The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 13, 1919, Page 12

| Due forK.0. Be If Fans Fail ‘Attendance Falls Off at the Arena Shows; Lux vs. Abel Tonight Arena Card Morrie Lux vs. Jake Abel, wel terweight. Joe Gorman vs Rghtwelghts Young Hector Mamas, heavy — Frankie M “Hey, bantamy Curley Va Frankie | Rogers, welterweight». | BY LEO H. LASSEN Waless the local fight fans turn ut for the Arena smokers it Woks like the game here was due for a K. 0. until next fall, The at last couple of has been anything but sat- _ fsfactory—altho one can't blame the fans for xetting peevish at weme of the decisions handed | down by the Arena referees, and the Pinkman Mitchel! mess didn’t Joe Harrahan vs. Harry Wil Bud Rid ie promoting the inder the guise of the Athletic club, has to put on the best men | available and that last week's Show was a cood line of fistic en tertainment, but there is still a fet of room for improvement in manner in which the shows run off. Getting away ly at 8:30 instead of 10 | to nine, and running the off with clockwork style | be a great help to the at f Lots of Fighting | While tonight's card at the Arena ft Dristie with class, it looks ax fs the best balanced card that has offered since bis debut as a Promoter a month or so ago.) the evening's program are Lux, Coast welterweight and Jake Abel, the frisky sol-| battler, in which the Portland: | | title will be the bone of conten ‘This looks like a good fight on| » and Lux has a fine chance to} the visitor away, because he is as clever as Abel, and altho has only fought here’ once—| he tangled with Lioyd Madden Week-—he didn't demonstrate | of a punch. Lux ix just as ‘with his mitts as they make) ‘and there isn't much chance of one in this part of the woods) ‘ him, and be can hit, and| ft hard. If Abel uncovers a wal he may win, but it looks like Lux | the edge. | the semid-windup Joe Gorman, | Portland lightweight, and Joe) the Seattle cnilier, will) four rounds. This savors of real | because both boys have « willingness to mix things and) are short, rough battlers. This }apt to end by the sleep route, as of the contenders carry a dream Hector vs. Williams In the special event young Hector id beat Harry Williams, the ht from Bremerton. Wil-| has improved a lot in his fight Over what he showed here last , but he isn’t quite in Hector’s if the local boy ts in woudl » Will argue four rounds with Ridley, local bantamweight » in one of the preliminaries. The dope favors Frankie to win ‘this melee, as he outpointed Ridley before, and he should be able to again. Frankie it too fast for Bud, however, with his advan. im weight and a hard kick in right, may be 1 to drop : for the count—something that no other local boy has ever been ‘able to do. «In the curtain raiser Curley Val ‘Wheourt and Frankie Rogers will re ) New their ring argument. They have “fought several times during the past _ season, and Frankie has the edge in © the number of victories won, but| ‘they have all been close struggles | tonight's mil should be a good Mf they fight like they have in the past. | Chet McIntyre, former Northwest | Reavyweight king, will referee in the “main event of the smoker tonight » Just who will be the goat in the other bouts on the card, Hite has not | ‘announced. More than likely Tom MeKeown willsbe given another! @hance to make good here, altho he| ' flivvered badly last week. | It has been rumored tn boxing cir-| eles that Bobby ans, Portland fight impressario, is to be the new matchmaker for the Northwest Ath * letic club, with Hite being retained! fas the business manager of the out | used to # ‘One of the latest owners of a “Miller Auto Bed" is Mr T. H. Vanassee, who fea tures the “Photomobile” tourist, with headquarters fn the L. C. Smith Bide. For outdoor enjoyment and comfort, nothing like tt “Miller.” SECOND AVE, n 2 \\\\ TivisTer HAVE 1 tee A vm&mert! ROAS TIN’ BY ROBERT L. RIP Is there such a thing heat in argument for you thorities and devot it Ia an impossibili to pass ur mome would detect ‘The would sh fraction What do you think? Yet « argue, and right that when one horse passes © must be when on exactly even terms, and that it quite within the range of possibility for that time to come at the same in stant the horses pasa the wire. Many famous races have been de clared dead heats, The English Der by, French Derby, Grand Prix, Sara toga Cup, Tidal Stakes, and the Met- ropolitan have one or more tie fin ishes. ‘The most famous dead heat was the finish of the Metropolitan Handi race? There Many racing maintal a horse a winne photographic horse lea repr w on ng by a ines wild enth istaam, er small Another farm nota too, Ds hers nother the a time are 