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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
kRISGLE SHOWED
IMPROVEMENT

Paul Kungie. the other outficlder.
improved aa the season progressed.
His fielding was good turnout the
season and his hitting picked up
at the flag end of tho year.
OF the other fiyehasers. Les
McLennon OF Ballard. Frey Larson
Of Mt. Baker. Friseli and Boyer OF
Felix club and Ray Willis Of
Tailored Ready showed well at
times.
Axel Ackelson. the Mt Baker
catcher. was the best receiver In
the circuit. He held up his pitchers
well and threw in good style.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
MACK ABOUT DUE

PHILADELPHIA. $500 Umpire Billy
Evans says that David Kecfe. OF the
Athletics. has the most deceptive
curve OF any pitcher in the Ameri.
can league. Billy believes that
Macks pitchers may be the best in
the league next year.
Two heads Of family are not nee.
esgariiy better than one
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
JOHNSON WAS
GOOD STICkER

Harvey Johnson OF Ballard wns
the best hitting catcher OF tho year.
but that let him out lie didn't
work his pitchers very well and
he had a bad habit OF dropping
pitched balls. His throwing was
fair.
Buff white OF Tailored Ready
and Ralph Miller OF Felix club
were both. good hitters and fnIr
receivers. but they didn't show the
baseball brains that AckelBon OK.
hibited behind the log. White had
the best arm OF any catcher In
the league.
Yves Sheedy. the Mt. Baker
hurler. was hit hard in couple
Of games. but his work turnout the
season was consistently good. His
control was fine all during the
play and ne had fair speed with a
good curve ball
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
OTHER SiiORTsTOfS
WE'RE FAIR

AIT KohIer. Of the Felix club
played good hall nj times. Spen.
cer Harris. Of Tailored Ready.
played part Of the timc In the out
field and Is given an orchard patrol
Job.
Harris. because OF his hitting
ability. earned his place on the
mythical aggregation. He hit well
al during the season. hia extra
base cioutinE doing lot OF damage
to opposing pitchers.
F'uriev Patterson. the little Mt
Baker Cutflcldcr. was the best all.
around flychaser OF the season. He
vas nifty leadoff man and hit
The ball for lorE wallops every nov
and then. lie wns the best FIELDER
Of the lot and had good arm.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
PREP GRID PRACTICE. IS
DOWN TO BRASS TACKS

Grid practice In the local high
schools is getting down to brass
tacks after the usual confusion
caused by the opening OF school
Franklin hIgh aehool Erlddcrs had
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

was head and shoulders above
every other first-base guar
dian in the league. He fielded
in big league style and got
his share of bingles, too.
or the other first saekcrs in tho
circuit. Danny Mcconnell. OF
Tailored Ready. Rill Troepnle. OF
Mt. Baker. and Dewey MeLough-
lin. Of Ballard. were all good per
formers. MoI.oughlin being tho 5ea,
Of this trio. but he was not In
Yguwhf.as ftnnM
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

prank warmer aud riny Herman. Ia.
coma hrAsyweiKhts. NEE, IA the city Of
Destiny ioaiEht IA sissroand 80. Tier.
man ia a slight fasori,s 20 nin. Eddie
Moore. Nssttis ny~slEht. b0Hss Ludwig
an.a on the same card.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
R7If13 s3s9233.JEDt S sez}s.

an easy time beating she nsos. io !.
The ious salt Lake marker vas made
On errors
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
OTHER HURIERS
RANKED WELL

"Fat" Bergh Of Ballard ami Dor
Hunter OF Tailored Ready were the
next two best pitchers. They had
plenty OF stuff. especially Hunter
but Don was on the hill when the
Tailors lost their two vital games
Bob Thorburn did some good
work on the hill for the Felix club
but he was hit pretty hard nj
times.
Young Stett OF Madison park
was the only other pitcher really
worth mentioning in the circuit.
Bin Middendorf the big Ballard
first sacker. outfielder and pitcher
was the best all.around player un.
covered during the year. He hit
the BAH hard and took care OF
the different Jobs assigned him in
good fashion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

