The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 28, 1925, Page 6

sepia ~ FRANK BRAZILL Ted Baldwin’s Tilness Gives Edge to Slugger 1 Baldwin Will Be Some Time | in Getting Back in} Shape After Sick Spell; Brazill Is Not Good Field- | er, but Can Pound Ball and ‘Will Hold His Own| Behind the Home Plate BY LEO 4 LASSEN NTA MARIA, Cal, March 28.—‘Red” Kille-| with a seve fer directs practically every | month before he is in shape to play baseball. Brazill is getting into the proverbial} FRENCHMEN WIN GAME diens of Montreal defeated ia Cougars here last night the third gamé move of the Seattle Indian: while they are on the ¢ mond. The Seattle manager, by a system of signals, not only directs the offensive from the third base coaching line, but he takes charge of the defense from the bench, using various sets of signs. There are many kinds of signals used in baseball during the course of a season, Teams chango them as often as two or three times dur. ing the game. given by the catcher and con- sist of signs for fast balls, curve balls, slow balls, screw balls, pitchouts and other deliveries that a pitcher may have. ‘There are the infield signals, every | Infielder haying a set of signs with} sauce was peddied about a $10,000 the catcher in order to work plays | offer at the bags trying to catch runners | club, off the sacks. There are offensive signals for hit d-run, bunting and so on. * And all of the plays controlled by signals are started by the manager. Killefer flashes his signs to George Cutshaw at first base when right-handed hitters are recta, Suit sims | ANOTHER CUB IS: INJURED break here yesterday when Denver | son changed to work with conditions, The strike and ball call at the plate often changes the tactics of i a team, feed 9 | Chi aes signals are more or le easily detected and only constant | the opposition | Grigsby, s | collarbone | The accident occurred In an jexhibition game Baseball Is Real Science | pacitic Coast league clubs ASEBALL, as played in the ma.-| will be out of the game for at Teast | changing can keep from learning them. jors and the faster minors, is a} real science. Men capablo of play- ing well are in there every day and |broke an game a week ago. \Telephone Basi Baseball Circuit Is Planned of The Star Juror Baseball league | ja & practice game on the Lower} it's largely a question of breaks and the: smarter heads that win ball) games, So it is interesting to know that Killefer directs practically every play within possibility, altho he has ne control over the element of chance, which is bet- ter than 50 per cent of the game. If the plays that are made by| using brainwork are completed then the “breaks” in the game usually | go to the team taking the chances |. and keen'ng on the alert. Killefer has that kind of a > his wear. It may not be H great ball club, but the Indians Si..ye Up as more than the aver- age for hustle, quickness and with a smart leader like Killefer they will win a lot of close ball games by keeping their heads up. And the team that wins the close ones is usually the team that takes the penant. Killefer is a manager with re- markable ability In handling men nnd in directing team play. He's one of the few cases where the manager makes the ball club. Before the Game ASEBALL fans often wonder what goes on in the club house when the managers call their re- spective players together. Killefer explains that he goes over the lineup of the opposing clubs and the men are told the weaknesses and strength other club. “Pitchers don’t strike out as many men in this league and they really don’t try to throw the ball past them unless they get in a tight place,’ explains Killefer, “but they figure on making the batter hit at bad balls and unless a ball is met squarely chances are that an easy out will result. “Pitchers try to get the batter to swing at bad balls and altho a half} a dozen pitches may be thrown the hurler figures on the batter swing: ing at a certain kind of a delivery. Some hitters slam a high ball all oyer the lot and others hit low balls We elarn these weaknesses and strong points by observation and while a pitcher can’t always put a ball right where he wants to and @ hitter will sometimes hit a perfectly pitched ball to his weakness, never- theless the ‘average is high in favor better. of the sai her with control.’ Tunney Has Edge Over Harry Greb 8ST. PAUL, Minn, March 28, Gene Tunne: weight c) fight in the second and third, from then on it was all Tunney, Paavo Nurmi Wins utes 54 2-6 #econds. Willie Ritola, Finnish-American star, failed in his attempt to make f& new record for three and one- half miles, THE SEATTLE STAR (Sporting Faltor of 7 The bie March 28.—Altho “Red” Killefer | still has his third base problem to decide with two} jsuch good men as Frank Brazill and Ted Baldwin on the roster, Brazill is a cinch to start the season at the hot cor- ie ar, because of the illness of his rival. Baldwin was confined to a hospital cot for several days} re cold, and it will be from three weeks to a ANTA MARIA, Cal., In the meantime, ink,” and is beginning to {hit the ball at a terrific gait. i is not a go But he goes after he usually gets his | and tf you look up the record | fully weak arm, |nandies as many chances per game|the Vi that’s all that ts necessary makes Brazill a star. few players In the Coast league who fight as hard to win # ball game as Brazil, and crash that baseball. Baldwin was reported sold to the | opening session, then the deal Flying Frenchmen wan cinebed |the third pertod, | | eattrel arcabees parry: Seal, I when three goals Les Canadiens scored first In the Chicago Cubs cancelled and a Wt , but Victoria even ed it up in the same period. No scores were mado in the . but Victoria sagged the tx a minute after the opening Above layout shows Daz left, above, Jacques Fournier; leigh renee, yridaalad oe But the fact remains that both of | them are still with the Seattle club, [the visitors ran wild, shape | goals in rapid succession. THY LINEUP AND Killefer faces a real problem as to| which one shall play, as each man} BIG SEASON EXPECTED LEARWATE! % obinson summed up F remont A. C. Plays Star League Team) Meridian All-Stars} extrain-| Tho fire Organization phone baseball of the Pacific is in active progress. L. Phillips ix. managing the ina | and has arranged for the first prac ‘empey 8 | clock Grade a Ball _ Season Is Started Seattle Grade ‘schoo! athletio neanon out several tim Keen interest in the | initiat workout of the season in be- | ing shown by the telephone baseball/ was to start this morning. Park grounds, months’ nlege "oe {Hiness in which h gr Adams) underwent several |ttons. and muffered great pain, * as baseball best in still an optimist, ‘n+ | winning six tr tangled Biblia Central, Eddie Roberts Wins San Francisco Bout OSBORNE SETS - | amile ma weiter! ~2UMP RECORD AUSTIN, Tex., old Osborne, Robbie Outlines His “Why shouldn't I hope & great pitching SAN FRANCISCO, decision over Joe , of San Francisco, Jess 10-round bout In the sem!-windup Johnny Jordan, | of |Staff, led by Dazzy mier of them all |fense and a fairly ova datense.” I pressed him for |reasons for his very positive world's record’ for the running high jump when ho cleared the bar at| 6 feet 8 and 16-16 Inches at of Texas relay His old record was | more de cue “There are five logical argu- ments on which I base my pen- , three of them are offensive, two defensive, “My offensive weapons are :Zach here yesterday. West Seattle Plays Sailor Nine Sunday) The West Seattle A. team of the Semi-Pro league meeta 7. $. 