The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 4, 1923, Page 12

PAGE 12 Sport Talk Dempsey a Sport. Many Critics. A Good Fellow. BY HENRY L. FARRELL! EW YORK, Aug While 19 been the year of big several head: cessfully the year and defending may have champions, sports have suc dusts for Tiners of survived the test of will be back next year thelr titles Foremost, pe champions who have 1923 test afely, ts Mil Henglen, the queen tennis court. The great French sil ho says she has haps, of the super passed the Susanne of the work completely recovered her health, ran away so far with the shampionship at Wimbledon that her game encouraged the tennis ex pert of “Sporting Life” (London) to write “If anything than she ever prove? If she hope there of recovering the champion aps another 15 years? Suzanne is better was, Can she. im does, wh rm shown rench girl, the ease with » walked thru the tourna: possible dearth of and may have by une which » ment and material in @roused enthusiasm to the point exaggeration in estimating t fength of Suzanne's reign of the courts. Age and increased exuct the penalty among tennis play- rs with the same severity suffered by other athi Brookes remain @d a star until he man” and several of the star women players of the United States On” long past the age when the verage athlete could have been counted on as having passed the peak. Disregarding .the promise shown by Miss Helen Wills, the California girl star, it is only logical to figu that Mile. Lengien is not a cham, Pion for an indefinite period. The French girl, regardiess of What was said about her heart When she retired at Fo Hills two years ago, is none too strong, @nd@ she has had a very strenuous career on the courts. She may re AS Que years do not was an “old fain her strokes and her technique, | Dut her physical resources cannot go On forever. Little Helen Wills is building a Strong game of distinctive mane Hine style, due to the fact She learned the game and deve! oe #f against male opposition eveloping great strength and un fess the experts are all wrong, the time in years can be counted on hand when she becomes the ehampion. Eni yond doubt, feels chag Fined at the loss of national tennis prestige in a sport that ts almo: Gs distinctively British as golf. Victories of Mile. Suzanne Lengien nd that great little Sportsman, Billi. Jolinston, in the Singles at Wimbiedon, took away again both the British titles and they caused it to be asked some concern, “What is the matter with British tennis?” The same writer in Life.” of Mile. Linglen. advances Jowing theories in answer t isthe cult of the hard court Which has been responsible for the Joss of our supremacy game Which was invented by an ish man. The bard court has reared @ series of foreign and colonial ¢hampions, who have gained their successes mainly by taking of the Dall on the top of its bound Nearly all of the best men are fained with the theory of base-line Perpetual motion, and what use is it When pitted against the modern School? Did it affect Tilden, worry Patterson, or threaten Johnston? “Ail these three world's champions thrived on this warfare of attrition @nd regarded it with the scorn and the contempt that it serves. Their whole game of viriliy and the devil heard enough about grandmotherly is full legislation. How about grandmother- | ly lawn tennis? “The means by which our pre-w champions Ireld their sway are now, Hike the old fashioned gunboat, out Of date and fit only for the scrap heap. They had to angle for their openings in a weary and exhausting way. The new champions angle for no openings. They simply hit the Halls, and mighty hard, too. “Champions are now bred on hard r sun-baked grass courts, and not On uneven surfaces, such as are ex Perienced in this country.” Vinnie Richards, who won his Way into the British hearts, lost during the Wibeldon tournament be. Cause of his inabality to hit off the ground, in the opinion of the same writer. “His great volte; ing certainly merited a partial suc. ceas,"’ he commented. hard Dick Muns i tarcer University of Washington basketball star and for- Mer Lincoln high school cage coach will