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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1918
Page
3
Excellent high school football looms as hundreds of prep players serve in the armed forces. Franklin faces West Seattle on Friday while Lincoln meets Ballard on Saturday. Dugdale's park hosts all games as in past seasons.
A long grocery price list shows local produce and staples with per sack, per crate, and per box pricing. It includes vegetables, fruit, nuts, dairy products, grains, and miscellaneous items, followed by notes on poultry and meat prices and a few sports and weather items from various cities.
A list naming cigars chewing gum soft drinks snuff candy automobiles gasoline yachts measure boats perfumes jewelry golf balls bathing suits liveries fans smoking jackets bath robes clothing kimonos petticoats playing cards sword canes knives theatre Uckets cabarets lamps shades umbrellas parasols handbags purses picture frames carpets rugs trunks vallises.
L S Barnes won the final shoot for the Baker diamond trophy with a score of 88 out of 100 at 21 yards. Cc B McKelvey was second with 87. In 12 pair doubles R B Searle achieved a perfect score, first on Green Lake grounds. A merchandise shoot follows next Sunday to finish the season.
The Patterson-MacDonald club lost its first game of the season 7 to 1 as the Duthie sluggers routed Paul Fittery. Fittery walked eight and struggled with control while Seaton pitched well for the winners. Coltring sparked the Duthie attack with a sharp double play start. Vournier and Sheely, ex Coast League players, joined the visiting side.
In Tacoma on September 16 the Todd team defeated the Olympia Sloan club 7-6 in a free hitting contest. The Capital City pastimers exploded in the eighth to score five runs as Todd pulled ahead, while Sloan made a late rally in the ninth, scoring three but fell short. Batteries were Eley and Cadman for Todd, Gardner and Patterson for Sloan. Miss Dorothy Dawes of Columbus, Ohio, has been driving a milk wagon in Marietta.
Foundation nine of Tacoma hammered 16 hits off Pat Eastley and skipper Byron Houck allowed only three Seattle blows while fanning 13 as Tacoma defeated Seattle North Pacific 8 to 1 on Sunday. Houck pitched stellar ball for the victors.
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