The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-12

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TN AN Etfpkl To bolSter up MS
pitching staff. Daniel Edward
l. pugdale. local mag.nut. is On.
deavorlnE TO coax Oscar lIarstad.
former Spokane. Portland and
Cleveland pitcher. back 10 the ma
tional nuisance.
Harstad is now in Portland. Just
back from trip TO tho Cleveland
Indians. IN the biz brush. lie is
peevcd at the ancient and muchly
abused game OF baseball. and has
quit the Portland team to study
dentistry az the North Pacific Col
lege OF Dentistry In the Rose City.
As soon as Dugdale heard there
was a chance To get Oscar, he sat
down TO the telephone and sent out
w9sNg distance call for the slabster.
lie now awaits a reply.
CLARK GRIFFITH HAS resorted
10 the old endless chain OF letters
10 arouse patriotism in ball players.
GRIT believes ball players should
contribute TO a fund to provide
American soldiers with baseball
paraphernalia. and has sent out a
number OF letters asking the re-
cipients TO mail 20 cents To him for
the fund and to mail out 10 letters
to friends with n similar request for
funds. They, in turn, are TO write
10 letters.
Al the start OF the European war
Ban Johnson headed u campaign
which resulted in sending 4 carload
OF balls. bats. gloves. masks and
protectors TO Canadian soldiers at
the front
Griff has already received many
contributions and assurances that
other letters have been sent out.
MOI.I.A BJURSTED MUST look
10 her honors as national tennis
champion this year.
In recent matches Miss Biursted
.<nS. defeated by both Mrs. May
nn Bundy and Miss Mary
= .s.sNre.
Altho II was admitted that Miss
Bjursted was handicapped by play.
ing on asphalt courts and by high
wind. and was not up TO her usual
game, still Coast experts remarked
that the attack OF both Mrs. Bundy
and Miss Browne would have
caused the Norwegian wonder trou.
BILE under any circumstances.
Miss Brownies game particularly.
Il Is declared. is far superior TO any
OF her former efforts. She drives
the ball harder and her back.hand
strokes are superb. She Is also
much faster on the courts than for
merry. and her impetuous style com.
pletely upset Miss BIursted's play.
Whether Mrs. Bundy Will enter
the national championship events
this year Is still doubtful. Mrs.
Bundy has three children. who take
most OF her time. and II was re-
marked that in her recent matches
on the Coast. altho she defeated
both Miss Browne and Miss
Bjursted, that she was not really
IN the best OF condition.
SSNE OF THE MOST remarkable
batting feats OF the present season
was accomplished recently by Ray
Bates, third baseman OF the Phiiz
delphia Athletics. when he drove in
five runs in one inning.
With the bases filled Bates
tripled, driving In three runs off
Jameson. the Washington south
paw On his next trip TO the plate
in the same inning he doubled.
scoring two men. In five trips to
the plate in the game Bates made
tao triples. a double and a single.
Bates was with the Cleveland
club two years ago. and was then
sent TO the Cleveland American
association club. lie went TO To
ledo when the Cleveland franchise
was taken there, and last year
played with the Vernon club. on the
Coast. where he batted .2s5 In more
than 200 games.
When at Cleveland II was feared
that Bates was flat-footed. but II he
was he has partially overcome this
handicap.