The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 4, 1924, Page 14

ae ae cat cn aatlts aa ee “everything else. PAGE 14 Krug Wants to Manage Angels From Bench Lack of Second-Sacker Helen Wills Is Defeated in Wimbledon’s Tennis Finals Keeping Krug in Lineup | Los Angeles Manager Has to Fill in at Second Base Because of Shortage of Men; Impossible to Beg, Borrow or Steal High Class Players, He Claims BY LEO H, LASSEN ARTY KRUG is playing second base aga If he had his way Krug would be manag Angeles club from the bench. Krug has seen his best days as a player and he has slowed up considerab an infielder, Once the best second sackers in the minor has slowed up and more speed is badly needed at this important gy in the infield. “It's impossible beg, borrow or h class infielde: ays Krug. “We sent Oscar Reichow, our business manager, st in an effort to land some tal ent, preferably a second sacker and some fel- lows who can hit, but the best he could do was to obtain Walton Cruise, an outfielder Cruise has been of little use because of ar injured leg.” Ve few playing managers in the game are successful, as the worries of running a club undoubtedly affect the playing of any performer. Krug stepped into a tough spot in Los Angeles last spring when he succeded “Red” Killefer, the best manager in the minors. Killefer had never finished lower than third place there. Krug wound up In second division last ye to peddle Wally Hood broke up their p team. They couldn't land the men they wanted for #0 they kept him. With the Vernon club for opposition in Los An play winning ball or the Tigers get the play from the I Krug is in a bad predicament with his team in the having to play ball as well as manage the team is a big burden for M Veteran Pitchers Need Control ITCHERS like Wheezer Dell, Jimj|and he simply couldn't do Bagty, Bill Prough and Doc| With the ball, When he did come in with a fat one Cedric Durst slammed Crandall need thelr control | the ball out of the lot with three on the sacks and the gume was ruined, These pitchers aren't kids any more and they haven't the burning speed and the dazzling curve balls thelr youth. They But when they have a good day| more upon brains and control than they win easily as they're smart and| upon their stuff. pitch to their opponents’ weaknesses.| When their Dell was terribly wild Thursday ‘they thru. Rohwer Isn’t Hitting in 1923 Form AST year Ray Rohwer looked like} he has been striking out a lot when |the pitcher gets ‘the jump in the | pinch. will x the Lo one of , Kru steal a KRUG and the failure of the Angels men to strengthen thet utfield slugging ¢ « Angeles fu and divistor above ‘When these veterans can’t put the | ball where they want it they're help: less and get pounded all over the| lot. contr one of the greatest long distance | hitters in the game. | A year ako Rohwer was hitting all But this season the young out-/ Kinds of pitching, fielder has hit only in streaks, the| including lefthanders as powerful driving coming only In | righthanders flashes. If this young fellow can once hit Whether he is just off his stride or| his 1923 stride It will mean a lot whether the pitchers have his num-|of difference in the attack of the her is uncertain, but he swings alike | Indians. at all kinds of pitching and once| Rohwer must hit to get by, the hurler gets ahead of him in balls | fielding is just ratr and he isn’t the and strikes Rohwer loses his effec-| best baserunner in the world. When tiveness. When he hits the first ball|he hits he’s a star and when he he usually gives it a ride, but of late ‘doesn't he’s just so-so. “Red” Baldwin Is Reliable Catcher 46 .FQED" BALDWIN its the best) with Baldwin. catcher Seattle has had since} Baldwin is no rah the Indians rejoined the league back | he doesn’t set of! in 1919. |for steady, reliable catching day in Baldwin wag once with Seattle, in| and day out he's as good a man as 1920, and the club finished second | there is in the league. He's an iron that year. The team is second again | man, a hustler and a dangerous hit since Baldwin rejoined the club this | ter. spring. Baldwin is as good a general as Last year the Indian catching was/there is in the league. ‘Red’ Kil absolutely the worst in the league.