Sporting Gossip
Edited by E. L. BEDELL.
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\ Puts Ginger In the Other Players ;
Photo by American Press Association.
THEY are calling Trla Speaker the spark plug of tbe Cleveland Ameri
cans. Bobby Roth says Speaker displays so much ginger that he sim
ply makes everybody play better ball. Roth says that the improve
ment he has shown since he played with Cleveland he owes to Speaker
more than anyltody else. He declares that all the players, after watching
Speaker for a few minutes, seem to be Inspired to do their beat.
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The new plans for Municipal park
show two additional tennis courts to
; courts.
Interest in bowling still continues
; despite the fact it has been called a
| winter game.
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The Seattle pool hall has opened
1 for business on the south of Fourth
avenue, between C and D streets.
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Continued bad weather makes prac
tice on the local diamond impossible
and it is doubtful if the grounds will
be in shape for the practice game next
Sudnay.
The war is causing the cancellation
of many of the intercollegiate track
meets. The pacific northwest confer
ence has been called off and Denver
university has cancelled all athletic
| dates.
Secretary Flieschman, of the Cook
Inlet Baseball league, will keep the
batting and fielding averages of th ■
four teams and players for the sea
i son which will be published monthly
j in The Times.
Charlie White, the Chicago light
weight, got the decision over Walter
' Mohr, of Brooklyn, in a 10-round go i*.i
N'ew York last week. Each man
weighed in at 138 pounds and Mohr,
took the count in the seventh round.
Benny Leonard, the crack light-[
: weight of New York, scored a knock
out over Ritchie Mitchell, Milwaukee’s,
favorite, in the seventh of a 10-round
I mill in Milwaukee last week. Milwau
kee fans lost heavily on the bout and;
j a return match is billed for the near'
future.
Belated baseball returns show no j
changes in the National league, the
leaders all winning; in the American
league the Yankees passed the Red
Sox by the narrow margin of four
points and St. Louis nosed out Chicago
for third place. The surprise came in
the Northwestern league when Great
Falls hit the toboggan and lost four
straight, being passed by Tacoma, who 1
is occupying the honor position. Butte
is a poor last and Seattle and Spokane
are holding their own.
The New York Yacht club has j
showed its colors and has dropped
the German emperor and his brother,
i Prince Henry of Russia, from the hon
orary membership. It is also an
1 nounced that 50 yachts and over 300
members have been dropped from the
honor roll as “not fitting for member
ship.” The club passed strong resolu
tions in support of their action and the
measure will be taken up by other
' yacht clubs of the east.
“Smiling” Bill Donovan, chief of
; the New York Yankees, is one of the
i most popular managers in either of
i the major leagues. Donovan makes a
j forecast that the Yankees will cop the
pennant this year. This is his third
year as a major league manager and
it bids fair to be a succesful one. Don
ovan was formerly one of the star
mound men of the national game and
is an idol in Detroit where he worked
under Jennings for several seasons.
For billiards or pool try Peterson’s.2
Alta—The CoiTee of perfection. 1-lb.
glass jars, 40c. At Brown & Haw
kins. 973
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Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
and linoleum, at Crocker’s. 459
NOTICE.
The executive board of the Anchor
| age Woman’s chib will meet Thurs
day afternoon May 10, at 3 o’clock
! with the president, Mrs. Frederick j
: Mears, at her home. It is important
1 that all members of the board atternl,
|as this is the last meeting of the year.
MRS. E. S. REEDY, Cor. Sec.
Eyes Examined free at B. C. Nich
ols, the Anchorage Jeweler, by A. B.
Magnuson, Optician, holding diploma
from Omaha Optical Institute. 807
Read The Daily Times and be an
Anchorage booster.
JACKSON IS AFTER
SPEAKER’S SCALP
Inauguration of Baaoball Saason Pre
cipitates One of Hottaat Scraps In
Amarican Laaguo Dash For Top of
Batting Liat—Lively Rece Alee In
Natienal League.
Tris Speaker’s sudden elevation to
the heights of batting championship,
sought many years by Joe Jackson, is
likely to precipitate one of the hottest
scraps in the American league dash
for the top of the average list this year
that Ban Johnson's or any other man's
circuit ever saw.
Joe straggled along for years, crack
ing the leather on lots of baseballs and
attaining dizzy batting heights, but Ty
Cobb was always just good enough to
pull out in tbc lead. Speaker came
along, not set with n new club, and
hit ’em so fast and often that Cobb
was forced to look on from a rear seat
while Jackson merely hooked on in
third place.
