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28 qn UESDAY, SEETEMBER 18, 1928 THE SEATTLE STAR PAGE 13 EDDIE COLLINS IS STILL PEER OF ALL KEYSTONE GUARDIANS White Sox Star Plays Great Ball Gleason and Huggins | Have Fine Boosts for Chicago Second Sacker BY BILLY E . I have been geen a more valuable se Eddie Collins die Collins. duri t f bee by “Kid” G manager the Chicago White Sox. his day Gleason was one of the “There was Larry Lajole, for instance, What a wonder t big Frenchman was! How could hit them, Larry slammed the ball harder than Eddie, but No more consistently. In fielding there was little to choose between them. After that, the edge is with Collins. No one but the manager of a club Luis Firpo, Argentine ‘giant, crumpled in the second round of the world’s heavyweight championship fight at the Polo grounds, New York. He is flat on his back, after Dempsey had put over a left and right to the jaw, immediately following an avalanche of knockdowns and short rights to the heart that left Fir- po o bleeding and groggy. This photo slws the referee feree counting the final “te an a sd ays second base ‘ second wo work a ha Allege That ernoun, To the infield he is ¢ 5 sug e e bmpleted 7 Sas to the on the cS # ‘Pree trench pitch Fouls Were} Is free oraeet Bhacapi ° are the batsman and the type ball th eing a e is to be pitched pale Sie pee ‘At the plate Collins Is a won- Firnaic: Eriande Decl Cae der. He has a remarkable eye. irpos Friends DVeciare Collins makes more base hits than any other player in the game with the o it three balls and two strikes. That is because ho is always waiting his pitcher vat, unless perchance he picks He Got the Worst of Deal in Battle Friday BY HENRY L. FARRELL TEW YORK, 18.—Much {a sc Mapa coed | When the first bell sounded at the Polo grounds championship fight, Demp- eing fade over, Cha. number aOe | “Best of nas the winning . 7 g . pionship Tgat, NDP | variety of fouls that the admirers of disposit sey tore in savagely. Before the huge crowd realized what had happened, Fir- | tus anget Mirpo allege Jack Demp- Sse Reet a, stent be ls to. bell) DO. Wad On his knees. This picture was snapped just after Jack had put over the |%¥ committed axainst hin when te |blow that knocked Firpo down for the first of his many falls, before the last one A few days later I put the ques-|. tion of xecond baseman to Miller|in the second | round. Wat hice that thal re tonaaporgees ghes Bang mind Petar ahha. Gi se cites as Hen MR po's handlers charge tha | SLA gt py aig natigadingy aa man failed to win the chamy ip} ess |because he adhered to the rules and} em anccns basse |the champlon did not, and Horacio eee. race were 1x Lavelle, the trainer of the South American, went so far ans to state that the referee was supporting | Dempsey more than his heart, | Dempsey did commit a féw minor riday night to. retain his than Huggins. ne brainier. “Collins is the most valuable sec: | ond baseman I have ever seen in ac- tion,” said Huggins. “He doe’ everything well and makes no fuss| means about it. | infractiona of the rules, it is true, but of the “Frankie Frisch of the Giants ts| thoy were not nerious enough to year, also a wonder, but ts Inclined to be make him Mable for disqualification ad of more erratic than Collins, Frisch and when he did transgress the rules | it was done at a time when It was obyious that the champion was} and did not know exactly was doing. | | Firpo might have muffered a little | when Dempsey hit him once before | | he was entirely erect after a knock- | down, once after the champion punched him after the bell and again when Jack wax helped back Into the ring after he had been knocked knocks down and makes sensational plays on many balls because of his great speed, while Collins invariably handles « hall cleanly. He has the uncanny knack of getting in front of the ball, no matter how hard it} may be hit.” | Players of the Collins type are| mat one in ten thousand. Tough) as. pba through the ropes into the press box The South American got the best break of the evening when he was given a count of more than 12 early In the first round. He was really asin |knocked out .soon after the fight povery Jopened and wax on the floor when His the referee and the counting time jespite REGULAR SCHEDULE | keeper reached the count of 10 terri- Leave Seattle Datly | In the excitement, the referee . the ae ir ee og eae | thought st was the duty