The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 13, 1923, Page 12

r EM! WISCENCES -EDuodale,. As Told to Leo H. Lassen rat Cahill Was Original Casey of “Casey at the Bat” Classic most famous baseball poem undoubtedly is “Case; CHAPTER XIV. At the Bat,” the authorship ot| which has been questioned until this day. nal “Casey” sas City. But regardless of the in the old National league in the '80s, when I was with Kan- His name was John Patrick Pa real writer’s monicker, I played against the origi- nell Cahill, an outfielder with the St. Louis Club, He was “Casey” world. Three men have been accredited with classic—Joseph Quinlan Murphy, all over, the authorship of the baseball Will Valentine and Ernest L. Thayer. The latter is generally recognized as the writer of the original verse. De Wolfe Hopper used the piece on the stage and it won instant popu-| °' larity, being sung to a snappy tune. For the benefit of the present generation, which may no with the lines, ~— & Inifeld Big Gap YORK, Jan. 13.—The in- the New York Yankees is being the class that one tts of a pennant winner. ® Dugan at thint is perhaps valuable player in the Teague a that position however, cannot do “bragging about the other &t short, ts going back ‘The Yankees must find a for him within the next ‘at second, is a good me B. C., Jan. 13.—With- services of Bill Binney, ARE LISTED . X all of the state and trapshooting championship is as well as the Grand Handicap Tournament assigned for 1923. Of the p will be held at Buffalo. American Handicap will ‘at the South Shore Country of Chicago. 0 Phoenix; Califor- Francisco; Colorado, Denver; ‘Ohio, Columbus; Idaho, Twin w; Iilinots, Chicago; Indiana, Indi Jowa, Mason City; Kansas, y Kentucky, Paris; Michi- Joplin; Montana, Great Falls; Omaha; New Hampshire, ; New Jersey, Trenton; y York, Buffalo; North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ardmore; Or lis; Pennsylvania, Greens- Rhode Inland, Providenct Carolina, Spartansturg; Sout! Aberdeen; Tennessee, Mem- Amarillo; Utah, Ogder Virginia, Norfoll ‘Walla; West Vir- Wisconsin, Wau- ing, Lander. outhern, Atlanta; Pacific Los Angeles; Great Lakes, y, Prairte, Houston. EX MAKES _ JACK OFFER YORK, Jan. 18—Tex Rick ‘has made a definite offer to two ‘opponents that Rickard will Rickard would not name the or the opponents under con- D | Mw J. Jan. 1 major sports were conducted with a on at Princeton. I reprint them here: CASEY AT THE BAT The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; The score stood four to two with but one inning more to play; And then, when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same, A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game. A straggling few got up to go, In deop despair. The rest Clung to that hope which “springs eternal in the human breast” They thought, if only Casey Id but get a whack at that, We'd put up even money now, with Casey at the bat. But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake And the former was a lulu and the latter was a cake; So, upon that stricken multitude grim melanchony sat, For there seemed but little chance of Casey's getting to the bat. But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all, And Blake, the much despised, tore the cover off the ball, And when the dust had lifted and men saw what had occurred, There was Jimmy safe at second, and Flynn ehuggin’ third ‘Then from five thousand throats and more there rose « lusty yell, It rumbled thru the valley; it rattled thru the dell; It knocked upon the mountain and recotled upon the fat, For Casey, hty Casey, wae advancing to the bat. ‘There was ease in Casey's manner as he stepped into his place: ‘There was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile on Casey's face, And when, reponding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat, No stranger in the crowd could doubt ‘twas Casey at the bat. ‘Ten thousand eyes Were on him es he rubbed his hands with dirt; Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt. Then, while the writhing pitcher ground the ball tnto hie hip, Defiance gleamed in Casey's eyo, a aneer curled Casey's Ip. An@ now the leathercovered sphere came hurtling thru the etr, And Casey stood watching ft In haughty