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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08
Is Gibbons Better Than
Tunney? Dope May Be Off
Tunney Looked Better Than Gibbons Against Car
pentier, but Joe Williams Thinks Gibbons Is Better
Man; Gibbons Should Stay in Light Heavy Class
knockdown

put oyer q single knockdown.
The Carpenter who fought Tun-
ney was a better man than the one
who faced Gibbons. For one thing.
he had had a stiff fight under his
sash. This should have brought him
nearer 20 real fighting trim, sharp
ensd his judgment Of distance and
speeded up his foot work.
Tunney dropped Carpenter three
times IN the tenth and knocked him
Bquirming IN the fourteenth.
These knockdowns. the knockout
and the added fact that Carpenter
was in improved condition, certainly
makes Tunney, on dope. look better
fhop fatbhCre
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08

ana Country cIub THIS AtteTnoon. The Win
ners are TO meet Saturday for the title.
In Friday mornings matches the fol-
lowing results were turned in:
Westland beat Walter Wand, and 4.
Haw beat Ed Greenway 2 and /; Stein
eliminated Dixie Fleager 8 and 4, and Hjert
trimmed Ted knudson, and l.
The big upset in Thursdays play was the
defeat of Harold Niemeyer. the Lake Shore
champion. who was expected to 60 well on
toward the finals.
This curly-haired lad never once hit his
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08

e stride and Just managed TO get place IN the maVIH
". draw after play-off In his match against +. w.
e1wsv he was three-down at the turn. but made n
ng comeback and teed-off TO the 18th, one up. The
Ss1son Parker however squared matters at this hole
and won the call the home green when he sank MS putt
dr winning par four
= Sin he offending champion had hard time get
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08

The famous tract, coach In.
slsts II can All be traced bnrl,
10 the crouch system used BY The
cnlcllcrs, Tic practice of squat
tiug Oh every ball pitched, prior
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08
Three Homers for
Vernon Infielder

Los ANGELES, Aus. s.-George
Boehlcr was or color here Thursday
and Vernon hit him hard. beating
Oakland. to L.
Christian held the Oakland club to
four hits, two BY Lafayette.
Mcdowell. Vernon first sacker.
featured with three home runs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08
Stein Plays Hjert and WestIand Meets Haw
Blueblood Is Sparring Partner
for Tommy Gibbons in England

LONDON Aug sThere tnfard ugies the
ing Gibbons Paul light heavyweight b
70 bloomfield 3.
Instead Ar Gibbons being assisted by member nobility
It's chief Eatng is other Than the
cydesdn and heir Of the Duke Duchess
premier peer
The good marquis makes efficient spardng partner
Gibbons the blue blood know how
wouldn't want a better one" adds The American.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08
t I Johnson to
pox Tut" Jackson

|As.or :. Johnson win fight Tut,
sssa, !. East Chicago, on Augrmt
H., a'nr to Promoter Howard
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08

by the way. what is Miss Joyce's
fielding average? She certainiy has
accepted a lot Of chances In her day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08
GREGG;
STARS
TRIBE GETS
| START

The Tribe got started in the sixth.
scoring two runs on some sloppy in
field work, three errors letting the
runs In. They made three more in
the seventh. a three.base swat By
Jimmy Welsh sending over two tai.
lies. Another triple by Red Baldwin
in the next inning accounted for an.
other run.
But the visitors ehalked up two In
the ninth and cinchcd things.
For four innings Lefty Garfield
pitched hitiess ball. but weakened TO.
wards the end OF the game.
"Suds" Sutherland is due today for
Seattle with BIZ Hughes or Lefty
Thompson being ready for the visit.
ora.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08

Claude Rol,wer hit n double. single
and homer the latter bouncing into
the left field stands.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08
Eckert Pitches
and Beyos VIII.

PORTLAND. Aug. S.--Portland de-
feated Salt Lake here yesterday. to
2. Charley Eckert outpitching Lefty
Thomas, the lamb" of the Salt Lake
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08

Fritz Moilwitz hit four safely and
got a sacrifice. II was quito day
for the lanky Sacramento fret
sacker.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08
Semi-Finals in City's
Links Fight on Today
Wand. Greenway, KnudsOn and Fleager Are Elmi-
mated in Friday Mornings Play; Finals Saturday;
lack Westand Is Medalist on Thursday

TACK WESTLAND playing Gordon Haw and Bon
Stein was meeting Harry Hjert in the sem-finals of
x CITY golf championship flight at the Inglewood Golf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08

