The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 27, 1922, Page 12

Babe Ruth Is Now Reforming on a 50-50 Basis THE SEATTLE STAR RRA AAA RA AAA APPL ALLL LRP BY EDWARD M. THIERRY from Sudbury, which is 20 miles west of Boston, in five and a half hours. ercise is bowling. UDBURY, Mass., Dec. 27.—This is where you come if you want to see The farm comprises 160 acres and didn’t produce anything much last Babe Ruth in his farmer make-up. season. Ruth said he hadn't decided what to do with it; but he’s going additions to the Take this tip, tho: If you want to see him, come during the fag end of the week. We were lucky, and caught him at home. “Hear you've given up the bright lights and are living the simple life’ we said, coming in out of the cold and joining him before the fire in the — house sitting room. uth grunted assent and yawned. y, isn’t it?” we suggested. said the slugger. New York every Monday—it makes the week BO faster! Ruth said he hadn't missed a Monday yet from New York the week is half gone. $9,600 limousine and is proud of the fact that he covers the 200 miles “Lonel “Some,” FANNING HENRY L. FARRELL \BE RUTH'S collapse as the » champion swatter and the ¢ismal of the New York Yankees in ‘world’s series were the outstand- te in 1922 baseball. prosperity was reported in of the major and mincr league Bitho some of the eastern Im the major leagues did not as they did in 1921. weather in the early part | season had much to do with it uch as ft was such a glor- for the Giants, who were (upon as easy meat for the! ‘by most of the experts. the business offices of the two efi fied | year. “The air’s good around here,” pond, and a little hunting. done some of that.” You see, I run down to “Not so bad, tho. — Criqui Is Vet Performer With Mitts French Featherweight King Should Give Kilbane .| | B aroeuigy of the women’s com mittee of the United States 4i0lf asnociation to restrict com wolf championship tournament to play ers having handicaps of not mors than 14 strokes is a forerunner of what may happen in big sectional tournaments in future years It will not happen in the Pa- cific Northweet Golf association for some time to come, In the petition in the women's for over 10/ to have some chicken coops built this winter. he said, “there’s some fishing in Pratt's Not much to do, except chop wood. The home-run king was wearing a coonskin cap, a blue flannel shirt and sweater, old trousers and high-laced boots. shape, not so fat as he appeared in baseball uniform last season, opinion prominent golfers. However, Ge placing of a handi cap limit may come sooner than expected if the nn event ts not divorced from the amateur on plonship tournament. The field In the amateur ts growing bigger euch year and it will not be ny more years be fore an eligibliity list ts estab lished in the Northwest At the next meeting of the new board of directors of the North. | (Chance Is | Ball Task Peerless Leader Realizes This and Signs for Only VANCOUVER SEASON 1S HALTED The Vancouver ring season is halted until] spring when the ice will Kilbane Won’t Have His Usual Advantage champion, who will meet Johnny Kilbane | Criqui was born August 165, 1893, and) Kilbane has held the title has done very little fighting. His most) Kilbane won by a crag cea then Frush has shown rocked him to sleep a few Most ring experts believe weight title. Ungvy cstionably, met™in some time. and Johnny will not have the reach, there being only one to —— the Polo Grounds in New BY BILLY EVANS signed to man: WILLARD QUARTET TO | Te titel Jess Willard will box in an ex- ahead of him. ‘There has been some talk that Frank | Players from the Philadelphia | dentiy realizes | rounds with the ex-champion. Four | sale, They are figured to his signature for er Peters, First Sacker Leslie | re eae Billy Wright, who won two starts|men turned over to the Salt * ‘vo or three-year contract, Stokes, of Spokane, six rounds in soon, and if he Is successful in the If that proves to be the case, I want PLAY STRONG | Chance will early discover that his | be removed from the Vancouver IE powerful Knights of Colum. |® cub that has a couple of outstand. | UGENE CRI for the world title on May 30, 1923, is no consequently is nearing the 30 mark. Kil- years, winning it from Abe Attell. that he has a glass jaw. [ Eugene Criqui | [ Eugene Criqui | the first man to face | Like Kilbane, Criqui_ is inch difference in the height York on Decoration Day of a ae age the Boston i league, has @ hibition In Tacoma tomorrow night UTAH SQUAD this, for he re-/ oF five bouts will precede Willard’s | strengthen the Bees consider- | BILLY WRIGHT Owner Frazee! in Eastern Washington recently in|] ake squad. Smith is the | “One year may be more than ‘Walla Walla late next month. Wright | tried to land from Cincinnati |™y *#rly discover that baseball no | <r abhont aphoeicengeenra pt: Nenmeallhy iCLuTC a to be able to get out without em worth-while material at Boston ts} ling stars, he can proceed to butia | Real Battle Next Spring; He Is Tall and Rangy, and | CRIQUI, European featherweight | spring chicken in pugilistic circles. bane is four years his senior, For the past two or three years Kilbane recent bout of any great importance was with Danny Frush. light-hitting Johnny Daniel months ago. Kilbane will land the feather- | Criqui_is the best boy he has rangy for a featherweight usual margin in height and of the champion and con- tender. According plans One Year the bout is to staged at who recently team of the TACOMA THURSDAY regular job with @ couple of sparring partners.) . Salt Lake has landed four meaner Thi Farmer might work a couple ot Quakers on the Heinie Sands_ fused to affix! exhibition. bly. Infielder Smith, Catch- more than one | TO BOX STOKES and Pitcher Singleton are the, much preferred | his comeback effort, will fight Bill| 228 Arta that Seattle | enough for ma.” explain Chance, “E is contemplating a trip to Californialtwo years ago. | longer posseuses the lure it once did. tussle with Jimmy Duffy in Oakiand IKK NIGHTS TO Pestecvengtrs ean ORTING FIVE ver limited. If a manager inherits | Hockey arena where Jack Allen pro- bus team will face their hardest | motes his shows. Allen ts getting by |game of the season to date at the around them. Chance takes charge | nicely in Vancouver, where 10-round|Camy gym tonight, when the|of « team that has an unsettled tn. | bouts are allowed. Knights tangle with the Orting, | reid, a rather erratic outfield, fair Wash., five. pitching and pretty good catching. | The game will start at § p.m. with | seNogKY TO the teams lining up as follows: GET CHANCE Knights Orting NCE MeAtear . Hineens | Dode Bercott will make his next New Seal Star Here's Tim Hendryz, new outfield-* er of the Ban Francisco Seals, lean- ling on his pet mace. Hendrys is one | of the best-known hitters in the minor foaguen, FENCERS ARE PLANNING BIG CITY TOURNEY ‘wr nine accomplished members | the Seattle Fencers’ club is planning to stage a city tournament | soon and the winner may be sent East to represent this section in the national championships in New York in the spring. He bought the farm this He looked to be in good ring start in Tacoma January 4, meeting Jack Nessman, of Vancou- ver, in a six-round bout. Nessman ia just a fair performer, but rugged. American Jimmy Rivers and Ted Krache will He allowed an average of |iox in the other six-round mill of il runs a game. Joe Busi the program. Bercott has a date in of the pastime, Be Everett January 12 and one in Olym- eth nipteng =a’ Pia four days later. Jess Willard will go on in an exht- bition here Tuesday night at the 25 and Reuther 21. No|CT¥stal Pool In the first smoker to right handers could come near leaders among the fielders ;|Los Angeles, Kramer be held here in a long time. Willard will spar four rounds with a couple of sparring partners. A regular card will be staged along with the exhibi tion. The net proceeds are to be turned over to the Astoria fire r fund. | KRAMER VS. , | GORMAN Danny Kramer, the crack Califor- nia featherweight, will do his stuff with Joe Gorman tn Portland Janu. ; ary 1 in which should be one of the best battles of the Northwest this season. This pair met over the "|four-round route some time ago in getting the call. Gorman, however, is more used to the 10-round route now and figures to give the Los Angeles southpaw plenty of opposition. PRACTICING PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 27.—Penn State today held its first necret prac: tiee since arriving in Pasadena for the annual East-West football classic New Year's day with the University of Southern California, Later in the the Trojans will indulge in prac. the Rose Bowl, the Trojans having arrived from Los Angeles to- y to remain until after the game. Harkins R 4 Zlevell “Purtingham Benjamin | MUST F IGHT ANOTHER GO NEW YORK, Deo. 27—Kia Wil- Mamas, of Baltimore, and Harry Leon- ard, of Philadelphia, will have to fight anot bout before elther is awarded the purse, the state athletic commission ruled. The commission decided that in the bout which ended when Leonard fouled Williams in the | first round, neither had showed any- thing