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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

in 1909 looked like a big boob"
said Hooper. Il missed the first
fly ball batted my way by 20 feet.
Fred Lake, our manager, decided
l wouldn't do and put me in
left field.
Later I mastered the sunfield
job, but about four years ago my
eyes troubled me. An oculist said
l had strained both optics by look
ing into the sun as the muscles
instinctively tugged to avoid the
glare when l went after ball.
II wore glasses for a year
while not on the field, then dis
carded them. My eyes haven't
troubled me, however, since /
adopted the sunglasses invented
by Fred Clarke. Before l donned
them | had to take the first ball
pitched whether | wanted to or
not, after stepping directly from
the outfield to the plate.
"My chief trouble from the old
style sunglasses was in seeing
dark balls when they left the bat
or in throwing. Now am
bothered only when running back
for liners"
The American leagues most
difficult sunfields are in the
parks at Chicago, Boston, st.
Louis, Detroit and Philadelphia.
How Sam Crawford, playing the
garden in Detroit for ages, las
managed to keep above the 800
mark is one of the wonders of
the national pastime.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
DAILY CHATS
| WITH FAM GUS
B ALLPLAYERS

JIMMY VIOX, PITTSBURG
PIRATES:
Fred Clarke once had funny
run-in with an umpire. During
an exchange of words the umpire
came back with: well, you are
some ball player, you are, cid
boy
And you are some umpire,
you are, old boy Clark shot back.
To tell the truth, you are a mod
ell umpire; no joshing.'
Think so?' answered the
jumps, seriously. Yes, indeed
said Clarke. Just take a peek
in your dictionary tonight and see
IL I'm not right
Say, you got me wrong, old
boy said the umpire the next
day. You don't know what q
medol is, do your
Sure I do was Fred's come
back. It's small imitation OF
the real thing"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
Golfer Drives
Ball 9 Miles

Golfers were astounded last
winter when told Walter Fair
banks of Denver had driven a golf
ball 1000 yards, aided by a hop
and skip on an ice-covered pond.
Now comes Vernon Goodwin OF
with a better report. Vernon
sliced ball off the third tee at
the Los Angeles links and the
rubber core landed on a motor
truck travelling toward Santa
Monica. And, naively urges Ver-
non:
Assuming the length of a
drive is measured from a tee to a
point where it comes to a COM
plete rest / drove mine from tine
club to Santa Monica, nine
miles!"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
GREATEST film PICTURE OF HISTORY
OPENS WITH TACOMA THEATER PACKED

Massive In its size, wonderful in
its construction, and patriotic in
theme, THE Birth of a Nation"
ID. w. Griffiths' much-talked-of
feature film, opened two weeks
engagement at the Tacoma thea
ter Sunday night and proved that
1t is worth all the fuss that that
has been made over 1t.
An audience that filled the big
theater sat in tense excitement as
the great picture unfolded act by
act. Frequently the spectators
burst into spontaneous applause,
the highest tribte to a silent
drama.
1.-THE Birth of a Nation" is a
historical, patriotic story of the
causes of the Civil war and the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

Mabel Taliaferro, the pretty
and popular star, is better in "The
Snowbird" than she was in Her
Great Price," which was seen at
the Apollo recently. During part
of the play in which she is now
at the Apollo, she is seen in boys
clothing. She acts the part of a
society girl who goes into the
north woods in quest OF a deed
which is needed to clear her faith
er of a false accusation. After
some stirring adventures she gets
possession of the coveted paper,
gets rid of the attentions of an
unwelcome sutton, who also is the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
NOOnan Makes
New Score On
Olympia Links

William ]. Noonan, the sensa-
tional golfer of Lochburn club,
made new record Sunday while
playing in the team match against
Olympia golf club on the latter's
course, making low score of the
day with S3 for the Is holes.
Lochburn won the match, 10
to Is. Several thrilling matches
were reported. The golfers from
Tacoma who won their matches
were Howard Wright, Noonan,
Harntnett, Raleigh, Reynolds,
Coleman and Bradley.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
Does playing the sunfield af-

