The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 3, 1924, Page 16

PAGE 16 ATTLE § SPEED ON BASES WILL MAKE SACRAMENTO DANGEROUS AGAIN Eli Leader TAR THURSD A’ t . ‘ Solons W ill Be Weaker if Mollwitz Quits Game Charley Pick May Lose First Sacker; Otherwise Club Is Much the Same as Last Year; Solons Face Same PITTSBURG WILL FIGURE IN RACE AGAIN’ M rs of fembers of | A Seattle Mound Hope Pitching Problem as Five Other Coast Teams Chamber to BY LEO H, LASSEN In Merlin Kopp, Ed Hemingway, Fritz Mollwitz, Claude JACK HOHENBERG ina atgnal league pennant race i for no other reason AN BERNARDINO, Cal., April 3.—Speed on the bases, W atch Crew | ' hh rer, Bob Schang and Fred Brown, the Solons have a wonderfully effective ba i TS amber of Commerce have en jand they are no weaker than they have been, the same tactics that carried the Sacramento club to i - } second place in the Coast league race last year, will be the Bears to Arrive Sunday; “few wonderfully effective base-running machine. These men ; ’ ee make the other teams hustle gaged a private launch and were | Where the Cincinnati Reds have 3 pitching advantage scheduled, Thursday afternoon, to in the race, the Pirates have a most formidable punch that Smoke City Tossers Are as Good as Last Season Rabbit Maranville in Bad With the Management of Pirates, Is Rumor; Three Good Twirlers Are on Staff of National League Club | BY HENRY L. FARRELL sa) NEW YORK, April 8.—Pittsburg will be up in the 1924 that carried the burden thruout the 1925 campaign, | “ure 7 7 ; BY JACK HOHENBERG National league pennant race if for no other reason mainspring of the Selon attack this year, | Washington Oarsmen The club will start the season with about the same lineup | Prove Gobd Stadanta nce rah nhs Mord follow the Washington varsity eight most out of every hit and out ve .. his fast one losing some of its “zip” Behind the Home Plate BY BILLY EVANS of every set-up on the paths. The team lacks punch—that same lack of wallop costing them the fing last year, Art Koehler, th big catcher, ts the only piledriver on the club, and if he had another g00d man or two to help him out the Sacs would be doubly danger | ous. SO7P.HERE ts a fellaw with pitch-| ing polse. He has everything, | Speed, curves and a change of pace. | When you start hitting him he al ways has ‘som in reserve, Something different Batting rally, Hoe ts one of th greatest stylists I have ever ba ted against. I have found certain Pitchers more difficult for me to hit, but Jones shapes up a as pitch: er who looks the part all over.” i ‘Ty Cobb was talking. The Detroit club was sitting on the bench discussing pitchers and | watching Sam Jones warm up- He was heaps ibs go anes | ‘gers that afternoon. ae nice compliment that Cobb paid him. see FEW weeks later Jones cer | tainly made good the praise that Cobb had heaped upon him by pitching a no-hit game against the Athletics. In the world series be- tween the Giants and the Yankees last year Jones pitched a four-hit) classic, despite the fact that he suf- fered a1 to 0 defeat. Casey Sten- gel's homer into the right field Dleachers decided the Issue. ore A change of pace is the great est axset a pitcher can possibly have in these days of the lively ball and the siashaway tactles. Control and a change of pace cover a multitude of pitching sins. NLY last summer Walter John- (8) gon remarked to me that the one real mistake he made in his pitching career was*the failure to develop a slow ball about 10 years sooner than he mastered it. John- son, during the early years of his career, depended entirely on his terrific speed. Not until he found | did he go in for a slow ball. No better example of what a good slow ball means to a pitcher could be offered than Eddie Rommel of the Athletics, A knuckle ball and a change of pace have made him a master pitcher. TWO INDIANS ARE INJURED; OTHER TALK OS ANGELES, Cal., April 3— Carl Williams, pitcher, and/ Frank Emmer, utility infielder, are ‘out of practice for a couple of days with minor