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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29

Lyle nigbse hurled a nice Gsms yes
tsfdaY. No one reached fret base on
the seattle mound man from the third
until tho ninth frame. when niEiin
singled.
Gisirhmann and Blue. rival first sack
srn. made nice pirkups on couple Of
throws from respective ahortstops ysstst-
day. THIS fellow Blue looks like real
prospect
Claude Derrick. Rsattis's new short
fielder. 10 a big fellow. lie handled
every chance he had yesterday in biE
league fashion. lie was little slow
yesterday. but will speed up when his
bum ankle rounds into shape.
Pennsr the visiting tvirisr. has
funny delivery and good breaking
curve. lie made Hiliy Cunningham look
had when that worthy hit for the first
time yesterday. hut niii got even In his
nsst couple attempts and chased out two
hits
uiity made bear % catch Of
MaissIs ny over second In tho ninth
cants. spearinE the ball after hard
run.
waiter Mails. the arstofieni pitcher
~ho eats as a member o. the Seattle
ball club. was swing out robs Of left
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
BigbeeHurls
Strong Ball
andWins,5-2
Seattle Defeats Portland in
First Game OF New
Series Here

In one Of the best played
games u the season here. Lyle
Bigbce. S~atile's stellar hurier.
pitched the locals Into IA win
over the Portland Beavers. la
the first game Of the series with
the Or-gonians on the local lot
yesterday afternoon. The final
score was 3 to : with the local.
on the long end Of the count.
BiEbe@ hurled consistent
game. hut had Ia work hard all
Of the time Ia slip over the vic.
tory. He allowed but four
singles. Two Portland men
scored In the first inning when
the Seattle defense shook u biz
and loose work by Walsh and
Cunningham let the Portland
markers dribbie over. Higbc~
pitched himself out Of n nice
hole IN the second frame when
y walk and Penner's single put
two men on the paths with on~
out. lie struck out RAIDER and
Westerfii flied 10 Cunningham.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
BIGBEE TOLLS
HARD AND WINS

Lyle Bigbec. who Is prime
favorite with the fans here.
tolled like . foundry worker yes
terslay and hurled the locals To
their first win In II starts
The old losing streak has been
broken and the fans are count
ing on the locals to add up
e0uple Of more wins within the
next few days. One nice thing
about LyIe's playing Is his hit
ting. The old boy sure raps
the agate and managed to mace
the little pill for two safe ones
--one good for two bases. yes
terday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
Mick King Loses
Mix to Barrieau

VANCOUVER. u. CT
Barricau. local midileweight. won
. hsrdcarned deeision over
Mickey King. Seattle miller. In
their i5round 70 herr last night.
Barrieau was the aEEre-sor thru
out the mix. and the visitor didn't
hold any shade except In the
ninth frame. King tried hard to.
put his opponent away. hut Bar-
rieau was too strong for him and
came back after the ninth and
held his own. Bsrrieau piled mp
. big lead ON points In the early
going. The bout was one Of the
fastest and ciranest staged here
for long time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
MANAGER CLyMER
DOES A FROI.IC

! Derby Day Bill Ciymer was as
active "a a young kitten on the
Aoaching lines yesterday and made
4 big hit with the fans by his cute
work at first base. Bill pleaded
Wildly for runs yesterday and when
hi men responded Bill put more
h1nSiy grace in his strut TO the
bonch than ever.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
SCHULTZ OR
MAILS On MOUND

While Manager ciymcr refuses TO
announce his pitching selection until
game time. u looks like Mails or
Schultz win be on the hillock for
the home boys today. Red Old.
ham. star portsidcr OF the visitors.
viii undoubtedly take the hill for
the Macklans.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29

Blgbee's hat started the rally that
put the game IN the family chest for
the RainierH In the firth inning when
he maced the apple for n double to
left field. scoring schang from first
has. where he had arrived after
working rcnner for n walk. Then
Walsh came thru with a double and
chased Ilgbee over the rubber for
the second run OF the frame. and
Cunningham blow 10 right center
put over the third marker Seattle
added another count In the eighth
session when Cunningham doubled
20 left and scored on sacrifice fly
ssattie'H first run came over In
the initial inning on hits by walsh
and Harper.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
How Coast
Clubs Stand

pitcher Of the OrcTonians. arc
out with illness and injury. Dix
Cox Is holding down the left
field berth for tho Beavers. but
he isn't the hitter that Jack
Farmer l..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29

