The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 10, 1923, Page 12

STAR MONDAY, § EPTEMBER 10, 1923, it strung to him, Since Wittart notes of ¢ ARREL h Jo ohnston Is Pivot of Squad Seattle’s First Sacker Is Life of Indians’ Inner Defense sT)°° JOHNSTON, 8 sacker, is on: not flivver on t ene handed out about Johns JOHN some remark bag with with. H the other 1 Johnston is and can take any position around the ba, of tough ple has the sc for throws down pr } Neither Ted Bald Mearkle are high-class Johnston has had some tough situ fellows have the bad habit of fing the ball into the ru ) When Jolinston joined “t5% spring a lot of the boys « club were jealous of the publ got, and Johnston has the ity that is continually putting iim in| the limelight. More than one of the Vether tossers on the club started stories that Johnston's legs were on the bum and that he wouldn't hit a me ns as thes the 4 Vafter the first few weeks of the sea just went ‘on is pepper and son. But the “Doctor” his way, keeping up right now he's as good a first base quan as there is in the league. From all indications Johnston will the back again next year, as the old Boy has several seasons of good base ball left. MT. VERNON _ TAKES FIRST TITLE TILT : ELLINGHAM, Sept. 10. Etbert | B Harper, the t niversity of Wash: Yngton athlete, twirled superb ball here today, and Mount Vernon "marked up a victory in the first game of the Northwest league’ title series ‘against the Bellingham Elks. The | final score was 1 to 0. Harper allowed the Antiers on three hits. Rankin, the Elks’ pitch €r, twirled good enough ball to wir “an ordinary contest, allowing but ‘bingles. “The biggest crowd that has seen ball game here in a number of years| The second game of | “Was on hand. the series will be played at Vernon Wednesday, starting at Pp. m. The score- R Mount Vernon Bellingham E c 3 Harper and Sorenson; Rankin and| Bypher, Walter Mails Surely Is Shy Walter Mails, the Acorn twirl ing star, immediately upon his re turn home to Oakland the other day, asked a friend if any men tion of him had been made in the home papers during his absence. “One paper,” sald the friend, “carried a story to the effect that if the Seals had you on their pitching staff all they would need beside you would be a relief pitcher.” c Mails contemplated this news for a minute before he replied, “You know, I think that is the trut Mount 4:30 BECOME BALD? DON'T Information given at offices of by mail, Address and stamp your return. Offices A. Parke Hair and Sealp Speciatist and PARKE’S HAIK REMEDY 103 Second Ave. 8, Metropole Bide. FOR PLEASURE’S SAKE— go to The ZERO 214 Jefferson Bt. Just back of L. C. Smith Bldg. Card Tables, Pool, Cigars, Candies, Soft Drinks, Fountiin Lunches Auitude of Crowd Won’ ' Effect Firpo or Dempsey t back ery amp uch nd Dempae bef. d mani the ing afte an asewult He explained ropes, and wht off the that he purpowely carrie best wor and y of (OUR BOARDING HOUSE. [RN wes navies CLOCK “| Seattle Wins Both Ends of Double Bill From Salt Lake Bees Easily ean made it yen out of eight from Salt Lake Sunday by taking both ends of the double bill and breaking even in th: two games that were played on Saturday. The first tussle was a slugging affair with the locals be ing on the long end of a 9 to} «, Fred Blake worked on the hill for { count. the first game, getting four jruns in the fifth and four | more in the eighth on bunched hits. | The duce! b Dick spud The 3 to second affair a piteh rdne: final t Lake ‘sco the first inning en and scored on Strand's | Sea jfitth ltripted | puttin, jand-run Virt single broke thru for two with two awa Johns to right and Eldred singled, johnston On a hit play Welsh pounded tho right center and made a Brick scored easil { the game when Johnston the over came the seventh and 1 doubled in The scores follow FIRST GAME Salt Lake Aw. BR. H. PO Vitt, 3b 6 3 Mearkle, 2b Johneton, 1b Eldred, rf Welsh, If Baldwin, 3b Tobin, ¢ Blake, p Totals *Hatted f Salt Lake Hits Seattle Hits Innings piteh foat to Myers. bat hits batted Rune ra 4, Blake 14 Myers 1, Blake 4, Bases on bails Wild piteh—Myers. Mearkie, Runs batted ve 2, Eldred, Davie, 1, Caught stealing Orr to Mye’ 0900 O1103 6001 00025 respon Struck out Myers two plays lohnat 140, Ump Fin: eardon SECOND GAME AB. RH $511 + 6 eae Strand, ef 4 0 Jenkins, © A /6 9 2 0 Mearkle, 2 ane | a) Johnston Eldred, Welsh, IC ED | Baldwin, ab | robin, 6 |Gardner, p Totaix Beore by innings Balt Takes. 