The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 30, 1922, Page 10

Do you play tenn boys. The re regular five events of men’ March 1, 1922. BY BILLY EVANS Joe Wood of the Cleveland Indians i everything he had into ev y piteh. top of his game. sige a great deal ractice, A bly he never aspi to become an outfielder. iching days were over. SEATTLE STAR Star Tennis Entries Will Close Tomorrow The object of this meet is to provide every ten do, you must certainly be interested in The Star-Woodland park tournament, which will be held third time at the North End courts, starting next week. ‘is tournament is open to any tennis player in the city, and there are events for men, women and jun- ngles and doubles, women’s singles and doubles, and mixed doubles re listed. Then there are singles and doubles for junior boys who had not reached their 18th birthday Jsed- Up Star Pitchers Are Now Se oming Back As Regular Players Joe Wood and Reb Russell Are Both Coming Back Strong as Outfielders After| ir Pitching Days; Both Men Were Strong Hitters While Doing Slab Duty; | ll Is With American Association Team and Wood With Cleveland sition and made good. | notable exception. j Wood, in his prime, was one of the greatest right-handed pitchers in the history of the game. Wood was a pitcher with a world of stuff, who put} being pronounced thru, has shifted to some other pc NCE a star major league pitchey Sateen his usefulness as a hurler his} career as a big leaguer usually is ended. The records of baseball contain few instances where a star pitcher, after| | fessional league, « minor one In throwing his curve ball, which was a most deceptive one, Wood used| a snap motion that seemed hard on the arm. had much to do with taking the “zip” out of Joe’s arm when he was at ni stunt and win It is possible that this motion Wood always was rated as a good hitter. For several years he nuteed| rm along, hoping it would recover its strength. In order to keep in condition he played Page gee | he's manager and owner of th j ville club of the 1 Eye Constant work in the outfield dur. | tice soon proved, however, that he had much ability as a fielder. This, plus his n ability to hit, caused him to hold a major league berth after it was definitely proved | pleces, he undertook the twirlin himself, and for #ev his opponents se vc he is playing right} nen ines 2° alarly for the Cleve-| id club and doing a mighty job of it. the present time “Reb” Russell, | star left-hander of the Chi: | Box, is threatening to Joe Wood's record. { spring of 1919 the Chicago Russell was thru and, jis. He made a re D Ses Cantiion, whe was} Stiine to touch eccond base while be only bit .267 that | ed much ability as a long- been pulled in the hitter. al tting averages with a mark) fijied He succeeded, ‘year he was the sensation| — “fjoe” Gensler, playing league. clubs are angling for the, ceeded to run to the eli of Russell, who four years | ‘Was waived out of the majors! ners scored. |cighth he weakene | runs, two of wh the ninth he tightened up again arid | prevented further scoring. Danville won, 6 to 3 White Sox Hurler Joins BoneheadHallof Fame to Minneapolis in [h*| QRED MERKLE ence won rene. Fe evektn’t much undesired publicity by: this perfor: one pass, pretty falr control for a Iman of 49 couple of strikes on the batter Hodge proceeded to pull his fa When a ball comes rough or does not sult the pitcher it is al- Ways possible for him to secure & new ball by appealing to the Hodge decided to com- bine umpiring with pitching. After gvtting two strikes on the batsman and having the ball returned t» him by ©: Schalk, he was seen to examine it very closely, and then, with oat consulting anyone, he pre » throw it into the De troit dugout. The rules say that any ball thrown into the dugout entitles all base runners to advance two bases, The runner wes allowed to score, while the ene on first moved to third Fortunately for Mr. Chicago managed to win game, 6 to 5. Gleason might have said a lot of unecomplimentary things to his elongated pitcher. That is one nice thing in base if