The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 28, 1922, Page 12

PAGE 12 BY LEO H. LASSEN ‘O MAN in the Northwest can rival the experiences in E. Dugdale has had in the national game. Dugdale has seen the game on the inside, from the v Manager and magnate. His service in the game dates until 1919, when he retired from active work. One would hardly guess that Dugdale, who now boost the 200. baseball that Daniel ons as 8 Clarkson, iewpoint of player, from the early 80s s the scale well over -pound mark, THE SEATTLE STAR E. Dugdale Will Tell His Story of Baseball shortstop! Tom Kennedy, was a big league player 25 years ago. Dugdale played with the big stars of 256 years ago Mike Kelly and a host of written forever in baseball's Hall of Fame. Dugdale played when the catchers stood back for the pitches and caught the ball on the first bounce except when men were on bases or with two strikes on the batter, And h others whose Charley Bennett, John names are e started today, and at the re Real baseball fans “Dug” has seen the game moulded Into the wond most of his life, and the game, as seen thru his eyes, new view of the game. erful pastime that it is quest of The Star, Dugdale is to tell his story of baseball, as he remembers it, thru the columns of The Star. as he has lived baseball vill appreciate Dugdale’s story, tl 3 . will give the fans a The first story will be printed in Friday's Star. TY COBB. EXPECTS RAY FRANCIS TO DEVELOP INTO REAL STAR * * oo * *% * + * VANCOUVER MAROONS NOSE OUT ‘SEATTLE METS AND TIE RACE e— Detroit Pilot Thinks wr No big 1922 ring mix. ‘Georges in spotlight. Buff champion loser. _ BY HENRY L. FARRELL furnishing a big ring spectacle ‘the year 1922 failed in its duty there was nothing to Interest World like another Dempsey-Car affair, there was enough do of domestic importance to make el as an interesting and suc No doubt th thru the deal Sete Dempsey was idle for the| snot that he was not will} but because the one} “million dollar” opponent as Harry Wills and the hands that boxing around the big money considered this year, with and other things, as an in-| time to cause any racial | with a mixed bout for the} rather cool reception of ns for a bout with Wills have a chance a southpaw. | just a bit shy of major league a southpaw. market. soft picking by any means. I Will Gagnon Replace HERE does Washington intend to use Shortstop Gagnon? Gagnon ts the infielder recently Ty, is that most left-| ‘Can Bagby Come Back With Pitt? Highly of Ex-Indian v/¢{ " Has as Much Stuff as ‘Ever Cobb Grabbed Francis From W Washington in Recent Player Swap; Says Francis Showed Him Plenty of | Stuff Last Season; Other Baseball Gossip Y COBB is strong for southpaws. pretty good hitter himself, that most left handers trouble him far more | than right handers. Such being the case, the natural conclu- | sion that Cobb must draw, handed batters are troubled even more than | him by southpaw pitching. a) frankly admits | | | at is the reason why Cobb put for Southpaw Ray Francis of the Washington club, former Seattle player. Cobb figures every club that wants to 4S a pennant contender needs Now that it is definitely set-| tled that Oldham will not be a Tiger, Cobb's | best bet as a southpaw passed on. Bert Cole seems to be| caliber. All of which made it necessary that Cobb go out and land Francis proved to be the best possibility on the Here is how he looked to Cobb: “Francis showed me more stuff than 90 per cent of the American league southpaws last year. I didn’t find him am of the opinion that he will | develop into the best left-hander Detroit has had in years.” |"s%® for everything Peckinpaugh? may be tried out at third base Washington was weak at the far corner last year, using a half dosen men with ordinary success. Poe BY BILLY EVANS In the passing of Jim Bagby trom | |the Cleveland club, the American league loses one of the unique char: jacters of the game With Jim Hagby there was « He enjoyed) nothing better than a friendly argu- |ment. During the playing season, | Bagby lives baseball—talke ft In | consantly | Jim in always willing to take the! second guess at some play if | feels it will start @ discussian as secured from Detroit in a trade £0F | aibly Gagnon will fill the bill there. |'® What should have been done Francis. was rather out his friend.