The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 27, 1924, Page 16

About Fights and Fig hte ters BY LEO 8 Li ¥ | CAN BERNARDINO, Cal, March Sam I ford, he uncrowned champions of the ring, has laid aside the old gray bath- robe and has shelved the box- ing gloves forever. The Boston after more than the business of swat, Over 40 years of age, a bay window, blind in eye and a veteran of hun- dreds of ring battles, Lang- ford can step out right now and lick about half of the so-called heavyweights in the world. But the great Sam is thru, and he is settling in Los Angeles. He tried to promote shows there a week or so ago, but his petition for a permit to 1 ang- one of ci a Tar Baby, 20 years in is thru with one la Teopen the Madison Squar Angeles jurisd! Langford es the ring and he spent isn’t broke, ing well fixed. Just what doesn't know. Doesn't Know How Old He Is Langford doesn't he ts. “I was born in Nova Sec but he is know oO nd my moth e of the birth of he Langt thé d " in One day storm came up and blew down and we lost all co’ age: and Olintheus are oth Johnson Would Have Bothered Dempsey Altho Langford never any love for Jack Johnson, spected Johnson's great ability with | ¥ the gloves, and does yet. | “Johnson would have given Jac Dempsey a terrific battle,” sa: Langford, “because psey wou have found it pret! tough him like he hit Firpo and Willard. | M Johnson was a marvelous defensive’) Z fighter, and when he had an open. could hit some himself.” is quite a tribute oming | ¢ from a man «whom Johnson repeat | su had y edly refused to meet when he was | Ov ver, Commander J, K. L. Ross’ } tikins, champicn. Dempsey Is Back in Los Angeles Dempsey, by the way, is back in| Los Angeles, where he will stay for the next four months. |¢ lw. bod the future, he says. ‘The champion seoms to have re- covered Trom all effects cf his op- | noy ‘eration in New York, and altho, it | op ‘wasn't serious, it was completely satisfactory. Camp Gossip F LL TS ERE eS je may hit only 250, bat he's one of the toughest hitters In the league) to tace with men on bases.” speaking, and shortstop de luxe | ma crane | team desiring to play the Cubs should} his call Fred at CA pitl-4350 or see him| type of hitter Flea McAuley of snother | They're | bables to face in the pinch.” Incidentally some of the boys claim that Sam would be worth his keep and then some for his fielding alone, even It he didn't get a hit al! season Bil Plummer, who was George Cutshaw, veteran big league in- | fielder, y in camp, and if he can| ° fed for a time. | altho he's no] he may > 1 quite a hitter, aw saw service with Brooklyn for many years, going up He's just recovering from and be will probably come| He's kid. Cut and Detroit from Oakla an around 3) One of the Los Angeles papers had | Frank Tobin sent to the Wichita club o t atgrn league, but It was just nip, and the big follow is still w an Indian uniform. ring Killefer is practically set to wind up the training next week in Lon Angeles, leaving enough of the young fellows in an Bernardino to go thru with the Se- attle contract, Clit Brady is Just starting to cut loose With his throwing, and he'll plug up that | weakness on le playe around 1 bag or a lot of baseball men in camp’ be badly fooled, 0 The rain in San Barnardino may be! great for the oranges, but it's tough o1 the apple throwers, Pinkey Mitchell Will Defend His Title Against Popu- Pinkey Mitchell and Bobby Harper, hel des tled. Boxing Board to Weights in | brook Farm's Prince Tit Til, | Puller’ ter Luck and John §. R. M. Baker's Cherokee L He hasn't any definite plans for | torie ang J. Farina’s F Cherry Tree's ctnces in the race were Mooney, Jeans meeting. | Black Gold to victory in the Lo ravelling expenses, it is understood. | Man: cade ‘Cubs, ring | wants to get THE SEATTLE STAR Be Staged at Portland lar Seattle Boy in Rose City Bout to Be Definitely | 1 BY Staged on April 8 BY TOM OLSEN INAL arrangements have been made for welterweight championship bout between Seattle April 8 Harry JAC K HOHENBE Be a world unior Champion | challenger, to be The match was Hansen at Port-| ld in Portland Tuesday evening, nched yesterday by Matchmaker nd Nate