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SATTLE STAR Kenge gee MONDAY ‘Gentleman Jim’ Names Entries for Star Ball Present-Day Mitt King Who Can Box and Hit, Too;; So L Other News of Fight Game Meet at Star Friday; Other News BY LEO H. LASSEN ENNY LEONARD, champion lightweight of the world, is the only real champion in the ring today. So says James Corbett, “Gentleman Jim,” who was ranked as one of the cleverest men The Star league—17 in all—the entries which day at 6 o'clock. | clubs. Corbett is a Seattle visitor this week, ap-| ur bring it to the office. pearing in a vaudeville act at the Moore) theater. “Leonard is the only champion in the ring} on =4 can hit and box too,” says Corbett. “He is a master a deep student of the game, and one of the greatest fel-| that ever stepped thru the ropes. “The first time | realized what a great fighter Leonard is " Was a few years ago when he licked Johnny Kilbane, who was then, and still is, the champion featherweight. They fought at Philadelphia. In the first round neither man landed a} how, but Leonard simply outfoxed Kilbane by crowding him and Kilbane, all set to swing }————-—-—— — his oe hand, was continu-| The Eggerman Grocery team dropped out. The other 13 teams in the league follow: | Park, Ballard Juniors, Zerolene Juniors, Faleon A. C. Leschi Juniors Have Pitchers Scorers Meet Friday Stars a 3 to iT Corbett thinks that the heavy: | ‘weight class has less talent now than iad amy time in the history of the been asked to appoint an offi att! Coast vidual scorer, #0 ound, altho F in settling ames he worked © bad dit first Corbett ought to know, as he stopped Sullivan and won the title from after 20 rounds, and he has Dempsey in = of his big bouts. CORBETT | IN FINE CONDITION down in the The sore arms and other necessary | evils of the training camp are rapidly | disappearing. Shortstop Brovold is| Cortett, who is over the 50-year | about r his lame shoulder, and ‘mark in age, is in fine physical con-|may get into today's tilt with the dition and he looks least 10 years! slugging darkies Younger than he really is. He at wound tributed his condition to regular | ag in st hours and regular exercise He is renewing acquaintances with many old friends who are tiv here, while he is doing his vaude sketch here this week. nd the coach ‘egg has announced himself | to burn over a few BY HAROLD M/ ARQU 1s F OSH track worke Waah ingto beginning to get out them ¢ y toh There and © work a few innings this afternce on, lers are are ot the any other iator with a emati squad work nder the dire b but the material 4 amy k rds under Edmur football men. 1 King are om of The rain has prevented frosh, as the cdmundson. re attention to the nyside fair high we am has occupied a time during the p ay own are frost M promisin HARPER TO the BOX FARREN Bob Harper and Frankie will battle in Portland night in a 19-round bout. It the first start for pS since he beat Joe V ; fa returning from C he has been bo: wince he left the ; the holidays. 2 ‘ DUNN HERE pore, 9 is Snorting Harry Casey will make his first brief start in a long time ta in Seattle, when he meets Joe Dunn f the promising Portiander, in the main | co.er Farren showers re dodging do tll the imundson That’ weather fro working out 1 be all we can are w mment predicta pr s the ta up ’ Jeveral other th Roberc ntor 2|The coach is my & x. | that the Purple and Ge re!1 but none whe derably before pects will go glimmering » more sprinters have been k unles them so far In the fic Proadway are the most promising ca ng cons orthwest, sun appears on The ye turr n the outside tra ing ¢ the weight the beat loc men eeoruvees king n ar, out « » men and more coded if the frosh this will Frosh Track Men Being | Held Up by Bad Weather * not pr Hay of Portland a hoot Jistance men ¥ under the pirants the much to recommend of vdidates in urdier on te t Hesketh track ability will be to produce a ‘olng ov Lightie King Greatest Loop Close Wednesday PEemous ex-Champion Says That Leonard Is the Only, !17 Teams Now Entered, and Even Number Wanted, ts Are Reopened for a Few Days; Scorers to ECAUSE there is an uneven number of teams entered in were to have closed Saturday night will remain open until Wednes- Because the clubs are to be divided into two Civisions it is more desirable to have an even number of The best way for new teams to file their entries is for the to ever hold the world’s heavyeight title.) managers to fiil out the entry blank and mail it to The Star Four teams entered over the week-end. The Asahi Cubs, Lakewood, Three Brothers’ Dye Works and the Ross Juniors. Wilson-Krietle Co., West & Wheeler, Liberty Park, Louie's French Dry Cleaners, Hilman Mer-| chants, South Seattle Indians, Georgetown Cubs, West