The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 7, 1922, Page 8

ANS NEED INDIA Everett Fighter Again Spills Dope at Arena Yorker Has Class and a Wallop, but Fails to Do " Much With the W.-K. Left Hand of Northwest 145- ~ Pound King; Davis Forces Milling BY SEABURN BROWN LL, mates, Travie Davis must still be rated as about the best bey in Northwest welter- weight circles, despite the recent influx of new blood. He and Barney Adair of New York boxed six rounds to a draw at the Arena last night, the referee decided. Davis did the leading over four-fifths of the route and landed the punches, altho Adair used his and ruggedness to advantage in the Shale in each of the first four rounds, the accuracy of his left hand ith the Kasteruer in the final He uncorked a wallop that made but didn’t find the Davis jaw more during the eve! In the fifth ded a few tarrific jolts. who prefer to watch finished boxera work, in boys who have nothing but a willing the go was a treat, Each boy ap- e other could deal him the sleep of the slightest slip. It was an interesting far from sensational By ew jaw, and cut loose with @ fusiliade in the fourth canto that had the) hen the gong Boy out on his feet ‘The special event wag the fastest tilt of the show. Sailor Walters had enough of an edge in weight and punch power to give him the ver dict over Frankie Britt, the flashy Tacoma junior lightweight. Fritts speed and cleverness earned him an even break tn the first three rounds, but the sailor wore him down and took the last stanza by a wide mar- gin. ; Eddie Beofford was all at era from the first gong In his clash th-| with Soldier Woods. He couldn't solve the Wild Man's style and ex- hibited a perfect speciman of a slens Saw. One af the eoldier’s wild floored him in the second and another sent him down full coune tn the fourth. second bout, Art Sorrento § Major Gold Mine idea of Sisler’s versatility i t i I pieas i? i EF e th i | i h ak i A 23 i z i 7 i trousers, They simply Knock Tour eye gut. { a Bs efs.s ff 5 5 s i i faz F i of both the Les Wettig chute gor the ri Soy, you. should hay derbies get crashed. Net one Hid one except Brule Schorr’s, and by ving Nie Nat to the rand the boys showed a litle mercy the Pullman Rastus. PONDER STILL OUT OF PLAY Elmer Ponder, L. A. pitcher, will be @ long time out of the game. ‘The big righthhander, who disio gated his pitching shoulder in @ fall at Salt Lake early this season, tried to throw a ball in the Colew tial bull pen Igst week and he could hardiy get the ball to the catcher. It ty hardly likely that he will be able to take his turn i i rf | t i A i & u ? : 3 3 § t i eg ii op the mound before next spring. | SPENCE ADAMS OUT OF GAME Spence A Seattle second sacker, ts temporarily out of the game with an Injured second fin- ger on bis throwing hand. He took a low throw at second last week. s\in lL. A. and wag cracked on the end of his finger. to break into the gume here again this week. PLANS TO LEAD ILLY ORR, populag Seattle Sheehan, Sacramento, base; Sawyer, Vernon, second base; French, Vernon, shortstop; Kamm, Frisco, third base; Orr, Seattle, eft field; O'Connell, Frisco, center field; Sand, Salt Lage, right field; Byler, salt Lake; Cook, Sacramento, catch ers; Schorr, Seattle; Kramer, Oakland, pitchers; Valla, Frisco, utility. Two or three more pitchers are yet to be picked, Orr will know soon wheth- pects word team Mike iar. ‘epeper man, who 8 avatar thing. Orr lias lined up the f team 4s the club that will invade the islands; BAT ito 1 scores. He is expected) HAWAIIAN TRIP R BOX * * SIX * * TING PUNCH TO Seals to Open Big WeekHere Indians After Scalps of Frisco Outfit in Impor- tant Games AT the Seat ‘That's the battle ery of nearly every toam in the league as San Francisco and Vernon come down the home stretch Laat year the Indians rose tn the wrath and smote the cheaty Dey City | boys for five wins out of even starts, and knocked them clear out of the pennant, forcing them into third plac Today the Seals open another tm portant series tu the Rainier valley | Wigwam, They are leading the Tigers by @ mere squeak, Tho Seals must win to keep their slender aad, as the ‘Tigers are knocking over the Balt Lake Bees recularty in the South. ‘The Seattle crow beat the leaders the odd game in @ seven-tift series here before this year, and there's nothing better that the tribe would Uke to da than to haul the Seals out of the lead, ‘The local gang is picking