The Tacoma times. [volume], September 24, 1917, Image 6

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ISPORTS
Long Strain Hurting
Giants In Big Race
tVmHt* Preaa l.rmmmt Wlr«.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—Today
opens the last full week of major
league baseball, with the Giants
still waiting to cinch the National
league pennant. A victory today
hy the leaders or a loss by the
Phillies would end the race. The
Giants ars scheduled at St. Louis
and the Phillies at Pittsburg
The White Sox finish their Bos
ton engsgement today, probably
with another second string lineup
in place. They have a series to
play In Washington and then they
come to New York to play their
final series of the season. They
will be ready to begin their rest
preliminary to the world's series
after a game with the Yankees
a week from today.
With the National league pen
nant still flspping free. John Mr-
Next Time They'll Try to
Play Entire Contest Here
Tacoma Elks are good golfers
on the home course, but when
they leave horne —Oh, Boy!
The Seattle and Tacoma Elks'
teams of 20 men split up Sunday
Into squads of 10 each, to play off
the championship golf match of
the season. Half the game was
played In Tacoma and half in Se
attle.
The 10 Elks who defended their
colors on the Tacoma course
DIETZ WILL
BRING SQUAD
TO STADIUM
Probably the first big football
event of Camp Lewis will be a
game October 13 to be played In
the Tacoma Stadium between the
842 nd Infantry Officers' team and
the Washington state college elev
en.
Arrangements for the game
have just been completed, and
Coach William "Lonestar" Dieu
of the college has promised to ]
have his boys lv Tacoma for the
game. Lieut H. A. Mallum, regi
mental athletic director, Is re
sponsible for arranging the game.
New Leader In
Coast Batting
(Vailed Preaa I.eaard Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.—
Morris Rath has taken the coast
batting leadership of the Coast
league from Justin Fitzgerald,
averages published today show.
The pair were tied at .333 a week
ago, but Rath has gained seven
points in the meanwhile, and Fitz
only three. '
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♦ NATIONAL I.IiAGt B •
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Standing of the Clans.
Won I<ost Pet
New York 93 51 .646
Philadelphia 82 60 .577
ft. Louis 79 67 .541
Cincinnati 75 72 .510
Qjicago 72 77 .4<*3
Brooklyn 64 75 .460
?oston 64 77 .451
lttsburg 48 98 .829
(•arnes Yesterday.
At Chicago—
First game— R H E
Philadelphia 4 9 2
Chicago 1 6 0
Alexander and Klllifer. Doug
las. Prendergast and Elliott, Dil
hoefer.
Second game— R H E
Philadelphia 11 10 1
Chicago 4 10 0
Flttery and Adams; Carte.*,
Aldridge, Prendergast. Weaver
and Elliott. Dilhoefer.
At Cincinnati—
First game— R H E
Brooklyn 5 9 0
Cincinnati 2 8 8
Pfetfer and Miller: Toney, El
ler, Rcuther and Wingo.
Becond game— R \\" E
Brooklyn 0 5 0
Cincinnati 8 12 0
Cheney, Coombs and M. Wheat;
Regan and Wingo.
At St. Louis —
First game— R H E
Boston 5 6 1
Bt. Louis 11 13 1
Barnes, Scott and Tragesser;
Goodwin, Horstman, Ames and
Snyder.
Second game— R II E
Boston 7 10 0
St. Louis 1 8 1
Hughes and M»yers; Watson,
Hortsman, Packard, May, Hitt
and Gonsales.
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4 AMERICAN LEAGUE ♦
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Standing of the Clubs.
Won. Lost Pet.
Chicago 97 60 .«•»<>
Boston 85 87 -599
Clevelsnd 84 .3 .671
Detroit 76 7J .610
Washington 87 74 .475
Hew York 87 78 .468
ft Louis 66 96 .867
Philadelphia ....60 98 .860
SPANAWAY WANTS
CHANCE AT TITLE
FOR CITY AMATEURS
Graw Is confronted with the ne
cessity of throwing his best forces
Into the battle every day. And
every day that passes this way
makes his world's series task that
much harder. Charley Herzog is
resting and undoubtedly will be
In better condition when the big
games start than if he had played
continuously. But Zimmermann
is suffering from a strained mus
cle and has a nest of bolls. He
needs rest. Benny Kauff Is bar
boring some strained muscles and
could stand a layoff. Artie
Fletcher also needs a rest.
