The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 27, 1923, Page 12

on’t Expect / fHE SEATTLE STAR BY LEO H. LASSEN UESDAY night Seattle fandom will see Dode Bercot, the Monroe youngster, in the squared circle for the first time since he has jumped into the Northwest fistie spotlight. Young Bercot boxes Kid Johnson, the Olympia lightweight in the six-round main event at the Crystal Pool. Bercot, with his sensational record of seven knockouts, five decisions and three draws in 15 fights, is undoubtedly the biggest drawing card in the Northwest today. But when this youngster climbs thru the ropes Tuesday [Mack Puts Trainer Is Over K.O. fF itzpatrick in Everett * Jan, 26K} Fitapatriok, | Seattle fans don't wan't to expect too much of him. Re member that he has had just 15 fights and that he is far from being a finished worker in the ring. But he is learning fast, and in his awkwardness there is concealed cleverness, and he has a natural eye developed in the out- of-doors that may make him a champion some day Bercot has been the most profusely advertised youngster to break into the game in this section in a long time Probably no fighter since Pete McVeigh has obtained the publicity that Bercot has The reason Bereot makes such a hit with everybody is that he is a clean-cut youngster and a real product of the Tiger a = Is Honored Deal Was PRINCETON, N is now Professor Keane Crack Feather Knocks Out Vancouver Lightie in Feature Battle BY LEO H. LASSEN AKING the fight at the last min ute when Hal Lewis left for Low Angeles un ex peotedly, Johnny Mack, the hard-work. ing Pittsburg featherwe lg ht, jumped up to Everett inst night and knocked out Jimmy Nash, Vancouver, B.C, lightwelght, in the second round of the semi.windup. Nash started out strong, but Mack kept ripping his right hand Into Nash's midsection and he made the | Vancouver boy quit. Nash went down for a long count at the start of the second round, but got up again and Mack started working on his stomach with uppercuta, Nash took half a doxen punches and then folded up like Tony's old accordion. Mack hax been getting by nicely in his starts in the Northwest, knocking out Marty Fosane tn @ round and beating Hal Lewis to St. Paul and back Mack maken his next start Tuce day night against Eddie McCarthy, of Princeton, if you please | Tho trustees of Princeton univer. | nity bave decided to confer that tite on Fitzpatrick, who has played @ most prominent part in the develop | jment of athieticn at Princeton, | Fitzpatrick ta one of the finest characters tn sport. Aside from turning out athletic winners at Prin Fitagerald ts doing much ke reat men out of the Tiger on. He is & erent influence for food at Princeton, and the trustecs realize it It in mid that regardless of the many dispositions he must deal with, Fitspatrick makes a real alwayn friend out of every fellow that comes | out for athietion at Princeton. | Since coming to Princeton, Fite patrick’s teams have met with great |#uccemm, not only on the track and | field, but gridiron an well Fitzpatrick t» more than « mere} trainer to Bill Roper—he ts really an advisory coach, It tm maid that Roper lets Fitzpatrick be the entire Judge an to the athletes’ fitness for play and always abides by his decision te ' xpatrick, the dean of all cotlere| trainers, was in his day @ great ath. lete. Dempsey | Steamup | KEANE FITZPATRICK two These players have played & prominent part én the the elut No player tn baseball has placed} tacies in the winning ways keen than F Urban Shocker of the St. Louis Browns, To make matters worse Shocker was once a member of the New York team. success of cher SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1928. Too Much of Dode Bercot Tuesday Northwest. And the tremendous success he has had so far and the publicity given him haven't turned his head me bit He is in wonderful condition. After his bout with John- son, two weeks ago, he left the ring almost as fresh as when he went in, while Johnson was just about all in. They had hit up a furious pace for six rounds. Seattle fans won't