The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 3, 1912, Page 2

THE STAR—SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1912. THE STAR’S SPORTING PAGE 1S CO SDITED BY ROY WHITMAN sec COMPLETE ICTURES OF: stn pe een ere LI WORLD'S A TEST SOUTHPAW, MAY JOIN THE OUTLAW | prrijse® OFFER: sstarszeee" KILBANE MAY GET. ATTELL’S ee ® TWIRLER WHO MAY bd TURN OUTLAW : BY TIP WRIGHT Fight fans have a less reliable eeaerneocesee eee line on Abe Attell than on any Other first fight boxer. Abe_js unreliable. When he should wip hands down, be is apt to act like @ novic Wh his opponent fa conceded a chance to beat him, he fights like « whirlwind. He sel dom runs to form, His recent match with K. 0. Brown raised storm but Attell declares be did not “pull.” RIGHT, BRIEF AND B BREEZY STORIES VEAN GREGG, WORLD'S GREA eee o a eee o P; © PRETTY SOFT FOR ¢ ° JOE O'BRIEN e half of the $5,000 purchase price in spot cash, and that Jimmy McAleer told Joe to hang onto the youth for another season, But now comes the story that Joe wiht ship Str § Long's Seals, Something wrong with the dope, some- where, If Boston really wante any more to do with Strand, and wanted to farm him out, it looks as though 5: ramento would be the place, because Sacramento ts the accredited Red Sox farm. The chances are, however, that Strand cannot come up to the standard expected; that Boston knows he is lemon, and does not believe in ¢ is a lemon and Daany Long and Cal Ewing of But on February 22, Champion Attell meets a boy linble to wrest hin title from him. Johnny Kil- bane has a string of vietorles to his credit, including recent wins over Patay Kline, Frankie Conley and Jose Rivera. NO GONLEY ARE READY Leased Wire) LOB ANGELES, Feb. 3.--Frankle | Conley failed to wikgle th Kilbane fought Altel! 10 rounds in Kansas City « year ago and lost, although. those at the ringside say he earned a draw. It is known that Attell frequently wins by a narrow margin, to get a return match and bigger money. But if he figures on beating Kilbane by reason of his * JOE O'BRIEN & Friends o: Joe O'Brien, who ® know what they are talking ‘® about, positively declare that ® he ts drawing down $10,000 a ® year ax the official representa j H * BERT HALL WILL » SIGN ° PHILLY CONTRACT ifif ee e@eeevee#ee#ee#es (Ry United Preas Leased Wire LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2—George Stovall, late manager ofthe Cleve-| tand Americans, may play first base | for the Cubs next season. | had Clevelander’s pi Chance will start New Orieans. east March 1 via oo bea | when he stepped on the scales at @ the Paelfic Athletic ctub quarters ©) ints moraing to weigh {n for. his scheduled 20-round bout with John- ny Coufon at Vernon today for the bantamweight championship of the world. The stipulated figure was 116 pounds, Coulon hopped nim- biy om the scales and off again. He claimed to weigh but 112, but refused to show his exact pound- age. Early indications were that ev- ery seat at the great arena would be filled. Interest in the mill was greater than in any fight McCarey has staged for mouths, and throughout the morning the down- town ticket office was crowded ® tive of John T, Brush in New Besides he ts allowed % @ the social end of bis states * ReaRReRKARKAAHAE @eeeeveaeaoevee ee DANVILLE, Kas, Feb. 3,—This only motorcy: captivity. tf it is not the enly club of Rs kind in America, it is in Kan- ¢ | toroyctist: Uitte betting, favored at 10 to 6%, at 3:15 o'clock with Char He Ryton as referes. MAY TRADE LORD year and once ind the third oush- Hed Sox. The said to be. Tris great Boston center ia rumor cannot be con- it is known that Manager Callahan of the White Sox Texan, whom he considers the best in the country, with the of Ty Cobb. Cellahan that Speaker would just bout round up his team and make a great factor in the ® big hole in the White Sox infield, but Callaban is said to figure that juseell iburne will show the form he displayed in 1910 for the Providence team of the Eastern league, and that a switch around in his infield so as to give Blackburne ® permanent berth at shortstop would minimize the effect of Lord's departure to such an extent that the acquisition of Speaker in the outfield would give Chicago all the best of the 4 It ig @ well-known fact that Bos- ton would never have let Lord go had ft not been for a personal quarrel with Manager i’atsy Don- ovan which assumed such serious that one or the other had to go, President Taylor finally sticking by his mavager. With Stahl in control in Boston, fans figure here that Harry's work, if the deal goes through, would be even more spectacular than the best he has shown in bis brilliant major league career. Farland and Eddie Murphy today les for a 10-round nd, Feb. 4. They will weigh in at 136 pounds at 3 o'clock, we JAWN AND WILLIAM AND DANIEL USED TO PLAY TOGETHER : teams te come to Danville to play. . on their = machines, in There was no waiting for trains to pull in the station, no delayed because the trains were tate. PARIS, Peb. 3.