The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 31, 1923, Page 12

TS On ER TR: COMER Yom RAE Hs THE SEA TTLE STAR ; KID JOHNSON GOES DOWN TO GLORIOUS DEFEAT IN POOL MIX * * * listRONG PITCHING MAY KEEP VERNON JIN COAST RACE AGAIN Dea tat re) EDucdate As Told to Leo H. Lassen Baseball Wars Never Pay CHAPTER XXIX my forty-odd years’ experience in baseball I have learned that baseball wars between the club owners r pay, and that the game, in the long run, is the loser. Organized baseball is the only thing for the game and it will dominate the pastime at all times, even tho some break away for a time. I am glad that the Coast league didn't break away from organized baseball at its > recent meeting in Portland, altho the league thru President McCarthy's vote, decided against the major leagues’ player-deal tac- tics. The first great baseball war resulted in the formation of the Union association, or- ganized by Henry V. Lucas, a wealthy young St. Louis man. It embraced eight cities. But the St. Louis club made a walk- over race of it and the league blew up at Dugdale the end of the season. This was in 1883. ‘The Players’ league, five years later, was another war on | ‘Nationa! league that grew out of the Brotherhood con- ies with organized baseball over various matters per- to the players, including salary-reductions, classifi- n of players and contracts. This league also lasted a ya re the American association seceded from the Na- league over a player squabble, but after a strenuous the old circuit again. MThe next great war, the outgrowth of the fullure of the National A2-club circuit to pay altho tried for several seasons, tn stil! in the memories of baseball fans. ‘That was the war between the Western minor league, called the American league, that finally ex @ eastwards. In 1902 it was put on equal footing with the National y Tn last great war was fust a fow years ago, when the Federal leaguo & couple of seasons and then blew up. Was in baseball al! during the time that these big baseball ware were On, Serving as player, manager and club owner, and I can say from that organized baseball ts the only thing for the game and at ware among the leagues don't ‘pay in the long run. Thursday Dugdale wilt, jms the draft question. *hird Base |Mets Face ls Problem | Saskatoon nAmerican| Ice Squad TRD base appears to be the EADED by Newsy Lalonde, one “most unsettled position tn the of the world’s greatest hockey rican League. players, the Saskatoon Crescents will make thelr first Seattle hockey bow at the Arena tonight with the Seattle Mets. The Saakaocon club is tn the cellar tn the Prairie league, largely because of the inexperience of several of tts youngsters, but the club fights hard and is coming fast. The Crescents have been in eight overtime games this year. Seattle will be playing tts first] game at home tn two weeks, just re-| turning from its prairie jaunt. The| Mots had a fine trip, winning three out of four games. | The return to form of Jack Walk-| er, who shot five out of 13 goals on| the trip, was the big feature of the| Journey. | Tonight's game starts at §:30 as} usual, le will displace Jimmy Dykes at the latter moving over to sec- the West, Cleveland must de- & man to rez’«ce the fast-slip- At Detroit it will be} Jones or Haney. St. Louis | welcome a star third sacker. Bllerbe’s weak knee makes Play questionable, while Eddic cannot stand the strain of} ir work. iliie Kamm, the $100,000 beauty the San Francisco team of the st League, is expected to be a; at third for the White Sox. | ; is said to. be a wonderful and a fair hitter. was the American League | ‘80 Weak at third base as at the | time. Dugan at New York | certainty. Kamm and Hale, touted recruits, are expected MAUPOME WINS CHICAGO, Jan. 31.—Plerre Mau- pome, Chicago, defeated John Hah- man, Cleveland, in two matches at the Interstate Three-Cushion league last night, The scores were 60-43 and 50-46, Johnny Layton, St. Louis, jand Tiff Denton, Kansas City] are tied for the lead tn the meet. 4JOTE RAY TALI NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—"Cheaty | er for Chicago and Philadel. | Jole” Ray, America’s champion mid-| While the third base on the oth. | die-distance runner, will make four | feams is very much open. | "ew world’s records and retire for Season of 1923 will be a great | k0od a’ ter the national indoor cham- t for recruits with the proper | Plonships next month, he announced Fast-aging veterans will make | OD his arrival here for his annual in. | j eligible on many a major | ¥@sion of the East, Dode Bercot Hands