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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-25
MOSCOW HIGH WANTS
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
BASKET BALL TEAM MAKING AN
OTHER GOOD RECORD-LOST
BUT ONE GAME

Winning six games out of seven
played, and all of them by big mar
gins, while the one lost was by the
narrow margin of three points, the
Moscow high school basket ball team
promises to repeat its enviable record
of 1918 and 1919 by taking the state
championship again this year.
The team has been invited to at
tend the tournament in Spokane on
March 12 and 13, for Inland Empire
high schools and has accepted the in
vitation and will take part in the con-
test for Inland Empire championship
hOnors. The team will also compete
in the Idaho tournament to be held
in Moscow at the close of the season,
and it is hoped will win the champion
in succession.
Last year Moscow not only won the
championship of Idaho but of Wash
ington and Montana, as we'll. Pull
man won the eastern Washington
championship and Bellingham the
western Washington honors Kalis-
pell won the championship Of Mon
tana and Moscow defeated each of
those teams twice, leaving no possi-
BILE doubt as to championship honrs
for the three states.
So far this season the team has play
ed seven games and won six of them.
The one game lost was to Walla Wal
la by the narrow margin Of three
points. Following are the games play
ed and the scores:
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-25
Pool Hall Burglarized.

w. S. Robbins cigar store and pool
room was burglarized Tuesday night
and a number of articles, including
goods from the show case, taken
Grant Robbins, city marshal, and
Charles Summerfield, deputy sheriff,
are working on the case today and
it is understood have strong clue.
$100 in cash was taken.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-25
Double Murder Rennrted

LOS ANGELES.-(By A. P.)-
Miss Florence Housed, aged SO, owner
of the Huntington Hall Girls school
in South Pasadena, and W. M. Bow
en-, husband of the school housekeep-
er, were shot to death in separate
rooms of the school last night and
the guiding fired The flames were
extinguished.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-25
Charged With Yagrancy.

Two men giving the names of Geo.
Napier and S. D. Myers were arrested
Wednesday noon on suspicion of hav-
ing stolen property in their posses
sion. They are held on a vagrancy
charge. Some valuable ivory toilet
articles for women are said to have
been found in their possession. Their
record is being investigated.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-25

the various communities. The earli-
est communities will be reached first
and the others as soon thereafter as
possible. All farmers should coop
crate with the Farm Bureau and help
to make this countrywide squirrel
control campaign big success.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-25
3 3 = = 8 : !
Tenshun!

! All ex-service men are COM
7 manded to appear at the Uni
: versity of Idaho campus at 1870 :
: Sunday afternoon, February 20, .
! to take part in the parade to the .
/ Liberty theatre, where services .
! in honor of our sleeping COM :
: rades will be held. .
Every ex-service man is ex- !
; pected to wear his uniform and .
to take part in the parade. The
French government has given
memorial certificates which will 1
BE presented at the theatre to 1
relatives of those sleeping in 1
France. I
Let US make this occasion 1
; memorable one. 1
: Remember the time, 1870 p.
M; the place, University cam I
pus, and date, Sunday, Febru- I
ary 20. I
Be One of the Marchers. I
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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-25
idaho WON GAME
FROM WILLAMETTE
HARDEST FOUGHT GAME OF
SEASON PLAYED AT SALEM,
TUESDAY NIGHT

University of Idaho defeated Will
lamette University at Salem, Ore
gon, Tuesday night, in the first of
two basket ball games to be played
there. The game was close, but Ida
no "nosed out" by score of 81 to
20. The same teams play at the
same place tonight. This seems to
have been an extra game for when
the team left here it was understood
it would rest Tuesday and the sche-
dule only called for one game at
Salem, and that to be played We'd
nesday night. Idaho plays O. A. G..
at Corvallis Thursday night.
The game is said to have been the
hardest fought game Of the season
and it required three extra periods
of five minutes each to decide as
the score was a tie when the regular
time was called. Perrine was the
star of the game, getting nine field
goals.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-25
The Lineup.

