The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 5, 1923, Page 15

aursDAY THE SE AT ‘TT BABE RUTH, IN SHAPE AT LAST, LOOMS AS SENSATION OF 1923 ROSE CITY'S. NEW RECEIVER WILL BOLSTER CLUB'S DEFENSE AEMINISCENCES ?-EDuddate Pennie Wilie’s Faux Pas CHAPTER LXXXIV, E have been eccentric ball players of all kinds, but T think Dennie Wilie, the Oakland outfielder, is in a ast ett when it comes to being a tough loser. . Let Wilie go without his base hits for a few days, or let his club get in a losing slump and Dennie goes wild. When the Oaks are losing a game Wilie ertaining the - resting p The retay men. cooperating iy wholeealery i ant of the the annual tap, vening, stamps around in right field like a mad man | at times and tears his hair, throwing his glove at the greensward and goes thru other tricks that lets the world know that he doesn't like what's going on, A couple of seasons ago the Oaks had been taking repeated lickings from Seattle and, in the particular game to which I am going to refer, the Acorns had a good lead and look like winners. Then the Seattle gang started to hit and the way they punished that baseball was poopate «= inhuman. Two runs, three runs and finally fe runs were scored, There were two men on bases and the hitter crashed a long fly ball to center. It was an easy at, making it two down. Wilie thought there were three gay and he threw that ball at the center field fence hard laugh to break a couple of boards. Then the fun started. The merry-go-round was under way, both runners scoring, Wie realized his mistake he ran after a {mas too late. Ga winning ball clud Wille would be one of the best ball players in telague. It's too bad that a man of his abllity has to be on second ison clubs all of the time. and wh pill like jared rabbit, t The next chapter will appear tomorrow. } TO TRY COMEBACK NEW YORK, April 5.—Eddie Du pa one of America’s star jockey i years ago, will try a comeback wrt season. “He bas been engag rile under the silks of Aug mat. Altho he has feyears, he weighs on HUNTER GOES souTH NEW YORK, April 6.—Willle Hun ter, former British amateur golf jchampion, has gone to Cailfornt he will make his home. He ition ax secretary Sls between Los An | where t B riding pound: club, Dieg' “ CHAMPS VICTORIOUS CHICAGO, April Joe Lynch, Welamweight champion, outpointed Pet Smith, New York, inst loored in th: WILLARD TAKES REST EXCELSIOR SPRIN 5—Jess Willard, t arm, will resume train of the week, his man fe m- | ager, Ray Archer, declared today. @itpointed Hud Tay! a-| as Boi ten qeends CRIMSON GRIDMEN TRAIN CAMBRIT Mass, April §.— Seventy-five football candidates re- ported to Coach Fisher for spring practice. Fisher needs back field men to replace Owen, Gehrke, Buell and Fitts, WADE DRAWS REEVES ELAND, Cal. April 5.—Billy Me and Jack Reeves fought a ] tarmund draw for the Coast hoavy title here last night. Mum it Shade had the better of it. set tas emma WALKER KAYOES RILEY WWILKESBARRE, Pa., April 5.— Whie Walker, world's welterweight knocked out Johnny Riley, tre. in the second round: YANKS BEAT ROBINS VICKSBURG, April squeeze play in the ninth inning, sel's bunt, gave the Yanks a 2 to 1 | victory over the Brooklyn Robins. STAR ENTRY BLANK bor Wiel t enter the ............<c0revevecess team The Star Junior Baseball league, subject to all the tules and regulations of the organization. millions of dob @ Mars, but some of the trath. (Manager) PPE a etonee : close April 14. img editor of The Star. 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Altho ove the 40-year mark tn age and long &® veteran In the service of baseball, Jack © ow, sig to don the wind pad, mask and big mitt for the Port land Beavers, ea Class AA catcher, according to mem bers of the played with ts still a pretty Seattle team who have gainst him. waa in the Internat 1 OF te t Onalow ts hitter and nd that platter, 4 nalow delive c sod staff for the Be “Puteh" B catcher himaelt low was hing and Barne a big fel ams there says th good & smart man He caught for hey already have CONCERNING THROWING baseball. Some men can heave th onion with all of their might and the ball galls like a feather mi others throw it hard and the ball seems like welghs a ton. Bill Orr, Harry Gardner and Elmer Jacobs all throw & heavy ball, while among other} members of the team, Fred Blake, Harry Baldwin and Hal Janyrin throw a Nght ball | PUTTIN ON GREA Shovel He well with the rab he former Whit fiverun lead the the Cubs and he couldn't | What they sald the next | Plenty, h uding that Hodge r ed them of “Slim” Love in throw j away big leads. NICK WILLIAMS HOLDS RECORD Nick Williams Frisco several ye threw a ball down third base, | letting