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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
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Director Kelly of the Tiger visited Athletic park
adavs all the Tacoma
These afdav president Bobby Bewe and
proof that the Tigers keeping within the salary limit
We only had brief size Petway the catcher
Barber turned ankle sliding for third Petway
held remainder INNING but did
his hands the ball.
Foster Of Chicago be
did take the trouble
yesterday If he had it's pretty certain that
he'd looking shorstop Hutchnson place Hutch
inson made three errors in 10 chances
There "rooting' yesterday. good part of
colored population including and
things like whenever the Giants
cOlOred unlatriOic
to their town. but they certainly stood up for their color
McNIair, right the right
caught Stokkes fly
All of the Giants fast and the outfed lives
to the reputation
o eight
Northwestern
Giants wonderful hes 1t only
wonder that Mae able hold them down we'll he did
that of who believe that boost
ing a crook is defending the game?
There been terrific celebration in Havana after
pocket ordering a round.
of the Johnson-Wiard fight promoters rushed
hospital suffering scarlet released after
probably when learned
what share of the gate receipts the Cuban officials wanted
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
MRS. JESS WILLARD HARDLY REALIZES ALL
THAT CHAMPION SHIP MEANS TO HUSBAND
BY TOM LEWIS
Sporting Editor Los Angeles
RAcOrd


LOS ANGELES, April 13.-
Mrs. Jess Willard, wife OF the
worlds heavyweight champion,
cares little for fights or fighters.
aside from the love she bears for
her gigantic husband. She is far
more interested in her children.
Of which there are four. ranging
in age from a small baby to a
bright faced girl of z. u
1T is all very new and strange,
this fuss and hurry" she ex-
planned as she protested against
being photographed in a house
dress. Jess Willard would never
stand for that" she added, re-
ferring to the necessity for a
quick change.
Then Little Jess" 16-
month-old toddler. came swagger-
ing toward us.
Just like his daddy" Mrs.
Willard explained, calling atten-
ton to the great. innocent saucer-
like eyes. And to prove it, Lit
tie Jess" showed forth his pudgy
hand and made a pass at his sis
ter, aged 4. Following this he
chased her the length of the
porch. keeping the left hand in
action all the while, but smiling
happily and cooling good-natured-
ly.
Cess has always wanted to be
independent-free from the daily
grind. He was never content to
work for other men. Now, per-
haps. we will have our way. But
we will have to leave beautiful
California.
Her eyes wandered to the tow
ering hills above her neat Holly
wood cottage. And love Cali
fornia, you know" she added,
half yearningly.
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for combat The battle came
when Jess had an argument with
a man over a horse trade. He
claimed the man owed him $40.
The man denied II and Jumped
into his waiting blackboard and
drove off. Jess called his lanky
limbs into action and overlook
the horse. He stopped the ami
NAL. pulled its owner out of the
rig and gave him cutting in the
road. The owner came back at
him and something resembling a
fist fight resulted.
However, the man shortly de-
cided that he would pay the $40
and he wrote check for the
amount. willard loped off to town
ahead Of the man with the horse
and reached the bank before pay
ment could be stopped.
CONTINUED tomorrow
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
Jess Wizards Life Story
How Shorty" Willard Won His First Fight

mark the last resting place of
Wizards parents. Wizards faith
er died two months before he
was born, the old-timers of the
neighborhood say. The tomb
stone reads that M. B. willard
died October 20, 1881. So, you
see, big Jess Is 33 years OF ..Se.
In East Pottawato1s:e county.
Kas., the older. women who re-
member the Willards declare that
Jess weighed 20 pounds at birth
and at 13 years of age was as big
as the average man.
During his boyhood he did lit
tie else but grow. They called
him Shorty" as soon as the
ianky. awkward gid attained suf-
ficient size to cause comment.
He hated work and school and
was always taking part in out
door sports. He played baseball
and usually brought up the rear
when his team was retreating
from the angered fans of a neigh
boring town.
Il was natural for Willard, a
giant and lover of horses, to be-
come a David Harum. He went
into the livery business but made
his living out of horse-trading In
stead Of driving drummers about
tho sagebrush.
Up to the time Jess was 90
years Of age he had never seen q
fist fight. In his neighborhood
they settled their differences with
guns and knives. Jess did as the
rest and had his share.
His first fight can hardly be
called "fist's fight. Jess had
never seen mems fists doubled up
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
BY LEFT HOOK.
CHAPTER /.

