The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 9, 1912, Page 2

NEWS AND STATISTICS | _Protesona Bporte Fostered Io. GREAT ABLE SLIPPING SAN FRANCISCO, March 9.--Por the first time tn his career, Abe Attell, for king of the lightweights, will battle here this afternoon in an attempt to regain public prestige, His opponent wil! be Harlem Tom my Murphy and the distance, 20 rounds. The battle was scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Attell realizes just what this match means and this morning he appeared confident of victory, Close pbservers, however, say that Abe fs not the fighting marvel that he was three years ago, many predict- dng that the Harlem harp will send over a sleep producer, Murphy says he Is in rare form and smiled know ingly when Attell's name was men- tioned. “It's the old story,” ssid Tommy, “of the pitcher going to the well once too often. Poor old Abe does Rot roalize this yet, 1 expect to win 0 decisively that he will be unable to charge that the referee beat him.” Attell ix a 10 to 8 favorite. Welsh will referee. Jack NABLE to handle Kilbane, Abe Attell is now count- ing on brother Monte to one show in a thousand to trim the new champioa. . . T MAY not be generally known, nevertheless it's a fact, Johnny Kilbane, the champion, tory to hold the ATTLING NELSON is firm- U) title. He's 22, . ly of the belief that Cart Morris, the Oklahoma gt- ant, will be the man to take the heavyweight championship away from Jack Johnson. Nel- gon, however, says it will re year or more of bard Morris will be are few wiser little than John Cou- A place of your money ia The | 46,jmargin. The ne: m. joes ie, bth ay, Asi ais Greenwood, ax ert TO BEATTIE Limited me. and 4:60 Bm. baggage trains. leaves freight shed at Stath t mm. TRACTION CO. Roller Skates Special for This Week Theo.Wils&Co. 1012 First Ave. THE STAR—SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1912. SPO Edited by ROY WHITMAN | | * i* DOPE AND COMMENT Amateur Sports Encou tn | RTS * SOCCER EXPERT PICKS ALL-STAR TEAM FROM N. W. LEAGUE; * GAMES FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MAY BE ARRANGED eeoeeeeeoeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Black Diamond soccer team, winner of Northwest league pennant, and Overton, star of the league. RAKE HARKER ERE ; * ALLSTAR TEAM * *® Goal, O'Connor; backs, Har # * lin and McDougal; haifbacks, ® ® Simpson, Upton and Kelly; ® right) wing, McGrath ® Mair; center, Overton; ® wing, Glichrist and Hendry. * lett w * SRR EEE ERE BY ALEX ©. ROSE With the approach of summer comes the ond of soccer—a win- ter sport that ts coming to the front by leaps and bounds and one that, within the next few seasons,| wil! probably be ranked as the fa. vorite winter game of America as well as Great Britain. The Northwestern Soccer league 4 a Very successful season, in fact, it hax been the best in the history of the league, and it can look forward to next season with assurances of even greater success. Black Diamond Team Surprises The surprise of the season was the winning of the pennant by the) and ®} fjand fans a j tered the league for the first time. bunch of halfbacks, ‘The work of this team has been; For the right wing McGrath far above any seen here in previous (Rangers) and Mair (Rainlers) |years, mostly because the players look best, although Rutherford are men of wide experience in the; (Rangers) and Rowlands (Hiack old country. Diamond) are worthy of mention. | Portiand, Spokane and British a Columbia have leagues about on a} At conter forward Overton par with the Northwest, of Seattle,| (Black Diamond) ts tn a class by players ofthe North-|himeetf. His goal scoring this west body are eagerly anticipating| #eason has been the talk of the & series of poutseeason games be league. He is the star of the tween allatar teams from these leagues for the champtonship, Picks All-6tar Team In picking an allstar team fron | the Northwest league I have taken the players who have showed the | most consistent form throughout o | r Sonnor (Celtics), and Rowers (Mack Diamond) are both highelass custodians, but the \former has the edge on clearing his territory. At fullback there are half a dozen crackerjacks, but McDougal (Rang- jer) and Harlin (Black Diamond) show up the best. Simpson (Rangers) Upton (Mack Diamond) and = Koliy (Rainiors) | league, and probably the peer of jany player on the Pacific coast. | He ts, on the soccer field, what Ty Cobb ts on the diamond | Gilehrist and Hendry, both of the Rangers, have no equals as left) | wiagers. This team would give any picked team from the Portland, Spokane \Or British Columbia joagues a hot |% minutes and the management | will be only too pleased to accept | any challenge that ts made, Inter-League Games Wanted | Interleague games aro what are | wanted to further | «rand game, and | hope | leagues mentioned above will com- | municate with me sbout tho mat- | Black Diamond team, which on- seem to be the pick of a strong ter. NE BIG MAT CORTES FOR PORTLAND ZBY8ZCKO, POLISH GIANT, MAY MEET JOHN BERG PORTLAND, Or., March 9.