The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 22, 1922, Page 18

THE SEATTLE STAR FRIDAY, DECEMB NICK DUMOVITCH BRINGS FLOCK OF STARS TO LOS ANGELE * * * xe % * 6% WEST. VIRGINIA HEAVY FAVORITE TO BEAT GONZAGA MONDA AY IREGINA AND VICTORIA CLASH TONIGHT, Crack Southpaw Sen Mountain The Silent Call lLast Dine pay eor | to Chicago’Cub leam Red Killefer Expects to Realize oe ee cake Portsider; George Maisel Due to Play in Coas' There’s a wee, small voice that brings men back to Team Has baseball, and Jimmy Archer, the famous Cub on Coast ig Y fin Big Year or Caps League Again; Other Gossip catcher of yesterday, is the latest to hear it. He's BY LEO H. LASSEN coming back as a coach with the Boston Red || Gonzaga May Fool Crack Must Win to Team With Aerial Ae Keep Up With Maroons ICK DUMOVITCH, crack young Los Angeles tack, However oa Mar Major-Minor peace. Draft is problem. Salary question. RENRY L. FARRELL , if not all of the points at fgsue now between the major ‘the minor leagues ought to be next winter | 2e) > or to the Chi- Sox, under Frank Chance, his old leader at Chi- |! poo cd wg) he canes oven. t0 and Red cago. Archer, in his prime, had one of the great- || Victoria Killefer expects to realize enough men on the est of throwing arms, rifling the ball to the bases deal to make the Angels one of the strongest from a squatting position. clubs in the league next year. Contrary to first reports given out, Marty “If the major leagues hold a joint, in Chicago, the minors have to hold their annual session fat the same time, jloner Landis said at the Me meeting that he intended ‘@liternate the annual joint meet of the National and the Amert Teague moctings between New and Chicago, which would give te Chicago next year. RAL points are at issue now, ) the draft, of course, being of moment to the major leagues ‘the players and option limit in t& most of the litle fellows. | the major leagues would only to us and talk real business of trying to bluff and bully could all be settled,” a promi- American Association club own- at Loulsville. are firm in the stand for We think are our rights and going to stick to them as gas the major talks of boycott, Mats and other silly threats. » if the majors would give 30 would we.” | Commissioner Landis ever gets im session together, it's a cinch will both be reasonable and ought to be in session next clubs of the minors do the option limit increased. are finding fault now with) system, which they many players seat- i & i FEe i H 3 : He t ffs I i d i i BEE E i iN Bt. Louis minor league @ about 200 club E 53 { ! i i | ges Hi i i i f i i g i ! ‘ Fi | iB 4 £ § a< e e B defeated Lafayette college final game of the year. in Batting ‘more valuable than the league's percentage of 4197 McManus, an offspring of o corner lots, will be able with George Sisler as to what in valuable batting following the 1922 season. was Sisler pacing the entire with his 419 average. Down pegs is found McManus with +812 mark. McManus with his .312 batting s¢ drove in more runs for the Louls Browns last season than with a mark of 419, The bat- of McManus was responsible for runs. Sisler, 105. And don’t forget that they pay off fficially on the number of runs Not the base hits. developed into a brilliant ey te is shown in comparison with High averages, for Cobb's at drove in only 99 runs, Heflmann «866 nent across 92, and Wallie at .229 sent 90 mates across the development and discovery of is another one of those long in baseball. He was plucked the Tulsa club of the Western during the close of the 1920 asa third baseman or a first In fact, anything but a wecond baseman. first day he put on hi# unt- Manager Lee Foh! detected a arm. It had been injured dur- summer and was unable to is @ batting average of .212) last season. His value at | HE firat of the three great inter ectional football booked for California during the holiday season will be played at San Diego Sunday, with the University ot West Virginia clashing with Gon. saga university of Spokane. According to re| ports irom the South the powerful | West Virginians are being made the favorites of to 1 betting, with | the score being predicted all the way from 28 to 0 to 49 to 0 for West Virginia, California