The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 3, 1921, Page 4

Yankees Cling to Top Place Game on Pittsburg Pi- rates—Sport Gossip BY LEO H. LASSEN New York may have the this year. The New York Yankees + leading the American | league with a half game mar. over the Clevelahd In- to itself The New Tork Giants are a half “® gume behind the Pittaburg Pirates ‘tm the National bunting pursult. ‘The two parties are distinctly two Taces from now until the clos St. Louis Cards can't be @ut until the final bell ls as they are closing Im fast now. Giants and the Yankees have f i i i . i #5538 : : 4 8 . i i f , With Mitrie Konowaloff hav- @ particularly big year, win \t honors in the A. A. U. swim and cleaning up in Coast Tilden, world’s tennis cham- faces the hardest task of his career next week when the na American «ingles opens on the of the Germantown Cricket at Philadelphia. Tilden has not playing the same wonderful ten- that he did last summer, sudging the scores of his recent matches, long trips to Australia and Eng- have told in his work on the He was forced to the limit by Zenzo Shimidzu in the ing Davis cup matches, losing first two set: By « wonderful ‘k he finally won out. With Johnston, Watson Washburn, it Richards, Richard Norris Williams and such stars entered in — event Tilden faces @ real ———— ‘Beattie boxing fans will be inter ented to learn that Harry Stout, vet referee, has. quit that end of game and in the future will Thandie » stable of mitt wielders. refereed the Jack Britton- Travie Davis bout here. He was one of the best officials that ever worked In Seatt! HARLEY: DAV! Be ee ay one DS TRIS.) SPAKE Ms Tris Speaker, manager of the world champion Cleveland |*« Indians, faces his biggest job. That is to finish in front of the mighty slugging club of New York Yankees in the fight |? for the American league flag. His Indians are a half a game behind and New York has all the best of the remaining schedule, playing near! Grounds, while the I ali of their games on the Polo ians are on the road. The last clash of these two teams, the series that may decide the champion- ship. twill be played in New York September 23, 24 and 25. Davis Cup Series All But Over Yanks Trim Japs in First Two Matches; Doubles May Decide Series REST HILLS, N. Y., Sept. 2— ‘With two of the necessary three matches already tucked away by the ‘American tennis team, there seemed but little chance that the Davis cup would go to Japan before the lone it Hil ite E Travie Davis, Const welterweight champion, doesn't want to take his fight with Frankie Rogers at the Pavilion Tuesday night too lightly, | according to the ratibieds who have been watching Frankle train for the go. Rogers haa never been a K. O. hit- ter, but he’s pretty clever and he can hit up a fast pace for four roufds, Davis hasn't been fighting very much lately, his last bout being a draw with Clare Bromeo. Rogers won, the verdict over the same man later, Mickey Hannon meets Irving Glea- son in the semiwindup. Three other houts complete the card, which Is be ing lined up by the Cascade Athletic club, Harry Ertle, who was the third man in the ring in the Dempsey- Carpentier bout, is slated to officiate in the Johnny Kilbane-Danny Frush féatherwelght title bout that i* set for Cleveland this month, according to reports from the Ohio metropolis There will be a decision rendered by the referee and two judges after the 12 rounds. Kilbane will receive $60,000 and Frush only $2,600, The gate receipts are expected to go up to $125,000, ON MOTORCYCLES CLFS Middle Crown EW YORK TEAMS IN GRE ( TRIS FACES HARDEST JOB. |Le THE SHATTLE STAR AT aders Wallop Indians Herb McQuaid Hurls Good Ball for Seals; Seattle Support Is Poor BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8.--Herb McQuaid pitched good ball for fan Francisco here yesterday, and the Beale beat the Indiana by « ¢ to 3 score, Herb Brenton, pitching for the low era, wae given poor support at times, ‘which helped the leaders to victory .R MPO A ful eocccnnccce ' - S| eeccwcue tow | neeomnnenile! cocwennncce | weeeccece? | coewcecccee 1 cuiiwtoncag | Heme ernee ow) ecceoccce Two-base hite--Ken worthy. Hidred. Bacritice hite—Kelly, O'Connell ote Ws ft MoQui 4 by MeQuaid §. Hit by pitcher arson, Mpencer Double playe—Kainm a Eillgon to Cavensy vaneed dalle Agi Rune for--MeQuaid 3, Brenton 6. Umpires MoGrew and Casey O'Conn Time) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Pittsbere Mew ¥ m. Levis Beton | Brookiva Clnetnnatt Lute oa Batterioe: Alemander