probably tutor the prep lads at either Kent or Eatonville this coming year. Ww. ednesday meeting. American, with | 80 richly de-} We have | -| classy lads mingle. CHANGES TO BE MADE IN HIGH SCHOOL COACHING STAF Y PeltonWil 1 Take Matter Before Board Wednesday | Large Amount of Routine Business Before Body Has| Caused Postponement of Action by Head of | High} School Athletics for Several Weeks, He States LTHO he would not give out any definite information until Wednesday, A. C. Pelton, athletic director of the Seattle high schools, declared yeste that changes were to be made in the coaching staffs of the several institutions, Pelton has been trying to bring the subject of changes be- fore the school board for the past week, but has been un- successful because of the large quantity of routine business {to be performed by that body. He states, however, that | T. R. Cole, school superintendent, and the members of his| board will entertain a state-| aasaeer ence ment of changes at their ‘Courts to Be Speedy for Meet nnis cou pho for ‘The The school athhtic director will probably recommend the assignment | of one or more new Hartield high Leon Brigham has been the four major sports for without any changeoff. 8 been som coaches to school, since Coach handling two years talk ¢ nd park man Ww Star net tourney at auth Rooseve institu . Charles D'vorack, football coach, ion to go t nformal discussion with one yers a few ndicated that he of leaving his post Coach Raleigh Lichtenberger, how fixture at Hroad a cyclone The park depart rities have kept the park leaving his another city, In an of his the coach nderfu om: contested courts in w shape, and The days ago, develop had no Intentions 5 # for the big will e next Wednesday ks appear daily on the sport of The Star. No fee is that is necessary to do annual r ever, will be a way, unless rea along. harged Lichtenberger has experienced hard luck with his elevens in the first few games of both » he has jeoached. He should chase his jinx {this year and put his tiger eleven | Jin the running from the start AD HOHENBERG ae Soukup at Franklin will handle his old job when DEVELOPING Been ten tema be ture |S. Os PUNCH fall AY SEAMAN, clever New York Pease of Ballard, Munson of Lin t who is to meet Jim: jcoln, und Murphy of West Seattle | ™Y Sacco, of Boston, in the main should all be in moleskins at the | ¢vent of the smoker at Elliott park, start of the season, No changes, ex. |!" Everett ing to develop spt In the case of Garfield, may be gree htapdytrratg sh ape = sper" forseen on the football schedule. | si cn me the seneker'k: But there are three other spo: 9 sAiheae hae ah ire Chief Al Taro, of Eve: e considered, and it is probable in| 1, putting on the show th th © athletic features of { ate shuffle tion, t% Ining up a goo SOUTH TOURNEY Is POSTPONED :: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2.—Ow ng to inte ne, eiers in the Golden Clevetan handicap Be ; : 7 undecided. semi-finalist » enter ney is to fill out the blank Hi jt in to the sporting ed Stal Coach | probably ts ende draw a month sto : tt, who director will his cards up. AMERICAN the final sets ‘Tennis singles tourney are Cranston Holman, has been competing in - the Southern California champion F i ‘ ships and was unable to get back Boston in time for his scheduled match with the semi-finall: H Vind. The two wil probably | |meet some time this week, how.| ever, the winner to play C. H. Obe-| maur for the title next Sunday Gate No game: othe played NATIONAL LL Won. Lost. WE SOtK. sieves ance ccs 84-88 fmatt 222. a8 | Pittsburg .... a8 | Chicago ba, 47 Sporting | prookiyn o who paid tribute to the game | the fol- | PR | Boston Louls ee} jadelphia IN BIG TRADE | MONT, Ind., Aug. 3.—Robert| homas, LEAGUE mice under ¢ twit Francisco Bs 4s 3 Henryetta (Okla.) ern league bee Okmulges Red ia » Ider in BEARS TAUNTED | BY ISLAND MEN HILO, T. H., Aug. 3.