The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 7, 1919, Page 12

oo, OO) Yar \ ‘ Sy RB e me Corps of Big League Stars Were Swe AD \ \ AS dado Re t Developed in Northwest Circuit " Reuther, Bigbee, F lagstead and Smith Are _ ningham to Go Up? Demonstrating that their Dae bang this year. old Northwestern league % it Cincinnati Reds, who are on the slab. strated that he has come thru strong. ‘ Started in Tacoma caps at - anagem ete Flagstead and Carson Bigbee | g———_____________ @ pair of the best outfie the country today, Both st; league playing with ‘b Tigers a couple of years ago Tigers and Bigbee is with Pirates. Carson is leading the % hr cS . rf league in base stealing and| 50) Francisco “a 4 445; fs hitting over .333 in the other| Salt Lake City 0 40 < ‘ 46 ‘a 37 “6 ane) Smith, former Seattle out: | s ce > ar 4a , is playing a strong game! §s a3 48407} the St. Louis Cardinals this year. | beak. He is clicking the agate @ .300 mark in the big show| two strikes on him as he does with- out any count against him. - Time |after time I have seen him take a Williams and Leslie Mann) couple of strike another pair of cracking good| kind of a ball he wants to hit” Another Pair who @re making good ia section. Mann played with the es champions of 1912 when and Whaling were the fam- of the Giants. Williams in the orchard for Spokane mumber of years. are more players from this} who have made good up but the above crew is suf-| it proof that the Northwest turn out some rea! ball players) in a while. Peckinpaugh, former Port- ig a McCredie product. Walt Credie has the distinction of turn- out great shortfielders. Young | llocher of the Cubs got his start | under McCredie. THE PLAY Los Angeles opens in Seattle Tuesday, San Francisco plays in Portland, Oakland entertains Salt | Lake, and Sacramento invades Vernon. Salt Lake is going at a fast stride again, stopping the on- ward dash of the Vernon Tigers last week. The Bees are now in fourth place, with the Oaks head- ing the second division. COAST LEAGUE'S HEAD WAITERS “Babe” Borton and “Stumpy” Ed- ington have the best eyes of any pair of players in the Coast league, when | it comes to “looking ‘em over” at the home .plate, so claims Bill Essick, manager of the Vernon club. “Borton and Edington may strike | out once in a while, but you will not! eee them hitting at bad balls,” de-| Clares Essick, “The ball has to be | over the plate for either one of them to strike at it, unless the hit and run | or squeeze play is up. | “Not many of the fans have no-| 4: 3 THIS IS TROUT WEEK In our big fishing contest. For the “best display” of trout left with us this week we will award a $6.50 fly book as first and one dozen Taft's hand-tied trout flies as second prize. Piper & Toft Inc SECOND AVE, THE SPORTING GOODS STORE Now Starring Under Big Tent; Thomas' Pitches Strong Game; Bigbee and Cun- |* BY LEO H. LASSEN } a flash in the pan, a number of former Northwestern) ball stars are making good in the major leagues with *Dutch” Reuther, who started out on the diamond in Mcouver and Spokane teams is now the pitching ace of} is morning as the result of Reuther’s eighth straight vie-| ory which he registered in the second game of the double- leader with the Pirates yesterday. Reuther is not only a good hurler, but is handy with bat and can mace the old pill. “Dutch” used to be! ‘one of the leading hitters of this circuit and played first) “base one season and took his turn in the outfield as well as By his showing this year Reuther has demon- patead is now outfielding for the gp was one of the fastest men! ticed the way Edington hits at the| ever tore up the turf going ball, He does not decide whether he| to first base on this lot. He/ will hit at the sphere until it is al also hit the old ball right on| most on top of him. the majors who started their) CUNNINGHAM AND Ml careers in the tali uncut in| BIGBEE TO GO UP THOMAS HITS REAL STRIDE THE SPORTING GOODS STOR Krueger Lowers | Swimming Mark) tno sees invadea July 7.