The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 31, 1920, Page 8

aie | NY NEW. SPORT KINGS CROWNED BY DEAN SNYDER Mineteen Hundred and Twenty has the year of the athiete. branch of sport has pros Crowd reconis have been showing we are a@ sport: peopian New marks have hung up to shoot at. Some the crown wearers have stubbed toes. Other supers have slip into their places. 1 profits for the major total neggly ten million collected” nearly half as tm boxing have soared Whdreamed of numeral, But the people pay becausp they Baseball The first three days of May saw Brooktyh Dodgers set a major record by playing 68 In- pitched o-hit, norun game of his @r against the Red Sox on 1, winning, 1 to 0. “Ruth broke his own home Fecord of 29 busts on July 19 en September 29 boosted it October 10 BIN Wamberanss Cleveland Indians made the upasaisted triple play ever in a world series, and El Smith, another Indian, socked with the bases full for an- Big series record. on October 13 the Cleveland won the world champion- at Cleveland, beating the tm the deciding gamq 3 ¥ be Boxing Dempsey twice defended his sht crown during the year. out Billy Miske in three # at Benton Harbor, Mich. on and stopped Bill Brennan in @t Madison Square Gar “. ary O'Dowd, it champ, bis title to Johnny Wilson at on May & fe Carpentier knocked out Levinsky in four rounds at) City on Oct 12 Golf Ray, Englishman, lifted the open golf title at Toledo wcore of 295, Aug. 13. 11, Chick Evans won the ‘Amateur golf title at Roslyn, | beating Francis Ouitmet, 7 Alexa Stirling took the na- ‘woman's title at Cleveland on , 9, by beating Mra, J. V. Hurd, isburg, 4 and 3. Tennis | ‘7. Tien, Jr, 0. 8, won » singles title In tennis at Eng., on July 3, Tilden ‘woman's title at Philadelphia, | t. 18, beating Miss Marion Zind- | the latter having won the) clay court singles champion: | ‘@t Detroit on June 36. Turf @ War, the Mahubah colt, set | world records: 1.35 $5) mile around turns in Withers at Belmont, May 29; 2:14 146) and three furlongs in Bel- stake at Belmont, June 13; for mile and five furlongs in ton stake event at Belmont, 4, and beat Sir Barton in mile HII records in 1921. BUCKEYES | MUST ‘WATCH MULLER BY PAUL WILSON BERKELEY, Cal, Dec. 31.--The | Ohio Buckeyes will forward pass rings around the California Beare at Pasadena on New Year's day, accord fm | ‘ng to experta who are risking their reputations on doping the outcome THE SEATTLE STAR SUPERS OF 1920 WILL THEY STUB THEIR TOES IN’21? EI BTREY a Here are a few of the crowned heads of the sport world. Thev ali earned their titles in| Australians off their feet, and they 1920 except Jack Dempsey, the heavyweight champ, who has successfully defended hi. head-dress twice. Notice that it is a little off-side since Bill Brennan stayed 12 rounds with him. Babe Ruth's hat is on tight and is likely to be for several years yet. may never defend his golf title. He's getting old. Man o’ War has no more world’s to) fourth and deciding set of the match Savertte conquer. The great horse has earned over $240,000 for his owner, Samuel D. Riddle, in %"4 the decisive content of the wour > stakes and purses. Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey is only 18 years old. She ought to make more | =ment. But c all aT cs are liable to stub their toes and lose their crowns. is Fighteen Cleveland Fast Tech- nical High school players, with Coach Sam Wilaman and Manager) G. B. Frost, arrived in Seattle yeu | terday afternoon on the last lap of their Western journey to play the Because of a flimsy discrimination | between clanses of professionals, the | Everett high school eleven at Ever ett tomorrow for the prep cham Pionship of the United States, YANKS WIN DAVIS CUP AUCKLAND, N. Z, Dee. S1- After an absence of eight yearn, the classio «Davia cup, representing world’s supremacy at rm turned today to the United States, William T, Tilden and William M Johnston, the star members of the American team, took doubles