The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 21, 1922, Page 9

-_—— oes @BENNY LEONARD * 8 & i] PLANS OUTLINED * 5 & * * FOR ST AND JACK BRI AR SWIM Champions |(LASS B LEAGUE NEEDS ICyclones_ . to Battle in Gotham Third Meeting cf Pair; Leonard May Hold Two Ring Titles BY LEO H. LASSEN OR the third time Benny Leonard and Jack Britton wit wrangle in the squared-circle Friday night in the new Veol e = @rom in New » York City. The light- ry Weight and wel- _ terweight cham- Fars are on the Dook to go 1 other two bouts were moe @ecision affairs with Leonard = he edge in the first encoun tee York, and with the second scrap at Philadelphia being judged 50-50, Britton goes into the battle with on ot prestige to win. He w wi about 147 for the melee, Leonard has everything to win. He ts said to de tipping the scales ever the 140-pound mark now, and if he wins he is very apt to let lightweight title slide and take up his ring chores after this as 4 ¢ also held the welterweight title. ‘At the present time Jobnay Buff fe @ double champion, holding the fiyweight and bantamweight honors. Bob Fitzsimmons was the only man to ever hold three titles at ‘once, being middleweight, light: heavyweight and heavyweight king. be re who rather roughly is vicin- will om a young it he cer- time and ‘t Harry Bremerton, edge in the fighting fight in Walla @ youngster Davis te still ustin, who man- Walla Walla trip, vis shows a lot of Promise and that he's a willing, Pugged customer. He and Casey fought « draw. TEST FOR FRANKIE GREEN Frankie Green, grin boy, who ts i Mminary class, is gradually taking on better millers. Last fall he nearly every week at the and the colored boy usually et licked. He couldn't take ‘em in the stomach. Under the wing of Jimmy Malone, G n kept fighting in preliminaries and began to develop a left hand. His boxing picked up considerabiy and now he has a winning list of three fights. ‘Tomorrow night he will face a hard hurdie when he mixes with Eddie Nell, the clever Anacortes kid. Nef] didn't improve as fast es it was thought he would, but he is stil! a tough problem and if Green Wins be may stand in line to move up the card @ notch. EXPERIENCE 18 VITAL ‘There is nothing a boxer necds experience. ‘That's what Jimmy Rivers needs More than anything else and he Is Pursuing the right course tn stick- ing in the preliminary class tn order to get it. He ts still young enough to spend a year or so in picking up Ting knowledge that can be gained ‘oly thru actual fighting. Experience ia the biggest asset of Gordon McKay. This middleweight fs a clever fellow, but {t's ring craft thet has been picked up after years 0 the resined-canvas. Remember how Marty Foley several boys here and then, he ran up against McKay, Gordon made him look like a i? Well, experience 614 tt, and noth- ing else, as McKay's superior ring Knowledge triumphed over Foley's Rivers and the rest of the rising Young boxers want to remembe: this before trying to jump into the Dig money. MUCH AT STAKE IN SEMIL-WINDUP There is a lot at stake in the femi-windup tomorrow night at the Arena when Tom King and Joe nm argue. The winner will get & bout with Mike Gibbons at Van- Couver, B.C, in July. It is under Stood that Eagan has the inside track for the bout, but ft is not Ukely that he will be signed if he loses tomorrow night. King is the Australian miller who beat McKay {a Vancouver a few weeks ago. Jimmy Saceo and Bobby Harper ate on edge for their six-round mill that will headline the Arena card. This pair has been fighting around Northwest regularly lately and jate in condition that only comes regular ring work. Bacco, who from Boston, has made good start here, while we all know Harper can do, , EIGHT BASEBALL TEAMS Se Says D. E. Dugdale, Former Owner of Seattle Club; He Suggests Possible Circuit; W.