The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 4, 1923, Page 14

THE SEATTLE STAR THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1922 ME RUN HITTING IS MORE HABIT THAN FEAT THESE DAYS DAISCEXCES OF) Pancho Villa, Flyweight Star _ |Is Lively Ball to Force ’ Z aA , ame | ~ Homer Zones on Game? D " EDugaate c A Font ‘“ é |Clarke Griffith Says the Shortest Home-Run Distance BAe EAB bond wa? ; On ¢ vem Should Be 300 Feet, Instead of 235; Records Show HUCK hye aie Increase in Circuit Clouting As Told to Leo H. Lassen sy" ~~ | . y ag t a Ks | Leading Home-Run Hitters in Bi ly 5 unday Was Bashful When He Na es C : AECL Major Ball Loops Since 1909 Starred for Old Chicago Ball Club -/)/ Liss Ui Fae ee Tota CHAPTER VI i : 1 i late years Billy Sunday has built up a great reputation as an “explosive” evan 4 = | 1911 Ba t c 3 aN, Cuties ‘ st Ould yim believe it if | say that as a ball player, back in the 80s with the Chicago thet Cravath, Philade -. S 7 ? AS. AND WILOe ¢ : ViLLA'S GeeATEST veh 2 Oo! » mos’ ayer: » big time 1 club, Sunday was one of the most bashful players in the big time tan a lireptige-4 f eres 1% 0 : rAlgr= ; tee th, Philadelphia ae Well, he was all of that te r a Be matTxeo 5 Watches SCHEDULED rT », N r t o w York . 12 Sunday play@d the outfield with the famous club Cap Anson managed, sigs . ‘ 1 cago «. a and usually patrolled right field. ce » Pipp, d Y Cravath, Philadelphia . 12 Sunday was a wonderfully fast fellow. He was, undoubtedly, the fastest « t Robertson, New York «+ 18 dash runner among the big time players then. . fi . PY : k ; i 1 remember talking to Sunday one 4 regarding our futures after our = - ; oR : : Sa ; “43 baseball days were over, and Sunday said then that he planned to enter 19: n, New Yor y ‘ 1 Philadelphia 16 the clergy and was studying for the ministry when he was playing ball. * ssh Ps 1981 Ruth, New York .. 5 y rf Tae ose ‘ ~ Sunday was the exception to the rule in those days. He was never in| 7 “ fer iis the spotlight and wasn’t the aggressive type of player that Anson catere Fi i B ] ( > ( 3 » aver died to. And yet, because of his ability, Sentay won a job with that great 1 ipino att er to O sunning OME- Write ts gre atiesteiae Chicago outfit. ME } § P | | i S . | te ry feat of batting. It has become a habit I think that Sunday was the fastest man in baseball then going down | Af Ji Wi Ide’ Ri ] nary h to first base. He won several match races, ter immy 1 e Ss ing it e ~ a spacer. har jose so oe The first time I heard Sunday in the pulpit was in 1890, when he ‘e i, r is why Clarke Griffith, owner 0’ preached the eulogy for Silver Flint, one of his team mates on the Chi-|,,. . hgh! - : . Washington team of the American league, ‘ | Villa Combines Hitting, Speed and Fighting Heart That Make for Popular Ring has come out with a suggestion that will Phe: most remarkable thing, however, about Sunday is his change from the bashfy!) Men; Villa Won American Flyweight Title by Defeating Johnny Buff; Keep- oa _ hitting of home runs much more i pray e explosive evangelist today. It has been rm rkable, illa Busy Is Biggest Probl difficult. er of yesterday to the exp! losive evangelist today 8 fang pada Bs ing Villa y ggest Problem Griffith’s suggestion is that the legal dis- he was in his prime, have al- ‘ ve err rf tance for a home-run drive be changed from ways had a hard time figur- : IGHTERS who possess cleverness and a punch, plus a willingness to fight 235 feet to 300. In all probability the rules ason Would Change ing it out. are always popular, That is why Pancho Villa, the sensational Filipino} (( committee will give much consideration to flyweight, is the most popular champion of the little fellows. the home run feature of the game when it M i IT t Bi Star Friday Dugdale will describe Villa, by his victory over Johnny Buff, won the American flyweight title goes into session. euse n 0 g “Old " Radbourne, one of However, the brown-skinned lad is far from satisfied. He yearns to be