The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 25, 1923, Page 12

About Fights and Fighters BY LEO H. LASSEN \ | | } HE fighting instinct of the rough and tumble battler is to slug with his handy paying no attention to what his feet may be doing. , To the clever ring man his footwork is just as important, if not more so, than his punch-| ing. Both as an offensive and defensive LEO “ Buck Home to Battle Vancouver Local Hockey Club Had Hard Trip; Ice None Too Good Up North ACK on home tee again after tak ing six straight sockings on the chin during the recent trip to the Canadian prairies tho Seattle Mets are preparing to play the Vancouver Maroons here tomorrow night. The only complaint Pete Muldoon |makes on the trip was the tough| dicate, schedule, which called for 11 straight nights on the train, and then there NARD PLANS BOXING TOUR METS HAVE NO ALIBI PHE SHATTLE ON e bh & Benny Leonard, world’s lightweight champion, who is doing a turn of vaudeville on the Orpheum stage this week, is also acting as a scrivener for The Star sport pages during his stay in Seattle. The lightweight champion is a versatile young man and |in his spare time he writes for a national sports syn- Fred Carter, The Star’s demon southpaw jcameraman, snapped Benny at his typewriter while FOR PRAIRIE TRIP Lightweight Champion} ‘Box in Seattle in 199 Champion Will Tour Coast Cities and | ‘ Plans on Present Vaudeville Engage anne Fight Best Men Available r Bae LEONARD is a smart young man, The lightweight champion is killing two birds one rock. rpheum circuit } plans a boxing tour over the | —— ——___ | ‘same route that the Orpheum K K.O. Punch with Dan Salt and Lonnie Austin, | Ld N ° local promoters, and it’s almost a| lg Thin cinch that he will show in Seattle} 9 While he’s touring the West on the O; r next year, a8 he |takes next fall. with some good lightweight. Winni-| is lining up exhibition boxing matches fo ——_—__< Leonard has talked things over | peg, Vancouver, B. C., Portland, San | t B gun Franglsco and Los Angeles will also | 0 oxXer . be included in bis boxing tour. The lghtweight king makes as outside of psa power of the punch. Whats sreat thing it 4s in the boxing asset good footwork fs invaluable. | wasn't the best ice in the world up Moving aside or backwards with a| North, because of the mild winter. punch, the same as breaking the} The team Is in pretty falr shape, eh ch a halt jaltho Gordon Fraser had a sick spell neobhg ty : on the trip. Bob Rowe is just about back as you catch It, saves a lot of ready to hit it up again, clever men unnecessary punishment, Vancouven which also took some Young Griffo, Oakland Jimmy beatings in Canada, will be at top| Duffy, Eddie Campl, Benny Leonard, preparing one of his yarns for The Star. His first story appears on this page today. y drawing the hands "Istrength tomorrow night with | Tod Morgan, Spider Roach, Billy) \rickey Mackay making his first bow | Wright—all clever men and UN-| of the season. The Maroon ace was | marked—because they know how to! use their feet as well as their hands. Soldier Woods, Harry —Casey,| Travie Davis, Battling Nelson, Ad Woe and Dat fs we Summon Pure because they cari't manago their Puck Team : | Wins Game not in the lineup when Vancouver played here before, feet. Footwork {s just as {raportant of- fensively as defensively, as a fighter must know how to jump Into posi, tion to hit after avoiding a punch. This {s known as counter-hitting. "71 |much money, if not more, jthe ring tha as he hay |S8™e Or any other sport, for that fem }an offer for a series of moving pic-|™4tter! What mokes football, teams, } tho stories to be written by | baseball teams, and 0 on cows ty Hellman, famous Saturday | line? Nothing but the old ning Post writer, a7 8000 @8| served up in somewl onard returns to yw York, form, perhaps, These