The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 17, 1922, Page 17

i Hl Naismith Writes on HoopGame Kansas Physical Director, Inventor of Cage Game, physical education at the University ansen, ie the inventor of of basketball and for years & member of the committer on basketball rules of the National Col- Ieainte association. Last year he was BY DR. JAMES NAISMITH IE scoring system as.now used im basketball cannot be im Pravedgupep to any great extent, in BY opinion. ‘The present agitation, much cir @iated in the press, to change the g@oring value pf the goa! from fiei* or the geal from free throw, of both, is not advimable. No really goed arguments have been offered in support of the contention that there is need for such change. ‘The whole idea back of basketball Scoring is to arrive at a system that it not make the foul too cheap, yet too costly. Uf the. latter the referee will hesitate to call the foul, While if too cheap the players _ Will not refrain from excessive foul ‘The rules committee has made it & policy to make changes only after thoroe study and then referring tho Suggested changes to couches and Officials. PREVENTS FRRAK RULES This has prevented freak legisla ion and made the game stable, The Prenent suggestions should receive @reful consideration, but as fo! myself I cannot see much of merit ig them now. .t The comparative value of the goa! from field and the geal from free throw is the result of experience end has been arrived at as it stands feday, oniy after numerous changes and experiments thru the seasons of the past. Most of the experimenting = ‘regards scoring has centered about the foul The ‘The present system of personal and technical fouls, with the dis qualifying rule and the possibility of scoring thra throwing a goal) seems to be the most satisfactory arrangement possible. PENALTY MUST BE SEVERE Any attempt to lensen the penalty fer foul playing encourages care lesxness in the commission of fouls. ‘Today the referee does not hes fate to call the fouls, because they Bre not too costly. On the other hand, the conches @ not encourage their teams to tommit fouls because they are cost ly enough to make too many of them darigerous to success. A change and experimenting on the part of the coaches and officiatn. In the final analysis the Purpose of a penalty for » foul is to give a proper value te the playing of an expert and well- trained team. Fouls are made either from = lack of skill or from an inten- tion to hinder good play. In either case the penalty should be sufficient to induce proper traiuing or to cause the player to hesitate to commit a “Toul. ‘The argument that the present fystern enables a team of inferior ability to win ‘games thru the free throw does not hold true, for in Most cases it is the less skilled team: that does the excessive fouling A comparatively poor player by Means of fouling may prevent an expert at the games from” scoring. With competent referee I do a Rot believe that it ever occurs that & weaker team defeats @ stronger team thru free throws. No team can make free throws @ntil the other team has made a foul, and the solution of the matter is to have a team coached to play without making fouls. The time to call fouls is in Practice, and there will be very BASKETBALL Visualizes Few Changes | in the scoring would| lead to another period of hesitancy FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1922. || Inventor of Hoop || Sport Is Active Yet in Gym Work Inventor of the game of basketball and stil active in gymnasium, Dr. Naismith gives Star sport fans on |interesting story on basketball today. | The hoop game ts fast coming to the | front as @ major sport in Seattiegap- | proximately 250 teams playing the |Cage game here. | GEORGIE MARKS HAS GONE EAST | Georgie Marks, who made quite ja hit around Los Angeles, has gone Kast for bouts, according to re ports from the Movie metropolis. He's a bantam and is mid to be | booked to meet Midget Smith, one jof the leading contenders. for in March. | Two * The first session, which organizatio season, whi Mets Fight .