fly- Fourteen years ago Ty Cobh led the Leal tongue aren be time, weight champion of the world. American league in home runs with nine. In the American Meuse! is traded to the Chi by hin great pitching perform That title is now held by Jimmy Wilde, one of the greatest little fighters | league the eight teams piled up a total of 109 home runs White Sox, he will be a 50 ance with the champion Provi H of his weight the game has ever produced. In all probability a match be-|for the season. irae etter player than he was dence team in 1884, tween Wilde and Villa is a matter of the very near future. Red” Murray of ww York was the National league “Meuse! beedsd.be ons of the * . Wilde has announced that he is willing, Villa is more than willing, so all|jeader in 1909 with seven home runs, while 151 were made stars in the game, whereas Nas ~ " 2 oa - J that remains necessary is for some promoter to come thru with a satis-|by the eight teams compris- | ———— 53) 2 in the ordinary class. factory offer. ling the circuit. |. Both major leagues used the rub- greatest fault is lack of wa u | Prior to his victory over i ated | . ber center ball in 1909. The follow- Baseball is anything but Z 3 Contrast these Sures with the| ing season the cork center ball was proposition with him, Bob Buff, and the winning of the home-run totals in the two major| introduced and batting Was ma- has much more ability than ‘ tikes American title, little had been Farmer Talks Coast Ice dngede tad eciibwn and you: qutekty | ny inaresioed. ra her, Emil, of the Giants, yet J heard of Villa at was lar | During years of ‘the world mearly so valuable a player. oe ‘ due to the fact that he was always “4 get the big {dea for Griffith's #Us-| war, the batting, slumped, due to lacked the ability to giving away many pounds. Since About Willard T A ll gestion that the home run Js becom-|the poor material used in making ton ook onl The Sioux City Western lene , Meusel a fighter. Meusel x chise may ke ‘tranelerred ts [capturing (he champtonship, his my] Prank Farmer, Tacoma heavy ing much 100 common the ball. The leather used to cover @ Manager who will constant- 3 ; Pict jutehioon, Kas. ty over the rest of the boys fe weight, who boxed with Jens WI In the National league last season! the ball wag poor, and the yarn him when he falls down. fon * ee nounged. that it is still neces: || lard in Tacoma and Yakima, says 530 homers were made, while the} much infertor to other years. Huggins his failures were Bs Bo lg nip Bh gpere men hged sary for him to go out of his class to|| Willard told him not to ste American league clone up with! In 1920 freak pitching was ruled fly overlooked without so much | PERMIT | sporting goods business |keep busy. around much im the exhibitions Even Now 24, a total of 1,060 clroult drives|/out. The same year the so-called ‘& reprimand. 1 ; ling tee | Keeping busy fa Villa's greatest || aod reminded him that Willard in the two major leagues, lively ball was introduced. During if as hi ect , itty Rrensfield and | ° and » arme on exh Roses ‘a 2 onal past eeu! bt goes to Chieago he will Bg || Bavby Wallace make up ther chica a ie a Bg! md gy Arp fon wish pe Byanch ther Wi Li ck M H om piel aa ees et ecg ar sod eciy" bel pcre ‘shookan % than Manager Huggins. ers setlio we tet tae |t2,meet & formidable opponent. Not || lard told him not to step around —- Ic. ets Here Ken Williams the American, with freak Pitching. the batters have convincing—Huggins just Sebalte, catcher, Villa. His only worry ts when he|| too much so as to make Willard an ‘ancouver Loses to |been on a@ hitting spree. t j a fo Mieting WHE © [145 no matches echeduled |] look faster in comparison. Farm I | In 1921 Rabe Ruth smashed all| In 1921 the New York Yanks any ball player who fails Villa is & great fighter because he || oF claims that the Willard party Calgary jhome-run records for all time with | made 184 home runs, more than the it Gleason tells him to do. | Mabe Adams made a great record for | iikes to fight. His work in the roped || #¥ped him out of $60 that he was | 69, beating his mark of the previous entire American league did in 1909, the Chicago club, and jcomtrot tast 0 bh but four hit eye Ripon ‘ ' supposed to have landed for the TEAM STANDINGS [year when he made 64, In 1920| All of which goes to show that & player finds out that 7 poe CEO NE ee lec oen ae Be wach aman it a || Seattle exhibition, Willaré using a vocces. 