in the only run of the game. He came to bat in the ninth inning with a man the sacks and cracked the ball into the bleachers} for a home run. The Seals wero] playing Los Angeles, and “Pop” Dil-| lon, playing first base, ran out on the diamond and clalmed Base Um:| pire Charley Irwin had called time before the pitch was made. Until this day Williams claims he never} heard it, but Irwin called Nick back and made him hit again. And Nicko- demus popped out, Williams | that’s a record. k Was catching fo " ago and he The boys were hold: | session and Wi 6 a fanni jams told a good ¢ on Jack McCarthy, former Coast/ league umpire. McCarthy was work-| ing the game alone, He was behind} the plate, two were out and a man/ was on third with the run needed to tle. The batter hit to the shortst Op) ;and the infielder had plenty of time to make the play at first base, Mo-| | Carthy dashed madly to first bane with the old eagle eye on the bag| | waiting for the throw which never} ‘The bush shortstop made the| t the plate and caught the run- y several feet. But McCarthy was looking for the play at first jand never figured the shortstop to| throw home. He couldn't make any ruling and called the runner safe. | | Ho was nearly mobbed, and ax the home team finally lost out the um. | pire had to be escorted from the grounds by the pollo CORN HUSKERS ARRIVE BERKELEY, Cal., April 5—The University of Nebraska track team, here to meet California Saturday, was forced by rain to devote itself to gymnasium work yesterday, Local dopesters figure Callfornia to win, but they don’t seem to make the mar. gin very wide. NELL LOOKS BAD VEPORT, La, April 5.—Jim- my O'Connell, the Giants’ $75,000 star, made two bad errors in the out-| field, and the Giants lost to the| White Sox, 7 to 4. PHILLIES Wl PORTSMOUTH, Va., April 6.—The Phillies stopped off at Wilson, N. C., yesterday and defeated the Wilson team, 12 to 2. At the lowent prices in 44 years—up-to- date designa, high quality materials and splendid new equipment. BOYS’ GIRL BIKES —_ BIKES $36.50 $36.50 With Equipment That includes Motorbike saddlo, Federal cord tires, Morrow coant er brake, complete tool kit and your choice of handle bars, ON BASY TERMS }to be m Criqui Is Colorful Come-Back Figure in World of Pugilism — A GERM SWELL KNOCKED ‘TWO YEARS. KO!- We HASH SIGNED UP FOR THE /AOVIES AS YET RUT — GIVE him TIME CRIQUI TRAE OM BELOTTE. THe INTERP SAID ' IT'S A GAAE LIKE NOTHING + “RIGCOE BY JOSEPHINE DE GRIFT ATEW YORK, April showing the world how VAN Who's to be cally perfect? the prize fighter. And who's show! ertect Why the prize fighter. You might Just as well come out and admit it, Take this Monsieur Criqui, for tna Monaleur Criqul has come ¢ b ith Johnny expects how he world or here to shake Kit Yn featherweight bag and take It back to 1 ance. Would Mo Criqul stay out after curfew? play red dog for 0 much as a nickel limit? Or look! Tt was a question as to whether the fishermen outnumbered the feb on the opening day of the season. sogler remarked wp on Cherry “At daylight it scemed aa if school had Just let out somewhere near by and the whole crowd had de- ehied to come to Cherry creck for th eon had wapid whe of the 1933 Minit ereet Hitle use for the pia alee ¢ 0 of the first fishermen to enter dis- & G. M. Mite, 214 13 cutthroaty fro: ear creek, om, 1822 eutthroate from | the Upper Toit r playing the be or brook, betwee calves a fine fy r April 2 and 14, will re- and fly line, Soos creck, Cherry creek, Stossel creek, Griffin creek, Neuwaukam creek, Tolt river, Cedar river, (ireen river’ and White river proved the most attractive to Jocal anglers on the opening day of the season. Ail of the atreains presented a well-flled lineup of fishermen in search of the elusive trout, Among the fow lucky bis-eame fis Lothrop and A fishermen catching six nico ra in the White river, The Inkes Gia not prove as interesting to the opening season crowd as they had Antictpated, few catchés being recorded of them. Lake Wiidern piled a few trout, altho the sport stould have proven good at this place, with the bie Jumping most of the day tage iako proved a fallure for the fly fishermen, thera belng several parties iting there during the first day, Many local auzlers are awaiting the epening of Snohomish, Whatcom and counties for thelr fl th neason, These three each number some wonderfal that are good alike for both fly and balt, The season opens therein on April 15. A late report to Piper & ‘Taft from Sam Barrett, chairman of the Whatcom county game commis. sion, states that the only closed stream in his county Is Austin creek from Lake Whatcom to its source. A party of threo, inctudin Wil Dettmer and C