Sporting Gossip
Edited by E. L. BEDELL.
Old Sol kindly came out strong yes
terday afternoon and made practice
possible on the local diamond; a few;
members of the City and A. E. C. j
teams were out limbering up.
The City and A. E. C. teams have
arranged practice dates as follows;
City to have the use of the grounds
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays j
and A. E. C. will practice on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Several fishing parties left this
morning for the lakes around Wassil
la and Matanuska.
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Sam McMellan, boniface at Mile I
:il12 on the Knik-Willow creek wagon
road writes The Times that several
brown bear have been seen in that
neighborhood during the week.
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Flattering interest is being display- j
ed in local military maneuvers and
Fred Tiffany, premier shortstop in the
inlet league, has advanced a splendid
suggestion. “Tiff” suggests that
Lieut. Ross, or someone capable to
act, meet the baseball players every
evening at Recreation park and put
them through a course of drilling.
Tiff says several of the boys have in
timated that they would be glad to
devote part of their allotted practice
time to drill.
Jimmie Cunningham, captain of the
Farmers, has resigned from his posi
tion with the Doherty Coal company
and accepteil a position in the audit
ing department of the A. K. C., with
headquarters at the Junction town.
The proposed field day meet be
tween the City and Commission is
meeting with favor.
Two more ball players, catcher and
shortstop, arrived on the Crook yes
terday and left this morning for Mat
anuska. This makes five new players
Walter Johnson, Whitewash Expert, ♦
Usually Wins His Opening Game ♦
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WALTER JOHN80X of the Washington Senators Is tho American
league's greatest whitewashing expert, as well as Its most success
ful opening day pitcher In the last seven years he has won six
opening games for Washington and lost only one. In these seven
games he held opposing teams to seven runs and thirty-one hits for the anae
mic batting average of .1.18. When Johnson shut out the Athletics on the
opening day of this season he did his sixty-sixth caldmlnlng Job, and so leads
the American league. Eddie Plank comes next with slxty-two and Ed Walsh
third with fifty-eight runless games to his credit.
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the farmers have signed within the
past ten days, which materially
strengthens their line-up. Manager
Breck has adopted Connie Mack’s plan
and is foxy about giving out any in
side information as to his players.
The report previously circulated that
Tex Cobb, Dr. Layne and one or two
more old war horses were to wear
white and maroon uniforms this sea
son is erroneous and there will be sev
eral new faces in the farmers’ team
this season.
Manager Hansen signed a new first
baseman who is reputed, to be a find.
He arrived yesterday on the Crook.
Secretary ltyles advises that sev
eral new members have been taken
into the tennis club and that the
courts will be in shape for play next
week.
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Judge F. M. Brown, who will arrive
in Anchorage next week, is a lawn
tennis fiend, as are several others of
the court officials.
The 7th and Kth grade boys have
joined forces and played the, high
school baseball team this afternoon at
Recreation park.
The followers of Isaac W alton have
raised a protest against the unlawful
! seining for trout in the lakes around
W'assilla and Matanuska. They will
put the matter before Game Warden
Kricson in hopes something can be
done to protect the fish, especially
trout, which are being seined ami
trapped regardless of the faw.
Jack Robarts is renewing his youth ;
and was out yesterday afternoon play- 1
ing the boyhood game of “follow your
leader.”
I.es Darcy, the Australian pugilist,
has enlisted in the U. S. reserve avia
tion corps.
Ted MasKenney, pitching for Will
iam-Jewel college against the Missou
ri state university last week struck
j out 21 of the opposing batsmen ami:
j even at that only succeeded in win
ning his game by 3 to 1.
During his prep school days Sid
Anderson, the local banker, attended !
William Jewel, which is one of the I
oldest colleges in the middip west.
Juneau and neighboring towns have
( entered into a four-team league.
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Terry McGovern and Irish Patsy
i Kline fought six fast rounds to a draw
' last Saturday night in Philadelphia.
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Keen, but good-natured rivalry, has j
already developed between the farm
j ers and Potter creek teams.
Babe Ruth and Dutch Leonard, two
of the Boston Red Sox hurlersl? are
going along in midseason form. The
two sturdy side winders have grabbed
easy victories and appear as though
they will be able to sand another pen
nant for the Beantown aggregation.
Manager Christy Mathewson, of the
Cincinnati Reds has signed Jim
Thorpe of the Giants. Thorpe is a
good drawing card, but has been rath
er of a disappointment in baseball
circles.
National League.
Won Lost Pet.
I New York . 11 5 .688
Chicago . 16 8 .667
St. Louis . 10 9 .526
Philadelphia . 8 9 .471
Cincinnati . 11 13 .458
Boston . 10 13 .435
Brooklyn . 6 10 .375
Pittsburg . 7 15 .318
American League.
Won Lost Pet.
New York . 12 6 .667
Boston . 11 6 .647
Chicago . 13 11 .542
St. Louis . 11 11 .500
Cleveland . 11 12 .478
Detroit . 8 11 .421
Philadelphia .... 7 11 .389
Washington .... 6 13 .316
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Northwestern League.
Won Lost Pet. j
Tacoma . 12 3 .800 j
Great Falls. 8 6 .571 '
Spokane . 7 7 .500
Seattle . 7 7 .500
Vancouver . 7 !) .458
P>utte . 2 11 .154
National League.
Brooklyn 6, Chicago 8.
Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 0.
Boston 3, Pittsburg 2 (10 innings).
New York 8, Cincinnati 2.
American League.
Detroit 1, Boston 2.
Chicago 1, New York 6.
St. Louis 0, Philadelphia 1.
Cleveland 4, Washington 3.
Northwestern League.
Seattle 2, Spokane 1.
Vancouver 6, Butte 4.
Tacoma 3, Great Falls 8.
Jeff Smith, middleweight of New
York, knocked out Young Ahearn, of
Albany, N. Y., in the fifth round of
their scheduled 20-round fight at New
Orleans last Tuesday. The knockout
blow was a left hook to the solar
plexus and Ahearn went down for the
count. Both men were claimants of
the American middleweight cham
pionship.
Eyes Examined free at B. C. Nich
ols, the Anchorage Jeweler, by A. B. '
Magnuson, Optician, holding diploma
from Omaha Optical Institute. 807
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