The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 11, 1924, Page 10

PAGE 10 ‘Stove League Chatterings: Averages Mean Little. John Scott's Case. Winner Goes to Minors. BY BILLY EVANS moe BALI neither dot n accurate on Manage York « N the Gia yet the Bhow that the pit with 16 victories and ¢ feats ia major league knew of some 1 pite who ¢ upon to win 15 for him, said manager would bo willing to pay a fancy price for the bush league star. manager league d be banked more games Jer ader ET here we have the given his unconditional r his arm went bad on him. the year he reported to asked for a chance, wan © helped the Giants wia In 1922. McG Paw pe The high spot in Scott's career was when he pitehed a shutout game against the Yankees in the world’s series of 19: hero stunt by a as a “down-and-outer.” eee Fate plays a leading role in base Dall. The smiles of Damo Fortune mean much. I reported the event. My seat in the press box at the Polo Grounds WAS directly back of the catcher, excellent position to look over the stuff the pitchers were serving. While Scott was mowing down the Yankees with regularity I marveled @t his success because his speed Was far from dazzling, and to many @fthe Yankees he was pitching just Where they liked to hit ‘em. The fact remains, however, that Scott Made the Yankees look like suckers @nd received due credit for fine pitching. . . What a form reversal took ' place in the 1923 series between the same clubs relative to the pitching of Scott. The hero of 1922 was twice batted out of the box, From the position of umpire in Seemed to have much better speed than im the game in which he Seored a shutout. Likewise he work. ed on his batters in good style, yet he had difficulty getting a ball past the Yankee batters. Fate played Kindly with him in 1922 and frown- ed on him last year. Scott was just-as good a pitcher as the year previous but met with no success Against the Yankees, oe 2 Averages fail to tell the true story. John Scott's carrer is a striking example. The winner of 16 games, a rather high mark MEET WINNER Oakland Jimmy Duffy, clever Call. fornia welterweight, has expressed a desire to meet the winner of the "Cline-Harper bout at the Crystal Pool "here Tuesday night. Duffy, who is _ about the cleverest mitt tosser ever to appear here, can’t come north un- til early in March, as he will be busy #t Oakland until then. Nate Drux- ‘man, popular local promoter, is ex- pected to use the Californian against either Cline or Harper as soon as Duffy Is free. MILBURN BEST OF ALL Polo players on both sides of the ocean generally concede that Dever- eux Milburn, America’s veteran hhorse polo star, is the greatest the Giants. releasing a veteran pitcher with to his t for the 1923 campa!, The story of John Scott is known to every base ball fan. Briefly, it ts as follows Sold by Poston to Cin tl, he waa er in 1 and ant During the 1922 series | the 1923 series I wondered at Scott's | Mnability to deceive the Yankees. He} MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, - THE BEATTLE STAR WASHINGTON HAS FINE CHANCE FOR ANOTHER BALL TITLE Todd’sIs Fp Varsity Infield Must ‘tor in Be Rebuilt This Year CY Y . ~ 7 r . ” r Tubby Graves Has Fine Pitching Outlook and Good Socce Go Catcher in Walby; Outfield Made Up of Veterans Maple Leafs Defeated, 2 Who Can Hit; Depend Upon Frosh to Make Good to 1, in Wild Exhibition Soft Spot Is Familiar e Monroe Buzz Saw Faces at 3rd Base Only Smith and Deal Will Be Missing at Hot Cor- BY JACK HOHENBERG ner This Year Here Yesterday PVASHINGTON will have another championship baseball = v1. eam this spring if the freshmen prospects on hand . LAS. v FA. Pts i ing rn BY LEO H , savin os oe a come thru with ¢ half