The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 20, 1917, Page 7

STAR—SATURDAY, JAN, 20, 1917. PAGE 7 ee] + B atting Averages Drop 21 Per Cent in Five Years; Some Remedy Is Needed N CHANGE IN RULES PORTLAND ICE HOCKEY | [3 S DARCY TELLS HOW TO PROTECT SELF _| BROADWAY IN \ MIGHT HELP T0 | SQUAD DEFEATED,8 TO 3, ~~~ TOP PLACE IN RESTORE BALANCE IN TOUGH HOCKEY GAME ine i tts ay way er boxing champion, telle his te fear interference from any | ideas of everyday eelf-dejeven tho they are armed,” Les Eee se fense.) Darcy, Austral middleweight | ] BY PAUL PURMAN Portland can make no complaint} Walker Rove Marples of wi ld hegey aa Gk wakelt dn mat Broadway and Ballard were te ay IN z — ah, | today of unfairnes: Morris Cente Irvin | ae? The Sts turned the victors at basketball im ATTING averages for | After cone anda| Foyston Lett Win Harris hs laggy bead ae vp (eames played yesterday afternoom tls last six vears show 16 Oregon t Riley Right Wi robin sae a oo in the High School league. The & w to protect bimself from el i 1 h " ing, the Offictals—Frank Patrick, Van: | : be Pte | Pine street lads triumphed over es Da ance yetween the < pride squad took them dowtt the line on| couver, fe St Griffis, Van-| “The advantage a reveiver | Queen Anne, 26 to 19, and went im ve and defensive sides of baseball) the ice at the Arena last night, 8|CoUver, Judge of play; Vance, Seat. | may give a man may be die- |‘ t0D Diace in the league race, Balt ut t le 1 1 the/t 3 It was one of the hardest }tle, and MeKittrick Seattle, goal x cored a 30 to 20 victory over a has been destroyed and the! fought too games ataged here this|Umpires; Ezra Kendall, Seattle, | skin ‘ batting game is steadily losing} year. Frank Patrick, president of | Umer | summaries: , |the Padific Coast association, ref First period | troad way Position. Queen Anne, tid out ereed the match in accordance| Goale—1, Morris, 16:50 La Fray, Pelz.. F. .....-.,. Beckett jails Some managers are recog-| with Portland's request. Si Griffis,| Penalties-Riley 3 minutes; | This picture, posed especially Marquat -B. ......Danielsom vith. nizing this and would willing-| captain of the Vancouver club, act | Foyston, 3 minutes for The Star by Les Darcy, Aus- Munson (Capt. C. .Whalen, Barker has 1 % } . at : plans ¢ hange| as judge of play Substitutions Dunderdale for} tralian middleweight champion and Oven G ae Waechtal y listen to plans to cha “4 Harris; Harris for Marples | most talked of t th Id, Quinn, Argens .G. Bernstein (Cpt) ora : ce The play was even for about half d of boxer in the world, | the rules to restore the bal- | nd period shows how D. Id, d, | Goals from floor—Proadway, La of the first period. From then or w Darcy would, unarmed, é ance It was all oneaided in favor of the}, Goais--2, Dunderdale from Har-|resiat an armed assailant Pre Marg Munson 4, Pela; If the advantage which the|locals, They outskated, outshot | * a0. | \ Anne, Beckett, Danielson, - the|and outplayed the visiting- aggre. | Harris from Irvin, 6:26. | In the first picture, assailant |Whalen, Waechter, Bernstein. pitcher now holds over the) and ae Bre’) 4. Foyston from Morris, 0:35, | points revolver, in the second, Goals from foul line—Broasway, batter is continued, the .300 The. Mitiine t hed : | 5. Walker, unassisted, 6:50, Darcy puts the revolver out of com. Munson 10 out of 18; Queen Anne, Pee : "Sat ortiand team delayed al § Walker, unasalated, 2:00 mission with hie left and follows |Danielson 9 out of 12. Ref nay lisappear from/,.. alker, una , 2 Jan’ mn put of 12, eree, ister i y disapp fe minutes in coming on the ice.| 7 Foyston, unassisted, 1:20 (in No, 3) with a right to jaw. | Thomas Seti ies wile lGineus age, Penalties —None. | Ballard. Position. Franklin 4 s Substitutions—None. — — _ — e Mu (Capt.) C. . Benson a the major leagues has fallen 21 Mickey fon said last night that! ‘Third period . counted readily if one knows | Pinson (Capt) © Cheebare per cent, a tremendous drop jhe had tendered his resignation to] 4 poyston, unassisted, 0:25 " the art of self-defense and his | ew — when it la considered that [the association as referee, follow:| areas \Gnaeeeien oi4 Leonay an i cne adversary Ie in reach of his aretiinn b theg bas ong Nangven te socelsored.. _Ivestorday “afternoon. Preciageat| 2: Marris from Rowe, 3:4 T Other things aro necessary, too. | Merlak......