your bonehead doesn't prove costly the fans and manager forget about woe to the player who pulls a boner and loses the game. } wan, in bis for his ab | double hea: on Joe's arm, as bis present ability proves. Irregular living, not work thereby losing « pennant = fing the club give him &) New York. This stunt is includ in the outfield. ed rightfully in the list of fam- : ous “bonehead” plays that have he hol heap. John Anderson once exsayed to of himself tha 1920 he finished wecond in the) steal second base with the bases Joe McGinnity in the Giants’ uniform HE SALT LAKE BEES ¢ weanon for the Utah jclip during the early weeks the ladder, the piace picked for them at tt | has a hard-hitting club, of seven from the Morn an awful whaling ta knocked the Bees down ‘He had made good as an| find that his teammate, Kid Ki | berfeld, was occupying sald base. ———— He again finished) outfield with the Chicago Cubs, with a mark of 368 and, in) once caught a fly ball in the last | made 33 home runs. | half of the ninth, with the bases | it ts sald that several major! filled and only one out, and pro } bene FACIIC COAST LEAGUE with the’balk while the base rum Vernon POOR Low Angeles | These are just a few of the bonehead plays that head the lint of ivory stunts that have been will be the fire +! going along at 4 hit the bottom of the; Clarence “Shovel” Hodge, a Otherwise Kid member of the pitching staff of the Chicago White Sox, pulled | one the other day that entities | him to membership in the ivory Bees have finally n Portland gave a breakneck speed HE sale of Willie Kamm for $100,000 to the Chicago White & The great young third sucker or bis chance 00 | orsa gives amnes sonee "WO Cast-Offs Put Connie Mi, Franklin’s hurling phe- Queen Anne moundsman, annie Mack's ball club. to three bingles, but they — ‘@frors contributed to his down-| po." Johnston of Cleveland. . When Cleveland secu — Rm H. E. | Metn nnis from Boston to p! be »;| ston Batteries — Britten and McKenzie; | ‘The Clev Patricelli and Davis. |} All the | Ballard spilled the dope at Lincoln | the Pt park by downing Broad 6 to 3 During the Hoth sides were weak with the stick, had purchased from the ured On as a cer Pitching of Staley, who held the Shin protect hi Johnston Batteries—Fox and Fow Art Butler bested Shidley pretty pitching duel at Hiay | pitcher MoWheeney the three great Frinco stars is on his way to ia with Cinein Giants in the of | Pritadetp At New York ‘STANDING OF oe Teams | hanters. : vere: oe Chicago was playing Detroit. : eet The game was very close. 4 9) troit got runners on first and = US| second, with one out. With a 7 (390 ’ Jimmy Caveney tonnell will report to t HERE is certainly , home run race going on in the pitched his team to a 2 to 6 Ma 9 é over the Hilltoppers at Colum. C. S$ eam In a ce ‘playfield yesterday. Rogers Hornsby and Kenneth e field with 13 homers each The Bambino as 4 regular at this is coming along ied jeek. He held the 4 ged castoffs have rounded out{of breaking in fa third piece with 14 Ali last year in high to even p” Young of De had trouble with his throwing . The arm seemed strong enough him when hits meant runs,/are “Pep” Young of Detroit and » Much jess break his 1921 record. . Seattle's great at the Arena, June 6, young lightweight. next smoker base there was ne place for John Detroit elub 600-mile Speedway land club asked waivers. jonly manager to put ‘in @ claim for Tis ved that Young’s trouble | nd that a change Jeo might work wonders | was purely 1 school track season ut Broadway's numerous errors | club Hauser, the star first sacker of Will: Colne. to & clone ‘more than counteracted the excellent the American Association, He inty for first has been verified. great ball for him In discussing their cases Mack sim both have pla |yard dash in which Jimmy ent of the day « SPEEDY PLAY IN BIG HIGH gleweavers to four hits. base HE Mack was unable to agree on 2/ary with th recruit In order The addition of Young and John elf he put in a claim for! ston has made tive neither was thru as « big le ieaesd, sai The Cleveland castof¢ has gone s would deliver for ser, who has ms, has no chi fondest expectations playfield, West Seattle defeating boots, but Butler's work in th 0 : $ 4 $ippeme tommy connouiy i Batteries — Shidiey and Hyman;/| broke Ed Walsh in as an Ameri Butler and Sypher lean league umpire this year ee: I wish to enter the events marked with X in The Star-Woodland ; Park Tennis Tournament: Men's Bingles...... Women's Singles...... Junior Boy Singles..... Men's Doubles . Women's Doubles ......... ‘(Giame Partner’ E. Mixed Woubles ....ssc00c00+ Name Partner) (Name Partn Tunlor Boy Doubles. SCHOOL MEET school tennis loop race coin, 1 to 0. Ed W sh I ein played erroriess ball, while Lear All here—Kenneth Hrown outfielder, hit tie 18th bases filled and beat Wednesday the pave the way for the openin semi-finals on T! are billed for Friday Monday's scores follo Swarts (l.) di Fournier's triple in the 10th inning and es fs: Tribulations of ~ ol sh, when at the height of hi 6 to 4 win over the Cubs. r, Was a mighty |man to umpire for. There were two ight hite In the seventh Inning eave Yanks seven rune and « 7 Parson (B.) def ; Lewis (B.) de. v Biug Miller hit his 12th homer | feated Lightfoot (Bi A.) defeated Shaw (I), 6-2, | » (L.) defeated Scully « always | land (Q. homer tn the eighth ome on broke ap a tie ed the White to trim the Star Tennis Entry Blank spitball is hard is the most difficult to call correctly 4 Lund (L.) de | ed Smith and Stedm n let the Red Box down with ; Ochs and Lund (L,) defeate “1 was rather , and dropped the second Vander Las and Backland (Q. |feated Wiliams rather tired at the and Lightfoot (Ba.), ce pole 4] finish their four-game au ries with two tilts at Liberty park to-|of a run or two, day, the first at noon, and the second at 7:00 this evening disagreeing with him on balls and beating the Reds 6 to 2. the game, turned to| gefauit; stand and shouted: ngle and Hog |defeated Nau and Clark (F ‘Ladies and gentl apologize for not knowing rat wr.| HERE’S ONE WAY LEWIS MAY WIN|. from the White so enough and the Braves, 5 to 4, Saturday, and Seatth count with a win Su ‘The winner of the series ts billed | play the Portland club at the southern city early in June. H Walsh throws nothing Mulligan muffed a foul and tet in two a keen mem. | Lewis recently knocked out by xtart of @ gan newapaperman middleweight, knocked out Pal Reed in the champion for libel is claims an artic to have been written by man, Chicago, won a popular ¢ sion over ford in a 10-round bout here last night e making ready T can play after.........0’clock on week days; after.........0’clock on getting along?” rman of Connolly. replied Tommy y outbreak on side Kilauea voleano starts lava flow in ection of Kalapana, a seaside vil. Think of Lewis,” which appeared in| Town Topics, was libelous. NBIC cesescencceeeeceaereterenenseeeseeneeesseses COLUMBL Jaekle of sion over Frankie Callahan, Colum bus, in 12 rounds, Both are light- weights CINCINNATI, s is not exactly new to him. | a star pitcher ways combined umpiring with pitch Geeree PROD» .ccorreecscese Philadelphia, in 10 rounds. m causes damage They ure bantams, (49, Still Pitching Veteran Is Hurling for! Danville, in Three-Eye League BY BOB DORMAN He’ many men of 49 could step out on the mound and piteh | nine full innings of baseball in a pro en tho only 4 And how many could perform this Not many, in answer to the first question ty, at any rate. Once Joe was known as the Iron} “gue Finding bis pitching staff shot to n innings held cless, In the ich were earned, In Joe struck out three men during ce, hit one and issued MeGii nity started ball playing at | Fock Inland, Iil., his native town, at }the age of 15. He has lived an ath j lete’s life ever wince. Famed tho he ays in the big leagues, y to pitch and win rs, the strain never told sendy men to the scrap Nobody er took better care Won. Pet 613) as 19 a0 t rr $6 a3 ‘ 4“ fat Lake 2 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE and = Gharrity; 2. & 2 ee ae eo 1. 