The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 16, 1925, Page 15

~ ARY 16, MONDAY, FEBRI = Needs Star Catcher With Club on Country to Start Work |" Terms for THE Who i annot 1925 SEATTLE 2 se Training Grind Today Program of Spring Games With Major Clubs | and Kansas City Makes It Necessary for Seals to Start Early; Oakland and Sacramento Open Later | BY LEO H. LASSEN AN FRANCI today Seals will start their spring r camp in Fresno, Cal., the Bay City battery*men reporting to Manager Bert Ellison. The regulars have been ordered to report next week, The Seals are the first outfit in the country to start spring work | work An important program of pre-season games with the St. Louis Car-| dinals, Pittsburg Pirates, Chicago Cubs and] Kansas City Blues make it necessary for the Seals to start! york earlier than the other clubs. each spring, thru the medium of those e xhibi-| son in tip-top condition and usually} away to a good start, which is important, if they can} bold the pace. The Seals got away well last and led the race practically all of the way, until they cracked in Se- aitle the week before the season closed. Poor pitching did it, and Ellison is planning to spend a lot of time with his young pitchers. He aggeirty sol —, chers Archie e ee sence, and Yelle Two Colleges | The Seals, tion games start the se. i Frisco First Team in year and Sam Agnew, on veterans wil! work with Grif-|| se fin, Williams, Moudy and} D rm. op Ba € ball Crockett, the hopes of the) Paagycre she eft “ wet Frisco staff. dos end cycle | Jand and Sacramento will Pherae ha ph " | ia training b< J © week is out . . elt as The Gaks to Myrtledale || diamond pastim: - Springs again, w tl Solone will |} aside because it | Sees 9 || train at home. | winneohiaiere “4: aceordhes The Seattle battery men w w |{ reper ven outs SY pameptaetcoes oot pert to Wade Killefer | ees Mond |Prough and Chaney mall. will a ar er gk | Tigers will answer th the voluntarily retired list, Smith has been shipped to St. Joseph in the Western league, grounds 2 same | me Of the old ‘guard missing MUDDY RUEL va home ground: . cmd | Mollwitz was traded to St. Paul Git Lake, Portland 1 Los! fr ver Speed Martin, who has| Muddy Ruel, star catcher of the world champion Wash- Aagies are not expected to begin | {on a ¢ org 1 ball for! ington team, is said to be “ated mitt ua h : a Hemmingway was traded to | %t00d there is wide difference ea rik s ins Sen Soe) Vernon for Frank Sehetlenback, | and the amount Ruel believes he should get. I do its training | ner vai sais Seca The ability of Ruel to catch almost every game 0 as been pla 1 Los An j “d ted lint, | ington last season was a most important contribution to the| | wi be at home. jwinning of the pennant. He chances to repeat. Washington can't get anywhere new | Sticks, it is a certainty he reasonable, Beavers Still Want Strand Portland Beavers are stil upon obtaining Paul fem the Toledo American tea club. The Beaver ow mide a big offer for ¢ @ the slugging outfielder. Duffy Lewis, the ma tie president of the club, says tase | tbe largest offer ever made by Mor league club for a minor | the Joston tmgue player has been put up for| Welsh de the services of the former Salt Lake |He ix subj ugh was sold to 8 is getting a a good thing for baseball in Sacramento. blood and it should be Yeargin on Option YEARGIN, one of the pitch s turned over to Seattle by | Braves on the Jimmy . comes here on option. t to recall at the end | wonder team” has ‘OTHER ar. of the present season, fallen. This time it was the triumphs. Tom Turner, president of the Sterling Stryker, the other t cin Pane higt ra in the 159 battles, ran up fam, returns from a three pitcher sent here, belongs to vcmcitaped oa Sane ase a total of 9,413 points to 3,237 weeks’ visit to the East today the local club. [ball quintet the foe, or an of 59 to and something definite regard- Nothing more haa been heard of| Passaic tasted defeat the other |The largest treak he report that Pitcher Lucas is to| night after having skipped thru 159/145 to " F t W ing the deal for Strand is ex- preted to be made. join the Indians