Does playing the sunfield af-
feet a ball players batting eye?
YES" comes the answer in
chorus!
Diamond greats who have
played the sunfield year after
year, taking part each season in
n or more games at home and
~ or more on other fields say
the fellows who must 60 and get
'em while looking Old Sol square,
ly in the face are bound to be
handicapped, in batting!
Sunfielders who hit .265 would
clout 25 points higher each year
II assigned to other fields, veter-
ans declare.
Harry Hooper, Boston's world
series hero, has played the sun
garden for seven years and says
the batting eye is seriously af-
fected by constantly peering into
the sun.
when l first tried the sunfield
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
MOVIES

reconstruction of the South after
1t lay stricken by the ravages Of
the great war. Fervent music by
highly trained orchestra fits SO
closely into the various scenes
that music and play blend togeth-
er in most delightful harmony.
Battle scenes of the Civil war,
General Lees march to the sea,
and the burning of ATLANTA have
been reproduced on a scale never
before seen in the movies.
Thousands of persons appear in
the scenes. Many of the battle
pictures were taken at night, and
the effect of shells bursting,
troops charging, and North meet
ing South in a titanic hand-to-
hand struggle is so realistic that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

In order TO speed up the tourney.
All entries for the mems and
boys tournament have been re-
ceiyed, but entries in the women's
singles, doubles and the mixed
COUPLES will be held open until
Wednesday. These entries NAV
De made over the telephone to
a. q. Pringle. Main 1896, or w.
v. Burrill, jr., Main 1892.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
BODIE SOLD

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21.---
Ping Bodie, who has held the lead
among batsmen of the Pacific
Coast league for months, has been
sold to the Philadelphia Athletics,
according to announcement by
Harry Wolverton, manager of the
San Francisco Seals. The figure
is not announced but is reported
to be up in five figures.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
SteiIacoom Is
Still Leading

A double-header in the City
league, played at Athletic park
Sunday afternoon, made little
change in the standings of
the clubs. Steilacoom lost to the
Smelter team, but still holds its
lead with a margin of two games.
CANDLES White Sox won the
first battle from the South Ia
coma Crescents, to z. 1t was
a free hitting contest in which
Genin, Anderson and Danielson
were heavy stickmen for the Cres-
cents, and Shager and Burkland
made records for the White Sox.
Jack Farrell of the White Sox hit
homer over the left field fence.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

one almost imagines he is wit
Messing a real war.
The second section of the pic
ture is highly dramatic. 1t shows
the efforts of carpet-baggers to
gain supremacy for the blacks in
the Southern states. The origin
of the Ku Klux Clan, and the
tragic manner in which this Sc
cret band of thousands of white
men finally stamped out the
threatening overthrow of races,
caused last nights audience to APP
plaud heartily with every success
sive scene.
1t takes nearly three hours to
exhibit the film triumph. Per-
formances are given at 2:15 and
Sis,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
Muny Tennis Tournament
Opens On 9Th Ave. Courts

Tacoma's annual amateur ten
mis- tournament, which is open to
all players, began on the munich
pal courts at 9th ave. and
streets today, with play in the
mems doubles. This years on
try list is larger than ever. and
players are asked to arrange for
their matches as early as possible,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
NO CHANCE YET TO PICK
MAJOR PENNANT WINNERS

NEW YORK, Aug. 81. - The
worlds series OF 1916 is narrow
ed down TO nine clubs. In the
American league race SIX teams
are closely punched, and a slight
winning or losing streak is liable
10 put any one of the six In the
lead. The National league race is
practically confined to three
clubs.
The race this year in both
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

Thompson, the Tigers cool
headed first sacker, is the only
man on the team who showed any
indication of hitting ability dur
ing the weekend. All of the 9TH
err Tigers continued their slump.
The done:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
y . . y y %~~>>%~~%%
MAGIC SPECS
AID FIELDERS

Q The sunglasses used by o
Q Harry Hooper of the Red .
. Sox, Wilbur Good of the 8
. champion Phillies, and other o
. major leaguers are of am 8
. ber-colored glass with a Q
|" ground lens lie of an inch o
. thick and cost $40. They are o
y rivetted to the visor OF the o
. cap used by the players when o
. they're in the sunfield and .
. are dropped into position, o
D shading the eyes only when o
. the wearer starts after a fly Q
. ball. .
. When not in use they are o
. easily pushed up and fit o
. snugly against the lower side y
Q OF the visor. Sunfielders .
. wearing the Fred Clarke in o
. vention seldom peer through .
2 these magic specs oftener O
. than seven times in a game. o
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
MORGAN DIED IN
NICE CONDITION