—-Zby- excko and Berg, the light heavy- weight champion, will be seen bere im a wrestling match March 22, if the arrangement between their rev spective managers holds good. According to the contract entered into the Pole must throw Berg twice within an hour or lose his share of the gate receipts. Berg has rolled al! comers thus far. The match is expected to be exciting. Another t LOS ANGELES, March $.—Harry Gilmore will ask Tom McCarey to match his middleweight protege, Jack Herrick, with Frank Mantell for an April date at Vernon, accord- ing to authentic reports here today. Gilmore also suggests that the win- ner of such a battle be pitted against the winner of the Kiaus- Dition matth in San Francisco for the world’s title, McCarey, tt Is sald, will consider the proposition. Bests McGov: KANSAS CITY, March 9—-Sport writers here today united in award-/ ing Willie Canole of San Frencisco a shade over Gene McGovern in their 10-round bout last night. The match was a whirlwind affair, but in the last round Canole had #veral good chances for a knockout but missed. * RICHEST DOUBLE ° ° PLAY ON RECORD ® Double boneheads are rare in baseball—scarcer than hens’ teeth, and naturally so, for the completion of a bonehead requires vigilance and quick thinking by the opposition. Still, double concretes happen ever and anon, the most famous one pos sibly being that pulled by Cozy Dolan and Harry Gessler at Chi- cago several years ago. On this occasion Dolan had reach- ed second in the ninth and one was down, the score at the time being in favor of the Cubs by a one run batter hoisted a long fly over center field. Gessler grabbed the ball and, deciding that it was the third out, tucked the ball in his pocket and blew for the club- house, Dolan, instead of taking advan- tage of the break to score the tying run, also figured that it was the third out aud followed Gessier across the field, while a raving mob of players from both teams, sur- rounding them, tried to impress the horror of the situation upon them, Artie Hofman finally took the ball away from Gessler, chased Dolan to the clubhouse and made the putout at the edge of the bathtub. That was the richest double break on record, but there have been « few others almost as funny. Harry Davis is going to do a little scouting for the Naps as well holding down the big Job of manag- ing. Davis is one of the best judges of players in the game today, and he believes that he can save a lot of money for his club by looking over some of the moat promising candidates himself. Crawford and Cobb, the Tigers’ incomparable team of swatters, drove in 281 runs during the 1911 campaign, Baker of Philadelphia was their nearest competitor, hav- ing clouted 115 tallies to the bus iness side of the rubber. SS SE SEI e coeecc5e * CHARLSTORP WINS ° * FROM ENGSTROM ° Chalistrop, the big white hope, outclassed Engstrom at the smoker staged by the Swedish Athletic club last night. Nels Sorenson, the nifty Hghtweight from the R. V. A. C., beat Eckmann, although out- welghed about 15 pounds. The Tumwater Kid and young Fredoli|® boxed four rounds to a draw, and Gus Eckman beat Charley Long, the plumber, in three rounds. There were no wrestling numbers om the card. Oscar Magnussen beat Jack Moan at 135. and Charley Brown beat Johnson at 158. Will Watch O’Day There is the greatest curiosity among followers of the game as to the efficiency of Henry O'Day as a manager. There afe at least two advantages the Cincinnati pilot will have over other leaders. his long experience behind the O'Day probably knows the wi ness and strength of every batter jin the league. He must also know just whi ery pitcher depends on when the batter has him in a hole, bees knowledge shoul prove tnval- uable, Hooligans Begin LOS ANGELES, March 9.—With eager eye upon weather conditions, the Vernon coast leaguers were ready today to begin their prelim- inary training season in earnest. They were scheduled to play the first real game of the year against Santa Clara college this afternoon at Washington park. Hitt, Raleigh and Gray, it was stated, would pitch lor the villagers, with Barry on the mound for the visitors. Santa Clara will meet Vernon again tomorrow morning at Vernon, and the Angels in the afternoon at Washington park. Jimmy Byrnes was angling for the management of the Butte club, which was recently given to Me afferty, a pitcher, The Butte club ‘ould not meet his demands, OTTO BERG BES BUCK BURGESS REFEREE CAN'T SEE “AND CALLS BOUT A ORAW SAN FRANCISCO, March 9.