games without a rey Prep ‘The other interesting news from rae Over a nm of six y a the 2 In aw Portland is that it is hardly likely Club Players Pass Jersay sc i swept aside all oppo-|and far sition. Most of it was Iiterally | streak top-heavy Here and there a@ bit Gat the ante will be raised much fr Jim Poor, if the hard tee ft taseman isn't sent to the big/ Wigues. Poole was one of the! Mghestpaid men in the league last Year and the Portland club is hard- =-8 i a position to pay him much Mire. Poole threatens to quit if the club doesn't meet his price, but WO young Chicago Cub players, who have been nursed along by the Bruins in hopes that they would develop into stars, have passed to| the minors. One is Leo Cotter, a young first baseman, who is a fine , fielder, but can't hit, and the } } | crushed, usual result ot worthy it was by far the exception. Passaic’s gallant parade ranks unequaled in the sport. over, it is doubtful if anything even approaching if can be of- | clally other is Floyd Wheeler, a right- Mcan't make the money in his fered in any <tne of sportive en- rT > Meuniain home that he can by| handed pitcher, who made such | Geivoe The next best basket- | seasons, a wonderful record two years Paying boll. ttc Wanterd. eaen ball mark is held by the old | corded as a 3 —- a oy onag ; , Buffalo Germans, who _ some k Cotter goes to Louisville fn the) "" ae ‘ Passed Along American association, and Wheeler WILLIAMS, the big right-|is sent to the Wichita Falls club. | hander who pitched for Seattle} “fed” Killefer tried to get Wheel- @ couple of seasons, has been }er a year ago when Elmer Jacobs along to Tyler, whereveriwas sold to the Cubs, but the Mi, by the Wichita Falls club/ ruins decided to keep him for a| < Texas league. Williams | year | president of the Multnomah Athitele ¢ven given a trial. The big Another important ‘Was one of the hardest work- 3 Seattle ever had, a lack of suf- of Multnomah C: lub F, Plowden Stott has resigned an} | lumbia — jolub of Portland. Bill Orr About Thru | announcement made by the Portland | 54 ¢ 4 ILL ORR is about thru with | institution is that the club will sup- | Do eae ‘The former Seattle shortstop has | in the future. of the best hitting and fielding | 4001 given hix unconditional release - i | in the league. He ought | by the Shreveport club of the Texas |'Whelan Sought by | ogg hedge tr imu on Orr slipped fast when he} Ger Nant even WOK | started to go tack. He served 10] p years in this league and always | Joe Dail i pe played good ball, ranking with the| Tom Whelan, former Georgetown | pion, ley Gets Chance best shortstops in the league. Orr | star, is being sought by the Wash-| Lewis, DAILEY will get another/nad a lot of friends in Western | ington State college coaching staff mn Jot the ing. | league, Tho next yea 1 WONDER WHATS BECOME OF SALLY 2. WELL LETS SEE, \F SHE ISNT On TH" ROAD TO MANDALAY Wit THAT OLD GANG Chance in fast company this|paseabll because of his fine dispost- ar. The former Seattle pitcher | tion. been vent to the Reading club — @ the International league by the} team of the Western circuit. | ‘aie o Sata tie’ | OUR BOARDING HOUSE “fag end of a season a few years 74 and pitched some wonder- ful baseball, but he couldn't get od Started the following year. He ‘ TE ent mont of the time Ive Got-Ten ea he. Weetern SIKTIONS SO FAR, AN! THEY'RE ALL WONDERIN! WHATS BECOME OF SALLY | ~~ iF THEN ays did have a lot of the experience he gained ity of work in the Western DONT LOCATE HER Should fit hi fi rood 4 oa in the 1 iitlarnatienel foagoes | PRETH SOON, [M ud Pne: fete mel eae | GY GOING To FILL’ INE LEFT HER Williams to Instruct Umpires| AGH BARREL witTH UMLE GREY HOME W DENT HARRY WILLIAMS | |/ TH’ WEST To MARCH THROUGH GEORGIAt. Will have a two-day conference . his umpires in the near future | pid Over the rules with them be- the Coast league season starts. TKTIC 's. (] 4a LACT ims has made a few in his staff for this Tar, the most notable being the signing of Ed Iwvh and bes Schmidt. The latter | —Bught for Detroit for years in the American league. Reardon should be a better than last year while Perle | Tanks with the best indicator the minors. 