—Taunte Jeering mob of rooters, th baseball team was by the University of Hawai No games played Fremont bail player, PACIFIC COAST team in the id to be the fast ue and the No games played NEXT SMOKER HERE AUG. 14 The next | tans will be Cait defeated 8 to 4 smoker for Seattle ring | fornia staged at the Arena on evening, Av 4, | the auspices of Austin & Salt Salt is now working on event attraction | The Dan | the Tuesday under | Bears threatened to quit in second inning when one of their number was sent bench for) | calling out good main. ‘o the epithet rHE SEATTLE STAR [ OUR BOARDING HOUSE | Tew, Here's TH’ TeKETS AN! PULLMAN | “To “THORNPIKE GLENGy | = BUS, You'LL GET oUT | oN “TH SWEET END OF “TH FARE = "HEY ONLY HAD TWo Lower BERTHS LEFT = SO BLESS YouR ou’ WHISTLE BUS, YoULL HAVE “TH CHOICE OF, } “TH UPPER Poen NG THE BEE oN Bi PACIPIC Individual ne of the! Mrand, Salt MEARKLE, Keattle Angeles Peters, Halt Lake Walsh, Han Francisco Valle, San Francisco Leslie, Salt Lake Anfinson, Balt 1 wis, Salt Lake Kopp. Sheehan, Kildutt. San Francisco io Mea Ariel WELAH, Seattle nd Hacrament Los Angeles Cochran, Myatt Krug. Los’ Angeles YARYAN, Seattle | King. F BUD RIDLEY STARTS WORK is FOR SAILOR WALTERS BOUT, UD RIDLEY, appearing in Seattle |the most likely for the first time since he be xeen since he came holder of the Portland Boxing| Johnny O'Leary |commission’s ¢ mond be! certify: |throw of the ing him as the Pacific coast feather- | championship | weight champion, worked out es The fact that Purcell will be direct terday afternoon ‘at the Austin &|ing Walters in his bout against Rid Salt gym ley hgs made a decided change in| It was the first day of his active|the opinion of the outcome of the! training for his six-round bout with | contest With Purcell in Walters’ allot Walters, to be staged next|corner, and Jo Friday in the baseball park at Brem- | the ablest se erton. country, behind Ridiey, the two are Word from the Navy Yard city is| expected to put ur e from the to the effect that a record-breaking |first gong until the end of the con |crowd is expected when these two|tes whicht in the opinion of many, The bout is one|will terminate before the sixth that has been in demand in eyery|round in a kayo for whichever of |boxing center in the Northwest, but|the pair is the first to step in with |the Bremerton American legion was|a hefty punch. |the lucky bidder. Ticket reservations have | Sailor Walters, who Js now under |heavy in Seattle that arrangements |the management of the veteran|have been made to run a special Frank Purcell, is also hard at work | boat, leaving hi: at 6 o'clock and |in anticipation of the contest returning immediately after the con Purcell declares that Walters 1s | test, TENNIS ENTRY BLANK I wish to enter the events marked with a cross in The Star-Woodland park tennis tournament looking Jad he has piloted the late to within a stone's world’s lightweight a ba Men's Singles.....ssescees «| Men's Doubles, . Women’s Singles . ‘ trees (Name Partner) Mixed Doubles, ...ssssecsssseesess ‘Women's Doubles, Kame Partner) (Name Partner) Junlor Boy Doubles. Junior Boys’ Singles, (Name Partner) Junior Girls’ Singios. Giamne) st eeeeeeerereseereees (Adare: Nie | been #0 i” Murphy | Bilin, Ba ¥ lan Fran r, Oakland etle, Onkiar Middl win | sec | Gotein, 7 Be WER, Keattle Warner, Vernon Waterman, one of} nds in this part of tho} AL | Maderas, | Stumpf, |n M , San Francisca onner, | Shea, San Fra dwin, 7 | Leverens, MoCabe, Rader, Vernon Onslow, Port Crandail, Los Angeles Kamper, Vernon M. Shea, Sacramento Brown, Sacramento MoAuley, Low Angeles Bott, Vernon | Prough, Sacramento | Penrce,, Salt Lake |Geary, San Franch Lindimore, Los Angelos Kearns, Salt Lake Sacramento | CRANE, Seattle | Sacra: Myern, Salt Lake | Gilder, Vernon Locker, Vernon Reiger, Vernon | Jamen, Vernon, eels Seattle HM largost number of entrants to ever compete in a local ten nis tournament is expected the entries for the big meet to be staged by The Star closes, at mid night, August 9. Entries are pouring in daily, and indications point to a record tist when the time comes to close the books ‘The tourney is to be played on the Woodland park tennis courts, ‘The courts are in an excellent condition, and fast play ts expected when the hy MY, AIT You KIND, THOUGH» \FI WAG IN A GHIPWRECK, You GUYS WOULD GRAB OFF “TH’ LAST “Wo LIFE BELTS, AN' LET ME HAVE TH