| for Place | in Playoff. Victory Over Victoria in| North Tonight to Cinch Seattle Playoff Berth * the Seattle hook- ey club has an other game in its) syatem of the r caliber as) t uncorked on! Wednesday nicht, | the Mets will cinch a place in| the playoff when | they ‘tangla with Victoria in the! North tonight Just now, Seat- tle looks to be the class of the puck league, and the Cape ars, Unewauy, | A couple of days of reat can do wonders for a hockey team, however, and the Victorians are al va hard | lang to down when pjsying on thelr [home ice. : | As another defeat will practically leliminate the Aristocrats from the/ 4) 4 +! Johnny Buffs erown, some time playoff, Seattle is expecting the bat- tle of the season. | | ¢ bouts In foreign climes, a liek éverybedy and Wilson because this country he cam After Wilson licked O'Dewd, Gibbons the middiewscight are angling for mn Benny Leonard, t champion, and Gimmy 1 are trying to tine Rocky Kansas for o in case Benny cant be induced & bout betw Touns | or Mow ctres of his victory . Bhortiy or the fight Met remarked that Corbett hade't Won the tithe fairly, a they foweht « ah weight, and were both over the featherweight — limit Maxybe you're the champion yet." Cor feet is etedite? with saying, “but Im known henceforth as the guy who licked Terry MoGovera. j la the new borer’ union It te quite Ukely that Johnny Wileon will be news ao © walking delegate. mably Maht | den In the 5 corralied 4 meeting with ap Benny's man Fenny often futur be For « time Gibson would not listen to the call of New York promoters, fear ing that giass-eyed judges might mag his | protege s crown | LL Is quiet along the Potomac as far as The Star Soccer league is concerned today. The teams will lbe marking time until the big pro- ltest squabble is decided at The Star | tonight. | The Maple Leafs are protesting the West Seattle victory on the grounds that thé field was improperly marked and that Referee Waller | taulty dectuion The Cowan Cigar team is charg- ing that Allen Athletic played a man-under an assumed name. If the first protest is granted the game will have to be played over and the race will be undecided, but if it is not granted West Seattle will be top-heavy favorites to cop. If the latter protest is awarded the junior race will be over, as the tiff will be forfeited. But if it is not IRELAND CALLS | FOR ATHLETES little need to call fouls in a MONTREAL, Feb. 17—That Ire Al pata teams are coached Tjonq js turning its attention to de in way. veloping athietea, is shown in a@ In the fastest and hardest played| capiegram sent t6 the president of Bame 1 ever saw, one team madé|the Shamrock Amateur Athletic as three fouls and, the other made| sociation here inviting local athletes four, and yet thére wastl the mos®@to the Irish Olympic The cable intense rivairy between the . op | reads: ponents, “Dail Bireann particularly invites EVERYBODY your co-operation eee Se SATISFIED of Irish athletes from a . compete in Taflean games (Irish The spectators and also the win-| COMP io Bing and loxinng teams were satis-| ace Olympic) ene, AAGRES Re fied and pleased with the game.| Posting par y Beth eT ee tne et te| It was signed J. J. Walsh, director, : ‘ ‘ Dublin Play offensive ball all the time and| 7%)" ees meeting of the local such playing gives the ideal gamt,| committee will be held and it Is prob: Of course, I do not mean tO 84Y| apie a team will be sent, as local that the game as it now stands I8/ yrishmen are proficient in the Irish UNagsailable, that there is no room for improvement anywhere. I do believe, however, that the fomparative value of the field goal and the goal from foul ts at pres it on the best possible Basis. There have been ~ some changes suggested in regard to the free throw that I have been able to arouse some sympathy tor. It has been suggested that tn order to prevent the develop- ment of an especisily skilled free thrower that the player especially bandbaH and war hurling. { fouled be required to make the try for goal. Another idea is for the try at free throw to be related among the five players of a team. Either of these plans, it seems to me, might well be considered, be cause they tend to develop all five of the players of geteam into free throwers and thus! each member is made a little more of an all-around player. All Marking Time Today made af association | w {| sranted the Cowan team must at least tie Washington Park Sunday | or they will be tied by the Park boys| }and pomibly South Park too, Alex C. Rose, manager of the league, will decide the protests at| |The Star at 7 o'clock tonight. | | ‘The schedule for Sunday's games | follows: | ‘The complete schedule, with assign-| }ment of referees for Sunday, follows: | SENIOR DIVISION | Mapte Lente ve ng Alreraft, at diand park, at 2:15. Reteree—Billy Blooman } | West Beatle ya Postoffics, at ia-| watha, at 1pm Jack Hail. | rk, “anon ON Cowan Cigar Co. va. Washington et Laneoin perk, at 1 p.m Rei Bob Lamon Hawthorne Junto lower Woodiand park, at 1 p. m oree—George Hoefling ve. Allen A. An r fouth Park va Ballard Juniors, at) upper Woodland ip m Ret- ereo—Billy Waller NEW LOOP FOR | California will have a new, «tate jlapcue, with clubs in San Francisea, | Oakla Stockton, Modesto, San} Jose, Fresno and possibly in one or two other towns, if efforts headed by{ Thomas Stephens, one of the stock | holders in the San Francisco Coast league club, bear fruit } The new ue is conaldered be- |ecause it would permit continuous | baseball in San Francisco. The Oak-| land Coast club has decided to play | ite home games at Oakland, instead | of at San Francisco thia season, |CORNELL WON’T University of California ts 1 a hard job in Ining up an opponent for the dual track m i plan for April 15. gornell has de | clined an invitation, according to an| Eastern wire, and a few days ago| Wisconsin passed up the first chal. | |tenge to come West on the ground of the recent eriticiam of college ath- letew taking long trips. Cornell offered no reasons ly declined, mere- If Poland goes prohibition maybe the Poles will learn better ways of \s elling the names of their towns, two soccer protests registered by the Cowan against the Allen Athletic association and West Seattle. four clubs are asked to meet with Alex C. Rose, director of the league. The second meeting, which will start an hour later, will be the first get-together of the managers of The Star Junior baseball league. of this loop should see to it that they attend. starts the first week in April, will be gone over tonig MEET BERKELEY): THE Important Meetings Billed for Star =~ | Soccer Protests and Junior Ball Booked Two important meetings are ‘scheduled for The Star tonight. gets under way at 7 p. m. Cigar Standing of the Teams in Finale for Star Trophy Dandy Raking Co Solling Cubs Ben Paris Wins Fast Cage Tiff ard Team Defeats the in) Second Star Finals Tiff Bil Dandy Baking IPPING a 2 Dandy Baking Co, at Knights of Columbus gym last nigh the Ben Paris Billiard basketball fiv stepped up even with the Battery chub in the finals of The Star Junic lea opener from | Wednemtay. The Paris team won because displayed more accuracy when came to finding the basket Bakers took more shots, had difficulty in finding the rim Both teams played pretty combina tion work, — | WINNERS LEAD WHOLE DISTANCE The ee t + hi puld they held it thruout, pulling away race of a ball that should bi from the Bakers in the second period. |""Fr ing Flicher ts convinced that Victor Le Bow, Paria center, wag hin catcher rr such «a type, all he the leading scorer of the night. dropped in five field goals, one from the foul line, nice floor game. Hoth He played te vided plenty of Uaeiile. MAURY STARS Clinton Haury played a fine foor hoot Both Leslie Carbis missed a flock of game for the lovers, altho his Ing eye was dim and Al Wasson shots The third game of the serien will the with the Ben Paris team be played tomorrow Elke’ club. arguing with the Colling Cubs at Dp. m. Tho ineup and night's game follow: Pes. Dandy Dek ¥ . night, at The University of Washington bas- ketbatl led the final road tonight when Washington Himan tonight. tomorrow night, open Three high played today urnishing t A wit school gam: with Frank! hief at for Lin practically the race, The teams were fle up an even fight. Queen Anne w ing Ballard at Queen, Anne and Broad way wal meeting We terre Knlgnta of Columbus 1¢e-poand | thie season without the services of | in Beaitio, may moat the winners of The| Wheeler (“Doc”) Johnston, former Star league championship in special| Cleveland first baseman, who has |two-out-of-thres seriey at the end of the| been claimed by Philadelphia in the Cleveland club's efforts