The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 21, 1923, Page 12

ATT LE TAR TUF DAY AUGUS ! _ STAR SWIMMING MARATHONS ARE ON IN CANAL THIS AFTERNOON PHIL TAYLOR GETS BIG LEAD IN STATE OPEN PLAY AT ABERDEEN George Capron, Seattle Star in 1909, Visitor flashy Outfielder of Championship Northwestern League Diamond Team E, Dugdale BY LEO H Has Fanning Bee With D. . LASSEN EORGE CAPRON, one of the fastest outfielders ever shagged a fly or burned up the bases for a S attle baseball club, was a Sea ttle visitor yesterday, and h had a regular old-time fanning bee with D, E. Dugdale, his former boss. p Capron played left field for Seattle back in 1909, one of the seasons that the local Northwestern league entry, won the flag. With Mike Lynch ir in right, Capron made up one fields of all time. Just when he was primed fo: threw his right knee out of p was ended, as it never did| get all right again. Capron to the Nort from the 1 sity of M where he was a star football half | back and a sprinter, Capron could cover the century dash around 10:1 and was one of the fastest men to ever play the national game And he was a big fellow for being so fast, | weighing in the neighborhood of 190/ pounds. IN BIG MONEY After leaving Seattle Cap & year or so at Klamath Falls, Ore. after which he went to Long Beach Cal., where he has been located He went into the real estate business and has jumped into the big money. | Capron, in passing thru Seattle, | looked up D. E. Dugdale, and the} pair had a great fanning bee | “That was a wonderful minor league club we had in 1909,” sald Capron. “Lee Magee, on first, Pug Bennett on second, Roy Aiken on third, Tealey Raymond short What ar i that was! A REAL OUTFIELD And L ch. in ame west n spent | on and my eld. And bo: I do say it myself, we had some out field. 1 wag just a kid In those days nd I certainly had plenty of pepper. | It way kind of a joy right to the Northwest for me. “But let me say right now that as as I liked baseball, I &m cer. glad I got out of the game, be- I ne wer cause as things turned out, sould have the money mad we're talking about 4, just let me that I ven all of the great hitters of | lay baseball, but nobody ever | ¢ like Emil Frisk used um certainly sorry to hear that e old Norseman ts dead | THE BATTERY DEPARTMENT | “Then there was Joe Custer and} Danny Shea behind the bat and we} had Seaton, Thompson and Hall do-| ing most of the flinging. Those were the real days.” | “And remember the day you told Mike Lynch you would im to the centerfidid fence and up to dry if he didn't. stop riding you?” shed Dugdale. “I'll never forget that day. And that same night Lynch came to me and said that he knew that you could do it, too.” Capron left on the Monday after. noon train for his home. He {s 37 years old now and a wonderfully set up fellow, a regular man and base ball lost a good man when it lost| George. | TOM LIPTON | CHALLENGES | FOR TROPHY W YORK, Aug. 21—Sir| Thomas Lipton is preparing to} again challenge for the America’s | cup, the race to be held in 1925, he| announced here Monday, on his rival from England on the Whi Star liner Cedric. Sir Thomas is confident he can| lift the trophy which he has been seeking for many years. | “After competing in races for 25 | years in Britain, Germany, France and other countries, I am confident | the Americans are the best sports- | men in the world,” he «aid. “If| ever there were mistakes in time or | distance in my races with Ameri | cans, they were in my favor.” | The challenging yacht will be the Shamrock V., he eald. ay MERCER CLUB | | EASY WINNER) The Mercer Athletic club won a| wild slugging duel from the Sher- | man Printing company at Mercer | playfield Sunday, 20 to 10. Hunter, of the winners, struck out 14, while | Slawser whiffed 12. Rubenick and | Shelly were the fielding stars, each | making two sensational catches. | The score— R. H. E.