—~A per- centage in all winnings by the public in ming houses all over France may be claimed by the government soon. A bill taxing these winnings is now’ before the chamber of deputies. Manager McCredie of the Port- land coast team says Tom Seaton ‘will make the Phillies a good pitch- er if they use him cautiously, but that he lacks a free motion and will deveiop a sore arm unless he is nursed. Detroit had seven scouts | year in the field, and the eame will gumshoe for President Navii next nouncement Lowe, Bill Clarke, Bobby Rother- mel, Charley Nichols, Joe Sugdea, Cy Ferry and a man on the Pacific coast who is under cover. test hitting and field. seman of the future,’ “will be a left ing first 1 get my cue from the work Daupert of Brooklyn, whe beat the last summer prior te my trade to Boston,” + There is about as much chance to Guess the Butte baseball situation as there is to say whether T. Roose- velt will be candidate for the pres idency. SPRHCHHSHEHEHCHSHHHHHEHHEHEEHHEESEHEOHHOHSEOHOEHBOEOEEEEEE BILLY SULLIVAN. We have our Uncle Daniel in pretty classy company here, all right, but all three are catchers, Mand they were in the same league ~-the Western association) —togeth- er in 1885, Johnny Kling and Billy Sutlivan. two of the greatest catch- ers of all time, were then considered mere prospects, green, the former with Rockford and the latter with Dubuque. on the contrary, was just beginning PRESIDENT DUGDALE to fade away, but atill & great cat + He had been with Washington and other big league clubs, and was then managing Pe- orla, and doing the most of the catching for his team. It is needless to say that Jawn and William looked up to our mag |nate, for he had seen the big bush looks with deep adoration on the Dug, | big league vet. Now and then Dug] Hi gave Jawn and William a tip for JOHN KLING which they were deeply thankful, above sald, Kling and Sully beginning to shine, and Dug in the twilight of his career, and while Dug is now a prosperous en john and William are still in the big glare. Both looked green, but Billy had it on Johnny at that tim: Harry Wolverton, late of Oakland, but now manager of the New York hander played third base on, Sufy's team at that time. had a hard time nabbing the do- cision on account of Chariestrop an Archie Wyard und Henry Moan got his shoulders touched to the mat by Hall in an extiting | “ressling rratch.” Johannson» Pinned the telltale part of Fort- her's beam to the mattress after *| SAN FRANCISOO, Feb, 3.—Fred- di¢ Welsh, the clever English light- weight, and Jack Britton of bor cago Will clash here in a. 20-round contest ou Washington's birthday. Positive announcement to this fect was made bere today by Jas.| bout at Daly City in the Milan ts youthful jrah” hate he looks like } one would never learn chosen line. Washington park. Two jover the relative ability of } Who was insisting that Mi real Milan on the and attended the gam Milan answered Les enya thea asked replied he thought the upon the fan told the real ‘dian such was bis honest opinion. All of which tickled Milan, first victory, Attell will be disap pointed, for the Kilbane of today does not resemble the Kilbane of ® year ago, He ie one of the fast est and cleverest boxers in the game. Kilbane is at Venice, near Los Angeles, training with Champion Johnny Coulon and Tommy Kil- bane, under the cye of Manager Jim Dunn, The Kilbanes are not related. Johnny has defeated Tom-|ing Tommy as a stepping stone to mpionship. my, but recently they made up, af ter an enmity of years. It was Tommy Kilbane who boxed Attell tm Cleveland, the night the champion’s shoulder was the cha: It was not until Johnny knocked out Rivers that he became 4 na onal figure. Rivers won a de- cision over Kilbane in one yut, clinches, Kilbane ally went t and this gave | from as,” \draw back maker. ed us, These leet! broken. ‘This accident, it is sald,| but refused to meet bim again un-)swing bis right Two M started Abe on the backward Jour-/til he saw Kilbane just shade Pat-jhalf a dozen ‘There will be hot doings at Cin cinnati next season when Bancroft and Hank O'Day meet. The fur is sure to fly. if memory serves correct, Bancroft cagt aspersions on Hank O'Day's character last see- son. In a telegram be dispatched to MeGraw, Bancroft ipainuated that if the Giants wanted to win | the pennant they had better dis pense with O'Day, whom it was in- sinuated «was working against them. Much scandal! arose over the Hank and Ban- nefarious telegram, W. Coffroth, who will tage the nie will be right together next son afternoon. But no 2 and the asked waivers, waiver undergrad his conversation that baseball I happened ona car with htm Jast summer, going to strangers in Washington, were and another star Finally the the better of the two ta well as other fans who were wise, Tm going to put the question to Milan himself,” said the fan. eald Milan, an he. stepped off the car; “it's awfully embar. It is neediess to add the fan was embarrassed when some one HE’S A POLICEMAN NOW PORTLAND, Or, Feb, 3.