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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1922
Page
2
The Star outlines plans for a two-division junior baseball league running June through August with a Class A championship and Class B elimination. Age limit set at 21 and under, with 15 players per roster and new player contracts required. First meeting scheduled February 17 at The Star office.
Salt Lake appears weak in the Coast League with Bees needing new pitching for a climb. Duffy Lewis faces a tough task. Ralph Stroud may return to bolster the staff, while Paddy Siglin Heinie Sands Oscar Vitt and Lewis head a fair infield and outfield core. Tobin gets praise but is hurt prone. McCredie plans training to improve his catching potential.
Joe Sargent joins Portland as a new third backer after coming from Detroit. Sargent is described as a brainy, solid fielder with weak big league hitting but a .300+ hitter in the International League two years prior, suggesting he might regain his eye at the next level.
Finnesy files suit against the Seattle club over his expulsion from the Coast league park last season for alleged gambling. The case is viewed as a test, with several others barred on the same charge. The Coast league backs the Seattle club, drawing national interest.
Pittsburg National League club faces a holdout from Walter Schmidt the first string catcher who has returned his contract unsigned and demands a $2000 raise over an $8000 offer He indicates he may play independent baseball in California if his terms are not met.
Yale football captain and crack shortstop Mal Aldrich is reportedly leaning toward accepting one of several major league offers. Willy Lauder, Yale’s former coach, believes Aldrich can immediately secure a big league spot.
Clarence Twombly, a fast rising outfielder who hit 370 for the Chicago Cubs in nearly 100 games last year, has been sent to the minors. He joins the Coast champions via the Arnold Statz deal as he works to improve fielding with regular P. C. league play.
Star Cage finals in The Star Junior Basketball league won t start until a week from Wednesday with two preliminary games to decide who joins the first four. West Seattle faces Ben Paris Billiard at Collins playfield Wednesday, then Shaner Wolff meets the winner Saturday. Mattery C Dandy Baking Co and Collins Cubs are already in.
University of Washington battles Idaho in a two game series February 15 and 16 on the Vandals’ floor as the Huskies seek to extend a ten game winning streak and stay atop the Pacific Coast Conference standings. Washington then hosts Washington State in a return series on the W C C floor, with the Cougars known as formidable foes at home.
Seventy is the par for the Colwood sub course in Victoria British Columbia where the Pacific coast golf classic will be staged this year. The figures follow.
With a weaker lineup missing Bonney and Moriarity the Knights of Columbus stayed undefeated by defeating St Martin's College 28 to 19. Davidson and Riddle led the winners with 10 points each while Moyes topped the losers with eight.
M. Fisher, a professional, won the operaiing trap shoot at the Seattle Gun Club Fort Lawton range on Sunday. He knocked over 50 birds for the day. Amateur leader A. L. Taylor scored 48 of 60.
Travie Davis is scheduled to box in Milwaukie Oregon on February 22 and plans one more clash in the South before leaving California. He is expected to face an opponent likely Gene Cline in Los Angeles Friday, with his Portland foe not yet named. Eddie Pinkman meets Joe Welling Tuesday in Portland in a 10 round bout to regain ring honors.
The Cowan Cigar Co. soccer team defeated Ben Paris Billiards 3 to 1 at Walla Walla in a hard fought match with ten players per side. Berg scored twice after kickoff and Kopstein added a late goal. Washington Park edged Ballard Juniors 6 to 0 to stay in the junior race. Allen A A suffered a 12 to 0 loss to South Park with Cella Mazzerella Demond scoring four for the victors.
The first annual indoor tennis tournament in Seattle has signed entrants including Armand Marion, Dick Vander Lag, Bill Taylor, Roy Nelson, Lucien Marion, Ben Williams, Hymen Zettler, Winfield Langlie, Melvin Scoville, Harold Van der Las, Harrison Sanford, O. T. Stevens, Russell White, Don McFarland, Grant Staizure, Joe Livengood, Bill Notlan, Otho Garver, and Earl White among others.
Oregon Agricultural College will send a four man relay team to the University of Pennsylvania relay carnival in Philadelphia on April 28 and 29. Plans are underway for further Aggie entries in other events according to a Corvallis wire.
Rob Barnes will face Young O'Dowd in the main event at the Bu coda Athletic club amoker on Wednesday February 16. The six round bout headlines a card with four additional fights.
Edwin Kayra, former Brooklyn NL outfielder, has been sold to the New Haven club of the Eastern League where he will serve as field captain.
The University of Washington pastimers begin their baseball season with afirst practice scheduled for March 1 under Coach R. L. Mathews.
Promoter Seaburn Brown previews a headline lightweight clash featuring Gordon McKay and Johnny Wolgast. McKay uses clever movement to counter Wolgast’s heavy slugging as both sides aim for the season’s standout bout. Wolgast predicts a close fight as he presses forward to unleash power.
Washington leads the A H A season with two wins and no defeats as Eckarta and American Legion vie for second. Wanderers also chase a title spot while two-game playoff rules use total goals to decide the championship.
Joe Dugan, acquired by Boston from Oakland, says he hopes manager Duffy will assign him to his regular position at third base.
Peter Kilduff, second baseman, has been turned over to the San Francisco Seals by Cincinnati. Kilduff was obtained by Cincinnati from Uncle Wilbert Robinsons Brooklyn Dodgers.
A broad survey of golf topics notes Lee and Mrs Caleb Por from Huntington Valley Philadelphia as veteran advocates, and mentions 22 championship qualifications. It cites the Pennsylvania State Golf Association spending over 756000 for supplies, cross country amateur rules debates in Canada, a planned Oakland California park with golf facilities, Joe Kirkwood touring the U.S. and headings on upcoming international events. It also reports Dr Paul Hunter’s 66 at Annandale, a Western amateur tournament bid near September in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia, and Philadelphia newspaper clubs. Further items reference French open and amateur championships, potential shifts in Metropolitan Association prize money, and a push to organize junior golf in Philadelphia with Pine Valley hosting the amateur championship whose date remains undecided.
In the Coast hockey league, Victoria Vancouver and Seattle enter a final stretch with six games each. Victoria leads by a half game as Vancouver travels to meet Victoria tonight with Seattle aiming to force a three-way finish. Vancouver hosts Seattle Wednesday as the Mets regroup for the finale.
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