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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22

There Is one man in baseball
who never had press agent,
who seldom was played up in the
public prints as a diamond hero,
who never battled " an umpire,
fought an opponent; yet who,
while he slips backward leaves a
place In baseball that they will
be long years filling.
What a grand character
Wiltse has been! He has been
there or thereabouts so long, has
done his work so quietly, so eff
caciously and with SO little grand
stand play that the fact he has
been one of the greatest pitchers
in the history of the game Is apt
to be overlooked.
Eleven years Wiltse served the
New York Giants. He never
played for any R6her big league
team. In a way he was unlucky
In being on the club with Christy
Mathewson. Matty was the star,
and always Wiltse was compelled
to take the principal supporting
role and after a time 1t became
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22

There'll be a double-header to-
morrow at Athletic park, the first
game starting at 2 o'clock and
the second contest following i'm
mediately. 1t Is expected that
Iron Man" McGinnity and Pob
Wicker will oppose each other
again in one of the games.
Mrs. M. Copeland, 1901 East
31st street, won the Panama hat
given as a special ladies' day
prize yesterday afterno0n3 by
Megaphone Miller, the concession
man. FA4
What's happened to the Ter
batsmen? In four games HfNis
week with Spokane our B&1b4is
have made a total of only "a hits.
or an average of five hits D the
game. These % hits have breucat
In only 8 runs. Stevens. who
started off like a whirlwind han
made one hit In 10 times eeA b3,
this week. or hitting avera&ef Of
.077 per cent.
It's a remarkable coinctdkRef
that Chicago and Boston I1l1rod
against each other in the Ameri-
can and National leagues yester-
day, and the Chicago team OF
both leagues won by a , 70 2
score. The American league game
/, at Chicago was II innings, and
the longest contest thus far OF
the season.
Although In former years he
has shown signs OF extreme Eerv.
business and distress In pinches,
Noyes pulled himself out Of sey-
erai holes yesterday without
hardly giving any indication OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
GOLF CLUBS
PLAY SUNDAY

The first important inter-clIb
golf match of the season will be
played tomorrow on the Stella
COON lake golf course, when The
Lakeside Country club team and
the Steilacoom team lock horns.
The teams are evenly matched,
and a close contest is anticipated.
Eighteen holes will be played.
Capt. r. v. Palmer of the
Lakeside team gave out his team
list today as follows: e. Il. Perk-
ms, G.. J. Backus, r. V. Palmer,
Ashton Dovell, ID. T. Mcdonald,
Dewitt M. Evans, F. w. Siddall,
J. e. Burkey, r. p. Conant, James
p. Hughes, A. G.. Wilcken, A. r.
Mcmillan, II. l. Jensen. c. P.
-Burkey, II. r. Carter, r. r. Phil
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22

INDIANAPOLIS, May al
Betting odds on Ralph De Palma
in the next indianapolis 500-mile
race have dropped to an almost
prohibitive figure as the result
of the Italians first workout on
the speedway.
Taking his new filler to the
track Immediately after his ar
rival, he set pace that fairly
made the railbirds dizzy. At the
time, Earl Cooper of the Stutz
team was going against a 25-mile
time trial, which he negotiated
in 1888, an average of 81 miles
an hour. Yet De Palma passed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22

-
Showed to the very brink of .
deep, dark abyss, our Tiger pets
today are facing one of the first
big crises OF the league.
Big Chief Wicker and his Spo-
kane Indians have showed the
Tigers to the edge of the preci-
pice. There the Bengals are tot
terfng. One more gentle shove
today. and plunk!-well find
ourselves dropping, dropping
down to the dark and fearsolle
depths of Percentage canyon.
We're like a victim on q
pirate ship. We have been
forced out to the end of the
plank. A fateful signal and
wo're gone. Nothing but =
miracle will save US.
At least that's the way the
Tiger team feels about It.
Under the skillful leadership OF
one of the best ball managers in
che West, Spokane's team has
won three games out of four from
our Tigers, and has crept up un-
Gil It is tied with us for second
place. IL Spokane wins today
Tacoma will begin dropping. Tne
extent of the fall rests with the
Vancouver game. Should Van
Douver also win, Tige will FIND
himself a sadly neglected fourth
In the Northwestern race.
But of course, we're not going
% lose, and we're not going Il
Drop down into that bOttoInless
Abyss
So what's the use of worrying
The Tigers lost another pretty
game yesterday. There was M
INK to block Tacoma's going. Tn,
eeam was simply outplayed, ant
Il simply couldn't hit Wynn
Noyes safe enough and offer
enough to score.
Poets swift underhand deliver!
held the Indians to a single hi
for four innings. In the fiftl
Altman doubled, was sacrificed Z,
third and came home on Coltrin'
single.
Tacoma couldn't touch Noye
for anything that might net n rul
until the ninth inning. And Il
tho ninth we wouldn't have I'm.
. l0Olk-in. had not the Spokane in
field wobbled. Stoke and Grow
q were safe on errors, with on
out. Johnny Butler did his bes
70 rescue his team, but he hit
neat one to Murphy, who force
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22

