The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 30, 1923, Page 13

? monDay, APRIL $0, OSSIP OF THE BALL DIAMOND By Leo. H. oleat Hal Janvrin Is Valuable Man ‘AL JANVRUS isn’t a very op tacular per? »mer mond, but unless we're badly foc the Versatile Boston tosser will prov Rimeelf to be one of the m Mable men in the Coast the season is very far along Janvrin ts more at home at second, down on the Thame than he ts in any position on the | slider, too. He will rank right ur Heid, but from his jong experience in| with the leaders in stolen bases thi. | TRO Majors as A utility man he can| year Mil any infield or outfield berth. This ts the first time in 10 years} S@ioston Hal” has been playing | that he has played regularly, and he Rhird base ts pretty good fashion for! says it’s like a letter from home to — @uring tho past week and|be in there every day his hitting has been pic ne pretty can i hing up rt He's not a slugger, but smart up at that dish ar in the pinches. This week has been ularly on a batting fective, Janvrin is n to picking parti Gray Wolf a. His Bata E are a lot of new feilows on | times |, the Seattle club this year and the | week s has not reached the point of} Wolvert “via that it will with another | in one of t nth of play. [with Billy play worked early in the 10 tried a aqueeze play mes with Los Angeles Lane on third already Gray Wolf Wolverton | Rohwer Ung to show some of the stuft | was has brought him the John McGraw of the West.” caught easily. It made Lane name of| look badly and two-thirds of the fans | went out of the park that day th k the past week the Indisns|ing that Lane had pulled « boner ia © pulled no less than three de-| trying to steal home. @ouble steals, The runner on| tarts after the ball is received idea of the play is to catch the station unguarde: the play. Two out and to| the unexpected is the that three|.a lot of the close ones The time to take chances Is in the tight games, as that may be the ma gin of aif in a close battle rence betwe The fit pulling wins n’t Overlook Clyde Mearkle B everybody bas been giving; stronger throwing arm, because he “bouquets to Bill Ramage for his | looks good in every other department. play at shortstop during the | He's a choke hitter and still he stings Mi series, the fans don't want to/ Clyde Mearkle, 6 who hi pe at second base during | seup of the Seattle infield, duc | another |in Saturday’s game that w been playing | | the ball hard, He rapped out a triple a pip. He has his head up all of the time and he's trying all kinds of stunts at the plate, including drag hits and bunts and he's doing mighty too, rt y too bad that Mearkle hasn't «| well. ncern & pitcher Vean Gregg must | have been in his prime! hardly set the league on fire ice returning to the game with Se- (& year ago, but every once In a le the veteran shows a flash of that was his when he sone: Of the greatest hurlers in|! Was one of those times. rs had a “downer” working that der. He struck out seven te face him and he Perfect baseball for tour in- His curve ball would have | around a corner. who was in the American Gregg was, says that he Killiter had Q L. A. and came to San expecting to take over the of his ball club. he arrived there he found : it so strong for Harry that he and his partners n 2 leave the Gray Wolf on his year. fr isa man of few words, but -action. He's a born leader himself. He likes the and the present job of that he has on the ‘this year is hardly fitted d-run play, in a nutshell, ¢ play to enable the to get an extra bag if “hits safely. One of the vot the catcher Is to out- 6 enemy on ve eedyyemddrs ‘a wide pitch and the play is oetaggte up, even if the | Steal, because he doesn't Vean Gregg Bob Cronin, dean of the local preas box, was in Portland when Gress was in his prime in 1910 and he says that Gregg thought nothing of pitch- ing three ballx to @ hitter and then bending over three strikes that would drop from a foot to three feet each, sweeping over the plate with blind- ing speed. And besides his great hook | Gregg had a real fast one. irege has « delivery that keeps the ball hidden from the batter until it is right-on top of him. He sticks that big right