Tiiimsn. one Of the leading eon-
t~nd-r, Toe Jack uritton's e~it~r-
weight title. will fanEi~ with Aier
Trumbiiss in the opening show al
Milwaukee. ore. in - is-roand bout
septembes IS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
MT. BAKER PLACES
FIVE MEN ON
ALL-CITY JUNIOR
BASEBALL SQUAD

Five Mt Baker tossers win places the mythical Star
league al-star squad for the The Mt Baker boys
had plenty of individual class well as team work.
Only those teams that completed the are con-
Sdered in the selection
Going down the line Lefty Hughes OF the Felix club
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

Harry Casey. who has nssn soinK a, .
pretty good clip. steps into fast company
when he tAnKina with rrasis Davis nust
week 10 Davis 10 Ia any Kind ~ sondi-
tlon no should be fasoriie TO beat Ca.
ssy. however.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
FLORES AND C0RMAN DISH UP THRILLING DRAW
CORMAN
REALLY
EARNS
VERDICT

Joe German. the little spanish bat
tier from Portland. really defeated
Marcario Flores. the Filipino light
weight. In the main event last night
Mt the Arena. but the Babe" Ruth
clouter from the Far East made such
a game fight OF Il that there wasn't
the usual squawk when Referee
Ad Schaeht called Il a draw,
How those little fellows did hatue'
Before the bout started there were
lot OF fans In the house who didn't
think that Flores would stay the
limit with the hardsoeking Port
lander. but Flores not only stood the
gaff. but he gave German one sweet
fight.
German piled up a big lead In the
last round OF the mill At the start
Of the session. Flores caught Joe flush
on the chops with n right swing and
Joe headed for the floor. one hand
grabbing the ropes. Joe was up In
flash and started TO smash home
q series OF terrific hooks 70 the body
and head. lie knocked Flores around
the rims pretty badly In this round.
but the Filipino rcfsucd TO dive. The
round was Germans by a wide mar
gin
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
ISSAOUAHANS
COLLECT COIN

Issaquah's diamond warriors col.
iected $3.50 as a side bet when they
sunk the hooks into the Renton
team In the third and deciding game
NJ the Seattle Coast league park last
Sunday. The score was II 10 with
the heavy artillery Of both teams
featuring the game. The Seattle po-
featuring the game. The Seattle po-
day.
Andre Anderson and Tiny Herman Dor
six rounds in Tacoma In the next Tacoma
show. They have fought two draws
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

Victoria. under the leadership %
wild Bul Lend. Won the Pacific In
ternRttenal league title. The Hragon
closed Monday. The other teams finished
in the faiiowtnx order Yakima. Nanepus
yer. Tacoma. Spokane and seattle. Aras-
Ties squad wa. such a huge xisEie THAT
u va. made road team most VI IN"
season.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
"BUCK" is
PLAYING
GAME OF
HIS LIFE

"BUcK" wEAvER--he's a great
Buck"
He's different, somehow. There's
a little Hwngger OF confidence about
his workmanship that is catching.
when he comes 10 the bat there
is an odd smile on his face--the kind
that darca tho pitcher 10 hang his
repertoire or any part Of II over the
corners OF the PLATTER.
While other members OF the White
Sox team may not have had the
pennant subconscious hope unsl
they recently took the Ban Johnson
biz In their teeth. Buck" has been
playing that kind OF ball all year.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

usb Evans. Portland matrhmak~v.
who was In town yesterday with Je~
aormsn, }. is,inE 10 line up Farmer
To boa tsnsforsi la Portland.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

Paul Musser, the riRnt-hsndsr who was
slated to come TO Seattle this spring. re-
fusius to report. IL pitching great ball
for the Wichita team In the Western
league. Tho Witches are IN second place.
a half game behind tho Tulsa club.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

with tho Cleveland Indians yodsii-
Ing for pitchers. " seems ss N thry
turned . perfectly good hurier loose
when they let Elmer Myers 20. Ny
ers caught on with the Boston He'd
sor and he's just about the best boz
man that the Bean Eaters have.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

nahs Ruth strives "a please b,r
rrp~d TUNED cat e. case on khs nasuhgno
IN TIE rfhihiiian Eame With the Pirates
II ittistufe. - no slammed one over
the fence "a the nsnih
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

