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WOLGAST WILL
MEET RIVERS
JULY 4
(By United ITeM Leased Wire.)
LOS ANGELBS, April 10. —
Champion Lightweight Adolphus
Wolgast and Joe Rivers will bat
tle 20 rounds at Vernon, July 4,
for the lightweight tttie. The
match was made by Tom MoCarey.
Wolgast and Rivers will meet
»t 133 pounds rlngsid<\ Wolgast
claims Rivers will be the heavier
when the pair enters the ring.
Wolgast predicted that ha will
be in excellent shape when he en
ters the ring July 4.
James W. Coffroth of San Fran
cisco, will offer the winner a La
bor Day purse for a battle with
Jack Britton of Chicago, or
Hugbey Meuegan, the Australian
champion.
SCALPERS ARE BUSY
(By ri.it.-.i l'r.-is Leased Wire.)
L.OS ANGELES, April. 10—Pa
idemt Berry of the l>os Angeles
Coast league club, issued an ap
peal to the baseball public today
to Join him In a war of extermina
tion on ticket scalpers. Saturday
and Sunday saw record crowds at
the park and ticket speculators
reaped a harvest. Special officers
will watch for speculators.
Spray Pumps, any style. Taco
ma Impl't & Seed Co., 15th and
Commerce. ••♦
GRAND
BALL
TONIGHT
Dreamland Dancing Academy
Gentlemen 5 oc. Ladies free.
Kilgore's full orchestra.
11th rind D Streets.
Excursion Fares
-* TO THE EAST VIA
Northern Pacific Railway
The Scenic Highway and the' Only Lint* to Gardiner Gateway,
-; ' \ ■ / Official Yellowstone Park Entrance. "*■'.
> A I few - samplessimilar reductions to many other points In
. the Eastern United States* and" Canada, as well |as - the Mid
dle Went. ' „;,/"■;- : „.\:,::,,, . ';;. , .
: St. 'Pau1"..'."... .'..'.'. $60.00 . Denver, Colorado
Minneapolis ..;......, 60.00 , ..; Springs, Pueblo .*.s 55.00
•Duluth ........... 60.00 -r New York .*..;... 108.50
S5S&:::::::::: Si:!!! ™««>** ;,..... i;«;
Chicago ........... 72.50 _ Baltimore 107.50
St. 4 Louis '.......*...'70.00 Boston ...'......-.. 110.00
Omaha ............ 60.00 Montreal, Que. .... 105.00
Kansas City and St. - Bulfalo ...... 91.50
Joseph. 60.00 ' Pittsburg 91.50
Dcs Moines 65.70 Washington ....... 107.50
Sioux City 60.00 Detroit •. 82.50
Davenport ......... 70.00 Dallas ............ 75.00
Tickets will be on sale
April 25, 26 and 27, to St. Paul and Minneapolis only.
May 14 to Dallas only. .
.To all points except Dallas, Texas, on numerous dates, May
2 to September 30, 1912.
Limit 15 days on going trip. October 31, 1912, for return.
North Coast Limited c. & x.'V T .
Atlantic Express c. ». 1%. n y .
Daily through to Chicago via Minneapolis and St. Paul. Im
mediate connections to Duluth, Superior and Winnnipeg. The
North Coast Limited runs via Milwaukee, with Compartment
and Drawing Boom Sleeping Cars.
Mississippi Valley Limited
"T j«^ Dally through to Kansas City, St. Louis, St.
/<X\H£*\ Joseph and Denver via Billings and th<? Bur
/O?—^tfx Hngton Route. Direct connections to Omaha.
\Stlf _Mtiß\ standard Drawing Room and Tourist Sleep-
I I jMSB I Ing Cars, Dining Cars with service that is
I.AvHRf./ famous. For reservations and tickets call on
VSl^t^VX C. B. FOSTER, City Pastmngrr Agent,
JgClT^ D. H. ROWAN, Gen'J Agent Freight D.pi.,
'■ ■'^^BB^P r- v 025 Pacific Avenue, Taroma.
, A. 9.; CHABLTON, Asst.; General Pas»'r Agent,; Portland.
Because They Demand More Money
Two Great Players Must Loaf
OWEN BUSH AND CATCHER ED SWEENEY.
Shortstop Owen Bush of the Detroit club and Catcher Edward
Sweeney of the Highlanders are hold-outs.
These stars, than whom there are no better playing, demand
more money than their employers want to pay.
The result? It's the old story; the managers have announced
that they will get along without their services.
Meanwhile the players are out of work. They cannot sign with
some other club, for the "reserve rule" and the air-tight baseball cor
poration bars them.
It is this feature of baseball which Representative Thomas Gal
lagher's bill will hit if congress doesn't let fne fire of investigation
die for want of fanning.
Bush and Sweeney, as human beings with something to sell,
claim they are entitled to disiwse of their goods at the highest pos
sible figure, but are restrained because they "belong" to the Detroit
and New York clubs, which refuse to pay the price asked.
TOVGH MXCK, EH? YES!
"Oh-h-h-h-h!!! FUGDE!!!!"
