The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 3, 1923, Page 13

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER | THE SEATT LE STAR PGE 13 “Doc” JOHNSTON MAKING BID FOR COAST LEAGUE HONOR POST Top MORGAN WILL BE FAVORITE TO BEAT BUD RIDLEY . AGAIN Ryan Is Daddy of Coasters | Bees Turn Down Coin for Strand Salt Lake h 1 down a 0,000 for Paul and, the ading hitter The bid ee from Connie Mack, man . : Fe oft the *hilade! phi th Solon Star Started in This |} (iiics, “tno made ee Aah League Back in 1908; || tor the express » of Still Hits Em ing Strand play Bees want to nd UDD¥ RYAN Is the daddy of th ball players, The ato right fielder has en service In this almost is sald to flat St ve offer of $1 league's came a tr purpe The replace Strand offer of stra refused cash NEW COURSE OPENED AT ‘ HOOD RIVER - od River Saturday and and 9, when t the t B Coa. ompa uously and he's tit who OAK UE that sea tas fast as he was, thelm batting eye famous still f y Ne kes up for ‘ playing hi club and gol! thwestern the met KYAN drains an¢ hitters. “r ve been a lot of cl in baseball," says Ryan. “They don't play the seme kind of a game that they used to when they would after one ru he liv the class of pitching fellows hitting .300 in this lea, @ay who wouldn't hic ove against t nich | because contour of the Oak ¢ velvety The Oak Grove golf course realizes ten-year drear many Hood ons. Work on the course began less than a year ago. Cith for months had been seeking a tion for a golf course. Inspection of | the 150-acre farm of Herman Pregge pioneer Oak Grove orchard the property as purchased for $. 2gan, Northwest champion ed to lay out the The nine ms now rei for pl | rolling acres. The farm is so located the original nine holes are so adding anoth atural ‘ove region, its fairways and putting a to be ideal out a run 1 Portland club Los Angeles beat us in a double-header and the started again and went $3 innings Before we ‘Were scored upon. “What a wonderful pitching we had that year—Gregs, & Seaton, Henderson, Krapp Yett were the men On the club d the hurling, and they could pitch. And you can te ys for m Gress the & the game ev now he flash old-time skil he is no tonger a youngster and nee Warmer weather than the Seattle cli mate. Put him in the Sacramento | puncies. Yeam or either of the Los Angeles a felubs and he would be one of the Pearucsis winners” |” .|YOUNG DIVER STAR IN MEET Grand Island, in the Nebraska state/ league, in 1906 and came to the Coast Another | tetum acer: Outside: ph was made Sui ag faut by Ruth Schwimmer, nine-year. jold diving star, when she third in the women’s diving com- [petition in the Pacific Northwest | joutdoor swimming meet | Stellacoom. being we ‘HALL AT HELM IN ST. PAUL Hall ah pite association Mike Kelley with an attack of car. the vete her, r r 1 team American Manager up in while been race, short erm Cleveland in the American eague, most of his service has been | Qn this company. Ryan has served with Portland, it Lake and Sacramento during his} ig career. Major Talk Nixen’s hit thru Frisch in the 10th Inning scored O'Neili with the run | that gave the Braves a 3 to? victory | the Giants. at Lake! | well in placing third, considering that jall of the other contestants -were| women over 20 years of age. |WALTER PEARCE | Walter Pearce, Salt Lake short- Haines stopped the Reds from | Stop, has been sent home for the x in on the Glants when he allowed | year with a sore throwing wing. run, and the Cards won. / i will do some scouting for the | Bees in the East to earn the rest of Williams smacked his 26th | lis season's salary. MIDDLETON TO HAVE HIS DAY) Fees 4 tod Rawlings doubled tn the 11th and/ Grove in two runs, giving the Pirates a| $ to 1 victory over the Cubs. | ‘The Phils found soft ott foo pkiys aitches cad’ wee, 1g | ger, is to be honored by Rose City to 3. fans Wednesday for the great work Mogridge held Babe Ruth hitless and) con club. They're going to present Kept the other Yanks in hand, and the| 7 “OY tomobile, floral Benators won, 7 to 3 j —— wreaths and everything. SWIMMERS ORGANIZE Santa Monica, Cal, has a surf swimming club with over 500 mem-| Forty-five American cities have bers. one or more public golf courses. Ernie Johnson, former manager of the Salt Lake Coast league club, and more recently with the Chicago White Sox, is practically a cinch to get in the world’s series money. Johnson is now with the New York Yanks, having gone to jthe American league leaders by way of the waiver route. ens | will be | has | Miss Schwimmer did Fanaa | NOW SCOUTING| Jimmy Middleton, Portland man. | he has done as wader of the Ore-/| Seattle First Sacker Just About