The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 23, 1925, Page 17

1925, PursDAY. APRIL aldivin, Eldred, | : Mc Cabe Started pores 3 | Indians, Who Have Been in Bad Slumps, Get |»! « a 7) Hits Between Them; Gossip of Seattle and Miakesiey, ré ae a Wernon Clubs as They Played Opener Wednesday | > $a BY LEO H. LASSEN Iiiryan, 'p Lee up most pleasing thing, to those fans who follow their |"°'*""' Li sg jaseball carefully, in the showing ef the Seattle Indians | . See se J igeir opening game of the season on the home lot with|, 5*'s oP ae 4 Vernon yesterday was the viciousness of the , Tribe attack after they had been unable to|} "i do any sticking to speak of for seven or eight games out of the previous two weeks’ play. Slam, bang, crash! . . Eighteen hits in all, and most of them|totin. = ° solid smashes. Nobody can expect the boys ai A to keep up that pace, but three men in par-| «natiea tor in nint * by | ticular came out of slumps with a vengeance. & First and foremost was Billy McCabe, whose ~ batting average has been smaller than tha " *4size of his hat. Buster did some tall hitting | tonines ‘piiene j yesterday, two terrific doubles and a whale |),, (0srte defeat ¥ of a home run over the fence being his total tt « yease for the day. Runa responsible futherland 3, Pe ~ Mix second was Red Baldwin, who hasn’t more than a Bplay tt-rigy Bt iabt epee of hits to show for the other games. Twice on hit- Atle ! 1 mun plays the hustling catcher delivered, one a scream- |‘! ms moh poy i gouble to the right field) ()S ) abe, Brasi ane Warner, ~ and the other a clean-| t fin Gabettinn Nithewaas. 2. mone i » right. | dred. Nuns batted Wr 4M Bsingle to rig : doesn't | powell, K. Daldwin 2, Eldred ¢ MeCabe fad then there was Brick El | start until the cat has the ball Wolter 2, Murp Caught stealing areal hitter if there ever [and the receiver doesn’t dare to| Wel! Double plays herland ¢ gee, who has been clipping | throw hard, because of the danger | fr" ranean can Recnus re at the mighty rate of }of the infielders being unable to secked one on the line on | cover second base quickly enow first trip to the plate and Ed | ty gtoy the ball from going into PACIFIO COAST LEAGUE ngway nearly dislocated | coatan tala Won Lost Pet mek Jumping up in the air | Cutt Brady pulled one yester. |S2)' TAK oo: oe eer aes ipasr it with one hand. But | any and got away with it beat. |Lce Areciee M8 eae he next two trips Eldred dou- | ing Danny Murphy's rainbow | S8cramento re and he hit them like Seattle | joss easily Ves : Raew only Ross can ling | eq paldwin is’the best man ‘ “i |the delayed steal Seattle has ev $ . ail fans know there are very | had He pulled it many times last feed hitters in ba |year and was seldom caught at It lagi citer fet or right | Sas | ekdand, ral dof hatte: |QUDS SUTHERLAND pitched a co 4, Bacramen Halt Lake 4, Loa Angeles game of ball yesterda scored 7 the second ai r had because y popping 1 the ball. nings, d fifth t kicked a a great hitter is the one who] fm outside ball to right field, /® double play, the visitora wou Francis bats righthanded, and vice | have had only a couple of runs, in. * Angeles | stead of four, d had a lot mill hit one over the fence yy and he also hit two into left field—outside His double was one of ongest drives hit to that gar- by games t E m southpaw sticker in a | completed every one of the He is time. 40: he: 100 “per. ceuit. more . : d is the same kind of a bat-| n he was last AMERICAN LEAGUE y 1 ° ‘ 1 0 Rips 1 0 ° ° o ce | _|Lora La Blank Had Hard Ss ‘| Time Following the Bal ee of his drives hit the right | contests that At Chicaw £ fmce on a line | h tough ball games |De 8 Pitching Outfielders Had k hers Herman Bad Time of It |_At Washington RoW. ® HERMAN hasn't been get Mat infield was in « een € good cut at the ball and| ape yester DA GUNG Wee 2 if amart pitching bot ex first