8. New Mexico nine in a practice game at Athletic park In Bremerton Sunday. OUR BOARDING HOUSE mous Chicago distance runner, pull- ed a tendon In the last lap of his Reese was leading slightly at time of the. accident. Those three bables have a ‘real punch at the bat, BY AHERN the power to of the hitters of the| AND BESIDES ef oh oe Nou Kiow FULL WELL THAT “This TREASURE REQUIRES No SELLING “TALK, You ARE AWARE OF ITS INTRINGIC VALUE ! Go TELL THE “TH' MAOR 19 WW HIS SIDESHOW HOLDING A CONFERENCE Wrtd TH’ MIRROR AN! HIMGELF! Think TH’ BRAKE-LINING LISTEN ~T KNOW “THAT OL’ HOMBRE® LIKE NERO KNEW Mis FIRE INGURANCE Im WE GETS A BIG KICK OUT OF A \T CAN BE PURCHASED FROM ME, FOR A MERE | HALF MILLION DOLLARS} American light-heavy- mpion, had the best of a 19-round no-decision fight here last night with Harry Greb, world's middleweight titleholder. The first | round was tame, Greb carrying the and = et & Ss . Race at Pittsburg PITTSBURG, March 28—Paayo | ‘Nurmi, famous Finn runner, was an easy victor in a twodpile race Jast night over Jimmy Connolly of Georgetown University and Verne Booth of the Melrose Athletic club. He made the distance in nine min- WILL START THE SEASON AT THIRD BASE FER ERE ARE MANAGER ROBINSON’ S “FIVE BIG BIG ACES” T! THAT HE IS BANKING STRONGLY UPON TO BRING THE NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT TO THE CITY OF CHURCHES THIS SEASON. OKLYN'S BEST BETS Vance, in center, At finish of pitching delivery; Insets,\ below, Zack Wheat; right, above, Ed Brown; below, Bur-| of the team con tribute equally important fac tors to the team's success, but | the foundation of my hopes is based on the offensive and de. fensive powers of the five play ers I have named Mg An ‘ efer has t9 men in camp and ex- arry moat of them to Ban Fran r the opening week of Vance, Grimes, Real Threats) Babe Herman can expect to see a nd the spe Jk © summer 1 over the bending the plate and he golfs « of the timely ba omn up urned Beat Killeter says ything to make a Jumped from the niger piay Florida State | © the big show for K and proved to a nensation by | fF Ked Dog” thinks be has the abi win 26, mes. 5 Ehrhardt has “1 stuff! George Cutshaw and Babe Herman are and A most pecu fellvery. T of the pinch-hitting ball fs on the ta quickly, He ie “Herman Maybe tn arly becaume of his seoms with it before tehing iy MeCabe be Of the recruits, Outfielder : | Cox, secured from Portland, is | being banked on as a garden "Red" Baldwin te taking his own time reserve. Cox can hit and field, | about getting in condition. Tom Daly looks the part o! and Frank Tobin are dotng all of the f a big leaguer, | Catching in the workouts now. (U1 working out altho wer on his left hand 1 right by the time and should help Brooklyn, | The c lub will b very much the ‘The Indians are only working out once |same an last season. As I maid} ® day now, Killefer having them out for |before,-its play doesn't impreas like |* {¥*-hour stretch starting at 9:30 each . morni |the Giants, but It wins ball games, |" "* jand that's the way pennants are de-| ‘The next exhibition games for the| cided Tribe are carded for Saturday and Bun- | “Give us the kind of pitching we |” With the second Chicago Cub nine. had last season and we will w 198s doagsens Win IN) John Miljus Is up and aronnd again says Robinson. He nfeans {t]atter being out for nearly a week sith |and his players feel the samo way|a bad « about it. — nic in the shetk of the club de like a three-aiarm fire every night the way the telephone rin |Huggins Celebrates |i! tue ie cata His 46th Birthday} on tit pe EMlott gets a . pretty good play SAVANNAH, Ga, chase Millor Huggins, nAnager the |New York Yanke aaloratae his tari Tivere th in {46th birthday © Friday, “Give me another pennant if you want, Win Over Toronto to remember me," Huggins told his} AUGUSTA, Ga. March 28— Maye Players Stoner and Pillette held Toronto safe while the Tigers jumped upon ps SN atl ed Ae Young Jand it m ae. 28 |ning 7 to 3. Pillette let the enemy | Good First Sacker |" ith « single hit in three | innings. | SARASOTA, Fla, March 28.—Re. newed efforts of the | Cine innati | Reda to: get a first baseman neat Ohick Radlk Does the New York Giants have failed Offers. wore made for George Kelly Decision on Foul or Bill Tinne | SAN Jose March 28.—Izzy Tan RSE va | ner of Portland was given tho de. cision over Chick Roach on a foul The Washington club differs from | {world series in March 10-round fight here ase night Wisconsin Appears toHave ee One of Its Best Track Teams IMIADIEON: Wis; March 28.