The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 9, 1919, Page 12

Fi: \ \Po \ wl 77 HORE \T, SOBER oF x . Cw ape. V. alton, witrinll TAWE MorRE GET’ = THE ~ ] bs THE SEATTLE STAR —-BAFURDAY, AUGUST WOE Wy a \ \"" “awa alas’ ALAS! 1 THAT L SHOULD Live To SEE THIS DAy' ME 1A REGULAR MEMBER OF \ THIS ae eee eee on Tigers Wi ll Open Northern Invasion on Wednesda * DOUGH THAN SINCE WE'VE PROHIBITION \AR ES ae \Wews < WAAL \" Nee Ant \e SPENT (More EVER ve st ¥ Why Buasy! I THOUGHT NOPE! I SP AS MUCH ON THIS a 2.757" STUFF! ee IND TWICE TRY iw’ STEWED, AN’ ce THEM CANT s \S\ TO \ vy Aw e ey dtd ins SS TRIBE ANNEXES THIRD GAN GAME OF SERIES FROM PORTLAND D OUTFM Mallen Tribe Are Are After Tiger Scalp This Week; Bees Invade Los Angeles Beattie Crew After Tigers; Tough Series in South; York Scout Here; Mac bomen EDNESDAY Bill Essick will trot out his | ¥ v tribe of Tig up a week's Siwashes. the pennant ers from Vernon for the last| time this season on the local lot, to open series with Charley Mullen’s| Bill’s bunch is very much in} hunt and the Seattle aggre- gation has a busy week ahead ; The Tigers have chewed up the Si- washes just 17 times out of 19 starts this year, b put gang of Indians are going right after the tors from the first gong. Tigers were here When the in the spring they d Seattle a classy baseball outfit, and many local fans picking “Fatty” Arbuckle’s jungle tribe to win the rag. Vernon has occupied the first rung in the Coast ladder a few days this season, hammering the Angels out of p for a couple of days, but a disastrous week t Oakland pried the Tigers out of the honored place. Vernon, like the other clubg in the circuit, is finding going pretty rugged away from the home pasture the way Charley’s bunch of Redskins are going at present time speaks ill for the Californians. members of the visiting | are due for a chance in the bie | mext year. Bob Meusel, the) outfielder and third baseman. had a lot of advertising this " because of his prowess with the | B stick. Every time Rob comes to je plate the fences tremble. He is the agate well over the 300 and he has proved to be one ‘ best prospects uncovered in }¢ Coast league in a long time. Stars at Short Mitchell, who shortfields the Essick team. is playing grand at short. He may be picked by the New York Giants at the Mi Of this season, as “Moose” Mc » who is scouting for the club, thinks well of him. works easier than a $5 bill) can also sting the agate, Cady, who did mask duty the Boston Americans for years, Joined the ranks of the Vernon He is every inch of a big-time , according to reports from With De Vormer, he the Tigers strong behind the pitching staff is delivering in .. Byron Houck is hurling ball, and Willie Mitchell, who to southpaw for the Cleveland and the Detroit Amer, # joined the Tigers, with big Fin- n, formerly with the New ‘Yankees. Weiser on the Job “Weiser Dell won't win many prizes ‘& beauty show, but he wins a lot games. Old Weiser used to over for the Seattle Giants tne old Northwestern league days. pe and Ross complete the pitching staff. Tigers’ outfield has been with, the addition of High, former New York an! Edington and ge gh om playing good ball in the other pee vacancies. Borton I» hitting the ball hard and is still on first . while Bob Fisher, former big- player, is holding down the sec- base job. A glance at this array of stars convince local fans that the Sti- have their work cut out for during the coming week. DISCOVERED ALTER REUTHER Walt McCredie, the Portland manager, is the Columbus who discovered Walter Reuther, the ace of the National al was pitching for a ar sas) Who Is the State “Champ?” This question will be set- tled next week when the 29th Annual State Lawn Tennis Tournament is Ee over the courts of Bi: Seattle Tennis Club. Got the racket in “tour- nament” condition? Better step in before the play and let us “look it Taft Piper < T & Toft Ine THESPORIING 4000S StoKe Your Patronage Appreciated Pay Checks Cashed TORREY & SEARS’ BILLIARD PARLOR How Coast - Clubs Stand | se Los Angeles . Vernon Salt Lake City . Ban Francisco ... Sacramento Oakland Portiand . HERE'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE Portland and Seattle play a double bill Sunday, and another duet on Monday to close up the series. The locals have a postponed game to play off with the Oregon team, neceasitat ing the extra