The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 23, 1922, Page 9

Crack Battlers Meet | Bobby Harper Makes First Start of Season With Ag- gressive Frankie Rogers; Both Have Fine Ring Rec- ords; Four Other Bouts Carded BY LEO H. LASS gressive local boy, in a four-round mix a the Arena tonight. in 10-round bouts in Portland. was a five-round knockout of George Ingle, which show hat he can punch. Cros obby Michaels since breaking his jaw in his terrific batth ith Travie Davis last fall. He fought Michaels on 50-50) erm: Frightened Frank Farmer wan | step thru Seattle ropes for head | time in many moons. The test | the Orting logger appeared re was with Sam Langford, the | Boston tar baby. Farmer | the clinging vine act to perfeo- n that night. INXIOUS TO iE BACK Since then the Tacoman has; Ought with fair success in other He ts anxious to get back the good graces of Seattle fan-| Farmer will take on Gorton Mo. | Kay, the clever Idaho middleweight, In the semi-windup tonight. Both s will have to fight as McKay "t any too popular because of his cageful tactics, rmer will have quite an advan. © in weight and punching. abi ly in this melee with McKay being he more clever with the leather mittens. Farmer in expected to Ye the fighting. Owen Roberts and Kid Johnston, familiar lightweights, tangle in Uird bout. Both are still punch FRANKIE ROGERS and a K. O. may decide the wt ner. Jimmy Cote, four rounds, dectsten. Billy Davideon, four rounds, dectetoa. ER Lee Bandail, four rounds, drew. UTS Red Murray, 5 wise Larry Colman, prodigy of Mike| Jimuy cone Vern Ashford. second round, K. 0. Hector Ht, John, four rounds, Red Murray, three rounds, °. jour rounds, drew, ibbons, makes his second start with Sandy Carbone, a husky ‘acoma welterweight. Colman wil! ive to show more stuff than he d with Harry Casey because Car- one :s a rugged miller. Young O’New) a youngster from pia, will make his Seattle de with Frankie Green, the Ica! preliminary boy, in the first ‘The show will get under way at Wiideat Leonard, Rey McDonald, four reunds, érew. Walter Knowlton, four rounds, éraw. Johnnie King, four rounds, decision. Wiideat Leonard. four rounds, draw. Monk Mooney, four rounds, draw. Lieyd Madden, tour roands, draw. Bobb White, four rounds, decision, Jack ‘ford, four rounds, decision, Lioyd Madden, four rounds, draw. Young Battling Nelson, second | | | | cision. |" Jimmy Commons, four rounds, draw. Curley Valencourt, cision. 1 Jack Hart, four rounds, decteten. Harry Beniokin, second round, K O. Orear Benson, four rounds, draw Curley Valencourt, Lioyg Madden, four rounds, lost, Yesterday's here—Deacon seott, Yank shortstop, made several spec- lar plays, and drove in the run with « single im the 13th inning that Harry Casey, Harry Casey, 190 Soldier Woods, six rounds, Gectrton. Soldier Weeds, four rounds decision, ¢ bat and tn the Nehf, the Giants lost to| Pusey Morton, Billy Netson, f Al Arney, 10 re ‘The Braves made two rune tn the 11th,| Al Arney the Cards lost, 8 to 6, Joe Ketchell, te Joa Ketchell, four omer in the ninth tm-| fed Mathe ‘Wheat’ ped the Robins beat the Cubs| Johnny Meye Al Grunnan, * Kid Lopas, four rounds, decision. Red Mathews, four row decimon. x rounds, decision, With two men on te the ninth, Clark, Tiger pinch bitter, rapped out a homer, and tied the score with the Athletics. It went 11 innings, and ended, 5 to 5 Hasty Anderson, i Roy Southerland, four rounds, dri Harry Casey, six rounds, draw. Georgia Drew, four dectstom, Soldier Woods, four r Clair Bromeo, four Fo ~, Latty Cooper beid the Phils safe at! o way, while the Pirates hit Hubbel |, and won, & to 0, ingiea, dow’ 4 triple, jane beat the Red Sox, er hit helped the to 1 Red Faber was at his best tn the inches, and the White Sex beat the ators, 4 to 8. 