-I. League Passed Out Because of High Transportation Costs BY LEO H. LASSEN ANIEL DU ALE speaking. | And he’s talking about Class B baseball : The cuit. of the time. of transportation the league in.” Unless a compact the Northwest this season. Hack Miller Sticks LTHO waivers were asked on bim some time ago, it lookr Mike Hack Miller won't be back in the Coast league as soon as ex- pected. : Frisco NE of the reasons that the San Francisco club is up in front in the Coast loop is easily explained when it is known that the Seals are 321 as @ team. That ts probably the leading team average of any club in the country this year. “It was the wrong circuit,” says Dugdale. western league will never be a success until they form a league with Vancouver and Victoria as the Canadian clubs and with Seattle entering a team that is on the road most in the Northwest. When the portly fellow begins to talk on this subject it is real information, because Dug spent years as the head of the Seattle club in the old Northwestern league. Western-International gone on the rocks again and the reason, ac- cording to Dug, and obvious to the average fan, is that the railroad jumps were too long and expensive. ton and Vancouver, B. C., made up the cir- league has Calgary, Tacoma, Edmon- “The North- “Bellingham, Aberdeen, Spokane, Tacoma and Everett should make up the rest of the circuit. Give the fans a lot of new faces and with the shorter jumps and the curtailing ought to be a real success. Bellingham, Everett, Spokane and Aberdeen have been without real league baseball for a long time and would be ready to support it reuit is arranged it looks like Class B baseball in the Northwest has taken a count on the chin. It’s a cinch that no more of that brand will be attempted in ‘The strong man ts still pounding out hits and is still holding down left field for the Chicago Cubs. If Miller does come back to the Codst loop he reverts to the Oak- land club by terms of the sale. Club Is Hitting The Seals are getting just fair pitching with Jim Scott and Oliver Mitchell as the mainstays. Jim O'Connell, Bert Ellison and Charley See are leading the attack. Seattlo will have its first peek at the Seals next week when they open & week's engagement with the In- dians. Oaks Marriott Back With ELLs MARRIOTT ts back at third ‘base for the Oakland club again and he's playing good ball, batting clean up and doing some tall hit- ung. He broke an ankle tn the opening game of the Oakland series here, but was lucky that the bone stayed in place and healed rapidly. His return to the fold makes the Acorns more dangerous and bolsters up their infield. Those Poor Philly Fans Philadelphia fans are tn for an- other dead summer. At the start of the season it looked ke Connie Mack had finally buflt up a team that would be out of the basement at last. But a glance at the etandings Tuesday’s matches. sets at 9-7, 6-3. In the only other match in this division Dick Burr and O. T. Stephens defeated Ordel McLain and Zac Kalbach by default. Three hard matches were doubles. sets, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5. Bill Fox and Harold Will- iams entered the finals along with Dranga and Scott by beating Ne Robinson and Howard Langlie in another three-set thriller at 5-7, 6-4, 8-6. In the women’s doubles Mrs. Bragdon and Marian Soule Henderson won from Mrs. Thompson and Gertrude Pearl in straight sets at 6-1, 6-1, while Rita Meyer and Dorothy Little had a harder time in winning from Mrs. Hardy and Mrs. Soderberg at 6-4, 6-4. In the only mixed doubles match Rita Meyer and Leo Lagerstrom defeated Mrs. Thompson and Thompson at 5-7, 6-2, 7-5. The schedule for today’s matches follows: ATSP.M. Dorothy Little and Rita Meyer vs. BSimonne Bourque and Mrs. Foster. Irene Stephens and O. T. Stephens vs. L. C. Montag and partner, AT 6 P. M. Mrs. Hardy and Nelson Robinson vs. Mrs. Bourque and Dick Vander Las. Cc. Nau and G. Laizure vs, Wayne O'Brien and Jack Schermer. the Northwest, not having lost| Thursday's schedule follows: ATS P, M. Rita Meyer and Leo Lagerstrom shows the Athletics far down tn the secon? division and heading for the basement fast In the National the Quakers have | Doubles Play Narrows | Down in Star Net Meet Doubles; Matches Today WO of the strongest teams in the men’s doubles in The Star-Woodland park tournament were eliminated in Dick Vander Las and Bruce Hesketh '|, defaulted, while Fletcher Johnson and Leo Lagerstrom were defeated by R. Tilford and Christ Knust in straight| Armand Marion and Bud Marion eliminated Charles Hoyt and Arnold Lund, 8-6, 6-4, but then lost out to Melvin Dranga and Viret| ys. strs. soaerderg and W. EB. Hardy. Scott after three hard-fought | Ruth Marcuse and Frank Kozlowski | O’Brien and Schermer, i|FRED PLUM TO | has been appointed chairman of the | Dickerman, of Cleveland, ©. | D, Stoop, of Spokane, Wash.; Frank | Etchen, | McCarty, long