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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1913
Page
10
Final stance of Bombita in Madrid draws crowds as ringside seats reach about 95 dollars. Bombita, famed builder, plans retirement after this bout with an English fiancée pressuring him to quit boxing.
Four local teams prepare after Monday practice as the season kicks off in Seattle. Friday features Broadway versus Ballard, Saturday Lincoln versus Franklin and Washington versus Whitman with Hap Miller sidelined by an ankle injury.
An advertisement promotes a medical system offering diagnoses and treatment for asthma bronchitis deafness ear noises rheumatism chronic kidney disease stomach disorders and more. It claims permanent cures without surgery and mentions free examinations and home visits by appointment with moderate prices.
Yankee Schwartz and Won der scheduled to box in Hamilton Ohio or Jacob and Munsinger, ex-manager for John L Sullivan, has died. Nelson draws praise for his likable style and earnings. Freddie Hicks assigned to fight Billy Papke for 20 rounds at Jauresz Mexico late in November. Mike Gibbons seeks a match with Packey MacFarland per dispatches. Mars booked to fight Johnny Kilbane. he edged Leo Rous in Cincinnati. Fighting Al Palzer, the dead Iowa white hope, is mentioned.
The White Store bowlers pulled close to leaders Shaner & Wolff, tying them for first after a strong night. Individual scores show White Store totaling 2,419 to narrows, with Grinnell and Phillips contending in a special match, Phillips edging Grinnell with a 1,937 to 1,886 total.
Rumors claim a ban on player-writers may reach Harvard and Yale football squads. Captain Ketcham of Yale reportedly will bar Yale men from covering games, with Harvard possibly mimicking. Crimson backs Charlie Hinckley Tack Hardwick and Eddie Mahan sign on as staff, earning nearly $200 weekly together.
The team returning from a Japan tour will be guest of honor at tonight’s Washington banquet. Graduate Manager Ralph Horr and Coach Conibear are honored guests. Capt. Taylor leads decorations featuring a full sized shell. Speakers include Horr, Taylor, Conibear, Binine, Dermott, Parish and Bone.
Loren Grinstead’s Athletics clawed back into the series with a 6 to 4 win over the Giants in indoor baseball at the Y.M.C.A. A rematch was agreed with the losers funding a victory feast, and the second game of the present series is scheduled for today.
Two games are planned this evening in the three cushion billiard tournament at Brown and Hulen's. PF B Rivers and W A Strange will play the first game while the second match awaits its participants. Sibley defeated Stoecker 5 to 21 Monday night in earlier action.
Dartmouth football coaches devise a drill using a rope stretched near the ground to force linemen to charge low as a group. If a player hits the rope he trips teammates and earns ribbing from both peers and mentors for missing the bar.
In the Western League, "Swifty Joe" Kelley shines with 62 stolen bases in 48 games, leading Tip O Neill's circuit. Known for speed on the bases and in the outfield, Kelley hits .213 and captained the 8 Joe team, earning a path toward a major league debut with Pittsburgh next season.
The column muses on May’s potential, Stewart’s porous line, Packey McFarland versus Mike Gibbons with a 145 pound limit, a Johnson bid at 161 percent, and Chicago’s Tom Leahy sewer routine. It notes Larry McLean’s $500 payoff and hints at debts among Marquard Tesreau Herzog and the New York club, plus Chief Bender’s Chippewa delegation and implied nickname.
The Rainier Valley AC football team defeated Ballard 6 to 0 on Sunday. Abe Finegold Shand Murphy and Halle stood out with strong work. Leonard Mieske in Columbia 100 handled game communications. Rosery Flower Shop offered Cu Flowers and Designs at Elliott 4241.
Jack Lester of Cle Flum was defeated by Sam Langford in Taft California as Langford battered him into submission in four rounds of a scheduled twenty round bout. Lester offered little offense and was knocked down twice in the second and fourth rounds. A towel was tossed in as the bell rang to begin the fifth. Langford appeared heavy but delivered the decisive punching power.
Jude George Baer of Cleveland sets a long distance drive record at Highland Park club on hole No 1. A ball on his second stroke veered toward parked autos and lodged in a car as Baer hunted for it. A member arrived in a driveway with the ball stuck in the auto.
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