4°” Vom Thed Pt") Ruth, with 29 home runs, beat the|the home run has become a com- “better it will be for him. F: Mellie alae, mac Ganager-oe the! plenty of courage, a world of reserve || some one else © last minute . nen record of 27 by Ed Williamson made mon habit rather than an extraordl- New York, Meusel did just f Rentiag inne me wt strength, and best of all he likes Parmer says that be had « ver tor lin 1884, nary feat of batting. ‘88 he pleased. He might be a ae fight. He mems to be traveling | bal agreement to appear with : Sacrifice, but if he decided} BOB MEUSEL | faster at the finish than start 1] Willard in all of hin Northwest |, @ hitand-run play was more NEW BASKE A match between Villa and Jimmy | ¢xbibitions. algary that is what he would at-/ efforts, If such a method fails,| T | Wide ts» gotng to be a real treat and } | Gleason, despite his 50 years and} a big moneymaker for the promoter Reattle at § again, Gleason has a kindly | then some, i still able to physical? ; RULES SPEED who puts it over. purer Appealing to a player that chastise any player who will not re him to put forth his best spond to gentlemanly treatment | _UP QUINTETS, = 2 esate JENNINGS TO = agi | |__ BY JEAN PREDERICK LOBA | thowe Cougars?” AN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4.—Baaket BE MANAGER 7 fs what) ball gains popularity, aa befits so hockey fans were ? aaa asking as they! MOST UNU excit nd rapid-fire a sport, wil GOLF wolting and rapid-fire a eport, wil OF GIANTS ? acking a0 tag Pig h EN pitcher ou i t t ¢ ; (. thru the exits of EW YORK 4—It Charles -— eS if wild Make him) @P\- Bab Stoneham, principal owner of the e local 8 pitch,” tennis world Bill Tiiden = | NO sport is so fickle with its cham.|™0Fe radical than any before made in| New York Giants, decides to quit es Si ae whit ® tae toed supreme on the courts. The pions as golf, It is the excep-|the history of this game, are under| baseball and John McGraw b 168 sport vs ag : been a slogan in : , “ Fete Muldoon’s boys rd te 0. " ° iphian always had enough |tion for the title holder in any class|observation. Coaches, players and| President of the club, it means that| i's, Masgeon's, boyy irted hard ¢ Soe ag Pi baseball. ‘Therein aye to swing the margin of/to hold his crown for more than &/the public will decide just how far| HUehey Jennings will act as man-| turk was aga 5 aha spay Nes the value of a in his favor. |year. “Chick” Evans, holder of the) the changes have been justified we canis iE ee signa we se Ea eaeg good lead-off man ths women tennis players Western amateur championship in| Early season games by athletic| ,¢,'" sald that McGraw's elgning! 1, nowa ine veieran Met defense ssp oy MEL va In the history of showing of Helen Wills, | 1921, ts one of the few crack players a and the few colleges that have|%, Jennings as his assistant was! siayer, to piay tier than eve ne meagiporee baseball, only one r-old California miss, was| who succeeded in retaining his title veo pn arth : te {merely @ forerur of what he had | it comes to carrying the “ was the twist] ajor de eady swung into action seem ' the outsta 92 store for the former Detroit man the old bow is . that knotted the ne ee Clin 1988 justify the new rules, according to|'™ More for the former Detroit mas of them yet ceived six bases on balls in one gam Follow 22 . Itimate leadership of the|°f tem ¥ league standing, Seattle, Victoria] : ’ b | Following 1s the list of the 1922|the majority of sport writers ager, the w ° Walter Wilmot, the great outfield- ‘Wills is a remarkable