hoof into the air dl- rectly in line with the sticker and the batter doesn’t get a good look at the ball until it's on top of him. Gregg is no longer a youngster, and Walter McCredie made the mis- take of, working him too often last year. Once in about five or six days ‘should make him one of the hardest pitchers in the league to beat. asa leader It was no cinch to let some other man run his club when he has his own dough invested fn the lay- out. Killifer takes his morning exercise with the fellows every once in a while and In the afternoon he must be con- tent with following the game from the- grandstand while the Gray Wolf directs the men on the ficld. ‘When 1924 comes around the Se- attle ball club will face a big prob- lem. In Wolverton they have one of the best managers in the game at the head of the club and in the back-| ground is Wade Killifer, who doesn't have to take a back seat as a pilot! for even Wolverton himself. But 1924 is something else again, and as much as Radiant Red would like to lead his own men he'll be the last one to interfere with Wolverton as long as the Gray Wolf is manager of the Indians. get that extra base. And then with a wide pitch he has a much better chance of throwing his man out. It fan't always the .350 clouters | that are the most valuable on a team. ‘The fellow who is able to hit behind the runner is more valuable than a walloper who can't. “Doo” Johnston is a good hit-and-run man and so is Bill Orr. Everything can't go perfectly in baseball offensive as the defenstve must be given credit for breaking up an attack. Baseball fans should take this Into consideration before bring- ing out the hammer. Suffer From Injuries the Seattle team has re- d a world of credit for play- baseball while crippled, don’t that the San Francisco club hit even harder than the re another blow was added butden when Ray Flash- the young infielder, was ced by “Doc” Johnston as into third base. See Walsh, suffering from a bad horse, had to limp out and ¢ third. ‘They have Sam Agnew, a a catcher, playing right field, as both Tim Hendryx and Joe Kelly are out of the game with injuries. Besides this, Ed Mulligan was de- layed in reporting to the club by ill- ness in his family. He is expected to plug the third base hole. And Hal Ryhne, still under the weather from an attack of ptomaine poisoning, had to play when he wasn’: in condition. The Seals have been putting up some good opposition in face of this run of injuries. nes Are Changing Rapidly are rapidly changing in i so very long ago when breaking into the game tty tough time of It on a ck” Eldred remembers when ho in with Salt Lake in 1915 as a time I went up to hit In practice some old bird on the bly d take the club away from 4 chase me from the plate,” i ck.” “They weren't taking tol any chances of having young fellows break into the lineup,” There certainly is a different atti- tude on the Seattle club. Such wise heads as Billy Lane, Hal Janvrin and “Doc” Johnston ‘and Eldred himself, are constantly telling the young fel- lows on the Seattle ball club things that they have learned from experi- enee. And it's such coaching that will bring those youngsters along. And don't think for a minute that those young fellows don't appreciate it, because thy do, Palm to Violent Dennie Wilie G from the outfield is a| Willie has led the league for some ‘ defensive weapon for a club hY runners are cut down at the -and others are kept from tak- extra base which would put fn a more Yavorable position for due respect for Billy Lane's throwing, the palm for the onion in the Coast 3¢ must go to the Terrible-Tem- ‘Dennie Wille, of Onkland. time in assists from the outfield and he is uncannily accurate, Altho Wilie’s disposition undoubt- cdly affects his playing, as te blows up every time the Oaks fose, und they lone plenty of meloes, he ts really ,g00d ou'fielder. It's too bad he hasn't been on a winning team during the past few years, as he would be one of the real stars of the league on a Dad club, ste Fagg id tia missed the pitch and Lane | — THE SEA TTLE STAR Davis Cup bi sleatnard Dates Are Set ATES the for the completion of the various ropean zone of the Davis Cup matches have been