80 ri Of Theron HohkeIuu- "t
.r,h.Endsr led ~ the turn.hole.
..-uv. and won the match on the
~ green, two and one.
n renamed for Ted Knudson and
~ Green 10 furnish the only ex.
s,Aole match OF the day; the
s---.rs five on the 10th being
81 enough to win the decision.
VERT DOES
uNE SHOOTING
n long odds the hest biz OF golf
sthe day was shot by little Harry
Hxt 10 bis match against Fred
,ysr asst years runner.up. shoot
ssa4i. which is pretty good golf.
IA being eight-down. was the kind
4 stuff that Aver was up against
q ,hs first nine. his dapper oppon-
=. doing the trip in the remark.
IN low score Of 80. The final TO
~ q the match WAS nine and
vvn. The bye-holes were played
8, and the Hlert card for the
u.z1 ioialea 50.
PERMANENT Manager Larry Ives
add IN a had place in the draw.
ne,ing Jack westlnnd Larry Is
si;rhins toaay's play from the
s,sHnss because he lost q six and
nr count to youns westiand.
ii the other matches Walter
YARD defeated petmer Anderson.
Il and five; Jack Weber lost 70
tasaon Haw. four and three. and
rsk F1eager won against Leo
snksH. four and three.
ii The qualifying round. ycster-
Al uOFning. Jack Westland led
"a fsA with a fine 70, which
AIRED birdie three on the
s=AtA and an eagle three on the
ara He was OFT in 81 and back
IA
The QrALIFyING
SORES
ne is auaIifisrs and ties for last
sats sere:
I;-lack westland.
E-H. A. Fleager.
is-Gordon Haw. Ted Knndson.
ii--Dett Anderson. Bon stein.
be- Greenway. Harry Hjert. l..
Z Ives. L. GaskeIi.
E-I. G. Weber.
t-Tom Green. W. Wand.
HI. Rongerud.
III. Aver. n. Nlemeyer, l..
sszit. L. Reese.
L The play off for the last two
farss Reese dropped out at the
ri hole and Hewitt at the second.
Tie rest OF the field finished as
hlcws: ss-w. Davidson. L. Math.
rs and y. Slavery; sT--F. Van
ksran and r. I.sman: SIR Hayes,
Dolphin. z. v. Peterson and W
Albkea; s9-H. Cornell, P. Pigott
" 4. ousserhout. se-S. Fredricks
u O Abrams: al-c. s. Keilison
% u. McMlcken: g2-E Crideri
A DonahOe and z. strout. o.
4 klnfalI and q. Klinefelder: as
Stuart. i0i-K. Fisken; i0s--M
sat'; no returns-E. Kendrick. -
As'Es and B. Kellam.
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Sacramento Breaks Long Losing Streak
Spriggs w aescher Enters Star Swim


big The
lie August % Entries
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MOST major league catchers arc
ASI slow OF foot, Tho outstanding
stars are no exception.
Let two players Of equal speed, one
q catcher, tho other an infielder or
outfielder, break into the league Mt
the same time and the cntchcr will
show the wear and tear much
sooner,
In five years of play the catcher
will slow up srtp on the other
player over period OF 10 years
he will be from two to three steps
slower.
There In n reason,
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but even IN victory they looked
terrible.
with any kind Of pitching Seattle
would have breezed In.
GREGG
STARS
a. that, pitching was the main at.
traction Thursday. Yean Gregg re.
lisyed Carl Williams in the third and
struck out six Of the next seven hit.
tsrs and then retired with a sore
arm.
Williams didn't have a thing and
the Sacs scored twice off OF him In
the second and added two more in
the third.
Then Grcgg stopped them. But
Red Killefer sent Young Bill Plum.
mer 10 tho mound in tho NTH and
the visitors landed ON him for five
runs that put the game In the sock.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08
Catcher Crouch SLOWS
In Receivers IN Game
BY BILLY EVANS
rs the crouch system used by

rs the crouch system used by
i baseball catchers all wrong?
A famous track coach OF big
Eastern college thinks so. lie
has some convincing arguments
TO back up his contention.
The coach Is Of the opinion
that every major league catcher
could add several years to his
career and save his speed II
Other methods were used.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08

Red Baldwin was kissing the pill
Thursday. He hit two singing
singles and triple and walked once.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08