7A ia aii, the umpiring should be | Class this season. | peitton Tierney Is Nomad IN TIERNEY is one of the} Peal Romadis of baseball, In the he has served Met few “the Pittsburg Pirates, the | Pay a. the Boston Braves | $84 ROW he has been traded to the | Brookiyn Dodgers, Tierney ix a} Pet a player and can'‘hit, and he| *ill come in handy for the Brook- WM tear, as he can play any infield except firat hase Sacramento Is Rebuilding UDDY RYAN is making a lot of ‘ae in his Sacramento Fite Mollw Rotwe Kd Hemmingway, Art Smith, Bill a confirmed holdout. between the is a big cog in the years ago accrued 11 by at scores being the |help but long winni competition flashed, but|be more j mentally D to sch More- Passaic ca: with its reeord, it has established a mark that isn’t apt to be touched for many It can be re- “wonder team” in every sense of the appellation. Reporta from Spokane ; “Clipper” ba m next year, . who will be at games financially | voxity next year Notre Veteran Ted Kia" Washington State ox. imo worid's welterweiht cham | # not yet forsaken the ring any years of active salary without Ruel, (159 Straight Wins Is Passaic’s Cage Record straight an end. or Tens of a and physically olboys if at all. | Stott Quits as Head Tovar et Smith Signed at Gonzaga has it that Smith, cos of the Smith is o pr Dame system of ¢ STILL IN RING «pite the faet that hi ag assistant to Albert Exindine for| in the game, is still taking them on | p-ooklyn lover | in the | i old country. BY AHERN | & 0x MM GUESS 19, dl TUAT OWE 1S BEING | CARRIED BACK-TO OU VIRGINNY, BECAUSE MOTHER MACHREE SAID (T WAS & LONG WAY “To “TIPPERARY, AN oT anit GONNA RAIN NO MO! WW HOME SWEET Nou HOME TS f ll Ca ©1928 ay wea semnee ime. CD, HE QUESTION THAT CONFRONTGTHE COUNTRY= > 2-16 fe Games Washington l¢ It is under- offered for Wash- team’s so if he} will get his figure if it is at all Cannefax Is Beagltig| They cannot & stretches are bound to} strain bo And expe | |Buster Keaton Wins well be satisfied however, For |Juana race | Right On | was 1:06 liege team for several sea signed to coach the Gon-} succeeding Gus} Detroit uni Lewi |pitcher. He has has | ita | land | fourth STAR PAGE 1% * “* - BUD RIDLEY RETIRES FROM THE RING Coss? Seattle Featherweight to Decide Decides to Quit Boxing of “the ee Husky Fate State and Idaho Road Trip Tilts to Determine Standing Ridley Has Made Money With Gloves and Decides to Quit While Qutting Is Good; Match With Cham- pion Kaplan Was His Last; to Live in Los Angeles U D R IDLE b' still in his attle featherweight, altho 20s, has decided to quit the box- beaten | toeger but the Cougars | Walker, State was Washir Then Joe Waterman took him un W' ven, Wed 3 beakenet team > ing game for good and will retire in Los tow aitee eacae Lee Ps . aa, CHEER. Seat Angeles to enter some other kind of busi- tea td and Ve ness. kame oy ide tbat Altho still a young man and capable of : Pi as fighting for some time yet, Ridley has been eciogs Doe fs expected to start train. | © Yi) at it a long while, and because of his long Coast conf ne penal gy tg fay fall ay tenure in the ring the boxing game has the tilt ks ¢ t “ no) taken its toll of his speed, and he realizes His ag 7 ee eee ee aang | that he is starting to slip. So he will quit while the quit- and the 5 - 1 hails from| ting is good, h Idaho « ; ‘ Ridley has made a lot of money out of the boxing game M wt The J «| collecting something like $50,000 from the sport, and he has ri i ° Y ed a lot of it. seureament 3 The Seattle boy, who started fighting here about seven Igy: 3 ne f jor eight years ago in the preliminaries, didn’t really reach i. “| K ; " Vode Mereot fights Young Paphe 19| the top until he went to California, where he was a sensa- } eich bye COBLEY ; an Versando Februar |tion for two years in the four-round game. Fighting every hs ana bead i wean . ar ‘7 > . week or so, Ridley won fight, en ) to 29 n « ertimne game,|Merrio Schalifier, | Beront wos | lafter fight, and that strenu- one of th t thrilling cage ye heen ed ous aign early rnet wrrthglba te llrgs : h