surnmaryi struck out--ny nlEbss s.
By fennsr o Bases on baiis-off nisbes
4. off Pernsr 4 Tue-base hlis-aigtin.
HiEt~e Walsh. Cmnninxham pouhie
plays Walsh 90 knlKh, 70 olslehmann.
Wes,srr~i 20 Eiriin ia nls~ Sacrifice
hiss--ComptGn. Harper Sacrifice fly
Compton. stolen baaca-- tiiue. walsh.
p~nnsr. sigiin Runs Responsible for
niGb.a q. P.nner s. Time Of Gkne--i 40.
umplrss-1uthris and Casey.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
DOUBLE BILL
DECORATION DAY

Starting at p. m. Decoration day
there will be two games played at
the local field between the Seattle
and Portland clubs. There viii be
no lady's day Friday because Coast
rules cancel iady's days which fall
on holidays.
-- THE DAY or DAYS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
poRTLAND TEAM
m BAD WAY

'Boss" McCredie. pilot Of the
visiting Beavers, r. unable TO put
his strongest lineup into the
fIe1d because Of Dame Fate.
Jack Farmer. star outfielder.
and Carroll Jones. the premier
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
Walsh Is Good OutfieIder

Walsh at third base Is good out
fielder, according TO his showing yes
tersiay. II Is too bad that Walsh.
who Is cracking good orchard man.
has to be moved up To the inficld.
Walsh Is hitting well and Is one OF
the most valuable men on the club.
The outfieid looks good the way u
Is now. with Compton In left field.
Cunningham In center. and Harper
In right. All are hard hitters and
good fly chasers. Cunningham and
Harper both hit hard yesterday and
both made couple OF good catches.
Pete wasn't called upon to do any
hard work In left field and didn't
do anything startling az bat.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29

reputation OF being the most des-
perate chance taker In the game.
Here is indeed food for the dope
ster's thought. To which one Of
this star quartet viii go the glory
OF lowering DePaima's celebrated
record. or viii the honor go to some
outsider? OF viii the record b.
broken at all? IL is all written In.
the book OF fate. the leaves OF which
In due time will open to the page
inscribed Indianapolis soo-mile Lib-
erfy Sweepstakes for the world'l
speed supremacy. May 81"
THE DAY OF DAYS -
SAN FRANCISCO. May es.-Ths
Seals walloped the Oaks. 70 3. In ~
innings here yesterday. scoring the
winning run on an infield error.
The score: r. II. r..
Oakland ....... ....
San Francisco ........ Is A.
The batteries-Steen and Mite:
Couch and Mckee.
- THE DAY OF DAYS -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
No Knitting bee

No Knitting Zee
a glance al the field VIII convince
any one that this years melee on
the huge brick oval II not destined
TO prove knitting party. rather Il
bears the aspect OF n battle royal.
with every one for himself and the
devil take the hindmost
Outside OF such brilliant individual
performers as Ralph DePalma and
Darlo Resta. who are off TO win at
the flash Of the gun and either fin
inh in the lead or break up In the
attempt. there are no less than five
teams OF four cars or more who can
afford to run at engine breaking
speed on the theory that one OF
their number win 20 thru. These
are the Ballot. Peugot. Hudson.
Frontenac and Duesenberg combina.
lions. each a top-speed performer.
and boasting a string OF the worlds
greatest racing drivers.
The lads who are going to be un.
der closest observation this year
when il comes 10 record breaking
are Ralph DePalma. Dario Resta.
and the Ballot crowd. consisting OF
Rene Thomas. Albert Guyot. Louis
Wagner and Paul Bablot.
DePalma There. Too
Ralph DePalma In his new avia-
ton mofored Packard twin six has
a world more speed than he ever
had before. and the same thing APP
plies TO Dario Resta. likewise at the
wheel of an aviation motored car.
the English Sunbeam. As for the
Ballots. their mounts are the latest
product OF the racing laboratory OF
Europe. and unless they encounter
unexpected mechanical trouble. they
are likely TO prove the fastest of the
entire lot.
Among the Ballot team. there are
two drivers especially who may be
expected TO challenge the leadership
OF Resta and Depalma from the time
the starters flag flashes in its down
ward sweep. These are Paul Bablot
and Louis Wagner. two OF the great
est racing pilots In history. and both
unaccustomed TO suffer defeat at the
hands OF any one.
Takes Chances
Bablot for years divided Europe's
premier racing honors with thc4
matchless Georges Boillot. fighting
his rival to a standstill whenever
they met. and Louis Wagner. before
he dropped out OF racing. bore the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
Relay Race
May Decide
Oval Event
Stanford and California Are
Favored to Cop Honors;
varnell to Referee