1884, when St. Gatte that famous ‘The Two 1 run at Newn England, ended in a dead heat between Formosa ar around the bie are interested in 5 players who bugs cireuits Rrooktys Cimetnnati Chicago New York... Prilade!phia . Pittabure Roatan St. Louis ‘Trades and salen during the win ter months resulted in placing many familiar faces in new and the efforts of these playe Make gocd will be watched clr surrounding AMERICAN LEAGUE Won, Lo Chicago ” Boston New York . Washington Cleveland will clubs nm baseball you that «= che works wonders for th er. New scenery always in athlete to renewed efforts. the club he has been pailed on him, F some of the eo ich he was forced to ph aps he has outgrown h exe as a member of ram. But put a new wu him and give him a back—Boy, howdy? He'll dig up rem: nants from the o! barrel that he didn't were there. managers 4 ot rhaps playing with erhaps he iadelphia Lowls NATIONAL LEAG PITTSBURG, May 13 Chicago Pittebure Batteries and Schmidt dis ditions under usetu some one form ¢ Hendrix and Daly slap on Bat pepper quard, Grimes and Krueger even suspect w Yourke oon Fans Study Some Out of the many deals made dur ing the , n whieh thore ue stars chan a few that stand ut an deala of particular in terest to the fan who making a study of {dual players Take Fad for Ed was a he with the Braves, and rn a critle remarked that the Braves wouldn't lose much if Koney fa to time. In other words, was labeled as As 4 Member the bam oland and Konetchy jout any instance. Ainamith, CHICAGO, May 13 Ch > Batteries: Gath ed to con bach and Schalk Kon But Dodgers, y expect to see Koney Ken Williams is playing regularly at center field for the St. Louis Browns and, ig hitting in the clean Lee Magee, who made up position. From reports he| meback with the Reds, should showed fine form this spring in the] aiso have a better year than he did training camp and exhibition games.in 1918. He is popular with the Western Men Invade Eastern Diamonds; Cubs Play Giants BY H. C. HAMILTON | knowledge and hitting ability against (United Press Staff Correspondent) |the Cub pitching run-seoring NEW YORK, May 13.—The un-| machine. The latter, it appears from tamed West is here today to find out|a far-off slant, is the better, but you if Wilbert Robinson and John Me-| never can tell in baseball. MeGraw'a Graw really have baseball clubs or | pitching staff, to give it ite due, sim re just spoofing. ply “ain't,” and will not be until he Pat Moran will lead his Reds into | starts Fred nd Poll Perritt at Brooklyn, and Fred Mitchell is going pay then, to ale his Cubs on the Giants. Inas- | chances great that he will have much as these two Western clubs|to rebuild. He is angling for pitch absorbed most of the early in-|ing strength even now, something #, the clash with the|the Mitchell hirelings already have 8 of the East should be, as th ‘The Cubs undoubtedly can do bet nguinary struggle. |ter than the en show have been accused of old feudal spirit that ever run ing pitching talent—with Fisher, | rampant when the Cubs and Giants and Bressler the heavies, The|meet, probably will do more than dxers also have been alleged tolanything elxe could to bring out harbor some of flinging | what they are really capable of. finesse, the best of whom are Pfef-| fer, Marquard and Cadore, ¥ club possesses a battering ram ack, #0 the casualties may be fore anc ‘ones earning their Even are yearly vents INDIANAPOLIS, May One hundred dollars a mile will be eplit among the ten winners in the In rdinarily heavy. |dianapolis 500-mile Liberty sweep attle for Lead |*takes on the Indianapolis motor The Brooklyn and Cincinnati clubs | speedway, May 41 leading the leagu with the! Fifty thousand dollars is the total Dodgers just now in the front rank, | prt money offered, the largest New York and Chicago are barely | purse to be awarded In any speed behind, Of course, the ou » of contest this year, and equaled only the series about to be at: in|by 500-mile classies of the past ter New York will not decide a| The purke will be divided as fol pennant race, but the resulta should |lows: First, $20,000; second, $10,- give the followers of the game an|000; third, $5,000; fourth, $2,500; excellent insight into the worth of |fifth, $3,000; sixth, $2,200; seventh, the opposing clubs. The Giants will match veteran and tenth, $1,400, | couldn't ne and ia far from thru $1,800; eighth, $1,600; ninth, $1,500, | © purse wan $28 Saratoga aw A the run ein ra version Dia Douglas Park, John, Jr Lexington, Jiffy-Bi Run Change in Uniforms May Aid Great Ball Players Baseball league the efforts of some changed uniforms this «pring Dodger fans, and that means a great deal How About Ray? in the case