dopesters are figuring that the Mountaineers have a better record for the season, altho the Gon- taga team made a splendid showing West Virginia has won nine games this year and tied one. The victories include wins over Pittsburg, Indiana and Washington and Jefferson, while Washington and Lee heki the Moun- taineers even. West Virginia's crack team is built | around Tackle Meredith, Guard Set ron and Halfback Nardacei, three of the leading players in the East. Gonzaga is built around Houston Stockton, the great passing halfback. | (FOHL’S WORK | IS CUT OUT FOR HIM NOW 'HILE the St. Louis Browns fin- / games | has his work cut out if he ts to | as well in 1923. What about Shocker? Will the ace | of the Browns’ staff have another big year? Then there is “Shucks” Pruett, the » Who was such a/ great help to Fohl. Was he a flash, | or will he improve with the year’s! experience? | Can Ray Kolp come through in| such an impressive manner as be did — Kolp hasn't « great deal of stuff, but fs a smart pitcher. WI Van Gilder, the enigma of the staff, really do the fine work he is capable of? Pitching wins pennants, and Foh! staff is @ very uncertain one. wjors| PANTHERS STOP OVER IN “CHI” CHICAGO, Dec. 22.--The Pitt | Panthers stopped in Chicago for two | hours today en route to Palo Alto, | Cal, where they will play the Stan- ford team December 20. veteran coach at is to coach at Stanford in 1924. Warner declared his charges were in fine conditionn. EYES ARE O. K., DECLARES GREB PITTSBURG, Dec. 22.—Altho he has been forced to call off his scheduled bout with Jimmy Delaney in Oklahoma City for January 8, Harry Greb, _light-heavyweight champton, denied that his eye sight had been badly impaired tn his re- cent fight with Bob Roper. ANDERSON WINS ANZAC HONORS, J. O. Anderson recently won the! Australian tennis champtonship from Gerald Patterson, his fellow Davis cup teammate, in a five-set match in Sydney. | | Across Runs) MARTY McMANUS control the throws from the deep side of third base, The following spring there were so many kinks around the right shoulder that McManus was withdrawn as even @ substitute can- didate on the Browns’ infield. Fobl, however, regarded him as big! league timber, and refused to part | with him despite his poor physical condition. His judgment has been well rewarded. jto cManus Shows Way | jthan any other Ha Tigers to Have Good [© Cage Five Broadway Club Is Loom- ing as One of Strongest Prep Teams DR the first time | in three years the Hroadway Tigers “ul start the sea- von with a pow. | erful basketball | lineup. The Ti- gers are shaping ap as one of the best equads in the prep loop. Two veteran for- wards — Welch er are Cilling these berths saner- | ably. Friborg, a newcomer, ia ater conter in good style In practice. Burnsed, Hull, Meister and Tsuku- are the leading candidates for the guard positions. KUHN AS CENTER? Ed Kuhn, the powerful Washing- ton football guard, may blossom out and Captain Nel- | son: | as @ center candidate on the varsity basketball five. He is turning out with the regulars now. Coach Fé-~- mundson ts also using Hesketh and Lewis in this position KNIGHTS VS. ORTING The Knights of Columbus team may have some opposition next week from the Orting, Wash., Orting squad walloped Camp Lewin with more than a 70-potnt total re- | cently. \HEIESMAN GETS COACH OFFER PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22—John Heisman, who has announced his retirement as head football coach at Pennsylvania, has received an offer take Earl le’s place at W. & J. Friends say he nine other offers. |FRISCH SAYS HE BELONGS NEW YORK, Dec, Frank Frisch, Giant second baseman, de nied that he was seeking the presi dency of the new Baseball Players’ association, but admitted he was a member and “wanted to string along | with the boys.” OWEN MAKES LETTER MARK CAMBRIDGE, When George Owe ball star, leaves colle he will have a Dee, vard foot: next June, earn more letters He in will hockey, have three football tory. each ball. GIBBONS GETS letters and base. DEMPSEY BID) ST, PAUL, Dec. 22.