The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 24, 1917, Page 7

MUTT AND JEFF— DAN MURRAY IS TURNED OVER TO OAKLAND OUTFIT ICK WILLIAMS, skip per the Spokane N./ W. league baseball crew, will be the manager in this league to get his ball tossers together spring practice ( WELL, MUTT, WHAT | Sadie WE Do (N THE PAPER TODAY TO MAKE Peopce pall g LAUEH! first Nick is figuring on having his boys out for the first limber ing up within the next two weeks. The Spokane regulars and a goodly number of re- eruits will do their = spring work at Stockton, Cal \ number of pre-season games have been arranged for, in- cluding three contests with the Chicago Cubs rookies, * . AN MURRAY, FIRST catcher the Reds last year, has been ed over to Del Howard's Oak club, in the Pacific Coast ren Jand -The Boys Wasted T Their S Space ona Gag They STAR--SATURDAY, FEB, 24, 1917. PAGE 7 ( ouldn’t U se. t (Copyrt, ‘Trade ht, 1917, by A ark Hee U BP 1 Doany > |) YOR KNow Ti \ WELL, AFTER T ! NO, WE CANT PULL a , - AsK s v " BeUeVe Fr TAS ONG WHERE I >| you" Wi THEN L SAYS MAT BECAUSE Fr MIGHT WE MIGHT POLL RE SAYS. "THe ¢ }| ARE THE Crorpmpny “ Bs MAKE OUR ENG LIEN THAT OLD JOKE OF v ithe MBER || are Nam BERMAN'S || NAMING THER, So wy READERS SORE COME ON, WECANT FRANK TAWNEN'S AT ONG 7 || Bar a THR IR, BATTUG SHIPS ENGUEH CANT DO AMITHING TODAY TUS ae 4 . ABOUT THE GERMANS in ible TER Dox SEE THEM AN WAN, WEE USED NAMING “THEIR, BAYTUe sHiPs APTER DKES AND THEN ‘You ASK ME “WHY! ? TER Jones” up Au! our, sPace ALROADY 1 leagué, by Williams, This means ¥ that Nick will be on the lookout for | - another backstop to take Dan 8} ami Murray has been in the N W. league with Portland and Spo Kane for several seasons, but ts Gallagher has be 6 7 @till s young player, and should make good in the faster company At Ice Game I s| oJ Pi So > A YOUNG BACKSTOP named WW I N N E R ta ned by Bob Brown, and wil! be given a chance) ae to beat Harry Cheek out of the job| Seattle's ice hockey septet behind the platter on the Van-| widened the margin of its lead couver club this season. Harry,) in the race for ¢ Pacific however, has been sending the) Coast association gonfalon last youngsters back to the bushes for several seasons now, despite the| fact that Brown spills a lot of talk each year about the healthy look- fag receivers he has signed to do night at the Arena by walloping Spokane, 9 to 7. The game was not as lively as some n here before until the t period, when the Metropolitans the veteran out of his place. Last! loosened a trifle, and the vie- season Brown had Baldwin, the! itors on a few eccasions be- Tacoma backstop, !n his spring) came threatening. camp, and let him Later Bald. For a man just out of a sick bed win caught on with Tacoma, and! Jack Walker, local defense «tar toward the end of the season looked | played a bang-up game. He kept mighty nifty behind the windpad. the Canaries from scoring, and man CARL MAYS, THE former North- aqestern league pitcher, who is hold-| The locals have but two more out on the Boston Red Sox this|fames on their schedule. They will “vo have to pay his own wip anor . te both to ne ~ jon expenses to report at the nan joubly sure. Next Tuesday training camp at Hot Springs. Pres- night they again cross sticks bere fdent Harry Frazee of the Boston| with Spokane, and on Friday club notified Mays that If he reports | ney to Portland to close the season to training quarters he must do so !n a fracas with the Uncle Sams tn at his own expense, and that if he the Oregon metropolis, signs @ 1917 contract he must ac-| In last night's encounter the Se cept the figures offered by the Bos- attle crew stepped into the lead at eo. ‘ieee Set the syn ~ tend oy and was ays as! & $1,400 Increase never headed. ‘be summary: in his contract of 1917 over 1916,/ ,.. claiming that he was given that! rem, advance last year, and deserved t| news @gain this season. Frazee did not | CP: agree with the ex-Northwestern (sion. leaguer, however, and when Mays|Wisn Wrote he would report at Hot|ovstea (o -.. a oa umpires—Vance an tt would be given tanmporintios, pms] <= that no advance over the original! «. figures offered would be granted. a ae ag Wilson Wile | trom ok, A SWITCH HAS been made in| 2:08; 7, the baseball coaching staff at the| _, Penaities—Kerr Oregon Agricultural college for the} gubetitutes—Rickey for Ro coming season. Several days ago Second period Wallace Childers was announced a: + oe the baseball coach for the Varsity | ¢ baseball team at Corvallis, but the | 62 jaged to be in on several goal chalked up for Seattle. McDonald . Kerr mmary: Piret pertod—t1, Walker un- isted, m Morris, 2 3:33; 4 Foyston, ans Leo Cook from Pi 6 minw Fy mn Kerr, 339 athletic