The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 5, 1923, Page 12

BY BILLY EY Ww" Ni} oraek tablished a re Just when Scott was bel quets for ng the Oped that whi tor recon! Diggit Perr pe | Mearkle Is Smart Baby had ayed, nsecutive games 7 With Stick Seattle Second Sacker Can Do Lots of Tricks With His Bat AME ‘* G Mearkie, Seattle's young gacker, is proving himself tc one Of the best second place hitters in the Const The young fellow mighty in going down to first t base and } and game out, ¢ being a sticker a dr ter and th 4 fielders Mearkle pushing the thru the and over heady for hits galore. For a long time " MEARKLE Mearklo was hit fing around 400, but he has dropped | to 320, which is very respectable hit Ming for anybody. Sea. tists youngster bea & good eye and swings at very few bad Balls. He is also a darb of « bunter ahd a good drag hitter If he can develop more of a punch At the plate so that he can mix ‘em up on the enemy he his effectiveness Merlin Kopp, the s is @ hitter along Mearkle’s Kopp once in a wh tiem, napping. by aver respect will double driv Ive thising much better than he ep nk San Jose camp, Mearkie ma f good impres aa there: bat it was Bill Ramage ond not Meurkle that attracted most | of the ata But Ramage fllv-| Yared entirely a ‘hitter while | Meairkte’ ALAC HORN haw Carried | fim thru the season. Howerd Wilcox Howard “Howdie” Wilcox, the veteran auto driver, who was killed yesterday in a race at Altoona, Pa., is shown!) above. Wilcox was in third place at the time, when his car overturned, breaking his neck. He died almost in-| stantly. | LTOONA, Pa., Sept. 5.—A trag- % ody marred the opening of the new 2060-mile speedway here yester. day, when “Howdie" Wilcox, the Yeteran automobile racer, was al- tmést instantly killed when his car overturned on the 117th lap. His neck wag broken and he died while being rushed to the hospital. Wil. cox was in third place at the time. | Eddie Hearne, another veteran, won the race. His time was ono! hour, 47;37.35, an average of 111% | miles an hour, Jerry Wonderlich| ‘was second; Dave Lewis, third; Fred| Corder, fourth;- Benny Hill, fitth;| Frank Elliott, sixth; Leon Durey, seventh, and Tommy Milton, eighth. | fielder, |better prospect for the major leag | of ambition, |Sam Crane | Sacramento. ANS D’ ni em ger In all that t otesting long M A al mor 0 « if he of 1136 of Lip {OUR BOARDING HOUSE BUSTER, M'LAD~ ACCORDING TO CUSTOM, A GOLF TOURNAMENT FoR AN AWARD OR “IMTLE, 1S USUALLY PLAYED ON A 36 HOLE BASIS GINCE OUR RECENT MATCH ONLY WENT 27 HOLES, EVEN THOUGH NoU WERE AHEAD AG “To SCORE, LT RIGHTFULLY CLAIM THE THT E “CHAMPION” “ROUGH A “TECHNICALITY ! = YoU DEFAULTED BY QUITTING BEFORE THE MATCH WAS OVER, “THEREBY FORFEMTING THE GAME “fo ME! AM I NoT RIGHT ANGUS 2,— JF bse WHAT!!! WHY, You BIG SLICE OF SWISS You CAN'T SPREAD “THAT JELLY ON ME !« TTRIMMED You LIKE A LANTERN Wick! = Go SOAK YouR (ti Ais ATELL You 1H’ MATOR WoLLD 7 STEW UP SOME KIND OF AN BON LIVES ROUNDHOUSE SEATTLE STAR WEDNESDAY, 1923, SEPTEMBER 5, ——— of me ot tha and th »P That is Errors mean nothir ything. Before sbtedly have nd for ye cott Bcott Tee why he haw be _BY AHERN) Elmer Jacobs Pitches Shutout Battle Dips © HA- Wawa. 1 FouND out’ WHET ANGUS pons! HE'S AN ENGINEER OW A “Tug BOAT! = HE DOESN'T KNOW ANN MORE ABol: GOLF THAN A CRE FIGH DOES! ALIBI 2 “THAT OL" A MENTAL Nou CAN‘T GET HIM utTo A CORNER GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP ON A TECHNICALITY = © wasn't loafing any rousing dow! nird base & ing at the foot of the die Yam Yaryan spent » pleasant afternaen Jacobs had a wonderful curve bali terday. getting five atelkeouts, and Wy control was excellent, ULy Taner stobewweqnnd inthe nkxth the firet base he hae ew ip: h long time. The little raboit lan oe [MY Johnny Fredericks made = nice catch cushions like he did & year ago. of Haldy’s long fiy to left fleid In the Yaegtrad bird ashing into the Dieschere after Bill Orr started two perfect squeeze making the cateh plays, bunting Bidred across twice im big league at ration ef pepper on Yaryan’s part tWorsacrifice nite The Bees were 0 sed Incking outfit Les Sheehan hit = Salt In the second frame. t 2 Hew decety Jor Jenkins, Salt Lake