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Evening journal., 1917-05-11
{. E. SIEMEN PRESIDENT
OF Il. & \. Athletes

Employees Of the Harlan & Holllnga-
worth Corporation formally organized
an athletic association last night with
these officers: b. u. Sieman. presi-
dent: J. Norman Craig. vice-presi-
dent; j. NJ Ferguson, treasurer and
II. c. Groetzinger. secretary.
Work on tho athletic grounds at
Evening journal., 1917-05-11
GCPOR5Ts2u
MCHAIIER1

A few more buckets OF rain and
we'll have to cancel the baseball sea-
son.
Because Of the rain, Brownson
didn't win last Saturday.
After one Saturday of. Brandywine
VIII return to the home swimming
pool tomorrow.
John Heracl says he has a veal,
neck That will hurt him bacsrso
all Wrestlers get by on their neck.
The best looking man on the pio-
neer team Is not the fellow with those
devilish eyes, but the rought neck who
can MT out the pill when men are ON
the bases. y"
1t might be appropriate at this TINA
10 say that the Vandever Atbistic
club has completed arrangements for
the sleigh ride to Psrrys
NAS0oMdu stopped IN this
morning 20 tell us that because of
the war there are only two kinds Of
cheese in town today Hmburger and
Glen Hackett.
The sporting editor OF the London
/ Times may be a wise guy. but he's
Jolly well wrong when he flashes an
ali soccer eleven without an Edge
Moor man on It.
Tennis players say the weather IA
against their game That's the incest
thing that has been said about tho
weather for some time
No-hit pitchers are all right. but
we have no respect for no-hlt teams
In paying umpires S150 game
this season the Church League Is not
hurting the jumps amateur standing
much.
! Incidentally. fans who attend the
Madeley games are warned not tC
throw money at the ball players. ThaI
might hurt their amateur standing
too.
Agriculture note-Manager Jimml
Brennan. Of the Wilmington stee
ball team. needs three active men fo
work in the outer garden
Bib Cunningham used to be called I
rube. Now he IS called regula
fellow.
Good hitters make better soldier
than fast spirnters, but a fellow
who can cover lots Of Nround has tn
bunch Of them beaten.
Umpires down at Middletown ar
paid just enough money TO suppl
them with sticking plaster betwee
games.
The mayor OF Bayonne has
started a fight in the concrete
trust. Having been a ball-player
he should know a great deal about
concrete, ivory and other things
ball-players' heads are made Of
Chicago saloons have abolishe
; the free lunch. That will cause man
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Evening journal., 1917-05-11

dow wigwagging the same finger, but
passed on.
But at noon. on his way back,
George had to pass the same window
in the same barber and tho same
Jack was standing there.
Opening the door. Jack hollered:
"Come in just a minute. won't your
and George went in to find out what
was the difficulty. assuring Jack right
of the bat that he was broke
IL don't want money" Jack said,
"but I've been standing in this shop
for four hours waiting for some one
to come along and tie my bow tie.
can't tie IL and neither can these bar
bers. Fix me up so 1 can get out OF
here. will your"
Then George started TO laugh, and
Jack grew pale and asked what was
the matter.
when Il comes to settling bow ties
you know as much about the trade az
do" chirped George, and walked
out Jack then put on his overcoat,
buttoned u around his neck and went
out He muttered paragraph ni
uncensored language. but George kept
on going.
Come IN out Of the rain.
Save your pennies. Brandywine and
New Castle need EN-.
Where's my umbrella7
Everybody out tomorrow. clouds OF
/ sunshine.
If YOU have not enough work 10 kee
, You working overtime, it Is because yo
- don't advcrtisc.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

the South Side Park is nearing COM
pletion. and Il Is hoped that the as
sociation will be in full swing within
n few weeks.
A twilight league. consisting Of
teams representing the boiler shop,
mould loft. main office, car shop, boat
yard and plumbing shop, has been
formed TO play evening games, and
this league expects to be under way
within q week or so.
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

