The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 17, 1922, Page 10

SEATILE STAR ie... and | Cutshaw in Limelight Y Shortpatcher and "Verran Cutshaw Speed Up Tiger Defense BY BILLY EVANS REAKS of the game that do not) appear in the ¢ ror column decide | many & contost The Detrott Tigers led the American league in hitting last year | with the remark able team average Detroit's double-play duet of .316, yet the} : : "ata Tigers Snished | rhea Rigney, (right) Cut: sixth in the stand. | Saw, ing pit Detroit had a strong offense, but Four Star Boys Are Starring non dere decayse of the inability fated to completa, double / Davis, 1. Jones, Barbaris and Ray Willis Play in N. W. League IDDIE WHITESIDES, the crack | umptre who worked in the early | games of The Star Junior Baseball | league finals, has returned to Seattic, make double plays. | arter officiating in the Northwest of a ground ball, @/ Washington league, which operates Or & poor throw jin the Bellingham district. White: Invariably cause the | sides brings word that a quartet of | man in am &t-| Star league performers are playing | sweet basebai] in the northern loop. | Bud Davis, the nifty yo shortstop, is playing third base for the side. That | the sedro-Woolley club; Ivan Jones, | the Detroit club | -porce Brothers infielder, is holding 7 to make double | down third base for the Bellingham | Knighta of Columbus; Al Barbarta, | show that In| another Three Brothers tosser, is! he game the | piaying the outfield for the Biocdel- | Donovan team, while Ray Willis, | heavy-hitting West & Wheeler catch. number | er, ig wearing the K. of C. livery, | Many players of the defunct West. | ern International league are playing | in this cireuit, and the league is play. | ing fast ball. ‘Whitesides brought In the follow- nig summary of the teams: BLAINE— With Tiny Leonard, Washington college pitcher, blazing a trail, the Blaine team ts leading the league at present. With the excep- } tion of two players, the entire 1 Washington champions are playing | with the Blaine squad. S=* the showing of the Ticers te 1921 proved beyond a @oubt that a club must have assets ‘aside from batting power. Detroit was weak at shortstop and | Second base last season. Players were being constantly shifted at those two positions, FPalture to complete double plays, ‘when perfect handling of the ball hg die palate ia one of slips in baseball that prove he keystone sack for the “Tigers last year there wns a con Star Swim Entry Blank Tam @ regular member of the A. A. U. and wish to enter the events in The Star swimming meet marked with X: MEN'S EVENTS Juniors and Nevices— (Under 14 years olf) SO-vard free atyle. ‘Under 18 years old) free style. back stroke. - d breast stroke, Fancy diving, i@foot board. WOMEN'S EVENTS Jnviors and Neviers— (Girls under 14 years old) free style if years old) Ve. Sentore— 300- vars free style breast stroke, 00. yard dack stroke. ~ divin, marathon. yard free style. Novice race. « no far out more than and Cutshaw at 60-yard be 80-yard breast Fancy diving, 10.f0 Entries Close August 5 second. it, Rigney, at short, has rounded out the Tigers’ Tae 3 spring of the year, when was having his troubles, eer Cobb never lost faith. One in Cleveland, after a couple of the a oe i by the youngster had helped; KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS—/ the game, Cobb remarked to me: Piloted by Hunky Shaw, former | Rigney is a great ball piayer, He | Northwestern league star, the Caseys | go to his right or left equally | have won mine out of their last 11 well. He has a good arm and plenty | kames and are now riding in second | of nerve. Just walt until he gets | Place. Doug Muskett, a great young | fils bearings. In a couple of months | Pitcher, who ts under contract with | they will be talking sbout him | Seattle for next season, and Frank @round the American league cir- | Setzer, Washington