-. G : : rob abr ber yan 11, Morris from Rowe | h ye Sh d A uJ er things are necessary, t00. |" teig baskets—Dallard, ugh com: es | P e e layed 4 yerHor nc ule ‘ The composite batting averages} Patrick ruled that the game played| Penalties —Jobnaon, 3 minutes row adow cross A Berson who, unarmed, would |iin 4, Frazier 8, Lake 2, Mikklesom of both leagues in 1916 was @ frac-}at Portland will stand as a victory | yohnson, 3 minutes @ a chanee with a man with al)” Koovin, Baw Benson ty tion over .247, compared to .268 in| for Seattle. The summary of last neare? , | s on must have self-reliance and = 2, and .267 a year earlier, THIS/| night's encounter Substitutions—Marples for Dun ral @) re e S cour He must be trained to | Chesboro 1, SNS THAT LESS THAN ONE ~sti- Pg ‘ aN eS derdale; Barbour for Loughlin; | haber must be trained tol rouls—Ballard, McLaughlin 8 > 4 . Position. *ortland., Tob Or it quick c « . 5. “puts out < FOUR WHO FACES THE] roimes Goal eal Witter Wisin ee | mist think quickly and not lose (of 18 Franklin, Benson 11 out @€ PITCHER HITS SAFELY |Carpenter ... Defense Loughlin] Final’ score—Seattle, 8; Port redicted, the Washington | his head Tl f halves, 20 minutes. i ut of “ . | ae - mn “| will net advi _ me o' Ives, 20 minutes. What is taking the swat o | Rowe .. Defense .. Johnson ‘land, 3 ‘coil basketbalf quinte will not advise .an un. Referee, Chamberlain Baseball? al the tees U. of W. basket shooters. armed man to try issues with — re of What has destroyed the balance} between the offensive and defensive ——— aE, angles of the game. | Different managers advance dif o > ferent reasons, and advocate dif-| ferent remedies. | oO ~~ a Batting had about reached its | climax in 1912. | i | |down the line last night on the lgym floor of the local institution| [erely Will tell how It can be jot learning, 31 to 24. This win “in © such a contingency cinches the N. W. conference title| arose, a person would have to for the Pullman squad | judge for himself what action The locals played a much better; to take—whether to submit to Bites tnaa‘any't have competed! the advantage given the other in thus far this season. It was only] by the weapon or to try out t y that the issue. | Pullman hopped into the lead. The| ‘The first move, of course,|) We're Looking for the | | a man who has a revolver. 1 i | i | | In that year 44 men batted TO MICHAEL DONLIN over .300, 15 of whom reached (Who will begin his managerial career in the Southern league this spring) the .325 plane, 6 batted 350 or | You're sentenced to the bush, old Turk, better, 3 achieved .375, and one To lead a minor leaguer clan; summary ald be to put the revolver where |} Most Popular Sport in passed the almost impossible You'll find it rather rocky work— } ; ; y TM bade tl Dry | -400 figure. A job to test a fighting man. VU. of W. ' W, 8. ¢ This must be done with light Seattle; Help Us Hunt Since then pitching has grown But you, a conqueror of yourself, R Adal 5 ee al ) wens ed speed, faster than the other constantly better. Managers: have A teak ther lo the Acid tet, Biante ss... Guard poland |fellow can think ito pull the trig-| t up a wonderful defense, and| "tt te Sorense’ .. Guare < € ® the revolver arm is ee digger players beat 200; | bil tong Lip ict sl Rac Davidson (c).Forward...... Priceled high into the air and h B. PAULSON is still tongs jone batted 32 reached .350,/ R ith ....Forward.... Moss | body in a position for a right} is ing the “most popular sce jto the jaw sportsman” contest today. Field goals—Price (P) 5, Bohler) This blow must be struck |He is gradually climbing ahead of (P) 4, Moss (P) 1, Smith (W) his rival Ralph’ Junker, Gene only one hit more than A player idol of a day, hese figures are for players par- That lingers in our memory still it t 50 or more games. | | mon + taal ickly and with much force, land- iver Hacstton. Boston Nation-| wad Ae Swaltepleg’ehe. a Abel (w) Davids on (W) 1. Goals |sng on the point of the Jaw. A sec.