—Tommy Gi bons, St, Paul heavyweight, has re- ceived an offer from a New York promoter to meet Jack Dempsey. He announced he will accept termes if t hampion wilt sign. HANK GOWDY IS QUAKER Hank Gowdy, after years of service with the Boston Braves, passed to the Philadelphia National league tea He wax sold recently outright to the Quakers, team. The) has received | Victoria tonight Regina 1 be mak . team ing its wtand on ¢ the he ker fro and uphill Coast, b Vance winning m uver an me | against Bea | The played but| wines thin and they « cams with the 1 hockey on the Island City Regina out ft can be ex o give a good account of itself after the exhibition | of fight here W Both teams a« all of their regulars play Victoria p! Art Fletcher, who will lead the Philly Quakers in the National league | next year, play from the bench. SMITH AND — LYNCH BOX IN GOTHAM. BY RENRY L. FARRELL EW YORK, Dec, 22.—Concerned over unusual activity among the | gamblers the New York state boxing STAR jcomminsion is throwing additional Young Hay, Regina forward, looks| safeguards around the world's ban like a coming hockey star | tamweight championship bout to- He certainly showed a mean pair! sight between Joe Lynch and Midget of blades here Wednesday, and be | gmith, has natural ability Many stories have been tn circula | With a few more seas tion for several days, but the com. fence he will be making ‘em all step. | mission would admit only that a large JBumber of telephone calls had been received at the office from persons | LAINE FOR MAROONS \desiring to know the referee and Vancouver will have one of the | judges that bad been selected for. the best forward lines in hockey from now on. M y, Denneny, Parkes.| Beyond dincuasion of these angles | eee Eee eek a pina | aataner, Be rris give the |there is little interest in the fight. | Dut not a geod enough fisider to| Maroons a speedy outfit and with the | Lynch, becaune of his superior boxing | hold down that position regularly. And great defensive strength in Duncan, | and his stronger and more accurate ty. clined’ 4 SBONEM 88 & Piteher to Set | Cook and Lehman the Maroons are to punching, is regarded as the favorite | be feared, Smith ts a fast fighter. There is no |reason to believe he will do any bet-| lter with Lynen than he did in his IN PORTLAND tin. Me was under suspension and the suypension was lifted immediately Portiand featherwelght tournament, | San Diego Game hit Weldon Wing, of Portland, with ‘veryihing buts move tiyom in | Insured Against Jupiter Pluvius Kramer and the fans agreed with yg West VirginiaGonzaga game at San Diego Sunday. According to weather reports there fair weath stretched several points for PORTLAND, Dee. 22.—Danny | so that he mirht go on tn thie show 10 rounds at the Armory last night, Insurance against rain for $15, or is forecasted. ted to have hand for expec on EDMONTON BF SAYS POULIN Skinner eres, ulin, Prairie league ref Edmonton has the most team on the prairie thin| This club is headed by Duke Keats, whom Skinner thinks i# one of the greatest hockey players in the busines | nays 1 powerful neanon. | HAY 18 COMING Sacramento may be ring te wee yen te obtained from Vernon, at base to replace Metiaffi- s"Tealegwer tt twas sncker rade, bat there won't be much e ot him beating Manager Mick out of the het corner assignment if Fick is in good health, nn of expert. 'CRACK FORWARD With the wealth of outfield matertal bout and pitching atai Kelty, Wendrts, Connelly, Valia, | Compton. That's « wonderful ervey oft minor league outfield talent vetty bas One sweet wang Of pastimers to | [ehoose their outfield from. Min Redgere hee joined ball Moe he pllote " a and now he ie to pilot « team in the Smith. He fought three days ago in |Kramor, Los Angeles entry in the| Coe New York Mate circuit nest year Meleren’ Cremihgie tes fake oe 000 has been taken out for the ED SHANNON IN PORTLAND 4 Eddie Shannon is now in ‘tland, | | BILL CLYMER the lightweight leaving Los Angeles GIVEN GATE suddenly, He was getting by in fine fashion in the Cafeteria city and why] Bill Clymer has been given the air again, He will be succeeded at the he left so abruj is one of those | riddles, head of the Newark Internationals by SIX SOUTHERN SCHOOLS QUIT The Southern Intercollegiate asso- | ciation has been broken up within | the past few days, Modification of the | freshman rule caused Georgia Tech, | Clemson, Florida, South Carolina. Alabama and Louisiana State to quit. | team. Steve O'Neill to, Pass as Regular Cleveland Player? ae eland secures the services of Glenn Myatt of Milw does it mean that Steve O will be placed on the market? The way the Cleveland manage- ment bought youngsters last fall it was evident the club was to be rebuilt, Steve O'Nelll Ray Grimes, first sacker of the Chicago Cubs, has blossomed out as lone of the big stars of the National | league. PITTSBURG WINS BOSTON, Dec. The Pittaburg hockey club the Victoria team h Travie Davis Runs Into” Punch and Loses Verdict ACOMA, Dec, 22.