On December 20, 1881. about
six weeks before John L. Sullivan
polished off Paddy Ryan In nine
rounds and originated a line OF
glove champions, Jess Willard.
champion heavyweight of the
world, was born in st. Clere, Kas.
Wamego, few miles away, sticks
tenaciously to Its claim as the
cowboy champs birthplace, but
st. Clere points out the very
house and fixes the spot where he
was once stabbed, to prove its
claim that he lived there for 10
years.
Emmett, the larger city of the
three, adds its BIT and shows
where Jess conducted Q livery
stable In the days when he did all
his fighting for nothing. Emmett
is five miles away and the post
office for st. Ciere. No railroad
has 50 far seen TIT to put St. CIere
on the map. and travellers, mostly
|cowpunchers, must ride By horse
or automobile over the prairie.
They saId Jess swas 81 years
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
WITH AMATEURS
AND SEMI-PROS
Sherman, Sweveen and vermeye.

Sherman, Sweveen and Vermeye.
The Mckinley Hill Stars de-
feated the Portland Avenue nine
Sunday at the Rogers grounds by
score of IA to 4. 1t was we'll
played game for both teams Of
youngsters. The Stars nave won
two out of three games played so
far. Anyone wanting games call
up Carl Thornburg, Main 1880.
Sundays score: r H e
stars ............... IA 81 J
Portland Ave. ........4 8 8
Batteries: Fisher and Houg-
lund; Casch, Killy, Beatty and
Killy.
.TACOMANs HELPED
Auburn's victory Sunday was
due, almost entirely to Tacoma
players. Eley pitched good ball.
and Alberts grabbed everything
that came his way, making some
sensational catches.
HE OUGHT TO KNOW
Wilkowsky, first baseman for
the Olympic club team, says that
Aberdeen has a bum team.
HE'S CLEVER
Irish" O'Driscoll, pitching for
the Lacey team, is going to make
some Of the amateur teams husE
tie this year.
SLOW MUSIC
Wilkeson had a brass band out
Sunday when the Bates-Federals
arrived, but slow music and flow
ers were In evidence when the
visitors departed.
Eley quit Auburn after the Mil
waukee game Sunday, rejoiniEg
the South Tacoma Tigers.
PLUMBERS VICTORIOUS
The Plumbers and Transfers
played q holly contested game
Sunday morning ON the Logan
school grounds. Jack Watson and
Mike Founck played fine ball for
the Plumbers, and Joe Reuter-
knocked home run. The Plumb.
ers won by z to s score. Bat
teries: Plumbers. Mclean and
Eckland; Transfers, Linnane and
Woods.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14

II was a splendid game. The
Tigers were outmatehed in
weight, speed and hitting ability.
but the Tacoma infield work and
battery control could hardly be
Improved ON.
Fireworks started in the very
first inning. A single and double
By Hill and Santop, star sluggers
for the Giants, brought two
tallies. johnson, Tacoma's heavy
hitting outfielder. singled, was
advanced when Hester walked.
and scored ON Hutchinson's error.
In the third Hester slipped across
the bag while the Giants were
busy thinking about an attempted
double play at first. but the
GIANTS also made another run.
In the eighth Wilson walked,
Hogan sacrificed and Wilson scor-
ID when Barber dropped a peg
to first. That tied the score.
The winning runs came in the
10th. when McIvor. tired and a
little. nervous, dropped BARRIERS
liner. and allowed Hill to single
and Duncan to double. Barber
elipped on third, while running
70 the base, twisted his ankle,
and was carried off the field,
Petway taking his place.
The Tacoma team fielded bot
ter than the Giants. and were
entitled to victory. 1t was the
little jinx demon of hard luck
more than any other feature, that
cost them the game.
The score:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
Square Fiqht''

SAN FRANCISCO, April a.
Jack Welsh, San Francisco sport
ing authority, who refereed the
Johnson-Wfllard match in Ha-
vana returned home last night,
declaring that Willard could have
beaten Johnson at any time after
the eighth round. willard is the
best man, and 1t was fair fight"
declares Welsh.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
TIGERS SHOW
VIA REA+ s sdASS
BY Peter.