—ythru nicely In the pole vault. He, “One of the best track teams|too, will bear watching, and Jim in years,” is what followers of tho | gers in the Big Ten indoor meet re-|drews, sprints, and Tuhtar in the cently, was better than a Madson} high Jump, school outfit has been able to do in| All in all, the Cardinals shape up a long while. 44 mighty dangerous contenders for One of the outstanding stars on| Big ‘Ten outdoor honors this cam- the team is Herbie Schwarz nt|paign. Fact is, Michigan appears to Then there is Kroiegr, who camo having a slight edge at this writing | Local Promoters Said to Be Seeking Fifth and Uni. The rumor is going the rounds that the promoters are geek. ing the Hippodrome to stage their smokers for the between the closing of the Crystal Pool and the = season. site for this season. The open air season probably wont | get under way until June. | The Rainierites, except Van, say: It} G | Mary K. Browne, famous golf and|Beard and Berlin—have ben @ finals for the Southern California | training started for California's a& | Schulte, old-time Cub star, who was| of the diamond, Cincinnati Needs thre Heat hurlers Thursday, win- | most of the others by losing the! jn the sixth round of their scheduled | Brooker, Michigan vaulting ace; will | have to be at his best to beat the | Wisconsin thin-clads are calling this] Radger during the coming season season's aggregation | Other celebrities in the Wisconsin } And it seems to be just that, te stronghold are Captain Vallely tn} For the showing made by the Bad-|the middledigtance runs, MeAn |welght man, Schwarze — toc the| be the only entry to be feared, 16 |shot-putting honors in the Western] the outcome of tho indoor sot-to- |Conference classic without much| gether can be taken as a criterion, trouble, tossing the pellet 47 et 2) Hence, 1 supremacy seems to be inches, He looms up as a luminary |between the Wolverine and the of the first order Radgers with the former perhaps SATURDAY, MARCH 2R, 25 Rumored F ights May Be Staged at Pavilon sa, versity Site to Stage Smokers; Definite Announce. ment Expected Soon aati an 5 BY TOM OLSEN HE Hippodrome dance pavilion, Fifth ave. and Unj ity st., may be the next site for Seattle's fistie shows, ies Tuesday's show at the Crystal Pool will be the last at te The Hippodrome is about the only good available place in the city now for staging smokers. It has an estimated seating capacity of around| 5,000, which is considerable Na more than the Crystal Pool TOD MORGAN — fro ‘can hold. ‘1 Promoters Nate Druxman and H y Dan Salt promise a definite an i nouncement on this within the next 1D MORGAN, Seatt) ie = 3 JAN, ie feat} i fow days hi weight, is confined to ete h Ban Fr isco with a badly infectes jaw, according + wire receing ere this moming DRUXMAN CARD 18 READY Nate Druxman, who is staging the fistic show at the Crystal Pool Tues- day night, has ned up all of the ing card for the Frankie | Munroe-Mike Dundee scrap “ | Nobe Cervantes, hard-hitting Mex- i jican, the only mian to knock Lew ite Paluso out, meets Frankie Britt, es aggressive Tacoma featherweight, in ‘ windup. Young Peter Jack- ; i colored heavyweight a t Frayne, the thd battler, In the special tg ~ | Gallagher, Bellingham bantam, has the |beon re-matched with Billy Quilter pla for the second bout, while Red Mc- The Auley and Sailor Crosby, middle- MORGAN Hollywood dates B <a welghts, open the show lost, but he hops JP =o get the Oakland bout by Ap § OM ‘16. Morgan was to battle Stewan § #1 VAN KURAN MeLean, crack Basten tate f° SHOW STYLE| "tus u's tougn vente mae it was his first big bout in Calif. § nia since a ates eattle last fall. H. Yan Kuran, who is known as| the stylist,” had more than he strutted around @ Tainier course in the monthly St. Louis Cards medal play competition, Saturday. He had the shots. Every club in Beat Kansas City the bag was working to perfection,| sTocKTON, Cal, March #2 and Van just romped home in alons final game of the Canbish nter, The ease with which he|yonsas City Blues series is to le ed that winning card of 76-12-64/ briday Yesterday, the National doubtless result in his handi- leaguers nosed out Kansas City,. ap rating getting an alum bath.