The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-09-30
By Abe Hurwitz


| tic and bowhiakercd faculty of
that Methodist Institution ~ tied
the can 20 tho great American col
leglntc game. football. and shooed
II out OF Baker college IN that dear
old Kansas state. what did the pig.
skin chaHers do7
Sit down and NOPE and resolve
10 consecrate the remaining days
OF their college life 10 real study
II Was Some Team.
Nay, nay. fair Annabel. not 30,
That Baker team was como nifty
little crowd. history tells us. and
had wiped up everything In sight
west OF the Alleghanies.
They're still talking about that
/ famous Baker team. which had n
backneld whose weight averaged
200.
They're still talking about the
midget on the team. he weighed
only 40. But he was almost six
feet tall even then. So he made
up In height and in speed what he
lacked In weight.
But. 10 resume: When the fatal
ukaBe was signed, sealed and de-
livered by the unsympathetlc facul.
| y. seven loyal hearts and true,
seven iron.muselod youngsters.
met TO discuss ways and means.
They forcgnihcrcd and eaucuscd up
on this theme. Wasn't there
some way % bca, the faculty."
And Allen Finds a Way
There was. The midget spoke
confidently.
Tell ua about II. Clay" asked
his husky companions.
so Clay Alien--yes. It's the same
chap who Was appointed few
days ago as United States district
attorney for Western Washington
told them.
There's way. n you have the
will 90 so through with II" he said.
What do you say 10 ihiR7 Let's
all go down together and enter
that Baptist college In the next
town.
They went. too. They forthwith
packed up their mandolins. briar
pipes and football toys and seven
husky young Methodists entered
tho Baptist school quieker'n you
could break into Jail for contempt
~ Judge HUMPHREYS court.
Possesses SOME Jaw.
Nothing plastic about this Clay,
eh'
We should say not. having noted
imprcssivcly. II not fearsomely. the
pronounced jaw OF the new dis
trict attorney at close range the
other days strong and firm and
determined n Jaw. II not as vicious
appearing one. az ever protruded
under a pair Of eyeglasses.
There was that other occasion.
too. during the spanish.American
war, after young Clay had gar
nered additional football, baseball
and track laurels NJ Northwestern
university.
Gays dad. who was a banker
and n popullst al one and the same
time, and the governor OF Kansas
were right chummy. The governor
wanted to make quartermaster
OF Clay In one OF the volunteer regi.
ments. hut Clay wasn't 30 easily
nodded.
Adjutant Of Regiment
NIX" said he. or words TO that
effect
4 quartermaster Is usually re-
garded as n CRATER. whether he Is
or not. Clay opined. And Clay
didn't care for that sort OF distinc-
ton. thank you.
So no entered as n private. but
the governor came through before
long with an appointment for Clay
as adjutant for the regiment
All. that was better. Clay &C
ccpted.
Walter NJ. French. now Judge Of
Skagit county. was adiutant OF a
battalion In the same regiment. and
so. a few years later. In 1901. when
Clay and Walter met accidentally
on the streets of Seattle. both of
them budding young lawyers, they
Joined forces and hung out their
single from the same office.
Clay didn't see actual service. the
war having blown over before the
volunteers OF Kansas We're called TO
the front
SO he went back TO finish his
law studies. was admitted 10 the
bar In 1899, and went into what
was known as Indian Territory
but is now part OF Oklahoma
Pitches Right Into Politics
There he practiced law and pub
lished a democratic newspaper. He
remained there less than two
years and came to Seattle.
Having had an early start when
he was appointed page of the Kan.
sas senate at the age OF ?, and.
like certain cigar. being named
after the distinguished statesman
from Kentucky, who, like Bryan,
ran thrice for the presidency and
failed thrice. young Clay pitched