The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 12, 1924, Page 9

> gaTURDAY, JULY 12. THE SEATTLE STARK i 9 — oe | B | - §6Dert ISO : | ae n Is Secon Delehanty, Says Dugdale -:- BY D. BE. DUGDAT E oe Sy Beccy of the grounds he stands at the plate, so confi uch poorer ball players from this part of The Frisco infield n't € 4 og & s have teak “desta en iree doubles, two singles, a homer and the manner in which he cuts at the country playing up there right now fielding or batti d the ork BATT! gee wat u Bong dy Since and a triple in the first four games of the a ball is a de ad image of Delehanty Bert Elli Lg econd Ed Delel anty, and together. the most F Aaa Pia age 2 series. And every ball he hit had a world Ellison, of course, is hitt a livelier the hardest hitter in the minors! Seattle has a good infield, but the Fris jn action in the . rengieye. series of Dower, than Delehanty did, but just the same he team has a better one | this week : St Babe Ruth is the home-run champion of a fine hitter and an aggressive ball player AN FRANCISCO has a splendid minor j He's Bert kaon, the MARAGE of the the game; no doubt about that. He gets the They have always said that was a league ball club; in fact, it’s about the I'S too bad that every baseball week Seals and first sacker tee - club. . height, and the distance and the power, but spring hitter and that he is a sucker for a best team I’ve ever seen in this league, out- Seattle can’t be as lively and as ful When he hit t a field fence on the ho man ever lived who hit a ball any harder high ball across his chest, but it seems to ide of its pitching enthusiasm as the present one It could fly Friday it was the first time in the his- than Ed Delehanty. His was the supreme me that he's always hitting and he’s knock The Frisco infield is a major league out be if the players ‘vould only hustle all of tory of the ark that anybody ever crashed power at the plate. What a strong fellow ing in runs galore. He's a fine inspiration fit. I am safe in saying that at least one- . . like the are hustling now. Of that fence, as I remembe r it. he was! to his team, as he can step out and do third of the major league teams could re- he Ame UKs ‘leat : i What a blow t! a was! Ellison is the first hitter I have ever seen everything well himself place their present combinations with the Urse, It would be impossible to keep ther And earlier in the weex he hit one a mile in baseball who has reminded me of Dele- I can't figure out how in the world they Frisco four today and strengthen their keyed up all of the time, but give the far over Billy Lane's head in centerfield for a hanty. He isn't quite as large as Ed, but ever got him out of the majors, as there are clubs. hustling baseball and they'll turn out — |WA and Fighters BY LEO H. LASSEN | by g | es « | ] RDLESS of M\ Tuesday’s fight between | Rby Harper and Dode Ber #may come out, Marcario Yims, the socking Filipino, | due to fight the winner. | even if he should be upon to tackle Harper | Harper should beat him, jBercot-Flores match will be rker for some time later summer. will be a long time be- the fans who saw Ber- game battle against the o will forget it. up and fighting his man | gandstill after taking three wns in the first round Is | ! ¥ ® ae he Harper-Bercot scrap is attract world of attention, as both boys ‘heal favorites and have their (personal followings. Harper diy the smarter fighter of Dut it will be his experience against Bercot's relentless ‘and superior strength. May | North Cullen has been going #0 ly that the local promoters | n of bringing Bert Colima. | middleweight on the Coast, | fim in the ball park late | Colima would be a| card here as he has never fm Seattle, and he can fight Gill | Gill, the little Vancouver, | bantamweight, who showed ¢lass in his defeat of Bud two weeks ago, is to be ei by Dan Salt, who taken | phis management. | i showed good boxing form for! " Practically new to the | Mand besides good form he) fan inclination to fight. | too smart for Bud Bercot | i Pgoit championship here this With a score of 292 for iy was tied with Leo Diegel, of Washington, D. C., at of the third round this 4nd John Farrell and Will who were leading Brady Were expected to do for the title. Performance this the final 18 holes While McFarlan: Probably ma: after- gave took 76, 2 him run- fan into a lot of difficulty Tound and the best he was a 77. hero—Leo Cotter, Cubs’ 3 who equalled the major } when he accepted 22 Without a bobbi th = ae Tasks climbed back in the league Mik yen’ Babe Ruth wmacked out homer. The 1 ite Sor, 12 to ugmen trimmed skidded from league lead- fe to Detroit. 