of the count. excel. “Except Sunday. Saturday f°] Sanday only. SPECIAL NIGHT SERVICE ling time keeper to declare the “out,” |and the time keeper thought the ref- ways | eree should do it. They both hesitated aor svremouize "rznar | |fore Dempsey had committed any be his | touts, : Jack Dempsey proved himself a worthy matador in his brief struggle with the ‘ Wild Bull of the Pampas.” Here’s the Argentine giant gazing skyward as the hin F \referee finishes the count. And the champion, flushed by another victory, is Ss Major Talk jleaving the ritig to the sweet tune of ear-splitting applause from the thousands |who gathered to view the “Battle of the Americas.” | George Kelly hit baa homers 7 three seraignt tripe to. the plate, an ae | velped the G win from the Cubs, 12 leading players in Bobby J vai alr ta S + los oa i ar an ine HAILS FROM ATLANTA, GA, |e veson to niny under atataens pea place, when they were downed by the TLANTA, Ga., Sept...18.—Connie } cases disposes of them to other clubs, | ‘tection almost as infants. x men | Inia, 6 to 2 Mack, despite the fact that for| greatly to the benefit of his bank.| Bobby Jones fs national open Pre Rube Marquard eloped the Pirates. 1, number of years he hae been in | roll champion. Miss Stirling bas ‘thre¢ peste Com @ OSSY ie ran find Boston won, 6 (0 1. charge of a tailender, is regarded as| Practically every club tn the Amer-| SUcces#ive wins in the national tq e eieadk tes the greatest developer of baseball | jen Bact abe Na- her credit and cine has twice bate! ular win from the I’hils. mond. nal league boast of players who] gp rely eiiotghy ‘Maiden nine Mack gets them young, molds their | #t thelr early training under Mack. | never won a title of any consequence and then in a great many|The great Eddie Collins, Wally |!" the golfing sume. Walter Johnson pitehed the Se ory over the Br tora to at | carec ij Py . (Qpair-Groom” Keeps Hair| i ‘ Sr 4 Soure Schang, “Stuffy’” McInnis, Amos Combed—Well-Groomed Hehind the scod pitching of (ay- EE. sielink: ride Bennscl kee tet ; : ny t lor and Helmach the Athletiea beat pe genial jnoke (Husde TBA Garenit This is the punch that rocked Dempsey’s whole body. It was a nasty rap} wu. & double-beader, wt of the score or more major league SVAN that Firpo landed early in the first round. Thrujthe ropes and onto the shoul-| *° se + palgot Midahh ntpermd tem! Sa ciey ders of “Kid”. McPartland, one. of the judges at’ the ringside, went Jack. It of oo Gia., might well be looked for a minute like it would be a knockout. But the champion was on his ene — : * BERCOTAND | me HOOVER LOSES | MITCHELL IS |BATTLING SIKI PIERCE NEXT ito bi eof jy te’ first ame, 6 to 1, e second from the alled Mai ped three of the game Four Mortons Sam, Kitty, Joc—Clara Home gain tn “WEARI OUT THE GREEN” ee Promoters to |} a = a ‘Company Lead Amateurs ||] corss—rymeu nee SoHE | Russ Pierce, the San Diego} ROWING TITLE| _ GIVEN GATE} BOXES OCT. 8 hiigutweignt, and Dodie Bercot wilt| J apy wet henicainebcta eta ada ona—Etmous alert Sept. 18-—Fred Mitch:} PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18,--Bat-|hendiine the Arena show here, on 18 10c Fa erica Gen sng ace EEaree DULUTH, Minn., Sept. 18—W BI, a f the B n boxer, hag| October 3, in a six-round tussle, Week! ALWAYS A yng, ston Nation: | tling Aiki, the Burop 1 indefinitely suspended | been signed to meet by President Hoydker for violations |negro heavyweight lof the playing rules 1 October 8 in an ries, will be held soon un. Willie Rollx—He Does? G. Gilmore, of Philadelphia, won the world’s singles sculling championship orge Godfrey, Philadelphia SAN ANTONIO, Tex: ght-round bout. | Kid Panche der the auspices of Dan Salt and ij 1 enn Lonnie Austin. The first was reel x staged under the auspices of The Yaphankers and Viola Dana { Sun Antonlo, stopped here yesterday from Walter Hoo" | hice } —IN— phbeidetiy aah ee Gene Larue, Canadian flywelght|} «pr ayy 7 ” Star, but now that it has bee: with ‘ of Duluth, In a four and onequ tr crenthia record for the'$80-|- George Kelly’wid Babe Ruth’aion| champ, An the third round ‘here leat ||| LOVE IN THE DARK Seed ow tat It hasbeen |] gonn "Rothang Jenkins mile race. Gjlmore takes the Phila lard run is 1 minute, 62 L6 sec |struck out three times in the four} night. ‘The bout was to go 12 better position to manage tt Frank Mello Salpuiey Gold Challenge. cp. 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