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en rTerrete ‘ | WASHI ; UNDER WEATHER 1 THE SEATTLE STAR Bagshaw | Will Face | Big Task New Mentor Has Heavy Schedule; Taking Over The Star’s the Boxing Elmo Jones, Job for First Time Dear Elmo: HE Univer-) sity of Wash-| ington f 0 ot-| ball team, the) doormat of} the Paci fic) Coast con- ference _ last} year, will en-| ter the 1921) pigskin race se of the sea- Ted Whitman, one of the of: work, was coming to him, the conimission has taken them, why the delay? During the last few days son, With a new coach in Enoch ww, who has turned out wonderful high school teams} at Everett year after year, the Washington team will be the center of interest right period of two months or so, off the bat. | Th at was before the The new conch trees a ble as) Be ievtakine over a losing song pointed, according to at ture 2 only one victory last | We have always though pease: ¢ is going up against Theme experienced squads in O. A. C., “Califor: 4 Washington State. MANY \eTS “MISSING of the gross receipts iq too | Bacsbaw Geces a Big task, too, in| Seattle boxing commission. or 5 some of the veterans. Ted | ik, oe of the Dat ends Wash- pa ever turned out, Gus Pope Fat wenn, guards; Larry th, center; Bob Abel, quarter; El | tert Harper, fullback; Jimmy Bryan, guard, and Erve Dailey, halfback. are some of the men he will have! to replace. Bryan and Harper are still in} school, but Bryan plans to save him- | self for the basketball season, while Harper ts on his way to Japan with | the University of Washington base- | ball squad. Bagshaw will have the nucleus for & good lineup with Bill Ingram and Zeke Clark, two of the best tackles in the conference, to build around. Louie Pitwood, former Lincoln high | school guard, a member of the 1920/ freshman team, should make a strong bid for a place in the line, ECKMANN DUE FOR BIG YEAR In the beckfield Ray Eckmann, captain of this year's team, will be the pivot of the team. He's not very b but he ranks as one of the lest players in the conference. With his world of experience he should be @ real ace this year. There is talk on the campus that Ciyqe Coleman, the big colored half- back, who starred on a Broadway high school team here a few yea back, will be out for a place. He's a big. powerful fellow snd he's fast. It he hasn't gone back any Cole- man ought to make good. And then there’s Johnny Wilson, | “understudy to Bob Abel last year. | Wilson showed a lot of promise, es- pecially in the kicking line. He will protably take care of the quarter. tack job the punting, too. “Bullet” Butler, a two-year back: | field vet, is also expected back. commission. on time. Very SOME GossIP Until the first turnout September 15, it's going to be a hard job really getting a line on the men who will be on hand. There ts gossip going the rounds that Guy Norris, who Was a regular halfback until he was Put out for the season with injuries last year, will be back. And the early grid chatser has Roy Knudson, who played end in 1919, back for @ wing berth. A half back by the name of Harry Quass, who played at Gonzaga last season, is another candidate said to be promising. Several members of Sandy Wick's 1920 frosh team are also said to be ready for varsity work. ‘There's no doubt but what Bag- shaw will have a lot of material, but Teeardiess of how many turn out, 40's tio secret that the Everett man P faces a sweet job In moulding a win- ning team at Washington this year. | SUZANNE STILL Ranked as one of the greatest pa- cers of all'time, Pertacope will race | Single G., his greatest present-day rival, in a match race in Connecticut Labor day. It will be for a $5,000 purse, McGRAW DENIES BIG BALL DEAL And now John McGraw, manager | SeWPORT, RL, Aus. 20—Mlle.