Aside from these men, the
pitching staff has been worked
hard. If McGraw could rest bis
big quartet — Benton, Salleo,
Schupp and Perrltt—their chances
would grow stronger.
trimmed their Seattle brothers 17
to 11. Then they went back to
the club house to learn how badly
the Tacomans had beaten Seattle
on the latter's course.
But the Seattle story was dif
ferent. The Tacomans who went
there for their game reported that
they had been given a beating to
the tune of 21 to 6. That gave
Seattle a victory for the day, with
a grand score of 32 to 23!
MANY STARS
OF GRIDIRON
AT BIG CAMP
Football dopesters who have
been inspectitng the gridiron ma
terial already at Camp Lewis, have
enthusiastic reports to make over
the season's outlook. Several star
football teams that would be as
fast as anything in the west can
easily be formed.
And here's a suggested nll-s'ar
eleven from the camp. Few teams
In this part of the country could
stand up against it:
Left eml —Don Abel, Wash
ington.
I.eft tackle—t'ary May, Ore*
gou Agricultural college.
Left guard—l/otils HeagrHve,
Washington.
Center —"Doc" While, Cali
fornia.
Right guard—Hubbard. Ore
gon Agricultural college.
Right taikle — Maj. Weir,
Point.
Right end—Kiendon, Oregon
Agricultural . i.lleue.
Quarterback — Wee Coyle,
Wasbinglotn.
Left half— Vy Noble, Wash
ington.
Right half—Worsham, Pur
due.
I iilllim 1. —Walter Keck, Ore
gon Agricultural college.
Nulls!itutr- — < 1i.n1.-s Smith,
Washington; Newman, Ore
gon Agricultural college;
ICos.ii- Pike, Washington.
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THE ART Ml'NKl M
Isn't that a beautiful building?
It is an si" museum —a garage for
famous pointing. Paintings, that
old masters wore their wrists off
making.
Are there expensive paintings In
it? We should say so. Some of
them are almost worth a dozen of
eggs and a pound of pork chops.
There doesn't seem to be anybody
going In it. Maybe because It's
free today—And like In every
town, the majority of the citizens
don't know they got it.
Only the visitors go thru It.
Don't the native enjoy art? Do
they? Why say, Jes' look at that
crowd watching a fella painting a
fancy tobacco ad on the drug store
window.
An art museum would make a
classy gasoline filling station The
chalk talk artist in a 10c vaude
ville house drawing a picture of a
sunset in Italy and turned upside
down It's a dark hued kid eating
a wa'ermelon, gets more applause
than Rembrandt.
A Jap brewer made the first real
map of Japan, and It took him 18
years to do It.
SUIT TO ORDER
$10.00 —i ni..n Made—
When own goods are furnlshe-.
GLASGOW TAILORS
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AMUSEMENTS
HOW THE BIGTEAMS SIZE UP ON EVE OF
No. 3.—Their Catching Strength.
THE ANNUAL CLASSIC FOR WORLD TITLE
There is nothing more essential
to a great ball club than a great
catcher.
Look back over the really
greats of the past and It will be
seen that there was never a really
great club without a great catcher.
Tiie Cubs had Kling, and later
Archer, the Pirates of 1909 h.id
C.ilison, and remember what these
"SO LONG LETTY" DOESN'T LOSE A
MINUTE'S TIME WHEN LIGHTS GO OUT
"So Long Letty" Is a brilliant
comedy, even when played in tin
dark!
And that's -going some for a
musical farce that develops most
of its fun from ludicrous situa
tions and clever character acting.
When a transformer at the Ta
coma theater burned out Sunday
night, just as tije orchestra wss
completing Its overture, the aud
ience sat hack comfortably and
waited nearly half an hour for
lights. The orchestra's Impromp
tu concert of popular music help
ed kill time.
Everyone thought when lights
finally came on that electricians
had completed repairs. So the big
musical comedy opened Its first
act with •much music and many
pretty girls.
Hardly had the plot begun to
develop when out went all the
lights again. Grace and Tom.
mlsmated neighbors, were just
telling one another how unhappy
Whitman Has
Four Veterans
WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla
Walla, Sept. 24. —In spite of the
loss of football material due to the
war, a number of husky freshmen
who have entered Whitman have
made the outlook a little less pessi
mistic for Coach Borleske. He
has not yet been able to get a line
on his material since school open
ed Wednesday, but as four of last,
year's equad are back and more
promise to put In an appearance
next week the coach expects to get
up a presen'able aggregation be
fore the first contest late next
month.
