The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 5, 1919, Page 12

“ye ANN Ch far GEE! 1 Wien t WAS A Start INSTEAD OF k Dempsey Has Big Chance for Fame and § Fortune in Ring Game d Is Thru; ree Was Never Popular Champ; Will Dempsey Meet Miske or Carpentier? By LEO H. LASSEN With the crowning of Jack Dempsey king of the world’s av} ghts at Toledo before 50,000 fans yesterday, a new yin will rule the big fellows of the pugilistic world. Jess the dethroned champion, was known as the cheese on in the best of ring circles. Jess had size, and) about all. He won the championship from Johnson and defended it but twice, fighting Frank Moran, second-rater, in New York a couple of years ago, ting Jack Dempsey, who has proved himself to be r, yesterday. What Dempsey did to him is history. HOPING SO h a man of Dempsey’s caliber at the head of the t class, there is high hopes ‘that the young on, one of the youngest ring kings in the history of me, will defend his honors more often than Willard the last four years. 1D WAS MONEY FIGHTER we is no doubt about the fact that Willard was a ey fighter. Willard demonstrated this by his refusal sfend his title while there were chances to make himself iby the theatrical drawing power of the title. From a standpoint Willard is perhaps to be commended, | from a sportsman’s view—well, that’s a different| | uri NEVER COME BACK” never come back” is today the byword thruout) es the land over. Willard was out of the game) tically four years and tried to battle a man younger himself by almost 20 years, trained to the minute, he, himself, was hardly in shape for the big battle career. Willard ever intend to try to ‘ Dempecy vesteriay” |) Eddie Must Have ‘| \) * er in which Willard pre-|) Reached Big Town || the bout prompts this|) { “aa rom hie camp in To-|) for Heavy Battle || reports that he didn’t be- TOLEDO, O., July 6, 1919. bag punching or road work. “Willard lost, but made a pany boxer or ring man what|; wonderful showing as far as || two little stunts mean to a|) gameness goes. No heavyweight 4 training for a strenuous|) ever displayed such Neverthe- {| Spent the majority of|) less, hail the conquering hero, ( ining time playing around|) Dempsey, as he will remain | ing partners. With |) champion for years. Leaving for | purse coming to him, win,|) Milwaukee, Will box Mitchell { draw, Willard could lose!) 19 rounds, then get Leonard if (| u but the title. With a for-|) successful, as Gibson promised (} guaranteed him and his known|) me pout. Letter following. Sat (| for fighting, Willard went): at Willard’s corner ringside. ‘ to the fight with Dempsey with his “EDDIE PINKMAN.” }| $} set on grabbing off the money, RRR Ann indication points to this. ad was licked and licked + Dempsey proved himself tter man. There is no use in over a falling champion, however, must be commend. his gameness under fire, be- his took a terrible beating the young challenger in the| round and came back for two torrid rounds before hollering over some day and wake up and our best pugilists will be working for a living. Dick Merrtwefl Staff The new champion's rise to fame reads like a typical Frank Merri-| well stunt. Winning his way to the| | top of the ladder from the obscurity | | of two years ago when he was lucky | | to have the price of his daily beans, | Dempsey has established himself | king. | While Dempsey deserves most of the credit for what he has done, there remains the shadow of c | Kearns, the wily manager who brought Jack into the spotlight of the fistic world. By his careful Body Punch Did It One left hook to the body at _ the start of the first round took all the fight out of the Kansan, ‘From that point on Jack ham- | mered him in the face. Willard’s big reach and advantage in weight failed to save him. “The choosirig of matches for the ( Whey never make 'em so big | reputation which gave him the right What they can't be knocked | t? 4¢mand a bout with a champion. down. And now the fruits of victory mn PIEPHIPY \\ m\ halons vitedhen -|was declared, was not the experi-| f of | SAN nn aaa YACK OENMASEY Hammering his way to p sogg over Jess Willard in the!exninition game \first three rounds of the July 4 |Dempsey, the Giant Kilfer from Colorado, came into the |heavyweight championship of enthroned king of the world’s his place among the shadows of mons, Jeffries, Johnson and the New Champion By H.C, HAMILTON (Cnited Press Staff Correspondent | TOLEDO, Ohio, July 5— Champion Jack Dempsey's first move will be on the vaudeville | or burlesque stage, he told friends here today. ro long that Jess had suffered a broken jaw, but he sent round- about word to the United Press that this was a mistake. He did not admit that he lost any teeth, but Dempsey said he saw him spit three on the canvas of the ring. Criticism was directed at just one feature of the bout. The timer, it| enced man he should have been.