The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 6, 1924, Page 4

ac cammaioeiaie | | | PAGE 4 Good Officiating Is Assured for Prep Football ‘About Fights and Fighters BY LEO 4. Lassen | Lists ng Made by Sachin Bobby Morris Will eA Ace of Staff; Principals Must Approve Selections About the s staff that work Mor t Morris ¥ 2 will get mar T Mur former ton grid star; I Eckman ot W Wayne Sutton Butch ter als 4 W f KAMM’S HITS WIN CONTEST Ex-Coaster Socks in Win- ning Runs for White Sox in Close Game | AMERICAN LEAGUE Won at Pet Kamm, White Sox baseman, accounted 4-to-l victory over St. Le terday. Mike Cvengros Louis only three hits. for Chicag is here yes- | allowed St Chamber Will Have Day at Baseball Park |find anywhere in | Nichols is from St. Paul and Sim onich is from Butte. a # Stein Meets champion THE EATTLE STAR Walter Mails Blanks Seattle, 3 to 0 | Princi pals 1 in Tuesday's Show | Seuthoaw Has Johnny Nichols (left) and Joe this country, Westland in State Finals |State Champion Defends | Title Against Seattle Title-Holder Today VERETT, | Wa Sept. 6—Bon Stein u 1 78 defen his title as Wash- | oat Weie-sana | MStON State amateur golf champion, | ¢ meets Jack Westland, Seattle city | con cha: in the finals of the s fis case y one o vant tournament on the course of th t ble $ Ap - nkeo star does his beet e able features of ales ; Everett Golf and Country club here | sSrahagi harde A com this afternoon. In the game ts na we effectivenenn final match will be for tin is going in great form, es- | Cur hie heen ~ |Best of Duel With Plummer Great Walter Allows Only | Four Hits; Bratcher’s Triple Turns Tide PACIFIC COAST Lmautr f \ IYTELI, mates, ) ally w ! What a «pl ! hander dishe up nd, 4 da holding the Ind to and shutting them out Bil Plumme wh turted and ow of the elght when the br the door for ¢ How RUNS SCORED third Bratcher unec left center t red over We jome. Arlett unloaded a right and Bratcher came ¢ er wa for It was an afternoon for the pit Jback neat and the fine ball that Ma jand Plummer chucked, got f the (IELDING PRATURE Young a wonderfu Simonich (right), two welterweights as good as one can\play, « 1 4 tase t are the principals of the smoker here Tuesday night. Evans Has Much a f ae Praise for Hoyt : Bohs BILLY EVANS ITTMHE name i's e to pick the six leading go dow > baseball history as ° 6 3 of the American league, |OR® Of the greatest pitchers of # : ee te Hoyt of the New York Yankees |"™me. A non ant manner, how 3 ° e ld be included in the list ever, in going to rob Hoyt of much | ¥ . hag tai | 1 : Hoyt ct t of the that due him. » °° ° regard Hoyt us one of the great-| 41, ce chntehaaet the! coun, {Tt > 8 6 in the game. He has age that gooa to make great pitcher but ix His makes trou. Yet Hoyt has no sis od ball for the mpions this year pitched world comfortable wor is lined to ing mar experiment ve, the snappy br eek © HAMBER OF COMMERCE DAY /tablishing a new co record in| teascr. His change of pace is almost t than “bearing down” on every > Seattle tall park the second round play, and being|P | pies Often his experiments make S for Saturday, Se the During the last sertes at Cleveland |(foublesome situat from whieh | it has been announced. | Westland defeated Nie-} with New York, Hoyt bl the pe agenda ys) hizpoett. of the day, in addition to the | meyer, Inglewood club, ne semt- | Cleveland club with fou wad oppos » starts a Seattle-Portland Coast league game, 1 match, and Stel yn over | them » at exhi- Wee chiar tovdion ARRY WILLS will be the battle between the Port-|Tom Green in the « bition of pit the world for a pitcher to stop it land and Seattle Chambers of Com merce, which will be the curtain It 90 ened that Hoyt, at the swe I rgieer. |Portland Winer | in _| clove of the same, war Just in back of] A nonchalant manner may Portland is coming North in full | me on the way to the dressing room.) keep Hoyt from taking his place a atordier to Wieck BAD Free-Hitting Game) “wei, 1 finaly won a game,” he| among the pitching immortals of drews, president of the Portland| PORTLAND, Sept. 6.