The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 29, 1920, Page 12

very Team in City That Wants CURSES! Sc HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE fe! aa moe a Big Star Leag METS STILL IN RUNNING FOR WORLD'S H OME LODy ruc say in AN untucKYY GUY! ———— ‘% + ¥, ae ‘ "Dip you HEAR ( NEWS FELIX HOW AW’ LEFT Cone pear? ave OL nis — NO, ? ~ TONES hay r"; ue Ball Meeting Billed OCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP | { 7ouR DEAR UNCLE DIED YOU TEN HAM BOWES, AN SIX BEEF for 0. U. BUSHER to Enter Star Circuit Should — Be Represented; Other Gossip Constitution and By-Laws to Be Adopted Tonight; Off icers to Be Elected; See That Your Team Is Represented; Executive Committee to Be Appointed; Let’s Put Circuit Over in Major League Style Organ BY LEO R. L! ization of The Seattle Star's city baseball league will be the big feature of the d session called for The Star office tonight. of the circuit and election of officers will be the big business of organization. Adoption of the constitution and by- It is mighty important that every team planning to enter the circuit is represented at the ses- Be che meeting gets under way at 8 p. m. at The Star, Seventh ave. and University st. ‘The first “Mast week, when 50 baseball men as. for = | i uf ‘sembled. They agreed that the best for the league was to divide the into sections, according to abil and to carry the league thru the , with the first games getting way in May, and the season some time in September. | These were the ony details worked ‘Gut at the first session, and it leaves “ lot of business to be decided. __A tentative constitution, with rules the league have been drawn up will be presented to the session adoption tonight. These rules the signing of players, elig! protests, transfer of players Tegulations for the season. are still a lot of teams to be from in the city that are plan to enter the league. Uniers squads enter now, it will make for the league to get under Each team should be repre tonight in order to give the @ line on the circuit. No sean be made out nor seo divisions made until the teams See ne = f i ¢ s¥etem employed during basketball play just com- ‘There was no need to call basketball committee be- were no disputes, and no reagon why the baseball shouldn't be just as big a ey ts r j i a : ig 5 it $ t Hh i i apty ? Me i 3 af : | : i = wans, of the park board. charge of the condition of , says that the playfields gone over and will be in for play soon. Seattle has playTields to give all the in the city a chance to play '" welcome news to know that will be O. K. when the starting of the city league is sounded. ‘The Star league games will yed on the city playfields, ac- ie to present plans. ul = fre All fe not gold that glitters, The old ball player sighs— For Eddie Cicotte’s shine ball, Wit) dazzle many eyes. JUST THREE DAYS— And then we take our rod, fish basket, rubber boots-— well, you know jist wyiat is needed—and start out for the favorite fishing hole. Probably you know just where to go and find some nice ones. For the best catch of trout that is brought here during the first three days of the sea- son we will give a fine trout rod. It's going to be worth your time to hike right out to that spot where you have those fine ones “spot- ted” and bring the results back for our Fishing Con- test. If it’s help you want in planning your opening sea- son » our tackle experts will ly give any desired information. We have licenses both county and state, for Inc. SECONDAVE. meeting was held | is } We, CO vcccccses | 1) baseball team, hereby apply city baseball league. Telephone........ THE FENCE BUSTER BY CHARLES DRYDEN Take @ solid tvory billiard ball and print its picture on the sporting Pages, telling what a sweet hitter it is and how fast on its feet, and the ball will begin to swell, Statistics compiled from the archieves of our noble pastime bear out this asser tion. | When Ping Bodie first bulged out lof the Golden West, his prowess as | fence-buster was grossly exagger ated. The fences of his native land |were too chummy and sociable to |stand for any rough stuff; but by |frugal ‘industry with his bat, Mr.