| f first’ round would have been heard | plainly. A whistle was provided theirs, and together the pair | Jacks stand well to take any trick | in the pack ‘Di Ly 7 opus y y 7/0) CUTZ AS/// biti er Sa reg yee Ri York flinger, who allowed Philafel phia. only one hit and struck out six, are Dempsey is a natural fighter "While he may lack the finish of a we fighting machine, he has the fight ers heart. That is half of the bat We won. He also has lots of ability | and he should develop wonderfully Just how soon Dempsey will risk > his crown is a question. There are | only three men who have the right _ to demand a bout with the cham pion and they are Billy Miske, the St, Paul heavyweight; Georges Car pentier, the French ring star, and | Jess Willard. Miske fought Demp- wey twice during Jack's rise to the) top by the knockout route and Jack | ~ could not put the St. Paul boy aw in fact, own both times. Willard may ask for another bout, but judging from the hammering he took yesterday Jess has joined that #hadow school of champions that were. Carpentier May Come to U. S. | three runs, layed Boston Of the eight double-headers only one was a 50-50 affair, splitting the pair, Even with the aid of Ty Cobb the Tigers were helpless. ‘Ty went in as Carpentier, pride of France, | a pinch hitter in the first game and May cross the ocean soon and | failed to deliver. He had his regular if he does he may ask for # | place in the outtield in the second chance at the title and he may game and scored Detroit's Jone tally. be given a crack at the cham- |The Sox won, $ to 1 and 2 to 1. pion. Of course the champion _ may do all of the cracking, but ’ the bout itself, if it goes thru, will determine that. Baker knocked in two of the four home runs made by the Yankees in the morning game with Washington, If Dempsey, who is only 24, does|The Yankees took the first, 8 to 2, mot let the possibilities of gaining a | and the second, 6 to 5. une dominate him, he stands a| chance of becoming a real pop-| heavyweight champion, some- the world hasn't had for a , long time. ‘Too many of our present day cham- are in the game for the money Heme ‘The fans who give their good eoin to see champions perform in ee rien getup are going to roll Boston encountered little resist ance from the Athletics, taking both games, 9 to 2 and 9 to 6. Merkle batted in three runs, made one himself, knocked out three hits in four times up and played errorless tall in the first of the two Cub wins over the Pirates, _ Billy more than held hia | fre Giants in the meantime scoring | him, but this was after the wild first round had been fought | Won It Twice? “I believe Dempsey won the cham pionship twice," ' declared Jack) Kearns, manager of the new cham pion. “Ollie Pécord not only helped | Willard to his corner after he had/| counted him out, but also lifted | Jack's hand in the air. Of course, I reached the conclusion that the fight | was over and tried to hustle Jack out of the ring.” Toledo had quieted today. 8 of those who came here to attend the big bout had The |town wag getting back to normal condition in slow fashion, but on| street corners groups of men could | w | be still seen arguing over the round | A in which Jess Willard, floored for |; the first time by a punch, went down gone away. {RETURNS FROM WAR TO UNLOVING WIFE SAN FRANCISCO, July 5.