The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 15, 1921, Page 9

iKilbane Explains “Shift” : Sa Dempsey Is Hard to Champ Leads With Either Hand ‘BY JOHNNY KILBANE Featherweight Champion NTIC CITY, June 15.—1 in sparring with Jack Demp Jet the champion is a mighty it man to hit His shift is largely responsible for it I knew that he was a two-handed ter, and I had seen him shift fainst Willard and several of the her boys he fought, but I never how really elusive the big fel was until 1 got the gloves on h him. DAN LEAD WITH 0 HANDS Jack is just as much at home lead with his right as with his left. "s been working on the art of ing and side-stepping until he's more clever at it than the last I saw him in action, "The abiilty to renew the offensive mth either fist or foot enables the mp to use his feet in side-steps are barred to the one-hand hter. For side-stepping will ac mplish little if the man who is king is not set to deliver a blow en his opponent's wallop has been cided. And the one-hand fighter p side-step in only a few ways if is to still keep his fist handy psey, on the other hand, can hit m almost anywhere. It is this that has given Jack his style of fighting. Unlike ther heavy champions, Dempsey $ over blows when from the ring- de the feat looks absolutely impos ble. And when openings occur, the ‘champ is just as likely as not to . them up, waiting a chance for of his surprise punches. cCMPSEY DOVES QUICKLY It’s surprising to see how easily Intro¢ucing Chartey Graham, the genial manager of the San Francisco Seals, who ts leading his corps of ball tossers against the Seattle team this week, Charley has gathered unto himself a pretty classy baseball family and his bunch are out in the lead in the pennant race at the t writing. Bill Cunningham Plays | preser Great Ball for Locals Seattle Flychaser Is Hitting Around .370; Seattle-San BY DEAN SNYDER Ty Cobb is swinging from the handle this year, Making him manager of the De troit Tigers not only changed the spelling to TYGERS, but it has made a slugger out of Ty. He's hitting for extra bases, Every run he drives in or scores himeelf means that the Tygers are winning another ball gana In the first 61 games of the sea son, which included games up to June 7, Ty had made 85 hits, of \which 17 were doubles, 10 were |last season. triples and elght were homers His playmng tn other departments That's a total of 146 bases. If he|haw also been speeded up. He's do- keeps up that pace for the other jing all hin old stuff on the bases and | two-thirds of the season he'll have/|taking advantage of every flaw in| hit for a total of 428 bases, which | the opposing team's defense. would be a new record in major| ‘Ty is heavier now than when he league baseball. used to run the bases like an ante George Sisler’s 1926 record of S99 |lope. But what he lacks tn lithe bases is the present record. ness of limb he makes up for by his Ty's batting spree, coming in his | baseball smartness. 17th year in the big show, la all the| Hi, case is almost stmflar to that | more remarkable since the great|of Tris Speaker, who had his best | Georgian showed signs of slowing up'year in 1920, when he became the! | MANAGER TY COBB IS HAMMERING BALL FAR AND OFTEN NOW playing manager ef the Cleveland |be hitting home runs,” says Ty, “but Indiana, everyone else is doing it, so I'm Speaker pulled off greater catches setting my share, in center field than he had ever done in his career, “It's my opinion that we have @ He also had his best |Uveller ball in the American league batting year, And Speaker led Cleve-|this season, land under its first pennant wire, “And then this felow Babe Rath Ty's playing, like Speaker’s, has has got us all gripping the bat dowm shown @ big improvement. al burde’ clicking player. Instead jon the handle and swinging. lof being weighed down by managert-| “Anything that makes runs for the ns he has become a taster ‘pygers suits me.” Ty, the “slicker,” has become TR “I know I haven’ any Ileense to'the slugger. ‘Lone Star Net Match Remaining Mrs. Bourque and Mrs. Foster Win Women’s Doubles Mrs. Stmonne Bourque and Mrs. Frank Foster won the finals