The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 29, 1923, Page 17

touche tern en burs, Ottvia, 2t—aur fe 10:30 SATTLE STAR HELEN WILLS BEING GROOMED FOR WOMEN'S TENNIS TOURNEY EMINISCENCES D-EDuoddale As Told to Leo H. Lassen Wicked Willie Leard is CHAPTER LXXVIUIL. \ ICKED WILLIE LEARD! Z The scrappiest player that ever western league diamond, And ready to back up his ready flow of } language with a scrap any time. We got Leard about 1910 or so, from a small Eastern minor league, Willie getting the air because he went up in the grand- stand after some fan that had irritated him, With all of his hard-boiled vocabulary | Leard was a sweet ball player, and after he| walked on a North- - left Seattle he played three years of great! Oakland in the anking as one of the best run-getters in the circuit Leard had all the nerve of a burglar when it came to spilling the language. The second |« day he played for Seattle he had a bad day and the stands started razzing him. Leard walked over to the bleachers and invited the whole gang down to fight. After a few weeks Leard was shifted from shortstop to second base, and Il! have to admit that that infield at the Yesler way park was a pretty hard one to play on. skin diamond and once let a ball take life was at stake. Leard stooped down t bounced qver Bi Leard didn't even yet “You big bum, why don This was one on me. with it, as he uw bad—a youngster breakt When he started playing second base defensive play, and one day he had a rur Play him, Instead of playing the ball. Ho force second, and. after looking there he play at first base either, so everybody was safe. I called him into the office later and told him ut in on the ball and made the Play at sec a play him. “That's just some mor: Out of the office. The last I heart of Leard he Cgrolina. Bill has been } Joined that caravan of baseball for Coast leg infielders gue, and DUGDALB ible field to tr nder, the ball y to keep up. hit a small rock and look at the ball, but turned to me on the bench and t you get a ball field?” and {t took me s0 by surprise that BI g¢ did with his line. You can tmagine the n away rve he Leard didn't know much about on first and he let the bs int have time to make a t have time ot make a that he should ha ead of letting the ball | of your old ideas, Dug,’* was to manage one of the the service of mi teams and he tn the game bas bas ds, Friday Dugdale will tell about the wind f the 189 i the American association. pies ob ious pee _ GRIFFITH WOULD START SPRING TRAINING LEAGUE MPA, Fla, March 29%.—Clark} An East coast rivalry Griffith, president of the Wash-| added if Palm Beach and Miami fhgton team of the American league, | Were represented. These two towns bas a unique baseball iden that he Is beara expressed the desire to bringing to the attention of the major | bo ap & malor. league club next) league clubs training in Florida. Griffith feels that such m league Griffith is for a spring league in| would interest the thousands Florida, starting February 1 and ex-| Northern tourists jn Florida du: fending over a period of about seven | February and March weeks. he feels it Most of the major league clubs g0 | paign South late in February. Griffith's} stimulate idea is to have all the major league greatly Tecruits that are to be tried out to re- port on February 1 | THere ts much loge to Griffith's For « period of four weeks these/{dea, As he meets the various man Fecrults would play a series of regu-| agers now training in Florida ho ts far scheduled games, after they had/ putting the project up to them. It Properly conditioned theruselves. —_ | seems to be meeting with universal | ‘The regulars would report about} tavor. March 1 and spend about two weeks! It has been taken up with Prest- getting into shape. Then dt uring theldent Lang of the Florida State t two weaks of March, just prior | teague, who seems certain that hi to the teams starting their ‘exhibl- ub owners will fall in with tion tour North, the veterans would be worked into the various lineups, giving the fans of South a chance to see the stars as well a the recruits. SOLVE RECRUITS PROBLEM The big idea of a explained by Grif! Would give the v na definite line on the value of mort of the recruits, since nothing is bet- ter than actual competition to