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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
Jones and Rockne Lead Coaches

one OF the sensations among the
email Eastern colleges.
Tad Jones. after several years Of
di.heartcning effort. finally equipped
the Yale team with soma modern
clothes and Yale seams 10 have come
back 20 the front, 20 stay perhaps
for a long time.
Jones maintained during his sea
aons OF adversely that he was build.
ing a system. and II Yale would be
patient with him he would deliver.
Yale was patient because there were
powerful influences back OF Jones 10
silence the radical wing OF the house
tina, howisd for a new coach.
Yale u In an era OF prosperity rs
far as material Ia concerned. and
probably will be for several years 70
come. with such fine material and
smart equipment. Yale ought 10 be
back with n boom.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21

Beyond all doubt. the outstanding
coaches OF the season have been
Knu,e Rockne and Tad Jones.
II Is fortunate in the past and 10
be hoped IN tho future that Rockne
viii always bring his Notre Dame
team 10 tho East for an early season
game. Coaches sill gather to see
Eockne's new styles and they take
the pattern home with them.
Three Of the plays which YEs used
with great effect upon ths Army
were taken from Hotre DANES stuff
and altered only slightly. Yale did
u 30 well that the Army was fooled
the second time by the same plays
with which Notre Dame fooled them.
Little st. Johns college. In Brook.
lyn. picked up ali it, plays from what
the squad saw Notre Dame pull
against the Army. and Il has been
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
Knockout Wallop
Is the Thriller

The Knockout waliop. particularly
the punch that II unexpected and
knocks an opponent dead. Is the kick
in the ring. And, incidentally. II IL
the least Furnishing OF them all For
one thing. II ends the fight with one
punch. while many fellows go thru
several rounds. Keeling on their feet,
punch drunk. taking them a Ia Bat
Ting Nelson.
That's really harmful 70 a fighters
physique and more 80 TO his sanity.
The X. o. punch IL the thriller OF
the ring sport, no doubt about thBt.
There hasn't been a kick so great
in years In local ring az the night
that Dode Bercot laid that sleep wal.
Top on Ted Krache's chin in their
first fight last summer.
Remember the night Msrcario
Flores rocked frankie Pete TO dream.
land with one OF his wild swinRs7
And more recently when Fred
welsh hit Tiny Bot, the navy heavy
weight. on the teeth and he went out
for keeps7
Those are thrills that your fancy
boxers can't give. and altho the box.
ing masters have their following. It's
the boys with the kick that bring in
the fans.
Eighty thousand people pasted
thru the turnstiles 10 see Jack Demp.
sey and Luis F'irpo in their smuggling
match. You couldn't get half that
number TO turn out for the best boz
ing exhibition IN the world.
IT'S the old knockyem -down.anG.
drag'en.out instinct that stili Is very
rnur-7neEqpsnt In most fight fans.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
Foley ms
Verdict in
Silva Bout
Two Knockdowns in :hc
Third Round Accent
for Foley's Win

VIC FOLEY, the CLASSY liithNnn'
Y couver boxer, took n touf cus'
toner down the line last mot In
one Teddy silva. OF Los AEeles.
Foley won the decision ada ak
hard rounds OF fighting. in~hich
tho California boy made very
pleasing showing.
In all justice TO Silva. lvshould
be said here that he was ouseIghed
five or six pounds. andFoleys
weight advantage allowed ttinctly.
The Vancouver boy seized two
knockdowns In the third 1lnd. The
frat was a ''no.count" kbckdown,
while the second came as result OF
q hard right 10 the Jaw. Silva was
sroggy and stayed down pr tho en-.
tire nine count.
Silva made n great figT OF II. and
tho fans got their more's worth.
Foley. as usual. mixed oIeyery ocea
sion. and there was hgdiy an idle
moment during the q rounds OF
milling.
In the sir.round somFIndup. sam.
my Gordon. the Porhnd veteran,
put up a game flght atinst Frankie
Britt. the aggressive Tacoma boy.
Britt was far too atrux for Gordon.
but the Portiander wsthcred the en-.
tire route. hiiho he absorbed some
hard punishment. crdon was fat
and appeared out ovondliion.
Young Sam IAngtrd, who always
gives the customer hia very best.
made things n ilto too tough for
fellow colored II. Bobby Piercs.
Langford won ~ decision after
four fsHt rounds.
Buster Rohinsoi Vancouver han.
tam. started Oh In great style
against Brownie Tiilon. but yilior
came back stroE enough 20 win
tho verdict.
In the opwnsr. Danny Carlson beat
All Fonk until ie chinaman's face
rcssmbled s,raberry Jam. II was
ended In the tIrd round. thanks 10
Referee "a aebGt
schadt refstd all bouts. and the
decisions wer9endared with tho aid
OF two judge
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
DUFFY DEFEAT
SURPRISED EN-

