The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 15, 1922, Page 21

SSaeeaeaaaaas 44: CLINTON FACES TEST IN PORTLAND TONIGHT WITH JIMMY SACCO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922. lpmeback Chance for | Clever Gotham Miller Jutweighed by Travie Davis Here, and Fighting a | Man of His Own Weight, Clinton's Big Test Comes in Sacco Bout BY LEO H, LASSEN OBODY got excited when Johnny Clinton fought Travie Davis at the Arena the other night because Clinton, outweighed several pounds, and just coming West on the long unt from New York, wouldn't open up, Altho he lost the decision, which was close, he made Davis miss many, many times, both right and left leads. That’ something that no other battler has ever been able to do. Even the Oakland Shadow ts ~Jimmy Duffy—couldn’t make Davis miss ten as Clinton did. Tonight Clinton faces a bigger test than he did with vis. He battles a man of his own weight in Portland \ a takes on Jimmy Sacco, the clever Boston light- k Both men will weigh around 140 pounds. Sacco will have p edge in condition. If Clinton comes out of the Sacco scrap in O, K. fashion tle fans willébe ‘willing to admit that Clinton has the Qods, as Sacco is a good trial horse for any lightweight in | fe country. BATTING AVERAGES | Bateman inet. Salt Lake i. Sait Lake Peenesesenss Rchmeider VeEmen 1 Vho#t, Sale La! Bilison. Han Franctsce 20... fVite, Salt Lake ae te SEATTLE - . Ban Francisco MORK, SEATTI fayette. Oakland =, San Francisco . Bowe we we sown eurasrecHestsores« TS lene eS low eremaeesene Bhinklo. Sacramento ‘Seeramento . Portiand . * aah ine, Loe Angeles . . Vernon Ban Prancteco Oakland . . FATTLE 7 San Francivco more, Lae Angeles oer Peres ee 385 | Ae ON OH OOOH SH EASON RUSE ESUHEEMS OHH OH eo mee Pre SeweSlateaetSiucnsue ze | mwmelaweteuumemeenaeenes 2.3 Mecerwosuusuvccennsoraneus Oakland San Francisco Lop Angeles .... It will pay you to investigate our exceptional chain-store values in NEW FALL SHOES at $3.00,$4.00 and $5.00 Work Shoes, Dress Shoes, Oxfords | defeating THE SEATTLE STAR PAGE 21 THE SEAL DECEIVERS—THE GREATEST STAFF IN MINOR LEAGUES Ten pitchers, making up the finest staff of hurlers in the minors, are working for the Seals and are the big hope of the Golden No. 1, Jim Scott; No. 2, Al Courtney; Gate club in its drive against Vernon for the Coast lea: No. 3, Doug McWheeney; No. 4, Charley See; No. 5, Oli No. 9, Bob Geary; No. 10, Lefty Alen . Scalped as Usual Los Angeles Trims Red- skins, 6 to 5, in Third Game of Series couldn't lnat, boys. The Braves hed a few more feathers missing from their dresses after Log Angeles tked off with Thursday's tuaste, 6 to 6, Tom Hughe tolled on the hill for Los Angeles end Ferdie Schupp, Lefty Burger and Vean Gress southpawed for the home talent. Leone work on the bases proved the undoing of the Redskins. The game was marred by errors both of emmission end commissicr, both sides offending frequently, THE sCORE Lee Angtien— AN AR. 1. PO A. B. Spencer. of « lew Seecownvennnete! weceetawe Orr, a. Hood, if Bideed, rt Wisterstl, Stumpf, 1 | eoccesecounnnFel eurrernne SeevewuHccene? =| wacouen Totale .......289 6 It *Ratted for Burger tn eighth. by Innings ° ° 2% Bebupp At bat Off Hehupp Innings pitche Charge defeat to B Hits batted red—Otf Kehupp 1. Runs re. for — Schupp 3, Burger 1. Bases on balle—Ott Hughes 4, otf Burger 2, off Gree 1 Tobin, Stolen base—Lane. Mumpt Two-base hits red, Tobin, Sacrifice hits ipencer (fy). Rune batted in dred, Stumpt 3, ¥ in T © Stumpt. Time of Umpires—Byron and Wistersil to ( game—Two bi Casey. 'HELEN WILLS RETAINS GIRL RACQUET CUP HILADELPHIA, Sept. 15.