The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 5, 1923, Page 18

CAD 12 mod As Told to Leo H. Lassen Control Instead of Big Bottles HER f the early days. CHAPTER VII have been some great pitchers in baseball, but wher brilliant pitching combined, I hand the palm to “Old Hoss’ He pitched the Providence team into the handed in 1884, working in 75 games. Radbourne, the iron man championship almost single- Now when a pitcher works in 45 games a year they call him an iron man. There is an old baseball story concerning Radbourne that is slightly off, and that is that he put up bottles to throw at to test his control before going in to pitch. Instead he put up sticks. The bottles would have cut the balls, and baseballs were expensive in those days. Radbourne’s hardest season was that wonderful year in 1884, and jeal- ousy of another pitcher forced him to work in that games. record number Charley Sweeney was the other crack pitcher on the Providence team, and he was extremely jealous of Radbourne’s manager of the club, Frank Bancroft, later ability. He went to the business manager of the Cin- cinnati club, now dead, and said either Radbourne or Sweeney would have to go. And Sweeney went. ugdale 8 last month of that season. in at the start of the game and finished it. bourne was a smart pitcher and had wonderful control. On the Inside With Evans Untimely death of Berny Kirk. similar to George Gipp. was star end. _ BY BILLY EVANS untimely death of Berny Kirk. qnd of the University of | football team, came as « ‘Bhock to every lover of the the trony of fate that Kirk, ‘once during his entire foot ‘was unquest! the West, if not the country, has tm years. As « defensive was without a peer. He ly death of Kirk recalls fate that befell George Notre Dame star. ‘of football recalls how ‘the close of a brilliant foot hall season, was stricken with pnew monia and died, just at a time when | he was the most-talked-about player | the football world. It tw @ rather strange cotncidence that Kirk was a member of the Notre Dame football tearn on which Gipp starred. The death of Kirk marks the passing of that oncef: mous forward pass combination— Gipp to Kirk. For be it known that Kirk played a year at Notre Dame before coming to Michigan. TRK, Ike Otpp, died at the height of hig stardorn. Both had fin- ished the greatest eason of their football career, when illners In the jease of Gipp, and an accident to Kirk, took them away. Kirk contributed one of the feat ure plays of the year in the game with Illinois. Recelving the kickoff, Kirk ran $0 yards thrw the entire Iilinois team for a touchdown. It was the play that took much of the steam out of Iilinota. Kirk will be long remembered by Michigan men and others who had seen him tn action. He was a player who always gave the best that was in him—the type of which any col lege may well be proud. Cobb May Make Big Winner Out of Collins of control and ambition. kept him from reaching finished the 1922 season something like six straight In his last 10 starts he was @ mighty bard pitcher to beat. He seemed to have acquired winning control—ability to place his speed and curves. It t possible that Collins, now that he is with Detroit, will grasp the spirit of Cobb. In other words, Cobb may be able to make Collins feel that he ts @ great pitcher and constantly try to live up to such « reputation. mombers within six weeks. ku, one of the five Angeles end they will en- it there, While competitor, | Thorpe, conch of swimming at y Of Minnesota, whose team m the Bighest honors in conference competition last year, will make another Did for leadership this season. Among the stars available for his varsity squad Lampher, Gow, Mills, Johnson, | Fariey, Dinomore, Bjoreted,” Deseesen; | Day, Holmes, Wallach, Richt formidable aggregation Peter Windell, conch at the Athletic club, and member of the Ne- tional Amateur Athletic enten, ewim- ent groups, as thie is discouraging to young divers who have not ac- ‘The Hawatian Ama has been requested to mpetitive tour tn AL of . ‘The invitation in extended par. arly to Duke Kahanamoku, are provided for by stating The University of Iowa has made| tennis a minor sport ‘amous Runs That H “Chuck” Palmer, Northwestern —_ halfback, up ® Minnesota fumble his own goal line and i, 102 yards for a touch down in the recent game with M he not only saved his from defeat, but incidental. made football history, ended in a 7 to 7 tie. Palmer's dash ranks as the ever turned in on a recov. ered fumble in intercollegiate play. ‘was also one of the longest can of any kind yet made during a battle on the gridiron. In fact, only four times has Pal mer’y feat been surpassed in the his tory of the game. And one of these Was hung up when the actual play- ing field was 110 yards in length and the 10-yard end zones were not tn | To McCaa, of Lafayette, goes the honor of putting