AllThose in Favor ofGeorge Shanklin asMatchmaker WillSig-nify by Saying 'Aye!'

Thursday, March 8,1917—T HE TACOMA TIMES— Page Six.

NEWS OF THE STARS OFTWO FIIIMAMLNTH—Sports andTheatrical

Edward A. Peters. Main 19Sports Editor.

SLAM-BANG BATTLESKEEP SMOKER CROWDSTANDING ON CHAIRS

Sen-Hi i.,miI slam-hang liat-tling, with never a let-upfrom start to finish of theprogram, nun 1.c.1 last night'sIn.vim: fiesta of the TncoinnKagles. It was one of thebest Mini* singed lu-r»> inmany a iluy, easily surpass-ing (he last Kugles' shoxv,and although no tides• hangi il hands, the Pacificcoast lightweight crown wasrudely jostled ahoul on thelin.w of 1.1., Ml Madden.A real fight from gong to gong

was the title lilt between Maddenand Frankle Sullivan of I.os An-geles. The boys wasted no blows,and were entirely impartial howhard they lilt or how mafTy timesthey pounded each other. In tliesecond round the coast championaccidentally fouled Sullivan. Hutthe Californlan refused to take atitle by the foul route, and aftera rest of several minutes, resumedthe battle. Ho fought like a de-mon, overcoming tlie slight leadthat Madden had piled up earlierIn the match. Referee Schoek'sdraw decision vvas popular.

Joe Hi. Inn I and Wt-ldoni Toughi v i Wing of Portlandxveire properly hooked nt thetop of (he card along withthe chiiinplonship I.utile.These two sora|»|iers had thecrowd standing on (he chairsduring most of the fight, nndfurnished more thrills perminute than a Piithe serial.Richmond, as usual, did some

lightning work on his feet. Andhe had to. Wing is the cleverestboy Richmond has met In severalseasons, and he kept the SoutliTaeoman stepping all the time.Tho decision was a draw. Winghad a shade the better of thebattle.

Sailor Jack Henley, who wasslipped the k. o. this season by

Mike Pete, met Poke Hunter Inthe curtain raiser. It was a clean,hard-fought battle. Hy cleverwork In the last round Poke Hunt-er won a creditable decision.

As the first number of theadded attractions, Mike Pete, for-merly of Wilkeson, met KddleABhing of Tacoma. These boys

demonstrated all the late steps,including Ihe tango and fox trot.Fete brought Ashing to the can-vas a couple of times, but eachtime the Tucoman came backstrong. Pete won decision.

One of (he In-i scraps onthe iiinl was the go In thel-._.~>-pi>-.iml class between _-.<!-

die (Jiiimi and Jimmy I'mui-li.in.i These fighter* mixedtln iir.** from the fb-t g"ng.

They were not afraid, and byib.-ii fast, hair-raising exhi-bition (bey kepi the fans on(heir toes throuichoiil thecontest, (Jminn whs given(be derision.Tbe comedy bout of the even-

ing was furnished by Val Coin-stock and Haltling Bunker. Tliefans were kept laughing all thotime. As the big follows threwtheir gloves at each other, witha mule kick behind tliem, thecrowd went wild. The Tacomafighter never ceased chewing his"Julcy-I-'ruit" ns he played hispart In the give nnd take rally.At that, he put over the best fightand won a favorable decision.

When Frank Pete and .lackRhaughnessy started mixingthings, the crowd sat up and heldtheir breath. Both boys werewilling nnd did good woyk. Tlieformer Wilkeson miner was suc-cessful ln bringing the Tacomafootball star to his knees twiceln the second round, and in tliethird round brought him to thecanvas for the count of nine.Pete was rightly given tlie deci-sion.

William Nigh Is Director,Star and Author of Drama

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WZf WILLIAM NIGH IN \u25a0 LIFE *S SHAPOWS" *\LEADING PLAYERS |

Martin Pradley, a lawyerWilliam Nigh

.Minim* Morrow Irene HowleyHigh Tliorndyke, it distiller . . .

Will S. Steven-,

I(ihlik') Tliorndyke, his son ....Robert Elliott

Chester Tliorndyke, another sonBoy Clnlr

Hub ii- Tliorndyke, In- daughterKnthlcct Allaire

In these days of prolific screenproductions a photoplay that isdistinctly different is decidedly

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welcome. This ls especially trueof the new Metro wonderplay,"Life's Shadow," a character, hu-man-Interest, comedy drama,which opens today at the Apollo.Added interest is given by the factthat William Nigh, who appears nsthe star, also vvas author and di-rector of the production.