player. | goif champions in the more import oll jority of sport writers, Fast! Giants | eddie Frederickson ts back in (and Vancouver each having @ total/er of the old Chicago Nationals, or two she should be mighty | ant classes: Jennings and McGraw played to-| the form he showed when he joined [of 12 poin The Maroons lost) achieved that distinction back in Be to the top in the ranking of the | British open Walter fasten, throw after & technical | gether on the old Baltimore Orioles. | jee he tow Iendine "tor cualecoring [thelr chance to take the lead, losing | 1591, No other player in elther ma- Rennie players of this country.| British amateur, ...1ord Holderness | bing,” the players not fecling that| one? St? % the same school, the real! he |their first start, around the Prairie | jor league has ever equaled It is a list of 1922 tennis Fritish women. Mins Joyce Wethered , pisy ling that/tehters, Jennings knows the Me _ league circuit, to the Calgary squad| Five be on balls in one game American open Gene Sarazen ; an over-zealous official is robbing |Graw «tyle better than many other r gave Mickey the lant night by « 10 9 stands as the American league rec- singles. William Tilden II. | American amateur... .Jesse Sweetser them or pre ting points to their} he took the doubles. Tilden and Richards | American profesional .Gene Sarazen baseball manager in the country. |} “ It has been many moons since ing pao | T , has been i D ro ord, it being jointly held by five play |opponents. ‘The games are being de-| g is McGraw’s assistant for stile here for the pas eke, | Seattle has lamped such @ puck: | ors sourt singles. William Tilden I. | Women's national Glenna Collett court doubles Southern amateur Bobby Jones | cided on their merits, not on the pow. " few years has merely | hile ey, was in the Prairie isagve, thirsty gang of hockeylste that| Roger Peckinpaugh of the Wash Bastian and Burdick | Western open Mike Brady ssion or lack of one man who can| served to polish | ate singles... E. Williams | western amateur Chick Evans Jennings up. . F eceh the sant |eomprinel ectoria te ast | ington club, then w ne Ni ° Bae ienimcs tener cin hal S hen Uastead tae eee mprived Victoria team in last | ington club, then with the New York the same time the extra free throw | retire from baseball to go back into The Mets will one the Cougars plate doubies Intercollegiate. ..... A. BP. Boyd eer and Davies be watched even more closely this r than ever before. Rule changes, ast night after | ague player has ever re- as come with the elimination |stick-handling than that solo run of|the trick. It was back in 1919 at “ | game. Such action on| ¢ { | Frank Frederickson’s, when he com-| Philadelphia. I was umpiring the ing zones” has cut down roughness| his part means McGraw for thel pletely outwitted the whole Seattle | plate. | singles......Arnold W. Jones yates toes » citrer Density for a} presidency of the club and Jennings) Nest we the Calgary team, |team and landed the disc in the| For a batsman to work a pitcher | would step into the batter's box with es et oes TACOMA SHOW ("°xrtr ses oren Sana s ig Sa tem oe a wr [ores tong on aay eee ats men’ mangle rs. jallory ‘These are a few of the advantages [traction st the local rink pater = = — athena vor ey ee aa han ido jis at on his shoulder, and simply nd a ediately apparent to those ac Oe Geen Ol ' ~ J “ look them over. de esMrs. Jessup and Misa Wills | HAS LASSY | meni Goalie Holmes had no chance to| Which Peckinpaugh walked each time . . Sinn Witte C custome te watching the gneve anal FRIGERIO TO WARNER HAS Janaene ales, ead no chance maken hie feat mand ot os fan] yO Wee Scoudons the count wal x looking for finer points, ‘Thus far | me de pa three balls and two strikes when doubles . bs too ve. | shel Mohoame-in the die of | little bit different j taheey cod wiiam ‘ites 11.