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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1919
Page
4
Seattle fans watch Los Angeles and Salt Lake Coast league series while Vernon battles Seals. Charley Mullen leads Seattle after strong home stand as Bob Harper eyes a boxing future with Nate Druximan's guidance.
Atlantic City will host aerial shooting contests September 9 to 12 as part of the Westy Hogans tour. Aerial League of America awards two trophies for the event. A gunner in a fixed gunner position will try to bring down ten balloons painted like birds, with the fastest time crowning the champion.
Harvard Yale Princeton reshuffle outlines new leadership. Yale names Al Sharpe to lead after Cornel era, Harvard picks Bob Fisher to replace Haughton, Princeton assigns Bill Roper to Rush’s post, and Rush moves to Sharpe at Cornell. Colgate restores Larry Bankart, Penn rebanks Bob Folwell, Brown adds Ed Robinson, and Columbia hires Fred Dawson.
Jesse Allen of Cynthiana Kentucky has walked sixteen miles daily for Reds pennant reports and will attend the World Series if Cincinnati wins the National League. About 200 local fans plan to cover his expenses to the series.
New York and Boston games postponed due to wet grounds. Brooklyn and Philadelphia also delayed by rain. Hamilton Arena Limited receives charter to build a 4000 seat modern amusement complex for boxing shows and winter sports with automobile displays planned.
W N Neylston of Leesburg Pennsylvania would be champion in five states if possible but a national title demands cross state competition. He set scores across several state events, with notable marks in North Carolina Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont and Connecticut while other shooters like James W Seavy chase Olympic plans. The piece notes a rising interest in trap shooting amid new clubs a booming instructional scene Atlantic Citys Million Dollar pier school and the Northwest Sportsmen association tournament slated for Seattle with aeroplane progress and early aviation optimism.
The Australian Imperial Force cricket team will conclude its England tour on September 10 at Scarborough. They may play four series of games in Philadelphia on their way home.
In Tacoma Thursday night Ole Anderson will face Frank Farmer in a six round main event for Northwest heavyweight hopes. The card also features Harold Jones in a Tacoma light weight bout and Frankie Burns stopping Harvey Crosby in Bayonne earlier.
Cincinnati fans crave a pennant and a world series game against AL foes. Garry Herrmann considers using the Speedway outside the city to seat 100000, capitalizing on immense crowds. The Reds hope to clinch the flag after 66 years and 50 years of longing, with admissions from a huge fanbase possible if the team wins.
TRBTP at ED Al Sharpe named as Yale athletic director candidate with a reported annual salary of 7500 dollars. Harvard football hopefuls gather at Cambridge on September 3. Cornell to deploy two cub bear mascots this fall. Australian tennis quartet each owns ten racquets.
Mincetead drives in Cobb with a 16th inning double as the Tigers beat the White Sox 4 2 while Cobb and Lister provide offense. Browns fall to Cleveland 4 0. Oakland reshuffles as Marty Weaver is out for the season and Charlie Mullen takes over as manager.
Baltimore promoter Sammy Harry cabled world flyweight champion Jimmy Wilde with a $7500 purse to meet Frankie Mason of Fort Wayne in Baltimore in a 20 round world championship bout. No date set.
A clash occurred at Roldt’s in Aptown and spilled into downtown as patrons at 1414 3d Ave clashed with visitors from 913 2d Ave. Police were called to separate groups and investigate the incident.
British heavyweight champion Joe Beckett dominated Eddie McGoorty, knocking him out in the 17th round to declare himself a potential challenger to Jack Dempsey. McGoorty showed fight early, but Beckett outboxed and outpunched him, flooring him in rounds 12, 13, 16, and twice in 17. In the prelim, Fred Fulton stopped Arth Townley in the first round with a powerful left hook.
The Tigers beat the Seals 6 to 4 in Los Angeles as three runs in the first inning gave Detroit a lead the visitors could not overcome. Batteries Bromley Smith McKee for San Francisco and Mitchell Brooks for the Tigers.
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