the stuff they are supposed to | fans will hold down third ba a3 a8 have. This is the belief manifested after a survey of the for P. C Red come, a tor ae baseball situation at the univer Huskies will have sea 2.tye ys hearse: <j one of the strongest batteries in many years, beside posse: $ . . BY ALEX ©. ROSE | ing a trio of heavy ting outfielder: fb cornec toe ks Los Angeles [NA iM and ragged exhibition of Only the infield is causing Coach Tubby Graves any elieving Smith, w Jack Ware 7 ee A ee : fools worry. The entire inner defense will have to be rebuilt. et the games: A Soca = Dark wane ie ‘i - at It is here that Washington's ‘ most t ‘t sat C ‘he two goals to one , | championship hopes rest. M h H r s Charley Deal doesn't want This win places the Shipbutlders It is certain that Ed Liston will urpny as t rB in a te with the Leafs for the be the pitet ace around S S bl ae vita ea tok ved agua Jeadership, ‘The Kenton and a ke Dd iat tar Stable 5 in baseball, refuses to be counted ci nado elevens, by scoring vt Niled” ‘Chakek’ sued vear tah v * probably the mos : 1 will pastime for Salt torlen Inet the Weat Seattle and 4 t stable of hig tt Is a real infielder, Tacoma teams tively, are st es in the coun- | " am man. well in the running. | ined in Syra high class ne meeting of the Maple Leafs Tommy Murphy } star if he and Todds attracted a large crowd 2 i play his to Woodland park, Both teams put - Ip a pretty fr ft» in . , the the. first hi deteriorated . Harry into a fares when three of t Williams’ loop, Braz t throw hipbullders got thelr walking tick but he’s a hustler, led his position in from Referes We umber of ances ted last ihe @ ind halt 5 ota He's ah type of winning ball UR ce A tesa uni t) members: of ‘© -will have Ed Mull ies k again. Ho was rated as the | best nd man in the league at matings ‘% |that position last year JOSH BILLINGS Bill Griffiths, a graduate from Oakiand will bank on young Baalk 3 the Star Junior league of 1922, ser = paeees |Maderas again, He's a good fielder,| Josh B who holds all reo-| tie Drydockers eff 1B a lend whe by ords for ¥ re big a he beat Pittson will a hard shot . | > will have & Hem. | ¢4, ts to lo his ‘soft 8 from Close-in, less than a l } Rohwer for third base duty Los Angeles in a trade for the star Of the lot only Jack Warner, the | batt f that cud. mnap out of the ( diane BUD BERCOT Da oO Vernon kid, be called a comer Por # Hillings has stuck) once during the t half ies ’ - 3 nger us Most of the others are veterans o din the big ahow, not catch isa thels ins They call his more famous brother Dode the “Monroe| 4 ramet thy Cree iy Sic gee anes any anes: os o teonier| erey ret (rie forra., F at,” and now Bud ‘Bercot has a nickname all of his\3 S uad et ever advancing. : ong oe ook ‘ eee, a4 and when Buck added another! own, It’s the “Monroe Buzz Saw,” and was given him by fee Ai roid qd 3 Farah + ould | valuable second string catcher, Mil siilbes eehlies tak hati en , ym bs * ‘ackson and Heinie Hyllengren sp Wg bream Ree arse nn lacked th that kept | MATKer when he scored from a Pen: | Joe Waterman, Tacoma promoter, while introducing him the ae Joubtedly will be a| A LTHO badly beaten by Roosevelt, hit better this year. He's a whale in| ings lacked something tha Pt! ality awarded for back-cha : er e The outfield undoubtedly will be a , | the field. | him in the background thruout his other night for his bout withShorty” Orr, which resulted | Leafs became more and more rtme Dick Frayne the Lincoln prep five is still a | big league career, The third sackers, as a whole, for in a knockout for the local flyweight—the ninth knockout |\1 moralized, but, thanks to uneteadi and Freddy Lewis, al) | dangerous outfit, and when