The handsome actress, IreneHowley, is co-star with Nigh. Shewas known as the "Munhatta'nGirl" in vaudeville, and beforePauline Frederick entered the sil-ent drama was called "the Pauline

Frederick of the movies."

Expect Mermaids To WriteSwimming; History In 1917

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American mermaids will goafter a bevy of new swimmingrecords this year.

The female swimming talent otthe country ls to make an effort'o write new swimming historywhen the weather permits theabandoning of Indoor tanks foroutdoor water.

Since the closing of the 1016outdoor season there havo beenreports of a number of phenom-enal performances by watersprites—some records have actu-ally been beaten, but the nowmarks have not been recognizedby the A. A. r.

% Miss Olga Dorfner of Philadel-phia covered the 100 yards In 1minute 7 3-6 seconds, beatlnp herown national record by 1 I*s sec-onds. A. A. U. brackets were de-nied as the meeting was not open.

Miss Frances Cowells, who low-ered records In the 220 snd 440---yard events last fall, failed tobave her marks registered

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through the failure of one of thewatch holders to catch the time.

Among others who have showngreat speed In trials ln the shortand middle distances are MissClaire Galllgan Qf Chicago, MissThelma Darby of Indianapolis,Elizabeth Becker and Helen Pcn-nypacker of Philadelphia.

Miss Anna Kean of Lanedowne,Pa., Is in training for distanceswimming. Last year she covered26 miles in a continuous trip of11 hours 8 minutes.

With these performances al-ready ln training 1917 should bea great year for the mermaids.

HEALS ABE BI'SYSACRAMENTO, March B.—The

Seals will be busy every d«y forfive days. This afternoon theymeet a local team and the ChicagoCubs No. 2 -will arrive tomorrowfor a four-game series. Three ofthe Cub games will be played hereand one In Marysvllle.

;WHERE TACOMA IS• AMUSING ITSELF

TheatersTACOMA

"Katinka," musical comedy,'!tonight.

P.nsti.ii-Niiiimi.il Grand OperaI Co. In "La Bolieme," and"Aldn," Siiturdny matinee and;night. t

PANTAC.EB |I i.ml. l-'-'gorty, aud Six Berlo;

Diving (.hi-.

REGKXTlour I'lying He Vails, audi

vaudeville.

Film Houses('OM)MAL

"The Golden letter." with,

Wai luce Held and Anita King, jAPOLLO

"Life's Shadows," with Wil-liam Nigh. j

Mh.l.BOritN'K"l-.usy Street," with Charlie!

Chaplin. J

Fogarty RealVaudeville HitOne of the best known come-

dians of the vaudeville stage, andforemost In Irish story-telling, isFrank l'ogarty, who is one of themany good features of this week'sbill at the Pantages theater. Fog-arty is an artist and his offeringthis week carries with It a galeof laughter. The Six Herlo Div-ing girls present a novel aquaticoffering in which some hilariouscomedy is introduced unexpected.There are five other good acts.

Many ThrillersOn Regent Bill

Tlie new Regent show today Isheaded by a circus act, "Tho FourFlying I)e Vails," who rank amongthe most skillful and sensationalaerial gymnasts in the business.

"A Lesson in Reform," is thetitle of a comedy dramatic sketchln which Florence Modena assist-ed by Charles H. Gardner will ap-pear on the new bill.

Al Abbott will apear In hisdelineation of a rural youth as"The Village Songster."

Another gymnastic act will befurnished by Rio and Norman Inhead to head and ;hand to handbalancing. Haley and Haley willoffer a comedy singing novelty.

The photoplay program willconsist of Pearl White, in "Pearlof the Army," 12th chapter, andPathe's news of the world events, i

Chaplin ComedyRemains LongerIn order to accommodate the

record-breaking crowds at theMelbourne this week, "EasyStreet," the latest Mutual comedywith Charlie Chaplin, will remainuntil Saturday night.

In tlio role of a policeman witha beat ln tho most notorious sec-tion of the San Francisco under-world, Chaplin Is one continuousscream. He succeeds where manyother of his fellow officers havefailed, and soon becomes masterof "Easy Street," with the prettylittle mission organist as hisprize.