WSTRUCTION BOOK “TELLING How “fo PUT [ COAST LEAGUE La uit. 2m. Week ow 2 2 + Aho 2 1 ‘ 4 i “us : Pe aie Fy » ua | gee 3 “6 Siard first if it can be | mark: | ostanen$s RECORD FIELD EXPECTED TO BE ENTERED IN NET TOURNEY | net cracks open hostilities The entry blanks appear daily on | when | the sport page of The Star. N entry fee is charged; mail it to the sporting editor, HOQUIAM, Aug, 3A Carmen-Ted Kracho bout has in consideration by Nick Randich, local promoter, It wus anndunced yesterday, Randich jeft for ac: ma to try to secure the match for! this city on Labor day, Young been i \of Dwyer's all that has to! be done is to fill out the blank and|O? Firpo and rocked the big South | wi Ani EAGN ilov),- EAGY w “HIS CA) BE SETTLED WITH DIPLOMACY « TLL TAKE ONE OF “TH’ LOWERS OW ACCOUNT OF BEING SUBJECT To DIZZY SPELLS, AN’ You GUYS FLIP A COIN “To SEE WHO COPS “TW OTHER IN Hugh Dwyer Will Try for Big Titles Bea Hugh Dwyer EW YORK Dwyer Aug 4.—Hugh lightweight champion Australia and New Zealand, has arrived here from his native habitat with the announced intention of meeting some of our good light weights and then going after Benny Leonard's crown. “Of course, ys Dwyer, “I'd have no objection to meeting Leon arranged, after Lew the others but barring that I'll go Tendler and first.” Dwyer brings with class ring years of fighting he fights and won m¢ them by the knockout He is 2% years old feet six inches and 142 pounds some of him a first has been in 50 than half of route, stands five weighs about ut I have no trouble in weigh: ing in at 133,” hoe declares, in his quiet, soft-spoken manner Experts are wondering, tho, can do it. Some of the ones think he sud" Ande Training down wasn't sc Anderson. Keeping down Dwyer does not marks of battle. are fine, Why? Well. he doesn’t say a lot can be inferred about Lew it he skeptical may go was. bear any of the Even his cars from his re dwards, Aus: tralian, who came here several years ago as a much-touted light. welght. It will be remembered that Lew was whipped every he started He was just made [sks American fighte used to order for says Dwyer. to tear In and stop the with his chin | The champ | October in 4 affair with S'¢ 4 Charley won his 20-round dtrey Harvey will affairs title last decision while he's in |this country SMITH STAYS TEN ROUNDS WITH FIRPO "" MAHA, Aug. 4.—For tho first time since he has boxed in this country, Luis Angel Firpo, th | gentine vywelght, was fore |®o the entire route before he wa returned victor over Homer Smith. Kalamazoo, Mich, heavyweight Smith landed several hard blows} merican. Howey fight easy, he « downs over the Smith hung on the entire jto Keop from getting knocked out Peaetesanie ial Many of the r, it was Firpo's| rite many Kalamazoo knock boxer. Scotish lochs are as. tonishingly deep, the depth of one— Loch Méree—being known to exceed & thousand feet reputation. In his six] the way of} tough oa! exactly, but | time | have charge | 10th round} SATURDAY. AUGUST 4 FAIRWAY and GREEN <I BYALEX C.ROSE oa ning, and Forrest Wat winner of la eur's event Ciark Speirs ¢ missing fr the fel Nn stl! plent | other tan fers Jeft in fair city a keen npetition. ith Watson, who jx now a real dent of Spokane, and wit sojourning in California, th ney loses much of its color and t Inglewood club is deprived of J. Kenned two best bets to win the title. The | bys M. it. Her failure of these sterling players to |! - be on hand turns the oddy in favor of the Beattle Golf club to furnish the winner. In Lee Stell, club unner-up the cham amateu Dixie rth Bnd club will be ented when the start fired and if one of this . survive the final test A ir biggest upset that | (* an Wi links gatherings has Be caus’ tte Toads coeae tee of the Ing ood Ci y make this 1923 linkste tour champion PNOG. A Bon Stein, state 4 the and mateur nship, title-hold veteran Fieager, everal timed ing gum ix trio does no 4 ) bye; HF. it will be kie C8) bye these ann ver had. Yeu, aire with Watson and it of the Wuy,It looks live |S). py. of tt Three handicap, treatea neighboring links to cop > the honors, But one never can te |7mething awful, last Sunday, at an tell |the