The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 2, 1922, Page 12

£AGE 15 THE Babe Ruth’s Record in Danger BY BILLY EVAN the grandstand as a me! Williams of the the sporting spotlight inary modern baseball record. Ruth's best home-ru: three home runs in one plished such a feat. new record. and Babe Ruth of New York in a hitter of the slugging type. While Williams has always been kn baseball, up until last season he usu: Williams shifted from the line fly balls that just failed to clear the of the players. year,” said another teammate. the ability of Williams to hit. a lot of them ever since. St. Louis Slugger m4 Piling Up Homer Lead Has Pasted Nine Home Runs in Seven Days, ith Three in One Day as His Greatest Feat; HILE Babe Ruth, home-run king, is sitting in Louis Browns is hugging} Williams’ feat of hitting three home runs in one game on Saturday, April single game is two home runs. It has been 25 years since any player made 26, 1897, Jake Beckley, now dead, uccom- Only 11 players in the history of baseball made three home runs in one game. four games Williams hit six home runs. only other piayer to boast such a record. Making it last In seven days he crashed nine circuit wallops—an- ing the sezson of 1882 Muldoon of Cleveland made five | runs in three games, as did King Kelly of Chicago in} re to emulate the deeds of Babe Ruth has made line, rather than lifting them over the fence. ‘ T was sitting on the bench in St. Louis on the day that I day previous Williams had been retired on three tower- ch Williams was bemoaning his tough luck. “If you would take a healthy cut at the ball like Ruth you be pushing him hard for home-run honors,” remarked you would start pulling those balls on the inside into! righ’ field you. would hit 15 or 20 home runs on this park Several other St. Louis players offered advice. All of them ks as if ail these guys think I am a better hitter than 1) myself. Starting today I am going to take a healthy cut.” hat afterncon Williams made a home run. th Bob Meusel he was ™ with 24 circuit drives to his credit. Saeed Browns, is clouting the no’s mark seems actually in danger. 3 | his bludgeon, re spectator, Kenneth dling as slugger extraord- left. 99 2, sets a om n performance in a game. On September Babe Ruth is 1921. own as a hard hitter ally hit more balls on hitter to the slugger. fence. Sitting on the Ted L Lewis Is One of He nas been up to Babe avers to | ‘a5 BY HENRY L. FARKELL | Wil the Dempsey all over London, such astonishing regularity that the great Bambi- | made nine home runs to date this **"' season. Babe Ruth, champion slugger, who thumbs in the grand stand these days, shown in the inset on the right, his new rival on the twid- third event Ring’s Peskiest Problems iNE* YORK, May 2.—Jack Brit-| \tixe O'Dowd, former middleweight ton, welterweight champion, |champion, is going with Entertain | Pages comer esiaeok --_ jute hen. binten: Seihbabe apperel| ES Sk menus nae Unete trun | San Pranctace times by Knockouts, decisions and! i. tngiand, and Mike Gibbons is : | Yernee oratory, will have a cime “iguring out |aiso bent om the wame mianion Oc ang #acramento what he is if the London kid becomes| johnny Kilbane is home from the land |the world’s light heavyweight cham-|other side and wants to get back | Portiand leome of the cvin that they tock him | fos Angeiea Ht | ton, Open Bi 4 Series, atin! 10) Lewis mixes with Carpentier in |for over there. He told the match GAMES TH |London, May 11. If he 9eatn the Makers at the Garden thit be was With Portlanders in the | ienteie te |Frenchman he will be ine work's|Feady to defend hia title if te gets | Rose City Today chanaien fisd taltne. The feathartelght chai x | ing their first series of the sea- | fom in the Rose City this afternoon |New York and as there is no love lost between | a the two squads one cf the most bit- |r sige and Portland were open | terly fought series of the year is ex- | Phitedeiphi pected. Choetnmati ‘The Seattle tribe hit a better gait BN" -- with Oakland, and with Tom Connol ly and Spencer Adams straightening some of the keystone kinks, the | At Bost Tiere are expected to give the, Batt Beavers a hard battle for the week's | | The ecore— sh Oscar Vitt, veteran third sacker| Ted E rley, former Const atnta and San Francisco are bat-| Philadelphia . M Bl with Malt’ Lake, says Jakie May, | league catcher, ls now managing Nitta for the lead this week in Los|*!