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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
2
Coach Lewis drills Broadway high school football players for their Saturday clash with East Side of Portland. Wet field from yesterday’s rain slows practice while injuries limit key backs and punter Courtney, Lewton, and O Brien shuffle roles as the team aims for peak condition.
Lincoln will depart at 9 tonight for Spokane to face Spokane high school on Saturday. Fifteen players plus Coaches Allen and Fowler, Manager Lilly and Principal J. E. B. McKown make the trip. light practice is planned tomorrow afternoon. All players are reported in good condition except one with a bad knee.
Walter McCredie announces Pearl Casey will manage the Portland Northwest League team. Casey, second baseman and field captain of the Coast club, is praised for directing the squad and previously played second base for Mike Fisher's Tacoma champions.
Latonia race summary from Cincinnati Opt. 39 lists events with times and placements for the Wednesday program. Kercheval Honesty placed second in a 27 3-6 furlong event. Bonart won while Ernst k Gresham took third. Raleigh Brancas finished second in the sixteenth mile race with Albert Star trailing.
In Los Angeles on October 23 Portland defeated the home team as Wheeler started for Los Angeles. Umpire OConnell ordered Wheeler off the mound after two runs had scored. Koestner relieved without warmup and gave up the first ball for a hit. Los Angeles avoided a shutout in the ninth when Portland’s defense loosened and Smith scored after Johnson’s error.
San Francisco shut out Oakland 6 to 0 as Willis and the home lineupstayed aggressive. The visitors collected ten hits but failed to score, while San Francisco pitchers and hitters dominated with steady defense and hard contact throughout the game. Umpires Prynn and Perrine.
A late week football game between two Oregon high schools produced confusion in reporting. The Bach team claimed victory though details and final scores remain unclear amid mixed statements from local sources.
The Vancouver rugby team and the University of California played to a 3 to 3 tie at Berkeley. Vancouver showed superior passing and broader game knowledge while UC Berkeley relied on weight and kicking.
Portland report: West Side High School upset Meat Side by scoring after a late fumble by Wrasee on the goal line. The recovery led to a touchdown with 16 seconds remaining, sealing the Seattle Saturday game against Broadway High.
Spokane Oct 29 The Spo kane high school team plans tough practice with former players providing opposition as they prepare for Saturday's key game against Seattle Lincoln high. Coach Kennedy's squad must win to stay in the title race, following seven touchdowns scored in 30 minutes against scrubs.
Kelley, a top Maroons tackle, quits after Stage moved him from post to right tackle. He claims miscommunication and humiliation, declares the team will miss him, and jokes about going to mamma on Saturday while labeled a heralded star.
Joe Cohan of the co elub is advised by new manager Brown that beating Julie Streth from Avon for Spokane is not possible. Brown says Pernol, Householder, and Dode Brinker will join the Indians next year as Brown prepares to attend the National Association meeting in Chicago on Nov 10.
The Woodland A C organized a football team last night and discussed plans for the coming season. Lewis String was elected captain. W. Shackleford tops poll and seeks games. contact Independent 2700 for arrangements.
Franklin high school junior eleven defeated Pacific grammar at City Park by a score of 6 to 0. Franklin juniors competing against 115 pound teams. Address C Jones Franklin School.
Democratic speaker Frank J. Hannan and socialist William Redmond led a Ballard rally as torch procession drew crowds. Speakers included John L. Wilson Hob Hodge M. J Carrigan A. L. Rutherford. Central Labor Council endorsed the Democratic national ticket. Sayre seeks Republican votes in the Tenth ward. Royal Arch lodge backing GOP candidates except one Democrat. Over 200 Democrats attended with Huntley Ostrum and Robertson among speakers.
H P Shep ard, Yukon River commissioner, returning from interior Alaska, says a novel exhibit showing pay dirt from bedrock to top of pay will travel via class canes. The exhibit will compare pay streaks of each creek and tributary.
Finn Frolich and Freee Peterson were awarded the contract for the sculpture at the Alaska Yaakon Pacific fair yesterday. The work includes the exposition monument four animal groups three figure groups and the main fountain at the cascades head. Frolich will design and model the figures while Jesse Peterson will execute the bases and elevations.
A permit was issued to the Elier Investment Company to construct a three story brick building at 611 7th Avenue. The structure will be used jointly by the Oriental American Bank and a hotel company occupying the second and third floors, featuring 160 rooms.
Ayob Seth B Stevens known as Big Steve, a fugitive since 1906, was arrested by a U S marshal in Ballard. He is jailed after a refused interview. His wife and George Herger faced earlier charges at the old Columbia depot for smuggling opium from British Columbia. $1,700 bail was forfeited.
The steamer Yarmouth with 22 crew on a Rotterdam to Harwich voyage is believed lost in a North Sea wreck. Several bodies recovered and wreckage found mid-channel. Weather was rough but not the sole cause. all aboard presumed dead.
After a two day hearing Judge Albertson ordered 50 percent improvement cost assessment on Meadow Place extension funding. City owners save 36 cents per property as burden deemed shared between property owners and city. Meadow Place extends boulevard system, part park part highway, sharing costs.
Inspectors Whitney and Turner finished their inquiry into the Cat City collision with Mak and Painbridge. Captain Craig could not testify due to illness, but steering gear tests indicated the accident was practically unavoidable and justified exoneration for those involved.
A city fire protection committee will convene with Alaska-Yukon-Pacific trustees at 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon to discuss safeguarding the fair.
The Moran brothers received the low bid of 26220 dollars for a contract tied to Cottage City projects after a collision incident with the schooner Hiske ly. The agreement calls for completion within three days.
The case centers on Mrs. Stevens, kin of Berger, who died in Vancouver two years ago. Mig Steve, a reputed smuggler, faced British Columbia authorities and urged U S officials to let him back home but was refused. In Beattie he did not conceal his identity and accompanied an arresting officer to the county jail. He protests no embezzlement since leaving Seattle three years ago and awaits a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Augustus Armstrong today.
Bellingham police capture a suspect in the Edward B. Meglish kidnapping case. The individual, identified as John Raugh a shingleweaver, was moved from Anacortes to Mount Vernon for identification by Meglish, who was held for a 6000 dollar ransom before escaping.
Colusa California October 29 Frank J Murphy aged 60 died from burns suffered in a fire that destroyed the National hotel yesterday. The hotel built in 1851 from local oak and owned by J L Brizy faced a dramatic blaze with guests narrowly escaping flames in the lobby and dining room.
The North-Western Pisherice company reports a highly successful season with about 200,600 cases of canned goods valued at roughly 1,000,000 dollars. The Harvest er was towed into Hellingham yesterday, and the firm expects to add at least two new canneries before next season’s opening.
The YMCA aquatic team defeated Howton in all events at the association tank. McWatters led the stars, excelling in underwater and sprint races. Relay won by the YMCA quartet of McWatters McKean Careon and Sehragt with Graves taking the plunge at 44 feet 3 inches.
A liner Ning Chow departed with 20 cars from Seattle Car Manufacturing to a Hongkong railroad. Four cars were passenger coaches and the rest for general use. In Ellensburg, Mrs Brown reported a theft at the Wathey Howse during dinner hour, with 700 dollars taken from a trunk. One suspect has been arrested.
The Duke of Devonshire's Marcco vil, regarded as a rank outsider, upset to win the Cambridgeshire Stakes for three year olds and up at Newmarket. Marcovil started at 60 to 1 for the race.
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