The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 15, 1922, Page 9

| the University of Wisconsin, Ris worth was largely accidental. ‘weil has developed teams that have _ Won 201 out of S17 games. | Fersitics of Wisconsin ) to that time Wisconsin, while fairty | HOOP COAC THE SEATTLE STAR His Record Shows 201 Vi ctories Badger Cagers Have Lost! But 16 Games Since! 1911 Under Meanwell BY BILLY EVANS ‘RODUCING the “wonder man” of basketball, Coaeh Meanwell of : ery sport has ite so-called mir | ‘acle performers. However, it seems | that basketball has been overlooked | te the shutne, / Like many others who hare gohieved fame in the world of sport, Dr. Meanwell's opportunity to prove In nine seasons of coaching at unl nd Missourt sans out. During 13 years of coaching Mean. Dis teams have ¥ af 165. i ; Of the 155 games played by these ‘golieges, 120 of them were against representing the Western In. jemiate and Missourt Valley | Hees, WAYS . _ During seven years at Wisconsin Me tcome hate won four champion- finished in @ tie for another | aad third twice. | Twice, while at Wisconsin, his) teams went thra an entire season | . Om four other occasions } his teams have suffered onty one de- | @uring the season. -| Basketball is one of the most un- certain games of all the sports, which speaks all the more for Mean- wells uncanny ability to develop win- } ners. Coach Meanwell's first experience | in intercofiegiate basketball was during the season of 1911-1912. Up successful in baskethall, had never won a Western conference champion- _ahip. HIS (CHANCE Shortly after the start of the 1911-| W912 season, Haskell Noyes, former Yale star, who had been coaching Wisconsin, was forced to quit. ; Every effort was made to secure | ‘® professional coach to take charge | leagve af-the team. At the time Dr. Mean-|| American . ‘well was in charge of the men’ National gymnasium at Wisconsin. He offer | @@ his services as coach until a suc. | q@sor for Noyes had been decikied upon. With onty mediocre material, and) @ coach who was ye @ substi. tute until some one else could be se- Gred, Wisconsin resigned itself to a Door year in basketball. Pri Preratt!. Revd. mities began to think Meanwefl was the man of the hour. He was given the position of coach. At the close of the season Wiscon- <ain not only won the first Weat- | ern’ title in the history of the univer. | sity, but had gone thru the entire/ RIFLE TOURNEY prason without a defeat. Cadet riflemen are training for the In six years at Wisconsin Mean- Ninth Corps area meet, February 16, weil turned out four championship |17 and 18, which will determine the teams and two that finished third. team to represent the division in the Then he went to University of (national meet at Camp Perry, Obio, next summer, Washington State, Idaho, University. of Washington, ‘Oregon Agricultural College, Mon- tana State, Pomona College and the Universities of California, Southern California, Wyoming, Montana and Oregon will enter teams. |RASSLIN’ GETS | | ANOTHER BLOW ‘The recent Zbys2ko-Caddock cham WISCONSIN 1S jh tling match at Madison CAREFUL NOW | iivire Garden, which Zoymko won University of Wisconmn has de-| by taking two falls out of three, bas ined the University of California’s| merely spread a bit more muck over vitation to « dual track meet at|the game's tarnished narge in Goth- Berkeley on April 15. The Wiscon-|am, according to reports Teaking out fin officials explain their refusal on|from New York wrestling the grounds of the recent eriticiam | Zbyexko’s vieto of the growing importance of college’ fairs, the refe’ Athletics, preferring to Pongal pate falls. to the home school. In Medias cuntorst chafienge had| with a waist lock and inside lea Deen accepted, other meets would) hold, and received an ovation tha’ have been cancelled in order to take| endured for five minutes. fime for the trim. | ' |COLLEGES PLAN Misaoori and won two titles for that Institution Conference. in the Missouri Valley In the tnterim Wisconsin had been having its troubles in basketball. It Was decided to call Meanwell back to again put the Badgers on the map. He did so by ending the sea- gon of 1920-1921 In a tie for first piace. THOMAS LEADS BOXERS LOOK TO RICKARD] cmesco, “rm NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—Germany’s| Thomas of Braddock, Pa. took the first ab crrdag the ranks of the lead in the world’s championship Qutof-work boxers appeared today| bowling tournament here today When Jack Schultz started pounding | with a total of 229 41-50 points for the dally trail to Tex Rickard’s box-|50 games, Fred Thoma of Chicago ing agency. Schultz is a middleweight and has had only four bouts ince the war Because of the inactivity in the Ger- Man ring. He said he won three of them by knockouts. He worked his may over here looking for @ purse Mke Carpentier got. 16—Harry F. and D. Devito of Chicago is third with 222 26-50 in the same number of games. 