4 to 3 home runs two Dodgers’ 9 to 1 victory over feple of pitching aces had from the rubber, the vd Dipped the Cards, 16 > ireuit drive in the Yet the Indi the A's won, won, and Sox divided if taking the firat Fite, Boston: wining the second * down with 10 to 1 ftienlty with a8 stingy with WAGE Won trom the Pig eee hs / Som 5 Hien ite 241n t home ran into right 0. Out to cehter field ! | expected to be in the tournam ho w/ Years ago while a student at Stanford university. }a chance | hit against Washing ton’s Famous Star Is ; Asked to Play Scott Would Be Big Attra: ction Because of His Na- tional Championship; Phil Neer Expected to Com- pete; Californians Filed for Annual State Play LLACE SCOTT MAY BE B ‘Am | ‘pT of ‘ RYT . 2 | ALLACE SCOTT, intercollegiate tennis champion, will probably compete in the Washington State Tennis tournament, which opens on the courts of the Seattle Tennis club Monday, Jones of Yale at Philadelphia last month, is at his home in Tacoma, and it is considered likely that he will play in the state tourney here, Phil Neer, a former intercoll egiate tennis champion, is also ent, Neer won the title three Scott, who won the intercollegiate title from | A new men’s singles champion will be crowned, as Irving | Weinstein, the present titleholder, is in the East and will |not be able to be here to defend his honors, _ Four California stars will be in the men’s singles competi-| tion. Ray Casey and Herbert Suhr, who were fighting it! out Saturday for the Oregon WHEN PEOPLE DROWN— R® strikes. cluteh—drag watery grave. Begininng Monday The Star will publish @ series of six articles telling the proper ways to resct persons who are drowning, with: out risking your own lige, too! The articles will be called slips away They fight their ‘Terror claw rescuers to a Ehmke, Once Discard, Now Famous Star| OSTON, July 11—Pitcher How-| ard Ehmke of the Boston Red Sox, discarded by Manager Ty Cobb of Detroit as lacking major league caliber, today looms up as the most valuable twirler in the) American league. Last season Ehmke, with end ball club, won 20 most remarkable record. Among! his victories was a no-hit game} against Philadelphia and a one-hit! affair against New York. | This season Ehmke has set 25 victories as his goal, and with a good break In luck believes he has to win 30, With the sea- son half over, he has passed the) half-way mark in the goal set. ~Ehmke has the greatest assort- ment of stuff of any pitcher 1} have ever caught,” says the veteran} Steve O'Neill, who has handled some of the game's greatest pitch- ers. “His great amount of stuff, plus a baffling delivery, makes him the toughest bird in the game to! solve. “1 never heard an American league player say that he liked to} shmke. That gives him} quite an edge from the start.” | Ehmke, pitching as he is for Bos- ton, would be a real help to De- troit in its present pennant fight. a tall- games, | MANUSH FAILS COBB One of the big disappointments of the present season is Outfielder Ma. | nush, of the Detroit Tygers. Cobb | enthused over him last season, and was grooming lim as hia successor for center field. He has slumped badly at the bat BIGGEST GATT. It is predcited that the impending | bout between Benny Leonard, light: | weight champion, and Mickey Walk: | er, welterwieght champion, will draw close to $500,000, This would break | | | DEFEND TITLE State title at Portland, were among the entries. Neil Browne and Tom llery are also entered. LOCAL STA ARE ENTERED Seattle will have a str entry st in the play. Bob Hesketh, Uni versity of Washington captain; Leon de Turenne, former Harvard star Armand Marion, Dick Van der Las Dan Lewis, Lacey Hofius, K. L. Betz, Whitcomb Qui Frank Koz lowski, 1D Waller and Howard Langlie, winner of The Star's tourna , are among the leading Queen City entrants the men's doubies honors, with attle will make a sfrong bid for | Leon Turenne-Howard Langlie ‘tas pair is expected to go a long ways fn the doubles compe titlon. langiie’s fore-hand drive, | coupled with De Turenno's back and drive, may