to waive him out of the American league and turn him over to Salt Lake, The Been Flusiness college mix at Welff plays the Imperiais at anor jelub at 6 ed Boney, ernek forward on the Knights of Columbus cage team, is showing his true class this year. Last heanson ho was with the ¥. M,C A. five, and while he pinced at center oe the All-City quintet, he didn’t have the chdnee to show his real speed, Bonney is a fine floor player, dane of the most accurate shoto the game hereabou ft will be. brother asa morrow night when the Be: ni Hard team and the Collinge Cubs ming the Kike’ club Harry Feldman ie a forward berth fe i a 4 guard Morris Feld. position 4. R E Wrestling ARL CADDOCK failed in his ffort to come back. fans the country with whom Caddock is a favorite, were disappoint his failure to take the title from Zbyszko. ‘ Caddock, the former cham. pion, after a year of intensive over, great ed at SEATTLE Co, Every one interested in the 2 to 12 defeat to the the The Rattery boys won the the Collins Cubs on The | oF but they werd toam fook the lead in) | the first half by an § to 6 tally, and He Reggie Bird scored three from the field and tnaldo Cacela and Chee Fl | Mott dished up good work on the de- sive, while Caccia’s dribbling pro sumary of last ‘ing Co. cn" | Billy Cunningham, Seattle out fielder, now with the New York lant, says that Jack Miller will the Kiks’ net brother to- ub | blood OLLING FALL” LOST BO STAR will be the hearings of the and the Maple Leafs. The managers of these First gy for the t. Catcher Is Fine Asset to Pitcher Walter Johnson Says the Mask Doesn’t Get Half Enough Credit for Work! BY WALTER JOHNSON HAT help is the catcher to a pitcher? I am very frank to say that I don’t believe the catcher gets nny: | where fear the credit that is due fim. There fs no player on the field who takes @ more prominent part tn | |the game than the catcher. Yet of| jall the players, the catcher probably | | has the least chance to get into the | Umetight. There is no doubt but that certain pitchers are far more successful working with certain catchers. 1| have had ample proof of that fact | during my career, I have been far more successful with certain cateh ers catching me qhan others There are of course many reasons that could be advanced for such « tion, In the first place, if a} pitcher has confidence in hin catch. | jer, and from experience Knows that} hin judgment in of the beat, it im mediately takes a big boad off his mind. The brainy catcher who knows the game and makes « etudy of bis bat ters in the very best perton to relect t, Cc or it} “is to do is piteh, and forget to ja large extent, that he must vary his stuff to meet conditions, He lots the catcMer be the judge of situa- ions. | There are times when the pitcher taken isvue even with the star catch. | er as to the beat ball to pitch, 1) have occasionally done it, and I am/ sorry to ray, that in a great many} nm, I wished I had followed in-| tions from my catcher. | ‘abby” Street was my first! caleber and I never had a better | one. There have been times in my career that I have floundered around like a,novice with . some recruit | | catching me. | ‘Take it from me the catcher ts a/ great help to the plteher. | CUNNINGHAM IS BOOSTING JACK | make the boys and girls «it up and }take notice in Coast league parks this year. Miller, who will lead the San Francisco Seals, is orf of the smartest players in the game and he's still a good fielder and hitter in spite of his long ‘tenure of service according to Willyum, who saw him in action many times during the fag jend of the 1921 season. Cunningham has signed his con tract and is marking time in San Francisco until he is ordered to” re | port. | JOHNSON AND SAVAGE MEET) Floyd Johnson and Kid Savage,| | heavyweights, are billed) as topliners jon the Portland ring khow tonight.) |Johnsop recently defeated Willie| Meehan and is regarded as a comer |in Coast glove circ A rough and | tumble bout betwe ® boxer and wrestler, both middieweights, is a} ‘0 | feature of the card PHILADELPHIA _ | TAKES INDIAN 4 Seattle at Broad way In the other games. were banking strong on turning the} first bag over to Johnston this sum. mer, MEET TACOMAN|! Morgan Jones and Joe Harrahan | will head the Cascade Athletic