Vernon to win oa the strength of the sched ule, Vernon plays four of the six weeks at home, while Frisco has four | weeks on the road. And Frisco must play Los Angeles twee, The Angel | pitehing staff ia going great guny and will give the Jack Miller outfit lenty of trouble LANE HURTS ANKLE Seattie fans don’t want to expect to see such flashy work on the bases when Billy La ing the first couple of @ the Seals. The “Rabbit* on the foul line tn Los Angeles Monday and he had 4 badly swollen ankle coming home on the train. “Doc” Meikle, the club trainer, worked on the Injured member and had the “Rabbit” in pretty good condition when they arrived this morning. } JACOBS’ CURVE BREAKING WELL Eimer Jacobs has the best curve ball In the league right now, The dig fellow pitched nd ball on the road and should have won four | straight games, losing by tougb/ breaks to Lea Angeles twice by 2/ Opposition beh players will tell you that Jake ig nq of the smartest pitchers that ever stepped on the rubber, ' Next year will undoubtedly see, Hunky Schorr biossom out as a reg ular, ‘The southpaw pitcher ts too good a hitter not to be in the game regu larly. Schorr plang to try his hand at first base or in the outfield. GARDNER WANTS TO PLAY IN PORTLAND Harry Gardner hasn't many more seasons left in Coast League bane ball as he’s @ veteran in the pitch ing game. But there are @ lot of good games in that old rubber arm yet. Gardner owns & 22.acre farm out- side of Portland, about 20 miles, and the big fellow wants to play in Port- jand next year. He wanted to go there this season, but no deal was completed. For a fellow who has gtven his best for baseball, the Seattle club should make some sort of effort to let Gardner finish his baseball days in Portland if a satisfactory deal can be made. They say there’s no sentiment in baseball, but in this case it may be the exception, not the rule, JACK ADAMS 18 GAME Jack Adams ta playing with his! linjured ankle wrapped in a special) cast made tor bim by “Doc” Spen ist. Adama cracked the bone in bis injured ankle again in Oa ad, Dut he refused to stay out of the Mneup jand ts playing with a foot that would send many fellows to crutches. Billy Orr, Seattle coach baseball next \ford. Orr wag a Cardinal star tp |1900 and he coached there in 1914 |Orr bes had an indirect invitation from Cardinal athletic authorities. Lon Angeles ts building » new baseball park, a $500,000 plant. Vernon will continue to use the | Washington park grounds, where both clubs have been playing in the Movie City for tho past few sea- sons. Should the railroad gtrike halt) Coxst league baseball transporta- tion some games may be played in the high school stadium at San Diego, according to gossip going the rounds in Los Apgel Bobby Evans, Portland ght |manager, has taken a stable of| boxers to California, Morrie Lux, Joe Gorman and Mike de Pinto make up the crew. All of the players have agreed to make the trip, according to Orr. ‘There are many teams in Ha- wall for opposition, the 26th In- fantry, the All-Chinese and the native teams being the main ones. The only thing that may hold up the trip fy that the games may conflict with the big foot. ball schedule in the Islands, ° Jake Comes Into His Own|Net Title ROUNDS BE REAL CO 2 oven op cnt nnn nee ene 7 te ne RE, After a Poor Spring, Elmer Jacobs, Seattle’s Pitch- ing Ace, Is Coming Into His Own; Big Fellow Is Pitching One of Sweetest Curves in League ae + aS oy tex Fee Fi eat AR, ‘Ted Knudson Wins Star Eclectic Golf Tourney With Score of 55-4-1; of Beautiful Silver Trophy BY ALEX C. ROSE ED KNUDSON, an eight-handicap man, won The Star Eclectic Golf trophy, with a card of 55-4-51, leading a field of 44 competitors in the three month: | August—eclectic tournament Country club. une, July, at the Inglewood Golf and Following clese on Ted’s heels came Ray Throm with a net 52, which landed him in second. Dr. J. C. Moore and Dr. E. F. Restine tied for third, each having a net of 53 strokes, while three players, namely, H. E. Griffith, Dr. H. S. Nara- more and Rush Estee, followed with cards of 54 apiece. This tournament—the first of its kind to be put on at the Lake Washington course—created keen interest thruout the season, and so many cards were turned in during the final week that the winner was in doubt until yesterday, when Club| cor, the Los Angeles baveball special | Captain Gene Hatton, after carefully checking and re-check- ing all cards, made the announcement. Champion Knudson's gross score of 55, played on a 71 course—a hard par—was made up with six “2's,” five “ and seven ‘‘4’s. Hore ts his card, together with the course par figures: Out—Par Knudson In—Par .