—Travie was winning all the way from Eddie Roberts, local welter, in their bout last night until he ran into . right cross with his chin and down for a knockdown just |the final bell and the referee gave the bout to Roberts. The worst Davig should have had wag a draw is still a great catcher, but he is a veteran. The Indian's star backstop is going rather than coming. However, there are several clubs in the American league that could use a veteran backstop like Steve to great advantage. In re- turn, they might be able to offer some promising youngsters, Myatt, with the year's expert- he had at Milwaukee, seems ready to make a big go of it in the American league. Cleveland certainly thought so or it would never have made the big offer it did for his services, Davis) Jimmy Rivers defeated Billy row in the six-round windup. Mor Ludwig Jones hit Indian Pete on the button in the third the lights went out for Pe | Kid Johnston trimmed Mickey | Hannon and Ed McCarthy won from | Glen MeNeish in the other two bouts. | Coach Wilce of State an Optimist ence nd and before ard man in his undergraduates and alumni to worry But not Coach Wilce Recently, when asked for an ex-| pression of an opinion on football at | '| Football Mentor Sees | Benefit in Defeat ‘| Certain State Will Be Back on Top ts figuring on directing | Bill Devine, cateher on this season's | Krug is to be with the Angels next year; at least so says the latest gossip from the Movie city. George Maisel outfielder; Pe and another outfielder yet to t el, former Portland and Frisco rey Jones, southpaw pitcher, » named, are coming to the Angels, says Charley Loc khart, wcretary of the club. aw alter Golvin, crack first sa |to the Los Angeles club. Killefer plans to rebuild his he gets Maisel, who is a star i He must land a catcher an |Golvin, Krug, McAuley and D | his pitching staff, one of the t | and Jones will replace Dumovi acker, has already been shipped outfield and has a fine start if n this company. d then he is just about set as eal for the infield. He retains pest in the league this summer, teh. Concerning Jack Adams RY" RY club in the Coast league waived Jack Adams when | Waivers were asked, without a single on & ponsible deal. 80 says Jim Boldt, Seattle prexy Adams was placed at Dallas, Texas, | Start Smelling for Mi iy" Bill Eextck decides to put Hughie not have any trouble making a deal |for him as High ts a pretty classy outfielder, However, High hurt his throwing | HE Pittsburg Pirates intend to take Spencer Adams to training | camp with them in the spring | Adams wasn't considered expert enced enough for a regular Coast league berth yet and the soon club nibble from the other clubs regarding | High upon the market he should | Beattie club and didn’t make as first supposed by the jthe deal himself, here. And Adams has not been signed to manage the club, says Boldt, going to the Texas team as @ player in the ranks again, ce wrist two years ago and it may be bothering him. High is a smart tosser, a fine fielder and a good team man, and when a smart manager Iike Easick | wants to let him go then start smell- ing for the mice. Spencer Adams Needs Experience | should feel lucky in landing such men as Rohwer and Blake for him. Adams showed a world of promise as an infielder, being fast and intelll- gent, but he has a long ways to go before being a big mace, -. lA ubert Pruett Kicks | iT* size necessary to achieve great- ness as a major league pitcher? The American league last season _ | boasted such physical pitching giants as Waiter Johnson, Elam Van Gilder, | Carl Mays, Waite