The Tacoma times. [volume], January 03, 1917, Page 6, Image 6

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PAGE BIX.
Today's Mystery —
How Anybody Can
Get Excited Over a
Game of Basketball!
FARMER VS. SIMS
FOR MAIN EVENT
The Tacoma Eagles lodge, al
ways a leader In staging popular
boxing cards In Tacoma, announc
ed today a smoker for next
Wednesday night, with two un
usually good bouts for the main
events.
Frank Farmer, the Kapowsln
logger, will meet Jack Sims of
Portland. The other main event
will be between Frankle Sullivan
and Ohet Neff. These two bouts
alone should be sufficient io fill
the hall.
Sims boxed Joe Bonds In Port
land some time ago, and ho ls
going good at the present time. He
Is head instructor in the Ilnter
Boxing Kangaroo and Mind-
Reading Duck For Regent
The Regent's midweek program
Which opens tomorrow promises
to be one of the most entertaining
combinations that the theater has
had recently. The headline fea
ture will be Bob, the boxing kan
karoo.
Another remarkable entertainer
will be Felix, the mind reading
Fighter Has
Met 3 Champs
New York Is stirred up over a
new lightweight.
It ls nothing new for New York
to be stirred up over a fighter,
more bloomers have been given
great puhllcity In the greatest city
In the world than from all other
parts of the country combined, but
this time it looks as though they
have really found something
good.
He is Eddie Wallace and down
In New York they say he Is a sec
ond Owen Moran, which means he
la a regular fighter.
Wallace deserves notice for
knocking Johnny Dundee off ills
feet for the first time In his ca
reer, If for no otlier reason.
Wallace Is numbered among the
•core of boys who have defeated
Freddie Welsh over the short no
declsion route.
During his short career as ban
tam, feather and lightweight Wal
lace has met three champions,
Williams, Kilbane and Welsh and
has done well with each of them.
I With the Amateurs *.
I Thia <\>lunin Is Devoted to Upbuilding-Amateur SportsTT
I All Items Should Be Phoned to Main PI 81 or Main 181
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Herb Thompson, of the Doughnut
King's establishment, takes ad
vantage of every opportunity to
go out and hook salmon trout.
He went to the Narrows yester
day afternoon and caught a
string of 1 8 of the nicest ones
that be has had the fortune to
hook for some time. He Is a
slicker with a fish line.
The First M. E. church liasketliall
team of the Tacoma City Bas
ketball league, who got the
•scalps of the First Christian
Pays $500 to
Option Jockey
Ws-AJ-TKIE KOBINSQN
Fraukio Ilolilnson, a boy of 19,
leading jockey of 1916, Is so much
In demand on the turf that he has
keen paid an option of $500 for
his services by Harry Payne Whlt
■ey, New York millionaire horse
man.
A ride on Rickety in the Bel
mont futurity really won recog
nition for Robinson. Whitney had
three horses In the race and Rob
tason had choice of mounts. He
heat out the other two Whitney
•ntries, finishing second In the
tsem.
During the season Robinson
won 178 races In America, 129 in
•Canada, finished second 131 times
tn America and 83 times In
Canada, and third 124 times in
America and 59 times In Canada.
School of Boxing of that city. |
Frank Farmer lias been keeping
himself In training continuously
ever since he lost to Willie Meehan
und he has resolved to make the
fans sit up antl lake notice when
he next steps Into the ring.
diet Neff of Seattle recently re-|
turned from a tour of California
where he literally "cleaned 'em
up." lie made a big record dur
ing his southern journey. Sullivan
Is the lad who trimmed Jack
White, brother of the famous
Charlie While, before the Lum
bermen's club, Seattle, on New
Year's afternoon.
Matchmaker Shanklin promises
I lively list of preliminaries.
thick. He ls a part of the act
of Van Der Koors, quark illusion-
Isto.
Dancing antl comedy are the
specialties of Powder and Cap
man, who have a prominent place
o nthe big program, as dancers.
The Two Lowes will present a
novelty rope manipulating act and
are said to be experts with the
lariat.
Dumals and Floyd, In smart
song and chatter, are another en-
tertaining feature.
