queen Anne High and High School Settle Difficulties Saturday
Both teams failed to impress in interscholastic play but have trained hard since. They will meet Saturday morning at the university to resolve their differences and show speed.
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Phoenix Club Boxing Smoker Moves to Arcade Hall
Phoenix Athletic Club boxers favor Lonnie Austin's switch to Arcade Hall for the fourth smoker tomor row night. Arcade Hall offers a larger stage and ring for better footwork. Card lists matches from 102 to 145 pounds including Vetro Farrell and O Leary Metcalf Peterson Steel Druxtman Wilson Moore Bebbs Kelly.
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Will Steel
Charley Peterson
Ballard
Willie Vetro
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Jack O'Leary
Harry Metcalf
Charney Peterson
Billy Steel
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Bill Wilson
Ed O'Kelly
Clinton Moore
S. Lem Bebbs
Johnnie Kelly
Clerks View of Jeffries Johnson Fight Sparks Race Tension
The Rev Dr Rudolph Coffee of the Tree of Life synagogue says the Jeffries Johnson bout could be banned as it inflames race prejudice. He toured a McKeesport prize fight and found the crowd orderly though the event underscores delicate race questions and may undo sermons on Brotherhood of Man.
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Jeffries Johnson
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Stabbing Incident Grips Northwestern Baseball Team
Osborn, a Chehalis pitcher with the State league, is jailed in Lewis County on second degree assault charges after allegedly stabbing Fred Mehring three times during a dispute with the train crew en route to Raymond. Mehring, team captain and a Northwestern player, was injured but not seriously.
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Regatta Trials Amid Heavy Waves and Wind
Crews battle heavy weather as the regatta begins on a lake with high whitecaps. A south wind worsens the surface, but the sheltered shore favors Branford rowers who are seen as more capable of withstanding a rough race than lighter Washington rivals.
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Final Smoker at Ballard Athletic Club Tonight
The final smoker of the Ballard Athletic Club series begins at 8 30 this evening in Syphers Hall Ballard Manager Pitageraid organized an exceptional lineup headliners include Muldoon Kelly and Peterson with Jimmie Williams ex Pirate Yankee and Brownie in attendance Also note Hobe Ferris playing third for the Millers and Minneapolis second base man in the half inning lineup
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Coffroth sells jinx for the Jeffries Johnson era
San Francisco May 25 A strange promotion by Coffroth offers a new jinx to the public through James Windermere Caféroth amid boxing graft rumors. The piece ties Coffroth to the Jeffries Johnson bout controversy with calls of fake box office practices and looming San Mateo county court action.
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San Francisco Police Back Sparring Permit for July Show
Police commissioners of the San Francisco board recommend a permit for a sparring exhibition by the Broadway Athletic Club in July, with expectation the permit will transfer to Hickard and Gleason for the Jeffries Johnson fight. Federation members opposed the permit. full board to decide.
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Pittsburg Game Postponed by Rain with Star Pitcher Released
At Pittsburg the Pittsburg New York game was postponed due to rain. Old-time star pitcher Jack Taylor has been released by Kansas City.
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