The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 7, 1925, Page 9

MONDAY 25. EMBER, 7, 19 TAR « Red” Killef er Must Rebuild His Mound Staff for 1926 ee ® 400 GRIDDERS Pitching Too Streaky | jor Flag Hopes Seattle Needs “Ace” Pitcher to Go After Pennant; Rest of Club Shapes Up Well, but Pitch- ing Hasn't Been Dependable * I By Leo H. Lassen 4 IVE the Seattle Indians, as they line up at the present time, a more dependable pitching staff, and the Tribe would be right in the thick of the fight for the pennant instead of trying desperately to hang on to third place. Outside of the flinging the team shapes up well, both defensively but the hurling h team lacks an “ace” twirler of of the Elmer Jacobs, Vean Piercy, Clyde Barfoot type Bob Hasty and John Miljus have pitched very brilliant ball at times, the former hav- ing been more consistent. And Sterling Stryker has kicked thru with several well- pitched games. BARPOOT But the staff, as a whole, doesn’t meas- ure up to the standard of the rest of the club. “Red” Lucas might have been the man to have filled the bill if he hadn’t broken a leg, but the damage has been done and only a miracle will bring the Tribe back into the running and they must play bangup ball from here in to check the Los Angeles club, which has one of the niftiest pitching staffs in the league and whose defense has been greatly strengthened by the addition of Flea McAuley at] shortstop and Arnold Statz| Jack Dempsey in centerfield. The Angels) **** x have the punch, too. feat Boxes Twice eat | previa < CLASSY SECOND Today in §S, F, sscxen Seams FRANCISCO, 7—Ja hi Con ote d_ offensively, streaky. The the caliber Gregg, Bill an s been very kK. a ; nh Fr Ender comes to Sept ck man year In vyweight it’ clitt whale Brady of a the Indians. has game in He ma been do stops A lot y the Coast pick Pete Kilduff as the best man in the league, The San Franciseo star is another great ball player carrying — more punch at the plate than Brady but he’s not one whit better in the field and can't throw with the Seattle man Emmett and re f scribes tals oO rib is two-round give a ares In to em. (Ki) s Ang yrtiand, CHERKULUK GOES WELL AGAIN Killefer may RUTH DUE TODA BOSTON who has t ® week have a star In c Steve Chekuluk, worked the youngster in the had tod afte srding < 1 game Sunday manager team team from New made He ough te bat uluk wa Shim Sunday with the bases full came good 8 ver again fast the bang to make Wa when ho fanne made Gr ittie ‘Hope ce Philadelphia on in Fight for A. L. Flag Now «i! PHILADELPHIA, Sept. There is one hope for the Ath. | "4 } Washington beat Philadelphia letics. They play a four-game in the morning game here to- series with the Senators in Phila day, to 1, Walter Johnson delphia in the next three days besting Lefty Groves in a If they can attack them as the mound duel. Rice knocked in Pirates recently went after the the first Washington run, while Giants they might ent that lead Harris hit a homer that proved down to three games and de. to be the winning tally. clare themselves in for a fight Poole went up as a pinch hitter ing chance. But they aren't in the ninth for the home clab, likely to do that They seem and drove over a run with a to have come apart. double, but the game was over In the National when Miller was nailed at third added base. league, the Pi halt the owing ano tag becalmed, begin n date, apt Pirates beat Cups, 9 to! chut , and are now 8% in front of the New York squa game ad over Glanta, | jeag an of apparently been de in his-effort to} scale the from the ruggling, has mes ed again 4 ppery Pres * * ® * * ARE EXPECTED By Alex C, Rose QIWERY ot plonship by de _wny |. ROS m th of th norni | match waa s uA ¢ wh: Hyert ako yx ite week thruout the I H a cham one as the but tr ¢ in a while comes t a “fluke win ating| Hjert, of the Inglewood ntry club, final mateh in 16 Cour the hole Barling ae Satur 10 up and he without the of ance a E of the’ tournamen: moment qualitying o Wednesday; ttle lay’s ein was y during t-making juring the early his work in round of final at his dimmed. the much better th xhibitions le} rent was hru at pace was & & play wann't A bit of bad luck came on Bowlers Getting Ready will Tike | the announces league at the Seatt * * the eighth when