The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 30, 1923, Page 10

PAGE 12 THE SEATTLE STAR TUESD, JANUARY 20, 1923. DODE BERCOT MAKES HIS SEATTLE FISTIC BOW IN POOL SHOW PORTLAND BATTERY S D-ED finan Lo Ae Told to Leo H. Lassen ng Was Wonderful Star CHAPTER XXVIII all the shortstops I have seen, Herman Long, the Bos- ton star of the '90s, had ’em all cheated for sensa- playing. contrary to his name, wasn’t a very big fellow, but seem was rather short and pudgy. He was a little x German fellow , and got his start on the Kan- | sas City club in the old National league about the same time that I was on that team as a catcher, Long later went to Boston, where he be- came the niftiest fielder in the business. Three big theatrical men of the time were | among the most popular fans in New York. They were George M. Cohan, De Wolfe Hop- per and Digby Bell. The latter was in St. Louis one day and] was seeing Long perform for the first time. | The shortstop made an almost impossible play behind second base and Bell jumped to his feet and sheuted his approval. He looked around in astonishment as no- y else in the crowded stands seemed excited. shortstop made another thrilling play behind the sacker. Bell jumped to his feet and yelled again and | started looking at him as if he was a strange | King isn’t much of a receiver, altho rybody turned to one of the fellows near him and asked in- sure,” replied the other, He's doing it every day. : “Didn’t you see that fellow do just what I saw “but why get excited about & of Hopper, that famous actor ts still a baseball nut, and he's [ reciting “Casey at the Bat"—the poem that he made famous and ise helped him to fame, bad a great reunion here with Amos Rusle when that famous ‘Was working for the Seattle club a few years ago. Rusie and ‘Were both in their prime in the ‘90s. too, has never jost his love of baseball, and he’s always trying into the big leagues as a magnate. ‘any deal. remember what happened But he's never been able to Bell, but if he's still Itving I'm to bet that he gets just as big a kick out of barcball as ever. skatoon Team Ties 26 7 B. C, Jan. 30.— and Vancouver bat- ‘minutes to a fast 6 to 6 tie Saskatoon Hebert Matte Smith Lalonde | Crawford W. Cook . Sam Second period—3, 27; 3, Vancouver, | field. ‘00K. 4, Saskatoon, Matte, 7:0! Denenny from Cook, 2: Duncan from Mackay, s Saskatoon, Matte from 5. | powsesned a real football bead. Dugdale will tell about baschall wars and their effect '‘Eckersall Greatest of Pivots te the greatest quarterback has more or less lost his identity— he ts just a back. In the old days the quarterback handled practically every pass from center, prior to slipping it to some other player for a thrust at the line or @ run around the end. It was Old-time fans and players of the West lean to Walter Eckersall as Just about the greatest quarter that ever trod the gridiron. And justly #0, because Eckersall was even more than a triple threat player— he could do everything. Eckersall was fast, a clever dodg- er, and a brilliant man in an open Besides all thene assets he On defense he was a hard, sure tackler. He once turned a trick on the Saskatoon, Lalonde | mighty “Willie” Heston which no 4.9, Saskatoon, Crawford 20; 10, Vancouver, Parkes With a game at the Arena to- w night, playing the Seattle will be the first start for here In two weeka. LEAGUE MEETS CITY, Jan. 30.—Western ‘18 by the meeting here last it. The purchase of the Sioux fr hise by Pueblo was aban- | with the failure of Pueblo in- YORK, Jan. 30—Indla has d for the Davis cup and is it nation to get into the tennis officially. The Indian team ts first match last year from ia, but was later eliminated “dame of the Big Inter: league Series— SKATOON VS, SEATTLE Jan, Bist, 8:30 p.m. Sharp REDUCED PRICES mM $1, $1.26, $1.50 (Tax included) Main 2498—Tho Arena Office for Reserved Seats, ICE SKATING | Every **-rnoon and evening excopt Wed. and Sundays. one else ever accomplished, bring- ing Heston down from behind after the Michigan star had broke