Risey, Donohue, Coumde and Wings, — . AMERICAN LEAGCE Won. Lon Bryan Downey and John-|Sv.ist ny Wilson to Settle Big| Wsrinews Dispute Monday ONDAY Johnny Wilson, disputed mid@ie weight man who knock- ed Wilson down three times and out at Cleveland, July 27, meet at Boyle’s ‘Thirty Acres, Jersey Those who saw Downey canvas Wilson at Cleveland (excepting | "ost Referee Jimmy Gardiner who gave the fight to Wilson on @ supposed foul say Downey In the The Cleveland and Ohio state box- ing comminsions have proclaimed Downey champion. ‘The other part of fandom, who 414 not see the knockdowns, contend that Wilson is etlil the titleholder. Tex Rickard is promoting the match. Wilson te to receive $30,000 with « privilege of a per cent, and Downey in to get $20,000 with a privilege. NO DECISION BOUT Tt ia & 12-round nodeciaion bout. New Jersey does not permit a de cision to be renderad in a boxing contest, The weight ts 160 pounds the day of the fight. Downey scored hie knockdowns with @ short right-hand punch, He came near winning the welter- weight title several years ago when he knocked Jack Britton down, the referee giving what wan admittedly a long count which allowed Britton to get back to his feet and stay. Downey will enter the Jersey City ring confident that he can repent his knockdowns again and leave no question as to who the middie cham pion Is, WILSON'S HANDICAP Wilson will be handicapped by the psychology of having been floored by his opponent. Downey makes his home tn Cleve Jand and ie managed by Jimmy Dunn, Wilson's home {* near Boston, and his manager ts Marty Killilea, BRENNAN TO _ BOX DEMPSEY? There is boxing gossip in the East that says that Jack Dempsey and Bill Brennan are due to meet again, this time in a 15-round bout tn Buf- talo, N. Y., Thanksgiving day, Bren- nan has “stayed” with Dempsey loriger than any other opponent, sticking mia founds in their first meeting and going 12 rounds before being knocked out the eecond time they met. : Shocker and Seversi@; and Behalk. ‘The Pritadeiphia Tatverioe; Wasiy, Moore and Per Bush and Ruel. SOLONS WIN SACRAMENTO, Sept. 3.—Sacre mento beat Onkland here yesterday, While the Seals beat Seattle, and In. ereased their hold on second place. ‘The score of the game was 4 to 1, The score RH facramento . a. % Bhea and Biot; Winn Oakland .. Batteries and Koehler ANGELS WIN LOB ANGEL |, Sept. 3—-Los An geles took a close game from Port land here yesterday by a two to one score. The game was a pitchers’ battle between Ross and Hughes, both men allowing six hits The soore— Portian RAIN IN SALT LAKE BALT LAKE, Sept 3. Rain halted Friday's game between Ver- non and Balt Lake yesterday, Talk is going the rounds on the University of Washington campus that the varsity basketball team will De sent on a tour of the Mast at the end of the 1922 senson if they win the Coast conference title, Coach Edmundson’s cagers finished second to California last yent, Captain Archie Talbot will be the only member of the 1921 squad missing when the call is sounded for basketball, according to Edmundson, LOWRY LEAVES FOR OAKLAND Harold Lowry, former Franklin high school pitcher, who has been throwing good ball for Raymond, Wash., leaves today for Oakland, where he will join the Coast league team of that city. Lowry has been twirling seml-pro ball in the North. west for the past two seasons and is uid to be a promising prospect. | | Trip Around the Bu | ecevccccces™ . Gowan, 18, ve. J. H. Stevenson, 12 ‘|Frosh Grid |Americans |Russell Graduates |Play for/| Is Doing Look Good) Golf Crown Comeback Jock Hutchinson and Jim! Former White Sox-Pitcher EDGAR L, CRIDER, leading Sure in local muniotpal golfing etrelos and also secretary, treasurer and captain of the Jefferson Park Golf blub, has donated @ beautiful trophy for the | Joffereontans to shoot for, Just why Edgar calls this the “Captain's” oup, we don’t know, unless he intends to nd Anyway here te the draw for the captain's cup! Upper Halt—¥, 6. Bayley, 16, ¥. D, Crook, 12; C. ¥. MoKeshan, 16 ve. Forest Watson, 8: A. H. Eckland, 4 Calohan, 18; Stuart, 14, ve, P. 6. Anh, 10; ©. 