Tho recent defeat handed Jimmy
Duffy. clever California wsl,er.
weight. who IL we'll known TO Seat.
tie fans thru his bouts with Eddie
Pinkman. T'rayls Davis and others
here. BY Gene Cline In the South.
came as quite a surprise 20 the Oak.
land boys hackers. Oakland Jimmy
had won four straight starts against
stiff competition before dropping tho
Cline so.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
About Fights
and Fighters
BY LEO II. LAssEN

A S a general thing you sell
"A dom see brothers adept
at the same thing. particular
~ in athletics. The Bercot
family seems to be an excep-
ton. in that Bud, the young
err brother. is showing q great
deal of promise for a kid, and
Dode has already arrived in
fast company.
Another kid brother" of a
famous fighter who has the
earmarks of a great battler is
young Danny O'Leary, young
brother of Johnny 0'Leary,
undoubtedly the finest all
around lightweight ever turn
ed out in the Northwest.
Danny's only experience
with the gloves has been in
q few amateur attempts, but
those who have seen him say
that he has the same natural
fighting qualities that made
his brother so famous.
But Danny's folks object TO him
boxing. So the youngster. who Is
still going 20 high school here. at.
tending Franklin and playing on the
football and baseball teams. has COM
piled with their wishes
Dan Salt. who has seen most OF
the fighters OF the Northwest come
and so. says that Johnny. everything
considered. was the best ever turned
out here.
Freddie Welsh. the worlds cham.
plon lightweight before Benny Leon.
ard. told me that oLeary gave him
one Of the toughest fights OF his
career when they fought 10 rounds
one night in Winnipeg. Canada. He
had everything TO make cham.
plon." says Salt
The ring lost prospective cham.
plon because Johnny didn't take the
game seriously enough and wouldn't
stick with the hard grind so neces
sary to fighting success.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21

CIL DoBiEs Cornell team
VI boasts a great line and a star
back field. That In why the i;ha-
cans have used the steam roller on
every opponent TO date While Fun.
back Cassidy leaves much Of the
running game 90 Pfann and pat,er-
son. he Ia invariably the player
called upon whom gain from one
20 five yards IL real necessity.
In ofr-iackIe nmaEhsH CRasidy IL tho
hardest man In the Eas, 90 stop.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
MOVIES TO BE
TRACK JUDGES?

NEW YORK. Nov. 2ie-AH n re-.
suit Of the dissatisfaction over the
match race between Zcy and In
Mcmorfam. leading three. yrAr.olds OF
the American turf. which was off.
claily won by zsv AZ Churchill
Downs. Saturday. many fans are
yoiclng approval OF tho idea OF with.
holding Judgment on close peea uu.
III the slow.mo,ion pictures can tell
tho tale, while many OF the turf
writer's though, In Memorihm won.
tho officials gave the race 10 zsy
Later. when the pictures were devel.
opcd. u was claimed that In Memoir.
lam had won hy a scant nose. II
was too late 20 reverse the decision.
however. M ali hs,s on the race had
been paid off
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21

Llnesmen OF great ability are scat.
tered all over the country.
Garblsch OF West Point Is, no
doubt. the hes, center In the country.
He has been playing long enough 10
be the greatest
Bach OF Notre Dame and Mllstead
Of Yale. are two OF the greatest
tackles OF the season. and sunds,rom
Of Cornell and welderqulst OF Wash.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
When Ape Man
Meets Firpo!