matehes from Norman EF. Brookes and Gerald L. Patterson set mitch by soores of 4 and 64, Added to the two victories scored |by the Americans in the singles yes terday, it gave the visitors the neces nary three victories out of the five matches, Patterson, who wan defented in straight seta by Johnston, in their singles matches, was tn much better form today, while Brookes did not play so well, seeming to have lost much of his stamina in the exciting singles match with Tilden With the greatest dash, the Aus traliangs started desperately in the first set. Both the Americans were slow In getting started, and the apien did generalship of Brookes, coupled | with the accurate placing of Patter json, carried the first set, at 64 | Again, a# in the singles matches, the cup defenders seemed to weaken | under the fast pace, Aind Patterson lost much of bis accuracy and speed in the second set, The Americans rushed to the net, aed, with «leling drives, drove them back to the line. | The speed of the Americans proved too much and the Australians lost | second net by the same score, 6-4 } The third set found the Americans lat the top of their brilliant form! Jobnaton’s terrific smashes and the lj clever volleys of Tilden swept the tennis, a tour 64, 60 were blanked by a score of 6-9. Jobnaton's smashes, deadly in thetr | Sccuracy and unreturnable with their | Ted Ray) territic speed, almont alone won the | uy tm K. OF C. CAGE FIVE TO TOUR ‘The local Knights of Cotumtus | baskethall five will go on a trip thru |Yonstern Washington next week They will play three games on mee journey. The first mix ts scheduled with | Yakima for Wednesday. Toppentsh | is on the program for Thursday and Friday the Caseya will tangie with |Gonzaga college at Spokane. | The Knights will line up with | Ateer and Dawson at forwards, Fud-| die at center, and Morarity and Meyers at guards BILL WRIGHT [with any Star Pocket Billiard Meet Postponed Two Weeks In order to be able to devote our activity to one s: 4 ney, which is to be held at Pope-Sibley’s parlors, wil naries will not get under way until the first week in Februa eee start at the Arena next week, will hold the center of the Facts and Figures on Big Grid Games Teams—Ohio State university of Columbus, Ohio, and University of California of Berkeley, Cal. Place—Pasadena, Cal. Time—New Year's day. Btakes—UnotMcial championship ferences. Lineups: California wee Morrison Teams—Dverett High school of High schoo! of Cleveland, Ohio, Time—New Year's day. Pince—Athietic Held, Stakes Lineups: Everett— Wilson More Merman (C) £9) Pe “oo During leaguers lew — the hetidaye ef of ore taking @ week's vece- Mpecial matches are taking the of the and the Seattle National bank of the Bankers’ cireait will come off ‘The Souset Motor compan; right after the first of the year. The BM. Mrooks team, of the ony | league, would like (© arrange & end Romne maten,, Bowie la booming afl over the cous- wing Hew siege havent euite’ come ve that yet | the Ideal alleys bare eight Inaques run- ning, and the Bike and Orpheum « like ber, and ali the alleys have turned Here's the echedule for the next games tm the Clty league billed for next Thure- day: IDRAL ALLEYS HN. Prooks ve Denby Trucks Kiks No 3 Lumbermen. Kiks No. Union Tatlors ELAS ALLEYS Hike No. 1 ve Mippe’s cafe, Cheasty’a ve. Bai of “Big Ten” and Pacific Coast con Everett, Wash, and Bast Technical Bverett. Take Smelter cars. Unofficial prep school championship of the United States. Bast Tech + Norman Behn Carieon ((C) MAY LEAD AKRON CLUB EMEMBER Jim my Walsh, who played in the outfield and bed at third base | and also at first for Senttle two years ago? Well, James may break into the role of man. the Akron team, in the Interna tional league cording to re! bm “ from the) Ohio city, | Waleh played a pestis: good brand of baseball for Seattle, but he wasn't very well satisfied with conditions on the Coast, and seked to be al- lowed to play in the East. Walsh had a