The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 24, 1919, Page 12

ANN oy PENN \«« nN NSW shuld Re \ LE STAR—THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1919 wtunt \\ fie T Th AlWAYS \N DUTCH! T ! TO A GAL HEIR To 4 ALL OF A GoT SORE AT me! wha yt > df Tigers Climb to First Notch in Coast League | Rgce; Baum Quits Post Vernon Club Ties Angels; Walter Mails Turns in Another Win; Seattle Still Has Hopes; What’s Trouble With Portland? BY LEO H. LASSE Oh, boy! just lamp that Coast league standing table Isn’t it a sight for sore eyes? Vernon, after a Je uphill from seventh place in the league standing the start of the season, has knotted the circuit race and breaking water at even money with the Los Angeles k b | _ And don’t forget San Francisco and Salt Lake City. | mento, too, is still in the running. Vernon’s setback the league leaders last week gave the Seals and the another chance and they are taking advantage of it./ Sacramento evidently has taken a new lease on life.| Solons hammered the Seraphs again yesterday while Tigers were putting the bee on Seattle, as usual. By way, the Solons’ win yesterday marked their -ninth ht game that the Yippers have registered during! past two weeks. And our own Walter Mails .turned } trick..when he hurled the Solons to their win. “We rise to remark that Harry] pis | How Coast ler, traded to Seattle by the | Clubs Stand | ™ ~ ayareee—n, || for Mails and a huge hunk coin, dropped another game for Los Angeles Vernon Siwashes yesterday. If mem ‘Berves us! right, Gardner to win a ° member the locals. cou diner been out of the with but it seems as if Bill rs wasn't so crazy after all) s he banded his leading twirler Seattle. Is is admittedly one the best mound men in the and if he can keep up a pace he won't be in this Tong. Road Trip Did It it back to the Tigers and An-. The Tigers have been sail- ng slong at a merry pace for the past month while the Angels had their froubles on the The road ttip is what re ed the Angels, as they condition to put up game with the Tigers playing on foreign soil for A disastrous week at Lake City, in which the five out of six nes, cut big into their lead, the failure of the Killifer to take the series from Se- didn’t help the Angels any. loss of Sam Crawford from the is a serious blow to the An- Sam was pounding the pill with gusto and was right among the in Coast sticking circles. Some st league pitchers can breathe easier now. Ray Bates is playing position, as the big fellow, his ankle in Sacramento the her-day, will be out of the fray | at ieast a week, and probably Portland Seattle . | Sor to the retiring prexy. Whoever | may get the job should be a big man who will put the Coast league on the map. The Coast circuit is next to the majors in class, and a live presi dent is one of thé big needs of the league, | As far as the salary goes, the sum | of $3,600 for the president of the | league is a joke. A lot of ball play- |ers are getting more than that in | this circuit. In war times such a salary was the thing, but since base- ball has come back strong it is up to the league magnates to pay a good salary for the job, to make it worth | while for a regular business man to| take charge of the league. Who will be elected is, of course, a matter of conjecture, as the resignation was rather sudden, But whoever it may | be, here’s hoping that he is a man | who will be able to put the Coast | league in the place where it belongs. SECOND CRUCIAL GAME TODAY Cincinnati and New York will meet in the second game of their PREXY BAUM RESIGNS AS COAST HEAD SAN FRANCISCO, July 2%4.— (United Press.)}—The Pacific ‘Coast league ig minus a president when. ever the board of directors get ready | to accept the resignation of A. T. Baum. Baum, who has held the mentor-| ship of the league for eight years, | tendered his resignation late yester- | |day. He has accepted the agency | | for an Eastern glass product. Baum stepped from a telegraph desk to the position of sporting ed. itor, of a San Francisco paper, from which.he graduated to his present re- signed position. ‘ONLY THREE CLUBS, SAYS bia gute ICE LEADER rs are going now make them dan-|TEAM FOR US | | VANCOUVER, B. C.,. July 24.— contenders for the flag. In frantic efforts to stop the los-| Frank Patrick, president of the Pa 4 ‘Tigers go on the road for a \ing streak of the locals on the road) cific Coast Hockey association, an- Month after the Seattle series while | Bij; Clymer is trying a new shift|nounced yesterday that the league the Angels are in for another long |every day in the week. ‘There only | would be a three-club affair this sea Stay on the home pasture after their|/remains one chance for the Si-/son and that no franchise would be sojourn in Sacramento this week.