| of the New York Giants, denies that | Lengien, French tennis star, rched-\ne ever purchased Bentley, Lowry “tiled to appear at the Casino tomor-| ang Ogden, the three big aces of the : in the world’s invitation tourna | Raitymore club in the International “ment, bas been forced to call off her |ieague, for a sum of $150,000. Ac match because of a relapse which | cording to reports from New York, oa suffered while practising yester’! soGraw says he wouldn't pay Jack Dunn that much money for his FLAGSTEAD IS SHORTSTOP NOW| COLONELS BUY It looks like Ty Cobb is really try: ? ing to make a shortstop out of Ira BUCK HERZOG Fiagstead. The former Olympia| Charley Herzog, who played with semi-pro player, who started in as) almost every club in the National & catcher and then shifted to the| league during bis big league career, outfield, is doing pretty good work| is now playing second base for the at short for the Detroit Tigers right | Louisville team ‘in the American as how. Ira i» clicking the ball at a/| sociation. He started the season with 3%5 gait and that goes a long ways | the Columbus tsam, now in the cellar towards making up for his deficien. | in that organization, but he was sold cies in the field. Now that Donie|to Louisville when Bruno Betzel, Bush has left the Tigers, Fiagstead | Colonel second sucker, broke « leg has the shortstop berth all to him-| Herzog is said to be playing some JOHNNY WILSON 7 good baseball for the A. A. AT CARPENTIER’S CAMP BY HENRY 1“. FARRELL NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—One with a leaning toward superstition would never pick out Manhasset for a train ing camp, Carpentier, Journes, Joe Gans and Charley Ledoux etarted from there this summer and ran into the fates of Biff. Johnny Wilson, after his up-and- down experience as the middleweight title holder, should never flirt with @ tinx, but he seems unafraid City. Downey, the Ohio boy who has been within claiming distance of two titles in the last few years, has no worries about weight. His troubles center around a battered nose. Hin nose is healed now, he says. Jack Britton, the welterweight, who has been playing hand ball with Downey at their gym quarters, is one who regards the Columbus boxer as a formidable ring man. The world’s champion of several| Britton admits that if Downey had fates has becn working at Carpen-!known a little more some time ago tler's country estate for a week and|in a Canton ring the welterweight he looks to be in good condition, He /title would have changed hands. Mys he weighs 160 pounds, He also| Downey knocked Britton down when #ys be will knock Bryan Downey |they fought a couple of years ago, heat Monday atcrnogy in dewey Lbub Lixitign cetaings bis UUs Secretary Seattle Boxing Commission, Seattle, Wash. ceipts of all local mitt shows that the commissioners also decided to pay the referees. Last week The Star called attention to the fact that the commission owed Up to last night Ted had not been paid what The smokers have not, been paying much here this summer, but they have in the past. The Star has con- tended right along that the commission has no right paying the referees any more than they have to pay the ticket sellers at the local smokers. But as long as going the rounds in local boxing circles pondering upon the question as to what becomes of the money turned | over to the boxing commission. tell The Star, they paid the commission around $2,000. resent commissioners were ap- | ustin & Salt. | simply an advisory board and if they remained such it | | would take up but a few minutes of three men’s time each week and so we have contended that 5 per cent | So, The Star, in an effort to get the situatipn really cleaned up in the local boxing game, is willing to publish a financial statement of the Seattle boxing commission, listing the money taken in and the disbursements of the This may explain why the referees have not been paid | F; rom Tribe moo Letter to Commission August 30, 1921. at when the Seattle boxing per cent of the gross re- ficials, about $40 for referee it upon themselves to pay there has been a lot of talk At one time, over a Austin & Salt and Clay Hite | t that the commission was high for such a body as the truly yours, | LEO H. LASSEN, porting Editor. ‘Seals Take [First Tilt Game Goes Extra Innings, | but League Leaders Put) Winning Counters Over| SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 36.—Sear tle ang San Francisco went 11 in nings in the opening game of their eries here today, the Seals winning out in the eleventh by & 5 to 4) score. . ‘The game was wobbly all the way thru, first one team in the lead) then the other. An error by Herb Brenton and one by Johnny Couch helped the oppisitions out. Bill Stumpf, Seattle shortstop, pounded out the lone home run of the tut. | > 2 Fy mro. a #! 