it gets this year, are just-a falr lot of per ness on the part of the usually re he has registere d in 10 fight Z A bnormally veavig ge a paaah ying pliant Bova ne ona the Ballard Beavers on the Lincoln (a ‘Pool Card couple of open goals, there wax no | YOUnGSTEr only 15 Aswad old, Bercot is showing a lot of class) giaver, Harry Arnold and Jonn Far-|f0or, tomorrow, it may make things more scoring before the whistie| t% the short fights he has been in, and if not pushed too! \ey will be available. hot for the contenders. /DEMPSEY IS wounded for half-time, fast he may yet be heard from in faster company. On resumption of play, the Maple) weighs around 110 pounds. leat js began and from! He} | call bis first turnout {during the first days of March. The Washington State, Gravea wi Lincoln was smothered by Roosevelt offensive last Friday, and once the Teddies swept into the lead of Tuesday daring the rat FIGURED IN pagal bigs 8 0 btchind ifn | with an intact team from 1923, to be | tne cn: dada: hase fim BOOZE RAID Completed **:."-* Be | + ay [ees ted Wotan ho coy ae D dreaded area resultant pen * Tou h Tri jsars handed Washington its only| rhe patiard five is workine EW ORLEANS, Feb. 11—Pick-| KATE DRUXMAN has completed |alty kick brought a goal; Kemp Diamond Dust | 208 fast seasons, | y in, and in Bratset and | ing a time when Jack Demp his ring card for the Crystal|ton placing the sphere far out of | | Seym has two high-class sco’ sey, world's heavyweight champlon, | poo} tomorrow night Mac's reach JON POR ONSLOW B k d fe /TRANAS AND | was calling on its proprietor, former! ‘phe card follows Shortly after this point was ek Onslow, hed with OooKe or | Ballard faces the task of stoppins: vigned As | Bantamweight Champion Pete Her- notched, the fireworks started when Gene Cline vs. Bobby Harper, wel- Be RR [Eddie Swartz. This youngster did jman, prohibition agents last night | terweights, six rounds. Referes Webb awarded the Leafs «| \ 1 play- | H k F JONES HEAD | Mot have any help in the Roosevelt jraided the “Ringside Cabaret.”| Freddie Mack vs. Jimmy O’Brien, | corner-kick; Todd's claiming that !t| ere ra ainartent us y we game, but on thelr own floor tha Dempsey, who arrived for an exhi- should have been a goal-kick. Tho|catehers that ever played in this eirouit, | lightweights, six rounds. bition match tonight, called to greet! Roy Small va, George Burns, light. Herman and it Is sald was tn the! weights, four rounds. North Enders may cut loose, Queen Anne and) Broadway play the other bi, Onslow is no kid, but he knows plenty HE University of Washington about baseball, followed resulted tn Sapna, Shek Seer basketball five is due to leave} the departure of Buck and Kirk-| Frenchie Valse, former lightweight | RING PARTY | } poy lis 7 | i& Ram of the day ot act of imbibing, a glass of ginger] Phil Sheridan ya, Sailor Burgerm, | wood from the field of play. On| OCC NONE: FOR, OVERALL | ‘ ss apie gage os bape Re make © | champion of Canada, js bringing &| Queen. Anne. The losing team will ale when the aleuths swooped down | weiterweights, four rounds b the mame natwart detend.( Ti" the Chleawe Cybe, has me int |scn got | young bey by: the name of Bilty|be. hopelensly out of the runainc, on the well-known resort. After an/ Dave Biue va. Billy Masden, heavy-| With this palr of stalwart defend- He has been 3 pres! red - } cet Clar-| While the winner still has an outalds | Inspection of the glasses of guests,! weights, four rounds. ers decorating the aside-lines {t/ 4 home town golf cub at| The Huskies tangle with Whitman Jones from Renton to meet Pa* | diance 6 ie dors the title Harper and Cline have wound up| looked like a anfe bet that the Ma- Wednesday, W. 8. C. Thursday