DePaIma Slides Past
Cooper In Trial Heats

Cooper with ease, literally run
ming away from him on the
straightaways and shooting
around the turns. He must have
been travelling in the neighgbor-
hood of 100 miles an hour.
De Palma's car is a Mercedes,
the one that captured the last
French Grand Prix and won the
last two races at Elgin. II has
been recently rebuilt, De Palma
fitting it with narrower body,
to reduce wind resistance, and
making 1t a trifle longer. When
in motion it resembles a white
torpedo, cleaving the air with the
speed of a projeetile.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
RIGHT off theBat

the strain he was under. Every
timo that Tacoma had a chance
to score, Wynn frightened m and
retired the side with ease.
With two out in the fourth yes
,terday, Bill Hogan tried to work
q double steal. Stoke was on
first. But Altman, instead of
throwing the ball to second for
Stoke, pegged to third. and after
several minutes playing tag be-
tween third and home. Bill was
caught out. 1t was q good at
tempt, though.
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same week and Immediately the
Giants became a real ball club.
AS pitcher he was of the Doc
White type. He had wonderful
control for a left handler, and he
had a remarkable head. He was
more than that. He was a fine
fellow to have on club and a
tremendous influence for good
among fhe young men. He COM
manded respect and admiration.
He pitched his best against the
best clubs and reached the climax
of his career in 1908 when his
great pitching almost won the
pennant for the Giants; that pen
nant that was lost through
Merkle's failure to touch second
With his brothers he has BIG
furniture business in Syracuse
and when he is done with base
ball he Will have no cause fol
money worries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
GEORGE WILTSE--A GREAT STAR
WHO NEVER GOT ANY CREDIT

one else.
He was born In a town called
Hamilton, in New York, and
learned to play ball there.
George developed into a cork
ing pitcher, so good that Troy en-
gagged him to pitch in the State
league, and he lasted there just
one year. New York was then re-
building team that had gone to
the dogs. That was 1904, lust at
the outset of Jawn McGraw's re-
markable career. Wiltse and Art
Devlin came. to the Giants the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
Kids Meet
I'm Stadium

Grammar school kids from all
parts of the city are competing
today in the Stadium for honofs
in the annual field meet Of the
Tacoma schools, The events he
gan at 8 O'Clock. this morning and
will continue throughout the day.
The events are principally run
ming contests, dashes and relays.
For the seniors there Is a L.
pound 'shot-put, running high
jump and broad jump.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22

Stoke at third and doubled But
Ter mt first.
In the seventh inning Fob
Wicker, manager of the Indians,
was fined S. and put off the field
by Umpire Frary because he kicS-
ed when Hogan bumped into Bob
by Coltrin at second and caused
Bobby to drop the ball, prevent
ing an expected double play.
The score:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
By DICK HILL.
IT'S A FAST TEAM