Out) His” Hammering Monroe Logger Floors Johnson in Third Round and | toOlympian Has Him Reeling Around Ring in the Sixth; John- son’s Showing Gamest of Season Bercot at the a lacing from Dode Crystal Pool for six rounds last night that would have made a big league Spartan look like a yellow hound. They can talk about Frankie Rogers’ game fight with Travie Davis when he bat- tled two flock of rounds with a Lloyd Madden’, knockdowns from broken jaw, and ‘8 game fight when he took a Eddie Pinkman and Harry Gillum's gory scrap with Valley Trambitas, but none of them had anything on Johnson. Bercot left the ring last night with everybody talking about his wonderful punch and condition. Only Johnson's fighting heart ever kept him on his feet in that sixth round. Bercot pounded Johnson's | sounded like a bass drum so! Forever.” The Monroe boy was hardly when the terrific six rounds were over, and didn't show a scratch. Johnson didn’t hit him more than six times dur- ing the whole fight. Bereot hammered Johnson to the floor in the third round, but Johnson took a nine count and weathered out two rounds in pretty good shape, Then Bercot opened up tn the atxth| and started pounding Johnson's head. | He brought a series of uppercuta on | Johnson's chin and the Olymplan fell to the floor, pounded thru the ropes, hanging help. lessty. Another solid punch would have put him out, but the bell ended the fight. Bercot still showed his greennoes at times last night, particularly when he Played for the head. But he ts look- ing better every time. Harry Anderson did a nwell come- back and fooled the wise boys by shading Young O'Dowd fn the atx round semi-windup. The veteran Ughtwelght knocked O'Dowd down for a five count In the third round, and was winning by a wide margin He got up and was| | tamwelght | weight, | Goddard tn a four-round setto dished | ody thruout the fight and it lo of “The Stars and Stripes breathing more than normally sixth round that floored him. He was up in an Instant, but the punch fost about evened the fight. O'Dowd was the aggressor thruout most of the mill, but Anderson outboxed him thruout. Referee Schacht called it a draw. Johnny Mack broke his right thumb tn the first round of his bout with Eddie McCarthy, but managed to shade the Olympia featherweight in a four-round draw, Ted Whitman called the foust even. Mack did most of the forcing while McCarthy slowed the fight up considerably by falling in numerous clinches Eddie Buell, a husky sailor, really beat Frankio Green, the local ban- but Referes Schacht jealled it 0 to the tune of the raspberry chorus. Buell showed a good punch. He had quite a weight advantage over his dusky opponent Sailor Cortez, a Filipino ight- won a decision over Barney up a In Soldier Woods. The house was jammed to the rafters and the biggest crowd of the when he ran Into a punch tn the seaxon turned out for the fisticuffs RUSSELL WILL BE GIVEN LOTS OF ATTENTION NOW ‘ATIONAL league pitchers will give plenty of attention to “Reb” Russell, of the Pittsburg team, tho coming season. Russell, former White Sox pttoh- tng etar, is now the bi¢ thunder in National league mwat circles. If you have your doubts about it peruse the following data gleaned from the averages during the short Crack Golfers Play in Texas ‘Texas is certainly strong for ite golf. Tho winter golf lid already has been pried off at San Antonio. A prize list of $6,000 han enticed practically every professional of note to the Southland. From San Antonio the golfers will hie to Corpus Christ!, Tex., where the pros will shoot at 1,000 bucks In prizes, Other Texas cities to entertain the traveling professional will be Beaumont, Del Rio and Houston. From Texas the golfers will go to Louisiana, where big tourna- ments will be staged at Shreve- port and New Orleans. During the short sojourn In the South, the country’s best profes. sionals will shoot at a prige list aggregating $25,000. These purses don't make It ap. pear as if the clubs in the South intended to heed the warning that too much money is being handed out to the pros. agubelub. COLLINS SHIFTS AGAIN os (Rip) Collins begins his season in the American league | h his third club, Detroit. Collins | up to New York in 1920 from and in his first season won 14 and lost eight. Two of hiv Were shutouts, one over Boston, 90, and one over Detroit, 5 to 0. | win over Boston, pitched after had been in the league two was a one-hit affair. He also! 1 to 6 game. Collins wax Bot | use to the Yankees in 1921 | Went to Boston for 1922 and now | $5 with Detrolt for 1929. Per- | under Ty Cobb this Texan, | fast ball has been described being almost as fast as Walter become one of the HOPPE BEATS DIGGINS FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.