_Srektvs : 0| Vernon's great southpaw, in the best independent team in Lake City, Fla tag Batteries: G. Smith and hurler in the Const league. Vitt had | Easteriey was released from the Seagate As cdbeeeing teiase tt | shirt er and Hungling. |served 10 re in the American | Tex ague with gambling talk on em road jaunt to play Salt Lake, | of 4 | league before returning to the Coast! the games being aired about as the while Los Angeles and Oakland ar | ei sbure t t loop with the Hees this spring. Vitt| reason, He started this season with Glashing in the other series of the| porn $ + i laaya May could be axed by any club Jackaonvitle team in the. Flori yy mele Hamilton | fp ° ow a th. league. but was dropped on the aide at Oakiand. ry mote on. Ad niin the big show and that May « ss ati pearare: Mileeple and Wingo! 64 him more «peed than ary south-| recommendation of Commissioner INDOOR LACROSSE POPULAR | *° °ther eame Bi ed has served up to him in years.) Landis Indoor Lacrosse, an innovation, {| AMERICAN Laat n ed with the same sticks and| Lo «| } = ot. rste "| CALIFORNIA |HINKY HAINES Practically the same rules as the | St Tavle 5 | Guldoor game, with the exception | ew, Tere --- ‘ | MEN GO EAST! TO JERSEY CITY) that a white rubber ball ts used in | Priiadeivbia ‘ . | Outtieléer Hinky Haines, ? ° Both California and Stanford will uttleier inky aines, arnou place of the regulation Lacrosse ball Mite in intercollegiate circles with the The game is growing In favor in + “ei [wend track teams to che national in-|! ae 1 11.389 | tercollegiate meet at Harvard, May|Penn State Lic been ship The score— Rn. HW. | last year with 27% points to 27 for| Killinger, anothe famous Penn CHRISTIE AN OLD-TIMER | PEs Bn 2 8 2/Harvard. This spring Stanford and) Stater, has also been sent to the! Walter Christie, University of Cal-| yt ut Touls 1 PASE “4 Sicectéce ‘by the Yanks Mornia track coach, has held that| arteries: Unis Lindsay, Potte and| their annul deat es cack taper position for 21 years. |O'Neli, Shinauit; Koip and Keyereia sentiaapazmnachehcasdlansts 2 ay ae 'SPEED VENDER Boat Sched on : \ “/PREP BASEBALL | 7, New Yor! 2 | BTN RSTG LOLLY io cc ressoe si swe, mut] BATTLES TODAY | 5h t ie that wrice Arh rons —_—_—_lid ees Three high school baseball games| deacon, the speed merchant of the| = SAVE MONnaY= score % Nm were on the slate for this after Roc ve, tn in the International © 1% 1/noon. Queen Anne and Garfield ue, will noon become a mom Trave/ by sfeamer Wiotee Weccat ot winant| Were playing at’ Mercer, Lincoin|%f the Detroit ‘Tigers, Archdeace TAC OMA and Woodai i) was meeting Franklin at Columbia Net ePEEO oT and Wert Beattie and Broadway |"ases last summer ae % "| ™| were clashing at Lincoin park DAILY, 9.11 a. m., 1,3, 5,7 p.m. are Tee, | | CHIEF BENDER : ote riliheart, Erickson apd Special Sat. & Sun. Trip, 9 p.m. 450 FOR SINGLE TRIP Se FOR ROUND TRIP Gharrity VICTORIA.B RT ANGELES - STRAIT POIN sity, The SAN JUAN ISLAND POINTS Ieee 1200 rawr BELLINGHAM - ANACORTES ORT TOWNSEND RAIL CONNECTIONS, AND MILL PORTS Characterizen our methods in|) cording to Washington scribes. He avery transection’ and our-cus: || hag heen wheeling the. apple down ES aati tesy consistent with sound busl- || the middle of the plate too Veveened HOOD CANAL Points [ig Reeaetramegg ly and consequently haw been! wise Hoppe. must EMENT j pourided |his announced retirement from the | 0 | ranks of professional cuists, The} | CARPENTERS BEAT GROCERS (former world's 18.2 balkline bMliard | Pitching of Sandstrom featured the | champion will soon ¢ na chain of Paid on Savings Accounts | 9 to 0 win of the City Sash and De billiard academys in Eastern centers, Accounts Subject to Check Are || baseball team over the Augustine @| according to dispatcher | ’ i Cordially Invited | club Sunday. He let the oppo 71 - down with four hits CINCINNATI, Ma 2. oe UGET AVIGATI N CO} ‘i he . iba: AR ik gah a root Manion @ 16 score x 1, E.