club's boxing show set for the Pavilion here Tuesday. Jones has been getting by in good shape at Tacoma this win ter, and the promoters claim he has | the goods to make Harrahan step, Jones is working out av Tacoma, white Harrahan is in tle, & Jimmy Wilde, Engiith flyweight and bantamwelght champion, tw re-| ls| covering from his recent accident, | fs) when he fell from a horse in Eng-| jland and suffered a severed artery in his leg, losing a great deal of} training and outdoor life, was all set to win the champion- ship. Zbyszko, the old man of the wrestling game, proved too much for him, The rolling fall, only recently pla in the wrestling code of New York tute, proved i Salt Lake will have to worry along | tre Portland club |. t year. ‘ Seattle’s New Trainer The Indians will have a new trainer this year, and a good one, in “Doc” Meikle, who was with the who will be with the Beavers. says Meikle is one of the best men in the league. NEEDS LITTLE REFORMING, SAYS GAME’S INVEN He succeeds Billy Burke, Walter McCredie Overtime Play W BY HAROLD MARQUIS ASHINGTON won the first game of the intercollegiate hockey series from the University of British Colum-|tavous bia in an overtime game at the Arena last night. The B. C casen after pitching according to my| six outplayed the locals most of the way thru the game, puck on Washington ice the greater part of the \ ‘ keeping the time. Captain Don Mackenzie, of the Washington sextet, was}t the outstanding star of the night's pl: all three points unassisted and broke up play after play that threatened the Washing- ton net. He seemed to be the only man who could trickle thru the Canuck \defense, While most of the Purple and men seemed at a loss before L Canadian charges, Mackensie’s pectacular skating and clever stick worked the puck away from the net and into the enemy's territory for 4 serien of Ubrilling shots, Tho F sh Columbia team scored first, netting the only point in the firwt period, Washington tied the sore in the second period only to lone the lead near the end of the session. In the third period Mac kenzie again whipped the puck into the Canadian net. No score resulted in the first five minutes of overtime play. ‘The Canadians threatened with @ number of shots which were stopped by the steady work of the Washington goalie. Injuries took Wong and Pincock temporarily out of! play. Cristie se first for U. B. C. and Me fon took the second point on an as | ristio, and summary follow: SUMMARY sist fnpm ‘The lineup U. of Ww. 14 pe D lacKenaie 1 kD Wong LW Quintivan RW re by periods 2 U. of W. 1 U. B.C. . at Reoring Firat period—1, UT C., Christie, €:09 Becond per! from B8tillwe 3, Kenale, First overtime period Heeond ¢ pertod—6, U. of W. MacKenzie, 4:32 Penalties None. Substitutions Firet pertod—Crawford for Quinitvan Quinivan for Crawford Second period-—MeCuteheon for Me Pherson, MoPherto: oF MeCuteheon, Allen for Wright, Wright for Allen, Dem ta for Stillwell liwell for Me Cutcheon, Third period—Wong for Wrieht, Turner for Demidons, Wong for Quintivan, Quin livan for Wong, Wong for Wright, Wright for Pinchott First overtime period — Wright for Wonr Second overtime period—Demidoss for Turner. Referee—Sames Norman Riley. GREB MAY BOX ON THE COAST Harry Greb and his manager, George Engle, are planning a trip to the Pacatic coast following the Pittsburger’s battle with Tommy Gibbons next month, according to word from the ast. Greb is likely to fight in Denver, where stop over on his way W UT FOR EARL CADDOCK fatal to Caddock's chances. Zbyarvko won the first and third falls, Each was a rolling fall. The second fall was won by Caddock when he pinned the shoulders of the champion to the mat with an arm lock and chancery, Washington Puck Team Wins Thrilling Melee Local Varsity Sextet Wallops University of British Columbia by a 3 to 2 Tally, After Ten Minutes of ed emai he Varsity Mat Men to Meet Alumni at “U” Tonight ASHINGTON varsity wrestl- ers will meet alumni” grap- plers in the opening mat tourna- ment of the season Friday night in the varsity gymnasium. With former champions, to try out his new men this seafon, Coach Jim- my Arbuthnot will be able to get a line on the varsity strength be- fore Oregon and O, A. C. are met next week. Davis will probably