grandeur thera Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped— “That ain't my style," sald Casey. “Strike one,” the umptre sala From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffied roar, Like the beating of the atorm-waves on a stern and distant shore “Kin him; kil the umpiref shouted someone from the stand— And it's likely they'd have killed him had not Casey raised his hand. With « emile of Christian chartty great Casey's visnge shone; He stilled the rising tumult; he bade the game go on; He signalled to the pitcher, and once more the spheroid few; But Casey still ignored it, and the umpire said, “Strike two.” “Fraud,” cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered “Fraud,” But one scornful look from Casey, and the multitude was awed, ‘They saw his face grow stern and cold; they saw his muscles strain, And they knew that Casey wouldn't let that ball go by again. ‘The sneer is gone from Casey's itp; his teeth are clinched in hate; He pounds with crue! violence his bat upon the plate. And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets tt go, And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey's blow. Oh! somewhere tn his favored land the sun t# shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light. And somewhere men are Inughing, and somewhere children shout; But there ts no joy In Mudville—mighty Casey has Struck Out. Cae OVRIOT OF HOA SERV By Diy Evans NO. 10—LONGEST SINGLE I EVER SAW EEP your head up has long been «| Danzig between first and second, ball. | runner, In most cases,| Danzig, in the meantinm, up in the it is a mighty fine |air because of the action of Niles in hunch to play. | passing him, went on to second end You seldom go|stayed there until the confusion wrong working | cleared. along that theory. | Unquestionably the near home run However, I well recall a game in of Niles wan the longest single which keeping the head up proved have ever seen in baseball. very costly, In making that state | ment, I am taking the “heads up” | slogan literally, | A great many fast runners, once | they get into their stride, run with | the head tilted slightly upward. | Harry Niles, one of the fastest men I have ever seen in the majors, was that type of runner. | NEW YORK, 18—Glen Kil- Niles, because of his “heads up” /|lnger, former football and baseball style of running produced one of the | *tar of Penn State, is not expected most unusual situations I have ever |to report for baseball at Atlanta in dean 66 the bell 168, |the spring. “Killinger has signed to He made a home run that tn real-|Coach athletics at Penn State and 1 ity proved to be nothing more than | don't expect to have him,” Otto Mil-| one of the longest singles ever re-|Jer, new manager of the Atlanta club corded in the history of the game, |*aid. Miller secured the promise of | Niles was with the Boston club,|John McGraw for some talent in the! and the game was played in Wash. | “pring. ington. On.the Boston club, at the time, was @ recrult first sacker by the name of Danzig, who also played a part in the episode, With Boston two runs behind, late in the game, Danzig reached first base with Niles up. Niles hit-a hard Mner to right fleld, Danzig, on first, pelleved there was a chance that the ball would be caught. He played it safe by going half way between first and second, Niles, who hit the ball, early made up his mind that the ball wag not roing to be onught. When he rounded first base he was going to full speed, carrying his head high in the air. He pasned Danzig, Ike an express slips by a freight on a wide track. ‘The ball was played to the plate, and Niles, with a nice slide beat the relay by comfortable margin. It was not until he reached the bench that he was aware that he had passed MONDAY—The timeliest home run I ever saw. |KILLINGER | MAY RETIRE OLDTIMERS MEET AGAIN NEW YORK, Jan. 13—In the lobby of Madison Square Garden last night Jess Willard ran into Jack |Johnson, from whom he won the heavywelght championship in Ha- vana. Willard stuck out bis hand, Johnson gave him the golden «mile and they talked for several minutes. OMAHA, Jan. 1%—Billy Miske, St. Paul heavyweight, knocked out| Harry Foley, Little Rock, in 42 neo onds, Morrie Schlaifer, Omaha, was given a 10-round decision over War: nie Smith, Tulsa, DENVER, Jan. 13,—Joe Berger, Chicago lightweight, won a fast 10. round bout from Jack Doyle, Den ver. having all the cockiness and confidence in the | He went to the Pacific Coast soon after his finish as a big leaguer. and, of course, was automatically out | pet slogan in base-|the moment he went by @ preceding | THE SEATTLE STAR SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1923. Jeff Smith Is Highbrow of the Ring| Monroe Bearcat Has Prizefighter TooMany Heavy Guns Books Are Hobby of BY BOB DORM BW YORK, 13.