The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 12, 1917, Page 7

ee FF oe _ n _ t 1 : ] Y) _s ; J 4 1 , c > An August N AN EFFORT to bolster up his I pitching staff, Dantel Edward Dugdale, local mag-nut, is en deavoring to coax Oscar Harstad former Spokane, Portland and Cleveland pitcher, back to the na tional nutsance Harstad is now in Portland, just dack from a trip to the Cleveland Indians, brush, He is peeved ient and muchly abused eball, and has quit the Portland team to study dentistry at the North Pacific Col lege of Dentistry in the Rose City As soon as Dugdale heard there was a chance to get Oscar, he sat down to the telephone and sent out g distance call for the slabster He now awaits a reply CLARK GRIFFITH HAS resorted to the old jlesa chain of letters) to arouse patriotism in ball players Griff # ball players should! contribute to a fund provide American soldiers with baseball] paraphernalia, and has sent out a} number of letters asking the re ciplents to mail 25 cents to him for} the fund and to mail out 10 letters to friends with a similar request for | funds. They, in turn, are to write 10 lette: At the start of the European war Ban hnson aded a campaign which n sending a carload of ball bats, gloves, masks and protectors to Canadian soldiers at the fre | Griff has already received many contributions and assurances that other letters have been sent out eee MOLLA BJURSTED MUST look to her honors national tennis champion this year. In rec matehes Miss Bjursted defeated by both Mrs. May m Bondy and Miss Mary andwhe Altho it was admitted that Miss Bjursted was handicapped by play ing on asphalt courts and by a high wind, and was not up to her usua game, still Coast experts remarjed that the attack of both Mrs. Bundy and Miss Browne would have caused the Norwegian wonder trou ble under any circumstances. Miss Browne's game particularly it is declared, is far superior to any of her former efforts. She drives the ball harder and her back-hand strokes are superd. She is al much faster on the courts than for merly, and her impetuous style com pletely upset Miss BY ted's play Whetber Mrs. Bundy will enter the national championship events this year is still doubtful. Mrs. Bundy has three children, who take most of her time, and it was re marked that in her recent matches on the Coast, altho she defeated beth Miss Browne and Miss Bjursted, that she was not really fg the best of condition. ee ONE OF THE MOST remarkable Datting feats of the present season Was accomplished recently by Ray Bates, third baseman of the Phila deiphia Athletics, when he drove in five runs in one inning. With the bases filled Bates tripled, driving in three runs off Jameson, the Washington south paw. On his next trip to the plate in the same inning he doubled, scoring two men. in five trips to/ the plate in the game Bates made| two triples, a double and a single Bates was with the Cleveland club two years ago, and was then sent to the Cleveland American association club. He went to To ledo when the Cleveland franchise was taken there, and last year) played with the Vernon club, on the Coast, where he batted .285 in more than 200 games When at Cleveland it was feared that Bates was flat-footed, but if he was he has partially overcome this handicap. he Northwest senior lawn tennis pionships will be held in Seat je or Tacoma late in July or early 2 } } DO YOU KNOW That Seattle has the fin- est billiard parlor in the world? Come in and sec BROWN & HULEN Second and Spring Third Floor tek The Bank Which has ALWAYS paid its depositors cash on demand Open Saturday Evenings 6 to 8 } MUTT AND JEFF \ WHILE \ For 'EM TM LOokKiNG® OUT -NATURALLY YOU 77 aw, I Dowr BELIEVE ™ = Gas! ere must | THERE ARE ANX SUBMARING s) het FALLEN CVERGOARD! COMING AROUND POR OS TO HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE \ CHASE . SO T/M GOING “To | MANNING THAT GUN CATCH A MESS OF FISH \ ano t kNOw NE WOULDN'T Neg CAN’? FISH WITHOUT ( DESERT His POST. STAR—SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1917. A ——-——— ees ‘ J r rRIO OF JOHN ANDERSON vine, Will Have To Hustle Some Chick teur and have his Evans, national a ama- open champion, will hands full this year trying to defend both title: Evans, by the way, is the first golfer to have this chore on his hands in one year, be- ing the only golfer to win both titles in a season. The removal of Ouimet and Travers from competition in the amateur tournament this year, the former because of his undetermin fed status with the National Golf| association and the latter becanse he probably cannot get in shape to) play tournament golf this year, will not make Evans’ task a path of roses by any means } Bob Gardner, former amateur champion; Anderson, Jacoby, te Southern champion, and re | JACK HUTCHINSON | | MANY ST LONGER TWINKLE :. NEW YORK, May 12.