The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 2, 1924, Page 16

Tow. . _© Fountain and Fig hters Ermano Spalla, the Eu- ropean heavyweight cham- * pion, is going to South ~ America to fight Luis Firpo, as reported, he is passing up a lot of easy money that would be his for the asking in the United States. It’s almost a cinch that he will be knocked for a row by Firpo, as he is sald to be a terrible fighter. But with title as European cham: pion, which would mean something in the way of cheap publicity, Spalla would be given a flock of setups in this country that would bring him gBome neat purses, and then there would be plenty of time left In which to get him knocked out. Rotten as he may be, there are plenty of Dig fellows posing as fight- ers th this country who are undoubt- edly worse, Outside of Dempsey, Wills, Firpo and Gibbons, the heavyweight divi. sion ts a big joke In taking the South American match Spalla has evidently been very Ml advised. Concerning Northwest Championships ‘The Northwest ring champlonships Dave been changing hands frequently of late and are somewhat mixed up. As near as one can figure out this is the lineup now: Flyweight—No defending pion. Bantamweight—Vic Foley. Featherweight—Tod Morgan. Lightweight—Johnny Trambitas, Junior welterwelght—Young Car men. Welterweight—Young Dudley. cham- Middleweight—No defending cham-| pion. Light-heavyweight—Rube Finn. Heavyweight—George Lamson. ‘These titles mean lttie, because of the shifting about of fighters and the constant influx of new men. But they are Interesting as dope for the fans and so they serve thelr purpose. That Feather Belt The Portland boxing commission | featherweight championship belt, | which Danny Nunes and Weldon Wing fought for in Portland yester- Gay, is strictly a Portland affair. Nunes won the belt in an elimina- tion tourament In several 10-round fights in the Rose City and {t must be put up for competition there only When Bud Ridley defeated Nunes {n mid-summer in Idaho he wanted the belt and a story went the rounds that It was lost, but the Portland commission came to the front with | @ statement that {t was for compet!- tion in Portland bouts only. When Ridley beat Nunes he claimed the Coast title, and when Morgan handed Ridley his two box- ing lessons Morgan acquired it an has retained tho honors successfully ever since. Langford Has Another Outburst From Mexico City, above the noise of the popguns of the Mexican revo- Tationists, comes the voice of Sam Langford: | “Ah nevah liked him, Ah never had no use for him, but Ah think| that Jack Johnson could have bea aten | Jack Dempsey when Johnson was at his best. “Ah knows that Johnson w: Greatest defensive heay ever lived and he could be he could hit, and he wo sey plenty. “With Dempsey good as he ts today and with Johnson as good the day he stopped Jim Jeffries m: coln would go down ohngon t win.” ‘Well, that’s that. TWO OPPOSED TO DRAFT YET It develops tt American assoc! acceptance of They were St. any man d hit Demp- t two clubs in the “modifi Paul and ‘The latter club had raft 8c hem of its own and decline accept any other. John W. Norton of St. Paul stood pat that the association was “equal” of the two ma respect and he would not compro: mise from that sta KITCHENS IS OUT OF BERTH Frank Kitchens, veteran cate who went from Wichita Falls | on to Bed latter team, hag bee lease by t ot the general reorg presumptior plans to do the coming « after the busi he team as look f the clut 0000000000000 + ao well tfairs ¢ There Is Pleasure in Companionship THE ZERO 214 Jefferson Street © Just Back of L. c e00G¢000C Card Tables, OS Candies, Cigars Soft Drinks Lunches SO ——Pay Checks Cashed —— 90000000000000 2000000000000e About Fights} Seat SCE SER BSE NEY ORI ae ee oo a Team Finished Last in Club Hitting | Past Year Cliff Brady Won't “Hit Much | Much Bettter Than Clyde