The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 4, 1923, Page 13

RN ea mnt _MONDAY, | JUNI ‘HE — ASHINGTON TRACK TEAM CAN BEAT BEARS, SAYS COACH | HROWS A MEAN HAMMER Field at Pullman Mud Sea Town Had Worst Rain- fall Since 1907 During Coast Meet BY TOM OLSE HONESTLY be etury the out by place in by four dvan ingto 2 greatest event from © Vic coming to » was by of the expe point 4 such is far the meet terrible conditio and moi he meet dad to mo the fe ve take-off to a grass spot ed to allow it. I had never coa boys on making the grass take-off, so t s a tie f better the from a hat we could do ¥ We would © the dirt take-off.” Washington's tr their next crack at the hi Golden Bears at the Coast c ence meet at Eugene in 1924, viding a dual meet cannot be ranged before. MRS. SWEETSER © first done ck stars will get ugh infer IS GOLF STAR} NEW YORK, June 4.—Mrs. G. E. Sweetser, mother of Jesse Sweetser, amateur golf cham- event G. the American pion, won a handicap 2-ball yesterday at Ardsley with H. Welborn. Their card Jan. Dec. A magic number to re- member, from January to December—44. 44 is a Sumatra-wrapped cigar made of mellow, carefully sea- 44 Cigar is made by Consolidated Cigar Corporation, New York Distributed by ALLEN & LEWIS 1123 Ving 8t. Seattle, Wash. Branch of Allen & Lewis Portland, Ore, , Hurley | 1 refused with The Giants have bee y| The Gian ve been ma’ pro- | ar- "ootel of Bowdoin, winner University of Pennsylvania's | distance records, » Here he he isi the hammer throw at the relay, has just hung up new n action, of ‘East-West Skirmish | in National League Starts cted a man of BY HENRY } EW YORK, June 4.—Another inte starts this week in the major leagues with the Eastern) m. clubs of the National league invading the West and the| month, but L. FARRELL ectional skirmish Western American league clubs making their first trip to the East. For the champion Giants the trip on the road will be as| Harry b a sort of a test inasmuch The Giants have always been a lead of seven and one-half games, as the Giants can be tested. a good club on road and with they have little to worry over the prospect of leaving home. ng a game only week they a .700 pace, dropping and then. Last won five out of elght games. Their work was surpassed only by the surprising Brooklyn Robins and the Cincinnati Reda. Brooklyn won six out of elght games and is pushing the Pittsburg Pirates for the runner-up position in the league. The Reds, after a long slump, found themselves and won seven out of eight games, al- tho they are still out of the first division. The Yanks have been having easy sailing in the American league They have a lead of six games gver the Atheltics. They returned jhome after a sensational invasion of the West and won five out of seven games last week. The Athletics hit the bumps par- tially and were able to do no bet- ter than split even in eight games. | Cleveland, St. Louls and Boston went right along with the Yanks and won five out of seven games. The White Sox, due mainly to poor pitching, continue to be the biggest disappointment in the major | leagues. The Detroit Tigers have also been a disappointment. The infield of the team collapsed and Cobb has been getting poor results from his pitchers The Tigers dropped four Jout of seven games Mst week and are just in the first division. now | |FIRPO SAYS HE IS CARD, NOT WILLARD | HEN Luis Firpo found out that} Willard will recelve 30 per cent} of the gate receipts in thelr fight in New York in‘July, he immediately went to Tex Rickard. “I will be the big drawing card in this fight,” he said. “You will be one of the two draw-| ing cards,” stated Ric kard quietly. will be THE card,” said Firpo. “What do you want?" asked Rick- am entitled to more money than| Willard.” The conference, held behind closed doors from then on, lasted several hours. At the finish it was an- nounced that Firpo had agreed to sign. So one may only whether Ferpo js to money than Willard BIG FIELD IN BRITISH OPEN) LONDON, June 4.