—Portland|Femarked. “Do you know that inthe} the game. | Negro Haatywelahe Sure Chamber of Commerce. Last year |WOn a free-hitting game from the) first game I havo finished in 11) In 20 years of umpiring Thave | f Wi a big delegation of Seattleltes went | Vernon Tigers here yesterday, 16 | starts? | seen few pitchers with more stuff | ® inning From Luis South to Portland. They were celal» |to 13. I expressed surprise, for it seemed] or a better style. Hoyt, at his | orately entertained by Muamices City | The score 3, |impoasible that so great a pitcher as! best, ix the Ideal pitcher. | Firpo With Ease eltizens, when they repald by beat- | Vernon Hoyt should be removed from 10 Hoyt should win 70 per cent | ing them, 4 to 1, in the annual in. | Portland vita okies straight games before being returned| of his starts, yet for 10 straight | BY HENRY L FARRELL ter-city contest. | Bryan, Johnson, Thomas a win games he was unable to finish | QOUTHAMPTON, N.Y ome 4 - AMPTON, N. Y., Sept. 6. lection of a committee to ar- ; Yarrison, Rachac, diy Pee You can never tell in baseball. S pobre Pe bcs range for the reception of the Port- | Cochran, A glance thru the pitching ree- It is best to take nothing for Bia he my juck if something Jand fans and of the Seattle Cham- | ords bare out the statement made | granted. does happen It's the castent fight) ber of Commerce team will be made | w ANTS. FRANC HISE | by Hoyt. In every one of 10 | —_—_—— |} ever had and I've been afrald it shortly, according to Ayres. | Jacksonville, Fla., has made a re-| starts some situation developed | Luts Firpo must be a firm believer |“ too good to be true.’ Pop Geers Is Buried Today at Columbia (Sepsh MBIA, Tenn., ward ip”) Geers Sept. 6—Ed was laid to rest by home folk today. The be f of the turf wax morning from Memphis services were held yesterday. | It was taken directly to Hill cemetery, where a brief ¢ mittal service was pronounced by the Rev. H. H. McCowan, of Pitta-| burs, Tenn. Oid tine racing cronies of the veteran driver were the pallbearers. Relatives and other close friends were the ones present at the final rites. Geers was fatally injured Wednes. day at Wheeling, W. Va, when the mare he was driving stumbled and Hurled him from his sulky. | only RAIN HALTS POLO PLANS) NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—The first | of the polo matches between the | United States and England for the international ch: » cup, will be played next Tues instead of to- day. Continuous rainfall Friday ren-} dered the playing field at Meadow- brook muddy and unfit for polo. BASEBALL DOUBLE-HEADER TOMORROW OAKLAND vs.” SEATTLE GAME CALLED AT 1:30 |quest for th in the South that the T: { OUR BOARDING HOUSE he BE acn-0169 for Tickets rn | Little Rock franchise | that resulted in his removal from ue in the event! the game. r club is moved. he was not at fault no matter how much atuff he has ‘in the saying that food will win they Harry Wills, war, Inasmuch as he is sald to eat three pounds of steak at a sitting training here for the| contest against Luis Firpo in Jersey City next Thursday, made this com |ment when told that an application na number of games the immigration | WAVE A CHAIR PROFESSOR ERY THOUGHTFUL OF Yo “fo WvITé ME “TO YOUR ASTRONOMY PARTY AT THE OBSERVATORY TONIGHT 0 STUDY MARG!