loose into an almost clear field, with Graver as interference. Eckersall, the only barrier to the goal line, crashed {nto the Wolverine runners, spilled Graver and then brought Heston to the turf. That play still ranks as one of the best individual defensive efforts in the middle west. Twiced uring his football career Eckersall booted five field goals in a game, and against Wisconsin in 1904 he took the ball from the kick- off and dashed 105 yards thru the ertire Badger team for a touch- down. PROVIDENCE HAD STARS Back in 1914 Providence of the In- ternational league had three of the classiest pitchers in the minor league world. They were Babe Ruth, Carl Mays and Red Oldham. Detroit had an option on any players of the Clams except Ruth, who belonged to the Red Sox, and picked Oldham, who didn’t break into the majors un- til six years later as a regular, while Mays was sold to the Red Sox | when they recalled Ruth and imme diately made good, TWO OLD STARS ON WAY IN 1922 The two oldest players in National league service passed out a year ago in Slim Sallee and a iittle later Ed Konetchy. Both had been in the big show since 1908, Now the oldest Player in service |x Zach Wheat, who started late tn the season of 1909, Babe Adams was with Pittaburg that entire season, but was out of the senior organization in 1917, RAGAN WILL COACH PHILS Pat Ragan, veteran pitcher, has been Mgned as pitching conch by the Philly Nationals, Ragan was in Be- attle several yearn ago. but didn't last Jong, Ho wan in the Missinappt valley league last year, BOX DRAW MEMPHIS, Jan. 30.—Johnny Grit. fithe, Akron welter, and Frankie Jones, Pacific coast, boxed eight rounds to # draw here last night, Rose City C Miss Sam Hale’s Bat | Portland May Get More Strength From Big Leagues; Outfield Looks Pretty N other Good Catcher BY LEO H ORTLAND fin league race la: years that the cellar, However, if siderable strength to the batter ment, a second Beavers again. The Sutherland, and Leverer who has been on the outlaw may be a winner. Eckert, obtained from Philadel phia, must yet prove his ability ‘The Beavers must add more pitch ing class than thin to get by Portland also needs a first string catoher, Butch Byler will be valu- able ax a second string man, while ho will be kept as the thint man This layout plainly shows that Portland needs a whole lot of bat tery strength. Offensively the Infield doesn't look bad, as Poole, McCann and Bra will are all good hitters, Poole ts the best fielder of the lot. The key- stone pair ts in no danger of knock: ing the fans off of their seats by brillant playing. O'Rourke tx pegged for third bane. They say he's a pretty good fielder, but not much with the willow, The Beavers wil! miss Sam Hale's 360 bat from the Infield, altho theyll never miss his fielding. ‘Tho Portland club will have one of the best outfield# in the P. C. loop. Cox, King, Gressett, High and Wolfer are the quintet from which! the regular trio wil) be picked, with! Cox, King and High figured as the regulars, Portland can’t be figured higher than «ixth place unless the Beavers get a lot more battery strength. BACING FOR FRISCO BAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 10-—An- nouncement that Tunforan race track, near San Francisco, will have its opening November 3 with a 25- day race program, exclusive of Sun- days, was made today, It marks the first plans for resumption of racing near San Francisco in more than 10 years, IOWA CAGERS WIN MINNEAPOLIS, Jan, 30-——Iowa's basket shooters swamped the Uni-| versity of Minnesota quintet hero} last night 32 to 16. It was the fifth consecutiye victory for the Hawk- eyes, who played a game far su- perior to the Gopher clan. NEW GLIDING RECORD CHERBOURG, France, Jan. 30.— M. Mayenrot, French gliding cham- pion, established a new world’s rec- ord in competition here when he remained aloft & mo a plane for elght hours and five minuics,: landing safely, TENDLER K. 0/8 LAWLOR PHILADELPHIA, Jan, 10—Low Tendier, Philadelphia lightweight, knocked out Jack Lawlor, Omaha, in the fifth round. Gene Tunney and; Jack Renault, heavyweights, were | put out of the ring for unsatisfactory | work, CHANEY SCORES K. 0. PITTSBURG, Jan, 30.