enteher, Is out of the game with am injured foot. Nil Orr bad a perfert day mt the plate | Yorterday, cotting & walk, & single and) Yale Frosh Are Prighsy Off Grid yerr’s ba m members tas Yale freshmen seat will be allowed to try out for the varsity thin fall. A penalty was imposed upon all the freshman class who par Ueipated in @ parade taet term. that cauned some disorder. ‘The two players eligible were not in the parade |POOLE’S FOUR BASE HIT WINS PORTLAND, Sept Jimmy Poole’s home run defeated Sacra mento here yeste 4 to 3. The clout came the eighth eleven clreuit in hen’ th ore waa 3 R 3 ‘ H 10 16 E 0 |. Prough # nd and Daly Schang: Welsh ie Better Than O’Connell, Says Lane BY LEO H. LASSEN 's “we ERE'S someth ae Billy Lane thinks Jimmy ‘well, itching | that incon siderate fans put up when they called for panning a boot or ao. Everybody is going to boot them once in a while and if they were per. 4 {fect they wouldn't be in this league, | De) or in the majors, either. ‘They would ave to organize a special loop for the perfect boys. they paid for c ‘ou hear so mar ig to ponder over Ene ase tile’s great out Welsh is than Jimmy O'Connell}, the former San Francisco pastimer now wit) New York Giants Fs Lane is one of the best outfielders in the minors and he seldom makes any comment upon his feilow play-| pROUGH FINE PITCHER, ers, 80 when he says something, it *| SAYS BILL JAMES to be considered. ih Jaa “Welsh is hitting, 4 y'Connell ever could do," says Lane, “and Welsh has pepper and amb! the Sacramento pitch ing coach, thinks that Bill Prough is one of the best pitchers in the minors tion, where O'Connell was troubled| “I'll tell why,” says James with lead heels about half of the| “and that's because the big fellow time, and Welsh is a kid that's full | knows right where every ball ts go: and he learns quickly.|ing. Prough haw uncanny control. That's some boost for James. | Pitched about three times every two - weeks, Prough is one of the most ef. fective hurlers I have seén in this company.” And James ‘knows pitchérs, too. a that’s all ORR CAN THROW Bill Orr {sn't a youngster by any means, and he hasn't, the speed of a et around shortstop, but | CINCINNATI MAY wt | BID FOR MAY made some swell| s Hall, the portly header with is the only big league diamond You're ge baseball | sleuth to stick around the Coast fan has never had the experience of | league this year Talk is that he is having to grab that bail, hurry the | trying to land Jakie May, the Vernon play and throw accurately to first | southpaw, for the Reds for next sea base. If he did there wouldn't be s0|son, Hall is in L. A, now. Hoe has much grabbing about occasional] sent Caveney, Bohne, and Fonseca to boots. the Reds, so they have a great deal The silliest of faith in Coast, lea baby he can thr The big fella pegs in Monday's doub: Ruse scout Cincinnat! kind of an argument PATRICK NOW | CONTROLS CLUB LOS ANGELES, Sept |The Interest of William Veeck, presi jdent of the Chicago Cubs, Angeles baseball club has Joxeph H. Patri A Cal. 6 the Los been pur jehased by la nt of the it jh today. William heavily interested in both clubs, not mentioned In the sale, which sives Patrick control of the Angels. OAKS LOSE TO | LOS ANGELES OAKLAND, Sopt. 6.--Oakland i by Los Angeles here & to Me of Lox hit first pitched opening inning a four-baser. presi was announced Wrigley, J was was troune y the n the \tence for |CENTRE WiLL MEET PENNSY| The only game scheduled for Cen. tre college in the Bast this fall ts with the University of Pennsylvania At Philadelphia DUNDEE WILL over the Schroeder | LAIZURE Veterans Capture Net Play Men's Doubles Decided in Star Mect; Mixed Ends GRID STAR’S FATHER DIES father of Charley O'learn, the Yale killed » from re The eat athlete, was lant automobile a ent the JOE BENJAMIN BEATS DIGGINS ANGELES Stockton Eddie Diggins, of San by a technical knockout pund of the mam event Harry Greb smiles in the Ber twe me won from Franciaco, in the thi a 15-round waltz, 13th round of the fight in New|? York in which he won the middle weight title from Johnny |Peehss: 2 Wilson. This gives a good idea of what the fight was likce— | Foters © at the Ver Arena last night die Ma Midget ae in the serntwindup, ‘VERNON LOSES TO SEALS, 5-4 LOB ANGELES, Sept. 5.