The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 19, 1922, Page 9

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1922. _ AM CRAWFORD has just signed a soda!" € to play with Los Angeles | baseball in the Coast league dur-| year He played with ing the season of 1922.|Cincinnati 22 years ago. He will be in right field| He is the marvel of sports, | eaain and he says he will/for not another athlete, for spring practice. Crawford has been in more than 25 can competitive equal C jball, track, tennis or any | often. other ee enna eee Loss of “M” Not Worth $2,400 to - Good as Coach a Few Years Ago game before they are thru? limit. that he is on the way to the bushes. days’ notice of unconditional release, most of | ing staff of the New York Giants, is one of physique and the fact that he hailed from the Ozarks, re-| Incidentally Tesreau has benefited financially. from his much more money than he ever did come 5 | rome New York Giant Pitcher Is Big Noise as Base-| ball Instructor at Dartmouth College; Was Star) | | BY BILLY EVANS | OW many ball players quit the professional | Take it from me, mighty few of them. Most of the athletes desire to hang on to the As a matter of fact the hardest thing in| the world is to convince some slipping star} Until all clubs waiver on them and they are shunted to the niinors, or they draw their 10! the stars insist they are as good as ever. | Jeff Tesreau, for years a star on the pitch-| the few exceptions to the rule. The “Ozark Bear,” as he was called because of his} tired from professional baseball when he still had from five) to 10 years in front of him. decision to forsake the minors as well as the majors. He frankly admits that he is making as a National league pitching star. | In forsaking professional circles, ‘Tesreny turned college coach and u baseball promoter. He still does Michigan Player some pitching, but merely as a side | SB lone of hie ‘M' wasn't ©) Be terve for bis own club. | worth $2400 to Angus Dartmouth, where Teareau in- |] Gocts, twice captain of Michigan : im the art of baseball, the | football teams in recent year athletes don’t call him “Jett” or the That is what Coach Fielding “Big Bear” as was always cus || H. Yost told the football coaches tomary in his days as a big leaguer. | Instead, he gets a highbrow title from the students at Hanover. | “Prof” is what the baseball candi-| when they were discussing the question of professional football in New York recently. Goetz had been offered $240 « @ Gates at Dartmouth call Tesreau. Un-|| game for 10 professional games 4 der the new system in yorus at) to be played in the fall. “Goets Dartmouth, Tesreau ts a member of || asked me what to do,” said the Dartmouth college faculty, as|| Coach Yost. “I told him he would lone his ‘M’ if he played professional football, and he tore up the contract and forgot al! about it.” He is tied up with his college work from about January 1 to July. In the good old summer time ‘Tesreau is a promoter of semi-pro- fessional baseball. He has one of the strongest “semi-pro” teams in the country, alse an enclosed ball park. It is not uncommon for his team, known as Tesreau’s Bears, to play to 7,500 people on a Sunday. ‘Tesrean is more than satisfied with | The schedule for funda: his present surroundings. He says | 7** Star league ie repens a salary of $10,000 a year wouldn't Maple Leafs va. Postoffice at Lin- ‘tice him back to the big leagues,| colm park at 1 p. m. Keferee, Bob \he wns able to deliver whd any-| ‘omen. frais vu, Woodland Park ers, 39 to 23 | Firm Grip on First Place | sie wanted him that badly. Weediand park et om Ref- ree, Billy Bleoman. EFEATING the Northern Lite| STANDINGS cs i Won. Lost STANFORD GRID | svn Sox 22% caper co. [12 city iene team, 19 10 2, the we i at 2:15 at Lineoin park. levee, | Knights of Columbus cage five reg: |!’ . 