|man, Toledo, gave Joe White, Mans. dpe: /ATION G Peoples Savings Bank|! ns ag joer Fag SECOND AVE. AND PIKE wr, | City Sash and Door ,;, 9 13 1/ field, Ohio, a Meking in 10 rounds Augustine & Kyer .., 0 4 9| here last night oping good tacklers | Lewis is one of our peskiest prot» | lema, He lost the welterweight championship to Britton, «enly to Pet. | gain greater fame by going home to Ti} | England and winning the British sa | Welterweight, middleweight ard light 52) | heavyweight championships ‘03 | _Ftumors float around that Wills has booked Am NY ié}nail for England to moter around here Jothes and find ATIONAL LEAGUH Won " rr to come off this ne There te #0 much 6 the bout that Harry ord will chaltenae * VITT SAYS MAY | IS MOUND ACE F | Oesehger, MeQuillan, Barnes Mores IDAHO BEATS Buckeye mentors hold that will greatly aid in devel .|FRANCIS HAS | O.K. CONTROL!) NEW ORLEANS, |troubled with too much control, ac: | neither but ro can shake mney waiting aide will such # chance slip away \)EASTERLEY IS MANAGER NOW! ‘TOM GIBBONS | KAYOS FOLEY | ‘Tommy May 2 jon has always been willing to fight under those conditions, pro. his! a couple of hundred thousand on the floor The Leonard-Tendlor thiag ts sure n some place. | for let TO TIGER TEAM?| With the Clemson interctub com made a new record for circiing the| PLAN ANNUAL STILL WORKS “tn adequate training facilities in| Joapped in this respect, Harria and, Porking OHIO CG PULLMAN TEAM Chief Bender, now manager of} i , the Reading club in the Internation RIDDERS MOSCOW, Ida, May 2.—Idaho de-| a) jeague, iq atill hurling his abare | TRAIN ON MAT | ‘2's, Washinton “sate tor the! oe ‘he Gumen te, Tow hn first rest] TOG MEER UG DOS FORACRY | ast to Toronto th enson, 7 Wrestling has been adopted as ale to 1, in a regular conference bali|'" ‘ 2 ronto this season, 7 regular training stunt by the foot.| Masinens held the Wairoa by Al Wingo ball coaches at Ohio State univer-| ington team to two bingles beating him. mht ght | Gibbo: St. Paul middlewel, Ray F Seattle southpaw/ knocked out Harry Foley, of 0rd | last year, now with Washington in| Springs, in «ix rounds here last ni |the American league, has been! The bout was slated to go 15 rounds. | SEATTLE STAR KENNETH WILLIAMS IS REAL HOME-RUN RIVAL OF BABE RUTH® ‘BOBBY MICHAELS AND FRANKIE. ROGERS HEADLINE MITT SHOW]: f | Another Babe Ruth? With the 1922 season in its infancy, Kenneth Wil- | UNNING, after all, eventa. of whieh attended the meet was staged he port such events better of the carnival Saturday, spectator, A su and that wa NBs place in the afternoon. \|E will open noon program. The first events won't get |June. The park department will be [run three wi meet. No entry fees will be charged DVERTISING thru the medium boost in the world for any | will remember the great publicity that the showing of Gus Pope [national trackework brought this elt | has of letting the rest of t thru sending the Washington The committes in charge of th is already getting down to United brass ta effort should be made to send the crew to the national intercollegiate race year and bas @ great lbecause Washington has a wonderfu chance of finishing onetwo-three in t 1 player limit of 20 men for th [a majority of owners, The chief rea ular players are on the Injured bist, unusual. That's why Ed Barney in t his great work from May 1 until June 1, by Prexy McCarthy league will have to support payrolls than ever month of May, Hut it's the sen, 4nd B fide Mead one of the big drawing cards with the Indians. thing end Barney bas already established himself in Seattle with we Saturday, Only a « that it ran to under way anked to allow th i crew this he national oar classic ¢ Coast league in the biggest kick for the epectators tn track There is, of course, @ real thrill in the climax of field events, caught by the photographer in the act of swinging | bu, speaking trom personal experience, the