|eran shortstops of the game in stepped into} Roger Peckinpaugh. Roger i slip Georges lost| ping @ bit, but is still Battling Sik! | fielder. has a chance to displace Peckin- Paugh at short. There is the possi- bility that the coming of Gagnon may mean that Peck is to figure in @ trade, It is also possible that Gagnon * *, Spitball Pitchers Are TS sale of Pitcher Allan Sotho- oron, of the Cleveland club, to the minors, marks the passing of another spitball pitcher. At the close of the American league season there were only six spitters in the organization. The release of Sothoron cuts it to five. It ts almost a certainty that before the opening of the season Allan Russell, of Boston, will have drifted back. Stanley Coveleskie, of Cleveland; Red Faber, of Chicago; Urtan Shocker, of St. Louis, and Jack Quinn are the four veterans certain to start the 1923 campaign. Quinn hasn’t a great many more Changes in Football Rules Voted Down by Grid Mentors BY JACKSON V. SCHOLZ YORK, Dec. 28.—Football beef, as well as football brains, was much in evidence at the second jannual meeting of the American As- sociation of Footbal! Coaches. he had won the American) ® Great | College star. tke close of the It is hard to figure that Gagnon | year. Harris is @ fixture at second. Bo Washington has one of the vet-| Gagnon must be in for a whirt at| th? Cleveland third unless Peck ts to be traded. Gagnon ts a former Holy Crom He joined Detroit at college season last After being carried as bench warmer for about a month, he was sent to Rochester of the In- ternational league for further sea- soning. He had a good year there and ww said to be ready for fast) company, Fading | Most of the heated disbussions on club, which were usually of a friendly nature, had Bagby at the bottom of them. Jim Bagby may prove a second |having refused to waive on the * | veteran. | tended a game at Pitteburg between | sporting writer made to me on the! | years left. Coveleskie, who fs « spitball pitcher almost exclusively, seemed to be slipping « bit last sea gon. Faber, of Chicago, and Shocker, jot St. Louls, would still be great) | pitchers If they eliminated the spit: | ball entirely from their assortment. | As a matter of fact, these two great pitchers use the splitter more as « bluff than anything else. They go to it in @ pinch when they desire to slip a strike past the bataman. Tt is doubtful tf any of these pitchers will last more than five years, so that the entire elimina tion of the spitball i not far dis. tant. heard that Pittsbure might take a chance on the veteran. I replied. Barnyard Golf Soon Under Way Big Horseshoe Tourney to Be Held in Florida in February iT. PETERSBURG, Fia., Dec, 38.— With the arrival here of J. | Todd Flower, of Akron, ©., vice pres- alty. The suggestion to prohibit |ident of the National Association of clipping from the rear and side, and : to impose a penalty of $5 yards for| Horseshoe Pitchers, plane are get- such Infractions, was promptly voted | ng under way for the fifth annual down, as was the motion to increase mid-winter tournament for the Unit- jed States “barnyard golf” champlon- | Babe Adame for Pittsburg, that club | During the football season, I at-/ kind of stuff has Jim) leading pitcher of Bagby?” he asked. Evidently he had | league. |turned in 16 st JIM BAGBY It was a perfectly truthful Notre Dame and Carnegie Teoh. mark. Jim Bagby in 1921 and 1933, team, and that is just what he Now that Pitteburg has bought Hag- had as much stuff as he ever had—| jby, I recall a remark @ Pittaburg yet he couldn't win. In 1920, with the same assortment, Bagby won 31 games and was the! the Jim Bagby never boasted much stuff. Ninety per cent of the major “As much etuff as he ever had,"| league pitchers have far more than Jim, yet few ever reach the fame of ot he Tit Bpens hasn't forgotten how te hit the apple. Official of Miasiesipp! Vali Portiand point hit Waiter Johneon’ victories was mi: igh run for straight back in 1016, when he ht Cincinnatt hae put Rube . pinch hitter and outfielder, on the market, as they are overburdened with good outfielders for next year, and are trying to ewep him for « pitcher. Champs Outplay Loca Men and Win Out, 4-3 Hugh Lehman Gives Wonderful Exhibition in Front of Twine; Riley and MacKay Put on Fistic Combat; Smoky Harris Stars STANDING OF TEAMS Won Lost 5 Club— Seattle . Victoria . Victoria .. 