The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-18


Wsllis Hopp.. who had reisned
1Som the time he could reach the
RhIo until late IN 1891 as tho king
~ billiards. came back and his re
turn TO the throne was tho most
DopulAr accession OF the y~Gr. Hoppe
Was defeated last year by Jake
ochAeffer and N coming back ~ Tho
champion this year. no removed all
1pubts ~ 20 HIS ability by finishing
0rnt m . field OF ssx OF tho worlds
ennt PLAYERS.
PeyhAps he isn't AZ great as he
onco wAs. Certainly 10 is not the
omrA confident artist OF years aEo.
nut SIN he u the greatest player Of
1l.m all
Jack scott. the big North Carolina
hruer. was the most remarkable
oomehack OF the baseball year. Scott
was slid cut Of the National league
and headed for the scrap heap on the
assumption that he had . bad arm.
He worked the arm back Ia condi.
ton. rot bsrth with the New YORK.
0aamts. won eight games for than
and wAs one OF the stars OF TIN
prortd-s series
.sReb' Russell. the old pitcher for
che Chicago White sox. was another
nofed comeback The Rebel discov.
Qrxd NJ could bat and catch flies and
NJ came hack ~ sensation In the
ousfsld with the rftssburg PirAtss-
one could talk of Ty Cobh's great
onrnohark n he had ever gone back
1oahs like he never viii TO back
lGIhe O'Dowd gave the ring
muonh1e comeback when hc came
- psrt ownership Of the mid
MSueighs championship. BY WIN
49, from Dave Rosenberg The
NeW York boxing csmmisssea
rocoxnissd Rosenberg ~ tise
ehouuusen and Il nav regards the
~ Pal happy and ex-champton
= etse tide hol6er.
OrDuwds comebsck may help
q clarity the situation caused ~
- suspensiou of Johnny WI
-. wilson. u win be recalled
- ~: n may be cheese
ehnmpiou and an awful fighter.
- there Il one bird thai ! can
Nh and that's O'Dcwd" Wilson
~ u twice and he may do e
nxnin. IL wouidn't be . sur
ngine to 80 him 90 after O'Dowd-
Zoe Lynch also pulled comeback
~ raxatninx the worlds bantam
wodrht championship.
II her downfall at Forest HIS IN
1ez1 could be taken AZ q go Rack.
n1lIn. suzanne ISngien. the French
( 4onn1s star and worlds woman cham
p6on, was also a comeback- She gave
0rn Molla Mallory. tho American
elbnmrlon, . terrible trimming In the
Hr4t1eh championships and establish
"a hsrralf again ~ the greAtsst Of al
women piaysrs-
cyU0GESTION5 for two radical
- changes In the baseball rules
cnmo recently from 81. Louis.
II was suggested that . free
t1ckot 70 the bases be issued on
threo balls instead Of four balls. ~
u pressnt. and that three fouls on
~ third strike should constitute an
out-
while there Ia nothing particular
n wrong with the suggestion. any
adoption Of the changes probably
would be opposed on the theory that
they arc not needed.
t.ar ff Ia IL m
three would only work a handicap
on Z pitcher and pitching In under
enough handicap now with the
lively ball. the freak rules. etc.
Making Il an out for three fouls
on the last strike would not be Of
much Importance. Joe O'Brien.
Jack Dunn and some OF the old
timers tell how John McGraw and
The old Orioles used to knock fouls
s1by the hour" 10 weaken the op-
posing pitcher. but II r. done today
because the batters are not able TO
DO r.
NLUB owners. privately II not for
~ publication. know that pitching
= under too much OF n handicap
ana II IL understood that the urn.
pirss may be instructed 20 permit
the moderate use OF resin next year
on the ball. Many pitchers used II
last season when they could get
away with II and some Of them did
consistently.
When the pitching WAS too good.
the popular demand was for hitting
and now there is such an excess Of
slugRing that the fans are begin
ming to howl for some oid-tfme