dis- cover & player's worth Such a plan would eliminate the chances of cutting loose from young Players who have real promise, but Who didn't get much of a chance to show their worth in the ordinary Toutine of spring aining. Seven teams are training in Flor- ida this year. Griffith would like to see eight clubs do spring training in thia state, and thinks it would add| Zest to the program if four were! from the American and four from would work as a cam education that Interest in baseball help the league. SORES ASE es ERR A a CRN LYNCH TO BOX SMITH NEW YORK, March 29,—Joe Lynch, bantamweight champion, hos arranged five bouts for his early summer program. He will | Midget Smith fn Chicago on April 4 Joe O'Donnell in Portiand, Me., on April 10; Tommy Ryan In Pittsburg on April 16; Rosey Stoy in Lancas ter on April 18, and Joe Burman tn Chicago on an unnamed date. moot KEARNS “TALKS BUSINESS LOS ANGELES, March 29-—Jack earna conferred here today with Jack Dempsey on business matters connected with the proposed Luis Firpo, Harry Wills and Willard fights. Dempsey's manager just ar: rived from the East and is arranging for a special train to carry California sportsmen to the Willard-Floyd John- son milk fund fight in New York. the Worlds Smartest COLLAR The MAN of AFFAIRS HE man of affairs is not eager to be pro- pprcncedy fashionable, but he does not wish to pics old-fogyish. A collar to him ceases to be a problem once it achieves both comfort and smartnes: Hence, his prefer- ence for the VAN HEUSEN. PHILLIPS-JONYS CORPORATION 1225 BROADWAY, NEW YORK San Francisco Office: 206 Pacific Bldg. A Complete line of Van Heusen Collars is carried by AhaDouga ll-Avuthwick Second Avenue at Pike the! Berkeley | | It Was @/of a man tn her « a bad hop and your | constantly with men players #0 as| | Rickey I 3 aid Leard, walking | B | | | ot | you ring | the bat he steps into the ball beautl- Incidentally | fully and should be able to bit. Florida State} | | | | Dyer | When not pitching he played the out- |the game by a | leaguer. Girl Is in Training, |Given Good Chance of Lowering Standard of Queen Molla BY LEO H. LAS: ELEN WILLS Berkeley | wonder girl, is being trained for |the national women’s tennis cham. | | Plonships on the courts of the Borke- | ley Ten olub. the no California net wizard, till « girl with braids down her back, is siven an excellant cha: of de- throning Molla Mallory, seven times | queen of the American nets, in the; Annual meet to be held in the East | late this summer. | Mixes Wills gave the champion | some bitter battles last year, but lack Of experience, nervousness and the extreme heat all worked against the | Young Californian. But Molla's poor showing tn Fra and recently show ance 8 other European tournaments | that her game ts on grade, while Miss Wills| tinue to improve for some | the down time The Berkeley girl has the power ots and practices to keep her game speeded up. Leslie Bancroft, ranked N. last season, Is conceded to be Miss Wills’ | biggest hurdle before she battles | Molla this summer. | Banking on | Collegians| BY BILLY EVANS DENTOWN, Fla., March 29.—|/ Manager Branch Rickey, of the Lotis leg man who dis helped covered George develop him as coach y of Michigan, and oi brought him to the St. Louis | Browna, likes the high-brow athletes. It le @ rather interesting fact that | the three most promising recruits on jthe Cardinal team are collegians, | One of the trio looks ready to step | right In and play big league ball, the | could be| other two are not very far away, Roscos Holm, former Iowa State} star, is one of the best looking re-| jcrults I have seen in a long time, | | Holm handles himself like an expert- |enced ball player. He has an awk- ward, yet easy, style that reminds | meting of Hans Wagner, At UNDERSTUDY TO would | PAVAN m is certain to be retained by / Rickey as understudy to Lavan and will surely keep the doctor stepping | to keep him tn the background. Howard Friegau, of Ohlo Wes leyan, the alma mater of Manager | | Rickey, is another capaable perform. | er. Friegau 1» being used in the out field. It im said that he made @ fa- yorable impression on Manager Rickey as a sophomore at Wesleyan and tha. Candinal manager imme- | diately tied him up to report on graduation. The other member of the “: “rah” trio is Eddie Dyer, of Rice tn- | stitute, Texas. In college circles} was a whale of a pitcher.