hurler, who has Feature on * | a contract with the Chicago Cubs for | Recently, after the Tigers had won | 1923. are pitching for this team. — { eight straight games, knocking New| BELLINGHAM ELKS—Under the ing | ar | swimming meet which will be held ia) | August York for four in a row, I heard the | leadership of Harold Keene this team Gobs From Pa Pacific Fleet) ‘The entries are coming in slowly Sstute Connie Mack say: is going well. Mose Solomon, lead- “That youngster, Rigney, has done | ing hitter of the Western Interna and swimmers who plan to compete . bev ~ ae tay Fri-} tii year ahowla epeed up theie' on jay Smoker ere t si f i CHAMP SWIM STAR ENTERS ADELINE PLEBS, who holds the Pacific Coast record for | women’s 100-yard breaststroke event | has filed her entry for The Star's city & ooking ball player and is bound toj year-old kid shortstop, who looks | Set better. I lke his style very much. | promising, are the outstanding stars ‘He has made the team. of this squad. So, in looking around for one of) BLOEDEL DONOVAN—Under the| the reasons why the Tixers are do- | teadershtp of Henle Follman, this | fing #0 well. don't overlook Shortstop \ tea mgot a late start, but looks good | Rigney. He has more than mad¢! now. Cari Tillis and Carl Shoota of | Wonders for Detroit, He is a fine- tional league and Earl Swift, a 17-/ | tries the preliminaries booked for August AILORS witt play | 12 and the finais August 19 a big part in the ring show set for the Arena Friday until the last day to enter aa it will help the the disbanded Vancouver, B. C.,| night they enter early team, Jimmy Worth, who is inelig: | tS — ible to play with the St, I heavyweight LINKSMEN — Browns until 1923, and Norman champion of the | Worth, who has returned from Calt fist nailtiig ‘Crome fornia, where he played with Buzzy | WANT RULE {handling thie club and has jot stars headed by Pat walaxy | Ballard’s light heavyweight Eastley. repre here today urged changes in the Nostertay’s. here ity Mrere, dea. | 0 dr angie Fastley. | sentative. |aystem of staging national tourna Bled seventh and t |Danny O'Brien, Bob Nixon, Biscuits | . 3 . | me following the close of the Seore; tripled in the eighth with the |pesor and Russ Blackburn. Bil |. D0" Urauldes, of the U. 8. 8. Art| ments, following th we of the na bases filled and gave Brovkiyn @ . 3 | zona, 1s booked for a tussio with |tional open championship at Skokie be Gshew ovih the Fuaken | Payne, who gets trial ‘with Pitts | Soldier Woods, the wild man. Country club here Saturday. jbure next year, is ranked as the| s " eld whic ee Homers by Yaryan and Hooper helped | fantest outfielder in the league | Sailor Silver, of the U. 8. 8. Call- idan Le carter > 7 bag condos White Sox beat the ‘ank lornia, ‘4 slated to trade wallops | ae ree Oe his year to: , gt Fi, | SEDROWOOLEY — vic Pigg, |" Jed 329, should b Babe Ruth and Wally Bchang w | c > HY — Vic Pir, | with Pat Williams. taled , Hhould be cut down before @nly Yanks to bit Faber. | pitcher, is leader of thin team. He the opening of the national event, it Georgo Austin, a 150-pounder from | way urged. h Otts Stokke, Forest Atterbury, ~ ced California, and Filipino Kid! cut Frank Juney, Ron Marble, Ray Barr, | t!? Sectional tournaments to Hack Miller bit his fourth homer tn down the entries were suggested. the Brayes finally won, 5 to 4. the card, but hasn't an opponent aa oW YORK, July 17.—“Brooklyn The Giants got 10 hits off Bill Sher lis looking for a new infielder, but | yet Moediutely after being presented with Geli, but shut out the Cards, winning | t ® igh ti the |the new championship cup. their second straight game of the series |W are not talking trades with any| Two heavyweight bouts are on the | 1 to club,” Charles Ebbets, president of| boards, with Andy Santell mixing | the club, said. He denied that| with Ed James and Tony purando! LANDIS RULING | Brooklyn was to trade Wheat and| clashing with Ned Dunlap. None of SUPPORTS KAMM Johnaton to the Pirates for Schmidt, | these entries claim to be champions, | Barnhart and Tierney. | but they ought to battle CHICAGO, July — 17.