8. Caplinger, 24, ve. A. J. ie yoy dg i : Sidney Phillips, 20; R. P. Collins, 10, ve. Wm. Ehlers, Jr, 16; J Bnoddy, 14, va. Tom Toohey 7; R. e. O. J, Went, 12: Lee ve. L. Cunningham, 18; J. P. Pomeroy, 6, vs, M. T. Abel, 7 Dewey Bullock, 12, ve, C. F. Bridge, 1 ¥. K, Pollock, 18, va. J. L. Rock | well, 16; J. Kennedy, 20, va, W. HB. Froude, 6. Lower Half--W. J. Alexander, 20, ve. G. N. Porter, 14; Tom Smith, 14, ve, James Chrystal, 14: Clark Speirs, 4, ve. V. V. Kimball, G. W. King, 18, ve, F. Barsby, 16; Hugo Haakons, 6, va. N. Menacho, 20: J. G. Seott, &, va. Alex Rose, 14; R. R. Newman, 10; A. J. Bohon, 16; James Bingham, 92, ve A. L, Molter, 14; J. BE. Mo Archie 36 a SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1921. BATTLES FOR BIG LEAGUE FL AG | Dr. Geo, N, McLaughlin, 28, va, B. L. MeDonnell, 18; HM. ©. Smiley, 14, ve. F. L, Camsidy, 18, va, 8, G. Haw, 4 ve HB, D. Folwen, Jr, 16; W, A. Blair, 14, va, 0, W. Kidd, 10; M. C. Metzger, 14, ve, A. Spen: loer, 16; V. W. VanWinkle, 12, ve. | B. F. Gibaon, 14; K. 8, Watta, 12, va. | 0. Hi McCrum, 16, This competition will be match play on handicap and al) first round | matches must be completed on or before Bept. 11, and one week will be allowed for each succeeding round, The final match will be of holes, ° . BON STEIN, WHO, WITH | CLARK SPEIRS and Lee Steel will represent the Geattie part of the Northwest team of golfers that leave for St, Louls next Monday to com. pete in the national anfateur cham- \plonship, uncorked a bit of golf at |the Seattle Golf club linke/last Bun- day that resulted in the making of a new course record. His total was 68, which lowered by one stroke the pre- vious mark made by “Dixie” Pleager and Bb Johnstons. Bon done his phenomenal scoring while playing In & foursome with Geraid Shannon, |Bob Graham and Ted Owens, His \score was tg follows: " lout 44946063 625 In. 1 444-33 ~ eee THEY'RE CERTAINLY HAVING PLENTY of competitive play on the Famous Horses to Race Single G. and Peter Man- ning, Greatest Racers, Matched for Big Event 1% match race between Single G, 1:89, and Peter Manning, 2.00%, at Hartford, Conn., Tuesday te the moat unique race staged on a racing track in a quarter of a century. Bingle G is the nine-yearold pao ling champion of the year. Poter * Manning is the five-year-old gelding champion and the logical horse to lower Uhians’ world record time ‘The prince of pacers has not lost ;|® single heat thie eeason on the Grad Cireult. The king of trotters hae loet but one heat during his entire campaign on the mile ovala ‘The stake will be $5,000. Each horse will be timed sepe- rately, Both turf stars made their recorés at North Randall track, Cleveland, during the August meeting this year, racing against time ‘The fact that @ trotter fe pitted against a pacer—a class which i admittedly of @ faster galt—makes the match a purely sporting event. At the time Peter Manning made his supreme trial two of the judges ‘ clocked him at 159% Instead of the 4| time warded him. The gelding holds the record of 203, 202% and 202%--the fastest three-heat race ever trotted. The record was made at Lexington in the Transylvania in 1920. WORLD TITLE AT STAKE With both horses being the great @at of their respective gaits at the present time the world’s champion- ship of harness racing ts Iterally at * ingle .G te owned by W. Barefoot, of Cambridge, Mase. Peter Mannjng belongs to I. W. Gleason, of Williamsport, Pa. NO CHANGE IN PREP RULING No change will be made in the rules governing the number of sports that Souttle prep athletes may take part in. This waa decided at the meeting of the high school prin. cipals Friday when they considered the plan of allowing players to par- tietpate in but two major sports. The principals of each school were igiven the right to bar any player who let athistics Interfere with his scholastic work or who tried to en- ter too many activities. BIG LIST FOR AMATEUR MEET One of the biggest fields of en. | tries that ever played in the Amert- | can amateur golf meet ts scheduled to battle for the title over the course of St. Louls Country club September 17-24. The entry of Willie Hunter, British amateur champion, has add. ed an international flavor to the meeting. MILLER TO OUBS BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3.—Hack Miller, Oakland outfielder, wan sold to the Chicago Cubs, it was an- nounced here yesterday. He will re port in the apring. CADDOCK VS. ZBYSZKO OMAHA, Sept. 3.—Rarl Caddock, former world's heavyweight wrest "ng champion, will meet Stanislaus Zoyerko, present titleholder, at Des Moines, Ja., October 18, COVELESKIE INJURED CLEVELAND, Sept. 8.—Stanley Coveleskie, atar pitcher for the In- dians, arrived here today from De troit, where he was injured tn the game there Thursday. NEW YORK, Sept. 3 matches, nis association is t —but t! The rying to convince her that it is no criminal offense to lose a ma tempermental French star refuses to py. lay a mi doubles match today at Forest Birs. ‘Bundy and. Wills Devise af ” with SUZANNE LENGLEN CANCELS NET TOUR .