carry this pair to victory MRS. HENRY TO Mrs. William Henry cisco, will defend her women's asin. m title, Three other California | women, Winifred Suhr, Marjorie | Thorne and Miss Brunn, entered. Gertrude Schreiner Robinson, a former champion in Star tourni ments, now living in also compete. | Irene and Eleanor Stephens, Ber-| nice Du Ponte, Thelma Wolff and| other well known local players, are | entered. The entries closed aturday afternoon was being made in events Saturday night Phil Neer and Ray Casey in Oregon Finals ORTLAND, and Phil Neer, both tennis stars | of the San Francisco bay disttict,| were to meet here this afternoon for the state championship of Oregon. at and the o'clock | draw | different | Casey has been the outstanding play- er and he ts looked to as the likely Neer took the other semi-finals from Catlin Wolfard, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Mrs. William Henry, Los Angeles, and Mrs. G. Hickes, Duncan, B. C., play today for the woman's cham- plonship. In the doubles finals yesterday Casey and Sthr defeated Neer and Wolfard, 9-7, 63, 64. Mrs. Henry and Mrs, Hicks took the woman's doubles from Mrs. Gertrude Robin- son, Nampa, Idaho, and Miss Alberta Eadtl, Tacoma, 7-5, 6. KREMER SAVES PIRATES , has been a lifesaver for the Pittsburg Pirates. His fine work has partly atoned for the failure of some of the veterans, Kremer has a de- ceptive move to first that makes base all gate records for fighters other than heavyweights, winner. Casey has not lost a single game on his serve in the tourney play. | Casey eliminated Herbert Suhr San Francisco, in the semi-finals yesterday, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1. Pitcher Kremer, a rookie from the} also | ter ‘could be reached from the d Thruout the state tournament here | — Salt Lak | | | runners hug that bag. IG . Allen Russel, of the Washing ton Nationals, is champion relief pitcher of the universo “Rubber Arm.” Every ball player has a nick namg. That's Russell's ‘There's a reason, of course, for that unusual sobriquet, Rursell's arm seems able to withstand any strain without breaking, henoc the nickname “Rubber Arm," Manager Harris, of the Wash ington club, says it is doubtful If he will start Russell in a sin gle game thin year, He figures old “Rubber Arm” is far more valuable as a relief pitcher, if one of his regulars falters Last season Russell took part in ball games, He pitched only four full games, In other ntests he did the hero stuff, and usually received no credit in the games won column. His ree ord for the season was 10 won and 7 lost Ruasell had the unique experi ence of performing in 19 games last year before being .credited with « victory, This despite the fact that he pitched superbly in most of the games in which. he officiated. Usually his team was in the lead when he was sent tn an rellef man, thereby eliminat ing his chance to be credited with victory unless the opposition tled the score while nk About mix years ago, Russell, ile with the Bowton Red Sox red m paralytic stroke that tened to end his an entire back with 6 was pite suf! for a time th He but career was 0 seanon eame , vengeance A full game tends to tire Rus sell, but for five or six innings he ta almost Invincible He is one of the few remaining spitball pitchers in the majors. ot Son Frans Strangler Lewis Wins Over Romano CHICAGO, July 12,—Ed (Strang. ) Lewis last night defeated Mike Romano, Italian, by taking the first fall after 2 hours, 16 minutes and 50 seconds, and the second in 3 minutes! fective in this role that he may not start a game all season Idaho, will|and 65 seconds Allan Russell, Washington's ‘for the Senators. CARD OF STATE TENNIS T | | | great relief pitcher, is so ef- Big Field Is Now Competing in Star Eclectic Meet at Inglewood Links By ALEX C, ROSE | PLAY in The Star eclectic trophy tournament at the Inglewood Country club is the chief | center of attraction at the lakeshore links these days and a glance at the two large | score cards in the locker room shows that the race for the handsome traveling bag, donated | by The Star, is going to be a close one when this four months’ hunt for “ringers” ends on | August 31. This year’s event has already attracted 81 entrants, which number, incidentally, is much July 12.