Chorus from sport writers who
would rather go to Vancuover for
the opening game than stay in Ta
coma and "help out" counting
votes o nthe election next Tues
day.
"Gee, I wish I wer a bat boy—
How about it, Jimmy, Biddy and
Dick'"
MAXTEIX VS. KANE
MARYSVILLE, Cal. — Another
| so-called middleweight elimina
tion contest will be put on here
when Frank Mantell clashes in a
20-round contest with Russell
Kaue, a ball player. Although
Kane is said to be shifty on his
feet, he is not conceded much of
a chance against Mantell.
OOBLENTZ HI'RTS LEO
2 «——-^—
In an attempt to slide home
Saturday in the game with Olym
pla, "Dub" Coblentz, left fielder
for the Tacoma High nine tore
the ligaments in his left leg. This
will put "Dub" out of tho track
team and other sports for some
time.
COI.TKIX STRAINS LEG
REDDING, Cal.—The Portland
Colts are temporarily ewakeneif
as a result of the injury suffercl
by Shortstop Coltrin, who strain
ed the ligaments of his left leg In
sliding. He will be on the shelf
four or five days.
FITZGERALD VS. OOFFEY
SAN FRANCISCO. —Jack Fitz
gerald, the Omaha middleweight,
has left here for Coallnga, where,
on April 26, he Is scheduled to
meet Walter Coffey of San Fran
cisco, tna 20-round contest.
All Keystone players are re
quested to report at the Keystone
Saturday night.
Abbott la going to show gome
speed on the batting line this
year. He is sticking better every
day and bis fieldloe Improve*.
THE XACOMA TIMES.
f ODDER
FOR
HUNGRY
FANS
A Little Gossip
From All the .
Leagues
Bill Yohe, third Backer, tannod
and toughened by rough practice
with the Coast leaguers, bustled
into the ball grounds, dropped his
bat bag and suit roll and climbed
into a unl. Inside of 10 minutes
he had met the newspaper men.
and posed for his photograph and
then started to play liis first
game with the Tigers. Ho can
hook 'em over, field and run
bases like a scared jack rabbit.
The wise ones are betting on
Tacoma for first, second or third
position at this early stage, Which
means there will be more wtee
ones betting that Tacoma will take
the pennant when the seasotai ad-f
vanoes. \
Watch for the utxi Times Pink
Sheet baseball ticket contest.
The lucky fans of the first cftfclost
are getting their tickets.
Ofstad was the hero of thf
Brewers.in the game with the
Tiger squad. First time up to'
bat, first ball pitched, be Slim
med one out fora home run, oVer
the head of Heine Jansea >who
was playing in the center garden.
The ball hit the fence but Heine
forced Ofstad to hustle from third
on the throw-In.
Fans, keep your eye on that
boy Helmicke. He's only a young
ster now but tho way he was put
ting them over in practice and
stuff and smoke he put on his
balls make him look like major
league material. Mike Lynch'p
luck or good judgment in holding
the lad as reserve on the Tiger
staff —lie's the only left hander
—-and Helmicke is going to mako
good with a vengeance. Mike is
drilling him in control and curves
and Butler Is also doing some
training.
Fans in the gran^tand are pre
dicting good thingg^or Dick Crit
tenden, Lynch's brunette back
stop. He is frying out dally, can
peg to second with scarcely an
inch variation In the throw, bat
well and run bases.
Bill Ludwig, catcher, is said to
be the heaviest thrower of the
Tiger squad. His throws fairly
burn up calloused hands. The
ball seems to land like a ton of
brick.
Mttfc^HkWy
Tlhh hardly looks like a human hand —yet it Is the hand of one
of the highest priced ball players In the game—Mordceai Brown of
the Chicago Cubs. Jirown lost one finger in a torn shredder and the
other digits were bunged up In the national pastime-
Keystones Will
Play Olympia
To play their first out-of-town
game, the Keystone baseball club
will travel to Olympla Sunday
and try to annex a dandy scalp.
It's worth even money that the
Keystones take the bacon under
their arm and bring it home.
Here's the squad that will make
the trip: Eddie Ballard. lb;
Ueddy Johnson, c; Heed, Hel
mlcke and Simmons, p; Tom
Shetland, 2,b; McFadden, ss;
Ilarttnan, 3b; Tom West, rf;
"Skinny" Baker, cf; Heal, If.
"Skinny" Is out of the pitching
game, probably for the season.
All of the players are showing ex
lellent form and it appears that
the city championship will l>e a
fl«ht between the Keystones and
Brewers. The Keystones challenge
the Brewers and are ready to
play any day.
CAMPI REFUSES BOUT
SAX FRANCISCO, April 10. —
Efforts to match Young Togo, the
highly touted Japanese boxer, and
Edrtio Campi, king of the t'our
i'Wind bantams, failed today j be
causo Eddie Robinson, the Jap's
manager insisted that Campi agree
to stop his tighter within ten
rounds. Campi refused to listen
to,this proposition, but agreed to
allow the referee to call the bout a
draw should both fighters be ou
their feet at 20 rounds.