The Hopkins Athletic club has
a~bunch ot.>players on his team
that will give'any of the amateurs
run for their money. In Fact
they haven't lost a game this sea-
son. White has been pitching
splendid ball. The team members
are: Davis, C; Olsen. 3b; ]. Lar
sen, IS; G.. Larsen, 2b; Verigan,
1b; Rasmen, CT; Furlatt. IF: Fish-
er, If; White, p; and Chambers,
utility man. Anyone wanting a
game should call Manager Furlatt
at Main s577.
DANCE TONIGHT
The McAleer ball club will give
a benefit dance tonight at Jovita.
All of the Tacoma amateurs are
invited to attend.
PLAY ORTING
The fast Hopkins A. c. club
will play Orting at Orting Sunday
afternoon.
GO TO SUMNER
The w. o. w. ball team of the
Tacoma Amateur league will go
to Sumner tomorrow to play the
Fleischman Yeast company
husky bunch of ball tossers.
GOING TO SPANAWAY
The McAleer team will play
Spanaway on the prairie diamond
tomorrow. Last Sunday McAleer
won from Murray, the speedy Roy
pitcher, by the score of 4 to 3.
BE THERE, SURE
The Keystones play st. Martins
college Sunday at Lacey. All play
ers are to report at the Peoples
Store corner at 10 o'clock share
A new pitcher has been signed
and Fourier will probably play
first.
LET'S BE AMATEURS
These amateur players seem tc
be all the candy when the ladies
are concerned. We saw Red
Alberts of Auburn escorting 9
brunei on Broadway last night
Guess we'll have to become a bal
player.
TOUGH LUCK
"Chuck" Huckaba, well knowr
manager of the KSystones, has
been sick for the past week and
confined to his home.
HOME RUN RYAN
Ryan OF st. Martins is a regn.
lar second Home Run Baker. Het
made complete circuit of tn,
bags in practically every gam,
that he's played this year. Ryar
Is catcher.
| Ex-LEAGUER
| Cruikshank of McKenna !,
playing good game and hitting
the ball hard.
/ SCANDAL
I Nelson, nifty infielder OF thu
McAleer club and also tenor o.
the Alhambra quartet, was gear
last night taking most beautiful
young woman to the X. of p. bal
at Masonic temple. Is IT serious
Nels?
|
| SIGN NEW PITCHER
| The w. o. w. team has signet
Q. B. Porter as pitcher in place o
Underwood.
4 HAS TO LAY OFF
| "HeeDy" Fourier, twirler To-
the Keystones, hurt his arm at st
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
SEATTLE HITS
CHAMPS HARD

VANCOUVER, B. c., May %.
Seattle hit Hunt 10 times in
yesterdays game, winning by a
final score of to 3. East,ey
pitched a nice game. The score
r II q
Seattle .............. 4 Id z
vancouver 1853. $3.50. y i
Batteries: Eastley and Cad
man; Hunt and Brottem.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
EPISODE

o Larry Doyle was studying 4
. with sad concern the tsand- Z
@ ing of the clubs.
o We'll, fellows he re. 4
@ marked solemnly. "One I
Q thing is certain: We may
o never get up to where they 4
9 are, but there are a couple 4
I. IL clubs up there that will 4
(. be back where we are"
o
. @ o 9 @ o o o 8 @ 9 o o o . 4
TIMES WANT k.DDS BRING
SEE PAGr aux.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22

ouHIHdTy' otOfeH UdSes- y IT
son, Williams, Neighbors. Double
plays-Murphy to Shelly; Grover
to Butler to Stoke. Sacrifice
hits - Wilson. Lewis, Altman,
Murphy 2. Struck out--By Noyes
2. by Peet 1. Bases on balls--Off
Moves /. off Peet 3. Time Of game
1892. Umpires-Lynch and Frary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22

lips, E. p. Wilson, l.. B. Macdou-
aid, Harris Ricksecker, j. A. Sor-
ley, Otto Roeder, III. ]. Schwinn,
w. p. Williams, j. A. LaGasa, and
Il. G. Cooney.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
WIN IN TENTH

Auburn won from Puyallup in
the 10th inning yesterday, after
the game had gone 2 to 2 rom
the eighth. The Puyallup boys
had runners on the bags almost
every inning but couldn't get the
scores across. The scono:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
PROPS LOSE GAME

The Stadium High school pro-
fessors yesterday accepted the
senior class challenge for a bali
game-and met defeat at the
hands of their pupils by the in
glorious score of IA to 8. Bell.
Westgate and Hawkes. were the
hitting stars for the teachers.
The score: n ii e
Teachers ............ 8 Is 8
Seniors ..14 13
Batteries: Peterson and Hakes;
Bannan and Bellingham.
sSpanaway's second team wants
a game for tomorrow. II you want
to date them up, telephone Bal
lard at Madison 114R2.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
NATIONAL LEAGUE
. ~~~~~ee~~As~%s
Standing or css CHabs.