fixed by the committee rounds in in London, Eng., acting on behalf of the International Lawn Tennis Federation, as follows: First ond round by and the final June round 19; round to be semi-final Europe completed by round July June 5; see by July 17, by 24, This will ensble the winning team to United States in time to me group on August 16, Czecho-Slovakia and Switze France and Denmark, land and Belgium must clas June 5, ‘Big Scores Feature Champions |Win Second League Go Standing of Star ie LEAGUE NO. 1. Won Last Pet 1,000 1.000 Team- West & Wheeler Loule’s FD. C. Fremon: Fahe Asahi Cubs Lincoln Park Pirate Arden Cubs LEAGUE NO. Team— Three Bros. D. W Best Shoo P. ington Park 000 000 IH second round of games } The Star Juritor Sur was featured by big scores jin several of the games, the West & Wheeler champions, running up a tally of 18 markers against Fahey Brockman in the higt-water mark of the season, ‘Tho Tullored Ready team falted to show up for Washington Park They forfeit their franchise, and all of the players on the team will be barred from further Star athlet ities unlex ext of the shoedu i schedule for the coming week | follow LEAGUE NO. 1 West & Wheeler va. Anahi Cubs, at Broadway field; Fahey-Brockman vs. Lincoln Park Pirates, at Broad way field; Louie's French Dry Clean era vs. Arden Cubs, at South Park; Fremont Cyclones, {dl LEAGUE NO. 2 Pugets Works, at Walla Walla: Reiger Valley Merchants vs. Y. M. H. A. at Walla; Washington Park vs, Best | Shoe Shop, at Walla Walla; Tailored | Ready, idle. Homo teams are named last In each bracket. Home team mana- gers should obtain permits for their grounds immediately and should in- form the sporting editor of The Star 4s soon as possible as to what hours thelr permits call for, CHAMPIONS WIN AGAIN The West & Wheeler club, 1922 star league chainpions, swamped tho | Fahey-Brockman outfit, 18 to 7, at) | Walla Walla field Sunday, winning their second straight game. Art But ler hit two homers for the winners jana Art Sackman fanned 13. Danny | O'Leary starred with the stick for | the Clothiers. ¥a. Three Brothers Dye/ Baseball league | | Jone more race wil! be In a pox 17 and 18, come t the to the winning provision Ireland, from Europe American Under this rland, India and Spain and Roumania and Eng- h in the first round before Star League Games NOTHER $1,409 AND EXTERMINATOR WILL PASS MAN 0’ WAR Exterminator’ “Come on, you For years that hos been the yell of the “Come on, runnin ks you Exterminatc Right nobly has the great yearold responded to that ye! ja result Exterminator by win to take away a record now held by Man o' War. When Man of War was retired from the track his winnings amounted to $240,465, nearly a quarter of a million doUara Such winnings gave Man a’ War the ranking of the champion “money winner of the American turf, ttle 2 (first eam Seattle = (secon . Oakland 1 (first game). ke 6, Onkiand 2 (second game). Portiand 9, Low Angeles & (first game). The score— West & Wheeler. . Fahey-Brockman . Batteries — Sackman Hardis, Ellis and Mitchell. ¥. M. H. A. WINS MELEE The Y. M. H. A. defeated the Pu- gets at Walla Walla in a free-hitting game, 10 to 7 being the final tally. ‘The losers were forced to use three pitchers on the mound, while Cohen went the route for the winners. Far- row played a nice game in the field for the Pugets, while Silverstone was the big star for the winners. ‘The acore— RH E. Y. MH. A... 0 9 8 Pugets . ... ~7 8 4 Batterles—Cohen and Ordell; Chris- ty, Jernberg, Burnfield and Brook. R. H. EB. 18 16 3 wen, © Oe id Miller; DYERS WIN CLOSE ONE won a close battle from the Rainier Valley Merchants at Columbia by a 5 to 4 count. Abel and Burnett worked on the mound in good style, while Lowry played an all-around game for the winers and Robertson starred with the #tick for the losers. The acore— R. H. EB. Rainier Valiey Merchants. 4 7 4 ‘Three Bros. Dye Works...5 $$ 1 Batteries — Burnett and Staats; Abel and McNally. LOUIE'S ROUT FREMONT : Louie's French Dry Cleaners rout: ed the Fremont Cyclones, 14 to 0, in a sixinning game at Walla Walla featured by the pitching of Eugene eaapir who held the Cyclones to je hit, TIE GAME AT BROADWAY The Arabi Cubs and Lincoln Park Pirates played a 3 to 3 tle and were forced off of the Broadway playfield before they could settle it. TAILORS FORFEIT ‘The Tallored Tready club failed to put in an appearance’ for the game with Washington Park and forfeited to the Park boys. HAWAIIAN STAR DEFEATS SMITH SAN. FRANCISCO, April 30.