—When Corp. William D. Reynolds, who was St. Mihiel, returned from overseas, rey wey i ing once again that “they never come back.” Route; to Go on the Stage Way to Honors, Dempsey Wants to Go Before Footlights;| Was Willard’s Jaw Broken? | fat theatrical contract and one good | | offer has come from Cincinnatl. |also expects to touch in Pittsburg | by most critics, and other big cities on his way to| | New York. | before going back to K |p York, Boston, Philadelphia and | St. Louls have fa twiee before the knuckle ball artist, while the De | Seal Outfielder the San Francisc ing down the cente |tows. ffom Jack Dempsey'sitne geals’ aggregation hero this} — : : noni staat... Week. He ts a good fly catcher and], Yesterday's winners: Sacramento Te Lhlte t ail ards 6 2, Salt Lake City 2, Le Tigers Drop Two decorated for bravery in the battles | Lake fooled of the Marne, Meuse, Argonne and|two games from the V he a —— stan—Saronpay, n= 5, 1919. NS (\ BY GOLLY FELix! WHY WASNT I Boen 4 FisHs BECAUSE THE OCEAN KILL NEVER Go Be UM HEY: Stupip! ' Locals Break Even In Duet of Ball Tilts Take Morning Game From Seals, 6-0; Blow in the | Afternoon Affair After playing a swell game of ball jin the morning, in which they shut jout the Seals, 6 to 0, the Siwashes | reversed their form in the afternoon When , the visit game and hit their true ge the storm had rolled aws | ors were leading, 8 to 3 Thomas pitched a strong game for | the locals in the morning affair, {holding the enemy to eight bingles jand nary a run The home crew | bunched hits on Baum in the second, tlird and fifth innings for a brace of runs in each frame San Francisco got away to a big} lead in the second tilt in the early innings, when they rolled up gix runs | before the Seattle crew got ‘started. | firaith pitched a strong game of bail | for the visitors. Harry Gardner, who pitched his first game for Cly- mer, also hurled good ball, but his support was terrible. Harper Stars Harry Harper, of Seattle, out {n | center field, made a couple of run ning catches, one in each game, that brought him a big hand. Young French played a bangup game in the morning tilt, Seattle and San Francisco play an | @& in Tacoma this || battle at Toledo, Jack | morning, returning to Seattle in the afternoon to play their regularly | scheduled game, Johnny Couch will the world. As Jack was} po on the hill for the visitors, with |® ~ pugilists Jess Willard took | Lyte Bigbee the favorite for the| "AMERICAN Sullivan, Corbett, Fitzsim-| ome club |New York rest of the old school, Prov-| Chicag oMound | Goes Old ; Sie¥ Pitching | | Eddie Cicotte Is Is One of Real * Ball Wonders BY ED BANG Jc Eddie Cicotte of the Chicago White} Sox is unquestionably the pitching sensation of the American league. He was accorded that honor in 1917 |‘ Tesrpehy will leave Toledo tomor. w night. His eyes are set on a} He | just so-so, This year he seems to|¢ have returned to his 1917 form. His It is quite probable that Dempsey | comeback is the one big reason why | Willard plans to go to New York | every club in the league. Cleveland, |troit and Washington teams have Plays Good Ball | {yea h been trimmed once. Finishes Games —* However, the most remarkable |, | thing about Cicotte's pitching is that | |he has finished each and every one | of the 11 games he started |has Manager Gleason been ing force by sending anyone to Ci- |< |cotte’s aid. He has proved a dandy |little starter and an equally good fin- isher. ling on Cicotte to win 30 ball games, | jand says that if Eddie delivers to | that extent there won't be any doubt ‘las to who will win the” American F hiladelphi | | Teague pennant. Datteriens ‘oi ; Woot-1 OAKLAND, July 4.—Sacramento 3 who live out Ballard way ff ward, Packard and Adams, Clarke grabbed both’ games from the Oaks| 24 cah get their “Phantom” | CINCINNATI, July 5.— [here yester taking the morning] = C2n get your “Phantom” | __, Firat. Game ™ F- F.lgame § to and the atternoon at-| @ Hardware Co,, 6311 Ballard | HAN |<iatterion!" Danie” wna’ Boyde: mins TRiNanG ehdine ee x. w.| B THe ansters, who. really | and Wingo | Sac 0 ee Wa ae | are getting fis! se days hic. | oF ne ‘Second “Game hm BIE Se rea 3 8 4) RB wil tell you that the — Young Schick Playing good ball Bi Laue ho started the season with the Los | Ys} iy MS HY} Batteries: Tuero, G ngeles club, is making good with | CmegiZZZ HIM UMMA Bller and Wing uls. He is hold: | field berth on ‘ROUND COAST BASES | San Francisec gathered | Portland, Seattle The Senators in Tilts to Mormons) £2°s ° the Independence day pill | —Salt ed |from Oakland, 8 to 3 in the morning, | 10s and 8 to 4 in the afternoon. July 6, ANGELES, the dope The Rainlers and the Seals went} 50.50 with their two games. The Se re yesterday, winning both gam: 02 seneachaminaornnet: Lau Ln A washington Last season he was | Not ones). called | 33" | upon to burn up Any reserve pitch-| Pict J both |” Manager Plays in F ield for Angels Red” Killefei | Leading the strongest club in the Coast league, “Red” Killefer, Los Angel pilot, will invade the local field Tuesday