successful year with Akron during the season just closed He wag a team mate of the famous Jim Thorpe, the great Indian ath lete, The Akron club finished fourth in ite firet year in the International ctrouit, If Walsh lands the managership of | the Akron club, he will succeed Dick | Hoblitzell, resigned. Hoblitzell will pilot the Reading team, in the same league, next season. Before going to the minors, Walsh saw service with the Boston, New | York and Philadelphia American | | | | | | | | >| ext season, ac | }teague clubs, while Hoblitzell served | FRIDAY, DECEMPEN 81, 1996. TICS ort at a time, The Star’s pocket billiard tour- be postponed two weeks, and the first prelimi- In the meantime, The Star’s ice races, stage in The Star’s winter sport pro- B. C. Puck Teams Clash in North Saturday | VICTORIA ICE CLUB ADDS NEW STAR BY LEO H. LASSEN Vancouver and Victoria will fur nish the next tiff tn the Pacific Coast bockey race when they clash in Victoria tomorrow afternoon. This will be the second matinee |eume of the season, Victoria stag |ing « Christmas day matinee with 7 | Seattle last Saturday. While Victoria has been the doormat of the league since they opened their season thru the loss of three straight games, the Aris tocraté are just about due to slip overeéa win. The Victorians strengthened addition win b considerably by the of Fred Frederickson, the Winnipeg sensation, who is slated to hold down center ice for the Aristocrats the balance of the’ sea- "gi, Frederickson comes to the Coast league with a wonderful ree ord from Winnipeg, where he star red in amateur hockey for several: seasons a a member of the Fal cons. With the coming of Frederic son it means a shift in the Vie- toria lincup. Frederickson will unm doubtedly start at center and Tome my Dunderdale will probybly be shifted to rover. This will leave Eddie Oatman and Harry Meeking on the wings, Johnson and Clem Loughlin will take care of the de |fense, with Fowler in the nets jand wit Loughlin and Gordoa Meeking for spares. Vancouver's lineup ts set for the | Season, There ts no doubt but what they have a powerful hockey team and once they perfect « little | more team play they will be ak most unbeatable, With such speedy — |skaters as MacKay, Skinner d can, Cook and Lehman, the |Honaires, are always dangerous. | Vancouver ts expected to take, the ice with the same lineup started against Seattle, which | means-that Skinner and Harris will be on the wings, Destreau at cen- ter, MacKay at rover, Cook and | Duncan on the defense and Leb- man in the neta with Jack and Bill Adams for substitutes, | RILEY KEEPS UP GREAT SCORING Jim Riley, Seattle’s husky wing. kept up his great scoring against Vancouver here Wednesday night, when he registered two more goala James ts now leading the Coast league tm individual scoring with og goals. He's certainly start- ing off with a bang as seven goals | in three games is not to be sneezed at. The big fellow ip stickhandling better than ever this year, which | accounts for his increased scoring power, and then he has a great of the game. big league time with the Cincinnati | set of team mates in Foyston and orr quarter match race at Windsor, “27 eight lengths in 2:03 on Kop won English Derby at Downs June 2, at 16 to 1. Oct. 12, Sister Bertha set world of 202 34 for 3-yeareld trot Lexington. Blelbtrey set the following records: July 3, 500 yards four turns in 7:22 24; July 10, free style outdoors in 35, at New York; July 14, 300- swim in 4:34 1-6, at New Yor! 117, 100 yards in still water, in 16 at Philadelphio, Beside these | Isyearold water marvel took | ‘title swims at the Olympic Beigium, in August. championship Caddock in 2:05:30+ with body and wrist hold in New York, Jan. 30, i; Ed Strangler Lewis won the title way from Stecher, December 13, in 56 with headiock hold at New Billiards Ralph Greenleaf hig national In Chicago on Nov. 10. Johnny Layton, St. Louls annexed three-cushion billiard ttle gr Cannetax, New