—Rookw Darwin, Huxley, Emerson. Jan. | More books | Balzac, | And Goethe. Keats, hakespeare, still Byron e for ge No, we Poe, Dumas, hooks Milton more and measure. are not discussing the In by of some college professor, merely the recreation which Jeff Smith takes in his few idle moments. Jeff Smith ts « prizefighter | He might be called the “king with out @ Battling for 18 years, he has been undef in the middleweight and light-heavywetght Though @ ide he has been forced to seek 16 to the ampions him under any | Hugo, thrown divisions welght work flat rete in hin dt conditions Hut to get back to books. Besides the aforementioned, Jott ponnenne array of works Italian Jeff, mg the heavies, of the official « jon to mr fow A great in the original te French, Duteb xt, Ge and being a He with a French nove! aa his son w be with the latest edition of “Mother | | Lenide prizef lUnguist is an mi | As his sons, we should say. For t be so familiar |7*f has three ‘Three boys for whom he sits and |plans great things. Jerome is become a brilliant lawyer. Byron ts slated for the |medical profession, and Vincent ts |to tm @ great architect Hin family and his books, They Jare his world to Jett does not Uke to | | talk about his profession. Ho would | |rather talk of his | But he indic |@ fighter ab much as p. “hoya.” ated that he thought | uld keep in the open as ble. For that reason ountry in his automo. le with his family tm all kinds of ather. Ho believes in plenty of rest, Plenty of plain, wh ome food, a Iittle exercise prevent stiffness, | and in keeping miles away from | worry. had @ rub tn bis long career. |, T4quor and tobacco are barred by |on him while pe as is also road work, He « aime | will only take a al at @ fighter burns up his vitality |tween rounds in that form of violent exorclea Smith, nem | will not allow any water to be put J in @ bout, and | of orange be H despite the fact that many © bas no trainer, and has never of his recent bolita have teen with Jeff Smith He heavywelghts, says he can still make the middleweight poundage without any great effort. He is willing to fight Johnny Wilson at any time and let the present “cheese champion” have mont of the purse Sunt to get hance at the title. Not Set Yet BY LEO H. LASSEN hold down their positions. his position. | tained in a trade from Vernon. third sacker, second base himself and put the new _toaser on third. Sensational Games Mark je Basketball Premier PREP STANDINGS |showing a world of power. Chet Duett, Lincoin center, counted for 14 points, The coln team ran wild Loat Roosevelt 1 . 1 Haliara . 1 LAneotn 1 roadway | West Beattie la | Pranietin ° LEN ANNE, Roosevelt, Ballard 4 Lincoln turned in victories! in the four opening battles of the gh school basketball season Friday the three first named squada just nosing under the wire as winners, | Queen Anne trimmed the powerful | Broadway squad 20 to 16 in four | minutes of overtime Queen Anne; | Roosevelt nosed out Franklin at! | Franklin, 17 to 15, in another over. time game; Ballard just beat Gar field, 20 to 18, at Ballard, and Lin- coln swamped West Seattle, 32 to 2. First Team Game McCutcheon Bterrett 6. Substitutions Peek ney (6) for Hyman Bhansby for Gourtay, Rants for Shattuck, | Shattuck for Runts. BALLARD WINS Ballard nosed out } Ballard in a thrilling 20 to 18 tally. battle. Aq Dufty, |the high point man of |with 11 points to his credit First Team Game Baiiard (20) Bllngsby (8) ANNE Wits Garfield forward, mayor of Queen QUE! Percy Bolstad is Anne today. ‘The clever little forward of the | Quay basketball five saved the pork and beans for the Hill team in| |their first start of the prep