3% FUTURE BRIGHT) zt t . : Ben Paris Billiards vs. Hawthorne | istered its 13th straight victory Of Santora ° 6 Already, in doping the Coast ow desley at Ly Ty 2pm Ref- |the basketball season last night, at)” S b 4 ; ference football champions for 1922, Yaicon A.C. ve. Washington Park | the Casey gym. Oregon we. 8 the wise birds have centered their) 9, "Washington park ot? pm. Mef- 2 ‘opinions upon the Bears and Sun| eree, Jehanie Merks. The Knights held the lead thruout | (ORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 19.—By the Dodgers. But Stanford will have) "p and no transf: names of prep stars from all over |» California. Seems as if the Cards |* have stolen a march on Andy Smith) Se | { and corralled most of the available). 7h* Trove score © high school talent while Andy was! star carrying the soore oceupied with his “wonder team.” | it was 2 to 6 | Evidently, Stanford plane to have) a high-powered grid machine with- in a couple of years, if not next fall. BRUIN TRACK MEN SCARCE! t 6 to 2, while Riddle, ‘The re-hearing of the Wadhington Park-Hewthorne Junior protest will asked to attend Subs Harry Blair hi Postoffiee to replace bean signed by the H. Kroha, w Lom of “Pesky” Sprott, middie | sailed for China yesterday distance star; Cort Majors, weight | owe and shot-put man; Henry Waitz,|, Harry Thornley, West Seattle fullback, is laid op with am injured lew. Charley Dorr, Ed Mejia and Saund has left Walt Christie, Califor. | WHAT, AGAIN? track couch, shy of seasoned! CHICAGO, Jan. 19—Jake Schaef. Material for this spring. None of | er; yr, 14.2 balk line billiard cham. these men are in school except! pion, it night defeated Roger Conti, Dorr, and he is ineligible on account | of #1 Jef low scholastic standing } match he Peek tor G. Bmith, Pleroe for Kertin ‘arris §, Bonney #, Riddle CLEVELAND, Jan, 18 Zbyuzko, world’s heavyweight wrest- noe, 400 to 302, in an exhibition | ling champion, meets William Deme- | night In a finish mateh. | Harris, the center, score: North tutions— Davide: to re $ Trrrrrrerryry © e ‘AJOR league ball clubs travel 25,000 miles every year. That is a very conservative enti- mate. Including the #pring train- ing trip, practically every club will travel in excess of that amount. The big asset of every major league club is its players. , on is very neceasary, but it ia an easy matter to find a playing field, in comparison to getting to- fether a ball club. strength would be greatly impaired, and would be a body blow to a major league magnate, Such a happening i» always a possibility. What then do the mag-| Boston nates do to protect themselves Against such a contingency? Every major league ball club ts heavily insured. The insurance cov: | ers injury on and off the bail field, The New York club of the Ameri on Rut like, @ special club, h alone. art of the season. | faster pace im the second period Spencer Knights Dodger | Win From City Five Caseys Win 13th Straight, With Two Wins Over Ag-| Defeating Northern Lif-| the game, which was rough and hard. to be figured, if reports concerning | James Bond, now registered with West | | fought from whistle to whistle, The | Universit of Washington cagers fen been registered by Woodland ¥ ” s' the Cardinals have any foundation. | Pry but he is notstaivle te play with | winners took a 21 to 13 lead in thelwon the second game of thelr two The Stan’ register is do wi edie first period, and went at an eVO/ tit series with OgA. C. last night, 32 Knights’ but orn 1 R turned in for the | crack forward, led the scorers, with | jor game, The | five goals from the fieid, totaled more points, Stan with three field goals and six free throws, bend G. Smith Kertie Overton Major League Club evcave Carry Big Insurance Policies on Their Star Players the |takén out by the club to covei lous suffered thru injury or it) The moment the New York elu secured Ruth in a trade with the a polidy in the neigh: borhood of $150,000 was taken out policy r Thus it will be seen that the jor league clubs are well protected jin case disaster should overtake the mney Latta for R. #mith, x) tanislaus | ie any ma- |team in traveling around the eir- Making all kinds