One OF the. best things about CON
scription Is that a host Of lightweight
boxers will have a chance TO do
something useful.
As George Winters was going out
Seventh stree. yesterday morning in
a hurry. Jack McDevitt. standing
at the window inside a barber shop,
wiggled his finger for George to come
In.
George waved that there was some.
thing doing and that he didn't have
any time.
An hour later, as George passed
the same barber shop, Jack was there
and again he wiggled his finger as an
I invitation to George TO come In and
: see him.
! But George was still IN a rush. and
shouted that he didn't have any time
Just half hour later George went
out the street again and saw the
same Jack standing at the same win
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

. Jess Willard didn't accept the
> invitation to the Joffre reception
. I'm New York. Jess probably was
. afraid someone would ask embar.
> RAISING questions about his enlist
. ment.
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

Il sure would be mighty tough on
the rasslers II the jitney lodging
houses should close up.
Carl Morris says he will knock out
Frank Moran. Why worry about that.
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

If you have not enough work 70 keen
You working overtime, it Is because you
don't advertisc.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

Where's my umbrella7
Everybody out tomorrow. clouds OF
sunshine.
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

rasselers either to starye to death or
go TO work.
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

Umpires down at Middletown are
paid just enough money TO supply
them with sticking plaster between
games.
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

OOmc IN out OF the TAIN.
Save your pennies. Brandywlne and
New Castle need EN-.
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

Chicago saloons have abolished
the free lunch. That will cause many
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

A few more buckets OF rain and
well have to cancel the baseball sea.
son.
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

The mayor OF Bayonne has
started a fight in the concrete
trust. Having been a ball-player
he should know a great deal about
concrete. ivory and other things
ball-players' heads are made Of.
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

Good hitters make better soldiers
than fast spirnters, but a fellow
who can cover lots Of Nround has the
bunch Of them beaten.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
SEMI-PROS PLAN
ON BETTER CITY
LEAGUE in 1917

Iof the proceeds from games. If
the 1917 plans go through, there
will be no salaried employees, ex-
cept possibly umpires, and the
proceeds from games will be dis
tributed among the players after
each contest.
Part of the money might go
towards a classy pennant or tor
ply for the championship-winning
team. However, all of the de-
tails will be worked out after the
representatives of the various
teams get together.
Teams that have already shown
enthusiasm over the 1917 City
league idea are the Elks, Roy, Au-
burn, Stellacoom asylum, Hopkins
A. c., South Tacoma Tigers, Char
ley Fowler's Majestics, Smelter
and CANDLES White Sox. These
teams represent the cream of the
semi-pros in Tacoma and vicinity.
The Times, as usual, is making
first announcement of the semi
pro activities in Tacoma. Official
scores and all official league news
will be published in The Times
during the coming season. This
paper is ready to support the
league, so long as the commercial
idea Is eliminated and so long as
there Is no one to be benefited
through the proceeds of the
league games but the players.
Announcement of the prelimin-
airy meeting, to which managers
of all semi-pro teams in Tacoma
are invited, will be made in about
10 days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
Two Headline Acts Compete
Honors On New Program

Two headline vaudeville acts
are rivals for honors on the new
Pantages program, starting Mon
day.
The Metropolitan Five promises
something especially artistic and
pleasing in the way of music. The
act is massively staged and the
singing and instrumental artists
make a magnificent appearance.
OF course the novelty of the
bill will be Gruber's animals.
This is an oddly In an animal
act and was for two seasons big
feature with the Barnum G. Bal
ley circus. There are two ele-
plants, two dogs, horse or two
and a spectacular stage setting.
Minnie, one OF the elephants, is
the featured member of the
troupe, and during her stay a
peanut matinee will be held for
her, probably next Saturday.
From all accounts of the show,
the Wilson Brothers are proving
the big scream of the bill. These
two men are German dialect CO.
medians, singers and yodelers.
Ray and Emma DeaA are a
pair who have conceived some
thing new, clever and decidedly
amusing in the way of comedy
patter, singing and dancing.
Personality, skill and a proper
idea OF vaudeville values are all
combined in the success of Gas
ton Palmer. He Is a juggler, but
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