Mearkle Did; Good-Hitting Catcher Would Help; Punch Needed for Infield Before Club Can Be Set LTHO the Seattle team is pretty well set outside of the battery department, the Indians will have to acquire a man or two who can hit that baseball before they can expect to be real factors in. the coming race. A look at the records for the past season shows Seattle last in team hitting and that the Indians were blanked 18 times during the season, be- ling tled with Oakland in that re |apect. ‘Two new additions among the reg: ulars are Clift Brady, second wacker, and Red Baldwin, catcher, Brady won't hit much more than Clyde Mearklo did, Mearkle hitting .297 jand leading the league in sacrifice hits, Baldwin hit .29%, better than either Yam Yaryan or Frank Tobin, The Indians aro pretty well fixed in the outfield, with Billy Lane, | Brick Eldred, Ray Rohwer and Jim- my Welsh, all .200 hitters, But the infield doesn’t’ look so good In hitting strength. ‘ “Doc Johnston, a valuable hit- and-run man, will be missing, Brady should hit around .280 while Sammy Crane is .260 hitter In this com. pany, ‘Ted Baldwin hit around .280 last summer, Another good hitter, preferably a slugging first sacker, would help out immensely, ‘The way things shape up now, calls for Welsh to play first base and the batting order looka edme. thing like this: Lane, Brady, Welsh, Eldred, Rohwer, Crane, T. Baldwin, Baldwin, pitcher. Veterans Show Way on Bases IDDIE COLLINS, White Sox celebrity, in his 17th sea- son, in the majors, stole 49 bases. Ho tied with Carey, of Pittsburg, for high honors, Col- ling was nabbed on 29 other a tempts, a percentage of .628. His record fs all the more note- worthy when it Is considered that the St. Louls Browns pill fered but 64 sacks In the cam paign. In 1922 Carey swiped 61 bases, more than the entire Philly outfit put together, In an era where the art of stealing hassocks has been greatly neg lected, Collins and Carey have displayed some clever work on the paths, BILLY MISKE LOSES FIGHT | {}] WITH DEATH IT. PAUL, Jan, 2.—Another old- time boxing star passed from the ring forever when Billy Miske, the original white hope, lost to the great- est foeman, Death, here, yesterday. | Miske, suffering for weeks with Bright's disease, put up as game a fight against his unseen foe as he had ever staged tn the ring. When Jack Johnson reigned suv Preme tn the fistic world, promoters dug up Billy Miske as his probable conqueror, Miske was born In 1894, and commenced boxing at an early age. against Bill Brennan six weeks ago in Omaha. The fighting Billy dis- posed of his tough rival in two rounds | via the knockout route. Miske ts survived by a wife and two children. PIRATES WILL PLAY ACORNS| Part of tho deal by which Pitts. burg gets Pitcher Kremer from [Oakland provides that the Pirates shall play a Sunday game In Oak- jland during their training period Jin California, The Pirates were hooked up in San Francisco, snub- ing Oakland, the latter club hay. |ing booked up with the Cubs. Re- lations growing out of player deals, however, decided a change in the program and Oakland will get to see the Pirates tn ac DETROIT FANS | IN HARD LUCK Detroit fans aro in hard luck. |Was thelr turn to gpen at home spring, but because Navin field were not cc mplet | Tigers started abroad. [t was de lthe usual routine could not be bro dates, up for next year as to openin so tho Tig turn to open awny, again, for the third year in succes Ision, QUESTION | The sporting writers say Connte | Mack has been on a spending orgy. and we are wondering what he brought for those thre dollars. sraned | th t get |the manager I ¥ gosh help tho manager I get.’ His last fight tn the ring was} It} After Rohwer, the hitting strength wanes, and a good hitter In alxth or seventh place would help consider. ably. A good hitting first eacker or| catcher i badly needed by the Red- skins, NUNES WILL MAKE FIRST paz NUNES, claimant of tho Pactfio coast featherweight jehampionship, and holder of tho | Portland boxing commission diamond | belt embiematio of the title, success. | fully defended the honors in Port {Iand yesterday afternoon, when ho| | Won an easy 10-round dectston over| | Weldon Wing. who meets Dandy lin the main event of Dion next Tuesday night's boxing card at the Cr Pool, is siated to arrive here toda ng grind for the Nunes steps into the ring le Di 1 mark hi appearance hi . fol * have heard a great deal of the lower Sacramento boy’s ability. Nunes is ja big drawing card in Portland, where ‘he has won a number of }fights the past year. He ia rated Jas @ very good boxer can hit with both hands, as well. Dilion is} | also a twofisted lad and the two| |} should make ‘a mighty interesting match to look at. FOLEY LEAVES FOR SOUTHLAND claimant of the Cana. title, arrived hero in view in Oak. cles, Pp | fighter Gibbons will nc |with Dempsey... . ¥ |no offense, T remate rust this is mmy. ENOUGH NOW lad to hear Boston refus. een women | jere are enough in the gamo al- Wo 4 to pe read LOCAL BOW ‘tirat | vO) Third period MORE HITTING POWER IS NEEDED FOR SEATTLE TRIBE HUSKIES AND MIDDIESIN 1 This group of skaters will represent the United States in the Olympic games in 1924 They are: Charles Jewtraw, international outdoor champ; Harry Kasky, national i Canadian champ; Joe Moore, international indoor champ for 1922; William Steinmetz, 1922 outdoor champ; Richard Donovan and Valentine — alternates, Mets Win _ \(Hit the Ball, Scott High Ice Game Says Star Pro! Winner of in North Great Game golf profensional, who made TEAM STANDINOS ‘pees, Jan. 2,—Outweighed 16 pounds to the man, Scott high | national champions of Bobby Jones ond Alexa Stirling, says golf beginners would get along « ‘Wen Lest a Mm wholo lot better If they disregard- Neways” 2 od all, Chey. ever, euiedl, of 2 , Ohio, of % he ea technique and concentra a neki ictarmohclaatle « chai: hitting the ball. “Get a feel Kcalitn| wetcnaved'< thee! tee Hak RESULT | plonship, outplayed ir matsery over the ball in th sinning and then the tec als here yos- @ 20 to 17 score. | Beattic 4 Var | GAMES “Tuts WieK Tonight—vievoria at seats. || features come easier," he expl Hare» | Wriday—seattlo at Victoria | |, it, was one of the most hard | fought battles ever witnessed here, | ANCOUVER, B, C, Jan. 2— nelther te aving the decided ad-| vantage unti] the final moments of | the game. smartness of the To: | | lea mM was apparent when they mploted pass after pass with the} standing nearby twid-| thumbs. BUD BERCOT ON AMATEUR CARD FRIDAY ° Tho Seattle Mets ekated thelr to a &to-3 victory over the | way |league-leading Vancouver Maroons {n |® Pacific Coast Hockey association | |gamo here yesterday afternoon. UD BE {COT fs in much demand| 3 Bobby and played great hockey for the £ Tho Mots atarted out strong, scor ht End Alber for the Scott out- sig an tone ‘ites hee the’ first Hays. Tho doughty young: | 5 ay * rie be cegte passes, period. Vancouver scored once le the main Svent Of). icting ail Dut two which were| |the opening period and mado the|¥riday night's amateur card at Aus| (OUR CUI hi Ore et one of Other score in the third session. jain & Salt's gym, and next week wil tHecnaeveai by the serial he Jack Walker | J over to Tacoma and box ‘aa! Grimm, substitute at young Alber were the jon bout to o in Tacoma will be club, while Duncan, Skinner and - His ap Lapses ee : bers Remerinl | Bouche: nyed best for ° january 10. ode Bercot will box pas IxkUe AND SUMMARY | the main event Portland prep school Inds rt AND SUMMARY meeting Johnny Jor-| | op sont, dan, There will also be the regular | run of four prelims. Young Bercot | #| will do his stuff in an added attrac jtion bout under amateur rules, His + Forsie" | opponent will be a colored boy named the