—~ | FEEL CERTAIN THAT WE WILL SETTLE “THE CONTROVERSY AovIo WHETHER OR NOT MARS IS INHABITED! ~ White I GET MY-HINGS Iu jhad been made by BY AHERN authorities for a warrant for Firpo's arrest “I never felt so good before," Z bs Wills said. “I never worked better T Kilow -H’ KIND OF ASTRONOMY | 1H’ ONLY STARS MKT LITTLE or tried for a fig harder to get In condition and I nevor felt so sure BE ENOUGH“ Pai ey eek é perlenced trainers thought he was UND re} \ AN' So WIL doing too much strenuous work Go AROUND! THEN t+, G.1.1 V3 Pray land that he was running the risk of going stale | He has mixed so much play Jamusement with work, that he seems to have gotten hims Just at the proper edge and however AQUART i “TELESCOPE if |his inability to get moro sparring partners but he thinks now that |it was Just as wel that he iddn't| get more help as he might have done too much work. He plans on] working today and tomorrow and will do no more boxing next week In his boxing he does not seem |to be carrying out any particular Intyle of attack and he says |he has not made any definite plans “Tl make my fight when {n the ring as {t must depend upon what Firpo does San Francisco Club Again Wins Contest FRANCI Sept. 6.—San > Sacramento again yesterday, 13 to §. got off to a big lea |ramento threatened with a seven-run in the goventh, it was not to enough to do any harm. ' The score rR HH. 5. Sacramento ... 8 1% 1 San Francis ’ + 3 Copyright, 1924, by NEA Service, Ii Canfield, Vincl and Koehler; Schorr, Juney and Yelle, 3 =\1 EVER jof myself. Firpo got a big reputa- cn aN PARTY HLL BEw RADISH E air |tion by staying a couple of minutes YEH, You wea) rf BREAKS|_] SEES, ARE TH with Dempsey, but I look upon RET! BETTER yp, TH’ Moon onES ay, him ag a cinch." , Hine A Wills, in appearance, carries out BRING ALONG WILL BE DONG rel ee OFF what he says of himself. ‘Tho big/ ATTELESCOPE,“| | , GigTER ACTIN | A Borie colored fighter fa in splendid condi. : 4 e tion. He has been living and work HEY MAY NOT || MaRS WILL BE PIN Is Jags Nie ee alxeweetkar! Someries, Wills has been complaining about | | that I get} The Seals | 1, and altho Sac: | “ Monday Is Lane Day Be Out. at ‘That Park M° “ efit f . ‘ Beatt tf fort ‘ e | P $120 und Beattle fi re ex t { exhibit that r Walter Johnson Is Ideal Pitcher of Ball Players Real Tributes Are Those That Come From Players | Who Have Batted Against Him; Washington Ace | Is Called Greatest of Them All BY LEO H, LASSEN FTER all, the real tributes are those that come from your co-workers. That’s praise indeed, whatever the occupation might be. This happens to be baseball and about Wal- ter Johnson. ped army of players who have stepped up to the g on plate to face the blinding speed of the Wash- AST ington pitching ace. Many players on the Seattle and Oakland clubs, which are battling here this week, have batted against Johnson and many are the intere sting |— stories they tell of his fast DODGERS WIN ball. | Del Baker, Oakland cat nce i Detroit Wheerer ‘De ANOTHER TILT Brooklyn Takes the Four- teenth asta Game in National NATIONAL LEAGUE | up under, He is the ideal pitcher, if you listen to the| Tennis Play around effectiveness. MA Because they want to see the Speed | pos st | King in a 4'n series, these men | : are all pulling for Washington to Sept. 6—Brooklyn won} 14th consecutive game here yesterd nst Boston, 4 to 0, Ehrhardt twirled good ball for the winners, allowing but five hits. As the Giants won a pair from Phil- the Dodgers did not take cop that American league flag to fcc what he could do tn the big gam BAKER HAS THE FLOOR who caught for were fighting flag back in| Baker when Detroit | for | adelphia, rk ue vit forget the| frst place, but continued hot on the| first time he faced Johnao trail of the National league cham- | “Three white streaks shot past me] pions and I went back to the bench, y Pe ee eee “ didn't believe it possible yew york yas! Gees: uman being to pour a baso-| Philade a rookie ball player on long fly off of rip to the plate some crack about John: | good as he had been tipped Johnsoi d never got his bat off of on his next trip to the his... er) Gowsy; , Weinert H. &. Brooklyn Boston rhardt and Deberry son \? y Johnsor ected. 