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PAOI SIX PIFFLE BOXINO BASEBALL ATHLETICS BIG BOXERS BOTH CONFIDENT OF VICTORY TONIGHT J^L ♦>♦>♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦*»♦'»•»♦ #♦♦♦#>♦♦♦♦♦•»♦♦♦♦♦ I |^^ \l\ • -U B I ™ • weeks have tin- • • "I sm the besl condl- <t> U $j&i&k_'*'i '"'^m I ▼** • simie sbape that 1 was In • ■«- tion of any time since I '< fl I Hk-ir *■ during the time of my big ♦ •#► started boxing. I know <•.*■ ■ I |T# ' <• matches. My eyes are well •> — that Billy Murray Is one of <■?> J I* I IE. ' ■* again. From I have *t> <t> the best boys that I ever • I A I y > -■• heunl of Farmer, I believe • <£> met, but 1 feel confident of • I j |P" ■?■ It will be a pretty easy •> # myself. I'll show some of $> H W j nii.tcli for inc. 1 expect to -•> # tin- c Tacoma knockers that ■•■ V Mf j • finish him before the end *> • 1 can box with the best of <$ B^ I 117 of four rounds."- — Fighting #<* them."—Frank Farmer. «> V V j <•< ■* <$> a I - *—- %Mlkd£ MuiJ «^#*^^t^|i^«44^#49 *>vv4>w**s'B>-9$ •s♦♦♦♦ E3_____ 1 H11.1.V MIKK.W FRANK FARMER STAGE BIG SMOKER AT GLIDE RINK TONIGHT TONIGHT'S ( Altll AT HUM IHXK Billy Murray. Petaluma (catch) . . .Frank Farmer, Kapowsin Earl Conner*, Tacoma . . . . (feather) Al Lupo, Tacoma Ray Hunt. Tacoma 110 Al Whitman, Tacoma Frank Pet*, Wilkeson 11l Youug Riley. Seattle Jack Hartford, Tacoma 128 Walter Proaefc, Roy Mike Pete, Wilkeson 122 Bert Forbes, Tacoma Hi-fere, Art Schock. Fighting Billy Murray, the Portuguese-American tiear-rat, anil Frank Knrii.fr. the kapowsln logger-boxer, who meet in v four-round mutch before the Taconui Kchool of Roving at Glide rink tonight, vonclittled their training | a te yesterday afternoon and rested today. Murray Ik down to i.-.h ami Farmer Is 103. Both men declare that they were nexer In belter condition In their ring experience, mul fans are e\|ieeting an exciting and s|ieed,. . lash when the tin. boxers start after each other tonight. PETER'S IFFLE The main reason that Sammy llowurd is i-cating it back to Oshkoxh tomorrow Is the fact that Mrs. Howard has become Impatient over his prolonged absence. "She sends me telegrams every day, and if I don't, get back there pretty soon 1 won't have any home left," says Sam. ■ • • When Howard first came west with Farmer, it was with the intention of staging the Joe Bonds-Frank Farm er bout, doing a little big game hunting, and then re turning to Wisconsin. He has been In Tacoma and up an.l down lite coast for a coup If of months, and .Mrs. H. is getting worried. • • » Here's Howard's latest. He's going to have a baseball team of Masked Marvels in Oshkosh this summer. He will manage a semi-pro team composed of the beat players that he can sign up, and they will wear masks during all games. Leave It to the lad with the diamond teeth to think up freak schemes for getting publicity* And pub licity means money in these days of frenzied sports. • • • Prohibition has scored an other victory. Connie Mack has signed an inflelder nam ed Dry. It's a cinch to guess whst song the opposing bleachers will sing while he's up to bat. sea Jim Corcoran, president of the City league, believes that the semi-pros will have an even more successful season this yesr than last. He's even hopeful that one of the Tacoma clubs will win the Cosst championship. • • • Hans Johnson. A. T. Rus sell, Walter Holmberg, W. L. Cams, Al Therkildeen, "Hong" Armstrong, Charles L. Palmatay and Ruff Chris tian are managers of the eight clubs in the league this years. Every one of them is an active, energetic fellow, and they ought to develop some classy teams. c c • Mercy! Isn't this Percy Haughton setting to be a regular cut-up! He has tan ned lri» wrist watch and put his O. K. on boxing at Har rard. • • • If Emperor Franz Josef is the sick man ot Europe, Jess Willard must be the sick man -of America, lied be a sicker man, the night of March 25, U that bout with Frank Mo ras were going more than 10 rounds. The boat between Fight ing Billy Murray and Frank farmer tonight will be the beet this season. Glide rink la going te be Jammed to the 4B4H>e SPORTS and AMUSEMENTS E ™L Dave Altizer, who won a hero medal at the battle of Bliiloh, has signed to short stop for .Minneapolis. Gid dap! • • • "Indoors sports" at the University of Chicago in- eludes a mustache race. That surely ought, to provide a hair-raising finish. SQUIRREL FOOD-Isn't It So? BY AHERN In Farmer's corner will be Sam Howard, the diamond tootli ed manager from Oshkosh. Oscar Helm, an intimate friend of the big boxer, and Dr. Shimonek, rub ber at the Moon iicld baths, who has been training