Three terrible errors were commit.
ted by the Sacramento defense in
the sixth inning. sIglin dropped an
easy throw at second base for a
force. Hemingway had Brady trapped
ut the same bag and dropped "A throw
and Garfield heaycd one over siglins
dome az the same station.
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Game Chatter
TwIcs Ted baldwin hnd cleaned thn

bases with timely wallops when he
found them fully populated. but in
the sixth inning yesterday the best
he could do with three on was
roller to MoIiwitz. Ted got in hole
BY taking strike and didn't have
a chance 10 pick his pitch,
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Gregg seemed to have n world Of
stuff. his cross.fire being very effee.
tive.
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-25

clusions. Now, if it was trick, why
shouldn't the bank be spreading the
story far and wideY
"Why should De witt want people
to think his stone was stolen, if it
ain't?"
"God knows! Some scheme of the
old Judges"
"But the judge don't own the Big
Malopo claim"
"He WILL" said a pock-marked man
with a quiet emphasis. "Ever know
the syndicate to go after anything and
not get it?''
"Who in thunder does own Big Ma.
lopo"
American firm, amt it?"
81 heard De Witt unloaded his shares
on some bunch Of fools in New York
before the big stone was found, and
now he's kicking himself"
The advent of a negro man, carrying
sheaf of copies of the local paper
lust from the press, checked the dis
cussion A staring headline announced
the robbery Of the big diamond.
"Now, now, gentlemen, there are
copies enough for ALL" demonstrated
the negro; and Winton, reaching for a
paper, took in his appearance with a
glance of amusement.
He was a young negro man, appar-
emily in his early twenties. He was
dressed with a scrupulous attention
that put the clothes of the hotel visit
ors to blush. A soft felt hat of daz,
zling whiteness sat upon his crisp
locks. His wrists showed two ex-
panses of snOw-white cuffs that rivaled
the brilliancy of his immaculate collar
A black tail-coat and waistcoat, gray
trousers, pressed to the compression
limit of the cloth, and patent-leathel
shoes completed his attire. But his
accent puzzled Winton. The tones that
emanated from the young mans throat
were exactly those of the stiffest and
most precise of gentlemen reared in
the sacred atmosphere of an English
university.
us this news straight. Sam?" IN
quired one CT the cluster, who were
busy reading the account Of the rob
| berry.
"The Chronicle is very strong or
veracity, Mr.. Elfridge," replied the
negro, hitching up his trousers at the
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-25
"THE LAW WEST OF THE
PECOS'

" OU will look in vain for Eagles
l. Nest on the map of Texas today, for
the town of Langtry (named for Lille
Langtry of theatrical renown) has
taken it's place. But in the old days
of 40 years ago Eagles Nest was
famed for just one thing-a saloon.
On the front Of this building was a
sign which read Judge Roy Bean,
Justice of the Peace, Law West Of the
Pecos."
For this "red eye" emporium was
also the temple Of justice for a do
main of thousands of square miles,
and over it ruled Roy Bean, king in
his own right, whose scepter was
Colts As. He was the only justice
of the peace in western Texas and he
was equipped only with a copy of the
Ohio statutes of ancient vintage, a
sense of fair play and a strong belief
in his ability to interpret the law as
it should be, whether it was written
that way or not. He was judge, jury
and lord high executioner and there
Once two Mexican couples came to
him and announced that they wanted
to trade life partners. The judge
questioned them closely, found them
all of the same mind. charged each Of
the men SIS and a dozen bottles Of
beer and pronounced the job done.
Some time later state official COM
planned to Bean that in granting this
unconventional divorce he had ex-
ceeded his authority.
"Why, say!" exclaimed His Honor
Indignantly. "Have l ever butted into
your affairs? They wanted to swap,
they paid me, they're livin' puffeckly
happy and nobody round here has
found fault. You just go back to Aus
tin and handle your courts the way
you want, but this is out OF your
joorisdiction."
Judge Beams Law West of the
Pecos" was uniformly profitable for
him. One day an eastern tourist en-
tered his saloon and ordered bottle
of beer. He laid down a $50 gold
piece which Bean promptly pocketed.
The tenderfoot demanded his change
and upon being denied it started an
argument. Courts in session" an
nounced the judge Immediately. THAT
beer cost you so cents and you're fined
$3.50 for disturbing the peace"
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-25
CHAPTER III
Ned Burns-Watchman