1 Henry were} At Cincinnati— Rou E both me and a young | cin eH , Wheeler and Hartnett; Don- leatcher named Williams had to catch Alexan lhnim, Johnson knocked his glove off} ohue and Wingo. of his hand with three aPC: § " St, Louls- Pitted ostponed In, pitches and they had to tako puactuice 3113: awaits rain, nm out for someba Williams couldn't ho! WHY JOHNSON | (HAS CONTROL Johnson, himself, is afraid of his | speed, even to this day, claim th players. Baker says that he hit Os EST is. eg N. J., Sept. 6.— lear Vitt In the head in 1915 and the], Fortyseven stars of the vic} ball bounced over the grandstand in| torious American Olympic team and Washington. The Tigers made cight|other outstanding American ath runs before Washington could get fetes, will compete in jthe side out. That incident unnerved | national championships of the A. A Johnson, who was afraid of killing | py somebod Wheever Dell says that the hitters wouldn't have made a foul off of him. if ho had been a bit mean, that ts if) Johnson had thrown a couple at their he to keep them away from the plate. But his marvelous control | |wave the hitters a degree of safety that cost Johnson many a ball game. “|Olympic Stars to Compete in | noon. | Competitive conditions as a result of a terrific storm which ing the junior championships. track was so heavy field was a puddle of mud. Big Field Meet on Colgate field here this after-| | | | |Los Angeles Wins FARMER hg kidding Pop Ting F R ‘5 bil K for many years, but when he sat in his corner at the en of the xth round of hig fight with Tiny Herman jg Tacoma the other night, the Kapowsin logger v ly beaten old man, ring goes. Tiny Herman didn’t show a thing outside of a lot of weight and a maulite style that Farmer couldn't stang There was no class old a3 the to the fight. Farmer, using all of the ring craft of his long years in the ring, may aged to stick the six rounds but it was Father Time ang not Herman that beat him, Time was away 3 nts and bes ges a remarkable comeback, the n Tacoman is about at th end of his t far as the ring ned concer Nearing End at Berkeley Bee KELEY, (Om continuous tennis wil Cal, Sept nd of on th All events except the men's d@ bles reached the semi-final stags and the committe: & working overtime tour e decks for the fin tomorrow and eo yesterday program calls be the fint match to start at 10 a. m.; in th junior singles a following thi event in quick succession will com! in the women's singh singles, women's double, men's mixed doubles, junior doubles, evestt for boys and girls under 15, ttt two remaining round: of eigtt matches in the men’s doubles amt emi-finals in the national jum championship. Miss Wille, the national fs and Olympic champion, will malt a two appearances today at 2 p. ® 2 against Miss Eleanor Tennant B&D te the women’s singles and again HR 4) 3:30, paired with Ray Casey agate 3% by Mr. and Mrs. Jobn Patrick Bass > w in the mixed doubles. T May Sutton Bundy opposes Cha je lotte Hosmer in the other sta T final match of the women's si 8! gies. to Ray Casey, considered the bet © bet for the men’s singles tity meets Gervais Hillis at 2 p.m Third From Salts LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6.—Las AE geles won its third straight samt from Salt Lake here yesterday, $1 3. Myers, formerly with Salt ‘Lake beat his ex-team-mates. He wi touched for only seven hits. The score— R. HB |Salt Lake .. 3 T Los Angeles . s 18 the senior} Jenkins. were bad | Chicago, |swept over the field yesterday dur-|36-hole round for the Western 04 The| golf championship. It that new rec-|score of 161 or ords seemed impossible and the mid-/ day's’ McCabe and Peters; Myers a WESTERN PLAY STARTS CALUMET COUNTRY CLUB Sept. 6.