The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 11, 1922, Page 12

THE SEATT SEATTL “POP” Lane, Barney, Eldred and Hood Are Shining Gang Is Covering World of Ground, Hitting Well and Playing as Well ax Any Corps in the Pacific Coast | League PORTLAND AFTER ELLIS Former tied ‘Star ‘on Way North VET MAY SUCCEED TURNER | Bs AN ES, July 11.—George (“Rube”) Ellis, for many years left outfielder of the Los Angeles club and one of the most popular players that ever wore a seraph uniform, has been offered the management of the Portland Beavers. Ellis was supposed to be en route north today to discuss terms with the present officials of the club. He received a telegram recently asking him if he would accept the leadership of the Oregon team. If salary matters can be adjusted to suit Ellis, he will robably accept. He was interested by the chances to ek into the managerial game, but the terms were not satisfactory. The offer made to Ellis means that Tom Turner is slated for dismissal at Portland. It also means that the club does not expect to regain the services of Bill Kenworthy in August, when his suspension is supposed to expire. Kenworthy becomes the property of the Pacific Coast league and President William McCarthy will have the authority to say where he will play. If he so desires, McCarthy can send him to the Texas league. Turner's chief fault as manager has been that he has allowed the players to dictate to him. Whenever it became necessary to make a change in batters, runners or pitchers, he always held a conference with the old- timers on the club. BY LEO H, LASSEN re HERE are some great outfield combinations in the Coast league, but the Seattle quartet dished up just as good a brand of work as any layout has since the Indians rejoined the league in 1919 during their recent home stay. Billy Lane, in the writer's opinion, is the best all-around left fielder that has played here this year. Lane is a regular ball hawk, playing his batters with uncanny judgment. And Lane has the strongest and most ac- curate throwing arm of any outfielder in the P. C. loop. At the plate Lane is as good a leadoff man as there is in the minors. He reaches first =, times, if not more, than two average leadoff And Lane is only hitting around .250, has a marvelous batting eye, and yet he is to whale the ball for keeps when he hits it, Lane ranks with the best base runners in the speed is the factor in scoring many, many { | ‘ow there isn't a more valuable outfield performer Arlett Won’t Be Sold Until Fall; Oaks Seek Tossers OAKLAND, July 11. -—~ “Buss” Arlett won't be sold to a big league club until the 1922 season is over, says Cal Ewing, the man behind the guns of the Oakland {| club. Ewing and Del Howard, realizing that their club needed bolstering, put Arlett on the mar- ket and received a flock of bids for the big righthander. But since the return of Bill Marriott and with Jack Knight almost ready to play again the Oakes have taken a udden brace. They are now riding in third place. The Oakland owners say that at least three players must come to the Acorns on the deal. Who Hit Homers in Big League Games Monday Hornaby, Cardinals, one; total, 22, Meusel, Giants, one; total, 9. = Rain Slows Up Golfers | in Skokie Title Play Jock Hutchison Leads Qualifying Round With the Re- markable Score of 135—New Record for American Tournament Play; Finals Thursday or Friday i } | i - SKOKIE GOLF CLUB, Chicago, July 11—With one-third of the field in the second frame of the national open golf cham- pionship tournament ha‘ finished the first half of today's 36 hole round, Frank T. be “yd professional of Memphis, Tenn. led tempo- rarily with 34-36— One stroke behind Sprogle was Walter Hagen, Detroit, with 36-35—71, follewed by George H. Christ, Rochester, N. ¥., 44-5372; Leo Digel, New Orteans, 35-37-72, and Bobby Jones, the Atlanta amateur, with duplicate rounds of 36-36—72. KOKIE COUNTRY CLUB, Chicago, July 11—Play of the second day's qualifying round in the national open) golf championship tournament began in a light drizzle | The heavy rain which soaked the course thruout the night and delayed the start by an hour had slackened, Only a small gallery braved the damp weather to watch the stars perform. Heavy clouds which bung low tn} the sky seemed to be breaking up. | however, and prospects were that the weather would clear before the) | morning round was completed. With Jock. Hutchinson's sensa- tional 135 a» a mark to shoot for, the golfers were anxious to get jaway. ‘Hi | ial Fi ie ll Results of Ring Bouts on Monday NEW YORK. Frankie Jereme, New York, won a twelve-rownd dm claton from Kid Wolfe, Cleveland. i total, 4 Carey, Pirates, one; total, 3. Galloway, Athietics, one; total, 2. i Fi | i Hi k The Hutchinson score—the 1oW | PHILADELPHIA —Tommy Loughran, | out he est ever made In tournament play—| 19-year-old PnUadeiphia middie | Tigers outpotnted Harry Greb, American / was the only outstanding feature of | Toot ecient champion, in on eight-| top of t the first day's play in the qualify-| round bout "4 Ing round. veneer en more speed | Portiana TORK.—ttatian Joe Gane, mia- x. | SAcramento Hutchinson, in poor phynteal con | dition an a reauit of an attack of} ptomaine poisoning, following his} return from England, where he| Played in the British tournament, | was able to make the record score| } j t, Won ii-reund decision from osm. RESULTS No games scheduled; teams traveling GAMES “THIS WEEK ALBANY.Tommy Roteon, Neston, middleweight, wen It-round decision from Geerge Shade, California. DENVER.—Bitly Miske, St. Paul, won only thru superb control. He was 18 pounds under weight and his|sn easy i2-round decision over Marty nailed oem Orton O'Doul, former San Francisco hurl-| AMERICAN LEAGUE drives did not have their usual) "O*% #6 Orirans er, who has failed to make good| Won. Lost. Pet.|foree. But the ball carried straight) nexwenton.—xads 4) Wittings with the Yanks, comes to the Tig- * o $93/ for the pin and only once was he/|and Hallor Vincent, w . fought «| ers on the deal. v4 4 a4 off the course four-round draw si aa 39) ‘ta9| In view of the heavy downpour} cay Washington " oh 474} and mud, the committee ruled tha’ | aon itd TE] a batt. be titted and cleaned white | What about Rod Murphy? au 4a 4i9 | at rest on the greens without pen-| Where will be play when he is siedaue alty. The committee also an-| ready to don @ uniform regularly! pniiadeiphia &, Chicago 2. }mounced a ball imbedded in the mud again? St, Louls 6, Kosten 4; 13 innings He has been out of the fray for| ton | of a fairway or green could be lifted and dropped. Following are St. Loula 3. 6, Washington 2, j the scores of the golfers who qualified yesterday NATIONAL LEAGUE Jock Hutchison, Chicago, 135 | It ts doubtful if he will be placed) vo Wer ‘4gt Fat | Mike Brady, Detroit, 143 | at first octyl gad |? toi 3 as am Barnes, Petham Manor, N. ¥., | p.Osttanie wetting champion—Dr, Bili Stumpt “ a va . . F jing of the averiey Coun- Same Adeets Dase't said just what | Drockiye | 4 | Abe Mitchell, England, 144 try club and Mre. Ereel Kay of the s he plans to do, but Dome Rumor pone . | William Creavey Kansas Cit Portland Golf club—will defend their has it that Murphy will be put back | primacten 3 Seoluo. 106 tee ‘Ci So Seal we are | on first base and that Stumpf will| Boston . 48 SLL Jom Kirkwood, Australia, 146, of the Tualatin Country club, begin- be placed at second, Mannie Cueto| foto I Naghoit. ning Wedaceday. elng benched. Cucto te in a bed| RESULTS arry Naghoits, Lima, Ohio, 147. Aaiang toons whe-<witt Geet te ves ‘a | St. Louis 6, Brookiyn 1. Charles H. Hoffner, Phitmont, Pa, Meve Dr, Willing ef his crown are _ hitting slump. iM, F 147 Radolph Witheim and Russell Smith, Adams thinks that Murphy ts a valuable ball player and that when) he recovers from his injuries that |” he will play with the same snap! former champions, and Clare Gris- wold, former champion of Seattle, Indications are that « big field will tee off in the tournament, including & number of players from Willamette Mortie Dutra, Del 148, J. EB. Rogers, Dayton, Ohio, 148. Monte, Cal. that he showed here in 1920. 