The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 9, 1924, Page 17

4% quRsDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1924 THE SEAT TLE STAR PAGE 17 hnson’s Tragic Defeat Means End of Career Harris Wouldn't Send (Perey Lee Is to Be Cub | “Barney” to Showers sno Badly Beaten, Johnesa. ‘Stuck by His Game; fast Ball King Is Undoubtedly Thru With Big League Baseball, After 18 Years’ Wonderful Work BY FRANK GETTY Oct. 9.—Walter Johnson probabl ague baseball ASHINGTON, thru with bi fhe passing of ¢ greatest pitchers and best loved sportsmen was marked by a tragedy—and a gesture by a kid manager so heroic that it robbed the tragedy of its sti The tragedy was the story of the climax of Johnson's career, how the dream of 18 me true at the Polo grounds yester day and found his arm gone, so that Giant hits rang to all corners of the field, and the great pitcher was all but batted from the box. That he was not batted from the box wa. years ¢ nt courage of Bucky r boy in due to the magn i s, who ce Was a bre coal mine and now manage American + eae « ipions. Harris, should ever ie, knew Johnson was not “right nm the Giant s began to connect squarely with his offering The! gas not on the fast one and the breaking slowly and wide of the mark | fut Bucky, white-faced, seeing the crucial ball game that t certainly mez ant the se the series dribbling out of his reac! stuck out his jaw and played} | Det oi “Ww” er. the game | facing Heavy the thousands of doten fn. ee Booking! . ay. an they. cult W SROIT, Oct. 9 faa’ to * J paroit will attempt : : | gf notional foot be ad we drea Beets the Army at West! ncots of a the ihe second Saturday in Oct ie several years ¢ tas endeavored to ip the sum in a gridiron way Bates jn st t Sie fet proved more or less fut ie recent campaizns t White has come to t ng the tohe Hi has clashed in seve The Washington manager will | tilts with su schoo!, ‘win many a ball game in the on and Jefferson, Geurs future with his bead, but it is He Bahany college, Holy cx { probable he never will win as T at a vietory with his heart ple it t again as was that defeat of yes wing terday nts o nd the old speed fu wn - | Ware not taken ver . ai Sa r an + " th ca r th nd at , ore ; Vean Gregg isn't the only Seattle lefthander going up to Si hea hihi ‘ates the big show next year. Percy Lee Jones, who southpa r ome himself, will have another trial with the Chicago oo Cubs. He has been drafted. Jones wa th the Cubs two}. i © | CHALLENGES FAN years ago. fan sereany Tak * ' ux Whitman Team Due in 4 t . 1 ; 4 ” - j Lowest Rates Several of the fan's friends os Seattle I Late if hui sday -. eB Me Commission nd Bil, whe han n chest line | 2% Missions so ariva| ald real tte,” s No Bonus Tick wars ae to soamktdawn | Wit |'Ghe Huahian, tate ;Thureday /fot,e* Drewes all ot b6. fn : ——— Johnson, he insisted and they | att 1 planned t , t { immnage to We have a loan . ; sha ; for your par- bce ~ Ask for sa ney Br Sy Reps fovs Thformation Billy care i ae 0. Al C. gar ao Never once did he complain. : " ; De Palma Winner | See ae Se ween een’ ia| chicago and Brown in Utah Auto Race test. fast bal he was Lock Football Horns SE EAR Gs a3 THOUSANDS urday, Ch’ LIKE HIM game Saturd among the fans of grandat = bleachers who would have given won "aiei wnt (STOPPING A GIANT RALLY ‘Washington tual Savings Bank T101 Second Ave. ‘ Established 1889 Paima won the 19-mile dirt track race in 16:34%. Bs nd and Fred Lyon: and he was pitching yesterday he JS couldn't Tt was a day for youth, not that was past its prime Young Lindstrom, the 18-year- old kid who played third base for the Giants since Heinie ed, Gl Groh hurt his ankle, was the | Oss hero—of Johnson's last day, He was born the year Johnson start- ed to pitel for W ington. pbably will an: Johnson 5 ns Use It— Few Cents| ounce his