The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 24, 1911, Page 2

TAR—WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 AL \t “y i{MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY HOBBY GIANTS a " ’ : OF MILLIONAIRE PHIL, semers PHIAN | HERE'S FUNNY GAME PHILADELIPIHIA y for ther In It is no easy task for me, unskilled in writing down In cold wort Bth the Indi rune the things that go on about me, to set forth rules for playing baseba ; + aaenin I have n n two players who agreed on playing any position, t : nor have I yet found any set of ready-made rules that could be applied oon ; eeeees< to the game : 00000006 0-6 Every baseball er who has attained a position of note, who : ee has “made good big league, has his own style of playing ; , > It seems to ny player who would undertake to lay down & list of directo © the guidance of young players would be either THE LUCKY DQVENTH. guilty of brasen off ry or else of attempting to hoax the men he : . ai Lap Mf te vised 4 ' Ae , r Be this as it u r give to young outfielders who scot | for ¥ to climb tt » ber my experience, which has at least of being varied and intere | ‘ i The Glants fe all ts new, and every © I have seon has pre vday, wed the Hels Ge the Binth », Caton and Ontdle the Vi across in that yenterd Score by innings sented situati ly un Phere are always condit to be understood ant. Proble come up—sett h of a second, in the winking of an eye The young no desires to become a skilled outfielder must have, of course, ability to play the gaui He must possess that quality styled “dase natinct.” No athlete who fs not @ “natural ball player can hope to exce the game. that must be solved as they | I ow a to reach a high place in the ranks of pro-| fessional players who did not start playing the game In his boyhood He just naturally had to play ball—as a duck has to swim suming a youth has this feoling, and wants to make baseball his n, he naturally ures out what position he wants to play ust not imagined that any player can play any position. hing is further from the fact. There are born outfielders and born infielders. Some second basemen could not play anywhere else. It fs so of oth positions. } The e © outfielder must learn to handle fly balls first. This ts dif! all that comes sailing into the field fr a fungo Dat, in a long, sweeping arch, is different from the screeching, twist ing projectile that « os tearing tts way into the same field when hit’ by a batter from a pitch delivery There ts a good bit of instinct about it I know that I once was so well trained that I could tell fromthe crack of the bat pretty nearly the exact spot that a line drive would Jand, and how it would e when it got there. Young players should watch the way line hits behave as they/ come bounding to them. They must reflect that the ball which they try to trap may get by and lose a game. A fielder to 4 must keep the ent! must train himse » know instantly what tc . comes to him. He can’t stop to think once be has the ball in his hands. The player who ho » make good in the outfield must practice throwing with sp curacy to every base and to the home plate. | young players make the mistake of trying to “cut off runners| rehing the ball to the catcher. This is a mistake. will strike the ground about at the pitcher's box low bound. This helps for two reasons. It eliminates of throwing over the cateher’s head, and enables the ame too Inte for effect. One fata inning in whieh the 1 two home runs in uc counts for the defeat Dickenson held the Tigers unt the fifth inning. Lynoh up, got to} first when Dickensor t him. | Hurns slammed th ir t of the} jot. Fisher, ne Hc the | and Bassey got to Ray jmond’s fumble , ved | Gordon at thir * id went one thre came T went out, Raymond to Weed Shea opened the sixth with a and Dickenson dittoed. Dicky ed & moment lw when Craik nank