Hoyt, Warren Col- jlins, also many other six-footers. On the staff of the St. Louis Browns last year was a dinky look- ing kid named Hubert Pruett. Pruett, in @ most convincing man- |ner, refutes the argument that to be @ great pitcher you must be a big, husky athlete, The story is this—Hubert Pruett in | his professional and big league ca- | pacity had the best pitching average jouts in the American league in 1922. Pruett is the youngster who achieved nation-wide fame by strik- ing out Babe Ruth in 10of the first 18 times the Bambino swung against his tantalizing fadeaway southpaw slants. Owing to an injury to his precious | left whip In mid-season, Pruett was | unable to join the list of pitching regulars, having worked in only 120 |innings and but four compl However, officially he part | 39 contests for Lee Fohl's St. | Browns | His earned run average of only | 2.32 is crowded by Urban Faber’s rec- ord of 2.81, Faber's being high for the | rerulars. | Pruett’s strike-out total fs 70 in 120 Louis | tanings, which ts an average of 58° Dode Bercott | for earned runs per game and strike- | Thru in First Season HUBERT PRUETT per inning. Next in line is Shocker of the Browns, who breezed more than any pitcher in the league |last summer, getting 149 in 348 in- | nings, which is an average of .43 per . | inning. Pruett had a .690 pitching percent- age, with seven victories and seven defeats, and gained three victories against the Yankees. Jock Sutherland has signed to lead the Lafayette college football team again next season. and Young O’Dowd Box in Everett pe BERCOTT, the Monroe log- ger, fights his first long scrap to- night in Everett, meeting Young | O'Dowd, the rugged Aberdeen miller, | ‘The Everett session will go eight rounds, | Bercott looks to be in the best of | condition and should be able to go at top speed O'Dowd has the advantage in ex- perience over Bercott, but the wallop of the Monroe lightweight should offset this. Eddie Moore and Eddie Neti box the semi-windup. Quite a crowd of Seattle fans ex- pect to make the trip to Everett, “Jolly Boy” This particular shape of “City de Luxe” Italian Briar is meeting with a most pop- ular sale. The well in the ) { | Spe ste age 0. Dee. John W. Wilce, of the Ohio State football team, is an optimist He can see good in defeat State's great football mentor is not | the least worried r poor showing during the past season. | On the contrary, he feels that it is bound to work to the benefit of the | 20,—Coach Buckeyes Wilee has had undsual success at Ohio State, Under his direction | State has always been battling for | the championship. ‘The failure of 1922 came’ hs a big surprise to fol lowers of the eleven, It caused the Ohio State, he reptied “We feel that the past season has | enabled us to find ourselves, after a period of unusual football success, ‘The spirit of our layt second victories of 1920, of 1921, and of the past| championships, was reborn in the ing back-against-the-wall fight: | hespite-of-allodds.spirit. of 1922." The viete Y over Illinois at Urbana pvember 25 by the close score of 6 is the only sealp that hangs at pelt of the Buckeyes in the Big n this season, In 1916, 1917 and 1920 they title holders, ‘That Coach probably looking to in another ses his words; to the were Wilce is « bright future on is exemplified by “The i922 team was at a Next Year | —_—_-—-——————— the end of the season one ‘stadium caliber,’ ‘The this group im defeat and victory has} been stimulating But don't wait for} next year, work for next year, “One championship in eight years! 18 4 good average, as shown by team records. We do appreciate the op: | portunity for continuous, whole souled, wholesome effect to a given | end, May we, all of us, regard vie- | tories or defeats in football or in life | as true sportamen, and may we all grow In our experience,” were the closing remarks of the Searlet and Gray coach, of true | attitude of | 707 First Ave. 910 Second Ave, stem and the substantial build added to the special treatment given the “City de Luxe” is sure to meet the approval of the practical pipe smoker. This pipe may be purchased from your regular dealer or from Spring Cigar Co., Inc. 418 Pike St, Price $2.50 1406 Fourth Ave.