|Matton, Joe Walsh and Charile al magnate, suggests changes in . rom foul line avideon (W) 12/ond’s delay with either hand might|Hulen follow in the order named, rr A man of brain as well as brawn, | out of 17 P) 9 out of 13,] be fatal. W. W. Barton is climbing up ar” sta ieanetioes 1o-| Of courage, often known as “heart”; | Moss (P), 2 out of 4 “Remember, I ar the topnotchers also. The ee, te Mmepeeens tel As sure as daylight follows dawn, | : any no to try conclusions with ue |ings will be printed again in Meme wietiafaaticn of the spitball | You're due te make a wonder start armel men. I'm just telling how | jays paper. Have only one foul strike. | % os tt oe jit can be done.” A more aeeatio balk rule | APROPOS OF ONE FRED FULTON OO - \f Five votes FOR Reduce width of the plate. Let us have no delusions regarding one Fred Fulton, a long Move first and third bases nearer) 89d lanky plasterer from the Middle West, who aspires to be Willie Kohler Is caseceeseccconeoesesnrn the plate. heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Let us not be led Vi fie Of these, the foul strike rule into hysteria by Fulton's one-round knockout of Thomas Cowler. | ictor in Gotham] | seatte’s Most Popular Sports | ' looks like the most reasonable, and Judged by the present mediocre heavyweight fighting stand | man . i changes in the balk rule might be ard, Fulton is perhaps a topnotcher. It is even possible that he | | NEW YORK, Ja Jan. 20.—Willie 3 j of benefit to men on bases, but the oe Snemepte.sitimetely oe fof nampion Willant from oft |Kobler outpointed Red McDonald| e are scarcel racticable, and jes . to say tha uiton is a great fighter is to offer 1 > F = yl chance il g the rule com- insult to the long line of great heavyweights, beginning with | | ten rounds last night : sailor Charlie Hulen Is ei mittee. Jobn L. Sullivan and coming down to Jess Willard. | { arande stopped Cleve Hawkins in Victor in Match Here's what has happened to Fulton may topple Willard over within the next year, not | aed eoad sh vhee yak tlk 8 $ o > Pa v4 if Oca eo B . el es sto —_— head beve’ talon off 2,264 poonscadiy fry fn ghrp Bape baci nied cane | Benny Leonard and Richie Mitchell | ped Benny Myers of Philadelphia in| TACOMA, Jan. 20.—Seattle’s > since 1911, | All Fulton has shown is a long left jab and an amazing This year gives a better promise} hist Ldeneit: lo. Wek: the type the third round. renenthitte: ie the Suenieay Hits have fallen off 1,747 | reach. This was enough to beat Cowler, It was enough to beat for p htweight capable of taking) of fighter Welsh is most effec | mere lant night, when Charile since 1912 Al Reich. But in the Reich bout, less than a year ago, Fulton Fr e Welsh’s crown from him| tive against. A plunging, fight- It pays to read The Star’s gstoated George Latshaw, 250 to Stolen bases have dropped was on the verge of a knockout himself in the early rounds. thar y other period since he de ing type, more like Willie Ad Page. [mu 60 inuingn St wap Ge 641 since 1911. Only Reich's lack of aggressiveness saved the pla r from the fea Willle Ritehie! Ritchle than any other modern a b Batting averages have fallen pugilistic scrap heap There are at least two aspirants! fighter, Leonard is sure to give | 21 points in five years. % 8 MS 8 tt for the title who seem the most for Freddie a lot of trouble, and in The spectacular side of baseball, THE K. 0. OF COWLER midable contenders Welsh b ever! a long bout might be able to from the spectators’ standpoint, is As for the knockout of Cowler, remember this: Jack Dillon, little | met the 135-pounders. manhandie the champ. The question is, did Lowe Simms the offensive. Jack, who has been shaded by Billy Miske and Battling Levinsky, knoch wW will undoubtedly be com While not so rugged as Leonard, | fall or was he shoved? The cracking base hit, the suc-| ed Cowler out in two rounds. Not only that, Dillon knocked Cowler out! pelled to” meet elther Benny Leon-| Mitchell is the second best bet ceasful slide into the bag, and the| as cold as a January day at the North pole ord or Richle Mitchell in a decision! He has developed into a two| Eddie Pinkman declares he is runner crossing the plate are the There is one man we would like to see Fulton matched with. Unless! bout within a few months, and handed fighter, and recently has| rebel bis eco bis, and does it without a la rh spots. he has deteriorated thru lack of fighting, he should prove a much harder th rong probability that in! found a punch Booner or later the national com-| proposition for the plasterer than Reich, Cowler or Moran. His name is > or 20 rountis either Joth of these boys, however, L het " . however, eo Houck and the movie hero mission must restore the balance in| Charley Weinert, could worry the champion must look out for the “bogie Man,”| were