The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 23, 1921, Page 10

BY LEO H, LASSEN OW about “Rube* Oldring? Will the vet eran American league outfield. ers legs hold out, 6o he can take care of an orchard — berth with the Seattle Siwashes during the Coast league race? That's the big set of questions ring Seat outfield at present to reports from the camp, Oklring ts fit and to hold down his job regularty, means that he probably will im right field for the tribe. CAN “x no doubt but what he can | According to the box scores of palr of games that the tribe has din so far, And he can ~ But how about his legs? Will bbe able to run? : are that even if Oldring as fast as he might be, his hit and throwing will win him a and then, too, he's one smart such speeders as Lane, Mur. and Eldred th the lineup, Old | sticking will help carry them bars. If Oldring wins the right field job. ‘Means that Cunningham, Middle and Strand wili have to fight it for the utility outfield job, At Present time we would give the to Middleton of the trio. The air should make good trading and with a pitcher or so to be let out, Seattle ought to be to swap them for that shortstop 80 badly needed. SHOULD SCORE OF RUNS Billy Lane, Seattle's new out , can hit around .270, he ought & Mock of runs for Seattle. | fs one of the best base runners) 1 ‘Willie Kamm did. That the Seattle shortstop will faster thie year. Right with Kenworthy out of the line. means that Stumpf will have short. He'll have to put on his hoofs in order to plug hole if he isn't any faster than he was last year. Elliott will un- | i re tase if Kenworthy’s back doewn't) himself isn’t the fastest or cleverest hustling makes up for those faults Wisterzi! rank as three of the best) stop, with plenty of speed, would go| that shortstop |s landed. JUST A GIGGLE We happened to pick uf a copy|- he had turned down an offer to now, and I would have to build! them another to turn out good re- Abbott may be another miracle Man in the making, but as far as} & ever being offered the Seattle man. © agership, Prexy Klepper edyn that he had never heard of Abbott be KEAL HURLER right-hander, \* said to have signed handers in the lea Manager Killefer was said to have Been counting on him heavily this Neither have we, @eason with Bill Pertica missing Cherry MAIN SPRINGS, $1.50 Other Repairs in Proportion H. S. ANDREWS Watchmaker tween 1411 FOURTH AVENUE alto Bids. IN SEATTLE UNIE = Here's how Rube Oldring, former American league out- fielder, looks in a Seattle unie at Pomona, Cal. He looks fit enough, unless the camera lies. The Star photographer caught Oldring perching under a high one. The Prep Ball Outlook No. 3—Queen Anne Amtho it's pretty earty to make/jat meoond, while young Bloomer is any predictions regarding the high|making a strong bid for the short outcome, Queen stop berth. Anne's chances for finishing tn the| firet division don't look overly bright best outfield prospect, with Fred with the material that has reported |ericks also counted upon as a reg to Coach Milliken so far. pretty big squad out, but for the| most part they are greener than best extcher on the squad at pres Christrnas jewelry at the preseat | ent. writing. The Quays have some pretty fair pitching talent in Iver Iverson, « big lefthander, and Captain Bin| They both look pretty | school Al Prevort ts counted upon as the He has a ular. Kenneth MecKineey looks Ike the Lack of hitters is bound to handtl- cap the Quays, aa they don't seem very strong with the willow, After the squad gets in condition and after they are outfitted with Wright. good, wulta, they are expected to look a lot ‘The Mercer playfield nee@s fixing up considerably before ft is in con- Archie Mills ts holding Gown first | dition, and should be attended to at base and Wilton Beckett ts stationed once, DEMPSEY CUTS TOUR; WON’T COME HERE: NEW YORK, March 23.