see any Benny Leonard Tuesday, nor must they expect it, but what they will see is a youngster in splendid condition, trying every minute. If he develops as he should, and isn’t pushed too fast, Dode Bercot should go a long ways in the glove game. EMINISCENCES O |[\D-EDugdate Mistake A As Told to Leo H. Lassen Some Famous Southpaw Stars CHAPTER XXVI EFT-HANDED catchers and southpaw infielders, out- side of the first sackers, are rare birds these days. At the present time I don’t know of any of the species playing " “reve on any of the prominent teams of the coun- try. ‘Undoubtedly the most famous left-handed catcher who ever played was John Clements, the old Philadelphia National league re- ceiver. Clements was a great player and didn’t have any trouble throwing —the biggest drawback for left-handed catchers. He was a particularly good sidearm thrower, and timed his pegs so well that few bags were stolen on him, Southpaws throw with a slight curve, even when they try to throw in a straight line, but Clements heaved so accurately that it never bothered him in the least. Duptale Besides being a whale of a catcher, Clem- ents was a peach of a hitter. Mike Hines was the only other southpaw catcher who ever played much regularly. Fred Tenney, the famous Boston firet sucker of 15 and 20 years ago, tarted out an @ catcher, but never made the grade. He blossomed out as a real vtar with the Beaneaters after taking over first base. Hick Carpenter, the Cincinnati third baseman, was the only famous hot corner guardian to heave lefthanded. He was wonder. Kid Hulen, of Philadelphia, who later managed Seattle, was @ left handed second sacker who starred Kid Mohler, whom Seattle fans will remember as the southpaw second moker of the local team about 1905, was also a greaf player. He was All Boots Are Not Made} on the Field; Yanks Traded Star BY BILLY EVANS ISTAKES a part of basebs The players] them on ball field club own and managers them tn the ixion of their offices. During the last years © th owners of the! New York Amer-| have made & number of big deals for star] players. Price has) jacte if tt was believed the Hid help the chub. Ruth, Mays, Wally Joe Dug: alter Hoyt, Joe i Kverett Boott are just a/ © stars purchased by the! 61%, 0 Biates win, MAR All but Altho a trade on P market were mo lew wer Rain. in fp wbipat day cau » local 0 here neo change time. ‘The from § been mo will prob Modities plentiful. ceived @old for |NOT ON |THE FIELD The passing of Shocker from the Yankees to the Browns was one of the errors not made on the ball Meld by the New York Americans | | the aggrentve Olympia kid, at the! one of the best keystone men to play the game on the Coast. He starred cares iar for years for San Francisco, and finished up at Portland in the old Northwestern league. Mohler was a card. He kept a little notebook fn his uniform and fig: ured up his fielding average and batting mark after every game, , || How P. C. Cage Simmers Men Now Stand Mecarthe he will be reudy for'«| BY HENRY L. FARRELL higher place on the local cards INJEW YORK, Jan. 27.—With ar DODE BERCOT FFE ae ! fie fe ¢ on that 19th tee that took all the fight ley holing out in four against Thompson's amateur golfer, who, thru a recent give up his position in the his amateur status, is now Poget Sound Light & Securities company. It is al of the opinion that golfdom if employed in « sporting goods peek at the champion Ban does not com- any time, anywhere. Well, anyway, Bon is @ bondsman and—an amateur golfer, Oh, hum! about this time of year, in every land and clime, brither her to celebrate the anniversary of the hirth of “Rabble” Seattle's Inddies and lassies fra’ the land 0’ the thistle will their Burns night next Monday, January 29, in the Orpheum and Madison. Bob Johnstone, the veteran professional lub, who is handling the publicity end of the con- announces that 4 lovely program of Scotch songs and dances “The Bonnie Briar Bush” will be given, but under lion will Jamie Stirratt and Louie Pattullo be permitted meeting of the Earlington Golf and Count club will at the