The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-29

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Surprises
Unexpected Plays in Ma
tional Sport Make II the
Popular Pastime 1t Is
BY DEAN SNYDER

some real baseball
Ernie johnson, Salt Lake recruit
shortHtop of the Chi.Sox. came 20
hat with two out and none on The
opposing tnfield played back. He
hunted. Result was he beat the
hall In first. II turned the tide Of
the game. The Scr came from be
hind and won out
And John McCraw sat m ore dur.
out the other day. wrinkled HIS eye.
brows. stretched his Imagination
back to the old days and fishod up
the old sucker act bcttar known
as the squeeze play.
He worked II thr-e times on the
unsuspcctinK ieaEue.ieading Pirates.
Pulling the unexpected is the soul
Of = good hall Eame Just such
tricks as this have earned ,Ty Cobb
the name OF being the greatest play.
er Of the game.
FEMININE
STRIDES
Women Of ire ySs,erdny would ~
shocked 10 20, the strides their SCI
take now in the game Of tannis.
The sport then was a iady's game
In the sense that u was a mid form
Of exercise.
Stars OF today have speedcd up
the game until II In the most ath-
letic OF any Ism Of sport
No camera man OF today gets an
action picture OF the wonderful girl
OF France. Mile. suzanne Lcngien.
that doesn't ind her from one 20
three feet Off tho ground. She III.
orally f1lea She has bean called
Tornado on sip-toe-
The same is true OF other women
net stars Perhaps they don't leap
no high In tho air an the French
Joan Of Arc. bu, their strides arr
measured In yarda--not feet
Times have changed--ao have
sports improved and It's players
MONEY
CRITTERS
There are sim q few rood money
making propositions lying around
waiting 20 he Matched besides pull.
Ing Off a miilion.doliar fight
Babe Ruth Is collaborating with a
i've wire promoter In planning an
exhibition tour merit fsri 70 the Pm.
cific coast the Philippines and
Japan.
That's a fertile 'd-a- There's rhou-
sands Of dollars IN u.
Should the Goliath Of swat hit
over 81 home runs possibly make
his goal OF ~. he'd he the biggest
drawing card In the world.
There IL a possibility Of the Yank
management obte-unE 20 this new
-rold mine venture os len Bambino.
The yanks and Uncle wifhcr,
Robinson's Dodgers are thinking OF
touring the Coast merit spring as
part of their training work.
III babe and his rctinue Of starr
SWEPT the Western territory this
fan n would Scrub the act for the
spring training tour.
REAL MO
STICK -
Jess willard wa Q sfsns cham
niou. He stood six feet ~-ven inches.
But a dire into the records shows
be wasn't the real big stick OF the
ring.
Way hack IN ore oiden days there
was a chap by thu name Of Free
man VITO could have even looked
down on hix Jess.
This fellow stood nix feet ioh
inchea
History fails to relate whether he
was ever hit on the chin or not But
it's doubtful n he w1s.
But think OF the tarr-s his body
would have been for such fighter
as the present king OF sock--wll
lam Harrison Dempsey.
Not so
GOOD
Pitcher Scott Perry. VINO Jumped
the Cellar As for the semi pros. Is
not starving TO death.
Perry IL playing with the Horne'l
team. His stipend II 5000 per game.
That sounds like big money. II II.
But for A. that II isn't as good a
job as he left
He IL buried away from the SPOT
light that always pleys upon the
big-time boys.
HIS Job IL an uncertainty. He can
ngure but q week. a month or a
year ahead.
Some day Perry :. going to regret
his step backwards. for that Is what
his notions amount 70.
Better be little duck In . big
puddle than big duck in shallow
one-thats the grim dope OF base
ball as we have found H.