The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 15, 1921, Page 17

FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1921. . o ™ & £ Benny Leonard Five Pounds Over Limit; May Quit NEW YORK, July 15.—Benny Leonard, world's Ngbtweight ig Coveted | h) Net Prize) cs: eos: | |] pion is said to be about thru with petiti ion Is Keen for | the boxing game. Leonard is Prize Trophy; Other} “well fixed,” being a partner in & large automobile tire business Sport Topics of Interest BY DEAN SNYDER here. ‘Worldwide interest in tennis is due litle Insignificant piece of B. RIDLEY ; Llterally the ccmbuinha to areund MAY MEET EA few sears ago tennis was fust THE CHAMP game between mixed sets| SPOKANE, July 15.--Promoters of Ajoyed each other's company. | the Ajan, Idaho, smokers are angling _Fetay the stars travel thousands) toe q pout between Bud Ridley, Sika trying to win (he (mous) rtnerweight champion of the Pa y for their country. year no less than a dozen na-| cific coast, and Johnny Kilbane, ‘will send players to the United | World's featherweight champion, to seeking the cup. be staged on Labor day, ‘Greater than a baseball pennant,| The Alan promoters are willing to ‘ot interest to more people than | Offer a big purse and should Kil- bane accept it would be the first Boxing title, the Davis cup trinket enanty a tanita ‘ta0ehy, world’s title bout ever staged in these parts. OAKS MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW SAN FRANCISCO, July 15.—Oak by Sam Hildreth a few! iang took another tilt from Seattle tor a sum over $100,000, In| here yesterday. The score of this + | slaughter was 6 to 2. now called in turf ver-| Harry Krause outpitched Elmer Jacobs in every branch of the mound game. Patterson, new Seattle shortstop, made his first appearance in the Coast league. Beattie—— Lane, If ...s6 Middieton, rf } hs t , fal brother of the & Man o' War, has turned the Cinderella of the run Fitzsimmons ciaims that ‘wold the colt to Hildreth the urts will have to decide Hildreth gets back his $100,- not. We aren't interested in > » 7 2 3 tales al _But how it would hurt Man 0°) Ker pride if he could be made to ad that his little brother was —wewnnooeP lemwuan ie. are tragedies In the horse Just as in our own. Fel weve on weownnn zs te > Cooper, ef , Wille, rf . ut is a delicate game when of the body, the lwcccunmwet =| wawecccce 4 ol eH coreee | eweswoeee Cl wom mnore Ca Pineil!, Cooper. ye—~Knight to Guisto; Stumpf te Ke thy to Hates, Rans responsible for—Jacods 4, Krause 2 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUR Won, Lost Pet “a 612 soe ee York 4, 8t. Louis 8. Pittsburg 6, Philadelphia & Cincinnatt 's going to be in uniform. j i is a hard racket to quit as | Chicago your batting eye connects. Paiiede Chicago 3. W: NATIONAL LEAGU Ww 500 ay 340 290 LEAGUE Lost ss up his baseball spikes. [ee pitcher in question is Domi- pan. suede fellow has more “try” in him | Man most regulars on a bangup ball — Philadelphia . PACIFIC INTERNAT! Tacoma .... : TONAL Won. 5 nnan started his baseball ca- | ¥! 2 while he was a high schooler at burn, Mass. He neglected alge-| Latin to dream about becom: | Yakima big leaguer. Tacoma SOLONS TAKE |: vores ) ANOTHER TILT MENTO, July 15.—Kunz of | quix mento showed San Francisco mm At Vancouver, First 6 Victoria R Vancouver Jame R. -$ 3 ¢ eee ” The and Rego them down with only three! ins ie and A yand winning the game 5.0. The | Brinas eventh wag the bad inning for the| - leala, the Senators getting four tung across in that frame. The xcore— “Francisco . . nento .. jes—Seott and Yelle; Kunz Bitiott E | | BURG, July 15.