game. The games Sun- day and Monday start at 2 p. m. MACK SAYS REDS WILL “I have a hunch that the Cincin nati Reds will cop the bunting in the National league,” says McCredie. “They have a great leader in Pat Moran, and I would like to see the little Irishman make good, after the deal he was handed in Philadelphia “The Reds have a fighting ball crew, and that beata the money ag sregation every time out TOUGH SERIES IN LOS ANGELES Salt Lake City and Los An- geles will fight it out for first place during the coming week in the Angel stronghold. The Lakers have been coming like a forpst fire during the last couple of weeks, and have intrenched themselves in the first division. Their chances as pennant con- tenders will come to the sur- face during the coming week, WHERE OTHER CLUBS PLAY Portland will entertain the Oakland crew next week, and San Francisco Plays host to Sacramento, Both of the series should be warm affairs, as sixth place is at stake in Portland and fouth place at the Golden Gate wes FAVORS fis RULE McCredie declares himself in fa- vor of the draft rule if it will pre serve harmony between the majors jand minors, “War never did any but the Huns any good,” says Walt, “and there isn't much chance of the establish: ment of a third big league on the problem, Let the have a chance in the big show, cause that is the final goal of the | Youngsters, after all.” bee YANKS’ SCOUT IS HERE Bob Connery, who is scouting the tall uncut for the New York Yanks in search of phenoms, is here to look over the talent of the Seattle Portland elubs. Bob has not pi up any ball players a8 yet this son, altho he hag been on the ¢ |for some time, Lyle Bigbes, local ne 1439 3rd, Corner Sed Lanca Counter Hountain Drinke, M. 2819, burler, and Biljy Cunstingham, si ash center fin arb two local layers that Bob evidently wants to wee in acon, ) Charley Mullen says his! Coast, because of the transportation | young fellows | and | cod | i ust “Mac | Discovered Reuther; | Other Baseball Gossip; New | Favors Draft Rule "Tiger Pile Pilot Who | Leads~Jungleers || | 1 Wis Devine Fails to Land Ball Men in East | Seattle Scout Returns Home After Futile Trip East After Players With the big league rac than 1 and 2 is cloner there ts about as | much chance of landing good ball players back East as there is of relling dreadnaughts to the Mexican mvy. So says Joe Devine, who has returned home from the East in search of baseball talent for Seattle's bail club. Joe was in Chicago, New York Boston and Philadelphia looking for big league players, and visited Rochrster, Newark and Jersey City looking over the talent in the Inter- | national cireult ‘This is Rill Essick, who will | lead the Vernon Tigers against the locals for a week's series Wednesday. the second visit | of the Southern team here this | year. Essick seems to have some- | thing on the Seattle men, as his | squad has taken 17 out of 19 games from the Siwashes since the start of the season. | TyCobbT ops Batting List in American Rousch Heads List in Na-| tional; Cicotte and Barnes Are Leading Hurlers NEW YORK, Aug. 9%—(WUnited! Preas).—Pounding along at a 365) clip, your old friend Tyrus Raymond Cobb is looking from the top of the American league batting averages. Pursuers are many, but the closest, George Sisler, is hitting only .365. Bobby Veach, Detroit, in third with 348 Eddie Rousch, Cincinnats, in bead ing the lst of regulars in the Na Uonal league, having jumped to an average of 224. One point behind! him is McHenry, St. Louis, and trailing him is Zach Wheat, Brook. lyn, with a count of .217 Johnston, Cleveland, leads Amer-| ican league base stealers with 23, while Cutshaw, Pittsburg, holds the National league honors, haying pil- fered 27 Eddie Cicotte still tops the Amer ican league pitchers with 19 victor jes and 6 defeats, Next is Sotheron, St. Louis, with 15 and 5, and then Williams, Chicago, with 17 and 6. | Best of the National league fling: | ers is Barnes, New York, who has won 17 and lost 4. Causey, Boston, | is next, with 9 and 3, while Reuther, Cincinnati, stands third with 11] and 4 Chicago is the best hitting club in the American league with an aver age of 278. Cleveland follows with and Detroit is third with | scout | The Giants still lead the National) league in hitting. with .276; C nati, second, with 269, and Brook- lyn is third, with .267 VERNON IS WINNER OVER SEAL OUTFIT ~»: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9 While he was touched up for 11 hits Art Fromme kept the Seals from scoring, and Vernon shut out San Francisco for the second straight time here yesterday. The final score was 5 to 0. The score Vernon San Francisco ° The batteries: Mromme Vormer; Scott and Baldwin. 