The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 6, 1910, Page 2

THE STAR—THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1910 Written By Experts BASEBALL CLOUDS MAY CLEAR SOON BOB BROWN’S PURCHASE OF VANCOUVER CLUB ASSURES NORTHWESTERN OF FIRM SUPPORT ACROSS THE LINE — PRESIDENT LUCAS OPTIMISTIC, BY LAURENCE REDINGTON The baseball situation in the said Lucas, at a little fanning bee Northwestern league is just as com: that was held this afternoon tn ern was never better from a base ,. Ball standpoint, and it's my opinion &@ week ago, when It was definitely nar i910 will b record breaker announced that Portland would be [t's a bit too » to say whether dropped from the cire Howey the cireult will take In six or there is a strong probability that eight towns, for that's an import within the next few days the league ant matter, and every aapect will Magnates will decide wnoffictaliy have to tecked et before the whether a substitute will be foand 1e directora come to a final de for Portland, and the Northw cision @rn continued as a six-club organt ation, or whether expansion will be the p fo and an @ight-club ctreult ding Butre @nd Helena and one Washing 4 town, formed Final action will of Se in weing the Northwestern @ourse be deferred until the regu # & lever to pry coy ons out far meeting of the directors, which of the Coasters, and dropping this ‘Will he held toward the last of the | !¢ague when it had served its pur month | pose, but it's a game that bas Northwestern more good President Lucas Optimistic Portland ts, and prob President Lucas of the North * will be a Coast league western league will run across to| town, and MoCredie’s Northwest Vancouver with Brown, and, after ern club, with only eight weeks seeing how the jand lies tn British at home, would have been more Columbia, will go to Bellingham than a hindrance than a help Ww and Everett with his weather eye this league peeled for baseball possibilities. Without being accused of deal “Portland or no Portland, this ing In “sour grapes” we can con fe going to be one of the best base- alder ourselves well rid of Port ball seasons we have ever seen,” | land, and its petty baseball fights. plex and unsettled today as it was Portiand a Drag. When all's said and done, the fans bave no real cause for Worry The McCredies played & smooth CHANGES THAT ARE PROBABLE IN “REFORMED” GAME OF FOOTBALL IN 1910 1. Players will be prohibited from dragging, pulling or push tng the player carrying the ball. They will be positively prohib- fted from piling upon a fallen player, and the man carrying the bali will be prohibited from: making an effort to advance the ball after he is down or the ball is legaily “dead” 2 When @ player ts In a position to make a falr catch, no opposing player shall approach nearer than three yards of the catcher until the latter has been touched by or has missed the ball. % Requiring on the offense seven men to be tn the line of scrimmage, while in plays across the line of scrimmage not more than three men shall be allowed to cross together. 4. The present forward pass will probably be eliminated, and a forward pass substituted that will be entirely unrestricted, to be completed bebind the line of scrimmage, without penalty or fallure. 5. Making compulsory the removal from the game of any player at the request of the trainer, doctor or captain of the ral weeks be the handball coart and on the ros 4 ae ‘ , ‘ ning of . BILL LANG, BEWARE f 60 worfootly Bill Lang, the Australian pugilist who dete Sols Vitnstinmsen ‘ La nate ¢ would better have a care. Young Ro Fitzsimmons, the elder of 4 port, the “I'm sorry pop got licked, and I'll get even,” said Robert, Jr, when | ino tsi eee iness head of |g t ting be read the nfal I don't ike fighting, but od, Prada doo Ones in lear 5 pop always said | would ‘ Pes 16-now, When I reach : ent Jos rien of | dose oe 90 I'll be big enough to take care of w Lang and give him some figurehead, it § Ath as truck fold man's medicine ‘ te jnuch nen = ’ r ‘ " . tone 4 1 t t , har an good « Lverng t\* irman of the board of| has SOME sense ide . ind oe okene cnt) ei ee eatene Too Cold for Fun. “a Watt of York 1 Chiving ' fent, is chair fovery fan who has attende y R f . ines at ie | beginning and ending of the men b h of Unt the leag % . 