| washes to land out of the cellar| granted to any outside cities, ‘The schedule bags Sap eng ed again | this year and that is during their from now on. Will the Tigers be | jome stay ae ghee ee, the 2088 tae be here for a month, it broke the Angels? Upon the Oaks, Beavers, Tigers and Bees) wo, ‘e a formal re 6 )this rests the championship of the|here, If the Siwashes can Wil oe ane Bese pe ~puniee hies _ Coast league race for 1919 |some games during that home stay|' Patrick, upon hearing of Jqpes" in- |there is still hopes for ascension,| tention, made the statement to the |but otherwise— jeffect the league would not be en larged. ™ . too, hawe the edge in le this week, as they are our own Siwashes. Clymer’s ops have about as much chance of | aking games in the Vernon series as | German delegates had of taking pri at the peace table sessions. ‘Thomas Due ity’ Thomas will undoubtedly on the hill for the Seattle outfit and he may trouble the Tigers, it is doubtful. The way the Tt | Con Jones y in August when the club| trom Montreal, wanted a franchise meeting | for a fourth city. He announced he LEAGUE NEEDS BIG With the announcement of the| PORTLAND'S SLUMP resignation of Allen T. Baum as|SURPRISIN president of the Coast League comes Portland dropped another game the call for a special meeting of! 4, «he san Francisco Seals yes- _ Teague club owners to elect a succes) trgay, and are again on their way to join the Seattle crew. THE SPORTING GOODS STORE Portland made a spurt that prom- - ised to put them in the first di- SECT NOES] Z ww vision, but a terrible week at Salt Lake City took all the fight out 2 You Trapshooters Should step in and see the of the Beavers, it seems. Watch- ing fly balls drop°over the Salt Lake fences is enough to take the fight out of any regular ball Ithaca “Victory Grade” Trap Gun, shipment of which our Gun Department recently OAKS WIN LISTLESS GAME FROM LAKERS SALT LAKE CITY, July 24.—Th yesterday, 1 full of error: e | al land hit safely 2 The game Oakland . | Salt Lake City Batteries: | Stroud, M Kremer and rkle and Spencer SEALS COME FROM - BEHIND AND WIN SAN FRANCISCO, July 24 Francisco pull a ninth inn and tied the score yesterday, after or d led, 1 to 0, for eight innings. The Seals then shoved the | winning run across in the Elliott; club. Y FAKE? SAN FRANCISCO, July 24. (United Press.)—“Press agent stuff” | is what Harry Davis, former circus | man, labels talk about Jack Demp- sey getting $10,000 a w ‘or clreus, theatre or evangelistic work Davis, who quotes himself as being an au- | thority on theatrical and circus sal aries, says that Dempsey will not get over $2,000 for possibly 10 weeks inning or lebs. ° | San Just the same material sab as in all Ithaca Guns, but without the. fancy trim mings, and priced less. Piper & Toft Inc SECOND AVE, THE SPORTING GOODS STORE £ SPORTING GOODS Stor’ THI H. 8 | ‘The game ne |Portland , LARUE WINS }San Fi 12 OAKLAND, Cal, July 24.—The| Batteries Baker; Fat Larue 3arry go here last | Seaton, Smith and Baldwin and Me- night was rue, The bout | Kee. was generally conceded to be a cit rus. Jimmy Duffy took the decision from Jimmy Marshall in the semi-| SENATOR Jones S RALLY AND YE, I WAS JUST Pa “Syst YOUTHFUL TENNIS STAR ‘Trio of Weak Hitters recently arrived here} ; represent their work for the eleventh |” TALIM’ WAT FELL ; LARGE FORTUNE: DEN SHE ~ YEH, L CANT UNDERSTAND \T I CAN'T WHAT Dip You SAY TO HER FeLi, ? oH } cages » AY % alo ra! N ve N \ LS \'\ ALL I SAID WAS” BELIEVE ME fuss, You'vE GOT A Nice Fat Legacy” . TS { anil Vincent Richards, the youthful Brooklyn wizard, n al will undoubtedly be net been the has startling with his courts. K phenome Local Outfit inPoor Game ers when the experts make their se-| Gardner lections for the season, net experts the well} al work on Youthful for Cl W. Noll match defe finals yeste nix tourney |The play we We Women Dixe pnfeld and Atwoo¢ and Schorr Are Pounded Hard in Second Game of Series LOS ANGE July A Pounding Harry Gardner and Ernie Schorr hard, the Vernon Tigers slapped the Siwashes et sound for the second re yesterday, winning 11 to The visitors started out stronger than a batch of spring onions, seoring one in the first fr The Tigers, however, made their start look sicker than a last year’s suit’ when they amassed five markers in their first trip to the platter, The slaughter continued, and before the game was over the count was II to 2. Frank Hosp was the hero of the. hour when he slapped the onion over the right field bar- ricade for ‘a home run wallop in the ninth frar Bill Clymer, Seattle pilot, shifted his lineup again today, but the re- | sults we: usual. The Seattle gang has won only one game in Los Angeles this year, and they haven't much chance of winning two, « present outlook for Bill the Red his gang of Indians is as bright as « mud river, the way the ‘ going now, Seat Schaller, rf Cunningham, Walsh, tb ¢ it 2. 