Willett, each brought back nice catches from Cherry creek, taken on the opening day. They numbered £3, 24 and 26 euch in thelr catoh. Loule Dett- Jamon Mvans and Dr. 1, 1. Smith brought back 16 nice ones from Yellow Jake, In King county. ‘Tho outthr measured 12 to 14 inches, They wei taking both files and eggs at different time of the day. Newa from Chelan cotinty that con. the anglers visiting there in. the following lat of cloned and the take f distance of 600 foet from the mouths of sald streams do not open until Juno 16. ‘The base fishermen did little or no ood for thomaelyes on the opening day Of the season, Hiven tho lakes of Thurw ton county, that aro usually good after fw nossion of warm weather that has been experienced during the past 10 daym, did not furninh good sport for the visitors, DR, EDWIN J. BROWN'S DENTAL OFVICES 106 Columbia St. Seattle's THE SPORTING GOODS sont Leading Dentist for More Than 21 Xoara t | grateful mar | | } does not include the late European j conflict In land finally emerged triumphantly sup: | jin his winnings on }& new jaw, Then they made him a/that Mister Kilbano's saying. | out of opponents, | beate i | SLEEPING 1S, CRIQUIS IDEA OF A Good y | 4 5 ROBT EVDELINE, CRIRUIG MANALER, Bambino Is Grimly Determined Tosser |For the First Time Since He Attained Fame With His Bat, Former Home-Run King Is Trained to Proper | Poundage; Nerve May Fail BY BILLY EVANS EW ORLEAN back? At present the demon s baseball. la., What are the chances of R now the property of Rogers Hornsby, crown that St. Louis Cardinals? For several days I have question, If the hitting of home runs tion, Ruth a great cha glory that was his for thre I had heard much about Ru ne {this burg, but was skeptical as to the How much had Ruth actua |the farm and the preliminary April 5—Can Babe Ruth come atter is the question mark uth to regain the home-run of the been giving the “Sultan of Swat” the once over, the up and dow n, trying to decide that very merely depends upon condi- to win back the fame and ears, th’s condition prior to hitting reports, lly lost during the winter on work at Hot Springs, Ark.? e | 1 wanted to get the information first-hand, and had the big WTERIEWR, FEATHER WEIGHT CHAMP q VIEWED THER WeLOeT CRIQUI BEG ITER, twice on a plece of French pastry? On Monale d no Why t ev one-step! life, he wou! bo lonnter whispered e already | ag of what Criqui could k courage and staged comeback which made him n of Europe i item lena yo! Hin ur soul, he won favorite music is Car-| seen some | do. the men. My tn the epre rived in Amer achalr, His manager, t opposite preters hopped excttec ine," I sad in effect to Criqu story of yqur life,” Criqui puseled Criqui to th Criqul took place ¢ Dan MeKetrick, iqui, newly who sat moekly Robert Eude- tr local ontatiy ar-| Sleep is the most important in Criqui's daily routine. Hoe sleeps| from eight to 10 hours and takes a short nap during the For ll | breakfast he has cup |of coffee. For luncheon and supper he has mar ny veretables and much he piayn sparring partners. recreation, not gain. There was a time before the war, of course— Criqui Jeaned back in his chair and smiled pleasantly at the recollection. | Criqui in slight, an befits a feather. | weight champion. His hair is slicked back Into a neat pompadour, When I saw him he wore a soft shirt, a dark blue sult with a tiny red stripe running thru {t, and very pointed noft brown shoes, In sooth, a mod-| est, well-mannered younx man. And has he much chance at the world champlonship? Ah, if a steady ye, & quick foot and a gentlemanly bearing have anything to do with it, | be has. Take the word of Monsieur Robert Eudeline. Chicken does has “too many or 80 each afternoon he belotte or for 1 I was able to gather the fo! with his trainer abe But it is Criqul ta pounds: at Criqui 30 years old and weighs) His first official combat took place when he was 15 years old. It was « small affair of four rounds, but Criqui | * victorious, and a ger bestowed upon hiro the sum of 15 francs. Criqui blew the gang and j stralghtway became a popular idol. | Since that time he has taken part} in 105 bouts and has won all bur elght of them, Tho official record of his battles hich Criqul encount a@ bullet which tore away tho part of his jaw, disrupted 19 of his teeth, cruelly Incerated his tongue | the back of his neck, jsaid about ft: If Monsieur Kilbane French surgeons pottered around | gets sassy and makes a few cutting with him, took out a plece of one of| remarks to Monsieur Criqul, his riba and used It to make Criqui| Monsieur Criqui won't know a word They new set of teeth. But for two years|do say Kilbane has won many a bat- and more Criqul