since dropped into their fa miliar rut in the cellar. * Those Philly fans are certainly gluttons for punishment. Johnson and Lagerstrom Lose Out in Straight Sets to Tilford and Koust; Finalists Named in Junior Boy | played in the junior boy ATT P.M Libbie Ferris and L. Bresnahan vs. AT 6 P.M. Frank Kozlowski ve. winner C. N Earl White and Lalzure- Williams and Dyer vs, Knust and Tilford. FIX HANDICAPS Fred Plum of Atlantic City, N. J., Deering, of Columbus, Wis. Coffeyville, K: Newfield, Brooks, Columbus, 8. ter, Mason City, Iowa, All of these are well versed tn the art of handicapping from the! standpoint of the shooter. Indica-| tions are that the grand American | at Atlantic City will be the greatest | trapshooting tournament ever staged. PHIL SOCK M Phil Todt, hatled as a “second Bin- ler” two or three years ago, but who | slumped following an iliness, seems to be getting the range again. Ho is playing the outfield for Columbus in the association, and here of late | has been making life miserable for May Lose Two Stars Fremont Club May Be Without Davis - Sowers in Washington Game 11 Fremont Cyclones may be without the services of “Curley” Sowers and Bud Davis, two of th aces .in thelr final game of the sea- json with the Washington Park club in The Star Junior finals at Lincoln park Sunday, Davia has been signed to play shortstop by the Sedro-Woolley club, while Sowers ts slated to do duty on the pitching knell for Pacific City. Their departure would leave a couple of big holes tn the Fremont machine, Ed Jones will probably pitch Sunday if Sowers doesn't play, which means that Allan MacDonald wit be brought Into play second base, ‘The shortstop problem would be a big one. Herb Larson probably | getting the assignment. He's play: }ing first base now. Vinnie Mo- Cutchin would undoubtedly have to play first which would leave “Fat” Brenegan, Leo Delaney and “Red” Sanderson for outfield duty. “Peo Wee’ Dean at third and Roger Hyman behind the plate, would complete the outfit. Washington Park, with a stim chance of tying West &@ Wheeler's outfit if they beat Fremont and if the Hillman Merchants trim the Real Estate club, can be counted upon to put thelr strongest team in the field. Bij! Stitts will do mound work with either Pete Mitchell or “Red™ Smith behind the log. West & Wheeler's team hasn't an- nounced ite pitcher yet, altho Charley Hardin, Don Burke and Art Butler are all available. Due to the good showing he made in the final innings against the Three Brothers Dye Works last Sun- day, Don McGillivray will probably start pitching for the Hillman Merchants. Oakland Winner in First Herb Brenton Outpitches Vean Gregg and Seattle Takes Ansther Lose OAKLAND, June 21—Herb Bren: ton outpiteched Vean Gregg tn the opening game of the series and Oak- | land won the struggle 4 to 1. Seattic wns credited with eight j hite off of their former team mate, but Brenton deserved a shutout. Wally Hood and Bill Marriott, | with three blows each, led the hit- ters. THE sconr H. PO. LJ AD. &, “ e wdaccouses odncrvedeeP ** pe ‘ 2, Tages on ball | Brenton 1. Wild piteh “Marriott Brubaker, Hood rubaker, GUE PACIFIC COAST LEA Won, Lost Pet aii 490 an 436 aaa nt 405 Vernon 9, Portland 7 San Francisco 7, Sacramento 1. Salt Lake 6, Los Angeles 6. NATIONAL LEAGUE Won, Lost AMERICAN handicapping committees for the| }grand American handicap trap- | St. Loute | shooting tournament, which will be | New Nor |held in Atlantle City in September | Plum will have for aides George K. |W. | Mackie, of Lawrence, Kan.; jelphia 28 yuls 7, Philadelphia 3. New York 6, Cleveland 5. Detroit 9. Boston 8. Washington 9, C! SHEA TRAINS Dan Shea, fireman-athlete of the | Pastime A. ©. (N. ¥.) who holds the Metropolitan A. A. U. pentathlon championship, is training for the Irish Olympl 18 HE NUTTY Bob Fowler of Boston ts not only coach of the athletes of the Brazilian navy, but is to conduct @ schoo! for coaches. Fowler ts at Rio Janeiro, Additional Sports opposing pitchers by swatting fre- quent homers, on Page 13 THE SEATTLE STAR TTON os 8 & AIN ON FRIDAY * # & CLASH AG MING MEET BILLED FOR AUGUST © Columbia’s Hudson Crew Entry * * a * & Henry: Is Manager of Event Water Stars to | Compete in Biggest Meet of North- west in Few Weeks JLANS for the Third Annual Star City Swimming meet to be held during the first two weeks in Aue ~ gust, were set