64 Dunean, Johnson | Turner and | won from F Johnson an Coles and } Oldham, 97 Th rm and Worth: inal); Hes! 6—Nort sengson and taneda (B fi Y= YUM LA 4 J DKK Seattle boxing fans will see the| first smoker of the Northwest Ath letic club August 1, when Clay Hite, matchmaker, will stage his maiden show in the newly constructed gym nasium in the basement of the Arena, Hite tried to match Frank Farmer, Tacoma heavyweight, with Battling | Hector, but was unsuccessful, as| Farmer had broken his hand. Mickey King, who is in Seattle, may tackle Hector in the headliner. Young Brown, Eastern lightweight | Htoup, 2b en route to Australia, may be one of | "ph: the principals in the headliner if tele- | : graphic endeavors are successful. 7—RK. Bo: Robinson v and Nollan Benson and Piggatt PORTLA sO" ortle |has issued Walker, of of any place the wish AY ‘ "ty | 4 ompt | Perring. Lapan, | « | . They're going to lift the tax on} soda water. This will be a great| © boost for tennis, but won't help out the grand old game of golluf in the} least. Bat Nelson is lecturing on the Wil- lard-Dempsey fight. He says it’s as good as the movies. Those who've heard him talk will skip Mack Sen- nett any time. Score by innings Seattle Vernon Summary -10 5 Stolen bases—Hig! Home run—Hosp. Two-base hits—Houck Meusq. Sacrifice hits—De Vormer | Bases on balls—Sohorr 3, Houck 4, Struck |out—Sehorr 1, Houck 6." Innings pitched Gardner 0, Schorr § plus. Runs reapou- | stbie for—Gurdner 3, Schorr 4, Houck 1 | Double play—Mitchell to Borton, Charge | defeat to Gardner, Umpires—Finney and Bedford. Southern sport writers are the nuts, Here Seattle picks up a new third baseman by the name of Per. ring, who clouts the pill as a good cloutsman should, and the scribes of Pruneland keep mum as to the bird's past history. Poor Los Angeles seems to be! Rube Renton pitched a ball game slurping. Now that “Wahoo” Sam) and knocked out a home run that Crawford is out with a strained ten-| won it. The Reds went down, 6 to 1. don, we can't see how the Angels are | Recast ast going to have any cinch on their po sition in the percentage column. Seattle managed to get men on! bases frequently in Vernon opener, | but five double plays nipped ambi tious attempts at bag stealing. | The, Red Sox took a hitch in the | Tiger average by winning, 8 to 1. ‘The Phillies won their fifth straight from the Pirates, 6 to 1, but suc- cumbed in the second, 1 to 0. Have Found New Bats, Says Fred Turbyville Peckinpaugh, Johnston and Thorp’ Are, Clouting Pill With Vengeance; Writer Explains With “Maybes” BY FRED TURBYVILLE How do they do it? Doc Johnston of the Indians is |batting .303; Roger Peckinpaugh of the Yankees, .3 , and |Jim Thorpe of the Braves .373. Fans who only read the batting averages once a year— nal statistics of the season—would not believe it. Yet "re doing that. Doc Johnston was right up at the top| of the American swatters for several weeks and Rog Peckin-| paugh led the league for a long time—only dropping out aj few days ago. Jim Thorpe, who never could hit with the Giants, is heading the procession in the National. Last year Peckinpaugh batted | | superhuman effort to keep Guisto or .231, Johnston and Thorpe .248.|Joe Harris from crowding him out All three men are veterans; and|of his job at first for the Indians last y batting figures just about | Doc was the only first sacker on the years} job this spring, Guisto and Harr gues, [reporting later. It was generally | helped | conceded that Doe would hit the ants to| bench soon as soon as either of the began | missing two turned up, But Doe has the job, and as long as he can hit for|in the ,300 class he'll probably keep » His it. Doo has been. playing a bangup game in all departments Peckinpaugh and Johnston slipping, and the old hitsmiths are crowding to the front. Joe Jackson with .3 1d Cobb and Veach with 348 en re at the top. they've been in the major 1 | Maybe a change in pastu Thorpe. He went from the the Braves and immediately