— Clarence Lane, Hawaiian swimmer, and old tank partner of Duke Kahanamohku, hung up a neat ono in the 50-yard open swim at Sutro Suiday. He came over the stretch in 24 seconds fiat, beating Lester Smith, Olympic ace, by several teas Portland 9, Lon Angeles 2 (second game). 0). '|EARLINGTON WINS MEET IARLINGTON'S 18-man team, playing on {ts home links at Black River yesterday, defeated the University Golf club squad by a 38- toll score. the Individual Unlversity Houston . Ayer. Cornell Harold Lewis T. Smith Atking (6) Young ... Gravely Kearns , The Three Brothers Dye Works| P Tancker O'Brien Total . ‘Total ABERDEEN BALL SEASON OPENED ABERDEE: April 30. —The Knights of Columbus diamond men opened the season here with a 6 to 3 victory over the Smoke Shop team Yesterday afternoon, on Stewart field. Charley Lyman worked all of the way on the mound for the win- ners, allowing but flve scattered bin- gles, HYATT’S TEAM GIVEN BEATING OLYMPIA, April 30—Ham Hy- att. former Vernon Coast league firet sacker, led his Olympia team against the crack K Street nino, of Tacoma, and met defeat by an & to 1 count, on Stevens field yesterday, Hyatt was walked each time he Where Y RUMMY, TREBZE-OUT, SOLO and POOL 214 Jefferson St. Just back of L. C. Smith Bldg, Card Tables, Pool, Cigars, Soft Drinks, Lunches ; money On April 21 Ha Md., Exterminator won the Philadel phm handicap, worth $3,350. In do jing #0 he beat such good horses as aul Jones, Fair Phantom, Irish Kine, Comic Song and Rouleau, That win brought Exterminators winning total to $248.05: just $1,409 leas than Man o' War's record, Another win fn a race carrying a purse of almost any size will eend |Exterminator ahead of Man o’ War as the greatest money winner of the American turf, Having accomplished that feat Ex- ‘terminator will wet out to establisty ‘Lynch in Workout at A. & S. Ce JOE LYNCH, sen- wational Oakland scrapper, who jtattles Dandy Dilion in the main jevent of the Austin & Salt biil at the Arena tomorrow night, mado |his bow to the Seattle fans yester. ay afternoon, After the regular |xym routine and four spirited |rounds of boxing with the clever Bolly Seaman, the boxing followers on hand for the workout began a steady buzz. Lynch fights a great ceal on the order of Jimmy Marcus, the Cal'. fornian, who made such a sensa- tional showing against Travie Davis last week, only he is more aggres- sive. The Oakland boy is a socker first and a boxer afterwards. How: ever, he is no slouch when it comes to stepping around. He showed that in the four rounds he was box- ing with Seaman yesterday. Any- one who can hit Seaman squarely at all is a mighty good boxer and lespecially in the gymnasium. California Joe likes to fight and wo does Dandy Dillon. Dilion is at at ' | bis very best rooting In and looks the best against a boy who will dig in against him. Lynch came here to win and Dillon is here for the same purpose, The two youngsters appear to be evenly matched in every respect. Dillon has had more experience thah Lynch, but is not as old in years, Lynch's rise in the boxing game has been metoric. He started in a green youngster about two years ago. Joe picked up knowledge #o rapidly that it was but a few months before he was boxing the best of them, A few of the best known south. erners he had defeated are: Tod Morgan, Eddie White, Young Far- roll, Tony Gregory, Dynamite Mur. phy and Georgie Lee. Lynch has also defeated Johnny Buff, ex-ban- tamweight champion of the. world; Jimmy Mendo of Philadelphia and Bud Manning of Seattle. Lynch boxed Billy Mascott in Portland re- cently and was creited by many with winning nine out of the 10 rounds, only to get a draw verdict. Both Lynch and Dillon are on edge for their fracas tomorrow night. The remainder of the card fol- lows: Johnny Mack vs. Frankie Britt, featherwelghts; Hurry Ander. son vs. Young Sam Langford, light- weights; Jack Morgan vs. Joe