5 winning 31 games in a major league campaign. Bagby pitches with his head more than his arm, His half speed ball jis faster than the ordinary slow | ball, and slower than the ordinary or average fast ball It ts well named—half speed ball. The fact that it is in between a speed that is the exception rather ean tae setenauain hard $0 time, In addition, Jim measte | nee fadeaway. A good head, pi {fine control, plus stuff that in Pe ue | different, tells why Bagby has been successful when hundreds of pitch- pea with twiee his stuff have failed. Absolute lack of confidence was | Bagby'’s prevailing fuult the last two jyears, The lack of confidence in | bin ability to win is what made a loser out of him. In 1920, when Bagby won %1 games, ho was the “cockiest” pitch. or in the league, There was nothing chesty about Jim's attitude—rath- | er it wag one of supreme confidence. re-| He figured he could beat most any dia. A change of scenery, different | handling, and @ new crop of batters) | to work on, may do wonders for | Bagby. Certainly he ts worth the taking a worth-while gambie. BY LEO H. LASSEN HE Seattle Mets took another socking last night and the coast hockey race is tied up. The glorious lead that the Mets piled up at the start of the season has been whittled down and the Vancouver Maroons are now even-Stephen with the local gang. Vancouver administered a 4 to 3 spank- ing at the Arena last night, but the score doesn't indicate how far the outplayed the Mets. Hugh Lehman gave a wonderful demon- © stration in the Vancouver nets, stop some terrific shots sent in from all by Bernie Morris. Hap Holmes, on the other hand, let a couple of easy shots slip into the twine and it cost Seattle the game. Frank Boucher, the new Vancouver forward, and Smokey alae played swell hockey for the winners while Bob Rowe “\deserves special mention for®= wtjhis great game for Seattle. Jim Riley and Mickey MacKay | were out to get each other from | the start of the game and before the game was over they threw |down thetr sticks and went to It, la la Jack Dempsey. Everybody piled up on the ice and a couple of bluecoats trotted out on the ice before things were settled. Both Riley and MacKay spent a 10- minute stretch on the bench. Vancouver opened the scoring in the first period when Art Duncan scored on @ rebound. | Riley tied ft up in the second Deriod on another re-bound shot. Frank Foyston put Seattle in the lead tn the third period when Ernie American! Walver price. Barney Dreyfus is| Parkes got careless with the puck jana skated past it, leaving it free Jim Bagby has as much stuff as Dear the Vancouver goal. Foyston he ever had. Failure to win the Was on it like @ flash, beating Leh- last two years was @ mental hazard mon with @ shot high in the nets. rather than physical. Duncan made @ beautiful solo rush Stanford- (22tteEeSon w Pittsburg Game Next Crack Toame, Both Coached assisted, giving Vancouver » big j j by Warner lead. System, Meet Saturday Just before the final gong Riley slapped the puck in from a scrim- BY JEAN FREDERIC LOBA mage in front of the goal. The Mneup and summary follow: (United Press Staff Correspondent) AN FRANCISCO, Dec, 25.-—The next course ts about ready. Pacific coast football fans, as many an had the money, the time and the inclination all at the same moment, went to San Diego to sre the first of Van- Third period-—Foyston, Se- Dunean, Vancouver, 1:22; Harris, Vancouver, 6:52; Harris, Van- conver, 4:69; Riley, Seattle, 1:12, Penaltics: First period—Riley, minutes; Riley, 10 min- Cook, 2 mtn- Third pertod— ‘ook, Vancouver; min- hae been fined two weeks’ pay, pended for that length of time Lalonde for breaking training 4 are playing hockey, Frank couver, George with Ottawa with Lee Canadiens. BID FOR DENVER, Dec. 28.—Rumors were — current in baseball circles here to — day that the owners of the Denver Western league baseball club seeking to sign Christy Math famous Giant pitcher, to pilot local club. |the penalty for delaying the gume. | | One of the most significant actions Great mentors of the sport and) taken by the coaches was the ap-| former stars whose names are en-|proval of the try-for-point-after- | Sraved deeply on the tablets of foot- | touchdown, that has been in use this ball history crowded the anteroom,| year, All seemed to feel that the renewing old acquaintances and mak-| new rule had received a fair trial heavyweight champtonship | Gene Tenny, Harry Greb had ‘nie title removed and the three great intersectional battles scheduled for coast gridirons this holiday season. Now all eyes are on Stanford stadium, where, day after tomorrow, the University of Pitts: Chuck lone’ | Reading Int | Brookiyn Nationals, former Northwestern been released to the league club by the ship, to be held late in February. Flower said today he hoped to have a cash prize list for