of Ray years Caldwell hung Yankees, always just to offered a con ays an inandouter Sox Caldwell may ot major known? Then Caldwell, For th th enough but With the a play the best league career there on ¥ ood trac aT his Who Larry Gardner world’s ch er, but welcom The fans more than to the Fo! veteran of many a mplonship, old an « play ¢ found hearty rim in. Cleveland City were awaiting In the Forest giad to have himen, 1 when Ed Barrow got Oncar Vit wtroit, Vitt, the figured. @ the Sox Infield and th p Vitt make good N about that Larry kewine » question Duff Begins Again coming from Boston has begun his major career all over again. Duffy popular in New York, and gpin of the Yank out Akewise, Ernie , ¢ start thin year, for pl ¢ Yanks ia to Shore's Hking. two veteran play » this who h welcome Duffy Lewis, Yanks, worn out thelr ar ing uniforms. Jake Daub a battered pi scenery yoklyn in Cincinnat mil who first gained fame with the old Braves and later starred for the Giants May Play Better Ball f Hal Ch flash Interestin on Hal have played with Cincin again after the unfavorable publicity that ar from the preferred him. practica ot One is in an inte star and den The an a up most nati harges Chase was But there that will play better raw than he did for Matty OAKS STAGE BATTING BEE; BEAT VERNON SAN FRANC May 12 up 17 runs, oakland cop! the last ¢ of the with the Vernon Tigers here y day by a count of 17 to 9, The Oak nd men 13° runs in the eighth inning, when the Vernon pitching staff went to ple Wilie Miller, Bohne, and Roche, of Oaks, and Chadbourne, of the Tigers led the hitters with three clouts each. Vernon got Onks banged out 20, against a chance he for Mc 0, ning the me scored Tho score Vernon Oakland ..... The batteries —Reigor, Dell and Devormer; Vreton, Colwell and Mitze 15 3 ay Dawson, Arlett, Your Patronage Appreciated Pay Checks Cashed TORREY & SEARS’ BILLIARD PARLOR ' Bees Booked | the| 15 hity and the} to Entertain : Seattle Men ° Locals Open Week’s Series in Utah Hamlet Today Today the Seattle Rainiers will a week's series in the Salt all yard. With but « Hon separating the the Hill Cy have a fine chance J division be- p week if they ay real ball Bees look like a team of workl beaters on their own lot, however, and they may eause the tie team a lot of worry, for this is the short left fleld fence in Salt Lake, whieh the strong right hi batters of the home team have it of knocking the ball for nd trip passage als from rs troop mueh at the a tronger club than the af abs may LOS ANGEL PLAYS OAKLAND 1 durin im, but it what Kil a strange pas | THATS WHAT THEY ALI. SAY Fatty” Arbuckia, the new owner Job at the hot corner on the fans » that will wir ing to be @ great old league nny Powers insists that “nothing a winner w 1 Lane saya, 1 ma year, b mot a Pick, Martin, but time is too valu able to justify a perusal of the f lengthy Mat. And they're all leaguers”—in name and in fact be presi¢ ly anothe t we've got to have a flag Tull Clymer'n motto is “Never lo than third place in 14 years of be the near Seal owners tell us “a | SEALS PLAY will never do in San Francis. | TIGERS AT VERNON ng in buying be a Charley Graham will lead his Seals J right with the point in view jagainst Bill Easick’s Vernon crew it's high time that we win an- jon the Vernon lot today in the er rag for Oakland,” and #0 on | game of t es. The Seals down the line nuit « their victory No one is going to lose. the Los J is crew, and it manager wants tn lookn ax if the Tigers had a division. Fans’ get ready cut out for themselves real baseball this summer In the other series Portland plays in Sacramento. big are and every | over the firne for rome to be COAST PRODUCTS IN BIG BRUSH | Coast league produ have been LIST TO conspict in the majors for a long, THIS CHATTER jong time, but the passing of each| List to what one Southern scribe year seems to find the graduates Re our P. C. L. more and more pre now has to say about — c pall club after rapping nent. Nineteen nin n, it appears, |! will be a fine, large season for thone | Uti from dawn until moonlight ho have od fro a te wins to look as tno Bill Clymer who h Newd from this league ing to tive up @ his reputation ns is the White as 4 hed ee Memesenses "Sue eee Pris teams. Off to a mont wretched start eee peat | the to be rounding rg is hitting the bali {nto something like their true form They six of their first seven ot |Fames, Since that disastrous rout Seattle has played 12 games and won seven of then Not so A. ly mer had a new, not a bad team to start with, Hix men hardly knew Pep” Young, Jennings has declared | each other by their first names. They more than once, is better than ever | had never been together