| Mercer A. C. gle 20 22 4] Sherman Printing Co.,.. 10 9 6} Batteries— Hunter and Guler, | West; Slawser and Biggs | | Diamond Dust ‘Three times with the bases partly or completely loaded, Johnny Morrison made the Glants hit into double plays, and the Pirates won, 3 to 1. The Cincinnati Reds evt down the lead of the Glunts to 4% games by beating the Phils twiee in a double- header at 6-3, 8-3, Seven errorn behind the wobbly pitching of Burlelgh Grimes gave the Cubs a 10-4 victory over.the Hob!na, Hard hitting by Nixon, Southworth and MeInnis enabled the Braves to beat the Cards, 5 to 2. Hitting when hits were moat needed, the Hed Box beat the Tigers, 6 to 4, Jimmy Austin, Brown mi and all on the bene the showers for “riding’ Umpire Evans, and the Browns lost to the Menators, 2 to 7, | behind. n center field and Emil Frisk of the best minor league out- r a trip to the majors Capron} place and his baseball career Local Men Beaten by Australians HESTNUT HILLS, The national here yesterday on the courts of the Longwood Cricket and Tennis club with 31 teams entered, the cream ¢ Am 2 ranking from Aw Mass., uublen Aug an ralia, France in In the frist match of the day \ uel Alonso cf Spain and Wallace Johnston of Philadelphia defeated the Kinsey brothers of San Francis co, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 J. O. Anderson and J of the Australian cup tea L. De Turenne and H. ¥ of é a, 6 mi B, Hawkes | m defeated Johns, both wkd be no up to the singer of Curley and C. 6-3, 6-2 Mathey defeated W. Howell mond, 6-17 6-1, 6-0 Pierre Hirsch of the French Davis B. Rice won from | H. H. Chapin by} Ham. | Johnson, — Wimbile ffin defeated J. Barr and J. J 6%, 6-1 1. Will feated L. 3-6, 6-3, 9 L. Dean and 1. Crawford defeated L. Vanderventer and G. Emerson by default B a I. Fenno de | Thalheimer, Williams and Watson| Washburn, one-time American Davis |” cup doubles team, mander Leonard I fean navy and C. W. Bates and California defeated F. R. Drews, 6 UNION OIL BEATEN IN BREMERTON REMERTON, Aug 1 Bremerton All-stars the fast Union Oil team on th home grounds here by a score of 6 to 5. The Bremerton team knocked Phil Hovey out of the bor in fifth inning after scoring four runs in the fourth and two more in th fifth. Dewey Smith, who relieve Hovey, pitched airtight bs al lowing only three hits the rest of the way The Union on strong bid for a one in the fifth, and two in the in the first of With defeated Com- 6-1, 6.3.| defeated team made a after scorin and seventh coming sixth eighth, the ninth two men two away, Clementson singled left field and Dewey Smith, trying to make it home from ond, was nailed at the plate by perfect peg by Wirth, Bremerton| left-fielder, The game was full of thrills thruout, there being several snappy plays by both Next Sun the travel to Portland to loss suffered at the ha Union Oil team of Po: ago at Woodland park up run and} to} one on sides. Aristos retrieve the nds of the da week} will| R. V. 0. Aristos rey Sa | Bremerton ........ 6 Hovey, Smith Gordon, Moody and FIRPO MEETS NEW TRAINER YORK, Aug After a} hur trip Atlantic City to | look bis training camp, Luis Firpo was back here today to meet | Horatio Lavelle, his trainer to arrive from South Ame: ca, | Plang have been made to go tol Atlantle City tonight and get rea to start training for Firpo's fight here on September 14 with Jack! Dempsey H 10 1 Wes and Schneider; Myers NEW to who is} arvard will lose n mighty yvalu-| backfield man from her football | id this fall if the report that | hrke will not return to school proves true, | Williams’ Bat | Is Protested || ST. LOUIS, Aug. 21.