| BY SEABURN BROWN NOTHER Dode Beroot, a larger scalo! built on | That's what Lonnie A mier connolsseur of boxing ta the Northwest, thinks of the poten ran |tia! fighting prowess of Milton I rigging mi helper for t Wallace Falls Ti of Golda |Bar, Wash, and known as the strongest man in the Snohomish county woods. Delaney wa: h of last § lane ber Co., field because of his batting and speed Rickey is of the opinion that Dyer has too much promine to be merely used as a pitcher, say every fourth |° * pr siakad pana hpcot pene d day, He has notified the Texan that |POUN49 _stripped—without carrying jan ounce of fa Add to these quali hele to'play the outfield exclusively. | -stions the facts that the woodsman HOLM LOOKS |has spent his life in a succeasion of LIKE STAR | days in the open and long nights in The Cardinal manager is very| bed, and that he has yet to take his keen for his trio of college stars and) first xnort of hooch or drag from al he is positive each will make good | cigaret—and it ta not difficult to plo- within the next two years. Iam of/ture him as a Class A ringman of the opinion that he regards Holm as|the future | ready to gO, The Iowan looked that| Austin explained this morning that way to me. In case injury or Ilinesa| he was impressed with Delaney while overtakes Lavan, Holm will play the | on a recent trip to the lumber camp | ponition. with « party that Included F I watched the collegians play| ~ — against the Boston Braves in an ex- hibition game. Holm and Dyer par. ticularly Impressed mo, probably be- cause they had more to do than Friegau. In the Boston game, which the Cardinals won, 4 to 8, Dyer onved| diving catch that would have done credit to Speaker. | It took baseball instinct, more than a college education, to make the play. It required courage and quick think. ing, As Dyer came up with the ball Manager Hickey, on the St. Louis bench, fairly shouted: “That fellow is a wure enough big You can't keep that kind of spirit down.” It certainly looks as if Rickey had picked up three future stars in Holm, Dyer and Friewau, Brady aki British Title IKE BRADY, Western open champlon, has practically de- cided to enter the British open thin year, If present 9 y ember ld on the Ho star 6 feet 2 inches tall and scales 1 FIRPO WINS AGAIN NEW YORK, March 29 Angel Firpo, South American} heavyweight champion, won a 4- round exhibition bout with Jim Hib. bani of Baltimore; Jack Britton and Elino Flores went four rounds to a draw; Frankie Genaro won a 4round decision fom Bobby Doyle. and Johnny Dundee won a 4-round Aecision from ‘Tony Vaccorett COAST BANTAM HURT MILWAUKE March 29.—Because of an Injury suffered by Ernie Goose. man in his fight with Walter ¢ | Jack at Sheboygan recently, the | cific const Bantam will be unable to| meet Joey Sanger here April 6 moter Tom Andrews announced to: G day | Luis] S0X TAKE “REST SEGUIN, Texas, March 29.—The White Sox were still hindered in rpring training today by chill winds and a muddy field. They toased the | ball about on Main st. awhile and then draped themselves over hotel chairs. plans do not mis- carry, Brady intends to combine business with pleasure, ‘The trip will be in the nature of m vaca- tion for Mike, who Is one of the hardest working professionals in the game. Mrs. Brady will accompany him on the trip, Brady figures on leaving at loast a month tn ad. vance of the date for the British open and try to be at the top of his game, Brady at present te playing the best game of his career, He figures 1928 in to be his big year and hopes the British open will be one of the championships he is able to land, PRIZE FOR HURLER NEW ORLEANS, March 29.