7 pionahip season, knows f un wis @ forr pont torture times In California they t s hopeled then < Bo tortur S-year-old pacer that le reg all and football star of that STANLEY KETCHEL hrough the gumen in tt Ve shown & mile at the m, and held ¢ ame f 2 r S 7 coe naive gag ita track In 2:04%, which tv some IS FOR JOHNSON | sreund, corners and Se eiseed tate had te ok 1 ¥. ¥., wald to have fastent| Boge The Amerioan league wan and Kiata : indoor track, 14 laps to mile. | tte ketche} ne ots 154-qame schedule, whic y : mgm ter rat neon 1 later named, but | n ung Ha op ~ iM be in rt nal leagu #:10%) ne Me ty mare | GREENWOOD CLUB'S th 4 Se - payee en ine eaten renee. Juitor D (219%), the dam of Iris GOOD SMOKER |*",°”"" n the outcome of ume will be benefited by the plan, attle A ought nnson. | unte asons are unue! ' A firet “ inslete that It Is next to im-| A determined effort te being madp | , siand and the Empire | WTO" As staged by the Green- | and also testifies ax to Johnaon's| press the public with th » league formed an agres-| yu A iniet! a > a plight. the | hitting prociivities. But the fret | ved from the long season ‘01 fi protection ot ye enaw ue th ~ Oda ellown must »@ overlooke that Ketchel merican league ts ein, o ih Rt Se Seccnotion ot plapere | hae ont Fe eee sued shat Ketehel | Ameries gue is being . | coming fast, and interest among the » If the colored champion de-| Johnson refuren to t | members justifies the carding of an | other smoker about the end of the month Lee Johns, the well known > art bowler, established a w THE STAR’S PAGE % UP-TO-DATE SPORTS BRINKER WIL NOT COACH VARSITY Spokane Player An- nounces Definitely That | He Will Report for Spring Practice and Will Leave His Law Studies. THis SCEMS UKE OLO THES ee 1 Deep gloom hangs over the Vare ity campus today, following the an houncement of Dode Brinker that| he will not be a candidate for coach { the baseball team. While it was he by the base. ball contingent that Brinker would ach, no definite assurances were |atven that would take the post tton % sure at y time e would remain at the sniversity during the spring sam 1 wanted to stay at the U. until the college year closed, but was not sure. Within the last few days I have decided to go back to profes sional ball and not coach the Vare ity, and f can state definitely now that I will report for sprt toe and that I have withd as & candidate for Uh ach at the Va r coached the « jup to date Unable | wings for their racers |them fly a im mode, lane they did,|@¢opted the next best stated that the Varsity for the firet | this contrivance time played real baseball It t» an assured fact that had/the wit of the jockey Brinker oo 4 con Hidate, ted at the @ppliances used in a hott regarding ft, #inc [have held several in CST MANUAL What has beoon SPORTING | TheSPO . jhatf. Al you the farmtiy fire Millard Sanders, the wownod driver, wh wity the Mugw jat the Indiana # re will by round Phit that Loach first opponents bee STAGG FAVORS SOCCER FOOTBALL. | the gan (By United Press.) CHICAGO, Jan. 6-—President Harry Pratt Judson ¢ Un versity of Chicago went on rec rd today as favoring seccer ® football for Western colleges f next season & "I believe in the # of soccer football ® game,” anid Proextd * [head for San Frencisco. ee IB boxing game ix certainly on the boom in this town, and the latest addition to the list of amateur clube-—the Phoenix Athietic Clab—as- gures us of some first class sport for the balance of the winter and spring. The fact that Lonnie Austin ts to have a general supervision over the club smokers is sufficient guarantee that they will be run off/ with the snap and go that ts so essential in affairs of the kind. | In selecting Arcade hal! for a base of operations the Phoenix Club has made its initial move in the right direction. The fane may be game enough, but even to the most enthusiastic the prospect of a trolley ride into the wilds is somewhat appalling, and the chance to sve some first. class boxing without loss of time traveligg to and from the ring will not | be overlooked. | ‘The first amoker of the new club, which {s scheduled for Thuraday January 13, shows considerable class on the card. Five four-round goes between well known lo¢al amateurs are on the evening's card, and if they turn out as weil as they promise on paper, some clever ring work should result. Those two clever little Gywelghts, Willie Vetro and Johnnie O'Leary, | will mix it for the entertainment of the fans, and this should be one ot} the best bouts on the program. Frank Westermann and Howard Ladd, couple of local middieweights, are also sure to perform, while the| Srobabtlities are Tom Clark va, Wiffenbach, Willie Robinson vs. Castro and Dave Clark vs. Tom Swift oo °o “LITTLE PETE” RESTING Pete McVeigh ts taking a well earned rest after his hard fight @gainst Roscoe Taylor the other night, and it will be « fore he thinks of another match. Pete was pot in the best of condition When he fought In Tacoma last Saturday, for wh he ate well, slept wall, and, above all, feit well when he went into the ring, he was a very tired lad after he had roughed it with Taylor for three rounds. The fact that he was underweight for days before the fight and went into the Fing at about 122, showed that I as not by any means himself, for While Pete can dry out to make at 3 o'clock with ease, he usually takes on about three pounds before he climbs through the ropes. A few Gays. before his fight with Louie Long McVeigh reached the 140 notch but did not raise the beam when he stepped on the scale He went Into @ ring