York, 76 to Dee. 13, at Chicago, Football Princeton was conceded the foot. palm in the East. Ohio State the Western Conference title. Dame was undefeated. Georgia was the champion eleven of the California won the Pacific title. Yachting On July 27, United States retained | rica's cup when Resolute beat | Thomas Lipton’s Sharnrock TV. in| race off Sandy Hook, N by 19 minutes and 45 mconds. Auto Racing Ralph DePalma set two world’s ‘Pecords for circular track, Sept. 18, Syracuse, N. Y., a8 foliows: Ten in G47 and 20 mile in 16:25 ‘Tommy Milton established a new 10-mile dirt track record of "12400 2-5 at Phoenix, Arin Trapshooting A. L. Ivins, Red Bank, N. J., won | Grand American handicap at Cleve | land on Aug. 28, with 99 out of 100. ‘The Gouthern league ft customers 1920. de billiard th, / won't charge 1921 than ‘Coach Andy Smith wf California) KAights of Columbus team won't | jan’t saying a word, but all season play in the city basketball league this he has been quietly grooming a) named | young red-headed athie' Muller, until now that husky left end is the longest and most er forward passer seen on the coust in many Years. It is around) Muller that Smith is building an overhead attack which he believer .| Will show the Buckeyes a few things | weighs 183 pounds, is playing firat year of university football, but hie passes throughout the past season have averaged 63 yards and he ts capable of tonsing the pignki for 7b, should necessity arixe. Just why ‘crities throughout the country have failed to realize the re. markable ability of this young star, who was one of Uncle Sam's repre sentatives at the Olympic Games at Antwerp, is difficult to answer, ex cept that Smith has seldom found it Necemary to resort to forward pans. ing this year, and there bas been lit tle opportunity for Muller to show his wares. SHORT SNAP Instead of the long overhead throw usually used by forward pans ers, Muller uses @ short snap by which he get» great speed and ac curacy, the ball travelling like a baseball from his hand direet to the spot desired. And when the positions are re versed and Muller is on the receiving end of the pass, he is a mighty hard mar to down. It i» ability at re cetving passes and at Blocking oppos- ing passes which caused Walter! Camp to pick him as one of the mix! b tt ends in collegiate football this season, And just one little tip to Ohio from the lips of western eritics: When you get to pnasing the ball around, be sure you don’t drop tt or let it fall into the hands of a waiting Bear, because that's the Bruins’ strong point—following the ball and taking ad antage of the other feb low’s. error. BEAT SHARKEY “BROADWAY” NEW YORK, Dee. 31 ck Shark. ey’s lamentable showing against Roy Moore tn Madison Square garden is regarded in New York fight circles aa the passage of a contender for the bantamweight championship to the| ranks of the “has beens.” “Broadway whipped him as Bréad- way whipm them all who try to beat the fast game,” the wise ones said. season, The way the league stars now, It ia & xemi-pro organizafion for the! ple reason that it is not strictly | teur, But the league has taken upon itself to discriminate between different clasnes of professionals, and Any player who makew his living di | rectly or indirectly thru basketball, | or has signed & contract for, sional baseball, is barred, wh{fe other are allowed to play. The Knights’ team, which was pretty well shorn of its star players of last year by some leaving Seattie. needs all of ite talent, Stan Riddie, who {« playing center, is the physical irector at the K. of C. Because Riddle would not be allowed to play, | the Knights didn't enter the league. | The K. of C. team has demonstrat ed in its iminary games this Lg that it is again @ powerful agerega | tion, downing the Northern Life tears and Chauncey Wright squad with ease, | Because of the above-mentioned | discrimination, the league is losing a strong team, and if the league hopes | to be a