in the women's doubles in The Star-Wood- land park tennis meet yesterday in straight sets, defeating Josephine Pollack and Libbie Ferris 6-2, 6-3. With Bruce Hesketh and Libbte Ferris leading Wilton Smith and Josephine Pollack 3-1 in the first set in Ahe mixed doubles finala, rain halted play. This match was to be played to- lday, play being started over again because this was a finals’ match The match was set for 4p. m. It was to be two out of three sets, Prizes for the tennis tournament are now ready at Piper & Taft's, and those entitled to prizes can obtain them by culling there, The followypg prize Met haa been made up by the Piper & Taft store: Men's singlee—Winner, twin six racquet; rennerup, semi-finalists, racquet cases, Women's singles—Winner, Wash- |ington Meteor racquet; runner-up, winners and run-| ner-ups in ‘The Star-Woodland park | tennis shoes; | Big Field to Tee Off Next \ Week Seattle to Send Many’ Golfers to N. W. Meet at Portland BY ALEX C. ROSE Seattle will be represented by the largest out-of-town delegation of en- trants when the curtain goes up |next Monday for the Zlst annual Pacific Northwest Golf Association championships to be held under the auspices of the Waverly Country 4 jelub at Portland. With this ribbon event of the Pa- § | cific coast still a few days off, near- ly 75 of tho local mashie experts have sent in thelr names. This number will be doubled before next Monday. The tournament committes, con- sisting of Walter E. Pearson, C. Harry Davis, Jr, and A. 8. Kerry and John H. Dreher, the P. N. G. A | secretary, has been busily engaged for the past fortnight putting every- thing in shape to make this the greatest tourney ever held on the Pacific coast and, according to pres ent indications, it will be @ record. Vv. or |1os Ange: Balt Lake Poruand Ptteberg |New York St. Louie .. Roston poklyn Chicago einuatt yuiladelphia AMERICAN LFAGUB Lost. | Clevetand New ¥ Washin Detroit Boston | St, Louts . Chicago Philadelpht NATIONAL LEAGUE At ®t. Louls— rR New York st. 1 » and B_ Amith. North and Clemons. Batteries oy Stryker; Ro Welke | At Cineinnau— Cincinnatt Brooklyn Batterion Miljue and Taylor. a — 1 | r, nm FE aan eomeenenes 10 At Chicago Roston Competition tn the three titular x |events, namely, amateur, women’s | 2/and men’s handicap, promises to be 3 very keen, as California's crack At Pitesbarg— Pittebore Philadelp Star Ball Leaders in Big Parade; Guests at Park ‘The Eckart Cigar team, leaders in The Star Junior Baseball league, were in the big baseball parade today that featured Civic day at the ball park. Manager Eckart furnished a machine for the boys and then was the host to the squad at the ball park, where he had a pair of Loxes re served for them, Mer league managers wheee teams play on their home grounds Sunday are urged to inform The Star not later than 6 p m. Thursday as te e time they have their ds lined up for, so this information can be published in The Star Friday. ‘The following schedule will be tn effect Sunday: Eckart Clgar Ce. va Shamroz Cubs at Woodiand park. Highland Park va Queen Anne Aerials Mercer field. Coiling Juniors va Washington Park at Washington park. Pirates ve. Bulldogs at Lincolm park at ‘With BM Johnson pitching great bell for the Eckart Cigar team the present leaders look Uke @ cinch to be among the first four te finish im The Star league | | Edwards Is Favored to > Win Battle Colored Bantie Meets Frankie Carpenter, Fleet Champ, Tonight weight champion, comes with @& good record, Dam ny Edwards, the Oakland colored boy, will be a far vorite to win — Z has been going at a good clip lately and Carpenter” will have to chow a lot of class te — jbeat the colored flash. Carpenter holds the belt ems” blematic of the Pacific fleet cham pionship. The winner of tonight's bout wit probably be lined up to meet Billy Mascott, of Portland, to decide the Coast championship. Boy McCasslin, the Bremerton K © % O. artist, and Soldier Woods, per petual motion performer, meet in” the semi-windup, Ray Scribner, Anacortes 2 weight, goes on with George Ua another Bremerton gob, in the spe iain pene Dempsey can twist his big frame} Francisco