The Tacoma times. [volume], February 09, 1916, Page 2, Image 2

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COLLEGE BOY, "STRANGLER LEWIS" ISi
LOGICAL OPPONENT FOR JOE STECHER
■
"ijtrangler" Lewis, college boy
wrestler, Is the logical man to
give a real test to Joe Stecher,
th*- youngster who came from a
Nebraska farm with a remarkable
leg. scissors hold, won one bout
after another, claims the Ameri
can championship and is seeking
a match with Frank Gotch for
the world's title.
Lewie has gone through the
big international tournament -t
Haw York with a clean record ln
tbe oatch-as-catch-can game. Hla
moat notable triumphs were over
Mort Henderson, who was a sen
sation aa The Masked Marvel,
Wladek Zbyszko and Doc Roller.
Stecher has appeared In only
one match in the tournament, ile
beat tha Marvel. That entitles
him to meet Zbyszko and Lewis.
The "Strangler" Is the only
man who has ever given Stecher
a real tussle since the Nebraskan
. became a national figure. They
PETER'S
IFFLE
Now all Join ln the chorus—
(To the iii lie of "Si .-long,
Mary," In "Forty-Five Min
utes From Broadway.")
"So-lonfl McGinnity—
How we hate to see yon
go;
80-long, McOinnity—
We'll be sure to miss yon
so.
And we'll all be watching
Ton in Butte, Joe,
All tills yeor—
Well retnemilier,
Joey, never fear."
"Sure, we'll be Just aa
wall Off this year without a
awfeartonal leaguq ball
2ttk." But it's significant
wrestled two hours and five min
utes to a draw.
Lewis Is different from most
wrestlers. He Is smart. He it
tended Kentucky State univer
sity, i lieu continued his educa
tion by reading high-class litera
ture in spare time, especially on
trains while going from one city
ii another between matches.
lie Is a student of physchology
and says that many times,
through mind control, ha la able
to make opponents do almost as
he wants them to.
The "Strangler's" right name
Is Robert Frledrlch. He was
called "Strangler" after "Strang
ler" Evan Lewie, who won fame
on the mat before him. He meas
ures 6 feet 1 Inch, weighs 235,
measures 19 Inches around the
neck and 43 around tha chest.
He Is only 23 years of age.
that only boosters of the
City league of semt-proa, are
making the claim.
Germany Schaafer was
asked what he would play
with tbe New York Yan
kees this season. "Light
LEVflfl"
A match between Lewis and
Stecher in the New York tourna
ment will be the biggest event of
the year in the wrestling game.
The winner of the tournament
comedy," he replied.
• • •
Russ Hall's popularity,
together with his knowledge
of the fine points of the
game and his phenomenal
ability to make his team
prove a winner, qualify blm
perfectly for the position of
manager of the Tacoma
team. If it should be that Ta
aoma gets a franchise this
year. For the Bake of the
game, and the benefit of Ta
coma, we'd like to see Russ
get the franchise.
• • •
Something like 400,000
persons ln New York are
mad over the ice skating
craze. And it's equally pop
ular ln every other city that
has an Ice rink. It Is Just
a fad, though. Next winter
at this time the entire coun
try may have a erase for
checkers, or dominoes, or
hide-and-seek.
• • •
Jim Coffay knocked out
Lew Bodle, showing how far
THE rTAOpMA TIMES
"SUNSHINE" JIM COFFROTH IS
HIT HARD BY SAN DIEGO FLOOD
View of the Tla Juana race track grandstand after the San IHego flood had swept down the
track, washing everything before It. Managers of the Lower California Raring association say
they will open it again on a larger scale than before.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9. —
'"Sunshine" Jim Coffroth, known
throtiKhout the world for his pro
motion of bix boxing matches,
was among those hardest hit by
the past fortnight's storm.
Not only did Coffroth's sun
shine talisman forsAe him, but
the storm wiped out pretty miiih
of everything that tlie promoter
TAKE'EMBACK
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 9. —
Portland may take hack Oene
Krapp, pitcher, and ("laud Barry,
catcher, formerly of the Beavers,
who jumped to the Federals a
year ago, according to Manager
Walter MiCredie.
TO OIVK DANCE
A benefit ball will be given
by the McKinley Athletic club!
Saturday evening at Campbell's
hall, on McKinley avenue. The
j club is going in strong for ama
teur baseball this year, and-tlie
funds to lie raised by the ball
will go towards uniforms and
outfit.
will get $10,000. Lewis baa tha
edge on the purse and the final
match probably will be between
him and the farmer boy from
Nebraska.
some of these fighters come
from being real fighters.