forced him at the second sack, Shoa scoring. Raymond was hit in theeribs and got to first but | Davidson forced him at second # moment later. Bues' single brought in Crulkehank, Weed went | Roekenfield to Fisher Dickenson was taken ont in the ant of the eighth Za the ninth, The Tig ¢ and brought two more roms the pan. The Giant | tying when three of |resched home, Dut with two | battered our hopes } grounded to Rocky | The box score | An MANAGER JAMES M’ALEER Iders to hold runners on the base in case the runner beats the throw to the plate. It is easy to tell the young pla sure to forget the advice the first time he gets into the game. Summed up, my advice ts Learn the game thoroughly, pr as much as possible, becom accurate in throwing, te tempe 8, take advice from seasoned players, practice batting at every opportunity, I belleve any natural player who does these things can improve his playing 60 per cent JAS. R. M'ALEEK. LONDON.—The “Boys’ Bisley” rifle shoot for the championship of the empire commenced her y e is Bernie sionk captain of the Teddy Bears, a fast organization SAN FRANCISCO.—Frank Kiaus, of boys. Bernie the Pittsburg dieweight, and plays first base Montana Dan Sullivan are sched and he holds down uled to box six rounds here June 7 ; CS cok ee 8 NilTONaRG real profe: SAN FRANCISCO. — Feathe ‘ He is 11 years old weight Danny Webster of Los An- and tiv geles meets Freddy Couture in a 6 East Alder street. found go tonight. The Teddy amg have won NEW YORK.—Accomp: id by games out of four. many America dollars, Stanislaus - Zbysrko, the Polish wrestler, sails| The Meteors ard forfeited for his native land today, after @ game to the Juniors at the wrestling almost nightly during his Seattle college grounds Saturday tour in this country. The Juniors won from a picked penta filne by a score of 143. For games r 0. B meee ee ER a ee ey yy MMdress C. O. Baxter, 1115 14th av. *) * Ps CHICAGO.—Eddie Sheridan, %| The"Mobawks would like to hear % the jockey lightweight, is meet- # from an outoftown team aver ® ing every lightweight he can in * aging 17 years. Prefer the % preparation for his fight with # Des Moines Juniors or the O'Brien ® “Chuck” Larson at Gary, Ind, # Pirates. Address Max Hen *® tonight. 3443 2ist av. west as { rs iid god nga | The Mohawks defeated the Burke PRINCETON, N. J.—The basebali | & Farrar team by a score of 12-2 nine of the University of Michigan | Sunday. They will play the Tuk-| fs here today for a game with) ¥!la team next Sunday afternoon. Princeton. | Moree PE cnceiniat The Loyal Heights baseball team NEW YORK—Play for the annual metropolitan golf championsh'y for men began today. of 4 to 2 Sanday morning, and in the afternoon the Ballard Athletic team beat them by a score of 4 to 1 CHICAGO.—Spike Kelley istrain-| The Storks beat the Mucklocks ing for his 15-round bout in Dayton | to the tune of 10-7 yesterday after on June 17 with Frank Kenny. |noon on the Bagley st. grounds Oa For games with the Storks phone CHICAGO.—-Johnny Coulon, ban-| Hiack 638. Storks’ age average is tamweight champion, is to meet/1z to 13 years. Tommy Daly tomorrow at Fort| Wayne, Ind., for ten rounds. } BANTAMS TO 8CRAP. — BOSTON, May 24—Jimmy Walsh, PORTLAND, Or.—Seattie seems | who claims to be the international | & sure winner for the 1911 track! bantam champion, will leave today meet of the Pacific Northwest As-|for Canton, Ohio, where he will sociation of Athletic Clubs. day. LOS ANGELES.—George Kirk- wood of San Francisco probably KNOCKOUT TO FIGHT. + will meet the winner of the Dixon-| CHICAGO, May 24.—In all proba Rivers bout here on July 4. | bility Knockout Brown and Jimmy -_-_— | Clabby will meet In a 10round go JOPLIN, Mo—Jeff Clark and|in Hammond, Ind., early next Mike Donovan will meet again soon.