The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 7, 1923, Page 13

more ppsey coms the int of fight ring, And oves the jover last uch are iby. alt mp- dis- sh bt. ong uid 478 478 SATURDAY, JULY 7, 19 The Lively Ball Oldtimers Talk Poor Pitching BY BILLY EVANS Yesterdays: \ THE § TATTLE STAR WALLACE SCOTT LOOMS AS LEADING NORTHWEST NET STAR BILL TATE SAYS FIRPO IS HARDER HITTER THAN CELAMIPION See ‘| Galaxy of Stars Competing in P. N. G. A. Tourney Here a t an } when 1 tha t an um-| i Ihisar r interesting fact bd mains of all up the elght ¢ the old-timers ar ‘ 8 in adv of the game. In the morning ¥ wouki journey out to the park to limb. fternoon they w ame, A good ted | away @ major en yea this feature of play ke Larry Lajoie, Jim: Buy Bradley, Jimmy bach, Cy Young and Some of the players Posner aha dlecusbed the fin nein of increased hitting, in which home runs predom inated * great batters in others were star p made it possib reased hitttig time stars realized ball now in use 1 most | ef that in. | ning had more to do with swat, which is featuring HN, than the “rabbit i deys ¢ yc tou 3 pitchers. Some had five and six. However, club had four star twirlers of | equal ability. That meant a batsman faced high-class observation | ub had at that pitching every day. My of the modern game is that few clubs have as many as four star pitchers. | Mo: ist of them have only two, That/| ns that on certain days, with the} out, of the way, the opposing batters face only ordinary pitching. There you have the real reason for the sluggt actics of toda ig was the consensus of the veter ans of other days that the pitc ing end of game had slipr more than any other department, yet Ro one was able to advance a lo Teason, other than that the abc of freak pite.... had cut intothe ef. the fectiveness of a great many twirlers| 5 who had come ta depend almost en tirely on such a btyle BIG CROWD MEETS TOM AT STATION Ges sens ndred: is of attle with Jack pears CROWD PRESENT us har That is Ar BIKE RACE - authority on the subject—Big B Ed Leuder has worked wonders at W YORK, July Willie) NEW YORK, July 7.—Itallan Tate, the giant black, who tions," declares Wallis; r 18, won eur bi and Soldier Bartfleld fo Dempeey's chief sparring part st ebb for tho last ten years and amy of 2/12 rounds to a draw here last night. | tor two ahd caval tineokstal defeated this season when ok thé one-mile titular| Dappy Mahoney was awarded the |iirpo for the battle with Jess W a fo spectators herejdecision over Jack Danley in 12] iara next ‘Thursday night lrounds, big Boyle’s Jess Wi Loote boy er than he need seceenecde The ne Th originally | winner wi | Weight title. Fight experts favor. Firpo to win, many believing he will Fred Carter, The Star's demon tbinchee. ¢ Northwest Golf association’s annual open tournament. Willing, Portland; (3) Russell Smith, Portland; (4) Lee Steil, Seattle; (5) W. (8) Bob Joh nstone, Seattle; (9) Dr. Paul Hunter, San Francisco. Game | Game Chatter | Argentinan Appears in Top Shape Fir fean wild man, can punch righ ack Den conten! wily built to ey was on the job at the North SIONAL eur ath Jealo ties, and. the sp compet alo many and natur of th hit 1a to ate says. I) ITH the Dempsey-Gibbons clash disposed of, fight } fans are now turning their attention eastward. t important heavyweight bout is scheduled for y Acres in Jersey. in the arena fight, On July 12, the Dempsey-Carpentier stage rd will meet Luis Firpo. Willard, for the first time in his enfea 1e \(Bear Coach Pays Tribute to Ed Leader, Old Rival ts ; . BY PAUL R. MALLON pac 2 pera gg oward am t derful victory so the Indians defeated Boston, 5 to 3, Eee BRANCH, N July 7 nder ae idle of his | im the opener, “ , ‘ fe area years ago, when John Kennedy was co pralsed J sade: . proves the ¥ “he took over ind links yesterday, and caught some of the luminaries competing in the Pa- The golfers pictured here are as follows: Fovarque, Aberdeen; (6) Phil Taylor, Victoria; (7) Mortie Dutra, Aberdeen; mething that 1 entirely missing portamanship that ts dem ches. It {9 sport for spo: Ben Wallls, C Tin crew He was one of the first tc f by Yale over Harvard, and his ntiment is with his Alma > had coached the crew rful unselfish spirit. of Many of Yale under the most adverac a crew that wag at th turned out a team that has no ae SLUMP OF NO-HIT HURLER knocx out the