Mob Barrett is looming jens ane aign nearly burned BASEBALL — S32. J/ may get a fight with Mickey 4 managerial wing. They | je a trip to the Orient, where | ley made a lot of good fights The first stop for the Washington | will be Walla Walla, where I HT WIL land collected. a good piece of money i f Waterman also took him East pe Sa Sa LE i R xs his nan will be played. Ridley then returned home and , but the alla Idaho at home A I LE the two best fights he put on were A | I | with his old rival, Joe Gorman. was outclassed here five defeated and st to O. A, C. by one point | Monday, Montana will olga at! . ‘ . BROKEN ARM | seas Missoula.’ The Grissiies put up ‘al [ote Wout be much more than STARTED DOWNFALL ling & wood many yeas ‘ / | a pound or two difference in| goon afterwards he broke an arm j thriller here, ‘altho beaten |welghts between Bob Harper and | 4 Eddie Rathjen, who was given ® The fate of one of the Oregon s “ nase > Se Salt Lake fight, and it was @| tryout with the Portland Beavers She Gaadan ai Jimmy Sacco time before the injured mem.| last year, has signed with the Des t when 0. A. € when they fight {ber resp to treatment, That| Meimes club of the Western league. Oregon trimmed for the Northwest |broken arm was the beginning of Ed ese “oid ad get tce t gut rweight tite |. end, and Ridley was never the | balls last season sume fighter after that the grea : i tomorrow nightat Last week, long after he had |! the lowe they are just the Crystal Pool. | passed his re: prime as a aes “ pam h liane « gon loss} § Harper is lig r| fighter, Rigiey m his chance 1- the race to the} than usual and| With the ehampion of the world commented has not sealed! —Kid Kaplan—and altho he - . pb viser carnal tie. tha: ton much more than| took a bad beating, Ridley made 4 with but ty at | 142 pounds during| a lot of friends by staying the | Ray French probably will be play- ing shortstop for the Angeles club next season, according to ru- mors from the Kast, The former 12 rounds, He was never Knocked out in all of his years in the ring. If that chance with the champion who|had come a few years before when he was a really wonderful fightin Ridley might have won But the opportunity came| * the past few days} while Bacco will » in about 141] pounds Hoppe i in Cue Play |e 4 area ». 16-Bop Cah.| HARPER — claims tho title cushion billiard (224 bas held the clearest right to | machine, he beat Eddie Roberts some | the title! Wiille Hog is making his first start |too late. Vernon infielder has been with the Brooklyn Kobins, the Chicago White Sox and Minneapolis Millers since ps ix begin agnates and old guard slip; jit sine time ago ae iw le, theeecushion tanteh, {fF #ome time, a bum hand keeping |SHORT ARMS i been famous for, any Cuatetax. ta loadin im te! 100, (ne shelf. Sacco bas been | WAS HANDICAP | sGhane PTTL Aa eens ae fighting regularly of Ridley was handicapped in his | tw athiete having run up « considerable Wad fighting by short arms, but he had ! rset the age avertertay: a th fir . on Sutur- | raithirds are making Sacco a | fighting by 3 ine hting eart, Was aggres- slight favorite, in splte of the fact|® [ne fighting h >a y and T sligh orite, In act sive and kept in good condition and JUDGE LAND |that the boys have met three times, | iq y hard work to over- much by two fights being draws and Harper | con fide still a young man, with IN NEW YORK winning the other one Pia : x ‘i a family of two youngsters, EW YORK, Feb. 16—Wh, pretty, fair bunch of, preliminuries| Riley is thru as a fighter, and further action shall be taken to back: ep bis’ title: mateh "| is smart enough to quit before |in the investigation of the Giants he becomes a hasbeen of a trial | baseball Lon Mallody, the Wyoming feath-| horse leave pti eace rey ae a Siacuased , v erwelght, is down to box six rounds! He has been a credit to the E4ME | tween Commissioner anaes be ndicap of $% furlongs at the Tia] with Al Gracio, the Spokane boy. | ang to Seattle, and his hundreds of | trict Attorney Banton ig track yesterday Benny Shannon fights fourlpriendy in the Northwest will wish pe ag Ar ale finished second and|rounds with Young Sam Langford.