season| Jagainst Browtway at Queen Anne | © Friday With the air, alos Rete for Ralkowakt Morris ROOSEVELT WINS A long # the length floor, by Tony Griteh, | Roosevelt forw gave the timer’s gun Bolstad scored a basket an] evened up the tally! Jat 16-16, ‘Then in the torrid four-| | minuto overtime period he snared jtwo more field goals, giving th |little Quay squad a victory ove | their heavier oppon as | Bolstad was easily the best man on the floor, with Captain Nelson, of Broadway, running him a close second Broadwi poised in| clever | the |lin Quakers | yesterday the Franklin the game for Roosevelt, the final gun, as both tallied a foul, as both sion. Jim Hyllengrin, ranklin Wilson, Quaker red for their respective First Team Game an nkiin using their weight to advantage, roughed the lighter Hill team considerably, but the superior | speed of Coach Bell's men saved the game. The summary follows: First Team Game Roosevelt Griteh (2) Hagiat (4) Day (2) . Hyliongren (8) Newell Substitution Reteree—Dick Munson. Umpire—Ray Bekmann, Queen Anne (20) Broadway (14) Bolatend (10) Nelnon (10) Butler (4) . Grummett (4) Schindler Frierg. (2) Brown ( Metater Oaay ... 06. Burnaed Substitutions — Brown, Teukuno for Burnsed Referee—Rennie for CHICAGO, of Wisconsin Jan, 13 LINCOLN scored Lincoln snowed under a 82 to 2 Seattle yesterday, POWE West ttle count at West the Northenders Se matches wrap the contest. against the An- in the second haif and the defense of the Rail splitters was too much for the In Butler for Ramm, Bioxam for Mor Garfield battle by a It was anybody's was the gamo Gartiela «aay Ls Harrager 9) Dotty (11) { Ralkownk! | Anderson for Clark, Gra- | the of Teddy guard, and guard, teams. as . Kawano (4) Dare (3) Spetdel Kono (1) Wilson (4) | The Badgers | two falls and three decisions out of seven wrestling Northwestern rs last night and easily won Only Half of Coast Clubs Have Keystone | Men in Line for 1923 Seattle, Frisco, Salt Lake and Oakland All Set for Year; Janvrin Should Have a Good Year Here; Three Stars Return; Vernon, Sacramento and Los Angeles NLY half of the clubs in the Coast league are definitely certain about | the men who will cover second base in 1923. Seattle has Harold Janvrin; San Francisco, Pete Kilduff; Salt Lake, | Paddy Siglin; Oakland, Marty McGaffigan. The rest of the clubs all have men in line, but they aren’t cinches to | Portland has Frank Brazill, a great hitter and an aggressive ball play- er, but not much of a fielder and a terrible thrower. can get a better all-around man, however, Brazill is reasonably certain of | Unless the Beavers | | Sacramento is up in the air regarding second base. Charley Pick | swapped Marty McGaffigan to Oakland and has Bill Hemmingway, Pick may play Pick also has Les Sheehan, who may do. Chances are that) he has lines out for a new man. Vernon ts as much up in the onone regarding a keystone man as regards & first sacker. Bil] Exsick has Carl Sawyer and Rollie Zeider, but he | jplans to dispose of Sawyer, and | Zeider ts getting along too far in years to play regularly. Loa Angeles will undoubtedly land Marty Krug, but they're no cinch to have the veteran In the lineup, Red Killefer can be counted upon to land |& good man from the Chicago Cubs |if Krug refunes to come into line. Janvrin, local player, is the only new man definitely lined up for seo. ond bawe, He has served many sea sons as a utility player in the majors and he should be a valuable man, »n,| Kilduff, at Frisco, was the best man in the league at his position last summer, and he should go even bet- |ter this year as be will know the league better. at! Sigiin has been playing great ball \for several years for Salt Lake and there's no reason to think that he | will @o back much this year. | The change from Sacramento to {Oakland should do McGaffigan a lot jof good as he got in a rut at Sacra mento, MecGaeffigan is still a pretty t infielder and will do much to d up the Oaks. Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles and | Vernon will all be stronger at second )/base this season than last, providing last two clubs make good deals | for men. Sacramento may be weaker, | while Portland, Salt Lake and Frisco | will have the same strength. Second the base play should be faster and more midget |dependable thruout the league this ‘Ted: |coming season, dies a 17 to 15 win over the Irank-} sym score at half time stood 14-14 and Gritch's shot saved Just before teams had teams had Henderson Gets Columbia Bid LOS ANGELES, Jan, 13.