BY CHARLOTTE
Worlds Whirling Wonder, Great.
est of All Women Skaters, Es-
pecially for The Times.
Would You loop the loop on
ice? Quite simple and jolly
sensation.
Start on the right foot, outside
edge, forward, as for the circle
eight, but began to twist the shout
ders toward the center of the cir
Gle. Carry the balance leg behind
and bend the skating knee well.
When loop is half finished bring
balance foot past skating foot,
close to 1t and thrust forward
strongly outside the curve which
forms the finish of the figure.
In the inside forward loops
start with the shoulders toward
the center of the circle. Bend the
knee OF the skating leg strongly,
and balance the boy forwar l I'M
TIL half of the loop is saated.
Then describe small, swift circle
with the balance foot, which has
been carried behind and outside
the print, and thrust 1t we'll for
ward at the same time. After the
loop, balance body strongly back
ward and bring the arms quickly
to the sides of the body.
Thrust out boldly for the out
like the inside backward circlaL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
BY BILLY CAIRNS
Editor Amateur Sports.

Although the City Baseball
league was abandoned by it's prin-
cipal officers at the conclusion of
the 1916 season, there Is a strong
movement on foot among leaders
of the larger semi-pro teams, for
the formation of a new City
league to replace the old one.
Already nine big teams
have announced themselves
as anxious to enter the new
league, and meeting Is be-
ing arranged for about Feb
ruary I, to be held In the
editorial rooms of The Times,
when organization OF the
league will be discussed.
The Valley league will be in
the field again, mostly comprising
outside teams. But until this
week no one had taken up a re-
organization plan for the City
league.
1t has been suggested that the
six strongest semi-pro teams avail
able be admitted to the City
league. If the league were linn
tied to six clubs, and each man
ager signed the best players to
be obtained, II would result in
q fast league Of evenly matched
teams.
Much criticism was directed to-
wards the City league in past sea-
sons because finances of the cir
cult were handled by outsiders,
and salaried employees took most
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
First HippodromeRoadSh
Booked for Regent Sunday

The first of a series of monthly
road shows will be offered at the
Regent tomorrow afternoon. The
management explains that the
road shows will be especially Sc
lected programs of the highest
grade vaudeville, assembled in the
east and coming here intact.
Irving Alderman, vaudeville
impresario of the -Har-
ris circuit, makes his debut as a
playwright on the new program.
His playlet with music, THE
Padre" will be presented as the
headline offering.
Hilda Peterson is billed by her
first name and calls herself the
Swedish violinist. She dresses in
quaint native dress, plays well and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
Bashful Eddie To
EnterGameAgain

SEATTLE, Jan. 20.-The Sc
cret is out!
Eddie Pinkman, the Bashful
One, the Shrinking Violet, the
Bonnie Kauff of the boxing game,
will return to the ring!
Whether he is unable to keep
out of the white glare of publicity,
or whether he still believes he IS
destined to rule over the worlds
Lightweight division, Eddie has de-
cided that the boxing game needs
a good two-handed boy like him
self and is going to sacrifice him.
self to the cause.
Eddie is to box Chef Neff at the
next Moose smoker. He has kept
out of the ring for several months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
Great fire
is feature
OF PICTURE
LEADING PLAYERS

LEADING PLAYERS
Tom Silverton, William COurtenay
Ruth Blake. Lucille Lee Stewart
Abner Blake. :. :. Frank Currier
Huddy Bryson. :. William Lytell
produced by Ralph w. Ince.)
A raging forest fire that de-
stroys an entire town and sweeps
miles of railroad furnishes plenty
of thrills in The Ninety and
Nine" which will be offered at the
Colonial as the feature of tomor-
rows bill.
This pictured story tells of a
plucky girls attempt to reform a
habitual intoxicant, and how, after
her success, the pair 60 back to
the town that scoffed at them, and
save the lives of all from the for
est fire.
Lucille Lee Stewart, sister to
Anita Stewart, the famous Vita
graph star, has the leading femin.
inc role, while William Courtenay
a popular leading man, essays the
role Of the young drunkard who
finally reforms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

uses a special drop depicting her
old home in Sweden.
The Circle Comedy Four, billed
as comedy harmonists, are quar-
tette of excellent voices and a fund
of high class comedy.
The Kerville Family are famil-
lar vaudeville figures with the
elongated sinuous bellhop, the
two chubby women and the man
who makes billiard balls do many
funny flips and land in net bags
carried on the heads of the others.
Hal Hart is a daring chap on
the tight wire. He will slide on
his head on an inclined cable from
the balcony.
Day and West are chubby girls,
one representing the southland
and the other Scotland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

