The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 26, 1923, Page 18

Biey SEATTLE PAR FRIDAY. JANUARY 26, 1923. eason Planned for Seattle Star Junior Ball Loop BY LEO H. LASS HE biggest season that juni ever enjoyed in § ers this season. j t The Star league will operat unior circuit for boys under he experience gained in th uN or amateur baseball has ttle is in store for kid ball play for the fourth time as a years of age, and with t thre asons this de partment plans the most successful circuit yet attempted. EMINISCENCES D-ED: le As Told to Leo H. Lassen t '*, “Hoss” Treadway’s Great Hit E CHAPTER XXV ; the early days, before the game reached the financial stage it has today, the club rosters didn’t carry all the extra men they do now. It was pretty tough pickings to segneteeme; meet expenses in the minors, and sometimes _ in the majors everything wasn’t easy sail- ing. With the clubs carrying 20 men in the Class AA minors today, and with the majors > having 40 men, half of the time men are *; carried just for their pinch hitting ability. In the old days the players who started the game usually finished them. Pinch hitters. were in vogue for the first time as a regular thing in the late '90s. Then hard-hitting battery men were usually the ones called upon. “Hoss” Treadway, the old outfielder, who Was some pumpkins of a clouter, was the first pinch hitter Seattle ever had. He could certainly smack that pill. We were playing Spokane one day in 1903, and Nichols ‘pitching mean ball for the Inland Empire team. They us beaten 6 to 0 in the eighth. We made three runs in it frame and in the ninth we filled the bases. Nichols ‘Struck out two men and Treadway was called upon to hit. The veteran took a new chew of tobacco and picked out favorite war club. With two strikes called he crashed ‘@ drop over the fence and won the game. _ The fans went nutty, as expected, and started throwing coin to Tread. ‘When all of the flying silver was collected Treadway had made . ‘That wasn’t a bad day’s work, when you stop to consider that Whole receipts for the day were only $168.50. ue, Al Gipe, the pitcher, was quite a of ball games. hitter and helped save a “Undoubtedly the best pinch-hitting I ever saw was last spring when| 4 Barney made his wonderful record for Seattle, going to the plate | geome 13 times before he made an out. Dugdale will tell about some famous lefthanded catchers Saturday ‘and inficiders. / sport offers more possibilities for unusual features than base- ‘ball. I have umpired any number of _Bames in which. players have starred he P"the game in which Roger Peckin. Paugh, then with New York, faced| the pitcher five times and was not Charged with a time at bat was most | tnusual. He received five bases on Dali, not offering at a single ball ‘pitched. I have umpired games in which Players have made hits on each and vevery appearance at the plate. I Mave worked games where batters thave reached first base tn safety in “each time at bat, yet failed to make @ hit and were credited with a time at bat in each trip to the plate. To make such a thing ponsible it was Necessary that the opposing fielders err each time. In a double-header at Washington I *aw @ player hit the ball on five consecutive tips to the plate, be re Aired at first in each instance, fail to be charged with a single time at bat. How come? Today or Next Spring? 15,4 MONTH Btop and tink what your own he would mea thi 4 room 726 Third Avenue bat, in the field and on the| Sounds difficult, but | it tan’t, since all that fg necessary for a player to create such a record in to sacrifice on each trip to the plate. ‘That sounds rather easy, yet when the opposition izes that in the play. you intend to make, it i# far from a soft proposition for the bats man to successfully advance a base runner on five consecutive trips to the plate | That was. Wade Killefer’s portion | |back in Washington on August 27, |1910. A double-header was scheduled between Washington and Detroit In the first game, Killefer mado four trips to the plate, Each time there was a runner on first base and |no one out. The closeness of the score made it imperative that Kille- fer bunt, since Washington was | playing for one run. In every one of his four trips to| the plate in the first game, Killefer bunted perfectly down the third-hase line. He was retired at first every |time on close plays, the runner ad- |vancing to second, The first time he came to the bat |in the second game the situation w @ runner on first and no one out. Again Killefer bunted per: ly, advancing the runner to neo 1 being retired on a close play. five times at bat sacrificed perfectly, In each at bat he faced the same situa “ runner on first and no one the same time | thon out | Five consecutive sacrifice hits cer- | tainly stands out « batting performance. ter, most unusual or per bunting performance, aps bet | TOMORROW—The most unusual jplay 1 ever saw. BIG TRACK ME CHICAGO, Jan. 26. track " from all parts of the country were here for the annual | |TMinois Athletic club track meet tonight. The feature will be | two-mile relay race between teams | jfrom Chicago, Ames and Notre Dune, | | track team fs not only going to Eng Bullseyes of Baseball | ’ No. 21—The greatest bunting I ever saw. j Realizing the importance of Foley and Neil Meet | | in Everett Crack Bantams to Battle | in Important Ring Joust | | Ic FOLEY rugged the Van BR OC ban ta mweight Eddie Nel ever Ever kid, eight Everett in an bout Foley hasnt been defeated in any of his Northwest bouts yet, [he meets his toughest opponent in |young Neil. | Nell, who fought considerably as |a preliminary boy in Seattle, ts com ing to the front fast and he has had &@ world of valuable experience. The winner of tonight's bout in} erett may be matched for a main event In Seattle soon with Dillon, the star Minn is now in Portland. | Quite a gung of Seattio fans ex pect to attend tonight's mitt foxtiv |Mtles in the City of Smokestacks, and the ett will box nds in tonight important Dandy polls boy who |o;DOWD WANTS ANOTHER MATCH Young O'Dowd, the Aberdeen boy, who took a knockout defeat at the h is of Dode Rercot, is gunning |after another match with the Monroe | bey. O'Dowd claims that the cut jover his eye in the first round of the Everett go blinded him and he wasn't at his best the rest of the| fight. O'Dowd ts @ popular miller with | Seattle fans, Moe boxes Harry An | son In the six-round semiwindup at the Crystal Pool Tuesday. ANDERSON MAY BOX BEARCAT Anderson, if he wins from O'Dowd, will be the next logical opponent for Dede Bercot. Anderson, with his jeleverness, would be a great match for the hard-hitting Bearcat, SCHUMAN BACK IN NORTHWEST Heinie Schuman is back tn his old stamping grounds at Tacoma, where [he boxes Eddie Roberts Thursday. |Schuman has been back in Denver for some time. He's no champton, but Schuman always gives the bugs| a run for their coin. He may be} seen in action here with Billy Wright shortly, STOY WOULD BOX KRACHE Archie Stoy, the rugged Olympia boy, is on a two weeks’ hunting trip, and after that he plans to get down to gym work and go after a match with Ted Krache, the Hoquiam miller, “RUBE” ELLIS WOULD UMPIRE Altho President McCarthy has an- nounced his umpire staff for 1923 in| the Coast league, it in reported in Los Angeles that “Rube” Ellis has | filed his application for a position. Ellis was a star outfielder for years with the Los Angeles club. BIG TRIP FOR TRACK SQUAD The combined Yale and Harvard land, to meet the Oxford-Cambridge team, but also ig considering a trip to South Africa, to meet the Univer. ity of Witwatersand, at Johannes. | sity of Witwatersrand, at Johannes: burg. | | SKATING TODAY CHICAGO, Jan, 26—Ice artists) from Canada and the United states | waited for the opening gun today tn the Nationa] Skating championships. The field in one of the largest in the history of the event and included practically every star in North helping young players, Jim Boldt, the president of the is lending beautiful shield, which will be and has consented to act as he A board of direct his support to the circuit, Seattle Coast league club, Joldt has given a > in perpetual competition, morary president, ors, appointed from prominent base- ball men in Seattle, will be formed to govern the leagu The season this year will third wee mine the } son start in April and the number of teams will deter- about the second or He Wanted to Fight ’Em All The gang was chin bal in the Sea fhe lay, when Nick Williams ry worth repeating. Phyle, re, who retired Inst yea 1 Raymer, a former § fielder, were battling in Los An keles, They fell to the ground, and in the mixup Phyle grabbed a pened his mitt a $20 ¢ f ground the Coast league nd when he en to firht the 1 Wil uld pick up money might wh t ama; “if he ¢ that fast, it worth It." WASHINGTON WINS FROM WEBFOOTERS ba » Ore, Jan. 26—The Washington basketball team defeated Oregon here last night, 34 to 32. The game was hard and bitterly fought, Bruce Hesketh, Washington center, dropping in the winning just before time Windy Crawford atarted for Washington with Shafor playing the bewt game for Oregon. The summary follows and Hesketh on JUDGE LANDIS REFUSES AL Judge Landis has refused to rein. state Al Demaree, Portland pitcher and part-time manager tast year was charged with play wai eligible players Inat cago. FORD GIVES GOLF LINKS and vicinity, which has been badly in need of a municipal olf links, bas received 100 acres from Henry Ford at Dearborn for a course. Work will be started on the links at once Detrott HANDBALL PLAY IS DISTRIBUTED ‘The national handball tournaments of the A. A. U. have been awarded The junior events will be played Pittsburg, beginning February 12, and the seniors will start at St. Paul March 19. O'CONNELL WAS SHORTSTOPPER Did you know that Jimmy O'Con nell, Seal outfielder, sold to the New York Giants, started out as a short stop with the Santa Clara college tearm in California three years ago? COACHES SIGN SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 26—Pa cific Coast football coaches like thetr jobs and their fobs Mke them. Andy Smith, coach of California, has fust signed a new four-year contract, the price being withheld from the public It is understood that it was not less than $10,000 a year, Shy Hunting ton, coach at Oregon university, last night signed a new one-year contract. Both had opportunities to go to East ern colleges, Smith at almost his own figure m (24)! Stars for Tigers Capt. Nelson is playing a stellar game at forward for the Broadway high school quintet, and is easi- ly the best man on the Tiger five this year. He is | making a strong bid for All-City honors. TE Seattle Mots, with three straight prairie victories chalked UP, meet thelr toughest foes tonight io Regina, playing the Regina Caps, The Capitals are leading the Prairie jleaguo at the present time and they are the only men from their league who have taken the measure of th | Mets this year. The Regina boys are hard checkers and have the best of fensive onthe prairie. They defeated Seattle & to 4 In ar overtime game at the Aren ZBYSZKO WINS MILWAUKEE, Jan. 26,—Stant» laus Zhyazko, former world’s heavy: weight wrestling champton, defeated Paul Martinson, Chica o |night, taking two falls out of t After conceding Zbysako too 19 and 17 Fr the first fall, the next two falls in nutes, respectively would like to regain, in a meas re, the abounding vitality and America. 