|lefer, who was his boss for three Yam Yaryan was fat, lazy and im- possible. His poor work seemed con- tagious, as Frank Tobin didn’t do half so well as he is doing working well as y fireworks, but is the best handler of this circuit. It was pitchers in Killefer who| Jacobs Looks Fine at Third Base AY JACOBS was shifted over to It's a funny thing the difference third base yesterday after two!in positions make in a ball player. games at shortstop and he looked| At third base Sammy Bohne was the like a different ball player, Hej best in the league in 1920: at short made a couple of dazzling stops and | stop he looked like the biggest busher throws and started two double kill-| of them all. ings. ‘The kid's arm looks good and he covers a lot of ground. Of course, yesterday's game was just one game and today and tomorrow may be something else again as far as he’s concerned, but it looks like third base is his spot. It's that slight difference in bounces and conditions that accounts for it a man before he realizes it while at shortstop a few extra feet throws some felliows off stride while fi ing a grounder. Golvin Best-Fielding First Sacker EATTLE fans are seeing the best ) fielder that is the most dependable. flelding first-sacker in the league | the good fielders are those who get perform this week. “é He's Walter Golvin, southpaw tosser of the Los Angeles club. He's a nifty man around the bag and makes everything look easy. It isn’t always the flashy looking who make every chance look eas Golvin has the natural advantag of being left-handed. Southpsw first eackers have a big advantage in that pivot at their bag. Three Remarkable Veterans HE big leaguse have thelr Ty | when you look at the games won and Cobbs, Grover Alexanders, Max| 10st you'll find Crandall’s name up Careys' Tris Speakers and Walter |*™0ns the leaders with something like nine victories and only four de Johnsons in the line of remarkable | feats and he's with a second division veterans, but the Coast league has| team. a few veterans of class itself. Crandall was famous ag a pitcher The best left-handed pitcher in the | with the New Y. nts 10 years league thig year is Vean Gregg and|or so ago and he also won a lot of Gregg hag been voting, lo, many years. One of the best outfielders in the minors is Chet Chadbourne and Ches- ter is old enough to he the father of | he some of the kids in the circuit jc And, too, there's “Doc’’ Crandall, | re he right-handed flinger of the Los | and he Angeles team. Crandall isn't a/|cards grandpap yet, he’s no kid and them nt noteriety as a pinch hitter all if one of the best hitting pitchers in the game today, His spitter is still troublesome and alwa wonderful control. all takes rank as one of the ible veterans of the league an still give a lot of teams and spades and still beat 8 has but Paul Strand’s Failure Is Mystery HE failure of Paul Strand to get) by with the Philadelphia Ath-| ietics will always remain a mystery to Coast league baseball men. Strand re just ordinary in the minors nd make whirlwind sta who star in the minors, jin the majors goup re chump fan been shipped to Toledo in the) Take Rogers Hornsby. ‘That fa-| American association mous hitter was just a so-so sticker Strand y really a fine hitter }in the minors and his first year here in spite of the short fences at| with gt, Loula was a but Today Sale Lake. t ake. he is one of the best stickers in the The big fellow hit where the ball | x4 me : 4 was and had so much strength in|” 4, Kimer Jacobs Ray Kremor pinging that ho ‘simply