lay in the hospital,| tle by riling his opponent. Words apeechioas and without hope, | will be wasted on Criqul. BY SEABURN BROWN HE old fight game {fs looking up in the Northwest at present, and ap- pears certain to enjoy a great season during the rest of 1922. It wasn’t fo long ago that good bouts were difficult to arrange in these parts, to say tho least—but look at ‘em now! There's the Bud RidleyJoo Gorman return battle, which will headline the National Athletic club's show at the Arena next Tuesday. Their meet; Ing of a couple of weeks ago, which ended In a tworound win for Ridley} was of Madison Square Garden caliber, and sent the railbirds home talkin to themselves, Then, consider the boys of the classes from welterwelghts down. “Bear cat" Dode Bercot and “Crashin'" Ted Krache are in line to trade wallops in tho near future. Each 137-pounder is a rugged youth from the woods, who has worked his way Into the local main-event class by the kayo route in a remarkable short time, Each has practically fought himself A fistio duel between the two has been brewing for months; it will be bound to break within the next couple of months at the latest, and Seattle ts the logical place to toss the fighting loggers into the samo ring. Tho welters aren't so scarce as they were some time ago. Jack Josephs Is back from the South. The fisticuffer has been somewhat underrated. Local fans have seen him take beatings from Travis Davis and from Krache. But, be it remembered, his record holds a couple of wins over the flashy Oakland Jimmy Duffy; and Josephs was once given a news- paper decision over Bobby Harper in Seattle, On the morning following the Josephs:Krache meloo reports were rife that, In some mysterious way, the path had been payed for Krache to outpoint Josephs. Nothing occurred before the fight, during the fight, or after tho fight, to substantiate such rumors. Josephs was clearly , and he didn't show #0 well a8 he did in somo of his former battles in Seattle; but he undoubtedly did his best against the Hoquiam boom man, and lost because he was up against a tougher boy a4 ringster as ever put up his dukes in a of the earmarks of the type who “throw Josephs is as game Northwest arena, and lias none} fights, To roturn to available welters, Jimmy Duffy has declared himself ready to return to tho Northwest for a return engagement with Travie Davis, That's another Class A battle for the bugs to look forward to. Davis was rolieved of his claim to Pacific coast 145-pound honors by Duffy in a close six-round tilt here last year, The Everett slugger has been doing the best atuff of his career in the months since, however, and {s a fit opponent for the best men his poundage class affords, A raft of likely boxers of tho lighter classes, such as Vie Foley, Sailor Eddie Buell, Hddie McCarthy, Eddie Nell, Frankie Grandette, Ludwig Jones and a host of others, aro available. ‘Tho threo claanen that aro practically empty of prosontablo representa- tives aro the middle, light and heavywolght divisions, Johnny Mack, Seattle's recontly acquired foathorwelght sooms doomed to one bit of hard luck after another, In his fight with Hadlo McCarthy, some time ogo, Mack broke one of his thumbs in an carly round and was forced to stop the rest of the route with his right hand practically hora do combat, ‘That laid him up for quite a while. Next, while in training for a Tacoma fight, he badly sprained a hip, Just now he is billed to meet the hardy Chick Rocco In the six-round semi. windup to the Ted Krache-Bus Barrie bout at Aberdeen on April 11; and A couple of days ago Mack was butted while sparring in the gym and ts carrying three stitches over his right eye as a result. thunderbolt, Mickey Hannon, Seattle Nghtweight, is due for a urack at Dode Bercot in Hverett on April 80 if present plans are carried out, Hannon is one of the fow tough boys of the Northwest who hasn't had a crack at the pride of Monroo, | Sait Lak |Portiand ... And, anyway, there's this to be| *|of Dugan would be almost fatal as fellow step on the scales. H 201 pounds. That Gorman- Ridley Affair Ik anewer to numerous que from boxing fans 6n what was the official decision of Referee Ad Schacht in the recent bout b tween Bud Ridley and Joe Gor- man, and why the bout was stopped before Gorman was count- ed out, this de the following expla was published on ng the bout: , Gorman was knocked down and nroxe after taking a short count Then, without being hit he dropped to the canvas. r this act, on which modern ring rules are very explicit, he was disquali fied. No foul occurred. ‘The bout goes into the records as a techni- cal knockout In favor of ‘Ridley. Behacht’s decision was correct en repeats ation, wh the morning and his action the only proper one dhe , ise PACIFIO COAST LEAGUE Won. Lost. Reattle +. Sacramento Vernon. Oskland Los Angeles , 590 ob 0 | 000] 000 Han Francisco . 