| BOYS CARDED | irre secs to" tone. complaints COME TO U.S.) GREAT RECORD opening period, *| “T regan tt by far as the greatest] Walked the other two timte’ up. #6 nst the new rules Ugo Frigerio, the Italian sensation| in Pop Warner's eight ye e ope | was two and two. —— — WO big yen | e being di a} inet the new rul 1 Prins wee ‘6 y s in| an 8 rea and t jomie TuneuED thicnAp ne” Sat L Simmmy |The Pactife coast should have one|in the Olympte walking events two) Pittsburg the Panthers have won 63 i011." ting a eee cer ars 4 riously doubt if the records of - VANCOU onight if’Tacoma with Jimmy lot the biggest basket ball seasons it| years ago, will « to this country | football games, lost six and tied three. | torn to what they'es mayer orev | times, and on no occasion was me contain another such in- GARY, Jan. 4—Scoring trom | Rivers boxing Ted Krache #ix rounds | has had. For a few years in a slump, | for @ sertes of races within the next | form to what they've played during | UN pins | stance where a player up five times line after nearly eight min wed | the past three weeks, Rowe, | “#lled upon to sacrifice or hit. If T and Dode Bereot fighting Jack Ness-| basket ball has come back and re-|few weeks. | SUSIE HERSELF AGAIN " ; | remember correctly he was the first | “idn't swing at a ball and walked lovertime play, Jimmy Gibson | nan « like number of sessions established itself in popularity CANNES, Jan, 4 nne Leng:| corcciany teliitene ee eine | man up tn each inning hasan the only goai of the game and) Kvaahe 16 ol Hon omar nS ad Gefented Vancouver, 1 to 0, ig terete ee cee ane |HERE’ Ss ANOTHER) lied woman tennis champion of the|’ "The shooting on both tears and| Not once during that ball game| %, #0 the main event should 1 with the Athletics did Peckt gh T MORROW G first game ri bring outiahene ape! clams JESS WILLAR Dl eat’ seus ar cancunona ‘aut |(2e Sckahecking of the View hoot |""°n s'twach ee swing a's ball He! picking T ever. ave Eaien o¢ the prairies here Becta 2 | fans in fever heat | Berco ace a rugged ring! mg ard i ; Dartmouth has a freshman fo pail} ¥ear, is her old self again on the! Never once during the entire ced | MEIER ELECTED | ie rig tent gall i H | pounds. “ai ce “ Wi Hard [ination championship: 1 | than a threeman defense in| Meter was elected prest-| gown tin se cy CANCO FI V E [beat Miss Howett, England, 6-1 an mt of him and the balance of| ‘Of the Seattle Sportsmen's asso-| prone YOACH HECK EDMUNDSON has | —————————,, |". In the doubles Suzanne and | cae ay Gory Dlg Be prtes | Mt their annnal meeting at! "ent, IC ; Fisher beat Mile, Maceville and th 1 . “ § cs, of Camp Lewis, and found the inte ring combin N Pi if 2 , ‘ jee when the puck was] rashes of Commerce assembiy| nave Conners, ot Tacoma, mix in one|tion tor nis varnty hoop tive The | NO Pilotship Prince Radihewill, 60 and 60 is i es a 0 last night of the preliminaries with Swede urple and Gold won its second prac. : Vietoria neham, it is said, intends | {night's melee, and no fin bit of | Yankeos, was the last player to turn for personal fouls in the new “scor-|the racing Viet night I have ever seen Peckinpaugh came to bat An- x derson and Joe Choynsi 4 oe gatrie Of the ios tame “ f Joh STIEHM NEEDS REST | Goat Fowler FROSH WI tee oles. Riera eee ae pe eg ites chee 4 ar eo or Johnson) 5. comin TON, Ind. Jan. 4 Latt Detense...6. Loughlin |FTWY COBB holds most of the individ.) soning. Cobb frankly admits that Riccutity «of ‘Washington ie ik datea br ta Cue recite WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-—It t#]!0, Gumbo) Stiehm. imahparenet 4. Malus ual batting records of the Amer-| Carl Wellman, of the St. Louis team won its first city league Indiana athletic ‘ tor Frederica aid that Walter Johnson, etar || aire "1 ng he Meckivg |loan league Browns, who was forced to quit base played splendid offensive basketball ges Ua op |director, returned today from. the i a thall start last night at the CAPABLANCA TO the final half, Bruce Heaketh || Bitcher of the Washignton team, ||nospital at Rochester, Minn. Phys Hight Wing. . Oatman (©) | Gop, in establishing so many bat: | ball