NEW YORK, Aug. 21.--The
estate of the late J. P. Morgan is
valued at $73,149,999, accord
ing to an appraisal which has just
been completed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

Douglas Fairbanks in the de-
lightful comedy drama, His Pic
ture in the Paper" pleased
crowds at the Regent yesterday.
An exceptionally good Keystone
comedy, brimful of laughter, THE
Social Club" added to the en-
joyment. Adventures pile on one
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

That is what Don Thompson
says in the Portland News of Bob
by Vaughn, Tacoma player, who
is with Portland this season.
Thompson criticised Walt McCre-
die for having lot of cast-offs
on the Portland team, and among
the other has-beens whom he
mentions is our Vaughn friend.
McCredie is declared bully
and bulldozer by the Portland
writer. The Beaver manager is
shown up as a man who has driv-
en- more good players from his
team than anyone on the Coast
league. The team is filled with
big league cast-offs, who are Tn
fit for high class company, and
who are abused daily by McCredie
because they don't play better
ball.
Portland is getting pretty sore
over the tail-end position of its
team year after year. Another
reason why McCredie wants to get
into the Northwestern in 1917.
Joe Rivers, the little Spanish
pepper-box, arrived in Chicago
from Los Angeles the other day
and is ready to meet the best of
them. He has been offered
matches In Brooklyn, Buffalo and
Akron, but has decided to rest up
for while In Chi. His first nan
may be Joe Sherman. the Chicago
lightweight.
Mike Gibbons has announced
that IL Les Darcy does not come
to America soon, he will travel to
Australia to meet him. Gibbons
talk, however, is not taken Sc
riously in the east.
Richie Mitchell, the Milwau-
kee lightweight, has been syndi-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
PORT DOPE

"Vaughn has been the biggest
frost who ever played third in
Portland. He cannot hit, field or
run the bases, and while he is a
great sacrifice hitter excellence in
that one department does not
make ball player.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

leagues is one of the closest in
history. Because OF the tight
punching of the leading teams.
little betting is being done vet on
the possible pennant winners of
either circuit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

Two tight games were featur-
ed at Sopkane yesterday, Tacoma
taking the first by a to 0 score,
and Spokane winning the second,
to 2. AL Bonner was in rare
form during the first contest ard
held the hard hitting Sokane
tribe. to four measly hits. Carl
Zamlock, star pitcher who re-
Gently joined the Spokane team at
Great Falls, pitched his first
game on the home lot for the In
dams, and won the second con-
test by allowing the Tigers only
five hits.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

State Bus College opens Aug.
.2Sth. Revised Gregg Shorthand.
New Bookkeeping. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
ElectricS Are
Showing Class

GREAT FALLS, Aug. 21.-The
Great Falls team repeated its
stunt of Saturday and took both
games of yesterdays double
header from Vancouver. This
brings the Electrics into fourth
Mace Sc0rac.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE
Scores Yesterday.

Spokane 80. Tacoma 2-2.
Vancouver Al, CT. Falls S-3.
Seattle 1912, Butte 1927.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

Gated. A cluster of capitalists
have divided Mitchell into 1000
shares at $40 a share and these
VIII be disposed of to those who
consider him a good investment.
The receipts will be used in point
ing Mitchell to the lightweight IT,
tie. Of course, Mitchell will be
compelled to beat all his oppo-
nents from now on in order to
keep his stock at par.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

TURN TO THE CLASSIFIED
WANT ADS ON PAGE SFybR
RESULTS. SEE PAGE sEkEN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
Coast League
Standing III tho Clubs.