—Ken Wil Hams’ home run bat was protest ed by Washington players. here yesterday when he went to the plato in the first inning, but Um pire Billy Evans overruled the protest, Donney Bush, manager of the Senators, announced before the game that he will protest the game If the Browns win, ‘Tho bat {# not of the accepted ash, but fashioned of hickory, made special. Williams found It too heavy early this season, #0 had it bored and the hole filled ‘The Yanks pounded three White Box alichers, and won, 16 to b. with a treated plug. | float finish | weeks, Defaults Mar Opening Star T a [OUR BOARDING HOUSE BY A H ERN] HooT Moi), KATOR! WHERE'S "TH KILTG "HAT GO WITH“THAT SCOTCH SOMBRERO ?e ID LIKE"10 SEE “THOSE HICKORY KNEES OF YOURS DETOURING UNDER A PLAID wy, GAN MATOR, YOURE BOILED RIGHT « Nou COULDNT EVEN GET AROUND AK)! \8 HOLE’ COURSE I PARADE! BY JOVE, BUSTER MILAD WHILE YOU WERE AWAY I WAVE BEEN BRUSHING UP ON MY GOLF + AND “To HY GREAT DELIGHT, I Find STILL RETAIN “THe CANNY SKILL WITH: WHICH I PLANED o'eR THE BRAE LINKS 0° BONNIE ScoTLAND! “THEREFORE, WITH CLYDE AND MACK AS WIITNE I CHALUENGE You 7d A “TOURNAMENT ! , Whats YOU CHALLENGE ME?» SAY, WAVE Nou Been SAMPLING YOUR ELDERBERRY BOUILLON ALREADY Cv WHY SURE, TUL TAKE Mile Races Are Being Staged With Classy Field of Swimmers Entered V ITH th t distance the Northwe W will be swimmers in marathon waiting the crack of the start- er’s gun, d this afternoon in the Lake shington ca The first swim. race will start five minutes later over the same course. The canal course will b The imming of Instructions for Star Marathon Mile Swim All contestants are to report at the starting float at : 1:30 o'clock this afternoon at east end of Lake Wash- ington canal the course Jack Torney and Katheryn Brown, won the races last year, will defend their honors aloft, who swims is among club, the men’s race. Kor red the nation The officials are to meet there at the same time, to nship at Indianapolis || discuss final arrangements. has even bet ris Arrangements have been made for dressing rooms for the men and women in the University of Wash- ington shell house. anjor mile champ two tered the time in pract years \ The men’s race is to start promptly at 2 o'clock. All entrants are to be on the starting float at that time. The women’s race will start five minutes later. sv CINCY GAINS BURNETT NINE ON N. Y. CLUB EASY WINNER YORK, Aug. 21.—Cinci nth ¢ ball toasers from the mining gained a game and a half on the Giants by winning a double header from Philadelphia while league rs lost to Pittsburg. The dx won thé first game, 6 to and th 8 to 3, Pittsbu 3 to 1. Morrison allowed the Giants only six hit . Rea: four and one half games behind the Giants ROUND ROBIN | IN BAY CITY her rivals up Francisco high have | Burnett STenmoe, the Neptune cl lecided to disband the twodivision | Newcastle 9 her club football season, and to play a regu-| Batt Cannot .bé flauied bullor lar round robin for the honors. Wools Catherine Atwood, - swimmer, will friends will be on | Harry fireman star, as ing Markin of| NEW rday te and Cart club, «| yest rolng for the : camp of Burnett walked all over the rformers, to make tt reat of the competition hryn Bre ful star, time winning the also of Crystal ner of the tit attempt to across the 1 Franc h ny Newcastle m last in a gi a ings pretty hot the ead tle aturday, the score read. ing 15 to 6 when the Jast “ run was will t ; {3 