| | Bodie, in a single season, bulled a} tobacco company out of $235 worth) of home runs slammed against the bull and over the short fences. — | | In @ word, the historians of that! |perfod would have come nearer the truth had they related how our hero |dented the tobacco company instead lof the fences. Furthermore, we not with alarm that the tobacco people have asked for and obtained watvers| jon the bull thruout the United | States and Canada. Alas! His picture in the parks has been turned toward the wall Lands With White Sox Eventually Mr. Bodie became a big |leaguer and went out trooping with |the White Sox, having a lower berth all to himself and taking on pro | visions in large quantities. He has} |been known to absorb three full | meals in six hours, to wit: Break fast at 11 a m., tuncheon at high noon and the rest of it as soon the after as the exigencies of his profes sion would permit, In a word, our hero wan at all times surcharged with a full head of steam so as to crown that old pill which was his self-confeased spe | clalty. And #0, on the first day of his first series at Washington, D. C., the im-| ported fence-buster knocked a home run into a negro hospital that drew the color line at having white base-| ball poked thru a window into the| operating room. Ping Bodie should| worry. | | His Rewards The mail next morning brought a |dozen postal cards—all in the same | hand, same pen and same tink, in-| viting Mr. Bodie to drop around to various designated business houses! and collect his rewards of merit) ranging from bedroom sets to B. V Ds. One of these home-run prizes was @ talking parrot, willing and| anxious to converse on the topics of | the day. ‘The fence-buster fell for the parrot and so did Ed Walsh, the only living | athlete who could strut standing| still—a fact we mentioned early in the career of the famous spitball pitcher, These two set out for the bird store, and it wis agreed that Mr. Walsh would purchase the parrot from Mr, Bodie, in case the latter didn't care for the linguist. “Say, Ping,” suggested Mr, Walsh, “Why not learn the bird to sét on his perch and holler, ‘Ping Bodie, fence buster.’ ” “Huh,” replied Mr, Bodie, “I can do that myself, Why don’t you get |him a little soap box so he can tell the world what @ great spitball pitch Baseball A (Team Name) pplication 3 Local Men ee Wallop Star Harler, 11-1 for franchise in The Star (What Mutts These ortals Be, 2:8 x” Leonard Is Beaten Sunday; Little Chance of Alex Hurling (Mpectal te The Btar) HANFORD, Cal, March 29.—Ciyde Wares, Seattle manager, will lead his Stwashes against the Chicago Cubs here today. There is little chance of | Grover Alexander taking the mound \for the Cubs, because he worked against Los Angeles yesterday Wares will use the same lineup |that took the Fresno team into jeamp yesterday, Ether Bob Geary or Al Demarece will take the bill for the Seattle club, The Bruins are ex pected to start their regular lineup. | eR = ~ SIWASHES WALLOP ANYTHING BUT THAT ROBBER, BANDIT, SWINDLER, THIEF PROF ITEER, STICKUP YEGG, EMBEZ2ZLER. PIRATE, CROOK \AIN Seattle Siwashes to Play Chicago Cubs Today | | ] | Seal Pilot Is LEONARD MANFORD, Cal, March “Dutch” Leonard of the Detroit Ti gern was touched for seven hits in | the bird. er you are? It wgn't cost much. A polly’ll work for @cracker a day.” The Last Act Continuing -thus to amble and to After es ve of the seven innings he pitched iter the Freeno team against the Se. tice game here yesterday that ended with a score of 11 to 1. Fresno's only run came in on a wild pitch by Gardner in an inning where Gard ner struck out three of the four bat |ters facing him and allowed one hit Features of the gama were base run. ning by Kopp, Cunningham, Ken- worthy and Hartfor sensational rolling moore of Fresno, The score feore of Sunday's contest n e - Po. weccounouu> Charley Graham, Seal manager, | would like to make friends with Dell Howard. Howard's got more port wheelers than he can use, while Gra ham’s got one and he's not sure © that one will end this season. | (°° Gardner hore, ervecochunnras. discourse in the utmost harmony, the athletes arrived at a bird and animal store, from which issued raucous sounds and noxious vapors by night as well as by day. In the window |" sat a bird of brilliant plumage,hurling | , extemporaneous remarks at the pass. ing throng. “I'll take that one,” said our hero, advancing on the proprietor, with Mr. Walsh at his heels “Fifty dollars,” said the owner of hits — Bohne play—Sehorr to Kenworthy | Murphy. One run and 1 hit off Gardner In 4 Innings: © rune, 2 hite off #ehorr tn $ innings. Wiid pitch—Gardner. Struck o $ nara 2; by Off Sehorr 1 “Huh! mebby you don't know who I visio am?” Mr. Bodie snorted. “Read that,” | 7 and he handed out postal card No,| BATES QUITS 1, in the series of 12 prizes |LOCAL SQUAD Slowly the bird man read, and a Ray Bates, former third sacker for look of pain came into his face. |the Lon Angeles Coast league team, “I'm delighted to meet the world's greatest living fence buster,” he said “but I wouldn'tygive a tomtit for a barrel of home runs. Somebody is spoofing you.” The Statements Herewith is submitted verbatim statements from the chief actors in this tragedy: Mr. Walsh—I knowed all the time it Was a joke, an’ I just went along to kid Ping. Mr. Bodie-—I knowed all the time it was a joke, an’ I jist went along| to kid Ed |where he will The guyety of the nation owes a| Catcher Ashle debt to Herman Schaefer, a bully chap, tagged out. He wrote the postal cardn, (Copyright, 1920, by the Bell Syndl- cate, Inc.) Seattle, has retired from professional contract back “Bates is not jumping contract,” says Manager Wares, “Ho has wuffl- elent reasons for quitting. In the first place Bates told me his arm had gono back on him. I gueswed it some time ago, but hoped it would come |back. Another reason is that his wife is going blind and Ray wants to be with her. He has been offered a whom I loaned to the Dinuba club a few days ago, He will be able is endeavoring to bring throwing wing back into shape, Wares continued, BEES ON HITTING RAMPAGE AND WIN SANTA ROA, Cal, March 29— Ernie Johnson's Salt Lake Bees ited 16 hits and won from the Santa Rosa team yesterday after- noon, 13 to 6. The game was a slug- fest, marked by poor fielding, be hard for Wares to fill. He will keep Murphy on first and probably hold fast to some of the young fel effort to get Manuel Cueto to report Cueto ts the only holdout on Wares’ string. He is a meber of the Cin cinnati Reds and played last year with Rochester (N. Y.) team, but this season signed to play with | baseball and would like to have bis| attie Siwashes in a one-sided prac: | of Seattle and a! itch by Spoone cunningham. | t splendid business chance in Dinuba, | ¢,, be associated with | open th | | to live at home with his | MW tern” oneue wife and make more money while he |to play his weak | Giants this season. =| mame @ ‘ The vacancy on the team will not | ¢ lows. Besides, he is.making a strong | Tits Will be (he regular loft fietder for t ‘re 1 tea nvarttst RUTH CONTES My guess is thal 5. sneaen- wit $e the first spice to sirike oul BABE RUTH this season. Se Geass soe MI oe feces So cee This is the last time that the “Babe” Ruth ballot will be published in The Star. Contest closes tomorrow. No ballots will be counted after Tuesday. What's it all about? Well, it’s just this: Guess who's the pitcher that strikes out the New York American league slugger first this season and win a couple of ducats to a Coast league game here. One guess to a fan. What's your guess? Get those ballots in today. Address ballots to “Babe” Ruth editor, Seattle Star. Billy Shade, California welter, will have every right in the world to demand « bout with Morrie Lux for the Coast championship if he beats Billy Wright at the Arena here Wednesday night in the windup of the Veterans’ association card. Shade is heavier than Lax, but Lux is not within the welter limit himself and as far as that goes, there isn't a legitimate welter in the present corps of alleged welterweights in the Northwest today, Shade has made a good showing here since his ad- vent from’ the South, beating Jimmy Storey and Travie Davis and really winning from Morrie Lax, but having the bout called a draw. If Wright wins he too will have the right to demand another bout with Lax, as he gave Lux threo chances at his tithe and Lax just did beat him last week, Harry Mansell, the English bantam, will have his second chance to make good before the Seattle fans when