Frank. Mur ray's seconds will lie Chris Mua son, who had charge of the I'ltalimia boy's training, "Gloomy" Graustrom. local man ager of the boxer, and "Butch" Pollen. Art Schock, known as one of the best referees in the North west, will be the third man in the ring. Scliock's size and strength precludes any possibility of the boxers hanging on during clinches. He will force the mon to make Quick breaks. Manager Paul Steele declared 'today that, despite the attitude of unfairness taken by certain i Tacoma papers regarding tiie | smoker, he believed there would be an enormous crowd at the I rink tonight. Interest in the match is more Intense even than it was ovre. the Farmer-Bon is bout. Because tonight Farmer will meet a boxer of experience "BUY A BOOK" CAMPAIGN WILL BE ON FRIDAY "Buy a Book!" That little phrase will he a universal saying throughout Ta coma tomorrow. More than 1.'.0 members of the Commercial club, divided into 72 committees, all under the lead-* ership of Louis H. Bean, general chairman of the baseball commit tee, will canvas Tacoma In the interests of the Tacoma Tigers. At least 1,500 books will be sold, it is anticipated. The hooks cost $.".. They contain 20 twenty five cent admissions to Athletic park this season. The tickets can be used all In one day, or as grandstand admissions, or in any manner that a person desires. It Mj.y THE TACOMA TIMES • and merit, it the Kapowsin bin has the stuff in him that makes champions, he * will have the chance of his life tonight to prove it. • There will lie five prelim inary I. .It 11. .11 M. I IIIHtcIIOS, nil lietween fast youngster* whose reputation* are well known in the Northwest. The program stints «t 8 o'clock. s LEWIS WINS, CLAIMS TITLE NEW ORLEANS, March 2.-- Ted Lewis of England is today claiming the welterweight cham pionship of the world, as the re sult of his ' victory by decision over Harry Stone of New York i in a local arena last night. The bout went 20 rounds and Lewis had a decided advantage. «-«>«-.$<3>«''$-S><**«>**<S*<t>** $ * # HOW TO REACH « <■» SMOKER TONIGHT $ ' l Glide rink is located at I * l nil and L streets. Take ♦ # cable car to junction at lltb ♦ * and K. Walk one block • <*> away from center of city. <*_ # Bouts tsart at S i>. m. • I w * •»■•♦•*# ♦ »♦-»♦♦■»■»»» is simply an advance sale of tick ets. With an advance fund of $7, --500, the 'liners will be financial ly safe. Russ Hall will see to it that we have a good team. President Blewett of the North western league went to Great Falls, Mont., yesterday. That Is the last city In the league that needs assistance. With Great Falls lined up, everything will be ready for the start of the sea son. The directors will meet about March 15 to arrange the sched ule. The season will start about April 20. Russ Hall says that he will get his players in Tacoma and start training by April 1. WRESTLE TONIGHT One of the best wrestling tour naments of the season Is expected at the Lincoln Park high nym nasliini tonight when Coach Har vey Hall's team from the Cush man Trades school meets Capt. Dick Carter's corps of Lincoln grapplers. CtisliiiiMii has already won two wrestling matches with outside teams, while the activities of the Lincoln wrestlers have been con fined to class matches. Capt. I Pitcher and BUI McQueen, two I strong Lincoln men, will not be in the lineup. Lincoln entries are Ball, Ham nierlin, Sullivan, Satterlee, Kudd, Nelson, Yerkes, Carter, Baker, Catner Cooper, Carey, Bedford, Gay, Garner, Eaton, Gilpin, Rob erts, Pease, Ooodro, Algyer. GRIFFITHS OUTBOXES MATT WELLS COLIMBI'S. 0., March 2. — By a hairline decision, newspaper men last night gave Johnny Grif fiths of Akron a shade over Mntt Wells, lightweight champiou of Knglaud. The boys boxed 12 rounds. Wells was the aggressor throughout, but was met by stiff blows by Griffiths on every ad vance. The first six rounds wero even. In the next two Griffith opened up on the Englishman and outboxed him. Wells had the ninth and the tenth waß eve.i. Griffiths showed more class in the last two rounds. Rickard Isn't One Bit Cheap Tex Rickard has settled on his scale of prices for the Wlllard- Moran bout. The seats will run from $3 to $2f. and will be dis tributed as follows: 500 seats at $ 3. .. .$ 1.500 4,000 seats at 5. .. . 20,000 2,000 seats at 7.... 14,000 2,000 seats at 10.... 20,000 1,000 seats at 15.... 15,000 2,000 seats at 20.... 40,000 1,400 seats at 25.... 