injuries. Williams has & crippled shinbone, while Emmers has a sprained finger on his throw- ing hand. ‘The Tribe is billed to play Gien- dale on Saturday and the Shell Oil company’s nine at Long Beach, Sun-| day. “Suds” Sutherland looks like the ‘opening pitcher next Tuesday, while | either Myers or Crandall will work | for Los Angeles. | George Cutshaw, second sacker, has signed with neither Los Angeles or Seattle, but has promised Kille- fer to play with Seattle if he gets) in shape. | Killefer has shifted batting order, | using Sammy Crane in third palce. | Lane, Brady, Crane, Eldred, Bow. | man, Rohwer, Ted Baldwin and the battery are the way they will step up to the plate. EDWARDS WINS MAT HONORS PORTLAND, April 3—Two hard) head locks are the reasons that Billy Edwards, Kansas City wrestler, holds the world’s light heavyweight wrestling champion- ship today. | Edwards took the title from Ted Thye, who has held it since last fall in a fast match iast night. Last season Thye lost the title to the same Edwards, on the some head holds. In a return match he was unable to down the Kansas! grappler, but Thye had since re- gained the title from Mike Yokel, ‘who won it ‘rom Edwards, BEARS VS. TROJANS BERKELEY, Cal., April 3—The California baseball team leaves Thursday for the South and a series with University of Southern Cali-| fornia. Mitunar © DIAMONDS American Jewelry Co, to stop your The team has had some trouble with Mollwitz over salary, and if the big first sacker quits the club it will break up the infield. Mol wits is a good first n any # & Valuable unit in bot! rn and de In ¢ Moll Hemmingway the bag. HOW REGULAR . SHAPES Ur am will decides to quit will probably play line up ular pe base—Mollwitz Second base—Siglin. Third base—Hemmingway Shortstop—McGinnis, opp. 4—Brown. field—Smith. Of these men only Art Smith ts a newcomer, the reat being holdovers. Smith comes from Rochester, of the} International league. Hoe {s said to be @ very capable tosser. Behind the pla have Koehler and Schang. Both are tremendous hitters and rank among the best mask men in this company PITCHING PROBLEM HERE, TOO The Sacramento team faces the same pitching problem that every club except Salt Lake and Oakland is confronting—lack of high class de colvers. | Charley Hall, a veteran of nearly 20 years of baseball, has been ob- tained from St, Paul in exchange for Paul Fittery. He should do os well as Fittery did a year ago Then there is Bill Hughes, an ex cellent curve ball pitcher. Moses Yellowhorse, the colorful In dian fast-ball hurler, should win more than he will lose. He would be & wonder if he could think. JAMES TO TRY COMEBACK Bill James, the old Seattle tavor. ite, ts going to try another comeback and will be able to use the apitball Bill Prough, the eran right hander, is the ace of this outfit. Lefty Thompson, Carroll Canfield, Specs Shea and several lesser light: complete the staff at present. In the matter of reserves Manager Charley Pick has Claude Rohwer and himself for infield duty, McNeely and Cochrane for extra outfielders and Shea behind the plate. You can be sure that the Solon will play heady ball and they'll be troublesome because of their speed on the paths. Speed gets ‘om and baseball is no exception. MERCED LOSES SHOOT SAN FRANCISCO, April 2—The San Francisco Gun club's register- ed shoot, scheduled for Merced next Sunday, will be held at Fort Win- field Scott here instead, because of the hoof and mouth quarantine In Merced county. BERKELEY, Cal., April 3—Cali- fornia oarsmen take their final workout Thursday, and Friday leave for the North and the “big race” with Washington to see which crew will go East this year, the Solons will} | | | CAPT, ROCKEFELLER | Above is Capt. Rockefeller, | leader of the Yale varsity crew, Old Eli is expecting another big season on the| water. Yale fans have taken strongly to Ed Leader, for-| mer Washington coach, who| is tutoring the Blue oarsmen. it Gaon Gossip | Clit Brady will teach soccer te the liefer because he has bh 2 in smaller minors untit they e for this company, Ye claime they have promise. Kverybedy in the Coast time whe nas | Jecon the Salt Lake Mees per Lee Taylor, Seattle infielder, ts the best ball hawk In camp, and y | has A dad weakness at the plat t rm. These If he brings the trott Tiger in to} nee the Ind’ with Washing FAST GAMES IN NATIONAL | PREP MEET | (YEICAGO, April t.