—Six Yankeo pitchers contributed $25] each to a pool to be given to the} one who wins the most games this neayon. MORRISON WINS HOT SPRINGS, Ark. March Johnn# Morrison's curves w working beautifully and the Pirate regulars defeated the Yannigans, 8| to 5. SEALS TROUNCH CL SAN FRANCISCO, March | The Chicago Cubs lost to the & 11 to 10, in an Iinning game, contest was loosely played, The Will This Smile Be Worn by a Champion? “I noticed two husky Jor were trying to pull a snag from a tangle of mud and logs, Both were powerful nr but their ef proved fut until young Delar came to the With the help one of the o ed the the snag clear of t hout ex- tending hi “Ho | without doubt one of the | best physical specimens I have ever seen—in or out of the ridf¢ “To be sure, he for his fistic det weeks. He has never boxe very greenness, in a w vantage to him, for he has habits of boxing to correct develop properly from the “With his tremendous strength, | perfect build and vi! y unimpaired by a tion, I belleve that he wi become one of the best heavyweights this section of the country has ever produced,” Austin concluded After a period of preliminary training, which he ts doing at tho| camp, Delaney will be introduced to Seattle fans as one of the entrants in a heavywelght tourney. will not be r for 9 thi no faulty nd can PHILLY ROOKIES TRIUMPH LESSBURG, Fla. March 29 Rookies at the Phils’ camp their first game in 11 starts the regulars yesterday of 4 to 3. won gainst by a score i SHADES TRACY ND, March 29.—Ray Pel a decision from Jim Tracy main event of last night's 4 show here. key won in th round MACKMEN BEAT MOBILE MONTGOMERY, Ala., March The Athletics were split into two teams today. The Mackmen trounced Mobile, 13 to 3. Runs Thru Streets With Clothes Afire | NEW YORK, March clothing sprayed with gasoline which ignited from an explosion, Herbert fon ran like a living torch thru the streets. He dropped dead throo blocks from the scene of the explo- sion. His Limits Professor’s Ages to 70 Years |™ ASGOW, March 29.—Aber¢ y court has fixed the age limit at 70 for professors in all Scot tish universities. Bicycle to Every Four Inhabitants CAMBRIDGE, Eng, Mareh 29. ‘There I one bleycle to every four Inhabitants of this elty, WHYBRIDGE, Ung, Mareh 29 16-year-old hen belonging to M Kinma Scrages has laid 2,800 og during Its lifetime, is an ad- ~|their training here tods : I genatots , St. buts Nationals Confident |Rickey Sure Will Be in Race, but Doesn’t Claim Flag BY BILLY RADENTOWN, Manager Bt. Louls ¢ his team will b the pennant While that he » EVANS ria, ref eam that f the The route, how- arked y the ad trim 3 in @ game th q fair in FAILED TO nals t 1 every last yea as the big With won. “The loss of Outfielder was @ terrific t McHenry, one of the finest fellows In baseball and & grent much to my team, “All last year McHenry from a tumor on tho br Jeventually caused him to go blind and resulted in bis death. My heart bleeds an I think of how that poor boy tried to play when he was totally His gameness hurt, not only self, but his team as well. Always a great fielder, McHen lost a dozen games sim bec the poor boy was playing with a |greatly impaired vision that caused him to muff and misjudge the eaxle kind of cha “If we Ic chance. an even break would have outfielder, meant that t a dozen games be McHenry tried to play when physi- cally unfit, we lost at least twice that many because he wasn't in the Uneup in his usual good condition. “It is imponstble to compute the lons of McHenry to my club last year. | Aside from his inability to play his |game, his absence from the lineup | affected the morale of the entire club, |as he was perhaps the most popular | boy on the team. All the other pl jers loved him. “However, I would have been will- ing to lose a dozen pennants, if in so} | doing I could have saved McHenry to baseball. His death was a distinct lon: | And then there was the case of | Bill Doak. I expected big things from | Bill, It was our tough luck for Bill | to have one of the worst years of his| entire career. He won onty 11 games and I counted on at least 20. | DOAK HAD | TOUGH LUCK For a stretch of something like 18} | successive games he failed to go fa: ther than the sixth inning. The psychology of having so great a piteh day didn’t do the rest of the staff any good “The illness of John Lavan at short |also hurt. No club can lose Its regu- lar shortstop and not suffer severely. he smoothness of an infield revolv around the shortstop. “Last year was the big year, T will always have regrets when I think of it. This year is another year, “I feel that Myers will greatly help our team. He will play in McHenry's place. I look for | strengthen the pitching staff. The | former Giant {a in fine shape. Some | of my veterans are slowing up, but I jam hopeful that several recruits will fill in the gaps