arguing over Pinkman’s bat- baseball, and it is up to the mem- Let us not grow hysterical over this Fulton person. (ive him every Leonard is probably the most (Johnny Kilbar Johhny ts deter-|tie with Neff last night. bers to find out a way to do this! chance in the world to prove his ability, but let us not delude oureelves| dangerous lightweight in the [mined t ter the Mehtweights, | Without materially changing the! that tis victory over Cowler has proven his greatness. | country today. He has a dan- (and arrangements are now being| Jack White keeps In condition by Rewer ts gerous punch and is clever made for him to meet Mitchell and| taking daily workouts, “Miller Huggins Chops $20,000 Off Cardinals’ Payrol!.”"—Headline,| enough to get away with it. Welsh game. This will surprise some who didn’t know the Cardinals handled this| Welsh is a great defensive boxer, Altho Kilbane will give away sey-| Ray Richards has again resumed much money @ season. Years of experience have taught|eral pounds when he meets any| ‘raining. He works out dally at if % ot t tt ot of ’ him to avoid punishment. He sel-|lightweight, he is considered the| Austin & Salt’s. PITCHER VS. BATTER dom fives a lot of punishment but most dange rous man in the ring at} wraye your Pick,” exclaimed 4 There is agitation to handicap the pitcher. There are those who | "*"4lly gives as much as he tak ; s Connie Mack as he sold Infielder | maintain that with the spitball, the foul strike rule, four balls neces . . Pick to the Frisco Seals yesterday. n : | sary to give the batter a pass, pitching has advanced to a stage where Soccer Teams Will White May Battle ie ae eee nae § y the average batter {s helpless in the pinch ° he U. of . basketball squa nh tie has the finest L p | } 4 Trt eeattle nae eine ortas || Percy Haughton, owner of the Boston Braves, is one of the fore, Play Off Tie Game! Welsh 30 Rounds! is vostionea its trip to California . Come In and eee. most advocates of a schema to handicap the pitcher. John J. MoGraw, : | CHICAGO, Jan Refore| Until some future date. | of the Giants, is another. It is said that Haughton’s ideas on the aub-| The Skinner & Eddy soccer teat} jeaying for the East, Harry Pollok, Billy Hughes, featherweight, ; | oG wil angie Bt ay «afternoo: At) py are of Fre le 3 pont ¥ . ee Ject are really borrowed from McGraw. will tang Sunday afternoon at} manager of Freddie Welsh, assured| seen here at the Far-Western meet (i The changes Haughton suggesta would give the batter his base on Dugdale ark with the Seattl D-| Nate Lewis, manager of Charley | three balls, and only count the first foul a strike. If they were adopt *truction Co. squad, The game is) White, that White could have a 30. | ed, they would give the batter the edge that the pitcher now has one of the MeMilland cup senes.|round bout with Welsh if Havana | There is Mttle chance of Haughton's suggestion going thru this | The two teams have played @ tle|promoters would offer a suitable| Harry Cheek h received his year. Ban Johnson cannot see that they are necessary, and thinks it| Previously purse. \contract from the Vancouver club. best to let well enough alone, Johnson is a smart man, the smartest = Gee! Weren't You Glad When lin the game, He will always listen to reason, But he must be shown, | REAL PAINLESS No argument yet offered has satisfied Johnson that baseball needs REL “There was plenty of batting and running in the Federal league,” We guarantee our work for 15 = —— DEN [ IS | § | as Ban, “but the public refused to take to the outlaws, Then, oe are We will examine your teeth GEE, MOTHER WONT Do n the Arena, wants to come to Se- attle and box, He's a pro now, BROWN & HULEN Second and Spring Third Floor | help of extra batting. if the pitcher is gaining undue advantage over the batter, how does it{and tell you just what they require, | -—={ A THINGS TME FER happen that fust last year Tris Speaker and Hal Chase attained the| and what it will cost. a STAYIN OUT SO LArTe! highest ranking with the stick of their respective careers? | Our prices are the lowest in Se ~ = “It is true that the .300 batting circle was more select than usual.|attle for high-class work, But the average of runs scored during the season was about as high as any season during the last decade.” | % % mt ff ft tf | JOHN J, BARRY, MANAGER John J. 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