his perfectly placed teeshot came to rest on ® bad hanging lie and the hole cost him a "5." The next green found the Stein putter again in evidence when he ran down an iSfooter for a two, giving him a remarkable scoro for the trip of 31 and having Hert, who had shot a 38—two over par—six down, Bobbie dones couldn't haye bested Stein on his Saturday form! An < rot ‘ * to be recorded d, but f er-approach to the ‘om then on 200 hing to the hom x league for the } rd o © a four reating jou Twas tho greatest exhibi ot golf ever played hereab too bad only a few it d to witness Hert did was another thing and also some At mpeaks well for th That Harr not crack strain under th that was thing this young man. 4 to reduce » xeep up the Hoth players eoded as hard ¢ king pa but n the th hed & ha ame champion places the A Kerry trophy Golf club for the next 4 wher arter hole w up margin and his ry ein 12 month In the 36-hole finals of the first flight, Richard Lang, a very promising young player from the Stanford university, defeated Paul Pigott, of the — Inglewood Country club, two and one, In cidentally, Paul won this flight last year at Everett and he looked like copping It again on Saturday as he had a five-up lead at the end of the first nine holes and a three-up lead at the halfway mark te ore and Fred Jo omen competi ep ESE = | __ AMERICAN ii NATIONAL | St 1! O'Farr Hargrave. and TOME Meunel Wi Ifa Simmons RUN I Cards, 3 JEADERS y . Browne Cub Athlotic nks 1m bottom to the top of the American league. H y Atl iet all thru the , were whipped Yanks, thus} OUR BOARDING HOUSE BY AHERN ak of nine con score was 4 to s hard-fought. | he misfortune for Connie kc NES, ~1T WAS SO QUIET AND LONESOME WHILE You WERKE AWAY vw I USED TO HAVE “THE PHOMOGRAPH AND RADIO GOING KT -THE GAME TIME DURING SUPPER “TO MAKE UP FOR YOUR ARGUING !« WHY, tT DIDNT SEEM LIKE HOME AT ALL, WITH NO CoATS HANGING ONTHE BACKe OF CHAIRS, ~ COLLARS ON “THE PIANO,~ BATHTUB RUNNING OVER» LIGHTS BURNING ALL NIGHT AND BEDS-T0 MAKE AWKT LOOKED LIKE “THEN. WENT THRU AN ALLIGKTOR fie Fick |. Gp have been no had been 1,000 to 1 score Incidentally, but only incident ally, for the Yanks are not im- portant any more, the victory was their fourth in a row, a se tational streak for them this fon. The ‘A Athletics lost no ground be cause the Senator losing a game to the Red Sox, 5 to 4. But that will hardly console Connie Mack who Is gro old how and may not live to the day the Athlet pennant. The point fs Athletics didn't gain when ght have shortened the Sen margin by full game with a timely victory over the despondent he Athletics are still seven full games behind the Senators, and | baseball experts agree that the de- ficit Is too great to be redeemed fn the short time remaining to play. | HELEN WILLS | EASY VICTOR | ERKELEY, Cal,, Sept. 7,—Helen Wills, home from her third tion of the women’s national | hip, furnished the thrill of Sunday in the Pa cific Ce champlonships, now be Ing condflcted here The ct defeated were win that they another ators’ one acqui tennis 4 mplon Johanna Francisco men reed hard a ing of the tandpolnt ne matel from the | won by G. J Roberta from | attle, and Stan which Gviftin Roland Howard Langlie, Se Jey Almquist, Onkland, ZZ WM, BUTMRG. HOOPLE, | 7 YOUM.~ rf oURE “Tr! SWELL PLACE WE WERE AT WAS SPOILED US,~ MV VES ~ WE'LL BE FUGSIER Now, ANS’ HARDER “TO PLEAGE THAN A WOoMa~A)) PICKING OUT WALLPAPER, IMAGINE A BUTLER GERVING MEALS OVER OUR RIGHT SHOULDER |, MAY, HLL TAKE U6 A MONTH “To REGAIN ig OUR OU STEAK CRAMUED OUR STILE! “TH FIRGT COUPLA NIGHTS L CouLDNT SLEEP «1H BED DIDN'T GQUINCH, AN! T WADA GET UP ANY LETT’ WASH BowL FAUCETS DRIP GO Tp THInk L WAS BACK UP IN MY OL! GTALL AN’ SLABI« 5 ey TO ANSWER PR * EP CALL O eae % ESD % AY L. A. Wins” Brings Seals Tuesday |Grid Work | } with 47 9 posaible Jacobs and Root Pitch Visitors to Wins Over Seattle Tribe HOW SERIES STAND be’ first but ot the runs he bune 4 | | | | | | | pitch, | d hits in the third and ritth tied it up sixth. Bu vinitors to be w mn it 4 McCABE Sorentt bly single and wan near nd. Hasty | lead wed long » Ko to away with Beattle in the ut the were not denied and n the Twe 1 past trapped tr jet him SEALS AGAIN Sunda San game and made it k ed cight runs in each game game R 