"The Right Girl" with AnitaStewart Is the added attraction.

ScrapsLAST NIGHT'S MATCHES

IN AMERICAN CITIES

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NEW YORK. March B.—JimCoffey won in the third roundfrom Sam Nolan of Rochester, whosubstituted for Soldier Kearns.

CLEVELAND, 0., March 8. —Patsy Cllne, by lightning work,outpointed Oscar Gardner atGray's Armory last night ln tenpearh rounds.

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Fresh from a year's triumphon Broadway, where It eclipsedeven "The Firefly" and "HighJinks," the two previous suc-cesses of Its authors, Otto Hauer-bach and Rudolf Frlml, "Ka-tinka" comes to the Tacoma the-ater tonight.

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I.OS ANGKLKS, March B.—Theeast against the west tennis tour-nament went into its second day

today with the west holding theadvantage. The first clash of theintersectlonal series went to theCalifornians when Maurice B. Mc-I.oughlln, former national singleschampion, and Willis E. Davis de-

Here's hunch, If we go towar. Send Jess Wiilard and FredFulton to Germany to put ontheir championship fight. . TheGermans would all die laughing.

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HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 8.—Siteen ball players and WllbertRobinson reached here today fromBrooklyn.

But He Singled(Colled Preaa I.eaaed Wire.)

MACON, 0«., March B.—"HomeRun" Baker didn't, but he did sin-gle with Lee Magee and the, Yankee regulars were saved 2 to 2.

TWINKLING TEASERS IN "KATINKA"

Just it few uf the dashing, dainty, demure damsels who make up tlie monster chorus of "Katinka."

"Katinka" is a little bit differ- below that of the light grandent ln plan front any musical opera. The tunefulness of thisplay that has ever gone before it. music gives It a universal appeal,It is a musical comedy of compell- while its technique makes Iting lilt and sweetness of the style agreeable to the trained ear ofintroduced into America by the tlie most carping connoisseur.American Vienesse operettas, but The plot of "Katinka" ls so ar-of a standard of excellence little ranged as to carry the personages

through three scenes of wlldly-varylng plcturesqueness. Thestory opens In Russia, just beforethe present war; then jumps toTurkey, and winds up ln Vienna,a course Impossible of pursuit intho present state of these bellig-erent localities.

WEST LEADS INTENNIS TOURNEY

feated Theodore R. Pell and Ver-non Prentice, of the east, 12-10,0-4, M.

The match was really decided inthe first set which went to 22games before the easterners MOclimbed to Mcl.oiighlin's smashingserviie and Davis' remarkablebackhand shots. After tlie firstset, the westerners had little dif-ficulty with their opponents.

SEAT SALE IS HEAVY FORSATURDAY'S GRAND OPERA

The seat sale for tlie coming Tacoma. A cast of such operaticproductions of "La Boheme" and stars as Maggie Teyte, Giuseppe

"Aida" by the Boston National «*»'*™»- JW* I^ari. Mabel" Regelman Maria (lav, Reccardi

Grand Opera ( o. at the Tacoma Martin, Francesca Peralta, Thorn-theater Saturday afternoon and as Chalmers, Jose Mardones, inevening, March 10, bids fair to two of the most popular grandgive this organization a capacity operas, and an orchestra of 50audience. musicians conducted by Roberto

Rightly does a project of such Moriituoni and a chorus of nearlymagnitude deserve to arouse the 100 voices ls seldom heard outsideinterest of all the music lovers of of the metropolitan cities.

DETERSIIFFLE

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Bill Htanniford, Wells-Cargo agent, was presented with a golfhag as v birthday present ycfetcrday. If somcbody'll now give Billv few new balls and a roupla clubs, he'll resume his exercise on thelinks. • • • •Now that the baseball training season has started we may ex-pect at least a dozen Cobbs, about seven Walter Johnsons and anumber of Sislers, Wagners and Everett Scotts in the minor leaguetraining camps.

• • • •The main difference between an Australian fighter and anAustralian soldier is that the soldier fights.• • • •Jim Egan, baseball umpire and amateur sport scribe, says thatin the summer he watches ball games and loafs, but that in the win-ter time there aren't any ball games.

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Tacoma longshoremen will not have a biwteball club this year.They had enough trouble over their strike, not to want any more fora few months. • • • •On his first day at bat, Benny Kauff got four balls. He's start-ing almost as well as last year.

