PAGE SIX. THI tXcOMA TIMES

PIFFLEBOXING

BASEBALLATHLETICS SPORTS and AMUSEMENTS

Wednesday, March 22, 1916.

Edited ByEddie Peters

LATE BILLSPHOTO PLAYSPERFORMERSFILM GOSSIP

TACOMA TEAMSAVED; LEAGUE

MEETS TODAYTacoimi will remain in the

Kortliwestern league.by h final ip«rt, Tom Muri is'

ticket sellers yeaterdsj afternoondis|'i'scil of slllth ielil bOOkl toinsure- the teams tinamial ufety,and with the surplus to he raidedduring the remainder of the weekthe Ilgeri will he sure of v gOO4at»rt ihis imanw

RVM Hall ll in Seattle todayattending the dlrertora' meeting,I'einn hehl ut the Seattle bOtol,and be is aimed with a 1 1 ."in>certified (heck as iiis forfeit forthr Tigan

The leatitip schdull 1 li beingarranged today. Hail said beforehe left for Seattle that lie hadno special favors lo ask of lh(-

--•chi'dule committee, except thatlie would like lo have (li< at PalllCpen 111 TaCOBM, with llutte PO'il-Inn the second wei-k He iilnowanth Raines heie dniili*; tiioIpeedwa) races in Auguet.

Attending today'a meeting «H!i>e Pre«ldenl Blewett, Hn^s Mallof Tncoma, Preeidenl Dugdale of

Scan If. MHiiiißer Hill 11 url«'\ ofGreat Falls, l're.->ident Joe \lr-(iinnlt\ of Hntli'. Owner Karr ofSpokane .iiui I'rvMili-til HoliBrOW| of Vancouver.

Mull tM more OptimiltlC 'o-dtiy I han Ht ant time since liewa^ offered the Tiger team. ilpi. arranging to open the train-ing HUN at Athletic jiarkApril I.

RttM visited the park vesler-<lay aflcrnooti on an Inspectionour Although the diamond waxflooded. It «rU iippureiith in|OOd s-hape. Winter Ntorms da.n-a^eil the Krandstaiid sonieu li.it,bill re|ialr work can he donecheaply,

"I want to think tho TMOSM|ieo|ile for what they tUtVI done,

and for what I helieve they willdo to lltpporl the terini this hea-t-on.' said Hall.

"Taco.na will ha\ c ,i hall team,and, if I I;iow anything about Mmmure \u25a0 good team. The fate, ofthe Tigera no-v raata with thelans/'

TOURNAMENT AT"¥" ANNOUNCED

A combined wrestling and box-U\f. tournament, similar to theone staged so s.ic< tsbfully twoyearn ago, will be held at the Y.*I. C. A. g> innasium Fridaynight, March 31.

It is Mp—tad that competitionwill be hot in the 115-poaadwresting division, as there arefive clever mut artists entered In

this section.Aiiioiik the wrestlers who will

filler the meet are Hiirwell. Car-nichacl, Tontb, O1m», Kearns,Metialf. Kiide. Anderson andComatock.

.1. T. Colfnian, boxing coachat the "V," has a ckUM of 20, andthere will be some "mil" box-Ing. All boxiag matctata will be

, strictly in the amateur class.

maim.in, T*w.. March 21. —(live the (limns a pitching stuffand they'll make them nil husilo.That's the attach MM nets whilewatching the Broadway craw inrakwrasl here

Polled \ip in road uniformsdone in atripes, patterned af'erthe regimentals peculiar to SingSing, Auburn and other penal iu-atitutiOM, McOraw'i troops have'literally flashed through theircondltonlng program and on formdisplayed to date promise to re-1turn north well fortitied for the jopening of the flag race.

It's up to McOraw to produce|a cbamptonablp contender thisseason. Having been out of therunning one season after alongi liain of triumphs, the Little Xa-Amateur Games

W. f.. (Billy» Carat, uu|Nof the \V. 0. \\\. No. T!tH baseballcliih, is one of tba Boat ambitiousamateur leaders in Tacoma. Hein certain that he will lead hisclub to victory this aaaMß.

Cams manned the \V. O. \V.•\u25a0lull last year, and although hisboys started late, they won ninein 16 games. The (•ratal open-ing of the seiiHon for the big in-dependent club thin jraair "ill be*Ih> 7 at Arlclla, when the W.O. W. bojK and the Arietta•Reds" will elaab. It win ba heopening game for oacli team.