Games Yesterday.
Los Angeles 3-5, Portland ct,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

another in the speedy action in
which Fairbanks, as the son of a
wealthy vegetarian food manufac-
turer does all kiyds of stunts to
win notoriety and thereby win the
girl of his choice. Leave 1t to
Douglas Fairbanks to get fun out
of such a situation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
WHERE TACOMA Is
AMUSING ITSELF

Theaters
TACOMA
1.-THE Birth Of a Nation"
matinee and nights.
P8NTAGES
"The Divine Question:" big
dramatic playlet, and good
vaudeville.
HTPPODROME
PhOtOville bill of vaudeville
acts and motion pictures.
Film Houses
REGENT
Ills Picture in the Paper"
with Douglas Fairbanks; Jri-
angle.
APOLLO
1.-THE SnOwbird," with Mabel
Taliaferro; Metro.
COLONIAL
1.-THE End of the TRAIL" with
William Farnum; Paramount.
MELBOURNE
"POlice," with Charlie Chap
lin; Mutual.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
Butte Makes II
Against Seattle

BUTTE. Aug. 21.-Heavy hit
ting and unusual base running in
the second game yesterday, gave
Butte "a bingles and 81 runs.
Three Seattle pitchers couldn't
hold them in check. Scores:
First game r II Z
Seattle ..............10 II 1
obttS
Schmutz and Cunningham:
Letter and Hoffman.
Second game r H E
seattle ..............1 IL II 8
Butte 81 "a 3
Wolfram, Cunningham, McIvor
and Cunningham; Schroeder,
Mehlhaf and Hoffman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

Frank Gilhooley, the Yankee
outfielder, who broke his leg at
the start of the New Workers.
winning streak, showed up at lfe
clubhouse last week on crutches.
1t is now stated that he may OF
be able to get back in the game
before next season.
Two knOckouts were featured
Saturday night in the bouts that
concluded the amateur tourna-
ment OF boxers, held in connec-
ton with the Far Western track
and field meet at San Diego. Earl
Baird of Seattle won in the 1885,
pound division and Ray Harper
of Seattle won in the 10S-pornd
class.
1t is predicted that "Crab' Rob-
erts, former Tiger catcher, will be
suspended from the Northwestern
league as a result of his fight
with McGinnity Saturday. Rob-
erts and McGinnity are both noted
as hard men to deal with, and
there were many predictions when
Roberts joined Butte that they
would "tangle." McGinnity'a
sore finger on HIS pitching hand
was bitten by Roberts. and the
Iron Mans face was considerably
lacerated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

BY winning from Spokane in
Saturdays game, and dividing a
double-header Sunday, the Taco
ma Tiger team again came into a
tie with Butte for second posi-
ton in the Northwestern league
race. During the coming week,
however, Butte will play the tall
end Vancouver club, which has
1ust lost five straight to Great
Falls, while Tacoma will continue
for eight games with Spokane.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

Jack Ness is one of the few
ball players who are now COM
porting themselves in the city of
their birth. Jack grew up in
Chicago, but had to hang up his
record for consecutive hitting
with Oakland before he got a
chance to play with the White
Sox.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

Richie Mitchell, the Milwau-
kee lightweight. has been syndi-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

Averages of the Tiger pitchers,
corrected to date, follow:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21

That means that the Tigers will
have a hard pull, IL they hope to
clinch the second position. Last
games in the league race will he
played two weeks from today, La
Dor day, and the Spokane Indians
are already so far ahead that
there is no possible chance for
either Butte or Tacoma to over
take them.
@ y p p
After an all-night ride across
the hills, the Tigers and Indians
rolled into Tacoma this morning,
ready for their last clash before
the season closes. Spokane took
four of six games played last
week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-21
TIGERS AGAIN
Are TIED FOR
SECOND PLACE

3 . . o o = . y &~%~&st
New Britain herald., 1916-08-21
NINE TEAMS HAVE
 APENNANT CHANCE
American League Race Tighter Than Eyer-Dodgers Going Fast

