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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1908
Page
2
Lincoln arrives from Seattle for a high school battle with Spokane High. Coach Allen’s team drills signals at Recreation Park while Seattle fans attend a theatre outing and a dance is planned, as Kennidy’s Spokane squad studies Lincoln’s tactics for the big game.
Girls from Broadway School form the roster for the coming season with Dail led by former Franklin coach Miss Chilberg and Broadway coach Miss Post guiding the squads. Veterans Hertha Shahan Dolly McGregor Ethel Evans Mino Bra Skinner Teresa Grant return as core players as rivalry with Lincoln grows.
The Broadway team from the city faces Portland High on the university campus for football supremacy this afternoon. The Portland squad is said to be fast though smaller in weight, with Cornell and Conners noted stars and Broadway hampered by Palmer’s halfback rules.
Washington State College routed the Bremerton Navy Yard 44 to 0 in a muddy field at Pullman. Despite rain and a large crowd, the Sailors showed individual talent but lacked unity and teamwork.
J W Considine added four top quality horses to his stable in New York. Quaker Maid and Dorothea, celebrated blue ribbon winners with 36 prizes, sold for 2200 dollars. The War, a former Phil a show saddle horse from 1907, went for a lesser sum. Mansfield, a bay saddle horse with multiple prizes, cost 809 dollars. All birds owned by Miss Mabel B Hooley and auctioned by Francis B Ware. If they had been novices prices would have been higher.
Vancouver Bowling club plans a major event in the city for the week after the International tournament. The Vancouver meet will be under the Western Canadian Bowling congress. The promoter group sought the all Canadian congress but the Canadian Bowling association notes the Western Canadian congress expects many bowlers from the Western Bowling Congress to also attend Vancouver.
Anacortes pledges six bowling teams to the Seattle Tournament association for next year. Glenn Wilkens, noted bowler and former Portland twirler now residing in Anacortes, visited Joe Morris, the association president, to confirm representation.
A fragment reports Thursday night remarks about a town entering 36 men and installing alleys. Morris notes growing enthusiasm and calls the Ana Cortes bowlers game sportsmen, highlighting community bowling activity.
Reports from Anaconda Montana indicate a new league forming for 1909 including Butte Helena Galt Lake City Beise Ogden Pecatello and another Montana city. Names like John McCleekey and Jack Grim appear among veterans as talks continue on a possible shift if the Northwest league drops the mining town.
While the Lincoln high scruba team plays the Everett high school second squad, seventeen players took part in the action.
Middleweight champion Papke signed to defend title against Hugo Kelly in a 10 round bout at the Jetfries Athletic club of this city within 390 days. Kelly will agree to the terms.
On October 31 Portland faltered as Harkness and Wheeler kept the locals in check. A mix of misspellings and garbled names hints at a Portland effort but a five to one partial inning tie with San Francisco 9 Oakland 2 final shows a decisive run gap in a foggy box.
The annual telegraphic match under the National Rifle Association is now on with Seattle Tacoma Spokane and North Yakima teams entered. Rules allow shooting on any day between Friday and Sunday.
Zaraphe won the Latonia race with Miss Merion Moore finishing second and Kilverney third in the five and a half furlong event. Timp time 1.08.1. Mrs Dr Geo W Miracle reported as well as Gren's diseases and a 410 Minakley block note.
Five and a half furlongs Allee won with Mabel Henry second and Alice George third. Tiree time 1 07 4 5. Bix furlong Hoeseman won with Mar Gone Vandan third. Colloquy won with Mise Sampecous and Al Muller third. Time Mile and a furlong Water Cooler won with Lady Ethel second and The Shaughran third. Mile and seventy yards Financier won with Nande second and Stone Street third. Time 68 percent.
Spokane center fielder Murdock claimed the premier batsman honor in the South Atlantic league with a .302 average over 120 games. Whitman College’s second team played Waltburg High School in the afternoon. two weeks earlier the first team was routed 10 to 0 by the high school.
Spokane report says Joe Hemrick wrestling instructor at Cook's gym negotiates with O'Connell of Multnomah for a 120 pound match in Portland on Thanksgiving Day. OConnell formerly coached Yale star George Dole, U S amateur 135 pound champion.
The University of Oregon meets Idaho in an afternoon game at Moscow. Coach For ot aid says the team is young and mostly freshmen, so victory isn’t guaranteed, but he is confident the players will win out as they play good ball.
Several Tacoma high players will go to Seattle to watch Washington and Mast high Portland outfits play at the university. The aim is to gain a better line on the Washington elevens style of play for their own game with Seattle next Saturday.
In Lexington Kentucky on October 31 the Moetrathiana stock farm dispersal concluded with more than 300 horses sold for nearly 86000 dollars. Irving G Wheatcroft of the St James stable Victoria HC bought about 50 head to use in her breeding program.
A survey of states predicts Taft leads or contests in many regions with Republicans counting on solid party lines in Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York and Ohio. Paragraphs note Democratic hopes in Mississippi Montana North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah and Vermont, with local races for governor and senate mentioned and factions impacting voting patterns.
The report outlines expected party fortunes in Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming. It notes district congressional voting in Virginia and districts for three congressmen. Taft is favored in West Virginia and Wyoming while Bryan is discussed in shaping outcomes. Wisconsin expects a Republican majority with key races including third district and Stephenson succession.
Joseph Chetaeff a Greek Orthodox priest claimed he was brutalized by Patrolman Walcott of Ballard on October 24. The chief reviewed testimony from Captain Mike Powers and Walcott and ruled the officer’s use of force was justified. Chetaeff could not clearly explain due to broken English. he was taken to Ballard jail but not detained.
Toni on es never that the prominent Americana who have taken passage on the steamer Mon ella learn the result of the election in the United States the departure of the weasel has been delaye d a day and she will wait on Nov 6 among those who are leav ing for the United States are Mr and Mrs Frank B Loomis and a number of the Pacific Coast business men who visited Japan as representatives of Coast Chambers of Commerce
Richmond Va Oct 11 Prominent lawyer F B Bagley will speak to boys in the Y M C A on A Strong Mind next Sunday in the boys department rooms. In Richmond Wileton Green a negro youth was electrocuted today for attempted robbery confession followed.
New York notes Mrs. William Astor dies at her Fifth Avenue home after a month of critical illness. The longtime leader of New York society, she helped found the famed 400 and presided over elite events. Her husband died in Paris earlier. they have a son John J Astor and four daughters, including Mrs. Ogilvie Hale and Mrs. Orme Wilson.
The Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition seeks 25000 geraniums from Seattle residents to decorate the fair grounds. Volunteers can donate plants by calling Green 72 on the Independent or Sunset North 72, with plants stored in the exposition greenhouses until spring.
Fred C. Ammann 21, son of wealthy California family, was found dead with a gunshot wound in Classen canyon near Hollywood. He disappeared last July after returning from Germany with his family, later working in Long Beach. Authorities believe suicide. body lay undiscovered for months, partially devoured by coyotes.
A local effort reports Milde Scanton, daughter of Mr. Scanton, recovering from burns with new skin grafts. The injuries occurred some time ago but were not severe, and treatment aims to restore health to affected limbs and bodies.
Witnesses recall events surrounding Mrs Gould and Henry A Mel at Burlington. Testimony links actor Farnum and others to a plan, with Ned Selle and Relis detailing incidents while Gould fears for his life amid a public exposition crowd.
Caton and A. 8 Caton, known for prolific runs for governor, will speak at the Che at Hallard tonight as Gates also appear.
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