5 R. Hu 10 11 and FORREST CADY IS | SOLD TO SOLONS Forrest Cady, who has been the Tigers’ firststring catcher for the| past month, has been sold outright to the Sacramento club, according to wire reports from the South to day. Cady was a good worker in the reports coming from the gam in which he worked. This means| that Clarence Brooks, the veteran re ceiver, and De Vormer will do the catching for the Arbuckles for the | rest of the year. at “Let's go buy Boldi’s French Pi try. Uptown, 1414 Srd Aves down- fown, 91% 2nd Ave PACIFIC OAS? LEAGUE Athletic Park BASEBALL SEATTLE Vs, PORTLAND ODA Sunday © Vake ve at 2:30 P. b Ave, One. M | ship ———— en But he found good ball players running loose just like beer runs around at Becond and Pike. It jan't done Waiver Rule Blamed “Some of the clubs are willing to their extra players to the minors.” says Joe, “but with the waiver rule in effect some other club in the circuit is bound to grab him via the waiver price “Take the case of ‘King’ Lear, the | Chicago utility player He would make a “good man for Seattle and would plug a bole in the Seattle infield nicely, but I got him from the big show just like I pick dollar bills out of the kitchen faucet.” The minor leagues, realizing the de mand for ball players, are holding |up the big minors for their star players. George Kelly, who is play- jing firet base for Rochester, is for | sate for $10,000, according to Devine. Joe looked over a big atring of | players while in the East, but they | Wouldn't make good in the Coast |teague, according to the Seattle and he is to be commended for not bringing a lot of useless men to the Coast. Among these were Smith and Cueto, of Cincinnal, and | Warner, of Pittaburg. Expected Pilot Job Devine expected to take over the reins of the Seattle club upon his ar- rival home, but he found Charley Mullen at the helm of the club. Devine led the Duthie shipyard team here for several seasons, and was lot of the Seattle club in the Northwestern league until it blew up this year. “Baseball in going big in the East.” says Joe. “More than 36,000 people crowded the stands at the Polo grounds to see the Yanks play the Tigers, while I was there.” The New York Giants will win the National rag, in Devine's opin ton. rything ia the Giants in New k, mays Joe. Everything goes for a hit for the MoGraw club and they have all the pull with the rest of the clubs in the league, with the exception of the Reds I don't see how the Giants can lose.” Devine expects to land a Coast | | league pilot job for next year, and! ig laying bis plane accordingly now AMERICAN LEAGUE PLPHIA, Aug. 9 Kerr, Faber and #ohalk; Thirteen innings n a) ge | ae Lowdermili« and Schalk; Rogers, Kersoher, Noyes and Perkins. BOBTON, Aug. 9 a a 6, MoGraw NEW YORK, Aus 6 Batteries: Gallia end Severeid; ridge and Ruel NATIONAL LEAGUE Won. Lont “20 Pet Cinetanett NATH, Aug. 9 Rr Packard and’ Tragrosser Reuther « and Rariden PITTSBURG, Brooklyn Ik Aug. 9 RK wh es ee Mammaux Blackwell 5 1 o Smith and cooper al CHICAGO, Aug Chicago Batteries and Kitiiter 2 Nebf and Gonsales OUI, Aug. iy Gowdy; REUTHER—PITCHING ACE CHING ACE [ Local Redskins Operate et ie — + FRED TURBYVILLE the Reds win the pennant ‘* a ig cr vel away past the mark and only lose two some pitcher. ved this year. pif i Md Ni Ye. \ ite Reaan, who started on the m for Seatile, pitched strong ball the visitors got to bim in the sev- enth. Me wae cutting the corners. Farmer, Heder and Oldham strock® } out tp the first two innings when they watched the third strike breese over the plate. Speas, Portiand gardener, got a nice! rap In the seventh down the third base Jine that went for two sacks, driving io | h'n catch of Blue's liner in tne| innings was a nifty affair | George Roeixie, who clouted the pill in a pinch in the seventh, took the first 1, and mineed the second by a mile. ft only takes one to bit It, end) George did the business, Casey, bebind the bat, took je of mean fouls on the corms. soft life, this umpiring. pan's grounder over | play. Don speared the ball