Seat- tle Dye Works, Leschi Juniors, Mt. Baker Park Juniors, ACH team in The Star league haa| The subject of scoring ix too preten over t omy over the Gs IE tious to be dincdined with éach Indl be gone! has had no oppor ron the cin printer w on, Both the mont varw are dort, of Lincoln Hesketh v . faauaed in yes) clal scorer. A meeting wan called r at the meetin = ot De Corbett terday’s practice a “ ned wer meooting " Speaking mpsey, me ae for these fellows Friday, and o: If Friday's meeting docm't repre kinks Harry Wills, the giant negro, At. ye = Carr, Se he: eet t aior of the clubs, the ban give Dempsey a fignt if Wills third sacker for| four Showed up. Another mm in oi . ity oe a jubs, th gets off to a good start. It all de the dusky tom.| will be called Friday night of this | 4¥' “ a lyn dr tis | pends upon that, says Corbett, be ors, lammed pet ied for 0 o'clock. Whether or not]. 0%" cas “understande the game cause the man to beat Dempsey must hia fourth bin-lihe complete averages for the sea-|+ but who doean't play with have a fighting heart, and Wills t the homer: Jeon will be kept and published de-|t m, to ¢ official scorer for pie ee van beaten before x4 spo - lpr FB pends entirely upon the turnout at the te men and phone rst rang. he te this meeting umbe f thew rern should be Corbett says that Dempsey is an d their way thru the & The idea of thie meeting ia to es-|sent to The Star some time this other John L. Sullivan in style, and Both reeruit ket tablish a uniform system of scoring. | week bout here tomorrow night at the Pa-| | Three-be |champtonship track team for Wash vilion. Casey has just returned from | arr min future year rhe number a trip to California, wher he had | eyes haa been too small all season, and to pretty fair success. NEW ORLEANS. — Babe Rath's | date no «pectacular athletes have ap. if ea error with two out in the ninth and | oesrod idmundson aya that lack g dale the Cards two rw behind caused p McKAY VS. the Yanks to lowe, 13 of opportunity has prevented the de SCHUMANN i and Hoyt wore treated velopment of some his men, who | Gordon McKay and Heinie Schu-| ort berger at 1 see ae will be ¢ hance later | mann will meet in a return go in Ta | - Sle Gian Pol broad jumpers and coma Thursday night, over the six- | them safe, javelin men are particularly in de : round route. They boxed a draw ROLAND POSTEL |: mand by the coach, as there appeara i. here recently, McKay really winning PENSACOLA Mid-eeason pitching |t2 be no one in these departments i the decision, but Referee Kubey we BREAKS RECORD | enabed the Hrooklyn Robina to abut out |to replace the varsity men who will } blind and calied it even, Schumann| Roalnd Postel, a member of St,| the Louisville Colonels, 2 to 6. complete their work this season é lost a 10-round decision to Frank | John’s Military Academy of Wiscon- | Frise’ tebe aks With better weather the turnouts § Barrieau in Vancouver, B. C., last sin, recently broke the | to 3. Donehae | Will bunched in the afte nm in week. | shotput record with a hi jor Musil tead of taking all day as at present sali . it feet inches. The best previous} yor sprinas——Pailing to agree on| THe Stadium track is ready to be CARDS SHORT record was 42 feet 1 inch | terms, “Muddy” Roe! t wtrl her | rolled and l be in use by the cinder |_ The mect wan staged at Madison, |[C,the Boston Hed Hox, has left training |artiste in a few days ONE CATCHER | **. 1» wich tne toremost prepara: | ‘ schools of the Middle West| PARIS. —Georges Carpentier han nigned TAYLOR WINS The death of Catcher Dillhoefer | | ‘ tors t were entered bd Louls € leaves the St rdinals with | TRAYNOR SOLID wrestling title! field. dinals face southpaw 1 margin to the good being 26, “here, on March 21, holder, only Eddie Ainsmith and Clemons.| | No! only is Postel a star with the | i WEEKLY SHOOT A third string catcher i sear fr ge tah 4 a gridiron per-|# Knocking down 47 out of 60 clay @nd of the recruits Benningshoven |) *" ©! Unusual mert | Fras tiete, L. A. Taylor was high man has the call. That is a tough name | eal champion. |2t.th@ weekly shoot at the Fort for the box worers. SSS | SEATTLE DROPS ship tices atthe ‘National nawing [1aNtOM Tanke | Sunday. rank association will be held in Philadel emtune ood secon 46 ou BOWLING TILT | tie ucuet's ina'go MMM oe 9 pitching. | The Seattle All-Stars defeated the} ORLBAN " WITH PIRATES |f2"ter2, boming representatives ont a GAINER PLAYS eruit from the Southern league, | team the $400 purse on the hy than he Del Gainer has settled his nary showing such great form that itleyent, aw they held too long a le v4 KANSAS CITY.