The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 28, 1919, Page 12

ws Ty *w\ \ \ \\] ’ \ q Vernon Has Worst Break ‘CARL CAN FOOL’EM WITH é | DECORATED PASTEBOARDS on Schedule; Killefers _ Play on Home Lot Again Tigers Leave for Month’s Journey; San Francisco- Tiger Series Important; Seattle Invades Salt Lake City; Other Gossip of Coast League Baseball BY LEO H. LASSEN It’s the safest bet in the world that while the Vernon Tigers are leading the league by a couple of games today | there isn’t going to be much peace and rest for the Jungle | be during the coming month. Just when they reached the rung of the ladder the Tigers are forced to travel around it and traveling has done a lot to wreck the Coast league ters this year. Los Angeles, with a big lead, were harpooned many on the road, and coming home after the long journey snagged by Vernon. What Sacramento did to the league rs during the past week is history. Vernon faces a month’s trip away from the home lot, while they meet three weak clubs and one strong outfit, are facing a tough proposition. Opening in Oakland, they should grab the series, the Tigers move across | bay to San Francisco to battle the Seals, where Dame along knows what awaits them. The series between} fernon and San Francisco will just about decide the Coast title or else make the race an even proposition. San Francisco is still within touch of the 1919 rag, and, | advent haidadoonn wa RR \ SCHOOL Books SAY! Adin We = i ANY S\ \ ‘ s vh WW (Two Champ Tilts Tonight | CanTed Lewis Regain Title? | |Britton and Lewis Meet Again; Joey Fox Gets Crack at World’s Feather Boxing Title; Is Kilbane VV “There”? dé: CoLombus DisCovEReD AMERICA. DIONT HE pias AN’ PEARY Discove RED TH’ NORTH POLE, EH? —— “WT WHO DISCOVERED) 2.757° BEER, THATS WHAT IT WANTA AN’ MARCONI ; DISCOVERED TH, WARELESS DADNT A III IOI IO OL oe nee —s | "Will McLaughlin / Regain Net Form? Tigers Take Double Bill | FromLocals They Win First Affair When| Thomas’ Support Wobbles; Homer Decides 2nd Tilt How Coast Clubs Stand! Lo Nee BY H. C. HAMILTON ve NEW YORK, July 28.—There will be two comeback efforts in pugk Jism tonight. One of these reeks with the breath of old time champion. > ~ ship battles; the other merely raises the question of whether or not — wis was defeated by J after the knockou More interest centers in the six-round bout at Philadelphia between Joe Fox nest-to-goodness nny Leonard knocked him out in Philadelphia, ~ the match as a sort of trial, for he is F next September, provided he can prove a bout with Fox that he possesses his old time eunning hing power. Fox is a high class little serapper. He has » in England hardly second to Kilbane’s in this country. That | he will give the world’s featherweight champion a tough argument for | yy 1 a while at least, is a foregone conclusion. But with Kilbane in \ ~ Won “ | | & | LOS ANGELES, July 28.—Seattle and Vernon completed their comedy |here yesterday, the Tigers grabbing |both ands of a double bill, making it |seven straight games from the Si washes. like his old time form, the visiting featherweight will have little chance, The bout between Jack Britton, the welterweight champion, and Ted Lewis, in Jersey City, is the twentieth meeting between the pair, and folks have ceased to take their efforts seriously, despite the faet that Britton forgot himself and knocked out Lewis the last time they met. 'T s to be some animosity between them, engenderdd by | the last fight, and the boxers are promising diverse kinds of damage to each other. It even is reported they have made a side bet of $10,000, pass Maartce McLoughlin Net fans thruout the country are | Dulling for Maurice Mcl n, the The first game was the closest af-| great California tennis star, to come fair of the week, Claude Thomas, the| hack in the national event scheduled |star port-sider of the Northerners,|¢or the this summer. Mc |held the Jun 4 to four bingles, | Laughlin Senanberas the [but some Ie r ing in one inning |“Comet’*§ who walloped Norman | tossed the