—Georgoe Chaney knocked out Frankie Rice in the first round. Both are from Bal timore and are lightweights, BURMAN WINS CHICAGO, Jan. 30.—Joe Burman, Chicago bantam, decisively outpoint- ed Patsy Flannigan, St. Louis, in 10 rounds, McAULIFFE STOPS WALKER DETROIT, Jan. 30.-Jack MoAu- liffe, heavyweight, knocked out Hughie Walker, Kanang City, in tho third round. HERMAN WINS NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Habe Her- man, Callfornin featherweight, won 8 12-round decision from Wlilie Koh- ler, O'DOWD WINS ATLANTA, Jan. 30.—Tim O'Dowd, Atlanta bantam, won the decision over Babe Asher, bantam champion of the A. B. F. in 10 rounds, st season—the first time in Portland pitching prospect at the end of the season when Rube Walberg was sold to the New York are all good veterans land looking like the best of the lot. Then the Beavers have young Schroeder, a southpaw lub Will ifty; Rose City Needs An- . LASSEN ished seventh in the Coast Rose City didn't occupy the the Beavers don't add con- depart- division berth is awaiting the club lost its best young the big left-hander, ants, rison, Sullivan Suther- | Middleton, Yar list for several seasons. He} GIANTS ARE STILL AFTER | LEE MEADOWS. HILADELPHIA, Jan. %0.—The | big problem that confronts Ar- thur Fletcher, new manager of the Philadelphia Nationals, ts Lee Mead- | ows. | Is Meadows loafing on the job or has he a sore arm? Fletcher must make @ final deciaton on the matter. | For several years Manager McGraw | of the Giants has been anxious to add Meadows to his staff of pitchora. | That tn the reason for the thought that Meadows may not be taking his work neriously ‘Thome who know Meadows seout the idea that he in not doing bin best. Others are of the belief that tho| knowledge that McGraw ts after him may have something to do with his ery of wore arm and his Inability to| win, WALTER % % Walte 16 Years FOUR OF WHITE | SOX ON ROSTER Four of the champion White Sox of 1917 are still with that club—Kid Gleason, promoted from coach to manager, Eddie Collin, Urban Fa/| ber and Ray Schalk, Clarence Row-| land, who managed the Sox that year, la one of Ban Johnson's “ewly named American league urspiren, Dave Danforth ts with the Yérowns, Shano Collins and Nemo Laloold are with the Red Sox and Reb Runsell, then & sorearmed pitcher, is now a Pittaburg outfielder, Joo Jenkins, Eddie Murphy and Jim Scott are still in baseball, Jen- kine being a Salt Lake catcher, Murphy a member of the Columbus! outfield and Scott on the pitching; staff of Ban Francisco. Byrd Lynn, Moetvin Wolfgang and Joo Bens have retired, while Eddie Cicotte, Oscar Felech, Chick Gandil, Joe Jackson, Fred McMullin, Swede Risberg, Buck Weaver and Lefty Williams turned Black Sox and were forced out three years ago, CHICK GANGON LONG. SOUGHT Clark Griffith finally secured Chick Gagnon after a year’s angling, but the infielder cont him more than he thought It would. To get the youngster Griffith was forced to turn over to Detroit Pitcher Ray Francis. A year ago several big league clubs were after Gagnon, then attending Holy Cross college, and it was announced In Washing ton that the ocollegian would join the Senators after his graduation tn June, the Griffmen being reported ay having first call on him, But be- tween January and June things seemed to have changed, for Gag- non, Instead of Joining the Griff. men, went to Detroit and Inter was sent to Rochester of the Interna tlonal league for development. KONETCHY WITH FIVE BIG CLUBS Ed Konetchy, who played continu: ously in the National league from 1907 until 1922, was with five differ. ent clube during that time, one tenn than Bobby Roth played with in the American league. Konstehy played for St, Louls, Pittsburg, Hoston, Brooklyn and Phiiadelphia. A year ago Konoy was the oldest National leaguer in service after Slim Salleo passed out, but big Ed didn't remain long after