Toledo before them like the Biblical) y were the Ojoans | | Mat | Mac ae aiker | Young Ge on Who his opponent will be this coming Friday r at the Austin & Ul have some youn ete for tho Reoond p S | Third per bouts on the bill. aver, Cook, 10:46. os | Piret period | Becond period—N ‘BASEBALL TO ig CLOSE EARLIER |, Pros have The Mets play the Victorla Cou-| gars hore tonight at the Arena in! | another Pacific Coast Hockey axso- clation contest, It looks lke the Mets are back | °¢ on their fect again, and fans are|1 expected to seo a great battle on the local ice this evening. Tho | game starts at 8:30 o'clock. dents decided m and Heydler |< the politictans have the final month of tho on xenson all to themselves, aying season for the two ma ill close wi the end of September and the world's series |should be over at the end of the Retere Portland; umpire, ‘(OUR BOARDING HOUSE ay AHERN | etn first woek Yetober. Bome double- headers be necessary to crowd 154 nto the space between Apri 15 and September particu: | #0 In the nday cities. ent head Walla; non-£ ‘SMITH \ WILL larly BY Dove Lang ~~ GF \ TT SEEMS GTRANGE | | A WAT I HAVE Nor HEARD AS NET FROM | k| THE PRODUCERS. ABOUT MY SCENARIO!= | || STILL, 1 FANCY “Hey FOUND “He GSTORY oF 4 “IME “TO GO OVERA BIG SCENARIO LIKE YOURS, MATOR~~ “HW Boss READS 7H’ PIRST PA@E, Ail! “TH! DANITOR READS TH’ REST OF IT WHILD SUCH Hie QUALITY AND MERIT, WATTING For TH! } THEN \ BROOM HANDLE CANNOT MAKE A WASTY Ho lo COOL OFF! DECISION AS WITH “THE EVERYDAY CONTRIBUTION OF LCOMMON SCENARIOS Mitr KJOR IS ANXIOUS AB |HOBLITZELL IS Zi, | NOT GOING BACK |erprciaed 9" Bacrament tre Z | er purchinae by Sacra +4 from tg COMB LIMPING | Dick Hoblitaet, veteran first base.| ROChester, has had to thru the “2 \ BACK LIKE A , man, who managed the Charlotte|ronesuament formality. | Smith Ie BUM e@eeck Is |team of , Atlant! theltcr the peat pe : A “elt : ref 1SOENT WA ere chen fae not decided 40] piay with an independent team In SWELL SCENARIO Lo Pf |iitzet states that his present plon is|ty retura to the Ma” he's ready ONCE, AN TWO MONTHS pik aide aseball and go Into the real | make Sacramento a good man, He LITER @oy Fr BACK, [| | stele business as reprenentative of a|i9q righthanded hitter MARKED, “OPENED = in West Virginia, "ly | es Bene “41 | BOWMAN GOES /REB RUSSELL | HAS FLIVVERED i an Association as a memt of the Kansas City Blues. It Is atat. | fetta tat ae > a, shifted by Pitt ; as City aa.part paymen at first base ime will ta 3e cker, who af 2 urs in baseball, seems to bo pass- in the | | | ng out | " | Eastern Ie | *|JOS DUGAN Is c | University of Hawall by a 7.0 score} me yesterday, the Oregon Agricultural | American league, The total attent EX ALL SET AGAIN college football team today com. |ance for his league last season, si PLAINING IT Donn, Yankee ‘ind tnunag snes pepastoe foehebome | Sonaon, aa 08, whch ALL SOME MORE)! with t ick Knee, has left a hot | ward Journey. | decrease from the figur a of thea pital.in New York City and with hi Tho Aggios were clearly outclassed | P'evious years. The year of 19 th It might be stated in passing that | i; in & plaster Gast hh no|in the Hawail battle, being rushed | banner one in the history of Class AA leagues aro not to Dugan has employment |down tho field nearly at will, Only | American league, as it probably wg pri of drafting from a ctor of automobiles for a {once did the Hawallans show the |for all leagues. ‘The New York Ta of lowe th My ; ? nets d. s pt s 0 ed & sae nd th vy York concern, He Inspects | punch, and then they put over their| Kees in the past season led ba until t ult to the draft w them by putt ts O. K, on the] win touchdo ‘A: wiek | tendance in the American, with ¢ ¢ nodit! 