5 Travie Davia, four rounds, Joe Fisher, tx rounds, decision, Roidier Woods, #ix rounds, draw. Hobby Michasis, four rounds, draw, Crystal Pool Thursday Evening, 8 P. M. Pacific Northwest Indoor Swimming and Diving Championships The big event of the aquatic season. All the North- west champions will be seen in action. Two hours of keen competitions and excitement. CRYSTAL POOL ; Thursday Evening at-8 P. M. Swimming as Usual at Conclusion of Meet. General Admission, 50¢; Reserved, $1, including tax. LADIES REMEMBER, ON THURSDAYS, 12 to 2 P. M. The big Pool is set aside for your pleasure, with S. J. Vickers in charge, to assist yowin the art of - swimming. Seattle Natatorium Co. Second at Lenora in Arena Mix Tonight N OBBY HARPER, easily the cleverest ring man ever developed in the Northwest, will make his first start in Seattle since 1920 when he takes on Frankie Rogers, the ag-| The boys will enter the ring at catch-| weights, both weighing around 140 pounds. | Since boxing here last Harper has jumped | into the national fistic spotlight by defeat- ing Joe Welling, Eddie Mahoney and Leach | His most recent vie- | Rogers made his first bow here two weeks ago with round, °. Curley Valeneourt, four rounda de- four rounds, de four rounds, draw de SHATTL JARPER AND ROGERS CLASH IN DE LUXE BOUT OF SEASON |CRACK PITCHING PUTS WEST & WHEELER JUNIORS IN STAR FINALS | Auto Polo Slated for Trial Here Vancouver, B. Cc, and Se- attle Teams Will Tangle! Here Saturday ITH Seattle meeting the Mashy! Vancouver, B. C., club, auto polo! will make its 1927 debut in Seattle Bidding On for Arlett Oakland Pitcher Is Being Sought by Detroit; Oth- er Coast Gossip BY LEO H. LASSEN IDS haye started t | Saturday, when the teams clash in| coming from the| the first of a four-game series at the | big leagues for Liberty park grounds, 14th and Jet. Bum Ariett ferson. The second tilt im pilied tor crack Oakland Sunday, and a double-header on Mo- pitcher, mortal day is to end the tourney. | The big Acorn All of the games will start at 290 in | one ~~ = the afternoon. wins On Wednesday evening « practice | and has been turned back only three times since the season start game Will be open to the public with: | out admission, Aulo polo is a game of compare. | 's| tively recent origin and has taken wd, He loxt two the country, particularly the Bast, starts to lee e Angeles ast by storm, but has been conspicuous jby Its absence in the large cities of | week, and Seat. STAR The Home Run Rivals Ken Williams, of the St. Louis Browns, who is showing the way to Babe Ruth this season in the matter of home runs, is of a type directly opposite to Ruth. Williams is tall and slender, but possesses a great pair of shoulders which give him his drive. Ruth, while tall, is built on much heavier lines than Wil- |liams and weighs perhaps 40 pounds more. Williams is the nervous type, Ruth the stolid. Williams worries when in a slump. Ruth accepts such things as a matter of course. Williams’ features are sharp; Ruth’s are rounded. Wil- liams looks the athlete all over, as he doesn’t carry a pound of extra weight. Ruth, with his large waist line, always | seems lacking in condition, In only one respect is there a sameness—both players strike out a great deal. This is true of all batters who are free swingers. | the Northwest. tl® Nanded him Last summer auto polo was intro | the other defeat by coming from te duced at Puyallup, and the speed and | "!)d With a ninth-inning rally in ome action the game calls for drew tre. | %f, the games here, mendous crowds and made it easily! Th? Detroit Tigers have started |the leading attraction of the fair. | the bidding, but no price has been ent This introduction of the game ta in| 0° him by the Oakland club yet. Det the nature of an experiment. 