—Sixty-seven que Ifiers teed off here today in O required § better from Thue and Friday's play to be a ible and 11 tied at that figure JOHNSON'S | YEAR WAS 191 | Johnson reached tho height career in 1913, when he won | games, lost only seven and had an/| earned run average of 1.09 per game And he won 20 or more year after year with an inferior bi club, ‘Th 4 Washington team is the first r b Johnson h jed for in his long term of se ge of Washington. He is going with | JOHNSON PITCHE condition, who will need weeks of | Mont CURVES NOW workout to put them in shape; look. Mike Menoskey, Vernon outfielder |!"8 over possible men for the weak said when he was here last week, | SPot at quarter (where W. S. C. has |that Johnson, now in his 40's, is still| 8@d _& problem for several seasons); torrificly fast, but that he throws as| Considering what forms of play will many curve balls as fast ones. In|be best sulted to tho material of the old days he used to use the fast| Which the team will be built, and ball continuously. The curve, | What must be used against different irp breaking delivery, mixed up| Opponents. These and myriad other (i a change of pace and that speed | Points are keeping the Big Chief and |ball make him just as effective as|Doc busy till the actual scrimmage ever. begins. Tho players rank him first, Grover | LIGHT CROP Alexander second and Christy Math-| AIDS TEAM ewson third in the list of great pitch-| “Light crop conditions have meant ers of modern baseball. that fewer of the men went into the Yes, that's tribute indeed. harvest fields this summer than — =n usual and I'm not sorry,” said Doc THOMAS HIT HARD Bohler, “Harvest work {s not the Herbert fielder Thomas, the young out- obtained by tho best a football player can find, The Boston | work is too heavy. It slows a man Braves, made a hitting record of|up. He gets muscle-bound and it more than .400 in the Florida State | sometimes takes weeks to limber him league, playing with Daytona and} he can start with any snap at | Clearwater: | Phen, too, the food is not al: ways everything it should and PRIDE OF FRANCE often the water is bad, Id rather Ono of tho best known and most| have the men in the woods, They popular golf courses in France ts that at Fontainebleau, once the his- toric abodo of the French kings. get plenty of outdoor exercise, usual: ly good food and water, and none of the heavy lifting that lumbering used Poor Crop Conditions May Help Chances of W.S.C (Gt H ALBERT EXENDINE is] to mean. | back on the job at the State Col. | with over the list of players available! jy jumber camps. “Doc” Bohler, director of ath-| door jobs—offices and stores: letics; checking up on their summer| can't tell what they will be like activities and seeing who will be in} they | Applequist the night of Sept Nowadays they do all tht chains and donkey ensité a number of men were in th summer, © Some were it | Quito forests fighting fire: turn out for first practice “The style of play will not be tered this year in any essentil, we will be trying out different pats of course, suited to different tions — different formations necessary by the weight or I ness of the line or field, the opree ents, eto. endine has an love? this year that he didn’t last, in that he knows something the men he can depend om may develop better than they ster last season, and some may disal aisappoltt him, but on the whole he has 2.544 idea of his team possibilities: say things look pretty fair. TO BROADCAST NEW RULES The new football broadcasted over KFA radio, by Assistant Coach rules’ will ® the collet wpe { bet 15, when the first practice Dealt Robert Netison, physical for the mond, Wash, Ye Me is to help coach while he cont studies toward a degree at el The Freshman Jeague of teams will open practice nex! with all the men who are oot scene early, so as to make & start in tho schedule of frost