BY Feter
If you weren't fortunate enough to attend yester-
days opening game between the Chicago Colored
Giants and the Tacoma Tigers, don't fail to get out
to the old ball field today. For you've already
missed as nice game as would expect to see,
and you can't afford to miss any more
The Tigers lost but with fair break of luck yes
terday they would have held their own against
those husky colored gentlemen.
It was 5 to finish, but the Tacoma lads tied up
the in the eighth to 3, and only let the bru-
nettes score in the 10th when the old Jnx settled
McIvors good left arm and refused to let him con-
tinue his mid season form.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
D0dWen Wins at
Jim Jon Game

Dodwell and company defeated
the Northern Pacific team of the
Jim Jon league last night at the
Corby-Hoye alleys by the close
score of S22 to 783. Pole, of
Dodwell's, was the star of the
evening, making a total of 297 In
three games.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
Tarbaby Not
I'm Condition

BOSTON, April IA. - Sam
Langford, the Boston Tar Baby"
was not In condition last night,
and he was badly beaten In his
match with Joe Jeanette Of New
York. The heayyweights fought
IL rounds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
Gunboat Wins

NEW YORK, April 14.-Gun-
boat Smith got the better Of d
10-round match with Charlie
Weinert Of Newark In Brooklyn
last night. Smith had an advant-
age In five rounds, three were
Weinert's and two even.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
FEDERAL LEAGUE

Results Yesterday.
Buffalo 5. Brooklyn 4.
81. Louis 3, Kansas City O.
Newark 3, Baltimore /.
Chicago s, Pittsburg 5.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14

(The Times sent its boxing ex-
pert, who writes under the name
of Left Hook, TO Jess Wizards
birthplace I'm Pottawotomie coun.
~, Kas., to obtain an authentic
account of the champions early
life. This, coupled with the rec
ords of his later activities, makes
six chapters covering the career Of
the man who whipped Jack john
son. Herewith is the first
Sporting Edit0r.) 4.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14

Jess overlook the fleeing
blackboard and dragged the man
off the seat"
old and youth must be served
when he whipped Jack Johnson,
3S years of age. The truth is,
Jess IL s3 years OF age and THIS
nearly as old as the black man.
You see, It's this way:
Halfway between Emmett and
81. Clere Is cemetery used BY
both towns. Two Commissioners
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14

Summary: Stolen bases-Hill,
Johnson. Double plays-Whit-
worth to Barber; Hutchinson to
Bauchman to Barber. Two-hase
hits-Duncan, Santon. Sacrifice
hits - Santon, McIvor, Hogan,
Boeckel. Struck out-By Nc.
Ivor 3. Bases on balls-Off Nc
Ivor 4: off Whitworth 4. Wild
pitch-McIvor. Time of game
1:54. Umpire-Mike Lynch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14

hC ANotlohoioy ohS VI wv ArSs
est amateur teams in Tacoma out
side the City league, have broken
up.
LOOKS GOOD
Lawrence Mac" Donald, who
plays short and outfield, is doing
great work for the South Tacoma
Tigers. He's hitting the pellet
hard this year and he is fast on
SOME SCORE!
The Yakima All-Stars defeated
the Central GA class team yester-
day by the disastrous score of FL
to 10. The All-Stars got many
of their hits on clever bunting.
Mierow pitched a good game. and
struck out IL men. The score:
r ii E
Yakima All-Stars ....21 25 8
Central GA 10 3 Z
Batteries: Mierow and Hans;
Bradford and Minch.
HE'S WELL AGAIN
Joe Williams, pitcher for the
Milwaukee, has recovered from
his sore arm. 1t had been quite
a handicap both to him and the
team.
WIN FIRST GAME
The Lincoln Grammar school
team won their first league game
yesterday afternoon from the Cen
trail team, IL to 8. Batteries =
Lincoln, Gilmore and Cappa; Gen.
trail, Dyer and Frazer.
SURE SALESMAN
Allan Browne, Milwaukee,
star shorpstop, sells sporting
goods at a local store when not
playing ball, and he's some Sales
man.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
GAMES YESTERDAY

New York Giants 2-6, Yale 10.
Harvard 8, Boudoin 0.
Boston Americans s. Richmond
Int. 0.
Boston Braves 6, Brown u. 0.
Philadelphia Mats. 10, Provi-
lence Int. 1.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
FRANKLIN WINNER

The Franklin Grammar school
team defeated the Sherman team
In the first game of the gram
mar school league yesterday aft
ernoon, 29 to 8. The Sherman
boys were smaller, but made a
determined fight. Batteries -
Franklin, Burkhart and Onsahl:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-14
COAST LEAGUE
Standing Of the Clubs.