—Thirty-four amateurs and 108 professionals are! entered for the open golf cham-| pionship of Great Britain, which] starts at Troon on June 11, guess as to} recelve more | }who will visit ‘Firemen Swimmers F avored | defeat possible the expected to VACING Pracixa oR Swimming clu tea fire the depart ment wa arks at tal Pool ‘Thur For dy the first wimmers ¢ to evening in four rot enter the quite time the meet take honors. ds forth pessi no chance team Jn com Harry M Balvage, Kunkel, Koski Jepartment ! O'N oil Thoma Campbell, Mehifield, Britair men plan to turn thetr of the to cheer win » victory, One biggest planning @ nin the crowd famous mpe his here will also be some comed ng McTIGUE AND CARP SCRAP MAY BE OFF posed fight between Mike icue and Georges Carpen- that was scheduled for New York Nal ¥ M June Carp sked a postponement Tex Rickard was willing to put the h oft for two weeks, or even a MecTigue's manager said 0 McTigue, he explained, has half a | ac hes in one with another with Johnny | cancel any of these mean a lors of view Wilson, matchen 4 to would io Rickard cabled Carpe must fight the yn ¢ ntler that on jot at all. er hadn t when this was t not answered—or ing written. ‘DON’T WORRY ABOUT EATING SHELBY, Mont., June 4.—Those here July fourth to see Tom Gibbons and Jack Demp- ney attempt td Gnnihilate each oth- er, can rest assured that they will not starve to death. There are 36 restaurants operating here right now, and these will be increased to 50 the day of the fight. In addition flocks of lunch stands decorate the corners of the busy streets, You can do the cafeteria act at the Red Onion or you can eat off a table- cloth at the Club cafe. Shelby is not worrying about the cating problem, CARDS OBTAIN COLLEGE STAR PHILADELPHIA, June 4.—Short stop Esrey of the Swarthmore col lege team has been signed with the Louis Nationals. Esrey will join at the end of his col lege career this month, CLEVELAND, June 4—Carl ‘Tre maine, Cleveland bantamweight, will challenge Eugene Criqui, new world's featherweight champion, his manager announced here tony. “Spider” Kelly Is Engaged As Second Grecivea 4 Eddle 7 received a te June 4 ram from anage h Sp known m agar K Bhelby within a few This turn of affairs, call te Ady om im not t Dempee who in in is thought Haye A great second, probably, that Dempat in fact, who brought him of the enem nd & hurr Ha figure r rene the m Jess’ Manager Says Muldoon Picked Doctor’ AY ARCHER, pal and me f I Jess Willard, wh aving Los Angeles, sald something that is very interesting told nager o newspaper men that fight the chi ssion, sent a cked doctor” with Inatruc examine Willard and report that Willard’s heart Is defec Johnson mM the comm I suppose,” Archer went on to say ‘that Muldoon will try to take awe | my for saying thin, But Jam Willard’s friend, not his manager exactly, and I've about con conse as & manager this fine, big from now on.” Willard’s heart {s as sound as the| | heart of any other human being on} | ut. man gets a equare de “tf they want to take away my cense for telling the truth they can go ahead am not a boxing man. I don't care a snap of fingers for Mul- doon or all the other fighters on| earth except Willard.” CORONADO GETS SPORTS EVENTS| SAN DIEGO, Cal, June 4—The California rowing championship, Southern California swimming cham: |pionship, and military-civilian field | events, are only three of the many orts events on th fo mme above | tents \, program The e the main program, | Coronado three titul | features ne summ how The on Glork | tary-« t will be held the mill | the Coro field Jul wing cont ta \ uly § program at club polo und 22, and the swimming will be scattered over sev- eral week-ends and holidays during the summer, PREP ATHLETES HIT IN SOUTH SAN DIEGO, June 4.—High school athletic circles are rather pessimis- tlc as to the athletic program next fall, following the debarring of nine students from all events and school activities, following discovery of their belonging to a national high school fraternity, Four of the nine ‘boys were stara of football, base ball and basketball It was intended at first to expel the students, but the state law |which makes a fraternity in high |achool illegal, also makes compul sory attendance by students for a certain period, so the students will continue in school without enjoying any privileges, HAWAIIAN STAR IS FARMED OUT CHICAGO, June 4.