for the first time this season with his crew of Angeles. Killefer is the only playing manager in the league with the exception of Bill Rodgers, of Sacramento, who plays occasionally, “Red” plays in the outfield and is one of the best all-around men in the league. He is a former member of the Cincinnati Reds, | Major League | Scoreboard | hiengo Loule ieee | Washington :? Philadelphia 16 New York Er Agnew ond Game F a3 atteries: Harper and Gharrity; Quin leat Mannan LAND, July 5 Game bi 10 9 i Gallia, Davenport and Sev id; Bagby and O'Net Wright, and Mayer y Neill BOs' July 4, } ° Jess Willard, giant,. from | ne wel | ae “i “ will meet Georges Carpentier in his | tie Chicago White Sox are up in the 2 ° whom he wrested the world’s | 12x: bout. Offere have been made|race. 6 : heavyweight title in one of the | P°*\." *Hinnoy’ a stv wal most one-sided bouts of history, | ‘or this go, both in this country and! Cicotte has 12 victories to his nook and Walters, Sch rested, his guard up against (“F004 Kearns declared some time | credit; eight of them are straight RH. F those who’ would pry inte'what | %° that efforts would be made to|wins. He started the season by win: | Ph!lad eo} happened to him in the ring. . |"°t Carpentier to consent to a bat-/ning four straight. Cicotte has|Matteries:, Piercy and’ Perkins; Bust There were rumors all night | “°, |scored one or more wins against | James, Caldwell and Schang. 241 64 Brooklyn we 0 The peppery manager of the White} prHiLADELPHIA, Ju Sox believes Cicotte is in for the big-|_ First Game Ko ae |gest year of his career. He is bank-| New, York, : Batte PITTSBURG. First Game July 6 “Hendrix and O'Farrell; | Miller, Carison and Blackwell. BROOKLYN, First R. H! E | Boston + 16 Brooklyn ace) Ae Batteries: Nehf and Gowdy; Cador his wife, Mra. Edith Pexton Rey-|by close scores. — |attle club took the forenoon contest, | \ MEE ae nolds, 23 years old, told him she had The score, morning R. H. E./6 to 0; the Seals annexed the even 5 ceased to love him, Toda ynolds,| Salt Lake City ........ 2 9 Sling game, 8 to 3, | Brookiyn \thru his attorney, inserted in local| Vernon .. Poy ep rer | 650-20 ; | Batteries: Ru newspapers an advertisement stating| The batteries Leverenz and} Log Angeles won the first game, 5| 0 “nt Miller he would not be responsible for debts | Byler; Dell and Brooks to 1, and lost the second to the| CANTON, Ohio, July Cham- contracted by her. He also stated| The score, afternoon: R. H. FE.|peavers, 4 to 3 pion Jack Britton successfully de that he would soon start proceedings | Salt Lake City AD sod fended the welterweight title in tor a divorcee. Vernon +2 7 4) ‘The Bees captured the morning|15-round bout with Johny Griffith, Reynolds was overseas 15 months| The batteries: Stroud and Byler;| workout, 2 to 1. It took them 1i\of Akron, here yesterday. Brittor and is said to have made his wife a|/Fromme, W. Mitchell and De Vor-|innings to eapture the second game,}won 13 roun the third and 4aree monthly allotment, mer, 3 to 2, from the Tigers, eighth being even, A SUNUTE=- B.| = a} Games From Oaks|& 1 CAWINT OL’ DEAH: h VAT | N fe ANS c empsey Marks New Regime in Heavyweight Fight Circles IEA GUIE LEADERS WILL OPEN SERIES WIT LOCALS MEINE TUESDAY ‘ KING OF PUGILISM | Los Angeles Club Is _ Powerful Crew; “Red” | Killifer Leads Club isis Cincy Player P Pilot of Southerners; Schedule Helped Angel Cause Along; , Here’s Dope on League Leaders J “Red” Killefer and his band of league-leading Angels | will invade our r village for the first time this season Tuesday for a series of six games. The last and first time the Seattle outfit tangled with the Coast premiers was in Los Angeles, and Wade Killefer, celestial pilot, lived up to his name and waded thru the locals seven straight times. IN FIRST PLACE SINCE START | The Angels have a strong club and have a good hold jon first place, where they have been sinee the start of the |season, They got away to a flying start, winning a flock of games in a row. They also had the advantage of playing 10 out of the first 11 weeks on their home lot. The fact that they had the best club in the league didn’t move the schedule makers in the least. Seattle, the baby member of the league, with the weakest: club in the circuit, was shot around the league at the start of the season and have been taking their regular trips South. MYSTERY HERE ee } A lot of mystery still surrounds the drawing up of the schedule