Local track fans look for one
Of the closest meets In the his.
tory Of the game on the Coast on
Saturday, when the cream Of the
Coast oval men will compete for
high honors Of the Pacific slope
at the local field. The meet looks
rs II II will depend upon the re-
lay.
Stanford ana California are
sending two powerful teams
North and are. Of course. fav-
ored 10 win the event. because
they have made better marks In
their respective events than have
been registered by the Northern
entrants.
With Stanford and California
knitting each other In some
events. the Northern schools are
given almost an even break with
the visitors by local track dope
sters
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
'7RW)SS2
WH1@;'3N

Earl Baird. seattle lightweight.
viii fish, his second 20 Of the
season In San Francisco tonight.
when he tackles Johnny Ray. the
PitfsburT lightweight who licked
Eddie rinkman recently. II Is .
fourround fraeas.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
Sure Of 10 Points

Washington IL practically sure OF
10 points. N Gus Pope lives TO form.
Pope Is Washington star weight
man, and Is counted upon to bring
home the discus and shot put. lie
has fine chance TO establish n new
mark for the discus on Saturday, as
he has been heaving the weight over
the Coast mark by Is feet in dual
meets this year.
Daley and Gray will be the Purple
and Colds hope In the dashcs. and
both have n fine chance to place.
The Southern teams are expected
to arrive here Friday. Their true
strength Is more or less OF n riddle
at the present time.
Wells Star Splinter
Among the stars from the South
Wells, "A sprintcr Is expected to take
high honors, but Carter, OF the o. A.
c.. and DALEY, OF Washington.
should make him step.
Geoppert In the leading quarter.
miller on the Coast. having made the
distance in less than so seconds,
which Is some speed.
Sprott. OF California. has made the
best time on the Coast In the two
mile event. altho Davis. OF Washing.
ton, may come thru. Swan. OF the
o. A. c.. and Ratchford. OF w. s. c..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29

are expected to make things warm
for other distance runners.
George Varnell. OF Spokane, will
referee Saturdays event Many old
grads are expected TO be In their
places In the stands, which are fast
being sold out by the Washington
management.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29

SAN FRANCISCO. May 2s.-Ralph
Grunan. Portland boxer. writes
friends that he soon expects to re.
turn to the United States. He writes
that he had more than 20 bouts, all
of which he won. lie now weighs
142 pounds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
Prep Rivals
Will Battle
onDiamond
Lincoln and Broadway to
Mix at Lincoln PIayfieId;
Quays Beat Franklin

Lincoln and broadway Will
meet ON the diamond for the sec
ond time this season when the
local prep rivals tangle al Lin
coln piayfieid this afternoon.
broadway had cinch In the first
game with the North Finders this
season. running away with the
game by n istoo count. hut the
Lincoln team has come To life
during the pas, couple Of weeks
an has hung up record Of
three straight wins. taking
Queen Anne. West Seattle and
ballard down the line.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
Major League
Scoreboard
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NATIONAL IEAGII

NEW YORK. May a. II. ~ r.
Piitsburg ...s..t....-.. - I
New York ......s.......a o
HatterieHi Hamilton Adams and
blackwell Sweeney. puhuc, Benton
Osschgsr. Winters ard McCariy
6, bFo o,t May 70 v W y
~ LOUIS ffts.sss ss4s.ast ID
Brooklyn ...............4.. 10
Batteries Tusro and Clemens. PET.
fer and Kruger
BOSTON. May 70 n H. r.
chicago OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ?
boston ssss-stss ss.sssssrss
Batteries Vaughn. Alexander. Martin
and killefer. Sehf and Maranviiie.
PHILADELPHIA. May 10
n. ~ r.
Clhcihhatl sss'.sssssfssstst 10
Philadelphia ............
Batteries Fisher. Ring and WlnEo.
Smith, Jacobs and Cady. Adams.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29

Bob Evans. Portland fight promot.
or. who is here on a business trip.
waa out a, the ball game yesterday
with that wcli'known cigar magnate.
Nate Drusimsn. Nate thinks his
presence broke Scattlc's losing
streak.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29