—Hane Wagner's failure to show up this spring and the continued absence of his name from the box scores is only one of many similar absence Famous ath- fetes who have played the game for many long yeare are out now, and others of the vet erans’ brigade are slowly slip- ping back to private life. Sam Crawford is about the only one of the old-time school of ball players left in the big leagu and Sam's principal duty Is to bat in the pinch Recently he has been playing first base. Napoleon Lajole, grand old man of the second sackers, is not a ma leaguer this year He is man ging a club in the International league—out of the fight in the big ireults for the first time in more jor years than many baseball players have lived John Evers, mainspring of the old Cubs, and principal cog in the new Braves, is a bench warmer these days. A strained and strained nerves have combined to keep him out of active particl pation Wagner Getting Old Wagner's case is Just a matter of growing too old for the game Rheumatism has attacked the won- derful old fellow, His eyes are not so good as they once were. He couldn't stand the rigors of spring training, #0 he stayed at home and got married this year. Wagner's retirement from active | life on the diamond brings to a close most illustrious career. Whenever one speaks of shortstops und their relative abilities, Wa shoulder | {with him—none in sight. In fact |there are few ball players in any position who deserve the honor of Wagner sald of For grace the | being compared with The same thing can be Napoleon Lajole. tion, ability with around baseball uw: er had an equa great second are now, John in bat and a 8, he nev » have been and there t Lajoies. same gen- jeral usefulness. and probably has another year of baseball left He never was as good as Lajole as| batsman, however, and not quite #0 good a fielder, nimble brain and energy him to inspired heights not attain ed by the younger ones. bi but they're ni vers is of th n but hia | carried | | CLASSY CLUB WIELDERS |ClubOwners| = | confronting Aa ? SINKE SSSSH=-1) HER] Tat and I THINK TNE Gov A gre! ‘ R 1 ® GUN, YOU | TWBMARING A BOO, 1 FISHING PALS HeY ? iN WHY ARE You STANDING BY WHAT COULD YOU por Carel BITTING THERE NITH AIOTHING GUT 4 Your, ) SAPHEAD ? rs ALONG WHILE A.C. Finn B. Pat Offices une HAADS, WHY, T could Jus PULL UP MY Link AND SENG RS BY BUD FISHER. “ude with The seore Spokane - Jit by Cannt Fear Worst fe National | froon to the Reds Spokane, the Seat Bloomfield twirled game for the opposition, to scatter his few hits as Blake did ABR 5 8 rn) a. 3 ; 3 fb © 4 0 ye oe 4 6 2 0 se hit 2 to after having lost three straight Gene Blake, new twirl secured from Salt Lake, a Victor NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE Won. Le Pet “ 3 rr) 1 1 boo ‘ ‘ 0 1 ‘ ‘ a 10 a“ oe +t Tt took 10 innings for Seattle to win from | day, | 1, yester fe cred vietory a good but failed le | Pio ° 6 H "PO. x! . | i—3| | 4 | NEW YORK, May 12 mfield | league club owners are here today | mas | for a special wm ting called by Gov. John K. Tener, ostensibly to TACOMA LOSES greet Branch Rickey and other} At Tacoma 2-94, Great Falls} new members of the Cardinals, but | 3-8-0. actually, it is believed, to go seri-| Bonner, Alexander and Stevens, into the perplexing thelr business ously problem | Flagstead ; The question of the e of a war tax, the probable loss of bun At Vano dreds of ball players in the war] Rojas, isfaction that DENTIST Years of experience have made me field for th he can pitch victories are credited early in the year. on first and has shone in the out Clark and ouver 6-7-2; Acosta and “Another George ‘Stsler the prevailing opinion of Reuther, former Spokane Indian, Eastern baseball circles. He has demonstrated to the of all partie He ne Cubs, “Du Byler. BUTTE Loses AGAIN Butte 4-6-3 Cadman; | | draft, the Nae! = ra flaca Meikle, Methaf and Hoffman iethaie 4 ® are already in shape to play | most serious attention. The meet -_ championship golf and all have! ing 3 ii to be of the | i con aariel a. m turned out some very pretty scores | importance. It is not believed Iike- | i | already this season. ly that any drastic steps will be|Stiags” | In professional ranks, Jock | made public ‘ | Hutchinson, Long Jim Barnes and - — ' Walter Hagen all have