retirement from the bik leagues and buy an interest in Jar at Drugstore [+ club in the Pacific Coast te he can settle At 37 lhe ix thru with fast Whether he burned out the remnants of a onee invinéible pitching arm help ng Bucky Harris win the pennant this year, or whether 18 yearr jis all a pitcher can serve, no one know But long after the outcome of the present series gotten, fan and this goes for the millions didn't see it—will ,remember Bucky Harris kept Walter on in the box thru that chill r afternoon and saw a crucia! one of the game's greatest figures und send him on that long, lonely trek across the green, field to {he | showers | Star Cave Player Dies in Denver CHICAGO, Oct. 9. After five 6 of fliness, Ralph Wood, 29, lone of the greatest basketball play- developed at the Univer raity | Illinois, db in Denver, Colo ltast night, his father telegraphed | today. M y or te 2 WS combed ali day in ‘ | The American league champions would not have won the} omni te Groom” i Ladkin May Not Be | second game of the world series, 4 to 3, if their famous} ream which ‘ Batiral long and. w Started at Latonia | double-play combination had * not been in order, It bles n to Your hair—that| CINCINNATI, Oct. %~-Ladkin,| lively stopped the Giants when it Woked as tho McGraw’s vy 8 ind HO dress both in| conqueror of Epinard in the second| men were on the way to victory. Here you see Pep Young | om pent 0c international race, developed tame-| out at second in the fourth inning when Kelly hit to Harri: thiek, faery” Iso} ness on the Covington track and | Tarrig tossed the ball to Peckinpaugh, and the picture shows Of greasy, Aertisemeny harmful | international race at Latonia Satur- tiring Kelly. | day. lustrous | may te imable to enter the third Peckinpaugh making the throw to Judge at first base, a PUGET SOUND Navic Hooks & Sli ca aaa Las Indians Miss Crane From | Wrestlers BY ALEX C. ROSE Are Working » re an er a Branden Infield; Defense Wobbly ningiec, Tuanedy. - Rad Emmer Doing Best He Can, but He Isn’t in Crane’s Class; Shortstop Weakness Ruins Defense of Any Ball Club; Other Diamond Gossip BY LEO H. LASSEN Washington Purple-Gold Mat Team Will Have but Two vee Veterans This Year anata d i Bae bray BY MELVIN VooRHLES be pun ata hitter und # very | CHORTSTOP is the Achilles’ heel of the Seattle ball club. wit tt f last ye Sol die’ mal? elae” Whar he erat: With Sammy Crane out of the lineup, after taking a ‘ i ' W mid ‘a pinta ch rap on the mouth by a bad bounding ball that knocked half of " pri . his front teeth out, “Red” Killefer has been ¥4 thnot's off lesb Sa banal ont forced to use Frank Emmer at this important 1 i nay find t ung man put position red eri " Emmer is doing the best he can, but he Va A ; , , Charlie Brandenburg, known up isn’t in Crane's class and never will be. He iapose of Kelth 1 j trom |AnG Sewn the, Conse HE Asimply hasn't got the knack of fielding a ball t ' ne oPb ys Fhe given Gee correctly. Emmer gets his dogs all mixed Hak P ma hard ( t k %‘ 1p, overplays balls and his headwork in the gion. Here's th mula; turn MMM pinches isn’t of the best puide my me place With his speed and throwing arm, Emmer for 1 a ought to be playing in the outfield, His hit- 1 ' - Theo Leman, the tallor, scored a ting may improve with time, but he hasn't : * } t : f Mery Bene Cod k any business in the infield. 