The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 30, 1919, Page 13

s THE SEATTLE STAR—WEDNESDAY, JULY 80, 1919. Follow in Footsteps Former Ring C hamp ?| FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS— CMON DOGGY ~ WEILL i 60 DOWN T' “TH' ——— ‘Circus and Money Is Strong to Jack Kearns, of New Ring King; Let’s Have a Fighting 3 Circus Cost Big Jess His World’s Title BY FRED TURBYVILLE N. E. A. Sports Writer t Johnson was a great fighter and he won the title tht king by the most honorable methods. He a long time and might have held it even longer d himself. His misbehavior got him in bad ining fans of America who sought and prayed @ man who would knock him off his pedestal and ‘honors to the white race. “were called but only one was chosen. That one illard. He did the trick and it stood to reason iid be the idol of the American race for many It was his opportunity—an opportunity any other American fighter ever heard knock- open the door and let opportunity in? He did € ned in a shell. Four years elapsed from the on the title until he lost it. Once in that time he rounds. He mt the rest of his time in a ‘refused to consider any heavyweights worthy of ig fans soured on him and many of seeking a match. Some of them are fair material. Some of them have better records than Willard had when he stepped into the ring with John- son at Havana. e Jack Kearns, manager of the champion, is reported to have said to a friend in Los Angeles: “From now on we will devote all our time to the show business, where we can get the biggest money ever offered « boxer.” He sald Jack is ready to meet any and all legitimate challengers, “but right now there is no one who can hold a candle to Dempsey.” . His Place Maybe he's right. But some of them have fair records and if the boxing fans want to see Dempsey fight and tan scrape up an opponent and sufficient money his place is in the ring and not on the stage, in front of a moving picture camera or in the sawdust ring where Willard left his stamina. It is our firm opinion the new champion would prefer to fight and It appears that it is the purpose‘ of the “Two ly away from the ring fs are so good else- Talk that European pro- $100,000 or $125,000 to meet the winner of Beckett mill, Septem- that Mrs. » wife of the famous promoter, saw Dempsey and offered him $100,- there. Pittsburg wanted @ match with Harry Greb. (idaho) sportsmen have to talk business with peeeand light hevies with Kearns it is a different matter. He wants the money, It is to be hoped that the new army and navy and civilian board of boxing control will make it one of its bits of business to force cham. pions to defend their titles. It is to be hoped that Jack Dempsey will not have to be forced back into the ring. But when they become champions they change. & ke cee, Attention! Racers, Attention! ; er 2, Saturday before Labor day, The Star will vig bicycle racing carnival at Green Lake. Faces will feature the day’s program. The big | fof the day will be an event for all youngsters under igears of age. The race will be limited to stock bicycles. ‘Three other races are on the day’s bill. A free-for- vent in which racing bicycles may be used, with no it for the racers, will be staged. It will be five around Green Lake, or 15 miles. Another race for youngsters under 15 years of age run. It will be six miles. The midget event for under 13 years of age will also be on the he big event of the day is the nine-mile event for ers under 17 years of age. A bicyele will be given retse to the winner. he carnival program is under the direction of the Bicycle club and the prizes will be given by Se- nttle bicycle dealers. e entry blanks are being prepared and will not be ed before the end of the week. The list of prizes sing prepared and will also be published later. member the date: September 2. 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The birds were released July 5. DPOUGLAS, Ariz., July 30—Two n-sroes ran riot with the races in an official athletic carnival at Fort Huachuca, according to official timers. Robinson, of the 25th in- fantry, ran 880 yards in 1:53 4-5, while Williamson, Tenth cavalry, ran the 220 in 211-5 seconds, first |, | AD WOLGAST TO TRY | FIGHT GAME AGAIN YUMA, Arizona, July 30.—Ad Wol gast, once the world’s lightweight ie Solenace hag started a “comeback” effort. | He will fight a local pugilist here | | Friday night and the winner of the| bout is expected to meet Johnny Me- Carthy at Somerton, Arizona, during the fair to be held there some time in October. a PLAT ' ha aan Z/ 76 SUE y YDS "ROUND COAST BASES Yesterday’s winners: amento, Oakland, Salt Lake, Portland. Home runs: Fournier, Angels; Pen- ner, Speas, Beavers; Compton, Rain- lers, The reconstructed Oaks, with the aid of Falkenburg, made the league leading Tigers seem weak, winning from them 6 to 1, Eighteen hits were all the Beavers could. get off Pertica, but they downed the Angels anyway, 11 to 6, Seattle errors contributed to their downfall, the Bees winning 6 to 3. Jim Scott got off to a bad start. p) AIRPLANE HEARSE IS PLANNED IN ENGLano (/f LONDON, July 30.—Air funerals} I by aero-hearses are foreshadowed | by an undertaker’s request for a quotation from the Handley Page Co, for conveying a coffin and mourners,, The aviation company refused to quote. ever, sufficient to nose out the Seals, 3 to 2. BASEBALL SC! SHEDUL E National League Boston at Cincinnati, New York at Pittsburg—Two games, Philadelphia at St. Louis. Brooklyn at Chicago. American League Chicago at New York—Two games. Cleveland at Philadelphia, Detroit at Boston—-Two games, St. Louis at Washington, Coast League Seattle at Salt Lake City. San Francisco at Sacramento. Vernon at Oakland, The Senators found 11 innings, how- | Portland at Los Angeles, { YN ONY AE DIE aw. eg Winey hale Recently I wrote an article about the follow thru in golf, showing how well-known baseball batters, with their style of batting, were unable to get anything that resembled a follow thru in thé@tr swing. When a baseball is thrown at a batter it usually comes with such terrific speed that all the batter can hope to do is to meet the ball. And even a bat, as powerful as it is, is some- times broken in the collision, There is no indication whatever of the tine sweep of the golf club made by the golfer, where the ball is literally swept away from the tee. The near- est resemblance the baseball batter has to this stroke is in fungo hitting, where the ball offers no particular resistance to the bat. It is no diffi- cult feat for a batter to stand at the home plate and drive many balls over into the bleachers by tossing them into the air and hitting them. A), Here's where tle follow thru mani fests itself in baseball, as there is doubt that in this fungo hit the would stay with the ball for at least eight inches, or as fully as long as? the golf club sticks tu a golf ball in’ a well-played shot, The baseball) would hardly flatten out to its full diameter of the bat as the golf ball flattens on the golf club, as there: is more rubber in the golf ball, i] naturally more resiliency. It would) be a hard matter to determine nd how much the baseball gives, as the bat is round instead of flat-faced,’ like the golf club. It is also a fact, that yarn and leather would not gi as much as a ball that was woul with rubber. With a slower and heavier ball tl parting would not be as swift, bi the difference in the make of a gol club and a bat would account fe the difference. The fungo hitter a decided advantage over the gol player in getting direction, as chances for getting a.slice or a hoo! are very remote. All the batter to do is to allow for the action of thi wind, It is possible to drive a at a fielder in this manner wil making him move out of his tracks,