8] tage attached°to the ‘care as: they 10 : in tor tha Tia, | trolt running second. There wat# sar for the Western ‘Gorn ‘ 3 % | pronounced drop in the attedance # Three-I leagues, which also gr St. Louis, due to the failure of able to n “modified” draft onl ars’ yap ee Browns to make the ho i tor WwW ing. g that the Yan ACE HIGH poe A. U. investigate LAKESIDE ILL had the i be enna nant won before § In the prigo Fink Hugene Crlgut| fund Paddock gulty of tho PLAY HUSKIES started may be given as may have been merely a feather i aie In a doc Coach Bdintinds University of |Teason why the American did 20% weight, but in the oat n ho |® of flu all team will | Make a new attendance record. much of a he nt | fae ide outfit in the x s - UST SUPPOSITION 30 tonight. Th THEY MEAN W NOT UNUSUAL Woe have no what made Pad-| Lakesiders won the city champion-| Judge Landis will tour rue baseball ts | dock sick but we et 1 ip last year and ar fast, light | all-star ball p \6 SCEN t * oho + ligh r ball y OUT HIS SCEN, vot tt 18 not unusual for}of the puritanteal w neos made regation. They should give the| club owners hope he los ayer to get a skato on, by amateur officials, | varsity adequate competition. back homo, 7 ‘Ne wet ty . > ~ - 2 > erous line: | h | bach, HELP SOLONS | twice In the second round, the sec- 4-14 TIE CONTEST Ziel’s Place Kick Fails. as Game Comes to Close Washington, Dismayed in Early Game by Great Aer. ial Attack of Naval Academy, Comes Back Strong in Last Quarter of Pasadena Battle ASADENA, Cal., Jan. 2—The United States Naval Academy and University of Washington fothall teams battled to a 14 to 14 tie in the annual intersectional gridiron contest here yesterday. The game was packed with t} featured by brilliant offensive plays by both teams, The Middies swept the Westerners off their feet in the opening minutes of the game, altho no scores were made until the second quarter. Navy scored first shortly after marching the ball down the field to the Washington three inch line, and then being held for downs. Washington kicked out to midfield, but Dixie Prexy the Navy nullified the great defensive play of the West- erners when a beautiful pass, McKee to Cullen, for 17 yards, accounted for the first score of the game. Tho Navy kicked off to Washing ton, and a smart play by Bryan, the Western guard, gave Washington the ball in midfield. George Wilson, Washington's great halfback, went three yards thru right guard, Then @ 36-yard pans, Abel to Du Bols, took the ball to the Navy's 23-yard Ine. One the next play George Wilson crashed off tackle for Washington's first touchdown, The goal was also kicked, The score was only tied for a short timo, for the Navy's dazzling aerial attack began to reap its rewards, pley to McKee, scored the Navy's second touchdown, ‘The score stood 14 to 7 in favor of the Navy at the end of the first halt. No scores were made in the third quarter, but in the final session the rea} fireworks started, A break against the Navy came when a bad pass from center was recovered by Roy Petrie, Washing- {ton tackle, after a mad race with |Cullen for the ball. Petrie recoy- Jered the pigskin on the 10-yard | ine. | Three line plays failed, and it }!ooked Ike Washington's chances to |tle the score were gone, Then a |trick pass, Abel to Jimmy Bryan, |scored the touchdown. Reliable Lea | Sherman made the extra point that tied the score, | The real climax tn the game camo | |® few minutes later, as the game | drew to a close. Coach Enoch Bag- aw rushed Leonard Ziel, his place- kick expert into the game, and Ziel tood poised on the 32-yard line for kick. It appeared to be straight jand true, but the brisk north wind caught the pigskin as It sailed thru he alr and forced {t away from the ‘oal posts, The try missed by three The game ended a minute uphill fi day. TH the scorf occasions win. Gi Washi backs an lineup. a huma’ for subs Tesreau, the enti: Cam One off country ii Zuppke the Suck man's pel big feat succes at due to Mi the Illini any of G can have beeq bord of 1 State, bul have enol tion on selection JOHN D. MARTIN MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec, $1.