on the longest sprint, for in 1909 he romped 116 | yards thru the entire Swarthmore |¢leven for @ touchdown, Obviously, this gallop can never be beaten. Mc. Caa’s run was all the more unique in that it was made from scrimmage Gray, of Oberlin, comes next, re jautt but | Radbourne told me later that he didn’t have a good night's sleep during In those days relief pitchers weren't known. A pitcher underhand pitchers. an overhand delivery for his fast one and for his wonder- ful drop. Radbourne was the greatest pitch ing strategist of his time, and Tt think that Christy Mathewson was the only modern pitcher to rival Radbourne’s beadwork He did most of bis own signaling, and with his wonderful stuff and control, he waa a hard man to beat The “Old Hoss” was a quiet fel low and the great spotlight focused on his pitching feats never jturned his head. He was about 8 feet 11 inches tall and weighed about 175 pounds—an for a pitcher, Radbourne was a great and it was thin winter sport brought about his death. Ile was pulling his gun after him thru a farm fence when the gun exploded and mutilated part of his head, He died a few years afterwards. * Radbourne’s name goss down tn baseball history as one of the great: est pitchers of all time, and he earned it by ability, brains and hard work. that Saturday Dugdale will tell about how the different articles of baseball equipment came into use. PILLORY AND JOHNSON IN TURF GLARE 1K turf champions of 1922, from & financial standpotnt, were Jockey Albert Johnson and Pillory, a | 38-year-old. Johnson's earnings amount to twice as much as thone of his nearest com petitor, Jockey E. Sande, but Pillory jonly nosed out Sally's Alley by lens than $200—Thus Johnson ts entitled to first honors. However, Johnson's remarkable record is due in a great measure to his mounts, He was astride Morvich when he won the Kentucky derby, worth 775; Sally's Alley when she won the Belmont Futurity, worth $47,550; Sally's Alley tn the Pimlico Futurity, worth $41,105, and Blossom worth the same amount. He also rode Exterminator tn the majority of the famous gelding’s triumphs. The figures of the five leading | horses and jockeys follow: Horse Age Amount Pillory . 8 $93,700 Sally's Alley . 99,440 Exterminator Morvich Whiskaway . Jockeys A. Johnson . | F. Sande Cc. Kummer . L. MeAtes M. Garner 5 7 oe s Amount « $284,970 115,880 99,200 89,925 89,780 |STONEHAM PUTS| |UP NEWSY COIN) Charles Stonsham gave $600 to the New York newsle# home when he learned that it didn't benefit any from the money given to charity that | was taken tn at the gate in the tle game in the world’s neries, A proponed trade between New | York and Cincinnati involving Piteh- ers Luque and Barnes has called oft. Cot Rice, former Broadway high school athlete, Is coaching the basketball team, | turning a Cornell punt 109 yards for a tally in 1908 In 1912 Erehart Indiana, got past the whole Lowa ageregation for 108 yards and a touchdown, while in 1904 Walter Eekersall, University of Chicago star, carried a Wisconsin kick-off back 106 yards for a ncore are the best bite of ball toting In the game's history, with Palmer's sensational dash ranking next in line. Back in 1903 Charles Dillon, of the Carlisle d f 105 yards in the game jarvard, However, it was on # rather technical play, tho t of | He knew how to save his| *arm and was one of the first | He used | that | ideal butld| hunter, | Time in the other haif of the Futurtty, | been | Uni- | versity of Southern California frosh | ot | ‘Thene | LATT LE STAR it came to hard work and| Left 8 Moya champlonship timber? jing from the West unb Johnson heavyweight Since com ded, son has developed faster than any of . John. the big men seoking « chance with | Dampaey | It certainty would be the trony of non wrented the tith in a way, Johnaon te a t the champion Prior to Johnson's fight with Rob from | in Fir Hoquiam Boy, Having Big Weight alioaiiaihas: Knocks Rivers Cold in the First !e*sve eames ts the sensational play | to right—Bill Brennan, Floyd Johnson | Martin, in which he scored a win the soldier fight with Bill Brennan, scheduled for January 12 in New York Brennan's recent fight with Demp. sey, in which he stood the champion off for 12 rounds, having an edge un til the knockout his worth A decisive victory over Brennan by Johnson would put him tn line for a battle with Dempsey. A knockout by Johnson would fust about make hic the logteal candidate, over champion, he was under the watchful eye of Dempsey for eoveral weeks. Yor a week in advance of the Mar- tin bout, Dempsey worked out dally with Johnson, changed his styie con siderably, and in general adding much to hin finesse as a fighter. Johneon’s worth as a ring celebrity ts to be determined in his coming! Ted Krache Stops Jimmy Rivers st Round; Bercot Victor Round; Bercet Finds Joe Nessman Tough Baby, but Wins Every Round; Big Crowd