| him wel) in whatever new enter- South, will tf nm in the third. The time | They're Hghtweights. prise he undertakes. ‘thie si wahsamlin ere to attend time did | Ted Frayne meets Young O'Shea York ball eriien the New Base ers’ associa- Handicap Events! SAN DIEGO, Cal. Feb. 16.~—Bus. . owned by the Schenck table, captured th d Dominique Time 5. This track equal the record, 104 4.5. Sepa ty tion, and while in the city he Bant Walier Mails Should Be | "io Ny Mente ereue pee E interesting matches fea-} O'Connell or to d h Second “Rube” Waddell | vst trcrteaiynate [mth cayanes * ti in one of the opening bouts and a curtaln-raiser completes the card. G d i J a 001 Matches will talk over the case ‘with . to decide the advisability of asking in Net Meet gtand jury to indict young Jimmy to get a cenyiction. ment conducted by the National Landis, in turning over to BY BILLY EVANS for me; if Speaker starts me against | Guard of Washington at the Ar-| the district attorney's office a tran- SHCOND “Ruler” “Wandelt them I won't be satsified with any-|Mory Sunday. script of the testimony taken in hit aCOd ab dell, Danny Lewis, former high school | investigation, said that he had noth- thing but a shutout.” Speaker started him, and Mails made good his large boast; he whitewashed the Sox. In one in- ning, after walking three men a la Walter Mails ts what , but isn't Mails is a Rivera, |ing but a-confession by O'Connell 7.561, in one of the features.| that was without corroboration, Windy Langlie defeated YVincen Assistant District Attorney” Golvin, 6-2, 6-3, while Howard Lang-| Brothers, who conducted the ee Ge ee ./* lie won over 8S. W. Holbrook, 6-4,| investigation here, made the addell, he continued | “Rube's"” | 55 “Gene Oldham bested Bus Me-| report to his chief, after he had tricks by striking the next three|Cihough, 61, 6-8, while Merritt] examined all of the players out. Day and Don Volger were unable| mentioned in the case, with the In the 1920 world series Speaker | to settle their dispute, after playing | exception Of O'Connell. He re- sent Mails to the rescue of Caldwell | 13 games. fused to be examined unless in the third game after Brooklyn] ‘today's schedule, which follows,| granted immunity. had made two runs in the first in- promises some interesting contests:; Brothers, it is understood, may ning with only one down. Malls TODAY'S SCHEDULE discuss with the commissioner the stopped the scoring and blanked the | At 1 o'clock—Pat O'Donnell va. Nelson) advicabitity of granting immunity Dodgers the rest of the gamo. 2c wiis{to O'Connell, on the chance that player, won over Dr. T. C. cht t Walter southpaw d big league kements with Pitts burg and Ch back next |* spring for hist trial as pr | member of the St Louis Cardinals He comes Fiadman vs. Walter Math: 2 Plummer. : his story might give a lead to the has ag much na A PAIR of “rabbit cars” keeps || At 3 cclock—J. B, Bedo vs, W. Beards-|“nigher ups” who, many bdelleve, tural ability a Walter “Duster” Maile |)" 5 45 Gctock—George Clarke ya.| Were behind Cozy Dolan and O'Con- nell. SPORTSMEN WILL MEET VERY member and friend of the Seattle Sportsmen's association from deing one of the game's gredtest pitchers. Mails has as much stuff as the great “Rube” Waddell ever had. In many ways he is just as cr- ratic and colorful, but he has never developed into the consist- the || ent winner that Waddell was. Walter's chief fault is a pair of “rabbit cars.” Waddell didn’t Lester Kleinberg. At 4:45 o'clock—Joe Wadd no southp ever had more MAILS stuff than orge Eaward. Mails has a dazzling fast ball. 1] umpired back of Waddell wh was at his best, If anything, fast ball had something on “Rube's." Waddell had a better curve. ub Livengood vs. Billy Newkirk ‘At 6:30 o'clock—Pink Miller va, Eddie Bauer. @:15 o'clock—J. H. McGrath ve. o'clock—Fred Gleason vs, Al TODD'S AND ‘It broke more sharp! Like have ‘em. In baseball a player Mails, while inclined to be wild, || who seems to be able to hear RENTON TIE is urged to attend the meeting. of Waddell in the pinch seemed to || every word uttered on the