tr NTRIES for the Third Annual Star- Woodland Park Tennis tournament Three hundred entries are expected this reason. | regular five events with junior boys’ singles and doubles will make up the until the first week in| tournament # thin year because the great majority of players entered Jare working during the day time and ft takes longer to run off such @ has been set ahead This means that the before for PORT fans the world over rally to the benner of the athlete doing the| Seattle's pinch hitting sensation, The punch in the pinch pall crowd | It's to be regretted that Seattle sport fans don’t sup. Only one eriticiam could be made of the staging long for the aver wstion for speeding up of the carnival is that the | high school events be staged in the morning with the Intercollegiate races ‘The the | ted by ] n for the change is that many reg particularly of Portland's club. TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1922. Record Bound to Be Broken in Glove Mi Bobby Michaels Has String ‘of K. O. Wins, While Rog. ers Has Never Been Stopped; the Rest of the Looks Attractive Per | k eventa carry the bie BY SEABURN BROWN * kick The University of Washington hi dong a «reat thing for —NE of two rec ‘ords will be broken at the A thwext sports by the inauguration of the annual relay carnival, the | | glove show tonight: Bobby Michaels boasts straight knockouts in his previous battles in| Seattle; he is fighting Frankie Rogers, who has never languished on the canvas for 10 suc<) cessive counts in a local ring. Rogers is going, to take his first count, or Michaels’ kay string is a thing of the immediate past. Everyone at all versed in Northwest rin annals knows that Frankie Rogers 1s one of: the toughest battlers who ever resined his feet. in a ring corner, but some of his friends have expressed doubt | that he can take ’em as easily now as he could oefore cne of: | | | to Travie Davis’ pet punches fractured his jaw. OBA : No caus» for worry at all, according to Frankie. The old ti of amateur athletion ts the greatest | (00th case is as sound as the Bank of England, and Michae! Hy community, Seattle newspaper readers! Won't be shooting at a glass jaw. A : in tates If Rogers can take everything that Michaels slips ov ai EE ard iee — pe mak without falling asleep, he should be a slight favorite to annex § 16 Bast to the Poughkeepmie regatta Te ae ———~'| the verdict; for he is cleve wa raising of the $7,600 needed for the trip | Mt. Baker than the former New Yorker as cke in raising the money Every i and stands high in th ™ of Sle is Portland »| Links Men Play Seattle Golf Club) Men Here Saturday RTLAND, May 2.—Headed by Dr. O. F. Willing, captain, and) Clarke BE. Nelson, chairman of the! handicap the Waverley | Country club golf tearm—20 or more} strong—will invade Seattle week end for the resumption of the intercity team competition. Thin yea: » team play has cre © & bit of interest already and, are that Waverley will committee, ay Indications oppose Captain Sam Ruseel | gation of Puget Sounders. AT THE SEATTLE ‘GOL CLUB i at ye the Seattle club play lors invaded Portland and won the W. J. Burns trophy, whieh had | been in competition for a period of | five years, This year a new trophy | will be placed in competition, No name bas been given the cup, but it & on the way and will be christened next Saturday Captain Willing is counting upon the following players to oppose the Seattle club in the first half of the =e |match: Russell Smith, Rudolph Wi! helm, E. J. Bragg, C. H. Davis, jr |A. 8. Kerry, Ja Straight, O. A Jones, C. Hunt Li ud er, ¢. Miller, Hamilton Ff or bett im Slocum, W. ar ron J. L. McCool, Commander Lee, R. L. Macleay, J. M. Mackenzie and John Napier | Egan, former Pacific | Northwest champion, may also rep: [resent the Waverley club tn the competition, Egan ix expected to be in Portland this week to confer with the committee in charge of the pro posec west side municipal course snd also to discuss plans for the 4 staliation of the first nine holes the proponed Seasid» golf course The second half of the mateh with