-Yuanif Mahmout, the |“ifferences with the 8t ouis will be impossible to keep him fr | rom the previous week's tilts for begin « week | Cardinals. He will be used at th t winning @ berth on the Pirate in-| th attle squad to overcome, their ma instead of Fournier when the Car | Washington | | period of five consecutive years, Any of these clubs that do not plan to go thru with the) schedule for the season should inform The Star immediately. t's Open Season for Upsets in World of Beorte BENNY LEONARD IS PEER OF CHAMPIONS, SAYS CORBE Ruth Has New Stick Ambition Bambino Would Like to | Lead American League) Hitters for One Season) BY BILLY EVANS HAT do you suppose in Babe! Ruth's latest ambition? | The big fellow, when a pitcher,! was rated one of the beat southpaws in the American league During his career ax a pitcher he| | hung Up several worthwhile records | ——~ |from a pitching standpoint. hy Uniess | am mistaken, covering a hi to record for wina shades that of any other southpaw over such a given time A REAL FEAT In the world's series of Minning victory over stands out as one of the best per-| jy 1916 hin nual classic. Likewise it is the long est extra inning game ever played in if Habe necks to lead the American | league in hitting. Possibly he be Neves it will be an easier matter to| cepted by lead the league in batting than smash Tennis association. Without Cost Get twenty people who not now having The Star livered to their homes to agree to take the paper for a period of three months or Have subscribers sign the scription blanks printed below, then bring to The Seattle office so that delivery can be started at once. Be sure have name, address and phone number written plainly, As soon as you secure twenty subscriptions you 8 phones not included in set be awarded the Radio Collect no money on Seattle subscriptions. Out - of - town subscript! must be paid in advance at rate of 50c per month, IF YOU WANT ANY RADIO INFORMATION COME DOV thereafter until I order « agree to pay the carrier Tam not new having Namo . Address .. Phone No. Taken by -A- hin| in 1921, AMBITION Brooklyn | this home run stuff. like to formances ever turned in in the an-| patting BOYS longer. I hereby subscribe for The Star for th Some Reach on It’s 80 inches—from the tip of his left hand to the tip of his right mitt. Who he? He’s Bill James, the new pitcher with the Vernon Tigers. He is turning to the Coast league, after service of many years in the big show and ig) the American associa’ = in home run record. After he had smashed the record 1 remarked to him one day © would find it « difficult matter to op his mark in 1922. This was his newer WIHT iH “1 have had a lot of glory out of What I would do im to lead thin old league in I'll never be able to do it 1 try to make a home run every ompete in the Davie cup ma received today the United States Lawn an He has been naturalized. chen | bicycle rider, one of the winners in and may be ac | the last «six-day race, will wear Amer- |iean colors in the coming Paris race. | This Baby ‘MN TON took the third game of a tw 6. ever. j come to by ings for the Cubs, and ally off balance. When they’ ( olored 4H Leschi Juniors have three|ond, Frank Harrigan for shortstop|a world's series | time I come’ to bet ; ¢ } came back for the second hurlers signed up for The Star|*24 Ted Harrigan for third base “ three yeare Ruth has been the), “eet oetee t he ag ae Y commen ue a aetet One snot. tl round, Kilbane finally blew) league season. Ralph 120, Ving ee ee ee ee Up ine mensation of the baseball! 40 with me up. I think I can beat — it gave the Cake up and Leonard knocked him u ers Foster and Bob Elliott will do theline setrient ' Te ate rae ane ihre with! out 60 bunte a year. Also if I cut — out in the next session. } hey. for the park squad ‘The club will probably use Walla! in i929 he followed this up by swat. | 20%? Of my swing I won't be so easy Jack Dempsey isn't the super. | Jack Harlow has been lined up| Walia playfield for their homelung 64 homers npPhenrecng Me . - bored ae ae cuunon Sen at be Bad been edvertioed, wo B t M c | tor first bane, Brick Kelly for mo-\ grounds | it wan generaily believed that mach |* Detter chance to hit safely.” HENDRIX CANT "=" cording ea a a record would stand for y rm. How n of which sounds reasonable | Snr crnnn Dempsey is rugeed, a good two ever, in 1921 Ruth, with 59 to his|@hough, but I am inclined to think SAN BERN ARDINO—Tho Danded hitter, but he doran't rank — Zerolene Juniors Are Ready su eredit, broke bia wn record for the {abe wil forest alt about x when the} LOCATE PELLET | stains 's tts soot setae ‘with Peter Maher when it comes to Abe 1% Zerolene Juniors are, like First base—Ben MeNell, Bill Geskek Gane season starts He proved in the! #farvey Hendrix, a former foot tereces, Les Angeiee Hitting. Corbett says that Dempsey | Carr, Dusky Thi rd, most