9 |Jobnaton, Wels the ttle had two fat innings in Medals A-Plenty NATIONAL LEAGUE “ RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE w RESULTS Washingtor Bost PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE fan Francisco ... 9 Sacrament 71 Portiand Seattl At Folks, meet O. N. Ford of ‘t3| Portland, singles and {it | round rifle champion of Ore "3\ gon. He's regarded as one of |the world crack shots. |Friends are expecting great | things of him in the coming vee“ national and international ortland 2 (firat game): | matches at Camp Perry, O. Oakland 2 (first | Be AT BANQUET Santa Clar RESULTS 0 9, Balt Lake 4 (firet Lake nd game} Francisco ‘ San Fra name): kame) kame) Sacramento 10, P Lon Angele Oakiand 5 ttle amente tiand Lon Ange Vernon vumni of will idiron coaches, I Ban Franeisec entertain Its new § GAMES’ Seattle at Low Angeles | Vernon at Sacra: Oakland at Port igur Kienholz and bunquet in San Thur ay In addition to Santa Clara men, invited guests Andy Smith, Catt Andy Kerr, Stanford conc Mull California Frosh conch, Elmer | Henderson and University of 8 fo California coach Snowy” Baker at « Halt | Francisco | the will be MeCab Gardner 1, McCabe Haid Vitt sidred Orr, Frederteks, Runs batted in—stra Weish. Caught stealing—Frodericks Double play—-Orr to Mearkle to Johnston 0| be f game—1:45, Umplrex—Reardon | | and Finney Johnaton, slared | NHICAGO, Sept. 10 partee is a Application of Jatt Fighter Denied ||: BW YORK, Sept, 10Su- || ver since Piteher Charley Robert preme Court Justice Hagar. ||#0n of the Chicago White Sox abut ty, in Brooklyn, today denied the || Out the Detrolt Tigers without a hit application for a writ of manda, || Not & man reaching first base, there mus to prevent the Dempsey.Fir- || hax been a certain coolne: tween po fight, September 14, filed by || the Tigers and the pitches Harry Willis, colored heavyweight, Some of the critics aver that Rob dnd: hie. manager, Mullins, |/ertson’s performance agatnat Detroit Jin that game rather vlarded his part of baseball and very often it the most complimentary all-| - | $1500 trick" | of J TY COBB AND CHARLEY R | presents itself, eval National Tennis Play Opens in Philly SEATTLE P. C, ia RECORD IS VERY GOOD 64 Stars Compete Marathon Golf Results in Some Freak Records URING t tor Cup oo Tilden and Johnston Fa- vored to Come Thru to Finals Again This Year GEORGETOWN WINS TITLE BY VICTORY ° Me In that time tory cap: hand at the big] Grounds to view = Major Talk abe run of (he year while Dob Khawkey wal anki Max In the second e fs ¢ which the Yanks ound took the first 4 he Yanks aleo Trie Speaker hit a home ran and Helped the Indians down the Tigers, fo to the rescue of Masty in the seventh inning and stopped a Washington rally, en- abling the Athtetics to win, 5 to 2 Heimach came to won his 23rd ure, § t nd Hemphil GOTHAM IS TIRING OF FIST SHOWS the New Yorkers of figh b-Wileon fight, a drew but held Dyer ards the Cubs scorelens, won, 3 to = young reernl and the * Dodaers eading Glante with Hugh MeQu lyn men © DUDLEY WILL n blew up, and the on # batting rampage. “A getting he G cham: | HOQUIAM, Sept. 10.—-Young Dud ley, colored welterweight, and Sailor | Lis re to headline the smoker to be staged here at Electric park next Tuesday night. In the semi-windup, | Charley Moy and Sailor Walters, the featherweights. wh boxed a draw in Seattle recently, are billed to! mix. Other bouts are being lined up HUNTER WILL int fight 16,000. per Dempsey-Firpo fight. a for the world’s heavyweight cham plonahip, is creating the inter est that wasexpected when the match was first made Fir His Smith fight not po is partly to blame for fights with Downey, dubs, erad. feated from the public mind the idea | that he is a great fighter But there ts something deeper than vat, something fundamental, for the | neral dropping off of interest, and my idea is that the public ts becom: ing tired of Dompsey's demands for that two poor Homer and Joe th Willis Hunter, mer amateur champion of Great | Britain, is on his