8 " 8 atterien Meeker and Hannah PETTICORD WIN SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7 Petticord won 50-mile a jut mobile classic the Ino aut torday in Eddie Hearne Steve Elmore thir fourth and Fred Leclider Frank Lockhardt won the dj jubilee trophy for coming second of De Palma's one lap in the qualifying 5 seconds. ye onds was cite one for CHANGE DUE it I 10 4 6 Willlams and Yelle Jack amond Tan 49 minutes § see. second, Bergere fifth. jarmond within record round i} IN GOLF MEET BY FRANK NEW YORK, Sept. GETTY amateur golf championship ts - able. 80 dissatista ¢ A change | in the rules governing the national | inevit- | much etion was expressed at Oakmont the meth itlated thi of 16 qualifie: it certain thi United States | association | take action} rolt will at its ne: nual meet having with in ® year only rs that od 4s practically | at the xt ing an: The complaint Bobby Jones that {t places too much str medal play in the qualifying round, | (against the pres: | ent method Is| ‘048 On Whereas the amateur championship is supposed to be decided primarily | by match play Hitherto the national amate championship has been so ar as to bring together a field qualifiers. ‘The objection Method was that it took two d a ur golt| ranged of 92 this ° aye qualifying plan and thep five days of match play to piek the champion method of sectional y if may be devised. fleld at Baltusrol, where Robby will defend hia twiee-won tith could be limited #0 am te the playing of qualifying round in one day, 9 qualifying and meeting at play for the reat of the week, Sore ing te ualify Then the Jone © next » make 46-hole with $2 mateh for | Bares « | BERT ELLISON ‘lison will bring his @ week Seals refuse to crack on the San Francisco Seals here for|' play with the Seattle Tribesmen tomorrow. The road this year and have such| a big lead that they are almost a cinch to breeze into the) pennant, When Gans Stopped Holley | $ Lightweight King Fought Welterweight in 20-Round | ‘sre’! Go in Washington 20 Years Ago; Gans Was Past | Master of Boxing Art; By Teante Austin 420 H (AS TOLD TO I | Fans Wrecked Pavilion | | | LASSEN.) | CHAPTER VII | OE GANS, “the Old Master,” fought in the Northwest 20 years or so ago when he held the lightweight cham-} pionship, boxing Buck Holley in a 20-round fight at Pleas-! Sacramento ant Beach. Gans trained For a week before the fight in his quarters at the beach, where the sheriff of that county was favor- able to boxing; every day excursion boats made the trip over and back filled to the railings with stunts. fight fans who wanted to see) the little colored marvel do his straining | At that time Gans was a lightweight and| didn’t weigh more than 135 pounds at best, while Holley, | ; weight, and | | | edge of 15 pounds or so over Gans. During these training sessions I went over to work out with Gans several times. teur boxer at the time and I will never forget the marvelous AUSTIN kill of the little black man. like shields and it was almost impossible to hit him, altho I had a long reach. Gans showed me a lot of ring {tricks during those workouts and took more pains to try to teach me than the average champion would ever take. ‘There was only one Gans, and he certainly earned the right to be called the greatest lightweight of | all Ume, | TEAR DOWN | ARENA | ‘The day of tho fight rolled around excursion hundreds and half a dozen sailed from Seattle with of fight bugs, The arena that had been pre: pared for the fight wasn't half big enough to take care of the crowd, and so those bugs who didn't have tickets started tear ing down the walls and many of them climbed up on the roof and tore off the shingles so they could see the battle, ‘The fight started, and rounds or ns simply lwith the heavy Holley About [this time the fans became very noisy and the referee turned around to the crowd and asked for silence Thoy Kept on booing so he sent them to their corners REFEREE ACTS The fans finally quieted down and for 10 80. toyed boats | who was a heavy welter-| a good one at that, had an! | | I was an ama-} He used his arms and elbows} {the official announced that he would stop the fight if they didn’t | | stop yelling, and he counted it a| | round when he ordered the men to their corners, , That got ‘em, and believe me’ | you could have almost heard a pin drop during the rest of the fight. Along about the 17th round Gans, who had_ been giving Holley a boxing lesson, started slugging, and it was soon over, Holley being counted out. There weren't enough boats to! accommodate all of the fans coming home and there weren't half enough | berths and accommodations for} those that did get aboard. There! was plenty of wet goods on those) ships and there was a fight about | every five minutes, mostly over | faro games, more action being crowded into that sailing than in 10 20-round scraps, | | (To Be Continued Tuesday) WOMEN'S LINKS MERT | | Women's National Amateur | | golf tourney will be hold at the st. | ! Louis Country club, Sept, 28 to Oct. |, inclusive, ‘The course is the same over Which the Men's National Ama- feur championship was played in and the Trans-Mississippi in 1 1919, {Oakland in Pleasant Beach Battle «: Starts Early Coaches to Sound Callas Soon as High School Opens By Peter Salvus of the eight ols expected toMain- for practice, Seattle } swer the prep call season wi under w the ope chool Tuesday Out of the large tu expect ed by the high school coaches, nome of the can didates will ful fill their ambi t and make the squads and others will cut, and the turn- outs willbe after the PELTON of practice irector of High School Athletics , ton anning one of the most succ ons ever staged in the prep lo everal changes will be tried out as the athletes get ready for action The major plan that is being ine troduced is the cutting of the age limit from 21 years to 20. A player in the prep loop cannot reach his 20th birthday during the season in which he is playing. Much criticism on the new ruling has been received from all quarters and its success 1s doubted by many, One feature that is believed to be ainst the new change is that the firs ams will be composed mostly of players who have not been in the game long and it will tend to elim 4 the veterans who, un- der the new ruling, are liable to become ineligible after one or twe seasons of competition The coaching schools is follows who turned out the Broadway last Walter Bell, taking the coaching at Lincoln for the first ‘time; Rudolph Soukup, at Franklin; George Ring, at Queen Anne, start ing his second year as a Seattle high school coach; Charles D'Vorak, at Roosevelt; Leon Brigham, at rfield; Harry Milholin, at West Seattle, and Ira Pease, Ballard’s “Miracle Man.” ry of the eight qT Bell, winners at year; over TWO SHUTOUTS OAKLAND, Sept. 7. — Oakland score run in the double- r with Salt Lake Sunday, los ing both games, the second one, 1 to 0. First game: It Lake . R. BG Bes See! o Oakland Weert | 4 1 Batteries Singléton and Cook; Boehler, Kaiser and Byler, McDon- al B. R. a 0 a. Second game Salt Lake ... H. E bad tteries—Kallio and Cook; Pru- Kunz and Baker. SACS WIN TWO ANGEL Sept. 7.—The Sacramento team rosé out of LOS lowly the rut Vernon twice. First game— Sacramento Vernon Batterie: Shea; Eckert,, ning. Second game— R. HH. B. 3 16-48) eres es Hughes and and Dan- nfield, Barfoot R. H. EL «4 Oe Vernon 1 4 Batteries—Shellenback and Wack- enfield; Johnson, Bryan and Whit- ney. Marcus Will Meet Geysel on Ring Card IMMY MACRUS, _ highly-toutel Portland lightweight, has beer substituted for Roy Small on to morrow night's ring card at the Seattle ball park in the four round special event. Geysel has been) going well of late and Mar cus will have to show his best to beat the popular Georgetown boy, Ieo Lomskt and Ray Pelkey, the _ principals, are knocking off training tonight for thelr six. round headliner, Pelkey has made a good Impression in his workouts and shapes up as a big, strong fel. low, who should give Lomski an interesting 18 minutes, providing, of course, that it goes the Iimit. GEYSEL | They have posted $200 to make 162 pounds at 2 p, m. Tuesday. The Young Jack Dempsey-Ted Frayne go, six rounds, is alsd at+ tracting a lot of attention as they are the best of the young heavy. weight hereabouts now. Al Morris and Jack lieavywelghts, meet in round go with Fritz navy middlewelght, Mullins, BASEBALL Double-Hender Today Seattle vs. Los Angeles Game Called—1190 P.M. Neserve Seats—HEncn-0160 Norman, one four~ Hendricks, boxing Steven nday and knocked over =