—Stubby | for five of seven games Kruger not only won the 500-yard| with the Tigers. went 10 innings | at Idora Park yesterday, but beat the|to 3 when the noon whistle blew. | record set for this event by Ludy|'The Bees won the afternoon contest, | | Langer in 1914, Kruger dropped the] 5 to 0. work under the big tent is| several years ago with the leading the National league; How Coast Clubs Stand lH i We Pet ae Angeles se 338 “Edington hits just as well with *, waiting for the Two big league clubs are re ported to be after the services of Billy Cunningham, local center- Allen. fielder, and Lyle Bigbee, Siwash pitching ace, for delivery in 1920. Young French, who has come in mors in local baseball circles. that is | beautiful home, apartment houses in | Chicago and Los Angeles, | healthy kiddies. him aw jt ad Major Cae AMERICAN LEAGUE Ste Yee 1) | NEW YORK, July 7—- ROM WATCHI Washir : Y New Yo Pes ‘ Batteries: Johnson and Picinich; F Mams, sell and Hannah ST. LOUIS, July 7 Cleveland St. Louls Wellman and Severeid. |ning, 4 to 1, — } CHICAGO, July 71— the Detroit seve , Chicago |... Batteries: Leonard, Ayers and § age; Williams and Schalk NATIONAL LEAGUE victory. ‘on. Lost, Pet Cincinnatt 4. tee seat w York ae PUIDUTE cicctecevecesesiee dd 8 8 Cincinnatt R194 and ” Be hmidt; CHICAGO, July 1— RH 2B St. Louis wdevevdd Bis 7 Chicago ...., ee 4 4,06 Batteries: May and Snyder; Douglas, Bailey, Hendrix and Killefer. BROOKLYN, July Boston... ++ ee Brooklyn : He SR ae Batteries: Demares and Gowdy; Grimes,| The Mamaux, 8. Smith and Miller, OAKLAND, Cal Pacific C ast championship for men| game | record time six seconds, ‘The former river, Portland, Ore, on August 2, FEE! TM AN UNLUCKY Guy! TH’ Doa {Grasie BEEN DID You HEAR ABouT My WIFP'S SvuiT FoR A % BUGLE! QHASIN' (rE ALL CU Weer : || Jess Willard Is Going Back to Ranch | Five Kiddies, Horses, Dogs, Autos, Oil Land Await Him | eo———~~ LAWRENCE, for a large amount of praise for | When Jess Willard returns to his his work in the infield, is also un. home here he can forget all about der observation as possible big his Toledo league timber, according to ru- | busy with business. Jess owns land | |riding horses—a big brown Fis Mrs, Wi | touring car. He has never liked Claude Thomas, the local left-| tignting as a business, and is wealthy | hander, hae Sy hog in two ero | enough to live comfortably the rest es during the past week, win- 4 Coast league performer, is play- | hing the only Seattle victories cel ne gh @ wonderful game for the New| the Seals. His first win over the Yankees and is largely respon-| seals Friday was a shutout, and he|jarge and handsome home on the for the Yanks’ lead in the| came back Sunday with another good| outskirts of this city n league race, according to| game, winning in 12 innings. His| from the East. Peck is not| win on the 4th was his first victory playing a great game in the field | of the season for the locals. Thomas he is leading the circuit in hit-| wilt be a big help to the Seattle club | and run scoring. He has devel-|i¢ he can keep up this pace, as Gard ed into a slugger and is second| ner and Bigbee, the two reliables, “Babe” Ruth in home run records. | need a lot of help now. live and enjoy life’ that Jess Willard bought the was to Angeles, a keen inte ing picture game th buildings in Chicago and oll in Texas, y from Chicago, where he “tried to live” climate himself. Jess Willard is a home body and so is his wife. Pa their children in happy, outdoor sur- roundings, and when they have fin lished with the public schools they're going to the nearby center of cul ture-——the University of In the me: Scoreboard || — *\—aae ‘Dy TK ntime there ar IMUM, ro hyd} LAL THE SCOREBOARD ‘ ne bases full "| first inning, and none out, he fanned | | the next three ut FE. | the ninth he y ‘oe fanning Bush and forcing Young to Patteries: Phillips, Myers and O'Neill; | hit into a double play Detroit batters. Chicago win While Ma lowed the Cu he issued nine passes and a wild pitch, netting the Cubs a 1 to 3 + | By winning a double header from 4{ Pitteburg, Cine innati took the league 5 | leadership from the Giants Boston won the game from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the first inning, by scoring six runs, The Dodgers collected four in nine rn ow winnings. Despite the fact that Walter John 1 to win from Washington, with w York is clinging to the top by a slender margin Batteries: Cooper, Hill and Lee; Sallee ‘and Ratloa sald i json yielded Second Game— R. HE, | fal Pittsburg ass se 0 6 0) the result that LOCAL COAST LE Yesterday's winners 2, Los Angeles 2 Home runs: RH. &.