Six teams in the American league are separated by virtually the same number Of points as three teams in the National, and the worlds cham pionship is the possible achievement of each of the nine organizations. The race in the American tightened during the past week and six teams are punched closely In the National there was not much change an1One the three leaders, except that Phil adelphia moved into second place. sending Boston to third.
 Boston retains the lead in the American by slightly greater mar gin than at the beginning of the week. The number of games played was smaller than usual because of the open dates in the schedule. The Red SOX had fohr-game battle with Chicago and the result was a tie with two games won for each team. The White SON loSt the first two games, one sixteen inning affair. but took the last two of the series. Boston also broke even in two games with Washington and won Saturday from Cleveland.
 third place Sunday, but regained sec
 
 had lost three straight games to New York. Cleveland began the week well. but started the last eastern trip poor ly against New York the Yankees winning every game of the series New York made the best advance of any team in the league, winning five straight from Philadelphia and Cleve- land, but lost Saturday to Chicago.
 St. Louis and Detroit managed to keep within striking distance of the leaders. The Browns failed to keep up their previous good gait. Wednes- day saw the starting of the last east ern trip by the western teams, and the intersectional victories for the four days were: East, 9; west 8.
 Brooklyn ended it's stay at home by losing to Boston, thus giving the Braves three of the four games of the series. The Superbas started their western trip Thursday at Pittsburgh and took three out of four games
New Britain herald., 1916-08-21
 GrouCz

from the Pirates. Boston. although it managed to best Brooklyn in it's series, lost second place during the week to Philadelphia, which won all of it's five games. In the series at Philadelphia the Giants lost four games to Philadelphia Moving to Chicago, New York lost three out of four games. The Giants seem to be weak in the production of runs and their fielding was poor. They won the only game in which they did not make an error.
 New York is now more than 125 points behind Brooklyn and is not playing as good a game as Brooklyn, Philadelphia or Boston. The National race appears to have now narrowed down to three teams, with Brooklyn having the best chance because of it's hold on first place and the stead mess of it's pitching staff The Bos- ton pitchers are cratic, while Phil adelphia has only one consistent box man, Alexander.
 The last western invasion by the eastern teams for 1916 began Thurs day. The intersectional results for the three days were: East 6; west 6.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-21
CLARK STILL CHAMP.

Making a clean sweep of sixteen straight, Eddie Clark of Springfield, Mass, won the national champion- ship title at the close of the thirty fifth annual tournament of the Ma tional Roque association in this city Saturday night. Second honors went to Harold Clark of Springfield and brother of Eddie. Harold Clark was champion last year. George Huot of Chicopee Falls got the second division championship title; second place went to G. L. Hewitt Enfield. First place in third division went to Richard Peale, Norwich and second to Den nison Cowles, Brattleboro, Vt.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-21
DUDACk PITCHES MATES ID VICTORY
Pioneers Win As Eagles Are Un- able to Solve His Delivery

In a well-played game, replete with many fast plays the Pioneers of this lefty defeated the strong Eagle nine or Hartford at the Ellis street grounds yesterday afternoon taking the long lend of a ' to ? score. Billy Dudack Ivho pitched for the locals, tW1rled an |air- tight game with the exception or |f lc inning. At the fifth he lOOsened + T, and the Eagles put double score l. cross the plate when Lawson secured |u double and when his team mate AL Iwood hit one over Goeb's head he |romped home. Atwood reached third las the ball became lost in the grass land a few moments later he also |; .ored when the sphere bounced past Noonan. Dudack allowed but seven hits throughOut the contest and did mot give a single pass; he also famed 1tweIve of his opponents.
 Goeb played a brilliant game for the Pioneers getting three safe hits aout of four trips to the plate, one com- ling in an OppOrtune time in the fifth |inning when a triple scored two men. A running catch by this player was
 ~ siIv the sensation of the game. FBegley was hurt in the sixth frame when he collided with player and tfas replaced by Kahms, the latter playing well.
 Rogers opened the game for the Eagles but was replaced in the fifth inning by McGill who pitched more effectively. Butler and Atwood played well for the visitors, each securing two safe hits. The score:
New Britain herald., 1916-08-21

Boston, Aug. 21.-Boston appears to be better equipped with pitching material than any other team in the league. Manager Stallings is carrying eleven pitchers, nine of whom are in first class condition. So long as the National league permits it's teams to break the twenty-one player limit rule in such a manner Boston is go- ing to have great advantage on
 the other teams simply because Stall
 lings is carrying more pitchers than would be possible if the rule was en-