—Dick of Loy Angeles, took a deci. Hin his four-round bout with Ed. Diggins here last night. The was ad scientific, but devoid CHELL OUTCLASSES LOGAN ILWAUKEE, Jan. 31 eM outnoinied and ‘Logan, Omaha, in a 10-round go fast night. Left to Right, INCENNES, Ind., Jan, 91,—Indi- ana, the hotbed of basketball in the United States, is mighty proud of the record of the Vincennes high school five, In the last three years Vincennes has won 89 and lost only soven games against the best preparatory school teams in Indiana and fllinols, In the last two years only one game has been lost in the 66 con. teats staged, Not a defeat hay marred the record of tho team this year, In A Warm Friend These Cold Days 214 Jefferson St, © Just back of L, C. Smith Bide, Card Tables, Pool, Cigurs, Candies, Sott Drinks, Fountain Lunches 00000000000000000 time Runsell tarried with the Pirates lant year. In the 60 gamen Russell played for Pittsburg he batted 268, and ranked next to Rogers Hornsby, the league leader, Ruseell made #1 hits tn 220 times at bat, Including 14 doubles, sight triples and 12 home runs. He was tied for 10th place tn hitting cireuit blows—a mont remarkable feat when It Is connidered that he performed tn lens than half the contests on the schedule. | Hite ability as a slugger ts further |attested to by the fact that of hin 81 |rafe crashes, 34 of them went for Jextra bases, his record of total ack» being 147, As cleanup batter ‘on Russell also did exceptionally well, jbeing responsible for 76 tallies hin |team accrued. Ho ranked 18th in |this department of play, beating out such men as Carey of the mame chub |Hollocher of the Cubs, and Daubert and Burns, Cincinnatt, all of whom played in over 150 games, or about 90 more than did Russell Much is therefore expected of |"Reb” Russell this coming season, who has returned to the major leagues, not as he left—a hurler— is as a fence-busting outfielder. ERICKSON ae DEMOTED NOW Olaf Erickson, former star San Francisco pitcher, has passed out of the majors. He has been ahip- ped by Washington to Minneapolis as part payment for Dick Wade, crack slugging outfielder, INDIANA PREP TEAM GOES GREAT Coach Adame, Reese Jones, “Red” Wampler the last three years not a game has beon lost on the home floor, The gymnasium of the Vincennes team is not a trick affair working greatly to the advantage of the home team, Rather it is one of the finest floors in southwestern Indiana, No noft spots have been picked by the Vincennes team in making itw re- markable record. Already this year Centralia and Franklin, the Mlinots and Indiana champions of last year, have gone down to defeat before Vine connos, % TE The outstanding figures on the Vincennes team are Red Wampler, the 125-pound forward, and Reese Jones, the husky stx-footer who tips the beam a trifle better than 200 pounds, The two Vincennes stara form a Mutt and Jeff combination for nize, Reewo playa a back guard, Coach Adama has built his style of play around the husky Jones, and few teams have been able to solve it with any success, ‘The Vincennes team ues a short pass and is strong for the dribble, | the club} HIS NIBS THE CHIEF Sacramento will have a real Indian hurler on the line this season in Chief Moses Yellowhorse, the former Pittsburg Pirate. Yellowhorse is said to have the goods and should be a star in this company if he can walk the straight and narrow path, firing Quays Are Leading in Great Prep Cage Race STANDING OF PREP HOOPERS Lost For Against a6 at 76 a2 102 18 8 85 ™ 80 6 1 bs 69 47 118 Pet. 1.000 +150 260 Franklin Garfield Weat Seattle EATING the Ballard five 25 to 14, at Queen Anne Tuesday, the Queen Anne prep hoop- ers have the undisputed leadership of the high school cage race today. The tightest game of Tuesday’s schedule was the Roose- velt-Broadway game at Broadway, the Rough Riders winning 24 to 19 after two overtime periods. Lincoln downed Frank- lin easily, 29 to 15 at Franklin and Garfield shoved West Seattle into the cellar by win- ning 26 to 16 at West Seattle. pip essere the leading scoring team, will tackle Queen Anne in the big game of Friday’s schedule. These crack! teams will clash at Roosevelt. Ballard and Broadway play at Ballard in what should be another bitter fight. Franklin goes to West Seattle and Lincoln plays Garfield| at Lincoln in the other games of the day. ROOSEVELT BEATS BROADWAY | Broadway {# certainly the hard| luck team of the