to hit There is no particular re asing his Miller Huggins, ted hitting sed to suc tent that now it looks as if t He never adapted a new style plate—just confidence,” Miller continued to say. that in his jestimation Peckinpaugh was the best shortstopper in the game today, In the field he always was regarded a wonder, he's now hitting harder than any other shortfielder Hit to Hold Job Johnston put forth are n Yesterday's hero der. ‘The Cub G Alexan won an 11-round game from the Dodgers, allowing nary a run, The Dodgers lost the | | second pastime, also without scoring, | 6 to 0 Witah eamea te ta | The Senators kept up their win. | ning stre ming from behind and final. “Let's go buy Boldt’s French Pas- try. Uptown, 1414 3rd Aves down- town, 913 2nd Ave. _ WIN IN 11TH FRAME | AMENTO, July 24 ' ted a batting rally day in the fifth inning, while . | score stood 3 to 0 against them, and | |tied the , winning inf the 11th, |4 to 4, against Los Angeles. The | Senators made five hits in the ul| | inning: | The game: | Sacramento Your Patronage Appreciated 01 Pay Checks Cashed TORREY & SEARS’ BILLIARD PARLOR 4 FORMER TACOMA PRO fini."\r0aX, coming, trom vetind and | LEADS FIELD IN PLAY, then copping their 11-inning bap ye with the Angels, 4 to 3, VELAND, Ohio, July 24 nes, Sunset Hill club’s pro led the field yesterday in golf by the of 69 cL James fossional, the open The Bees dropped a loose game the O 17 to 4 ve errors by the Salt Lake club cinched the game for the commuters ks, Pounding Gardner out the box |* in the first inning, the Tigers rolled up an 11 to 2 win over the Rainiers. Yamara, former champion, second, With 70 and any number » the course in 71, The play is Tigers Spank Nollan Wins Tennis Title at keth and Nollan vs. Packer and Vanderlas. CHALLENGES CANADIAN | length, 66 \ Idaho Gets Former Star . for Gridiron “Qld Princeton Man to Take Z Charge of Football and Track ‘Major League 5] Scoreboard | —* Woodland “ Star Bests Worth ass A Net Crown AMERICAN LEAGUE Won, Lant DETROIT Detr Cunningham, an carefully played ated B. H. Worth in the rilay of the playfield ten and won the class A title errupted by in a nton UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, MOS- COW, July 24.—Ralph F. Hutchison, former Princeton star and mentor, been appointed assistant coach for the University of Idaho. Hutchison, well known to Easterns ers of the greatest quarter- ks in Princeton's football history, and who has a wide experience as coach, has been located at Washing- ton and Jefferson college during the last year He was a member of the class of 192, and played on two champion- E.|ship teams. In 1899 he was a mem- ; | ber of the Princeton eleven that won Killiter;|the national championship over Yale. jand is said to have been largely ree sponsible for the victory. 6] After coaching at Texas, Carlyle, O'varrell; |New Mexico, and turning out excele |lent crowds of canny scrappers, he |took the job at Washington and Jef- |ferson, where he has been working jever since, He will take charge of 1 | the football and track work here this r, Hamilton | winter, ragresser. | R 1 as 1 NATIONAL sdnesday’s € A Burnstad won from 62, Meyer and from Mrs, Eliott 1, 6-0, 6-4 won won 3 from King, 6 Boyer won from 62 (C semifinal; |, m won from Noyes, 6-2 W. Nollan H. Worth, 6-3, 6-4 Lagerstrom won from awski, 6-3, 10-8; Hes won from Hill and |¢! 1 19 Luaue nd Koz 61 Aiexand ux and Miller Kecond Game *h and hursday's Games innings ‘abraushek Hill vs. Cas th and Nollan vs 13 Douglas and h, Grimes and Krueger Gable (C final); V KE. McCullock; Hesketh vs. Hill and Vanderlas; i Worth vs. Summey and| yer vs | XELPHIA, July 24 B INTER-CITY MATCHES MAY BE REVIVED VANCOUVER, B. C., July 24.—A revival of the international inter-city | tennis matches for the Star-Reynolds- | Star trophy may be held this season, M. N. Malthy, secretary of the Van- couver Tennis association, announced yesterday. These matches were inter- rupted by the war. EB. | 1} cond Game rittebure Philadelphia Batteries | Clark, Adams, ND GRAPPLER Mitter “ana Tee; Rixey and | | Louls | —Boston-St rain. July VER, B. C., July 24.—Ted | *™e* Postponed; nd middleweight wrestler a challen; to George Port Arthur, for a bout) COLORADO SPRI to be held at any|24.—"Kid" Mex, Pueblo, and Stanley Canadian promoters may| Yoakum, Denver, fought 12 terrific rounds to a draw here last night. BATTLE TO | I A x. ead HE’S THE OLD RELIABLE RAND old “Bull”. He’s the best there is. He sold over 300,000,000 bags last year. 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