About DUO Tacoina Woodmenwill go to Arietta on mi exctir-alou the evening previous to tliejgame There will he a bin din-:ncr and dance. Those who wishmay reinnin over at Arlettu for

tha game. The town is making,elaborate preparations for the!contest.

The first practice game of theseason for Carna' hoys will lieSunday at 1 o'clock on the Whit-man grounds, when the Mono-grams of the Valley laugua willbe faced.

VAIXKVÜBAfirSUKTS STARTED

Kent and Auburn withdrewfrom the Valley league at lastnight's organisation mMttaaj, be-cauie of the long diatancM theywould have to travel in order toplay conic of the other clubs.That left five teams In thp line-1up. The Taconia Moose, LakeCity and Buckley teams were ad-mitted, and entries declared clos-ed. Other teams in the leagueare acoma Monograms, Moose,Sunnier, Carbonado und Wilko-•on.

It was decided to operate theaeml-pro league on the basis ofprofeiwloual baseball. Tin- sea-ton starts about May 1 A sched-ule will be worked out shortly.

PIRATKHGBALLEKGB

Bill Libke's Tacoma Pirates to-day issued an unqualified chal-lenge to the Colonial the:iterteam recently organized hy KredBrining, and auks for a match inthe near future. Hill's playersare younger than the Colonials, •but they are all clever ball toss-ers, and the young manager be-lieves that he can defeat Brin-nlg's crew. Any other team want-ing games should vail Dill Libkeat Main 5138.

The Pirates 1 lineup follows:rio>d Keller, p; Fat Fiset, r; BillLI tike. a«; Leo Bocian, lb; HMound, 2b, Leo Toulouse, 3b:I.«k» (unns, cf: Carl Johnson, If;Edd Cook, rf; H. liyson. tub p;T. Keller, sub c; M. Uunus, su!>.

MORTON HIPI*ORTHBAHFBAM. Tl AM

The town of Morton is gettingsquarely behind its baseballteam. Manager H. K. James hasarranged with .Tame* O. Stuartto put on a play for the benefit•f ths club, and residents of thetown arc boosting the snow to

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the limit. There will also be abenefit dance April S. The play iwill eitl.er be "The Girl of thejOoldao Wist' or "The Squaw]Man."

OIVK IIKNKIITHARM DANCE

One of the biggect crowds ofthe season Is expected Satunbivnight for the ham dance to lie!given in benefit for the Hopkins

| Athletic club baseball tenni. Thedunce will be held at Campbell'shall, 4 oth and .McKinley. All

Ifunds derived from the affair willgo for new equipment for thes;» edy Portland nvenue team.

Hopkins A. C. club will havea workout Sunday on the Port-laud avenuo grounds, with a com-plete lineup and several extraplayers who want to try out forthe club. Davis, the old back-stop, will be with Hopkins again,iind Fowler, formerly of the Cityleague, will appear in the team'sinfield. He is a crack bitter.

K. O. KM B MEAMSKI KIM. GAMM

The K. O. Klub, a newly or-ganized amateur team of OldTown, Ir seeking game* for thecoining season. Any club thatwants to meft a fast, clean agpre-gation of players, should call upProctor 1418 or write Henry Mc-Kenzlc Mil North 30th, man-lager of lIM K. O. Klub.

The club Is giving a benefitdance Thursday night at Slavon-ian hall. Music will be furnish-ed ay Kilgorc's orchestra. A goodtime is assured. All amateursand their friends are especiallyInvited.

II YOU HAVE HillI miiMiKidney, Liver, Htom.u'li, HI id tier,Nervous or Catarilial affli tlons,Bkln or blood il>*§»»» In any form-ik. Great C oaMlintlonal h.ih.ilt

KARROSIII*canto, ami ;c stinvn vigor to or-«nn» of tin- body. At all druggists.Get testimonial booklet, or millliAT-Ru Co.. Tarnm* \\ <t

Coming in from ON Ing yester-day afternoon, Frank Fanner,the Kapowsln logger-lioxer, an-nounced todu> that he wouldstart active training this nfter-noon at the Moose hall. Farmerhas several prospective bouts Inview, and he Intends to keep Insuch condition that lie can appearIn the ring at a day's notice.