This is the second time Idaho has de-
feated Willamette this season. The
other game was played in Moscow
and resulted in score of AZ 10 21 in
favor of Idaho. The hard fight put
up by the Salemites last night was
a surprise to all concerned. Coach
Hutchinson says the game was easily
the hardest fought game his team has
had this year.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-25

Total points won by Moscow, z5S;
total points won by opposing teams,
121; total games played, 7; totd
games won, g. games lost, /.
So far as learned no other team
in the Inland Empire has made aa
good a showing as Moscow and the
possibilities Of winning both state and
Inland Empire championships this
year are regarded as good.
The team plays the University Of
Idaho freshmen in the high school
gymnasium tonight The game should
be good one and should be we'll at
tended.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-02

Sergt Ray Smith. because of his re-
cent battle with Bob Martin, A. +, +,
heavyweight champ. is being flooded
with offers from fight promoters from
all parts OF the country. Martin, be-
ing gToumed to eventually meet Jack
Dempsey, had been knocking his OPP
ponents cold until he met Ray at Cleve-
land the other night, Critics were
about evenly divided on calling II that
or giving one man or the other hair
line shade
Suffice II to say that Smith sur
prised everyone, including Martin Bob
puucher than Smith, but Ray gave
him some boxing lessons.
Smith was born in Camden, n. j.,
% years ago. Smith learned TO scrap
in the navy, winning the light heavy
weight title around Panama while sta
toned there. lie fought Bill Brennan,
Jim Montgomery and Happy Howard
before going overseas.
While across he fought an exhibition
bout with Carpenter, a draw with
Martin and beat BombadleT Wells and
Petty Officer Morton Of England. He
was prevented from entering the inter
allied championship tournament which
Martin won. because OF unhealed
wounds. He carries a great scar UNI
der one arm, made by shrapnel and
was seriously gassed. Since returning
10 the United States he has fought Joe
Jeanette, Harry Wills, Battling Lee
whisky, Willie Meehan and others
usually to entertain less fortunate serv-
ice men still In hospitals.
He weighs 1870 pounds and stands
six feet three inches in his fighting
shoes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-02
sLUGGER VS.. BOXER.

II was the siuEger against the boxer,
with Mckinney being on the slugging
end, and Long strlnging along as the
boxer. Long had heard that Mckinney
carried q knockout punch In his right
hand, and the result was that he was
cautious when In range of the Dummy &
starboard fin. Dummy tried through
out the eight rounds 10 find Long $
jaw with his right but Long cleverly
evaded the deadly slam, and came out
OF the battle practically unmarked.
As the mill began Dummy let fly
with his right, intending ia end the
argument then and there, but Long
stepped out Of danger and sent a left
hook crashing against the Dummy
Jaw Mckinney sent a return lab that
evened hunors In this session, In the
second Long started using his left hand,
which is one Of his chief assets, and he
iabbed Mckinney several times in the
face without Il return, The Dummy
was willing to take all kinds OF pun
tshment for one opportunity to shoot
over his haymaker, The second round
was Longs by a shade.
In the third Mckinney found the
range, and Long ran sguarely into the
Dummy's right, the blow landing on
the side Of Longs head. II was plain
that Long didn't relish such wallops
and for the ensuing moment he fought
carefully and was cautious in keeping
within the safety zone, As the round
ended Long shot across a right TO the
jaw The round was MCklnney's by a
small margin.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-02

to make good in the American league
Eckert a Philadelphia boy, who was
brought Up from the Virginia league
was purchased from the Suffolk club
He pitched a game against the Cleve-
land Indians last fall and was beaten
hv very low score. Gibson, another
Of Comics raw recruits. comes from
Regira, In the Canadian league. Hasty
another finger, came North with the
Atlanta bunch that monopoiZed Mack s
lineup during the latter part of the
1919 season. keefe, a right hander
from Reading, and Moore. a big, young
sOuthpaw from Waco, are considered
most promising pitchers, Pierson, an
other left-hander, has been with the
Athletics for two years and is about
ready to take his regular turn in the
box Rommel. a big right handler,
comes from the Newark club, where
he made a splendid record last sea
son, Bighee, who was secured from the
Seattle club in a trade, Is considered
most promising pitcher. The last
pitcher to be purchased was Frank
Herhst, Of the Waterbury club, a big
right handler, whom the critics say will
develop into a great pitcher,
The players who will battle the in
field positions are Griffin at first base,
from the Atlanta club, and who made
a remarkable showing in the games in
which he took part during the windup
of the past season; Buyrus, who will
also fight to secure this position, was
purchased from the Columbia ST. g.,
club Is a left hand batter and thrower,
rather cratic in fielding, but very
strong batsman and a hard man to
keep off the team.
Dykes at Second.
Second base will be looked after by
Dugan and Dykes. Dugan, who is a
graceful fielder and looks like a ball
player, is also fair hatsman. Dykes,
from Atlanta, is a Wonderful fielder,
but up to this time has not shown him
self to be strong eonugh at the bat to
take the position away from player
of Dugan's ability.
Galloway. also from Atlanta, asd Nc
Cam, purchased from Suffolk, will be
the contenders for the short-stop posi-
ton, Galloway made a splendid show
Cam is player Of much promise, both
at the bat and in the field. ~
For the third base Thomas and Bra
zlll will fight it out, Thomas is ex-
perienced and a first-eiass fielder but
was not up to his usual batting form
last year. BRAZIL, a player of short
experience. is a right hand batsman
and led two different minor leagues last
season.
Title Walker and Wingo will fight it
out for left field. Walker is still a
first-class player, has the experience
and looks forward to a great year.
Amos Strunk and Frank Welsh (the
latter secured from the Virginia league)
will battle 1t out for center field. Amos
is looking forward to one of his best
years and his position appears to be
safe enough. D
George Burns. who formerly played
first base, will play right field. Charles
High, a st. Louis boy, and Whitley Witt,
an all-round player, will battle for
utility jobs.
The team is being coached by Captain
Harry Davis and Danny Murphy is
helping coach the young player8 With
two such reliable men as Davis and
Murphy the Athletics should make
much better showing than they have
made in the past five or six years
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-02