sacker, who is a riffie| part B F and who pulls for right field. | terrible time of It Aelphia has the power and once he | Pddie Moore cove > he Sd Tad oh ely to meet the ball he should {Counties in centert rane, Quinn “ina ® in his hitting, as he | 4rives and he was bou Eleven innings fle: out among the lakes g hit a couple of “bieeders’*| ost of the afternoon, At Cleveland nom # Seaad didn't really get/hoia} The perk drain well. however, |S. Louis gene pitch well. Jand with any kind of a break in the |igveland «5 -. a 8S |} weather the outfield should be in | good. ¢« no NATIONAL LEAGUE tstops Turn Wolfer and Moore are two | Won Lost Pet . speedy fly hounds and they give ren Gis eet ossy Plays Vernon a tight defense in the |Si™<innat cee SG with the fine hitting of gardens, p 6 He Indians two real flossy plays | The Tigers, as a whole. : frned in by the r short | don't look any too good at oth stabs of line drives. Hem- } ay # early season pr W robbed Eldred of a blow | en, ner made a backhanded stab | +, Bingway’s liner in the latter | opener the game. . | opposing left fielders also ‘One fae ie in nice catches. Ike |\Big Blue Book ‘ould need some punch se be borne out ifn and Hemmingway did \Mipbonse and Gaston act on short fly early in the | (\NE thing happened yesterday | and Wolfer finally came that should go down tn the |and Hartle i make the catch, skidding | book. Griffin was on 3 second and | | Bryan on first for Vernon fr | fifth. Moore slapped a line dr | thru the Infield and the ball hit Um- lpire Reardon in the back Brady and Frank Emmer! Sutherland picked up the ball | around after fly balls} and shot it to second in time to Dy the breezes and brought force Bryan, but Reardon ruled couple of pop-ups with one| him safe and Moore is credited with a hit, As Seattle was lead- ing by a big margin at the time, | nothing much was said, but what | a swell. argument that would the grass and snaring the fast off the greensward. ftbe also made a nifty run- tateh. Were plenty of fielding fea send the fans home talk have brought up game! Dina! nlians’ prospects. @@ 1 Her f BY DOVE BUSTER, MLAD THERE \@ MorE “To Vou | THAN “THE OTHER BOUNDERG, 4 WTHIG HOUSE, EGAD! WANT You “to Do ME A GLIGWT FAVOR, ws en | ee 1 JATTLE § 1 AM EXPECTING A CALL “TOMORROW EVENING, FROM A GROUP OF Gen TLEMEN THAT ARE KEENLY ISTEREOTED iS MY PAINTING J Now “THE POINT \G“WIG. 1 WANT Nou To ACT AS MY, Aw BR~~ TAR [Mw SEB ~~ Nou WANT ME~TO KINDA “THROW TH’ BALL, WHILE Nou Art A Home RUN AN @LIDE “WELL ~ IF You GELL“TH' SKETCH, WILL Nou PAY ME BACK MY #17, 2 l tie BY LORA LA BLANK. 1 witnessing the opening kanye of insid aim to be fa The ushed face zh " i I do know t ltr ked the Tigers jf . matt wey | Never r tails 1 car about them elsewhere on this I am paid to give you the shite as it were. I have no time! Before I went, I was instruct- | ed to follow the ball. I had of done it, pieces, If I go over good been grubbing around in some h the sports. E4, I am in hopes Jap gardener's salary patch gattiig’ ox tte ‘recular ‘payroll | half the afternoon like as not, | phere, besides seeing some more ex-| } and as it is, I am absolutely | citement Inter. If I do, I'll let let crosseyed from accompanying | you Know egy sages cias See the balls as far as the top of oa th “Paree the fence. Gosh, there was some mean swatters loose around that ball park this aft, SEALS WIN and if the publick likes brute | SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.—The strength baseball, they sure [Seals won a close game from the are going to get it with these | Solons yesterday, 4to 2. Marty Grif. | Indians of ours. |fin twirled a atendier game than | My su a specktackle wan the| “Speed” martin The score— Rm. B ng grandstc and how my | secram tg 7 bosom born in France | san. Francisco ‘ hes ith to realize t] Thompson and Kos Griffin an 1, Lora Ja thru my f. : made efforts, was witnessing the grand American national game. ANGELS LOSE Everybody was out, including the} og ANGELES, April 23.