— San Francisco defeated Vernon here you tectay, 5 to 4. The score Franc Vernon Scott, Hodge and Yelle 2 and Hannah SERVICE GRID TEAMS TRAVEL The football teama of the Army jand Navy are allowed to play more j than one game away from home this Ea boxed Smith a Ba 8) and Bud Ridley A hal in their return go for the Coast featherweight title at the arena tonight in what should be of the best cards of the year rgan licked Ridiey two weeks ago and It was & boxing wkil H o R holds exhibi San the crown. rs n f aside the top tonight either Ridley, of the week and e that re will as they in the was third scrap a he wasn't he will be no alibi have been reported proverbial pink Odds are sil Mighty ah Th boy to in be fi be favoring Morgan because of their first Johnny tivo tangling final. Tiny renew last week. encounter row, punch over on minut ‘ick Sugar vs Jast welterweig! Agy Asiip plete the pon in Bott and their heavyweight first his great meeting. Mack and classy the Jimmy Welsh slipy Bott's by won M organ and Ridley to ttle Again Tonight «: showing Lackey Mor: | lightweights, six-round w tangle thetr a K in [s) chin of the ‘battie ts, and ard scrap Frank Bud featherweights, Chesioc! Kk, Olive ys. com: season. The Army plays Notre Dame at New York, Yale at New Haven Jand the Navy at New York. The | Navy plays Princeton at Baltimore Penn State at State college and the {Army at New York LEONARD WILL BE OCCUPIED Benny Leonard, light | weight champion, Will box in Phita-| |deiphia in a few days and then wilt | ways hai | look for a battle with Charley White, | |The champ boxes Johnny Dundee, | the featherweight champion, tonight in New York Stengel | the clown of the organiza BRITISH STAR _| ‘tet th= ciown ofthe ore NOT ELIGIBLE cuit Stengel, aside from being a | pretty Edwards, the great British sprints | cones ITH tt 1 in pitchers like their base \ lively bal! well as hits player on the field. As pit ‘* instead of standing passive and listening to jthe umpire strike, or merely taking a weak swing at the ball, al ve a healthy any other a result world’s yen cut and you will find several lamong the batting-elect In the National league Casey of humor when he figures as "You the ha Stengel, ure all “hitting “Take WELL DOES CASEY STENGEL KNOW THOSE BOYS CAN HIT ; vogue, |ed to George Uhle of Cleveland. wrong about | pitchers, ‘who had been listening in | on the argument. it from me | Taique of Cincinnat! and Weinert of Philadelphia are the hardest hitting | pifchers in baseball.” “How do you figure that?" aatsat Glance over the batting averages | one of the players. pitchers | Didn't knock Stengel, with both me each replied of with one down you'll recall, the .pitchers Stengel. those guys one punch? babies are champions.” | had mixups mentioned clover comedian, has a keen | #Md didn't even Bet a draw, er, cannot compete with the Ameri-|the target in some humorous hap: | ‘NET PLAY TO Ath.| Recently a number of Glant play e the ability of compete in’ the Olympic | & | games only for the country in ee they a citizen of the United States. discussing lotes ertain pitchers to hit players thought Jack ardest hitting pitcher, | an Olymple team even if he becomes | pening | wore can Bentley were born others lean. Some of the} The START SOON national men’s tennis cham: pionships are to be held in Philadel- tember 10. the} phia during the week starting Sep: t BOX CHANEY | | Joni Dundee, world's feather: weight champion, and George Chaney | have signed to box 12 rounds at New. burgh, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, on September 15, j Timely Gossip Heard Along Sporting Rialto | HEN a, champion fighter en. gages in a no-decision contest | you can rest assured that the title holder seldom steps at top speed NO-deécision bouts are regarded as the soft spots by champions. In taking part in such a contest the only thing they must guard against is a possible knockout. As a rule they permit their opponent to be the aggressor thruout and it doesn’t mat fet how many points are piled up aguinst the champion. Such things mean nothing in a no-decision pout. At the finish the champion collects the big end of the receipts and