Arctic club on Tuesday, January 40, 1923, g 8 Ben is for the election of officers and trustees for transaction of any other business that may be brought chairman of a nominating committee, has re- . Zancker, nomination of the following members for officers and trus- the ten for 1923: F. By > . Ryan; vice presidents, F. E. Atkins and Fred F. treasurer, James W. McBurney; trustees, Rt. T.. Dilwort} , 8. Kellison, James D. Heady, David J. Fraser, Duncan MeGreg: L. Burnham, 4. ©. Zancker, George B. Smith, Chas, B. 4. Gravley. s. RK. Miller, Members of the Jefferson Park Golf club will gather together at the College club at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening, Fi oS remy ig, February 6, to take A " ‘ALTERS DROPS DUDLEY 18 VICTOR al LINE TO CLUB SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27.~ cs i pagahe Young Dudle 4 won the main event 4 gacker, io inquiring about the of Inst night's four-round boxing od ‘of landing a job with the In- show here from Sailor Goldman, yee Walters pastimed with the getting the decision at the end of nahip Mitchell team, in the|® ‘st, bout. Referee Toby Dakota league, \ast summer. ped gthe Jimmy Marcus. Ray deat much of an opening for Hout in the second round ra, with “Doc” Johnston on the} hen Marcus wan on the point of ftor first base duty. gunihilating Kvans. Irwin | FOLEY BEATS NEIL Vie Foley, the Vancouver, B. c.,| from & co rival of « few sugar magnates | from Cuba bearing offers of several | Plantations, and the fash of the rail wee men, the |xteaming Dempesy pot will be al-| |lowed to simmer back to normalcy | the tn the second round and Neil if thrueat on the Ge i ia SOLDIER WooDs BEATS LEONARD “Wildcat” Leonard ain't what he unter be. Leonard, making his firet start In a long time at Everett Inst night, took a terrible trouncing from Sol- @ier Woods. The Soldier knocktd him down four times in the first round and one of the knockdowns included a trip thru the ropes into the laps of the first row customers. But Leonard managed to stay the four rounds and took « bad beating doing It, Leonard hae been matched to fight Ted Krache In Hoquiam soon. ‘The match is tmponsible as Leonard fs all thru and unless the Harbor promoters want to queer the game there they will call this match off, RESULTS Clift Taro took the aweetent Hoking you ever saw In the second prelim at Everett last night, & youngster named Kid Dunbar, of Vancouver, B. C,. beating his can off, literally speaking. But the referee, a bird named Jacobs, waa & bit cockeyed and called it a draw. After it was over Taro's right eye was swelled up bigger than Mt. Baker. In the first bout Pat Colina, « Seattle Filipino, and Marty Fonsee, an Everett featherweight, boxed « hectic draw in the opener. Foasee was scared stiff in the first rounds which Collins won, Fossee evened things up In the sec: ond pair of sessions. PANTLEY TO BOX FOLEY Frankie Pantley is also getting the comeback bee. The Seattle bantamweight will box Vie Foley in Five in two weeks, It looks ike Frankie ts picking |}! ‘em pretty tough for a starter after being out of the gume for nearly a year. j018 A. ©, WINS CHICAGO, Jan. 27.—Tlinols Ath: letio club athletes swept practically all events in the annual I. A. C. tn- door games here last night, and took the meet by a large margin. Mlinois scored 69 polnts, unattached entries, 23; University of Chicago, 12; North- western, 10; Ames, 8, and the Unt- versity of Iiinois, 5. The feature was the mile run, won by Jolo Ray in 4242.5. Amex won the two-mile col- loge relay in handy fashion by a mar- gin of 15 yards, in 8:22, Blakley of Ames took the 600-yard run in 1:17 1-6, COLIMA WINS HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 27. — Sailor Ritter was not fast enough to make things interesting and Bert Colima, middleweight, eastly won tho decision in their four-round main event here last night MEETS SOON 7, — American eague magnates will meet in Phila delphia on February 9 for the annual spring meeting, on call by Ban John son, president, two | but | for « while, ‘Tho orthodex art of the