—Fast, hard. fought games featured the play | yesterday in the national high achool basketball tournament at the Unt versity of Chicago. ‘The Panguitis, Utah, high schoo! five defeated Tampa, Fla, 19 to 17 Fargo, N. D., won from Lexington, by a score of 32 to 31, Windsor, Colo, scored a 27-to-23 victory over Warrensburg, Mo. joux City, Ia, trounced Butte, Mont., 29 to 20. Pittafield, Mass., won from Rock prings, Wyo., 21 to 12. Dallas, Tex., defeated Homestead, a, 35 to 20, after two overtime periods. . Florence, Miss, scored a 27-to-21 win over Wichita, Kan. El Reno, Okla, defeated Maitland, 0 to 19, tle Creek, Mich., was elfminated by East high, Columbus, O., by a score of 19 to 31. Madison, 8. D., trounced Painted | Post, N. ¥., 29 to 13 M | ST. LOUIS, April 3.—Ed (Strang. ler) Lewis, heavyweight wrestling | |champton, threw Jimmy Londos, Greek {dol, in two out of three falls [ticing racing starts, Jest students in the law school |Spuhn and Max Luft stand high tn jn around the Lake W Enthused by the nearness of th California regatta, the chamber of. is had decided to give the oars. men some port of official recognition and chose this method as the most suitable. ‘The enthustasm shown by the com- ce officials ts only typical of that manifested in Washington crew ac tivity thruout the state country hington ¢ Country papers are printing cob umns on rowing crews, Eastern row ing circles, too, are devoting plenty of attention to the coming regatta on April 12 Meanwhile, the Husky oarsmen are continuing to round Into shape, for the Bears. Callow had the theee first crews prac: It ts expected that the oarnmen wil take long pulls both Thursday and Friday with an other time trial coming along Satur day afternoon. OARSMEN ARE . GOOD STUDEN Out of 82 varsity posstbilities whose grade records were looked up recently, ject. Coach Callow made this an nouneement on Wednesday while em- phasizing the eligibilities ton oaramen have for their ability to master both their oars and their studies, This year's crew in no exception. Al Ulbrickson, former high school boy, now rowing stroke, has a scholastic record of nearly all A's, Walt Malone ts one of the high Fred the Colleges of Forestry and Engi neering, respectively. CALIFORNIA ARRIVES 500N Conch Callow recetved word Wed. ay that the Callfornta oarsmen, accompanied by Coaches Ebright and Nagler, would arrive in Seattle Sunday morning at 6 o'clock. Cal low and some of his crewmen will rub the sleep from their eyes, jump into a few clothes and greet the Boars, Donaldson, Cranmer and Capt. Loscamp are all veterans and are known by the Washington men. Holland, the brillinnt froah stroke of last year, is no neweomer, either. Rogers, stroke, ts said to be the Mike Murphy type of oars man, being smaller than average, compactly built and powerful as a steam roller. FIFTY GAMES FOR VISITORS A schedule of about 69 games the country over is being arranged for the Melfi university baseball team of Japan, which will tour America between April 11 and July 10, this year. Firet game to be played by the Orientals will be with the Univer. sity of Washington, April 14 or 16. Other early games have been scheduled with Gonzaga, April 21; Washington State college, April 22; Portland semt-profeasional teams, April 23, 24 and 25; University of Oregon, April 26, and Oregon Agri- cultural college, April 26. GROH SLIPPING FAST Third base will soon be a problem for Manager McGraw of the Giants to worry about. Heinle Groh won't be able to go at top speed for more OUR BOARDING HOUSE Gy NFNE LADS,~ I SUPPOSE NOU “THINK “THAT I FEEL A KEEN DIGAPPOINTMENT AT NOT RECEIVING A GREATER AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM MY UNCLES ESTATE “THAN WHICH 1 DDI HAW™ REALLY, aT HEART, L AM GLAD I DIDNT? FT 1S MY CONVICTION THAT F] MONEY IS AN OBSTACLE Wl §=“THE PATH TO TRUE WTHATS TH corer 1 LIKE Ste, MATOR OU’ BOVI = WITH ALL TH’ HORSES TH’ PRINCE OF WALES FELL OFF OF, YoU DONT SEE KIM GOING WW FoR wl CHINA PANTING 1 HAPPINESS / ~ VERILY=~ than about three more years, BY AHERN \F You WERE RICH, You MOULDNIT GET“ SAME KICK OUT OF BEING A FUGITIVE FROM Work LIKE YoU ARE Now l= "VONEY AIT EVERN THING? AS “MM POETS GAY, | MATS WHY THEY Donte WIRE POETS IN BANKS! and the! Wednesday night, Coach | not one flunked tn a sub-| Washing. | ways been noted | 7 Franklin | | practice April 1, About 160 have re-| PIRATES WANT \EIGHT TEAM |pitching hopes during the con the Tribe from Cleveland, wi name for himself. to 20th H BY ALEX C, ROSE |(XHAMPION JACK WESTLAND | was forced to tho 20th hole—the | second extra hole of the match—be-/ fore he disposed of Harold Niemeyer and qualified to meet Dougias Nicol jin the fina] 86-hole match which will | determine the 1924 golf champlon of the University of Washington. ‘The Wentland-Niomeyer match on | the University links, ‘yesterday, fur- nished many thrilis for the large crowd that followed the play. Tho titleholder played steady golf) on the outward journey and had a two-up lead at the turn. The 10th was halved in fives, but « birdie “2"| on the short hole put Niemeyer in| the running, one-down. The next hole | was poorly played and halved. Then | followed the surpriq of the match | when Westland dropped the next threéinarow; Niemeyer, teeing off| to the 16th, two-up and three to play. | A poorly placed teo-shot found the} bunker and resulted in the loss of/ the hole for Niemeyer; a minsed two- | footer by the same player for a win| and the match on the 17th green, and | 4 par five on the home hole by West-| land, squared matters, sending play into extra holes. Following a halve in fives on the} 19th, the match ended on the next hole, when Westland sank his putt for a three, to his worthy opponent's! four. Nlemeyer’s mashie tee-shot to this green was badly hooked. Nicol defeated Bernard Savery, | four and three, in the other semi final match, on Tuesday. | The date for the playing of the! Westiand-Nicol final match will be decided today. With the golf team! playing against the Moadow Parkers in Tacoma, next Saturday, and tho| | Jim Bagby, pictured above, He finished last season with Seattle. Jack Westland Forced | should do much to counterbalance what is an ordinary corps | “Pie” Traynor, and he is one of the | of ‘pitchers. The Pirates have the best t Ballard Is Lacking in Moundmen BY LEONARD SHEETS N THE eavy hitting outfielders rest 1 hopes in the high school race. These two are Del H veteran centerfielder, and Rus mour, all-around athletic star. Bo walloped the ball at a .400 clip last season, shoulders of tw | Chief of Coach Mullen's worries is | is one of Seattle's strong| ming season. Bagby came to here he established quite a ole in Match track meet scheduled for the follow. ing Saturday, the chances are that the golf championship finalists will settle their links argument tomorrow afternoon or some day next week. It promises to be a great battle and will, undoubtedly, attract a large gallery. LD igew member of the Arctic club—that {s, everybody from the }$th hole on Third and Cherry who has a drop of Irish or Scotch blood, or anything else, to qualify for a place on this annual Sham rock thistle lineup—will be on deck tomorrow noon when play starts on the Inglewood course, And the win- ning team will see to {t that the los- ing team is still on deck to pay for the beefsteak dinner to be served at the aforementioned “19th hole” in the evening. Aside from tho golf and eats, there will be a smoker and other | things that will be put on for this gang of fairway travelers. But the main event ts the golf match, and {t ts going to be a battle royal, if ever there was one, Lat- est reports