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FIVE TRIPS | TO THE MAT Mike Ballarino, former Tacoma |bantamweight, was knocked down five times in two rounds by Carl | Tremaine of Cleveland in New York Andy Griffen stopped ACROSS Jan. Miss Leslie 4 among the Amor n women tennis players, and Miss anora Sears will compete in the ‘British national championships next summer, it has been announc BOSTON, | Bancroft, MeDougall /outhwic Main 6720 Men’s Store Hours, 9:00 to 5:30 Shirts Special Percales or Printed Madras baad Well Made Carefully made, in a wide variety of patterns and colorings. Some with collars to match. Buy Your Supply Shirts Saturday. —Mac! Southwick, Street Floor Pr series in which the winners battle for the championship der which the league was wonderfully successful, Entries gers of the prospective club: to talk over the season. Eve baseball in the city which will be held at The § nt plans call for a preliminary of the will be opened February hould pl tar. season anda final variou isions will This is the same plan un- t ar and it wa: 16, when the mana- ill meet for the first time bod. ted in junior n to attend this meeting, w intere Much Depends on F our. | Seattle Mound Men Blake, Tesar, iestand Williams Big Things on Hill for Indians; BY LEO H. LASSE? eball fans know what to expect EATTLE ba of Elmer Jacc Expected to Do Other Gossip of N Harry Gardner and Vean bs, Gregg, the three reliables of the 1922 pitch~ ing staff. They should be big winners again in 192% But this gang can’t do everything in the pitching line. Much depends upon the showing of George Burger, John Blake. Manager Blak than Wolverton He says he has always won more UU ot his games in the International Tesar, Carl Williams and Fred thinks highly of league, also a |Mouble A league, and he sees no reason why he shouldn't win for Seattle. yea went on the bum. If he comes along as he should this year he should graduate. Williams, big fellow from North Carolina and Texas, looked |like @ winner last fall, He knows | how to pitch and he’s on top of the jbatter continuously. Everybody peaks highly of him. But he 1 stand up under the strain of « season remains to be seen itcher from the West recommended by George jo says he shows great the Benides Wolverton this Mneup of hurlers has Vic Pigg, Ernie | Schorr and Walter Sitter, holdovers, jand Tiny Leonard, the jot Washington hurler, | KINSELLA FROM | INTERNATIONAL Hob Kinsella, the new outfielder signed by Salt Lake, played in the International league with Rochester last y dished up some pretty good bas i, according to ail reports, He will prot with Joe Wilholt in LEWIS MAY QUIT PLAYING Duffy Lewis may quit playing this year, altho bis .300 batting ts badly needed by the Salt Lake Bees, Lewis wants to confine his attention to managing the team from the bench. i 1B McQUAID IS DUE FOR GATE Herb McQuaid has been given a thoro trial im the Coast league by San Francisco and Los Angeles, and hasnt’ been able to make the grade. He t# just about due for the gate. altho Low Angeles still has him ‘on the roster, ANGELS HAVE FOUR SOUTHPAWS Los Angeles has four southpaws on this year's roster. They are York and Jones, obtained from the Chicago Cubs, and Dougias and Thomas, hold- overs. It ts hardly likely that the Angels will keep all four of them, altho Seattle had four southpaws last season, Jack Davidson, former University of Washington basketball star, who played for the MacDougall-South- wick and Knights of Columbus teams in Seattl, is now playing for the neral Tire Co. five in the Tacoma City league. University | Burger showed fine prospects in the early season, last , and then his left flipper¢ — — = First Time Harold Janvrin When Harold Jenvrin plays secon@ hase for the Seattle Indians this sea. son it will be his first regular job as an infielder. He played 10 years in the big leagues, but always did utility work, never winning a regu- }lar berth, MASCOTT MAY BATTLE BUFF, Billy Mascott, Portland bantam weight, has returned to the Rose City, after a long stay in the Engt. | Mascott may be signed soon to me jJohnny Buff, former Amertoan | champion, in Pértiand. Buff is now | in California. RED OLDHAM IN REBELLION Red Oldham, Detroit pitcher, f= |not only playing winter ball in Cal fornia contrary to Judge Landis’ jruling, but he has carried his Te bellion so far that he is now manag- ing one of the clubs. Foreign Dept. Busi in foreign countri ess with mercantile very uses or individuals often requires technical knowledge as to proper financing. 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