steam-up and the ballyhoo ts being followed religiously, only @ little more humor is being injected into ft than was the case in the warming up of the Dempeey. thing. of $500,000 for a Dempeey-Willard fight. MoKetrick refused to dincuss the offer because to do 90 “would bring Publicity to Mr. be unfair to him.” Or, Frazee owns the Boston Red Sox and he puts on a jot of Broad way shows.) As was predicted, Tom O'Rourke id the dive out of the picture last night. He maid he didn't exactly |mean that he would give Dempsey | $1,000,000 for three fights, but he |thought the champion could make jthat much out of them. Anyway O'Rourke got mad and withdrew his offer, | William A. Brady, Broadway pro. ducer; George M. Cohan and Charles Dillingham havent made their of fers, but they can be dug up if the press agent's copy runs low. Meanwhile, Tex Rickard sits back and allows the storm to blow over. It perhaps amuses Tex that no other promoter thought of plugging the ears of Jack Kearns with $1,000 notes, It amuses him also to figure that perhaps no ber promivters have $1,000 ready cash to plug up managerial ears. [REGINA WINS FROM LOCALS IN ICE GAME Won Lost Tied P Vancouver 2 0 6 Soattle Victoria of the local puck men here last n in @ thrilling game, which with a 6-to-2 tally. THE LINKUPS Regina a.. > Laird Battelie D so. Moran ¥ vee Irvine | ¥ 4 1, Regina, Seattle, Miley, Regina, Btaniey ttle, Morris, 3:20 Hay from Irvine, 12:44 1:18, flecond period—t. from May, 1:50; 4, 8 5, Regina, Irv Regina, Hay fr pertod—7, Rewini Moran, 2:36, Reteres— Poulin, eee CALGARY WINS CALGARY, Jan, 27—Calgary de.| feated Edmonton, 6 to 3, in a Pratrie | league game here last night Frazee and would |}? Washington wom ¢ gon Ac idaho Whiten Pacific Willamette COUGARS WIN FROM VANDALS PULLMAN, Jan. 17—Close cheok- ing of the Washington State team upset the dope here last night when the Cougars trimmed the powerful Idaho basketball five, 20 to 12. The visitors made only one field goal. ‘The score follows: Taano +. Rawards * Fe 2 Thompson Telford in on Btate, 4 out of 6; Idaho, Fox 10 out) Washington mis, Mate aa, eferee—Mulligan, Apokane. WASHINGTON TO) BATTLE O. A. C. With five straight victories chalk ed up, the University of Washing. ton five faces another tough game tonight in Corvallis, Ore, where they play the powerful Oregon Aggies. The Agxies lost to Idaho by one point recently, while Washington de- feated the Gem Starters by the same nt. The Purple and Gold quin tet comes home after tonight's melee. eee CALIFORNIA WINS LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27.—The University of California basketball team defeated the University of Southern California, 29 to 10, here last night. CONSIDERATION FOR PREP BOYS | When Ballard and Queen Anne} high schools play in their tig basket: | at Queen Anne, Tuesday, * should be given some consideration, and the Queen Anne management should limit the num- ber of fans admitted, because the| Quay floor is «mail xh, without | the visitors crowding onto the floor. | Too much is at stake, and the con- sideration of the players should come first Neither team hag lost a game in three starts the winner takes the undisputed leadership of the cir. cult | BUTCH BYLER IS VISITOR Butch Byler, who will cateh for Portland next year, after several are with the Salt Lake Bees, was a | wattle visitor yesterday. Byler ts| making his home in Bellingham now, | ye he's raring to go. Wright, Seattle welter- his next start in week from Monday, Wi boy Padgett, ment will be a Stokes of Spokane, weltar, with | Wal over 1 Jack Zwick, « young Minnes weight, Is being « Welterweight youngster has knocked op: | | ponents in suc P| box Cowboy Padi WO MO Wrestlemat #. Jom Mo., soon, Young Mucll is sallor from the 0. 