The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-07-01


looks hettar than the victory. Tor
Il means that there Is An improve
meat on The say ~ far az humpinK
the bail is concerned. EVER man
on tho team soaked the .'umtier
Friday. with the exception Of big
nili Kemmor Biu has BEEN off
somewhat In his batting Of late
but she fans hops that bis off pc
Rod VIII aaon come 70 an end The
big one started off the scaaun Hike
A Whirisina and for = time II looked
~ though he vas going IN be a reE
alar old standby slth tho bat
Bill hurt his finFef In tho game
on Friday when he ATTEMPTED 10
buuf A he vas about 70 shove
the stick against the lsather he
made a mistake aud pot one of hia
fingers In the way The accident
was not Of a serious nature
f4parta of all kinds Rnd deaerlp-
ton tram a baseball game 10 q
street race constitute the main at
fractions NJ tho Fourth Of July IN
the different towns Of Alaaka
while. nf course. sports are more
or less INDUCED in during other
periods - the year in the north.
yet. the Fourth OF July means go
the inhahifants of the gold-aneksru'
country oue grand splufEe AmanF
the different towns Thousands 81
dollars are put up b. the business
and mining men for the support and
furtherinE % field sports. baseball
games and contests q skill al of
which ia looked forward TO wlth the
kecneat 81 pleasure by the towns
people and the men from the mines.
In the southeastern section. com
priHlnr the cities OF SkaEway, Ju=
neau. Douglas City. TreadNell and
Eetehikan. perhaps the greater
number Of aport-loyers and athletes
eouRreEate.
At one OF the other OF these cities
there Is usually held a carnival OF
sports where the athletes from one
or an Of the other cities are enter
taiued. A baseball tournament
usually constitutes the main attrac-
ton AZ Juneau, while AZ some time
during the day there IL 60 be seen
the drilling contests held by the
miners.
In past years baseball teams have
congregated at juneau from ket-
ehlkan. skagway and the other two
cities. which nre situated across the
channel. arc. Of course. included.
The tournament is held In order 60
decide tho championship OF south
eastern Alaska. Last year Skagway
took the hunors. while during the
year 1908. Ketehikan carried OF the
remnant. with each 81 the games
there ~ enough money wREered by
tho miners. business men. saloon
keepers and gamblers to almost sup
port a professional team down In
tho states for a whole season.
The coming Fourth. according 70
the outlook Mt the present time,
will excel all efforts Of past years
II Ia the intention OF the baseball
maFnates Of tho north 10 send the
winning team 10 the Portland falr.
Thia team will represent the south
eastern sections. Ra there is az yet
the championship OF the entire field
Of Alaska 10 be decided.
That widely spread and we'll be-
lleyed fallacy which relegates TO
the rear married woman who In
her maiden days was a champion In
athletic sports has been pierced
again In the extraordinary perform
ance OF Mrs Charles r. Stout on the
golf links. Everybody remembers
the superb playing OF GenevleNe
uecker before she changed her
name and everybody who knows
ANYTHING about women golf players
will eoncede that no other bachelor
girl IN the country could excel or
even equal her I'm brilliancy OF play
and accuracy Of Judgment But now
comes the young matrOn in the
short Hills tournament breaking
her own and all other records made
bv women. Her latest performance
amazed the trousered experts, who
Thought they knew the game from
first stroke TO last. A well sus-
talned fallacy makes a formidable
appearance until It Is knocked out
with a golf stick.
Puglllats shouldn't be allowed TO
talk. They are all right In the
place. but painfully out OF place
when in any place but their place.
Here Bob" Fitgsimmons backs
down cold in the scheduled match
with Mike Schreck. and, when he
gets some 500 miles away from the
proposed battle-ground. says Mike Is
a coward. a "stIff' and "yaller
dog" Young Corbett" another
Take q Run
out OF the city at tho Fourth Of
July season. Low rates 10 all points
on the Northern Pacific within 200
mlien OF Seattle. Tickets on sale
July Z, , aud 4. Return limit July
q. cali at n. p. city office for
tickets etc