| ford, Angels, Borton, Tigers; Craw: }SOLONS TAKE TWO even on last we les, when the both Sunday game mark was 19 4-5 seconds. Besides | Kruger is now in training for the|two home runs in the | coming mile national championship|the Angels took Sam Crawford the day's double wdhudbohadaunn RR \ YEH, I READ IT IN THE TOMeWILLE aes ‘ ¢ ous Rene Jess Willard’s home at Lawrence, Kas., his five kiddies and Mrs. Willard in her victory garden. The youngsters in the picture at top) cite from left to right are Jess, jr, Zella and Enid, and below, Frances and’ ° and two “just dogs"—plenty of yards and swings, a gymnasium to romp | with ‘Thomas and in and lots of room, Has Three Cars Around the house are fine old 50. year elms There are three ears besides the The Willards are a very demo: jeratic family. They live in ease, but are not a bit uppish He has many bungalows in Los st in the mov re, apartment Mra, Willard is a little woman with dark hair, She is pleasant and | hospitable, but seldom le Elmer Griff, brother of the fa mous Peck Griffin, has entered the city meet as predicted. He ts a Cali fornian. The first round begins at Wada, Japanese star, who won the Woodland park net meet title a couple of times, has en- tered the session, He has been out of the game for some time, Young Van der Las, formerly high school tennis champion, is one of the junior stars entered. Mansell-Smith, Washington state champion; Crawford Anderson, Claire | Shannon and Teel Williams are some of the older guard competing. Young Bob Wabraushek, Seat tle tennis club champion, is given afine chance to cop the high honors of the eity.tourney, ra Livingstone, Gertrude Schret Ruth Miller, Mrs, Bragdon, My ra Lambuth and Marion Soule are ome of the strong women con testants, SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.—Sacra mento won both games from the Oaks here yesterday and evened uy the series, Morning Game— R HO Bw Sacramento . 9 Oakland PR! R, Arlett, Weaver and Mitze Afternoon G Sacramento Oakland ..., swim to be held in the Willamette| header, $ to 3, 10 to 4, from the| Beavert The batter s: Mails and Cook Holling and Métyy THE SEATTLE STAR—MONDAY, JULY 7, 1919. +] ‘The urd’s sedan and the farm | ll ber of 8 ne batteries: Larkin and Wisher; 8 7 0) Jim 2 7 —-1| Thom ;| by the latter, 3 to 2 GEE! ITS TOUGH ANT IT? L SPOsE TH GUDGE WILL AWARD WER A 8 BUNCH OF, doucn aa \S RK WORRY You FELIX 1 KNow A Goop SS \ aN \ NN AFTER You HAVE A TALK WITH Hit, You WONT Have ANY DOUGH LEFT ee — ~—) |) Willie Meehan in Kansas, Where Sidahes Set Back Invaders inLong Game ‘Locals Win 12-Inning Go From Seals in Last Mix | of Series led to a good bit of base! the first game this week |rang up an error, The final score was tt San Francisco 2 the se nth by ¢ | the local# came fight back and reg nth and one in | istered one in the the eighth, ning up the count Scott, who was on the hill for the 1 in the 12th frame, when he hit Reiger and passed the ry Harper 6 sacrifice fly | inv . wo next two hitters came thru with a le and the locals won fan Francisco—AB. R. H.'PO. A Schick, ef aa ee cae ee | ae Wee a unless it is for the daily horseback | !!¥" TA et ae ride. am ae ae She and the children traveled with Co ‘ ° 1 ‘ }Jess in a circus for a while, but! > ese : | gave it up and were glad when Jess ¢ 26.8 picked out the hom at Lawrence, te chase Hawes ca coders | ae ae “ rere | ABR. HW. PO. A Ye Hal 1% r Se teat Ha Ge | i Yy (oy 7 d) jie, i y “yf hale ee ‘ ae ‘ ——— bts The city championship net +r 20 meet gets under way today at « in wevent t rlock club, ning | Summary: Stru b t2 on balls Off § Three-base hite—Baldwin, Walsh plays—Crandall to Caveney to K Thomas to Derrick to Knight, Sacrifice | nite—Hunter, I Harper, Hit }by pitched ba Ru | responsible fo f game |SHORTAGE OF BRICKS | HAMPERS BUILDING ‘| LONDON, July 7.