should any of the vet- erans fail me. “We will certainly be a contender this year, but I refuse to penne antas I dida L MAMAUX THRU? RWATER, Fla, March 2 Brooklyn Robins completed y and moved Jout to New Orleans, where they will Join the New York Yanks, Waivers | were asked on Pitcher Al Mamaux, it was learned today, because hoe got in bad with Manager Robinson for “not taking his work seriously.” ~The PREP CHAMPS LEAVE TACOMA, March 29—Coach B. C. Davis and nino Eatonville high school basketball players left hero this morning for Chicago, where the team will play In the national inter. cholastic tournament, April 4-7. The Eatonville quintet, won the basketball title of Western Wash- ington. DUNDEE. WANTS CRIQUI NEW YORK, March 29.—Claiming ho has first right to box. Johnny | Kilbane for the featherweight cham: plonship, Johnny Dundee, junior lightweight champion, has offered to moot Eugene Criqui, the European champlon, the winner to get the Kil- bane mateh. SENATOR BOXMEN WEAK TAMPA, Wa, March " proved pitching is still th need of the Kenators, | Manager Donle Bush yesterday Cincinnati 4to% 8 Im: Breatest according to At Orlando defeated the TIGERS BEA‘ ROME, ¢ trolt Tigers enjoyed a hit fost. yea: terday and defeated the Rochester Internationals, 21 to 11, | rug JUND POWER & HT CO, Dividend No, 12 dividend ts payable 16, 1928, to Stoekhold ROH i Power & Light Co. TIONALS Tho De. Commo! A 81.00 Art Vuget So McHenry | suffered | * yer a8 Doak taken out day after | Fred Toney to|* Power, Speed and Good. | Headwork in Bat List Batting Order of Seattle Tribe Is Gone Over to Show Possibilities; Team Will Win a Lot of Close Ball Games by Heady Hitting BY Now at th JOS the that the Trib March 29.—Seattle smarté LEO H. LA Training Camp of the Seattle Indi vill have ote t hitting clubs this season ¢ has ever boasted of. It won’t be a batting order of ball mur. derers like that 1920 lineup was, but it will be a list of s' runs, and runs win In Bill Lane off man in the league. who can pou them, hard to pitch leadoff sticker, paths he ce scored, stolen bases Lane will be hitter, Johnston is smart at clouter, but a line hitter who c. bunter and hit-and-run man. Lane should score more runs than he did last year with Johnston hitting be- | hind him. Following Rohwer Following s palr will ec der ard and is Rohwer can hit the ball fast. He's also a In plot No. 4 Eldred. He's the punch of the . Eldred doesn't have to bow to any hitter in this league and there are mighty few men in baseball who can it better than he can. Bill Orr, and-run man, will stick five. &@ fellow who never thinks of that batt all games. Hal Janvrin, not a hard hitter, but a amart one and a fellow who can get on the bases plenty of times, xth Either Harry Baldwin or Tex Wisterzil will hit in the next slot, and comes fam Crane will bat here if he plays.| +) Winterzil 1s the this trio. expert. but he’s the kind of a fellow who He's another a man with plent n move those dogs. and tied for two-base hows how efficient he was last y “Doc” even| me Ray| another corking good hit- Orr Ss} Dg kverage, but who tries to win | will hit | ¢ Crane is not a heavy hi-ter, | tickers that will make a lot of ball games. ib has the best lead- .290 or .200 hitter nd the pill with the best of of speed, small, to and having a wonderful eye, And then when he gets on the He Jed the league in runs hit honors, That the ear, Johnston. A southpaw the plate. He’s not a driving an hit to all fields. He’s a good hits in the p Baldwin has yet to prove his hitting ability in this league, but he takes a wicked cut at 1, tt Yaryan will hit No, % and ow he can pound that pill! He will add dynamite to the end of the bate An, second string catcher, rong fellow who is apt to bust up a lot of games on his own accord. | And then come the pitchers. For extra hitters Wolverton will ney and “Hunky” at boys in the pinches: 1 pound that onion. ler will have plenty Lane, Rohwer, Eldred g the tall hitting. 1 J ree good bunters on | n Johnston, Rohwer and Orr Visterzil can be figured, too, And plenty of good hit-and-run men. | And besides all of this theré will be plenty of speed. This outfit ought to win a lot of games because they figure lot of runs in this com-= close to make | pany. ‘EW ORLEANS, March 29.