8 Francis, Gleason, Phillips Tharrity; Piercy, Karr, Ful The score a ad * 28's t. Louie > 4 Batteries \e on, Stoner and Daaaler, Ma Davis, Pruett, Kolp, Van Uider and Severeid. re aR ee 4 ee ee a: fet lodge and Schalk NATIONAL LEAGUE Won, Lost. Pet w York . 13 oss twbure i“ eit s St “4 Philadelphia ee e: Shea and B, Smith 1 Henline, Peters. R . FE row ats Miller, Fillingim and Gow nd Goooh, Rn OH, ® s 8 4 9 0 and Wirts, O'Farrell. AUTO POLO SERIES TO rH the series tied pattio and Vancouy at one-all, r were to polo se 30 In the after Vancouver won the opening game evened the ye BURMAN WINS AURORA, IL, May 30.—Joe Bur ch my Mandell of Rock JAKKLE WINS May K. Oo edo, was given a deci player a chance to play in competition where the class of play gives the average player a good chance of tournament play and prepares the better players for the more importan meets of the season which follow immediately afterwards. There are no charges for entering the Woodland park meet. Al! that is necessary to enter this tourna- ment is to fill out an entry blank, These can be sent to The Star, or they will be accepted at the tennis de- partment of Piper & Taft. Those entries must be filed before 6 o’clock tomorrow. Have you sent in your entry yet? McGinnity, Real Fight Ahead for _ In answer to the second—Joe Me- | | Gin kk lowing three | , | The Dye Works will probably | Donohue, Schnell and Win-| Eq Walsh, then one of the jest pitchers -in\ the history of i North nd Ainamitn; Jones | | for END TODAY | | game, and the White TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1922. | Star League Finalists bao omy Park’s Unexpected Defeat of Three | Brothers’ Dye Works Puts Pep Into Big Junior Se- | ries; Games Booked Sunday HEN Bill Stitts, Washington Park's speed- ball pitcher, turned back the Three Brothers Dye Works in their great game Sunday in the opening day’s play of The Star Junior league finals he made a real scrap of the big series, Running like a steam roller over the teams in their preliminary division, the Dyers were heavy favorites for the title. But Stitts and his Washington Park team mates showed that they can be walloped. The upset will give the other teams in the league more confidence and the Three Brothers tossers now they face a real fight for the title. Sunday’s.games showed that West & Wheeler, Washington ew York Giants | Park, the Fremont Cyclones and the Three Brothers teams yy hall have a fine chance for the | =e ‘title. The Hillman Merchants and the | Each Team Must |L. V. Westermans made disappoint | Furnish Umpire ing showings in their first starts in) the finals, but both clubs are cap Two Baseballs able of playing better ball than they Hach team in the finals of The did in their openers. The former |] star Junior league must turn over team is too weak in the pitching || two baseballs, in good condition, department to expect to land very/|to the umpire in charge before high in the final standings, while || their respective games. Too much the Westermans still loom as a dan-|| time was lost Sunday waiting for eerous outfit || lost balls to be brought back to (CRACK HURLERS || the playing field. Each team is TO MEET to retain its own property after Two undefeated teams get togeth-| | e#ch game, er this week at South Park in the first gume of the day when West | & Wheeler mixes with Washington Park at noon, This game will bring Charley Hardin, W. & W. mound} ace, against &-1tts This ought to; be a pitching duel. The South} k boys walloped Washington | Park in the preliminary season, but | the form and fight Washington | k showed against the Three Brothers the W. & W, outfit face 2) Ivan Jones, one of the stars of the real battle | | ‘The Three Brothers Dye Works | |tangle with the Fremont Cyclones. | | The former team must win or prac | | theally be eliminated from the run | |ning. The Fremont boys are going | | The umpires will work tm the same great guns, hitting like champions [order every, Sunday. Joe Kakash wil jiately. In Bud Davis, Ed Jones, | Badie Whitesides oo Geck for the second jKenney Johnson, Herb Larson and) ruggtes, Curley Sowers they have a “Murder-| 7, ers’ Row” that compares favorably jwith the Dye Works sluggers, place for the final games of the on June 25 will be selected some this week, It will be neutral | grounds start Ed Swift on the mound again.