35,000 12,9«0 ♦143,'i00 Royal Son Is Some Sprinter Prince Henry, third son of King George, Is just about the swiftest young man wearing royal raiment. The titled youth gave lilb daddy's subjects some thing to talk about when he run one mile in 4 minutes and 54 sec onds. He wasn't running to catch a train, nor was he running away from anybody. He was just one of the school boys who Btarted In the annual junior mile race at Eton school. The prince finished fourth "all in," as the race was a gruelling one owing to a high wind and cold, driving rain that swept down the track. DOTY LOSES TO BEUTELi The Beutel basket-ball five de feated the fast Doty high school team Tuesday evening on the Doty floor by a score of 35 to 25. This was the last of a series played with several southwestern Wash ington and Oregon team*. The Doty team played an excellent game but the Beutel boys were too rast for them. F. Gilbert played a star game for Beutel, shooting six field baskets and one foul. O. Skelton starred for Doty shooting three field goals. The Beutel team will play C. P. S. Fri day night for the city champion ship, on the Y. M. C. A. floor. mmm The 97.54 average compiled by Woolfolk Henderson in 1915 is the best that has ever been made by a trapshooter in interstate competition. Briscoe Lord, former major league ball player, will remain at his home In Upland, Pa., this sea son and will be a participant in the trapshooting competitions in and about Philadelphia. New Brunswick, N. J„ ha* an other trapshooters' club. The new organization is known as The Shooters' club. It began business with 25 member*. Thomas Kane la the president. The South County Rod and Our club of Westerly, R. 1., with • EDWARDS' 1$ AGENCY FOR SPALDING CO. Fred Edwards, popular dealer in sporting goods and taxidermy, announces this week that he haE signed up for his firm the Tacom:i agency for the Spalding athletii goods. A complete line of all goods turned out by Spalding will be keep by Edwards, and special orders will be handled direct through the firm. The Edwards company is mov ing this week. On Friday, March 10, the Spalding department will he thrown open for inspection I'm i .r.iiar attention is being pan: to the baseball and lawn tennis supplies. $50,000 Wasn't Such a Price The sale of Peter the Great (2:07 1-4), at Ihe age of 21, for $50,000 has stirred up much dis cussion over prices paid for blue blooded horses. In the history of trotting horse breeding, only test stallions have brought $50, --000 or over. il-.e list of 10 best Kellers marketed for $696,000 follows: Arion, 2:10 3 4 $125,000 Axtell, 2:12 105,000 Director, 2:17 75,000 The Har'ler, 2:01 .... 75,000 Red Wilkes 60,n00 Antceo, 2:16 1-4 55,000 Bell Boy, 2:19 1-4 51.000 Stamboul, 2:11 50,000 P. the Great, 2:07 1-4 60,000 S. T. A. C. Team Gets Drubbing By a score of 32 to 12, the South Tacoma Athletic club bas ketball team last night lost to the Neutrals on the S. T. A. C. floor. Clever shooting of bas kets by Holmes and Sullivan won the game. The South Tacoma team comprised Piper, Thompson, Robertson, Vawtar and Carl; Neutrals — Holmes, Sullivan, Mockle, Daily and Grummel. Rene Thomas Races Again INDIANAPOLIS, March 2.—A genuine thrill has been given the motor car speed fans by the an nouncement that the internation ally famed Rene Thomas, winner of the 1914 ..in- mile Internation al Sweepstakes race has been given freedom from military serv ice in France and will drive May 30th in the sixth annual interna tional sweepstakes race at In dianapolis. Safeties Win William J. Noonan played a splendid safety game last night In his match with Walter Mauseth, and won form his clever opponent by a score of 75 to 55. It was one of the contests In the city championship pocket billiard tournament. Tonight's match will be between Frank Naubert and Jack Brown. It will start at 7 o'clock, to allow spectators plen ty of time to attend the Glide smoker afterwards, i O'Connell Puts Up Good Match PORTLAND, Ore., March 2. — Eddie O'Connell, Portland's budding young wrestler, was de feated by Walter Miller of St. Paul in two falls last night. The first took 1 hour and 8 minutes. It was caused by a reverse ham merlock. The second came In 34 seconds, on a reverse bar leg hold. membership of 212, has joined the recently formed State Association and has made application to hold the Rhode Island state champion ship tournament. , Instead of putting up merchan dise prizes as in the past the Oate City Oun club of Atlanta, Ga., will have a ribbon system for the three high men—blue ribbon for first, red ribbon for second and yellow ribbon for third—each to count for so many points. At the end of the season the shooter with the greatest number of points will be awarded a valuable trophy. The Tacoma Gun clnb will be gin its shoot Sunday at the Manl tou