represent the varsity in the 176-pound class against Hardy for the alumni Pott light-heavyweight repre- sentative on the tear last season, will try out against Davis before the Oregon trial, but is bandi- capped now by an injured rib Potter tried out against Crumb for the 158-pound place and lost, but holds the right to challenge Davis. e 2 Bardarson, three-year letter many will wrestie Crumb at 158 pounds, Captain McCredie will represent the university at 145 pounds. is opponent and the 125-pounder to meet Berry are not chosen yet. Gale will wrestle Bol- inger, captain last season, and three-year letter winner. '0. A. C. BANS , MEN SIGNED Oregon Aggie baseball have been de A. C. for this season because the: have signed with Seattle for Coast league season til after the college year is over. a was counted upon to- be mainstay of the pitching corps. McKenna is a shortstop. fore accepting the Seattle post. RENTON BOOKED The local Knights of Columbu club, with 21 straight victorie strong Renton club at | sym. | ‘The Renton team tg rated as one of he will | the strongest quintets in the North. western leagug. The victory came within less than an hour of wrestling. Caddock, while outweighed matiy pounds, was in splendid condition, Had the rolling fall been eliminated he would have a great chance to regain the heavyweight wrestling le lay. Mackenzie scored BY SEATTLE ILL BABB and Hugh McKenna, players, ed ineligible by O. the Roth mon are still in school and won't report un- Babb was captain-elect of the team the They were signed by Jimmy Rich. ardson, Seattle secretary, who was manager of athletics at O. A. C, be- BY CASEY FIVE jalready chalked up, will try to make |it 22 next week when they play the the Casey PAGE 17 Shade and | Britton to Do Battle Young Coast Star Gets Crack at Welter Title in Gotham Ring LEO H. LASSEN - AVE SHADE, the great little Cah ‘fornia battler, faces the great est fight of his ow second meeting of It will be the this pair, Shade boxing 10 rounds te a draw with Britton in Portland last year, scoring a knockdown on the champion in the feurth round. Shade will be going up againat the | oldest champion in the game and the master boxer of the present ring era, Youth must be served some time, — and Britton, who will never see the 36-year-old mark again, may bow be — fore the 20-year-old David from Cali fornia. Shade has had remarkable euccess in the East, defeating such welter- weight contenders as Jack Perry and George Ward, Tonight's bout-will be to a decision, and the youngster has a great chance of copping Britton’s title, Northwestern fans who have Shade in action many times will be pulling hard for him to win. He's @ popular miller, because he fights hard and clean and knows how te battle, Because of his greater experience, and because he is champion, Britton = wr the ring tonight favored to wi real reasen for San Franciace pet making a bid for the Vernon : eo that the Bay Ciy could basebal dangers of syndicati + |10 reports from the South, Quite » tow Fa ore ball players cent te the Coast league im recent deals may refuse te report to the Pr. ©. clubs, dim Shaw, Seattle piteher, Charley Deal, Los Angeles third sacker, Pete Kilduff, ‘Frisco ‘Yriace the Comes ac Lake football team last ted to pilot the North End TIRE FIVE ARE TACOMA CHAMPS The General Tire company quintet ship of Tacoma, just nosing out Scobey Pirates, who had won two years in succession. The Tire team is headed by Stan Staats, former University of Washington cager, who placed on the All-Star five for the Tacoma season, He's playing Cen- ter. : Bob Harper Faces || Joe Walling Next || Week in Portland Bob Harper faces his big bout with Joe Welling in Portland |] Wednesday over the 10-round route. This bout was to have been held there last week, but Harper was laid up with a cold. If Harper wins over the Easter. ner, Harry Druxman, his new manager, plans to head Hast for some big bouts, y The New Italian Briar 28 Having the beautiful dark finish of the Italian Briar—Easy to break in —This pipe is meeting a most rapid sale, as all who see it are highly pleased—It is known as “The Pipe You'll Like” Spring Cigar Co., Inc. 707 First Ave. 910 Second Ave, : 1406 Fourth Ave. 418 Pike St. has won the city league champion.