ball the organization which will be held have uncanny control. ||: field is said to have “rabbit ENTON and Todd's again bat-} Wednesday evening at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce building, Many things of importance will be taken up at the session, declares A. J. Beach, secretary-treasurer of period, and it remained so after the | the association. He emphasizes that half-hour overtime session. sportsmen who are not members Todd's scored first when Red] of the body are always welcome. Ross slipped a pretty shot into the |The Sportsmen's association, which lyn, held Cleveland to three hits,|oal 20 minutes after play had|now has over 2,400 members, meets producer. | however, and the two runs scored| started. Beans Maroni evened] every first and third Weduesday of The season of 1920 stands out as|off Caldwell were enough to win,| things up for Renton a few min-/the month in the Chamber of Com- the epochal event in the career of|2 to 1 utes later. merce building. Walter Mails “If Speaker had only started me} Both teams dangerously — near scoring thru the remainder of tled to a 1 to 1 tie in a thrill- ing soccer contest at Woodland Park Sunday. The score was 1 to 1 at the end of the regular playing Perhaps the difference in contro} || car explains the success that came to} Perhaps Branch Rickey has Waddell as a big leaguer and the] 40me method in mind that will failure of Mails. || lessen Walter's ability to pick up Mails is a colorful critter, always || everything that is broadcast doing something that gets his namo || about him on the ball field. into the headlines, If he ever de- veloped Into a consistent winner he | would rival Babe Ruth as a copy Sherry Smith, pitching for Brook- came Joining Cleveland late in'the that one run we made would have N: 2 Ss scason, when the Indians were |been- enough to. win,” remarked {the contest, Vic Weston, Rut wes-|Vurmi Sets Great 1 the ropes because of lack of | Mails after the game. “He says he|ton and Maroni starred for Renton, : pitching, Mails proved the man [is going to give me a ¢hance| While Ross and McPhillips. played Mark for Two Miles of the hour, against Smith the next thme ho | best for ‘Todd BOSTON, Feb. 16.—Paavo Nurmi, Finland's super-runner, can do a mile HALL’S SCHOOL WINS in 4:05 or less if he has-a field be- peaker started Mails against Hall's School of Commerce defeat-| hand him that can push him to the mith in the sixth game, Once {ed the First Christian basketball limit, Jack Ryder, veteran coach of more Mails made good his un- [team Saturday at the Y. M. C, A.|the Boston Athletic association, said canny prediction that Brooklyn to 15 and cinched the title in|today. Ryder was one of the offi- Those birds will have to, be any time they score on me,” Taking part in nine turned in seven victories suffer a single defeat Since Cleveland won the p nant by a mere two-game mar- xin, it is easy to picture the games, he | starts. and didn’t | lucky part that the pitehing of Mails would have to be lucky to ue No. 2 of the city circuit. The! cials who clocked Nurmi when he played in the winning of Cleve seore. He blanked 'em, 1 to 0. | Washington Frosh and the Hi-Stars {made the sensational time of 8:68 1-5 are tied in the other section. ‘They |in a two-mile run Saturday night in The success of 1920 apparent ly was too much for ‘Duster,’” when Cleve: 1 was back to the minors be- final and| fore the 1921 season was half land's first American pennant. Late in the land met Chieago in_ the league - : New York. It was the first time that any human had run the dista under 9 minutes, play Saturday at the ‘ enson BEAR CAGE! WIN Jail series between the two clubs,| over, BERKBLEY, Cal, Feb. 16 ‘Mails remarked to me before the| Maybe Branch Rickey has the | fornia won its second straight Well, as a hockey player wa first game: P formula for making Mails the see-|ketball game from Stanford here| say, a puck is something impo “phose birds are made; to order |ond Waddell he should be. Saturday, 22 to 18, enough to shake a stick at 4 seetencusenipnigubememeseie ie ee ee RTE ei ete Rah ei te mista ao sede die ees