1f|corcas wih thelr Gremendous hir| Ott Mackharth, Cincinnati, 148. Valley polnte EWPAY pepe up he can play reallting Bob Geary, who beat the|,, °°" Blakeslee, Muncie, Dele.) Fe agg Sue chock baen't ‘ben 4 A | 148, ‘Beotty” Armatrong recently hung up baseball, but there hasn’ nm the/ tribe twice hero, is pitching sweet! Gyn wank few record for the Wilshire Country oid paprika in his playing for the| baseball, while Oliver Mitchell and] 45. peer, enpewent,: me Hed links In Lae Ani turning in sin | | & card of 68, three under par ——- [it the Feds gote an even break in| ,,21074 lullickaon, Dekalb, 1, /if0, nad braiee on tne third, “ith Sad | 150. 4 ANOTHER INFIELD this series it is the best that can/| —_— PROBLEM | be Pen ors Ry Frank Kennett, Glencoe, Tl, 150. Francis Ouimet, Woodlan’, former Whis isn’t the only infield problem| From there the gang goea to Sac-|_. A. Crutekshank, Shackamaxon, | national amateor and open champlon, } J. 160. won the Massachusetts state amateur confronting Manager Adams. Soon) ramento and then to Portland. Both | “ golf championship for the fifth time Sammy Crane, a’ bear of a short-|ot these clubs are in bad slumps,, J#¢k Croke, Birmingham, Ala.) when he defeated Clark Hodder, stop, will be ready. He has been| while Seattle is going great guns. 159. Ton im the S0-hete finals, out with « charley horse, While he| The road trip, outside of the Friaco| Thomas Harmon, Hudson, N. Y., ° rade has been on the bench Spencer| series, looks pretty rosy. 3 Walter Hagen, recent wi of the Adams has been going like a house| William MeFarlen, Tuckahoe, N.| nritish open welt champlonshion ana Son afire for the Indians at this import- “RED” SMITH 18 Y., 161, Kirkwood, Australian wizard, have been Bive an exhibition at the ant position. Crane, with his ex HAVING GREAT YEAR *Chick Evans, Chicago, 151, ‘oungstown Co! perience, will probably play the| “Red” Smith is having the best) Dow 1. George, Minneapolis, 162. | in July, Kmmet position regularly again soon with| season he has had with the Vernon’ ‘Ira 1. Couch, Jr Chiengo, 162,| Gene Barnzan, Adams being utility man. ‘Tigers. A smart bail player, Smith| Fred Ford, Kansas City, 162. niu geo ! ston ton" jis dynamite at the plate, lending | Henry Bolesta, Palmaceia, Fia., ENDL |the league tn hitting at the pres-| 152, HARD SERIES | ent time. Smith is aggressive and) Alex Campbell, Cincinnatl, 152, SPENCER HARRIS ‘The Seattle Indians are facing their last series in Sun Francisco. GOING WELL NOW Spencer Harris, former Broadway a sweet fielder. With dus respect| to Willie Kamm's wonderful ficiding George McLean, Y., 162. Grassy Sprain, They open with the powerful Seals) Smith must be ranked us the Lest] *A. Ff, Baumgartner, Cincinnatt, | py fm the Goldea Gate park tomorrow. | all-around third sacker in the league! 162. a arta ising Hal a sed wai The Frisco % is always dan-| right now. *Amateurs, - re ting the ball at a terrific rate, bat. ting over .400 During the last week in June he pounded out 10 hits in 30 trips, the 10 bingles in. | PONDER MAY BE “THRU” FOR GOOD cluding three doubles, three home runs and @ triple, He's pl pee PONDER, crack Los According to Byler, Ponder's his throwing arm. . right field. rics Angeles pitcher, may never physician told him that Ponder wouldn't throw a ball again this year, When Ponder fell while field. Ponder wan leading the league in games won and lost before being injured, having won 10 out throw another baseball. The author for this statement Is “Buteh” Byler, Salt Lake catcher, who saw Ponder fall in SUZANNE CONGRATULATED NEW YORK.—The United States Lawn Tennis association cabled eon. | to his LE STAR E OUTFIELD IS PLAYING BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL NOW GEERS IS STILL HANDLING THE REINS AT 72 YEARS OF ACE! Paddock Has Big Future Sprint Marvel Should Be in Fast Competition for Years; Training Did It BY DICK VAN HORN bs FRANCISCO, July 11.