—Ray Casey | Jarger than that of any other such competition in Seattle’s golf history, but Club Captain) Jim Blake expects that the century mark will be reached before this month is over. If anyone has been waiting until the fairways got baked out so that a two-shot hole rive, they are doomed to disappoir e to Finish Season in Home Town) O8 ANGELES, July 12.—The Salt Lake club will complete its sea: | son at home, it was announced here yesterday by William Lane, presi- dent, when he learned that business men of that city had guaranteed suf. ficient money to take care of the Utah club's expenses during its home stay ‘The Sait Lakers were planning on playing théir next home series at Vancouver, B. C., for the purpose of trying that town as a prospective home for their future Coast league club. The proposed transfer has been definitely abandoned, according to Lane. Having been beaten three tines, Helen Wills knows by now that it takes more to make a super woman that a head-line write BY BILLY EVANS 'ONDERS will never cease basball, This time last year Piteher Hollis Thurston, of the Chicago White Sox, | was regarded as juat so-and-so. | Today he is one of the most ef. [fective twirlers in the American | | league, disputing the leadership with the great Walter Johnson. Thurston came league as a member of the #t, Louis Browns. During the first month of the 1923 season he was used as a rolief piteher, ‘That failed to make a hit with him, He told the world that he was a regular or nothing, that he much preferred going back to the bushes to sitting on the FpONeLY Dasmed, inded out to first, bench, to the American | ‘or this outburst he was sold to Chicago, the White Sox refus- ing to walve on him. Thurston met with only fair success after joining the Sox. As a matter of fact, he showed to better advantage as a bats. man than pitcher. The wise men of baseball are not \infallible; they make many tmistak It won serious consideration was given to the making of an outfielder out Jot ‘Thurston, #0 as to utilize hig hit- | ting ability. “His fast ball ian't good enough \get him by in the American league,” {was the opinion of the experts in |passing judgment on ‘Thurston, ' ‘The fact that he had a good curve, ig a well-known fact that last sea. | Wouldn’t Stay in St. Louis as Relief Pitcher HOLLIS THURSTON PROVES VALUABLE MAN TO WHITE SOX a fine change of pace, great ability as a fielder, were overlooked in con- sidering his chance to make good, simply because he aeemed to lack & fast ball, No doubt it was lack of pitching talent that gave Thurston his chance to deliver, Before the close of the season he had proved that a pitcher can make good in tho big show with. out a fast ball a la Walter Johnson, This season Thurston has im- proved his good work of last full and ranks a6 one of the out. standing pitchers of the Ameri can league, Thurston probably cost the White Sox in the neighborhood of $5,000, T times that amount ¢ him toda, uidn't buy Teddy O’Hara Is Loser to Lavigne SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 George Lavigne, Lon Angelos welter weight, had a slight edge over Teddy |O'Hura at Dreamland last night, but the judges called it a draw, Eddie | Mahoney, substituting for Joe Miller, |beat Mike Doyle in the semi-final. Mlle. Lenglen Out | PARIS, July Suzanne Leng: | len’s father today notified the French | Olymple committee that his daugh- ter positively will not compete in the Olymple tennis matches because of ill health Black Gold Is _ Favored to Win CHICAGO, July 12.—Black Gold is favored to win the Chicago derby, worth $16,000, to be run Saturday afternoon at Hawthorne, A pitcher of hig ability would mean much to the St. Louis Browns in their fight for the pennant. Thurston's one best bet is a fadeaway delivery, much simi lar to that made famous by Christy Mathewson, Last season I worked ® game in |which ‘Thurston performed a most unusual feat, the throwing of 11 straight strikes, all of them “fade. aways.” In one inning he retired the oppo sition in nine pitched balls, three of the strikes were called, six others | swung at and missed entirely, He threw two strikes to the first man to face him in the next Inning. Thurston is unquestionably one of the pitching sensations of thy year, of Olympic Games| | ntment, because the Inglewood fairways are still green and, what is more to the point, | that’s the condition they will | be in from now