P. C. Best Veteran Is Fielding, Hittting and Keeps Up Bicas,| and He’s Smart Man to Have in Infield; Other} Baseball Gossip | BY LEO H, LASSEN HILE we're passing out boosts for Sam Crane, Jimmy Welsh, Elmer Jacobs, Brick Eldred and the rest of the Indians who are playing good ball these days, don't pass up “Doe” Johnston, Seattle’s crack first sacke: Just who, in the matter of first base play, is the superior | of the venerable Johnston? | Some think Fritz Mollwitz, the Sacramento string bean, | has it on the rest of the league's first cushion men, but during the past week in the games played here between the Solons and Indis Johnston’s playing has been by far the more brilliant of the two. He has hit, fielded and kept up} his pepper in wonderful fashion. Johnston's pins may not be the sprightly performers they| | were a few years ago, but he’s stolen 20 bases which is not to be sneezed at. And furthermore if the “Doctor's” legs were O. wouldn't be in this league, don’t forget that either. Jim Poole, Bert Ellison, Art Griggs, Louis Guisto may be harder sluggers than Johnston, but they can’t compare with him as a fielder and their hitting isn’t any more timely. When the season has run its course the name of Wheeler | Johnston of Seattle will be mighty prominent when the fans | | come to picking their annual All-Star teams. $m: 8 |\Seals Need Reserve San Francisco lag ky for the | But the Be Seals that they have thé power-|ers, in fact hurling have or | wo | ful reserve f ¥y and while th ir position head of the/ney’s southpaw skill, they de ast league proce n might be in| nr him half as badly as they do | great dange Kilduff as the keystone man was in. | } r rete Kildi valuable to the Seals. | | Several of the Seattle amart bitters and "Doc" tney is the r of the season, May elther, K. he have plenty of pitch taelr least | ce il mins Court at the uff, the league's ent out for sev- dicitis and | cluding now Harry Cour tho best south. | Meark paw hurler of the season, ts laid up Ithet fi | with a sore arm and it may be some | pit |time before ho ts himself again. lndians Lack Color Tas ian lack color squad, like ¢ Johnston, think | | best southpaw | not excepting ntion when card on the nd, with his 8 another aid nt And Ray Rohwer followed him as a home run slugger, but Rohwer has been In such a bad slump lately that he was benched Saturday The biggest kick now {s wafting for Elmer Jacobs to pitch and for |Sammy Crane to turn in his fire- works at Take ample. Willie Sammy Bohne, May—there are some colorful play- ers, not becauso of skill alone, but « combination of ability out of the or- ary run along with personality That's one of the big jobs of the h . Seattle owners before next season— hiet" Yellowhorse, for ex-| obtain some ball players with some The Indian pitcher attracte | color. Killefer Best Manager in League i “Red” Killifer, Seattle has the) lacks the bitterness that sometiines best manager in the league |crops up in Eassick’s direction of his His two nearest rivals are Jimmy | club. | Middleton and BUll Exsick, Middle-| Give “Red” any kind of a ball club |ton has proved himself to be a great| and he'll have a winner as he knowns lleader by the work he has done at|the game and he knows the league. | Portland, while Essick has establish-| And it won't take many players to ix up the Indians for next season. ‘ed himself as a wonderful pilot Killefer is just as smart as either | If he car obtain a catcher, another | good-hitting infielder and a couple of of these, but he has t\e knack of | getting the men to play for him, he] real pitchers, watch out for Killefer. a ae z R Kamm, Jimmy Cayeney, | Kremer, Jakie | a | 'Concerning Bert Ellison LMER JACOBS says that Abejcould get resutls with the powerful Kemp, ono of the best informed | |! , p the Seals carers’ age | Ma = lison's main stock in trade is [baseball writers In San Francisco,| | Syimom st meal and alot ot! told him on the recent Indian trip|the boya think it. will effect his| to the Golden Gate that Bert Elll-| playing to be the regular manager json can h ‘¢ the job of managing However, it didn't hurt Bill Ken |the Seals again next year if h¢|worthy’s play any when ho was| wants the job. dishing up that wonderful brand | Ellison doesn't appeal to one who! of ball he played at second base for follows him on the diamond as a/ Seattle in 1921 when he Wd the | leader of men, altho most anybody’ locain. The Portland Situation PEAKING of Kenworthy {t's 0- | necond Ing to be mighty tough Yor him| He has proved mighty popular with, the Portland fans and with to-atep his mates, Middleton has shown a after the wonderful real genius for management. Jimmy