the Seattle club will be staged over the Waverley course during the lat |ter part of the summer or early in the fall petition of the past two weeks, the | FE ‘averiey golfers should be tn fairly | good comp ies of the Sound district | itive shape for the inva-| WEST REGATTA} A move to increase the interest of Coast universities and colleges | crew, is on foot. Coaches Ben Wal lis, of the University of California and Ed Leader, of the University Washington, have hopes of establish Jing an annual elghtoared regatta | |with Washington, California, Stan. | ford, University of B. C, and Reed {college participating | PREP TENNIS SEASON OPENS | Seattle's high schools pried the lid off the » tennis season yester: | day, with Franklin beating West Seattle, Broadway winning from Ballard, and Lincoln downing Gar field | All of the winners had clear rail ing. Lincoln shut out Garfield, mak: | ing a clean sweep of all events Shaw, Clark, Douglas and Nau starred. ARMY TENTS NAVY New and Used CAMP LEWIS WIRELESS 76 University, Cor, Western Aye. auto aceldent jth Martin No Longer Coming Contender Waverley Club Golfers to A. E. F. Champion, Once) Dempsey Prospect, Is on Down Grade o very much as if Bob Mar.) tin i absolutely thru as a con. tender for weight title Martin's decisive | practically an unknown, champion. Martin at one time was considered |wend the strongest possible team to| the logical contender for Jack Demp- Pitted against Bill Bren |nan he made a great fight @ 1S-round decision, but ringside crit- jon said had he been more aggressive | sey's ttle. he would have won. Then came bout Moran in seven rounds. clean-cut manner coupled with b He «i was unfortunate a tree, INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Martin was badly and it t he would never fight ne It must be radically wrong with Martin would seem that for him to go back as rapidly as his t fights indicate. Good eyes are most essential to a fighter and it appears as if Martin is handi. by Joe Burke was the series of tough breaks. This Is Jack Dempsey'a heavy defeat the other bext| evening at the hands of Joe Burke, just about eg /*Pella the finish of the A. KE. F. ith enough to run his automobile over an embankment into | injured in was believed | again ering he resumed training and med to be in old-time condition something | The defeat climax to a 1922 Season May Mark Passing of Cobb From Majors HE the major leagues. Cobb himself admits that he ts He says his legs no longer permit him to take chances slowing up. on the bases as was his ¢ He says he present season may the passing of Ty Cobb from ustom, will be foreed to He lost| Frank | He stopped the Pittsburger | in a/attie vietory fine showing agains the} mark ig Ancient Order Wild Cc at s | ; Punchers himself. | This bey Larry Coleman, | started his career in the Kast und the personal supervision of M rop ut Gibbons, is likely to make a lot the Northwest igh: moan, if his work in the gym Team ts Star Junior! is any criterion of his style in th ring. Gibbons, long recognized a Ball Loop—Other Jun- tne cieverent middiowelght of ior Gossip |bas imparted much of his u ap | footwork to young Colemaa, and NABLE to i his team to | 2°*ing 1s a revelation. gether, Manager Keg Vin- Harry Caney will meet Coleman cent has ‘withdrawn the Mt, (the semi-windup. Notwithstand Baker Wildeats from The Star | Coleman's clase, the bout looms Junior Baseball league. This | battle with a capital B. The H. team was in League No. 3. All | looks anything but Gashy in act of the games played by the Wild- | and for this reason has been more) cats will be cancelled. This takes oF less underrated. Casey stayed a defeat from the Koss Cubs and rounds with Bobby Marper and ga the Sam Arena Shoe Shop and a = @ fair account of himself all the victory from the Fremont Cy- no mean feat in itself, and no dub” clones, ean knock Joe Dunn for the count three rounds, which is aboat the b The Mount Baker Cigar Co. tied for | thing Casey has ever done im a Se first place Sunday in league No. 2, in| tle ring. The Star cireult, by defeating the) Harry La Barre and Irv'e G! Ross Hill Giants, 11 to 1, at B F.