econd, made last won Hester Ei counted. Burnett played a fast, con she nt game and at no time permit Newcastle arted, La e and Fletcher both earned hits each. The speed with Haughiand hurled — them the plate had the Newcastle team stumped. The race : to get the and win ” will ammate two year 0, four which ACTORS entrant, will do her score H show ol an schools sister, the ittached dop y and Ober. an wu mpete, her be and predict will well up in front The Star has two trophies up for the winners. It must be won thro contestant retain In addition, | medals are awarded to nts that | first, second and third in both races, | JOHNSON TO BOX FARMER IN TACOMA OYD JOHNSON has wired that he is coming West to fight Frank Farmer in Tacoma, on Labor | day. A San Francisco promoter 1s | endeavoring to make Johnson | ange his mind and fight Willie | Meehan, at Onkland, instead, she years for a to permanent gold, silver possession, and bronze contes Charley Paddock, world’s champion | sprinter, will return to his home in Los Angeles within the next few} At present he ie making Chautauqua tour of northern DIAMONDS American Jewelry Co, , 821 SECOND AVE, Here's George Capron (right) and Daniel Hdward Dugdale Established 1889 as The Star cameraman caught tiem in their fanning bee yesta’y mm) . New. | jes—-Haughland and Liddell; | ‘| ||A‘S |to it, for that matter ennis Play | Darknes Postpones Late Play Junior Boys Default in Wholesale Lots; Only Few Matches Played W' “ALE defaults marred the ning day ay of The Bt park tennis tourname of the scheduled ayed. ‘The junior ffenders, m showing up, Ever nday h 101 dln about halt matches being pl boys were the mi halt ty falli will m. T Tues m. m, ponaible Three ma inhed ta le to be ant t t be left off en up last nigh oO. T where it’ w is was leading L. V wet match when play scores were 2-6, George Clarke the first net from Harry Lightfoot at 64 and was leading in the nd 4-2 wer Gleason the first set Arnold Friborg at 64, Their request to play their match at Volun teef park must t must be held a Dick Burr, 19 won from denied, as all Woodland park ) champion, swung defeating H play efented ard-fe George ught three-nat sched. JUNION SINGLES 1 ‘ beat ¥ vLTs | Murdette by ton Thomp Swan beat Ted Halloway Charles Gree 2 both deta Clarke beat Leslie King. x Fine and Bob ten Alex Winston beat Tho jordon Wayne beat John Curran. Den fa ox Tean by James Anderson = RESULTS David Cruikshank inson beat Leo Dav Hart beat Ea Henry by 4 1 McBee beat George Hider O'Donnett n Ww 02 Forest Brown beat F. L. Travis by de- beat Arpold Ande Pepper beat George Druary, 1-6 mas Kidwell beat Harry Godfrey by it A. Watson beat 9 net Durtt beat D. Frank Korlowek! bs ore by default Windy Langlie beat Bill Charleston by default Richard Burr beat 1. ¢ € Halph Loe beat John Quinn by default TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE AT 3 PY. an ve J winger we Clarks AT 4 PY. W. McKenaie THlt Howard va. Alden Bye: Hilly Newkirk ve. Dill Davidson, John Volker vs Frank Shaw va. Do 5 ‘elson Robinson Inwold Howal Kenneth Wallace tyren, @-2, 6-1 rat, 4-0, 6-0. aneth Mey Meliraith, €-2 Don ¢ RE. An " net Duett Jack Clagne Kenneth Ow Dean M Don Fri William F Robert Briggs va Kenneth Myere va | Chester Kobler va. | Tom Mogan ve. W. AT 6 P. old Street va. Tt ). Baxter Whittet erstrom, Nerdy j M N, Schotield. James Ani an. AT 7 | Alex Fine vs. J. Naw. Gene Oldham va. Arnold Jobneon. ‘man Meyers va. Henry Nolian. | old Rodal va. Walter Swanson James Hruton ve. Luke: Thelberg. | Peres Dix va. John Henry WEDNESDAYS SCHEDULE Ata Pr. James Bruton ve. Andrew Henderson Alex Winston vs, Gordon Wayne. Winner