in motion by “Dad* Henry, manager of the festivities, Two big preliminartes will be hela Green Lake and at Madrona — ‘ beach on August 5, and the finals ~ Ruffalo, No. &;| wit be held in the Lake Washing? ton canal August 12. There will be events for every — swimmer in the city over 10 years of age. Dashes for the younger boys and girls will play a big part — meet, And then be the usual run of events for the senior swimmers, and mile marathons for both mem Left to right: Thees, bow; Griswold, No. 2; Ferris, No. 3; Ince, No. 4; |Cooper, No. 6; Swinburne, No. 7; Brodil, stroke; Levi, corswain, “POP” GEERS, AT 71 YEARS, STILL RACES ILEVELAND, Ohfo, June 21-—-Ed the “Grand Old Harness Turf,” reached North Randall Memphis training quarters to put on the finishing touches for the 1922 Grand Circuit campaign which be ging at North Randall July 3. Aged ‘71, Geern ts the oldest driver on the Grand Circuit. Hale and hearty he also trains his own horses, “Pop” has virtually a new stable this year, all but two being trotters, Familiar to Grand Circuit fans are! his Sanardo, Peter June and Utah. | Poter June, with a mark of 2:04%, is his leading trotter. Geers declared he expects to be! seon on the Grand Circuit at least) 10 years more, The arrival of his stable’ brings | the total horses now at Randall up to 470. The stables of Walter Cox, Lon McDonald and several other | prominent drivers a Many of the famous Grand Circuit reinamen already are here, having arrived preceding the opening of the 1922 harness season, which was ush- | ered in the greater Cleveland dis. MURPHY AFTER SPEED HONORS) With victories tn the Uniontown and Indianapolis races In the record book, Jimmy Murphy, Los Angeles automobile driving ace, has the in- side track to the speed king honors of the year. Tommy Milton was) awarded the honor last year, | Both Murphy and Milton wil race in the Tacoma event at American trict with the meeting at North Ran-| cently returned from Russia. That the horses are in exception, ally fine condition for this time of the year is indicated by races on the Sandusky half-mile track, which just ended, Before the first of June Lenora Watts, of the North Carolina stable of R. B. Plaxico, had beaten the 210 mark. She was pressed by Clyde the Great, driven by Clyde Limiline, of Louisville, Ky. dail half-mile track June 6, including diving — Among stables quartered here now are those of Johnny Thomas, Charley (Pop”) Geers, TO BE A. A. U. MEET The meet will bem regulat A. A U. registered meet and everybody 16 must have an amateur These can be obtained from Earl A. Fry at Piper & Taft's for — Entries will open July 1 an@ blanks will be carried in The Star until August 1, when the entries Edman, Fred Egan, Sep Palin, Ben 4, Frank Phillips, Nat Ray, tokes, Marvin Childs, Will Rosemire and Will Caton. The latter two are handling the Pastime stable, Caton having re- Youth Will Be Served, Still Vets Get Over The old chatter about youth being served in still in the ar, Yet out of the 70 leading pitchers of the big leagues, 33 are over the 30-year mark and 28 will never seo their 26th birthday. Only nine are under 26 summers. Their average age scales well on with Babe Adams, Walter Johnson and Grover Alex- ander leading the old age parade. In length of service Adams leadd, with 19 sensons in professional baseball; Johnson and Marquard have seen 17 and Alexander, Cov. eleskie, Toneyand Tyler have played for 15 yeara, Of the 70 pitchers included tn this survey, 46 have played for more than 10 seasons, the average span of eervice being a bit over 10 years. A young arm and a young head are hardly as good as an old arm and an old head, pro. || teed vided the arm {s not too old. All that Is necessary to enter fe to send in a blank and to be am amateur swimmer, The list of events, as made up by Manager Henry, follows: EN'S SENIOR 100-yard dash, free atyle. 100-yard dash, breast stroké Bam Post, first sacker, has been turned NOVICE under 14 yeors old) atyls k Egan, former American associa- tion umpire, haa been (Boys under 16 years old) the cub tn’ the” Soethars league, has his team in first place. former Meattte jayer, ie catching for Mild .as a May Morning —and as_fragran Many men demand mild.” Mozart is made for them. Its tobaccos were selected and cured to be mild. SCHWABACHER BROS, & CO. Seattle, Wash. NARRATE AAA ANS ANAL