pictures can be made in the | | mornings and will not interfere with} Freddie Mack, the young Seat | his vaudeville work, |Wehtwelght, who meets Bob Wank, | All in all, this business of being a/0f St. Paul, in the main eventig: | fistic champton fen't so tough as the |‘he Crystal Pool Friday might, | champs would make {t out to be, | ¢?d0wed with that great qualitp. | ~ ——_—_—_—_——— |“punch.” He has it in goba aa | | knows how to administer it Magy: |SPANISH GAME The boy with the punch as | smeoF OR, FLORIDA | cstnow eS senate mt | Jal-Alat courts, It is the national| some place in the game, and epeb | game of Spain. The courts are going | ually stands the chance to win the | Jockey clvb. Forty young men and| punch, {t is a mighty hard propos, | women players will be imported from |tion. There have been clever ¢ ‘ ynd that a cl 7 ‘me fl peas, Boat the samme power to him! Miam!, Ficrida, will soon boast|any other kind of a Scrapper to ge + | |up at Hialeah, close to the Miami | coveted championship. ‘Without \ t Many of your present-day fighters know very ttle about counter punching. It takes a combination of footwork and skill with the hands to make a champion. Types of | tied In the series. a m, | Each team scored a goal In the| Footwork letatipariod Just as there are different ki punching—jabs, hooks and straight | wallops—there are various kinds of ;COUVER, B. C,, Dec, Seattlo All-Stars of ateur Hockey league tied up the Intercity last night when they yictory over puck cored a 4-to-3 the Vancouver ctub. scored three tallies in the t period. Don McK the | series here | Victoria and Vancouver are | the lo- | | & H | Spain to demonstrate the game. | a | ‘SOCCER COMES | TO FORE FAST. is coming to the; fore in the East, particularly in New| England, The Corinthians are com ing over next fall and it’s said that Glasgow Celtics may also come over. Soccer fo ‘SOME BATTING | | Sock when pions, but most of them could the occasion presented. itself, Take Abe Attell and Johuay Kilbane, bother featherweight cham 9 pions of the ward, wonderfully clever boxers, and mighty punchers when they elected to use their walk lop. Just scan the pages of fistle hig tory and find how many world’s champions were won via the ret eree’s decision route in any division, jeal boy from |Very few and far between, ‘Tht footwork. lrorlehtagton ‘lend tha. Seattle. abst |punch has ruled the roost since the There are the “hoppers,” boxers | tack | RECORD, BOYS boxing came began, several hundred like Morgan, Campi, Duffy, Leonard| “Vancouver came back strong in ‘Ty Cobb, the great Detroit slugger, |YCa"8 980, and will alway rule, and Abe Attell, who Jump Up and/ the -fina| session a a hate na patting average of -371| ‘The battler with the punch has « down constant! |to me the lead. ‘Two for 2449 games in the American |Chance. If he ts alee! am slept box- The other style of footwork {fs the were made, despite Seatt league: jer, he has a much greater chance of duffle that Jack Johnson, Mike|fiveman defense, and the loca | Pree cok tiie | cetting ahead tn the game and rise Gibbons and Tommy Barns used. }were going strong the bell. aed ai de. Pen ates aw a eta on the fistic ladder, Freddie Mack Local examples of the two types} Campbell, Shaver, Jacobs, Cav mt —~|JAKIE MAY TO its the hardest-nitting Seattle boy are Dode Bercot, a “hopper,” andjanaugh and McKenzie played great VANDAL GRID ERRY HALE, one of the greatest 'e 9 | who ever toed the scratch, Ted Krache, a “shuffler.” hockey for Seattle. | - fullbacks ever turned out at e n r r u GO TO CHICAGO? | tie has turned out some good Both are equally effective. | = eS M NAMED Yale, has gone blind. 