'STECHER WILL WRESTLE SOON Joe’ Stecher, Nebraska heavy- weight wrestling luminary, is billed to meet an opponent as yet um named at Madison Square Garden February 21. This will be one of a series of bouts planned as an elim- ination tourney between contenders for Stanislaus Zbyszko’s heavyweight mat title. WALLGREN HOOKS MILLS M. C. Wallgren, Everett's balk line billiard shark, defeated P. B. Mills 250 to 149 in a tournament tit at Brown & Hulen’s last night. Waligren eraged nine and scored the high total of the tourney with 64. Charley Hulen meets C. A. Smith tonight. The 1921 Mound Leaders Dea Moines Rilig, Kingsport Greenwood Day, High Point circles. | jen were fluky af-/ calling them “rolh” ‘The crowd moaned in} agony. Caddock won the second fail | leg} BOWLING KINGS} Wea. Lost. Pet , rf ‘ 5 ’ : > New ¢ t Pittarield Probable Lineups of Junior Squads for Trophy Finals ERE are the probable lHneups for the four final tists in The Star Junior Basketball trophy race: COLLINS cuns Jimmy Logan .... aymies ty Max Neve « Morris Feldman Ralph Bucher DANDY B. Laatio Carvin AKING 00. BASKET TILTS ON AT THE “U” First of the series of interciass basketball games at the university will be played tonight in the varsity | gym. The freshmen and sophomores will mix at 7:30 p. m. and the upper lclamser will take the floor one hour in the evening this week as the var sity te playing away from home. All four classes have a number of good men not on the varsity squads and will put up good games tonight. iy second with 223 44-50 In 60 games, |Coaeh Jimmie Arbuthnot, director of the juniors to make a strong showing in! intramural athletics, expects jthe league and the seniors have an enviable record in class basketball. ERIN TO STAGE OWN “OLYMPIC” Ireland will hold “Olympic games” for the Irish race exclusively in Ire land some time in Angust. All con- testants must be of Igish blood, ac cording to present plans, but national affiliations will not be considered, as a majority of the greatest Irish ath letes are Americana, ¥ _|man is a Hangerous tong shot, altho! later. The gymnasium is available How Junior Hoopers Compare for Finale Battery C Are Slight Favorites in Big Star League}! Series That Opens Tonight; Personnel of Teams Considered BY LEO H. LASSEN In the round-robin for The Star junior basketball trophy ‘that starts tonight at Collins playfield some good basket-| ball should be dished up by the four teams competing for high honors. Battery C. plays the Collins Cubs at 7 o'clock }at Collins playfield in the opening encounter. | The way the teams conipare as they line up for the title | play-off makes Battery C a slight favorite for the cup, | with the Dandy Baking Co. and the Ben Paris Billiard five figured almost as strong and the Collins Cubs as the dark jhorse entry. | ‘The Battery C club is a well-balanced team with the at- \tack centering around Army Bakenhus, the best pilot man ‘in the league. goer is igh i. a te Ned rg Beg playing far better this year oo - than he ever has. before, |"ngMoyt pi Petra ays speeding up his work consid-|ty weakened on the defense by the |erably and using his weight) protabie tous of Tommy Wren. He tage. js one of the best defensive players and —— > s im the loop. He will be replaced by blows Victor Bovell, who has played cen combination of forwards with tr mont of the pos “Lead Malloy” and Don Ripley | be out of the city, Probable starters. ‘They also “have! cuinton Haury, rated high as “Hirick” MeLarren and Jimmy Tar- runnin, will take care of the} box for offensive men. other poor position. Haury has improved considerably over the form he showed with the Broadway Rill McAdams and Ralph Etchey| Tigers last year, will undoubtedly start at .girds.