The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 20, 1925, Page 24

PAGE 24 Behind the Home Plate BY LEO © LASSEN Oscar Vitt . gg ANGELES, Cal. March 20.—There is a popular axiom in slang that if you hit a man in the pock-| etbook these hectic times you hit the real Achilles heel. And realizing this, the Ver-| hon ball club has a unique way of bringing the holdouts into line. When Charley Deal and Ken Penner refused to report because they weren't satisfied with their contracts Ed Maier, president of the club, announced that the men must put in 30 days in train- ing with only expenses paid before the salary payment of the players would start. And stood t Vern countir at third shor’, Deal is still a good ball play er, and altho he a “safety first” in that he doesn't try chances around third . he can play a al game of ball when he wants and he can hit the hall. Deal was drawing down a major league salary and he was due for a cut. It is thought that line he will Qass AA ch made. be tra Four Clubs Favored BAN FRANCISCO, Oa! non get s ¢lal way as fs concerned These clubs training train on their home fields and because they are located in the center of large populations they draw big gates for their exhibition games and get the cream of the spring games with the big league clubs: training i In fact. their spri Seattle, money on 4 Portland cities, and they ning up enou to make break ev 5 San Prasciice has the heavy lest schedule of contests lined ap, playing continuously from now until the end of the season with Pittsburg, Kansas City and St. Louis. Not only do these teams training financial reward, bw facing good pitching lifted, much € than the clubs do. shar three Experienced Men Get Call EHNON is the only club in the league t use young players regulars The rest of the. clubs, for the most pari, are depending upon experienced men to carry them | thru, as the competition in the | big Western minor is getting so | tight that you have to have a | winner in order to be in the big money. Few of the clubs in the Coast league will start players, but will carry a few for development. It is to be regretted that there isn't a class B or C Jeague within close range of the Coast league where the raft of youn who show promise in traini m ps could get some The} Coast league is a fast org nization | and a youngster, je shows | exceptional ability, chance of playing. And how to improve in baseball by ting on the bench sit. | | | New L.A. Ball | Plant Will Be Ready August 1): O8 ANGELES, Cal, March 20.- ‘The new Los Angeles ball field | will be ready for occupation within a few minutes ride from the heart of the business district The new Wrig the last word in t seat approximately It is reported in Los Angele EA Meter, Vernon owner, and jey, get along like a gouple of mad dogs and that Meier is considering using his Vernon park next year in stead of sharing the Los Angeles field as the Tigers have becn doing for years. That is, of course, if Meier doesn't sell out to Bill Lane in the mean time, stadium will be| 1 fields and will | 30,000 people Gene Delmont Loses Sight in Left Eye LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 20 Gene Delmont will lose the sight of his left eye as the result of the ter. rible lacing he took from Tod Mor. gan Coast champion, in their re 10-round fight here. Delmont stopped | a couple of hundred right hand punches on the left side of his during the bout and doctors say-that there is little hope of sight being re stored in the injured optic. AQUINAS WINS CHICAGO, March —Aquinas | Institute, Rochester, N. Y., won the| first game in the national Catholic interscholastic basketball tourna, ment here Thursday, defeating St. | Murph: THE SEAT TLE STAR FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 4 . Salt Lake Is Dark Horse of Coast League SOLLY SEAMAN IS SENSATION OF LIGHTWEIGHT TOURNEY fv aaeaiaclnnananmaenian [ First Leader S| | Injects Pep || Into Bees | Team Had Soured on Duffy Lewis and the Change Was Needed BY LEO H. Mar hors LASSEN cH | Duffiet Momt “s° New League Is Organized for Women’s Sports | Re EPRE: ENTATIVES of (th fellow named J like he'll fill t sweet fielder a With Vit himself on third, Howard Lindimore at second and Roy Leslie at first base the Bees will have a pretty fair country infield. To replace Lewis {1 tha: Bees ant Boston Red Sox. ¢ Joe Cc a lot of tr e in the still a young fellow nny Frederick, the young