Memo Lelboid. the little righ; fielder
% the Chicago white soK. Is out Of the
game for at least three weeks. lilo broke
hla hand in a recen, game.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

aAm f.AnEfors. tha ItpHton tar baby.
meets Andre Andersen, The big Chicago
heavyweight. for clay Hito on September
20.
Trsvis Davis. Coast weitsr champion.
tanKiss with Harry Casey for Austin a
Salt. September -.
Johnny Tiiimaa vs.. Tr~sis Dasts -
date aud promoter unnamed a. pet.
Not 90 bad. n all the matches 70 thru.
fAnGford. who is one OF the real heavy
weight veterans stiii In the game. is No
championship contender. but he has
never fought IN seattle. and local fans
will undoubtedly fioek - see the famous
tat baby IN action,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

walter Johnson. the speed king % the
washington Nationals. II on his farm IN
Kansas. which confirms the report that
he - thru for the season He has been
troubled with a sore arm ever since he
pitched that no-hlt no-run game early
in july
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

Pics nefis IL out IN the Pirates
Yankee sthibigien. rtas iripisd. ana came
~ on ~iid pitch. snaEgina his spike In
the rubber. cracking his ankle
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

Ssu rork s-t Boston ell
nFpotiyn :. Philadelphia 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
WEAVER ~
BORN LEADER

There is something Of the born
leader In the pale hose third sacker.
Whether In the field or at the hat
he's bristling with the attack spirit.
It's the dare stuff in all his hail
playing that has entitled him 10 tho
seat OF honor on the sweet" ball
players row.
Eddie Collins may he a few brain
cells smarter. Ray Schalk may have
the edge in steadiness. and Joe John
son can unquestionabiy lift the pill
farther with his BLACK Betsy" but
there's naturally something about
Buck" that makes him sweetcr
than any OF them
When IL comes TO a pinch in the
field or at the bat. this hirciing Of
Kid Gleason. Is there like salt and
pepper.
The White Sox are very much on
the up-andup now. They are fol-
lowing four pi'chers-Cicofte.F aber.
Williams and Kerr--to another world
series alley. Last year they finished
the race on a two-cyiinder pitching.
staff.
The club has played good ball all
year. but the sudden punch they
have developed lately while the
Yankees and the Indians skiddcd in
reverse. has made them hard TO
head
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

Nap Ractsr. Who wsa ons Of the best
left -hDsses pitchers IN the business when
he hufled for the BroeSIyu Dodgers seS.
erai years ago. IL doins scout work for
the Robins now
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
FIRST TWO
ROUNDS EVEN

The first two rounds Of the min
were even with both boys landing
and taking some punches with
plenty OF kick. The third round
went TO German. Joe took slight
lead In this round By rushing Flores
10 the ropes
II was n swell battle. and Flores
demonstrated that he was there in
ovcry way. He packs an awful wal
1pp in both mitts. When he learns
how TO protect himself little better
and also learns to hit straighter. in
stead OF swinging SO much. the rest
q the Eighties on the Coast want 10
watch their step.
A. for German. Joe was In won
Gerfui shape. and he boxed better
and hit harder last night than he
has here for a long time. lie used
his left well last night but he did his
most damage with those hard hooks
10 the wind and head
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

ROUND COAST LEAGUE RAISES
The Tigers tonk tee games from the
aoIaus Yestsrday. both bsinE asie-s We
tories.
Pounding Poison Tor ~ safsiiss ne
knEeis took the measure % the nsaNsfs
70
nns 10 lie militant having 81 Coar ,.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
Weaver Big Cog in Chicago White Sox Machine
'6EdD Tl3|
|EH23SXI1

~. beginning 60 look ma " seattle
ring fans are due 10 see some pretty
sood bout. herr la th. near futurc.
Just take . loek at the foiiswin
snnouneenN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