Druxman, who handles Harper's business affairs, clared this morning that he would leave Friday for Port- nd to go over some details with Hansen Druxman declares that the weight questi must Harper is willing to make 140 pounds, the junior | welterweight limit, or would agree to let Harper go in if Mitchell was anywhere un- Tre aining |) dex 147 pounds 3 be set- W atch a prom also | bring back with oat seats in the be sold champton- bouts of be r spe required sure’ the boring aya der The purs thusiastic fans ng banner de mobiles for the special will be over the} no strings Druxmar if Great Race | sess e Announced ™ an Upieao, Weights for Ame heavyweights, Ta Cal, Ma the Coffroth handt nee, GRID MEN TURN OUT ON MONDAY Coase ENOCH BAGSHAW ex ane Tree, Dr. Clark PROMOTERS MUST ~ that willl FIND SITE Seattle boxing prom: ing around a Vashing report for spring d what's more, men to work nthe In prepara ‘all season. # theory that effort to where It of brilliant past pe fm Of the 64 hornes ell about 25 are fi » will make up the sent away in the We Ul Cassidy, list at present appears to | 8. Kilmer's Humph iis’ Osp locate can ing March suitable they strenuous f It {s the little Gian icinal ¢ work and ur natatorium, was former is being torn down Dan its 01 capacity as t 4 the used iring vigilance | ng ® football can in urged Daniels’ Blanc | *¥™mer Long's} Nato Druxman, Austin Tree and Dr Run Star, C. B. r, Grumhelle Irwin's Madame an All} ut- |BERCOT LOSES n's Firm Friend, J.; O'LEARY BOUT Meadow | Dode Bereot, the M George | lost his initial bout in Be Frank and Sunnyland,| Harbor district Tuesday ¥. Muse's Great Luck, Rancho| Mike O'Leary, the Frisco Harp. iliup’s Supercargo, J. § p's Bet Various reports have reached Reardon, Col, | attle regarding the decision. Seve: e and Vic-|fans who saw the fight say that | O'Leary was too amart for the Mon- | roe boy, and used his right hand ef. Riagahaw said otball were not around, years of fc required before & Washington gradu ate be qualified to coach. Ba, tes that requirements call | fo , either spring or fall, | for physical education majors. COACHES GIVEN NEW CONTRACTS! | M.L. A I ‘ays Buster Keaton, | These [in the race | Windy LaBrache, third ba. ts Coach Reginald Ci the left above catcher, men cp Me oo the Gray's night, to enson, is Bu ul Broadway © To the right ts Captain Above need, When asked team | Putt by [HARRY BAY WAS REAL SPRINTER Start Play fectively. Lonnie Austin, Bercot’s manager, gives a different version | when he declares that Dode got the | worst of the’ decision. boosted today the an muncement that Baron Long had tained the services of Jockey J. D. star of the recent New Or. Mooney, who rode i with New contracts were voted last night to Coaches Dorsett V. eee |and Wayne Sutton at the meeting of | | the board of control of the University of Washington. Graves’ contract | was for two years and Sutton’s for one. Both coaches receive an in- sober arn ERS ‘SPITBALL IS SHOWN EXIT | 2%... ia pos, rae a see The nowly organized Seattle City| - WANT GAMES | baseball league last night voted to| News item says Babe Ruth loat Fred Parker of the Cas-/bar spithall pitching in the circuit. | $1,000 bill at New Orleans the other | to 110-pound baseball team, | This will directly affect Dave Wi. a while on the way to the bank ; Mi ! ning conversational pennants, he in Aouch with other}iams, crack twirler for the Union|to send Mra. Ruth four times that |much prefer Natvadion on the ball some games. Any | Ot! Co. Aristos. jmuch. The same day Black Gold |fieia, ‘The only prediction that he The team registered as playing for} won the Louisiana Derby and Babe make the 1924 American will the Louie's French Dry Cleaners has | didn’t pick him. Attention of Mra.