prep league thin nea- json, Tuesday the Tigers lost their third overtime game of the season, ithe Roosevelt Teddies copping the| | decision, 24 to 19, after eight minutes | of overtime, ‘The Teddies staged a wonderful | | comeback, and outplayed their heav-| jer rivals in the latter stages of the game, outpassing and outspeeding the Tigers. With but a couple of minutes of play left, Ed Nowell put his team in the lead by one point with a shot the length of the floor, but Bob Nelson, ‘Tiger pilot, evened it up with a free throw. Both Nelson and Monty Snider scored three throws in the first over- tiie weasion, and then Snider ran wild in the second period, scoring a foul and two field goals, giving the Rough Riders the game. Snider was the bie star of the gamo with six field goals and threo free throws, Ho played a sterling gamo thruout. Jim Hyllengrin, Roosevelt guard, was kicked out of the game for sot: ting too conversational with Referee Torrence, and Sammy Burnsed and Friborg were eliminated by personal fouls, Broadway held a big lead at the ond of the first half, lending, 14 to 7, but Roosovelt outplayed the Pine st. team the rest of the way. Brondway Crummett (¢ Nelwon (9) Friborg (4) |Molater . Hurnaed Beore by Beriodn; | Picking Star Team Is Hard Talk is going the rounds all ready in high school circles aa to material for the all-city basket ball five. The job of picking the all-star team this year Is going to bo a sweet one, The following men have played good basgetball so far: Forwards — Snider, Roosevelt; Nelson, Broadway; Bolstad, Queen Anne; Slingsby, Ballard; Torney, Lincoln, and Duffy, Garfield. Centers Nardine, Ballard; Duett, Lincoln; Day, Roosevelt, and Schlenker, Queen Anno. Guards—Brown, Queen Anne; Hyllengrin, Roosevelt; MoCut- chin, Lincoln; Seymour and Clarke, Ballard, iY The rest of the season is ex- pected to add several names to this list. Refereo—Dobvie Morrts. Umpire—Hawloy. GARFIELD WALLOPS WEST SEATTLE Garfield took a new lease on life snd defeated Weat Seattle at West Seattle Tueslay, shoving the Indians into the cellar, Art Duffy and Ray Gayzules starred for tho winners, ) ‘Wont Seattle (16) Kohl (8) “ahanaby (8) Ramm (2) forme (2) uriay (2) nm; Ramm Runts for Garfield (2 Dufty (6) Grasules (16) « Carrol (4). Hopper arranger Substitutiony—Da: for Davin; Hoxam for Morne; Kohl; Davie for Runts. Roteree—Dick Munson. Umpire—Ray QUEEN ANNE WINS Outclassing Ballard thruout, the Queen Anne prep hoopers defeated the Beavers, 26 to 14, nt Queen Anne yesterday, taking the undisputed lead in the race, Porcy Bolstai winners, jovelt (24) Hagiat (2) Snider (6) Day ‘Howell (2) + Hylengren (1) 4 Overtime TI 4 1 Roosevelt Broadway 6 £4208 28, Hubstitutions— Webb for Crummett; Rooe for Fribore; Takuno for Bur Kritoh for Snider; Snider (1) for Hyllen- aren; Mullane for 1rioh Roferee—Torrance Umptro—Norquint LINCOLN WINS Lincoln had little trouble defeating t Franklin at Franklin yexterday, »un ning up a 29 to 15 count on the Quakers. Prankiin (16 Kawnnoo (4) Wiln Gurrinon Kono (4) was tho big star for Wallard (4) + Slingsby (10) Hratwett (2) Nardin Seymore (2) Clark | Ulhesle (29) Pottn (8) Tyman (6) Duett (1) Btarrott (2) Dare (7) ‘ lutehoon (2) Substitutions#peliar for Wilnon; Jack- fon for Garriaon; Joyoe (4) for Potts. Queen Anne. Maliard | ta Umplre=Bro a "vane aon CE 9TH Ana ees ee oon hile Keeping Jake May Will Bolster Tiger Chances fielder Before Being a However ‘NCE Bill May, his ¢ E i league pennan May one-third of h can’t be expe breaking seaso The largely F to come back. injured pitching hand. depen men in the minors. Weiser Dell and Bill James will be back and both will turn in 40 wins between them, This quartet would give Kesick a Powerful staff, one of the best out wide of the majors. The right si of the giving Ensick plenty has Rod Murphy, Dallas for Murphy would settle down to busi ness and play the kind of ball ¢ he is capable of playing he will pla the bag regularly Carl Sawyer with his knee, injured lant and was out a long time. If Sawyer can play in form he's almost as g00d a keystone man as he is come dian, which ls saying @ lot Eanick in sitting tight on the other side of the diamond, as Ray French will return for shortstop, and Red Smith will be back at third Hughie High, Chet Chadbourne and Ping Bodie will be the three regular outfielders, from all ac counts, altho Easick is reported be after new men to replace High and Bodie, Harry Hannah and Murphy will do the catching again. They form one of the best mask combinations in the league. Pitching may carry the Tigers| thru again, but