The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-21
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W ERNON AYAU Is once agaln
W the only Chinese player in
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The little Chinaman from Hawaii
broke back into the Northwestern
league yesterday with a bang. as
= member OF TeaIey Raymond
9oague-leading Tacoma Tigers.
AyAu first played Ia organized
1oDeball this spring as a member
u the Seattle Giants. Bill Leard.
manager OF the locals. saw the lit.
Ne ysllow streak In several games
4Gn1nst the All-Stars last winter In
Honolulu. and the way he played
soAve Bill the bunch that he was a
vi1arA Bill straightaway had him
'a4flx his signature to Seattle con
tract. and he showed up here for
spring practice.
Aynu lived up to advance notices
N everything but his hitting. At
that, Il seems that the Chinese
slayer can crack the old apple In
smart style. but was In the throes
Of . slump while on the Seattle
roster.
There were many close followers
Of the game who thought that he
was . better player than Hap
Morse, who replaced him at short
on the local team
THE ATHLETIC COMMITTEE
Of the Elks' club made a step in
the right direction for the elevation
Of the boxing game in Seattle when
II came to bat yesterday with the
announcement that every cent
taken in at the door on Friday
night. when the club stages its box
ing show. will be turned over TO
the Red Cross.
The club will foot all OF the bills
and has lined up a good card. with
Lloyd Madden. claimant OF the
Northwestern title. now that Eddie
Pinkman has retired. and "Mufr'
Bronson. a former titleholder. ap-
pearing In the main event
Tommy Lewis and Bud Ridley
are also on the card. as are frankie
Rogers and Mike Pete.
THAT BASEBALL rs ONE OF the
great agents in converting foreign
ers into Americans IL shown By the
lineup OF Connie Mack's ball club
Rube Schauer, Russian, Is one
OF the pitchers: Meyer. a Pole. is
the second string catcher. Schang.
the other catcher. Is OF German
descent. McInnIs, OF Irish parent
age, Is at first; Grover. the second
baseman. is German: Shortstop
Witt really answers To the name
Whaldemar Witski. and is a Pole;
Bates, at third. is English.
The outfield includes Francisco
Pizzola, sometimes known az Ping
Bodie. an Italian: Amos Strunk. of
German descent, and Bill Johnson,
an American.
Other teams in the league could
furnish several other nationalitIes.
Cicotte Of Chicago, Is French; sew
eral Cubans are playing in the
majors. Burns Of the Giants ia OF
Scotch descent: Olson OF the Dodg-
ers. can trace his ancestry back to
scandinavia. and Chief Myers is an
Indian.
THE BOXING GAME in America
would be greatly improved n some
effort was made TO regulate the
scale OF weights OF fighters.
Whether the lightweight limit
should be 1873 or 1876. whether the
middleweight limit should be 1853
or 100 and the bantam limit 11G or
11s and whether these weights
should be ringside or a determined
number of hours before the match
Is staged should be decided defl
nitely.
II has become popular for fight
ers TO arrange the weights to suit
themselves. Willie Richie arbI-
trarily fixed the lightweight llmr
at 135 pounds four hours before
ringside after he could no longer
make 1873 pounds ringside, the
weight at which he won his title
from Ad Wolgast
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