Athletic club basketball team, in
its first City league contest last
night, indicated that 1t was going
to make things interesting for 9TH
er quintets in the circuit.
The Tahomas have a team of
big players, and they are all fast.
The Christian team did not have
a chance. Moreford, brilliant for
ward for the Tahoma team, made
81 points, and Dukes Tonneson,
the tall center, made 26 of them.
Players - Tahoma: Parker,
Jones, Converse, Tonneson, Lyons,
Moreford; First Christian: Wads-
worth, Kemp, Wilson, Eley, Kelly,
Martin, Sweeney.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

side backward loop on the outside
backward edge, twisting the
shoulders SO that they are flat
with the center Of the circle. Turn
the head even more than the
shoulders.
Twist the shoulders and give q
sharp swing of the balance foot
around the skating foot, close to
1t, and you will have the right ro-
tation for the loop after the loop,
keep the head and shoulders over
the balance foot, we'll toward the
direction of the curve which IN
being skated.
The inside backward loops are
executed on the forward part of
the blade. Make the start like the
inside edge circle backward, ex-
cept that the head is turned over
the employed shoulder rather than
the unemployed. Carry the bal
ance foot well in front of the body
over the print. Finish. the curve
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

production, "The Birth of a Ma
At the Tacoma theater for one
week starting Sunday night, will
be d. w. Griffith's massive spec
tacle, Intolerance" The mag
nificence of this production beg
gars description, according to the
press and public of New York,
Chicago, San Francisco and Los
Angeles, and to be appreciated it
must be seen. The Babylonian
scenes in the days of Belshazzar,
Paris of the Middle Ages and
Judea in the days of the gentle
Nazarene are depicted as only the
hand of Griffith can depict them.
AS great a success as was his first
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

other clubs. Add to these players
the best the country can produce
from the minors and some pretty
fair baseball would be produced.
THE ranks of baseball are con-
stantly being recruited from the
minors and from among college
players. The life of a baseball
player at best is short. Why,
then, couldn't we, within a year.
offset absolutely any damage that
might be done by striker"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
MAJOR LEAGUES WOULD USE STARS OF
MINORS IN CASE OF PLAYERS STRIKE

This was the statement today
of John Foster, secretary of the
New York National league base
ball club. Foster said he was
confident that the coures as out
lined would be followed by the
major leaguers.
"Of course" he said, "every
major Lacquer is not going to
strike. We have assurances
from several of our players and l
know there are assurances for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
Mckinley Reds
Play Carbonate

The Mckinley Hill Reds soccer
team chartered a sea-going auto
truck today and will leave bright
and early Sunday morning for
Carbonate, where they have been
challenged to play the fast Car
bonado Miners team. This team
claims that 1t has not been defeat
ed in the past three years.
The Reds had quit the game for
the present season, but could not
resist the desire to accept Car
bonado's challenge. The Tacoma
team has played eight games this
season, winning six, tying one and
losing one.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
MAKING BRILLIANT Squirt.
LINCOLN BOYS TAKE CAME

fourths of the game, 1t kept we'll
ahead. One or two brilliant plays
by Lincoln boys in the last part
of the game, coupled with the sub
stitution Of Hunt, at forward,
gave the south enders stimulus to
90 after the game.
The net game OF the title series
Will be played IN two weeks.
Yesterdays players-Stadium:
Tenzler, Dyer, Selby, Shields,
More; Lincoln: Hill, Hunt, Sachs,
Parker, Skahan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

Making a brilliant squirt during
the last 10 minutes of play, start
ing with the small end of a II to
Z score, the Lincoln Park high
school basketball team defeated
the Stadium team yesterday aft
ernoon in a most spectacular man
ner. The final score was FL to
10, and the winning point was
made only a few moments before
the final whistle blew.
The Stadium team was fast and
steady. During the first three
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
KOHLER WINS