Miss Jean McElroy, the Girl
With the Harp, will render classic
and popular numbers.
Grace Darmond, Leon Barry
and Ralph Kellard, In "The
Shielding Shadow" complete the
show.
Vivian Martin
In Boy's Role
Pretty little Vivian Martin plays
the stellar role In "Her Father's
Son," which will be the new pic
ture attraction at the Colonial to
morrow. She appears as Frances
Fletcher—a dual role. Part of
the time she masquerades as a
hoy, and then again appears as
her own girlish self.
The picture has been staged
with the well-known Morosco
fidelity to artistic detail, and a
clever cast ls seen In support of
Miss Martin. Alfred Vosburgh,
Herbert Standing and Lucille
Ward have important roles.
By BILLY CAR-MS
quintet in their first meeting
New Year's night, bids fair to
make the other teams in the
City league play a fast gamo.
Both teams are members of the
new City league, and any team
holding a franchise In this
league must play v good game.
If business did not Interfere, Ed
die Bates would be playing
pocket billiards all the time.
Etidie is a very nifty player and
any person opposing him has
to crack the ball accurately at
all times, or tiie clothes mer
chant will make them feel sadly
out of place. When Eddie gets
his cue working to suit him he
hears a striking resemblance to
Mornlngstnr in the way he
makes the balls respond to his
wishes.
One of the much talked of events
of the week In amateur circles
is the basketball meeting of
tho City league to be held Fri
day night at the Y. M. C. A.
This will be the final meeting.
The clubs will then get down to
business and will play off the
schedule to determine who gets
that beautiful trophy.
"Heinle" Torklep, for many years
football coach and who has tu
tored title winning teams, says
that he quit the game this sea
son, supposedly for good. How
ever, he says he will be on the
gridiron next season. He Is at
Will Preserve First Movie Shop
Here Is the first motion picture studio, erected by the Edison
company In 1005! It is to be pies en ed as a relic of the Industry.
Studios built nowadays cover acres and coat thousands of dollars.
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CITY LEAGUE
WILL START
MONDAY
Sclteduled games between teams
of the City Basketball league will
begin next Monday, under a par
tial schedule completed last night.
Monday night will see a game
between the fast Parkland A. C.
and College of Puget Sound
teams On January 12 the C. P.
S. and Parkland Lutheran aca
demy meet, the Tahoma A. C. and
Lincoln night school teams will
play, and the Cushman Indians
and Coast Artillery will clash.
There are now 11 teams In the
City league. One more team ls
sought, to give the league an even
number, and then the rolls will
be closed.
MAY SETTLE
MAT TITLE
iliiiiril Pre** lfii-i-il Wire)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. —
» Joe Stetcher, Nebraska wrestler,
will probably meet Ad Santel In
this city on February 22, In a
bout which may determine the
world's heavyweight championship.
This was the belief of locat mat
fans today following the Santel-
Lewls match Inst night which last
ed two antl a half hours without a
fall. Referee Al Williams called
It a draw.
RACING FOR
CALIFORNIA
till l'r.«« l.ritH'il Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. —
Racing will be revived In Califor
nia under a state commission of
three members and the pari-mu
tuel system of betting will he le-
galized, If a hill prepared today by
leading horsemen passes the com
ing legislature. The bill provides
for the use by the state school fund
of a certain percentage of the com
missions derived from the sport.
a loss to know what to do
with himself, he says, when not
directing a team.
One of Tnroma's athletes who can
give a good account of himself
anywhere, on any occasion and
In any kind of a game, is Ed
die Danlelson, the youthful
South Tacoma gridiron artist.
An article appeared in a local
newspaper recently which stat
ed that we drove an auto 75
miles every day. Yes, It's true.
We do drive 75 miles in dis
tance each day (not per hour),
but not in an auto. It's a
Ford.
THE TAOOMA TIMES.
Blue Bloods Take Back Seat
To Mounts of New York Police
Nap, Now York police horse, winner, with Patrolman David Tunstall up. Below, Voter, win
ner of the iierond prize.
Blue-blooded hunters and thor
oughbreds which traeo their line
ago through long pages of pedi-
gree have taken a hack seat to the
liotkch of tlie New York police
force.