Attends Tacoma couple of time: first round an or eight poun welterweights Rivers was counting over miss a lot. Bercot scored a knockdown lin the fourth round and had Nessman wobbling badly near ithe final bell in the sixth | session. Neseman was on the defensive thrucut and his cleverness saved him from more severe punishment, altho he went back to Hritish Colum | bia with « big league shiner on bis, j left eye. | Art Seranto knocked Pat Williams down in the early part of thelr ape | elal event, but Williams staged a nice comeback and earned himeeif « draw. Williams boxes Bercott eight rounds in Everett a week from to night Babe Conners, Tacoma feather | weight, won all the way from Young Shugre, of Camp Lewis, tn the seo ond bout. Swede Anderson, also of Camp Lewts’ won a wild fight In the third round from Joe Choyinskt, of Taco- ma. They're middieweights A record house attended the Taco. mA fentivities, more than $3,000 go ling thru the door. | | a Seamen in a 10-round scrap in Portland January 9. Seamen | | its theme gms home Saturday night at Orting, meeting the Orting Cardinals In @ re- turn game, The Knights trimmed | the Cards here eariler in the season by @ big score, Jimmy Bryan guard, didn't pia stellar = Washington expected to when the var Bi » ee the Spalding quintet. | Lee Turner, former Broadway cage mentor, now at the Unive fouthern California, Is rather hoop prospects for the year ure wh r torward, who played Trojan football team, out or not. Tw * looking for- | ward to next year and expects Cot Kice, hie star center for years at Broadway, to be one of his main- ave Made aiaon without a doubt It was the odd. ield, ‘The Redskin a Crimson. kick-off | and dashed down the sidelines, unmolested, to the goal line, 105 yards away The ball had been secreted tn specially prepared tin back of Dillo and the ner past mid-field er ruse was detected, Incidentall | trick won the game for Carlisle. There have been many famow rung up to and around 100 yards, but thone mentioned above stand out as the feature sprints thus far, the ru th the jorsey, wan Ww mitt on the button and Rivers fell flat on his face. This baby Krache has the goods. he isn’t a lightweight by a long shot. Krache took the offensive with all the confidence more than a minute after they squared off until Referee ‘Hartnett WAS | this year Smoker ED KRACHE, the sensational Hoquiam miller, hooked Jimmy Rivers a/reach « s with his left and then slapped an uppercut with his right It all happened in the d brought the Tacoma main event to a quick finish last night. | He's a tall, broad-shouldered kid, but |# He outweighed Rivers by about seven ds, according to all appearances, and he should be fighting instead of 135 pounders. flat-footed and didn't make any use of his speedy boxing. n the world, and it wasn’t Rivers. Rivers was out for several minutes. Dode Bercot, the Monroe logger, won all the way from Joe Nessman, but found the little Vancouver (B, C.) boy one tough egg. Bercot | won _every round, but Nessman made him Harry Anderson Plans Comeback; In Training Harry Anderson, who ranked as one of the cleverest lightweights in these parts a few years back, is planning a comeback. Anderson, like Billy Wright, another local mitt veteran, is working hard to step back into the fistic spot- light. Anderson has had four bad teeth removed and un- til they heal he will be forced to give up his boxing, but in the near future he expects to get started again. Ander- son may be matched with Dode Bercott in his first ring RIDLEY V: Bud Rid | Los Angeles January 9. Ridley has been going well in California while Kramer has been having some great suc- cess in Portland. They’re meeting is expected to bring out} one of the best fights that has been staged in the movie jcity this year. | NUN Danny ‘Danny Kramer to a draw in Portland recently, KRAMER MEETS NEWCOMER meets Solly has been fighting around San Francisco with fair success. |Joe Eagan meets Tom King on the same card. |TUESDAY SMOKER OFF No smoker will be held in Seattle next week, according to) Austin & Salt, who were planning to show Tuesday at the | |Crystal Pool. (GRULSEXES © COPYRIONT BY MEA SERVICE By Ditty Kvans NO. HAVE seen a num. ber of recruit piteh- era work creditable games in thelr first by a comfortable margin, In the second place, the feat was performed under rather annoying start as major leag-| conditions, that might have sent a vers. |less game youngster into the alr. I have seen agreat| In the first four innings the Tigers many more “flivver” | hit a half dozen balls hard, but ai badly their first time | rectly at some fielder, Then the out in the big show. The odds are always against the recruit jertson was doctoring the ball Therefore it is a rather easy mat-| During the last five innings the ter for me to pick out the greatest game was constantly delayed because 16 T'ever saw a recruit