he boxes Joe Farrell, local featherweight Wednesday. Farrell won the verdict over Mansell the first time they met, Mansell showed a lot of stuff in the first round, but Farrell beat him all the way after the initial chapter. Mansell boxes Billy Mascot, of Portland, in the Rose City, April 7. . There isn't much question why the Portland promoters are having a hard time finding an opponent for Fred Fulton, the Minnesota plas- terer, for their April 7 show, after the mean way Fulton mussed up Young Hector here last week. Gunboat Smith was slated for the bout but has declined. This is the first piece of brainwork that the Gunner has demonstrated as far as we know. A couple of years ago Smith may have given Fulton a battle, but it would be about as pitiful as the charge of the Six Hundred for Smith to tackle Fuljon now. Mike O'Dowd, middleweight champion, who would have to cut off a couple of legs and arms to make the middleweight limit, is doped to meet Tommy Gibbons, St. Paul boxer, recognized lightheavyweight champion, in the near ure. O'Dowd shaded Mike Gibbons, Tommy's brother, a short time ago, and is anxious to meet Thomas, according to ring reports from the East. Tommy's hands were in bad shape when he boxed here, and may prevent him from taking the match. Boy McCormick, the young English lightheavy weight, holder of the Lord Lonsdale belt, season, is on his way home to England. He is the yor td Frank Farmer kicking in Portland in January, and who boxed Tommy Gibbons to a draw there, He is one of the toughest specimens in the ring today and a real battler, according to Billy Shade, California in action a lot in the South, Inst long in the ring game, however,” says Shade, “because he takes too many punches on the dome to stick in the game long as a professional.” Adelina Patti, the wor pion retirement announcer, much on Frank Baker, third sacker, in this respect. After threatening to quit for the ‘steenth time, Frank has decided to play ball again, and will undoubtedly be found at the hot corner for the Yanks hen the opening gun of the Amer- Jean league sounded 4. her with the Sp to the Boston outfielder, since hia pi back on him hite the ball hard ugh to KO onaser if he Whaling is Jam Dalley i* a burler wing went and he is still young de. re in 1912 much chance of Heinte! Naying third base for the| ‘There ten't The pretty c r Philadelphia Nationals will have a tfield this year, with Williams in vgel In right, Meusel the rensa and Is and ui By nd Doy base, George Kelly, who ptarted out in base. ball with the Victoria club, in the old ie almost a cinch bane ‘for the New York |the utility He's playing a nifty | nd first, and is hitting the bail ding ‘to reports from the} firet “Red” Oldham, Portland's etar left- |i report to the Jungle tribe in Indian- hard. Les Mann, former Seattle outfielder, who wan with the Chicago Cubs for nev eral reasons, playing in one world’s #6 “ M'CANN PILOTS TIGERS Bert MeCann, guard, has been Hert elected to tain the Broadway foot ball squad next year, He was placed jon the All-City eleven last fall, nm Praves, in the National Strand, Joe A trio of with Regir Canada league, tus He is a big fellow, who up to the big show again By PARKS PORGET THAT CHATTER= 1 MAY BE ANUMPIRE BUT "Ty A LAN'LORD ' Star’s Angle Tourney Will Open Tonigh 10 Cue Stars Play in Class A Meet at Brown & Hulen’s ‘Ten of the best cut players In Se- attle will swing Into action in the first games of The Star's Class A three cushion meet at Brown & Hulen'’s tonight, Drawings will be | made at § p. m. at the Second ave. | parlors. Jess White, Jim Davis, Louls Teepe, T. C. Kramer, Rudolph Erlich- @mann, Bill Southern, Johnny Ander- son, Dr. Lake, Gene Roberts and |Filmer Larson will fight it out for jthe title. Games will be 25 points each, the first five games will be eliminated and the remaining five will play a round robin for the championship. ‘The ten men entered are all evenly, matched and there's no doubt but| |what the race for the title will be close. All of the ten are shooting in good form and the games will be close | A silver loving cup will be given to the winner of the tourney. OAKS WIN BRACF ~ | OF GAMES SUNDAY OAKLAND, March 29.