—Baseball Commissioner K, M. Landis today --- Harry Casey, the snorting trish- man, and Travie Davis, who will| wired the San Francisco club of the Pacific Coast league that he had not HE SAID. THAT | tight the six-round main event, have ABOUT BRITTON. #0"° into active training tor’ their ruled that a player could not receive Dixie Davis set the Senators down with five scattered and the Browns won, 2to LESSER SWAT KINGS SHINE NEW YORK, July 17.—Yesterday's anaian a portion of his purchase price. home-run hitters in the major leagues| NEW YORK, July 17.—Asked to BiB oe The action followed a report that vere: agree to have a decision on the the San Francisco club had refused Walker, Phils, 1; total, 2. Leonard-Tendler fight given by a| CHICAGO, July 17—~In the five|to meet Willle Kamm’s demand for Miller, Cubs, 1; total, 7. committee of newspaper men, Billy| days’ play that led to the winning !a portion of the price paid by the Daubert, Reds, 1; total, 5 Gibson, manager of the champion,|of the national golf championship|Chicago White Sox for his services Hooper, White Sox, 1, total, 5 said: ‘Won't need a decision; Leon-|by Gene Sarazen, 78,436 strokes |the grounds that Landiy had pro Yaryan, White Sox, 1; total, 1 ard will win by a knockout.” were made in competition. payments hibited such PARIS, July 17.—Altho under sus. pension, Josef Guillemot, French dis. tance runner, insisted upon running the 1,600 meter event of the French championship games and finished GLEASON PUTS WHITE SOX IN RACE NN’ YORK, July 17.—-Old, as a producer of something out of{ing New York Yanks, seamy-faced Pop Gleason, the| They are up nothing. there because the Kid patted them | last. | The White Sox were connigned to| along, encouraged his young pitch- RR a "he a Fa White Box kid, never was consld-| 1, collar by the experts at thelers and allowed Ray Schalk, Eddie| NEWARK, N. J., July 17.—Frank ered a slouch of a manager, He 41-| start of the season and they re-| Collins, Harry Hooper and Red Fa-|W. French holed a one on the 2 ways was good while opportunity| mained thereabouts until six weeks was waiting the chance to show|ago, when the pale hose realized him up as a “miracle man.” | that their “old man” wasn't kidding It took the biggest earthquake of | them when he told them they were Davebali—the 1919 scandal—to give) good. the kid a chance to show that he| They‘re battling for the pennant qualified with George Stallings, Pal| now, five games out of first place 5 Mork aos Uncle Wilbert Kobinwbn| and right on the heels of the falter. yard 12th hole yesterday at the For est Hills field club course. ber to educate the youngsters in smart baseball Perhaps the Sox will not win the pennant, but they will furnish ex- citement all the way. They are | Playing the smartest baseball in the| big leagues and they are the biggest upwet of the year, ! NEW ORLEANS, July 17.—Re cause of failing eyeright, Pete Her. man, former world’s bantamweight champion, has announced his retire. ment from the ring. STAR’S MEET the! The lists close August § with | But the swimmers should not wait | management of the meet if! the U. 8. 8. Missi Wares’ outfit, are the stars of this| sippl, Is down to RE / joa ca te seve VISION | | MOUNT VERNON toy Grover is | with Rube Finn, IHICAGO, July 17.