«OO() CARD FRIDAY
SAN FKANCISOO, April 13.—
Fight fans are toGay looking for
ward to an unusually good card
next Friday evening, when eight
four-round bouts will be staged
at Dreamland. Jimmy Carroll,
the veteran featherweight, who is
to meet Abe Attell, the former
champion, in Sacramento April 23.
will box Jimmy Fox; Billy Weeks
and Brick Buigess, middle
weights, are expected to put up
the toughest bout of the evening,
and Rufe Turner and Peter Ken
sen, lightweights, Are on the card.
WITH THK COXTKKTAXTS.
George C. Levonhagen, 1002
South Steele street, who won 10
tickets good for any agmes at the
l>all park this year, was the first
to call for his tickets.
"Sure, I'm going after that
season ticket." he said when told
of the coming contest. "I feel
that winning this shows good
b/seball generalship for a fan,"
he added. He was right. Other
ticket winners come in and get
your prizes.
Got Your Opening Day-Excuse Framed Up Yet?
Better Get Busy and Think Up Something New
IF YOU "MET WITH AN ACCID6NT.'
6« CAREFUL NtXT DAY.
BY WORKMAN".
Well, well, well, Brother Fan,
It's working around to opening
day, Isn't? Reports from the
front tell how the new material
shapes up and the old timers are
rounding Into form for the "best
season ever."
: Of course, you will be one of
"those present" at the opener!
This is all cut and dried In your
mmd — but how about easing It
into the boss? ■ -• i
It Is a fact that the old stuff
goes well, but if you attempt to
resurrect dear old grandma to re
enter her again you have a crust
thicker thau the ice on Hudson's
bay.
Here's a couple or three excuses
that might help in a pinch.
Frlnstance, you might have
friend wife telephone that you
met with an accident last night.
Fine! Go to the game; the
ABANDON GLASS T
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
LOS ANGELES, April 9.—Pa
cific coast magnates have aban
doned plans to organize a Class C
league in central California, ac
cording to Hap Hogan, who 1b
here today with his Tiger band.
"We were unable to get leases on
grounds," explained Hogan, "and
we surely don't intend to spend
money building up a league when
the parks may be taken away
from us any day." The plans
may be revived next season.
HTO'S AFTER MON^Y
SAN FRANCISCO. — Possess
ed of a wealthy father and a de
stre to be world lightweight
champion, Handsome Jodie Mey
er, a local amateur scrapper, Is
out today with a challenge to
fight Willie Ritchie. Papa Meyer
is willing to back Jodie's prowess
to the extent of $5 00 in a ten
round go. but Willie, with an eve
to business, says there will be
nothing doing unless Jodie's papa
crimes through with a $1,000 aide
bet.
HROWJf-OLABK I>RA\V
INDIAXAPOMS, Ind. —George
"Knockout" Brown, the Chicago
middleweight, ran up against a
snag here in Kid Clark, a local
.boxer, with whom he shares a
draw decision today. Brown had
all the better of the first five
rounds, but Clark came back
strong in the sixth and made a
rushing fight of it for the re
maining five periods. He was
much the stronger at the finish.
ROBERTSON \S TRAINER
NEW YORK.—That Lawson
Robertson, trainer of the Irish-
American Athletic club will act as
associate coach with Mike Mur
phy In training the American
Olympic athletes for their invas
ion of Stockholm this summer Is
reported here. The American
Olympic acommittee is expected
to make a formal announcement
to this effect soon.
BENNETT GETS TICKETS
O. W. Bennett was another
lucky fan who drew down ten
baseball tickets today. He said
the contest was a corker and Is
going to watch for the next one.
Saturday the Whltworth college
will likely get another trimming
when it playa the P. L. A. team
at Parkland. The P. L. A. has
defeated teams which have badly
defeated the Whitworth nine.
home team cops and you pet full
of enthusiasm, peanuts and pop
corn. In the morning daub your
eye with iodine, doll up with
splnts and slings and show up at
the office.
Try this one:
Same telephone call, only have
such a cold you can't speak. Your
pipes are all gummed up. Qo to
When the time comes to get out
the golf clubs or the baseball mitt
or the tennis racquet and "feel of
them"—then you know its time
for new clothes
you so many things Xup $X
you'll like you won't v^rVjnlllß)^1 '1-**.
care for anything else y^7 Mypi *\
—or if you come hero /j r* Vm \ J j \
last, the same thing. IV \ \T I IJi^/fi^
the suit shown in our l\ X \ V\oj M 1^,,. I
illustration; get the JL^\ Xki^ i^^^l
soft swelling curve of l^Sl 4Bl» >^*^~ J
- ' $30, $35. ■ "pyiifiht Hart Swiffiier It Max* -
James H. Dege Co. j
; 1110-12-14-16 Pacific Aye. -- 1
The Good Clothes Store for Men and Boys.
Wednesday, April 10, 1912.
the game and yell yourself blue in
the face, inhale a bag of "hot
roasted" and try your flues.
Better be honest about It,
though. Honest not only with
yourself but with the chief. He
may be a fan and would rather
have you ask him outright. A.
good straight request often goes
better tan the beet of frame ups.