which would entitle him to the money. Three Umpires Face the Gate || Some of the members of the American league staff of umpires must be a trifle worried about what they are going to do next summer, While President Johnson hasn't announced any releases, he has let it be known that he has added three new umpires to hig staff, In the persons of “Ducky” Holmes, “Red” Ormsby and € nee Row- land Holmes and Ormsby have had considerable minor league expert- ence, but umpiring 1 all new to Rowland, who, however, has had &@ varied baseball career. ‘There were nine members on the Johnaon staff at the close of the season—Connolly, Evans, Dineen, Hildebrand, Owens, Chill, Moriarity, Nallin and Guthrie. It's a cinch not more than nine will be carried by President John- son, which means the gate for three arbitrators, Mike Menosky probably will get « real opportunity to win a regular berth in the outfield, Chance likes players of the Menosky type. Mike | |e always trying. That will make a hit with Chance, Other managers always have insisted’ Mike ie weak | against southpaws, Mike feels that he can hit any kind of pitching if given @ real trial. Two problems that Chance will face are the oases of Howard Ehmke i “Lefty” O'Doul. Here are two layers who have a world of natural ability, yet neither has attained the success that it seems should be their | Portion. Ehmke comes to Boston in a trade |for Rip Collins. No pitcher in the |American league has more stuff | than Ehmke. No twirler ts more feared by American league batters. | | Everything ts in Ehmke's favor, ex- | cept that he lacks confidence in the ability that opposing teams know he Qu | Can Chance make Ehmke over? | Chance has always had good pitch ling staffs, Realizing the important ‘part a brainy catcher plays In the | development of pitchers, Chance has (secured Jimmy Archer to coach the Red Sox pitchers, Problem No. 2 for Chance is “Lefty” {O"Doul, For three years he has done little more than bench for New York. O'Doul ts a southpaw pitcher, who is fast, can hit and perform capably in the out. field, Tt 1g more than possible Chance | may turn him into an outfielder and make a star out of him. Yes, indeed! Mr. Chance has a mai |. NEW YORK.—Teresa McCarty, found dead in bathroom of parents’ home with bullet wound over heart by her mother, after latter had been away from home ever night. warm the} iz@ job ahead of him at Boston. | at Seasions are being held every Sun- day and Wednesday in the Elks’ club | eymnasium. Thomas Hall, H. A. Hokin, C.} | Vacher Corbiere, Alberto Alfani, Jone | Venezuela, Victor Alonzo Lewis, B. C. Rising, Jean Landry and Jacques |Bergues are the present members. Other fencers who would like to enter the club should get in with Lewin at Capital 1008, N. Y. BILLIARD TITLE TO BURK NEW YORK, Dec. 27.--Harold W. | Burk won the amateur three-cushton | | billiard champlonship of New York | | state last night when he defeated R. M, Bteinbugler, 30 to 20. | || Mack Infield Is All Ready | ‘The purchase of Sammy Hale || by Connie Mack, definitely settles || the infield question for the tall |; |] leader of the Athletics. Hale will start at third, which || i] means Jimmy Dykes will go back || || to his original position, second base, Chick Galloway, the best shortstop in the American leaguo |] last season, will again play that position. Hauser has won the first base job, In Dykes and Galloway Mack haa two great fielders who are also good hitters, Hauser has || proved that he can hit and hin fielding ts showing constant im- provement. Hale always could || hit, His fielding since he was turned loose by Detroit ts sald to be much better, | Mack says the acquisition of |] Hate wit put him in a position to make a bid for a first division berth, i A caretaker is done by Fanny I've the limousine, He goes over to Waltham so The house is one of those monstrosities created by building original structure. Ruth said Bailey, the colored cook. The DAY, DECEMBER 27, 1 me evenings to bowl. haphazard he was going to have a sun-parlor built on one end, and hardwood floors put down thruout. and his wife take care of the farm house. The cooking re is a chauffeur to drive Mrs. Ruth, swathed in a fur coat, was leaving in the machine for a day's trip into Be his tremendous bulk, and he spends hours playing with her. : by the time he gets back “I've taken some off the waist line,” he said. “It used to be 45. Now He ‘drives down usually in his it’s 39. Haven't weighed lately tho.” Aside from some wood chopping and limousine work, Ruth’s chief ex- talks to her he a |New Rules a aang = Golf Tourneys Thruout United States west Golf association the question of dividing the men's and wom en's events will be given some consideration. This was dincussed at the last annual meeting of the amnociation in Victoria, B. C., but final decision wan ieft to the re Vision committee. The reorganiza tion of the association does away with the revision committes. hence {t will be up to the board of directors to take stops in this matter. THIS IRISH GOLFER HOLED OUT IN ONE CORK, Ireland, Dec. 27.