andjence Tranas in Austin & Salt including that of the champion, the| s Roosevelt goes to Frankit a mao tare o home fi | iin an dry agents proceeded to the kitchen, | their hard training, and as both boys| ple Leafs would at least equalize,| wom rexas | loaho Saturday on the home floors). osteur smoker Friday. Vatse has] should win, whilé Gartiold mate an where they aro said to have found|/ have been boxing considerably of /but score they could not. Even passed a rute | Of these teams re , ? Squantity of whisky, sath: (hee aca Tia Tn! ted Golam: Ven G taut vedmatie.: tetas Seon They then come home to finish been training young Jones for some} bis Jump over to West Seattle. This is the second time the “Ringside” hax been raided within} the past few days. ‘ the season with Idaho, Washington} 7. |and. Oregon Coach Edmundson is taking a full tion. Both fellows won their Iast starts, Harper beating Young Dud jley here and Cline trimming Travie sansky was ordered off the field fo trying to engage with one sack Cor- bett in a battle of fisticuffs, the! time and hopes eventually to stack | his prodigy against Bud Bercot. For the next few weeks Buddy has signed © ons, Huck) make a go ¢ | ER | Davis. Shipbuilders held their opponenta at| or. | M1084 of players with him tonight.” : is ‘ IL TS METS P Y | The rallbirds are making Harper | bay and the final toot rounded with! eanteer te at it} Toads 2 EN will rest, aay ori of nearly P OT NA’ | A the favorite, and are picking Mack to|the Leafs fighting hard to stave|sealn. sonsin and all contenders for his miniature THIS EAS top O'Brien. off this, thelr first defeat of the| sinnesota Jonn hopes to atart "\K, OF C AND crown in this section of the coun S (@) COUGARS IN !: - series | ‘ | ° try. Ishil also will remain away! {q7ASHINGTON, D, 0, Feb. 11. | Here's how the teams lined up:] orro eh TO S.A | (@} from the boxing game for some Stanley Harri rs d VANCOUVER) YANKEES WIN it iin iign owe tt urate Sere | GONZAGA TO {f= 2, ey Harris, crack second sacker of the Washington Senators for the past several years, has been j SQUASH CUP. weed and Lapransky: This week's card will PHILADELPHIA, Fed, 11-"Tne | 224 Kelly; Gimness and Griffiths; ss have as EATTLE’s hockey team, with two Southern | | TANGLE HERE) ‘ : |many 116 pounders as possible in| named manager of the team, suc: straight wins over Victoria, will tinited States squash racketeern to. | Davis: Neilson and Carmichel. | NeW | Gonzaga UNIVERSITY, young:|oréer to decide by elimination the| ceeding Donie Bush, tangle with that same club again to-| day hold the Clapham fnternational| Maple Leafs: Pittson; T. Corbett! mniy « ve ext member of the Northwest | best opposition for the young slug-| Hartis is rated as one of the best Right in Vancouver, B.C}; while the! squash racquet trophy. ‘The Ameri-|9%4 Purvis; Patmore, Abbey and/ manag; Intercollegiate Conference, sends its | gor keystone men in the business, and latter city’s team is on the prairie. | cans defeated the English tilters Sun. | Davidson; Rankin and Barwick; J.| fe , this year ‘at | basketball team to Seattle tonight td be [meet the crack Knights of Columbus ow MANY | tive on the local K. of C. floor. The |game, which is oxpected to draw a jbig crowd, starts promptly at 8 football star | o'clock He was a terrible nver In 197%, one M ing him of not knowing bh ere out half of the tim with Shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, holds the world's record for doubla plays. Bush is now with Indianapolis, in the American association, where he will manage the A. A. team in that city, Two more wins for Seattle will ¢inch a place in the Coast playoff. | Corbett: Hennett and Kempton Carbonado defpated the