—The govern- {ment housing schemeg. will require | 5,500,000,000 brickg,.and 4,000,000,000 will be require prises. The was 2,80 | short of the demand RS founded in 1847 MUSIC DEFIE Altho the clouds sh | ers, the band e | given by We RAI | that was to be h | was called off because of the rain. DIES OF 1 Mrs, Jane Reese Lockh ttle chapter of the Cross hospit contracted last fall, Mot Scott, of the St , of the Rainiers, was v Seals took the s 4to a ascension of J throne of w “| champion, Kansan was not ev round as tho h fact that he copped the last. game of the series from the San Francisco | to ride, dogs to play with—an stredale (Seale, but it took the locals 12 tn |nings to turn the trick yesterday. att both "pitch jing strong ball, the fans were treat ed Seals opened the scoring in should be expec’ |more punches, He had been beat- en sufficiently to make that he could not retain the cham-| His face was smashed. | | was in the arena. Friends He wanted to save} unting twice, but | pionship. His wife were the them further agony, s| be said | pu to pug | Europ: | the afterno Tigers Salt La the Vernon club, from the second pla Vernon ..... ‘ for private enter verage annual output 000,000, Many yards have failed to begin operations this season, and it is feared the supply will fall LONDON, July Mrs. BE. Allison of Selby, who has just celebrated her 90th birthday, still is the active presi dent and principal of a young ladies’ school which she and her sisters d many show- ert scheduled to be sner’s band at Wood GAMES FROM OAKS jiana park, sunday afternoon, pro: | sressed without a hitch, The concert dat Alki point mem corps, died at Minor Saturday, from influenza A 12inning hurlers’ duel between , and Claude However, the Is Ready Now to Box Champ || SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.— Willie Meehan is ready to meet © yey old place in any length bout, the local heavyweight stated today, following announcement — that Dempsey had been dffered $30,000 to meet Meehan at Atlan- tie City. Meehan claims a four- round decision over Dempsey, who, he declares, is champion only because Jack Kearns picked him up and nursed him along, I han meets Jack Thompson, negro heavyweight, in a four- round bout at Oakland Wednes- jay night. Lduatinthnncnaknhnndndnnd Ste SOUNE HOctr,— Jess Willard Was in Shape ‘Here’s Proo No Man Not Could Have Stayed After Such Punishment BY H. ©, HAMILTON (United Press Staff Correspondent) NEW YORK, July 7.—The popu- lar indoor sport following the to the Nothing could be further over drawn, Willard was in as go0o¢ condition as at any time In his life He was a victim of his egotism which expowed him to the rapid fire of & punching than before bh faced, He treated I The Proof To say that Willard was not in ondition would be to ignore the was knocked down six times in the first round by blows any one of which would have stopped an ordinary man then and there. He was able to walk to his cor- ner after each round and from the ring after the battle een greatly criticis- for his failure to come to ‘the |scratch in the fourth round. He Willard has has been called yellow, but wasn't, Willard, not being a fight- er, could not understand why Good for Game Willard’s action, however, it may was a good thing for box- y enemies of the h for bloody en- to hold up before the iblic as reasons for calling a halt m. Dempsel’s next bo! n title, meantime he will have In “th round of cireusing or theatrical work BEES WIN ANOTHER GO FROM TIGERS LOS ANGELES, July 7.—Taking game 1 tying the! terday, taking the series from the affair, the eries from king five games » team. ‘The score (morning) R. &. Lake City . 8 OR nee ee ‘The batteries—Markle The score (afternoon): RH Salt Lake City . re ee » 4 ‘The, Watteries- Dawson, Ross and Brooks. dh Condition | «cattle for the smoker. | weights if he comes thru. vyweight is passing out sympathy to Jess Willard because the big in good condition he wey in the first expected the chal- | lenger to be awed by the presence of a champion | Marysville who to take any him realize probably | will be with Willie Meehan, who holds a four-round dects him, and then there probably will| be a great champ tween Joe Bei om over ship affair be- ett, the Britisher, and the new champton, for few persons doubt that Beckett will de- feat Georges Carpentier for the 3| Portland . nd Byler Finnernan, Fromme, W. Mitchell and| Sutherland and Baker, Devormer, Brooks. 