game away. The score was | Brooks and Anthony Wilding, the ; pias ig on their home grounds, they should give the league | }3 to 2, with the Tigers winning, @8/ famed racquet wielders from the s the sweet young argument of the season. While the) peat « Antipedes, in one afternoon in the + ay, 4 : In the afternoon the game was Davis cup matches several years ago. eals didn’t look like the strongest club in the league when [tight affair tntil the fourth perlod| Mac was at the top of his game then played here they fight to the last trench. : |when Bob Meusel crashed the a ayed himse out, as he ‘The Seals have a crafty leader in out of the lot with two men on ba ched his top form since that Graham. Fitzgerald, Scott, | Vernon then added some more count-| notable achievement n and Corhan are all smart | ers and finished in front, 5 to 1 il players. The veterans, Morking Game and Crandall, are strong hit- | ABR i teady the infield, while i im and Caveney on the other ‘of the dio-ond give young blood | infield, Shick and Hunter are both playing good ball in the orch- with Fitzgerald. Scott, Seaton, and Baum, with Indian Smith, | up a strong hurling staff. ‘ ‘Were Out of It ‘Two weeks or so ago, when the were miles ahead of the elubs, San Francisco was about figured out of the league race, but a sweet series with the Seattle and the Los Angeles’ made the Seals con- is the cast is O'>'$: 4 # KAZAS Ld? LACS KAGAN Harry Cusey, Seattle lightweight, who has heen in the service in returned to his home h bride. Harry is the in boxer to come back A. with @ spouse from of Napoleon since the Yanks started their homeward jour- han, whose main claim to fame awkwardness and his two freak | Jack Dempsey, will probably, winner of the Hector-Anderson ff soon, has 5 BILLY EVANS CALLS BALK ON W. JOHNSON Billy Evans called a balk on Walter Johnson on July 4, when Derrill Pratt had stolen second, Pratt galloped away, and when neither Shanks nor Grover covered, went to third on Johnson's peg. Evans ruled Johnson had balked and sent Pratt back to second, dohnson says it was the first balk called on him since he has been in the big leagues. “If it isn’t the first, I can’t remember any other, i 80 far back,” says Wal- 'Let’sGo! Bikers | i § youngsters! just lamp this li'l announcement! Do you own a bicycle? Would lyou like to win one? Well, |." in two weeks The Star will ¥« now, but says ry. Stage a big bicycle carnival 145 pounas agai | °|with the assistance of the Se-| rioya staaaen, pride of the toca! ahip- | tattle “Bicycle, club out at! zh ate ita dirt ait: ANDERSON ¢\Green Lake. The details will | ports ‘in ioca * be announced in The Star|Pst contrmed ‘thls “announcement "as Ole Anderson, the Tacoma weight, and Young Hector hat ¢ : e|within the next few days. “4 * . Geo Chip, Pittsbu iddle- °*/Entry blanks will be printed | weisnt'\s stil’at it. ‘George will fone lin Tuesday's Star to start the |7rinds n'a New Jersey hamlet tomones | «| campaign. night. Poet the pee * — : > event to be staged ai _The prizes will range. from | August 5 by the Northwest entitle 3 ieee-t|bikes to tires and will be} | club. Young Brown, of Phil Summary: Stolen base—Heck. ‘Two-| furnished by the bicycle club, | jand Frankie Sullivan will} bare hit—Lapan. Sacrifice hite—J.| and other details of the pro-| the other half of the bill. Mitchell, Hosp. out—Fy Mitenei | ANd other details o} e pro-| Joe Harrahan and Loule 5, by Delt 3 ene witcheacaiten. (eee will be under the direc-| | lightweights, may stage @ eg. OR pie for—Mitenelt 1, | tion of Earl A. Frye, of Piper !as another bout on the card, cor FI sg an alate mad | aS Jimmy Storey, scheduled to’ _| Watch for announcements ain paps sith te a later in The Star! because of an injury reegive Major League | Scoreboard Seattle— |Sehatler, if .. Cunningham, ef | Walsh, 1b 111 Carl Zamlock : | Whenever Carl Zamlock, San Francisco utility player, | 11 lis thru as a baseball player, he has a home waiting for him | ¥!