—Co- rsity has approached ("Gloomy Gus") Hender- son, grid coach of the University of Southern California, it was learned today. Tom Thorp, Co- lumbla alumnus, and member of the board of athletics, has asked Columbia alumni here to Invest! gate and learn whether Hender- son would consider a change, A salary of at least $10,000 a year ts sald to be the lure held out to the coach, whose team kept the Haat. West championship tn the West, Henderson was noncommittal concerning the tentative offer when approached today, His con tract with U, 8. C. has two more {| years to run, ob-| But from all accounts Hemmingway is al He played in the Western league the last few seasons. Bercot Puts Williams to Sleep i in Everett Scrap; Mon- roe Logger Has Average of .500 in Knockouts, Seven in 14 Starts AM! Dode Bercot’ ‘8 trusty right barked once and Pat Williams bit the dust, Two bams, three bams, four bams, five bams—and, sweet spirits of niter, Williams was no more. Bercot sent Williams down for the final count at the end of the fifth round of a scheduled eight-round bout at Everett Fri- day night. Williams was still out when the gong rang for the opening of the sixth, and another K. O. was added to the Monroe logger’s sensational record of seven K. O.'s in 14 contests. Bercot knocked his opponent down once in the second round, twice in the fourth and three times and out in the fifth. The fight was never in doubt after the second round. Williams simply couldn’t stand the Bearcat’s heavy siege guns. Eddie Neil won handily from Henry Geysel in the semi- final; Truman Davis was too strong for Tommy Gans of Vancouver; Filipino Colima drawed with Ernie Daly, and Frankie Marshall and Jackie Johnson, 110-pounders, also went to a draw. A record house turned out to see Lonnie Austin’s bearcat. Johnson Beats Brennan, but Looks Bad Doing It BY HENRY L. FARRELL EW YORK, Jan. 12—Two judges| Because he fafled to knock out the and o referes voted that Bii| Veteran olf Chicago warhorse it | Brennan, of Chicago, was a worse | Nothing against Johnson, but his faib heavyweight than Floyd Johnson, of | Ure to display any more finish it California, after 15 rounds of mi something for criticism, because he last night in Madison Square is being built up for a crack at the den. eavywelght title next summer. The judges made no mistake and! The Garden was packed with they might not have been in error if | crowd of 13,254 fans, who paid $52, they had given both of them the| 280. It was a good crowd in many conts and 60 days | ways, as it pared the boys the tor Sitting at the ringside were James | rent of razz that is usually showereé |J. Corbett, Jack Johnson and Jess|on such performances. Willard —almost in tears at what| There was nothing worth relating |was being built up for a crack at|about the fight part of it. Johnson the heavyweight title, | hit Brennan every time he tried with Next to them sat Tommy Gibbons,|a nice looking left hand, but his | who could hardly be kept from jump-| right hand was wild. He used ar ing into the ring. | uppercut effectively several timer | Johnson beat Brennan beyond all| when he caught Brennan coming tn, |@oubt, but tn doing tt he showed that | but in general his right arm migh! |if there is any one thing he should | as well have been strapped down te | not do, it is to think too much about his side Varsity Quintet Swamps Whitman by 61-22 Score FRVING on. opere ot'51 to 22, the University of Washington |, Wenmiost basketball five wou its first regular | Frayne game of the eeason from Whitman at | Hesket! the local gym last night. T Me | Doan ‘tsonaries were totally outclassed yp tend Capt. Evan Lewis was in great | washington form, the first time he has hit hie | Whitm: real stride this year. Lewis located |, Sorte: , Wesninsten: ven 8: craw: the rimmed twine seven times. ford, 2: Frank- Dick Frayne also played bangup land, 6; tree throws—Crawford. 