—The recent breaking of five world's | printing records and the tying of Another in one day by Charles Pad. dock Is proof enough that careful college training will leave the best competitive years of an athi his graduation after Frank Foster, who has trained tn- Aumerable champtons and developed others, is responsible for the remark that college athletes are “in before | Paddock in the best | they are out.” example that could possibly be found in the country of a perfectly trained athlete and one who tn still able to do hie “stuff.” The Southern phenom had the luck, or hard tuck, to finish his college running days before his graduation. ‘That tp to may, he was barred from competition by his professors in his senior year, so that, in reality, the running he ts doing now would have been considered his last year under the U. 8. C. colors. But, aside from that, tratning from his srammar school days In a highly systematic way hag bade made Pad. dock the world’s fastest human. KEPT HIM UNDER WRAPS A private track in his back yard, together with an experiencer trainer, kept Paddock under wraps during his high school days. His training wan no strict In thone days that the number of races he was to run in a day wan Mmited. A famous example of this was dur. ing a Southern high school track champlonahip meet. years back, Pad. dock’sn achool needed but a couple of points to grab the champlonship and the relay was up. The presence of Paddock in the relay would assure his school of pointe enough to win the meet, but the trainer and father | of the champlon refused to let Pad- dock run, claiming that two wins were enourth for him Chances are thet that extra run would not have made any material Aifference In Paddock’s running to- day, bot that was the system under which Charley wan trained, and now he tn reaping the benefit, NEW WATCH WILL, HELP Varied coaches and track men whose word carries weight aay that Paddock has many years of great competition before him. Walter Christie of California claims that | Paddock’s form is superb, and that) hin coaching baa been #0 adjusted running that he is getting his maximum apeed without burning himself out As to the possibility of his run- ning the hundred in 9 2-5 seconda, the question is very problematica: ‘The difference between 9 26 and 9 3.5 ts no wight in time and so great in distance that the running of the race in record-smashing time is remote. The introduction of the tenth second watch will bring the hun- dred time under the nine-three mark and possibly to the nine-two position. Thin watch must first be adopted before there can be any changes in the records SUDDEN SHOULD IMPROV While Paddock was breaking the world’s records, young Eddie Sud. den wan out trying hig utmost to force Paddock to greater marks The question as to Sudden's future lin one that can be answered In |manyyways. He is without a doubt the best sprinter ever turned out by Northern California, but whether he will ever be as great or break any world's records depends a great deal upon his physical development in the next few years, and, of course, upon the condition he keeps himself in. Sudden j# small of stature and of a very Mght build, It brings up the old question of a good little man against a good big man, The latter has it In most every case. However, Sudden has lots of room for improvement and growth yet. STAGE GOLF CHAMP HERE THIS WEEK | HIAMPION golfer of American; vaudeville and a player who has made the rounds of practically every big course in the country, is Rey Gordon who, with his pretty bride, is featured at the current Palace Hip show in “Wedded Biias.” Managers, stage-hands and fellow entertainers have crossed clubs without avail against this chap who o the title of the National Vaudeville Actora’ association, Since taking up the pastime, three years ago, this young chap has faced the manager of every house on the Ackerman & Harris circuit, 26 in number Next to the Druld Hills Country club of Oklahoma City, Seattle har the finest 18 holes in America thinks Gordon, who says that the splendid condition in whieh the local munictpal links are kept, the fact that they are not hilly and yet hazardous enough to make the game Interesting, and the courteous treatment of attendants make a combination only too rare, BIG RACE LOOMS NEW YORK. -— Stewards of the Empire race track have offered $10,. 