1¢ is | Howard, in an interview given out believed that sufficient interest to | '#t Week at Los Angelos, says he ex. put the sport on a paying basis can | pects to sell Ariett for more than the quickly be worked up; in which case | $75,000 paid by the New York Giants tourneys may be arranged with Port: | for Jim O'Connell, young Seal out- land, where a fast squad hax been | “*lder gathered, and with Vancouver and| The Tigers bid for him two years | other Canadian cities, where polo has ®8° When Arlett turned in more vic. won a horde of fans in a surprisingly | tories than any other pitcher in, the | short time. Coast league with a second division Tho speed of auto polo necessitates | °!ub. dividing the 45-minute game into) 1 1921 Arlett was handicapped by three periods of 15 minutes each, aa|% "OT? arm, and some said that the the drivers cannot stand the pace | fllure of the Ouke to give him a bie |for many minutes without rest, and| !¢ague chance also hurt his pitching }the motored steeds require frequent; Hut he tx coming back with a ven | attention. geance, and he is just about the best The winner of these games will Pitching prowpect in the league for play at Portland against the Port jor league work next year, land team. | The lineup: SACRAMENTO OPENS | Vancouver team—Capt. ¥. A.| HERE TOMORROW Smith, A. Simpson, &. Rell, George| Seattle and Sacramento wM open Smith; Seattle team — Capt. J. B.| here tomorrow, and the Indians are Gordon, Kehn Lay, Jack Martin,| expected to climb at the expense of Nick Nickelson. Referee — Billy | the Senators, who are now in the Wild Bip adding. Coast league basement. Sacramento — has been hard hit by Injuries, but the Col. Pick club t# dangerous when tt gets pitching, and with such hurlers as Paul Fittery, Ken Penner and Bill Prough on the roster. ‘The Seattle team is returning after three weeks of the most successful touring that any Const league club has ever made, winning 13 games out of 1@ starts and bringing the clith up from the cellar to a tle for fourth place. . % The Batteries: Gti ace Deit Geary, Mitebe! The Washington Park team reports that the Lincoin Park grounds are not available for 6 p. m. Wednesday for the post- poned game with the Ross Giants. Because of the failure of the Washington team to ob- when this it was shifted to B. F. Day, where the tiff was halied by rain last Sunday. The game will be sct for B. F. Day Wednesday, at 630, which will give both teams plenty of time to reach the grounds. Seven in will make up the game. Nine” may be agreed upon if light conditions are favorable. lette, Decks and Bam i and Perkins. Game Managers of teams tn the finals. Chicago eebes sen 4 1 @)imetuding the pilots of the Wash- At Washington <0. sed Rehan! Hertex |ington Park and Mt. Baker Cigar Co. are to meet at 7 p. m. at The Star today to go over plans for the| finals which start Sunday. son and Gharrity NATIONAL LRAGUF Won. Lost. Mew York ... it — st. Louis 19 (13 . i Piitsvers 7 «(38 ‘The Aeah! Cubs and Toss Giants, Chicago billed to play inst Sunday but held |up by the rain, will not play their) | game as it would interfere with the Jopening of the finals set for B. F Day Sunda TUNNEY TO MIX TONIGHT BY HENRY L. FARRELL EW. YORK, May 28.—Wise money which hasn't ridden any- thing worse than a draw in a long while, {s all down on Harry Grob, the “fying Dutchman” of Pittsburg, to beat Gene Tunney tonight the American light heavyweight championship, Greb ts a mighty good boy to ride anybody's money. Reasoning that Tom Gibbons, pos- |seasor of as much punch as one; |ean want in that clash, couldn't hit |Greb in thelr last fight, ft Isn't om the cards that Tunney, the same kind of a fighter, can get over the Me | 4; Portica, North and Alnemith. | _ The score— Brooklyn At Chicago. Batteries | Cheeves and 07 | the score— Philadelphia .. [At Pittsburg . Cooper and Gooch, » J At Cincinnati Ratterios |Risey and Hargrave NOTICE! BOXING 20 Rounds 20 Rounds DOUBLE MAIN EVENT Rysa and