—Golf experts three days, but the Phils knocked Alex 7, o Everso, of the Arizona, will be on| oat the C Walter Powers and Vic Billsborrow. The stars who participated in the eee oe ‘8 |the card, but Matchmaker Lonnie |toyrnament here last. week were sieved | | Austin hasn’t found opponents for unanimous in their praise of the The Keds knocked McQuillan and |\DODGERS WANT ee yet manner in which the affairs was ie Ped box, ‘bet old Robby Gray, the hustling welter- | handled by the officers of the club. ro) oa oy Haar NEW INFIELDER | weight trom Denver, wilt also be on| Gene Sarazen, the new champion, | hurried to his home in iPtteburg im- | Indians | Drop Two Harry Gardner and | “Lefty” Burger Fi Put Puzzle on Pellet Won. Lost, Pet ee: ae oe «0 4 6 OR bie eb ae t 499 ee ane to ret) 400 AN FRANCISCO, July 17—Tak ing both ends of Sunday's double-header, San Francisco threw & crimp into the onrush of the Beattie Indians. “Letty” Buri game for the Northerners, couldn't quite hold the Seal sluggers to the same level as his own run-makers, and lost, altho his mates slugged Mitchell out of the box in the fourth | inning. Big Harry Gardner couldn't foot the Seals at ail in the final tilt, and with Alten hurling airtight bail, the tw was seldom in doubt from the start First Game Heattio— ab h ® Lane, it Su ‘ a, 3 oe Itood, rf ee Blared. ef e1 hs oe | e4 eo. ee 1 eer. eee Totals mu 8 8 “ | fan Francieco— AB, KH. | Kelty, i oe Se a © a rt ae Pe a} a 40668 3 e Ri BS 8 of ee 6/8 8 S 1) @ E48 3. 2: See ee cae er i- eee Sate. eR ‘Totals a8 a C3 Creait My iMtoher § Hares on balls aft Geary 4, Stolen base Miller, Crane, | ison, ‘Kildutt | Doubie ptare—Costo to . lte Kil@urf we Br Rhyne. Toman, e 3 ° 1 1 , ® } Sacramento |n Mar } Donahue, Markle and ‘The score Chicago |e: ew York Batteries: Faber and Yary Murray and Behang to Seals hurling the first | $ | tock of runs for the Browns? Is he @| Shocker, one of the gament and great- | Howley, | °) LETTERS Matte Ariett and Koehler; Shea, Canfivid and Stanage NATIONAL “0 Pet New York ... 30,820 / “ 605 “9 ois “1 ois “a bu0 Pittabure 5... “ 46a Philadelphia 47,307 Boston 60 367 The a n HE, WOR LOM os ceccc scence SAR Wie At St, 1 Seeds, Seah J. Barnes and Snyder; 4 Ainamith, RnR mB | YOUNGSTER AND VETERAN SOLVE DETROIT’S KEYSTONE PROBLEM WHAT MAKES PLAYER VALUABLE TO CLUB? Most Valuable Piayer in } | Seattle Baseball Fans Invi ed to Vote on Quesiton of ters From Some of the Bugs MONDAY, JULY 17, 1922. ‘Two Stars Head State Net Field Jo Cl in ‘coast League; Some Let- Seattle Girl Proves " Sa sat | in Winning Oregon pe - | tle; Johns Has Abili ie BY LEO H. LASSEN — ¢ HAT makes a ball player valuable to his BY LEO H. LASSEN bes team? ferns both of them will h at Is it spirit? plenty of competition before E we ver, arok Can a ball player reach true greatness | Yynng fe Niavae ae ome without the right kind of team spirit? tered @he Washington state ti laos That's the question for you. tor it at the Seattle Tent se Her problem ie “os valuable to his a crack runner? great hitter? ability, be of more Vv These alue than | which is being conducted to) \find the most valuable ball | |player in the Coast league. Take the St. Louls Browns with George Sinier for an example. The | Bt. Louts first nacker is undoubtedly |the most brilliant performer at this) station that the game has had in) years. He rivals Stuffy McInnis and Hal Chane in fielding brilliancy. He has it over both of these atars in base running and slugging ability, He scores more runs and ts leading the| American league in hitting with | mark of 400, and yet he's a wonder: ful team man. | BUT, BUT, } | BUT— | But is he any more valuable to that | s| seme St. Louis team than Ken Wil) |Tiams, who has been knocking tn a| valuable Urban | any more than ext pitchers who ever stepped on the | rubber? Is be any more valuable than Hank Severeid, the St. Louis jeatching ace who ts tolling behind jthat platter every day and hitting over .2007 Or, in he any more val- nso to that club than Gerber, their great shortstop? Ty Cobb claims his most valuable / | player is not a regular, but te Dan | his veteran coach whe has | brought out the young Detroit pitch lers with such success, There's an- Jother angle are some more queries on this Does a a ball player have to bat .800 to be are some