Middleton has made. San Francisco could do a lot | Middleton has taken practically worse than line him up for next year if Ellison isn't kept. Oakland, the same team that finished in the rut last year and nas had it in the too, could use a man of Middleton's first division, right on the heels of REDS LOSE CHANCE WHEN THEY SLUMP WITH GIANTS | BY HENRY L. FARRELL runs, and tho Pirates were only a IXTEW YORK, Sopt. 3 little better, with 19 runs. Nites passed and their] The St. Louls Cards and the |troubles still with them, the New Boston Braves played the best ball York Giants pre clinging to first {Of the week, the Cards winning} | place in the National league pen-|four out of five and the Braves | nant race with three fingers. ees Bre of = en | i 4 t was the poor luck of the lfails sustained by the world's cham. |When Fred Mitchell 1s getting fine pions last week permitted the Giants | Ditching “cued savers: gopd “-yo0Hk, lto remtain in possession of their| ters and when hoe has the club | alli. toad going at top speed. | While McGraw’s team was slump-| The Giants will set out soon for ing and losing, the fighting Moran|thelr last trip of the season, and lclub suffered the same ailment, and| McGraw has hopes that he will be the Pittsburg Pirates fell clear out|abel to snap his team out of it, of the running with a very bad| Ho switched his lineup again week, yesterday by removing young | The Giants were only able to split| Travis Jackson, who has been in a ever: in six games Inst week, but] hitting slump, and sending Groh that, poor as \t wna, bettered the} back to third base. Groh is in accomplishments of the Reds and| poor condition to play with a the Pirates, The Cincinnatt con-|bag leg. Tho New York Yanks tenders lost three out of five games| continue to make their runaway and ‘ho Pittsburg bunch won only|good in the American league and e game in five starts. nothing in the book can stop them (rrrre Reds held the low mark for|from getting into tho world’s the week, when they scored only 14' series, place most of the season. in at Portland next year showing that —With one (And Boy, He Can Fight Introducing Tod Morgan, the 1 seen in a Seattle ring, not barring the Jimmy Duffys, Eddie classiest ring general ever Campis and the rest of the clever mitt men who have been in action here. Morgan again Wednesday night. fights Bud Ridley at the OBSER VATIONS or BASEBALL DE. ‘BY DE DUGDALE rookie crop of the Coast due for graduation this weason poorest of many seasons and the big reason fs that the majors are sending their classy young talent to other leagues for development, be- caune of the fight between them and this circuit. But among those young fellows I think the most promosing is right here on the Seattle club—Jimmy Welsh being that youngster Welsh has size, speed, hitting abll- ity, ambition and a great future, I like him better than I ever did Jim- my O'Connell, because all O'Connell could ever do was hit. Welsh has a lot to learn, but he is the kind of a fellow who will learn quickly Mark my words, just watch young Welsh. 3 expect him to go up this season. pa: STRAND'S great hitting should get him a big league trial. But don't ever kid yourself into thinking that he's a big league outflelder, because he isn't. Strand is past the age where he will get any better, ‘The big fellow has a natural awk- wardness that he doesn't seem to be able fo got over and his throwing arm {!s none too good. Ho's not the best man tn the world at going back after a fly ball, hit over his head. + Chances are that he will be played in right field if he does get up in the big show, because he has no business in center field, he's not a good enough fly chaser, Right field would also give him a shorter throw. T know, real an't do anything with this year’s club, simply because the team is lacking in the timber necessary for a team that is on top. Ho is making the best of things until he can get men to fill in the gaps, Until next year he must get along with what he's got Killefor knows he hasn't class catcher; he knows he pitching strength and more his infield, But what about it now? I think Killefer will do well to fin: ish In the first division, as he hasn't a first four club right new, with sev- eral men he counted heavily upon proving flivvers. Fourth place ts the best he can hope for, and the series this week between Salt Lake and the Indians will just about settle the issue, too. ibe any team {n the Const league is looking for managerial timber, Just call on Boston Bill Tames, Tho former big league sensation, now a conch for pitchers for Sacra- mento, has all the qualifications to make a fine manager. James has the brains, the sclence of baseball, the physical size to create a good impression, and he should be f good leader of mon. If James couldn't make a better a first needs hitting in can he do “POP” GEERS BY EARL J. JOHNSON (Oyster i .,, Sept. 3.