Snyder; champion but that doesn't mean anything. He won a decision from| |Bat Levinsky, the former title holder, because the battler would | not agree to knock out and other | contenders of the weight saw no glory in winning a preacribed de- leclsion from a been ready for a knockout for sev- Frank Farmer vs. Gordon McKay Owen Roberts vs. Kid Johnson Two Other Star Bouts Brown & Hulen Athletic Club, Ine. | Jeral years. ARENA Mike Gibbons, Wille Lewis, ‘Tom Gibbons and others who are tn the FIFTH AND UNIVERSITY ff} know, see no hope for Tunney. His | TONIGHT | chances of winning even a decison Tickets on sale Brown & are mighty slim. Hulen, Second and Seneca; Jor ‘g Dizard, Occidental and Yeuler; 0. 1 FOR BABE Compton & Fallls, 1 Third NEW YORK, May 23.--Crashing Avenue; Green Cigar Store, {the ball over the right field stands 1406 Third Avenue; Keiter & ff /in the eighth Inning, with Van Gilder | Bernbaum, 1210 Second Ave in the box for St. Louis, Babe Ruth nue. busted his first bome run of the | woason here yesterday, . for | left hand which he has predicted Bobby Harper |will win the fight. vs. Frankie Rogers | ‘Tunney is the light-heavywolght | champion that had) | | PREP BASEBALL Franklin was playing Broadway in the feature game of the high schoo! | baseball schedule today at Lincoln. West Seattle and Ballard were play- ing at Ballard and Lincoln. waa play- ing Garfield at Walla Walle ip the other games of the day. WASHINGTON WINS WALLA WALLA, May £3—Yith | Setaer pitching good ball, Washing ton defeated Whitman here yester- day, 7 to 2 HOUSTON, Tex, May 23.—Tillle (Kid) Herman, Ban Francisco, and Johnny Tillman, Minneapolis, fought a 12-round draw, BABE Robertson Shows He Is No Flash in Ball Pan Chicago White Sox Pitcher, of Pitcher, of Perfect Game Fame, Delivers in Other Games; Billy Evans Hands Him Palm BY BILLY EVANS j Sie HARLEY ROBERTSON, White Sox recruit pitcher, who won everlasting fame by his no-run, no-hit game, in which not a man reached first base, is not a mere flash in | the pan. When Robertson turned in his remarkable pitching per- formance against the Detroit Tigers, one of the Hardest hit- ting clubs in the history of baseball, a lot of people thought it was an accident, one of those freak happenings that often feature baseball. Fans and experts the country over accepted the record with a feeling of doubt as to the greatness of the Chicago re- cruit. They were anxious to, to bis knee was such that it was impossible for him to take his proper see what Hobe rtsoh would do| rise" "that, of courm, immediately j removes a pitcher’s effectivences. It so happened that I umpired| Robertson is a gamester, however, Robertson's no-hit game, likewis¢/and he insisted on sticking to his his next start, which was against|/ (ask, He worked five innings on the Cleveland club at Chicago, nerve alone, Robertson faced his next big test in a recent game at the Polo Grounds In New York. It was his fourth start of thf season. After Chicago had twice been beaten by the Yankees he was se- lected to oppose Carl Mays. Pitching jagainst the Yanks with Mays as your opponent is some job. In the Cleveland game Robertson was removed in the sixth inning after Cleveland had scored four runs jon nine hits. Previous to his no-hit game he was beaten by Cleveland at Cleve- jland. His failure to make a good showing against Cleveland, right after his record performance, caused many of the fans and experts to figure that perhaps he was simply a flash, his great feat a mere ac cident. That game against Cleveland should be thrown out entirely when you consider the ability of Robert-| son. In the second inning he was | hit on ‘the kneecap by a liner from the bat of Larry Gardner, It was a |terrific drive. Robertson was badly | burt. KNEE BADLY | HURT Really he should have retired from} game for th the game at that