The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 8, 1912, Page 2

GHT, BRIEF AND BREEZY STORIES ROSY FORECAST FOR 1912 BASEBALL BY HIGH MOGUL OF GAME eoeeeekes# Chairman of the Nationa’ If 2912 doesn't prove baseball pointed Baseball has not reached its full No man can say what tte limitations of A. G. Spalding, that baseball wil! ‘one day be the world’s sport, ts too Pd although this is a long way The new agreement of the major and minor leagues haa brought about a more harmonious under standing that cannot help but tm prove the game This agreement has improved the position of the player, the man who plays the game, and this moans tm- proved playing This means, tn turn, a more thoroughly satisfied public, and never forget it ia the public really that makes the nation. al game One sign of the thmes is the @plendid new fields and the bousing accommodation for patrons in ma- for league cities, Rome, when apec- tacles were the life of the people, ever dreamed of such places. Mer games and giadiatorial contests ‘Were staged in less pretentious in closures than the new homes of wany clubs The stands in Cleveland, Phila- @eiphia, New York, Brooklyn. Chi- ago, Detroit and Boston indicate the progress of the game. | Baseball Commission. Y's banner year, 1 shall be disap- development, not by a great deal. are. Ido not think the prediction GARRY HERRMANN Thousands ‘who remained away rather than submit to discomfort and dirt will at- tend the game regularly, Everyt ®oundings attractive to men and omen has been provided, modern bal! park is as comfortable ax a theatre, The caliber of young players whc ‘this year is, seemingly, large, and t which last season were dangerous ha potuts, and I anticipate a red-hot str Last year was disastrous for se » have come into the major leagues he races should be close. Chubs ve been strengthened In their weak wggle until the final day, veral minor leagues, due chiefly to ‘the feeling of prosperity and the desire to forget salary limits, Man- agers learned « vainabie, if costly, le sson, and this season will avold the etrore which made trouble. With good weather, the minors should be @s prosperous, in comparison, as the 1 ehall be very much surprised etud m a runaway race. In fact, major leagues. f any National or American teague ach league is more evenly bal- @nced than ever before, and any one of four or five teams is apt to Din the pennant in either league. IMPERIALES MOUTHPIECES CIGARETTES gmt a ette The selected and ) ora tobacco nae roais make thi: pense waepet 10 for 10 cents Gordon Tracie HALF PRICE SALE OF JEWELRY Biegant stock of Watches, Dia Wm. Rogers’ Silverware, now being sold at half price. best bargains you ever saw. FRANK BRIGGS 1330 First Ave. Arcade Annex Building. STATE WAR A GOOD THING FOR THE PEOPLE Dentistry at Your Own Price ‘The Dental War in this state start- ed in 1903, when the Dental Board Combine demanded that all appli- nts for license should subscribe to © State Dental Society's Code hich code provides that “when jentists combine to establish a scale | of prices, it is unprofessional to| by: the scale.” it was unprofe: jorable to guara fonal and Dental ork. That it was dishonorable to ad Wertise prices, and that any Dentist wh led to’ practice under all the of the combine 1 Beae to practice Dentistry in ‘the @tate of Washington. ‘The combine code is what I refused to sign, and then the Dental War started. ‘They : “We will drive Brown from tal work fa Combine Dentists for their price, [ guarant e, doliars when I do your Dental Pritig tare Dental work patients. FISH. Uncle Don Carnégie Smith, who does a rope-skip turn on the vod- ville stage, and who glories In the fact that he is “78 years young, and whip a dozen rattlesnakes and half as many panthers and similar fruit every morning before taking sustenance, was a caller at the Y. MC. A. gym yesterday, and|® modestly admitted that he ts one of the greatest ever. He called when Old Man Fish was not among. tose present, and when the latter heard that he had a rival on his pre- serves, he did a Marathon of 18 miles around the track to cool off. and then issued « defi to Smith to meet him for fun, money or marbles in a contest to the finish in run- swimming, checkers, chess, or anything like that. ‘The spent the rest of the day whistling “Taffy wa 4a Welsher.” Fish ts a favorite in th dotting. WANT GAMES The newly-organized Lovera baseball team is looking for out-of. town games with any of the out side's best ball tossers. In their liné-up are many of Seattle's best amateurs, Royal McDonald, who has a fine pitching reputation, will be on the firing end for the com- ing season. Johuny McGill will be seen on first base. For games, write Nat Drexmon of Schwabacher Grocery, Seattle. 