0) a onrirs Oo | Jackie May will be sold to the Cht-|lightweights. Johnny O'Leary, Ba |\HARRY ERTLE The name of Perry Hale will brin *% % ‘AR ce ee |cago White Sox, according to the|by Harper, Eddie Pinkman and oth: Ring Authorities | F R LETTERS back to the followers of football t ‘i A iad * < atest baseball rumor. Bill Essick|ers had more or Jess sensation! Get Together - | MAY REFEREE team of 1908. ‘That Yaio tam beat | MONEY CONVINCED HIS DAD) suse mates sustactry seat| carer, Harpe: i sem Simms Benth PL oe Bie TON, N. Harry Ertl FENTEEN members of the| Se Of 3900. That Yale team beat) 4 4 with the New York Yankees for his|welght. Then there were Billy Be pfeattle promoters and members of) TRENTON, N. J.. Harry Ertle, | OT y¥ of Idaho footbati| Princeton 296 and the following! BY BENNY LEONARD | 1 was given tho semtwindup. I | southpaw. | wards and others who flashed aga the local Portiand boxing commis | who ran into some excitement when t a" thes commended. for week beat Harvard 28.0. i NE of the first questions that had a tough proposition, giving | the fistic horizan and flickered ea, sions were the guests of the Portland | he refereed the Mike McTigue-Young|team have been recommended After graduating from Yale, Halo 0) Ae phe pare nl Bi przR oak of pdanda. " Pink the hardest picker leslohouariday oalghts’ ay-the late nah Columbus Ga, {official “I* sweaters: \by Coach { the average sporting editor away a flock of pounds, I got E T |Pinkman was the ; Be ee ee Oe eee eee ta CHR OE i tinewe. Of te it, 16 are fromm three years as Coach at ORIG)!“ ioe tan asks me is about || everything but the |GEERS IS NO of the lot. But tle was amie Rose City at a banquet which pre-| may be named to handle the Strib h , 8 niversity Phillips Exet y first ight Well, that’s al: g for a while. I | “ ” and went the route with the rte ceded the Danny Edwards and Billy |ling-Dave Rosenberg bout in Nowark | ! ply ee et ee academy kod atin Tak texts way and towards | ALL IN” YET them. E var 0 Gott, aya Interesting to me, f¢ . ay . Mascott fight Rasa, Kicteed ain Halo: then took up his profession | WAY Interesting to me, for I re. the other fellow | “Pop” Geers has just finished up| sow there te Mack: : The boxing authorttles of both Vernon. # taka as a mining engineer. He was meet-| Penvey Very sven in the East | bell. I won and | his 43rd season as an active driver.| yet be able to boast. of # cities is thas habe together and Kling ing with similar success to that its; whaee tasty « potd ti He's 72 years of age, and intends to | champion. Mack ts 3 suspensions fixed in one place will rites which crowned his efforts on the} pAb deg ly e-fiay k | 3 |keep right on going behind the |}, ally, 2 = Hausen, started his career. We had When I went home I met jearrang daily, and punching juste be In effect in both cities. Trans} MUCH PROMISE) nicnin Kinnison gridiron. boxing mother, You know what these | ®ulky next summ hard as when he didn’t iknow how to portation of boxers coming from the eisicl ss While going over one of his big ried P r reac sat ee sel hold hig hands up. ‘The blg test wil East will be split between the re-| Bill: Esst no of the cra : premature explosion resulted shaver 0 ras eaioke yest Rapp Cara sie aah | be when he faces ‘Wand aFriday spective promoters and it will be eas-| handlers of pitchers in baseball, par Accident that caused perma-| #T@D. | aia fighting rs seome JTLLINOIS WILL night “ If Freddte can get over the fer to bring highclasd boys’ to the| May make a winner out of Ken nent. blindnens. effort to te I had le | thing awful. I felt badiy, and | HOLD CARNIVAL ae ae ee net re Northivest, Penner, obtained from Sacramento Sete tle teak bight ke tilled myself becau: | told her I needed the mon | » expel peal Penner hag plenty of stuff, but ake gisele 1e| had cuffed mo | But that didn't do any good. The Univeritty of Iilinc 1 |Per, he will have made j ears spent in the| had cu : a Fou |The University of Illinois will hold | er a. tough plekliga tralia imply can’t