— Jack heavyweight will cut his vaudeville tour short tn) Calgary, Saturday night, return to New York to start train | ing for his fight with Georges Car pentier, his manager, Jack Kearns, announced Tuesday. | Dempsey was booked for a etx! Weeks’ tour with an exhibition act, but decided to get down to work at | once. | Kearns also eaid he would meet | Wednesday with Tex Rickard and talk over the final details of the best in practice, He said Rickard might an- the site selected for bout after the conference. Asked about the alte, Kearns maid | “it would not surprise me to sce it|>* held at The Star office at 8) pulled off in Jersey.” » Dempsey, ‘This announcement Dempeey's engagement at the local) Pantages theatre ts “off” for the| present and Seattle fana won't be|!f interest Ings the plans for the to eee him in ac He was origi means that given a chance Uon on the stage. nally booked week of April 3 AUSTIN FADES OUT OF ST. LOUIS LIMELIGHT Austin probably will the Browns. BOGALUBA, open the season at second! Jimmy Austin, man of the St. Louis Browns, fades Found into condition. Kenworthy| further out of the limelight this year. Austin has held the difficult cor- second baseman in the|ner for St. Louis teams against all Teague, by 4 long shot, altho his| comers for 10 years. Last year Outfielder Earl Smith But what they lack defensively, the} was eased gradually quartet make up for on the offen-| shoes. The veteran realized his gray sive, as Murphy, Kenworthy and/|hairs meant that he was slowing up. Austin taught Smith all he knew hitters in the circuit. A good short-| about handling the bag. He succeeded so well that Manager @ long way toward bolstering that| Lee Fohl feels certain third base will Ammer defense, and Seattle isn't go-| not be a weak spot on his infield thin Ing to be set for the season until year. never leave turn hia attention to coaching and advising the young Few players retain their diamond | luster aa long an Austin Cleveland has been his home of He played his first pro- 1904 with Dayton, into Austin’s | recent years fessional ball }in the Central league. He went to Omaha tn 1907 and to the New York Yankees two years later. St. Louis got him tn exchange for Réy Hartzell, second baseman, in 1910. Hartzell has long since dropped out of big league baseball. LAMAR MAY STICK NEW ORLEANS, La, March 23.) Lamar, former Yankee and of the Memphis Press the other day|late of the American association, @nd noticed a story therein to the/has a chance to become regular left effect that one Spencer Abbott,| rieider Manager of the Memphis club In| pected at the Southern league, declared that|or zach Wheat, holdout captain of the club, Manager Robinson ts giv-| ments Manage the Seattle club this sea-|ing Lamar a lot of work and may d decide to use him regularly Spencer said, quoting from the/ work this spring neems to indicate Press: “Seattle had a good team|that he has overcome a weakness Jast year, but their club {s riddied|at the bat. AFTER BLACK 80X Tuesday read to the Cook county given the last grand jury probe of the 1919 world series scandal, which the indifferent attitude | will be used in the new investiga seeking reindict players accused of “fixing” the 1919 BOXING BILL PASS! A Dill | nade good by doing Luna Park Swimming Poot opens! sults.” | Saturday, March 26 EVERYBODY’S DOING IT about Easter? An Easter suit and everything, and My mother just bought me a swell new coat. Of course, she's making me save id by the legislature. jon backed the bill. American Le OARSMEN ON THE JOB sity oarwmen are on the w ing up for the season's schedule, Two two freshmen ve been ordered out on the Har- Think of it! that isn FOHL IS BANKING ON SLUGGERS BY DEAN SNYDER here. to wtay with it.” men, ‘There is just one job that in caus. ing some guessing the second sack |Joe Gideon, who held It last season, | he was supposed to © nome know! that he didn't volunteer to make public. GLEASON LOOKS BEST Three youngsters are scrapping for the job. Bill Gleason, obtained from the Chattanooga club, has the edge, in Fohl's mind, He's the old eet and has had five years of pro- fonnional beuwebe!! McManus, bought from Tulsa, and Karnest Dudley Lee, recalled from one year in league ball. aters may be carried as extra, Kart Smith, at third, ts figured 0 certainty. Smit slipped into the shoes of Jimmy Austin, veteran, late last season, and made good. This spring he has been stepping a fast clip. BETTER THAN Like Jimmy Johnston of Brooklyn, who wan converted from an out fielder into a third mcker, Smith adds