| LOGAN 18 Roth are good defensive men with) HOPE OF CUBS | McAdams being a pretty good) The Collins Cube wih depend) scorer Frank Shillestad may largely upon the scoring ability of start at one of the guard bertha. | Jimmy Logan. He joined them late) He's another experienced man, im the season, Jimmy ‘The Ren Paris Billiard team hax\the sharpshooters on the 140-pound) been strengthened wonderfully since| Knights of Columbus team and ¥ the addition of Mbinaldo Caccia/he hits his stride for the Cubs/ and Chee Elliott at guards, Thetr|/he will be dangerous, Tom Duffy, |qxperience and defensive ability hax who will start at either forward or |made the Billiard team one of the center, is another good shot, altho strongest junior clubs in the city. his floor game twn't the best in| | They haven't lost a game since the|the world. Ray Gayzulen, a steady | new men have been added. | hooper, will fill in at either forward | Their attack is centered aronnd or center. Rergte Bird, rated as the best all) Morris Feldman and Mex Nets jaround forward In the league. Bird/a pair of heavy guards, will take is not only a clever shot, but helcare of the defensive work for the |ts a g00g Goor man. Harry Feld-| Cuba The second game of the reries jhe mary his work by playing the|/ will be staged tomorrow night at man instead of the ball, Victor the Knights of Coliimbus with the la How at center could be more Dandy Baking Co, clashing with aggressive, but he rounds out the|/the Ben Paris Billard squad at | team in good faabion. |7 belie. FINE TEAM | Bob Morris will referee al! final PLAYERS | cares, ‘The Dandy Baking Co. plays the’ The elimination series for the beset combination basketball of any | clase B honor gets under way to team iIny the league. They have night with the Washington Pare the smoothe@ working forward duet and Seattle Boys’ club quintets in the league in Al Wasson and) playing at € o'clock at Collins play | | Leslie Carbiea. Both are fine fioor| field in « preliminary to the Bat- men and excellent shots They| tery C-CollinsCubs tangle. | Franklin | r Walks on [GEFES% | Broadway 27222 |The Quakers Take Second material for Place by Win; Queen Anne and Lincoln Win} throout the e STANDINGS run thro i prebably rele with Gene Tunney, A heavyweight champion & stormy eeanion for Gene, whichever of the two gents meets him | — - IT)ESPITE the best defensive play West Seattle has displayed this} year, the leading Queen Anne basket: ball squad rode roughshod over the West Siders yesterday, winning 27 to 1. The Wert Side forwards were | wild In thelr shooting. Queen Anne's Queen Anne (27) Dougias (11) r Gred scales about 165 pounds when tn the pink, and gan make the middie fght limit wi it weakening himself. He bas tried every wn method to drag Johnny Wilson, te still eligi- © fight In Hindustan and Siam, inte * puld weatter the seeds from Wil- son's Adam's apple all ever the ring, | py for Davis viarrison. Umpire—-Haag. FRANKLIN DOWNS BROADWAY FIVE Better control gave Franklin a 2% to 11 win over Coach Turner's Tigers. Close checking by both teams forced |both squads to resort to shooting \from the center of the floor, Johnny Mager, Franklin forward, played |game that compares favorably with jany work in the prep loop this sea won. Frankiin (22) Greene (16). |M Now comes Johnny Dundes with an offer of $10,009 to Johany Kilbane to | fight him for the featherweight will be | or inter. | like the bewt be Broadway (11) * Nelson (1) Mondsenien (4) Pes. ¥ Reese be that Leonard weakened himsolf Meister! by making 18% pounds for the we . Dutty Benny's sock loses ite bpiate effect when he scales lower than 140. BALLARD SOFT | FOR LINCOLN Willie Jackson ts the onty ringeter whe has sent Johony Dundes to th 4 Lincoln's up and coming cage! where the pusey-willows | wi 7 y cara; and. thin cannot. be KAA agninat rquad ran up a 27 to 13 score on ita | ears; and this cannot beh home floor, entertaining Ballard. The | ystems einen, jroo: so 'Railxplitters carried a bit too much} teamwork and speed for the Shingle Georges Carpentier has eome down tn the world. He fought Jack i Dempeey, weavers. The Lincoln second team won, 24 iS Jimmy Wilde, Bogiand’s great fywel you. —+ TO COMPETE IN F. The Portland Motorboat club Is | Kwapi Torney (? MeCloua (18) WASHINGTON BY HAROLD MARQUIS “CUN DODGERS,” “Huskies,” “ Vikings,” “ Washing- tonians” or what not. The problem of a name for Univer- sity of Washington athletic teams has taken #2 new turn. Followmg the recommendation of the aiumni, stadent and facul- ty committee of the name “Huskies,” agitatton has been raised by many students to adopt a symbol more closely as 4 sociated with George Washing fon, the man. NICKNAME the college ehould properly center