—Salt jmun and the field was pretty good! rake tightened its grip on first place T guess, except for down in the/when ft scored a 4 to 2 victory over jcorner between the Columbia Brew |to, Angoles yesterd Singloton sign and ristoferaon’s milk ad. It twirled a nice game for the winners ¥ about tatting? Well, if I would have I guess that held him, et Of course, after I have been to these games a while I will ket to know mote of the play ers, but there was sure a nut on third base was popular with the fans, except it was not In cood taste of them hollering at him “Brazil” all the time, do you think? Another time a coupla fellows threw a fit yell ing about a rabbit In the out field of something, but 1 couldn't see no rabbit, But maybe my wave length was a bit low. Always, and all, {t was a good oon and beat juggling hash ght back to him—what do!ers didn't feed him so many bases on b Wo ALL’ BASES! ndians Break Bat Slump; Hii-18 Safeties! Fie BY AHERN 1 dott KNow MUCH ABouT His SECRETARY RACKET BUT TLL Nou Le Be “TALKIN' ART “fo -TH\' GANG, AN’ L ENTER Ail’ GAY we “GORRN GIR, “WE'RE Nou THREW TH’ LAST BOTTLE AT “TWEM CATS LAST NIGHT!” a ON Nother ?, fr }} cotch and WATCH NOUR GIGNALO!: ~ LIKE FRINGTANCE,| OWT OF CHAMPAGNE !+ \ Irish Play | Golf Friday |." ™ Match Postponed for Ball Game Set for Ingle-| wood Course BY ALEX C. ROSE AVING postponed t match Wade \ date A his trib lans, the Sadia Be are thelr Arctic now t attentior second ing of these tea oof ‘otch and Irish golf-| members of club n meet Syiwhich will be played over the | Inglewood course Past President Bill Irvine, who lead the Thistles to victory in the Initial ult, is all set to make it twoln-a-row, but ROSE President P. | j Harris is just Jing the Shamrocks | column. | Pia and matches, | petitions as hopeful of 1 in the will start about 11 oc ie from the regilar slr 18-hole r to take a shot o your own foursom if you cannot, | for everyboc | Siake up but and. win lock ngles there will be special com ‘oute eo it ome |you can; c Jout anyway and you'll get fixed up. That's the order sent out by | Captains Harris and Irvine. nexed second prize with a 82.16 card, jmade a great catch. on-| looked all wet down there and tho! The score RH. FL TN the best-ball medal play com. | poor guy that was picking up tho | salt Lake ais ae rp balls was leaping around like a|!8 Angeles sccccc.cc.. 2s of petition at the Jefferson Park . . 7” . “{ Singleton and Cook; Wright, Ramse good fellow. On account of him|ana Sandbere . amy) Course Iast week-end, the Dawes. fA argument with a fan. MeMillan combination took hig y asks me what do I| Maybe Rabe Ruth would have less| honors with a score of 77-12-65. know about baseball anyhow? Well, |trouble with his stomach if the pitch-|The Galbralth-Mitchell duo an 66 picture, taken Wednesday afternoon at the opening geme at the ball park, shows) Moore, Vernon lead-off man, was the first ball player to smack a baseball on the nose ttle bleacher fans hated the idea of getting out and “rootin’ ’em wp” for the old\at the Seattle park this season, This picture shows him connecting with one of Suther- team again. Yes, as you notice, the bleacherites ave downhearted and discouraged |land’s offerings Wednesday afternoon in the first inning for a long fly to Lane, who —Vhoto by Carter & Bradley, Blar Galt Photographers ) PAGE 17 CHAMPION BRAVES 15, TIGERS 4 | ‘Sun Shone, but It Was | Rainin Real Base Hits 10,000 Fans on Hand to Sea Opener Between Seattle and Vernon Under Clear Sky; Usual Festivities, With Indians Winning Slugfest in Canter HE sun, so often referred to as Old Sol by the bright young correspondents, decided to be on the job along with the rest of the festivities Wednesday when Seattlesand Vernon hooked up in