000 RESULTS Los Angeles 4, Oakland 1 No other games played; rain. HOW SERIES STAND Beattio va. Salt Lake at Fresno, Portland at Sacramento. Vernon at Ban Francisco, Oakland at Los An Hurts Put N.Y.Stars on Shelf BY HENRY L. FARRELL EW YORK, April 6.—Reaching out too much for cash by put- | ting clubs thru a long spring ex-| hibition gume series, has long been | considered a dangerous custom by those who have no connection with the clubs’ treasuries. ‘The Giants and the Yanks have been hit by tho bad luck that the/ custom invited and as a result of two accidents yesterday the chances of both champion teams may be se- riously affected in the coming races. Heinle Groh and Joe Dugan, two of the best third basemen in base- ball and stars of the Glants and Yanks, had their knees thrown out | and there is no ailment worse for an infielder than a tricky knee. It is an axiom of baseball that} no great team can get far without a good third baseman and if Groh and Dugan are disabled, even par- tially, for the season, thelr pennant chances will suffer, With the Giants, the loss of Groh would not be fatal, as they went thru most of the race without him last season, when the same knee was bothering him; and McGraw has two capable reservo men in Jackson and Rawlings. For the Yanks, the loss or partial disability Miller Huggins is terribly of reserve infield material. The injury to both players been pronounced as slight ‘but bad knee is nothing to be passed off, as once injured it is never possible to tell when a slight twist will throw {t out again, in need | has a INDIANS ON SWATFEST LAKELAND, Fla, April 6—In a benefit game for the Southern col- lego and Lakeland high school, the Indians defeatd the Lakeland Mlorida State league team, 14 to 2, The In- dians leave for Atlanta today, where they open with tho Toronto Interna- tlona} league team Friday, Hal Janvrin Best Golfer ((TOSTON" Hal Janvrin ts the best golfer on the Seattle clus this year, Just before the training season ol at San Jose he made the San Jose course in an 80, and as “Brick” Eldred was along counting the strokes, you can bank on that 80, | mi | | Sonlan organization, Ft | {t will mean everything |into the affair to a great extent, e tipped the beam at exactly Last season Ruth pounds, Draw on imagin and it Is an easy thi waistline ha 6 matter to pict the The least change has taken pls been reduced inches, and the t the y window once of the Babe announced approach is now conspicuously ter and in better s n I have during bis entire the American lea the leac hape even seen him connection When he was y of the John- weighed in the neighborhood of R He Is ep his condition, n anxious to win back the exalted position he once held in es of fandom. He feels keen- his failure of t season. As to Ruth's condition I am per- foctly satisfied the big fellow A in fine to shape never to his ab to come back, another question. the dpinion that Ru depen on som: condition, golng to play an that I am of h's hing Psy- even comeback more than chology is greater part. If Ruth gets away to a good start, to him in an effort to win back popular favor. mere Mob psychology {s golng to enter In Ruth has lost confidence In Once that was his greatest @ sense, himself. asset. Ruth, when he was breaking home- Tun ‘records, feared no pitcher, they all looked alike to him. Every pitch- er had a wholesome respect for Ruth, He was the big threat. That condition has been changed. Ruth's failure of last year has caused he pitchers to lose much of the re- spect they once had for Babe's bat- ting prowess. Ruth looks no differ. ent than the other good hitters. No longer fs he looked on as a super. batsman. T! makes a difference. Ruth Is well aware that fandom is fickle. A good start means he will win back the cheers instead of Jeers. Cheers make for confidence, Failure to hit at the start will un- questionably discourage the big fel- low and probably kill off some of his worthwhile resolutions, Ruth has won back condition, Now if he can get the fans with him, American league pitchers may once more tremble when he steps into the batter's box. BABARARAB ARAB AEA U.S.NAVY YARD ‘Take Fast Steamers at Colman Dock |J REGULAR SCHEDULE a bad Leave Seattle Daily 215, *9:80, 10:30, 11:30 q 6:80, From Seattle (o Bremerton turday and Sunday, 9:30 P, Mt. pag and Dally 11:30 P, M, AUTOMOBILE FERRY _Beattle to Bremerton Dally 318, 12:30 A, 3:00 P.M. [stra trip Sate . M. . 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