Amateur Title
Now Claimed By
Columbus Team
Knights of Columbus claim the
amateur baseball title ol Tacoma
as a result of the victory of their
ball team at 'Athletic park Sun
day afternoon over the C. <fc B.
Ideals. It was a good game, with
the Knights outhltttng the Ideals.
Final score, 5 to 2.
Spanaway now come? forward
and wants a chance at the title.
Altho the Knights say that Span
away never had a claim to the
pennant, they are willing to pro
long the season another week to
give the prairie team a chance.
It Is probable that the Spanaway-
K. of C. game will be staged next
Sunday.
Sunday's score: K. of C, 5-7-3;
Ideals, 2-5-3; Murray and Lei't
wlch; Dickerson, Lick and Sever
ance.
Hughle Mack, tne fat chap Who
was featured in Vitagraph come
dies for so long, is back wtth
L-KO at Universal City.
two clubs did to the Tigers with
mediocre Schmidt. The Athletics
bad Ira Thomas and Schang, the
Giants Myers, when Myers was
right. The Red Sox had Carrigaii
and so It goes.
In v close comparison of
the White Sox nnd Giants this
Is the only depai-tiue.it in
which cither club has a <l«*
--« idol advantage.
Ray Hcbalk Ik the class of
in'th b pi_.ii." . He Is far su
perior lo any en teller in the
business today.
MeCmty and Raiiden nrc
good enlehers—Kebulk Is n
super-catcher.
He is not hitting so bard this
Ihey were. And it was time for
Charlotte Greenwood, the "graco
fully awkward star, to make hir
appearance.
Did "So Long Letty" say "so
long," and wait for more light on
the .situation? She did not.
Grace and Tom improvised con
versation, while a stage hand ran
about sticking candles Into the
footligbt ditch.
Charlotte came on the stas;e
and made her entrance in the dark
just as effectively as tho the spot
light were on her.
The chorus sang and kicked.
The plot thickened. "Business
as usual" stuck out all over the
show, alllio the only light in the
theater was shed by a handful of
Popular Star Comes
In New Metro Drama
Harold Lockwood bus gained a wide following In Tacoma.
Whenever liln film*, are booked at the Apollo, Manager Anderson
sli.s bark and watches the crowds flock to the theater. lockwood
Is at the Ap»ll«i this lvemk In another love drama.
Breezy Harold Lockwood In
"Under Handicap," at the Apollo,
has another big fellow role, and
it being a book play, there Is a
good stcTy, well told. There are
stirring outdoor scenes, which
By Paul Pnrman.
season as either of the Giant re
ceivers, but lie has v faculty for
getting on and Is fnst on the paths,
something unusual for a catcher.
On the field he Is a wizard at
handling his pitchers. His pegs
to the bases are shot with bullet
speed and accuracy. There are
few bases stolen on Schalk. He
fields his position with lightning
speed.
McCarty and Rariden are excel
lent catchers. There are few bet
ter in either league. Schalk is
one of the few. Ho Is better than
either- so much better, In fact,
that in the catching department
the White Sox stand out far ami
away above ihe Giants.
After 15 minutes the lights
came on again. By this time the
comedy was going full speed
ahead, and the absence of Incan
descent hadn't spoiled things a
bit.
Klaw & Erlanger certainly
picked the proper vehicle in "So
Long Letty" for opening the Ta
coma theater season. It's a great
big show with everything a mu
sical comedy needs, Including a
cleverly complicated plot.
And Charlotte Greenwood—you
canjt appreciated her until you've
seeii some of those stunts she does
with her awkward feet and hands.
The rest of the cast is well up to
the K. & E. standard.
admirers of Lockwood tlnd so en
joyable. A good comedy and new
Pathe news pictures are on the
bill, and the Apollo's enlarged or
chestra has delightful music. . i
TODAY'S GAME MAY
CINCH TITLE FOR
NEW YORK GIANTS
WORLDSERIES
Gab and Gossip
Only two members of the White
Sox have ever been in a world
series, Kddie Collins and Kddle
Murphy. Of the Giants, Herzog,
Fletcher, Zimmerman, Burns, Tes
reau, Demaree and Gibson have
seen world series service, all ex-
cept Zimmerman and Gibson with
the Giants. Gibson was with the
Pirates of 1909 and Zimmerman
with the Cubs in 1910.
Al Demaree landed in the big
money thru a system of trades
which were lucky, at least for him.
Starting the season with the Phil
lies he was first traded to the
Cuba and then to the (Hants.
This Is the first Interseetlonal
world series since 1910, when
the Cubs and Athletics played.