committee at O. A. C. has! Seen Sek: Cepene S in ac signed Howard M. Flack instead. | Buvetitutions—Rowe for Rickey; Richey Flack is a graduate of Syracuse|for Rowe; Rowe for Rickey, university. He played in the New| ¥iiten. | York State league for two seasons | 5:10 r finishing his Varsity competi-|1 . Last year Flack was in charge the baseball team at the Louls-| m fana Industrial institute. [3 ming! Flack will report at Corvallis atl ror Rowe once to take charge of the college| pinal ec Daseball squad, and practice will be| held indoors in the big armory until| the weather permits outdoor prac- ticing. on from Wi F 1 Cg : ™ en 6 x and BR key Patri Rickey Nt cattle 9, Spokane 7 VANCOUVER MUST WIN VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 24. After Spokane’s defeat at the hand« of the Seattle Metropolitans in the AGGIES BEAT STANFORD Sound city last night, the Van- PALO ALTO, Feb. 24.—The Ore-|couver Millionaires, in order to Gon Aggies again defeated Stanford | keep in the race for the Pacific @t basketball last night, 19 to 13. | Coast hockey title must defeat the Portland Rosebuds when those two |teams clash at the Arena thia even jing. As confident as ever, “Moose” Johnson led his stalwarts into town \this morning, and all menibers of the squad reported in good shape Extra! Hi Gill Is Hi Gill has signed to pitch for the Spokane Northwestern league base ball club. | Nope, it fen't the same Hi Gill |that is running Seattle. This Hi ix said to be quite a flame in the bushes around Wenatchee. He will be given a chance to show his wares by Nick Wi Williams, CARTRIDGES IN COP’S POCKET DISCHARGED Feb, 23. DENTIST Look to your teeth for your Physical Body Ills. 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When the explosions ceased he tried to remove what was left of his surplus stock of ammunition, | but it was 80 hot he could not touch jit with his bare hand, He was not | injure 4. | AGGIE WRESTLERS WIN Do YOU KNOW] CORVAL 4, Feb. 24.—The U. W. wrestlers lost to the Stepan | Aggie mat men here last night, St. Paul Stove Repair & Plumbing Co That finest || | Fireback nt billiard partor in the world? |! and tepairs for ail | k of Seattle ha the Come In and see. BROWN & HULEN | rine “hn Second and Spring Third Floor ) jour-| Rickey for - fest lads in this part of the country, Signed by Indians) “ EDDIE PINKMAN IS LOSER TO BRONSON _ IN PORTLAND RING Bronson Claiming Cox Coast Title: Ed Pinkman Says He Broke His Hand. Broke my hand In first round with Bronson, and had the use of only one hand for balance of fight, but honestly believe that a draw was the worst | should have received, Am coming back to Seattle to attend my cigar business until my hand gets well. EDDIE PINKMAN. Muff Bronson, featherweight champion of Pacific coast, step: ped out of his claas here tonight and administered a severe trouncing to Eddie Brewster Pinkman, claimant of Pacific coast {lightweight title. Bronson shaded Seattle lad In every one of six | { rounds and surprised large crowd present by outslugging Seat- tle’s pride in last three rounds. Referees decision received with- out dissent. Jimmy Duffy of Oakland scored easy win over Char ) ley Davidson in wind-up. JOE FLANIGAN. ) i Rann BY EDWARD HILL The two telegrams received Boad this morning from Portland are atory. Bronson, the sensa-- Portland lightweight, last | took away what claims { ' phere in | George.’ Dudlah foes on to say that the Bend fans have banded together and purchased a $250 belt symbolic of the Coast middleweight title, which | his name ts Pilly | | Pinkman, Seattle 133 they have presented to George. } r, had to the Pacific George seems to have some fight lightweight title, when [ing qualities all right. Ho holds a O'Connell, wrestiing and | Eddie boxing instructor at the Muit- nomah club, in Portland, award- ed him the decision over the Se- | attic lad after their sixroundgo | 10-round decision over Valiey Tram bites, the slugging Portlander, Ten- round bouts are permitted in Bend. We feel sure, however, that local middleweights would welcome Billy In the Rose City club, Portland. (to their midst if he will only bring The telegrams received by us to-| that belt along. day give each side's version of the affair. Flanigan ts Bronson's man- ager. | According to the dope received in the United Press report, the con- test was even until the fourth frame, when Bronson swung a hard right to Pinkman’s jaw and continued bat | tering him until the bell. Pinkman came back fast In the fifth and made the sixth He wae going fast at the landing several wicked | rights to Bronson’s body. The winning of the bout by Bron |non came as a eurprise to many fol lowers of the fiatic game here, who jexpected