—Ref- erea Harry Foley is in bad with the cision here last night, four-round bout betw of Astoria, Or., and “! of San Francisco « Berg, the fans declare, mile, On several had his man all but outf@hite the northern serapper wan dn din tress. Antone La Grav aiven 4 well earned decision bi ny MeCarthy after four slam bang mil Jobnny Kilbane, the new feather- weight champion, was_ introduced to the fans and made Bhi, He made a clever little speegh,.te which he referred to Abe Attell as the Greatest little fighter he ever met, promising to give the Aebrew the first crack at his title, Attell also was introduced, confining his Temarks to roasting Lo» Angelos, Referee Charles Kyton and Kilbane, aRaRaAKHR RRA RRR * * * GREEZY BITS OF SPORT & * THRE KRKERAHERE Al Palzer and Bombardier Well the English hoavyweight boxer, will meet at Eddie Graney's club, in San Francisco, on July 4. Arrangements for the bout were completed Friday at a meeting of the principals held in New York. The Wolverines of Ann Arbor, Mich., should be strong fn battery departments this year. There are 26 candidates working out for the pitching and catching jobs. The football candidates of Tulane university may condition them- selves for next fall's gridiron battles by working in the wheat fields of Kansas at $2.60 a day. Conch A. A Mason favors the idea, and it is re- ported that 10 of the leading candi- dates have stated that they will try the experiment. The Chine pball team which 1s to test its ability agninat the col- lege teams of this country will leave Honolulu on March 22, and will play its first game against the Univer- sity of California. Frankie Burne of New Jersey and Sid Smith, English bantamwoight, prabably will be matched for New Orleans March 17, for 20 rounds, Grover Hayes, lightweight scrap- per, is about to reenter the game again, after an absence of about two months. He broke his hand while training for a scrap in December, and has not been in the ring since. Hayes is one of ‘the best boys in the lightweight division, and always gives the crowd a rum for their money. “ e@eeeoeeeeeeen Los IGELES, March especially in their relation to each White and Rivers are scheduled to box 20 rounds at week from today, The White cont tle the dispute without the ald of t! growing that there may be something in the stories from to the effect that the astern boy kicks seen here for many a day HAS JOE RIVERS GINGHAM JAW Jack White's punching a) Joe Rivers’ alleged gingham jaw are causing much comment a 2 eeoeveeeveeetgece e eeoeveeeeeebheoe itis and today, other, one set ion is camp rdiost, ingent insist that the; he arbitrator, and thevd it has developed one of the stu White's trainers each night poultice his trusty right with bread and milk, River: Gafly tugs-of-war with a bulldog, the intent on changing the combination to his jaw, 1s holding contestants fighting with their teeth for a leather strap. Both boys already are in fair shape. BA ALL SEASON CLOSED From présont indieations it looks as though the Lincoln and Queen INTERMEDIATES MIDGETS TO PLAY TUESDAY balt| The game which was scheduled THOS The , }toam at Lincoln has not accom |for Inst Ta Intermediate basket day between the Lin At the TRACK AT Uneoun —— assembly Tincoln, it wag ce Anne teams wore not going to play | plished as much this season as was | COIN and Queen Anne Midget bas |southonst portion Pipe, é off that game to decide the city championship tn basket ball, Man- ager Chet King of Lincoin states that it is barely possible that the teams will play again, The play- ors have quit practicing, and they broke tratnl the other night by going downtown and getting sbot~ by the photographer expected, Their lack of success is | ket ball tea j inext Tuesday, It will take place in | probably due to the fact that this ts| 1) oon Anne gym, and is sure |tho first time that intermediate |i, ho @ hot scrap. The Lin teams have been organized, On the | Midgets, under the other hand, the Midgets, who bave} Gardner Foye, have been putting ta been organized for some time, have! some hard practice this week. They met with nothing but the best of/are scheduled for another game success. | with West Seattle is wAN postponed Yntll | Park would be Ad ig i treckinen ‘ont ae tela then it guidance of | would “not ten “m 00 long to fat |that the there, but found would take drainage Accor ibe put to vt MOUTH PIECE CIGARETTE! {hee i tae ad the work [Do you know why a mouthpiece rette is better and more econof cal than others? Have you learned the advantages’ mais paper wrapper? | An OBAK will answer all these qu with satisfaction. wr