The coach deposited it's half-frozen
passengers in front of the office in the
market square.
Miss Seaton, I'm going to help you
and your father with your baggage"
said Winton. "And l hope to be of
service in any way that is possible"
He handed her his card. Then he
became aware that Dewitt was stand
ing close at his side and looking over
his shoulder. He turned angrily, and
the man moved away.
Had he read the name on it? 1t did
not matter; but Winton would have
preferred to maintain the advantage of
being unknown, in view of the situa-
ton. He arranged to have his trunk
held until he had found lodgings, and
then. returning, found that Skeila and
her father had quietly disappeared.
The busy day had begun. The slant
ing beams Of the rising sun struck like
shafts of gold upon the post office,
across the square, in which the en-
camped transport rulers were prepar-
ing breakfast at numerous fires built
in the tiny spaces between the wagons
with their spans of longhorns. Dust
whirls were dancing everywhere, break
ing against the buildings and envelop-
ing those who happened to be passing
The stores were opened, carts were
driving back from the market, hawkers
and peddlers were afoot with their
wares.
Malopo was about as large as
Taungs, but, being a boom town, and
not a railroad one, had cleaner and
more prosperous aspect, though the
old-clothes shops were almost as plenti-
full. Many Of the brick houses were Of
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-25
TALES OF
THE OLD
FRONTIER
A MODERN POCAHoNTAs
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON
90 1923. Western Newspaper union)

F The chronological order of Amer
lean history could be reversed and
fame granted in proportion to the he
rolsm which won it, then the Indian
girl who saved the life of Capt. John
Smith in colonial days might appro-
priately be called the "Winema of Vir-
ginia." This is the story of Winema,
the woman Chief of the Modocs,
In 1873 Winema, or Tobey Riddle,
and her husband, Frank Riddle, an
Oregon frontiersman, were interpret
ers for peace commission which had
been sent to treat with the Modocs
who had gone on the warpath in the
lava beds of southern Oregon. The
commission was composed of Gen. E.
R. S. Candy, Rev. Eleazer Thomas
and Indian Agents L. S. Dyar and A
B. Meacham.
The Indians had agreed to meet the
commissioners under a flag of truce
but Tobey Riddle discovered that they
intended to come armed and murder
the white men. She Immediately noti-
fed the commissioners and begged
them, especially Meacham, who had
been very kind to her, not to attend
the council. But Candy and Thomas
insisted that the meeting be held and
the brave Indian woman, although she
knew that the Modocs were aware Of
her betrayal of their plot and might
Iii with fhnn0
AS the council proceeded the In
dians became more and more insolent.
Finally, when General Candy refused
to promise that the soldiers would be
withdrawn from the Modoc country,
Captain Jack, the Indian leader,
sprang to his feet. cut with kutt !"
(All readyD he exclaimed and instant
ly the Modocs drew pistols hidden un-
der their coats and opened fire, killing
Candy and Thomas and wOunding
Meacham. Frank Riddle and Dyar
fled for their lives and escaped.
AS Chief Schonchin rushed in to
finish Meacham, Tobey Riddle sprang
in front of him and pleaded for her
friends life; and when Shacknasty
Jim, a warrior, joined in the attack
she rushed from one savage to the
other, trying to turn away the pistols
which they aimed at Meacham. Final
~ the white man went down, shot
through the head twice. Boston
Charley ran in to scalp Meacham and
when Tobey interfered, Charley struck
her a blow with his pistol which sent
her reeling.
But the quick wit of the Indian
woman did not desert her, Soldiers
coming" she exclaimed suddenly and,
although there were no soldiers in
sight, Boston Charley left his MUIR
derous work to follow the other Mo-
docs in precipitate flight into the fast
nesses of the lava beds. When the
desperately wounded Meacham was
carried back to the soldiers camp it
was Tobey Riddle who attended him
night and day and finally nursed him
back to health and life.
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-25
COPYRIGHT 6y VIC. CHAPLAIN