—Helen Wills, California tennis star, retained the national girls’ title by Helen Hooker, of New York, in straight sets, at the Phila delhia Cricket club this morning. The scores were 6-8, 6-3 Miss Wills, who was runner-up to Molla Mallory in the women's cham- pionships, was off form in the first set, the New York girl giving her a stiff fight. In the second set the Californian ran off with ease. The 17-year-old California school girl also engages in the semi-final match for the Middle states’ women's championship with Mra. Marton Zin derstein Jessup, Wilmington, Del. as her opponent, If Miss Wills wing her match with Mrs. Jessup, she most Mkely’ will meet Mrs. Mallory tomorrow for the title, as the champion is expected to win her fifth round match with Miss Eleanora Cottman, Baltimore, and her semi-final match with Miss Les. le Bancroft, Boston, today, Joe Adams ts to enter the junior welterweight class when he meets Muff Bronson in a 12round go at Helena, Mont, on September 29. They will weigh In at 142 pounds in the afternoon. BASEBALL Pacific Coast League LOS ANGELES vs. SEATTLE TODAY 2:45 head) Popular Sailor Lightie to Tangle With a Good Opponent Tuesday ATLOR WALTERS, the rugged / fleet lightweight, who bas won two straight starts in Seattle, will be [seen tn action tn the semi-windup to |the Jack Josephs-Rob Harper tangle at the Arena Tuesday night, Nate Druxinman, who is pro- moting the show, is angling for an opponent for the hard-working gob. Walters defeated Frankie Britt of Tacoma and Young Sam Langford, two formidable opponents. Josephs and Harper are tn training for their return bout. The former handed Harper his second defeat of hin career recently and Harper is Jout to reverse the decision. | Soldier Wood will do his wind mill stuff again in one of the pre-| | liminaries, The rest of the card Is in the making. JOHNSTON DEFEATS RICHARDS | GERMANTOWN, Pa, iSept. 15.—Bill Johnston en- tered the finals of the na- tional tennis tournament here this afternoon by defeating Vincent Richards, of New York, 8-6, 6-2, 6-1. Bill Tilden was playing |Gerald Patterson in the other semi-final, |OLYMPIC GRIDDERS POWERFUL | QIAN FRANCISCO, Sept, 15.--With the line bolstered with such for- Mer grid stars as «Majors and La. |tham, former University of Califor: lars; Daly, Swan, Pierce and Rabbit Bradshaw of Nevada at quarter, and a backfield seintillat ing with the names of Patrick, Nee dies and Williams, the Olympic club looms strong for the 1922 season, The Olympic eleven usually tur- nighes strong opposition to the Cali- fornia and Stanford clubs, but Is gen erally figured to lose, This season, | however, it in dongerous and will un. doubtedly give the collegiaus tough class Deiy was ark asey Four Men Out for Quarter Young Dailey Has Inside |: Track to Pivot Job at Washington UR candidates are looming for the quarterback position on the Washington football team. Young Dailey, brother of Erve |Datiey, former star Purple and Gold halfback, is thougit to have the tn- side track to the job. |good football on the frosh team last fal, Another thing In hiv favor Is that |he played three years under Coach Ragshaw at Everett high school and he knows the Bagshaw system thoroly. ‘The other candidates are Wayne Hall, 1921 pivot man, Fred Hanley land Fred Abel of the 1921 yearlings. Hall wants to play end this year and Spokane high school circles, Abel, who played half last year, is |the youngest member of the Abel family, Don and Bob preceding him. Bagehaw is making tho first foot ball call today, about 30 men being motions. Work wit get down to the real grind about the first of next week. “Nea” Kitlefer played left field for the | Angela, and did some tall work in hound~ ing flies. Brick Wired had bis ey day, and walloped th picking up two doubles, « and @ walk. Bill Sstum some good work stick, picking uj ra in the ninth in trying to field » bi with @ runner on first, Gregg finally threw the batt into right field, and McAuley finally scored what proved to be the