|ieague sace Ie this Changed to the Seattle Cap Co ronda nk ibs i _| “The Boston Red Sox will not fin- 7} ish in it place | the job of a major league leader, also |more than his share of disappoint. | menta. {| Font, club from an ordin ja pennant coftende Jonly to have his win a pennant and world series the AWEMLL Go OUT |! | tottowing year under Tris Speaker, SO FAST, TTL TOUGH BREAK ook LiKe | WITH BROWNS SOMEBODY |] | Then came a chance with the St. " Ba STARTEDTO EF | TAKE UP A ph - \COLLECTION 4 ’ ja Derby, will receive $5,000 snd BY JOE WILLIAMS AN ANTONIO, Tex., March Manager Leo’ Fohl, of th m Red Sox ts not strong for win. anagers for 233 Eastlake ave. MRS. HooPLE WILL BE TH’ CHARMING Hostess wit 1H BROOM! . WELL MAJOR, ~ DAN Mo GUIRE WAS TELLING , US THAT You WAS LEFT A PILE OF MONEY BY AM UNCLE fe T ALWANS SAID You'D vr rr BIG SOME Dav? A I HOPE BEING RICH won't MAKE A DUDE OUTA You MATOR, An’ You WON'T FoRGET ALL TH’ BovS! REMEMBE?, Ws KNEW You witeN You DDT even HAVE TH RIGHT eh ed y aggregation to was deposed, BACK on uy COMRADES, Now MAT 1 AW WEALTHY 2 Hat) T Wish You WOULD INFORM ALL THE BOYS THAT T AM HOLDING OPEN HOUSE TomoRROW HOUSE!. EVERN DOOR ail! WiNDow WILL BE OPEN FoR “THEIR Louis Browns, ing a game of winning the American }league penna | Picked to beut out the Yankees in 1923, Fohi's first bit of woo was |George Sisler’s eye affliction, which ym Red Sox Are Primed for First Division L The Boston Red Sox manager in| aftor building the Cleveland | club go out and acquisition of Steve O'Neill and Bill In a fow years, un-| see them in action before the arrival | |der Fohi's direction, they came with-|of the veterans, Jdeprived him of the services of the | most valuable player in baseball, That bit of hard luck broke down the morale of the club and killed the team’s chances from the start. Now Foh!, who for several years has been with pennant contenders, s charge of @ tailend club. He is delighted with the opportunity, for hoe is working under his old boss, Bobby Quinn. tak he Red Sox will not finish in last place,” is about all an interview with Fohl discloses, He feel that he has @ chance to finish in the | first division, but doesn’t say so. | Fohl's hopes for better days for| the Boston Red Sox is based on the Wambsganss. from Cleveland and} Bobby Veach from Detrott. For 10 days prior to the coming of the regulars Fohl has had his rookies working out. He wanted to| feeling they would work easier knowing none of the stars wero giving them tho once over. Fohi is hopeful that he may grab off one worthwhile pitcher from the | many reérults {n the training camp. JOE BROWN \ wigs W “HEIR \e HONOR to iw we LIFE BRADY, Seattle's new ser ond sacker, has got the goods, and is a cinch+to please the local fans. ‘This Jone of | this week's S NNN, SSS Joe ©. Brown, performers in the Orpheum |theater and former second sacker |for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago |Cabis and New, York Yankees. | “Brady in a little fellow with lots of pep Brown says, “and he's {always coming. He will fit into the Seattlo infield nicely, I think » back in the majors before comes from the headlir bill at SY t just tilled, was talking Bill Donovan three weeks before he was regarding Bowman, and Don- | Jovan told mo that he felt sure that we 4 <2 | Bowman would go good on the HE MATOR EXTENDS an) | Comet WITATION TO ALL HIS CROWIESe Rrown was with the Yankees for six last season, He then ets received a more remunerative offer Ip vaudeville, ane lded to to weeks FORMER BIG LEAGUER, LOCAL VISITOR Jlaugh produc take | leaves | Huggins in the world's series, and to the stage, Prior to that he was with the Chicago Cubs and in 1919 was with the Leston Red Sox. He has nothing but praise for Miller Huggins, manager of the world’s championship New Yor!; Yankee team,. It was due to Hug: gins that the Yanks won the title, not to the efforts of any one player, Browp declares, They were playing for Miller not for any bonus or any honor that they would get. The Yankees is one big league club in which harmony exists." Brown attributes giving up base. belt for the stage to the fact that work on the latter $s likely indefinitely, tically numbered y be an ex-big im baseball, but he's not in the class in vaudeville, His act at the Orpheum this week is one of the best rs of the season, He land Sunday morning: for I |for a bes part in the big fish paci remy LARCH 97 1924, = ic, Fk LOOMING AS SENSATION OF TRAINING SEASON “* 'BOBBY HARPER IN WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT APRIL § ff _ Junior Welter Scrap to Broadway Tigers Are Contenders