7 out of basketball A. ‘Peters, @ out of 1. Whitman: of Field eon York, ¢, Qurian, t; Rich, 1; Windy Crawford and Jimmy Bry- | gchrosder, 1; free throws—Yenay, 8 out an played good defensive basketball, | of ¢; Rich. 1 out of 1, and Crawford showed improvement | Substitutions: | Washington—Welte, fet ta bile foul shouting. |for Ifesketh, Gundlach for Crawford, Near the end of the game, Coach Gardner for Bry: Whitman—Rich for Edmundson jerked his regular string | Gurian. Knudsen and put tn a team of subs. oe 7 ‘The same teame clash tonight, at | Knudecn, Frve for Gurian, Dougies fer 7:30, and then Washington starts its | final work for the Idaho game, the Vandals being here Thursday. The lineup and summary of last night's game follow: Jack Dempeey. | Washington Lewin Graves, time-keeper. Keep a record of all numbers on lyour car. i BY ALEX C. ROSE H. A. “Dixie” Fleager, the veteran star of the Seattle Golf club, ts up to his old tricks again—packing home the silverware. For many years this grand golfer was the leading light In local golfdom and ‘one of the foremost in the Northwest, winning trophies by the gross that one really wondered where he put them. A serious operation, two years ago, put a stop to his winning streak, but he fs» back to his old self again, and from now on, ye youngsters, look te your laurels! If you @on’t think “Dix” has “arrived,” listen to this, Playing In the finals for the president's cup, a competition which started late last year and for which David Moss, the 1922 president of the Seattle Golf club, donated beautiful trophy, the veteran Fleager was called upon to give his opponent, Elmer Todd, a lead of 16 up on 36 holes. Considering the fact that Elmer had eliminated the great Bon Stein, three and one, in the semi-finals, Dixie's chances to win looked pretty slim, but he buckled down and shot championship golf, winning the match two up and one to play. ‘A medal score of 35 on the first nine holes was plenty good enough to show that the old master is again in top form.. Not for many months has he been getting such distance with his wood shots or such accurate work on and around the greens, as he exhibited tn this week's match. At the half way mark he was five down, having won back 11 of the 16-hole handicap, In his semi-final match against W. McMicken Fleager showed the old fight when he turned a two down and five to play score into a one up victory on the home green, We'll say “Dixie” Fleager is a “come-back!” Chet King, the Second ave. fashion plate and quite a maker of golf shots, Is out with the announcement that the Young Men's Business club will go a-golfing within the next few days, when play starts on what will be known as the Y,M.B.C.’s mid-winter tournament. The draw will be made next Friday, and four prizes are up to shoot for. Archie Stuart, of the Cheasty Golf School, has donated a cup for the winner; Jerry Harris, “The Tailor,” will furnish the runner-up with a pair of knickers, and Spalding’s and Piper & Taft's have each been nicked for a golf club for the semi-finalists, ‘There Is one thing, however, that is worrying three-quarters of the handicap committee of this tourney, and that is “how to cut Gene Hatton's handicap.” For the past three years Gene has been getting all the gravy in these ¥. M. B. ©, golfing events, and Cahirman Chet King, Fred Petgrson and Ray Sutherland, the young men who form three-fourths of the handicap committee, would like very much to “see the honors go rround,” but the fourth member is holding out against “a cut.” His name i+—Gene Hatton, Playing club champlonship golf tournaments this carly in the sea- son in quite a boost for Seattle, but that is Just what the ladles of the West Side Golf club are doing right now—playing for their club championship, In the qualifying round, played this week, Club Cap- tain Mrs. Roy Byers, and Mrs, Fd. Argersinger led the field, each scoring « 90. A champtonship flight of 16 will decide the titular honors on elimination mateh play on handicap. Bon Stein, with a 73-2-71, and ‘Harvey Fetter, with a 8-27-71, tied for first prize in the regular monthly medal competition at the North End links last Saturday. These lads had plenty of opposition, a field of 44 starters taking part in the tourney, which is quite an entry for this time of the year.