winners, amounting to $5,000, of which $1,600 already has been raised. Donte Bush Washington A: ing new ones. The coaches, it seemed, did not as yet wish to exert to any great ex- of a fight with Mike O'Dowd, |tent the strong influence that such Was suspended. Finally Ro* | an organization would hold over the bry get into the ring with and lost the decision, the /tnat when the organization “hits its ‘and all of his purse on @ foul, — | etride,” tt will be the greatest factor ieee | toward moulding and improving foot- | 0 BUFF was the champion | p91), a: loner of the year. He dropped | Interest of the meeting was cen- ‘bantamweight title to Joe Lynch, tered chiefly on the report of the champion, and his American | ryjew committe, headed by Major, championship to Poncho | paly, of West Point, which pro- posed several changes. Britton finally succumbed to! 1¢ was evident from the start that handicap of old age, and he lost | none of the conches were in favor of | welterweight championship to |cnanges involving an increased pen. meet for the title. Greb re- and that if it did not fill all the re- quirements, it would at least do until something better could be suggested. j In thin connection Jokn W. Heis- |man of Pennsylvania suggested that | be given three extra downs and that |the eleven which succeeded in ad- vancing the ball the greatest dis- jtance should be allowed the extra | point to decide the game. Frank O'Neill, former Columbti coach, also suggested that a tie | game should be decided in favor of i= team which made the greatest number of first downs. | approval of a majority. ‘ Walker, a young New Jersey Benny Leonard managed to retain |'GLENN MYATT TO CLEVELAND lightweight championship, but he Glenn Myatt, the sensational & lot of his prestige. | Milwaukee catcher, who was tried ROEDER TO AY Ae 1025 | toot wontins br the Actiation, D, Dec, 28.—"Letty” er, Portland pitcher, who | Cleveland Indians for $30,000 and been on the suspended list for | three players i year or #0, wil! be reinstated in| Cencenplceemncinperanes to eo to ine eareiy ef VETERANS LAND JOBS AS PILOTS camp, according to a tele- received here yesterday. Fred Luderous and Ba Konetchey, two of the best first sac | majors @ tow years ago, landed as managers in the Western league, Luderous piloting the Okla homa City team and Konetohey catching on with Omaha as pilot. i BAGSHAW IS | .ON WAY TODAY | Coach Bagshaw left for California jtoday, where he will sit in on the Pittsburg-Btanford game Saturday and the U. 8. C. game with Penn to Nelther suggestion met with the| JESS WILLARD MEETS FARMER Jess Willard is boxifg Frank Farmer in a four-round exhibition tonight in Tacoma, Willard will be on exhibition in two four-round | bouts here Tuesday night at the Crystal Pool. ‘EDMONTON IS PUCK VICTOR CALGARY, Deo. | defeated Caigary here last night in |a Western league hockey fixture, 2 to 1, after eight minutes of over. time play. DEIBEL WILL BE CAPTAIN Arthur Doibel, star tackle for | three seasons, will captain the La. | fayette college team noxt reason, He succeeds Schwab, All-American guard for two years, 24.—-EXdmonton | The contests will be held In the Waterfront baseball where there are seating accommoda- tions for 10,000 spectators. Every ex-national champion has | American game, but it Is belleved!in event of @ tie game both teams | been entered in the tournament, in. cluding the Frank Lundin The men are | bus, 0; George Prank Jackson, Kellerton, harles Hobbit, Lancaster, O., C. C, Davis, of Kansas City, Mo John Miller, Rock Valley, Ia., horseshoe pitcher, who finished high |in the tournament of two years ago, j arrived during the week, to carry on his training for the event. fa 82. present title-holder, of New London, Ia, May, Akron, 0, Ta. and | 'CASEYS WIN FROM ORTING FIVE EASILY | The Knights of Columbus basket. |ball steam roller flattened another team last night, the Caseya trim- ming the Orting Cardinals at the K. of C. gym under a 47 to 16 tally. |The victory broke a winning streak jot 22 games that the Orting team |had piled up. | Stan Riddie was the star of the | game, scoring 13 points. ‘The lineup and summary follow: K. of ©. 42 Pos, 0.0, a6) Harris (8),.... a «-Higins (3) Nicholson (12) Harkina (2) Riddle (18)...... Zetbel (6) Clementaon (6), .G, jurlingham (0) Moyers (4).,.,..