Big P itcher Is Showing Here Are Three Bee Reasons Why lass in Seattle Camp Sedro-Woolley Giant Has Lea earne ral Stuff; Vean Gregg Predicts Bright Future for Big Fellow; Year at Denver Taught Him Much H. LASS N BY LEO H. LASS Last year ned How to Use Naty. “AN BERNARDINO, Cal., March Jose, it Jimmy Welsh, the Oak , who grabbed ail of the spring training limelj Welsh has delivered and 1 the Seattle regular This year it’s Vic Pigg, the big Sedro- basking in the calcium glare, Pigg’s pitching has been the brightest bit of indiyy work in the time that the Ind have been toiling § He has shown some dazzling ¢ speed and a good curye | but..best of all, his ability to put the ball where he to ut de his chug Another Pug Is_ |)?’ effective, Would-Be “Star n his RUE AIRES, March 2 7 at Say nd young. ight, now considered along wiih Cal., ste Woolley hurler, why 0 pounds ot be ity of power, and big v n seems to hay him ' considedalia about the & art. In his trial with tip inkins year Pigg but im spite of get Pirpo Ang last there at $8,000 a at d he might go and that there would thru the midle y hitter, You eau y in the Coast circa Pigg was shipped to Denver af recalled at the end of the sessm eran Beattie southpaw, knows 2 lot about plc ing and has seen many of the come and go, and the lanky pxp sider predicts that Pigg il the blg show in a year or tw, “He has come fast,” says 1 he doesn't look like oe inGrammar Ball Loop x2, esr HE grammar schools, under the|so far.” supervision of Neil Ellis, are in| eg has done most of the busy baseball season. More in th Practice games than teams have signed with| he knows pitching when he sel lis to play regular grammar base- P may be only a 1) thruout, the spring, the entire|camp winner, but he ought to culminating in one final game | in the Coast time. with between the Class A and Class Bjhas shown here so far, section champions. 9 Ppaged net eturéey, (LETTERS Ae HUSKY CAGE A has been divided into six) sections and Class B has been split, Barketball letters were a Seven members of the Uni into three, Each section has from Washington team at the m four to eight teams in it thin year are Van Asselt and Mc. | the board of control last night) be wen the enough then to disc fight himself and Jack Demp port writers here believe Firpo twill fight in Labor day of acy. it ia certain New York on | | | \. New schools to enter the league |Gilvra. The schedule for Saturday | to receive the emblems wers:| Dick Frayne, |borne Gardner, Beacon | George Anderson, and Ralph Gundlach. | was given a manager’s Wrestling emblems: to Capt. Paul Davis, | Ted Lang, Adolf Englund, Re and Ray Clithero, RADAArymK-enthilash Se Lif S PRE-ASTER S& iy s Robert H Richard _ follows: CLASS A Section %—Madrona va. Hill at 8:45 at Garfield. Section 4—Cascade vs. Central at $:45 at Broadway. | Section 6—Adams va, West Wood- | land at 6:45 at upper Woodland, CLASS B Section Lawton vs. 5 at Mercer, Section 3—Bagley vs. at 8:46 at Ballard. SPORTSMEN WILL AID IN FISH PACK, NE HUNDRED AND FIFTY strong men and:a lot more men 2 Leschi at 8: Salmon Bay | needing exercise are wanted by the tion of Seattle to to take | Sportsmen's Assoc: uce Sunday, when 50,000 | aiters brook trout will be packed | over the trail three miles and planted | in Lake Joy, A large number of men have} already signified their intention of |g turning gut for this important piece Hi |of propagation work, but more are} | needed In order to assist the com-| mittee ia making proper arrange-| ments, all who desire to go are asked | to be suré to phone or call at the sportsmen’s show committer head- | quarters, MAJn-4661 or 212 Hitel | building, by Friday evening. The caravan of cars will leave the| Eitel bullding Sunday — morning | promptly at 7. Ample room is prom- ised for all who do not have cars. The committee invites every sports- man to come along who would like a holiday mixed with fun and hard work. Your Cloth Hat Free cD. PHILLIPS & 1308 SECOND AVE. BETTER THAN EVER Peppy Spring Styles in the famous PHILL OLYMPIC line embody more real than anything we have ever offered Seattle. The new grip-the-heel Oxfe black or brown will retain their long, hard service.