last year because of poor health, mene the Fonda Glove com end att with 26 pol wae ce aree Sor tbe manaaeet ans told him he had no reason tol ¢ ting records, has been able to hit|@ve him more trouble than an 3 aap DEFEND HONORS | !essing the attack with 26 point al doa ae the club Meters Denis rt) o vulity Dunderdale | ting F a Ty Sea any from the field. Jimmy Bryan wa worry over his condition, but re. | Prase unit Diedah! | consistently either right or left-hand: American league. Bush was selected MoCarthy Utility | ed pitching | Well by many American the only regular not in the game. While the juired a rest from heavy work y , seore follows ~ \ Southpaws are generally credited| league pla¥ers, was regard of Rubenste! e a. club was not offered to Johnson a" Tetorta 1 | warded as & By nate, the vines Of tere. ot W Canco A. © ppt mal he aa 7 Ng ws GREENLEAF LEADS Seattle with belng much harder for left-| “nothing pitehe In baseball a championship match will be held ta , ‘ was felt out on the proposition ICAGO, Jax. 4 Iph ¢ Oe ety rom a—Victorta, Fred. | Banded batters to hit than their right-| “nothing pitehi is one who has champion, has accepted the challenge | “rh. management of the Score by perlode a ‘ ovanse: “ world’s pocket billiard cham 6 0 7 1 handed brethren. While Cobb Amits | just ordinary speed and fi v me sem: Wes 5, oti a : When I am thru pitching, 1 ‘ 5 ertokeon, 11 Second period — None. | @ fair curv | England soon, ff r a $15,000 pur: ; a P y a led m Hueston, St. Louis, | Third partod— None this fs true to a certain extent, he! That was the most of Weilman’ 1A DS i whi 4 céaiian tt? | am done with baseball,” is the || 4 i Sea oe pan ; ; ; Washington — Gardner | Way Johnson answered the ques. || {"Me? world’s champion, 409 to 165] Nenaltion’ Fins need voona| says that southpaws as a whole do| repertoire, but In addition he had a BILL R ‘i PY bm aang annaves * : % , tion as to whether or not he hea {|i the first half of thelr ¢oo.point |Pertee—None. Third period-—F not handicap him to any extent |ehange of pace and wonderful con- marrLE. LEADING | Nie jams, former Spokane! neteres ‘ ane any managerial ambitions. pecial tch here | What pitcher, in his 18 years in| trol RECREATION PARLORS ows iectians Sieebart foanager in 1h, Hinkand Wordina asst pe COLUMBIA IS the American league, has been the | “Weilman knew the type of ball I she (Si Morteacentern. longus, ow | ths dina \ Vib tis hice Pris QUENCY REPLACES MOLINE | most troublesome to Cobb? jliked least, and just where I didn't nuinear manager and scout of the| The Washington super varsity tive || the,.time. the manager all the || Meta taHiay se MOLINE: AFTER NEALE| oe. nce yoo wine teive-it woh line cr tie ea een Se atthe at league club, has ar-| defeated t Majestic cafe team of league franchise formerly he by Columbia university is sll angling |#ome of the big st of the game,/me on such a diet thru the entire rived in the elty and will help pre | Tacoma the “U mym last eh oli y « ‘ and Pike| 28D & SENECA Dore things for the ialay’ obec eae eat aoe tad «nent | Whep my pitching no longer || Moline will go to Quincy, 1m for Greasy Neale to take over. the| fellows like Walter Johnson, the late | game,” is Cobb's explanation of why |ncsaion that gets under way at San |at eas eee eh st mango reir passes muster, I want to go back mnsininoed here today by Al Tierney, | football reins there next fall, It is} Rube Waddell or Cy Young, now liv-| Weilman proved so troublesome, In a ’ - ge ips ! ore, scoring |) on the farm.” resident. A fans’ ussociatio » 0 OF ontle: fi Me ~ Bh My | Jose March 1, eight field goals, nm the farm, pr ni lation will] understood that Neale won't return | ing the life of a gentleman farmer. | other words, he always pitched intel: coertaneeemeisatineenag) \SUPPOI the club, Tierney sald. to Washington & Jefferson again, * Nothing doing on that line of rea-| ligently PL iF idler - Jose Capablanca, world’s chess ESss desire to be a big longue manager i» HEAT