their eyes| |. a eae : 7 ode ee ns’ open title. Tom Fitzsimmons to v » 7 ‘ vans must defend his open title A ‘ ~ | MESULTS PRIDAY | lon the difficult firae Burn course) Join Spokane Squad}, Louie 0-4-4. Philadelphia 1-4-4] and is likely to find the going Saeed and. Meyers | much more difficult than at Min has secured the ew York 6-1-0, jnekahda, where he won his title y Fitzsimons, for-| 2’ ee Witiame and} last year and Butte short roit 1 How ’ Mitoh The Brae Burn course offers par mons is the prop ingham ard Ruth and] ticularly difficult hazards at thelerty of the Brooklyn club, but re : short Kame and to turn the course | fused to report. He'll Join the Spo-| . a in 75 is exceptional play. Evans Is| kane club on May At present he |4 not the wonder at the short game |{y in Co | that he has proved himself to be — | . at the long, and this may bother | New York him ‘conaiderably ICubs Are All Right [228 Hot niladephita ns 4 in Some W ays Gaiy! ie ee te ira 8 16} Jail right D puveioally, but oe OK: 4: pelea Ree wt Less do n brain development! In| o¢ and Killifer; Doak, Ames, Stee hope brightening their intelli-|and Snyde : | eo Se | gence, Mitchell will hold skull drills | At Oe N ore ‘pgp Pb Reed ner's name {« alw tted. He| y day from now on. It's a fine Pren Jergast, Demaree, Aldridge and El. | was too good for others to be com. | Compliment, that, to veterans like | lo A se andt da Ipared with him. There isn't one| fry Doyle, Harry Wolfer, Vic neider, Perr lof the new clan who rates along|5#ler and so on me « n and Fischer in Big League C ircles| Tha | “Duteh" | in at concerned ny Two shutout to him this looked good | itch” has all | | the stuff necessary if he were only | | Oliphant Chosen as | Professions and yoe| faster, Perhaps he has speeded up| | A EI C ol a bit under the big tent. A year| Army Eleven Captain sometimes makes @ big difference ; Dp | WHY EXPERIMENT? [font batt player | WEST POINT, May 12 pamer| wh So ene Oliphant, graduate of Purdue uni-| Painleas Methods, Na . ae % | versity, has been elected captain of| iy fclentitic Work, » Caddie Makes a Hole |the army football team. Hlection y eoenT cue j >at P . nation of "ing 1548 etna insidious disease of the gums, | : a | " Pyorriea (Riggs, Dinense), | ‘To Hddie Rick, a caddie at the | put your time against mine « few | Portland Golf club, goes the credit Big Marathon Race ED diners J aqer | just what you need. Run 17 oday in East EXAMINATION, FATIMA TION PRICE ing around the course, a day or two | ga maiea | ALL WORK ¢ TEED — | ago, NEW YORK, May 12.--With one yard seventh hole at | of the greatest fields of starters 1n| links in one. Bddie ite hintory, the New York vening| PAINLESS AUSTIN) shou. i25 pounds. so Mail's annual marathon race will be Third and Pike even more remarkable than had he lrun over a course thru the streets of New York. The finish is at the y hall | in the Ir case @ | minutes any 4 will diagnose y for the fir and I tell you been able the tee. Entrance 1504 ‘Third Ave. Not Open sundays. led-—Must be high-class men Dentists Wi 18 holes wi young Edward holed the 140 to utilize a Young Rick's score for the as 77. “one” hole of the sea son in the Pacific Northwest Play the Raleigh weighs only his feat is mashie off LURID LARRY Well, looks like we have LAMPING L ‘EM wire | one Superintendent Chet Mclin- PE ENT: | tyre of the Seattle Athletic men ; ; club has received the list of a ay ae oad hed postal |e = four athletes who will come sascha day by New York. here to box at the Far Western wadecas (aaa | amateur championship meet, to | be held the last of this month. In n making his selection, De Witt ad From Los Angeles Will Try to Wallop Champion Earl Baird Murphy, Gardner and Carman % | Van Court, veteran instructor of a wrecking crew, hit-/ athletics at the Southern institu tion, picked the best boys of thetr e : class in Southern California General” Lafayette is some | (aries Barker, the 125-pounder| hitter. Three out of four, one jena; y Lloyd Madden # battle | a double. royal at the meet last year, heads | 4 ° the list of Van Court's stable The weather was bum: Anthony Sisto, the 125-pounder who i lost to rl Baird at the Pacific ae en Ayau looks good in | const aneet in San Diego, will also | , left garden. Thursday he on hand, Van Court declares | pu seal grt ieersond catch ed ithat to was out of shape at that | yesterday he speared one that jtine, and will beat Baird when they looked like it was labeled for | ines ee ; three bases. Starr Noble, Pacific coast title : “the “bail holder at 175 pounds, will also be