the first Coast league game of the sea- son here, And it was quite the occasion, with 10,000 or so Seattle baseball bugs getting their first peek at the Indians, and they certainly got an eyeful, the Battling Braves slamming three Vernon pitchers for 18 base hits, good for 15 runs. In the meantime, Suds {Sutherland was pitching masterful ball, and the veter: held the visitors to eight blows and four runs. But more of the ball game later. The stands were well filled by the time the teams went on the field for practice. At game time it was estimated that the crowd ranged from 10,000 to 11,000 people. Offi- | ¢ figures, which nobody ever believ y were given jout as 12, 00, but the extra; to Emmer. two hits, no thousand or so are probably| *°™ Kas a ‘ ; SEATTLE—Lane out, Warner to reading about the game in) yepowell. Brady beat out a hit to the papers. | Hemmingway. Brazill flied to Blakes ns, Anyhow, there were a lot of| ley. Brady made a delayed steal to boys and girls there, most of the| second base. Eldred doubled to old-timers being in their regular| center, scoring Brady. Herman | seats, including Stacy Shown and| singled to Hemmingway, Eldred on family, Jack Drummey and Mrs.| third, MeCabe hit a home run over Jack Newburgher, Arthur Ives, | the right field fence, scoring Eldred 1 others just as well| and Herman ahead of him. Bryan kr 1 a8 33rd degree bugs sitting | replaced Ludolph. Emmer walked. out of sight of the press coop. On a« hit and run play, Baldwin There was music, and then Doc Brown came out to warm up for the camera boys. Trainer | singled to. right, sending Emmer to | third. Sutherland flied to Griffin. | Four runs, five hits, no errors. Ad Schacht massaged his left FIFTH INNING arm, which was a terrible ine | VERNON—Griffin singled to left sult, as Doe is a right-handed Bryan walked. More hit Umpire chucker, and all left-handers Reardon with a line drive, Suther- are supposed to be dizzy who 4 throwing Bryan out at second. pitch baseball. ¢ out was not allowed, all the They finally raised the flag, five | men being declared sa and Moore | marines marching to the center-|credited with a singl Wolter | field flagpole, and everybody stood | singled to left, scoring Griffin and up and cheered after the national| Bryan. Hemmingway walked, filling ‘ nm had been p the bases, Murphy safe at first on FESTIVITIES Emmer’s error, Moore scoring. War- ner hit Into a je play, Suth- n fussed around the|eriand to Bal to Herman. worse than Vean/ Blakesley filed to McCabe who made Gregg used do, and f y let|a@ beautiful running catch over his one & e socked it on a| hes Three runs, three hits, one line at the movie and press cam.|¢ eras, and everyt ducked, even| SEATTLE—Lane singled to left. Bill Severyns, the only so aw | Brady sacrificed and was safe at | in the business, and M first, and Lane safe at second when who was the fall guy|Hemmingway dropped Bryan's the umpiring. He didn’'t| threw. (Credit Bryan with assist.) ance to do his stuff. | Brazill hit a home run over the And D. E. Dugdale made a right field fence, scoring Lane and speech that nobody in the Brady ahead of him, Eldred out, stands could ar because of | Hemmingway to McDowell. Herman singled to center. Warner dropped | MeCabe’s foul fly. McCabe doubled | to center, scoring Herman, and Mc- Cabe was out trying to stretch it the tumult and the shouting, as the poets say, and “Red” Kille fer got n basket of flowers and a big; gangling dog with a red blanket, and the ball game |to @ triple, Moore to Hemmingway | was on. {to Warner. Emmer ut, Hemming: | Both teams scored in the carly | Way to McDowell. Four runs, four | hits, two errors. SIXTH INNING and then the Indians went innings . Four runs came over in the third, four In the fourth and an-| VERNON—McDowell fanned, Jother quartet in the fifth, and | Grittith out, Brazill to Herman. Jof the interest was