\?" on the stage. Carl is “right there” fooling the spectators | ‘Seer \with the decorated pasteboards and if he could fool the! other teams on the chalked fields with the little leather | ‘apple as well as he can with the kings, queens, etc., he), |would make Walter Johnson, Ty Cobb and company look like grammar school performers. | 1 1 Harry Dawson, local b t | who showed a lot of class am @ hare H nasium boxer, but whose laek 1 ° cs bot training cost him his first two: haflt, another local boxer, who |is in training again 1 1 1 ° me from the firing lne, ° ° Harry is @ | Dod looking ring prospect and r after a few more fighta, i the 160-pound mark|on considerable weight. He te ba, » is fat and will make, aS ‘Totals 31 ry *Ratted for Moxp in ninth. Vernon. ABR. it Mitchell, m= 2 06 Shad Beck orton, 1b me Edington, rf ..... High, if Fisher, 2b PO. ‘ ‘ std \2 oom uwocoouoe> 2 3 1 1 1 ! Delt, starts to the jungle aggregation. Yes, indeed, brother, Seattle, can be glad thot. It Galt Lake played jthat the Slwashes play no more ball its games in Utah the ra | games in Los Angeles this year. d have been over long ago, the Bees look rotten on the Sacramento's sudden have started the fans all over the circuit. y and Mails are doing some hurling for the Solons, who hitting the ball again. They the class and are proving the dopesters who picked them as the club to beat at the “start of the season weren't so foolish after all. come back to Vernon. After ‘vital series -'th the Seals the come to Seattle and thence Unless something won- happens the only. thing the should lose in this section is bag or two. Angels Play at Home While the Tigers are roaming ‘bout the league, the Los Angeles + will be in their own back yard the coming month. They we their big chance to make hay | SEATTLE CATCHERS While the sun is cutting up. Their) Another puzzling thing that has Muiccess on their home lot will deter-|come to the surface lately is the| Mine Los Angeles’ fate for the com-|fact that Sacramento is plugging | ing season. The Seraphs open with|along with young Cook and Bob wes Beavers. Oakland, Salt Lake! g, canned by Seattle, as their and Sacramento follow in turn. The |receivers. Cook didn’t look so bad schedule surely favors Wade Killefer | when he worked for Clymer, but he| and his crew. wasn't the fastest thinking person in The road wrecked the Angels. | the world s far as Schang's play What {+ will do for the Tigers only |ing is concerned, the best thing he time will tell, but the dope still favors |did here was to walk back to the the Angels to cop the rag, unless the |bench after the innings were over. unforseen happens. And yet Bill Rodgers manages to| |string along with a pair of second |hand receivers. This is another one| |of those now famous “Clymer” mys- Lake and Sacramento are 2 hell in Totals 28 1 4 fitt **Batted for W. Mite Score by innings Seattle ° h. Ted Lewis and Jack Britton are doped to Tyget again tonight in Jer- sey City, N. J., necording to tele- phic reports from the east. This ‘h has been off and on for the nonth. o1000 60002 LET’S WATCH SACRAMENTO With the club hitting the ball hard and Walter Mails and big Bill Piercy pitching good ball, the Sacramento Solons should make the going interesting for some of the other clubs in the Pacific cir- cuit. The Solons have a crew of good hitters in big Griggs, Wol- ter and Eldred. The club is fast, too, having a couple of speed de- mons on the paths in young Pi- nelli and Eldred, who are right among the league's leading base thieves. The Vippers drove the Angels out of first place last week. They meet San Francisco in the Golden Gate city this week. Their games with the Seals will be watched with interest thruout the circuit, as neither team is out of the race yet. Charley White, the Windy City Mgnt- weight, will step into fast company when {he meets Lew Tendler in Philadelphia next month. It’s a six-round melee. Frankie Burns and Joe Lynch, two of the leading bantamweights of the coun- try, are billed to tangle in Jersey City jover the eight-ro Wonder what become of Whitman and his