pitcher | of the objections of the Detrott play. in the majors ers to the manner in which Robert That honor goes to Charley Rob-| son's fast ball was acting. They also | ertaon of the Chicago White at Robertson was using | }who, fn the spring of 1922, shut out |the Detroit club without a hit. More Kable y net a batsman pached first be A number of things tended to make this performance on th Hox, the ball, Thru tt all Robertson worked after | the manner of a veteran and turned In a game that will go down tn base: on all the more + effort Addie Joss and Cy Your two other Am pitchers who ever ac in the first place, 1t was made cninst a team generally regarded w of the hardest hitting aggrega-|a feat. tions In the history of the sport | soon the Detroit club led the! TOMORROW; American league teams in batting! play I ever saw. only league The most unique is proof of y and Danny Kramer will box four rounds in Nunes, the clever Sacramento miller, who held! 3—GREATEST ROOKIE PITCHING I EVER SAW) gn substance to Aiscotor | ball history as a supreme pitching | are the | mplished such | FRIDAY. "IRocal Hockey Team Is Facing Basement Berth |After Wonderful Start, Seattle Has Dropped Five Straight Games; Plays Victoria Tonight and Mon- day; Calgary Coming Next Week BY LEO H. LASSEN one of the best starts that a Coast hod ke »y team ever made the Seattle Mets are facing a drop into the league basement un- less they snap out of things. The Mets won six out of their first seven tarts of the on and then cracked wide open. They have dropped five straight games and are wobbling badly. The Mets haven’t been routed in their five defeats by any means, but are just the victims of Kid Slump. Four of those five defeats have been chalked against them by one | margins and the other by a 4-0 tally. Tonight the local outfit plays Victoria again and Vancouver tangles with Edmonton on the prairie. A win for the two British Columbia teams drops Seattle in the Coast+ = rc into the cellar league. | Victoria has been coming Iike the well-known house «fire. The Cou gare have been playing particularly | tight hockey, Vancouver | twiee and then Seattle, all by close | trimming score, Pete Muldoon fa three hard games, meeting Victoria twice away from home and then tangling with Calgary The latter team ts one of the strongest on the pratrie land beat Vancouver 10 the | night here. ‘The Prairie league te shownig the way to the Coast loop teams in the Inter-league struggles so far this see- son, Hegina came to the Const and took » licking from Vancouver, Then the Capitals proceeded to lick the Seattle and Victorie clube tn tarn. Vancouver wae turned beck by Cal- other | HALDERSON | IMPROVES ‘The big feature of recent Const! more are anid to be prairie. They have one of the stars in hockey in Duke Keats, thelr great center toe man. the of Slim Halderson, the lanky Vic tortan, He has been shifted from the forward line to nee and he has been playing fine hockey. He's & rangy fellow and has a tremendous|, It won't take the Coast eritics much ; : time to pick the All-Coast forward line d he's an awkwardly clever | with McKay, Frederickson and Foyston wtiok ler, It y ke as if he has! crowded Wilf Low Sir sadad Ck ot landing on the secomd ‘equsa. If Lester Patrick specced to tant. ing Victoria in the this year ie will be the first ttme thet the Cougars have climbed out of the cel- lar since Seattle entered the league back in 1915, NOR FOR JACK ADAMS jack Adiums has been honor by the Toronto & former Vancouver pointed world’s” Adams co atar playing manager champions for the season uidn't play on the Coast because of business obliga- |tions in the Hast, but he will be back this way next season and Cor bett Denneney will return to the To- ronto club, Pilot Muldoon didn't accompany his | charges to Victoria and Vancouver, stay tug over for business reasons. | POULIN HAS | Hus TROUBLES | Referee Poulin, official prairie whistle king, has bevn having his | troubles. In the Regina game here he gave the Regina team a doubtful | goal that tied up the game and Se- attle eventually lost. The other | jnight he gave Calgary @ doubtful goal.and Vancouver was defeated Some of the wolves that have been squawking @t Mickey Ion, attention, please, | VANDERBILT | COACH SIGNS Dan McGugin, famous football coach of Vanderbilt university, has | signed for another season. | he will never leave |EMIL MEUSEL__| STAR HITTER| Emil Meuse! was the most valuable | | hitter on the New York National [league club this past season, knock- |" jing 132 runs over the counting dish. | | 1 | } | out by the Detroit elub. Mike Donian and Hugh Duffy wilt make up the Boston Red | start this year, * Thompson, the pitcher ined by Sacramento from Rochester is so an outfielder and takes his turn im the pasture once in « while. Great Big Values! 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