Police horses were recently
Intoxication
Won Beauty
From Youth
PEGGY O'KEEKE
Youth meets Beauty on the
Primrose Path after lie has been
Introduced to Pleasure and all of
her friends of tlie frivolous world.
Beauty impresses Youth, but as
he became more impressed by the
importance of Pleasure, he gradu
ally forsakes her.
Frivolity, Style, Ecltement and
finally intoxication win him by
their luring coquetry, and lie for
gets about Beauty. All tliat she
ran offer in a pleasing counten
ance, while the others offer for
getfulness of unlovely memories.
Miss Peggy O'Keefe is Beauty
In "Experience,'' the great mor
ality play which closes its engage
ment at the Tacoana tonight. She
wears exquisite gowns, am' is an
accomplished actress.
Since he has become the owner of
a '17 model Ford, Leigh Neff
has sworn off on cigarets. He
now wears a "stogie in his
face. It ls really very becom
ing to the popular baseball
player.
Battles In human blood be
tween white corpuscles and dis
ease germs have been photograph
ed wtlh the motion picture
camera.
' granted awards over some of the favorites of the force and a great [
arlstrocracy of horsedom in performer at the steps which
Gotham when they outdid their count for points in such a com
rivals In action and points. petition.
Thirty of the cream of New Nap was ridden by Patrolman
York's big mounted police staff David Tunstall.
entered competition and the first Second prize was won by Voter
prize went to "Nap," one of the] with Patrolman John Thomas up.
DETERS
TIFFLE
Mr. George Shanklin,
o o o
Tacoma, Wash,
o o o
My Dear George:
o o o
I always knew,
o o o
George,
o o o
That you were a bear
o o o
Of an elocutionist
o o o
Because I've heard you
o o o
Spill the announcements
o o o
At so many smokers
o o o
And I've also heard
o o o
Some of your addresses
o o o
At sporting banquets
o o o
And you've made me laugh
o o o
And made me cry
o o o
Just by an inflection
o o o
Of your voice.
o o o
But George,
o o o
You've been keeping
o o o
Something from me.
o o o
I heard all about it
o o o
The other day
o o o
And it's so good
o o o
I've just gotta
o o o
Tell everyone.
o o o
It's about tlie time
o o o
That yon gave the sermon
o o o
Over the casket of a
o o o
Departed brother
o o o
And made everyone
o o o
Cry co much.
o o o
And Mayor Fawcett
o o o
Was among those
o o o
Present.
o o o
And after the service
o o o
The old mayor
o o o
Went to yon and said:
o o o
"George, you're immense,"
And then he offered to
o o o
Finance you,
o o o
If you would start on a
o o o
Billy Sunday tour
o o o
Of your own.
o o o
And the Mayor wasn't
o o o
Kidding because there
o o o
Were tears In his
o o o
Eyes.
o o o
Doggonit George,
o o o
Wily don't you let
o o o
Your friends in
o o o
On these little treats
o o o
Of your biography?
o o o
I thank you.
Glare oItIeGBEAT
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H.ANK 0-OTC&
CONNORS IS
AFTER THAT
LOST TITLE
When Earl Conners of Tacoma
meets Joe llarrahan of Seattle to
morrow night at Steele's gymnas
ium, the bout will mark Conners'
attempt to regain his former title
of Northwestern featherweight
champion.
This crown was taken from
Conners by Harrahan October 22.
Shortly afterwards the little Se
attle boxer lost it to Muff Bron
son of Portland. If Earl can de
feat llarrahan, he will be in line
to tackle Bronson, who ls report
ed to be one of the toughest box
ers In this neck of the woods.
It was in the Harrahan battle
that Conners' eye was cut badly.
This has healed well and should
give the boy no further trouble.
Paul Steele, matchmaker, has
a good list of bouts for his card.
PACKEYTO
COME BACK
tl ulleil I'rr-M I,rimed Wire.)
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.—After ref
ereelng the Spike Kelly-Goats
Ilolg bout In New York and sizing
up Les Darcy at the ringsido,
Packey MrFarland decided to get
back in the ring. The stock yards
i fighter has reached an agreement
with Doc Krone to act as his man
: ager.