Wddie to repeat with Bron son his showing with Frankie Sulli Yan at the recent Elks’ boxing show Bronson, however, {s an entirely dif. ferent type of boxer than Sullivan ‘The Portland boy is one of the head | New York. ‘Yankses Off for Georgia NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—The second hopefuls of New York fandom—the Yankees—dropped everything except thelr bats and clothes today, and started | for Macon, Ga., where they will | go thru the training of some fragile bone: The Yanks, New Yorkers declare, are go g to be one-half of the world’s ae. ries mext fall, and the Giants will be the other half. . Frank Vance Given | Tokens by Pupils Frank Vance, retiring director of | athletics at the 8. A. C., was Thurs day. presented with several tokens \of appreciation by his pupils. A |gold watch and chain and pen knife were the gifts, and {a continually pulling tricks tr the ring. According to reports from Portland Friday afternoon, Pinkman was the favorite in the betting. shows are carded for tle, The Everett De fense league will put on its program in the Tiv: with Chet Neff and Frankie Sullivan doing the headline Two boxin tonight in Seat Mickey Ion and Irvine to Work honors, Other bouts on the bill are miiiasion Harry Casey vs, “Frenchy” Vatse,| VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb, 24 Leo Houck vs. sailor” Denley,| Mickey Ion of Seattle and George Chet Ash vs. Charley Davidson,| Irvine of Spokane, official referees | Kid" Peterson vs. Les Randall, for the Pacific Coast Hockey rhe | id” Riley vs. Ernie Dailey. jeifaton, will officlate in the world’s | At the Longshoremen'’s unton,!|series games, Willie Vetro and Jimmie Lewis will tangle in a mix that should draw| qq, ‘ ae welt, On the same card George In-/ Washington Wins | gle will appear, as well as “Kid” Do-} hie, George Rows, Rogers, Cole, Earl| Final B. B. Melee Conner and others, The U. of W.t basketball quintet won its final game of the season last night by taking Oregon into camp, to 18. The locals got} started early, and the fracas was one-sided. As a preliminary the Wash frosh | | defeated the College of Puget Sound |21 to 5, ‘Russ Hall Still | Signing "Em Up} TACOMA, | W. 1%. Dudlah writes from Bend, Ore., that he saw in The Star where Freddie Bogan claimed that Frank Burns and Eddie Palmer fought for \the middleweight championship of the Coast last week in San Fran. cisco. Not £0, quotha he. The bright lights of Frisco must have affected poor old Freddie's eyes or head,” writes Dudlah. “We have the middleweight champion | | Dillon to Meet Darcy on March 5 jcoming gonfalon chase. The latest | -_—— ; ia Nl ~ oe geen, |uddition Is H. A, Menthe, 20-year-old | NEW YORK, Feb. 24—Grant|twirter last season with Bremerton Hugh Brown, Madison Square Gar-| net den boxing impresario, announced today that Jack Dilion positive) |would be the opponent of Les Darey in Darcy's bout the night of March 5, Dillon is booked to meet eCoy Tuesday at the| Feb. Hall continues to sign up prospec- tive Alexanders and Cobbs for the -Still Russ ze REE? HOMPSON TRANSFED | TL Rt Learn to fn ARAGGAGE night way Sporting club, Brooklyn. | | Ayer Wins Big Dog | | Race; Makes Record Dance at NOME, Alaska, Feb, 24.—The 26-| mile dog race for the John Borden | STEVENS silver trophy was won yesterday by You Can Fred Ayor. Ayer broke all records Dance by navigating the distance in 1 One or two lessons, "\hour 55 minutes and 46 second Private halla, Open Day | H, 8. Riley, W. H. Webb, J. Down and Evening. | ing and Pay Delzene finished as} ~ 1523 Fourth Ave—Main 3911 | listed. “You Get More for Your Money") }\ clal periods. ) one of the greatest leaders in base | formerly | He comes “BRICK” ELDRED BUCKING UP AGAINST STONE WALL FOR JOB | WITH ROWLAND’S WHITE HOSE) CHICAGO, Feb, 24.--The Chi- cago White Sox, 35 strong, led by Manager Clarence ( Rowland, and accompanied by @ bunch of notables, wil! leave next Friday for thelr spring CRG H if Q D) | training camp at Mineral ul raigle If (( © R | Wells, Texas. The squad will Ug . J | stay at this resort for two | weeks, where they will be BY PAUL PURMAN turned toward the pitche given a hard drill under Row- Heine Groh, Cincinnati infielder, stands back of the ite, nas! A tand and hie nt, “Kid” | was the best w in the National facing the pitcher. He steps up to Gleason. | : s Kuo last season, official aver- the plate as the ball fs delivered if The White Sox will win the showing he received $4 passes he Ante to swing. American league pennant barring |in 149 games ha i Tene; than Gisele teed Got 4 accidents,” said President Charles) and the figures for the last two ing except the to to shoot at, Nobody will be mad but the pro | Comiskey today They would |seasons show Heine has been get- while ordinarily he has the batter's moters and fighters. i have copped it last season if they had lost several stars at cru Clarence Rowland ts not ith such @ batting ar ball, and. ray Collins, Joe Jackson. H nd Ray . they ca that's all race will be very close.” New Faces In Camp There will be few new faces in the White Sox camp. Ten rookier will go, but few of them hope to stick, Ray Schalk, premier Ameri ean catcher, will be Rowlands “firet etring. He will hare as as sistants, “Jack” Lapp, Mayes Linn and Gray, a youngster, The latter comes from Wichita. At firat problem block last This was the stumbling y There are five candidates for the job—Ness, Four. nier, Hasbrooke, Henry and Jour dan. Nesa filled the place during the latter part of last season and Rowland announces that the man who gets the job will have to beat him. Fournler, a heavy batter, !s weak asa f r. Jourdan, Henry and Hasbrooke are youngsters. Jourdan comes from St. Joseph. Missourt, where he hit over .300/ and stole more than 30 bases. Eddie Colling will be found at second base, Last year Eddie was field captain, but there is a possi bility that Rowland will relieve him of this as he believes Collins’ hit ting was im red by the worries. “Swede” Risberg Listed On the other side of the diamond Ruck Weaver will play either short or third base. He can deliver in elther. Candidates for the other job are Terry, McMullin—old-tim ers—"Swede” Risberg and Bruce Hartford, Risberg eoenee from the Vernon club of the Pacific Coast league, and ts said to be a bear at the shortfield position If he makes good on his presa notices, Rowland's troubles will be at an end on that side of the diamond and Buck Weaver will play third erry and MeMullin will do in pinch, but both are Mght hitters id below championship caliber Hartford was drafted from Dea Mot and is said to have the max ing of a big league shortstop, He formerly was with Cleveland Joe Jackson, one of the hardest hitters in the league, will be in left lfleld. “Happy” Felsch, algo a slug. ger, will be in center. Mowland will give several athletes a chance for the right field job, Last year Shano Collins held down this post- tion. He is an inand-outer, Among other candidates are Rd- dle Murphy, formerly of the Phila delphia Athletics; Nemo Liebold, with © and; “Brick” Eldred, secured from Seattle, and | Bruno Haas, drafted from Wilkes | barre. The pitching staff, which was |somewhat of a disappointment last will not see much change. season, Rowland will be equipped with such right-handers as Joe Benz, Jim Scott, Eddie Cicotte, Red Fa ber, Elwood Martin and Mel Wolf gang. Faber and Scott were out of condition during most of last sea son from Oakland, Coast league. For port-siders, Row land has “Reb” Russell, Williams and Danforth. Governor Will Not Bother N. Y Boxing| Feb. 24 interfere with | ALBANY, N. Whitman will Y., not the boxing game in this state The | present law will continut in vogue until January 1, when it may be re- | pealed, Everett’s Bowling Champion Goes East aig! ccooh te Feb, 24.—Nels Stew- Everett's husky bowler, has de- Shcten for Grand Rapids, Mich., to compete in the big bowling tourney there, Stewart is one of the best bowlers in the Northwest. ] base, Rowland has his) Martin is the only newcomer. | in the | ain The recent war news prob: ably isn’t very welcome to Les Darcy. ba ONS OLD TRICK, USED Gov, Whitrren may \have the ~ New Yor« boxing law repealed. “ ° ting on base oftener than he did efore that time. The secret seems to be In an odd batting style the little Cin- cinnatian is using, a style re vived from the days of old Pop . Grant Hugh Brown, lessee of | Madison Square Garden, must fee! mighty good over the re cent reports from Albany. body as a guide. The odd style Ie made more disconcerting to the pitcher be- cause Groh is the only bal! play- er today who uses this style in batting, and the pitcher doesn’t Anson. get a chance at him often - Oa While the average player hugs enough to learn his style. George Foster wants to be sent the plate with the front of his body Groh, being harder to pitdh to,|to the Southern league. Well, it dj toward first base and only his head’ naturally draws more passes, might be worse, George. rc —but, besides pleasing your taste Here is a cigarette that, in addition to pleasing the taste, does a new thing, the one thing you’ve always wished a ciga- rette would do— Chesterfields just “touch the spot,” they let you know you are smoking—they ‘SATISFY’! And still, they're mild / The costly Imported and Domestic tobaccos are blended in a new way—that’s what does it. And the blend can’t be copied. 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