—Izaak Walton has no modern champion, and so fish stories are giving way to golf stories. J. W. McEvoy drove off the third tee at the Middleton links and his ball entered the ear of a donkey on the course. The donkey stood still for a time, but when the players were within a few yards the animal took to its heels and tossed its head, and the ball came rolling to the ground. It cost McEvoy one ) stroke when the argument had ende ended. GRID TUTORS | ARE MEETING IN NEW YORK sab JACKSON V. SCHOLZ Inew YORK, Dec. 27.-—-Football coaches from all parts of country gathered here today to swap idean at the annual meeting of the Football Coaches’ association. The organization is still in ita infancy, boasting only one year of existence, but from all tndications should be comm one of the biggest factors in the sport. Even tho the coaches are not the ones who make the rules, they are the ones who make the game and their knowledge, based on hard ex-| perience, cannot be overlooked tn the final reckoning. An organiza- tion of this kind will be of the greatest value to football from prac- tieally every angle. It ts quite probable that & good Proportion of the time will be con- sumed in fighting over old gridiron battles and dragging out and reliv- ing historic pigskin incidents where- ing role, There is bound to be a lot of friendly rivalry over recent contests and it is a pretty safe bet that some of the menters will come in for @ bit of rasaing. the afternoon the various commit- tees will make their reports, The evening will be mostly in the hands of the chefs at the Hotel Astor, and after the feed, the “Mr. Chairman” will bring his influence to bear upon the most famous of the guests, who will address the football brains of the country. Among the coaches to attend the Meeting today are: Maj. C. Daly, West Point; Tad) Jones, Yale; W. W. Roper. Prince. | ton; A. A. Stagg, Chicago; R. T./ Fisher, Harvard; Dr. J. W. Wilee, Yhio State; A. W. Alexander, Geor- ia Teoh; A. L. Smith, California; G, G. Owen, Oklahoma; D. X. Bible, Texas A. and M; R. C. Zuppke, IMtnois; Gilmour Dobie, Cornell; F. T. Dawson, Nebraska, and Howard Jones, tows. CHICK EVANS MAY PLAY IN N. W. MEET) Talk that Chick Evans, crack Chicago golfer will play in the Pacific Northwest as- sociation championships here next June has reached here from the Windy City. Evans |is a warm personal friend of | A. S. Kerry, president of the | jassociation, and he may come | ‘at Kerry’s invitation. H.| {Chandler Egan, former cham- | pion, is also contemplating entering the meet again. _ is wintering in Califor- n PRACTICE SKED IS LINED UP | Cal, | STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Deo. 27.-Mornings for the Cardinals afternoons for Pittsburg. game Saturday, - Little scrimmage by either is on the program, altho a few plays are being polished off, SERVICE GAME OFFICIALS MEET ANNAPOLIS, Deo, 27, — Offtelals of the military academy and the naval academy will meet in Phila delphia tomorrow to confer on an! agroemont whereby the annual foot. ball game between the two institu: tions will be arranged for a period of years, the} in those present figured in the lead- | | That's | the practice schedule here to put | both teams in trim for the Hast-West | ston when we arrived, “Dot! Iways calls himself “Papa.” She has recently been ill. The baby, Dorothy Helen, who Ruth says will be two in February, came running when Babe called: Ruth seems very proud of the baby, who looks such a tiny mite beside Come to papa!” When he (Champions Can Tie Up Race With Win Tonight Seattle Had Great Lead, and Th and Then Mets Hit Slump, Maroons Losing Three Straight League Games; Strengthened for Rest of Year BY LEO H. LASSEN FTER piling up one of the best leads a Seattle team ever made by winnin, six out of seven Coast league hockey struggles, the Mets have hit a slump and they must win from Van- couver at the toria, Regina | Arena tonight or the Maroons will tie them for first place. The Mets were sailing along at a brisk gait, far in the van. Then they lost to Vic- and Vancouver in turn. In the