• • •
George Caney says Johnny
Kllbane is trying to duck a
match with him. Kllbane
la one of the best little
duckers In the business.
■ • •
Fred Toney, pitcher, says
ha will win 25 games next
season. Evidently he does
not expect to pitch for tha
Cincinnati Reds again.
• • •
It has been 39 days now
since January lat, and we're
still trying to find the guy
who started that talk about
DRYERNELL. There haan't
been a dry day this year.
owned. The $200,000 race course
built at Tla Juana, which was
looked forward to aa a mecca for
horse racers, was completely
wiped off tlie map.
So complete was the devasta
tion that Coffroth and his fellow
promoters have given up tlie big
winter meet planned for the next
lew months. Not deterred by
MURRAY IS
AFTER BOUT
WITH WEEKS
After quietly passing thrpugh
Taconia and Seattle last week,
Billy Murray, of California, one
of the well known middleweight
championship contenders of the
country, has gone on to Soap
Lake for a brief rest.
Murray intends to start train
ing immediately, with a hope of
meeting one of tlie best of the
Northwest middleweights. He
lias his eyes on Billy Weeks and
Charlie Egan, the Everett hoy,
and will endeavor to land a
match with either of the two.
"Fighting Billy Murray, as
he is better known, recently came
from Australia, where he went
as member of the same party in
which Joe Bonds of Tacoma made
bis trip to tlie Antipodes.
LEVINSKY IS
EASY FOR HIM
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Bat
tling Levinsky proved himself
inferior to Jack Dillon of In
dianapolis here last night, the
latter outfighting him ln a 10
--iniiinl match. Dillon weighed
168 1-2 and Levinsky 175 1-2.
Dillon was master of the situa
tion throughout the entire bat
tle.
HARD LUCK
FOR NEWKIRK
A remarkable run of nine ln
the three-cushion carom billiard
tournament last night at the
Thomas billiard parlors, made
by Henry Conger, saved him from
certain defeat at the hands of H.
N. Newkirk. The latter was
playing 25 to Cogger's 33, and
Newkirk was within one point
of winning tlie game when Conger
made his run.
Ball Players
To Train Soon
CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—lnterest
ln baseball is due to be revived
within a few weeks. President
Weeghman of the Chicago Cubs
announced today 'that his team
would start south for spring
training March B. Twenty-nine
players will compose the squad.
Chicago will open the season ln
Cincinnati April Is.
Cut Down the
Bleacher Seats
NEW YOKR, Feb. 9:—At the
opening session of the National
league directors last evening,
President Bbbets of Brooklyn
proposed a radical change in the
league, when he suggested that
each club be restricted to 2,000
25-eent bleacher seats. Boston
now has 10,000 such seats, St.
Louis, 9,000, Philadelphia, 6,500,
and Cincinnati, 4,000. No action
was taken.
HITS BOXING
LOS ANGELBS, Feb. 9.—The
police commission, at a session
yesterday afternoon, ruled that
It would not permit any profes
sional pugilists in the so-called
amateur boxing matches in Los
Angeles. Free he. lunches were
' alao tabooed.
their losses, however, the men
will rebuild immediately after
the Denver and Reno nieeta.
Coffroth'l "sunshino" has
temporarily turned to shadow,
but he is returning to San Fran
cisco this week to remain until
the weather conditions are right
again for renewing his acquaint
ance with the little over-the
liorder sport town.
Real Indian Girl
Carnival Queen
I.SLL COUCMOI3
A real Indian maiden, Miss
Nell Couchois of St. Paul, Minn., |
wag selected Indian queen of the
recent sport carnival held at St.
Paul by sport lovers of the North
west. :
Tlie real name of the Indian
maiden is 0 Bana Qua dv Ques, ,
which maens "The Cloud Nearest
Heaven." She lives north of St.
Paul with others of her tribe.
The carnival was a revival of
affairs of the kind held 20 years
ago. Men, women and children
contested ln snowshoeing, skat
ing, tobogganing and other
sports.
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EXCITING SPORTS - - BY AHERN
START TONIGHT
IN FIGHT FOR
BOWLING HONOR
For the flrsttime in years, the
bowling championship of Taco
ma is soon to be determined.