The Whi'e S?bx broke Into the
big classic back in 1*»06. Of the
players then in the game only two
are now In baseball, Fielder Jones
who managed the club and now
pilots the Browns, and Nick Alt
rock, official clown for the Na
tionals.
Collins will be the real veteran,
as this will be his fifth break Into
the classic. It Is also McC.raw's
fifth year to manage a world se
ries team. Herzog and Fletcher
Mary Pickford's New
Drama True Delight
ever."
A celebrated critic has thus
described "Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm," this week's Colo
nial offering, In -which "Little
Mary" has the title role, and the
picture deserves flattering en
comiums.
Miss Pickford gives a remark
able characterization of the child
Rebecca. She is delightful In the
romantic scenes, quaintly humor
ous in the comedy moments, and
Tacoman Wins
Two Contests
Several out-of-town sportsmen
attended the last contest of the
season held yesterday at Point
Defiance by the Tacoma Bait <4
Fly Casting club. H. J. Nason
of Tacoma won the quarter ounce
accuracy cast with a record of
99.1, and also took first In the
quarter ounce distance cast, 129
feet 4 4-. r. Inches. R. S. Hayes
of Seattle was first In the light
fly tackle accuracy test, with a
record of 99 HI, and also took
first In the light fly tackle dis
tance throw, 84 feet.
Dogs Showing
Speed Today
Bird dogs from all parts of the
Pacific coast began their two-day
annual field trials at Yriyi Mon
day, 30 miles south of Tacoma.
The animals with their owners
went to the trial fields early Mon
day morning by auto, and the
contests were scheduled to start
before 9 o'clock.
Dogs from British Columbia"
and California have been entered.
Nellies, a pointer owned by Mrs.
A. A. McKlllop; Hyas Cull Chica
mnm, pointed owned by M. A.
Howe, and Max, pointer owner by
A. A. McKlllop, are the Tacoma
dogs entered. The field trials
are under auspices of the Wash
ington Field Trials club.
mn i ■
Resume Tennis
Tacoma tennis players decided
yesterday to resume the city title
tournament, which was abandon
ed several weeks ago. Henry
Hewitt 111 and Pierre Denton
played Nathan and Bennte Koutr.
In the doubles, and defeated them
•-3, 6-3. Denton and Hewitt will
not meet Wallace Scott and Ca
mlUe Pessemler for the city title.
MOVIES
haye each been up three years,
Tesreau two, and Burns, Demaree,
Gibson and Zimmerman each one.
Eddie Murphy may prove the
pinch hitting wonder of the series.
Eddie has won more games by bis
pinch hits this year than any other
American league bench warmer.
For the first time in many years
two temperamental teams will be
seen in a world series. The Ath
letics and Red Sox were both com
posed of "Money players."
Byrne Bumped
Before Series
II I. ll.'. I I'r.'u 1.H.r.l Wire.)
CHICAGO. Sept. 24.—Bobby
Byrne, veteran lnfielder, today
terminated iiis career as a mem
ber of tlio White Sox without hav
ing participated in a champion
ship game.
Byrne was signed by Presi
dent Comiskey after Buck Weaver
broke a finger several weeks ago.
Fred McMullln, rookie, look«d so
good at third, however, that
Byrne was not used. And now
Weaver Is buck on' the job, so
Bertie was unconditionally re
leased.
appealing In the more serious
phases.
Marshall Nellan ha 9 given the
film a beautiful production, and
the backgrounds alone are some
thing at which to marvel.
Eugene O'Brien has the role of
Adam Ladd, and many other
screen favorites are In the cast.
"Fatty" Arbuckle Is starred In
the comedy attraction, "A Reck
less Romeo."
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•■ BILL COOPER «
9 - WINS ANOTHER 4
9 W. H. "Bill" Cooper, man- <*
* ual training teacher in the 4
A Tacoma grade schools, won -s
9 another golf title yesterday. <*>
• He captured the 1917 cham- 4
9 plonship of the Meadow Park <*
A public golf course, defeating 41
«t> E. A. Dexter in the final 4
9 match, five up and four to 4
9 go, in a 36-hole match. Coop- 4
9 er also won the city golf title #
<s> this season. y <$>
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Noah was 500 years old when
he began walking the floor with
Shem and Shem was an infant of
98 years when he entered the ark.
EAGLES' SMOKER
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER _7TII
Program Starts at 8: IS Sharp
24 Rounds boxing 24 Rounds
O ROUNDS EACH—TWO MAIN EVENTS—• ROUNDS EACH
MUFF BRONSON, Portland, vs. CHET NEEF. SeaUlc
Mi Lbs.