taken out of| Bryan out, Emmer to Herman. No |the kame. ‘The only exciting thing | Tune, no hits, no errors. | } was to figure out how many the| SE gee WAT.) Obs | ALOE: l'Tribe would make. Ken Penner|™ingway to McDowell. Sutherland and Wee Ludolph ought to have! fled to Moore. Lane singled across second. Lane stole second. Brady been wearing Seattle uniforms, they didn’t do Vernon any EVERYBODY HIT During the willow | popped to Warner. | hit, no errors. EV No runs, one ‘TH INNING |v —Moore out, Brady to | Herman. Wolfer popped to Emmer. |Emmer robbed Hemmingway of a |hit by a sensational back-handed stab of his line drive. No runs, no hits, no errors. ENTH — Brazill doubled to | left. Eldred hit a tremendous fly to the wild everybody rampage with on the team Frank Tobin and Suds Suth- r socked the ball some time or Janother, Frank Brazil and Billy | McCabe sending homers the} | right field partition. over i But today |, ot day. ver. Peter has Heuer Eph i ve | centerfield, Moore bringing the ball ‘| down after a hard run, altho Red Oldham may work. John | {Wn after a hard run, and Brazil | scored from second after the catch. | Herman popped to Bryan, McCabe flied to Moore, One run, one hit, no error Miljus is slated to do duty for the home talent FIRST INNIN@ VERNON—Moore flied to Lane, who made a great catch in center. Wolfer was hit by a pitched ball. EIGHTH INNING VERNON—Murphy flied to Lane, Warner lined to Sutherland. Blakes Wolfer out stealing, Baldwin to|ley fanned, No runs, no hits, no er- Emmer. Hemmingway out, Emmer | ror to Herman. No runs, no hits, no TTLE — Emmer flied to errors. Wolfer, Tobin flied to Blakesley. SEATTLE—Lane walked. Lane| Sutherland fanned. o runs, no hits, | stole secon’ Brady sacrificed, | no errors. | Penner to iffin. Lane on third. NINTH INNING | Brazill sacrificed,flied to Blakesley, VERNON — McDowell filed to Lane scoring off the catch, Eldred} Lane, Griffin doubled to right. lined to Hemmingway, who made a} Griffin went to third, no play. sensational one-handed catch. Qne| Rosetti batting for Ryan, walked. run, no hits; no errors. | Moore forced Rosett! at second, SECOND INNING Sutherland to Emmer. Griffin held on third. Wolfer flied to Emmer, VERNON—Murphy flied to Mo- Cabe. Warner doubled to right Blakesley fanned. McDowell singled| ,,, to right, scoring Warner, Grittin| Tee paraut popped to Brady, One run, two} hits, no errors SEATTLE — Herman Hemmingway. McCabe out, Griffin | to McDowell. Emmer singled off of | Warner's shins, On a hit and run play, Baldwin doubled off of the! No runs, one hit, no errors. time for some one to announce his plans to go over Ni- agara Falls in a paper drinking cup jand thus officially start the nut sea- BASEBALL popped to right field fence, scoring Emmer. The water is ankle deep in right|{] SEATTLE vs. VERNON field, slowing up the outfielders. GAME CALLED 2:45 P. M, Sutherland flied to Blakesley. One run, two hits, no errors. | Reserve Seats Call BE acn-0169 HIRD INNING | VERNON—Penner out, Brady to Herman, Brady making a nice play filo fiowN COLLARS 35c. each, 3 for $1.00. Sagless and won’t turn_ yellow, on a hard chance, More filed to Lane. Wolfe filled to McCabe. No runs, no hits, no err SEATTLE—Wolfer robbed Lane of a hit by a one-handed catch, | skilding along the grass in left} field. Brady singled to left. Brazill singled to left, Brady going to) third, Eldred doubled against the right field fence, scoring Brady and Brazilk Herman grounded to Me- | Dowell, Eldred taking third. Me Cabe doubled to center, scoring El- dred, Ludolph replaces Penner for Vernon, Emmer walked. Baldwin singled to centét, scoring Mc Sutherland flied to Wolfer, runs, five hits, no errors, FOURTH INNING VERNON—Hemmingway out, Her: | | man to Sutherland, Murphy sing to right. Warner singled to right Blakesley flied to Baldwin, McDow ell forced Warner at second, Brady |