which may be explained some day. It is under- stood that the power behind the throne at Eos Angeles wants a pennant pretty bad this year—well, they got plenty of help from the schedule-makers. LOOK AT AVERAGES | But to come down to brass tacks, a look at the aver- jages will explain why the Seraphs are leading the proces- sion, Sam Crawford and Killefer in the outfield, and Four- nier at first base, are three of the best ball’ players in the , Coast lineup, all of them hitting the ball over .300. Killefer, |formerly with the Cincy Reds, is playing a bangup game for the Southerners, being right up with the base stealers and run getters. Crawford is the famous Detroit star who , used to keep American league pitchers up nights. Sam has jlost some of his speed but he can still hammer the agate. Fournier is a Tacoma boy, bor-| H used to play ball in this ne‘ghbor low Coast | Clubs Stand | hood in days gone by. Jack can oe the ball and plays a creditable game | around the first pillow. He was with | ' | the White Sox in the American} league for a number of years, and | massaged the baji for a .300 mark in | Los Angeles .. | | the big show one season, but his|yomnsr | fielding brought him back to the|San Francisco” | minors |Oakiana .... . Salt ke Cit | No Cripples Portland »..:°, The other members of the Los An- “ geles club are not running around |* with crutches by any means, In the| | infield “Bunny” Fabrique and Bert | harder hitter of the two. Boles is Niehoff, two Seattle castoffs, are | said to be one of the smartest mask 4 | potaineg down shortstop and third|men on the coast. base respectively either are hit-| | ting much over the .200 mark. Nie Strong Hurling Corps °. | hoff is a former big league perform-| Hurling strong ball, the Angel a bad leg, | pitching staff has done much to keep which let him out of the big show. | the Powers’ club at the top of the 1 » bad leg caused his release | heap. Fittery and Brown, two left- 1 the Seattle club. He is a good | anders, are two effective portsiders, | player, but how long his bum. pin | Fittery tehed for Patterson-Mac- | will hold out is a matter of guess-|Donald in the Shipyard league here | work. Fabrique played shortstop like | last year. a sieve for Seatth nd batted the| Aldridge, Crandall, Schultz and same way most of the time, but he/|Pertica are the right-handers. With {seems to be getting by as an Angel. | the exception of Schutz, who is an- There of | Other Seattle castoff, thjs quartet 1 | er and was handicapped bj are-more ways than one getting away from a ball club, and| Will rank well with any righthanders playing rotten ball is one of them.|in the minor league. Crandall is the As soon as “Bunny” joined the An-|former New York | “Doe,” noted for his work Is his playing there's a reason more picked up. Maybe | substantial| hurler in the big show a couple of ] than environment, but it is doubtful. | Years ago. Aldridge pitched for the Rube Ellis, a Coast league veteran, | Cubs for a short time. Pertica is a is holding down the other outfield| youngster who is going strong. berth with Killefer and Crawford.| With this bunch of stars it is no Ellis isn’t hitting for a very high av-| wonder that the Angels are leading °l erage, but he is playing ® strong] the lea Seattle has its work cut |same of ball, according to reports] out for from the South | Behind the bat KiHefer has two of | CITT WES] | the str st catchers in the league jin Bassler and Boles. Bassler is the} 1 is Solons Take Two | ‘AL You Fis “mh “Phantom” is sure a fine batteries arkin, Bromley, | nd Fisher; Holling, Weaver those thing to get “wise ones with, Vaneo and Mitze. THE SPORTING GOODS Afternoon RH. &. t Sac Sttaate 8° oe bee Diper < Taft Inc. 1; (Oakland 4 7 8) Fiper SECOND AVE, The bx and Cook; ANGELS SPLIT Two BATTLES IN PORTLAND 1] PORTLAND, July 4.—Los An-| the morning game, but) PACIFIC ( OAST LEAGUB Athletic Park BASEBALL SEATT! VS. SAN Li makina te DAY, 3 P. *|geles won Sunday Game at 2: aoe p, dropped the afternoon tilt to the Take Weurth Ave, eu | Portland crew. | r. The score, morning: R. H. EL Los Angeles 5 13 1 Your Pat: Appi Portland 1 6 1 tated ‘The batteries: Crandall and Bas Pay Checks Cashed -|sler; Penner and Koehler a] MThe ‘score, afternoon: R. x, || TORREY & SEARS? Los Angeles eee Gee | BILLIARD PARLOR n| Portland ee Py 430 Sra, Cerner Srd and Pike 1] ‘The batter Brown, Fittery and| rad Boles: Jones, Oldham and Baker, * K 5