2 ousdedjalénceodbaruns ° umpler, 1 Couch, Dp - ° 5 Totate ....+. ‘Matted for Adams tn {Batted for Stumpf in 10th, Reore by innings: Beal -O1e etree? San Francisco... 00700100 Stumpf. oo o1~6 Two fommary: Home run base hite--Caveney, Eldred, Kenworthy. | Racrifice hite—See, Kidred " Ott Brenton for—Prenton 4 Credit vietory to Couch: PHILLY BOSS IS NAMED | PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30.—Irv- ing Wilhelm, acting manager of the! Philadelphia National league club, and veteran pitcher, yenterday signed | a contract to pilot the Phillies thru) 1922, Wilhelm bas been managing the lclub since the “resignation” of Wild Bill Donovan some weeks ago. Crumpler 2 Ten innings has been out of the game for &/ {ng thru the season without a defeat, | | Portland im the semiwindup | er, a duct of lighties, box one of th | because the dope, as it looks now, preliminaries, while Frankie Green| points to the team that hag the lucky and Harry Levy, bantamwelghts, | 10s wii th ‘ open the show. | breake will win the tite, ‘The first bout will be under Wry eee at $90 as usual, THE a A COACHES All of the prep teams will start 7 cS practice some time next week Prizes Will Be Franklin will be coached by Dvorak Lincoln by Green, Ballard by Pease, | Mitt Game JUNIOR NET RESIDEN Walter Goss, Northwest repre, sentative of the United States Lawn | | Tennis association, writes The Star Under Way Here Again *=:.. Tennis association may |make the same resident rule govern the Northwest junior sectional ten h and Clare nis championships that now governs the sectional doubles tournament. That rule is that the association pays the expenses Hast of the interna | onal doubles champions each year, | Joe Simo Bromeo Headline Card at Pavilion Tonight LARE BROMEO, | cat te Close Prep | ftnanes| Grid Race Ex pected er, at the Pa vilion tonight, ts «given credit by some of the boys who have boxed him, for being « much better ring man than he showed when he lost a close decis fon to Frankie Rogers here a few weeks back. Bromeo was not in the best con ition that night, according to talk in boxing circles, but at that he gave a clever expibition and a lot of fans present “tought he should) have been given a draw. Ho has trained for this bout and is said to/ decided advantage, and the fight for be in good condition |the pennant should be as close as Simonich, who t# a big favorite | last year's battle, at least. here because of his willing style,| Ballard won the utle last year, go When Ballard Won High Pigskin Honors BY TOM OLSEN NOTHER close grid race te pre. dicted in the high school grid league this fall, No team will have couple of weeks with an Injured | while Lincoln, Franklin and Broad. | nose, but ts reported to be O. K.) again. | fering from unexpected defeats at| Clay Hite, who ts staging tonight's the hands of the Bhingleweavers. | show, billa it as the first smoker of Only a few polnts in the percentage the fall season and be has lined up column separated the winner from | a better card than the type he staged | the other contenders, however, and | during most of the summer season. | the 1920 prep football race was the Harry Fagies, the clever Los An-| Closest ever experienced in the hie gece, wélterwelght. will tix with | °Fy 0 high schoot football, Sohany Trumbitas, the hardbitting| Heretofore Lincoln, Franklin and Broadway were the chief contenders championship honors, but thin | year, the same as last, their teams are not noticeably stronger than any! other squad in the fight. Picking the champion of the prep | | league for 1971 will be a tough job, | Rube Finn, the promising Ballard) middieweight, argues with Jack Hartford, of Tacoma, in the special event Young Stifiman and Young Harp. Ready for Star Swimmers Soon Queen Anne by Bell, West Seattle by | Murphy, and Broadway by Litchen: | | berser, brother-in-law of the Ballard | M and ribbons for those who Pikced in The Star swim- || °°™ ming meet are being made. They || Gays ON will be ready within a few day® |) penny FIELD Swimmers chould watch The Star for anpouncements as to when they ean be obtained. The Coast leagie ban park will not | be the scene of the high schoo! foot: | | batt wa thin year, all of the prep! games being booked for Denny field| and the University stadium, GREB SHADES KID NORFOLK PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 30.