Salles, the Phillies sending him to the American association. GOLDSTEIN HAS EDGR PITTSBURG, Jan. 30—Abe Gold stein, New York bantam, outpointed Mike Moran, Pittsburg, in 10 rounds, IS BASE-STEALING TO BECOME LOST ART SOON? 8 basestealing becoming a lost art? If so, what's the renson? Is It because the playern an a whole are slower of foot-or in it because the class of catchers In the big leagues is better than was the case a few years ago Or {9 {t due to the fact that pres- ent-day hurlers are more adept at holding the runners to the bag, thus cutting down their lead, and on. viously diminishing their chances of pilfering cushions, No doubt each of the reasons above presented have played a part in the decrease of buse-running., But you haven“ heard anything yet. ‘The real reayon for the decline of baserunning can be found in the lively ball now In use in the majors, The steal fs a one-run play, One run means mighty little in modern baseball, It's the team that gots ‘em in clusters wins, Stealing bases with the lively ball in use In simply suicide, The hit and run play is far more profitable, Bome idea of the decline in base running can be gleaned from the following figures. Last season, 681 bases were pil- fored by tho American league clubs to 766 for the National, Two teams in the Johnson loop passed the hun. dred mark, with three turning the same trick In the older outfit. Pitts burg was high with 145, and the Phillies low with 48, Six players woearlng American loague uniforms reached the 20 or above figure, while but five National leaguers were able to accomplish a similar feat, Now compare the above records with those of 1916 when base-stenl. ing was at ite high water mark, In that campaign the total stolen sacks in the American league waa 1,444 with evory team getting above the century mark, and three going over the 200 total, Incidentally no less than 26 play. ers snagged 20 cushions or moro, with Ty Cobb setting the pace with the marvelous record of 96 stolen basen. The National league, the same year, turned in 1,194 thieverien, every club surpassing the hundred Americans, is the oldest leagues in point of service. Jo! in 1907, and, therefore, has se main tent, all of which have orm, % TAFF DOESN'T LOOK ANY TOO JOHNSON * * £ & r Johnson H url in American ALTER JOHNSON, famous hurler of the Washington pitcher in either of the big hnson broke into the big show en 16 years of activity in the been spent in a Senator uni- During that time the once great speed-ball king has hung up many enviable records, despite the fact that he has always been under the handicap of working for a club which has been a consistent loser—a There is no telling what Joh: second-division outfit, nson might have accomplished on the mound had he been supported by a winning aggrega- tion. Doubtless he would have established some marks which would have been hard to equal, let alone surpass. But regardless of the dest has been an exceptionally bri iny of fate, Johnson's career lliant one. In fact, many of the present-day records are held by the Washington star, who, by the way, is one of the few “big guns” of base- balldom who has never par-| ticipated in a world series, be-| cause Washington has yet to} win its first pennant. | Jobinson's best year was in 1913, when he won 36 games and lost but) 1, @ percentage of $37. Incidentally, | this stands as the third highest/ average turned in by American} league hurlern, Joe Wood, when| pitching for Boston tn 1912, leading | the fleld with 34 victories and 6 de-| feats for an .872 mark, and “Wild Bit" Donovan, of the Detroit Tigers | Tanking second with 28 and 4 aj percentage of .862, In 1910 Johnson fanned 313. bat- torn, as compared to the league rec ord of 343, made by “Rube” Wad: | oll in 1904. In 1915 he hurled 46) scoreless Innings, a mark that still! stands, and with Joe Wood he also | holds tho consecutive victory title, | winning 16 straight games in 1018.) Johnson set another record by pitch: | ing three successive shutouts, | againat the Yankees, Johnson has whiffed over 3,000 | batarnen in the 16 years he has beon | fn the clroult, surpassing the old mark of 2809 hung up by Cy Young over a 22 year span. And in 1921 he passed Eddie Plank’s high mark of 203 victories, Ho also has one no-hit game to hin credit, hurl- ing that in 1920 Obviously, Johnson {s going back. Cobb Has Seen Most Service DETROIT, Jan, 30.