Iakeshore links, When the old what's ‘cing to happen in a ‘ol solng ppen Sol! cent recovered from the shock he game. Many were the surprises 10-up verung At the feceat DM M* \found that the medico was |meet, and, with such pd links _ aspeagptnhibe aco kas aed ad ment as Jack Westland, Gordon |it way a hecllc dag fe tholoee Haw, Walter Wand, Harry Hiert,| yer this ney tor enut core Bryon Winters and Pete Ash on the Fee eee ek Sap .Cappnin: Gane: | Hatton's trophy, but it showed what firing line, who knows but what a revision of handic i - on jthe well known beans are likely to|{, ‘some or the memtery tnty be spilled before Seattle's 1923 golt| "yame °F Perea ate champion is crowned. : Uitime Gite ae Following the qualifying round, | sium bath. Dr. Ristine 2 sot ne the 16 low scores will continue on} and unless we m z ge fo elimination match play. The first |) f papas A antes: : | that is due for a plunge in round matches will be played on = re the very near futurc. The opera- Thursday afternoon, second and|tion ‘may have beca pertecmen's |third rounds on Friday oP | DO eee tion and the | inis finals (36 holes) on Saturday. Club Captain Gene Clifford King and W. L. Hatton {leach seven-up on bogey : ‘ine [handing the tournament. It {8 second and third prises’ a dr jopen to any golfer, amateur of|in4 5, a doaeneoie Pala hia! course, who has been a resident Of |inows but that they alse ho King county during the past six) qj y also may get, months, and, furthermore, no entry |" yw feo in charged to get in the race Another inducement offered, to ye mashic a tx, is that the Ingle. wood course is open to you for) | practice p! the minute you de- clare your intentions to compete in |the city championship. So get in touch with Gene Hatton at the Hatton-Oliver haberdashery tore, | |308 Pike Street, or, if you're afraid | he'll get you for a couple of dozen a jsilk shirts and a new fall bonnet, MiO wii {hey defeated. the call up via the telephone route. Jolding match at 36 hol ee de- |'The number ix Biliott 0127. If/aay ‘three and twa” oe oUt j Gene ix out, as he very often 18! / The strange ks ce ei: Miss Peterson will sign you UP. B0lmatch was that ench Grovoatns that's that. | carried. a eouthpape ‘naruay ato -— jnedy and Kimball, All ‘OMER BROW president of! snows that those who tas rors the Grays Harbor Country club, | pellets which is going to be the scene of | mat melts ig reckael Suh ohee this year’s annual state open ‘and there are any prises In ight amateur golf championships meet n sight. to be held the week of August 20 to 25, inclusive, was a Seattle visi tor, last Tuesday, coming here onl a+ 0's ‘ ja shopping expedition. This young he Seattle Goif club, left his jhome in Birkshire, in Dear Old |man is quite some shopper. If you | ™ _ ubt our word, attend the Aber-|©228!and, there was a lass in Wor- jean golf carnival and look over the |Chestershire, also in Dear Old Eng- ist of prizes that will be competed |/24, who hated to see him go for, Yes, Homer came here to see |JUst 48 much as Freddie hated to what feattio bad in, the time on (Mere DO: Wat he-was i canteen Gr |trophies. That he had landea in| fortune. | America, the land of on jthe righth urg was very evident |Portunities, was calling him and = from the way this chap wax mak. |™israted henceforth. Miss Nai |ing his pirchases. In less than ory Fae 2 ee pee ed nd jhour's time his mission was ended, If » Soon Saught the immigration ollecting the finest pieces of silver- dite which landed her in Victoria, ware that one could hope to com-|B: ©. Now she ts in Seattle, but py for at a golf, or any other, jher name has been changed from Veciienaeacre E ss Nancy Ronmark to Mrs. Fred With the “shopping” done, John. |Hewood. It all happened last Inte Dreher, the noted golf scribe, {Week When Bob Johnstone sent the took the Aberdonian out to see Bob |YOUNS man on his vacation. Con- Johnstone, president of the Pacitic |S*&tulations: ‘orthwest Professional Golférs as- sociation and professional at the| Seattle Bolf club. Here's the gist of what transpired when Homer | Competition at the Seattle Golf club and Bob met. Well, old timer, how | Was