—Harry Greb, Pittsburg light-heavyweight won by a shade over Kid Norfolk colored heavyweight, in a 10-round bout here last night. WHERE THEY WILL PRACTICE Franklin will practice at the Coast | league ball park and Columbia play. | field. Broadway will have Lincoln | playfield, Lincoln will have Wood land park, Ballard will have Adame. West Seattle practices at Hiawatho and Queen Anne trots down the hil! to Mercer playfield. < HARD ON FRANKLIN Of all of the efty high schools, Franklin is in the toughest position SPEAS GOES TO WESTERN Bill Speas, veteran of many North western and Coast league games, is now with the Joplin team in the Wentern league, He was with Te. | for a practice field. Bill Klepper has gina in the Western Canada loop, but | been kind enough to let the Quakers was shipped to Joplin when the Re-| use the Rainier valley lot after the gina outfit threw up the sponge re-| Coast league season closes, but in cently. the meantime the Franklin gridders| wil) have to take a two-mile hike to GIANTS BUY NEW TWIRLER| NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—-The New York Giants have purchased Pitcher sion big okt nana teem ‘St DOYLE, PILOTS NASHVILLE MEN league. He will not report until the Larry Doyle, veteran National close of the season. league second sacker, has been PLAYER LIMIT iagil el tutes the Sastete cub jin the Southern league for the rest Is SUSPENDED | « the season. He succeeds Hub practice licks, The park board had} promised Franklin a playfield within &@ block of the school several years ago, but that's as far as it got. |Last Season Upset Dope) Way were down the list a way, suf-| \ Columbia playfield to get in their | Bos brs poo peve the expenses of bens supposes to decide the championship residents. | Pile 1 duihit be admiting thet the |, “Dae section and the winner is juniors must first win a tennis cen. |*UPPosed to be & representative of ter title before they oan become |thelr pection. Making the Junior eligible for the wectional finals and| tournaments open events, they can thus taking up a few weeks’ time |not be termed sectional, because the while the doubles teams are picked |winner may not be a Northwest boy by each tennis center, The Star can-|That was the case this year when not see why there should be any dis | Alec Toss of San Francisco won the erumination made between the dou-|Northwest honors. He was never bles and junior sectional rules, |sent East and there never was any These sectional tournaments are \statement given to the press why he | LITTLE NAPOLEON ei ow an a ELS ee a John McGraw's New York Giants were practically counted out of the National league race a week ago, but since then he has led his team to seven straight victories, five in a row, over the league-leading Pittsburg Pirates. The Giants are now but a game‘and a half behind. Muggsy’s pitchers failed him for several weeks, but the powerful offense that he has built up has finally started to get results. Siz regular G mts are hitting over 300. ELLIOTT TO CHICAGO CUBS Carter Elliott, the Yakima Pacific International League infield owned by the Seattle club, has been disposed of to the Chicago Cubs and will report there at once. ANOTHER WIN FOR GAR WOOD DETROIT, Aug. 30.—Miss Ameri- ca L, piloted by Gar Wood, of De. trolt, won the second 30-mile heat here yesterday, with the time of 35 minutes, 43 2-5 seconds. Pittehore «0-0 New York ... Cineineati Chicago... Philadelphia ... teries: Freeman, Jo! Toney, Sal! ve Bat and Kiilifer; Snyder. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30-—The| Perdue, canned. Doyle started out present player limit of 20 pinyers for| th? season as the pilot of the Tor- the Pacific Coast ball teams ie to be| onto club in the International league suspended September 1, according to| #4 like Perdue got the bounce, an announcement made here yester 9 day. | MITCHELL LOSES THE DECISION! BOSTON, Aug. 30. — “Pinky” Mitchell, of Milwaukee, lost a ref-| eree's decision to Eddie Fitzsimmons, | ot New York, in their ten-round go| here last night. Kumaga ELECTRIC - MURRAY TO Charlie Murray, the famous Mack Sennett comedian, will be a fan at | Clay Hite’s show at the Pavilion to- night | Pantages theatre this week. He is one of Vernon's most ardent boxing lfans, and hag many friends in the boxing game on the coast. |DINNER AT EARLINGTON An tnformal dinner and dance will | be held at the Barlington Golf and Country ¢lub, according to an an- |nouncement made yesterday by Bruce Brigg, chairman of the home committee. ATHLETICS ARE AFTER COOPER The Philly Athletics gre said to be after Claude Coo the speedy out | fielder of the Onkland club. The Oakland team is said to be willing to deal with the Philly team if they promise to send @ pitcher who can 1 Murray is appearing at the | | persons in the Puget A dig job rests on the shoulders of | this little Nipponese, He ia the ace of the Japanese Davis cup team that will meet the American Big four for the world's tennis trophy soon. He must play either Bil Johnston or Bul Tilden, a You can easily learn to dance at! Bright's, 1604 4th, cor, Pine.—Ady, nOOWS—81.00 NOTE INTEREST This notice is to remind’ thousands of own any of our Five-Year EIGHT PER CENT Coupon Notes, to cut off the inter- est coupons, due September 1, 1921. These coupons are payable at par at the Dexter Horton Trust & Savings Bank, Seattle, Wash., and may be deposited for collection at any bank in the Puget Sound District. Puget Sound Power & Light Company Pitteburs Brooklyn Ratteries Reuther and Miller, AMERICAN LEAGUR Won Lost. Pet. rn 20 forI5¢ Cleveland « New York . ‘ashington St, Louls CE RULE MAY BE MADE [wasn’t sent. | Goss also tele The Star that Charles Garland, secretary of the U. 8. L. T. A., has written to bim, sug: gesting that the Northwest adopt a regulation to cover the situation if the situation demands it. | To make the tournament a repre sentative event, and to make it fair to Northwest boys, The Star con- tends that year should be adopted for all west junior sectional tennis m a residence rule of ono jorth- set Soccer League Assured Six Teams Represented at First Meeting of Star Football Men HE Star Soccer league ts practl- cally assured. Six teams were represented last night at the first meeting of the soc- cer enthusiasts, three senior and three junior teams sending represen- tatives, 4 ne Maple Leafs, the Eckart Cigar Co, and West Seattle were the three senior teams In attendance, while the Liberty Park Juniors, Washington Park and a third team, headed by Sam Caston, comprised the juniors. One more senior eleven and one more junior team are needed to round out both circuits, Any soccer players interested in this league, which will be a city league only, should get in touch with the sporting editor immediately, and they will be placed with teams. Any teams wishing to enter should also inform the sporting editor as goon as possible, Present plans call for another, meeting on September 7, at which time more definite rules and regula- tions for the circuit will be outlined. Alex C, Rose. The Star's soccer ex- pert, will be in charge of both the junior and serior organizations, MIKE GIBBONS RARES TO GO CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Mike Gibbons wants six one-night stands a week. The “phantom” has decided that he can battle every night except Sunday for 30 days beginning September 12. and has instructed his manager to fill as many dates as possible during that time. Gibbons ts ready to start on the last fortnight’s training before the campal; TREMAINE TO BOX TONIGHT CLEVELAND, Ang. 30.—Carl Tre- maine, bantamweight champion as- pirant, will meet Kid Wolfe, local fighter, in a 12-round bout here to- night. Tremaine trained for the scrap by using middleweights as sparring partners. BIG CROWD TO SEE MARTIN BALTIMORE, M4., Aug. 30.—Ten | thousand fans are expected to be at nad ringside here Saturday when Bob Martin, A. EB. F. heavyweight champion, meets Fay Kaiser, Martin's hand, which was injured during his recent fight with Frank Moran, is entirely recovered. 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