-G......Benjamin (4) Substitutions — Davidson (2) for Harris, McAteer (2) for Davidson, Harris tor MoAteor. CAPETOWN, Doo, 24-~The South African peach crop is expected to break all records this season. park here, | Miller | badly needed that he has heard the red M. Brust, Colum: | } | ketball five FTER «@ rest following a wtrenu- ous football season, Jimmy Bryan, crack guard, turned out with the University of Washington bas for tho first time this season last night. Bryan has been suffering with weak ankles, but the big fellow is #0 cage call and will be on duty again. Coach Edmundson used him at center some last nignt, Bryan being @ wonderful jumper for a fellow of his size. He is expected to fit In at guard, however. Edmundson's tentative varsity lineup calls for Frayne and Lewis a* forwards, Hesketh at center and Bryan and Crawford at guards, WHITE WILL MEET KANSAS NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—-Charies White, recent lghtweight victor over Richie Mitchell, is scheduled to meet Rocky Kansas, of Buffalo, | here January 29. BUD TAYLOR VS. CHAMP OHICAGO, Deo, 28-—Bud Taylor, Tere Haute wild oat, has signed with Tom Andrews, Milwaukee pro- moter, to fight Pancho Villa Janu- ary 16. MOSCOW, Deo, 38,—Soviet courts have held that failure to return bor. rowed books is a prison offense, burg will clash with Stanford—Wer ner himeelf against Warner's system ax applied by his first Heutenant. Not the least interested of specta- tors will be the California coaches and players, members of the three times champions of the Pacific coast. California realizes that it is this man “Pop” Warner whom the Bear will have to beat from now on and the Warner style of play as exemplified by burg and Stanford will be closely scrutinized Never regarded with derision, but looked upon as a weak sister early in the season, Stanford has shown marvelous improvement with every game, until in the California game the Cardinal gameness and fight won thousands of supporters. Whether the Cards will fight as they did—as they always do—agalnst California, ia problematical. But if the Cards have kept right on improving In tech nical football, and there is every rea: won to believe they have, the fight will take care of itself. Pittsburg is generally favored to win because of its great plunging, running backfield. Stanford has not one reliable plunger. But if the Stanford line can cope with the Pitt forwards, the speed of Wilcox, Doughty and Cleaveland and the place kicking of Cuddeback may be as effective as the ling plunging of the Panther backs, TED THYE IS MAT VICTOR PORTLAND, Deo. 28.-—-Tod Thyo, Coast middleweight wrestler, was victor last night over Al Karasiok, the “Russian lion,” in a three-fall bout. ‘Thye got the first fall with A wrist look. Karasiok obtained the second with a headlook, and on the third Thye simply slammed the Ruastan on the back of his head and eat on him. Over Decision on HICAGO, Deo, 28.— Feeling be- tween Ban Johnson, president of the American league, and Commis- sioner K. M. Landis became more bitter today as the result of the declaration by the judge that there is no reason to keep Rube Benton out of the major leagues, Garry Herrmann of the Cincinnati Reds has purchased Benton and ex- pects he will play next year. The star southpaw was barred from the American league after the 1919 world series scandal by Johnson when two National league players made affidavits that Renton had knowledge that the series was fixed, Johnson claimed Benton bet on the games and won. Benton was also involved in an al- leged scheme to “throw” a Cubs- Giant game in 1919, It was reported he was offered $800 to lose the game, but he pitched and won, Last season he worked for the St. Paul American association team and was one of the star hurlers of the league. Two American league clubs sought | to purchase him, but Johnson {ssued | the edict that he wasn't wanted back in that organisation, He was then bought by the Cincin- nat! National league club, “So far as the records of my office SERVICE GAME FOR MANHATTAN NEW YORK, Peo, 28.-—The 1923 Army-Navy gridiron battle will be staged in New York city, according to the announcement of H. J. Koehler, who ts in charge of phys- foal education at West Point. The formal approval of the ath: letio authorities is all that is needed to complete the arrangements. show, there is no reason to Benton out of the major leagues,’ Landis declared. Boat Schedu Kk =—SAVE MONEY= Travel by s TACOMA DAILY 7, ®, 11 A. M. 1, 3, 6 4Se FOR SI Neat: S0c FOR ROUND TRIP V IC PoRT ANGELES DAILY, 12100 (Dees Not Go Th Victoria on Saturday Night Trip) JUAN ISLANL SAN Pp BELLINGHAM - ANAC« PORT TOWNSENE AND MiLt HOOD CANAL P D Re NEAH BAY & Way