The ape man Of Bolivia, self
styled. comes forward TO do battle
in the prize ring.
He Is an Indian giant and his
little playmates call him ca.
macho.
The yard stick shows that ca.
macho Ia seven feet tall and pro.
portlonately built.
Camacho wants TO fight Flrpo.
In this corner. gents. Firpo,
the Wild bull Of o. Pampas: in
the other corner Camacho. the
savage orangoutang OF the Punas.
Both boys arc members OF this
club"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
FELSCH BEST,
SAYS GLEASON

KID Gleason sAya that Happy
Feisoh was the greatest ouifleldsr
he ever saw. Felsch could do every.
thing, Is the way Gleason summed
up tho ability Of the former White
sor star In saying FeiSch was the
creates, fielder he ever saw. Glea.
son says he has taken into consid.
Grafton such stars ~ Roush. Speak.
er and Others.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
Great Linesmen Turnout Country

ington and jefferson are no, far be-
hind them.
Farwiek OF the Army and denienk
OF Penn State ara the two ou,stand.
Ing guards In the East. with Hub
bard Of Harvard and Aschenbaeh OF
Dartmouth running close 20 them.
The best ends OF the year include
MeIlae. Syracuse: Berry. Lafayette.
Luman. Yale. Smith. Princeton.
Mayl. No,ra Dame.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .................""s..
Lockard to Sell Out Seattle
Baseball Holdings Is Report

LOS ANGELES Nov 2Ch aries Lockard president OF the
Seattle baseball club will sell out his holding in the Seattle Coast
league baseball club if oil we'll that he is interested
in at Wilmington pans out riding to statement published
in the Los Angeles Record.
According the Record suspected that the desire of
Locards family live Angeles has something to do with
his decisions The Lcards have lived in Los Angeles Ava
lon for the past years and like tearing up treasured
keepsakes to leave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
Bud Bercot Must
Take Things Easy

It's all right for Bud Bercot TO be
boxing occasionally. but the local
amateur promoters don, want 10
make the serious mistake OF letting
the boy burn himself out, m he's
only rs years old and pretty well de.
vsiopcd now lie won't reach his fun
growth for several years. and too
much boxing now win burn out the
strength that he will need II he fights
professionally later on.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
LYMAN BROWN A
GOOD RUNNER

Altho MinnesotR's cfoHs.country
team lost IN their dual meet with
Iowa. Saturday. the work OF Lyman
Brown. OF the losing aggregation.
classes him as one OF the premier
long distance negotiators in tho
world. He broke the Big Ten con.
ference record with his time Of Is.
1870 over the five mile course
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
A Good
Suggestion

Jack Allen. the Vancouver. b. c..
fight promoter and manager, has a
good suggestion regarding the rem.
dering Of decisions in the Seattle
ring shows now that judges are in
vogue. That Is to have the referee
write out his decision az the same
time as the two judges. the majority
OF votes 10 decide II. all ties being
draws This gives no chance for
anybody to be prejudiced by the
crowd after It's evident how the YER.
diet may be going.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21

All OF the Eastern coaches. since
they Jaw Notre Danes team this
season. probably will 10 back 70 de-
eeption as the most valuable weapon
OF defense.
Notre Dame has more than 20
plays which start from the same
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
GEORGE MARKS
COMING BOXER

George Marks. a graduate OF the
California four.round boxing game.
Is booked for chance at the worlds
nyweisht title, II no continues to win
In the East az his present rate. NeRo.
tiatIons are under way TO pit Marks
against Paneho villa in New York.
according 10 late reports
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
Deception Is Valuable Offense

formation. Tho team has backs WHO
can run, throw and receive and with
the forward pass as its greatest
threat. the offensc was perfect,
Yale has almost the same kind Of
material and Il Is now using the
same kind OF plays.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
IT'S AN OLD
YALE SYSTEM

In all probability Bucknell will not
be on tho Yale football schedule next
year. Although Yale defeated Buck.
nell. the Pennsylvania college team
played such hard football that sew.
erai Yale stars we're badly Injured.
Yale didn't like 4. A few years back
Boston college trimmed Yale twice
In succession. in which rough foot.
ball featured. resulting in Boston b.
Ing scratched.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21