OVérpow- | senped into‘ the big timo and ard ered. the ball, pitobine. "4 vd " Strand, of course, never hit on the {Pitching the same high-clany ball they did on the Const Jim O'Connel was a bust with the New York Giants, Rube Yarrison and Johnny Jones flivvered road like he “cheese box.” They said big show that| Strand began to pull away from the did in that Salt Lake plate, That's another one hard to| Brooklyn, while Johnny Bassler and explain, as he was never accused of | UU Blew starred from tho start with that out this Detrolt, It'e a funny “Hig this figuring| Try to figure it out! M's be of baseball players. Some birds who yond us, a thing] must depend | a la Babe Ruth, | rah catcher and| years in Los Angeles, thinks Baldwin j swung the deal that brought Baldwin | A lot of bali players are like that. | At third base the ball is on top of} ything that comes their way and| throwing on plays around that infield | Others, | with rut EATTLI TAR " B P Their ¢ Killeter Ss Only Brother Managers in Game Boston Golf Fealtt le Given. Hired Bill k n02 L tar xpects to Miss McKane B , THe Kuteors waar and wuiem! to Come Back ; ; — : BY JOE WILLIAMS ; f Red, thre r . J glar t th tanding ft ‘ ¢ ure also na try ‘6 he . pong erst myrergpe ; te Game Chatter fe we 1 bane tie is “ i yay opi : iF natal rents 2 that he 5 Two games today, the first start ' at Aggy Beg or. | beautifull nt ie at et wh as angster, « the! Twombly walked the first three 1903 when Wade was holdin 4) Joe Jenkins was poison all after his first managerial job as p f the Angel ¢ Kalam Michigan | tn | smacking ‘ rage team i wer 4 ela achool then and wanted to play u the summer months and Wade, Percy Lee him a job in the fifth oe oie fect Inning N later years Wade went up to _— povred Taodie the Detroit and Washington clubs | 074) Ppt eee eement. | to the be took up catching and started in with dy Knepper in the national! Ted Baldwin turned in another aa IR sage tle [His face was drawn, weary arms | on his in the ¢ owing other om Lectag) be theathee neas0D | hung at his ide and he walked with | out Twombly. He robbed the same | Both of ther eventually drifted to|* halting step, Hin energy had left | bird of a hit the day befor the National league. Wade played |B! and ho was fighting on his for'a. time in. Cluctunall, finally eves. | OUTRES alone Frank Emmer went in to hit for ve ae ap ecules wheee he|,, The Ouimet home adjoins the| Sammy Crane who is in a bad pone oe ie nderful teord for seven {Brookline links. Standing under the| slump, in the fourth with the bags | mado a wonderful ag Tee tn [sheltering folt f tall elms which | loaded, but the best he could do was Hye before coming to Seattle, 1) ii the 17th fairway was a hatless| 4 fly to left. He busted a single in Bill played for years at Philadel. | Wit 1 mother dressed in ging: | the ni ia taking up one of the greatest |D#ms. She was clearly not one of | phia making up one of the greater; (tie gallery of fashionables that] dimmy Welsh was the only Indian while tas as Boh rei Alexander. |triled the atars of the | hitting, picking up two singles and [They were sold to the Chicago Cubs| “What did Francis’ do?" she in-| getting hit by a pitched ba Young “Red” Collins hit for Jones th with two out, but hit quired of a reporter w Told that 10 utood by ad just lost his quite a few years ago and when Bill Francis was made manager of the Brulrfs he ie Three-Set Match Won by Briton Kathleen McKane Wins From American Cham. pion in Title Play * cham McK 2 Eng t ' tb 1 ot 5 ! week, taking ; HELEN STARS IN FIRST SET . | In the net the California gid fe . 4 outgener. j ne, who made several if ts, but the latter in flashes 6 took three straight love 5 n Miss Wills, The Amer ; 1 the first net 1 4 of gaining confidence after winning her service, Miss Wills seemed uncertain of herself in the but was outdriving her ponent in the first half, while the |English woman kept on the de fensive, unable to handle the Amen jican's smashing drives 4-6, 6-4, 64. scores | second set, | The set score | ‘The game | Miss Wills . 