Games Yesterday.
r H q
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ago ........ .....3 z l
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Lavender and Archer; Rudolph
and Gowdy, Whaling.
All other games postponed;
rain.
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cats WEAKEN;
VICTORIA WINS

ABERDEEN, May 22-Victoria
and Aberdeen both scored In the
first inning yesterday. The Cats
weakened for a moment In the
sixth and Victoria made another
run. The score. stayed 2 toll TN
til the finish. The score:
r H r
Victoria J..... 2 5 0
Aberdeen ............ 1 Z o
Batteries: Bonner and Hoff-
man, Haworth; Engle and Vance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
PLAY AT MIDLAND

The Cooks & Walters team will
play the Midland Mill team at
Midland tomorrow afternoon. The
Midland team is Just getting into
the game, but is said to have a
classy lineup and some hard hit
tiers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
BENGALS ARE
ON THE EDGE
OF The ABYSS
NORTHWEST ERN LEAGUE

NORTHWEST ERN LEAGUE
Yesterday.
Spokane q Tacoma o. Victoria 2, Aberdeen I.
Seattle 1. Vancouver 3.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE 1

Games Yesterday.
Oakland 4, Los Angeles 3.
Portland 10, Venice 2.
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GO TO SUMNER

The w. o. w. ball team of the
Tacoma Amateur league will go
to Sumner tomorrow to play the
Fleischman Yeast company's
husky bunch of ball tossers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
WITH AMATEURS
{ AND SEMI-PROS

Martins last month and It mas
been getting worse every day. sHe
has had to lay off pitching.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
BE THERE, SURE

The Keystones play st. Martins
college Sunday at Lacey. All play
ers are to report at the Peoples
Store corner at 10 o'clock sharp.
A new pitcher has been signed
and Fournier will probably play
first.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
GOING TO sPANAwAY.

The McAleer team will play
Spanaway on the prairie diamond
tomorrow. Last Sunday McAleer
won from Murray, the speedy Roy
pitcher. by the score of to 3.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
BY .PETER."

.~~~~~~ ~NeA ~~~~@%~~~~~~~e
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22

"Heeny" Fourier, twirler for
the Keystones. hurt his arm at St.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

s~~s~~ ~e~e~~~~~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-22
LET'S BE AMATEURS

These amateur players seem to
be all the candy when the ladies'
are concerned. We saw Red
Alberts of Auburn escorting a
brunei on Broadway last night.
Guess we'll have to become a ball
player.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
Why Hudson Leads

Hudson is the original Light Six. It introduced this type.
 It's famous designer-Howard F. Coffin-first worked out the many problems connected with this con struction. Special steels had to be employed. A new-type motor was es-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
GOODYEAR MANAGER
 TELLS OF CORD TIRES
Explains Difference Between Cord and Fabric Tires-Fine
 Points

Motorists hear the term cord tire very often these days" says the local branch manager of the Goodyear Tire and Rub Der company. 50 many cratic defini- tions of the term and descriptions of cord tires are seen and heard that an accurate description may be timely and interest ing. Goodyear made the first American cord tires Ii years ago and has been mak- ing and selling them ever since, so We consider ourselves somewhat an authority on the subject For many years our cord tires were made and sold only for elec- tries. Now that we are so well launched in the sale of cord tires for the larger ga asoline cars, also a much larger public is interested in the subject. A surprs- ingly large number of inquiries are made by persons who want to know just how cord tires differ from regular fabric tires in construction and actual service-and a surprising variety of answers given.
 "A cord tire is so-called because it's carcass Is built of layers or plies of par allel cords instead of full woven Cor cross woven ) fabric. Of course the strength of cross-woven fabric is obtained in cord cords in one direction and other plies in a cross direction.
 Naturally this construction makes for maximum resiliency. This is specially essential in tires for electrics, where the power consumption is easily affected-and the comfort and added resiliency of gas- oline car cord tires have made them de- sirable to owners of large cars, who are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
WAR HAS NOT BEEN |. BAD ON AUTO TRADE Hupp Company Says March Business Showed an
 Increase

That the war. domestic financial dis turbances, and other causes which con- tributed to the recent uneasiness. have not affected the automobile industry is well proved by the reports of some of the Detroit manufacturers.
 In statement just received by the Bir- mingham Motor company, local dealers, the Hupp Motor Car company states that the month of March just closed was the biggest March in the history of the com pany. Shipments showed a 9 per ycent increase over March. 1914. And in Iaddi- tion to the shipments actually made the Hupp company reports more immediate shipment orders on hand than ever be- fore.
 To increase it's capacity beyond it's nor nal 1t was necessary to work the Hupmo- bile factory over time in a number of departments from the early part of March. Tn the latter part of the month the daily output averaged 75 cars a day.
 The Hupp Motor Car company is be- ginning April with an increased average daily output for the month of 80 cars day. This is at the rate of more than POGO cars for the month, but at the rate orders are pouring into the factory Hup- mobile officials stated that shipments of 80 cars a day will not supply the de- mand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