point. The injury|this summer. is Hie” HITS Robertson won a brilliant victory, 2 to 1, in 11 innings. He allowed only seven hits, Take it from me, Robertson ts far from a mere flash in the pan. He |has a fine fast bail with-a hop to it, a good curve that he uses to ad vantage, and also a nice change of pace, He ts intelligent. He pitches with his head as well as his arm. He usually has excellent control, and, best of all, he is game, Robertson is going to win many Chicago White Sox Wateh him. BASEBALL PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE SACRAMENTO «. SEATTLE WEDNESDAY 2:45 PAGE 9 ‘Hardin, Burke, Butler and Willis Do Pitching Four Star Heavers “Put L Liberty Park Boys in Star League Race; How Rest of West & Wheeler Team Line Up wad SWE ET } pitching ‘staff put the West & Wheeler Liberty park team in the finals for The Star Junior Baseball trophy that starts next Sunday. Charley Hardin, Ray Willis, Art Butler and D. R. Burke are the quartet of mound men eligible to hurl for the South End club. Hardin is the ace of the outfit. The former Gatewood grammar school star turned in a no-hit game in his first game of the season against the West Woodland Mer- chants and has been going well ever since, pitching almost unbeatable ball, He pitched or the Highland Park team in the Class B Star league finals year. Then there’s Ray Willis, former Broadway catcher, who has shown a world of ability on the mound this season. .| Willis is a strikcout heaver. If he isn’t used as a pitcher he |" ean pies the bat in this series. urke is a former Santa Clara coll layer. He handed the Washington park team its wuty defen: of the preliminary season. He shows plenty of class, too. Charley Hardin Is One of Star The other member of the quartet is Art Butler, West Seattle high | school ace. Butler has been hurling | for the prep leaguers and won't take his turn on the mound for the West & Wheeler club until the high school season is over. Butler will probably cover second base for the South End | team during the big series, But it! called upon to pitch, Butler should be able to take care of himself in this company. league Walter Mitchell, a Star veteran, and Ray Willis will take care of the catching for this club and should perform in capable style. Merrill Haines is doing some good work behind the bat and will work aa understudy for Willis and Mitcb- ell in the big series, Cecil Kirkey, with Highland park last year, will be on first base. Butler will take care of second. Roy | Finney, a newcomer to Star league ranks, will take care of third base. | Finney has been playing a fine brand of ball in the preliminaries, hitting particularly well, Oncar Collins, who played with the Georgetown Cubs in the finals last season, Is stationed at shortstop. Chester Todd, in left field, Ronald Willis in center, Ray Morse in right field and Hector La Chance, outfield sub, make up the West & Wheeler orchard patrol. Todd and Willis, | both left-handed hitters, are sluggers tae arty most of the punch of the The West & Wheeler boys went thru the preliminaries with but one defeat, losing to the West Seattle Dye Works, If their pitchers come thru as expected they will make « strong bid for the cup. league, Charley Har aces of the circuit, of the year was Woodland team down wit in the opening game of is the most exciting game in the world. Seattle’s team will be introduced to the home folks in the first series with Vancouver Sat- urday, Sunday and Me- morial Day, May 27, 28 and 30. The dark period, the long “night” of the Far North, is reserved trite TM Te AUTO POLO UT, ( GAME STARTS AT 2:30 ADMISSION 50c and 75¢ —at— IT LIBERTY PARK —14TH AND JEFFER Ladies’ Day Every Thursday Chilaren’s Day Every Friday Double-Header Sunday at 1:30 Reserved seats for Saturday and Sunday now selling at 3102 Arcade Bidg. Phone Eliott 2866, | CTT