• • • •The American league has two

new umpires. Fine for the bleach-ers. It will lake them at least amonth to learn to dodge pop bot-tles.

\u2666I • •If there is to be a military training for baseball players, pleas-e

omit the Seattle Giants. They soldiered enough last season!

• • • •There's one thing admirable about Battling Bunker. He s agreat blocker, doing most of It with his chin.

• • • •A Cub recruit got so excited when he started on the training

trip that he left his baggage In the station. Next season he prob-nhlv will try to steal second with the bases full.

Steamers Tacoma andIndianapolis for Seattle

Leave Municipal Dock, Taco-ma, 7:16, 9:00, 1100 a. m.; 1:00,3.00, 6:00, 7:00, 9.00 p. m.

Leave Colman Dock, Seattle,7 00, t:00, 11:00 a. m.; 1:00. 3:00,»:00. 7:00, »:16 p. m.

Fasteat and Flneat Steamers.Eight Ilouml Trip- Dallr.

8. S. JOiMF.S, Aaeat.Offices Municipal Dock. M. 3(45.

I With the Amateurs ,I Thi*7\>himn IsTDevoted to ITpbuilJlng Amateur Sports. 1I All Items Should Be Phoned to Main 9181 or Main 181—— B-V BILLY CAR^S

The Sodality A. C. bat-ketbull teamtraveled to Mineral last night,where it defeated the Mineralfive by a score of 42 to 22. Theboys returned to Tacoma at 3a. in. Johnny McLaughlin,manager of the team, went Intothe game as a sub nnd provedone of the stars, shooting sevenbaskets. Foye was tlie otherSodality star. Eddie l.a Cha-pelle was Mineral's best player.The Sodality boys were treatedroyally, a banquet, being givenfor them after the game. Theauto trip was four hours going,and two hours returning.

W* 11. Hudke, jr., manager of theYeoman ball team, hereby Issuesa challenge to the F. S. Har-mon baseball club. He wouldlike to stage the game as soonas can be arranged. Radke Isalso anxious to meet Miss An-derson, manager of the Wash-ington Parlor Furniture com-pany's team, and arrange for agame. He says that Miss An-derson may call him up at theBrooklyn hotel. We might sug-gest Knox's as a convenientmeeting place for the moguls.

The Brotherhood of Amei-lcunYeomen, at a meeting lastThursday, decided to place abaseball team in the field. F.H. Radke, jr., was elected man-ager. The club will play Inde-pendent ball and will he a mem-ber of The Times' bookingagency. Tlie Yeomen will prob-ably play their opening gamewith Arietta. The team willpractically be the old "HeadHunters." A captain will bechosen at an early date.

If Cupid keeps up tlie good workit is a certainty that the singlemen's ball clubs will not be Inthe running this season. Be-fore the season opens some ofthe well known diamond artistswho will not be eligible to playon the single men's teams willbe: Enimett Angle, Lester Pat-terson, Ben Colton, Jim Eganand Earl Brown, and perhapswe might add the name of Leon-ard Shea.

Billy Adnnis seems to have stirredthings up to quite a pitch ln thevicinity of 38th and Yakima.Since he bought a billiard roomout that way he has organizedan athletic club, pulled off asmoker and is now getting to-gether a fast baseball team.Leave It to Bill; he always wasa good fellow to put pepper intothings.

Tonight the Queen City basket-bailers will be Tacoma guests.They meet the Sodality A. C.quintet on St. Leo's gym floorat 8 p. m. The Seattle team isreported as one of the fastestIn the country for their size andit ls well known that the Sodal-ity boys are fast. The gameshould be good.

Al Wheeler and Harry O'Neill aretwo of the best committeemenon "Buy a Book" campaign,It ls said. Both men are wellknown and are getting good re-!suits. It ls reported that all Icommittees are doing fine andthat the required amount willbe raised before the seasonstarts.

C. L. Bozcll, pioneer grocer. Isfeeling quite badly today be-cause he either lost or somesmooth crook stole the valuablespud setting out of his tie pin.He swears he'll find It If he hasto engage the entire policeforce.

Tlie McKinley Hill Stars, one ofthe fastest teams In the east sec-tion of the city, want a practicegame for Sunday. Call Man-

ager Bill Oxley, McKinley Hilldrug store.