Home runs we're = stand oft tn the
HfuasiYu- Philadelphia affair which
Fia'hgsh eopasd. kon~frhy horned for
she Dodgers and Tragrrsssr for the
Fhfiiies
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

Vernon Spencer. the young outfislfsr
obtained from Tacoma tn the deal that
sent Benny Eauff TO the minors. IL
showing more form with the stick for the
Giants and he's breaking into the game
regularly. He ia attn weak against south
paw pitching. lie has been alternating
with lee King. rtght.handed s,irker
mound.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
Chef DISCOVERS
ANOTHER

Young Zudowsky. with build like
. Greek god. the latest heavyweight
prodigy of Chef Mcintyre. gave Fred
Kent, of Kent. busy evening. Kent
had a terrible time trying to hit the
newcomer and took some mighty
hard uppercuts trying TO land. Zu.
dowsky looked green. bat he's a big.
strong fellow and fairly fast
Joe wopp substituted for Kid Mar
tin at the last minute and put up a
good fight with Sailor Willie Vile
that went TO draw Vile hit
pretty hard and had a slight edge II
there was any.
Ted Whitman and Ad Schacht did
the refereeing.
The show, the second of the fall
season, staged by Clay Hite. was n
big success for everybody but Sheriff
Stringer. Stringcr, who Is candi-
date for the state governorship. was
introduced and tried TO tell the fans
that II elected he would support any
effort to legalize 1O-round boxing in
the state. but the gallery gods gave
him an awful raspberry and nobody
but stringer could hear What he
said
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

cooper bssted and singled for krcmsr
In ninth
fDsmAre. out HIT BY batied ball
scorc BY innlnFa.
Oakland ....... saeei 100 IL
Summary stolen bases murphy, 81
dred. Middleton Two-bAs- hits Eidrea.
Duisto. Sacrifice hlfs--sutstu. krrtncf.
EidFed Bases on balis-on petnarse b,
of KreYner l. Struck ouf-By Demarec
q ~ Kremrr : Hit ~ pitched bali
Krsmsr J. Double plays bFuhAker 20
knight 10 ugista. Bunne to k~cworthy
TO murphy. Htumpf 10 ken~orfhy 70
Murphy Rams responsible oT--~Defnar"o
y Kremrr 3 Unpircs--nyroH and EsRon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

It's ahsut time that the National
baseball commission selects n~w
chairman To succeed Garry uerrnsnns
Ctnetn prem. resigned. The
worid'. .~ri~. 10 soon with as. and
the commission always cuts hix
Ixur. In handling tho annual dis-
mond ctas~is.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

Tensy ana aail-~ had i9tis trouble IN
handing the brAsss double defeat. TO
. and % 1
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

Jack Fournier. former los Angeles
first -.aek~r. H. .tiIi hitting the onion
ever the 500 nArk---S95. Ia be exset
for the Cards.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

Jose Ar0sfa. Cuban hnrtsr Obtained
hy washington frafn Havana. II making
good wifh the Nationals.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09
JACKSON AND
l1ANGFORD DRAW

Eddie jackson. who took one Of
flores crushors on the chin a cou.
p1e OF weeks ago. essayed come
back last night In the semi -windup.
but the best he could do was 10
break even with Young sam Lang.
ford. the colored hghtia. The bout
Was pretty even affair from start
70 finish.
Lloyd Madden surprised the wise
ones by boxing n draw with Red
Gage. the sorreltoppcd welter. The
dops read that Gage would outlook
Lloyd by a mile. but Red chose to
fight Lloyd. and nearly got the worst
Of L. In fact. in a couple Of wild
exchanges OF punches. Cages knees
wobbIed badly. But IL was a good
1raw.
Inexperiencs cost Sailor KIlioran
his fight with Frank Pete. the miner
lightweight. In the third round Pete
f1oorcd him and the COB struggled to
his feet and sunk n right hand on
Pete's chin. Pete's eyes did a Ben
Turpin and the Sailor could have
slowed him away IL he had kept hts
head. But Frank shook the bees out
OF his noodle and cracked kilioran
In the tummy and the COB hit the
floor again He was about 20 get up
at the count OF four and somebody
|. yelled for him to take the count OF
nine and he Topped again. Referee
Whitman disqualified him for drop
ping without being hh- II was an
other good fight while 1t lasted.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