—Altho she is practicing daily here, Mile. Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis cham Her entire schedule has been abandonel. at the Nassau Country club pion, refuses to play any singles United States Lawn Ten- teh She has consented, however, to Richards Vincent 11920 “W” Yearlings to Turn Out in Force for | Varsity Berths OACH ENOCH BAGSHAW should develop some good ma torial for the University of Washington football team from the host of 1920 frosh players that will be eligible to play on the vareity this year. The line players on last year's yearling squad were particularly Burnett, center, are the forwards ex- pected back. Phil Glenn, Lincoln Prep center in 1919, will also be out for a line job. He was out with an Injured knee last year. Of the backfield men “Rea” Cal- ilson and Dick Feek, halfs, and Don Cameron , quarterback, are the trio slated to make strong bids for var- sity bertha, Pitwood, Chadbourne, Cole, Feek and Burnett are “all Seattle high school grads, Pitwood and Cole com- ing from Lincoln, Burnett and Chadbourne from Queen Anne and Feek from Broadway, and the other pair from Queen Anne. The former are big, heavy fellows, and they are both experienced men. Burnett is a comer, while Cole didn't play much football in high school. Cameron showed a lot of claes for the frosh team last season under “Sandy” Wick, and he ts expected to give Johnny Wilson a rub for the quarterback job on the varsity, PIN TEAMS PREPARING FOR PLAY Entries close for the City Bowling league Tuesday, They must be turn. ed in at the Ideal alleys not later than 6 p. m, that day. Twelve teamn have entered so far and two more are expected. The fol lowing teams have entered Compton and Fallia, Hatton & Oliver, Rube's |Cafe, King d’ Orp Cigars, Druxman Shirt Shop, FP. Brooks, Rippe's Cafe, Lifigren’s Footgitters, B. P. 0. E. 92, Boldt’s Cafe, Seattle Times, Palo Cigars. Play will begin In the City league on September 15, FROSH GRID GAMES ARE SCHEDULED An extensive schedule ts being ar ranged for the University of Wash: ington freshmen football team this fall. So far games have been sched- uled with Oregon at Bugene, Or. October 29, and with Pullman at Pullman on November 11, Tentative games have been ar. ranged with Everett high school and with the Bremerton navy yard squad, No dates have been set yet. Two freshmen teams will be formed this year, one to be known 4s the Purple and other as the Gold. Conch Bagshaw says this will give |more fresh a chance to gain exper fence by actual playing. R. G, Mathews, former Willamette college player, will coach the year- lings, succeeding “Sandy” Wick. ATTA BOY, KLEPPER SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. %.—~ Charley Bee, Seattle outfielder, has been recalled by Cincinnati and must repert to the Reds at once. He came to Seattle on the Bob Geary deal. Seattle is without a right fielder now, as Brick Widred was hurt yesterday here and may be out for some time. WISTERZN. HOME Tex Wisterzil, outfielder for the Eeattle Baseball club, arrived tn Seat: tle yesterday. Wisterzil will rest un Ul the club reaches here from ita road trip-in the South. He ts out Z 4 SNE REE Tt ES NCAR RENE SE ARR ABHOR A a Rainier links these days and there is a flock of events coming up that will keep-t%® boys busy for some time yet. They have +their weekly wweepstakes—last week's pot was, in- eldentally, won by N. W. Van Winkle |--an eclectic competition is on for the month of September and along comes the club captain, Jack Weber, with @ handsome cup to be pinyed | for. The qualifying round for the latter event resulted in the following 16 getting & place in the draw, which will be played off on handicap match play; Van Winkle ve. Blair; Calo- han ve. Ross; Duran va. Van Kuran; Royce ve. Bullock; Lamping vs. We ber; McPherson ve. Reynolds; Dwan ve, Bridge; Froude va. Pearce. eee LEO TEATS, CAPTAIN OF THE TACOMA Elks golf team, threw the w. h, monkey wrench into the ma local Efks team that was scheduled to lock horne with the Tacoma Bills in the City of Destiny tomorrow tn the fisut half of their annual Unks battle. Harry Calohan, the local \atipper, had his lineup when Leo jsent word that his (Leo's) herd had broke loose and was now scattered over the various streams fn and around the state. When Leo lands them back inte-the corral, the match | wil be played—untll then, Harry and his teammates will confine their playing to the Schoenfeld trophy chinery