4 Miss McKane ....1 Second set Miss Will Miss Mc | Third | Mins Wills Mins McKane score first set 00044457 444121 15244413462- -4$341266523-% *|match, she ev less grief than|in the n | gave up catching, altho Alexander is | MC% Mis & Poor boyi| to-the third-eacker MISS McKANE | still a star y cher.» \Now maybe him to quit : IMPROVES | The > ; | pla The Angels are now leading, two} The Englishwoman's came im ADE and Bill are succesaful |” 1¢ was Francis’ kindly motiier, of] games to one proved greatly in the third set, and managers because ies PEP | course, and at the time she would she scored repeate on oriliiant human and are regular fellows. |v. given a great deal to see Oulmet| It looks like Gregg and Sutherland |cross-court returns and aces, afters All they ask is for thelr men to | f\'" Riven thus: Geattie. 468k nd |close volley of exchanges. ; PACIFIC COAST LEAGT heep their heads up and hustle. . cr, gained steadily | Dumovitch f | The Callforn 1 was stowing P aa Poaeless Won Lost et] Ball players who won't hustle |", that, touenament,-aod — |down, and Miss McKane had solved 1 lame ‘ 35| for them don't belong In base- | iist year he wax just about as good,| Welsh's first single was the long. | the die Miss Wills’ lobe fo ys ame | shot for shot, as any amateur in the | est of the y It hit the right field | 7 ister covering of the court and : ‘ |aume. A ghastly break of luck put| fence far down and it looked like | playing close to the net. F PH ise ‘| Oakland Wins in him out of the national at Flossmoor | Twombly might catch it until it hit! The new champion completely out fF ¢ o 48 when {it appeared as if ho was|the boards, when he crashed into the |judged her American opponent fa ™ ¢ Oe .<4 cs Speedy Contest esis for the tte fence and lost the ball, The uncer-|the third set, but Miss Wills re [ed ts OAKLAND, July 4.—Os nd won No American approached the form | tainty held Brady and Lane on their | tained the same calm at the finish, Be ¢ meet tee et pet, | Speedy game from Salt Lake here|the Boston artist showed in Great] bases and renee heron double. | when she saw her chances at the #s “ 46) | yesterday, 4 to 0. ritain last spring when he won the] mate title slipping, that had marked ¢ 40 The score R. H. E./8t. Gee t . held Roger Weth-| her demeanor thruout. ‘ BY ft /ee Salt Lake ., ee 0 6 iiered even Walker cup play | Expect Big Crowd The huge crowd of spectatos § 2 s Oakland ... pny FY EN a t to the semi-finals in the at Brighouse Track |ave the defeated American gira - “ O'Doul and Cook; Boeh- | amateur championship. VANCOUVER, B. C, July 4,-A|¥onderfut reception for her game § ae record crowd was expected to see the 268% following the match. but the If Se RL I | faces at the Brighouse track here to-| 7Ore Reenty Of cheeks and +e » » */San Francisco I 18 Kings of Zaee te Drennan tack ere (Fag Mckane” thee Bel : » | San Francisco is | so bit . : cin won, | Woman to hold the ,title in 10 yearn BB ‘dibtbecns' Keut« i i . Bue Bins i me—| Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen, former ¥ ss sna Whee sanivere, kat) — Wietor in Second Speedway in champion, lost her thle, hea Aaa siarig PORTLAND, July 4.—S8an Fran P | defaulted. . s At r PH free. phy = cl mlesdpewa cmtiterhne dpm Kansas Race’: t ob Peas tro |AMERICANS HAVE ° ly ‘ j| day, 5 to 3, evening up the series. | CITY, Mo. July 4,—|... Tha rece, 6 furlong: |DOUBLES CHANCE I e 8} | The scor Re records were “expacted eeainhtnc cere wi ete te} America’s only chance for 2 cham fF ¢ | o whe Fhe lo ep sb oe ecg 3 to be lowered here today as 18 fa-| race, 6 furlongs—Boerne |plonship now is in the doubles. t : Portland se eh a: ‘ 0 miieasdateace chmengin tie chants: Felix M. third | Mrs. George Wightman and Mis § © BROTHER BILL BMGCAN : atteries — Mitchell and Agnew; t clashed ampio Wills won their way t I a | AMEMICAN LEAGUE i rad aly ship honors in the annual 260-mile|~ Fi¢th race, ¢ furlonge—Difterent Bile en tien was. to the women Washington rr . 