| Knudson , A glance at the above marks shows Jugt how good this Knudson chap has been going. In fact, he was so far ahead of the rest of the ficid two Weeks ago that it looked like a walk- away, but in the final spurt he came within ap eyelash of helng over- hauled by Throf, Moore and Ristine, until he rang up & “4” on the 12th hole on the last day's play. Ray Throm, an 18-handicap man, coming from away in the rear, fin- ished in second place with twos on the third and fourth holes. He nearly tled Knudson's mark, his putt tor a two on the Mth green rimming the cup, Had the pellet dropped Ray would have had a gross 60, which, with his handicap allowance of nine, would have made a replay hecessary. But the ball didn’t drop, so Ray | got the runner-up plage. Hie card read as follows: Out—4 822342 4 4—28. In—4.44443 4 2 4—33—61-9-62, Other cards filled out were ag fol- lows: Dr. J, C. Moore, 61-8-63; Dr. B, FF. Ristine, 65-12-63; Dr. H. §. Naramore, 66-12-54; H, B. Griffith, 69-56-54; Rush Esteo, 60-654; Theo Leman, 69-12-61; John KR. Gray, 63-657; John Colby, fr., 67-90-58; Jun Forde, 63.4.6: Hills, 68-9-59; Jim Blake, 64 ‘Westland, 60; Chet King, 71 Many of the entrants failed by or two holeg to complete their string of ringers, The tournament wag a great success, and tt 1s almost cer- tain that another one of the same kind will be on the Inglewood 1923 program of events, a met a ,|N. W. STARS WILL ENTER POLICE MEET EVERAL open events in the H track meet to be held at Denny | Pied Baturday by the Northwest police, are attracting entrants from, | college and other amateur circles, Vie Hurley, Russ Hall and Roy Petri of tho University of Washing. ton will try to pass the speedy among the cops and other stars from Vancouver, B. C., Portland, Tacoma, Victoria and other sport centers. Idst of events follows: Ten-mile ro yard handieap (police); ndicap —(pelige)t 10-yard i 220-yard daah (open); 44-yard dash (polfce); 100-yard dash (poles tn uniform); & ( Hee); It-pound shotput ¢ ; pound welght throw (open); poun throw, one d (open); 16-pound ham- ) throw (open); Jump (poles) ; pole vault (open) * Face (Copan): SS0-yard rave (open); 50-yards (wives of 1); 76 yards Coaptal tore), 100-yard dash (polite more than 220 pounds); aoe): Choy neouts); 600-yerd CARDS AFTER PREP STARS Stanford ty certainly going after the high school athletes, Spnirty: six stars have registered at the Cardinal tostitution, TO DRAW YAST CONTENDERS! | Twelve-Handicap Man Leads Field at Inglewood |tne ssdsics of the great Winner Receives Possession ; | Jimmy Muir, Tourney on Friday Johnston and | Tilden Fa- vored Over Foreigners; American Athletes Best BY HENRY L. FARKELL t—Kilght of tennix players start tomorrow In the competition for the Anrerican singles chunplonsidp tn Philadelphia, Of the 10 players that the “Landen Field” pronounced last year aa the gregient stare in the world, only | Andre Gobert, the great Frenchman, 1. GC, Norton, the South tar, will be missing. Hight” on the entry let tn the order named are William T. ‘Tiden, William M. Johnston, Vin- | cant Richards, Zenzo Shismidzu, Ger- ald F, Patterson, James 0. Anderson, Manuel Along and Richard Norris ‘Wittams. For the first time, perbapa, the world’s singles championsh!p can be a if it ls not official. * two outstanding tennis ho word—the British na- champtonship, decided an- nually at Wimbledon, and the Amer: | joan national championship. Gerald Patterson, the captain of | the Australian Davis Cup team, won the British title this summer, Will- jam Tilden, the former champion, did not defend. If Patterton should win the Amer: jean championship in the coming | tournament, he will have a clear title to the tithe because the great- ent players of America, Australia, Canada, Japan, France and Spain will be opposing him, If another wins he will have the! same clean-cut claim for the same! reagon. Patterson suggested, after he won the British title, that he play Tilden, the king of American tennis, for the world’s title, but the American as sociation frowned upon it for po- lities! reasons, It was pointed out that al] the world’s greatest players would compete in Philadelphia and! the sanociation would be willing to recognize the winner