alr, ha, ally become | dea was giv hen ather came in o | its annual indoor relay carnival at} os aes “ameron, Holes; ‘Theodore This’ fate and tx once| show wha know father is the only lght- | Urbana March 1. It's one of the |Tounsster, but a pune a8 ie ie rawing Car > Fa | o y in the world I can’t lich is < ge goes a long way tow! | Perry Hale n. in the world I can’t lick. | biggest events of its kind in the Does a fighter have to wit to beal FLINT CHOOSES ; t tl short,’I. won b; \ I w him look so cross, detec. we % jthings equal. It bem eg drawing ca , Yori ra] ot $5 for It came nu been doing ea, at 2 a solid smack on Wi Not if Jou take the case of Danay| _ PEORIA AGAIN TURKEY SHOO sree aii Bel aa eter Aey tie tes WHATS Wrong | S05 to be slowsd up 1 6a Edwards, the Oakland colored bo: The F team of the D a akckah ease Tis nd ls eid Sriede wa for me. | hting, fadder, says I, duck. | 4 ING There is no -end of interest This popular little bantamweight | League do TO BE STAGE! pool sapere been en Coe md the | und ling for my Minneapolis may have to call off | coming main tangle and Nate Drum hag lost something like 17 straight | training st : | ate Sree erat tne Vick pak Ha TEREEE corner and x went | vait a minute, | SK! Contests because of absence | man looks for a capacity: eee fights, but he {s one of the bus in he be American croquet is now being| lke ® quart of ico cream at a tt of snow Things have come| Babe Foote and Eddie Niel, boxers in the country. The string Keane ballin Baialad pets 4 in Australia. © © © Which| Sunday school picnic. I had to the 20, looked at ['® & Pretty pass when even the two hard-hitting bantam wil Hei of defeats include two knockouts— the 1924 season. | highway, js fi eereud 4 | buy frankfurters for the whole mo for a minute and said jsnow refu to fall for skiing. {jt out in the special everit of four | £ : |to 4 p. m. An evil will spread if not | i cream 4 Truman Doe one by Abe Goldstein and the other| pairs a its infancy. | gang. I escaped with $1 and e ray gid eyed eccrt Motte thelr, differences It Mon tho other hand, take tho cases| OMIITH DIDN’T [and revowwers, a aie {| eee ee | ean | rhe seating canacity. of the Har-|¢he sixround, semifinal Batt of Frankie Monro and Solly Seeman.| PLAY LAST YEAR| momak >a Chicago| ‘The news that Ralph Greenteat| Igot another chance. Thistime | my boy, ven do you fig |vard stadium {s to be Increased to| these fighters stand am sxcaleat Both are good boys and seldom los Matha eet tek SRMNGL a8 doe tens three, ccs ln goltiasattad ths tarae ocintae tte 4 ——+____. | 100,000. ¢ * * This probably means | chance of not going the limit but they have a hard time getting |o.-.04 he ween seaport el ei kin re ohplyir ofa ip < “pabtbrietc | that Tex Ri is to be offered —_—______———— Bs 7 ? sed b: ramento from Roches. ! mie It was probably one of | is/interesting, but it falls to say th of hi 4 ach. NOT OF INTEREST he same goes for Jimm " “Hp pd ; h , a coac d bs jen n goes didn’t play ball last year. Hoe! Clark Griffith's a looking for a| whether he to enter a pillow | that Joe Beckett in men the game, but one of the udience pleasers, because he ts harder than he has to HOUSE oats ° (OUR BOARDING 2 E fi BY | (1OACH LEON BY AHERN) RIC is the fellows who JACK HOHENBERG |« will ever take up croquet. ® ‘There is nothing in the game that requires a contestant to assume # horizontal position on the turt ant ii RIGHT AT HOME bewhiskered Los Angeles who is a fighter ought to ew York, * * * That's where The newsboy | the iderable hole if he returns for seme agur’s return will Insure the {AM fs turn tern, rebuilt team go to It Gartaad “tan kctecl, asd. voue |e rs of at least one experi. |all the hairline decisions are being listen to the mathematics of pct ee cd tog aoa pet dain ac cy ave alc eae a ED ag He re 1 the | enced, first class