The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-31


; Of tho list In basketball Rated
below Harvard In hockey. And
now they are being trimmed In
the chess tournament In Now York
They did beat Harvard. however, In
tho annual shoot held this fall
Il The New YORK military aeamsdy
viii play football next year with
out captain. Too many duties by
tho captain spoil his game. IL tho
opinion OF the coach.
Jim Flynn says he 10 going 70
show the home folks In Pueblo that
be can fight He wants TO meet any
heavy In the business In that city.
l John Paul Jones Of Cornell uns- !
verslty. who holds the worlds rec.
ord IN the one-mlle run. II doing !
tho distance In fast time this win |
ter. Az the Olympic games last
summer In Stockholm. Jones went |
stale and was beaten BY Jackson.
tho English champion.
\ The new name for the Chicago /
National league club IL the Grabs. |
instead Of the Cubs, as they were |
known for many years. Their |
leader. Johnny Esers. was for years |
known In the 'Big Brush" as this |
biggest crab In the game.
| Coach Presley Of the Stanford |
university rugby team. was pre- |
scented with a so piece silver sorv. |
Ice by Stanford students.
l Hawaii will serd polo team 20 |
the United States within a few
weeks TO compete with the Engiish /
and American teams.
/ None Of the great billiard stars
are playing In as good form as they |
displayed IN matches OF several |
/ years ago. This was true OF Hoppe. |
Morningstar. Sutton. Sicsson and !
Dsmarest In the recent New York |
L meet.
/ NEW ToRk--Boxing will be |
! added TO the Olympic games for
the Berlin meet In 1914. II the Ger.
mans do not object. All other
countries are In favor OF the move
| ment-
II Frank Chance says he wants .
tenth interest In the New York
Americans before he will sign a.
their manager. lis a modest re-
quest.
II Chick o'ccnncr. former baseball
star. has taken the VOWS OF priest
hood in Chicago.
II Billy papke the American and
French middleweizht champion. ar
rived in America from his European
trip.
II JOPLIN, Mo.--Jos Jeanette, the
black heavyweight. was matched to-
day 10 battle ten rounds with jeff
Clark OF this city. on January II.
II cHicAoo.--Joe Berger, former
shortstcp OF the Los Angeles club.
today signed 1913 contract to play
with the Chicago Sox-
II NEW YORk--Standard OF
field and track rules OF the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton Ia the object OF meeting held
here yesterday by COMMITTEES OF
the association. with Gus r. Kirby,
president OF the A. A. u.
III sPokANE--With Pitchers Toner.
Kraft, Billiard. Leonard. CovaIeskf.
Johnson and 15 players, Joe Cohn
announces that he In satisfied with
his 1913 team. and that the man
who breaks into the fold now will
have to be a crackerJack.
CINCINNATI - William Locke.
secretary of the Pittsburg Pirates.
after conference with Charles p.
Taft. announced yesterday that he
had paid q good sum for an option
on the philadelphia National team.
The option win expire January rs.
Ralph Rose, shot-putter and all
round athlete, who won many
events for the United States at the
stockholm Olympiad, and who fs
now lawyer In San Francisco. has
announced his retirement from ath-
letics. Increasing physical weight
and business cares are given an
the reason.
PiNEHuRsT, NJ. CO. n.
Crocker, OF Brookline. eliminated
p. M. Hunter OF the Midlothian
Club. Chicago, in the semi-flnai
round OF the annual Plnehurst holt.
day golf tourney yesterday.
Crocker meets G. Il Becker OF
Woodland, In tho finals.