Series Opens Today at Ball Park; Other (rere ieee semi tinalists, racquet mace!” eal eine EA eco 4 pr style ; 7 yy from a punch and how quickly can regain position to deliver one That's the trap he'll seek to invite Frenchman into—try to make the flashing Georges miss on one of lis chain-lightning jabs, and then, n Carpentier’s arm has shot over champ’s shoulder and Georges, ho always fights on his toes, is mporarily off his balance as a re- it of the m lunge, Jack will mp in and to slip over the vel swing” that d things. Dempsey is taking his work sert In the ring there's never a on his face. ‘(He's full of ‘em, course, when he poses for the phers afterward.) But inside ropes he’s working all the time, ing for holes, trying out new hods and planning attacks in his je@wn slow, methodical and painstak ng way. And when he has his plans mapped out, and decides to hit, [Be HITS. And when he hits, well— as CK DIDN'T IENTION GEORGES For the benefit of those fans who k that the secrecy tactics of Car- f ntier and wily Deschamps, his! he expects will | # Ball News BY LEO H . LASSEN EFORE the 1921 Coast league season opened Bill Cunningh am, Seattle outfielder, looked | like one of the local tossers due to walk the plank when Manager Kenworthy began to cut down his roster. But right now William | is one of the real stars of the Coast league | and has been ever since the starting gong. Last sed$on Cunningham was one of the cases. Junior singies—Winner, sweater; runner-up, racquet case, Men's doubles—Winners, two ten- of tennis shoes each. Women's doubles—Wlnnera, one |eweater each. Mixed doubles—Winners, an order for $7.50 worth of tennis goods on the Piper & Taft tennis department, each. Besides there prices The Star tro- phies will be awarded to the singles’ ' poorest hitters in the league when it came'winners. The men's and women's to hitting with men on bases. Right now Bill is clicking the stitched apple for a mark around .870 and most of his blows are com- ing when they count for runs. The reason Cunningham | is playing better bal e is taking the game more seriously and that he is using his bean for something besides a hatrack. Williams always was a sweet fly- chaser and now that his hitting has perked up he looks like one of the |stitutes and, Séattle has a strong reserve cor: have around, as he can fill in at first base, and Rod Murphy can be shifted to any Infield berth to make | room for Ray at first. Both Bates {and Murphy can also fill in in the outfield, if necessary. And then trophies, which must be won twice, not necessarily in succession, will be held by Wilton Smith and Mrs. Bourque this year. The junior tro phy, won by Joe Livengood, be comes his permanent property. Mrs. Bourque’s cup has becn en ike San Frencisco,|graved and can be obtained by calk | eah*y |ing at the sports department of The he’s keeping his “head up”|A player of the caliber of Ray Star. The other cups will be ready | | all the time, which means} Bates is a mighty bandy man to| within a day or two. OLD ELI LOSES TO CARDINALS | NEW HAVEN, June . 15.—The » may tend to worry th?| best pets in the league to graduate |there’s Rube Oldring and Bill\Lane | Stanford) university two-man tennis mp, let me say that I talked with mpsey for more than an hour, that in all that time not once Jack mention the Frenchman's ‘Worrted? Not Dempsey. He's just the same big, overgrown | that he always hag been, and y1l go into the ring that way. | But he'll be a serious-minded boy. Jack is taking his fight with Frenéhman in earnest. right 1921 by Newspaper Enterpriaa) BY HENRY L. FARRELL ,TLANTIC CITY, N. J. June 15. Champion Jack Dempsey today ook off some of the chains which we shackled him to idleness all ‘week. Manager Kearns permitted him @® take part in a training camp ball game, which was folowed by the announcement that the regu- lar troining program will be re gumed tomorrow. ‘Thursday promised to be a big for the champion. Aching to back into the ring with the Hows on the fists, the announce pent made Jack supremely happy “Kearns further informed him that The official training pictures, which “will be part of the fight film