Ken- nedy, welterweights, ond Tommy Tolas vs. Joe Bellew, bantara- weights. National League New York « Chicago . Roston Pittebure Cincinnatl 9, Chicago oi Bt. Loule 3, Pitatnary Philadeiphia 9, New Tork % De Grace, } Exterminator, who has brought home a fortune in purses, with Johnson up a world At rp Isin glass, is the ¢ Devo ecord as a mone the great with a record of mpion momey setter. of the turf fee! that “Old |Bones,” ux Exterminator is known, will surely turn tho trick. ‘The eight-year-old won of McGee looks jto te ready for another big year. On April 16, Exterminator ran third in the Harford handicap, Some of the turf experts seemed to think that Exterminator had gone back, that his great courage alone en- jabled him to win a show position, His fine performance tn the Phila- |delphia handicap refutes such a be- Hie y winner sh ho! righ! Me two that becthe sizth frame of the second game, Mal Janvrin had a terrible time around third base yesterday, after playing pretty food ball at the hot corner all week. It was an off day for the Boston fellow. Ed Marney was called upon as a pinch hitter during the afternoon, and he de- livered, aa he usually does, « spanking single to right, Pete Kilduff did some three siugion, two ‘4 home run and two walks fae his toll for the day, Deo Walsh also hed « big afternoon, four straight singles and a walk in the first game and two singles, two walks and & Meritice and first on an error being i@ total, Pete Compton turned in one of the beat fielding features of the day when he snared Yaryan's tong fly with one mitt. Pete Ritchie worked the last few in- nings behind the bat, and looked pretty good for the Redektt “Yam” Yaryan finished the second Fame at second base, and did pretty well, “Brick” Eldred went hitless thruout the afternoon, something unusual for him. Jim Welsh, the great young recruit In- fielder with the Indians, finished up the second game at first base, He hasn't had the chance that Bill Ramage and Clyde Moarkle have had in showing his stuff, He's the best hitter of the three. Jim Agnew caught the first game for the Seals, He has been playing right field for a week or more, BU Orr went up asa pinch hitter In the first game, and delivered with a 6. BY HENRY L. FARRELL NEW YORK, April 30.—Tris SpeakeWs Cleveland Indians are the current sensation of the American league. With nine victories out of 12 games, the Indians are not only leading the league but they are play- ing the best ball in the majors. Speaker is getting goed pitching and good hitting, even if the de- fense of the club is rather sloppy at times, The Indians at present are the only club in the two leagues that has the pitchers and batters both working. Tho Giants are leading the Na- tional league with nine victories out of 18 games. It would be silly to say that the world’s champions are not playing good ball but they are not keeping on their stride, MoGraw's ‘pitching staff has gone up again, Fifteen pitchers have been used In four games and it is only a game heart and great hit- ting that is keeping the Giants In tho lead, Detroit needs only some pitching fo make the strong bid for the H pennant that is expected of them. Ty Cobb ix beginning to get that pitching. Tho Tigers are the heav- jest batting club in the majors and they are just as game as tho Giants. The club is in second place now Popular Bird ) bo Peg} ae CHARLES T. BLACK ANSAS CITY, April 30.—Charles T. Black, of Alton, IL, next year will have the distinction of be- Jing captain in the same season of | the University of Kansas football and | basketball teams, Yaukes Golfers Afford Surprise LONDON, April 0—Surprising form of the American golf team in the practice matches at Rye Saturday caused British critics some excitement for thelr week- end columns. The Yankee team put up a most formidable exhibition of fine golf in view of the shortage of prac- tice, the experts agreed. All were excellent at putting but Jess Sweetser, the New York star, hailed as the greatest. The critics referred to his work on the greens “magic 1 pointed to his “terrible accuracy.” PREP TOSSERS PLAY CRUCIAL TILTS TUESDAY Prep schoo} ball fans are all set for another round of contests for Tuesday