—Old “Pop” Geers, dean of Amertcan reins- men, has revealed himself as the arch romeo of equestrian love mak~ ors, The man who in his 72nd summer climaxed 40 years of racing exper- lence by urging the gelding Sanardo to a world record of 2:02 ever,a half mile track, declares the secret. of his success is his abliity to win the hearts of horses. “1 make love to them," say “They return my affection by wins ning ra 1, F, Geers, in the silks of his own stable, sat with his back to the Inner track fence and discussed the long career, during which he has'lived in closer communion with the aristo- crats of horsedom than with men, In a few minutes he was to drive his own Sanardo In an_ exhibition mile before the thousands of spec- tators at the Ohio State fair. “It's a horse's love for you that makes him try to win,” the veteran driver said. “Horses are faithful as the day in long and infidelity on the part of the drivers has lost more races than dope. Dogs aro temperamental too, and often harder to win than a beau- \ EXPLAINS HIS BIG CHARM tiful woman.” “Pop” declares that In all his driv. ing experience he has never used the whip for any purpose except to “show that I'm boss.” “You've got to talk to horses," he says, “and they understand by your tone what you're saying to them. Geers admits that he takes bettor care of hig horses than of himself and his explanation Is that “they're worth it.” He doen't look hix 72 years, but takes exercises every day and his worst dissipation in the ever present cigar, never lighted, but always well chewed, showing dt Oakland than Ivan How ard has done, then the Smith build- ing is a shanty. (= DE MEARKLE, smart hitter i epeedy youngster that he is, will never make the big league grade unless he can throwing. He simply that ball over to first enough on double plays. A second-sacker must be able to throw. If your double plays aren't completed, then the backbone of your defense if broken. He ts throwing better now than he did in the spring, but he still leaves a lot to be desired when !t comes to throwing. FITTERY men of doesn't get AUL wonder Coast league, Few people realize that Fittery ts & man around 40 years of age. He doesn’t look a Gay over 30 out there on the hill, and he’s as active ag a cat. Right now he yard dash with nearly any player in the Coast league, and he won't come out second nm: times, And Fittery has stuff, that move to first base! best in the Const league, all baseball. Yes; Fittery can be classed with the wonder men of the diamond. I is one the of the Pacific too. And It's the if not in F bad that Ray Rohwer hasn't more fire and dash to his play. Coupled with his natural ability, more aggressiveness would carry him to the big leagues again, But he seems to lack something that makes a great ball piayer. I hope he snaps out of it. Lack of color may also keep Art Koehler in the minors. ‘Tho big Sacramento catcher is doing every: thing well, and would have a good chgnce of making good up there, but lacks the fire to attract atten. tion, AGGIE GRIDIRON OUTLOOK POOR CORVALLIS, Ore, sept. 3—Coach Rutherford isn't very optimistic over his chances on the gridiroy this year, claiming that his mateyial doesn't look any better than the outfit he had last season, Ho has lost Me- Kenna, Clarke, Hjelt¢ and MeF'ad- den, bulwarks of tho’1922 squad, by graduation, too Dependable Bowland & Clark S11 East Pike BA st-0086 Arena’ improve his | base fast! can run a 100-| New Feather Champion Too Smart for Ridley |Challenger’s Only Chance Is to Force Fight Like He Did on the Last Occasion; Ridley Will Be in Better Fettle OD MORGAN, the c assiest bit of fighting machinery ever seen in a Wedne: jtheir r at the Arena, | sk Morgan lifted Ridle: | who bet the family |}making him the Wednesday. zinc are{ favorite be a fight 1 be Mo pitted a s wonderful ¥ st h} ought * pur ivenc 1 that a battle, 1 agegress ) make a bear ' Krache Meets Carmen 1D KRACHE will make bis f rt since his last fight e Bercot when he takes on San Jose, Ca Grays Harbor Carmer in the six rounds again in and the promoters i-out ‘cot-Krache £0 for this seasons | are in line for sev | before they meet again, jt ey do thelr act, expect a full house, rmen, Krache won a the clever ion over ht is 4 both | Sacco Busy Again IMMY SACCO is busy hort lay-off. fights’ Morgan Jones n Tacoma ‘Thursday and on | ember 14 he will take on Young | n Olympia again Sac with his experience and | boxing