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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
14
Judge McCredie and Walter Mo guide Portland Beavers as youngsters post a poor 9-? record. Added pitching from Sutherland and Parks, plus veteran catching, could steady the infield led by Krug and Eldred. Seattle’s Wistergil and Stumpf spark the visitors in a Wed defeat.
A compiled list traces 53 heavyweight champions from early records to Jack Johnson and Jess Willard, naming figures such as James Figg, Tom Cribb, Jem Ward, John L. Sullivan, Jim Jeffries, James J. Corbett, Jack Johnson, and Jack Dempsey, with title rewon notes and sequence gaps.
New York and Jersey City bustle over the forthcoming Dempsey Carpentier bout. Fans bet heavily with tickets scarce and stadium capacity raised to 91,600. Dempsey trains in Atlantic City while Carpentier rests at Manhasset farm awaiting ring time and official weigh ins.
Two hundred leading amateur athletes travel to Pasadena to compete in the National Amateur Athletic Union track and field championship at Tournament Park July 2 4 and 6. Junior events are Saturday senior events Monday all around and relays Tuesday. The senior 100 yard dash draws seventeen top sprinters including Charles W Paddock holder of ten world sprint records.
Los Angeles beat Oakland with a 110 to 0 score in a game highlighting weak pitching by Oakland and solid hitting from Los Angeles. Pitchers Hughes and Helawia contributed on the mound as Los Angeles pulled away in the contest.
The Pacific International league will divide the season into two parts. Vancouver club president Bob Brown announced a new 12 player limit per squad. Yakima, led by Tenley Raymond, remains far ahead in the standings making the remaining games largely inconsequential.
Joe Gorman beat Morgan Jones by decision in a close bout at the Pavilion, applying body work and a late third round surge to claim the victory and hand Jones his first defeat. Sailor Mayberry defeated Bud Manning, Vincent dominated Eagles, and Frankie Green drew with Pilipino Kid Roses in a card staged by Clay Hite with a large crowd.
Coast welterweight champion Travie Davis will meet California welterweight Dave Shade next Thursday night at the Pavilion. The Flka show is expected to draw a record crowd as both fighters have fought draws with Jack Britton and recently squared off in Tacoma.
Joe Bonds a Tacoma resident and Carpentier booster believes Georges will endure all 12 rounds Saturday and win the popular decision of sports writers and boxing experts. He notes Dempsey’s known ability and recalls their ten round sparring in Bley Nevada five years ago.
New York reports Mabe Ruth slugged his 26th homer of the season yesterday against Boston in the second game of a doubleheader, launching the circuit off Mush for a key victory.
The Crystal Swimming Club faces the U S Navy New York battlegroup at Crystal Pool Friday night in a highly anticipated dual meet. Navy duo John Gilman and J Keahu return, joined by three other Hawaiian stars, with Crystal led by Lambert Sternbergh and include Dallas Emory and local sprint threats Marie Konownaloff and others.
Phil Neer of Portland Dr and Stanford captain advanced to the semi finals at Haverford in the intercollegiate lawn tennis championships. He will face Fritz Bastian of Indiana in the semifinals, with the final set for Friday against the winner of McNeil Drumwright versus J B Fennon.
Katheryn Brown of Seattle YMCA will race in a three day water carnival at American Lake with entries from Portland Seattle Victoria Vancouver Camp Lewis and Tacoma All water sports on the program The Ohio State football program loses star quarterback Hodge Workman and thirty other students after suspension for cribbing by President Thompson
Wilton Smith won his singles match at the Seattle Tennis Club 6-0 6-2 over Armand Marion as the city net tourney progressed. A light schedule is planned for today with no play on Saturday Sunday or Monday. results from Wednesday include Bourque beating Norris 6-1 6-1 and doubles wins by Pollock with Bourque and others across divisions.
Witton Smith, 19, winner of the men's singles at The Star Woodland Park tourney, ranks as a top Pacific coast net player. in 1919 he claimed the Pacific Coast Junior and Golden Gate titles, San Francisco Junior crown, Buena Vista club title, and Bay County Junior title, and with Josephine Pollack won the tourney mixed doubles. He works at Piper Taft sporting goods and his family remains in San Francisco.
Columbia University will hold a grid camp next fall at Camp Wall in Little Silver New Jersey. The squad gathers September 13 under Coach O Neil for preliminary training, marking the first such camp since the football abolition.
Vernon topped Frisco 6 to 2 as Wi Me Mitchell allowed seven hits and Seals plated two runs in the sixth on Caveney's homer and Jim OConnor's three base hit. Carpentier starred defensively for the visitors as they pressed for runs.
The Star junior league culminates with crucial Sunday games. Eckart Cigar Co. already clinches a playoff berth while Three Brothers Dye Works Highland Park Pirates Georgetown and Youngstown compete for the remaining two spots in a round robin. Managers must confirm game times to the sporting editor by 6 pm.
Sacramento rallied past Lake in Salt Lake by 9 to 5 after an earlier Tuesday defeat. Batteries: Frough and Entete for Sacramento. Kallio and Brie for Lake.
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