The white Eos railied with two sawn
n the seventh. ana beat tho Bros M.
u I
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

The Sc Louis Cards viii have couple
OF big holes to nli neHt spring bili
Dosk. the best spitoeii pitcher In the
National fearps. and Doe" Lavan. one %
the best shor,atops In the business. both
plan 20 quit the national game
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

ffsffsr came back and pitched the
Robins 10 an sasy victory over tho PM.
iles to
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago 3 Sc Louis :
rhliadsiphis 8. Detroit {.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-09

No, so bad. II all the matches 30 thru.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-02

New York-Julius II. Barnes, federal
wheat director, announced the calling
of a conference in Chicago May Z,
to discuss methods for re-establishins
a free and open wheat market on June
/, when the United States grain cor
porauon ceases to function
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
BELFAST DISTURBANCES
QUELLED FOR PRESENT
England Sends Another Contin-
gent Of Soldiers and
Artillery.

BELFAST. September 4.-Belfast
quiet today and for the
present further trouble is not ex-
pected. Another contingent of soldiers
and several pieces Of field artillery
have arrived from England. The mill
tary authorities are taking every
precaution to prevent resumption OF
the rioting.
In recently disturbed areas squads
Of soldiers are on watch with machine
guns ready for use The CORE
spondent toured these districts today
and observed that no efforts had been
made to remove the piles Of stones
yals In the streets by the opposing
factions during the fighting. He was
informed that the authorities fear q
renewal Of the trouble II an attempt
is made TO- take away these missiles
Of defense"
ings. scheduled to be held at Grosve-
hibited. in line with the policy not to
permit crowds to assemble. It is an
nounced that q number Of mills and
factories which were closed because
Of the disorders will resume opera
lions Monday.
A delegation Of shipbuilders VIII 30
to London on Tuesday to urge Mr..
permission to go armed to and from
plants, unless the government can
guarantee the men protection from
attack.
william Connolly. a recently re-
turned Irish-American, has been de-
of William Mcdowell. the driver of
a motor car which was attacked by
armed men yesterday while carrying
the wages of factory workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
MEDAL SON WON GWEN
TO MAJ. GEN. HARRIS
Adjutant General Of Army Resolves
Honor Badge Due Capt. G. D.
Harris, Deceased.

Maj. Cen. r. c. Harris. the adjutant
general Of the Army. received today
by special messenger from Quarter
master Gen. Harry M. Rogers. the
victory medal for his son, Capt
Charles D. Harris, who fell in the
ArEonne forest, while leading his
men in an attack against enemy ma
chine gun nests. For his conduct in
ice cross was posthumously awarded
Capt. Harris. who was killed while
trying to turn the Boche machine
gun which he and three men had cap
tured into action against the enemy.
The little party Of five had gone ahead
Of the company. which remained be-
hind under cover. The medal bears six
battle clasps.
Although 500 possible combinations
for the battle clasps have been found
by the force assembling victory
medals at the Philadelphia depot, all
correct applications are filled and
The usual time required to fill an ap-
plication il two days.
The large force OF employees put at
this task In Philadelphia in anticipa-
ton Of q rush of business is being
held ut considerable expense to the
Quartermaster Corps. although the
O0iIy average Oh AppuCaIlOnS Is only
4.342. To date but 271,661 medals
have been issued for the Army and
10000 for the Navy. In order to
speed up applications. arrangements
have been made with the American
Legion. 80 that any ex-service man,
whether member or not, may file his
application at the local post Officers
of the legion will examine his dis
charge from the service and certify
to his eligibility to receive a medal.
This plan will help men living in
rural districts some >distanoe from q
ONCE, the usual place Of