centerfield star, has been late in reporting, of the Bees’ few hi year Frederick has the makings of a great star, as he can hit that baseball. Letty O'Doul who has taken up outfielding be MORE RACES FOR PAAVO YORK the former pitcher, ight-handed can fill in And then the B She han, one of the h i) in the leagui at any infield or position. And Fritz Coumbe, pitcher, first sacker or outfielder, ts an. other handy gent to have around. As for the catching, John Peters}? jand Les Cook will take care of tha }end of the game again. Pe v do most of the receiving Piercy Returns Bill Piercy, who used to pite Vernon, returns to the league ral seasons in the big show n win like he did for the Tigers, it will make Salt Lake dan gerous. He looks good. dohn Singleton, the ace of the \Crystal Pool to Open on ive 11); W h for again swimmi now age: Victoria and Canadians in | Puck Finals First Game of World's Hockey Series to Be Played Saturday vi TORIA, B, C. * FAST GAMES 225 Years of “Master Mind” Stuff This Year’ 8 Red Sox Coaching Staff Toile That Many sAleéicae, Duffy and Ryan Leading List Jack Allen Says Local Boy Looms Vic Foley’s Manager Sees Seaman in O'Conal Bout in Garden BY With ees. i TOM OLSEN Le ft to right IN TOURNEY © . LEO LUMSKI n games pla 4 for Satur Histare (04 Mallard (29 WINS SCRAP |Brice Taylor Looms Amateur Boxers in Bouts Here Tonight yuts are bt 1 up © hostilities. as Trojan Track Ace NGELES, March 3 of Brice Los are expecte had 2 |the him staff last year, is back again. Singleton is said to have the best sinker in the league, a delivery that breaks down at the knee, [our BOARDING HOUSE and is extremely difficult to bit, Eimer Ponder, whom the players consider the best hander for stuff next Boehler, the Oakland ace, } the job again. He says he tirely recovered from the that knocked him out of basel ar in 1923, Ponder js a curve-ball heaver Harry O'Neill, a yo came fast at the end of the better this spring, Other Hurlers And Dick McCabe, who make specialty of is also on the taff. Harry Hulvey, half of the been recalled from Fort Worth, Tex The club hasn't a high-class ander, an outstanding ye pitch are carr ral young | Mulcahy, .» McMurty, Peery and Steward the regulars, the Yanni till with the club are infiel and / a young catcher KARLY GAMES ane CROWDS, 3 ANGEL ny exhibition pring are hurting in the Const leagu: This from Harry dent of the leagwe, San Francine . Vernon UMM, 1 SAY ~~ DO EITHER OF YOU LADS KiIOW OF A RELIABLE PAMCE also on Wet has en aoe ME OUT A SM OW A HALF MILLI DOLLARS 2» AHEM, AS Nou KNOW, 1 HAVE ARTICLE UP 1) MY OF COLOSSAL VALUE, ye ter, whe looks A control, who was carried season last year, pitchers Amo! ns and Thompson. Jacobson, March 20 in the attendance Williams, pre Oakland, Los / nd Sacramento are ing he schedules with big | ue clubs and with Ka booking contests until the d before the Coast race bogine Williams may foster a move to eliminate all exhibition contests to protect the Coast league during the Patrick’ high, North Platte, Neb, 05 to & tps ’ week prior to the opening of the season, COMPAWN THAT WILL WRITE THEFT POLICY OF STUDY 4 l SAN DONT PLUG HAT UG! + ~~ YOURE JUST RVING 10 GET US ALL GTEAMED UP OVER ANOTHER ONE OF NOUR GIDIN SCHEMES !. G'WAN, « CHECK ourle ‘ on AS WD 1 FEEL L SHOULD BE GUARDED AGAINST BURGLARY! A HALF MILLION DOLLAR THEFT PoLicy! AM-M* THROW THAT NUT A WRENCH! 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Gt Gregg’s \|SEEK SEATTLE a am: sion and Other me night LOOKED BEST OF BUNCH wonderful nd looked the d all the thruout e verdict nd the decision 1 fight on the He drop- ¢ in the Vic Foley dford, Buf. nm, but refused them wants to get back on y April and in ad. lined that mean money to more The first FoleyJohnson Canadian antamweight fight in Toronto drew te of $11,000 Allen says VIC_FOLEY WINS AGAIN —Vie Foley jon of Canada, ROWING CREW FFORT a, B.C, lowers a triangu- nd Vane e last night. w tpning fror a Van. |Playground Ball ar the in Church Loop vents of the Seattle Church Athletic club anning a playground baseball No age limits will be made, yers can play in both this in the hard ball league. In your choice of shoes, remem- ber that more well-dressed men wear “Florsheim” than any other shoe. That is proof of Florsheim merit— Florsheim quality. THE VISTA curt k SHOE Worthmore Shoes $7.50 OUR PIKE ST. STORE. IS NOW LOCATED AT 1418 SECOND AVE. 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