Frank will probably be match-ed in ii week or so against Fight-ing Hilly Murray, the bout to bestated at Portland. Jack KingOf Portland is looking afterFarmer's affairs. The mattliwill be at the Imperial club.

'1 watched Murray box Valley

PETER'SIFFLEBaseball, or not baseball,

that is the question.

Great Falls, Montana—population IT),.".00. Raised$lii,ooo for a Northwesternleague ball club.

Wallace, Idaho —popula-tion, less than 10,0u0. Rais-ed $10,000 in one day for N.\V. team.

liutte, Montana —popula-tion 40,000. Raised $20,000for Northwestern leagueteam.

Tacoma, Wash.—popula-tion, 115,000. Took onemonth to raise $5,000 tohold a Northwestern leagueteam.

Pitcher Fortune oughtastick with the Phillies If hehas any kind of luck at al.l

"Mose" Moser, of the ath-letic Instruction corps at theY. M. C. A., Is planning aboxing and wrestling tourna-ment for the near future.But he declaims with vir-ginal Innocenre that theathletes will all t>« ama-ohures and that there "won'tbe any out."

The bill to legalize boxingin Kentucky fell flat, there-

GIANTS WILL DRESS IN CONVICT GARB!

These me not "lifer*" doing (he lockntep but four Giant* who had their liendk slmved. Left toiitlii. ItahhiniMon, Ijolieit, Mtiiiin Ilinir-.

poleon has l;iid his wires to beatthe Yankees in the play for thegraces of New York tana. Figur-ing Chicago, Boston, Brooklynand Philadelphia will be up inthe raft, McGraw Is casting aboutfor finished twirling talent.

Luck broke with John in tilshunt for infielders, outfieldersand catchers but he la dubiousas to his pitchers.

Benny Kauff, star of the erst-while Federals, Bill Raridc-ii,

lcatcher, und Fred Anderson,Ipitcher, also former members ofI the Gllmorean circuit, are boundIto help the (iiants. So will Out-fielder Rotisch, If he reports. Thisgent is lioldini: out lor a fat con-tract.

Da\e Robertson, star outfieM-

er on the ItLI team, has not re-ported, pleading an injury to binhip. The absence of these top-liners COUpltd with tlie mediocrework of the hurlc-rn. to date haseaUMd MeOraw much concern.

If .Matty regains a winningstride KeOrtw'i worries will belightened. Should Blx Six fail tocome through, a second divisionberth seemed aßßured. thoughKaufl' is, bragging he will wallopthe rlub Into first place.

Keen interest ha» been mani-fested In the coming series atDallas between the Giant* andDetroit Tigers. This will bringtogether Kauff and Cobb in abatting, fielding mid base runningduel. The garnet are booked forMarch 25 and 27.

FARMER BEGINSTRAINING HERE

Trainbltas at Portland a few day*ago, and 1 believe that 1 can givehim even a better beating In areturn match than I did at Gliderink," said the big boxer. "Heput it all over Trambitas, becausethe Portland boy is not a finishedboxer. But in Portland they de-mand clean breaks, and therewon't be any chance for Murrayto do any infighting. So I fig-ure on showing him up proper."

Farmer says that he has defin-itely broken with his diamond-toothed manager, Sammy How-ard. The logger has been offer-ed a position as deputy fire war-den on Mt. Taconia this sum hut,and plans to accept.

by limiting sport in the bluegrass country to hoss racing,draw and three fingers.

With his new spring suitof gray, and his gray hatwith its white and blackbands, "Gloomy" Granatrumlooks anything but gloomythese days.

Lee Fohl refuses to acceptthe 1916 cellar champion-ship of the American league.Looks like Connie Mack if.in for another tough break.

Since prohibition begancutting down the number ofarrests, Tacoma policemenaren't getting any exercise.They're planning anotherball team in self-defense, «othat they can keep in condi-tion. We're glad to knowthat the cops have a real ex-cuse for playing ball. Theirgame with the light depart-ment last season resembleda burleasque show in threerings.

Chief War Eagle haa turn-ed "rassler." He will spe-cialize In ÜBe of the scalp-lock.

Just for that, I tupooa*

they'll pinch roe for carryingconcealed weapons, or beinga disorderly person or sotnu-thlug.

J. Bradley Hogg lost hisjob on the. Cub pitching staff,yet Shakespeare is managingto save his Bacon.

The 4,000 bowlers gath-ered for the A. B. C. meet atToledo ought to make greatheadway against Villa if thedodo ball were legßli/.ed.