winning run, Jimmy MoAuley was back at shortstop for the visitors, and he did some spark- ling felding. Charley Deni, suffering with Charley horse, had # sad time in up two easy chances, je Charles picked up Ned the prize dumb bese pened a frame with @ nd went to third on Widred’s The relay was booted by one r, and-Hopped right into another's Hood it out for the plate, and throwa out by AS faq Ub Was He played| expected to go thru the limbering up e flag. The hurlers pictured ere: ver Mitchell; No. 6, Shovel Hodge; No. 7, Fritz Coumbe; No. 8, Pat Shea; Ban Franciece seeecsee 108 . los . v | 1 Sacramento Portiand 000. aea The ecore— Sacramento At Vernon Batteries Shea, Praester, The score— a © |fan Francisco .. oe 8 18 ; s Crumpler and Fubrman, RnR oT ® AMERICAN LEAGUE w Lowt, |New York Bt. Louis Detroit |Chicago may make a try for a wing berth. ip !Hanley played his first football tn} while} Rn oe OF The acore— Washington .. At Cleveland , Batteries Picintch; M1, er Trickson and inn, Edwards, Whie and O'Neill, Th Rr. 2 oedee @ nd Perkins; NATIONAL LEAGUR Won. Lost and Snyder, R. Pittsburg : oon 8 At. Boston ° Batteries MoNamara, Braxton and O'Neill, m. uw 10 The score R Cinoinn’ OY Te i At Brookly: Batterte and Miller, 5 NIT ‘Tarter, Peters and Cook; May, Jolly and Hannah. eney and Agnew; Mid- Kremer Pet ry 1; Leverette, Gharrity, pitett: i 8 Adama and Schmidt; Miller, Raw Meat |Consider Bill Gets His Due Ball Players Say Rodgers Deserved Credit Given McCredie at Portland BY LEO H. LASSEN HE reat man be- hind the guns when the Port- land Beavers were in the hey: day of their pop- ularity im the Coast league was not Walter McCredie, but “Raw Meat” Bul Rodgers. It was Rodg- ers, with his fine disposition, who smoothed the waters ruf- fled by McCre | die’s driving tactics, And to climax the drama, It was Rodgers who developed the great shortstops turned out at Portland. Rodgers, a great minor league sec ond sacker, held down the second- base station when Deve Bancroft, Roger Peckinpaugh, Chuck Ward and Charley Hollagher were serving their minor league shortstop appren- tices. Harry Gardner, Seattle's veteran pitcher, played with Portland In ‘17 when Hollocher was breaking In. Gardner says it was Rodgers’ coach- ing, his patience and his steadying influence that brought out the best in the youngster, now the star of the Chicago Cubs, | OTHER so | GOSSIP a6 Other ban players, gossiping be- tween games, all say that the credit | was misplaced when it was given to | MeCredie instead of Rodgers. 3| Where McCredie had too gruff a | disposition to get along with ball |players Rodgers’ pig fault, when | handling the Sacramento Solons, was B. | that he was too easy. $| But who got the better results? Rodgers at Sacramento last sea- son finished in second place and was _ | released because, it is rumored, that 1| Charley Pick signed in 1921 with 1/the understanding that he was to pilot the Solons this year. It will be noticed that as soon as Rodgers left the Portland club in | 1917 that the Beavers hit the shutes jand they have been in the second division ever since, 4 NOTICE 2 | THIS | And ft will be notloed that the last | great shortstop to be turned out at | Portland was in 1917, when Rodgers ; | Served hie last time there, | Last season McCredie had Walter | Grantham and decided he wouldn't do. This season he hit over .350 in gy. | the Western league and hag been @ Sold to the Chicago Cubs. 1; Rodgers is now tn the Western league, where he is finishing up the season ag pilot of the Denver club. | But "Raw Meat” Bill, too good dis- | position that he has, with his know!