they need more in- field strength and a good outfielder to be consiSered stronger than they were last year and they'll have infield ot worry. He Ham Hyatt and Locker first base. If spring, BY LEO H. L turned ank Schellbenback, the | Bill Essick Needs Infield Strength and Another Out- Real Pennant Contender, SSEN ck has decided to keep Jakie ek southpaw, pitching may keep the Vernon Tigers in the fight for the Coast t again. in 35 victories—more is team’s wins this year. He acted to have such a record- on again, but if he goes at z than all good he should be good for 80 wins. success the too, Tigers this season upon the ability of Vernon spitballer, was out last year with an of ds, He When he is right Schellenback is one of the best mound two mighty e ffe ctive veterans, Cue Kings to Tangle Soon 31,—Jake et another whirl for the 18.2 balk- NEW at Willie Hoppe line billiard title, y Schaefer met Roger Conti, the French champion, for the right to play Hoppe. Schaefer won in a decisive manner. || It was Schaefer who dethroned” Hoppe after Willie had held the title for so ma years that it was almost regarded as his per- |] manent property. | When Hoppe was finally beaten || it was predicted that as a cham- pion he was thru—that the double defeat handed him by Schaefer would break his morale. Hoppe disproved such an opin- jon & winning back the title in less than a year, He hopes to re- on of it. In com- on the coming match with aefer he modestly says: “I never make predictions, therefore I won't/say that I will win, but I can truthfully say that I am extremely confident. I am prepared to give my best and hope it will be good enough to win.” a lot of trouble | tain men | | to be stronger in order to win this year’s flag. BY HENRY L, FARRELL EW YORK, Jan. 31—Eddie Col lins, veteran second baseman of the Chicago White Sox, probably will perform in a New York uniform next summer in the new Yankee stadium. Having put over the deal last night with the Boston Red Sox for Herb Pennock, 31-year-old southpaw pitcher, the Yank bosses are now hot after Collins, Demand of Kid Gleason for young Waite Hoyt, along with Ward and Meusel, for Collins, held up comple- tion of the deal for a time, but now that Pennock has been acquired to work regularly, Hoyt no doubt will be sent along to Chicago. For Pennock the Yanks gave Frank Chance, Norman McMillan, an outfielder; George Murray, a most promising young pitcher, and Camp Skinner, a fair outfielder, New York thinks it is the worst |deal ever made in baseball and con- siders that it gives Harry Frazee perpetual ownership of the title of the champion David Harum at all weights. Considering the policy of the Yanks, the deal does not mean that |the “pasin’ colonels” were or drugged when they signed the papers. The Yanks have, to win the pennant next season to keep up their standing with the Giants. GREB WINS NEW YORK, Jan. Greb, American light champion, won a 16-round decision 31.—Herry phia, WINS BY K. 0. BOSTON, Jan, 91.—Abe Friedman, New England featherweight cham- pion, stopped Paddy Owens, Cam- bridge, In tho sixth round. BENJAM IN BEATS JOSEPHS LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31.—Joe Jack Josephs, of Minneapolis, tn four rounds hero last night. NAMEDICO (WHITING'S SOLUTION) is a selentific solution which positively permanently relieves Pyorrhoea, This famous solu: tion not only destroys the germ but prevents tho accumulation of all Infections ef gums and teeth; bleeding, spongy, pus-ridden gums and loosened teeth quickly re stored to a healthy, normal con- dition, Telephone Main 7980, Spring Apts. No. 45. Q | R T Thurs, Nite You'll Shake! (THE JOY You'll Qual asleep | heavyweight | from Tommy Loughran, of Philadel: | Benjamin, of San Francisco, beat | Spot OF THE YANKS GET PENNOCK AND NOW SEEK EDDIE COLLINS Miller Huggins figures that Pennock will win 15 games for him and young Murray wouldn't get the chance to win one game sitting an the bench or singing in the bull pen. Like McGraw, the Yanks are be- coming opportunists. They will sacrifice any future prospects for the needs of the moment, figuring that If the need arises in the future the fountain pen and the checkbook will provide the necessary. Miller Huggins always has had a leaning toward veterans. The club owners cannot help but be aware of this and no doubt they felt that Murray, McMillan and Skinner weren't earning money sit- ung on the bench. DR. WO CHINESE DOCTOR Nature Chinese Herbs ee nome’ es Wo nese Meateine Cen 208 James St. Cor, 2nd Seattle. 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