of hurried Jumps,|can League as a team, ix insured| cult. How the, insurance that traveling on fast trains during the|for about $250,000. ‘The average | would be received would in no way summer and slow ones during the training season, constantly places the players in jeopardy. An acel- dent that would wipe out a team, | @ so injure it that its playing insurance of the major league clubs run about $150,000. If a club boasts of some of the big stars like Ruth, Speaker, Sisler, Cobb, Hornsby, Roush, Frisch, Groh players, much ers. compensate for the real loss of the Very often ho matter how money & magnate has, . finds it impossible to buy ball play- THE Thirteen years ago! Hughie Jennings shifted Altho he has slowed up| Craw ford from Detroit’s| a trifle, Crawford is still able to hit a ball as hard| Crawford giving wa be the first man to report| whether in football, basé-|as ever and just about as| Tyrus Cobb, the Sout ie | Cagers Winners } gies, Washington Has a} narrowest possible margin the to 31 The Sun Dodgers took a comfort. able lead in the first period, but were | rapidly being overhauled by the Ag gies in the last half, when the| whistle blew, Apparently realizing that the loss of the game would practically elim- inate them from the pennant race, the Aggica set a desperate pace in the last minutes of the game, but the Washingtonians hung to their seant lead. | SUMMARY | OAC aD U. of W. (8) }Stinagon (12) r. Lewis (10) ¢ ¥ Froude (2) Bryan (4) | Riohards Crawford (4) | ,,fubatitutions ington, Nicholson « none. | throwe—-O. A.C. out of 8, ‘4 out of & by Stinson, 1 of 2 by Hjelte; ington, 6 out of 9 by Craw ford Refaree—Raiph Coleman, 0. A. ©. LICKING FRED DOESN’T COUNT Were Fred Fulton lees of an in andouter and general allaround| ham, Bartley Madden would get cons able prestige out of ham-| mering Fulton for a draw in Tex| Rickard’s latest Garden show. Altho the bout was called a draw, Madden | clearly beat Fulton, in the opinion | of the ringsiders, But any mitt man, if he happens to hit Fulton first and etir up thé fear in his heart, can beat the big bum, and Martley Madden is just about where he was before, so far as his repu- tation is concerned. |MINORS HAVE | HELPED DAVE) Dave Danforth was weak in hold-| ing men on the bases when in the majors. It Is said he has developed a great move since leaving Chicago, |®ame for some time, | the jered as evidence, and is @ bear at picking runnera off first. It will be fine for Dave, unless the umpires disagree with him on the legality of the motion, SEATTLE STAR Year after year he|streak from Georgia, who)later, sport, has batted .800 or better. |was then on his meteoric gate of the major leagues. 'are clamoring for the po-! rawford’s stretch of competition. vareer, passed thru He went to the Coast In baseball they tell you! and has been there ever) that when you are finally since, ice nter field to right field,| shifted to right field you sluggers and a man whose for the to|are facing the exit sign.jeye is still keen enough he rn|Crawford, a few years to retain his job for him base ball, Thorpe in foot- doing that very thing. a slugger among | the | while many sition he holds. Pat McDonald was the! wonder of track athletics rformed Cobb Seattle Hurlers Question Elmer Jacobs Looks Like Best Bet of Indian Moundmen Lined Up BY LEO H. LASSEN {OM present in-| dications Elmer Jacobs should be) the king-pin hurler of the Seattle Const lengue team thie year, ‘The boy finished tne season in @ blaze | in some awell| games, Hin two xamen = against the Low Angeles champions, heir final bow, were real classics. | fe shut out the champions twice within eek The rest of ‘the staff is one big yuestion mark, Harry Gardner wahts to pitch for Portiand. A deal may be made with the Oregonians for the “speed” demon Hunky Schorr's arm went hay- to in midweason and he may be made into an outfielder. Jim Shaw, obtained from Wash vgton, bad trouble with @ sore arm, last your. “If he's right he| ught to burn up the