guccenn, it needy every strong team in the elty,’ If the league was made & strictly amateur circuit, there would be no kick coming, but it i# unjust discrim. ination to ber only certain kinds of professionals, because a “pro” in a “pro” if he receives money in any Sport, IT SEEMS AS IF THE LEAGUE | 1S OF¥ ON THE WRONG TRACK. THE GHT THING TO HAVE DONE WOULD HAVE BEEN TO | HAVE MADE THE LEAGUE AMA. | | TEUR, AS WAS FIKST 'END- ED, OR ELSE TO HAVE PERMIT. TED EVERYBODY TO PLAY, PRO- HIBITING THE PAYING OF MEN | | PLAYING LEAGUE GAMKS AND | DISFRANCHISING THOSE, TEAMS F 'D GUILTY OF PA G MEN |AND ALSO BARRE THOSE MEN FOR ACCEPTING SUCH PAY. be cop nahn wl pocket billiard tourney. Inclosed please find 50 centa for entry fee. (Name ......-... (Adaresd ........ (Telephone) Ae sewernmeees Entries clone January 12. Entries can be mailed to The Star or will be accepted at Pope. Sibley*s, | Stamps will be accepted tor farther, | The Cleveland gridders, anxious te | carry the glory Of Ohio state still appeared in trim shape, nd look Uke am even match to the averett eleven, The Cleveland squad not quite as light as they have been reported to be. The averdge weight of the visitors is 152 pounds, which ts con siderably higher than first reported. The team will have short work- outs on Denny field at the Uni- versity this afternoon, MAY FORM NEW COLLEGE CONFERENCE CHICAGO, Dec. 91.—Steps toward formation of a Western college ath- letic conference were taken at a meeting of representatives of some of the leading Middle Western colleges here Thursday. Institutions represented were: Re Jolt, Lawrence, Carleton, Coe, Cor nell, De Pauw, Hambline, Knox and Wabash. Decision was reported to hold a track meet at Coe, Cedar Rapids, Towa, in May. Athletic Director Car. ruthern, of Cos, was appointed to take charge of ‘The Knights of Columbus five sunk the hooks into the Chauncey Wright five by a 39 to 11 count at the K. of C. gym Wednesday night. Me Ateer, forward, with seven field goals and one foul, was the high scorer, lineup and summary follow: “y Wright—~ Kekmann (2) Frankiand .... Hemphill (4)., Position Fo Knignte— «Dawson (6) (1B) Riddle (it + Meyers (4p « Mortarity (2) | BESTS SIMONICH TACOMA, Dec, 31.—Billy Wright, | | Seattle welterweight, won a decision over Joe Simonich, of Butte, in a fast sixround bout here last night Bud Ridley, of Seattle, stopped Kid Roy, of St. Paul, in the third round of a sixround go. Both are 126 pounders Young Ketchel, of Idaho, won a four round decision over Andy Cur tia local welter, Bud Fisher, Van- couver, Wash, middie, outfought Clem Zukowski, Tacoma, but the bout was declared a draw. Babe| Connors and Danny Martin, local 118-pounders, fought a fast four round draw in the opener | P. MITCHELL TO BOX JACKSON NEW YORK, Dec, 31,~—Willie Jackson and Pinky Mitchell have been matched by Tex Rickard to|* fight 15 rounds in Madison Square garden January 7, Both have agreed to weigh 135 pounds eight hours be- | fore battle. ‘There may be some dark horses in the City league basketball race, but] right now the dope points to the System Bign company five as the} strongest contenders of the lot. The System five is practically the same team that represented Renton and the Plymouth church a couple| of years ago, and cleaned up on| everything in the city and won the Northwest title, “ Roas George, captain and center of the Sign company team, is play ing @ star game in the pre-season | mixes and should be a star in the coming race. Mike Gordon and Ray Kelehner| are the best forward prospects at present. Roth forwards played with the Plymouth and Renton fives, _ LACKEY MORROW IS NEAR DEATH Lackey Morrow, former Seattle featherweight, ix reported to be near death in a Spokane hospital Morrow, who received a scratch on the nose while training with Waddie! Quinn Tecently, is suffering from blood poisouing, which wet in from | the Injury. Four transfusions of blood have entry fee. ‘ been made, but there Is little