2 ; bel 8 jour ‘ 8 mond be n horrible condition all year. ‘ T A h t earue. The soft put in last spring cakes and is easily : g, the ground ought to be in : ‘ “ie Bill Doran has been Ul but bis” ye Cray (hes for the two weeks the Indians polis ance doe bea ut. He eels of Ban I 0 Seals, instead of being loss of Roger Peckinpaugh e The wonderful work of Simonich to [scent Cot et toa nad Meo tee . | 4 out the other day with a brand | if you t to win any pennant ‘ Z - he Favorite. Sore ae iat tethers ear | Bowman Has Been Disappointment Over Harper oe “lpr ea ovata aoe ay, ' . The two Jacks—Meh Senthé + b 3 might t his ground-cov he . Rob Hart ing & t discovered a new wa t si if igen ering @ base; he's good 4 pinch. One does to the a fight h | ting be fav tering the brakes, Both are well and territory. Red” Killefer will do with é fs tt he oc t he only hits about| Bowman next year is a mystery Harpe Poe. onee ek. If he could have done| now, but he'll have to show a differ- ¢ Joe Sin well as he ix doing against the nd of attitude if he wants to sip ag? When William Kulet and Harry |<" Seaitle neta? daa ean nd ff the make an Crystal Po Killefer Must Rebuild Mound Staff Turdday and Alex Martin, one of Rainier's best TITH® Vean Gress 1 possibilities. Sah : eased polters, lot his in ‘W tueland| “Suds” Sutherland has had a bad rn : apt pe ste ed and} year, due largely to bad breaks ‘ ext GAY « QURS A Te Alex. | it by the | Suth hi pitched in tough - ; " nust|luck all year, He'll be back Ai taft} Bill Plummer may be sold, but pe if he t he'll win # lot of games $a for Se next year. If his arm : ; th had been O. K. all year it would Peay 8 : kin have made a big difference t z' What Killefer plans to do about 1 5 that eduled for| ray ye|Jim Bagby and Wheezer Dell he rod ; e| A. G, Greenstreet dropped into | this a Saal ici dl n great ‘ 4 learned more a a th pant an a 5 ea : Cougars Are Facing Standing at rg tig ae Mp ' Students Train Hard Onein Gonzaga End of Fifth Oia aaves : f fe) G 9| The State-Gonsaga i int or Vregon Game? © big racket in North-|] Fourth game — Senators, 7; Har " waen't himself du © afoot on the cam tolowe Giants, 4 ve ") weet all th week « has t dent excurnion train to Eu ™ ats i he Fifth game— Giants, @ Sena r one f the Kon-Washington ead 1 {| tors, 2. ’ wn t ! ng. Harp on Noverr The game 8} G1. n well with a|| Totals for five games: € to offer if n's Homecomi fon.) 6. 45 9 if tc endance—Paid, 2 r r owing 3 ceipts—$840,710. | Pittsburg ‘Plays W. Virginia Team |'” The Pittsburg: West V Thought He Oriani aaee Was Paddock |p. 7... TY een sat xhes only LURING the | hatmy spring Big Three to myx Cobia! had Gockel teh keep cent Gis Won Lost Pet. days of 1924 at Pardue Uni A ® New York., ‘ted We; Gs aielnutirs’ momber Be in Action tors 2 versity, a diminutive member of 2 3 400 the freshman class was clocked The Bie. Thess. feos te abs’ share—$382,5%0.99. ‘ers’ share—$331,092.51. share in first four a game * c with the Tygers there is a Pirst game—Giands, 4; Senators, the 4 vs was: oi esigning and qu |] 3 @2 innings) hy bree watches al +5 sce footbal assignments Saturday | e ond am St | cond game — S : onds for the 100-yard dash, Yale tackles Georgia, Princeton Say what you will about bowling a epators, 4; graybeards Roy Green, innocent appear plays Lehigh and Harvard meets ||on the green, the it seem to get along pretty || tors, ing yearling, reported to Track Middlebury who play ut a cheer leader Coach O'Connor to try out for the century. He turned out to be a terrific runner. Several members of the squad decided, however, that they would have some fun at his expense, Three trackmen set ax many watches at 9 35 sec onds, a fourth fired the starting pist Green covered the dis tance in something like 15 see onds, yet the watches all show- gher || tween nts, rd game--Giants, 6; Sena- cA pointer on tobacco: PUGET SOUND STEAMER SCHEDULES fave Money, Travel by Steamer TACOMA Leave Colma Dally 7, 9 11 A el ee that counts but notice also makes possible | a real saving — the wrapper — | hence the price, 10¢ Granger Rough Cut He was highly elated. | I 2 Of course it’s heavy foil. — made and cut what’ inside snug, gy sensible a exclusively for pipes Rall Con- MIN Ports Wed. Fri, 6:00 p.m, NEAH BAY AND W. 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