The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-08
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After endless dilly -dalying the selection of
the Western team to meet Harvard In the annual foot
Pasadena. CAL. New Years day. the Harvard squad
has helped to solve the difficulty by calling off their
trip to the Coast because of the fuel shortage. The
tournament officials say they going after another
big eastern team TO TO the Coast in spite of the
fact that the government has urged all unnecessary
travel to be abandoned ut this time.
With Harvard taking this action in complying with
the governments request at this time il is hardly likely
that Washington would take the offer for the big
II II did come now All there is in the game for Wash
ington is the honor Of meeting Harvard No champion
ship Is at stake, and unless Harvard was the team
picked to play at Pasadena. there would be special
benefit for the w. squad to make the trip.
There is lot of talk up and down the Coast that the
Tournament Of Roses affair Is less of sham.
All the teams that play there get out Of the big game
Is their expenses, and the tournament officials pocket
al the coin, using the football teams Of the big schools
as the goats Of their private enterprise
Protection against such methods for Coast teams has
been made by the Pacific Coast conference, which
In session here Saturday and Sunday. Next year
and the following the Coast champions will be
named by the conference and the winners will have the
right to schedule their games with the eastern
teams, the games TO be played wherever the winners
see fit This plan is to be commended because why
should the schools that furnishing the teams for
the big game lose out?
Washington win not meet California the gridron
for the big game with Pullman Turkey day here.
Stanford viii tackle the locals here November and
Washington journeys to Eugene to play Oregon No
has not been decided.
Washington and California were over.ridden at the
conference session Saturday and the visiting teams of
the conference entitled even split in the re-
ceipts with the home teams after this This was siren
uousy objected to by Washington and California who
the big money winners each year. Graduate Manager
Meisnest, of Washington says Washington will not live
up to the rule and will to the Middle West for games
Il necessary II must be admitted that the smaller col
Ieges do not have chance to draw the crowds that
the bigger institutions do, but the smaller schools do
not have the overhead expense that the bigger schools
must meet. 1t seems that better plan of percentage
could Be worked out because the new ruling is
more unfair than the flat rate paid smaller schools
was under the old procedure
sharkey the nt,l. New York handed out
~ suS .s D,1s m :" Ms nee when he
leround With the falling
pride long 70 recover
Portland offer of 100000 for the proposed
less supiss Regardless match staged in the
& the offer -. s ss' q pss so the %
sincere hope Of the Northwest that the Portland
championship proposed
!un' 1870 during the shriner convention which win be held in
allowed under law.
Seattle flying coming
hope Of the fans and the .eribe that the locals
bearing fruit
and Manager lin Kopp.
ouifed Robert Gary. pitcher. nGelder
Pitcher Lyle Bigbce to the Athletics Kopp
In baseball and good lie played the
national league for couple Of before Joining the Athletics
He can't hit hard hold down Job
but should stick about 2so out here Gary Of unknown
ffy Bates with Los Angeles and didn't
chance TO show what he could didn't
fits Of spring training lie should valuable
next He wasn't the Angeles.
figured possibility for
Walsh In the outd Walsh won't
Ray Blossom who made mighty a pitcher
In seripro ranks here last pitch
for the vernon Tigers next Ray Is just hid
doesn't thru he stin n
veicp Just why should let home talent
Ray had day trial with the but
given chance to show lie a
like Bill Essick will give him a trial.
There will be 25eent admission basket
ball The officials operating
will this M the
end Of the will be charitable oran
xation by The ~
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~. "a Ave. downtown sls "a Ave: REDS TO LET
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