With at least 15 players entered,
the bowling tournament for in
dividual championship of tlie
cltv starts tonight on the alleys
of "the Y. M. C. A. All the alle.s
in the city will be used in the
tournament, so that players can-
ADVANSE DATE
OF BIG MATCH
NEW YORK, Feb. 9. -Be
cause it was found that the
Madison Square Garden had been
previously engaged for the night
of March 17, the heavyweight
bout between Jess Willard, cham
pion of the world, and Frank
Moran, was advanced last night
to Wednesday night, March 8.
According to Tex Rickard. pro
moter of tlie bout, Wilard will
BOXER SEEKS TUTOR
A teacher is being sought to
show Bryan Downey, Columbus,
0., lightweight, the fine points of
the game, and, if possible, turn
him into a champion.
Downey has been handled lately
by Art Simms, who was a boxer
THEY BAFFLE KAUFF
Figures on Benny Kauff, Fed
star, who has been signed hy tho
New York Giants, indicate he has
his troubles against left-handed
pitchers. He hate left-handed.
Eddie Plank of St. Louis was
the Federal league southpaw last
season, and he held Kauff to .187
Yesterday's Late News
CHAMI'IOX lIOUKEV TOXIOIIT
PORTLAND, Feb. B.—Wheth
er Portland's ice hockey team
will take part in the world's
championship series will be de
cided here tonight in the game
with Vancouver. By winning
tonight's game, Portland will
practically cinch the champion
ship. If Vancouver wins, one
game will separate the two
teams.
HURT IN QUARREL
KRISTOWN, Mont., Feb. 8. —
Mrs. Alice Kirkpatrick is in a
critical conditon in a Qreat Falls
hospital and Mrs. Lennie Chrls
tenseu is ln .jail here today as
the result of a jealous quarrel.
JIT DRIVER ATTACKED
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8. —
With four wounds on his body,
Albert Riley, jitney driver, today
told how three men attacked him
after hiring him to make a trip
to the beach. They obtained
$16. Riley's Injuries are not
serious.
AIRSHIP A MYSTERY
SANTA BARBARA, Feb. B.—-!
Following reports of a myster
ious aeroplane flying over Venice
last night, residents here today
declared they had seen a peculiar
airship, looking like a huge spid
er, maneuvering over the city.
It disappeared toward the Santa
Barbara Islands.
MORE DOM ARRESTS
LOS ANGELES. Feb. B.—Two
women, a doctor and a messenger
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1916.
not claim unfamlliarity with the
alleys, the last match to be rolled
one week from tonight on the
Tacoma building alleys. m
Tho men who will compete foi
the Tacoma bowling champion
ship are Backovich, Radouloh
Lee, Whlener, Marinkovich,
Sonic, Rogers, Vitaich, llendrick
sen, McCoy, Lubina, Herdman,
Petrinovich and Remetich.
get $47,500 and Moran $22,5<>_, •
The total receipts will have to
be in tlie neighborhood of $120,
--000 in order to return a profit.
Considerable doubt is being ex
pressed over the wisdom of tlie
affair, from a financial stand
point. The garden will he par
tially rebuilt, so as to hold 11,
--000 persons. It now seats 10,
--000. «•
■ some years ago. "Pop" Downey,
the boy's father, made a trip to
New York to secure tlie services of
a star boxer for the boy.
Downey was started ln the bnx
ing gatne by his father and has a
good record.
average. *•
Kauff batted ..17 against Dave
Davenport, St. Louis right-hander,
and .272 against McConnell, Chi
cago right-hander. Plank, Dav
enport, and McConnell were the
league's leading pitchers. Kauff's
average against the three was
.111. **
nre scheduled for arrest today in'
connection with the federal probe
of an alleged drug ring which is
said to have operated from Van
couver to Tia Juana.
mil TWO WOMEN*
KIAMATH FALLS, Feb. 8. —
Mrs. Myrtle Jones and her moth- .
er, Anna Wilcox, were shot and
killed today by William Doyle In
Langells valley, accorditig to
ineage rdetails received here.
Doyle is said ot have declared
the women attacked him after
a dispute over a lease of land.
WHOLE TRAIN OF ILLS
SEATTLE, Feb. 8. — When
Mrs. Solusher, wife of a promi
nent pianist here, fainted today,
tlie coffee boiled over, putting
out tlie gas. She was asphyxiat
ed.
WOMAN GOLFER
PASSES AWAY
BOSTON, Feb. 9 —Mrs. E. C.
Wheeler, for 15 years one of the
leading women golfers of the
United States, died yesterday at
Poland Springe, Me. She had
played In nearly every national
championship since 1901, win- *'
ning the women's Eastern cham
pionship In 1907.
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