A match between Jimmy storey.
Srattle's promising weltcrwelght.
and Jake Abel. the new Coast king.
In being talked about In local fight
circles. Many fsntic followers give
Storey a big chance to cap the Coast
honors.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
BEES WALLOP
SENATORS IN
WILD BATTLE

SALT LAKE CITY. May "a
Scoring two runs In the ninth inning
with the visitors one run In the van.
Salt Lake City won the second game
Of the series from the Sacramento
club here yesterday by score OF
a e-to-s count. All Ave pitchers used
during the matinee were pounded
hard. Eldred led the stickers for the
day with four safe blows in five trips
TO the plate. one good for n home
run. Shelley his his 10th home run
Of the season
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29


Jack Pickering. Lincoln's new
hurlcr. who has been one Of the rea.
q onH for the rcjuvcnation Of the
Green Lake squad. viii be on the hill
for the Red and Black aggregation
today. with Jimmy Marquis. Broad.
ways star mound man. throwing
over the foolers for the First I'M
men.
Several changes have been made in
tho Lincoln lineup. Bruce Harris
Ia now holding down FIRST base. San.
dell IL at second and Hyilengrin at
third. Folk il stu holding down the
short field job. Magnusscn. who had
been playing second base. has been
shifted to the outncid. Hallett and
Bowman will play the other outficld
positions
broadway will take tho field with
their usual lineup. with Dean behind
the plate.
Ballard and West Seattle win
play their second game Of the
scAson on the Hlawatha playfeld
grounds this afternoon. West
Seattle In still In second place In
tho standing and arc favored to
win over the ShIngleweaverx.
Franklin dropped it's sixth straight
game when they lost TO Queen Anne
yesterday at Mercer field by a big
score. the hill men winning IL to 2.
The score:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
Angels Take Lead
and Defeat Tigers

LOS ANGELES, May 29.-Pound-
ing Fromme hard in the early in.
nings. Los Angeles cinched big lead
and walked of with the second game
OF the series here yesterday. winning
4 to /. from Vernon.
The score II. II. f.
vernon ................... o
Los Angeles ....... 1
Batteries: Fromme. Zimmerman and
Brooks. Pertica and Boles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
How Will Big
Jess Willard
Get in Shape?
viii Heavy Champ Be in
Real Condition for Big
July 4 Scrap?
ny II. c. HAMILTON
United Press staff CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK. May 29--The meth.
DDS Jess Willard will employ I'm
reaching condition for his battle
with Jack Dempsey will make In.
teresting reading for the fans.
willard, according to his own
admission. WIS over the draft age
5i--two years ago. and that would
make him better than 80 now. As
a matter OF fact, he has confessed
TO more years than that Tom
Jones often has declared that Jess
! was near 40. and only recently as.
serted that Jess was over that
mark.
Willard seemingly Is very conf.
dent that he will be able to take
the measure of his challenger. for
he believes implicitly that he IL
too big a man for any man 10 whip,
regardless OF the difference be.
tween his own age and that OF the
challenger.
Willard Bucks Age
One rule that always has held
good In the pugilistic game is that
age cannot reach condition. Lay.
offs always tighten muscles and lay
on layers OF flesh that do not come
off under the routine treatment re.
lied on by most boxers to reduce
weight. IL grows harder with the
years. No boxer ever has succeed.
ed In conditioning himself for
hard scrap after reaching the age
OF Willard-if we take Tom Jones'
word.
The big champion weighed about
245 pounds when he defeated Jack
Johnson, and II Is generally under.
stood that he was In better condi.
ton at that time than ever before
In his life. Recently he asserted
he would be in as good shape for
Dempsey as for Johnson.
are expected to make things warm
for other distance runners.
George Varnell. of Spokane. will
referee Saturdays event. Many old
grads are expected To he In their
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29

Better stick 10 your cigars, Nate:
baseball ~ too scientific.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29

Baird 10 anxious 10 show again in
Seattle, according 20 reports from
tho South.
Joe German. the Portland miller.
has Expressed desire to tackle
Baird. II looks like a good match on
paper.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
AMERICAN LEAGUE

No games were played yesterday In the
American league
THE DAY or DAYS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29