with his gloved hand, and erased Knight at second, Compton, on third, managed to score on the lay. There | but Sigiti 4 ance for a * ree of Gene Hatton was out et the ball park. | after & week's vacationing in the Van couver Istand country {The fone let wp» sroen whee Jack m took the mound in the Why Seattle is carrying him ra pussies | Frank Hosp, the veteran infielder, was let out by Seattle yesterday Ovcar 1 Spokane North we He may games of stad, who used to pitch for y ola ne of the remaining ' Del Baker rapped out two doubles in hia first two trips to the plate, Walsh nearly speared his firat bow. but the} second wallop was a real amack. } | Bine’s triple in the third was a | The ball traveled be- felsh and Cunningham, and forgot to stop, Blue drawing up at third before the ball was relayed to the infield, Baker made a couple of nice entches} on wild pitches by Oldham during yes. | terday's fracas Rader ha He threw Bue at first | (runners, and both were safe, and scored | later “Dure . ¥F ae ne de Enter ial at ane catching and pitchers, Moran does, and between th» two of them they have » rather smart pitching staff. That, very likely, is the an- swer to the argument of “Why are the Reds?” Pat Moran and Bill Rariden, veterans of the big mitt, have rounded out a quintet of pitchers standing out above all other National league clubs. With a man like Reuther still going good, the Reds can be fig- ured to make a fight right up to the finish of season. ‘They're taking good care of his arm. Time was when Reuther was sort of a Babe Ruth. Playing for Spokane in the Northwest- ern league, he used to crack out homers quite frequently. He hit two homers over the Seattle right field fence two days in succession. He played first and outfield there. But he hasn't time to “Babe Ruth” it for the Reds. A pitcher who can win 11 games and only drop four is too valuable in the box. WY WW \ = Run UN during this frame Ruddy Ryansformer Coast league star, in at his home in Denver. Buddy broke Dis by in Salt Lake last year, and ball days are over Knight and Murphy worked the double al on Baker in the eighth canto. Wares and French missed » double play at second, in the sixth frame, by a hair, Wares tossed to the key- stone bag to catch Siglin coming from first on Baker's roller, but Ump Toman said French didn't touch the . French flagged Baker at first without any argument. Manager Charles Mullen was presented with a floral horseshoe before the game hy ithe employes of the comp- offices, where pon a time, Jake . BUNCHED HITS WIN TILT FOR SENATORS| SACRAMENTO, Aug. 9.—Bunch. ing hits in the 18th inning, with a bad throw by Mulligan, brought over the winning run for the Senators in their battle with the Salt Lake Bees here yesterday. The final score was 2 to 1, with the Bees on the short end The score Salt Lake City ., Sacramento R. 1 iH, 4 9 E 1 1 Gould and Byler; nd Cook | ANGELS POUND WAY TO WIN OVER OAKS 9.—Wade overcome on “Doc” by steady Oaks, 8 The batter Mails, Vance « w oe An run lead piled up Crandall in the first innir hitting and won from the to 4, here yesterday The score Oakland “98 Los Angeles The batteries and Mitze Bassler, RH “ee 8 10 0 Ariett and Holjing, R Crandall, Fittery | on Macks for Third Win; Here’s Yarn of Big Dee | George Boelzile Hammers Out Double at Crutial Mo ment; Thomas Finishes Game; “Red” Oldham He Poor Support; Portland Rally Queered by Double Pla Charley Mullen insulted Walt. McCredie and his g: jot Portland Beavers for the third straight time this wi |when he led his outfit of cellar kings to their third victo over the Oregon trible here yesterday. And the worst of it was the Seattle club wallop “Red” Oldham, the chief chucker of the Portland sq or rather “Red’s” team mates beat him. Some weird wo in the field by the Portlanders was largely responsible f |the sorrel-topped heaver’s downfall. The final count wi 16 to 3. George Boelzie, who was building ships last week ff | Skinner & Eddy, was one of the Seattle heroes. With /men on the paths in the seventh frame and the visitors runs to the good, Georgie greeted “Red” with a blow do | the third-base line that made Seattle and Portland twij lon the scoreboard. A minute later Siglin must have hi jsoft spot in his heart for the lecals because he ki | Ware’s ggey all over the field and Georgie trotted o the rubber. George was handed his chance for he