that night weighing about 126% and put up 4 much fasier exht ficson than he did against the lanky Roscoe Pete has been doing too much boxing and after a good rest he fntends to cut owt the glove game for a while and take his exercise in eene tate e | hy the report that from | the bat with much Engiand | moter never made a direct propos: | * accom ae ee mm * - ¥ & cor f and it is my opin # jon that his enthusiasm will re ® mult in its increased popular tty SSP ESR R Ree ee eee ee ERE NEW PRESIDENT 60 OF THE DOUBLE A the Dear Public You PREFER THE Jus coagery savs Teer HE AMO JEFF wit. henr wir Heavy GLOVES #E SAYS HE usr OF Javed Pom His FAMILY “ses <= ELECTRIC TREATMENT MAKES HORSES TRAVEL (My Cwited Pree peat JACKSONVILLE Jan. 6, [men at Monertef Park are strictly Today they posted a notice that thelr weo was strictly against the " of racing, and tha anyone y og og By adh BN og tention of trying to enter the Vanderbilt cup race n which could be used | jon with wires, dry bat d be ruled off. |= ae ee i ig loaguere, Many |Gucer—a enddle with an electrical persona prominent in the sporte|@pplinnce attached. By © mpeed of racer is increased or decreased at ing purposes involy with battery or a and wires. The current is transmit This revival of the old electries! trappings during the days of rac [ing at Guttenberg wae recently tn | troduced into the game had been in operation only a | days when the offictals were efforts ve = of Al Ka sa | He left for Pittsburg to figh | Rosse pearly two months ago, Inobody has heard of hte joept through Billy Brady longed Jeff in the binckemith's 4 better r be Thoee Kaw | winters are cold and long Te | ot any kind to him and that Meintosh’s bid for the fight as opened at Hoboken It w not spanied by the necessary $6,000 = orfett } Butler have seen Mit to deny the | widely ctreutated report that the/ winter meeting at Juares, Mexico, | | Wt soon close Lecauer of a lack of | , |) Patronage. They have come out | Mlat-footed with the announcement | Ubat the meeting will be extended to } Dillon, hae’ severed tte comnecthan wilt hereafter train a public stale! fair grounds. b | tall ly MeCarney announces that he oy Diek Hyhind busy r fighting «ia-round goes in and iphia, It in stakes and purses, It ie snid that $254,000 will be hung up in this man her Jack Grace, the noted globe ter and formerty Nelson's trainer jin New Orleans Jack writes that te not what it should be in| | the Southern elty. He will stiortly Jottries, by the way, is annoyed} Mentos tm tall. | tried to induce | opt @ $60,000 mphasi« that Mi @id not see him in Fran: that the Auatraiian pte NATIONAL LEAGUE “BULL” WON'T Talk of Lengthening Schedule “for the Goed} of the Game” Is Gulling| BY TIP WRIGHT. National league has ja tn, hedule of / « f good of the ga | e wit fort j ng @ tt f he ben Y . nl pocketh A General Reduction of 25% on All # any credit for allowing a lit- | his conservative position Into a mov tle follow like Kotchel to stay twelve| which will bring nothing but gr rounds. |from players and fane altke, EDITED BY LAURENCE REDINGTON Suggestions for Jeff’s Sparring Partners 8 MY SCUTTLE Vai cow ON STRAIGHT? / | pane mee LAUGH at A “iQ My LP's CRACKED, ERE WOULD \ \ JEFFS WALLOPS ARE A GREAT PLEATUAE HERS NEAT “| ’ as | ak a = WY F OFF To THE FRONT! g | Tack MaCORMiCcK COMP | ToucHinG SCENE AFTER GEM shoot OF THE NEW | Jerry CALL To ARMS ee Ook ae We OLD GUARO WESPONOT Nemuy == » ‘hen Kio MECoy MMHT BOE SAVES By SroeTnG, THE TINWARE OF A ROMAN GLAOUTOR, | SAM Betare MKT STow HiMsEL Aner 4 A RUDOER BALLOON PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan. 6—Jack Johnson announced today that he will devote his time to aute mobtle ractog after nis fight with Jeffries for the world’s championship next July The Galveston negro said that he already has ordered the construction of a racing car of ap proved design, and that be will drive his first race in Detroit shortly after the Jeffries fight. He appit saittis | NEWSBOY-PUG [Sf Rextng, colt tbe, ereasnst number GREEN LAKE 1S ON THE MAP TOO battery WAS ODD CASE |time of the troquote theatre fire Murphy passed out 2.700 newspa-} pers in an hour, receiving payment | Jan. ¢-—When Jobe |for each of them and making a) jot to the spurs of the Jockey by aid » insulated wire running down | + CHICAGO, rider's log inside of the boot. 1 “Murphy, "th The Green Lake Athletic club, boy-pugiliet, change many times. He woes Every time the Jockay Jabe the horse | dieq here the Gan. Calatas | gaane att the mushroom organisations Ht Fecrives a alight shock. Thin un-| osc ome of fem t unique sport. : sin |has sprung up within the inst woul sensation causes him to “ling characters months, will hold « smoker tonight Soreetes Gk Sap. epee, Eat Derees 5 ite asens thece| _ CANOE AT DREAMLAND, at Kirkwood hall. After a bex slugyish disposition tt le most of 4 it against at Dance tonight. 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