state that 120 players will tee off. Play will be decided on holes up, on handicap, of sin- gies matches. Owing to the large entry list, It has been decided to send the gang off in foursome formation. Both captains, namely, W. H. Me- Irvine, who doesn't know what a shamrock looke like, and doesn't want to know, and P. E. O'Harris, vho thinks that the only good things that ever left Scotland's shores was something other than golfers, are fs cocky as a pair of bantam roosters, and anxious for the fray. GLENN WARNER IS IN CHARGE) Glenn Warner, famous football coach, Is In active charge of Stan- ford football, after two years of “ab. wenteo coaching.” With Kerr and Thornhill assisting, Warner started the football men thru their spring Ported so far. WALTER MAILS) Onco more the rumor fs afloat that | both the Pirates and the Cubs want Walter Mails, the Oaks’ premier pitcher, after seeing him In action hore, It was reported that whatever | negotiations have been started will not mature this year. Malls had one try at tho big time, and didn’t make it, IN NEW LOOP The resignation of the West Seat. tle Athletic club from the Seattle City Baseball league was accepted at & meeting of the organization at tho Ben Paris billiard parlor last night, It is considered likely that the cir. cult will play with the remaining elght teams, altho the recent appli. cation of the Knights of Columbus will bo considered. DEAN HAGGETT TO NAME BOAT Mra, Winifred 8. Haggett, dean of women, will offictally christen the now Washington elght-oared shell to. night. Tho “evergreen State," prod. uct of George Pocock, has been in use for two days now, and is looked Upon as one of the most satisfactory pleces of work ever turned out by the Washington shell builder. |during the next few days, POP WARNER TO GIVE TRAINING Pop Warner, Stanford's new foot- ball coach, has arrived in Palo Alto to supervise football training. Warner will be assisted in spring football work by Andy Kerr and Tiny Thorn: nil, JOCK MALONE IS CONTENDER) Jock Malone and Harry Greb are | expected to bo matched for a fight | Malone handed Roland Todd, the English nen. sation, a terrible beating a short while ago, DUKE TRAINING FOR BIG RACE) Duke Kahanamoku, famous Ha-} wallan swimmer, is training for his match races with Johnny Weiss: | muller. The duke is being trained by Fred Cady at Los Angeles, HELEN WILLS IN EXHIBITION BERKELEY, Cal, April 8— Helen Wills, national woman tennis champton, will play Irving Wein- stein, topnotehér of the University of California men’s division, April 12, on the California courts in her final exhibition match before leav- ing for England and tho Wimble- don tournament. ATTENTION, TEX RICKARD A race between Archdeacon of the Chicago White Sox and Frankie Frisch ef the New York Giants, to determing the fastest runner in the majors, would be well worth seeing— & lack of experience in his pitching staff. Al Howe ts figured the biggest part of the hurling. If he can hold up under the ninean ning grind he will do very well, but his small stature will be a handicap, The second most promis ing twirler probably ts Les Rafter, with Lefty Young, a freshman; Al Johnson and Ray McKee also wait ing for a turn in the do: Clark, who has to do the catch- ing, has been out for the past week with an infected knee. It is doubtful if he will get in the first game. In that caso Bob Elmslie will do the receiving. A more seasoned battery would do much to bolster the Beaver’s chances. Two letterm in the infield, Buck Bratset at short and Henry Bendele at second, will have their hands full to plug up the gaps. None of the others have been tried under fire. Chitwood will essay to head off the bounders at third, and Rootvik will stretch for the pegs at first. “Everlasting” Harper, the Brick Eldred of the Beavers, who Is out for his fourth year, is the only left- handed hitter on the team. He and Seymour, left field, furnish the dynamite of the batting order. Jen- field berth and will lead off. Gaff. ney {s sald to be a streak