unofifcially as the world’s champion, In tennis and golf Uncle Sam neem to be etepping inte an ere of absolute world supremacy. In row- ing and on the track and field the prospects for the future are just as bright. Polo is the tntest sport in which the colors of the United States are be- Ing held to the top of the pole. America now owns the Interna- tional polo cup thru the victory of Devereaux Milburn’s veteran team last purmmer in England, The fu- ture depends on young playtras. In the recent International matches for the Herbert Memortal cup, a team of young Americans, including Malcolm “Mike” Steven- son, W. Averhili Harriman, C. C Rumacy and Morgan Belmont defeat- 44 the great Argentine team, which had cleaned up in Europe. ‘The young Americans played #0 briltiantly that it was shown em- phaticalty that there are many young players ready to mount into rans. American polo t# leading the world at present because the Anrerican game is dash and speed. Americans go fast and heavy for everything. Grizzlies to Ask for Berth Soon in Coast Conference? With Idaho and the University of Southern California admitted to the Pacific coast conference during the past year, talk i» going about on the sport Rialto that the University of Montana will ask for admission at the next big meeting of the confer. ence. A new Northwestern con- ference of Whitman, Willamette, Montana State, Gonzaga and the College of Idaho ts said to be in the making. GREAT GOLF MATCHES ON TAP TODAY ROOKLINE, Mass, Goept. 7. Four great batties that will eliminate @ quartet of stars was Started today in the second round of match play for the American Ama- teur Golf champtonship. Rudy Knepper of Sioux City, Ia, and Princeton university, the sensa- tion of the tournament so far, will meet the former English champien, Ceell Tolley, In the feature mateh of Ure day. Joss Sweetzer will play against Josue Guilford, the present title holder; Bobby Jones, the great At- Janta boy, will be against W. I, Mo- Phall and Chick Evans will meet Frank Godchaux of New Orleans, MAPLE LEAFS TO GO NORTH ‘The Maple Leaf soccer team, one ifof the crack squads of the league operated by Tho Star last season, ie sending a team to Victoria, B. C., to play Victoria Saturday. The proceeds of the game will go to Victoria diver, who broke his back In a high dive in the P. N. A. swimming meet there a few weeks ago, NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept, 7— | With all of the 1923 veterans back Ad [in the squad, the Yale football eleven went thru the first signal drill of the a Kick at Plate Is Big Need of 1923 Braves Brick Eldred Is Only Consistent Driving Hitter on Se attle Team; Elmer Jacobs Ranks Well With Star Coast Hurlers; Other Baseball Gossip BY LEO H . LASSEN EFORE the Indians can expect to be pennant contenders in 1928 the club must bolster up the hitting end of the squad. _ The tribe has only one consistent clouteg on the team at present and that’s Brick ER dred. When Eldred isn’t hitting the punch of the Indians simply ain’t. Billy Lane is crashing the ball hard and Wally Hood and Tex Wisterzil are poundin the leather fairly well, too, but E dred is the only slam-bang sticker on the team. On the recent road trip of the Reds’ several games were lost because the team didn’t have the punch. had a wallop. rome For two years running the Braves were dangerous contenders for the Coast league flag because thi Remember the old murderers’ row of Cunningham, poy e Murphy, Eldred, Kenworthy and Stumpf? those boys were caleng the onion over .300, and their tall | hittipg won a flock of at games. Of that gang only Eldred | and Stumpf are with the club; and Stumpf has dropped into| the .250 class. | The tribe must have a first) sacker and an outfielder who | can wallop the pill consist-) ently if we are to have anoth- | er winner. ; of the! Elmer Jacots t# one ranking right-handed filngers in the league again. The big Mir. sourtan pitched wonderful baseball | in his four starts during the two-/ week road trip, winning two and losing two. He defeated Oakland, | 4 to 1 and ¥ to 0, but last two of) the toughest games imaginable to/ Los Angeles, both by 2 to 1 tallies. You can’t win if your playmates won't make any runs. Jacobs was in a bad slump this spring, but he hes snapped out of it and the opposition players wit) tell you that Jake has as much stu€f as any deceiver in the league. Ferdie Schupp has yet to turn in his first victory for