German b planning q trip
East. lie has b~cn buying out
the b~~t haberdash~ry stores In
the city the last couple VI days
and must h. going Ia Palm
beach os better.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29

aalt ~. plsy. loo ns,. ws.t.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-29

THE DAY or DAYS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-22

The reduction in the price lists may
involve the necessity OF some high cost
plants either shutting down tempo
rarily or running at loss for u pc
riod. but It Is expected that. with ar.
Increased v.iusna ct business soon to
be developed a reasonable return tc
the average and better than average,
producers WIFI be afforded. In view
of the higher costs developed through
out the world as result Of the war. a
return to anything like pre-waP prices
is regarded as out of the questiasA II
is expected that other industries, -
we'll as the consuming public and ~
Dor, will recognize their obligations "a
the circumstances and cooperate IN
tho same generous spirit ~ has tia
steel industry
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-22
AREA OF IMPROVING
CONDITIONS WIDENING

New York. March 1i-Dw's Trade
Review win my Tomorrow. In part;
If plainly hacking uniformity. con-
merctxi reports nevertheless gtva 49,
ittye evidence that the area Of iapFur,
ing conditions r. widening. From
parts of New England where haslta-
ton has been especially conspicuous
comes the best news In many weeks
and In other sections Of the country
encouraging indications while not
eserywhere manifest. are multipiyfAE
In number.
Business Is slowly emerging from
the state repression that followed the
elimination Of the great. but 6x4ixss
cial, stimulus of tbs war period ana
expansion along more natural -
wholesome lines b foreshadowod. The
fact that certain leading beaaches.
such as the steel Industry. stin f1il
to reflect recovery tends to divert A.
tention away from the bettsrmant u
some other directions. ~ IN tGxt1leas
but even where no gain now appears.
there is confident expectation regard.
ing the future, and forward move-s
ment may conceivably develop with
the removal or leasentng Of restrain.
ing price uncertainties.
While labor problems. Accentua4e1
by the return Of thousa nds u n1eu W
civil life remain Formidable. e y ~
assuring that the increase ot idieaess
il being checked In some loGalit3aG
and the launching Of deferred px1s0xS
construction win open up marry &1D~
nues OF enpiOyment WIN faNoe4n4
weather, building Operatives thoe1A
yet handicapped ~ the conttnued Ai04(S
cost Of both labor ana mnfe&4o1a nx6
UNDERGOING nottceaA3A revival
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-22
Government to Buy
Camp Lee; Abandon
Stuart and Hill
Purchase OF Fifteen Cantonments and
Thirteen Aviation Fields Deter
mined Upon BY War
Department.

Washington. March 2l--Purchase
of fifteen national army cantonments
and thirteen aviation fields was de-
cfded upon by, this war department
today. Acting Secretary of War
ICroweil announced All except two of
the national guard camps and two
aviation fields will be abandoned i'm
mediateiy. Twelve other aviation
camps will be temporarily retained
for storage purposes and later ahan-
doned. All camps owned by the gov
eminent Will be retained. The future
of Camps Kendrick and Vail. In New
Jersey, is undecided.
Orders have been issued for OPEN
ing purchase negotiations, and the
work will be rushed with all possible
speed. 1t is expected. however that
several months will be required.
Options on some OF tho camp sites
will be taken up. Where the private
owners Held out for high prices. con-
demnation proceedings win be started.
Acquisition of the lands will be
financed out of the general fund of
the department. In the absence OF a
special appropriation. 1t is estimated
that the aggregate cost of al the
lands proposed to be purchased will
be less than $12.ao6.o0o. Cost Of the
fifteen cantonment sites will not ex-
coed sa.be0,ooo and $500. GOO Is ex-
pected to purchase the flying stations.
Some of the aviation samps have been
offered at less than 10000 each,
BUSINESS PROPOSITION
Acquisition of the camp sites was
determined upon purely as business
proposition, IL was explained The
decision to take them over was not
reached the acting secretary declared.
with any idea of universal training
OF otfIdf' military policy. 7~,.4y1' :, ,
Approximately s1so,ooo,oo has
been spent in establishing the cam
tonments. Or this amount 10000
coo Is undergoing Improvement
wafer mains, sewage. etc The annual
rental on them is 100000. and It
win be necessary to keep all OF them
for at least two years, and some of
them as long as three years. In order
to carry out the rehabilitation
plans
The camp leases require the depart
ment to restore the grounds The
building of barns and fences and