Tacoma|« eleven by a 2-0 ‘score, on the Iat-| | ter’s grounds yesterday, Both goals) LEVI SIGNS WITH YANKS Re! were scored in the first half, Both| John Levi, famous indian | aides played a hard and fast game) With the Haskell Indians, has signed tor CANTON AFTER |from start to. finish |, clamond trial with “the. New Tork I, Rotehtord and Fitzgerald are slated SKI TOURNEY | jto play forwards for ‘the Bulldogs The Renton team was too strong) ho tise the Sane Mattiginin eres NERKS FRANCHISK | With Heuttler at center and Needles city, next summer, {t was announced! Canton, ©., ts after the national wer BR yon Maris. |and Flaherty at guards, The Knights here Saturday. Both Mr. Ratchford | «ki tournament for 1925, three out of five matches. Cana. da, the third contender for the cham. | pionship, was eliminated Saturday by ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT | the United State VANCOUVER, Wash. Feb. 11.—| Floyd Ratchford, athletic director of | the Vancouver high school, will marry Mis Louise Sinn, also of this |/PADDOCK BAN MAY BE OFF BOSTON, Feb. 11.—Lifting of the A. A. U. suspension on Charley Pad- dock, world’s champion sprinter, was [coneernce ‘between Paddock “ana| DEMPSEY IS cer battio in the coal town, yester- | , baxebail It would} day. Renton 5, West Seattle 2, was + Mf ob-/the final count and tt just about! v shows the run of play. a ‘Player of the present times. ¥ wad aecking } will ine up with Nicholson and Rid. and Miss Sinn are graduates of|be staged in Sioux valley “prank |dlo at forwards, Sielk at center and Washington State College. tained. OUR BOARDING HOUSE *. have both | Clementson and Murphy, guards, rrocerosee former Ath offered the * management BY AHERN SOUTHERN NUMBERS wx |. J8¢k Britton, former world’s wel- The Souther er tte | torwelght champion, {s slated to meet n the | Johnny Karr of Cleveland at Canton, tity tng the | Ohio, on February 11, | William C, Prout, president of the eae Prout entertaiiied Paddock tn his} home here yesterday and they had @ long talk, after which Prout said he hoped and believed that “every- thing can be arranged.’ The president of the A. A. U. sald he would issue a statement today, é AULTH’ WOMEN GETTH Teapots IN ACTION WHEN “THEY SEE WER SAILING UP-TH’ BAY w= TH TEA WORKS LIKE A MWIHIGPER“TO MRS. GARNEV WILL BE A SHOUT WHEN SHE GETS THRU WITH ttle SHELL BROADCAST, THIS GIR ROLAND GOSAIP. ALL OVER “H' NEIGHBORHOOD ON HER DOORBELL RADIO SET | by th 600d wuccens. et the! TD BE KIND oF SKEPTICAL. OF “THEM DUKES, IF I WERE You MISS CHURCH! = HE MIGHT ONLY BE OUT “RETER YOUR MONEY J» I HAVE A COUSIN THAT OWNS A BIT OF LAND, AND LO, DIDNT SHE GET SILLY OVER A COUNT! BUT ITS A GOOD “THING LAM GO GLAD | |{ -NXou CALLED! # | |] DID You KNow we HAVE A REAL NOBLEMAN STAYING WITH US? = YES, SIR ROLAND AWRY OF ENGLAND! AND HE SAID THAT I REMIND HIM So ardinale last year w ‘0 le ” | DOC” JOHNSTON | | “Doc” Johnston, who played fine) N= YORK, Feb. 11.— Finding jball at first base for Seattle lant the public slow in responding year, has been sold to Litle Rock, in|? appenl for funds to finance the the Southern Johnston's | American expedition to the Paris attlo club was a|Olymple games, the American | |little bit too stiff for the Indians to| games may-ask congress for an ap- | meet, according to local goxsi: nd | propriation. | Millions Use It - Few Cents _ Buys Jar at Drugstore BY HENRY L, FARRELL league. contract with the § OIL WHEN “TH” BEARINGS OF HER TONGUE | With the acquisition of Elmer Bow NUCH OF THE 7 man, and with Jimmy Welsh he!» 22° committes cannot provide | Rees es SHE LEARUED IN “TIME, roster, Johnston waa disposed of. | first-class transportation and fur: | i Su F FOR HE WAS ONLY A Tas nish adequate accommodations in| | pL\ GLENSHIRE J. CHEF WITH A FANCY ‘HARRY GR Paris for the athletes without a € > | fund of $350,000 and the present WAXED MOUSTACHE “+ EB IS | contributions are far less than one- IN CALIFORNIA |e: of tat sum. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11.—Har.| Mad. Gen. Allon, executive officer ry Greb, world’s middleweight cham. |°! the American committee, is un- pion, is in San Francisco on | ‘etstood to have made an effort to pleasure trip thru the West. Gret,|iMterest Washington in the games. will be offered a bout at the Oak. | While no promise of financial help land auditorium, ‘promoter ‘Tommy | ¥®% obtained, ho found the war de Simpson announced. partment “very materially interest- ed in the success of the games." Funds now are being raised thru sub-committees in all of the im: portant cities, There has been some | sponse to the appeal, but contribu: | JOHNSON BACK IN MANHATTAN, Floyd Johnson, Northwest heavy. | tions have been much less than at. weight, is back in y York, and | ti pated. |has been under the direction of n. Allen feels the public ts dis: jjimmy De Forest, famous ring| posed to think that the games, The latter thinks that John. l_yet reach tho top, coming in mid-summer, are rather remote now and that there is plenty Even stubborn, unruly or sham- LYMPIC CASH SHORT; MAY ASK CONGRESS FOR FUNDS of time for the raising of the money. Hoe pointed out, however, that there is an immediate need for funds. The committee has contract. ed with the shipping board for the use of the steamship America and | it must make good before the time set for departure of the team. The team also assumed a heavy obligation in sending teams to Chamonix for the winter game: The skating association, the hockey association and other governing bodies agreed to pay their own ex- penses, but they did not have tho | money available and the Olympic committee had to underwrite the expedition, which almost exhausted sh on hand hair stays combed ull day in “any style you like. “Hair-Groom” is a dignified combing cream which Bives that natural glocgy and well. groomed effect to your hair—that | final touch to good dress both in| business and on. social occasions, “Hair-Groom” {« greascless; also helps grow thick, heavy, lustrous ir. Beware of greasy, harmful imi- Junior Ball Tossers: Don’t Forget Star Meeting Friday Attention. you young diamond stars! Don't, forget that the first meeting of The st Junk league is being hold Friday night at The Star it “hen At this meeting plans for the season will be disc s Jeaguo management wants svery toam that ts even danas vabiae entering to be on hand as well ad any Tho mecting will start promptiy st sty, wenger or fans interested, baseball yields to this treatment. Apply Sloan's gently without rubbing. A tingling glow, a comforting warmth tells you that the lini- ment is taking effect. The pain ceases —~ then — how welcome! grateful relief. Get a bottle from o your druggist today—35 cents. °o Sloan’s Liniment—kilis pain! | © | Dempsey, fert, of Stuttgart, seconds of fighting, round, here Saturday night. to have been a four-round exhibition bout. 000000000000000 000000000 Foo0000000000Q00 EASY WINNER. MEY PHIS. Tenn, Feb. 11.—Jack world heavyweight hampion, knocked out Dutch Sie- Ark. after 45 in the first It was PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY EDMONTON SEATTLE The Last Interleague Game of the Season Don't Forget the Date Reserved seats now on sale at the Arena Office Phone MA in-2493 There Is Pleasure in Companionship THE ZERO 214 Jefferson Sireet Just Back of L.C. Smith Bldg. Card Tables, Pool, Cigars Candies, Soft Drinks Fountain Lunch —— Pay Checks Cashed-— 0 o a o ° ° ° ° ° ° i