—Promoters| ‘the ficht between Frank Moran Harry Greb, scheduled for Mon- Fht, have called the bout off. fact that Moran lost to Bob in New York the other day taken the interest out of te Tomorrow TIES SHIRTS UNDERWEAR HATS CAPS Distinctive Men’s Furnishings SPECIAL lay and Saturday Only! ALT SYRUP ‘brand such as Ballen- , Diamalt, Papst and LOOK ME OVER Harry Druxman 308 Pike St. Your Money's Worth or Your Money Back “1613 Fourth Ave. Elliott 4047 leenceoccee™s| con~c-cnoo™ W.Klepper | Back From| the East! |Prexy Back From New | York and Cincinnati; | Baseball Goes Big There President Bill Klepper, head of the local ball club, arrived home from day, Klepper seemed well, pleased with his two principal deals involv: | ing Bil Cunningham and Bob! Geary, Manager McGraw of the New| York club, where Cunningham went, besides sending Shortstop Patterson to join the club, has promised Klep: per two more players, McGraw aaid that tf a good pitcher was needed by Seattlc when the pennant race got hot, he would gladly send one out. Cincinnatt owes Seattle five play: | ers now, according to Klepper, Herb Brenton i# said to be on his way to} join the locals while Charley See, outfielder, may join the locals, Se attle will have strings on three more Red players, The Seattle prexy tells of the! great Interest taken In baseball in | the East. At the Polo Grounds on | July Fourth, 45,000 people maw the | game. On the day before 40,000 peo- ple viewed the contest, At Washington, according to! | Klepper, they're forced to turn the | crowds away. Klepper met Judge Landis, | preme arbitrator of organized base | ball, while in the East. The judge told Klepper of the neceasity of the| minor leagues to stand behind the} majors in their fight against the “Black Sox” and gamblers. BEAVER RALLY | WINS A TILT! LOS. ANGELES, July 15. — Port. | land staged a wild ninth inning rally | ing of five runs and the winning of the game. A dumbell error by Ed ington when he muffed a fly started the scoMgs. Portland downed the ‘Reers by an $6 count. The score | Portland R. i. E. ~# 10 1) Vernon e -6 1042 tteries--Ross, Pillette and Dak- ; Dell and Murphy. SALT LAKE CITY, July 15.—Los Angeles came out on the long end lof a pitchers’ battle yesterday by the score of 31 its were scarce, jthe Angels making "but five and the Bees four. The score— Los Angeles ....++0+ +8 6 of Salt Lake . oe me Wane Batteries Lyons and Baldwin; R. HE. here yesterday resulting in the ecor- | Polson, Gould; and Lynn, Byler. MADE-TO-ORDER } SUIT WITH EXTRA PANTS Many At This Price 304 Pike St. Bee Just a Pointer Do-you: have- trouble— Finding- a- cigar-that- just-suits- our-taste? ell-smoke aJ-B- your Search- will be over. Its-a-cool gusert: mild) + € e ee He e oe ee Se ee ee ee aT ee, Pe ee Le ee ne‘ + ak ~ or « Distributors L.Marks e Co, Inc 2 Invincible Foiled Ci gars THE SEATTLE STAR’ Should Johnson Fight? SAYS JOH N WAS WILLING Soattle Star, Seattle: Jack John son should be allowed to fight tn America and elsewhere and shoul be permitted to fight Jack Dempne for the worla’s ttle, When Jack Johnson wax champion he was will ing to meet any man under the shining sun, and any other man who is a real champton would do the name. If Jack Dempsey ts a real cham: greatest fighter, It would be a pleas ure for him to lick Johnson, At present .{t looks ike Dempsey will not, and that is visibly affecting his popularity. M. P. DAVIS, 2105% BH. Madison St. SAYS JOHNSON IS NOW ELIGIBLE Dear Mr, Editor, Jack Johnson paid the penalty for his crime, It is un-American “to keep” harping about his rd. By all means let him go ahead and whip Jat Demp sey. 1, for one, am sorry Carpen- uer didn't do it DAISY HOWARD, 228 Madison St “DEMPSEY SHOULDN'T FIGHT HIM” To The Seattio Star: Jack John son, colored fighter, should not fight our great Jack Dempsey. A fighter like Johnson was licked by a fighter who couldn't fight, named Jens Wil lard. It’s about time for the sport. ing world not'to look foolish ahd spend their good money trying to nee & onesided affair, as Johnson has did— 4 got m soon his best days, and I for one would not care to see him try the kreat Dempney, as three rounds |would be about all Johnson could wtand and the public would not h of @ show for their money Let Johnson fight Willard again 4nd see how the sport world would take to such a fight. Bhould John- son win and the public feels as if it would care to see a pair of Jacks fight then let all the past be forgot- |ten and let them go go It 1%, way that a Johnson for one, an eventful trip in the Baat yester: | pion and fools that he ts the world's |pempsey fight will never take place GRO, B. DOWD, 1409 E. Marion St “GIVE JOHNSON A CHANCE” As he has paid off his debts, and everybody makes mistakes, I believe firmly that Johasen will be as good }a credit or much better to us than jour Dempsey, At least, let's help a man who is down and give Johnson the benefit of the doubt. A. J. MADDEN, Fort Worden, Wash. | MILTON AND SARLES TO RACE SUNDAY 108 ANGELES, July 15.