further proof that such a switeh in ponnibite. “If Smith and Gleason keep on tm proving,” says Fohl, “the Browns will be a better ball club than they were last year. “I've got the best outfield tn the league in ‘Haby Doll’ Bil Jacoteon, Kenneth Williams and John Tobin. “The «reat George Sisler has started off just as he played all last poason, and Gerber, at short, is show. ing @ lot of stuff again. “My catchers are sitting pretty, and if my pitchers come thru I jwen’t have anything to worry about. back. Bayne, Burwell, Davia, Cul lop and DeBerry will wind up the staff, unless some recruita show topnotch stuff.” Yoh! has a find in Ph Text, St. Louls muny league player. He was signed as @ pitcher but ts such a natural hitter that the manager prob. ably will carry him as an extra out fielter, Todt has @ habit of slapping them over the fence in Babe Ruth fashion, All tol4, Foht ts sunburned and tiefled! JUNIOR BALL PILOTS, ATTENTION! Junior baseball managers in Seat- tle want to keep Thursday night for the first moecting of The Star Junior Baseball league, which will m the junior toasers in the city, and feason will be abandoned. Proposed plans for the #eason will be discussed at tomorrow night's seesion and its timportant that every team that plans to enter the cireult should have their squad represented. BACK TO MINORS HOUSTON, Texas, March 2% Reynolds Kelly, pitcher and brother of George Kelly, the Giants’ first baseman, has been released by Man- of the American association under an optional agreement. He will re port to the club at Dawron Springs, Ky. HERMAN VS. BARRY Tiny Herman, Tacoma heavy | weight, goes six rounds with Jim Barry, California, in Tacoma to- in Seattle recently. Frank Britt, Harrahan, of Seattle, in the six round semi-final. Read My Article in Saturday's Star WE BOTH WIN Iam now devoting my entire time to my dental practice. Having now served jthe people here for twenty years, and [dental work that 1 guarantee good. The | Pee oat eommpetd. with Chea Dentists, nor do 1 operate on you pocketbook or sel! you convers tion. I ive two dollars’ prth o Dental work for every dollar I re colve—-so you save a dollar, | make dollar, and our interests are jutual——we both Open evenings till 7 and Sunda: till 12:30 for people who wor! a EDWIN J. how on Los Angeles has lost a real hurt-| Just wait till you see me on Easter | r, according to reports from the! morning Southland. Ray Keating, crack| mother get you a new suit?” ; I'd like to know how! 4 with the Madera team in the San|ma just told me I'd have to be awful Joaquin Valley league. Keating| careful of the one I have on, if I ranked as one of the best right-| even want 2 ue last year and| She hasn't any m Why don’t you have your | Easter — & Then? What part are you but we all go to ‘sand get swell new clothes, from the club. | and our dad pays a little each month, _ and then we don’t Tell her that she your big sister, any ‘ things there age, 80 unlin Madison and Spring Clans oF private lessons In the new dances Pig'n Whistle all duy every day at 1604 4th, cor, ———_—_—_— HE SEATTLE STAR New Boss of St. Louis Browns ROOKIES SHINE IN BROWN | CAMP ROGALUBA, eran sluggers practically BOGALUSA, La, March 2%.—Lee Fon}, in his first crack at picking « team to fill the Bt. Louls Browns’ uniforms, is whipping a crew of slug fers into shape at the training camp rookie aspirants to a regular position Louls Browns. } But two rookies have broken thru, | NY OCHS—Firet baseman. Fair They are in solid with Manager Fon! 7, ih, com “Slugeing put the Browns into the and seem assured of sticking for the firet division last year,” mys the New St, Louis boas, “and I'm going One & Bl Gleason, veteran saline |= The other ia Phil Todt, 19-year-old | 4 11, wen sandlotter of St. Louis, Practically all the regulars, from present indications, will be last-year COMPETITIO: nty of competition | ttle to grab the second BACK | yooks good. Bande sx feet. Came from is hin, if bis playing and batting holds up | He has had one other erack at big league playing; & month's trial with the Pittsburg Pirates in 1918 Me started out with the land league, Pittsburg debut Chattanooga was let out by the Browns because the position edge of the White Sox-led mixup 1914, and after bh traded to t the Southern e . Gleason was Prov: conmidered the best second sacker in| He wung bis bat | , Manager Lee Fohl of the\ graphed on the job at (IO birth oma La., by Bob Dorman,| Tut, right on bis trail, are Marty | Star photographer. neanoned noodle Cheasty’s vn. in fast, has & good throwing | Came to Browns le rar trom Green| Orphe iF Gleasbn | 004, Delta league. thed three-b orpheame bere Cate. a =. Lowks good. | stands five feet seven, | "Way , eke ee aey.