--Charley (“Strangler”) Smith, late welter- weight champion wrestler of the Coast, is now a full-fledged member of the Portland police department. == Our newest baseball magnate, Mr. Rothermal, of Tacoma,| brains and Special proceedings were needed in » {order that Smith could become a member, as he does not come upto the hoight required under ~~ service rules. guages. It is possible he will be assigned to duty on the harbor patrol,| American league grounds for visit am Certain and |e knowledge of languages belng useful on this beat. Me He speaks seven lan- sas ney. Kilbane outweighed Attell and was winning when the accl- dent occurred, It would be #trange if Johnny should win from Abe, us- Harry Davis, manager of the Naps, may figure that Willie Miteh- ell or Vean Gregg will not be able to deliver the goods next season. At any rate, the news came out from phia that Davis was .| dickering to get Pitcher George of the 8t. Louls Browns. George did not set the league on fire Inst sea son, but Davis declares he has @ splendid assortment of curves. Manager Griffith’ have dressing rooms placed on all ing players, thus eliminating the driving through tho streets of vis- iting teams, will be acted upon by tho league before next season opens, and the chanoes are that the scheme will be adopted. Nap Lajoie’e pinch hit |each during the period of Larry's iiiness, The Giante would have paid more than that for them last Very few ball play ready wit than this kid, Hauser, who plays short for Bresnahan. His jumor have done won- who is credited with being some figurer, by the way, is peerage the| ders for the Cardinals.—Cincinnati very newest thing ors are sald to be taking indifferently. 1 Mike Lynch admits it is a tol The new invention, by the to cope with those desultory players who loaf half of the time and booze} He hit Now, the scheme is this—-to cut every player's salary | catchers scheme, and even ol but the players can’t see It. the other half. in the realm of baseball. Tl newest Tiger play- it ts @ great ly good plan, ay, is planned sufficently to allow for the accumulation of an individual bonus, the bonus to be hung up in the office of President Rothermal and handed to the player at the nd of the ason, provided he adhores strictly to the anti-booze clause in his contract, and the triple pledge ; o-* . y, look much the same as last sea- which takes care of right field. is\almost a cinch that young I toward the close of last se in left# Pete Morse has.also bigned and will be at short, and will cavort in center, and who displaced Johnny Basse: eron will be at first, Perle ‘Casey youngster does not show) the'forrect form, didates for third. has signed two Eastern catet Miller will be on deck, a who knows, old tke Butl@t” may pl efty “battery manager” areinot too arduous, * ee A few Quinn, but di ing down, eg ago George Shreeder sold the Tigers to Eddie n't get mugy down, ey returned, This time h - ake the ‘at "rit is time he got noth-| with Washington, has been handed jek, Mike rr So far Doo, Commercial Tribun Say, they never die! Malachy Kittridge i it, and caught 49 games at Saginaw last summer. 259, and led the Michigan with .977—and Kit has been masking for nearly 30 years! player and hie man- agerial sense. Joe ought to know, having been suspended summarily last season when the labor of playing became too burdensome. Cy Young is writing his memoirs, and they will include tips to young asters on how to pitch major league baseball for two generations. Manager Dooin has turned down ion, Will be| an offer of $15,000 for the release d Don Cam- second if some sultable|the Philadelphia Nation: and there are plenty of can- Mike may, get Eddte Burns back, and, anyhow, he rs, who are said to be the candy. Cha ley Schmutz has signed,’andBiaine Gordon will do 80, Higgins says he is among-the missing, but Mike isn’t sure, alf-ecore of other pitching phenomas, and, ¥ pitch a game now and then if his duties of Otto Knal second baseman of .Dooin is he wouldn't trade Knabe for the whole Cincinnati team. “I would rather have a .260 bat- ter who is fast on his feet than a 800 man who fs an ice wagon,” said Clark Griffith recently. To show that Griffith means what he says, it may be noted that Jaok Lelivelt, who hit .320 last season & pass to the bushes. sy Kline. While tehing this bout he decided Kilbane would be easier and fell into a cleverly bait- = trap, set by Jiamy Dunn. | Tommy Kilbane, now a ligi | weight, is to fight Rivers, who b jalso graduated from the feather- weight class. He is confident he can beat the Mexican, and if he does be will jump into a command. ing position Few fctories surprised the fight fans more than Johnny Kil- bane's knockout of Rivers. 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