player. Barragar| handed out these days. referee. are kept bus: ers Ike Joe| ZF a Pate ry ee the kan ‘ ert eédeon! | Sould © on team in tho —$ ——— | Earl Baird,| f Lf eae Lk AE ¥ | Brigham’s men are none te league. His return should strengthen aiDavie there MY WORD WARNE SANTIS FORIATI |iitTare blensed with the 1 60 per cent is Baby Has Real Pair ; t WEED “Mis comes as | SHIRT OF YouRS site to Ga che 4 t loge are not going to 'y ye ; 2 Bnet ye € ‘itt ing thelr first Fe B NAVY TO WORK AT CHI VT LOOKS LIKE Wiatachanee ke Ww games, Ht n the persistent of Lunchhoo 8, Dro CHICAGO, Dec - TH’ PARACH and will improve ste s of their instructor fs final football team will TIE FOR You, | close of the baskett a home they will become a tice’ play Wednesda HAD “To “Tak Peay ag: ime boat as the Frank. |?eally dangerous outfit ver oe Out A outfit in t. Coach - - zea. . ¥ UNTER‘ ham ha a job in t E LibeNGe ding up av mination | ALLINOIS HAS ICENGE, - he DILLON GOES Goop Se eee ce luke the| LR SCHEDULE 4 is fighting mae oir I is has one of the toughest bYpY '@” HOCKEY VANCOUVER M. Sharp REDUCED PRICES $1.10 (Tax Included) RESERVED SEATS NOW ON SALE AT THE ARENA OFFICE 1210 Fifth Avenue PHONE MA In-2493 Unealled-for Reservations Canceled at 4 P.M. Wednesd: Skating—3 sessions daily all during week Wednes: day mornjng, 10 to 12; after noon, 3 tb 5 8:15 to $1.50 except 3 evening, George Len altho coach the United States water polo | has picked up some of t team for the Olymple reen man fine points games. of center play and bids fair to fill] ¢ral players from Stanford and Call lin at the tipoff berth. Lemoke is|fornia are co to have xd by no means a star player, but may | Chances for placing. |be the man for the job. as The discovery of Lemcke at con: tor has permitted sto KING IS TO to go t a renee TRY AGAIN mising guard on th King, former Virginia foot ent time, Hopper b who was flivver as a ketball for the last two | th the Portland Coast 1. considerable fund of | @*8ue team a couple of years ago, om which to draw will try ain, this time with New How Johnston, | Ofleans in the Southern league, who-will fight for a place on| “COACH LOSES WEIGHT © Purple and White team a football team must be rl Tho second semester will find Gar | strenuous work wauns. Wun | field materia ngthened by the| made hi . oe , al R h of the Uni GENZ the outstanding forwards when he! Penney next t | Played with the Bulldogs last year,| more precious and will help Coach Brigham out of|and Bi i nicpraecsyprotaroga tes pe Fiett, | football schedules lined up for next| Sl Gan eer ar8 | both footballers, hi wn them.| Year of team in the country. | OR GO YET TO | selves to bo basketball playtrs in the | Nebraska, Butler, Michigan, De | & YOUR MONOGRAM |making. Flett shows tho prettiest | Pauw, Iowa, C Minnesota and | lform of any man on the squad, | Ohlo State come in onder |They have been playing at the for-| Sint Bt wards, and have been doing a fairly good job of it. Lyons, a | COACH NAMED fla nd Al McQuarrie two other forwards who are being deval FOR POLOISTS oped for future usc | Otto Wahle, of New York, will | Back 15 years ago the New York jclub of the American League had a |southpaw pitcher by the name of | | Harry Abels who could grab a ball Jin his lett nd completely Jenvelop same. Is was a pitch | ing curiosity. » hands are sup- to be a decided asset to a} | baseball pitcher since it enables him |to get a much better | | posed grip on the | | ba A majority of the star pltch ers In the majofs have big han¢ |It failed to work in A however, as his stay in the major was of short duration. He had lacked control Haggerty k Celtics has © of the way he can manipulate a basketball. A pair of big hands makes It possibl for him to do all kinds of pecul stunts with CHARLES BICKING com ink ft arms Jength. If you th y, borrow a’ basket ball od tt.