| Bike No. 2 9a. Laumberme Chattanooga, They have each had| and is 26 years old. If Gleason becomes a fixture at | BOE RUN ee eee Se a | Todt hag already been dubbed “the pounded 60 | balls “out of aight” the first 10 days | jin camp, and has averaged « couple) of homers daily since, | He's been playing in the St. Louis Muny league since he was 13, and is| @ natoral bitter. rigned as a southpaw Pitcher, but Fob! wants him for his wtick work and will make him over | into an outfielder so as to use him for pinch ewatting. LIKE ELMER that Sem Crane will undoubtedly hold down the shortstop job on the Med aid, fan Pranciace ont says Joe Kelly, the new Beal | ls another George When Todt played in St. Louis! many teams wouldn't play against his club unlems he was kept out of the box. Bo he has had considerable | fielding experience. ‘The Browns call him a second ed} tion of Bimer Smith, Cleveland star. | He wwingy like Smith—free and easy And be in similar to Babe Ruth— | when it comes to home runs. (aner teaneen This We the 14t continuous training trip for both of them. were reported before Waiter finaly wave up the cosching Joh wee ne en on er me nee nes WILL FAN BABE RUTH FIRST DEI os cece iis etic its eh ere cin Chiet Nenter and Pep | been amisting tm the comchime of the pitchers In the leagne and I think | University of Peamsytvania college tone Sothoron will stage @ great come. |“ SHADE TO RETURN SOON Billy Shade, young California mid- Grover Land, the veteran catcher whe dieweight, who for months has been | | Australia’s biggest fletic star since | the days of the lamented Les Darcy, into whore shoes he has stepped as | the antipodeans" | in America the last week tn April, to wort received the) other day in San Francisco. is expected to the one best bet in Cal fornia right now, upon his arrival, at Vernon, Cal. le PREP CAGE }....-2->"—= If he beats Coll the young Aw woed 6 oa Ie | Californian wil! leave in short order FIVE NAMED | af |tor the East, where the fight pro moters are anxious to put him to/ myo Lincoln champions, one Broad. | Cleveland pitehers held “Dabe* Ruth a stick average of Walter Malle faced him only once and fanned him on three pitebed balla If there are enough teams repre | rented to conatitute a league The| Star will form another league for) fiesied with Seattle two years aao, hae signed to play with Little Rock im the | Southern league this summer. Auto Tops—Christian, 1408 Eigh' —Advertinement. idol, will be) lls Fer Glesses the Loweat ta meet Bert A bout with Johnny Wilson, if/iranklin man placed on the official | Shade doce not ager McGraw to the St. Paul club/| Lenece Deptivated fer SUSSMAN OFTICAL CO, Gredeete 6-6 Pike Place Market Belew Retary Bakery SECOND PUCK. j.,crr 87 Sotatoetaras hg ME ON THURSDAY )"7.275,0%can ts: Steet ma The second game of the world's hockey series will be played in Van- couver tomorrow night, the Vancou- ver equad having the edge on their | Ottawa rivals as the result of their 3 to 1 win in the opener Monday. we tion | Tacoma featherweight, meets Joe Thursday's game is bound to be/in the United States Golf axsocia-| Worries cial for the Easterners, because | tion Maybe it's the “tee” that| if Vancouver wins the Coast champs | anpeais to them. For me! |need but another win to cinch the! a win for Ottawa will! even up the series. The third game of the series will be played in Vancou er Monday. DUFYY VS. FRANCE SEATTLE TAXI CO. MAIN 6500 weight, boxes France, of Los in Portland to-| jean guaranter, and making my/ morrow night DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES | eesti’ HIRSCH CYCLE CO. “HIP I1TOtL!l DAY—BIG NEW ALL-STAR SHOW Home-Made Pies, per cut . VAUDEVILLE ABBOTT & CO. im “Silver Threads” ? BICYCLES OEW ACE CONTINUOUS THUMSDAY 'TO 8A PA IAMS Western Frelics David Butler in “SMILING ALL THE WAY” A Greenwich VI With LEAT! WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1921. ‘ELKS NO. 1 _ BOWLERS % _ COP CITY Eat cn conan. TITLE 23-—A| M league, Played Won Lent vM. AMT ru fied Chunky | Bika No. a ” ” follow, Mite ball from Jop againat baseman. Colorado CHESTNUT —terond baseman Ubiained from Kentucky AKKY KUSH — Lanky right-hand |piteher. Needs more seasoning Was Pon Colonel Vaden‘’s gang of Elks Na, TATUM — Husky right-hand 1 team bowlers have cinched first sonnon with Louie | plaee . c e. Needs more season play, the |antlered herd, with their lead of 11 —Latt-hand hurler | ames over the second place teama, has copped the title for the year. The fight for second place honors \i* a hot one, with the Palo Cigars | ted with the B. N. Brooks outfit, ‘These teams clash tomorrow night in the feature tiff of the regular city : league games. #o back | The complete schedule for Thurs GHOKGE BOVHLER—Dig right-nand- | day night follown: IDEAL ALLEYS %. M. Brooks ve. Pale Cigars, RAY KOLP—tight-hender. vintenea| ‘ike Neo. 1 mo Fy ry eanon with Akron. Looks « comer | “FOv. DEMERRY—Housky rieht-nander. ELKW ALLEYS w Eng Won 20 games, lost 12 tn with Tulsa, Wertern league pennant winners, Likely to atiek Playfield Cagers Issue Challenge Win 35 Straight With a run of 25 straight vie tories for the past two seasons, the Collins 110-pouhd basketball team is looking for new fields to conquer. The playfield champs issue a challenge to any 116 pound team in the state, Minor Midgets, ‘The squad capped the season’s || 1m Section 2 the Beacon HIN Jun- games last Saturday when they || !0rs were eliminated from the select walked on the Y. M. C. A. little fellows, 14 to 9, at the “Y.” |ing the Madrona Midgets and Fre ‘The team linee up with Ben || mont tied with five and four victories Natoli and Captain Lioyd Ellis || Tespectively. To retaliate for their at forwards, John MclInnin at || @etbronement, the Beacon Hill Jun center and Jim Flett and Harry Levine at guards Lew Evans, coach of the team, can be reached by*phone at the Collins playfield house. | The fourth week of play in Junior | hockey finds the Bulldogs and Minor | Midgets still tied for the champion- ship of Section 1, with percentages of 1.000. Mt. Baker's last opportunity to figure in the section championship is to win Thursday's game with the | ' BI Midgets: The schedule for this wets Thursday, March 26, 4p mm what pitcher will be the Minor Midgets va Mi Baker af 10% king, in a regulee Amer. and Spring. Capfto! ITM vs. Deamy Biatee Cuba, ot tira and Newten. “Babe” Ruth Has Tough Time in Reducing SHREVEPORT, La, March 24. —Stil 20 pounds overweight, “Babe” Ruth is the hardest worker in the New York Yankee camp trying to get into condi. tion. After more than a month's strict adherence to ell reducing measures, the swat king is still facing a huge task to get down to his playing weight of 210 pounds, Manager Huggins has been helping the bat bambino by y prepared Salmon Eggs allowing him to play the infield, SILVER BRAND. the seal trow baa where he can get more strenu- ous exercise than in his regular work in the outfield. ALL-CITY 4 Cone of Von's Stver Brand Setmen oar 0 oy abben wee ed te Roe eee, (re order ter than 4 cara) posmpad for $1.50. om per money beck Send Foe eter vada 10 way, one Queen Anne and one toe, 48 | ailcity basketball five picked by the letter at the annual dinner at the Y. M. C. A. last night. The first team picked ts made up To wake up in the Morning and to think— No Land Title lard and Greene of Franklin, at for- wards, with Johnny Cole of Franklin, at center, and Tanzger of Queen; Anne and Lowry of Ballard, at) WE HAVE RECENTLY ADDED 1500 NEW BOXES TO OUR MODERN SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS, Come and examine cur equipment for the safekeeping of bonds and other valuable papers, My Title fs Insured ‘| by the | light corner Second Cold Megt and Cheese ..10¢ Hot Hartourger 18¢ Hot Cakes and syrup ...20¢ 3 Doughnuts and Coffee .15¢ Best Coffee in Seattle 5c HOYT’S 322 Pike St. at Fourth WE NEVER CLOSE 1221-Third Ave COR UNINERSITY