way to Chicago, where he will compete in the national | amateur championship at the Floss. moor Country club, tember 15. big mone He wants $200,000 to fight men that everybody knows he can whip—men that Bob Fitzsimmons have! tem, a toa “| KENT GRIDIRON would and whip There is no sportsmanship in Dempsey | nor in his manager, Jack They are making of box ing a business instead of a sport, a t-rich-quick business, and the porting people have not the inter est in that they have in sport JOHNSON WILL BOX SEPT. 19) ‘loyd Johnson, the ,Northwest have practice at and build up Thirty candidates {the first call for Kent high school, French is hoping to strong eleven. | food, ax seven eae Ss LEITCH A GOLF STAR Miss cae Leitch, sister of the famous Cecil Leitch, and an expert heavywelght, who was here recently | golfer herself, will compete in the on f visit to his folks near Auburn, | Canadian Open Golf championship Yeenow: 10: Francisco, He will/tourney which will be held near Onkland on September 19,| Montreal on Sept. 17 an opponent to be named, | ss | The Ford league {championship went to the Hugh Waker M, “Farmer Lodge, one| Baird club, when they defeated the ks Dempsey’s training partners, | Hart & Hart tossers, 15 to 12, in the king a divorce from his wife, | title game at Enumclaw Sunday af- ® Lodge, He alleges desertion, | ternoon. Kearns business lettermen’ are back.) San box at against Dealers’ BOXER SL baseball | he) = se Peake ay “DICK MUNSON Nick Morris WILL COACH IN WYOMING 1CK MUNSON, former University of Washington agen star, Mth Knocked out his 24th ROM? land Inter coach of the Lincoln high | nehoot team, is to leave today for Casper, Wyo., where he will take up duties as passistant director of phys ical training in the public schools | | there. 1 | tended *|ton Munson js well known in Seattle, | and had many friends here. He at the University of Washing- summer school for Coaches this year. | |ANGELS SPLIT came up and slapped the| | Los WITH ACORNS | OAKLAND, Sept. 10.—Oakland and Los Angeles broke even two games played here yesterday, the Angels taking the morning con-| locals the test, 5 to 2, and the afternoon session, § to 3 The scores (morning}— R. H. FE Angeles ‘ Tass mae }Oakland .. NGLs Reese te OT | MEET LISTON | | Byler; | | fost | | ENTER MEET) of Los Angeles, for: | Portland -———. starting Sep-|Portland . answered| the} Coach | 4/ double-header Kent's chances look | Vernon Batteries: Hughes and Hobson, Eley and Baker. {Afternoon game) R. H. EF Los Angeles ...... -3 ¢ 0 Oakland ey ees Fe gel ae Batteries: Crandall, Walters and Murchio, Maile and Read. PORTLAND IS BEATEN TWICE PORTLAND, Sept. 10.—The pen: |nant seeking Solons grabbed both games from Portland here yesterday The scores were 4 to 2 and 10 to 0. irst game R. H. E. Sacramento .........--,4 11 0 Prough and Schang; Crumpler, Pil lette and Onslow. econd game Row. 1 eramento jibe sens tO che y Si Rae Pena and Schang; Yarrison, YiMette and Daly Hughes Schroeder, |LEADERS WIN OUTLOOK GOOD BOTH GAMES| 10.—San of the from to 4 ANGELES, 0 won both games here yesterday The scores were 11 jand 6 to 1 ‘The scores (first game): R. H. E San Francisco . 18 8 Vernon Sere eae jet ae Batteries MeWeeney and Yelle; Alten, File and Murphy, (Second game) San Francisco Vernon Scott Whitney. Los Sept. Franc and Tiner and ‘The local lacrosse season came to a close Sunday afternoon on the Upper Woodland park grounds, when the West Seattle team defeated the Pi- rates, 7 to @. The game was fea- tured by the fast play of both sides, Progress, on the theory that It right-fleld bleach: 4 bit of inflation on the part fast ones into the caused run of the ers for a home As Cobb wended his way tho bases in a letsurely manner, he kept up a line of conversation for vocal barrage as well as bats when. | Robertson's benefit, in which he took ev the opportunity for chiding |to task the pitehing ability of the Robertson is game, | Sox recurit. and never fails to] “By tomorrow you will be able to wear your regular size hat,” was the finishing Jolt handed Robertson as Cobb crossed the plate. A few innings later with the bases young man's head around Every time that Robertson faces Tigers he must also stand a takes the riding, come back In a recent