jwhen Mullen lifted Regan from the mound. Georga \subbing for Ed Sweeney, Seattle’s injured catcher. -jto third on | j Hie made three errors altogether|/to Cox | Wares at second, who stepped on) Three pitchers toiled for the Seattle club. started the matinee, but the Beavers got to him after jinnings of close baseball and forged ahead with two jin the seventh. After going into the lead in the last of the inning, Charley Mullen nearly made his first s mistake of his Seattle managerial career. He put Ji Gilligan on the mound. Jack didn’t have any more on ball than he has hair on the top of his head and he pi to just three men and left the box with the count 3 b and 1 strike on Oldham, who was at the plate. F kicked a grounder Cox singled to center, Jack drilled th wide ones at “Red” and finished his work for the di Claude Thomas went to the knoll for the Seattle crowd the fans heaved a sigh of relief. Claude hurled the fou wide offering to Oldham and the bases were’ loaded. Wares Stops ‘Em bingled. With such a setup it looked as it} How Seattle crept into the the tide was coming in again, but|is history. Rader, Portland Speas hit a sharp grounder to| stop, must have thought he playing cricket in the eighth when he bounced two thro Biue at first base, putting and Murphy on the bags. duet worked the double steal Lapan scored. Murphy stole ti and came over when Rader ch his tactics and thought he sieve and bobbled grounder. This ended the for the day. second and tossed to first ahead of Speas for a double killing. Prexy Brewster got so excited that he had to leave his box and walk around the stands for a while. Whenever James is excited he gets up and does a “Harry Weston’' among the patrons. Portland scored first, tallying when Blue hammered a triple over Walsh's head in left field, scoring Wisterzil, who had reached first when Regan hit him with the ball. Seattle tied the count in the next frame when Compton doubled down the thipd base line and moved up Knight's out at first via Rader. He came home a minute later when Lapan hit one over sec- ond Rader made a great one- |banded catch and forced Knight at second, But Siglin had no chance to get a double at first Portland Takes Lead Portland swung into the lead in} jthe seventh on bunched hits by} | Speas, Wisterzil and Blue. Speas'’ lop went for two bags. A walk put that worthy on first base to start the inning and Speas followed him home 2 when Blue LOK fely) | Prine NA My. Wy, 4liney MAS With an entry list of 128, the largest of any golf session in Se attle, the Golf Magazine tourney is under way at the Jefferson park links. One-half the differ- ence of handicaps are allowed, players starting holes up. Sty- mies are being played. All matches resulting in a tie are to be played over. The first flight must be completed by August 24. Each additional flight must be played off within one week each. eee 2 nue ‘ompton, rf. might, 1b . Lapan, ¢ Murphy, Morcenh a! crewoonun me 2” Hwee en eS | Thomas, p lomounronumone? =| wounwonnoP al comooumnuccc® wl oneccconn® 30 *Batted for Regan 10 se Score by innings Portland .. or Zrleeove ° +0 ° i x Struci P ompton to Lapan, Wares to K Speas, Oldham, ight, Murphy. Hi i, . runs 3, hil Regan, ; Gilligan \, runs 0, hits 1 Runs responsible for—Ri Oldham 3. Credit victory to Time of game—? and Toman. The Young Men’s Business club's tourney is also under way at the Jef- ferson links. A large field. of entries still remain in the fleld, Tom Kupieon, Earlington club champion, will lead a team of 41 golfers against Jim Forde, run- ner-up at the Earlington course, Saturday. The matches are to be Played in foursomes. Play was under way at 1 p.m. The losing team treats the winners to a din- ner in the evening Fill men with praise if yo would have friends | IMPERIALES MOUTHPIECE CIGARETTES lare filled with such ti |tobacco, are made wi |such care, mouthpiece all—no wondermen pi |them and pass them on’ friends. 10 for 13¢ |The John Bollman Co. B The Elks’ meet is being played at Jefferson, but stil! has a long way to 80 before the finals are reached Claire Griswold, Northwest am- ateur champion, meets Theron Rongerud in a 36-hole match to decide the bankers’ tourney at Jefferson today. Griswold is han- dicapped at 3 and his opponent at 5. The play is 1 up on each 18 hb . Stymies are to played. Bank of California, while Ron- gerud is from Dexter Hortons,