Hogan-Anderson va, winner D. Oxainger-Duett Winner E. Cartan Winner Newkirk-Davidson | Voeger-Jackson Willis Plummer ya. Joel Standecker, At 4PM, Winner MeKenzio-Nau Christie-Godtrey Winner Byers-Bill Howard vs. A, Pom: | Winner | Farje-Rodal Luke Thelberg vs. winner Myers-Brad | ley Winner | Frizzetl-n, Pr, M. | | Anderson-JackClagne va va. winner va. winner Brigge-Wallace vs. winner Shaw-Hamilton, Robinson. Ato P.M, Billy Royea va, Walter Beardsley ©. C. Williams va, Earl Maske! Kenneth Wallace vs. Koy Andrew Henderson vs. va. winner ARBOR, golfer Mich, from Aug, 18.—) No the of Michigan hag ever won the national amateur title, Or state even come close But followers of the royal and an jelent pastime in the Wolverine com monwwealth believe they are begio ning to sce daylight ahead, | Fact ts, some are going so far a |to say that precedent may be upset Jat the national amateur at Flow moor neat month, meaning a chap | jfrom their native state may bring home the bacon, The player being banked upon to carry the Michigan colors {s Cart ton F. Wells, of the Barton Hilly Country club, here, He also ts an instructor in the University: of Mich. igan. In Wells, Wolverine folks see one of the future greats of the golfing world, ‘True, he is certain to go against the cream of the golfing fraternity—players who are far More exporionced than ho, Michigan Plans to University Golfer Firpo Trains Luis Angel Firpo, “Wild Bull of the Pampa knocked out Charlie having Weinert at Philadelphia, now turns to with world’s bout the heavyweight title. SS Fistety PACIFIC training for his Dempsey for COAST LEAGUE | Portland 4. 1 Only scheduled | NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost ™m @ ee New York RESULTS | cntearo 10, Brooklyn 4 | Piteburen’ 3, New York | Chicago | Phitadeiphia Boston “a “ RESULTS Washington 7, St. Louis 2. New York 16 Chicago 6 Boston 6, Detroit Only games echeduled | |/BEAVERS WIN FROM ANGELS LOS A Aug. 21.—Port- land wound up a successful visit to Los Angeles yesterday when th |visitors defeated the locals, 4 to | Portland took the series, fiv to two. The | Portland |Los Angeles | Batteries |P..” Jones, daldw Hughes, Rego. Thomas quist. Jecll 'Pettyjohn va, B. Ayres. {. Robinson vs. Jesse Feldman. Fied Gleason vs. Ed Bradley John Cartana va, Kenneth Ossinger LeRoy Kelley vs. Kyrian Hynda ALOR. M Russell Ruffeorn va. Jack Summera Chet Vincent va Hatfield P. D. Wileon va. Dean Christie Jack Taylor vs. Mel Dranga. Winner Woye-Stephens | Brown. Paul Dyer va. B, LeRoy Foley ve Pat O'Donnell ve | | Je | | | | } | | | | Forrest John Fitzgerald, McBee. Enter But that mat tho rs not to Wells, been for hé has playing golf only three seasons, he has shown some exceptional ability on the links. So much so, in fact, that the wiso ones say he's bound to "show" sooner or later, Bo it known that Wells is the present state amateur champion, He won the title recently over. the links of the Kent Country club, Grand Rapids, after one of the most seasa. tlonal comebacks ever staged on any course, Five down on the 20th hole, and still four behind on the 30th, Wells, by taking the Sist, 884, 36th and 46th, and halving the 32d and 84th squared the match, The next three holes were divided, but on the 40th Wells’ dogged determination assert: ed itsolf, and he was returned the winner, Wells also copped the title in 1929, Winning at Flint in much the same manner. Ho is one of tho greatest Hnishers. ever seen in this section of tourna. ment * jother nine he r Victoria Pro Leads With 136 Jack Westland Leads the Amateur Links Stars With Score of 143 BY ALEX C. ROSE BERDEEN, Wa A ~ A on the champion new laurels