—Blair Neisdel, pitcher obtained by the White Sox from the University of Hawaii, Hon olulu, wan released after several days’ trial, to the Grand Rapids club in the Michigan-Ontario league tvilian {20, 21 country events LSCH, recruit outfielder, came to the Chicago White | Sox practically unheralded, gives | promise of developing into one of the | Sensations of the year, | Elsch has every asset, including | brains, yet the wisest of ball players pull “bones.” The Sox recruit pulled |one the other day that will soon be forgotten because it didn’t prove costly. Yet it might have gone down |in history with other famous “bones” | had it lost the old ball The slip on the part of Elsch was somewhat similar to the stunt that ‘Doc’ Gessler pulled many years ago as a member of the Chicago Cubs. Believing that two were out, when in reality only one man was retired, Gessler on catching a fly ball that he believed ended the game, ran to the clubhouse with the ball. A couple of NOW PLAY ING Hai Young Troupe Chinese Wonder Workers Great Howard Smith, Lane and Marks of ae and Elaic Burke he. Edwards TOM MIX In “CHASING THI Comings “A Dangerous Adventur: MOON” | runners on the bases scored before his teammates. could turn him around, Elsch, a big favorite with the White Sox bleacher fans, has a habit of throwing the ball to the fans to scramble for, if he makes the last out of the game. In a recent contest at Chicago, believing two were out instead of one, Elsch, on catching the ball for what he thought was the | final out of the game, tossed it to |the fans and started for the club- house, Then he came to. Fortunately no runners were on the bases at the time. If two had been on and two runs needed by the opposition to win, that toss by Elsch would have gone down in history as a costly “bone,” Since it mean noth- ing it will soon be forgotten. However, it has probably proved a worthwhile lesson to Elach to keep a careful track of the outs. aes Bese RUTH is nothing if not orig- inal Babe's specialty runs, When the home-run business isn't very good he secks other methods of publicity. Sometimes, yea rather often, Babe breaks into print for exceeding the speed limit in hiv high-powered mo- tor car. Recently, however, the Babe pulled something entirely new for him as a publicity stunt, While it isn't some- thing can‘ be recommended, it got is hitting home = en METROPOLITAN sy" JUNE 4, 5, 6 Matinee Wednesday LEK SCHUBERT Prenents MR. LEO DITRICHSTEIN In the Romantle Melo “The ‘ple Mank PRICIS: Bl, R100, eae a Nightas Wed, 3 1 imeinees SEATTLE NINE EASY WINNER Magnolias of Seattle won from Pearson by a lopsided smore of 17 to 2 yosterday. Garney, The at Pearson twirling for the winners, was in fine form, allowing but three hits, The score Garney and Bb, phat, Rodney, Anderson and Pierson, | : GRANDSTAND PLAY NEARLY LOSES GAME FOR SOX RUTH STEALS THIRD WHILE RUNNER OCCUPIES SACK Babe plenty of space in the Gotham dailies. What did Ruth do? we whisper it to you. Babe {8 now in the John Anderson class. In a recent game with Phila- delphia he stole third base with Joe Dugan of the Yanks occupying that bag. Babo pulled the atunt at a time when the Yanks had a chance: to go over. Dugan, much surprised, was almost run down as the Babe slid into the base. By doing some fancy Listen while The “Dime & Dollar” is Trust Company, 114 Columbia Street, corner Avenue, same care and Company. Dime & Dollar Savings & Loan Association Assets More Than Hulf a Million 114 Columbia Street, SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES and its loans and investments receive the attention Dollars in Trust Investments of Seattle Title Trust footwork Dugan managed to escape being spiked and dashed for the plate where he was an casy out. That broke up the rally. Stealing third base, or any other base for that matter, with someone occupying said base, requires courage as well as other things. Now that Babe has broken into that