| wit box the special event. The b Day playfield. jare unknown quantities who app The score RH. E-./eveniy matched in thelr wor ta Mount Baker Cigar Co 11 15 3 pa tenn has not boxed me 1 30 Tiong time, and La Barre is a and W. Kohler; Paul boy who is making his | Real and bapcematite, McCaughey. bow in Seattle, Young Gardeau, who looks 50 per No report has been turned in yet for the Asahi Cub-West Seattle Dye | tnt better than he did a few | Works game, at Hiawatha, Sunday. | *#° # to tangle with Red Gall ell a temporary successor to Bos MM: Last changes in registration for |i 4* welterweight representative The Star league are due at The Star | Bremerton. Wednesday night, It would be wise] Eddie Moore will try to “do for every manager to call at The! again and do it quicker” In « reture | Star Wednesday to check over his| go with Frankie Green, the colored | | Het before it is clowed for the season. | bantam, who was awarded the | over Moore last week. Green ¢ The Three Brothers Dye | outpointed Moore in every round, a Works, Clase A champions in | the white boy knocked him s‘lly 1921, Is now the only undefeated | vefore the final bell rang. | team in the Junior loop. DAVE SHADE WINS KENOSHA, May 2.—Dave | beat Dennis O'Keefe in 10 rounds The Ross Giants and the West Se- Dye Works will play a post poned game at Hiawatha Saturday at 3 p.m. eo) Brennan, caused t experts to fig: | ~ Re ure that Ina year he would be ready | 4-10: robe ener SWISS LIKE fre ae ro THEN CAME LINKS GAME) Ee REVERSES Golf Is rapidly taking hold of sport | ff AN) high srade selected casings, PBA Then came a series of set-backs, j enthusiasts in Switzerland, accord: | ey ee » the greatest of all being his poor|ing to a recent 1922 prog: pub- 3 showing against Joe Burke. This) ished by the Swiss Golf association. | a fellow Burke, by the way, is a pro. | Links are being laid out in practic- tege of Jimmy Dunn, who made @)any every available section, and “ $4.50 Up champion of Johnny Kilbane, and numerous local tournaments are a 600 “ who now has Bryan Downey and | a heduled for the present season. \0a Carl Tremaine as his headliners. | ” 650“ Shorty. afters the Moran. tight) HOREMANS TO | 2 | Martin was matched with Fay Kel | - 0 or, rated aa am ordinary’ Ment REMAIN HERE >. tom heavyweight. To the great surprise| Edouard Horemans, Belgian bil- e aso“ of the sporting world, Keiser handed | lardist, who makes phenomenal - en him a neat licking }runs at 18.2 balkline in exhibitio 12.00 « The story is, that Martin com.| ames, but who invariably falls down | - 1000 « plained of eye trouble after the bout.|!n match play thru “nerves,” is still « 12.00 * He attributed bis defeat by Keiser | hopeful of winning high cue honors | 2 fi to Inability to properly focus. js America, He will not return to All Other Sizes in Proportion His manager, Jimmy Bronson, | Burope this year, but remain in the} RS took him to a prominent specialist, | United States, says a New York wire. = MATL ORne Mail who treated him for three months. * = bees tae cee pat While still under treatment, Martin SDAR RAPIDS, May 2.—Tommy | Pree ee St. Paul, was given the decision over Fritz Knippoa, Water.| loo, in the eighth round last night. | PikeStreet Tire Shop W. 0. STANDRING, 1026 Pike St., Cor. prea Morey Soren, shaded Harry Raskin, De in 10 rounds. iF 2- Buffalo. | troit, On Have You Idle Dollars? : You should not keep money on hand that is not earning a substantial rate for you. KEEP YOUR SAVINGS WORKING WITH ABSOLUTE SAFETY $1 to $5,000 Accepted Money received on or before the 15th of this month play @ conservative game, and that is not the Cobb style. Cobb earns from the first won't get much satisfaction out of that sort of a game, neither will the fans get any thrills SNA Uy Should the pre “fiivver" a from a the « ational pastime, the game t season prove managerial standpoint it will not be at all sur prising if Cobb decides to pass up b, by the way, is one of the wealthiest players connected with = SEATTLE SAVINGS anc and — (on }— i 34 AVE All