—Ty Cobb ts the oldest player in the American league, in potne of service, Cobb joined the Tigers tn 1905 and ts still going good. Ho has seen 18 years of service. Despite the strenuous game he plays, he has slowed down but little, If Cobb continues to be a suo- cens as manager, he can go on in- definitely in baseball, long after he ts thru as a player. Cobb alone remaine of the play. ers who were tn the American league at the time of his debut. He haw seen them all pass out. Eddle Collins and Walter John- fon are close behind Cobb tn point of service, While Johnson is slow- Ing up a bit, Eddie Collins seemed as food as ever last season, with & number of years ahead of him in the majors. That is only natural considering the years he has been in harness. Als famous fast ball that was often wont to cast fear in the hearts of enemy batters, has lost some of its old-time zip, but Johnson's offerings are still plenty good enough to puz- zie ambitious swatters, and with a winning combination behind him he should still be good enough for nev- eral more seasons of big league service, Bullseyes of Baseball . 24, THE COSTLIEST PINCH HIT I EVER SAW TLL CARRIGAN, a dangerous batter, always at his best in a pinch, broke up a batting rally quick- or than I have ever seen a player turn such a trick. Usually some sensational fielding play or effective pinch pitching spolls a batting rally, Seldom does the batter, the pinch hitter, come to the assistance of the team in the fleld. I have umpired any number of games in which a pinch pitcher would break up a rally on one pitched bali, Usually in such cases two Were out, and the batsman would be retired on the first ball pitched by the relief hurler. I have several times seen double plays made on the first ball delivered by a relief pitcher, retiring a wide, To Bill Carrigan, in the role of pinch batsman, goes the credit of breaking up a promising rally on ono hard-hit ball, Boston was playing in New York, The Boston team was trailing by sov- eral runs, and didn't seom to haye much of @ chance when the first half of the ninth opened, Then things besan to happen. The first thres mon up reached first in safety, filling the bases with ho one out. Things began to brighton up for Boston, There seemed to be # chance to win a game that appar point. ‘There were 18 mon who reached the ‘20 or above’ clams, ently was hopolossly jont, It was tho pitcher's turn to bat. Few pitchers are good hitters, Bill Carrigan was selected’ to act as a pinch hitter and break up the old ball game, That ts just what Carrigan did, but with reverse English, In- stead of helping Boston Bill played right Into the hands of New York. How did Bill do such a thing? Listen, Hividently long before he reached the plate Carrigan had decided to hit the first ball pitohed if it was over. The'ball was a beauty—right over the heart of the plate. Carrigan took a healthy cut at the ball as the shortstop made a dash for socond to drive the runner back. ‘The pitcher, instead oi delaying his deliv. ery so that the shortstop could get back to his position, pitched the ball at what seemed a most inopportune time, If Carrigan had been able to hit thru the spot vacated, all would have been lovely. Instead, he drove a liner a few feet to the shortstop's aide of second base, Had the shortstop beon playing properly, it would have been a clean} hit. Instead, he ran directly into the path of the ball, made an easy catch, stepping on second, retired the or {ginal occupant of that base, and then threw to first, completing a triple play. In all my experience jt is the only time I ever saw a pinch batter hit into « triple play on the first ball pitohed, STRONG