MANYMATCHESIN NEW YORKFOR THIS WEEK

NEW YORK, March 22.- Be-sides the Willard-Moran boutSaturday night, which is holdingthe attention of the upon world,there are several other matchesin New York tills week of specialinterest, in whim not less thaufour champioiiH will appear.

Freddie Welsh, lightweightchampion, met Phil Bloom inBrooklyn last night. Al McCoy,who claims the middleweight ti-tle, met l.co Bens of Butte inanother smoker. Welsh will boxFrankie Whitney Friday nigatand at the same pluce JohnnyKilbane, featherweight champ,meets Harry Donahue.

BILLIARDSAndrews parlors — Herbert

Buttz defeated Bill Noonan, 75to 62, in the professional pocket-billiard tournament. Harry An-drews meet* Albert Rousseau to-night.

At Peterson A Cooksieg—W.ihii'i Imic won from ('. R. Maybln,7-5 to 42, In the amateur cham-pionship tournament; Ed Woodswon from Oscar Peterson, 7 5 to73. P. K| Koops won fromGeorge Elder, 75 to 74.

C. FRESHMENCANCEL RACE

SEATTLE, March 22.—Therace to have been staged hereApril 8 between the Washingtonfrcßhmen crew and the freshmenof Stanford university, was can-celed yesterday afternoon by th«Washington team.

PANTAGESsi v IV BRACKS

"THK URKAM PIItVUS< IIHIS RH HARDS

FIVE Cl 111 It 810 ACTS

WHERE TACOMA ISAMUSING ITSELF

TheatersTACX>MA

Thursday, Friday «ii<l S«t-urday—"The Contest of N»-tlonN," b) Tucoiua schoolililldren.

BUBQSX1 —(KITTKKSH)l>Hi-k. Iheaiii being re-

-1110.1.11.'1 lI'ANTAGKS

"The Hi-cam l'irates," ni«-\u25a0\u25a0ii-.-il coineOy; vaudevillebill.

MoviesAPOLLO

"The Ne'er Do Well," withKallilvn Williams mid Wheel-er OMknutn.

COLON IAI."l*«>or Little P»|>|>lna." with

Mary n. kr,,r .i.MKI,IU)I HNK

"The s ( i|iii-iiic Tent," ultliNary Hikfoni.

I.IHKHTY"llu/.el Klrke,'' with iv.nl

White.

PICKFORDDRAMA AT

MELBOURNEMary Picl:ford head» today's

new Mil at the Melbourne. She isappearing in her early filmclassic, "liOve Around the Hoses,"a D. W. Griffith production.

The five part Pat he masterfilm, "The Spender," is anotherunusual feature on the new pro-gram, it is an adaptation fromthe famous stage suceesa andnovel by Georgu Bracked Seitz,ami is produced in motion pictureform with the original touringcompany.

Other pictures on lh« new-bill are A Flock of Skeletons,"with Hose Melville (Sis Hop-kins) and a gcenlo film.

Empress to BeNamed 'Regent'Announcement thfit the new

motion picture palace for TMO*via in lv be tuinitd the Regent,and that It is to be the home ofTriangle pictures was made ves-teida\ by the managers who havetaken over the Empress. Ht ftthand Pacific. The name Kmpressis to be obliterated mid the build-ing will start a new career curlyin April, refurnished and re-modelled.

Tlu- Regent manngers havesigned contracts with the pro-ducers of the Triangle picture*under which the Triangle fea-tures, productions of the most fa-mous film experts, will be shownexclusively at the Reuent. Theywill he displayed in Taoomapromptly after their release andwill uot be shown again in thecity.

The hummer and paw have be-Run their work of making overthe building to look like new. Inaddition to the alternations tothe structure of the interior thereIn being added an operating roomwhich It Ik declared will ho themost up-to-date on the Pacificcoast, bavin* in its equipment hemost powerful projecting ma-chine made.

The management promises '.naddition to high class entertain-ment pleasing surroundings. Thechanges will make the Interiorlook like new, and new carpets,new furniwhlngK, new foyer, newand beautifully furnished ladies'rest room are included in the al-teration*.

LEARN TO PLAYPIANO OR ORGAN

IN A FEW HOUR 3A Detroit musician had invent-

•d a wonderful new system whichenables any person or little childto learn to play the piano or or-gan in an hour or two.

