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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1915
Page
7
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Seattle fans enjoyed a Sunday doubleheader as the Giants beat Spokane 1–0 in eight innings before losing the second game in eight innings. Fatty Fatley pitched four contes tive innings for Seattle and lefty Callahan shut out Seattle for much of the second game. Joe Lotz starred for Seattle, tossing three hitless innings and Williams homered in the fourth to give Spokane the lead before Seattle tied it in the seventh. The games ended early so Spokane could catch a train to Aberdeen. Seattle heads into a weeklong series with Victoria Maple Leafs starting today.
At the week's start, prices slipped as straw and hay joined a broad decline. Straw sold 2 cents below last week's quotations while hay and grain also moved downward, reflecting a weaker market.
The 500 mile race at Indianapolis features Wild Bob Burman in a Burman Peugeot car, Eddie Rickenbacher in a Max, Willie Haupt in an Emden, and Caleb Bragg entering for the thrill.
League standings and scores from the Northwest and National Leagues plus American and Pacific Coast results. Spokane Tacoma Aberdeen Vancouver Cincinnati Pittsburg Chicago St Louis Detroit Cleveland Portland San Francisco Oakland Los Angels Venice and other clubs show tallies and partial results with no schedule details.
In Harbor Island grounds weekly shoot EB McKelvey led with 45 of 50 targets. Hugh Fleming topped 100 targets with 89, followed by Fred Landwehr 86 and McKelvey 85. L H Reid scored 108 on 100 birds at Geen Lake. Barnes Young Ruppe tied for Dupont trophy with 24 of 25. Barnes Belmont Carsten Kidd perfect in Hippo cup handicap.
The Pi rates beat the Athletics 9 to 2 as Friedholt and Irvin pitched for the Pirates and Hurlbut Vaughn Barr and Trembley appeared for the Athletics. The Red Sox defeated the Cubs 10 to 2 with Lucanovic Taylor and Munsey scoring for the Sox and Jones Oliver for the Cubs.
Mrs. Lillian 8 Hyde of West Shore defeats Mrs. J F Davia of Piping Rock to take the women’s metropolitan gold tithe title at Scarborough New York. Hyde led 3 up with 3 to play in a tight match.
At 10 a m Carl G Fisher started the big oval race with 24 selected racers in damp cold conditions. Crowds were smaller than prior years and European entries shared the field with American cars for a best three of five in the gasoline derby. Prominent drivers included Ray Harroun Joey Dawson Jules Goux Rene Thomas and others, though Goux and Thomas were absent due to wounds and military service.
Officials led by Tom Hay of Chicago and Dave Beecroft of New York presided as the 82.47 mile event unfolded. Cars ran faster, tires showed superiority, and the A A U representative F B Edwards of Chicago chaired the technical committee.
The Aberdeen Cats swept the weekend series with the Vancouver Champs winning 4 1 in the morning game and 4 0 in the afternoon. Heavy hitting powered the afternoon shutout as Aberdeen improved their record with five of seven games.
Victoria extended its hold on first place by defeating the Tacoma Tigers in a twi night doubleheader. The wins moved Victoria ahead while Tacoma dropped to fifth with bunched hits in key innings underpinning the outcomes.
Dave Lewis in a gray Stutz shattered all records at the Tacoma Speedway yesterday by clocking 98.6 miles per hour for a lap. He also broke the existing 10 lap record. The prior track speed record stood at 83.7 miles an hour set by Tetzlaff.
Ray Lentz of Seattle drove his Roman Special a mile in 5.5 seconds and won the five mile feature in 23.55 seconds at the North Yakima circuit races. Jim Parsons finished second and the Gordon Special third.
Dr. Charles Sarolea Belgian consul at Edinburgh university will speak Tuesday night on The Martyrdom of Belgium and the Moral Issues of the War at the university lecture hall in Edinburgh.
Six fast yachts contest the 116 mile Puget Sound race to Protection Island and back as Seattle Yacht Club opens the season. Yawls Gwendolyn Nora with others like Ortona Rambler Petrel and Ronita started from West Seattle at five. Crews tuned up in a NW breeze as finish expected between two and three tomorrow afternoon.
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