| — Whea it comes to picking the best Swift pitched a remarkably fine! Shavstee i= tie, exw eT rece game against Washington Park, a| Ralph Lowry, of Three Brothers, at eal a aise Dick Fion, of Westerman, Bill Grits kame that would win nine out of 10] Pick Pies, of Westerman, co ordinary games, but that wasn't an| finevor Weet &Wheser ‘aoa mince ordinary game. | Liedtke, whe didn’t play the epener WHEN DEFEAT CS SS "oe HELYED | Deteat took a lot of cockiness out |, Chester Todd. W. & Ty, outtielder 8 of the Three Brothers outfit and |{pri"fnine ta nis crea” bases wi they are expected to hit their strice | pe | Complete batting, flelding and pitching se averages will be compiled and published Fremont w at the end of the series upon which to vy" So-} - — wers looked good against the Hill-/4 p .m. Sunday, will just about be man Merchants. Then the Cyclones | out of the running unless they show Jones anc Bud Davis, buth|a big reversal of form. Stacy Bar- ers ton is slated to pitch for Weter- loser of the Hillman Mer-'mans again with Dor McGillvroy chantwL. V. Wetserman struggle at on the hill for the Mil!mana. Urban Shocker May Make Lee Fohl Great Manager yes ARS ago Fielder Jones, manag-|at a critical moment. a very ordinary ball club,! Pitcher Ed Walsh was unquestian- the Chicago White Sox, was one of! ani. the , “« ably the maker of} the most-feared leaders in the Ameri- | oF of Fiskier Jenene manager. league, ub In 1906 wax known as the} In the American league, at the present time, there exists a condition similar to that of the days of the s wonders,” yet Jones won the an league pennant and a/* ° series with that aggregation j “hitless wonders. To win the World series, Jones had! Reference is made to Lee Fohi, of to beat the Chic Cubs, conceded | the St. Louis Browns, and Urban been one of the greatest clubs | Shocker, star pitcher, history of the sp Tn 190 Lee Foh! knows baseball. He is a the Cub team was at the top of mighty good manager. There ig a pase chance that Shocker may make him Fielder Jones knew baseball, He!® great one had the ability to drive the players! The St. Louis team fs a strong land get results. Yet the greatest as.| Club. Shocker ts a great pitcher, an- other Ed Walsh, St. Louis has an excellent chance to say who will win the American league pennant, »| If St. Louls should win the pen- unquestionably made Fielder| nant, much credit, and deservedly #0, ager. ; will go to Manager Lee Fohl, Urban Perhaps some sort of an explana-| Shocker naturally would play a big tion is necessary for such a state-| part |ment Here it is: Walsh, a glutton| Shocker ts the set he possessed during his man ial career at Chicago was Ed Walsh gan Jones a great ma i Walsh type. He | for work, could take part in from 40/8 @ great pitcher, who is game and season, He could be| likes to work, He is the fellow ever nded u to win 20 or more,| @nxious to answer the call of his n he won 39. Some asset} Manager to save a game, manager to have such aj Such a type of pitcher ts almost pitcher necessary to every pennant-winning It was as a relief pitcher that] club. uch a type of pitcher helps Walsh was at his best. Any time a/ to bring greatness toa manager, an to falter late in the] * ca iy x had a lead MISKE BEATS ROPER Walsh would be} NEW, YORK, May 30.—Billy rushed into the bre to hold the! Miske, St. Paul heavyweight, won a margin }10 rounds, Lou Bogaeh won a 10- No situation was too tough for] Sammy Nable beat Harry London in Walsh to face. He fairly reveled in| 10 rounds. You Bogash won a 10 rushing to the relief of some pitcher round decision from Jack Stone, BASEBALL PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Salt Lake vs. Seattle DOUBLE-HEADER TODAY |to 50 games piteh . FIRST GAME 1:30 Ladies’ Day Every reday Children's Day Every Friday DOUBLE-HBADER SUNDAY AT 1:80 eed Reserved seats for Saturday and day now selling at $103 de Bldg. Phone Whiott 2866