meantime the Maroons, ened by the return of Hugh Lehman to t fi nets, started to climb, and if they win tonigl ac A Coast race. The Vancouver team comes defense. ASEBALL produces many pe- | ** culiar angles. | In 1920 Jim Bagby was the ace of | the pitching staff of the Cleveland team. In its fight for the pennant, Bagby | was the big noise, ning 31 games —« most remarkable f Brooklyn won the pennant In the | National league, Southpaw Sherrod | Smith did his share to make possible the victory of the Dodgers. In the world sories staged between |the two teams, next to Coveleskie, Smith did the best pitching. In his first start, Smith beat Cleve- land, 2 to 1, allowing only three hits | His team gave bim a two-run mar- | gin in the opening inning, which | proved enough to win. In his second start he lost, in one lof the best-pitched games that has ever been staged in a world series. The score was 1 to 6. Walter Mails opposed Smith and turned in an un- they tie the locals for the leadership of The Ta have been playing good enough hockey, but have been lacking the punch in the pinches lately. here tonight greatly ened and looking like one of the best teams in hockey ne now. The addition of Corbett Denneny to the forward line has added a world of speed to the Maroons, and the return of Art Duncan, the giant defense man, has bolstered up their Former Star Pitchers Are Almost Sent Out of Major beatable performanos, allowing only the mighty have fallen. Near the close of the 1932 season Brooklyn asked for -waivers on Smith. Not a National league wanted him. Cleveland, alone, of American league clubs, thought worthy of a trial. At the close of the 1922 season the American league, Cleveland for waivers on Bagby. All American league clubs waived. Only Pittsburg — of the National league was willing to gamble with the veteran. all but «ink Into the oblivion of the minora. Who said fame in baseball wasn't fleeting? SWEDEN SENDS SWIMMING BID NEW YORK, Dec. 27. — Sweden has invited a team of American swimmers to accompany the team of track and field athletes which may Poe ges in a set of games in Sweden |next July. The A. A. U. has not definitely announced whether the United States would be represented in these games. NEWELL IS LET. OUT BY CHAMPS VANCOUVER, B, ©, Deo, 27.— Abbie Newell, the Charley Chaplin skater of the Maroons, has been re- leased to the Edmonton Hockey club. || Millionaires Build Course NEW YORK, Dec. 27,—Million alre golfers who crave lower scores than their skill permits will beat the hazards of the game on a bowling alley course which is to be built to their order, and known as “The Creek.” The site is on Long island, near Locust valley, where the game has been played so long that even the cows replace all divots. Charles Blair MeDonald, who designed the notoriously difficult Sandy Lido course, studded with patches of turf grass, has been commissioned to make this one as easy as Lido is tough, The cost will be $1,000,000, which will not be missed by such member as Vincent Astor, George F. Baker, Jr., Marshall Field, J. P. Morgan and Harry Payne Whitney. The greens will be planted with hothouse lettuce and the sand traps will be made of gold dust. Boy Stumbles Along Awkward Age “Do you know, Harry, I am pos- \itively worrled about James? IT don't believe another boy ever lived who is half so awkward as he is. He ts forever stumbling over every- thing.” “I know, dear, but you must re member that every boy passes through the awkward age. ‘And I must say that we haven't had much to worry about the boy, yet. He's dern decent, aa boys go. But I remember yet how I seemed to be all hands and feet along about his age. I seemed to grow too fast.” “He's been that way for a year, jand seems to be getting worse. I wish he'd hurry and emerge into @ j normal young man, so I could quit ig about him and the furnt “Well, mother, have patience, The |boy’s all right. Some day soon he | will be the most graceful young thing you ever did see.” “He seems to fit into his clothes so badly, too, I thought for a time it was partly the fault ‘of the clothes. What do you think? “Well, I don't think we can jblame the boy wholly about the | way his clothes fit, or fail to fit, I think, possibly, we had better get [him a new suit. 1 don't see how we can afford It before the first of the year, howev: ‘Well, dear, I think that if we bought it now at Cherry's, we ;could make arrangements to pay |later. You know, they ask for only a small payment could manage that nicely. Weill see tomorrow. Cherry's "are at 1015 Second ave, in the Rialto bul +H