league. JEMAREKE 'O DEPART? Al Demaree won't be back, ac ding to present gonsip, ax he's in be Bast looking for a managerial ob. ' Fisher, the new man coming from Washington, lodked like the goods in the International league last year Joe Finnernan pitched grand ball for Vermont two years ago, but wasn't: worth much when they barred freak deliveries. He's a big question. Vean Grogg has been out of the but if he can | pitch like he used to for Portiand— hot dawg! SOME QUESTIONS Joe Raliey, Stubby Mack, Guy Cooper, Kelly and Berger are also question marks. The former pair | bave the stuff if they ever settle down to real work, while Cooper doesn't seem to be able to make Coast league grade. The latter pair are both inexperienced. The way things shape up now Seattle is to have a good etaff with the men now lined up, or a poor one. A lot depends upon Gregg, Shaw, Schorr and Finnernan. Jacobs and Gardner are the onty pair that Seattle fans know now that can really step out and pitch winning ball for the Indians. TUNNEY MAY ECLIPSE TOM)!" Since signing up to meet Carpen: | tier, Tommy Gibbons hae been tak: ing no chances on losing the match thru getting knocked for a row of! -oh, & row of anything, and has been sparring around with set-ups. Now, he Is slipping into obscurity and other light heavies are likely to cop the match. Gene Tunney looks like the logical candidate for a Carpentier bout now, since he holds Amerionn title; and most of the experta rate Harry Greb as higher than Gibbons. TUNNEY SEEKS GO WITH CARP Gene Tunney ts getting the big game fever since he knocked the American light heavy crown off the aged thatch of old “Rat” Levinsky a day or so ago. Tunney has sent & personal telegram to Georges Car- pentier, challenging the Frenchman, who has a clamp hold upon the world’s light heavy title banner, to A fistic meeting, suggesting that July 4th would be a nice di ao. Xj cording to a report ¢rom Bastern ring circles, IS YOUNG AL ANOTHER AD? Johnny Wolgast, middleweight brother of Ad Wolgast, former light weight champion , who is in our midst looking for a battle with Gor. don McKay or some other fast-step- ping 160-pounder, is quite enthusias. tie over his kid brother, Al, Al is a lightweight of 19, says Johnny, whu bids fair to follow in the footsteps of his famous brother, Johnny has a few clipping# from Eastern sport sheets which indicate that the third momber of the fighting family Is con sidered quite a lghtie in his homu state of Michigan, SAM LANGFORD IS ABOUT THRU Old Tham Langford is nearing the Jend of his ring career, if his bout tn Portland, a day or s0 ago, Is consia The Boston ‘Tar Baby has been in the ring since many of the prevent generation of fighters were going to gramar school, and when in his prime fought toe-to- toe with the best of the heavies; but age is getting him, Tie HANNS gy a Star h } Middleweight “Champion CTION of the New York telling one Johnny Wilson | | the ring and ridding the game certain winner over Wilson, if | Such summary action has been long in coming. For years of glory, turning champions have held their titles long after their prime, be- rising contenders have had no way of forcing cause the {them to meet the best men. |. Johnny Kilbane is another miller who should be required | in/to take on a few of the best featherweights. ja far more savory record} than has Johnny Wilsen, Re old age is getting him ai land Kilbane is coyly verle we jaway from the “tougher” of jthe new generation. It's a far ory to the old days when jJohn L. Bullivan traveled thru the! | country, offering @ prize to any man | who could stay with him four rounds, Imagine Johnny Wilson pulling that | “heman” stunt! | In the old days a champion had to be the best man in his class to | hold the title for more than a month | jor two, Now it is more a matter of luck and clever managing. Johnny | Wilson's most ardent supporter would blush to claim that he is the! beat middleweight in the world, yet he haw the title, which surely proves that something