Colleges and war boost boxing and manhood in athletics
President Wilson argues for maintaining college sports during war, praising athletes who serve. The piece notes boxing’s wartime popularity among soldiers and urges American schools to develop strong men to bear arms, while recounting Pirates pitcher Walter Mails calling his team the worst in the majors after a Coast League debut.
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Germany
Wilson
Canada
Dominion
Iiking
America
Tor
Pirates
Walter Mails
Los Angeles
Pittsburg
Duster
Mails
Portland
Frank Chances
Los An
Byron Houck
Spokane
The
Athletices
N. W. League
Medals for Local Shots
J. B. Lewis of Seattle earned an 80 percent proficiency medal after scoring 40 of 50 in certified scores. L. H. Reid received a 98 percent medal for cracking 48 of 50, announced by the Amateur Trapshooters' Association.
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J. B. Lewis
Seattle
Amateur
Drydock Baseball Team Plans Olympia Road Trip
The Seattle Construction and Dry Dock squad will travel to Olympia on Sunday to play the local team. The Dry Dockers seek more out-of-town games and invite letters to Charley Schmutz at the company.
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Seattle Construction & Dry Dock
Olympia
Charley Schmutz
League Two double bill on Shipbuilders grounds today
Two League Two games scheduled at Ship builders' league grounds 14th and East Jefferson. The Duthie team faced Ames while Seattle Construction and Dry Dock played Skinner and Eddy Losers in afternoon fixtures.
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Shipbuilders
14Th
East
Jefferson
Duthie
Bate
Ames
Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Outfit
Skinner & Eddy Lossers
Charley Pruiett in Umpire Fight Sends Fans Home
Vancouver defeats Seattle 2 to 1 after a melee involving Charley Pruiett and umpire Steve Cusack. The fracas disrupted the game as Hap Morse slammed a grounder, with both teams clashing over calls and decisions.
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Vancouver
N. C
Charley Puuiett
Seattle
Steve Cusack
Ump
Paul Strand
Prulett
Knoll
Hap” Morse
Stokke
Bennett
Gardner
Morse
Leard
Hamilton
Russell
Pruiett
Strand
Beattie
Mirby
ball—Carman
Prufett
Jett
Usak
Good Fellows, All of Them
Joe Walcott once a famed welterweight, famed as the Barbadoes Demon, travels to New York as a penniless stoker. He joins a gallery of great boxers ruined by money loss, drink, and bad luck, including ChoynskI, Lavigne, Gans, McGovern, Griffo, Dixon, Ketchel, and others now in poverty or obscurity.
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Joe Walcott
New York
Walcott
Kid Lavigne
Lavigne
Fistiana
Joe Gans
Baltimore
Terry
Griffo
Australia
George Dixon
Stanley Ketchell
Stutz Car Wins Race at Uniontown Universal Trophy
Stutz driven by Billy Taylor of Los Angeles won the 112 mile Uniontown race for the Universal trophy and £5,000 prize at 89.25 mph. Taylor led from lap 81 after a plug change, holding off Chevrolet and others. Boyer finished second, Hearne third in a Duesenberg, with Chevrolet falling to fourth. Oldfield placed ninth in a Delage while De Palma took eleventh in a Packard.
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Uniontown
Billy Taylor
Los Angeles
Taylor
Chevrolet
Frontenac
Boyer
Secon
Hearne
Duesenberg
Barney Oldfield
Delage
de Palma
Packard
Duthie Nine Challenge to Nonpareils After 7 3 Loss
Sunday May 13 saw the Duthie ball nine fall 7 to 3 at South Park to the Nonpareils. Managers Davis and Morgan issued a strong challenge to Manager George Newell of the Nonpareils, promising a comeback at the new ball park and signaling a rivalry to settle perceived weaknesses. Newell will receive the message by registered delivery today from the Duthie plant.
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South Park
Teel Williams
Hhis New Ball Park
W. L. Davis
J. C. Morgan
George ©. Newell
Newell
Duthie
Ball Park
South End
Davis
Burns and Speaker Lead Swatters in Batting Races
George Burns tops the National League with a .381 average while Speaker hits .345 to lead the American League. The report lists other .300 hitters including Cobb and McInnis in the AL and Kauff Cravath Zimmerman Wheat among NL leaders. Schupp leads NL pitchers with five wins and no defeats, followed by Seaton Reuther Mayer and Middleton.
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New York
George Burns
Tris Speaker
Speaker
Burns
Wambeganss
Cleveland
Geo. Sisler
Hendrix
Ward Miller
St. Louis
Walker
Boston
Cobb
Detroit
Chapman
McIinnis
Philadelphia
McInnis
Fisher
Pittsburg
Rousch
Jack Smith
Fith
Cincinnati
Cravath
Kauff
Killifer
Crise
Zimmerman
Wheat
Brooklyn
Whitted
Otto Miller
Ford Schupp
Seaton
Chicago
Reuther
Mayer
Adelphia
Middleton
New Alexander
City League Double Header at 14th and Jefferson Park
Four City league teams will clash in a Sunday double header. The first game starts at 1 30 at the 14th and Jefferson Street ball park.
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Jefferson St. Ball Park
Marshall Allen Falls to Taylor in City Tennis Final
Marshall Allen lost to Bill Taylor in straight sets 6 2 and 6 3 in the Broadway High School singles championship. Taylor earned the Frank Victor trophy as the winner.
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Marshall Allen
Taylor Marshall Allen
Bill Taylor
Broadway High School
Frank Victor
Spokane Loses Mix As Zamioch and Baldwin Perform
Spokane suffers a loss in a close game with score indicators Spokane 3 15 0 and Great Falls 4 8 3. Zamioch and Baldwin credited for standout contributions while Clark and Cheek also feature for Spokane in a tense matchup.
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Spokane
Mix
Great Falls
Zamioch
Baldwin
Clark
Cheek
Trapshooting Offers Rich Rewards and Quick Rise to Fame
The article extols trapshooting as a sport with abundant rewards for skill. It notes rapid fame for novices and abundant trophies and prizes from local to Grand American events. It highlights amateur-only contests and Interstate association handicap rules to level the field.
Brilliant Tennis Listed for Year
America may see the most brilliant women’s tennis in the national singles and doubles as Mary K. Browne and Mrs. Thomas Bundy may return to active competition. The Coast stars defeated the Norwegian star Malia Bjürstedt and boosted her rise to the national championship. Bjürstedt’s East defeats may have spurred renewed effort toward invincible play in the national tournament.
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America
Mary K. Browne
Thomas Bundy
East
Malia Bjuratedt
Bjuratedt
Christiania
Tories
Miss Bjurstedt
Mrs. Bundy
Miss Brown
Lacoma Triumphs in Tacoma Meet With Snowy Scores
Lacoma wins again at Tacoma while Butte struggles. Pillet and Stevens lead for Illant and Hoffman. All aboard for Sullivan Island start Monday.
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Lacoma
Tacoma
Butte
Pillet
Stevens
Illant
Hoffman
Sullivan Island
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