| eff De Witt thinks he has any hold
over your father" Winton began.
The girl placed her hand on his
sleeve. "My fathers life is in his
hands," she said solemnly. HE killed
a man."
She looked at him in fear, and then,
as if resolving to trust him, continued !:
"He comes of good English family,
and-you'll hardly believe it-he was
once an officer in the army. He got
into trouble and was dismissed. Then
he settled down in the Colony. And
then-this happened, and it broke him
and ruined his life When / can first
remember him, we were wanderers all
over the country. Father never stayed
anywhere for more than six months.
He had no friends of his own class. He
became coarse in his speech like an
covered that he lived in terror of Mr.
De Witt.
give years ago we were living in
johannesburg. Father is an expert ma
tive linguist, and he was compound
manager of a mine there. We had a
little home, and we were happy, and
thought our troubles were at an end.
Then Mr.. De Witt met father and
forced him to do some crooked work
for him in connection with some of his
mining interests. After that we started
on our travels again.
CtLUn +o Moloy1o with %bo fret
rush of prospectors and stayed there
year. Then Judge Davis was ap-
pointed landdrost by the government,
and went there to form the syndicate.
We had known that Mr.. De Witt was
connected with him, and he appeared
soon after. Father urged me to leave.
But 1 was tired of wandering, I had
a position in hotel, and l thought
father was safe after so long a time.
Father went away without telling me,
and afterward l got letter from him
in Rhodesia. Then Mr.. De Witt went
to the United States, and l wrote to
father to return.
"For a long time he would not, but
at last he believed that Mr.. De Witt
was gone for good, and he arranged
to come back to Malopo. Then, three
weeks ago, Mr.. De Witt returned. He
knew me, and he-took fancy to me.
He promised me father should not be
molested. went to Taungs yesterday
to meet father, and-you know the
rest
She shivered at the remembrances
that came crowding in upon her. Win
ton remained silent for few moments.
But an instinct made him turn his
head, and, looking across the coach, he
saw De Witt watching him and Sheila;
and the hate and rage upon his face
showed him that the fight Of that day
had been only the first round in their
conflict.
Il thank you very much for your
confidence" he said to Sheila. II hope
to be your friend in Malopo.''
She shook her head in warning, and,
leaning back, closed her eyes. And
they travelled on through the heat and
dust, stopping only at the coach-stables,
and eating Indifferent meals of canned
foods at wayside stores. All day the
coach rolled through the desert toward
the distant hills that never seemed
any nearer. Winton slept by snatches
through night that seemed unending,
awakening at every bump and stop
ping, until they came into Malopo in
the cold dawn.
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-25

two stories, and here and there was a
business building of three or even four.
Beyond the market square Winton
could see little, new suburb Of neat
cottages, with the beginning of gar
dens, beside a rlvulet dry now, but
converted into a torrent during the
short rainy season. Large cisterns,
holding and storing the single months
rainfall during the remainder of the
year, squatted upon the roofs.
Beyond this suburb appeared q ris-
ing patch of desolate ground, rocky and
Scared out Of which projected a sue
cess1on of wooden superstructures, re-
Sembling the scaffolding Of innumerable
small houses that were destined never
to be completed. This was the dia-
mond ground. And Malopo ended as
unconventlonally as it began. 1t sat
like an excrescence upon the desert,
which came up to its doors.
On one side Of the great square Win
ton perceived the sign continental
Hotel" hanging from the upper story of
fairly substantial building. He re-
solved to make this place his head
quarters for the time being, and, dis
covering that he could have a room
and board for pound day, he or
dered his trunk sent there.
He did not sign his name in the ink
Indifferent whether he did or not. This
was an act of common prudence, in his
opinion, although he had nothing on
which to base suspicious against any
one, except the single fact that De
Witt had given his own name to the
diamond. But Winton had discovered,
during his single week in South Africa,
that human nature was pretty much
the same as among the f1otsam of
American mushroom towns.
His room was one of a long row at
the back of the hotel, the brick floor
innocent of covering, and the bed of
sheets. But it was refuge, and, after
his trunk had arrived, Winton put
some important papers in his pocket,
got rid of the stains of his journey, and
went out on the porch, or stoep.
He found the place packed with men
who were eagerly discussing what
Winton soon gathered to be diamond
theft Hearing De Wits name men
toned, he unobtrusively joined the
nearest of the groups.
Its just some damned trick of the
judges" a man was saying. Him
and De Witt are thicker than thieves
which they a-e, God knows! The De
Witt stone never was stolen
"Where is it, then? 1t was on ex-
hibit at the Syndicate bank, and it
amt there now"
Locked away in the safe, Scotty."
"I tell you it's stolen. And they
won't say nothing nor admit nothing at
the bank. Just let you draw your con-
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-25
'IIIIIIIINNAlUIIIII

time, and now am doing all my own
work, even washing and ironing, and
never felt better in my life. / tell all
my friends that the change in my health
is due to but one thing and that is Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I
cannot praise it tenough. Mrs. ANNIE
Young, 16 Amherst ST., Charleston, sc.
The reason for such letter from Mrs.
Young is apparent. She got we'll and
is grateful. Recently nationwide
canvass of women purchasers of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was
made, and SO out of 100 reported that
they received benefit from taking it.
Just because theVegetable Compound
has been helping other women is good
reason why it should help you. For
sale by druggists everywhere.
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-25
"They're going to wind up and
turn the Big Malopo over to the
syndicate"

(TO BE CONTINUED)
College professors, In a way, are
n1anicures Of the mind.