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-Willie
Kohler outpointed Red Mcdonald
In ten rounds last night. Sailor
Grande stopped Cleve Hawkins in
the fifth round.
Willie Sohafer of New York
stopped Benny Myers of Philadel-
phia in the third round.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

tion," it pales into insignificance
compared with Intolerance"
In Intolerance" Mr.. Griffith Is
responsible for the only novelty in
storytelling conceived in the
brain of man in the last 1000
years-that of running four par
allel stories simultaneously.
The musical score composed by
Joseph Carl Briel, is interpreted
by magnificent symphony cr-
chestra carried by the company,
and an operate chorus and thou
sands of realistic effects add
greatly to the enjoyment of the
entertainment.
All seats are reserved.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
LEADING PLAYERS

LEADING PLAYERS
"Jim" Mills, The Hbertine -.
.............. John Mason
Elsie Corwin. -. Alma Hanlon
Elsic's Mother. Marie Alexander
SCharlie" Gregg. ......
............W Walter Hitchcock
Bob Davis, Elsie's sweetheart
-. Edward Laugford
Grace Taylor. ..... jean Stuart
John Mason, star of THE Lib
ertine," which comes to the Apol-
10 Sunday. Is one of the foremost
actors OF the stage who has just
entered the silent drama. He will
be remembered for the excellent
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
Omitted Press Leased wire.)

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-"If ev-
cry player in the two major
leagues should strike and refuse
to enter spring training camps
this year, the magnates simply
would take the best of the minors
available, add to these the best of
the independents, semi-profes-
SIGNALS and college players OBJ
tainable, and 60 on with busi-
ness"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
DETER'S
L IFFLE


There a crooked
And he walked a crooked beat
He took a crooked
From q crook
He
With them split the kale
And they all live together
In little Jail.
Braven and Brained giving the
scorers all kinds of trouble
abbreviated without causing q mxup.
Arthur Peky and Sam Mcvey cham
OF the Caribbean held Mcvey Peke recently
his championship-that of 1900 -
1t surely VIII be the Harry
Smith carries his policemen
dress In neat uniforms Some
like the Keystone Cops Of comedy fame
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

performances he gave at the Ia
coam theater a couple of years ago
In The Witching Hour" and las
a Man Thinks" He has appeared
In other stage successes more re-
Gently, but has not come west in
them, among them Common
Clay" which was one of the hits
last year In New York.
"The Libertine" is heralded as
an unusually powerful drama,
with a strong moral lesson. II
has a background of splendor and
luxury. Wealth and its entice-
ments are the lure to the girl in
tho case.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
SPANAWAY A. G. is
GIVING A PARTY

O The Spanaway Athletic
y club is giving one Of Its en-
@ joyable basket socials to-
o night in the new club rooms.
@ Kilgore's orchestra is
o furnishing the music, and
o special decorations have
o transformed the hall into a
o blower of beauty" as the
o society reporters say.
% Sam Huntington will act
o as auctioneer, and bidding
3 on the basket lunches will
9 start at 1890. Club men,
q bers anticipate one of the
o best times OF the season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20
TahomaS Look
Like Winners

Playing a remarkably fast game
In which they defeated the First
Christians 70 to 8, the Tahoma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20


Clint Manley has a scheme his sleeve for max.
ing champions out of his Eks baseball team this wear
Whenever the opposing team threatens to win a game
Manley will walk to the enemy pass out
homemade cigars the bunch II Clint has
figured yet the undertakers' that he may
of IL, -
Tom Cowey concrete cusher Jimmy promote,
trouble making
a fighter, he's done. '' -
Ira Thomas rendered banquet in
Philadelphia any last Athletics
'~
A tip to preachers-H some minister would start I'M n
church at Meadow park golf every seat
with sinners each Sunday morning is If he couJd
catch them before they tee'd off the first mat.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

John Mason, well star and Ama Hanlon in
"The Hbertine," coming : :
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

Russ Hall says he hopes 1t is
q warm day when his Tiger team
reaches Butte for the first Mon
tana game of the 1917 season.
1.-THE foam is always so sticky in
cold weather." complains Hall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

Jess Willard will never fight
again, says a headline. Well,
who cares? And the answer is
easy. Nobody cares but Manager
Tom Jones Of the easy meal ticket
and the one-way pockets.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-20

II the future of semipro baseball Tacoma may be iud
present-day enthusiasm this season will be wondef