1| Los Angeles .. : 5 . 0| Portland . 4.23 Gould and Byler; | | Reppy, @enner and Baker. Four More Boxers Are Lined Up for Mother Ryther Smoker Benefit Gorman and Jones, Out-of-Town Boys, May Come to Seattle for Smoker; Wants Go With Dillon; Harper May N Be Able to Fight Four more boxers have lined up for the Star’s smoker to be staged for Mother Ryther Friday at the Arena. They 3remerton, heavyweight; Stan gerald, bantamweight; the Portland Kid, lightweight, and A. D. Evans, a 95-pounder from Marysville. This swells the list to 15 whether Bob Harper, the lightweight king of this section, who offered his services last week, will be able to fight © Friday, according to Nate Druxman, his manager, because 39 of a bum hand, which was banged up in his July 4th fight in Idaho. Young Hector is another fighter affected with bum hand malady. Hector was cut in the palm with a pair of shears when the bandages were removed from his hands ‘at the Arena show Friday. Joe Gorman, the stocky Portlander, may make the trip ta He will meet one of the best light- Jones May Fight Word is expected from Tacoma to-|! Boxers to Fight day as to whether or not Morgan Jones will come over from Tacoma, | Morgan will be matched with Frankie | Murphy if he comes over. | No word has been received from Bud Ridley or Jimmy Storey as to whether or not they will fight on the benefit card. There is room for both of these battlers, and while no word has been received from them, they re expected to offer their services for the smoker. Harry Williams, the Bremerton heavyweight, may find a place on the d, Williams does not know yet whether he will be able to fight or | not Friday Caston Wants Dillon Fly Caston, local bantamweight, | says he wants a return match with Bernie Dillon. And Ted Whitman | wants to battle Nate Druxman. What, a match this last would be! No word | of whether the challenge is accepted yet Tickets for the event will be on sale today in the local cigar stands 1 billiard halls. Travie Davies, the Everett wel- terweight, will make his first bow of the season to local fight fans Friday when he mixes on The | Star's card. His opponent will be picked tod: Young Evans is a battler from wants a crack at Frankie Murphy. He may be given a place on the card if he is in condition. Atthe Traps | Es Results of the Sunday shoot of the | Green Lake Gun club: 15 20—Tt 14 20-49 14 19 Mat Grossman L. § Barnes *1 M. Fisher 15 14 W. Kerr ... 13 15 B. Baker 414 Carstens +14 48 13 12 y 14 L. 11 H. Fleming . 13 J, 1. Davis 13 E. Foley ; 4 Don Baker . . 1 ©. W. Banay 11 10 H. Rasmussen Bs 7 as h 10 12 Mou 9 10 6 67 * Professionals, BEAVERS DROP TWO TILTS TO ANGELS PORTLAND, July 7.—Los Angeles unked the Beavers twice here yes home club, The first game went to the visitors 8 to 3, and the second affair was annexed by a 10 to 4 | count, The score (1st game): R. H. B. Los Angeles cuce 8 20° 4 " &:3t 8 The batteries—Aldridge and Boles; | The score (2nd game): Rr. H, sincenee ae The batieries—-Sehultz and Bassler; \\} SSS ae WO It is doubtful for Ryther Fund Travie Davies, welterweight, Matty Matthews, lightweight. Frankie Murphy, flyweight. Bob Harper, welterweight. Billy Wright, welterweight, Lioyd Madden, welterweight. doe Harrahan, lightweight, Dan Sugar, lightweight. Nick Sugar, lightweight. Bernie Dillon, bantamweight, Ely Caston, bantamweight. E. D, Evans, flyweight. Young Hector, hea The Portland Kid, lightweight. 1 Star Will Box for Benefit has been forthcoming from Nate as | Billy Wright, local welterweight, will box on the Ryther smoker card here Friday evening FOR FLYWEIGHT CHAMP LONDON, July 7.—All Europe is |looking forward to the bout for the yweight championship of the world here the ‘middle of Uais month be- ‘al Moore, ¥ahkee fighter, and 7 my Wilde, the little Welsh scrap- per, who now holds the title. P| NOTICE Telephone Operators on Strike Operators now on strike who desire to again take up work with this Company should report in person or by telephone at any central office in Seattle or at Operating School. New schedules of pay are now in effect. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. Seccsces enw sve zs ‘* fey