8, 8, Comm hue been fighting recetved @ letter trom | Amerk ion. Butt Butt is now in California, He may Mined up with Vio Foley, | ation Shocker wan traded to the Browns toether. with four other players for Derrill Pratt and Eddie Plank. In| addition there was @ cash consider of $25,000 that went to the Brown Pratt has «inoe passed from the Yankee lineun Eddie Plank never reported to New York, retiring from the game. Shocker ts today one of the game's greatest pitchers, ALLOWED TO DRIFT Shocker, @ pitching prize with Tp- ronto tn 1916, was allowed to drift from the Yankees « year later. Bince departing he has won gobs of glory Certainly there is no smarter pitcher in baseball, ‘The star of the Browns’ staff ts a 5 | Master of the spitball, one of the few remaining curvers to rely on the damp delivery. He has everything else in his repertotre. Shocker fs a master strategint. He makes a careful study of every bat- ter, thelr weakness and then pitches to it. Always the possessor | of uncanny control, he works the cor- | hers, rarely cutting the beart of the plate. The Yankees certainly mised al pitcher of Shocker’s type in the clash | with the Giants, The star of the| Browns’ pitching staff ts at his best in the pinch. Uniforms Required for Loop A’ + Star Junior Baseball league teams this year must be unt- | for vd, This rule will be enforced thruout the season, and no team will be al- lowed to take the field unless they have nine men on the field in unk form Those teams that plan to enter the but have no means to pur with the sporting editor of The Star | and pérhaps some arrangements can | be made so the teams can get sults. | Whatev n be done will be done to help those clubs. | But every club should make an| effort to obtain uniforms, as the! |league must be run on a big time |baseman and pitcher went after. The basis this year and good baseball | cannot be played without good para. | phernalia. MOORE W CHICAGO, Jan, 27. Tommy last night Pal Moore Murphy in 10 — Shooting Par Is Hard Job Knowing that you must sho par or better in order to win, tho most difficult thing in ‘all sportdom, according to profes sional golfers Shooting par 1s a tough job with nothing at stake, but when ch a feat is necessary to win a championship, it is the tough est job In all the world, say the leading golfers, This feature of play was brought out in the national open last year which was won by Gene Sarazen. After Sarazen had finished with the low score of the tour. nament, the word was that the veteran, John Black, had an excellent chance to t him. Sarazen simply smiled and replied I have already made my low The log of Sarzen’s mark was proved when Black, who seemed ain to beat him out Just failed of the mark, outpointed rounds Russ Hall, who was playing shortstop with him at one time, used te ride the life out of Mohler, always giving him the worst of it when « clope play came up. “I saw the scorers chalk up an error on that on! “Don't forget to put that down.” And then the Kid wouldnt be able te steady down for a couple of foningn, Hal Chase was the greatest all-around left-handed player the game ever knew. He played in Victoria, B. C., and he used to catch, pitch and play every infield position. He would pitch one day and catoh the next. A " Hall would say. Stepan” TY SAY cf Changin baeebAll character he wap Speaking of Emerson and Chase alternating as catcher Nick Williams, now secretary of the Seattle ball club, used to do the same thing with Orvie Overall, who starred as a hurler for the Chicago Cubs later. They worked this stunt for the University of California, Monday Dugdale will tell abou a catch “Dummy” Hoy made in Oskosh. -_—eO eee Bullseyes of Baseball NO. 22—THE MOST UNUSUAL PLAY I EVER SAW R* SCHALK t# one of the great-| second base. He decided to try for est catchers the game ever pro- duced, largely because he does other things aside from the mere giving of signale catching and throwing the Ray Schalk ts a thinker. There ts & reason for everything he does on third. Ray Schalk had defined the intention of the base runner before he reached second, and had raced down to third base from his position back of the plate, Hal Chase had also sized up the situation. He held his throw until Schalk was able to get Into position the ball field. He gives thought to to receive it. Then he made a fast, every ball pitched. He ix constantly accurate throw to