TOUGHY WING of Portland vs. ED HARRAHAN of Seattle
ISM Lbs.
SEMI-WINRUP
EDDIE QUINN, Tacoma, vs. ERANKIE SANDERS, New York
- 42,1 Lbs.
ADDED ATTRACTIONS
BATTLING BUNKER, Seattle, vs. RAY CUNNINGHAM, Mont.
170 1.1 is.
RAY WHITMAN, Taooma, vs. VINCK MOORE, Los Angetes
118 Lbs. I '
General admission, $1; Reserved Scuts, gl.ftO; ftingslde, *'-
TICKETS FOR SALE:
Price's Pastime INm.I Hall; Keystone Club, Schock Bros.;
Alford's Cigar Store) Annex, O'Neill A Young; Vaaaey A
(Vnighlln's; Si-i.lij'k tigar Store; Prank Yorkthelmer, Booth
Tacoma.
WHERE TACOMA'S
AMUSING ITSELF
TACOMA
"Ho Ijoiig l.etn.' until Wed
nesday, with Wed-MMNlay niali
nee.
PA MAGES
"Ml«s XimiiiH," 111 in-i< itl
o<>in<vt*i . with vaudeville.
! HIPI'ODItOMK
I The Eugene I "age Knleii.iiii
'ers; with vaudeville.
MOVIEB
COLONIAL
"Rebecca of Sunnybrtiok
Furin," with Mary Piikford.
A1'01.1.0
"I'nder llniidicap," with
Harold l.ockwood.
Mil It'H IINK
"In Again—Out Again,"
«iib Douglas Fairbanks.
LIBERTY.
"Bawbs •' the Blue H'<!»;<■,"
with Bessie Ban i-« jili-.
Musical Feature
Is Headliner of
Hippodrome Bill
A "big time" musical act heads
the new Hippodrome vaudeville
bill, which opened Sunday. The
Kugene Page entertainers, two
men and five women, play on .ill
manner of instruments, besidi^s
singing nicely, and their act is
one of the best musical features
of the season.
"When We Grow Up" is tho
title of a humorous play witn.
country setting, presented by Ed
die Tanner and company.
Jennings and Barlow In "Vau
deville do Luxe" have an act of
music and burlesque drama.
"The Bellboy and the Maid" Is
a novel comedy by Virgil and La
Blanche.
Singing and ventriloquism ars
pleasingly combined by Bell and
Joe DeVore.
LaPetite Ellis, a tiny girl, gave
her songs and impersonations so
well Sunday that she drew five
curtain calls.
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BE IN BIG SERIES »
<*> The interest om many Ta- •*•>
9 coma fans during the world 1>
4 series will be centered on <5>
4 Fred McMullin, former sen- 4
4 satlonal third bas«;man of the <$>
•■ Taroma Tigers, who will <?>
4 njobably play third for the <"■>
4 White Sox. 4
>$• ■ Fred was obtained from <&
*' Seattle in 1914, and stayed 4
9 here a year and a half. Then <t*
4 Los Angeles grabbed the ♦
<§> young tnfielder, and Fred ♦
<$ continued to make good. It 4
<* wasn't long before he had ♦
4 taken a rattler for the big 4
9 circuits. Altho McMullin 4
9 Isn't a Tacoma product. It ♦
♦ was here that lie really do- ♦
4 veloped into a clever ball ♦
4 player, and Tacomans are A
A not unwilling to claim him ♦
A as a part of our local out- ♦
9 put of hall stars. *
# Other North westerners In 4
<$> the big ' scries are Walter ■$
• Holke. Giant first Backer, ♦
9 formerly of Spokane; Rls- ♦
<!>• berg, Sox shortstop, of Bpo- *
• kane, and Wilholt, Giant ♦
* utility outfielder, of Victoria ♦
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''Miss America"
Is Pantages Hit
Tuneful musical numbers, good
clean comedy and a cleverly-acted
sketch are among the fentures of
the new Pantages bill, which
opens wkh this afternoon's mati
nee. "Miss America," musical
comedy with a patriotic air, comes
heralded as one of the season's
best.
Other features of the bill ars
the DeMlchelle brothers, "musicsJ
wops," who play the violU> and
harp In great style; "Every „-n'fl
Sister," a comedy-drama sketch;
Chester Gruber, comedian of the
nut variety; "The Girls From
Starland," an aerial novelty; and
the 12th chapter of "The Secret
Kingdom.