here in a dee om that dise fi holes r the fin of medal 7 nix ne omen to overs a total cham nd of played about were just straight! Il the way. Nor was of difference in on second trip, exe t two of his putts hung on nd added a couple of score, giving him a total of 126 for the day’s clear at the ning round. He perfect golf; nothing his they pion moi simply flukey for the | there his sho! cept th |the iit the 169 and a eur and entire the In, his local pro, Jack two Professional ranks Northwest, Al Esp. wood pro, who is title, Mortra Durta, Westland and well known jin the |inoxa, defend the | Bon Seattle amat of ones th catch the flying Victorian | Trouble at the- long fifth hole o jboth rounds caused the only bidts Jon the title holder's score whith led 142 as the result of a 72 and & 70, which landed him in @ tle for second place with Dutra, six strokes behind Taylor. The tall, ny here from Californian the profes. sional ys Harbor 8 and on the ed a 37, #0 it that he is is this Mr. only stand a chance to ho came up duties at the G club, shot three par siste can be quite Dutra. | Jack Westland, the Inglewood |champion, with rounds of 73 and 70 lead the amateurs at the half way jmark, his total of 143 pleing him one stroke ahead of his townie, | Bon Stein and one point more than his club professional. After a fair Stein came back in the after- noon with a brand of play that won for him the city championship a few days ago, netting a grand 69, making his total 144 for the 36. With the open championship fine ishing today, the amateurs will hold the spotlight for the rest of the week, when the state amateur fight will he decided. - Qualification play in this event will start tomorrow, when @ Jarge and classy field is expected to ee-off on a 36-hole journey to di termine the family of form the championship. The results of readily shooter, seen Vitoria. . Inglewood Grays Harbor Dave Binek, Shaughnessy... Jack Westland, Inglewood Bon Stein, Seaitie ‘ Portland ve Aveton, Point € alter Fovargue po nk Minch, Everett Johnny Jones, Be Frank Noble, Rainier *Heinle Schmidt, Grays Harber | Phil Jefferson, Everett... sGeorge Fowler, Grays Harbor *H. A, Jones, Shaughnesey...- ©, E. Jefferson, Pendleton. Jimmy Hula, Vancouve | *W. Ingham, Des Motnes, Ia +E. W. Greenway, Jefterson. M. Minne #7. Green | Rob Jon | ew . Inglewood hamberlain, Grays Har- Shaughnessy. . den, Rainier. . Amateui ‘DUFFY WON'T | BOX BARRETT An Oakland promoter has given up the idea of staging the Jima | Dufty-Bobby jland Labor Day, Dutfy, | welterweight champion, lost to Bait rett in phia two years ago Crack in Big Event the country, putting up his best game when the going ts the rough: est and the outlook the gloomlest. Moreover, he is. as cool as they make ‘em, Which, no doubt, ace county for his sensational work 12 the pinches. Wells made his bow in the mae tional amateur last season, Survive Philadel | card of 162. He was 18 strokes be | hind Guildford, the low medalist, Ho | went down in the first round, hows ever, losing to William McPhail, of Norfolk-Boston, who was eliminated by "Bobby" Jones. This season Welle hoped to do better. ‘That is, his frien him to, for Wells ts of the quiet, modest type and seldom ever coms mits himself one way or the. other, Carlton Wells may not set the Flossmoor nks ablaze next month, but those who have seen him in action predict a big future for him. as a golfer, Maybe not this seasons or the next, but some 1m, ing the qualifying round with & 7% in the round before the eymbfinals 7% to be the cup ers nomij | Btat Bi | sure: to tl , of hi |. of does guilt + but | the a involt © other the | could , Tild ‘wou