of The Star league clubs, | Stevens |WwiHaT Most | world’s series that he could bunt and lias end tasetull star at Vander | Thames Haghes and is a mauling type of fighter; he ts! Sacker, Breaks Up Ti it} pretty well set for the season. Becond bhase— Fu Pepper, PEOPLE THINK | beat ° om out, However, the old heme ont B reall rea “ arn bl frien snst worked three innings tor the d Usually at his best in the earty| Manager Walter Hermansen bas| Third base—Rip 1Arnette, Wab| oi can with piviekte benliedeae be act 5 founds, because of his nervous tem, With Homer in 11th lined tp the following squad ter Hermansen. | Undoubtedly most (people wot ee ery anit ertannty ie | with the Boston Red Sox. He ts Perament. Corbett predicts that the; — Catchere—Clarence Lund, Bee) Shortstop arien Fou jthink that Ruth would like to break | (oF TAIME with | Y “lan outfieiter. Hitting seems to first big fellow that can hit and vox If TOCKTON, Cal, | McNeil. Lettfield—Fioyd Hamp | the mark of 59 home runs more than beac aptly als oR be his only weak point. ' t rat tenterfiek ermansen ther thing he could do in base. ‘will beat Dem: in a long fight March 20. A Pitchers—Perry Steen, Walter) ( erficld——A. Hermansen. any ot wienlag the game before it was ‘Dempsey ‘na tanhe, onye Jemes. home run in the | Hermansen. 1 é—Gus Gimnoss ball. He probably haa designs on | STILL THEY COME MeNAMARA NATURALIZED | [yon sia No HEAVYWEIGHT Sith inatagGeve icine that figure, but he seeks other fields! NEW YORK, March 17.—Delayed| NEWARK. N. J.. March 17.— BO PE aT TALEN the colored All-| | to conquer. challenge from the Philippines to|Rexeio McNamara, noted Australian |, BO'PS SPRIN had to work hard to beat K homer with LOS ANGELES, — Chicago with the Vernon Tigers A Tiger rally in the came near to making it » tie, Alexander worked for the Seals od mid-season Schmidt, whe Roma BY SEABURN BROWN The Tommy Gibbons- | game to win from Johnny|couver, The Seattle men) basketball title, traveled up in the annual East-West) The Pittsburg Pirates them out for the pen- ETTING odds have Harry Greb ring battle Dundee, 180-pound champion, were going great at the close! according to book until jtitle game; but the stern held a lead in the Na- | nant, F never been so mis- | is the outstanding ex- in their 15-round go at Madi-| of the season, and leading the well after midseason, but [ers won a moral victory by tional league of seven | Not since the memoraf 2 3 ample of the past month, son Square Garden last Fri-|loop. Vancouver, with a crip collapsed in the final joutplaying the Bruins and full games over the sec- uson of 1914, when the Ba leading in the world of With odds varying from | day. The odds against Dun-| pled lineup, took both games| rounds, finishing in |holding them to a scoreless! ond-place Giants a few |ton Braves climbed from la Sports as during the past 5 to 4 in more conserva- | dee were not great, as, altho and again made monkeys out fourth place. tie. short weeks before the [place in July to an Octob year. Time and time tive quarters to as high | somewhat lighter than White,|of the boys who accurately! Undefeated for two stren-| Going back a bit, to the season ended. The lead (league championship 5 again the “wise money” as 2 to lL on the St. Paul (he little fighter,|/base their opinions on the! uous seasons on the gridiron,| world series of 1921, the New| was considered an insur- | world’s title, has such a fe has been called wrong. man, he fell down miser- but they were, he! dope as carried in records of| the University of California's) York Giants pulled the almost mountable handicap for startled the seball world, On the football field, the ably against Greb, decisively upset them, past performances powerful 1921 football varsity) impossible feat of winning) the Giants to overcome; | Conditions been su diamond, in the ring and Charley White, the hard-| In local hockey circles, Se- The University of | was a3 to 1 favorite tocrush|the championship of the) but they took five (that it looks as if a bet basketball hall, the un- (hitting, tough Chicago light-|attle was a strong favorite| Washington, figured a |the unheralded team from|werld’s diamonds after drop-| straight games in their | Jack Dempsey to lick Battli derdog has had a great | weight, was favored by the/to win the Coast champions| cinch for the Coast In- |Washington and Jefferson) ping the first two games of) last series with the Pitts- | Hector would be a dangero season, close students | of _the fight) ship playoff series from Van- | tercollegiate conference | college, when the two hooked! the classic finals. | burgers and finally nosed | hazard. their aa.~ four looked wel seens mei neti og sau ‘aI. 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