Yesterdays Results.
Venice 8. Portland 3.
Oakland II, Salt Lake 1.
Los Angeles 10, San Francis
60 D.
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BY DICK HILL.
TROUBLE?

The Nationals, one of the fast
est amateur teams in Tacoma out
side the City league, have broken
up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
Hoo to be e Perfect Husbdnd
By LUCILLE CANE

The perfect husband should consider hls wife's happiness before anything else. tory persons in home, not because they are violent by nature or by dis position sulky, but because they take wrong view of marriage.
 Thus a husband will sometimes per- suade himself that 1t is unwise ot him never to be discourteous to his wife, and that his wife will appreciate him more if he is unkind to her at intervals. There are women who are So much in love with their husbands as to pardon any brutality but for man to sup pose that love is built up. by unkind- ness Is absurd. sts
 A husband to be perfect should be all that his wife desires. By pleasing her he makes happy the one who can be his best comforter and best friend
 A constant source of unhappiness in married life ie the want of faith on tho part of both husband and wife. Angelina has been used to 20 klssea day. One day the number drops to 19. and Angelina gives way to tears with out attempting to find reason for the omission. She imagines at once that her husbands love for her Is waning Then in order to let him see that If he can be cold she can be cold ulso she receives his caresses without ap- preciation. and endless complications ensue.
 The perfect husband should hold his wife's happiness before everything else even before business. New busi- ness may be built up by new energy but happiness once lost may not be re- covered. What . man fails to recog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24

what is underneath his land as well as on top of it.
 3. It must be borne in mind that all the mineral welath of the state has not yet been discovered, and if through tine assistance of the geological department of Alabama one paying oil well is pro- duced or one more good brown ore mine developed. or one big cement plant located. or paying gold mine opened. or new marble quarry started--any one of these enterprises would produce enough taxes to pay for the geological department for all time to come.
 And, be it further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forward ed at once to Thomas H. Judge. senator fro Jefferson county. and member of the mining and manufacturing commit tee of the senate. with a request that he do all in his power to kill this bill in the senate committee. Also that the legislative committee of the exchange be authorized to take any further ac- tion that may be necessary to accom- plish the purpose of this resolution.
 Jerome Tucker gave a very interest
 ing talk on the systematic methods of arriving at valuations. He explained how tile Somers system was applied to block s6. Birmingham. a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
NEAT PHRASES OF
 GENERAL J0FFRE Is as Sparing of His Words
 As He Is of His ' Men

Paris, January 23-(Specia1.) )4- General Joffree, like all great commanders, can marshal sentence if need be-. One re- pungent epigram and that Casear pos sessed a. trenchant style. But General Joffree is sparing of his words, as he is, very wisely. of his men. All the more interest. therefore, attaches to the rapid interview, of which a French officer pub fishes an account.
 'Tranquility, says the officer, "in a voice not musical exactly, but deep and his complete confidence in the victory of the allied arms '1t is a mathematical certainty" said General Joffre.'
 The officer alluded to the Russian ef- fort in the east which would constrain the enemy to weakn his offensive on the French and Belgian front
 General Joffre cut short his optimistic commonplace with the calm words: 'I am not anxious that they should weaken their line here. AS things are, the Rus sians will advance more rapidly. As for the enemy in front of me. I can look after them-je men charge
 The same officer recounts another mot" of the general in chief. It was after the battle of the Marne One of General Joffre's friends, surprised, al- most exasperated, by his impassiveness, asked: Do you know, general, that you have won perhaps the greatest battle in history?''
 The general looked at him, seemed to reflect. then replied: What I have won, hope, is a right to rest the sooner in my little house in the Eastern Pyrnees' So might Cincinnatus have spoken in the old Roman days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
COMB SAGE TEA
 INTO GRAY HAIR
Darkens Beautifully and Re- stores Its Thickness and
 Lustre at Once