on. Yes, Dr. C. B. Ford is THE man | Tesponsible for the wonderful Ingle. | wood fairways and putting greens. |These latter areas are by long odds |tho finest in the Northwest, if not |on the Pacific coast. | -In a word, any golfer who cannot putt on tM putting greens of the | Inglewood Country club links must {have something wrong with his} stroke or something clse There's no rolling ‘em ‘up to the greens there. You've got to play golf -not bowling. Some time this week Captain Drake will call a meeting of the handicap committee, at which meet- |ing the handicap ratings will be| |righted. ‘The handicap allowance | given at this session will be used in| | the eclectic tournament. HEO LEMAN and William Kuist will meet in’ the &6-hole final |match for the Merchant Tailors’ trophy, Sunday, and the Harlington course will be the scene of the battle. The difference in handicaps gives Kulst a four-stroke allowance on the |double round. Both players have {been playing sound golf thruout the tournament and tomorrow's final tilt should be a close and keenly con. tested match, URING these July days local golfers are not keen on compott: tive play and the result is that sev- eral of the competitors are running |behind schedule, Well, one cannot be blamed very much for loafing, with Old Sol sitting high. Yankees Win in Olympic Fencing COLOMBES STADIUM, — Paris, July 12,.—The results of the Olympic |feneing matches: Czechoslovalta heat Greece, 1-6; Holland beat Po- land, 16-0; United States beat Uru- guay, 97; Denmark beat 'esland, Australian “Smashes Rec- | | ters handily, | record. ' erican Relay Team Is Record-Breaker Allan Russell Has “Rubber Arm” | Nurmi Witis Third Race for Finland ord in Hop, Step and Jump; Heat Terrific — The heat was terrific in the Colombes stadium today, doctors and nurses being kept busy attend- ing exhausted athletes and spectators. Turreson, Swedish distance runner, is in grave condition be- cause of failing pulse. BY HENRY L. FARRELL. Ca STADIUM, France, July 12—Four American stars, Frank Hussey, Al Le Con Loren Murchison and Louis Clarke, clipped one full second from the 400-meter relay record, running the distance | in 411-5 seconds today. | (OLOMBES STADIUM, Paris, July 12.—Paavo Nurmi, Fin- | land's famous distance runner, won his third Olympic race today when he romped home in the 10,000 me- | cross-country event. Willie Ritola, his countryman, was second. | Nurmi’s time for the event minutes, 54 4-5 seconds Nurmi won the cross-country run finishing more than 500| meters in front of his countryman, was Ritola. Johnson trailed some 300 meters behind Ritola. The her point winners were Harper, sland; Lavaux, France. | The victory of Nurmi and Ritola gave the Finnish team first piace in the 10,000 meters run with a to- tal of 11 points. United States finished second with 14 points and’ France with third with 20 points, Earl Johnson of Pittsburg fin- ished third in the 10,000 meters event. INTER, of Australia, won the hop, step and jump at a distance of 15.62 meters, setting a new world’s Brunetto, Argentine, was second; ‘Tullos, Finland, was third; | Jansson, Sweden, fourth; Ode, Japan, fifth. | \OLOMBES STADIUM, Paris, July 12.—Record breaking per. formances in the Olympic games continued today. In the first trial of the running hop, step and jump, Bruneto of Argentine set a new Olympic record at 15.42 meters. This is approximately 50 feet, 7 1-16" inches. { Yankee Star Out | Until August 15) Earl Coombs, the Yankees’ $50,000 beauty from Lousiville, has returned to the metropolis from Cleveland, where he injured his foot In a recent game with the Indians. Coombs’ foot was still in a plaster cast. However, the cast will be re- moved in about two weeks and the young outfielder may be ready for active duty again about August 15. Former Cady Wins | Big Links Title ‘This years’ trans-Mississippi golf championship, the third in America, was won by James Manion of St. Louis, a former caddy and twice holder of the Missouri state cham- pionship. Manion’s closest bid to national fame was when he carried Willie Hunter, former English cham- pion, to the 36th green in the 1921 event, Tonite rae Is After Stribling Tommy Simpson, the hustling | Oakland boxing promoter, has strings | out for “Young” Stribling, the Georgia, school boy, to box in the South soon, It is hardly possible that Stribling