before. befor that Clymer’s men getting Joe Gedeon is going great at quainted with each other they'r ond for the ¥ Irish playing good baseball. Clymer may wel han xtarted hitting earlier In the |be a little cocky--we like to see that thar Zeb has |#ort of man—but he does know base » to win a regular berth | ball. His record is one that a man but he went up in a| could not gain by mere char ow r day and delivered, {and again a boob will win a pennant dozens more—Hodie, | somewhere, but any time a man fin Hannah, Rath, South. | ishes first seven times, then he must Cutahaw Boeckel, Scbmidt. have the go leader ws: bent Siwashes seem lost imke looks like Jennings pitehin nea ix playing third for the rs and doing nicely. Harry Hell n is offering some tall slugging one ben bets are ownle Meu. be season usual erry pinch the There Peckinbat worth, -can be de- pended upon to assist you to a delight- ful shave , YOUNG SEAL INFIELDER } PLAYS BANGUP BASEBALL | Putting up a fast game at third base, young Caveney a newcomer to the Coast, has beat Willie Kamm out of his| interest in the speed sport re n club, has told the Los | while not a terrific hitter, has proved his ability to hit in frt the pinches and has won many games for the Golden Gate) crew by his timely hitting when hits meant runs. first | job | THAT TEE y) aut BET — ~~ ie eV (FP SYS GS, WAY ¢ ee 4 4 4 4; ‘4 Nn’ American Ace Will Referee Auto Classic 1 Ed. Rickenbacker Will Offi- ciate at Big Indianapolis Speedway Event May 31 * APOLIS, May Rickenb r 13.—C Anert pted 1 him by the He *p ay to the 500-mile Liber May 31, and is expeet- prove @ big drawing card for ent 8 ace tion extende anapolis motor referee patakes, ed to that ¢ Th appe ourne heading the palgned by n last time Capt Rickenbacker Indianapolis role of driver, Maxwell team eam: anapolis speeg=— way. Since then he has become a) world figure thru his exploits i Jowning 26 Hun planes. Since his 4m from active ty, Capt. Rickenbacker has been turing almost nightly in large the United States ¢ France. Alth called for his pr ity on May 31, he engagement that arbiter of the $56,060 the it « night classic, this be Gilad to Get Job | In accepting the speedway’s invi- tation, Capt. Rickenbacker wrotes “1 deem it a great honor to ficiate as referee in the sweepstakes race, because it ie first “big race since the war, because it is on a track that P been one of the crucibles in which ~~ the gasoline engine has been ree” fined. The lessons learned on the brick at Indianapolis had much to” do with the perfecting of en for the airplanes, motor cars trucks that played such an imports jant part in the winning of the great Altho Jt has been two years © I engaged in competition, —-~ | . war. sin Caveney, |4nd 1 welcome the opportunity H play yen a small part in eat race of the year.” Capt. Rickenbacker’s accep | will give thousands of racing fi who followed his brilliant thru the late war opportunity see him again in the flesh, and 9 is expected that he will prove the most popular figure the big track. San Francisco club. 1d VUUMUSUMN ID) rrno. rnd} AKAN MAJOR LEAGUE Yesterday hero: Miller Huggins. He called Erick Owens something. A substitute manager took hin place on the Yankee bench and he had to {ko to the clubhouse, Tae Yanks and Senators completed 27 innings of tied games as a side issue to the os- | tractam | The Giants made six errors, but the Dodgers counted only twice and therefore lost, 3 to 2. Claude Hendrix undertook to trim | the Pirates for the Cubs and was foiled in the 11th inning, when he accidentally allowed two hits in a row. Score 3 to 2. Los Angeles San Prancisco . Oakland Sacramento... Balt Lake City Seattle... 0.00 | Vernon | Portiana | It looks as if Miles Mains, the | right-hander, would open the against the Bees for the Seattle oot Ungent, with Markle hurling ¢or home troops. P Cleveland didn’t make enough hits to win, so the Tigers chucked in a couple of errors, which made it a 6-to-4 entertainment for the Indians. The White Sox had an expensive|see how a player of Lee's victory, trimming the Browns, 4 to| could be kept off almost any t 3, while Edd» Collins was straining | This will prevent Portland from a tendon ting him back. ers 8) | baal ¢failors WE. are now selling at $50 and upwards the kind of suits that were formerly priced at $60 and upwards. The finest fabrics produced in the world are now on dis- play—rich golden browns and blues, and new grays. Have your suit personally tailored. It’s true economy. Glad to show our goods any time 906 SECOND AVE. Between Madison and Marion Opposite the Burke Bldg. Reports from Pittsburg in | that Cliff Lee has cinched the | field with the Pirates. It is hard