—Del How- ard’s Oaks spent Sunday pleasantly, winning both in the morning and af- ternoon. The morning victims were the Calgary club. Calgary got but three hits off Carl Solling, the first Oakland pitcher to go the full nine innings this season. The score was 6 to 1. In the afternoon the Mare Island naval training team was beat- jen. 11 to 1. |PREP NINES SETTLE DOWN TO TRAINING High school baseball teams are working steadily this week, which is spring vacation in prepdom. The siz squads get away April 9, and the big practice work will be done dur ing the coming week. All the teams have lined up practice tilts for the week. Most of the nines are work- ing out on the local playfields dur- ing the morning. /BEAVER TRIO HITS — AND PORTLAND WINS ONTARIO, Cal, March 29.—Heavy | hitting by Blue, Cox and Schaller fea- tured the diamond battle yesterday, when the Portland Beavers beat the Stahl and Dean semi-pros, of Los Angeles, 5 to 4. Manager McCredie umpired, and he is given some of the credit for the victory SEALS BREAK CAMP; PLAY CUBS TUESDAY STOCKTON, Cal, March 29.—The training season is over, and tomor- row the Seals tackle the Chicago |Cubs, Yesterday regulars and Yan- nigans divided a double-header. Sam Agnew's injury to his hand has put | the club fn a bad way for catchers, SENATORS WIN TWO TILTS FROM RAH RAHS SACRAMENTO, March —The Senators won both games from the | St. Mary's team this week end. Sat- urday'’s game ended 11 to 3 in favor of the locals. The Sunday game was closer, with the score 3 to 1 in favor of the Yippers. 55 GRADE SCHOOL NINES Grammar school baseball gets under way April 7 with 65 teams competing for the city | Nearly 800 youngsters will play bal) [in the school league. Johnny Cole, center, has been elect: ed to captain the Franklin high ool basketball team next year. He's the only veteran returning in he fall, Rube Marquard likes golf. Sevéral other pitchers did, There's one hole less now. | WSN Transfer Ice @ Tilts; Locals 1m | Need 2 Wins} Muldoon’s Men Take Third | | Game and Need One More to Play Seattle’s sera q still very much in race © for the world’s puck honors. | {Coming from behind in Ot ~ tawa Saturday, the Mets am- — nexed the third game of the series, 3 to 1, after Ottawa jhad scored the girst ; |The remaining games | series has been switched to pore and will be p! on artificial ice, the at ‘Ottawa being more water | than ice. | If the Mets win | it will even up the series | the locals will have the |in the play because they ‘coming from bel |Senators took the first | games of the series, but ti still need that third win cop the series. Tuesday's game will be under Western rules, with |men on the fee, giving the another advantage. Senators at jurday and figure to give harder battle on artificial fee seven men playing. Manager Muldoon will line up men with Morris and Riley on wings, Foyston at center, Wa at rover, Rowe and Rickey on |defense and Holmes in the Ottawa will take the ice with same lineup that played im first three games. WATCH POPE’S WORK WITH GREEK WEIGHT” Washington track fans are ling for the initial workouts of Pope, discus heaver, with more and the ordinary interest, because big Gt has a chance of making the U. oy 7 Olympic team. . Greek weight as far as 137 feet practice, ae | |GRID STAR TRIES FOR “W” BAS! George Smith, football and ball star, will try a fling at at the University of Washington. | will try out for the diamond land will start practice today jthe Sun Dodgers. He’ man. | Playing without the use of hands, George Sutton, one of marvels of the billiard world, will |form at Brown & Hulen’s for days starting today, with To Gore, Chicago balkline star, | will be afternoon and evening | ditions, at 3:30 and 8:30, CAMBRIDGE BEATS OXFORD — LONDON, March 29.—€ ice defeated Oxford by lengths in the annual crew ¢ here Saturday by three lengths, ———————— Johnny Kilbane earned $9, ‘ llosing to Benny Valger, be took $1,000 forfeit from | Boom, boom—that’s gratitude! crew Country - Dashing along up_ hill and down dale with a | sweet-purring, powerful }- | | Fndian Motocyele Come in and see— THE NEW 1920 MODELS OF Indian Scouts Big Indian Powerplus | Cleveland Lightweight |] Any one on Easy Terms. honors. | 1110-1112 Pike Street Telephone East 1150 —