NOW Monroe Log ger to Box Kid Johnson Tonight Lightweights, Who “"Fouskt Tica in Olympia, Will Scrap Again at Pool; Fo Card BY LEO H Kid Johnson, lightweight. A few mon at the Today he i in the Northwest. show a wonderful punch,| knocking over seven op- ponents in 15 starts. Tonight will mark his Johnson held Bercot to # draw| in a terrific fight tn Olympia two! weeks ago tonight and the Olympia boy figures to give him another tough session tonight | Bercot has featured his fights by his wonderful condition and his aggromivencss. He carries the fight to hin opponent thruout. He fs a southpaw and awkwardly clever. If he fights up to form he should make a big hit with} Seattle ring bugs. | Harry Anderson, who \s attempt. | ing @ comeback, meets Young O'Dowd, of Aberdeen, tn the other | six-round fight of the night. Ander- won has been training hard for this} bout as he realizes that if he doesn’t | get by O'Dowd he can lay the gloves | up for good. O'Dowd, who in a popu lar boy here, should force Anderson | to the limit. | Johnny Mack, the Pittsbug kid, makes his third Seattle bow, tackling | Eddie McCarthy, of Olympia, This {x an even match and a hard one to| pick | Frankte Green, the colored young: | ster, meets Eddie Buell; “Kia” God- j@ard and Sailor Cortex open the show. | The first bout gets under way at | 8:30. 16th fight ur Other Bouts Are on the . LASS ONIGHT will be the night for Dode Bercot. The Monroe logger will step six rounds at the Crystal Pool for Seattle fans with the hard-hitting Olympia ths ago Bercot fought a cou- ple of draws as a preliminary boy in bouts Arena, kid, all arms and legs, and nobody paid any particular attention to him. He was a big, awkward s the most tatlked of battler Lonnie Austin, veteran boxing instrue- tor, took him under his wing, taught him a few ring tricks and got him plenty of matches. 3ercot began to College Work Weakens Team NZ YORK, Jan. 20—While AN the United States will send & of amateur golfers to compete in the British amateur, it is a certainty that it will not comprise the cream of the talent Jesse Sweetser, winner of the WU. 8. amateur title at Brookline, Mass., last year, and Bobby Jones and Rudy Knepper, who also worked up tothe semi-finals, are not being figured on in the makeup of the team. True, the services of these three great players are much de sired, but holding of the British amateur in May conflicts with the college work of the trio. Sweetser is at Yale, Jones at Harvard, and Knepper at Prince- ton. If they made the trip, it would seriously interfere with their studies: Even if they de sired to go, it is doubtful if faculty permission would be granted. All of which makes it seem that the four semffinalists in the United States amateur of 1922 will not go abroad to rep- resent this country this year tearm TOO FAST ON FEET FOR AN INFIELD JOB '8 IT possible for an infielder to be too fast on his feet? The case of Joe Evans, recently traded by Cleveland to Washington, prompts such a question. Bvang came to the Cleveland club as 8 third baseman of great promise. Very fast and the possessor of a fine arm, he seemed to have two very | necessary requisites for a star third wacker. Playing third base for Cleveland, | | Evans met with only fair success. | | He was inclined to be erratic. One | day he would look Iike a second Bill; | Bradley or Jimmy Collins, while the | j next day he would be very ordinary. | Evans’ greatest fault | running ground balls. Because of | his great speed, he would very often | come in too fast on ground bails, | often overrunning them, and getting himself all out of position for a throw, This wag particularly true on bunts Evans was made over Into an out- fielder, and a mighty good one, It is said his failure at third base never set very well. His sale to ‘Washing- | ton, with the word of Clarke Griffith that he will be used at third, has caused Evans to change his mind about retiring to practice medicine. Frankie Frisch, of the Giants, is a very fast man—the same type as Evans. Frisch has been