and upset the plans of the tournament. eee THE GOLFERS’ Barnes Meet for World Honors Labor Day HE golf championship of the world belongs to one of two American golfers — either open champloMship, or Jim Barnes, winner of the American open cham- plonship. On Labor Day, they played for a purse at the Soundview club, Great Neck, N.Y. The world’s golf championship will be literally at atake. The winning of a championship on the links means that one playing star rises to the supreme in the par toular Instance and wins. Barnes was an alsoran in the tour nament at the St. Andrewe club, Scotland, when Hutchison wom the English title. Hutchison trafled tn the touraa- ment on the Chevy Chase course at Washington, D, C. when Barnes captured the American open title The Labor Day match is the first time in golf history that such a test between champions has been sim!- larly staged. Following this. event, Hutchison and Barnes will be teamed in a se. riea of exhibition matches which will carry them across the United States to the Pacific Coast. Their tour will Inst during the winter when they play back to the east, followihg the southern bound- wilt and forth between them almost daily. NINE SOCCER TEAMS ENTER Jock | Hutchison, winner of the English | Links With Alex Rose CUP COMPETITION st Beacon Hil was finished last Thure day when Russell Searlett de feated Sidney Phillips io the tinal 36-hole match p three up and two to play. pe started off with « lead of eight holes and lost three of them in the first but the Scarlett, who ts one of marathon golfers, got the Inst lap and sliverware, a oe A BRAND NEW FLAG ING from the pole of the Jetfersen park clubhouse, Two ‘ and Blues—played @ match on the hill course Inst Bunday to det, which team should con toward the buying of = new The Reds lost and donated. THE FEARLINOTON TEAM MADE amends for ora it received at Bellingham im the keason, by scoring a 29 to 11 victory over the Bellingham equad on the Black river course, last Sunday, Hach club was represented by 18 players. PLAY IN THE ©. A. REYNOLDS trophy competition for the golfers of the Rainier Golf club on hie petition will be the attraction for | MAGAZINE the Rainier members on Labor day.» STAR LEAGUE) Two “more soccer teams have joined The Star league. The new squads are the Walla Walla Ath- letic club and the Faltons. In send- ing in his communication to The Star manager Ben Kalman forgot to say Whether his Walla Walla play- ers were juniors or seniors, The Fal- tons are & senior organisation from the University district. Entries are stil! open for Tie Star league and all that ts necessary to join ts to inform the sporting editor of The Star. There are no charges. So far nine teams have joined with four junior and four senior teams in the lineup besides the new Walla Walla club. Soccer managers and players who wanted to be placed with teams don't want to forget the big meeting at The Star Wednesday night. At this session definite plans for the season Ung of the opening date of play and the rules to govern the junior divi. sion. Vancouver Races to Start Today VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 3.— Vancouver's big water regatta swings into action today with the class of the Pacific coast entered in competi- tion. Bealdes a number of races today, a big schedule has been arranged for Monday, Labor day. MEEKING JOINS BENEDICT CLAN Gordon Meeking, spare forward on the Victoria, B. C., ice hockey team last Beason, hae joined the Bene. dicts, He married Mariam Welling. ton in Victoria recently, The Lough- lin boys, Wilt and Clem, and Heck Fowler are the only single men on the Victoria club now, ence RUTH GETS NO.49 NEW YORK, sept. 3.—Ral Ruth hit his 49th home run of the season here against Washington Fri- day, at the University of hington for the coming football season will be named within the next week, accord. ing to Athletic Manager Darwin Meisnest, The axsistant te slugger. “Reb,” the outcast pitcher of 1918, may be returned to the majors as & slugging outfielder in 1923, C. A. C. TO STAGE. AMATEUR SHOW The Cascade Athletic club bee | a its regular amateur show tonight its headquarters in the Collins’ block. The complete card follows: White va Jack Cast 2225 Premo vs. Rob Caston, 185; va. Joe sant, 114; Bin Everett va, i } Mike O'Fianert: will be worked out, including the set- | <* Pai Are Row making a o ES ow oe SCOUTS ra limites Bums | PRICK REDUCED TO 9385 bo Prby- igs TERM: Li |AINS 1 toreveles. het a nee the DoF write for complete Ba gain List of all makes, ‘ : '