skill is a pretty hard man to beat, altho he lacks the color that makes men he jing cards than he is. The Boston boy Bercot or Krache, but he can’t pack em in like the loggers do. | Classy Semi-Windup ATE DRUXMAN has the right idea. Glye the boys a run for their money and the fans will pay the bills} and net the promoters a good profit. He has picked a plum in the Mor- gan-Ridley fight and he's putting on Lakey Morrow, the Spokane south- paw, and Johnny Mack, the Pitts- ‘burg battler, in the six-round sem! windup. That would be a main event in many cities in the Northwest. ve the boys a good card and they'll turn out—give them a cheap one and they'll stay at home. JOHNSON TO BE AT DANCE Those who happen to trip the light fantastic out Redondo beuch way this afternoon will see Floyd Johnson, the best heavyweight title prospect ever developed in the Northwest. Johnson, who has es- tablished an enviable reputation in Eastern ring circles, will take in the dance at Redondo beach with his manager, Charley Cook, this after- noon and evening. ART BUES IS IN THE PRINT Art Bues, Seattle's old-time homer king, breaks into print, He was on the voluntary retired list of the Louisville club, but the Colonels gave Milwaukee permission to use him. The Brewers did and then they found out that Bues had been | playing ball with outlaws, and sev- | eral Milwaukee games in which |Bues played have been tossed out {of the records by Judge Landis. WADDELL HOLDS RECORD By fanning 16 batters in one game, Rube Waddell holds the strike-out record in the American league. figures to beat! sday night a slight favorite turn scrap for the featherweight title of the coast in-|* 1 matehes | Whenever |, after | beat better draw: | rattle ring, will enter the squared circle beat Bud Ridley in Morgan showed so much stuff, so much speed and boxing ill against Ridley in their first tiff two weeks ago when s featherweight that the boys Bud Davis Now With Salt Lake Davis, the Seattle young- tried out by 6 this spring and found wanting as a hitter, has jomed Salt and be seen in action Bees here this week. his f title attie will He st game with the Utal day and got ed one bin STAR TENNIS DOUBLES ARE ON TUESDAY HE finals of the men’s doubles in The Star-Woodland park tennis ment are to be played off Tuesday with Leo Lagerstrom and Windy Langlie meeting Grant Laiz ure and Dick Burr at 4 p. m. The preg were postponed from last Fri- “The mixed donbles play will be completed Tuesday, too, if possible, teams till in the running call early Tuesday at The Star for their schedule as it will not be ready until tonight he team of Gertrude Robinson and Armand Marion waz forced te default because Mrs. Robinson has hose six | returned to her hore in Idaho, BLAINE DROPS BIG TILT TO MT. VERNON ‘OUNT VERNON, Sept. 3.—With Elbert Harper twirling classy ball, Mount Vernon defeated Biaine, 8 to 3, in the big game in the Northwest league here yes terday. Blaine and Mount Vernon are now in a tie for first place in | the second division ofthe league's schedule. A deciding game will be played today at Bellingham. ‘The winner will meet the Bellingham Elks, winner of the first half Fa the schedule, Mickey McMahon, captain of the josers, poled out a home run. The score ~. RK. HB Blaine a. ia Mt. Vernon at oO Batteries: Lewis, Friel and Wal- by; Harper and Sorenson, OAKLAND TO SEE CLASSY AN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3—Altho the main event should not de that it is a good card, the smoker at Oakland this afternoon should be a pippin. Rocco Stragmalia meets Willie. Meehan in the main eyent. They are heavyweights. In the semi-wind — up, Jimmy O'Hagan, the’ classy Al- bany, N. Y., middi@gight, meets Bert Colima, the clev&® Mexican, — In the special event, Oakland Jimmy Duffy, Pacific coast welter: weight champion, will strut his stuff _ with the classy Bobby Harper, of Seattle. Other bouts on the card are@illy McCann vs. Teddy O'Hara Sammy Compagno vs. Teddy Sled: a man; Bill Wallace ys, Johnny Pas trano; Harry Kelsey vs. Tim Vahey. TRAUTWEIN RELEASED Harry Trautwein, southpaw twirk er and pinch hitter, has beem ra, leased by Manager Bil Essick, of the Vernon Tigers. JESS SIZES ’EM UP EMPSEY or Firpo? Who's going to win? Right now that’s the big question in the sport world. But nobody’s any more interested in the pales outcome of the little ae at the Polo grounds, Ba tember 24, than Jess - lard. Jess has fought both men. And if anyone knows anything about their ring | manners, it's <a | Jess. Willard is ae nose of The Star Ss ne’ of the NEA service inti his big secret. He tan: written a series of pee p ing to His first story appears in Tuesday’s issue of