decided last Sunday, when—A. many of your pros are coming to|1. Dunn (18) defeated Ted Owens Aberdeen? Every member of our |(12) in a 36-hole match, elghtup and ssociation will be there! Fine, Bob! | seven. How many amateurs do you expect, | —— Homer? Well, it's hard to tell just RS, C, C. CARY, with the re- how many will be there, but I do markable low score of 79 which know now that from the way the|With her nine-handicap allowance, entries and applications for hotel | netted her a 71, easily won the hon- reservations are coming in, the |ors in the special matinee event at field is not only going to be larger |Earlington last Wednesda: than last year’s Yakima meet, but | noon. lit's going to be classier, Rudy | oe Wilhelm ang Russ Smith have al-|/[VHE Tacoma Country club team jready sent word that they will be defeated the Earlington Inds at Jon deck and i expete several other |the Black River links, last Sunday, stars from the Oregon city to ac-|but how many took part or what company them jthe final score was, nobody seems { . this atate tournament-has all|to know. That “Tacoma won” the earmarks of being a big affair,/seems to be unanimous, Why and anyone wishing to take it in is|worry about the score! So say all hereby asked to communicate with |of us Earlingtonianst Mr, Homer Brown, Aberdeen, Wash., jas early as possib! elut stine reing “Colonel” a cinch for one from the i, anyway, it was a big field that teed-off for a crack at Gene's ¢. There were 85 starters ENNIE WATTS and Kennedy, | know every Jimmie two brawny Scots who blade of grass on tho municipal links, won the finals in the Frederick & Nelson best-ba!l- nd-aggregate tournament, which ‘8 handled by the Jefferson Park QEVERAL years ago when Fred Henwood, assistant professional FTER many weeks of waiting, the finals of the Chapin cup ‘OTHER step toward the com: ua petion of Earington’s long list B ‘ORE the sun sets tomorrow |of team-matches will be made to- | ening, those whg have|morrow when these marathoners |matches to play in the first round |}from the south end canter north- of the captain's cup competition of | wards to engage the Inglewood he Jofferson Park Golf club, had /slickers in the return half of these better see to it that same are|clubs annual homeandhome fix- played or defaults will follow So ares on the lakeshore course. sayeth Chet King, the [skipper and donor of energetic the afore 1ppee week-end’s medal play com: | mentioned trophy. petition at the Jefferson Park A stroke allowance of three: / links ulted in a tripletie, Lou |quarters of the difference in handi- | Holter, Sid Phillips and Jack Steven- jcaps is the rule set this elimination |son each turning in cards showing match play contest, the draw forja net of 62. Their respective gross. which is as follows: scores were 76, 80 and 7: ur Boas at Smith (16) v®, FOE. Manton (19); | c - BAW |v Kimball (14) bye: W. 8 Doran (6) The. screws, made) in want) bye: William Pigott, Jr, (20) bye: Te . | tories are the smallest in the worlds | Knight (14) bye: T, Jone hundred thousand of them could | Frank Preston (24) va be placed in an ordinary thimble, IM. J. Galbraith (14) wa. Be A aa (Seal Sates to Continue Today . Shtelde (50) Dyer (18) va, P. Be Williama C18); A, Le Hotcer (10 yeu Archie Stuart (10); CA. Daten 12) bye; J. Ff, Beede 4) bye; WB on bye: Dr. G. eLourhiin. bye: ag RR yi naka OR The San Francisco-Seattle se ridge (16) eterson (8) hye! J.B. MacDougall, dr, (G0) beer Pek. {| ries at the Coast league park was to be resumed this afternoon at Tames Crystal (14) bye: W. 8 Wiitolt || geyg the. a 5 for 43. ‘The game scheduled (18) bye; He ds MeCurdy. (20) ya, Nemesia |] 2 |Menacho Chait Mote Rarow Gah ceo |] yesterday’ was canceled tn honor Jeffery 18) bye: Th Re Moker tie) val || of the memory of President Hard: Atex Rone (140; Bart Bield (0) bye: T/T ing, ‘The two teams will tingle it was announced this a4) bye Fatebatrn | Ryley (16) bye: de A. Soatt (9) bye: | . Rarlington (20) va, Kdgard Cride Gime ve Mdgard Crider |) stonday, WEA TA morning, Tao Howitt (8) va. M. Murray (20); face. Brit] cout elul sing don 8 and Peet Dia and’ son and tion Van 00) Wel