afternoon. Franklin, Broad- way, Roosevelt and West Seattie are Jed up for first place honors, with two wins and one loss each to their credit. Second place honors go to the remaining four aggregations, | | Roosevelt plays Queen Anne on Mercer field, Lincoln and Franklin j tangle on Columbia field and Broad- | way and Ballard meet on the Ballard jot in the contests this afternoon. A decided change tn the present stand- ing is practically unavoidable after, the results of these contests are set down. ‘The prep race is closely contested and altho it is only opening its third week tomorrow afternoon the fans dre already pitched up to a high point of interest. OLYMPIA, April 30.—The Univer- team defeated the Olympic High Steven's fleld bere. Saturday. afer | {6,28 Steven's field here Saturday after- noon, The Frosh staged a thrilling irally as the game drew to a close jand took the lead. Olympia had the jedge up until that time. Hal Gardner, on the mound for the prep tossers, pitched a star game, but was given poor support in the critical stages of the contest. Champs Score 26 Fat Runs Seattle Hold Visitors on Dou- ble Bill on Sunday BY LEO H, LASSEN T'S 4 good thing that the Seattle Indians are leaving the city for for a three weeks’ road trip, as it | will give the 10,000 fans who eat in Jon Sunday's double-header in the |Rainier valley baseball orchard | plenty of time to forget the orgy of | runs, | The San Francisco Seals plastered the Indians with a double defeat, |winning the firet encounter by an & to 2 tally and the second by 18 to 2. The Seattle pitchers collapsed un- der the terrific bombardment of the | visitors, who made a total of 39 hits jott the seven pitchers who worked |for the locals, | Fred Blake started for the Indl- Jans in the first game and was hit jhard, giving way to Vie Pigs, who {also was pounded, Jack Tesar fin- ished up the game in good style. | Bill Plummer was sent to the showers quickly In the second game, Tesar again going in. But, altho he pitched well, he was jerked quickly for a pinch hitter. Carf Williams worked the whole game Friday and was called upon again as the third pitcher in this game. He had a 10 runs coming over in the sixth, Elmer Jacobs finished the game. Harry Courtney and Bob Geary — |worked the two games on the bill baseball. Home runs by Billy Lane and Pete Kilduff into the bleachers and a long homer over the right field boards by Ray Rohwar featured the game. The Indians left last night for sity of Washington Frosh baseball |**pitle The Olympia player is a brother of w Ob Gardner, University of Wash- ington diamond performer. York Philadelphia Washington Boston St. Lout Chicago Philadelphia 3, Washington 2. Detroit 1, St. Louis 0, Cleveland §, Chicago 3. Frenzied Fans Mob Babe Ruth PATERSON, N, J., April 20.— Several spectators were injured when Babe Ruth was mobbed by a delighted crowd after he knocked a homer in an exhibition game which the Yanks took from 9 to 6. CLEVELAND IS SENSATION OF AMERICAN LEAGUE RA and unless they collapse they erie be up around there for the biggest part of the race. The Browns and the White Sox continue to be the prize busts of the two big leagues. Neither of ing, and the Browns kre having trouble filling the shoes of George Sisler.. Durst, a rookie, has been replaced at first by Marty McManus, their star second baseman, and, al tho he has been doing well, the defense efficiency of the team has been decreased with Foster at second base. Both Philadelphia. clubs in the first division is. a rather unusual spectacle even for early season. The Athletics ave beginning to look like a real first division club, but the Phils cannot expect to remain up very long. The Phils are a game club, however, and Art Fletcher has them playing real giant baseball. The Cubs are continuing a pleas. ant race, The Pirates and Robins have not hit thelr stride, HARTFORD, Conn, April $9.— Manuel Alonzo, famous — Spanish tennis player, was defeated here Be ro bag! ‘Home bee Water flee batted. Caught plays—Janvrin, them is getting the expected pitch. | Johnston, Walter Gal.srait itt Pitchers Cannot’ left field terrible time getting the Seals out, |for the visitors, both pitching flomsy 7