PIN MONEY
FOR DARCY
II nltrtl Prraa 1..--....-.I Wire.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Thirty
thousand dollars was added today
to the fast growing pile of offers
to Lea Darcy for his first fight
in this country. John Relsler of
the Harlem Sporting club offered
this amount for a ten round bout
with the winner of the Welnert-
Miske bout, scheduled for Janu
ary 12.
Sodality Has
Easy Victory
By a score of a 4 to 9, the So
dality A. C. basketball team had
an easy time defeating the First
Christian church five last night
at St. Leo's gym. The lineups-
Sodality: Foye, Dalley, Barry,
Slim lain. McLaughlin, Garceau;
First Christian: Martin, Rucker,
Kemp, Hosescloni and Wilson.
BILLY QUITS
(I nili-il Pre- I <M«.-.I Hlr.'.l
DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 3. —
Billy Sullivan, for many years a
catcher with the Chicago White
Sox and employed last year as
Tiger coach, has retired from
baseball. Word received from Sul
livan today said he would not
join the Detroit club next spring
but would remain on his Oregon
farm.
Beat All-Stars
The Lennox All-Star basketball
team went down to defeat before
the First Congregationals last
night, 42 to 31. The game was
played on the Congregational floor
and was hard fought throughout.
Lineups—Congregationals: Mer
rltt, Fawcett, Bralven Dyer, Brain
erd Dyer, Aldrich; All-Stars: Mc-
Voy, Klrkwood, Chlsholm, Kelso,
Pratt.
Greater New York has 831,885
school pupils.
Frank Gotch's wonderful toe
hold which won lilm the wrestling
cb-tniplonslilp.
Wednesday, Jan. 3* 19IT.
Sports and
Amusements
FOR TACOMA FANS
• • c
Edward A. Peters
Sports Editor. Mala 10.
Miss Barrymore
In New Drama
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG
Following the highly successful
engagement of Clara Kimball
Young In "The Rise of Susan,"
which closes at the Apollo tonight,
another notable actress comes
Thursday In a big photoplay,
Ethel Barrymore In "The Awak»
enlng of Helena Richie."
This is a notable production
of Margaret Deland's famous nov
el, and Miss Barrymore Is said to
have exceptional opportunities for
the display of those emotional tal
ents and graces of manner which
made her so popular on the speak
ing stage.
Incidentally, It ls announced
that with the making of this film
Ethel ll,in \more decided to da
vote herself exclusively to the art
of the screen, allying herself per
manently with the Metro corpora
tion.
WHERE TACOMA IS
AMUSING ITSELF
Theaters
TACOMA
''Experience," last time to
night.
Thursday—Mine. Julia Culp
in concert.
PANTAGEB
I Imperial Military Octette.,
', and j»ood vaudeville.
REGENT
Zeno, Jordan and Zeno, and
; good vaudeville.
Film Houses
APOLLO
"The Rise of Susan," with
! Clara Kimball Young.
MELBOURNE
"The Mlltrllliß.nl,-.," with
; Douglas Fairbanks.
COLONIAL
"Whom the Gods Destroy,"
, with Alice Joyce.
BEST OF ALL I
$15 SUITSI
HERBST CLOTHES I
2nd Floor, Nat. Realty Bldg. I
mmmmm _ m _ ml _ m _ m _ m _i
Thursday Night, ■
Jan. 4,1917 I
5 -BOXING I
BOUTS-51
Featuring H
EARL CONNER, I
Tacoma, H
JOE HARRAHAN, ■
Seattle. ■
(122) ■
JACK SUTHERLAND, H
Tacoma,
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BATTLING BUNKER, H
Seal lie. H
(1.-.X) ■
3 —Other Fast Bouts-—.*) I
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t^B
Paul Steele's t;\uinasiiini B
10(i»' 2 Pacific Ate. ■
Admission, $1.00; .ring- I
side, f1.50. H
Reserved seats on .sale I
now at The Nuriubi Club, I
Seobey's Cigar Co., An- I
ilr.-Hs' Billiard Hal, The I
Annex Bar, Alfred's ( i»:ar I
Store, Kellogg's Billiard I
Parlor, 11th and X Ms. , I