Joe has issued his challenge for this
year, lie says the name once boasted
by a president of the United States is
going to lie right at the top when Ban
B. promulgates this summer’s most
Important list in the lives of batters.
Cobb. he says, may lie second, or even
Speaker may get that far, but he haa
served warning that Joe is going to
ride the winning horse.
Cobb also lias made some passing re
marks in which lie intimated that there
isn't going to l>e glory without a few
sprints in the summer. lie lias set his j
eyes on that batting championship and
wants it .badly enough to stretch his I
legs hard for every blow.
Cobb, so one 'story lias it. was a
very much disappointed peach when
the last season was over and the cus
tomary Cobb was lacking at the head
of the American league averages. He i
had acquired such a Ben Adhem habit
that it was bard to let go. He was
grieved and somewhat astonished to
observe that it wasn't Jackson who
challenged him, but Speaker, main cog
in a machine which shouldn't have
placed him that high.
And just to keep competition from
growing stagnant and carrying aTl in- |
terest to the younger league the Na- ;
tional league probably will fling a lit- i
tie dust around in staging its battle
for leadership. Jack Daubgrt, long
recognized ns king, didn't like it a Hit
when he was nosed out a year ago.
He likes his hits perhaps better than
any other star in the game, so lie prom
ises to give Hal Chase. Roger Horns
by, I.ew McCarthy and some other
aspirants the climb of their young
lives for John K. Tener's heaviest
batting average.
All around it should be a busy little
season for the average fiend.
BITTLE’S GREAT FIGHT.
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Skin Tight Glove* Left Behind, Men
Battled With Bare Fiet*.
Sam Bittle. huge of body and big of
heart, who acquired a niche in the hall
of fame when he defeated Harry Gil
more in a twenty-six round battle on
Harsens island, in the Detroit river, in
May, 1886, died at his home in Detroit
recently. He was fifty-two years old.
Bittle was only a lad of twenty-one
when he won bis first and greatest
fight, while Gilmore, his opponent, was
an experienced ring master seven years
his senior.
Tl:-e contest took place without the
knowledge of the authorities, and in
the hurry the skin tight gloves intend
ed for the fighters were left behind.
The men battled for twenty-six rounds
with bare fists, and the story of that
last great round is still being told. For
this contest Bittle received $1,700.
For a number of years afterward Bit
tie conducted a cafe, but retired five
years ago. He is survived by a widow
and two sons.
JOE WOOD JN GREAT FORM.
Had All Old 8tuff on Ball—Salary Arm
All Right
Practically the entire Cleveland team
recently gathered near the Indians'
bench to watch Joe Wood take his
daily workout, for Joe had announced
be intended to cut loose with bis fa
mous curve balL
The day was very warm, aud Joe
was feeling better than at any previ
out time this season. After a few min
utes’ warming up he cut loose, with
Speaker and Graney acting as imag
inary batters. He bad all his old stuff
on the ball, and when be quit, his
twenty minutes being up, be said the
salary arm had not pained him in the
least.
"I am now ready to declare that I
will be Just as good as I was three
years ago. I am not worrying any
more," was his assertion as he donned
his sweater and took his sprint around
the i>ark.
Babington Is Sold.
The Rochester International league
club sold outright Outfielder Charles
L. Babington to the Reading club of
the New York State league. Babing
ton was farmed out to Reading by
Rochester last season.
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Phone 43-Y for car, day or night.
-Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. , 126
Courtesy and Fresh Goods at
Robarts’. 984
The place to meet everybody—at
Peterson’s. 2
THE NEW SPRING SUITS!
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Men who enjoy the finer'
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realize the rare quality of
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Northern Transfer Company
COAL AND WOOD.
GENERAL TRANSFER BUSINESS.*
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4th and D C. P. PEDERSEN, Mgr. 1
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Union Laundry
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Fourth Ave., Between H and I,
Anchorage
OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED
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Tony’s Cafe :
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:: FIRST-CLASS MEALS :
AT ALL HOURS. X
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FREIGHT AND DAILY AUTO
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WASSILLA TO WILLOW
CREEK MINING DISTRICT.
Pack and Saddle Horses for
Rent.
H. T. S H O U G H & CO.
HOWARD WILMOTH,
Wassilla, Agent.
WOOD COAL
YUKON TRANSFER CO.
General Expressing.
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WILLOW CREEK ROAD.
All Necessary Supplies for
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SAM McMELAN, Prop.
Inlet Soda Works
W. A. TAYLOR, Proprietor
Manufacturers of all kinds of
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CIDER, SYRUPS.
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