on the paths. Coach Mullen does not expect to finish in the first division, and unless the recruits show unexpected ability, there is nothing to justify any more optimistic predictions (ér his charges. However, the sports eliminating the Beaver teams before the season got under way that it behooves one to be wary tn refusing to concede them a fighting chance. The batting order for the initial contest, against Franklin, April 8, j Will probably be as follows: Jensen or Gaffney, right field; Brateet, shortstop; Seymour, left field; Har- per, center field; Bendele, second base; Chitwood, third base; Rotvik, first base; Clark or Elmslie, catcher; Howe, pitcher. FORMER TIGER WITH PIRATES Last year the Vernon Tigers cast off a young outfielder, Norman Pat- erson, of Oakland, Today he is the sensation of the Pittsburg Pirates’ new string in the Easterners’ training camp, just closed at Paso Robles, he made a record of rookle performances. Bill McKechnie, Pirate manager, is out- spoken in his admiration of Pater- son, whose terrific. hitting has been the most talked-of feature of the Pirates’ spring training. to do/t sen or Gaffney will fill the right | scribes have tripped up so often In| hird baseman in the league in best in baseball. They Bigbee, one of best Iders in the league, 1 in Grimm « star first base. | The middle of the infield is on the ability Glen a high-priced the Kansas City club. American Y and have said that he ts sure to fast company, and if soctat managers playe star in infield problem ) of the league and sti r, seer ¢ in bad the manageme: pts were said to have been made last winter to dispose of him, mt he is still with the team. Maranyille may be used at second |base or Johnny Rawlings, the or |phan boy of the Jengue, may be |played regularly at the position. | Rawlings did well enough two years jago when he had to fill in. with jthe Giants, but is not reliable lover an entire season. Bince Reb Russell blew up after making @ sensational comeback two |years ago, the Pirates have been weak in right fleld and the position lis still uncertain. Max Carey, in center field, is still a fine player, but he has been going « long time. Schmidt and Gooch are two good catchers and there is no weakness | behind the bat. | Morrison, one of the best pitch. ers in the league, and the veterans, | Wilbur Cooper and Babe Adams, jare the topnotchers of the pitching staff. The Pirates seem to be a “}) first division club and a good for no lower than third place, EXPECT BIG CROWD FOR SOCCER GO HE stands at Denny field, on the University of Washington campus, are expected to be crowded to capacity Saturday afternoon when the Seattle and Tacoma soccer teams |tangle for the Puget Sound Naviga- tion Co. trophy, In the first of a three-game serie? Both teams will have In their raf ) | the best soccer ability of this sectidt and a great battle is expected to be offered for the fans when these rival aggregations meet. ‘ NO VISITING BETWEEN MEN Circular letters addressed by Harry Williams, president of the Pacific Coast league to all man- agers, umpires and players, asks for faster games in the league this coming season. Williams in the letter expresses himself as opposed to visiting be- tween rival players; the hand-shak- ing player and stalling, He asks that every man play the fastest ball possible, hustling until the last man fs called out, UNDERSTUDY FOR KELLY George Kelly, the elongated first sacker of the New York Giants, will have a worthy understudy this year in the person of Terry of Toledo, ‘This fellow Terry !s hitting them so hard in spring training that Kelly is already worried. % SP We are showing a & worth-while attraction, Attention of Tex Rickard, and be satisfied. c.D. PHILLIPS we. 1308 SECOND AVE. large number of new shapes in our PHILLIPS OLYMPIC line. Snappy looking, without being freakish or fussy looking. More real value is built into this line than you usually get. Try a pair SRS sn sem sStetes rs 2,5 Sac ~ SEs cudamigedOmadawOsdemeORGadabtaeenxeNS