—Does who died of a broken heart, fit’ about the race track breathing as- surance into the ear of Black Gold, Jone of the sensations of this year's racing, assurances that cause the |tenders trailing in the dust? Here 1s the story as it {s told in the world of hoofbeats and !s believed by thousands of men and women who back their choice cf horses with their) greenbacks: Some years ago a fam! fi on the turf was a pure-blooded |Cherokés from Oklahoma, who dis- substituted therefor the | promaic name of H. M. Hoots. Many| | fast pony he had picked up on the |}bloods of the turf. Sometimes |brought his favorite little horse under | the wire a winner, but it was seldom. ‘Then fortune smiled on Hoots. He came into possession of a little mare |whom ho called Useelt. If ever an equine princess got better care than | Useeit, it was because such care was beyond the reach of the pocketbook of Hoots. SHOWS DEVOTION ‘The Indian spent almost “his entire time with the little mare. He talked to her in the Indian tongue and she seemed to understand. He slept in the stable with her every night for fear some illness might overtake her while ho was away, some enemy might try to dope her or, worse still, there might by chance be a fire and Useeit would perish. His love and devotion to the little mare soon |brought results. Se was as fleet as |the wind and she had almost an un- canny ability to get away from the barrier ahead of her opponents and leap over against the rail for the ad- vantage that every Jockey seeks. Then a terrible thing happened. Hoots entered Usecit in a claiming race, under the rules of which any horse in the contest may be bought at a certain figure. It never occurred to Hoots that he might lose Useeit. ‘The little mare showed a tremendous burst of speed that day and flashed under the wire an easy victor. Useelt was “claimed.” Hoots was wild over the thought of parting from his fa- yorite, but the man was obdurate. And when he learned that he must either give up Useelt or racing, he took Usecit with him back to his home, barred forever from the turf along with his favorite mare. Grief over the outcome of the claiming race finally brought the big Cherokee face to face with death, He called his wife to him. I'm going soon,” he sald. “There's not much left for you but Useolt. Useeit will bear a son that will not be barred from the track, I shall be with Useelt's son always, I will o courage him, 1 will urge him oj And then he went to the Happy Hunting Grounds, Mrs. Hoots followed the Injunction of her Inte husband and Useeit was bred to a famous Kentucky stallion, ‘The offspring was a lean-lmbed, conl-black colt that seemed to com: bine all of tho better characteristics of his pony mother and his aristo- cratle siro, Tn January of this year, when the Fair Grounds track opened At New Orleans, Mra, Hoots sent the horse thero, where he was placed un- der the care of H, Webb, an ex- portenced trainer, When tho ble day came for Mack Fold to onter his first race ho was off like tho wind with all of the spirit the phantom of an old Indian, | game little horse to leave his con- | carded his aboriginal monicker and) rather | |plains he entered against the blue| he| ‘Spirit of Indian Backs Black Gold, Is Belief bed his Indian pony mother, getting the jump at the barrier and leaping aside the rail, flitting around the course and finishing a winner and hardly blowing. The next race was @ |defeat. Black Gold had a nail in his foot and the discovery was not made until too late. Then came his big sensation a few. ago at Jefferson park, when he pounded out the 3 1-2 furlongs im y 40° 4-5, the fastest time ever made | over that distance on a track that is in existence today. Joe Blair went »|% 1-2 furlongs at Juarez in 39 flat but he was a 65-year-old, |Gold fs 3 years his Junior. Carmisa equaled Black Gold's mark at the Oaklawn course at Emoryville, whieh is now dismantled. In setting the mark at Jefferson park, Black Gold |stepped the first furlong in 11 4-5. When Black Gold is entered now he is almost always an odds-on fae vorite. His speed as a colt Is um> |canny and the “wise ones” know it is the phantom of the old Indian that urges him on and makes him win, while Black Buy your Hot Cross Buns aty” Boldt's.—Advertisement. 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