bow tie? Since he has Inid off as w fight referee Ted doesn’t get the spotlight #0 often any more. What he lacks as = referee FrigPnon mye up for as an artist, Take it from ux, Ted swings # mean ‘ brash and he doesn't paint houses, | Reading, Pa. July 28 UE but turns out real art work. | Kelchner, scout for major New York at Brooklyn, clear. clubs, having found a dearth - * Have you seen Dan Salt with his horn- Boston at Philadelphia r. od-rimmed specks? Dan has been wear- | ‘ing material in the minors Pittsburg at Cincinnati, clear. ing ‘em regularly lately. Watch your | Sn, has opened a summer Chicago at St, Louis, clear. | Zep er you'll be calling him Professor | school here for the purpose AMERICAN LEAGUE fees jing green material for namie New York at Boston, clear, featherweight king, | He has been assured of support fi ae the six-round route several major league clubs. LEAGUE night. | Cieveland club plans son Won, 1 Milwaukee, is sched-| this same sort in their park ub rendier in’ Philadel- | the guidance of Lee Fohl wi Ivs a six-round g°./ Indians are away from home August. Alernoon a, By LEO H. LASSEN Some day “Dad” Henry, the veteran Seattle swimming ex- pert, promises to inform Seattle water fans how dives are scored in swimming meets. “Dad” stopped me on the street the other day and with pencil and pad started to demonstrate the diffi- culty of scoring dives in swimming sessions. Personally [I con- fess absolute ignorance of the system, but with Seattle having several thousand swimming enthusiasts, local tank stars will undoubtedly watch for “Dad's” summary of the system. He has been scoring diving meets here since the oldest fans only know when. MAJORS OPEN SCHOOLS TO TRAIN YOUNGST rphy, ench, Regan, p ... Gardner, p ....... sauecooo™ Mu: |F NATIONAL LE. oy et: <9 hee wee a | Meusel, Horton, 1b Edington, High, If | | Johnny Kithane, | meets Joey Fox ove jat Philadelphia t Speaking of swimming, Donald Vickers and his crew at the Crystal pool are planning to stage a state tank meet here some time in September. The huge success of the city session here re- cently has prompted this new venture which undoubtedly will be carried thru. Finneran, p ..... NATION | THOSE FORMER an mg ‘4 ‘Totals Richie Mitchell, uled to battle Lew phia September 1 New York Cineinnatt Chicago Brooklyn Pittsburg innings 600000001 60013001 bane—Walsh, ase hits hits—Fisher, By Finnery 1 n 1, off Regan 1, In an 4, Runs resp an 4, Finneran 1, Doubl tehell to’ Bort 7 to Char to Finney and “a 4 " Eding Edington Bases 0 The father of Fat La Rue, Oakiand heavyweight, is dead. Fat, who put up # bum exhibition with Jim Barry in Oakland the other night, gives his father's death as # reason for his poor showing in the ring, Is Mickey King, local middleweight, thru as a boxer? local fans are asking this question since K couver at the hands of Frank Barrieau som pe ago. Nothing much was thought of the defeat, it seems, il a bout between King and Young Hector, of Bremerion, was suggested the other day. This fight should never be staged. It would be one huge joke. King weighing in the neighborhood of 160 pounds fight- ing a 200-pound giant. There is little chance of the ma’ olng thru. t rs and is not in the best of condition to put up a scrap. last good fight Mickey kicked thru with was his mix with Jimmy Darey, the Portlander, whom he licked at the Crystal pool last spring. Since then King has hit the greased shute and it is doubtful if he can get in real con- dition for a long time. Many run——-M w ‘s defeat at Van | High. Sacrifice Struck out Off Finne ZOMRECHT EXPORTED Zomrecht, 2:03%, black stallion bj Zombra, has been sold to Valentit Caporillo, for export to Italy, Ru ticota (3), 2:08%, goes to the sam buyer. CAS FOR YOUR CAR Or we will sell your automobile for you YOUR price without commission or storage charges. balls NEW YORK, July 2 iting ek at t bo CHAMP WILL | BOX TENDLER, SAYS GIBSON NEW YORK, July 28°-Billy Gib son, manager of Benny Leonard, | 4| lightweight champion, has agreed to | Reuther | send his bread winn nst_ Lew | ndler, the southpaw Philadelphia newsboy champ, in an eightround {bout this fall in Jersey City, the promoters of that city having hung |up a purse of $25,000 for the bout. | “Leonard will do 135 pounds for dier,” said Gibson, “and will] fight him on any basis that he pre | fers, winner take all or pere |I don’t believe that Tendler wants | any of the champion's game, déspite his many statements in thé pres: It's now up to him and his m: to make good. We're rea them.” Leonard was believed to be unwilling to meet a left-handed fight- er like Téndler or White, but Gibson staies that he and the champion bar no one that the public think a} capable opponent. ‘ans want a an, the San Francisc i i defeat Tomas, Witte | Me: Seals and Beavers Split Two Battles AN FRANCISCO, July 28.—The Beavers copped the first game Sunday's double bill, but the e back ir cond affair y the day » was 7 to 1 with the Beaver and the second | tilt went to the 8 7 to 2. | et. Lovts, guly s8— a First game— Portland THAT LOS ANG eoDoo | teries, Oh! boy! Seattle's Coast league rep- | sig resentatives are at last on their way | to Salt Lake City today, shaking the geles from their feet s * has just: finished another terrible) Kan. this morning that Joe Wil- ‘Week in Los Angeles, dropping seven| lt, who played in the outfeld Etraight games to the league leading | fF the Seattle club at the start Tigers. Seattle has won just. one| Of the season, has broken the game in Los Angeles this year, drop.| World's record for consecutive Ping six straight to the Angels on| hitting, running his string of 4 games without missing up to 46 one occasion and losing 13 out of 14 games, the former record being held by Jack Ness of Oakland at 45. This must be sweet news to Bill Clymer. When Joe played with Seattle this spring he couldn't hit the side of a barn if he had been locked up inside, | 5 | Mayer and. tL | 1ERE'S ANOTHER | ONE FOR CLYMER King, himself, is arguing that he has held Frank Farmer even, and that Farmer is considered a good match for Hector, Such is the truth, but it doesn’t make King a match for E Farmer fights around 175 pounds. This makes him some 15 pounds heavier than King and 25 pounds lighter than Hector, King is a middleweight and Farmer is a light heavyweight, Farmer is forced to fight ‘em as big as they come. ‘There have been too many fights in Seattle during the past season where the matches were not even and a Hector fight is absolutely out of question, and Killeter s and Clemons rand Koehle Baum, Couch, Bromtey and Baldwin. nd game H. EB. @:°¢ 158 Ol, jeaton Automobiles are hurting fishing in the state, according to some of our leading city anglers. With roads running along even the smallest creeks nowadays, autos distur the fishing. plenty of fish in the streams, too, it writes advertising for our plant during the weelc and fishes for a pastime of a Sunday, traveled up to Bear creek over the end, and while he said the fish were plentiful they simply could not be induced into swallowing the bait. Henry Ford's funny tin outfit from Detroit has been blamed for a lot of things, but spoiling fishing is the latest. Packard Smith and Ou) F Ever Play Ball at a Picnic? You know the regulation “league” variety is some what hard for the person who only indulges in the game once or twice a year. Francisco . ries: Jon nd Baldwin \Angels Take Lead; | cnicac Wallop Solon Club! SACRAMENTO, July 25.