FO Tn ee essa MS" |on hand to argue with the heavies y asi and light-heavies. He succeeded “Fat” La Rue to the crown. Law Bobby Coltrin kicked thru |rence Kelly, a tough little 108 with hie fine of Thursday be | ouireter also listed. fore he was allowed in the The Seattle Athletic club will fray. have between 18 and 20 men wear Thirteen was unlucky for Ta-| yepiiy ce on yd Superinte sey coma 3 | Physical Director Pat Scott and Re ’ | Archie Wyard, boxing instructor, abe” Ruth hung up his are busy lining up material fon the enth straight win for the Red Sox. Tacoma seems to have picked up a clever youngster in Eddie Bo gart, th sacker Joe McGinnity and his Buttes will be the opposition Monday. All Sunday games begin at 2:30 Four errors helped Tacoma lose its game. Whitted helped the Phillies win with two doubles and a single. Rudolph held Pittsburg hit- _ less for six inning -/SISLER AT HEAD tou teu att rney. All boys and men of ama- r standing are invited to try out he club for a place on its team. Trapshooting Tourney lGets Under Way Today | F Inte nua’ ing | at club mon The shoot will continue three days. F. |the ROANOKE, ag May 1 tournament opened here tod: the traps of the Roanoke Gu One thousand dollars added ney will be hung up for prizes. ©. Koch, Phillipsburg, O., won last tournament, which was held |at Memphis, with 95 targets broken out of 100. OF ALL HITTERS BY C. H. HAMILTON ed Vress Staff Corresp NEW YORK, May 12.— George Sisier, handy man of the St. Louis Browns, tops the batters of the American league today. With a mark of .405 for 22 games, he stands 23 points ahead of Stuffy McInnis, Phil- adelphia, and 32 points ahead of Tris Speaker George Bure real leader among the leaguers, altho J. Smith, § has his name at the top Rousch, € tu . ce. Burns is busting ‘em at a 3 clip for 16 games. Smith has been in 12 games, and has amassed in that time the terrific average of 624, Rousch is hitting .429. Hitters Are Listed Cactus Cravath, Phillies is the ‘ational New York, Kauff, ,the 3 269, while Jake Daubert is standing | at Fe Am hitt Danforth, White Sox; Ind ler, Cob E hitt son Edd Ss tori gast, Pite! win, R riva ave viet New York; Elliott, Cubs; Gowdy,| Yan Braves Zimmerman, Giants; | defe Fischer, Pirates; Baird, Pirates; | two Groh, Cincinnati; Reuther, Cubs, | Gro (= Niehoff, Phillies, are others in! and 0 class. Hal Chase is hitting | 26: ‘ollowing the three leaders in the erican league's select class of ers are Johnson, Browns; Wambsganss, ators; W. Mil. Milah, Senators; a on, Browns; Cobb Joe jans; Judge, Browns », Tig Foster ing only is pinned down to .253 ie Collins has a mark of 4, chupp, Giants, with three vic- es; Reuther, Cubs, and Pender- Cubs, lead the National league hers, the latter two with two 8 and no losses uth, Red Sox, is far ahead of als in the American league's rages, crediting him with seven ories and no losses. Mogridge. kees, has three victories and no » While ats. Walter Johnson has won games and lost four, while | ver Alexander has won three lost two. Call “Dutch” Reuther DICK WELLS HAS Second George Sisler, BETTER OF INGLE Standing toe to toe and put- ting up a regular old-fashioned slugging match, Dick Wells of jwer e seen a Leonard his own that made a hit with all Cincinnati, and George Ingle, ? local welterweight, gave the |the crowd and proved a puzzle to fans a fistic treat in the final [his opponent. Jimmy Maloney ret. | round of their four-round bout |creed the contests. The Dry Dock in the Arena last night. Wells had g shade the better of the argument. On the same Dill, Charlie Givens, featherweight, outpointed Sammy forris; Lonnie McIntosh and Mike te, lightweights, fought a draw; Wildeat’ Leonard stowed Fritz ailingston away in the third; Jim- my Cole and “Wear, Donahue broke even; Frankie Rogers wal loped Hector St. John and Ely Caston outpointed Bunne Smith The bouts were staged under the auspices of the Dry Dock A. C., and, while there was not much class on the card, some € some good bouts | Kids Have - Day at the Baseball Park’ This was Kids’ day at the baseball park. All youncsters of 15 and under were guests of Daniel Edward Dugdale and the Booster club at today’s fracas between the Seattle and Spo- kane clubs. 12.—The rete association's twelfth an- Southern handicap trapshoot- Jack-| [the city title, was taken down the i= Johnny G | Gold crown .. Joe Schermer Loses at Billiards, 35-32 Joe Schermer, leader in the” three-cushion billiard tourney line last night, at Brown & Hulen’s, lroy, to 32. 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