4 |Independence day motor race won, Needy second, Joe Joe third. 1 Sa -tha venta: Goublea kee ae ‘ } D +3 a ‘ i . he racers, in prell yt 1b. { . ubles, tvo Amer | Vernon Defeated | ak ‘ BOTH EASY TO MANAGE. |, Jit the beard Oval, have alrendy | ,Sisth rece<§ furlonse—Nex wor, Jean teams probably will fight it out pt Eddie Kane used to manage Wil- |" ° “ |eecond, Medford Bi third. jas R. Norris Williams by Sacramento |" ‘ : : D: | nuhg tap tink se ih , Il. and Wat “3 2 Me Hoppe, billiard champion, Now |!!N6 Up Ini tocoiving a Miller miles—British ‘Tiner |802 M. Washburn went to the finals | , July 4 if bs peers okt. ho manages Tommy Gibbons, light) ois: averaged 182.8 miles an I Hema second, Grandson third, jtoday. | mento won from gehen 3to2,ina Philadelphla eae |heavyweight. ‘I never had I NORE ta bia auaiiieihe’ rotrods, “Sino | They won their match tight game here yesterday | ; ‘ finer men under my command, lwonithe ‘pst poattiog : gh OTR ES English team of L. A. Gi Seehadlapos Be er Seek ete i Kane. Joo Bc winner of the Indian. Jack Reeves and ine Lycett, when Lycett strained & Sacramento. . 1¢; §S1< : : . 9 ‘ ligament in his leg during the fourth 7 2 | Philadelp 10 apolis Milt in Vernon . ...: icq 120 3|" Pipered, Gaston and. Scbang; poll peed way i Ee Darrah Box Draw st and was forced to withcraw, Batteries — Prough and Schang;!/mann; Gray and Perkins ° the practice spins, and other pilots ; wa Pes aiy So nae fe, Sche — S F; ancisc: averaged, approximately 120 miles,| OAKLAND, July 4.—Jack Reeves, | Sit ee ee PLS, . 2 || pan Francisco demonstrating thelr machines were |San Francisco middieweizht, boxed| Navy Fencer Is : | lonteago. ..-. - i 6 Picks U Game lin perfect condition ja draw with Jimmy Darrah, of Los B f | BOILS KEPT HIM OUT | $3 P Officials the track was in|Angeles, in four rounds here last eaten at Paris | Johnny Farrell's failure to crash|o,ZP¥s%en and Croute; Dauas, Motloway,|| ‘The Indians lost ground Thrus | {excellent shape jnight, Johnny Farr, Oaklend ban-| PARIS, July 4.—George C. Calnat, into the British open golf champion. og 24 day when they were defeated by The sun was up early, insuring aj tam, won the calloy er Jack Burns|United States navy, was the last ship is attributed to. a flock of] 3 sig Los Angeles while San Francisco | |jarge crowd. Caravans of motorists, |i the semi-windup. |American eliminated in the Olympic # — bolls which cropped out on his|st is 19 bab pgp RE CE |from nearby towns, arrived early to ATR ANSON games fencing competition here yt fc hands. It was almost tmposaible| Cleveland 6000000000008 010 aa “| peitia, Tribe Is now five games || witness the race, scheduled for 2:90/Great Britain Is terdiy, He lost) to Terran: Ga purge Mechs taki crs! ecker and’ Kevereid; Smith, Moy. | | behin en , iat 3 | gentina, |for Farrell to hold a club. ark and Myat | A purse totaling $26,000, is offered | Gun Shoot Victor | = Fs | jthe winners, $9,000 to the driver! ypRSATLLES, France, July BY AHERN jwho completes the mile grind | ‘The fourman shooting team of rae | On th Chin 7 | } first. | Britain won the Olympic games title e » | -” FA by scoring 263 points in the finals | ds | * * . here yesterd. BS oA eaaeal —- |Luis Firpo Sails here yeaterda; apn x ro AERO ov TH’ FOUR YourRTH j Z| : ier) pa 4 AKT WHAT 1 USED SoA Eee | for United States Ballard Club Will f°") |} i GBS | OF JUL J BB ee ASTRONOMERS OF BUENOS AIRES, July 4.