around those of the “Father of his Country,” students have suggested that the name “Huskies” be dropped in favor of one closely associated either with Washington or tho times in which he lived. “Huskies” waa chosen by the committee after careful deliberation of all possible names. The questions characteristic of Wash ath letic teams and the n one easily pictured. the name was suitable for ngton The length of | stron use fin QUESTION IS adapted to use in the newspapers. Opponents of the name dix like it because it has been adopt ed from Alaskan tradition rath ex than Washington. The fact that the name is mistaken in some sections of the country for an adjective has beeen given ao ag objection to ils use. was adopted from the name of the comic monthly magazine | me would be! ot the university, It has been opposed because its length because It has made it hard to use, Contending that the traditions of| songs and yelia and was easily| been impossible to picture and be- “Sun Dodgers,” voted into use two of the Alaskan dog were considered | years ago, planning to send a boat to the in. ternational events at Chicago this . is one of PY’ jhis Knees during the closing Gibbons Must Win Tunney’s Crown First, Says Carp 16 pentier, light heavyweight cham pion of the world, will not fight Georges Car Tommy Gibbons until Gibbons wins the Ameriéan light heavy weight title, now held by Gene Tunney, according to Francois Deacampn, ter According to Descampa’ state ment, he has informed Tex Hick ard, American promoter, of this decision by letter, manager of Carpen Mets Face Caps With Jack Out Seattle Puck T. ‘eam Faces Big Fight for Playoff Without Walker in Line making & upbilt fight that car ried them from the basement to the top of the Coast puck league, the Se attle Mots are facing a bik task fn trying to land in the playoff for the Utle, For the nec. ond straight season the Mets es of = Juck the master of the hook Walker is ina Vancouver Walker, check. hospital suffering from blood poison- ing in his left arm. A blister broke on his thumb and it turn into blood poinoning. He will be out of the game for at least 10 days. last year Walker injured one of days of the campaign and it practically knocked the Mets for a trip around the tases in the finals, as the Vancouver club ran roughshod ever the Mets in the playoff. The Seattle team will be reorran- fxed tonight for the Victoria game/ at the Arena. Frank Foyston drop: ped back to rover in Vancouver Monday with Archie Briden playing center, But tonight Gordon Fra- ner will be sent in at rover and Foynton will be moved tack to cen ter and Bridenn will do utility duty. Otherwise both teams will take the ice as usual. j Tonight's game ts a big ene for| doth teams, A win for Seattle will Pince them within onne game of the playoff, and will practically eliminate Victoria. A loss for Se atte will put Vietorta in the mee and make It necemary for Seattle to win two out of three of the Temaining games, two of which are on foreign ice, In order to qualify ‘The teams were expected to line up as follows tonight: . +s. Meeking sso Dunderdale . Predertckron .. Halderson W. Loughiia “POP” ANSON IS GOLF BUG Arian C. Pop) Anson, the “grand eporta, signing as manager of the Dixmore Golf club, Chicago. When asked recently how golf compares with baseball as a game of interest, Ansqn opined, “Well, I would rath- er play baseball than see a golf match, but I would much rather play golf than seo a baseball game.” TUNNEY BEATS WINZELL PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15.—Gene Tunney, American light-heavyweight champion, outpointed Whitey Winzell in an ightround bout here last night. title, | Championship HOCKEY Only two more home games left. '| Victoria vs. Seattle Wednesday, February 15th 8:30 P.M. Sharp ADMISSION: $1,00—Tax 100—Total $1.10 $1.27—Tax 130—Total $1.40 $1.59—Tax 16c—Total $1.75 Reserved seats now on sale at the Arena office, 1210 Sth ave. Phone Main 2493. tional Power Boat union before the cause it reflected on the climate of the section. “Vikings” was suggested during the Christmas vacation, but was strongly opposed by the majority of the students, “Huskies” has received rather general approval, but has not been accepted unanimously or with particular enthusiasm. All_ suggested montkers prob ably will be presented to the stu- den: body for popular vote. With | two mistakes behind them, the student will be slow to adopt a new name that does not meet with