—Taking|3°";,ou1s, ad in the first inning, the | Moston never headed. The final | Washing 4 to 1, with the visitors on |?" adel? dof the count. W. Killefer, Angel pilot, was the star of the fray, collecting three hits and |‘ Smith, and Baker; LEAGUE Won, Los ‘ 48 46 | LATEST | BASEBALL PASTIME One of our new pastimes is trying | to keep track of the number of home | |runs-that Karl Sheely and Bill Rum. | |ler of the Bees are knocking out of | the lot in the Salt Lake City c One thing more before we call it a day. put out fires after car ficer Halloran, of Fort L: les in the fort grow Let's remember to Commanding Of. ping and picnic is because of the danger of fires and score was the long ¢ Go, onic July 28. R. u Auto Bargain Market 701 E. Pine St. E, 340 atteries Wellman, Sothoron We've got the kind that are “easy to hit” and are soft enough for the girls to catch, Lots of sport with ene of those Playground Balls that we are shaming. Piper & Taft Inc. ‘M10441109 SECOND AVE, THE SPORTING GOODS STORE Your Patronage Appreciated Pay Cashed TORREY & SEARS’ BI PARLOR 3430 3rd, Comer 3rd and Pike Counter Barber op u Drinks, M. 2819. Card Tables B 8 8 2 5 = box. Earl cracked out his 18th ¢ | cuit wallop of the season in Salt | Lake yesterday, and Bill added two | more to his string. Don’t recall how |many Bill has accumulated, but it runs into double figures. F n time | they swat a home run they collect a ton of coal from a Salt Lake dealer, who is a rabid fan. pid is putting it mild, Earl and Bill have enough {coal to run a steel mill for the next neration, and the season has sev. al weeks yet to run! | The next lightweight bout of in | terest is the proposed set-to between | Richie Mitchell, the Milwaukee light weight, and Lew dler, the Phila- delphia. south th Philadelphia and Milwaukee promoters are bid: |ding for the bout, to be held on La- bor day, | ¢ ext the by of is trai ed takes a little ef- ber is the life of Washing- nd many acres of fine lumber are on fire in the state to- y because, in many instances, of someone's carelessness. Farm ers thruout the state are reported to be closing their fields and pampers for fire precaution. Campers and fishern jd co-operate with the state officials, It is the least they can do, fort to put out the camp blaze. ‘HICAGO, July 28.—With a spe-| 1 inducement, the entry list modified marathon to the Logan Square Athletic club, Chichago, on Sunday, August 10, bringing out a record list of en nts. Over 100 runners are expect to compete, at Ha , and the Empire New York fair rac yracuse Y. These two ra an annual featur until after performs neces, ed |BIG FIELD IS ENTERED {ONLY TWO $10,000 STAKE IN MODIFIED MARATHON! RACES ON THE “BIG LINE” | The light harness horse turf will| the Oaks he cial trophy for novice runners as an|have but two $10,000 stake races this | of 13 to 10 rt at os, » seldom decid: some very brilliant scoring three counters, ‘The score Los Angeles | Sacramento HH. 1 2 ler; Larkin, Schang. Oaks Drop Wild Go Prough, Vance an SA wild game, , July 28 In City wallope day to the visite (un 's Scored [iy ru but couldn State | overcome the home club's big lead. The scor Oakland ......+ Salt Lake City The batteries: Mitze; Dale and Spence: K 13 Weaver an W 13 The batteries: Crandall and Bass -to Salt Lake Crew id; Danforth, Lowdermilk and Lynn, Seve Kerr, C. Williams 0} CLEVELAND, De i} Batteries: Boland and | myern, pveleskte and O'Neill u 8 ‘ Ainsmith; Duly 28. n E. | WASHINGTON, July H |Phitadelphia ...ss Washington 6 Hatterics: Rogers and McAvoy; Zach ary, Johnson and Picinich Jabez Wolfe, the famous British distanee swimmer, who contemplates | trying to swim the English channel "t | ty | ae kling the latter feat he vor to set a record for will en 4 20m) 4| medley event, in which he will walk | 4| five m ride a bleycie five miles, | row five miles and swim five miles in succession es, B.| A purs this summer, announces that before | "“!/ SUM IF HE BOXES WILDE, LONDON, Eng., July 28.—Pete | Herman, bantamweight champion of the world, has accepted’ the offer of Charles Cochran, the London million- aire promoter, to meet Jimmy Wilde }in a 20-round bout here this autumn, of $25,000 has been hung up |for the contest, Wilde recently earned a decision over Pal Moore, the Memphis, Tenn., bantamweight. | Miss Cecil Leitch, holder of English woman's golfing champ! sh is coming to Ame! an in t near future to comp with the American golfing in mateh competition, Her recent victory over Mrs, ‘Temple Dobble (formerly Miss Gladys Ravenscroft) was her |second victory in the English title play, the HEARTS] OF THREE,