ts wrong with the! jold Un-ear profession in these deca dent days. Jean Willard held the aampion- [ship for four years after beating [Jack Johnson, and only defeuded hie | tithe twice, The first time he man- aged to outpoint poor old Frank | Moran in a 10-round nodecision go; apd the first ume met a real \fighter was given the quickest and worst beating any champion has ever received. Something wrong thera. A little more prompt action of the much of the criticiem now directed | jat the mitt game w | | consistent 170 bowler. The Individual longue recerde were Aropping fast In this week's tunsie, Ul- bricht, of Installation, setting up a new nly to have McMahan, finish a few min: | Pope, ef Motor century occurred Monday the editorial staff of the T staff of the Carrier, « sine published by telephone com- pany employes at San Francisco. A direct telerral neington eupervicer of tong lnce, hasdied the telegraphing. The Washi swan won tre, Susees Gah ington of three, but lost on total pina, Fd Dubois, who chaperones the Instal- lation team, Is back in the wame, after & month's lay-off, joned by his Ford flying off the crank and straining his| back. W. B. Benedict, of the Repeatermen, had a tough night for a bowler who vaually averares sround 160. Hie total jfor three games w 3 W. 4. Moewin, whe hae helped thi Division Plant to several wins latedy, han left for San Franeineo. His ab- sence will weaken the pen pushers, ‘The lowly Transmiasion team rebelled Aeainat the Construction and won one frame. 1, K. Weber wae the heavy hitter for the ‘Tranamission, McAULIFFE VS. JOHNSON Jack McAuliffe, who won his first Western bout by knocking out Frank Farmer in Portland recently, has| signed to meet Floyd Johnson, San Francisco heavyweight, in the head- \liner o fa show set for January 26 jin Portland, STANFORD CAGERS WIN PALO ALTO, Cal, Jan, 19.—Over. coming a lend of 15 to 12, the Stan- ford university basketball team de feated the Olympic club here last night, 25 to 21. IDAHO DOWNS WILLAMETTE SALEM, Or., Jan, 19.—The Univer. sity of Idaho won a fast basketball game from the Willamette five here last night, 27 to 19. ‘The Vandals led thruout the Gains. YALE BEATS COLGATE NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 19.~ Yale won its first basketball game of the season last night, defeating Col- gate 21 to 15, New York commission's order, and | ty Must Either Fight Harry Greb or Be Barred in That State; Something Is Wrong With Championships TI These January Days BY SEABURN BROWN State Athletic commission in and his manager, Marty Ki- lilea, that Wilson can either defend his middleweight title | against Harry Greb, as he contracted to do some time ago, or else remain indefinitely suspended in that commonwealth, is a long step towards cleaning up the fight game. ‘The public is weary of “cheese” champions; and the ruling will have the double benefit of upholding the traditions of of Wilson, Greb is almost a they meet. Kilbane has ‘ Battery C Keeps on Winnin Armory Boys ore Wallop oe Mikadoes, 34-5; Showns Easy Winners TE strong Battery C basketball squad kept on its winning way in The Star league last night, de feating the Mikadoes, 34 to 6 at | Collins playfield. The Mikadoes put up a better the weight advantage was too much for them to overcome. Jim Malloy and Army Bakenhus! tour minutes of were the big Nehta for the winners, | equalized 44 seconds later on while M, Kawazoe starred for the) pound from the end boards Nippons. ‘The score follow Battery C Malloy (14) . Ripley (6) Reteree Reese Bird. Stacy Showns smothered the light- er Seattle Boys’ club five under a 55 to 4 count at West Seattle last night, Wilson's Modern Business College team failed to show for the game with the Collins Cubs, at Collins playfield, was awarded to the Cubs by forfeit. Two games are being played in The Star league tonight, the Benj history of hockey in Seattle sat Paris Billiards five tangling with the| the game, which was one of pred Dandy Baking Co. at the Knights of | poorly esd of the season SUMMARY Columbus at 7, and the Imperials playing Battery C at the Artnory| poy at 9:30, |PREP LEADERS | MEET THURSDA With both the first and second team leaders, Queen Anne and Broad way, meeting at Queen Anne, the ‘ third round of the prep cage race ts slated for tomorrow afternoon. In the other tilts, West Seattle plays] ,7hird peried-—4, ‘Vitoria, ©. Leughtte, . Victoria, Dunderdale, 2:00 Lincoln at Lincoln, and Ballard | \j{2,, Vetere, J AO meets Franklin on the latter's home floor. Ali of the games start at 3:30 p.m, Queen Anne fs a favorite over Broadw: There schools are tied for the lead in both the first and sec- ond team standings, SEATTLE “Y" CAGERS COP Combination play won a_ close hoop contest for the Y. M. C. A. last night, the Olympia Y. M. C. A. tak. ing the short end of a 31-to-28 score. A heavy lead taken by the Seattle men at the opening of the game proved too much of a handicap for the visitors to wipe out. KO WINS AGAIN one aLANe! Jan. 19.—Stanislaus Zbyanko, last night successfully re- tained his world's heavyweight wres- ting crown, throwing Wililam Deme- tral with a toe hold and body.arm | Jim Riley, Seattle hockey luminary, lock,in one hours and two minutes, The match was one fall to a finish, JEWSTRAW LEADS SKATERS ST. JOHN, N. B, Jan. 19.— Charles Jewstraw, Lake Placid, New York, led the standing of American and Canadian skating champions to- day with 50 points against 80 for Roy McWhirter of Chicago, youngsters |ball and Jack Britton in number of years! more, in|and threatens to continue {Victorians Win When Met Puck Defense Breaks} Wilson Act by Gotham Visitors Ring Board Commended! Take Lead the ring, have all com ed far beyond the allotted |time, but Crawford was competing when these men |were children. What is Crawford still is for Flag Islanders Come From Be- hind in Third P s and Annex Game, 4 to Vancouver Beattie .. BY ALEX C. ROSE (TH lem then five minutes j@ame than the score indicates, Dut | Fing th the last night, and the game te of the night after ping th Seattle farther towards a place in the basement. made a gallant effort to count, Jack Walker scoring, but the time was too short. was 4 to 3. With the boys the scoring for a long shot from the blue i i i - i ! i j i F Hi E Hi Hi if i i I en front Vaiker tier it | é i ; } Hb H the |; ing Heck Fowler One of the smallest cro’ igh better. here, Victoria, Seattle .... Poyston, 7:12, Beattie, Wale First_pertod—se: Riley, rat pertoa—: atte, len for Riley for Morris; Victoria, Halderson for W. Loughlin, W. Loughlin for Fredericks fon. Recond lod—Seattla, Morrie far Briden, Briden for Riley, Riley for Mor= ris; Victoria, Frederickson for Haldersom, Malderson for Dunderdale, Dundi for W. Loughlin, W. Loughlin for Hal- derson. Third jod —— Seattin, Merria for Briden, Briden for Morris, Morris for Foyston, Foyston for Riley; Victoria, Halderson for W. Le 3 minutes; cond _perlod—Foy 3 minutes; Johnson, Halderson, & minutes. on, Third period—Fraser, $ minutes, Referee—Fred Ton. JIM RILEY IS “COMING BACK” Bobby Quinn has decided to give another shot at big league baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals, ac cording to a report from the Mound City, St, Louis paid Vancouver $5,000 for Riley last ‘season, but he flivvered with the Gards and was farmed to Terra Haute. He finished the season there in such an impres- sive style that the Cardinals have decided to try him again, NO CHAMPIONSHIP POLO NEW YORK, Jan, ‘The Brit- ish polo team will not challenge for the international polo cup this year, it became known «today, The Brit- ish want a longer interval between the matches, it is reported. RIFLE CLUB TO MEET Rainier Rifle and Revolver club will hold its annual meeting Saturday night at 8 in the officers’ quarters of the Armory, according to an an- nouncement today, A. A. U, GROWING The Amateur Athletic Union has grown in membership until it now in- cludes 18 sectional podies, CREDIT - GLAD TYLISH E£ CLOTHES FOR MEN_& WOMEN EASY PAYMENTS >