|eo 5 in 41 innings, Cites ay tae ee rs needs one W. T. Ford and R. G. Wil \Chicag to Send liams, a pair of 16-men, tied for second prize, each having 73 net | Swimmers to S. F,} scores, o 4 sien % SAN FRANCISCO, March t= cgumyaeoactin" ete mpeg h The Chicago Athletic assoclatios sion group, w card i | eee at which is a mighty nice bit of play. |e cee itcaten Pecado! ing for one who is rated with a “16” eel sae tag. T. R. Cole, with the assist: | Ol champions ae 4 handicap, annexed the ward, with a net ot 70. EBSREUQ ance of second Miss Mary Browne |Three Goleta Wins S. C. Tourney} senxertey, cal, March t= LOS ANGELES, March 28.—Miss| Three varsity oarsmen—De Jongg fe of tennis star, defeated Miss Rosamund | dered off their slides because of Sherwood, of Philadelphia, in the/or other ailments just as hey omen's golf championship here|nual crew race with Washingtes erday, The score was 5 and 4.! April 11, Stanley Harris Tells How i He Became Known as “Bucky”. TANLEY HARRIS,)in the big leagues. Take care of leader of the world's | yourself and save your money, And champion Washing: | never be a roughneck on or off the ton Senators and / field.” * the youngest big “When I disagreed: with him. league pilot in the] that his days as a player wert hig se % if eer rer ets “So RFE bistory of thegame,| numbered,” Bucky goes on, “be is known as Bucky| told me his legs had gone back: Harris to the thou-| on him and that his throwing, sands of baseball! arm was weakening. He still followers in this| could hit, however. In the 1818. country, He tells| season his bat had been & pow’ a [how the nickname happened to| erful weapon in helping | stick to him in his life story “Play-| ington finish third in the par ling the Game," just published by} nant race, He was one of the | Frederick A. Stokes Company, New| most graceful batters T have | York. ever seen, He could knock * While playing with the Baltimore| ball over the fence pean Dry Docks club, where Harris says| ently no effort. He was ho really first showed any promise| the -greatest players of becoming a big leaguer, Frank| has developed and the Babe Ruth of his day, took a| “Schulte urged Clarke Griffith # great interest in him. Harris|puy me from the Buffalo club learned much from Schulte and the |we were playing together. 5? other big leaguers playing with the| Joo Judge. The Was bore Baltimore outfit. learned I would cost $5,000 Harris tells of a conversation |looked up my batting and over his nickname with Schulte | records and found them as follow: sive. He knew I was “You got a nickname, Harris?” [early call to the colors Schulte asked me one day, j conditions, he refused “They call me Bucky,” I ans. | release. I don’t plame him. T wered, “How come?” he} disappointed at the time. drawled. “Garry — Schmoolk | Ure to land with bir made it stick on me when I | S90" forgotten. T receive’ 8) was playing basketball, 1 had | military service and TN ty a couple of players on my back | Teport to Camp in a rough game When I | tow. Pa shook them off and shot a bas- Ket he sald I bucked like a tough little bronco, I was called Bucky as a kid, but the name was belng forgotten until Garry tame along,” I explained, "Keep right on bucking,” the vet: eran advised, "You've .got to fight | for about everything you get in| this world, If you battle hard | enough you'll reach the big leagues. And when you get there keep right on plugging away. ‘The guy who stays at the top longest is the one who fights the hardest. They say there's lots of room at the top. Maybe ao. But T- haven't noticed any one hanging on in baseball who loafs on the job. There are always | dozens of youngsters ready to step in and knock the loafer out of his | uniform.” Another time this star of the fa: | mous oldtime Cubs said: “Bucky, you're on your way up, I'm done