| month. Brown also has a match They fought fifteen rounds to no|for May 29 with Tony Caponi at decision last night. sha, Wis CLOTHES A name applied to the best there is in the tailoring art, no matter what you wish td. pay. : Credit Will Help You Buy Them Even if you have the money to pay cash, you should buy the most con- venient way; especially when it does not cost any more to buy on credit. EAS TERN Outfitting Co.F¢ 1332-34 Second ing » Near Union St. “Seattle's Reliable Credit House’” ane =e Aiea ale what to do, but he Is pretty beat the Woodland boys by a score| meet Johnny Kilbane on Memorial | READY F Everything ° nter-college rac ty of Wash freshmen crew of California va its tomorrow om the sawmill below Les rk at 4 finishing in front the Madison Park grandstand. The varaity crews will start one hour ister over the same cou men The o the cour lute of race is about t r is too rough to allow aces the boat will fire two guns at different intervals along the lake. eee * # CLEVELAND, Ohio, May * 24.—"Cy” Young, dear ma & jor league pitchers, is back on * the job looking fit, after # four weeks of pneumonia See eee eee eee ee . * * * * . * * a \ If Billy Papke is in-anything Hke jthe form be was in the days when jhe was meeting Stanley Ketchel as a regular diet, he will put the <. O. onto Jim Sullivan, England's | middleweight champion, Derby day |(May 31) | Papke and Sullivan have been matched to fight at Hugh D.. Mc Intosh’s club, and Lond carded with the announce | the mill is for the middleweight championship of the world It is probable that Leo Houck, Ed die MeGoorty, Jim Clabby, even our old pal Harry Lewis, will dispute |the right of the pair to go for this jtitle. Papke’s claim upon the cham |pionship of this half of the earth hinges upon the fact that he knock- jed out, lost a decision to, drew and was knocked out by Ketc Just why Sullivan decided to meet Papke is unknown, He could have had a dozen mon who might |be considered easier picking. Me oorty hung around until his shoes |grew shabby, waiting for Sulllvan }and Houck tried to entice bim into ja ring Sullivan said them nay, but here he {s taking on Bill Papke, who is| one of the toughest propositions in | the business when fe right. less he has induced Hnol thunderbolt to let him go the row and not put over the K. 0, Papke mixed up in a bad looking fight in California when he boxed Joe| Thomas, with whom he played for} 15 rounds, and in the 16th slapped him hard enough to win the money. Papke can fight like an enraged feline when he wants to, and es pecially if he gets away to a good | start, He ts apt to back up ff the | firing gets too heavy, but there is little danger that he will have to do so for Sullivan, » latter has no wins over first class men to his credit. He won the | English title at the National Sport ing club a year ago from Tom ‘Thomas, and since then no one has been able to coax him into the ring. Dance at Droamia-d tonight, ord jto take him on, and Clabby, Lewis! OR RACE eee eee * * AMATEUR BASEBALL. * eee eee ee ee CHIMACUM.—The Irondale Sunday s work was a fe innings he p' tehed m neither a hit nor The Port Angeles nine t at at the hands of the ( former's grounds 8 6 to 2% The winners fast Black Diamonds Wet grounds caused the game to poned that was to have been yesterday at Dug’s ball yard en the Dexter-ciorton bankers United Banks’ bunch. It ly be played tomorrow The Lawana Motor Boat tit jub wa : formed yesterday, com yac enthusiasts who te * sport boosted into tie 4 bm Inence it deserves on Lak@ Wash | ington. j BLACK DIAMOND—The_ Black | Diamond team ehut out thegBallard nine here in a one-sided gam®; score Il to 0. Haag, pitching for fhe win | ners, fanned 14 ‘QUEEN ANNE Wiks Queen Ann ahead of th |last game of the season yéate: on the Queen Anne ground: 8 to 7 | The game was one sided until the ninth, when the visitors brought in | four runs, tying the seor 1 the hill-toppers come through with one