de raria. ‘The above is prompted by the tact that the wires recently carried the report that "Kid" Wagner, of Phila- delphia, had esively outpointed Champion Dundes in all but one of the eight rounds of a no-deci#ion at- fair, Some of Dundee's followers read the item with much alarm, feel-!amount, All of which explains why ing that it boded no good for Johnny | Dundee took no great chances in in his coming bout with Lightweight | his clash ‘Wagner. Champion Benny Leonard. Whiie it may not be to the credit of the champions, they seldom do| their best in # no-decision affair. As a rule such bouts are regarded in the light of training. In his bout with Wagner it is possible that Dun deo instead of carrying the fight to Wagner, let Wagner be the aggres sor, while he did his best to keep | out of the way of the many punches }atarted at him. Keeping away from |to win with material that appears to an opponent «alls for more werk|be betfer than the ordinary, the than being the aggressor, Lt calls) blame is usually placed on the man for fast work and the moat elusive| ager without going any deeper, dodging and slipping of punches find perhaps the real reasons, with trying to stop Wagner, which would |#dd no glory to Dundeo’s record. Now Is the time of the year when the heads of many major league managers are cut off via the rumor route, » several distinct disappointments. owners of & dinguated = Th uch teams are natur iy When a elub fails Managing & major league ball club \y far from a soft spot. It is a fob that cally for a good showing If you care to feel at all content that For his Philly engagement Dun dee probably received from $5,000 to $4,000. For his bout with Loonard he will recelve many times that In each major league there | to} you will be retained A winning ball club gets the money vision and then faily “Dioumer* finaneially, quit quiek when to deliver, {y for the fans the athletes fail A manager with a one-year con. tract and his club In the second di vision ag September rolls around, jisn't to be chided if he starts look: jing for a new Job, Connie Mack, after finishing in the Inst place for yearn “While ball ely heaven I don't have to worry about jmy Job. You see being part owner jof the club I refuse to fire myself." No doubt Connle is the only tall. end manager in the history of the game who didn't have to worry about hin Job. remarked 1 am wor jfying about my thank You must win Think of] A club picked to be in the first al | | what an injured hand would mean | always a | Here's Saratoga, N. Y. Jack’s Taking His Moraiiig Romp Jack Dempsey and his crew out for their daily| sprint at White Sulphur Springs Left to right are George Bracken, Sparring Partner George Godfrey, Dempsey, Trainer Jerry Luwvadis and Jack Burke, another one of the gents who are on the receiving end for the champion’s punches, In | Jacobs, are |Salt Lake semi: | « first the | stealing Tribe Ace Blanks Bee Ball Clu Jake Has Lot of Stuff and Beats Utahans by 6 to 0 Tally und 4 form two of them be biffing three hits, ake w g of a very from & wcratehy men on jbanes in the first inning, but retired he was in nature. Jacobs had two |the side and from there in vincible His mates treated Eimer acandalo first inni od for get- four runs. amite Eldred had one of his great » the willow, getting three |consecutive doubles, und be tallied the other two runs of the game, com. |ing over in the third and fifth, both |times on a squeeze play engineered by Bill Orr real hit of the game for came in the first inning r Vitt hit th shortstop. Phe other two bingles were given to rand and Fredericks, respectively both on grounders that Orr gummed up | The score follows | The onty pe en | a |tane. If Mearkie, Johnston, Bidrea, rt Welah, bey ef o=+ tee! Fy lennubhs...3: alwnecne Totals 8 innings “oue seco uece eooe ee ! 11 fyers 4. Struck balle—Myere 1 -Eldred 3. Sac Rune batted Orr. Caught 4e responsible jacobs t. Bi Two-ba *—Mearkle, Or lred. Welsh, Tobin Withoit Finn Sig PACIFIC COAST in—F Time of gan and Reardon. Umpires- } | | San Francisco . Sacramento | Portiand Seattle 6, Portland 4 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE wi oat. 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