The general boom in boxing since the
end of the war and the prospects OF
boxing becoming legalized in New York
Is brinaing big bunch of the old
boys back into the game with rosy
visions Of collecting q few more shek-
els before they die entirely, pugilistical-
~ speaking,
And one Of the most popular OF the
old birds who plans a comeback in
this general movement is Jack Dillon.
Dillon isn't so old in years, being only
~ now, but he was a vet in the game
when he found that apparently his legs
had failed him. They became stiff and
failed to stand the strain of even short
no-decision bouts, He believes, how
ever, that the layoff may have re-
stored the flexibility and strength in
his pins,
Jack Dillons real name is Ernest
Cutler Price, He was born Feb. 2.
1891, at Franklin, Ind. He started
fighting in 1903 and the record book
shows that he fought on an average
of twice month or oftener between
that time and the 1888 season, when
he felt himself giving out. No doubt
he has fought more battles than any
other fighter in the game, And he has
met all of the men of any size in the
ring game in recent years. Listed
Among his opponents are Mike Nc
Goorty, Tom Cowler, George Chip,
Mike Twin Sullivan, Gus Christie,
Frank Claus, Walter Monaghan (who
trained Jess Willard for the Dempsey
BOUT, Battling Levinsky, Jim Flynn,
Perky Flynn, Gunboat Smith, Frank
Moran, Mike Gibbons and Billy Miske..
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-02

Prevailing game conditions in the
land Of the setting sun. California Is
the sportsmen's paradise. home of dt-
yerslfied game and excellent shooting
An efficient state game warden is the
antithesis Of professional politicians.
Frank NJ Newbert. Of Caerameuto,
Cal, president Of the California fish
and game commission Is q popular and
eiucient appointee to the position of
game and fish protector. The office is
appontiye and handed out In many
states as political sap to some nom
competent ward heeler who has neither
practical nor acquired knowledge OF
fish and game, their haunlR or habits
lncumbenis OF this type receive no sup
port or respect from conscientious
AportsmeH who lack faith or conf
dence IN their ability and refuse to CO.
operate with them In their semiattcmpts
al law enforcement
Complaints are frequently heard II
lack or inefficienCy OF assistant ward
ems tn fish or game protection II the
mead OF the department is competent
sincere and Efficient sportsmen Of the
state, almost to q man, viii rally TO
his assistance, co operating with him in
his work, creating united cnnstahu-
larry thus eliminating transgressors
and educating others along the lines
81 game pernetuation and practical
propagation, Governors are greatly IN
error when they cancel or pay OFF,
political obligation by appointing "a pu-
mucai heeier 10 tue mead OF a depart
nlsh. ~ which many lhooSah9s OF thtf
SS Sllsss ucnta arr N'td,S interested.
Shis 1tAS so 'Cnitnt " lRe huihueI
~ "ultns anu ilsHlhs licenses issued
""u pau W '"N' an" every year.
Conservation of food supply and per
petuation Of live bird life for the bene-
~ Of future generations should not be
overlooked through the appointment Of
inefflcients Practical, CopsCign ious
ana energetic state WArdCnE should he
selected and placed at the head 81 de-
partments. Men who are convgrsaut
with all game and fish conditions and
handle mooted questions lnteHig.nty.
the DAY II past Ter hi6etng upon the
unsuspectmg pubic, incompetent. non
interested and inefficient campaign
managers or pgN1clans. useful no doubt
IN some close 1iStFef but utterly worth
less as state gam Wardens Eliminate
poliucians-appuint efficient wardeus
WIN that out OF my system ! return
70 CaiIfornia, The abundance If game
~ mat sectlon Is accounted Tor by the
NatlVe sons ana Their descendants
Dy the one WORD climate Parks and
lhaCcessiot localities produce lNfge
SAINT. sinai game Is universally prose
ent, migratory hlros IN season are $50
numerous mer presence becomes
Inenhce 10 growing crops Land rr'ia
nlatoha oS me drainage route Us con
ssselilE the duch 8ho goose F""sI'nE
suiu . ie sls aT'a ne N,thiaha swamp
~ ~ 6ai!IiIE po'uV. atFts-- NatomaS VIM
tV,Vuu az rs utltt nastH "Ilh t'"@7
,ny % r,, raeo a' DSsn zen, uralnso I9F t'rh'-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-02

