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Show ' "GIX" VON ELM PROVING SENSATION IN FIGHT TO RETAIN HIS TITI F THIS IS THE BUNK BUT INTERESTING I CLOSE CONTEST . IS GIVEN BY SMITH Mist Florence Hal I or an I Eliminated in Hard1 Fought Game t ii VirTorUA, n. t. Juna I. rortUnil .folfer hn1 been eliminated from com- petition for th I'aelflc Northwest cham-plomhtp cham-plomhtp tolay and th,raa Heattla mm .and on Halt Ik representative jro Into tha semifinal round. Tha letitura of the play yesterday was th wonderful tlf flaye.1 by (.eorge vn Kim of Halt tk: he present titleholder, and the game fight put up a-alnt htm by KuaeeM Smith . of the W nverly club, I'uj-llaiid, though Von Kim wn, 4 and 3. -"QIX" PLEA 1 Eft. Von Kim delighted nil his aiipportera yesterday with tit wrm.ierft.l nhlhttlon ha put up In defeating H truth for a ilnre hn the semifinal round. . limit h proved a worthy opponent and , cava tha chnmptoti a hard buttle, the onlr being all snuare at tha end of tha ' J-EfITO ."IGMT. BABI RUTH, JUDQE LANJISAN0B0S MtUSEL. SHAKING HANDS. flrat alghtann, tm lha laat alghtfan ha want out tn II. two bttr than pnr. and wag 4 up. Kmlth proves) M figlitcr and . aiavad right with It. Isalvltia; tha nlna-. nlna-. taanth and twanUath. QAMI it CLOtt. Von Rim won tha nait, hut Hmlth than took two In aurcftaalon, aarh on tirnir par. At tha twanty-fourth ho) a Von F.lm wag down In 4 to Smith a b and won 4 up and to go. Thar a geniad avary rhanra of Von Kim , lowarlnf tha couraa racord by playing; out tha round, but whan ha took flvn fur tifhtaanth par i ha Juat failed to beat It by ona otroka. Tha other thraa matohag In tha round wara all vary rlneWy runtaatad, Wataon dofoatltia; hla fellow townsman. Wllhim of Hortland, I and 1. ami Hiwlre li Mtall and Htaln beat Kl eager, all of Ha-attla, Ha-attla, similar aooraa. Mlftft HALLO") AN OUT. Thara waa m hi or upaat In tha woman's ehamplonahlp whan Mrs. Hweeny wag allmlnatad, I up, by Mrs. Jarkaon of He-attla. He-attla. The lattar hag only om-a played In rompetttlnn. Mies V. Ksvansugti nlao want down to da f rat at tha hands of Mrs. Huirhlnga, t and 4. Mtsa Kloianrn Hitl-loran Hitl-loran of Malt lkm loat to Mrs. (Van of Kne; land, ft and 4. Miae Anderson of Vancouver, a former Caruullan champion, . defeat Mra I'hilbrtck of Victoria, I and L |