select class | it is hard to figure what he can still do that is a bit different. However, we will leave that to Ruth) The Babe is nothing if not original, sometimes, Place Your Sav- but he | July 4th must for Tom Gibbons manager of Tom Gibbe Arts @ good tra in camp ¥ fact that Ke arns together Nourishment and Rest for Oak Fielder AKLAND, June 4—Rest and careful nourishment has b ribed for ¢ cer ¥ the wn in front of him, hed for it, it wasn't there SHELBY CHIEF OF POLICE IS AN OLD TIMER NHELBY, Mont., June 4—Chief of O Police John Allsop keeping his eye on strangers dropping tra! It's a big job for the guar dian of law and order, and he has }only one assistant, but the chief gets away with it. To look John, just an ordinary atable, but after inquiries from those while you in at small town you hav who ha will revise con. here uw opinion. Allsop gun. Years th and in your is an old timer with the ago he had « reputa handy with the trons, reason why bad characters up this time have given Shelby a wide berth the strangers don't know who think they can cut up a little when they meet the chief had better ful ‘The chief says that body here for the Dempsey-Gibbons fight and that’s no Western joke \FRIEND WIFE WILD GOLFER REDDING, Cal., June 4 ball mask or recommended for use while teaching | friend wife to play golf. Chenoweth, local attorney, the essential accoutrements and got too near to his wife while she was attempting an {ron shot. A sur geon revived him and sewed up the wound. off | se ou might think that he was |, coming | walk a chalk mark| , ~A base- | football headgear {s| Both Orr M.| forgot | Cline Will Give Davis Battle, Says Waterman VATERMAN, bud dle and other t boxing ri well pos sted on istically speaking a the stern follower of the that Tiger Johnny Cline will give Travie an argu- ment, when they meet in the Druxin- man’s card at the Arena tomorrow nigl Waterman, who journeys up and down the month, n Cline in action or and enthusiastic over the Tiger’s. aggre slam-bang style of milling, which met with such popul favor in the South. Joe is not picking a winner but took time out long enough to “This fellow Cline one rough, tough battler. He doesn’t know what it means to stop and in every fight in which I have seen him he ing end of the verdict. I fornia outside of Jimmy Duffy who would qualified to give Davis a real ta with K on of fight than Johnny Cline. He;? . & Oe ap r 1 billed here came by the Tiger part of be in his name honestly. week manager of Eka th ing an on Wes slope, is a game ink Davi main event of Nate coast of ive every AS BE occasions, a number is say, has been on the cannot think of a be any more beat D; Malody against Pat es Up as prospects Jass here will should y trouble MLER 18 an aid SURE and his ‘emer, Hurd box the SANTA BARBARA GETS NET MEET SANTA BARBARA, Cal, June 4) —This city will be the center of im for fans and stars 14, 15 and 16, when the lead net of Northern and Southern California will participate in an invitational tournament. Among” the leading players com- ing from San Francisco are Howard Kinsey, Ray Casey, Bob Kinsey, Hel- en Wills and others. From the South will come Snodgrass, God- Ik, Bundy, Mary K. Browne, Sutton Bundy and others. asational victory in the offing. who also manages} Nunes, is particularly out in his thoughts anent the Says Mike, “Cline will show many gloves that Davis he really taking on tigers. I didn't bring from Los Angeles ta a loser, Cline is going to sta Northwest and will beat your ion. Then we Bobby and lean the any rate, the best tomorrow night Or that’s the way it should b boys are in fine fettle to weight. Cline worked fast rounds yesterday h is spar ring mates, while Davis spent most of the time punching the heavy bi sha boxing and skipping They will take it easy t for tomorrow night n Jones, clever, hard-hitting lightweight, who is break- the main event is down to meet Mysterio Smith, Jr, in the semi-final. boys are youngsters with| plenty of class. Jones has the| edge in experience but Smith {s| learning fast and is a comer. 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