will please the Cali- fornian's in the four-round game, as he is u notoriously slow starter, Illinois Star to Help Bob Zuppke Milton Olander, former Illinois football star, who has been coaching at Kalamazoo Normal college has re- j turned to Urbana as one of Bob Zup- pke's assistants. Olander’s place at Kalamazoo has been taken b; rl Martineau, Minnesota backfield star, Leon Cadore Given His Blue Envelope Leon Cadore, pitcher obtained by the Vernon club from the Chicago White Sox last spring, was Tuesday unconditionally released by — the | championships | French amateur | trout by Ww: OURNEY French Title to American JOHN ANDERSON America did i well the golf abroad this year. Walter Hagen won the British open title from a great field and Johnny Anderson sprinted away with the title. Anderson is a New Yorker who has been playing in the big tournaments for years. This, however, is his first major triumph. veteran Field and Stream| Miller river at South fork, Skykomish and Money creek: Fishing is fairly good Rainbow trout taking hackles and Royal | Coachman; roads are in excellent condi tion, Lake Crescent at Piedmont log cabin: Fishing is very good; Crescent and Beardsleys biting on Hardy spoon, Boyle spinners baited with worms: r are B00d; good cottages and free bi to guests, Skykomish and Beckler river at Sky- komish: Fishing is fine, trout taking eugs or fly; some fine catches this week accommodation; road conditions are Wallace river at Startup: fair for small fis inches; use fly; § condition for fishing. Fishing is about six to eight ykomish is in good Lake Cushman at Fishing ts fair for s: inches; no large cai the best lure fs salmon eg; Lake Cushman: 11 fish, about eight made of late rolling and the best bait South Fork Skokomish: Fishing is fair; use salmon eggs and spinner; fishing should continue to be fair and good dur- ing July, Elk Lake at Eldon: Fishing is fair, Use salmon eggs; fishing should be goot during July and August, North Fork Skekomish river at Stair caso and above: Fishing is fair; limit in on June 22; fishing shoule continue be good during July an¢ August; no accommodations above tht Antlers hotel at Lake Cushman. Hamma Hamma river at Eldon and above: Fishing is fair; use salmon egg: and spinner; it fs necessary to go up the river and camp to get the best fishing; ronds in good condition. Elwha river at Elwha: Fishing is ex- cellent; Rainbow biting on flies and eggs _Tyee river and tributary at Scenlo: Fishing is fair; water is reaching right stage for fishing. Otter Iake at Otter Lake: Fishing is good; trout, bass and perch are biting good; trout are biting best on spinners: bass, on plugs; roads good, dstour over Issaquah road to grove. Waptus lake: Fishing is fine; everyone in getting the limit. is good, but fish are not very large. Peet lnke: Fishing will be good ubout July 15. Long lake at Union Mills: Fishing is Kood; perch, crapple and bass biting good; use bucktail Shannon for bass: good camp grounds and boats, Moontain View Inn at Baring: Fishing is good; use fly, gray hackles best, Cedar river above Maple Valley: Use brown hackle; fishing ts quite slow and you have to cover a lot of territory. Lake Kechelus at Lake Kechelus: Fish- ing is good; everybody gets good catches; hotel accommodations. Otter lake at Otter Lake: Fishing is good} trout, bass and perch are biting on spoon, plugs, eggs and pork rind; boats and tents for rent; roads good, detour Renton over Issaquah road to grove. Black lake, Stevens county, vin Col- ville: Fisting is fairs fly casting and 7 8. 'T., baited with angle worms are good; kood camping facilities, spring water, splendid sandy beaches: 18 bonts for rent; cottages and general store, South Fork Snoqualmie at North Bend: Fishing is good; files seem to be best lure. Lake Roesiger in Snohomish county: Fishing is good; trout are taking exes and worms and bass are taking Wier Dilg (yellow); early morning {s best time for still fishing for trout; boat for rent ending, tents, beds; good camping ground; roads are good. Lake Sammamish at Pete's Mace: Fishing ts good, trout, perch and base biting good on oges and live bait. The Phillies pulled a triple play the othor day. ... It was the firs! time inNeven years that three play. Tigers, It was said that Cadore 7, fajlod to round inte form ers on that team were found awake at the same time,