the Indidans, | but he pitched three good games for the Tribe on the road, losing | all of them because his team mates couldn't produce any rups. Ho lost to Oakland, 3 to 2, in 10 innings after his mates had the! game won twice, enly to throw it away. runs on him {fn seven innings, | bunching the only two hits they) mado off his delivery in | they tallied. Then they beat him again Monday, 3 to 1, altho he pitched good the Indiana can't make any runs for him, Lon Angeles scored two |**$, Like Jacobs, | Every on Ken Williams in Van of Home Run YESTERDAY'S HOME- BUNNERS Ken Williams, Browns, 1—35. Cy Williams, Phils, 1—23. Walker, Phils, 1—11. Jacobson, Browns, 1—8, Dugan, Yanks, 1—5. Cadore, Robins, 1—2, Olson, Robins, 1—1. HOME RUN LEADERS Williams, Browns, 35. Hornsby, Cards, 34. Walkter, Athletics, 33. Ruth, Yanks, 29. Williams, Phils, 22. Hellman, Tigers, 21. ‘Vernon Low Angeles Belt Lake Oakland Seattle . Sacramen Portiend ‘The ecore— Salt Lake At Vernon H Batteries: Myers and Jenkins; ennah. ‘The scor Sacrament: At _Oaki Batteriee St. Loute . Schupp's wildness didn't bother | cies him on the road as the ball effectively and showed a lot of stuff, he controlled | Washineton Phil Beston . Lon Angeles has uncovered a new | T) catching star In Tony Rego, a midget sandlotter from the Los Angeles semi-pro cirevit. He isn’t bigger than Tom Thumb, but he has @ lot of fight and pepper and he is getting big results out of the Los Angeles pitching staff. Rego hag a good arm and looks pretty good at the plate, Seattle will have its first look at him next week, when he performs here with the Angels. Clroumstances gave Rego his chance. Baldwin broke a thumb and Art Griggs was injured, so Daly had to go to first base. So the Angels had to use Rego, who had been beg ging for a chance for several weeks. And now, with Daly and Baldwin both ready for catching duty, Rego hag done stich good work that he ts doing most of the receiving. The umpiring tn the Coast league this year isn't up to the standard that it should be in a Class AA or- ganization. Of the lot, Pearl Casey is undoubtedly the best. But Car- A roll takes the cake as being the lem. on of the staff. His work in Los An- Seles was little short of murder last week, even the most rabid Los An goles fans booing his decisions. Pres!- dent McCarthy should take steps to sive Const league fans better umpir- ing next season, as poor officiating is a detriment to the league, George Lyons nev much attention untd lately, —_ But the Los Angeles righthander ia pitching wonderful ball for the Celestials now. He has won six straight games and has allowed but two runs in 54 innings, one an un- earned tally. He has always had a lot of stuff but he never could con- trol it. Since he has started to locate the plate more effectively he ts pitching fine ball, PLAN BIG SERIES CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—To decide the championship of the minor leagues, A post-season series between the win hers of the Southern agsociation, the Texas league and the Western asso- ciation pennants has been suggested by A. R. Tearney, president of the Western league. GOVERNOR TO OFFICIA’ NEWARK, N, J., Sept. 7.—Gov, Edwards will act as the honorary referee at the national junior and senior track and field champtonships starting here tomorrow. WAKEFIELD’S B THE FINEST NEW CUSHIONS— Ne Males “te al si Joshua Green Buildin; i WE’ si ILLIARDS ING we BALLS NEW L. Bowell; Davie and Se Tork Datteries Shawkey and Bcha At Chicago ? sobntteriee: "Dalits nd) Woodat: Rapert- Sehaix. fon and O'NeiN (gam, le inning; rata). oak Se 6 ore and Deverry; , Winters and Henlive, The score— St. Louls .. At Cincinnati Batteries: the third In three days—and Theiped ‘the Rrowns beat the Indians, 11 to 3. Sise ler hit safely im his 36th consecutive Tae fourth one's with a 7 te 4 victory wae thrown out of the game for threat- Mitting by Pipp and Dugan pinches gave the Tanke a to tory over the Red Sox. The Ctgcinnat! to attack Cy Willtams hit his 22rd homer wi ome on and gave the Phils a 6 to 4 ¥i tery over the Robins. Hoary guns of the Tige 4 Roharteon "ent “Davenport caused tp White 80x to lose, § to 6. BASEBALL Pacific Coast League San Francisco vs. Seattle TODAY 2:45 POUBLE-HEADER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 1:30 Ladies and £ grandstand an to bleachers fr cept Saturday, Reseryed nd Sunday games An 4 M102 Arcade Bldg. irlg admitted to) boys (under 13) now