49,
One Babe Ruth, an unknown young
ster on the pitching staff of the Ball
tlmoTe Orioles, kept tripping up the
big league clubs that played exhibition
games in Baltimore-the Giants, Phil
lies, Senators. Athletics and Braves
writers of newspaper heads being
original, stuck the caption, Along
Came Ruth" over the box score when
ever Ruth beat a major league club.
But who would have dreamed six
winters ago that the same Ruth would
come along Broadway swinging base :
nalfs most famous bat for the trifiing
sum of $125 600?
international league In the first three
months Of the 1914 season that in July
the Red Sox purchased him.. Ernie
Shore and Ben Egan from the sBalti-
mores for something like $4,000 for the
trio: The price on Ruth was said to
pc S2,70O, That was the first year of
the Federal league war, and after Dunn
tried to fight the Feds in Baltimore for
several months he gave UP, and sold
al his stars for the best prices OBJ
SO on July II, 1914 we find Babe
66iigtG nlt his FIRST big league game, He
aidht mt a home run: he didn't <eYen
hit a single. In fact, Duffy Lewis was
called in to bat for him with the score
tied in the seventh inning. and a bin
gle by Duffy helped the Red Sox score
ne winning run. The first big league
pitcher that Ruth had a chance to get
crack at was Willie Mitchell, the
left-hander, and even to this day Babe
doesn't care much for, the gentlemen
who serve the ball up to the plate with
their left hands.
We find that Ruth pitched q nifty
game for six innings in his big league
start, but got into a jam in the sew
nnth iva Al 1T.
sent out OF Boston on the evening of
July, IL, 1914, told of Babe Ruths ar
rival in the big league
ERRORS by the visitors and Boston
hlts at the proper moment caused the
Maps downfall here today byJ score
OF 4 to 3. Ruth, late of Baltimore
went along finely until the seventh ses-
slon,, when three hits and a sacrifice
resulted in two runs and tie score,
Leonard finished the game for Boston
and held the Clevelands hitless, strik-
ing out four of the six men who faced
him"
Joe Jackson whacked Ruth for two
singles in Babes big league start, as
did Eddie Graney. The famous Nap
La1oie. however, couldn't do anything
with the youngster, as he failed to get
on base in four attempts.
In his second game, on July 16, 1914
ne lost to the Tigers in three innings
Detroit got to him for two runs on
three hits and base on balls, enough
to beat him Joe Lannin, who then
owned the Red Sox and the Providence
lnternationals, sent Ruth over to
Providence to help Bill Donovan win
the International league pennant,
After Providence won the Interna-
tlonal championship, Ruth came back
to Boston in early October, and on
Oct, he beat Carroll Brown OF the
Yankees. holding New York to six hits.
he slapped Brown for a-double, which
helped to win the game for Boston,
On Oct. Ruth tried his hand as a
pinch hitter for the first time, Bill
Carrigan picked out nice spot for him.
Babe tried his luck against Walter
Johnson and Walter won. On Oct. 7
Rnth closed his first major league
game by pitching three innings against
the Washingtohs.
Ruth's career sounds more like fic-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-02