000 for a match race between Whisk away, Harry Payne Whitney's great ing a ball in practice in the out- of 11 starts. He came to the gratulations to the French Tennis | three-year-old ; . ee-year-old, and Gray Lag, the practice at Salt Lake two weeks field before game time he Angels from the Chicago Cubs. federation for the victory of Mile./Handicap star of the Ranvocas wrenched the flesh loose from He is a righthanded flinger. Lenglen over Mrs. Mallory. stable, | | Dean of All Drivers “Pop” Geers, 72 years old, is starting his 12d season driver on the Grand Circuit. The veteran says he is a long way from being “thru” as a pilot of horses and expects to last a long time yet. | » | | } | BY LEO #. LASSEN HE parsing of “Matty” Matthews as frosh coach at the University of Washington marks a big lons to Purple and Gold athletics. Matthews showed in his work here last year that he had the stuff in him to make & great conch. Not only did he have coaching ability, but he got the mont out of his men. He turned out a crack freshman football team and & good basketball aggregation. His climax for the season was the win- bing of the varsity conference baseball title. Washington's loses is Idaho's gain, and Matthews goes with the best wishes of Seattle sport fans. FREFORTS ‘hove coine.to The Mar: eheeaey ase |S aene Meee, cee among the youngsters on the city playfielis, This is a dangerous pastime at best, and particularly so on the playfields, which are crowded thruout the year, Playfield Director Ben Evans should check up on these reports and seo to it that aling shots are not used on the grounds Lefore some serious accident occurs. l FP on Orcas Island, in the fan Juan, the Seattle Y. M. C. A. conducts ite annual summer camps for boys. This is one of the most com mondable pieces of work that this organization does, and the San Juan islands are wonderful in the summer, The camps run all summer and for all ages of be Athletics play a big part in the camps, baseball, swim. ming, tennis and handball leagues and tournaments are held under the supervision of the leaders. IRACEY STRONG ts expected to handle the whistle In the high school football games again this season. The high school league is indeed fortunate in having a man of Strong's caliber and character for this work. You'll hear the roughnecks kick once in a while about Strong being too technical as an official, But he keeps the games going at top speed, and if anybody in Seattle knows football he does, Jess Willard Is Real Earnest Over Big Mix Seattle Boy Writes That Ex-Champion Is Working Hard for Chance With Jack Dempsey in Los An- geles; Other Fight News ESS WILLARD is working like a Trojan to get in condition in Los Angeles. So says Fred Zwickey, former boxing pupil of Austin & Salt’s school, in a letter to his first ring tutors. Zwickey, who is the amateur middle- weight champion of the Los Angeles Ath- letic club, is working out with Willard every day and he says that the former champion is showing a world of class, considering that hasn't had a boxing glove on for three years. Willard expects to box Jack Dempsey some time in Oc- tober, according to Zwickey. Willard also had an offer to box Luis Firpo, the South American champion, in Argentina next winter. Willard is doing road work every morning and is in the gymnasium for four hours every afternoon, boxing about six rounds each day. The big oil king will take a nine weeks’ tour on the Pan- tages circuit in a few weeks. Joe Lynch Is Bantam KingAgain Former Champ Regains Title When He Knocks Out Johnny Buff | NEW YORK, July 11—Joe Lynch } regained his bantamweight crown here last night when he Pp ped Johnny Buff in the l4th round. He cracked the champion on the but- ton as the round started and the towel was tossed in at the count of 4 Lew Tendier have both gone into intensive