0. W. A. & N. TEAM ORGANIZED The O. W. R. & N. team is in the field again this year and looking for games with any in or outoftown teams. Call up or ad dress C. P. Hatton, 216 0, W. Sta tion, City. Main 6933. VEGE! ABLE. SILK THE FAMILY TRADE SUPPLIE Imported Holland Kuyper Geneva. in—Joln ge per bottle ..., 8 Dr. Edwin Brown, D. D. S. Seattle’s Leading Dentist 713 First Averue Union Block, One Door South of the Ponti Tels graph Building, Open evenings until and Sunda ntl 4 for people who work tal, 0c F prices of thes B.. Regula: P 0 80 goods JAFFE INE GROW WHOLESAL + ' & CO, ND DISTILAEE OR DEALIRS LIQL ANT TEAM S| LINED UP WILL GO INTO ACTION WITH VESTERDAY'S LINE-UP BY ROY WHITMAN Port Ladiow didn’t lke giuch in a baseball way yesterday, Its team was beaten by Jack Bar ry’s Giants by the score of 17 to 1. It might have been 0 instead of 1 had pot Tealey Raymond let an easy one roll between his feet, and it decidedly would have been more than 17 had Dug's boys continued the slaughter of the first two: in nings, when they rolled up five in each o0 00 In all probability the team yes. terday ix the team that wil! against the Pippins on opening day next seday. If Crulck’s knee was in shape he would probably break into the outfield, but as it ia, it will be Moran, Mann and idello in left, center and right The same true with Siner and the infield, but he has a kink tm his back that the doctors and the trainers cannot coax Were he in shape be would probably foree Chick from second to the utility role, bet just the same, Chick is playing mighty nice ball, The wey Mick Dulin ts swiping the ball there ian't a chasce on earth of prying y from third, and Tealey Raymond has a life mortgage on that little old shortstop job Fred Weed may play firet, but the chances are Barry will grab that job himself before June 1, whee it becomes necessary to get to the i player Mmit - 9000 On that date the catching staff will alse probabyy be reduced to two. President Dug stated yester- day that there was Mitte (© choose between his three backstops, and that he would be satisfied with any two of the three, Wally and De- Vogt both look nifty with the stick In rett yesterday De Vogt Hned out a triple and two singies, The stocky Frenchman meets the ball nleely, and looks lke a dandy catcher, Wally has many an With three outfielders, five tn- fielders and two catchers, Barry can carry seven pitchers and keep within the 17-player rule. He may deside to carry four outfielders and six pitchers, depending on the form displayed by bis players. But he wants to be strong on the pitching staf, and if there are many heavers on the ataff prom: ise on that date, it ts probable that the outflelder will be sacrificed for the pitcher. Right now it looks ike Fullerton, James, Snider, Bar- rencamp and Melvor for regulars, with Ingersoll, Klien, Vance and Thompsoa to fight for the other two jobs. On form it looks Ifke a fair staff, but a bushel of dope Jooks hopeless compared to a few weeks of the crucial test after the season begins. oo 0 0 It's a real treat to wateh Leatie Mann and Pat Moran perform. Mann's speed is a revelation. He seomea just as fast as Hilly Speas— maybe he is faster He told Dug he ran the hundred tm 10 flat at a track meet in Nebraska last sum- mer. Moran ts but little slower, gnd what is better, he steps up/ there and bangs the cover off the) bal) all the time. Mann, Moran,/ Chick and Dulim are going to cut some figare in this league year,| unless the writer misses his guess 1f YOU “MET WITH AN ACCIDENT” BE CAREFUL NEXT DAY. BY WORKMAN Well, well, well, it's working around to opening day, isn’t it? Reports from the front- tell how the new material shapes up, and the old-timers are rounding into form for the “best season ever.” You don't agree with the ager regarding his choice, but patiently (perhaps) awalt open- ing day, to let your eyes show whether you or the manager is right. Of course, you will be one of “those present” at the opener. This is all cut and dried in your mind—but how about’ easing it into the boss? If you are your own boss or a salesman, fine and dandy, but ff you're a clock-puncher, it's up to you to get busy, for the big day is at hand It is a fact that the old stuff goes well, but if you attempt to resurrect dear old grandma to reinter her again, you have a crust thicker than » Hudson's bay Here's a couple or three excuses that might help in a pinch: Frinstance, you might have friend wife telephone that you met with an accident last night Fine! Go to the game; the home team cops and you get full of euthu siasm, peanuts and popoorn. In the morning, daub your eye with iodine, doll up with splints and slings and show up at the office. All goes well until one of the slaves who read about the game in Brother Fan, man- THE phases cb inted lf APRIL THE STAR’S ‘SPORTING PAGE is _COMPLETE 1912. <<. EDITED BY ROY WHITMAN eocoeeereeeeeoses ee eereeeeeeee * OWNIE BUSH IS A HOLD-OUT AND VITT °* WILL GET CHANCE eoveeeeseoeeer xo} - is the sensation in the Coast a rea! chance In fast company. ates uy and comes about as the result of the little ‘te Rs Sporting Editer Star : nominate : Address see ebveegys Signed. Date............ ¥ Settled at Last é eer April & “ine a proposed fight between Jack John son, heavyweight champlon, and Jim Flynn will take place July 4 in Las Vegas, N. M., wan announced here today by the negro pugitiat following a conference with Jack Curley, who, besides Fiyan, te promoting the contest, Langford Bests McVey SYDNEY, Australia, April 8. —Be- fore 15,000 fight fans, Sam Laog- ford wou a decision on points from MeVey here toast night. The victor foreed the fighting atl the way his opponent ring all the with less than his usual 41h, wan very little 5 the bigger man wore out ford inalsted and obtained Prof. Proed's class of arg stil acoming, regardiess fact that the warm weather the same thing. and intereat is lagging In the work. Some of boys are keeping up to scfiftc the hope that they may, other crack at the Tacoma’ tists who handed them the busi end of @ busy bee at Tacotilt GOT YOUR OPENING DAY EXCUSE FRAME UP pay BETTER GET * BUSY AND THINK UP SOMETHING NEW. the paper starts a portion rif y ter. Then your enthusia: like mereury in the sun. Y: fo the bandages and begin togs' how some one landed on. th® b It's all right until the bow and then—~ Pays this unless can get away with it, Try this one, and it ought to nine times out of ten: Same telephone call, only such a cold you can't speaks pipes ere all gummed up. the game and yell yoursel the face, inhale a beg roasted” and try your fh They are frozen stiff ° eo a As the most popular wonrn fan in Seattle, I hereby Sarat sometimes claimed to be th @ great favorite with the trot opened, this week, he will y insisting on more pay, and in the job, and there isn't ans, that the good that such a person as Ownie field o Sere ewes weber enees @eeeevnesen oi weeks ago. Among the new wres- ters who have joined the class are Ted Lewis, Dave Donaldson and Perey Highfield. ‘FACTS Hane Wagner has headed the National league batters eight times 12 years. Cobb bas led the American five times. FOR FANS There were 80 shutout gamesin the American and 92 in the Nation- al leagve inst season. Joe Wood and Ed Walsh pitched the only no-bit games in the Amer. jean league in 1911. President Jim McAleer of Boston jsays he will fire a player as quick- ly for ungentiomanty conduct as for serious infraction of the play- ing rules. Senior Clase Tonight ‘The four teams class will start in their first real competitive work tonight when they will vie with each other for superiority in the 25-yard dash, the |ranuimg high jump and the potato lrelay race, The contest will last \tor two months, with meetings twice a week, and that will be about the only excitement that the |xym will see in the jelass stunts the summer lull tp activities ts already distinctly no- theeable, wrest tat 9OSS 1S A Fan Yeu Your HEAD OFA sume is ended, and next morning at the office you won't be able to talk at all, If the home team loses, this is an absolute cinch, If you're not in love with your Job, you are apt to take too long a chance. Better be honest about it, though, Honest not only with yourself, but with the chief. He may be a@ fan and would rather haye you ask him outright. A Kood, straight request often goed better than the best of frame-upsa. The undroamed-of may happen, and the boss might invite you to «o to the game with him. You nev- er can tell, of the Sentor) sey “NOW THEY ARE FRIENDS JONES AND M'CAREY FORGET LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESS | LO8 ANGELEB, April #.-—The | Mandotdtivers battle, Ycheduled for July 4, may be meyéd forward to May 30, and a Wolgast-Rivers fight | carded for Independence Day. Fol | lowing a conferences with Wolgast, | Promoter MeCarey” @dmitted today that he is consideriag the change, and it is believed that he is wait ing for word from Mandot before making his announcement Rivers, it is understood, i anxious to meet the champion, and Wolgast is generally supposed to have reached an agreement with MeCarey regarding terme. IROQUOIS BEAT BREMERTON The troquois of Seattle beat the Bremerion Marines at Bremerton yesterday 6 to 3, The feature of the game was the fielding and bat- ting of Tilton and Wright. Hat- teries—Clark, Conroy and Cloudy; Snyder and Snyder corr R TALENE, Taaho, April ~Phil Reilly of Vancouver, B. C meeting of the Coeur d'Alene rac- ing association, which opens at Alan, Idabo, April 27. Reilly will take the place of the late Frank Skinner, who died a few days ago in San Francisco, Incubators $8.00-—The Ideal. Bullt for this climate, Sixtyoxg, $8.00. Other sizes in proportion. Sold by the Chas. H. Lilly Co, Foot of Mois Bt, Seattle. SPECIAL SALE ON FISHING - TACKLE $2.00 $4.50 Theo Wilts®.Co. 1012 FIRST AVE. Near Madison Bteei Rods, price foes: 0, New Century Red, ular $6.00, cut to vs TONES, FINE ERLING GILVER iret and SEATTLE * THIS BOY AND THIS. 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