of the questions that Seattle baseball fans must consider before they vote in The Star contest !the top of her game. She anne club today favored to cop the and women's champions respect! Johns showed a world of | ability when he copped the city @ team? Does he have to be/ trom a classy field early in Ji Is a great pitcher more valuable than a/| and it t» on thin showing that bei 4) Can a great shortstop, with fine offensive | ‘vorite in the state meet. 8 gai Miss MacDonald plays tennis and she demonstrated in land, Ore., last week that she ts a great catcher? CONTEST BALLOT I VOTE £08 ..ssecsenceooenes’ }the Oregon state crown for |fourth straight time. She won | Washington state title last | FEATURE : | MATCH ‘The feature match on totes gram was to bring Bruce upsetter of tennis dope, against de Turenne, one of the real con ers for the state honors, at 3 p. m | Twice this season Turenne basi taken Hesketh’s measure, but B | has a habit of upsetting the and {t would be the biggest kind an upset if he should trim hia nent today. | Most of the singles players | swing into action tn the early , with most of the stars \tered having easy first matches. | Irving Weinstein, 1971 ch won't compete, but Marshall Northwest ranking player last | son, tw going to play, and while hasn't been playing much this son, he may prove « stiff stumbil ‘block to other contenders, TODAY'S as the most valuable ball play- er in the Pacific Coast league. tents sereeeooowerss (Address) there seeeeeeeemonee (Phone) ‘The rules of the contest follow 5 One vote one letter to = fan, SCHEDULE are should net be more than 200] The complete schedule for t wid be writeen In ink or] matches follow: 00 une side of the paper. fo be accompanies | 1 ofeléeh—Dan Low's va. Marshall erea. Any player in pn rem ARY RiAzCe AS | en, “atin a. William "Whelan, Cla man to his team. 2 o'clock—-Armand Marion va. @ reseed t0 | Kurata, W. G. Collins va William Alan. Picking the mont valuable player ts | £° & big problem, and, after all, it is only « matter of personal choice. But The Star is trying to find out lwheat the majority of the fans think on this big baseball question. The writer in asking the fans to shoot square in their voting and to give every player in the Coast league equal consideration. The honor that Seattle fans will bestow on the player | eolected as the most valuable in the league will be a big one and should be given some real consideration. | ) ASKED Not only are votes asked for from | the fans, but the baseball buks are asked to write letters to this depart | ment and as many of them as possi | ble will be printed. The fans should | tell in 200 words or leay why they | picked their man as most valuabie. It will make some interesting reading and will give the baseball public a true Insight into the heart of the question Before voting or sending in letters the fans should read carefully the | rules of the contest which are print ed daily with the ballot. ANOTHER KAMM BOOSTER " B/ “ u 1| Baseball Editor, Seattle Star: At Halt Lake ” i In the three years prior to the | Batterice: james, Snyder ait Niagara tinge o-nlietwty we sinmai, apace bed’ daa |present season in which Kam: Hecond game. been a nember of the San Francis Vernon ©o club, he has shown improvement 4 ‘sad Murphy: |? @¥ department. This ts evi. Lewis, Kalli, Thurston and |dence that he ts ambitious and ts Jenkine, janxious to develop his natural abil- ” ity. First game R “ B. and -1 —f£ —&|_ The latest batting averages shows | JAt Los Angeles 5 14 1/ Kamm hitting clowe to the .860 mark | geasiy ens and King; Dum-) ond last year he led the third base: | nm , x, |men In fielding. | | Por ’ 10 | Kamm is fast on bases, having 1 ¢ 6 pilfered 15 sacks this season, and | Houck, Middieton, Cramp- | ° ler, Butheriand and Etitott; Lyons, Thom. | 21 In 1 as, McQuaid and Daly He ts a natural fielder, covering PR oo aay R. HM. E-/a@ world of territory, and fielding ak boananes { > f]bunts with apparent eas. Batteri 4 As an all-around player Kamm ts nay! neces ye strong in every department. Also Guntonn *|do not overlook the fact that he has several more years of baseball in hin system, with still more room for Improvement Kamm is aggressive and clean }living and would be an invaluable asset to any club, Very truly yours, MINOR 8. SLYNCH, 2903 KB, Cherry. A LANE BOOSTER | Baseball Editor, The Star: Admittedly one of the best lead-off men in the minora, keen-eyed at the |Plate, hard-hitter to all fields, beau tiful bunter, head up all the time. |smart, speed galore, and always a | perfect gentleman on the field, | Bitty Uttle Lane takes the palm as the in Rn ©. | dividual most valuable to his team - 4% a) }] im this loop, His offensive ability Morrison and|Alone makes him deserving of that e. distinction. However, there ts not Re MH Bla better defensive outfielder in the ew al 7 18 1|leageu than the same little “rabbit.” Smith, Hubbel and|He plays his men well, covers a Osborne, Stusigad | world of ground and the best of them hesitate to take liberties on his arm. AMERICAN LEAGUE With Billy on the bases wi [the battery as only he can, T believe the batter's chances are 20 per cent. enhanced As a “dyed-in-the-wool” 202 Hoge Building, Eliott 63$6 NAMES 0'CONN Raseball Haitor, Seattle Star: The | most valuable ballplayer in the Coast league is Jimmy O'Connell, outfielder of the Frisco Seals. Any real fan or ’|tanette I think will agree with me. “|O'Connell is by far one of the most brilliant fielders in the league, which, | Grant Latgure vs. & A’ as any in the league. around for the past four years I have heard | more favorable comment on Lane! than any player in the ctrouit, HOWARD W, JONES, =r. Fred ler va. Le Villogan. Ra ove le together with his wonderful baseball |r *s. 1- Villewss % brain, makes him a great player. | .\.:nccctron Myon Better ee. His catching and throwing in as good ss . Oldham, a ye aa Rr His fielding of | ¥- Jobneon va W. 1. Warren. 1 grounders and knowledge of throw I a fw, BO ing to the proper base at the proper | Kerr, Marton Wheaton va. M. # time makes him a valuuble asset to| .% o'ciock—Nellle Felger va his team. His knowledge of batters |°"?0el. 4 nite Meyer we and sureness of his catches under | rrankiin ya speed make him a real player. Jim-| | ¢ o'clock—Mrs. J. 1. Cushing va my may also be used on first. Hetty Hatch ve Mr. O'Connell is a very consistent bat- ter as well as a fielder, and is one of the leading batters in the league, making 129 hits to date. Jimmy is an extraordinary base runner, hav- ing pilfered 25 bases, being second in this department. CHARLES R, GREENSTONE, 2412 Boylston ave. N. EVERETT FAN WRITES Sporting Editor: Dear Sir: My reasons for picking | 8 Red Smith of the Vernon club as the player of the most value to his team | 4.,,° in the league are numerous. In the} vs Kurata and first place he is a player of the good old aggressive type, always fighting | getting ra of the ball sure and teat. | until the game is over. Secondly, he |Last but not least he seems to be ® is a wicked man at the plate, danger. {favorite of his teammates, working: ous at all times, and at present lead-|for the ball game at all times ing the league with an average|not for his individual average 385. Thirdly, while not the /gardiess of his present standing classiest thick-sacker in the league, |the batting averages, he can hold his own with the best of them, going after everything and ond Lucille Hol 12 Jurin. 1 o'clock—Beardsiey Merrill va, Jackson. BOYS’ SINGLES 12 o'clock—Howard Langiie ve. Winn, Charles Tyson vs. Joel Sts Burns Ryan ve. Harwood Morrison. 3 o'clock—Fred Walker va Harvey, o'clock—R. Albertson va, Step up, and try a Wm. Penn at You don’t risk your nickel, and you'll discover a smoke. Distributing Braneb 209 Third Avenue S., Seattle