train- ing for thelr 12-round title bout at Jersey City week after next. It's» no-decision afta whether or not You ored middleweight here July 21, He is now in will tangle with Joe Eagan if he comes. A match between Hobby Michaels and Harry Caney In the next lightweight tift of promise brewing in local fistic circles, Frankie Britt, the rugged Tacoma featherweight, has been taken under the management It. Robby Gray wilt box | tt acain, The Denver boy had hin right ‘ eye injured in the firat round of hin bout}, Hynch held the edge thruout, using with Travie Davis in Bverett July 4 his left hand to good advantage, Richie Davis, the promising Walla Babo Adams, veteran Pittsburg flinger, Is out of the game indefi- nitely, The other day he stopped Walla youngster, i# also on the road to Ho Was quite a sick fellow ie hie Caney her a line drive with his right ankle, and a small bone was broken, } Veteran Is King of Track Grand Circuit Driver Has Piloted Horses Over 500,000 Miles BY ROY GROVE ro ee 0., July 11-—Have you all heard about this young” feller, “Pop”) Geers? Edward Franklyn (alas He's broke into the Grand Circuit” /4,, again. : = made over half a million miles pushing horses around the clr. cle with the driving reins,” say; Pop, “and that’s just a starter.” ¢ Papa Geers is just now sneaking | Fri into his weventy-second year and ft 94¢, is only his forty.wecond campaign ei on the Grand Cireuit. oa “I'm good for 15 or 20 more years 9oy) yet,” says Geers, with a cigar ac Ss cent, “and all that time I have be- fore me I'll spend in the sulky, too. “When the time comes that 7 can't climb into the buggy I'll just hang around the barns. You couldn't get me away from my only friends, these horses. “I'm a part of the game now. “The only thing I know anything © about gettin’ old is when my friends smile at me and kid about it.” In a half century with the trot- ters he has driven so many winners | that he can't remember them. He won his first race in 1872 with 3® Little Dave, and his first Grand Cire 9 @ll cult in 1881 with Annie W. His first two-minute performer was Ni Direct, 15934, at Columbus in 1915. Since that time Pop Geers has Griven more races than any other driver alive and the greatest ber of Grand Circuit races. MOLLA WON’T QUIT GAME, SAYS HUBBY ¥- BY HENRY L. FARRELL 4 ‘W YORK, July 11—Mra. q wer ‘bill to ed * no intention of quitting t) he sald. With the assurance that American woman champion will fend her title at Forest Hills this summer, critics are now trying to figure how successful she will be in maintaining her position as the queen of the American court. final match for the title last mer and at that time the cri sounded the warning: “Look out her next year.” for Walter Retts, new Salt Lake is out of the game for a week with injured finger, smashed by « tine di hit at him by Hughey High recent He was obtained from the Philly Q ere. Mike Donlin, former New York G slugger, te scouting for the Boston Sox and he is particularly interested i Hetnte Sands, shortstop, and Hi Thurston, pitcher, now with the Bees, 360 fer 1 walvers that were — Bill Marriott will be played tn the field by Oakland P's r be a good inflel Acorn who broke an ankle here in ti 4 on the Seattle lot this year, With Art Nehf registering his 1 straight vietory over the Pi u Giants won the firet game, 1 dropped the second to Pittsbu Singles by Jacobson and Severeld. the miveeze play on Ellerbe’s hunt tn the first but they dropped cond, 4 to a, 6 to t ers by Hauser and Gallowal helped the Athletics beat the White 5 to 2. The Reds it four ont of bod - serles beating the Phils, lo 1. The Senators fielded brilliantly, Frickson and Phillips were weak in box, and the Tigers won, 6 to 2. Krug's doudle with the bases filled the first inning gave the Cubs a 4-t04 victory over the Braves, a BILL LEARD STILL PLA Bill Leard, former Seattle pilot 7 now crabbing in the South Atal league for the Charleston club. cidentally Wilt Willie isp third base and the Charleston is leading the league. Don't whether Leard is managing team or not, i