The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-03
Chamberlain
to Take Care
of Pitching
~" to Take Big Trip to
Japan at End Of
Season
ny MILF

Unless Old Soi gets bashfui and
hidea from view Within thr next
three days. the candidates for the
Univsrnity OF Washington 1890 base
ball squad will be frollcking around
on Denny field In the first practice
% IA. season next Saturday morning.
when so men ar. expected out
Coach stub" Allison said Wrdnen.
day that he expects to Issue his mrs,
call for pr.etic. Saturday. unless the
weather takes turn for colder, a
preliminary training win be held for
two weeks. In which only base run.
ming. sliding and a ui,le fielding vii,
DO prarticcd. says the coach.
Washington viii BE- we'll taken care
of behind tho la, this year, with
Perry Land. vetcran of Last season.
back on the Job Land was ono Of
tho beet hit,sru In the conference
last y~ar and he IL expected 60 dupii'
cate HIS prrformanc. with IN" bat
this season. Perry hasn't got the job
cineh-d. however. as Spike" Ma
loney. on the frosh nine last year. 10
also out. Aitho not very strong with
tn. stick. Spike" II said 10 be- a
bear cat on head work and steady
playing behind the bat.
Chamb~riain cu Mound
Percy Chamberlain. this years ca ..
tain. is wanhington's bent bet on the
hurting staff. Percy !. also a mighty
handy man with the stick. and ouFh,
to ba big factor In winning confer
enoe games this season.
George shannon. prospective huri
~r. was injured Early In tho basket.
tali rcanon. ard was forced to quit
school. He's back now. and says he
In In fine shape to make tn. nine.
Howari Burke. who played lasi year.
does not come up 60 the class Of
Chamberlain Leonard. last year
frosh hurlcr. IL young yet. Mike
Form IL another man out for the
pitching job.
AZ first base. George Smith. who
was on the Job three years ago. be
fore h. went To war. lH back again.
Hen be up against Figoti. new
man at the university. and Dick Nun.
son. basketball star. The chances
are that Munaon will b. shifted to
acld II he can't dislodRe smith.
Second Base Candidates
Norton. Neticn and knudaen are
out for second Norton and Meilcn
were on tho frosh squad last year.
Sohns. who played In two conference
games last year. but did not make
a letter. II considered mos, likely
~ nats So n.
hard run by Torch" Terrence.
classy little fielder. who has been
chosen by Coach Allison rs trainer
for tho squad
20 far. Peterson seems to have
clear field for landing tho job Of
guarding third base. He was on the
yearlings' squad last year. and no
other candidate prospective third
sacker has shown up yet
Dick Clark. left field last year. ia
out for the same job this season.
Bob McRoskey. center field. was one
OF Washington'a best siuggcrs in the
1919 season. His Job IL cinched. The
remaining place in the ou,field will
be filled by either Bin Foran. las,
years second bascman, who il out
for a garden position. or one OF n
number OF new candidates. among
whom are Jancck. Munson. ia WI.
Hams. Hyman and Hoe.
Arrange Games May I
The 1920 baseball schedule will be
fixed up In Portland at "A meeting OF
the Pacific coast conference on NAV
1. Washington will be represented
by Coach Allison. The Purple and
Cold wnnt TO take on Pullman. Ore
eon. o. A. C.. California and Sim
ford. The first practice game OF the
season viii probably be held with
some local semi.pro nine on Friday.
April 80
Plans To send the team on a tour OF
japan this summer, are still under
way. Student officials are awaiting
word from local Japanese business
interests sometime this month. as TO
whether or not tho contract mailed To
the fiowery kingdom some time ago
has been accepted.