- * | edge of Coast league baseball, should be back in the Coast loop, and don’t be surprised if he fs handling a Coast team again next spring. |ROSENTHAL IS AID TO BEARS Much of the strength of the Unt- versity of California's grid lines is | credited in the South to “Doc” Rosen- |thal, former army officer and now physiclan, who has been line coach {| with the Bruins since the first “won- | der team" sprang into the national | sport spotlight, in 1920, L FARMER WINS TACOMA, Sept. 15.—Frank Farm. er, veteran Tacoma light heavy- weight, celebrated the 10th anni- versary of his entrance Into the professional ring last night by de- jfeating Tom King of Vancouve: |B. C., by @ decision in six round: Sammy Gordon, Portland © 120- ®|pounder, and Mike Ballerino, of 2|Camp Lewis, boxed a six-round draw. Pat Williams, Seattle light- weight, was completely outclassed by Jimmy Rivers, Tacoma boy. Art Sorrento, Los Angoles, knocked out Roy Small, Camp Lewis, in the third round of @ é@cheduled four L&STAR, WANT ADS sound bout | E Seattle Recruits Young Fellows Should be Inserted Into Indian Lineup ITH the regulars playing poor baseball and with the team hav- ing no chance of getting any higher in the race, and not much chance of Sacramento and Portland creeping up, the Seattle Indians should use some of the young bush talent on the bench now. Putting a fellow in one game and then Jerking him out doesn't give him any confidence, the big need of every young fellow. Bud Davis, the most likely looking young fellow on the Seattle roster right now, ts out in uniform every day before game time. The club could do @ lot worse than to give him a chance, Los Angeles ts carrying @ young infielder named Beck whe doesn’t show half of the ability that Davis does, The Seattle fans wouldn't expect too much of these youngsters, but {t's a cinch this green talent wouldn't lose any more games than the regu- lars have been doing. NOR’ LEAGUE DEAD The Northwestern league has heard !ts death knell. ; You'll have to take Tealey Ray. mond's word for it. Raymond, one of the pillars of the old Northwest- ern league when ft was fn its prime, says that the circuit never will make a go in this territory again. The salary demands and the trans- portation af too great to be met by the gate, Raymond thinks a Canadian cir cult may go, but not the old Northe western league. | — RAYMOND BOOSTS ' JACK ADAMS Raymond ts @ great Booster fo# Jack Adams, “The Seattle elub should let Adams know right now whether or not he will manage the club next year sone can start building up the weak places,” says Raymond, “Adams knows what the weak spots are. Let him start the year with his own club. He's a smart catcher and knows the Coast league, He's popular with the bugs, too.” | Raymond has been in the game @ long time and has handled the managerial end of it long enough to know what he's talking about. SCHUPP’S ' CASE Ferdie Schupp has proved @ ranig failure with the Redskins. He's lost seven straight starts and had to be taken out of yesterday's game because of a terrible streak of wildness, He walked three men in a row, pitching 12 straight balls, He has lost a couple of games be cause of poor hitting support ef his team mates, but he shou! have been able to turn in at lca: one win in those starts. . Unless he snaps into it his days as an. Indian are numbered. wet next year, in spite of the stories that have rounds that Pick The Sacs have injuries this year, than any club Coast league, in TIMES HAVE CHANGED Two swings and a called strike sent Burger yesterday. A hit would have busted up the game, ‘Times have changed. This spring Barney was hailed as the greatest ploch hitter in the Coast league, Tom Hughes threw three fast ones and Barney sat down. Lee Meadows ts gradually losing the distinction of wearing spectacles while pitching major league baseball. Carmen Hill, recently signed by the New York Giants, uses four eyes on the diamond. It is not generally known that Torporcer, of the Car@h bala, Wears glasses on the field, _j/