aged Willard. On the other hand, some of the leading authoricies feel that Willard’s experience will decide the issue. In his recent bout with Floy remarkable comeback. his youthful rival was a real The Firpo-Willard bout will bring together two of the|would last the limit. giants of the ring. will clash with a fighter nearly his equal physically ill get the assignment for a chance at the heavy- Firpo is young and strong. points of the game is limited, Willard is not hard to hit. Fi wise men of the ring figure Firpo as a strong contender for the heavyweight honors, ni: becomes a bit tenins fs a game for His win by the knockout route over (1) Dave Black, V-uncouw er, B. C3. (8) Dr: O.-F-. Golf Germ Is Hitting Net Cracks E golf germ seems to spread quickly to the champion in oth- sports. For years the stars of the baseball have been. for golf. diamond str orld the celebrities pend thelr mornings on the links. Golf is now spreading to the ten- | is champs. There comes a time when tennis | strenuous. In & sense he young. Con. dition plays a leading part in one’s | t (Sits xonince’ SALARY TROUBLE CAUSES f ennis game, There also is a strain on the heart that calls for physical | yerfection to withstand it. Firpo | He has improved | (YHICAGO, July 6—Ono year agojand Robertson reported late. During Two former tennis stars now do- da 6 he knocked out C the mc ed+ abo ‘oung | the first month of the season he was |!ne big thing ® Maurice }young Jack McAuliffe two months | ball player in the country, today un-|the Sox's winning pitcher, Of late| McLoughlin, the comet," jago. der suspension for indifferent work,|he has seldom finished a gaffe. That | the sensation of international tennis | With his hair straggled down | almost forgotten by fandom, t]$100 raiso must still rankle in his} dozen years back, and Miss | jo’ hia forehead, his wild, peering | is the status of Pitcher Charley Rob-| bosom. K. Browne, twice winner of € his massive chest and his pow-|ertson of the Chicago White Sox ————— | the jonal women's singies title. | |erful shoulders, he looks like a «! | In the spring of last year Robert- lig oughin also is a former na-| age. Ho seems to be troubled with |son became the overnight sensation GLOVES FOR BIG ¢| tional singles champion, and Js gen- | a cold, coughing occasionally, but jof the American league by pitching BATTLE ON WAY |crally credited with being the first | Joutside of that ho appears physl-|a no-hit-no-run game, in which nota) san PRANCISCO, July 7-—~Tho | onMs star to develop the hard driv cally perfect. batsman reached fitst base. It| pioves to bo used by Jess Willard {28 fst net game. When he went) urring with McAuliffe at his| stands as one of the greatest twitl| i 4 puis Firpo when the i pa », | Bast, -he electrified tennis enthust. | camp here, he looked Ike | ing feats in the history of the mame. |i. in the ring at Boyle's Thirty nate In that section by his unusual wind, He stuck in a“light-| The fact that it wits made ¢ Acres, Now Jeracy, next Thuraday |“t¥'© of PI ning left that chook the boy's head. | the Detroit Tigers, ono of the great) iene’ aro on their way to Now|, While he still plays a bit of ten-| His right smashed to the body with \¢ at elugming © ations baseball) yi gol Levinaon, San Francisco {14% MeLotghiin much prefers golf, | |power that nearly carried McAu- | has ever produced, makes {t ll the! rake, of boxing gloves, who has | McLoughlin hits a tong ball and at} liffe off his feet. The amack of the | » remarkable made tho mittens for every big |‘'mes plays a fine short game. In| big cushioned gloves sounded ke | he Chic: management hinte oak: fie veare > ttahed the this feature of pl , however, he is} young cannon bad been set off |that this great success rather spolled| inves yesterday, and expressed trifle. erratic, Coast experts fig. | some re in the vicinity R g. Porsibly it did} to to New York ure that another r's_ experience | But against Bill the wild | for a time at tho. close of last} th Will so Improve McLoughliin's game | sn't so wild. Tato “tugged” | season he was again working ef-| that he will be able to hold his own | him about and bounced iiparecita a |COLLEGE STAR in the big national events if he so} off his chin ear the management of the} desires. Jout got tt that Firpo's cave {great ‘an Robertson's pitching feat by | “Pete” McMillan, —_outtielder,| noted for her driving ability, She |man offense wouldn't work so| well | offering the no-hit twirler a raise of|young brother of Norman McMillan jis rated the longest driver among gainst a man who has a long left | #100 for the senayon, It is question: jof the ton Amoricans, wholwomen on the Pacific coast today 1 Willard. He didn't. show up {able if over a player was offered auch | Joined the Cleveland Americans after/ Tn all probability she will go East | |well in the clinches and he waa an|a@ small raise after having made| graduation from jcollege, has heen|to play in some of the big golfing | leasy mark for the holding tricls | so unconditionally released by the ma-|events this year, possibly the na-| practiced by the negro. V'ithe matter was finally patched up Jor leaguo club: t fonal championship, Jess Sweetster Keeps His Head Jess Sweetster, the amateur champion, is aid to have trans- ports of anger over inept shots. But at player no over him Brookline was recently” no. more self-contained, had gre control than Sweetster. GREAT CROW D SEES SMOKER} There was a crowd of about 14,000 fans in the Oakland baseball park, when Jimmy Duffy and Bert Colima fought July 4. This was One of the largest crowds to view a fistic con- t on the Coast poner dicing __ PAGE 18 E 18 lagiret re Is | Putting Up Good Game |Southpaw Is Leading Contender for No, 1 Rank in N. W. Tennis LING’ to tennis players is ke all-star teams to your foot R ball players, batting averages to |t0 your stars and medal | scores tc golf players, | Each the tennis luminariss lof the thwest are ranked on the | tren of their showings in the various Northwest tournaments, st season Leom de Turenne was 1 without much competition, But this season another player is ming on the net horizon in Wal- Scott, the Tacoma southpaw. for a number of years, bas Just a ir player with a terrific southpaw service and erratic to the extreme. But this y@tr he is at the top of Scott, been | his game and has already defeated |Turenne and Harold Van Dyke | John » match play this season, | Johns was No, 2 in the official rane” ings last season Last week Scott won the Inland spire tournament at Spokane, ale! né opposition wasn't any top F | tho stron If the Tacoman keeps up his pres ent gait h@has an excellent chanes of copping No.4 honors in the ranking, . OREGON SHAMPIONSHIPS § ON NEXT WEEK Be The Oregon state championships ~ will be held next sek sn eke |courts of the Multnomah Athletic club, A classy field is expectell to compete in the events. The big feature of the tourna- ment will be the junior boys’ sin- gies ‘n which the sectional honors will be decided and the winner will be sent to the East for the nation- al championship. Harry Shaw & the Seattle representative. WASHINGTON STATE MEET ON SOON The classic of the Seattle tennis season—the Washington state cham- pionship—will be held at the Seattle ‘Tennis club week after next and }some splendid tennis is expected as | the entry list will be larger this year 4 than last.. Moving ahead of the’ Washington date has been a great help this year as heretofore it has completed the season for the North- west and interest has 50) lagged. STAR TOURNAMENT 18 IN DOUBT If it, is possible, to.arrange, The Btar-Woodliind park tournament will) be held during the last two weeks” in ‘August. It was called off last)” | month becayse of press of other work that made it impossible for this department to eonduct it. Def | inite announcement as to what will ~ be done will be made within a short time. MORRIS IS _ WINNER IN | SCULL RACE ~ | [JENLBY, Eng. July 7—M. Kel | | Morris défeatea D. H. LB. Gok }lan in the final of the diamond |~ |soulls on the ‘Phames hefe this jafternoon. Gollan elfminated Wallace Hoover, American star, in the first trial heat jseveral days ago. Both finalists! fare Englishmen. 'SIKI MAY MEET | GEORGES AGAI ‘ The council of the French Boxing| — | Federation has. decided to summon. Georges Carpentier and Battling Sik to sign for ® match on September 16, when ‘Sjki’s title as light heavy-) weight champion’ of the world will be at stake, Thé contract must be” signed before July 16. The proceeds of the match will go for scientific: research. BIG JESS WILLARD d Johnson, Willard staged a surprise. Few figured he His knowledge of the finer However, he can hit, and ‘or that reason most of the