third. Schalk re Jooking over his playing field to see | ceived the throw a fraction of a seo. that infielders and outfielders shift/ond ahead of the runner, and man. Properly for the style of pitch he| aged to get the ball on him by mak: has signaled for. ing @ dive for the runner as he start When Hal Chase was playing first | ed his hook-slide Into the base, base for the Chicago White Sox he| It was a most remarkable play be and Schalk pulled many a remark-| cause {t required quick thinking on able play. While Schalk featured | Schalk’s part, and even faster execu. two of the most unusual plays I ever | tion for him to reach third ahead of saw a catchor make, assistance from | the runner. To complete the play if Chase played a prominent part. required & perfect thre hy Chase. One of the plays was the result of | On the other play, it seems Schall fast thinking on the part of Schalk, | and Chase agreed that when a bats and a perfectly timed throw by|man singled to right field with no Chase. The other play was the result/one out, Chase would continue to of a plan that Schalk and Chase had | play a deep first base and pay no worked out attention to the runner. This was to Ray Schalk is the only catcher I] cause the runner to round first and ever saw get a putout at third base/teke @ big )--* + * second In case on a throw from the first baseman. | the ball was fumbled. The only eatcher to get a putout at} 8 ‘s part of the play was te first base on a throw from an out-|rush to first just behind the runner. fielder. As to the play at third: It was the duty of the right fielder With a visiting runner on first base] to make a snap throw to Schalk, in And no one out, the batsman laid|order that he might get the runner down a bunt, which both the third| if he tried to get back to first, or be in a position for a throw to second in case the runner decided to ad vance, The play was tried perhaps a score of times, but only was completed once, Yet, as after events proved, it saved the Ball game, pitcher handled the bunt, getting tho runner at first base on a close play. The third baseman, in order to get out of the pitcher’s way in fielding the ball, had purposely fallen to the ground. The base runner originally on first “ very fast man—noticed that third base was uncovered as he rounded among the various big league) have long since laid aside thelr play- managers, over those of a year ago, | ing uniforms, being content to give when the 16 major league clubs start | their orders from the bench. In fact, thelr annual invasion into Southern | Cobb, Speaker and Fletcher, are the climes within the next six weeks/only regular player-managers, tho or 80. Bush may decide to get into some Art of his team’s games this season, McKechnie, Pittsburg, of the One odd feature in regard to the tonal loop, and Frank Chance, Ros-|men who guide the destinies of th ton, and Owen Bush, Washington, | major league clubs concerns Connie of the American, are the quartet re-| Mack. In all the years that the ferred to. elongated manager has piloted the Of the other dozen, Connie Mack | Athletics he has never appeared on is the pioneer, having 16d the Ath-| the bench in a uniform, Mack comes leties on 22 previous campaigns, or! to the ball yard in his regular elth ever since Philadelphia came into ia, and reposes in the the Johnsonian circuit back in 1901. | dugopt in the same outfit. McGraw, of the Giants, Ix right be- ————_ hind with 20 seasons to his credit, ONLY EIGHT MEN GO UP while the rest have been piloting u respective clubs at least two ampaigns. And of the 16, five have acted in| Only eight Coast league ball play 1 similar capacity for oth k j ers graduate to the majors this year. league outfits, with Huggins of the oy ere 3 Bes Yonkees Boston, and hl teil — O'Donnell, Earl Rickey, Cardinals, having led teams | SU" le Kamm, Heinie sands, n both eireults during their careers, | Spencer Adams, George Walberg, Most of the presentday pilote| Sammy Hale and Nick Dumoviteh, Mu..DAY—The wetrdest pitching I ever saw, Fletcher, Phillies, and Bill Chance of