a big suc- | cess as an infielder, Frisch fumbles a majority of the ground balle that} he handles, often due to over-run- ning them, but his fine arm makes up for any time lost in fumbles, Joe vans is convinced that he can make good as an infielder, The suc- cess of Frankie Frisch has satisfied him on thet point. ART FLETCHER IS 37 YEARS Arthur Fletcher celebrated his 87th birthday on January 6. Except for the year he retired (1921) Fletcher has been a Nativnal league regular since August of 1908. Fletcher came | up In 19¢8 from Dallas of the Texas | league and he made good immedi.) ately. An odd thing about the Philly | leader's record ts that he has only! played with three clubs since he} broke in 15 years ago. Fletcher's minor league career was short, last- ing only from April to August of 1908, He remained with the Giants | for 12 seasons and then was traded to the Phillies, ‘There are several younger fan: | agers than Fletcher, Bill Killefer, of | the Cubs, was born October 10,1888; } Tris Speaker, of the Indians, on April 4, 1888; Donie Bush, of Washington, October 8, 1888, and Ty Cobb, of the \ Tigers, who was born’ December 18, ; 1886. HEINIE SAND PULLED TRICK ' Heinle Sand, who is slated to play | short for the Phillles next season, is | one of the very few players who have made an unassisted triple play. Sand celebrated July 4, 1921, by put- ting out three Sacramento players and was the fifth Pacific Coast | leaguer to do the stunt. A peculiar thing about Sand's play was that the two players, Orr and Ryan, of the Salt Lake team, who were on base when Bill Rodgers of Portland made | a triple play In 1916 were again on} firat and second for Sacramento and | Again Were victims of the three ply | | was over- | | PREP CAGERS CLASHING IN GAMES TODAY ALLARD and Queen Anne were fighting for the leadership in the high school basketball race to- day at Queen Anne. Nelther team has met defeat tn their three starts so far and the winner will have un- disputed hold for the time being on first place. Roosevelt and Broadway were clashing at Broadway in another big game. These teams are evenly matched and should bring out some good basketball. While Ballard and Queen Anne are battling for the lead, Garfield and West Seattle, nelther of whom have won a game, will scrap to keep out of the cellar, at West Seattle. Lincoln and Franklin were fur- nishing the other game of the day at Franklin with the former team the favorite. |BOBBY ROTH IS RECORD HOLDER Outfielder Bobby Roth, who recent- ly signed a contract with Kansas City of the American association, played with every American league club except two, Detroit and St. Louls, before passing out of the ma- jors. Bobby came up from the team he has returned to in 1914 with Chi- cago, From the White Sox Roth went to Cleveland in the Joe Jack- son deal in 1915, remaining with the Indians until 1919, when he was traded to the Athletics. The outfield- er remained only a few months with Connie Mack, being traded to the Red Sox. Washington acquired Bobby tn a trade in 1920, kept him ® year, and traded him to his sixth American league club, the Yankees, for Duffy Lewis and George Mog. ridge in 1921. JANUARY 5 WAS BIG YANK DAY January 5 was the thind anniver- sary of the deal between the Red Sox and Yankees that made Babe Ruth a New Yorker. The Babe cost $187,500, a price that shocked the world, but since then he has proved the best big investment the Yankee Colonels ever made, even with his faults. BOXING TONIGHT CRYSTAL POOL Seewnd and Lenora 6 Rds.—MAIN EVENT—¢ Raa, Bearcat “Dode” Bercot Mighting Logger of Monroe va. Billy “Kid” Johnson Of Olympia 6 Rds.—SEMI-WINDUP—¢ Ras, Young O'Dowd va. Harry Anderson of British Columbia 3 OTHER FasT nOoUTS 3 Auspices pT onal Athletic Club, | Nate Druxinman, Matchmaker TICKETS ON SALE aD Green's Claar Store, 1406 ‘Third Ave, Joe DI Oveldental and Jim ley, 1120 Second Killing. While Sand was making his play, Rodgers was on the coaching Uno, w Ave. Kerter & Hernbaum, Hotel Savoy Bide. Com; 1203 Third Ave." * Faltts,