Bend us your name and addresson a postal card or In a letter,and we shall send you our guideand three sheets of music, abso-lutely free of charge.

Address: Numeral Method Mti-tle Co., 182K Trussed ConcrettBuilding, Detroit, Mien

RXnMT iiioKxii;u-iii itsDevelop .mil I'rint Our Films

WALTER BERGSTATIONERY CO.

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ISEATTLE ROUTaSteamers Tacoma andIndianapolis for Seattle

l.»«\« Municipal Duck. Taco-vi. 1:11. • 00. fI:M a. ra . 1 IJk1:00, I 00, 7:0». I 00 p. m.

Utn Colinao Dook. Saain*.t:»0. 1:00, 11:80 a. m.; 1 00. 1:0*l:0i. T:0«. » 15 fc m.

raateat and Flnot BUamari6ln«l« Fart, »o; Hound Trl*

\u25a0Iskl n>m« Trlaa Dally.\u25a0. I. JOIfBS lirmt.

nff)o» Municipal Dock. M. »«>y

"Ne'er Do Well" Has GoodReasons For Popularity

\\ liid.-i Oakman, leading man with Katlilyn Williams inthe massive feature photoplay, " The Ne'er Do Well."

Tliroiißs that have seen "TheNe'er Ho Well" at the Apollo thisweek can multi-stand wliy thepicture created Hitch a furore inSan Francisco and other big citiesin which it has been presented.During the Han Francisco en-gagement crowds blocked the

Unique Plot Adds Interest toMaryPickford'sßole of 'Little Peppina'

if you !uid grown up believingtlmt you were mi Italian, Hpoiik-inn tha Itiiliaii lariKUßgp and liv-ing with sii|i)ioseit Kalian par-ents, thea suddenly iiMiii.(1 thatyou were an American and anheiress to a large estate, would>ou be surprised?

Mary PtckfoH was. And sheregisters mil-prise very realistical-ly as Peppina in the niHHter pro-duction, "Poor Little Peppina,"at the Colonial theater for the

sidewalk daily waiting for oppor-tunity to see this masterpiece.

It is a photoplay productionlon* to he remembered, havingan unusually interesting stor/and being photographed with re-markable art. The Helix aggre-gation a<tiug in this picture iathe sninc strong cast tha produc-ed "The Spoilers."

Knthlyn Williams Is adding tothe liOKts of admirers she won in"The Spoilerb" and she slums th#

Pretty Kentucky Romance,"Hazel Kirke," at Liberty

Pearl White, heroine of (he fniiioiiM "Clutching Hand" at*rles, who fame to the Liberty today with ISriice McHae in "Hn/.elKirke."

spine forceful ' passionate powetfthat hypnotizes the audiences.Her attractive personality anilthe fir(, of her spirit when arous-ed In tlic action of the pla> m.ik«her pan hi this drama rtlM outas one of the most notable everput on the screen.

entire week.The story of tliiw photoplay la

new and novel and is by i.v oneof the bent productions in whichthis dainty star ever appeared.Eugene O'Bilen, well known fop

hU: worl, on the legitimate Mine,appears as the assistant districtattorney and Incrdentnlly l'ep-liinu'R iwectlieart In the picture.Another well known member otthe cast Is Jack IMckford, KittleMary's lirotlier.

"Hazel Kirke," that delightfulKentucky story from the pen ofSteele Mack-aye, makes its filmdebut in Tacgnia today with Uhpresentation at the Liberty. Pathehas produced the story in a five-part Gold Rooster feature, direct-ed by the Whartons, and starringPearl' White and Bruce Mcßae.

been given a role in whicli therewan such opportunity for < leveremotional acting, and she haswon new laurels through her in-terpretation of "Hazel Kirke."The photoplay remains until Sun-day.

The first episode of the famousEssnnay serial, 'The Strange Caseof Mary Page" conies to the Lib-erty Sunday. It is the most wlde-yl advertised and highest pricedserial play over produced.

Hazel Kirke is the prettymountain girl who is sent awayto school by a neighbor of iierfather, with the understandingthat she will return and marryhim. Her acquaintance with Ar-thur Carringford at school, whichripens Into love, meets a sharprebuff when her betrothed acci-dentally catches her in the actof Bin bracing her new lover.

The story is replete with ro-mance. Miss White has never

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