traps for the C. C. Melllnger gold fob trophy and the silver loving cup offered by Dave Bales. Thursday, March 2,1916. "Sis Hopkins/' Queen of Comedy, Enters, Filmland Rose Melville, who is leaving a record of her work as "81s Hopkins" for the film. "I just couldn't think of retir ing to the comfort of my farm without giving Sis a chance to show what she could do on the motion picture scheen." That is Rose Melville's reason for deciding to enter the photo play field. For years Miss Mel ville has scored a triumph in her Marimba Band Pleases; Apollo Has New Drama Continued crowded houses in dicate the interest taken in the Royal Guatemalan Marimba band at the Apollo, and the enthus iastic applause which each per- ' formance stirs shows how well the band satisfies. The hand continues at the Apollo to the end of the week. "Acquitted," the drama full of heart throbs, which opens at the Apollo today for three days, in WHERE TACOMA IS AMUSING ITSELF Theaters TACOMA Dark. EMPRESS "Kick In," crook drama.: Matinee Saturday. PANTAOES "The Mystic Bird," and good vaudevUle acts. Movies APOLLO "Acquitted," with Wilfred Lucas; also Royal Guatemala Marimbo band. COLONIAL "Pndd'n Head Wilson." fioui Mark Twain's story, with< Theodore Roberts. MELBOURNE "The Second In Command," with Franris X. Bushman. LIBERTY "The Melting Pot," with Walker Whit*-hie and Valen ; tine Giant, Tacoma actress. SID CHAPLIN AT MELBOURNE Said to surpass "Tillies' Punc tured Romance," and to be one of the most sensational comedies ever produced, "The Submarine Pirate," with Sid Chaplin, comes to the Melbourne tomorrow for ta two-day engagement, ac an added attraction. Helen Gibson will furnish ad ditional thrills to the program in "The Rescue pf the Brakeman's Children," a railroad drama. Other films will be "In the Lion's Claws," a drama of travel and adventure pictured in Africa. Big Racers at San Diego SAN DIEGO, Cal., March 2.— ] A 50-mile auto race, for a $2,500 purse and the Panama-California International Exposition motor - cup, will be run at the fair grounds March 25. Among the , racers who have already signed ■ are Teddy Tet/.laff, Bob Bur man, Barney Old field, Earl Coop er and Cliff Durant. LATE BILLS PHOTOPLAYS PERFORMERS FILM QOSSIP famous laugh-producing role, and now she is going to perpetu ate her success for future genera tions. "Sis Hopkins" will come to the Tacoma soon. Several of her films are already on the way. Kalem Is putting out these new joy maker movies. troduces Wildred Lin as In a role I hat comes close to the masses. He appears as a struggling book keeper, and the story is develop ed with remarkable power. There are sensations and thrills, too, and a pretty romance is ie veloped. The Triangle-Keystone comedy added attraction Is "Fido's Fate,' featuring Charles Murray and Alice Davenport, two able fun makers. MARK TWAIN DRAMA REAL FILM TREAT Humorous, dramatic, tragic and wholly interesting, "Pudd'n head Wilson," with Theodore Roberts at the Colonial theater this week, Is one of the best pro ductions which has been shown in this city for some time. Th» photo-dramatic adaption was tak en from the original story by America's famous humorist, Mark Twain. When Pudd'nhead Wilson after being called by his homely nick name for years, proves In court that hlg slave Chambers Is not really Chambers and furthermore that he is white and that the man that they knew as Tom was a negro and a murderer he startled the town, convicted the real ne gro, made a name for himself and nnited two happy lovers. He did not live in vain after all. Quick Relief From Constipation GET DR. EDWARDS' OLIVE TABLETS That Is the joyful cry of thous ands since Dr. Edwards produced Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomel. Dr. Edwards, a practicing phy slclon for 17 years and calomel's old-time enemy, discovered the formula for Olive Tablets while treating patients for chronic con stipation and torpid livers. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets do not contain calomel, but a heal ing, soothing vegetable laxative. No griping is the "keynote" of these little sugar-coated, ollre colored tablets. They cause the bowels and liver to act normally, They never force them to unnat ural action. If you have a "dark brown mouth" now and then—a bad breath—a dull, tired feeling — sick headache—torpid liver ir.d are constipated, you'll find quick, sure and only pleasant result* from one or two little Dr. Ed wards' Olive Tablets at bedtime. Thousands take on* or two cv* cry night just to keep right. Try them. 10c sad 26c per box. All druggists. "*■» Olive Tablet Company, Co lumbus, O.