and it was all over |VARSITY DROPS GAME The Californians beat out in the firat of a series of games with the varsity team yesterday, score % to @Wet grounds and an almost con tinual downpour made good base ball impossible. Hickingbotham brought in both runs for the locals and Sturgis had the better of the pitchers’ battle SUTTON WINS AGAIN. George Sutton, the handless bil ard marvel, showed again jast night at Brown and Hulen's, de feating Ray Cumber, the city cham: pion, 200 to 60. A_ record crowd watched the match applauding the skillful players throughout — the kame. Qhase Sibley, a promising local three-cushion player, will op pose the veteran tonight | MOHTER TO WED. | LOS ANGELES, May 24 | Rivers, the sensational Mexican | featherwaaht, is to be married | }Shortly after his return from San} Francisco to Miss Virginia Crous, | | ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 24.—Eddie Dennis of San Francisco is Joud in} his protests today over the decision awarded Jack White of Chicago last night. He claims Referee Dave Portens “Jjobbed” him, The tw men fought 15 rounds. The sion was unpopular. Dennis was the ag gressor throughout. Battling Nel son, Dennis’ manager, was in his ner, / KANSAS CITY, May 24—A| Sullivan's reason is be » UN-| “gloom” hangs over Missourl with |the announcement today that Gov Hadley has declared his intention of stopping all prize fighting except | before chartered clubs | ban + et om For the Golden Potlatch Every citizen who has the best in terests of our city at hearth should make some preparations for’ the great Potlatch—it's a good thing for Seattle, as it will be the means of bringiyg thousands of stradgers to Seattle. Don't knock; dowt eritt cise, We've had quite endugh of |that. Now Is the time to gpt busy and do something. A $20.00) Suit of Clothes for $10.00 will sthrt you right. Look ‘em over at thd Credit- ors’ Sale, Himethe Bros, 626 Virst ave, Bipeenee Selgn iai e un Sul y and D NATIONAL LEAGUE. | Reet \ ee At Philadelphia 12 13 0 it 3 i BATTLE TO TIE Harmon and Brennan and At New York. At Brooklyn. and Gibson; | At Cleveland. it Detroit. } Washington Johnson and Seattie Automobile School, 210) Mullin and Stanage, 0040° 1 h t self with enlle ber He seeks the acqua fe m te attends th and - R A a | same the religious world and the Brown and| ts, : which has attended his work pr Raridar 4 that his theories are 4 a radical departure from ac ideas RH EB. Rresna-| ed horns and battled to a rain yesterday on Lincoin A. J. DREXEL-BIDDLE. Americans at St. Louis. R Boston 12 St. Louts 3 10 is Batteries—Karger, Hall and Nun. amaker; Lake and Stephens. pionsbip. 46 HM. E in) a ays Batteries k and Thomas; Mitchell and Smith H American Association i wt : Ht H. £ 13 3 do rT diana pol Tomorrow at 3 P. M. TACOMA ws SEATTLE | Broadway $15 CLOTHES TOMORROW MORNING WE PLACE ON SALE ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED MEN’S AND YOUNG MEN’S TWO- PIECE SUITS — OUR REGULAR FIFTEEN DOLLAR VALUES — AT “EXACTLY HALF PRICE— 7.50 WE’RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A LOT OF REASONS OR EXCUSES FOR SUCH A SALE; YOU WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED—WHAT RE- ALLY INTERESTS YOU IS THE PRICE AND THE CLOTHES. THE PRICE IS WITHOUT EXCEP- TION THE LOWEST EVER PUT ON SUITS OF EQUAL QUALITY. THE CLOTHES ARE MOSTLY “CLOTHCRAFT CLOTHES”——GUAR- ANTEED ABSOLUTELY ALL WOOL. IT’S A CLOTHES-BUYING OPPOR.- TUNITY YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS. M.PRAGER & COMPANY 615-617 Second Avenue BOTH STORES 819 Second Avenue Lincoln and broadwa: he grounds, score 8 to 8. Bad Young's work for the north-enders was the feature of the game. Tomorrow Lincoln meets Tacoma on the lat- ter’s grounds for the state cham- COAST LEAGUE NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL eee | Take Yesler car. Admission, 25c dp Mas Ke