—Tommy Mijton, of the Frontenac “stable,” | jand Roscoe Sarles, of the Duesen berg “stable,” bitter rivals of many | speedway events, will race here Sun day at the Speedway in a 1004nile rade with a purse of $10,000 to be given the winner. | Star trophy. | noon, | meet at The Star office Monday eve Pirates | Are Slight | Favorites Close Game Is Predicted When Two Star League Teams Clash Sunday ‘The Pigates are slight favorites to win Sunday's game ,againat the Highland Park White Star Athletic club outfit when the two teams clash in the game that will decide the fourth team that will be eligible to compete in the round robbin, the winner of which wil) be the city junior champion and be awarded The , The two tenms will clash at High- land park, the game starting at 12 Roth the Pirates and White Stars are tied for fourth place In The Star league race and the purpose of the tilt is to decide which team must | be eliminated from further compet | tion. The Eckart Cigar Co., Georgetown Cubs and Three Brothers Dye Works | Cubs are the other three teams that will compete in the round -robbin for the city Ute and Star trophy. The managers of those three teams and the managers of the team that Wins Sunday's big tilt will ning to discuss rules and eligibility lists with the sporting editor. ‘The meet Monday night will be called to order promptly at 7 Shipping tebacce in Tyurig Champion Has Wired Ahead Reservations Reservations have been wired ahead to the Savoy hotel by Jack Dempsey, and it in expected that the champion and Teddy Hayes will arrive here either late today or tomorrow ARRIVES AT NET FINALS PORTLAND, Or., July 15.—Mayme McDonald, Seattle tennis stan is shining bright In the Oregon state tennis tournament. She has reached the finals in the women's singles. Mins McDonald has held the Oregon state championship for three years now, and will defend her title against Mins Stella Fording, of Portland, in the finals, which are.all to be played Saturday. The men's title rests between Phil Rettens, of San Francisco, and Wil lam Ingraham, Rhode Isand junior star. In the semi-final round Bet tens and Ingrabam both won their matches with Suhr and Scott, respeo- tively, In straight sets. Finals in all events are to be played Saturday. A Boston chemist has discovered a solution which when applied to clath makes it fireproof. H ~The ssicy aromd. .' of coctl ‘ Jurkish tobaccos Color in © Portland © Georgie Lee and Danny Edwards Slated to Mix Near Rose City Tonight ry? Georgie Lee, Sacramento Chines bantamweight, and Danny Bdéwarda, Oakland colored bantam, will fight tn the main event of the smoker staged at Milwaukie, Ore., tonight. The bout between the two Califor nia bantams of two different race is attracting nation-wide attention, Edward, has been winning hie bouts in the Pacific Northwest quite handily, but he was only fighting mediocre boys. Lee has alsq a good | record, There will be Mttle difference in weight between the two boys. VANGIANT WILL COACH CARDS" STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal, July 15.—A, B. Van Gant, formerly University of “Wisconsin football star, hag been named head coach of the Stanford eleven for the coming year. Van Gant was formerly head coach — at the Universtty of Missourt, and is ey later at the University of Texas, ycles arley Davidson Motorc “ =e ~the flavor of Burley | and other choice Domestic tobaccos They do what no other cigarette ever he 20 for 20 cents in air-tight packages, Also obtainable in round tine of 50, vacuum-sealed. wt ‘sealed for’ - freshness in air-tight | tertield CIGARETTES ~and the blend cant be copied LicoETtT & Myers TOBACCO Co, oe