—Luis P | Hood, af . $6 OS ie “~ MAK THINK OF NERKES OBGERVATORY BECAME | Angel Firpo, Argentine heavyweight, | lay Port Angeles aera iecee ‘33 i ae “at cAI vs pa sate st sailed from here yesterday for New] The Ballard Commercial Club team, | gunn’, °° 3 013 1 4B p i cay wo Monee. ts neer GREATIN EXCITED AND PUZZLED | | york, where he will meet Harry| of the Semi-Pro league, is taking un Got +3 1 : 60 k 10 SHOOT =~ NOU COULDNT BUY OVER WHAT “THEY THOUGHT WAG-A Wills, the colored boxer, in August. | week end off for a three-game series | Hushe 801 Oe AN KE a SELF! - prow t dock to | at A | ek. cae : WNW Le : AADE 'EM M pe NeW AND STRANGE COMET! uc 2 Die aon ates at the dock to ap oe Cae The delegation left we lala Gk 309 ay, ut i | [| FOLKS CAME For MILES 0 SEE 1 ALLIVED THEIR BEWILDERMENT f° 2 ae EM GO OFF FOR A eae ee BV ‘NOTIFYING “HEM “THAT IT WAS ’ ‘ 2 2). eee ' fe fa S!4 CRACKERS WOULD é > | |Bowman, 1b ..... 4 0 1, 8 8 tl RACKERS \ ONLY A SKV-ROCKET I MADE urst s Homer Wi ases Jorma od 6 HENS FoR TH’ AND GET OFF/ «~1T WAS OLD Rohwer, If. 2 0 0 0 ¥ - . — crane, es x 1 0. 0 3am FOLLOWING, CHANG YEE OF CANTON CHINA, WHO F ll F t A | ’ say |B Baldwin, e sl ¢ 0 1 6 8M LD LAY EGGS WITH TH | “TAUGHT ME HE ART OF ull Features Angels MA pee. 13) ae | GHELLS CRACKED! */ EATTLE baseball bugs who have} fourround performance in the nes, p . 1 0 0 ¢ ame Be oiling 1 0 0 8 Om seen the last two games here} Next frame when Jenkins singled LS 2s) have been treated to two spectacular} 884 Golvin walked, both moving {Totals uot tut i A gtiNa 6: ag Guan up on awild pitch, Krug dumped Batted for Jones in ninth, diamond features, One was Charley! a Texas leaguer into left field Thar iey Staite: cia Root's feat of fanning three Indians| and denkins scored. Hughes | “Sy AP&!°* 210 I in succession with three men on,| bunted and they moved up and {Seattle |... : ioe | Wednesday, and the other was Cedric} Twombly walked and so did Me- Hite $03 i} Durst’s homer over tho right field wall with the bases full. Tho latter Auley and then out came Mr. Dell. Percy Jones took up the burden and Durst flied to center, another counting. Jones picked McAuley off of first and Twombly scored while he was run down, ' In the meantime Long ‘Tom Hughes was pitching excellent ball for the visitors. He allowed hits and the best the Indiar do was one run, HUGHES PUTS ON BRAKES And let it be said right here that Durst’s four-ply wallop ruined things for the Indians. The final score was 9 fo 1, but Durst's clout would have been enough to win. Wheezer Dell wasn't himself yes: torday and the lanky veteran didn't have anything on the apple. He got in a hole in the third when Sammy Crane's throw was wide and Um: pire Phyle ruled that Eimer Bowman Wasn't on the bag when he took the fourth that pulled him out of Crane's throw on Marty Krug's one bad inning grounder Lane doubled, Bradey y “a , walked Pesaran ann THEN and Welsh hit tho right field (Copyright, 1924, ou RST HIT fence, filling the bags. Bowman by NEA‘Seeltea, the) t started it, Dell got Hughes cod Lane at the plate and on a pop fly and then fost control, Bi walking both Babo Twombly and Wea MeAuloy, Then Durst stepped into tho limelight by smearing the apricot far over the right field par. tition. The dly scored on Ted Baldwin's infield hit, Hughes put on the brakes and fanned Rohwer. Km mer flied out, ‘That Killed Seat- fle's only rally. Los Angelos added another oft Jones for good measure in the eighth, Angels duplicated their yen | could | | Hughes did some fine pitching in Innings pitched—Dell 31. Ch feat to Dell, At bat—Oft Dell 12 nits t runs 6 Runa responsible for—Dell Hughes 1, Jones 1. Struck out—By De 1, by Hughes 3, by Jones 5. Bases tt I balls—Oft Dell 7, off Hughes 4, off 00 jh Wild pitch—Dell. Hit by pits Welsh. Home run—Durst, Two-base Bt —Lane. Sacr! hits—Hughes, ‘Date V A x Golvin. Runa batted 1n—Durst T. Baldwin, Hughes, Caught steal Twombley, Double plays—Jacobs to @ ying Jacobs to Krug to Gotvin. 4 Impires—-Phyle and Schaller te b w DOUBLE-HEADER TODAY. ; OF ti | BASEBALL |} : | a LOS ANGELES * os : | SEATTLE VIRST GAME CALLED 1:30 s y CON 0160 ‘i for TICKETS