ton Than the life OF a real baseball
character Born in Baltimore on Feb.
4 1894, he was left an orphan at an
early age. He was put in the reforma-
tory ior, his fondness for playing
Jack Dunn can find ban players, no
matter where they sprout 1t wasn't
long before he heard Of the young left
hander on the refoFmatory team
Dunn had to adopt Ruth before he
could sign him to a Baltimore con.
tract, put nothing will stop Jack when
he Is In quest Of budding star. Ruth
had practically no experience when
Iluhn stacked him up against the big
league teams in the spring OF 1914, but
Babes dazzling speed was too much
Beg EssaPS a Eth 1911 Ruth smashed
first real season in the league, he led
the American league pitchers In earned
runs. In 1916, he beat Brooklyn IN
the worlds series in IA innings, the
game being the longest worlds series
game ever played,
In 1918 Ruth broke Mathewson's
world seriess shutout record by pitch
ing 20 consecutive scoreless world Sc
ries innings. That Included l3 innings
pitched In 1916 MatheWson's record
was 2S scoreless innings.
Twenty-.nine is Ruth's lucky num-
Der, for in 1919 he broke all major
league records by cracking out 20 home
runs. Though Ruth has played the out
field In only two seasons, he has made
49 major league home runs in five
years,
Then the Yankees established a new
record for Ruth during the present
winter by paying $126 900 to the Bos
ton club for his release, more than
twice as much as ever was paid for any
Individual star. Truly. he is some
At Boston. Mass, July IL 1914
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-02

Dear Tad: Can YOU tell mo who II
snow" 7 HAWK
Isn't it queer that no one ever gives
II" new champion credit for his win
We 20 back to the Sullivan Corbett
iGht. sullivan IN to that time was
unbeatable. He had toured the coun-
try and toppled\ all before him. He
even boXed an exhibition with Corhett
IN san Francisco When he was match
ed With "Poupadour Jim" he LAUGHED
saving that thn Californian was a
dancing master aud couldn't bust a
pane ut glass with his WALTON
SullWn,s hackers bet 4 and against
'hat John l. would win, Don't YOU
think they saw his condition. Don't
YOU think that men offering those odds
knew Something
Vet after Corbett knocked John I,
ont the world declared that poor old
sullivan wasn't in fit form to play A
tough game Of pool
Jack Johnson knocked out Jim lief
fries at Reno and was on the short
end in the betting at . to I Jeffries
trained a year for this fight The
Writer was with Icffries for six weeks
at Rowardcnnan Cal. and watched
him daily He was in great shape His
newspaper friends told their readers
$50 J"ffrics declared himself that Ne
vas never before in such shape in his
lie
Two doctors who examined him the
day before the firht said that he was
iho most nearly perfect man physically
that they had ever put a hand on Vel
he was knocked out after Is rrucning
Then Jefrs friends howled like
wolves. Poor old Jefr-an old lady
could have beaten him He was a
wreck, He was only a she'll"
Next We come to Jack Dempsey and
Willard The latter worked Ike a
beaver for months He was in great
shane. lie was always favorite in the
betting. He 'asted three rounds be.
fore that fighting Irishman : Dempsey.
Now the v hard admirers say that he
was Fat aud unconditional wasn't
himself at all
None Of them are when they meet
their master
Willard today is the best heavy
weight in the world barring Dempsey
II these Dempsey knockers don't
think 20. why didn't they bet a piece
Of Jack against Willard with someone
lie can fight lie showed moro against
Dempsey than he ever showed before
Tie showed a heart and that's lot.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-02
RUSTY SCORES KAYo.

Rusty Murray disposed OF Battling
Finnegan in exactly 30 seconds In a
scheduled four-round preliminary. Both
boys started out to make it a fight and
when both landed on each others jaw
at the same time both boys went down
They came up In a jiffy, however, and
Murray rushed Finnegan around the
ring, then rained rights and lefts that
put Finnegan In a bad way. Finnegan
fell, hut arose wobbly on his pins and
In bad shape
Referee Hack stopped the fight 70
save Finnegan from getting hurt. and
raised Murray's mitt.
Hamhone Murphy and Kid Sweet
We're the survivors in a battle royal,
and Murphy defeated Sweet in the
three round affair,
The house was comfortably fun.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-02
HERE'S A REAL CHAMP,

Dear Tad
saw the letter bv tho manager Of
Chicken Neck" Nelson In the paner
the other day Why. that Nelson was
a smal-time guy compared 20 my man
| managed the champion diver Of tho
world, Wa called him "t-9" pay. lie
only fought once but In that fight
broke every worlds record for diving,
He could see a punch start 10 feet
away and Immediately uhmerrr
That's why We called him "U~9" naly
He fought a. guy named Meyer
Clancy once. The fight was called no
contest. as the referee collapsed
Dalv went down - times in each
round You can't beat that, round
consists Of 1870 seconds. Dalv did =
Mckay - times. and each time for the
count Of nine In the second and third
rounds he continued his good work. He
didn't fight one second in any round
The referee got a cramp In the right
army from counting, while his left
won't to sleep
He called il no contest. as he was
forced. 70 retire l. claim all records
for "U-9" Daily. Yours,
PETER POTTER