The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-02
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Yale has dropped out Of Intercoi.
legiaio hockey.
Murice Rsth Of the White sox
played in lb7 games this year. or
Inore than any other player ia the
American league.
frankie coniey. the fz2.pcund
boxer. who loat 10 Johnny Dundee
Ia the 18th round last Tuesday
night Ia Los Angeles. iK OF the opln.
ton that Dundee Ii the best az his
weight In the business, and that
Johnny kilbane will do well 10
dodge Dundee.
The entry HAT for the six-day bi.
cycle race 70 be held al the Madison
Square garden beginning December
?. iH Increasing rapidly. With some
Of the fastest teams who ever com.
peted In the Marathon event Two
Australian champions have entered,
as we'll as representative from
Italy. aw eden. Germany. France,
Austria. Russia and tho veteran
teams OF the United States.
Jim Jeffries bought nsw $4,000
paokey MeFarisnd has fights
scheduled for tonight al Dayton
wsth battling Terry. and on Decam.
Der 10 win meet Harry Brewer in .
Ioround so al 81. Louis.
Jimmy Duffy won . f2.round
ftght with Harry Thomas. the Eng
lish lightweight. Mt Cleveland.
They viii fight again Ia December.
Cyclone Johnny Thompson.
would-be middleweigffy fighter.
pooh poohs the claim OF papke TO
tho title. He says McGoorty can
beat rapke easily.
Charley Cutler. American heavy
weight wrestler. threw Bob Mana.
Koff two straight falls In Chicago
Cutler ranks close TO the top
among the heavies.
ST. Psu.--Deciarsnp that he has
been indicated BY the National
Commission. which dropped Horace
Fogal. OF tho Philadelphia team.
from the National league. William
Brennan will drop his proposed
damaEe suit against F'oxei for
$4,000.
New York.--ln the sis-nipht spe-
cial match. which ended last night.
George Siusson defeated Kadjl
yamadn at is.2 haIkiinc billiards
400 to t.2fs. Slosson made
Grand average OF I5. with high runs
OF i05 and ~.
The lntsrnstionai championship
skating contests win start the week
OF February 10. The indoor erents
win be held ia the Toronto arena
and the outdoor events at Ottawa.
Walter Lauben. Of Chicago. won
the last Of the second series of
three games In the three.cushion
championship In Chicago. IN So
innings. His high run was five.
Leon Magnus. OF New York. scored
35. with a high run OF five, losing
the odd game.
Catcher Gleason, Of the Oakland
team in the Coast league. has been
signed by Manager Joe Cohn 20
catch for the Spokane team next
season.
A race between an asroplane. an
automobile. a motorcycle and
railroad engine, Will be run from
Los Angeles 10 Bloomington, dis
lance of 81 miles. on December Z.
Championship contests In basket
ball and baseball will not be In
clnded in the list of athletic events
OF the big Nine" conference In the
future. At the meeting of the con.
ference a rule was adopted prohih-
ting the playing OF more than IL
conference games OF these sports
in a season.
Chicaqos--Prcdietion that he
would be lightweight champion of
tho world within year was made
here today by Jack Britton. TIN
not Dragging" said Jack, but |
can lick Richie any time We step
Into the ring
Toe Angelcs.--Aviator Horace
Kearny has announced today that
he will fly to San Francisco from
Los Angeles. carrying a passenger.
Plans for the flight are being made,
but no date has been fixed.
New York mike Gibbons 10 the
greatest middleweight fighter /
have ever seen" This was the trib.
ute paid 70 the ST. Paul boxer here
today by James J. Corbett, former
heavyweight champion. who pre-
dicted that Gibbons would beat Ed.
die McGoorty OF Oshkosh when the
pair meet here, Wednesday night.
"king" Cole, who was a sensation
In the pitching iine couple OF
years ago. is now managing a bar.