Common garden sage, brewed into . heavy tea. with sulphur and alcohol ad- ded, will turn gray, streaked and faded
 hair beautifully dark and luxur1ant, re- move every bit of dandruff. stop scalp itching and falling hair. Mixing the Saga Tea and Sulphur recipe at home, though, is troublesome. An easier way is to get the ready-to-use tonic, costing about 5o cents large bottle. at drug stores, known as ''Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound" thus avoiding a lot of muss.
 While w'spy. gray. faded hair is not sim full. we all desire to retain our youthful appearance and attractiveness. By dark ening your hair with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur, no one can tell. because 1t does 1t 50 naturally. 50 evensy. ,ou rust dampen sponge or soft brush with 1t and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morning all gray ha'rs have disappeared, After another application or two your hair be- comes beautifully dark. glossy, soft and iuxuriant and you appear years younger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
NORTHERN FRANCE
 |SAP|T|AB[E SIGHT
Woman, in Letter to Her Husband, Charges Ger
 mans With Brutalities

Northern France, January 23.-(Special.) A French dresser employed in an ann bulance belonging to the Twentieth regi- ment has received letter from his wife. who remained in Bademiller during the German occupation. After few personal matters, the letter continues as follows:
 The quarries at Bremenil. Montreux. Monsigny and Ancorviller are all de- stroyed; the buildings have been burned, and they all lie in ruins. The Germans killed men. women and children there, throwing their dead bodies into the flames. The wife of the mayor of Badenviller was shot and her body was also burned. Odi- not's wife and his three children were soused in oil and set on fire, while they still lived. Several others of our friends, amongst them Baptiste Le Branel and Laincourt, were shot and buried close to their own houses.
 More than three quarters of the houses were burned, and from the ruined houses, stables and cowsheds one hears nothing the cries of pain from beasts which have
 
 to break away from their burning shell ters "Parnx no longer exists, every house is burned, and blood is upon every ruined lintel. Cuny is completely destroyed, all poor C1audes horses and cows were burned alive. I have your sister Jose phine and your mother with me; they have nothing left but their lives, nothing remains of their home, they have none of their linen, 1t was all burned, and their money as we'll that they had kept in the house.
 Jeans farm is in ruins. and all his cattle driven off; but dear Ernest, you must not forget le bon Dieu,' who has watched over me. I was given strength to overcome my terror even before their rifles, which they thrust into my face In order to try and intimidate me. was enabled to get away from them and put out the flaming faggots that they had placed against our barn, my heart wish ing them evil the while. I saved our house, our home, and even our beast It Is true they drove off our horse, took our cart, but par Ia Grace de Dieu,' they restored them to me when they saw was determined to stay where l was; and, Ernest, they even brought back our own beloved horse.
 An, our poor countryside it is indeed pitiable sight! Thousands of visitors nave come to satisfy their curiosity. and 1 10 witness our grief and ruin. But Ernest. when you think of it. we have | much to be thankful for, and we mus, be grateful to God, for. see how others have suffered and how lightly we have been afflicted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
All Depended on Bonaparte

From the London Chronicle.
 Weilingtons reticence once drew a pro- test from Lord Uxbridge, the brilliant cavalry leader who lost a leg at Water loo. On the eve of the great battle IJx- bridge, although next to Wellington in command. knew nothing of his chief : plans for the morrow's battle. With treridation he approached the duke. If Wellington were killed Uxbridge would become commander in chief What was the plan? The duke listened patiently. Tell me. Uxbridge, who will attack the first tomorrow--I or Bonaparte?"
 Undoubtedly Bonaparte."
 Well, Bonaparte hasn't given me any iaea of his projects and as my plans depend upon his plans. how can you ex- pect me to tell you mine?'
 Uxbridge bowed and was about to re. .ire when the duke added in the friend. nest way: There's one thing certain, uxbridge whatever happens, you and will do our duty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
A HAPPY BALD
 HEADED MAN
Well-Known Politician Nearly Bald
 Now Has New Growth of Hair
Tells How He Did It

A western politician. well-known on account of his badness and ready wit, surprised his friends by appearing with a new growth of hair. Many of his old friends did not know him and others thought he had wig. On be- ing asked how he did 1t, he made the following statement: T attribute the rema xable growth of my hair to the use of the following simple recipe which any lady or gentleman can mix at home: To a half pint of water add OF. of bay rum, small box of Barbo Compound and 1-4 ounce of glycerine. Apply fo the scalp two or three times a week with the finger tips. It not only promotes the growth of the hair but removes dandruff scalp humors and prevents the hair from falling out. It darkens streaked. faded. gray hair and makes the hair soft and glossy. These Ingredients can be purchased, at any drug store at very little coat and mixed at home"