Clint Munley is quietly working onhis lineup of ball players to rep-resent the Elks this season, liewill be ready with an announce-ment in a few days, he say s.that will take some of the teammanagers off their feet.

When George Waterworth noticedfor the first time the fish in thewindow of Art Akin's I.ot'isCafe he asked a friend to takehim home. He thought he wasseeing things again.

|(M Wise snys that he will not pluybaseball this season. He expectsto devote all his spare time tosinging.

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<*> <$><S> By Billy Cams. .$><J> Pretty Miss Agnes Ander- \u25a0*-_<

-$> son, manager of the Wash- _•<S> ington Parlor Furniture com- <S>*$> pan.v's "Terriers," has re- <$><?> ceiyed an answer to her dial- \u25a0*><t> len'ge issued to the F. S. Har- <$><$> mon company team. The <$>••> game will be played on the <*>• tideflat grounds Saturday <_>-•$> afternoon, March 31. Strict- «><$> ly shop teams will be used. #<$> Two years ago the liar- 3># mon team defeated the "Ter- ••><•> riers" and ever since that \u25a0•\u25a0

\u2666 time the Washington em- <*><*> ployes have been thirsting •-•<$> for revenge. <$><$> There ls keen rfeterest over \u25a0$>• the game, and fully IM em- <S>

* ployes from each house will ## attend. <$><§> <3>S>c_><s><|><s,<J,4>^<J><^ij.-^<«>j><s>.»>

Wallace Reld, featured ln "TheGolden Fetter," at the Colonialthis week, Is a young man ofvaried talents. In addition tohis other accomplishments, Wallyis a musician, and what's more,he can play most any Instrumentafter a moment's practice.

Anything from an oboe or aviolin to a bass drum and a uke-lele Is meat for Wallace. He hasnever studied under any of thegreat musicians or professors, and

Good SeasonIs PredictedBy Russ Hall

Tired from the strain of work-ing day and night over a newleague constitution, a scheduleand all the other routine work olan annual baseball session, KirnsHall, Hall, Tiger owner, returnedhome late yesterday. For all hisweariness, Hall was happy. Alldirectors In the league—lncludingDugdale of Seattle—are optimisticover the coming season, and pre-dict a better ball year than anytime during tlie past three or fourseasons.

There will be some mighty fastclubs in tlie league, too, Hall says-, _.

Sammy Goodto Box Hoppell'iiKrd Vrrmm 1 • a*< .1 Wlr*.)

SAN FRANCISCO, March 8. —Sammy Good, Tacoma lightweight,and Willie Hoppe, former king ofthe four-rounders, were rematch-ed today to meet in Sacramento,March 30. Oood stopped Hoppeln the second round when theymet several weeks ago.

Lincoln Park:Notes Among the Athletes and ;

Students of the 1... *go

South Side School.

Richard Browne and Leo Nel-son took a great, deal of interestin the movie company which wasout to school tlie other day. It isrumored the boys are planning tojoin.

Orin Simons says he wants tobe able to see his watch if he goesto the Ankle Deep Canoe clubdance. (He wears an anklewatch.)

George Hicks maintains thatsmoking and the use of stimulantsdoes not hurt the human body.Others who are on the debate ineconomics are Hugo Carlson andCarl Iffert.

Cleveland N. Olson, track manand noted tenor, doesn't know justhow to explain by signs his desireto take a certain girl to the AnkleDeep Dance club dance.

Lester "Pat" Patterson hascome back to school. Some sayhe was sick but those who knowPat have something else to say.

Johnnie Thirtyacre, one of the8-"-pound wrestlers, is some speak-er. He is only a freshlo but heshows the right spirit.

Tho school ls anxiously waitingor the truck season to open. EdSchwarts will enter the high hur-dles. .1

Tom Hunt, popular with thegirls, will write personals for theTahoma for the coming year.

Claude Brennan may hnve moreconfessions to make than he doesin his little play Friday.

Art Holman surely does knowhow to run a dance. Everybodythere had a fine time.

LASKY STAR PLAYSON MOST ANYTHING

prefers to use the catch-as-catch-can, or Grae.co-Roman method otplaying. All that 1b necossary forhim ls to hear an air once andhe can play It. It may not soundlike the original tune, but Wallyexpalns this by the fact that allgreat musicians put in variationsand thoughts of their own.

"The Oolden Fetter" remainsuntil Sunday, when Mary Pick-ford comes ln "A Poor Little RichGirl."