will clicked off Thursday. Promoter Tex Rickard also will up for a conference on the of a referee. Kearns denied that he had talked it anyone on his choice for ferce. He has a favorite candi- he said, but declined to name Bob Eégren was belicved by some be ‘the champion’s choice for but others elose to Jack his manager, asserted Jim Dougherty, Philadelphia, third man fn the Dempsey-Miske fight ‘last fall, was their choice. Both Ed- m and Dougherty were named In the articles as acceptable offi- luls. Gately’s New Store at 1427 Fifth Ave. Between Pike and Union Streets is now open for business with a complete line of Men's, Young MZ Men's and Boys’ Suits, Coats, MA Hats, Shoes ahd Furnishings, Dress Well. lever Miss the \to the big show this year. | Manager Kenworthy says 'Cunningham its the most improved ball player of the year and that nothing will keep him out of the big time if he keeps up his present | gait. Competition has had @ lot to do with Bill's kicking thru, too. With Roxy Middleton, Billy Lane, Brick Eldred and Rube Oldring in uniform it behooved Willie to play some real ball, and he certainly is playing it. SEAL SERIES OPENS TODAY The important sertes of the sea son so far on the home lot, was scheduled to open this afternoon with the San Francisco Seals fur- |nishing the opposition for the In. dians for the first time here this year, The league leaders are but five and a half games in the van of the locals and every game Seat- tle wins this week puts them just that much closer to the top, SEATTLE HAS STRONG RESERVES No team is stronger than fts sub ready to jump into the outfield, too, that |and Lane can also take care of an/ [infield berth if called upon. With |such hitters as Bates and Spencer | Seattle has a good corps of pinch hitters to line up against the enemy. ALEXA STIRLING WINS AGAIN FONTAINEBLEU, France, June 15.—Miss Alexa Stirling won her way thru the eecond and third rounds of the French golf champion- ships here today. The Atlanta star eliminated another American, Mra. F. FL Dubois, of New Jersey, in the third round, 3 and 2. Mrs. Thurston Wright, Pittsburg, drew a bye for the third round. Miss il Leitch, British cham- pion, defeated Mra, A. C. Johnson, | British, 3 and 2 Predictions were freely made that the two champions will meet in the finals. ‘The third American woman to en- ter the fourth round of the tourna- ment was Lucy Hanchet, who defeat- ed Mrs. R. H. Barlow, Philadelphia, 1 up. . TACOM. TOM OLSEN Tommy Milton, winner of the Ta coma Speedway races last year and winner oi the 500-mile Indianapolis sweepstakes Memorial Day, enters the Tacoma race to be staged July Fourth, this year, a favorite to re peat with a win for first honors. Milton covered the 223 miles at Ta- coma last’ year in two hours, 23 minutes and 28 seconds, The fact that Milton ts entered in a Frontenac this year, instead of the Dusenberg that he won in last |year, may change the “dope” some. Milton won the Indianapolis races this year in a Frontenac, however. Roscoe Sarles, who finished four |minutes behind ‘Milton in the In- dianapolis races, will drive a Dusen- berg at the Tacoma Speedway, and is figured to be one of the strong contenders for the honors. The Eddies are all entered tm the races. Eddie Hearne will drive a Revere Special. Eddie Pullen will be driving in a Dusenberg, as will Ed Miller. Popular Joe Thomas, a Srattle boy, is entered in a Dusenberg. Howard Wilcox will race in a Peu- loney—Strictly One Price, Cash}| 4 Jules Bllingboe and Ralph |MILTON PICKED TO WIN [A AUTO CLASSIC driver must make at least 90 miles an hour in the trials. The Tacoma track is tn fdeal con dition, according to reports from the Speedway, and fast time ts ex- pected when this cream of the world’s drivers clash there on the big National holiday. Louis Chevrolet, one of the fam ous Chevrolet brothers, is slated to pace the race for the first lap. Chevrolet is a prominent figure tn the auto world, and was a famous racer himself until a short time ago when his brother Gaston was killed in the Grand Prix race at Los An- gelen. Eddie Rickenbacker, America's ace of aces, and former speed king, is expected to referee the races. jand people, is expected to turn out for the annual classic, |H. PELSINGER WINS IN LOS IOS ANGELES, June 15.