Acting on the power conferred by the American Automobile association rules for the protection of spectators and the gen. eral safety of contestants, the Venice authorities. backed by Chairman Ken nerdel of the contest board. announced before the race that any automobile re- ported as smolSing either on the course or on leaving the pits should be flagged to a stop and the crew compelled to drain the crank case This precaution worked wonderfully in reducing the amount of smoke on the course While several drivers complained bitterly over what they proclaimed hardship, and al- though the restriction may have elimi- mated few cars during the race t was generally voted that the experiment had been a success.
 As a matter of fact. the offensive smok- ins is. to a great extent, driving trick used by the crew of car that is being oVertaken to prevent the car following q good enough view of the roadway to enable it to pass. Hitherto such tactics have been deemed emi-legtimate. The more advanced school of engineers ami racing experts unite in predicting tb e elimination of the smoke nuisance.
 There is really no excuse for a smo'k- ing automobile, either dn the race trg fk or fin the hands of private owner pu the road" declared Ray Harroun. d1aief engineer of the Maxwell Motor comgsany, whose cars have been prominent trt all the recent speed competitions for their consistent performance and their Sefcono- mical needs of gasoline and oil. 7.terfect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
SHOULD RULE SMOKE OUT OF AUTO RACING

To formulate some rule which will en- able officials of an automobile race meet ing 10 cope. on a definite basis, with the smoke nuisance which has prevailed at virtually all the California race meetings during the winter, will undoubtedly be the function of the authorities of the sport at no distant date.
 Smoke from the exhaust Of racing auto mobiles has been long a stench in the noses of the spectators and a source of accident to competitors It arises from the incomplete combustion of gasoline and from the surplus of iubrlcating oil with which some drivers insist on dreneh- ing the motors of their cars
 In the early days of the sport this smoke was accepted as a nuisance which could not be avoided That the time is now ripe for engineers to design cars which will not smoke or else to suffer the penalty for inefficient motors and earburetion is view which is taken by many racing authorities.
 This was, in fact, the stand taken by the management of the recent Venice Cal. Grand Prize race rhe course at Venice was only three miles in circuit and contained several narrow stretches. on one of which the grandstand hap pened to be located. The turns were sharp in several places and the danger from smoke especially great.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
MANY REQUESTS FOR DATA AS TO TOURING

Despite the fact that transconti- mental motor routes will be laden with traffic this summer, other popular automobile highways will not be minus their annual carbureting caravans. Re- quests for varied touring data reach ing the American Automobile asso- citation indicate that. while unprece- 6ented interest centers around the cross country arteries, there will be an unusual number of long motor trips through virtually every section that affords travelable roads.
 The A. A. A. clearing houses for touring information in New York city and Washington finds these outings are now planned with exceeding care, and this has lead to a remarkably in creased demand in the number and va riety of maps of automobile routes which growth. for several years, the association has been anticipating. In it's practice the A. A. A. has developed a method which permits annual re V vsion of the lines of travel shown on each of these maps thus definitely DOT : traying the road construction work or any improvement for touring, in any state or section, during each year
 The needs of this procedure has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

never been better illustrated than in the maps of 1915, because of the large amount of road improvement through cut the United States accomplished by ne various state and county authori- tles This map service is particularly inclusive h showing relative import ance ard varying values of the auto mobile routes north, south east and vest. Starting with a road map of tho entire country the list ranges through the scale embracing the generally ac- oepted geographical divisions; these are again subdivided into smaller areas. Each division increases in the detail. obviously possible by this meth cd of supplying tourable routes.
 These maps are part of the service endered any tourist and inquiries re- garding a proposed tour, short or long, may be addressed to the bur eaas either at the New York office, 437 Fifth ave- nue, or the Washington office, in ths Riggs building. The possible com hinations of routings throughout the country can be fully appreciated by consulting this voluntary association of automobile owners, the funds of which are used for good roads, tours ing data, and the advance of uniform legislation affecting the motor-driven vehicle