universal approval, “7. NEED MONEY! nd must do dental w ity and as always, but my prices will be @ ber- gain for you. 1 must raise money, and T shall pave you & dollar fo dollar y racing searon opens. | ae, TYLISH CLOTHES MEN & WOMEN EASY PAYMENTS q old man” of baseball, has re-entered | H IS MIRACLE MAN OF BASKETBALL Dodger |Cagers | Lose Lead Johnson Says I Lack of Ef- Idaho Hoopers Dowsl Var- | fort and Confidence! sity, 37 to 31, and Take Keep Pitchers Down. Conference Lead | BY WALTER JOHNSON STANDINGS Won, amt. Pet, NY are @ fewliaahe . + 1908 pitehy J hit. | Washin, 2 8 war joa C ee ‘3 We | | California ' ’ 6 That is alw.sc. ~s ae rather personal | Stanford r ‘ 6 | queation, since 1| OPK” .. + see ew o ww 000 | think I am al ‘OSCOW, Feb. 16.— Taking the pretty good hit lead in the second half, after a 1 ter. * poor start, the University of Idahe- The fact that aA + McBride | tested the University of Washing- a ioe a |ton in basketball here last night, 87 pinch hitter very |to 31. often rather veri-| The Vandals fought an uphill bab However, 1 don't | tie in the initial period. At the ats |the Washington basketeers é |to outclans the local squad, their ting. | floor work and shooting I don’t believe there tn a single | more class. | logical reason that can be offered for Stellar wor! Fox, Idaho \the failure of more pitchers to be ward, put a jr a in - good hitters, game, the half-time score finn my belief. want anyone to get the impression | that I am at all chesty about my hit- ‘The big reasen, of courne, is that at 1 to 1s, In the second perio | lot of pitchers take It for granted | idaho gradually drow away from the that no one expects them to hit. | visitors, 5 Years ago it memes the pitchers em | tablished @ precedent, that they | should pitch and not try to hit. Now \pitchers religiously follow that be- Let, | Pomfbty that theory was extab- Nahed because it was thought that |cage race, Washington lrunning around the bases tended to|second place for the first time |weaken the pitcher, and thereby |weason. lesken hin effectiveness. Believing| ‘The teams play the second ef much to be the case, a great many twogame series tonight. W f p pitchers still continue to pitch, and | must win to stay in the title race, as forget they ever have a time at bat /a win for Idaho will cinch first as far as results are concerned. \for them, as they have no T have never worked along these conference games scheduled. lines. Batting has always appealed | SUMMARY to me. I much prefer getting a hit 4 “at than striking out three men in ain Fox .. row, unless, of course, striking out |. Fox the three men means fhe ball ga aoe I have always felt that ] was*a Gorin.” good hitter, and that I could increase my ability by constant practice. That | tin: ¢ is why I indulge in batting practice | F | whenever I get the chance. bi | If pitchers would get the idea they ti | could hit, and that they were expect-| Thompson. 2; Nelson. 3: Greiner, As d to hit, it wouldn't be long before |"'rres throws—A. Fox. it eat of | | craw: ot $ Bhan <—o bad oy Ih Be codtie |"Rsore hat time-iaauer 18: Lack of effort and confidence are‘? itil | the two things that make most pitch: | BRUINS MASSACRE lers a joke as far as hitting is con- | \WEEFOOTERS jcerned. BERKELEY, Cgl., Feb. 15 j ing two to one on the Un | Oregon basketball team, the Unive | sity of California won the first | tworame series here last night, | to 12. The Californians took early lead and were never in A. Fox, with seven field and 11 free throws, a total of | points, was the scoring star of game, ‘ The win gives the undefeated ho quintet the pole in the c ison for Crawford; Crawtoré for Scoring—Field baskete: . a ing bee, the Oregon agriculty lege defeated Willamette un! | basketball here last night, 50 to | ‘The Battery C team ts practically | made up of former Queen Anne prep | players, Ripley, Bakenhus, McAdams, ‘arbox, Shillestad all seeing service on Quay teams at one time or another. ‘The fhaner & Wolff team ale hes 8 [Monk of former Quay cagers. Tanzer, | | Maskell, Haslem and Evans ell come| from the bill school, Paes GOLF HAS JAZZ BALL TROUBLES Golf is the latest sport to dig up an argument concerning the “lively” ball. A few years ago a 200-yard drive was considered to be phenor enal, while today’s ball can be driven much farther and is so resilient that green and bunkers are built’ larger than in the old days. 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