game between Detro': apd Chicago, Ty Cobb, with the bases empty, cracked one of Robertson's OBERTSON IN WORD DUEL filled, two down and Cobb up, the great Tyrus popped to the infield. As | Cobb trotted to first base, very much disgusted with his effort, Robertson, on the way to the bench, mumbled to himself, yet ina voice that could be heard by Cobb: “Great hitter! With — the empty you knock a home run the bases filled, Great hitter!” Don't get the Impression, either, that Cobb didn't say a fow things featuring chesty bushers, bases With pop to the infield. in the} Baldwin; } 2/ contenders, Average Is Fourth for Five Years And 1919 Shouldn’t Be Counted, as Team Was Assembled in Hurry BY LEO H. LASSEN Your av "i fan ‘a | nearly a eady ian ta’ a Knock, but when it comes to ped. dling a boost then he rates ‘half bunk , B that Seat ut in surveying the five seasons the Coast Ind sn't league half by Dy first ye the cele difficult t first first seaso lar, true eno’ But it wa to assemb! am th The next y under Buzzy Wa was a big. seas We came fre behind and finished but a couple kames out of the pennant, won Vernon. It was our best seasc Int Bill Kenworthy had the | boys in second place most of the sea 50m and then a slump 4 pare) year landed them in fou ti we finished fifth, rem th we should finicif Aa bt now— four " whe we are We haven't mu of overtaking Portland, as t ors are far ahead of five Weeks to goo tna eae oul But that's an averagé6t a littiq less than fourth place, counting tha first season, and a little better thar |fourth, not counting 1919. | That's a record not to be laughed jat by any means } pd when “Red” Killefer can get the ‘men he needs the Indians will be bettering that mark, too, BATTERY BUST | RUINED TRIBE And put this in your baseball bi jnet, too: If Fred Blake and Y ryan had kicked thru like th jw expected to Seattle would be in |Second place today. Both Blake and Yaryan have been terrible bus: Blake is going a little better now, and don't be surprised if efer keeps him and gives him a thoro tril next year. Yaryan hit in streaks {early in the season, but he has been | frost as a catcher as he can’t throw well enough. Th ition has run |rings around him, helping themselves to double steals galore every time work. Frank Tobin is not a fir: | string catcher, but he is a good man to have around, as Tobe h | knows the league. ing fairly well recently | THIS WEEK Ll | COUNT HEAVILY Things may be popping this week jin the Coast league race, Sacre | mento goes home to play Vernon, the | Weak sister of the league, and Port }land and San Francisco, the oth clash in San Franciseo. If Sacramento can clean up, as the Solons figure to, and should Portland and Frisco break even, the Sacs will close in on the champions. And then the two series between the Sacs and Seals yet to come will just about do- |clde the title for the year. Tho: Seals aren't in yet by any means, JAKE ROUTED FOR FIRST TIME Salt fell on the Seattle ace for a flod of hits and Jake walked out of the box in that terrible seventh innin, Seattle had an 8-to-3 lead, but the Bees came back and jumped all over Elmer's deliveries, including a homer into the left field bleachers by John Peters. It was the first time this year that Jake has been completely routed. Seattle won the first game Saturday by a 5-8 tally with Vean Gregg pitching good ball, ORR SILENCES HIS CRITICS Bill Orr has been in a bad slump and the boys have been on him for the past few weeks, but he put silencer on their wise cracks Satur day by his great work in the field and with the willow, Bill smacked three doubles and handled some diffi- cult chances in the field, Orr may not be the best shortstop in the world, and he's slowing up, but Bill is still a pretty handy man to have around a ball club, FIRST ONE FOR BEES HERE THIS YEAR When the Bees won that secon game Saturday it was the first ti that they had won a\game here th year, the Indians having won 13 straight games from the Utahans on the local Jot, ‘The Indians have completely out: classed the Bees on their season's record and have demonstrated con: clusively that they are the better players, LY Elmer Jacobs got his for the fir time this season Saturday when ti Firpo' front office quest had ture