—Harry Pelsinger won a decision over Yourty Papke at the Vernon Arena last night, when he scientifically out- A créwd, betweems0 and 40 thous |" | team defeated the Yale net team here | yesterday, winning three sets and Hosing nona. Neer of Stanford de feated G. M. Wheeler of Yale, 6-1, 3-6, 62; Davies of Stanford defeated | Williams, Yale, 16, 6:3, 86. Neer and Davies defeated Williams and Bundy, 46, 6-3, 6-4, Back to Pre-War Prices Just Reduced $250 $1375 Delivered $500 Down—Terms | nis shirte each; runner-upa, one pair, and Brugey. AMERICAN LEAGUE At New Yorw— rR nx £ . 2 and Schalk, Jonea, Russell and Walters, At Phfadetphis— [ER Lente. .ceececrmmes amen 10 Phitadelphia a 20 2 s Batteries: Davia, Bayne, Kotp end Severeid; Naylor, Moore and Perkina, Rn me ‘he ~7 ot) Shaw, Acorta, Schacht and Gharity; Bagby, Caldwell, Malla Morton and Thomas, PACIFIC COAST LEAGUB Lu n . 8 e@ | rs Lyon; Faeth, RR E wcvemee F IL 8 * soesees & 1 Fittery and Cook; Krause v Batteries oGraw and Hannah. At fan Francisco— Sacramento Oak! : Batterie and Koeh! WHITE MEETS LEONARD AGAIN NEW YORK, June 15.—Chariey | White of East Chicago will meet Benny Leonard, world’s lightweight champion, at Jersey City Labor day White and Leonard have come to terms for the return bout, accord ing to the Arena Athletic club pro- moter here Let the “Dime & Dollar Make Your Dimes and Dol- lars Earn Dividends for You im Ceancction +) players with handicaps of more than jplayers will be there to pit their skill against the pick of the North- weet. The men's handicap championship, new departure, is confined to nine strokes. The qualifying round | |of 36 holes of medal play, with full | handicap allowance, will be followed ‘by match elimination play, on holes up equal to half the difference in handicaps. During the first three | days, play in this event will be over bed Portland Golf club course, The closing rounds will be played on the ‘Waverly links. All play in the amateur and wom- Jen's championships will be at | Waverly, These evente will be fought for on scratch basia. MUTUALS LEAD BANK LEAGUE ‘The Washington Mutual Savings bank team won the City Bankers’ league baschall championship when they won the second straight game of @ scheduled three-game eeries with the National Bank of Com- merce yesterday. The final count of yesterday's game was 18-1. Bingaman pitched good ball for the winners, allowing only four hits. McQuire starred for the losers. Han. son, Moran, Hughbanks and Pascoe also played good ball for the win- ners, ts new tennis champ of | France. Another sticker’ for pro | nunciation, robin serico for’ the title Jniy Te, with each team playing each team once. Home grounds are to be de- cided by the flip ef » coin, ‘The trophy for the Three Brothers Dye Works, champtons of Class A in The Btar league, is ready and can be obtaines by the manager of the team by calling at The Star. Babe Ruth Gets 2 More Homers . in Yesterday’s NEW YORK, June 15.—Babe Ruth, world’s champion home run slugger, pounded out two more four basers yesterday afternoon in the game against Detroit. That makes his 22d and 23d. ers can throw a baseball. 12-PASSENGER PACKARDS $5.00 PER HOUR AFTER 6:00 P. M. 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Where fish are biting best, how to get there and other things of interest to ang lers will be discussed. 4 ie About all the Giants need to keep Brooklyn fans can hurl pop bottles | Pittsburg from winning the National — straighter than some of their pitch-| league pennant is pitching, That usually holds true in, baseball. Your J-B Always -- Fresh “THE teil sid ingens ‘etadn' the iodine il flavor of fine old tobaccos, Charge, ih, Be, wear, Quality Ever Maintained Tee Serta ome ae eras ke RY .D" Com Cok ieation end Rese Leng Dera Mulford are entered in Frontenacs Ira Vail, in a Leach Special, is en- tered. | ‘To qualify for the races, each! boxed the more aggressive young- ster, Bobby Ertle was gtven a draw with ‘rankle Monroe. 1427 Fifth Ave. Between Pike and Union Strocte