—This is John Donelson Martin, who was recently re-elected president of the Southern league. His term is for five years and the league directors voted to raise his salary from $7500 to $9,000 annually. When Martin, ts not fulfilling his baseball duties, he is practicing law, He 4s one of the most efficient law- vers in Tennessee and has a large practice, Martin has piloted the Southers | league the past several years and has deen very successful. Martin 1s a member of the board of arbitration of the National Associa tion, Stribling Is | | feet, ST gE i EO in N.J. Tilt EWARK, N. J., Jan. 2—Coming north with his whole family ® prove himself, young Stribling, Geor "i gia Ught-heavyweight, did it oven) Tesrcau | Whelmingly here yesterday when be |defeated Davie Rosenberg, former! New York mi eight champloa, in a 12-round bout. “We just wanted to show you that wile came to terday, were ordet fourth ra epough act simmy Cross in Hamilton ® svecial 1h o o—14 0 T14 Cullen, Mo~ | Kee. Point from try after touchdown, |our boy is going to be the worlds) =e champion and that !t wasn’t the Kia | Washington — Touen Wilson, 5 bryan nh son Frota Uarltery efter tanen: | that beat Mike McTigue down home’ ce | down, Sherma: uted for Ziel), 2.| his mother, “Ma” Stribling, sald after Referee, “Chicago; the bout: Cd | Ssociert,Oreguar’ Dold fale Stribling got a lot of boos when he aut Lael Pennsylvani 5 started, but the crowd gave him 4) contender, great reception when he jumped out last night, of the ring at the end of the fight TESREAU IS BETTER gressor tl | LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2.—An|and rushed to the corner where hit panaler “gf | X-ray was taken this morning of| mother and younger brother wen decision waiting for him. The Georgia boy so completely feated Rosenberg that the crowd wad) willing to believe that he could hav) | Elmer Tesreau’s injured foot, and his ailment did not prove to be jas serious as first expected. The big Washington fullback, who play- FRA fe) ed in the Navy game suffering| beaten McTigue just as easily w |trom severe leg injuries, was final-| they fought some time ago in Geom pet ae ly carried off tho flela with a/ sia. store annual foot representin| Only by the exercise of a litte spirit of the season could Rosenbemt | have been given one round in the ld and he had hardly enough in that one session to get a draw. “Pa” Stribling and brother Herbert) were in the corner working witl “Willie.” The defects in his style that Strib) those of 4) | badly. Wek ankle, FULTON WINS BY KNOCKOUT OVER LAMSON English d should not man ought not play : : 2—F yl. | lng showed were only ORTLAND): Si: 3 Pree PES Vonngstes ‘who. fasn't ball ae ton, the Minnesota Plasterer, | experience. His punishment was ne scored a knockout over George | deadly because he hasn't learned #9) Lams Omaha, “Neb, heavy-| hit correctly and because he hast weight, 1m the second round of a| developed to full physical strengt®| ht led ten-round bout Lamson was on Rasenberg is one of the roughes} fighters in the ring. Ho tried som “alley stuff” soveral times, but Stri> Ung gavo him so much of it in turn that he went straight after ti middle of the bout. ‘AMERICAN HAS LOWER “GATE” While President John Heydler ¥% announcing that the National leag# had “enjoyed its most prospero# ason” in 1923, without giving com here last the floor jn ond down for count, In o staying the the ten-round seml-windup, Danny Nunes, Sacramento feather. welght, won the decision over Wel- don Wing, of Portland, HAWAIIANS W: WIN BIG CONTEST HONOLULU, Jan, 2.—Losing the second of a series of te ) football | Parattve attendance figure games in their Hawalian tour of the} dent Ban Johnson was Issuing & Of trary and more definite report as @