hope for his recovery. After being scratched up tn the gym workouf, Morrow went thru/ with his fight with Ernie Farren in Lewiston, Idiho, which he won by 4 knockout. Morrow was then taken seriously ill Morrow was booked to box Bud Ridley in Lewiston January 12. The little fellow won a lot of! friends in Seattle by his willing work | in bis bouts Orpheum's ve. QrnciaL Hidridge Ritente Tunve De Jenkine Mattocks Rrowa Rutener Quay ..csbesess Steadman sa 1 m4 ae as 102 12? im 166 ise % 1 eae TELEFHONR LEAGUE ute Mechantos Bradley Grant | Demont Dawe Moore 116— 207 “bb 1686 Zin Bogart Martin . Keifer . City Cage Outlook No. 8&—System Sign Co. Cal Bowen, Ed Owen, J. 8, Vir fuson, Red Gordon, George Mar. burg and Maurice Gordon are the most likely list of guards at present. ny Thomas, a well-known fig- ure in local basketball circles, will | Prebably be back in the lineup, Virguson, who is trying out for guard, is an all-around athlete, being & pole vaulter, broad jumper and high jumper of no little ability, be sides playing a gbod game of basket | ball. The System Sign company five open their season with the Elks as | opposition Monday night. Workman Heaves Football Like Baseball Unitke most forward passers, Hoge Workman holds a football like @ baseball when he throws it. This player, who has unusual ly long fingers, grips the oval with four fingers on the lacing and the thumb on one of the seams, With the oval held tn this manner, Workman can de lay longer than the average for. ward pas#er, He can jump in the air, dodge, or run backward with. out danger of dropping the ball from his firm grip, HARRAHAN TO BOX RIDLEY AGAIN Bud Ridley and Joe Harrahan, Se attie featherweighta, who boxed a six-round draw in Abenicen Tuesday are to be rematched for early next month, While most of the accounts of their first meeting gave Ridley a shade in four out of the six rounds, | the bout was filled with plenty of | laction and it should prove to be a good attraction in the Grays Harbor eity again. SMOKE MILDMAN CIGARS MADE IN SEATTLE 60LD EVERYWHERE ALL NIGHT DANCE Dreamland Seventh and Union TONIGHT 100 Special Prizes Admission 25c All Welcome | this season. j it's | Nationals and the Boston Americans. | Morris on the forward ling LOCALS PLAY VANCOUVER MONDAY Seattle will tangle with Vancow ver at Vancouver in the next game for the local seven. This will be _ the second meeting of those squads in the B, C. hamlet, Vancouver winning the first encounter by a 2 to © count. Seattle always figures to have a better chance against Vancouver in Vancouver fhan here because the Vancouver rink ts bigger and the weight advantage of the Van- couver seven doesn’t count se much as it does on the small Se- attle foe, VICTORIA HERE NEXT Victoria will farnish tne tion for the locals next night, It will be the pearance of the Victoria While the opposi- Wednesday second ap septet here Aristocrats were routed by a 7 to 2 count in their first game here, they came within an ace of lacing the Mets on their home tee a few days later. And then they should be in better condition by this time, and with their new star, Frederickson, in t) lineup they should be doubly dan- serous, STAR ICE RACES AT NEXT GAME According to present plans, the first heats of The Star’s second an- nual ice races will get under way }at the Victoria-Seattle hockey tiff next week. The entry list for the races is still small, but hopes are high that the skaters will ship in their entries before Monday, when the list closes. The races last year were voted a big success and up to the racers themselves whether or not the event is success. ful this year, Ice Race Entry I wish to enter The Star's an- nual ice races, I have never re ceived money for ice racing. (Name a (Telephone seaetcenmeeess Entries close January & Entries may be mailed to The Star or will be accepted at the Arena office, Coach Cavanangh of Boston col- lege predicts that women will be playing football in a few years,