Coach Bagshaw has some really good lines
men and among them is Amos Christie, the
California boy, who is understudy to the
regular tackles.
Long and gangling and with pretty good
weight and speed Christie has the ideal build
for tackle. He has lacked experience, and
with two such good men rs Ed Kuhn and
Roy Petrie on deck he hasn't had much of
an opportunity to step into the regular line.
There is chance that "Baggy" may make
him over into backfield man next year as
he is pretty fast on his feet
That is IL Christie is in school next year
al student and may wind up his Washington
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21

I AM sure that the fans will be
4 pleased with the return Of the
agreements that viii send us new
talent for the playing field. II will
mean much better baseball for us
and we will get younger blood sent
out for development by the majors
and not oldtimers who are slipping.
The big prices that San Francisco
got for o'Connell and knmm was
the underlying cause for the big
fight against the draft. but the
DRAFT is tho best thing for the
game, and the sooner II is return.
ed the better for baseball, rs II will
even the competition. and without
race you soon kin the interest OF the
fans. the real lifeblood OF baseball.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
Morning Games
On Prep Grid

To give the high school foot.
bailers an opportunity 20 see tho
Washington Washington State
game. Athletic Director A. c.
peiion has decided 20 start the
two Saturday prep contests at 10
n m.
The West Seattle. Ballard fracas
will come FIRST. with the annual
prep classic. broadway w. Lin.
coin. following. at noon. The
Franklin Queen Anne tilt will be
started at $50 p. m. on Friday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
BEST SQUADS
NCT TO MEET

II ia 10 bsreeret,ed that Michigan
asd Illinois do not play this year.
These twufloyens arc the class OF
tho weatan conferences. A meeting
between tom would decide the Big
Ten title cd would attract crowd
tina, wuut on the blKEcs, stadium in
the counfy,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
RUTH PRAISES
YOUNG FINGERS

Babe Ruth. who IL not overly font
OF batting against southpnws. sayl
that in Jim Edwards and Joo shauu.l
the Cleveland club has the two bod
young left handlers In the Amerlci
league.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
BETWEEN INNING61
OBSERVATIONS ORR BASEBALL De;
By

T'HE Pacific Coast league has the
= biggest transportation problem
TO face In baseball each season. The
league cities are more scattered
than tho cities Of any other league
In the Eame.
The long jump 10 Portland and
Seattle would not ba possible II Il
wasn't for the big gate at both
places.
The other long trip is TO Salt
Lake and It's usually at loss.
Salt Lake. a city about half the
sire OF Seattle. or even smaller,
draws well enough for its popula-
ton. but II isn't big enough TO
draw the gate necessary TO pay for
the long jump 10 Utah.
A more compact circuit Is the
need Of the Coast league. For years
BIN Lane has BEEN said 10 be ready
20 sell. but he keeps hanging on.
] saw notice In the press dis.
patches from California the other
day that Long Beach is planning 10
build "a big baseball plant Long
Beach IL city Of about the same
sirs as Gal, Lake and is growing
fast. It's close Jump 90 Los An.
geles and should be able TO supper,
Coast league ball. The erection OF
this plant may mean the transfer
OF tho Salt Lake franchise. which
would be great thing for the
league.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
Sunday Manager Is
ShOttOn's Unique Job

HE only Sunday manager In the major league Ia the
title that belongs to Bert shoton OF the st. Louis
Cardinals
Branch Hickey is the regular boss, but he has
religious scrupes and refuses to have anything TO
do with baseball on Sunday, hence shottons uniqe
job.
During his career IA ono day.a.week manager shot
ton has made great record. lie IL batting consider
ably better than 500 in the games won percentage
They do say that Bert merely carries out the
orders OF his boss That Hickey selects the pitchers
and suggests possible changes the day prior 10 the
game Regardless Of such rumors. shotton wins ball
games.
Since all ball gaines do mo- run true TO form Shot
ton deserves much credit for the sunday showing
that has been made by the Cardinals since he whs
placed in charge IL would occasion no surprise II
shotton got chance TO show his true worth when
Hickey decides to give up the managerial end OF tho
game
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
IT-s A FACT

Colleges can't get along without
concrete stadiums these days. 4.
hut they can get along without con.
crete quarterbaeks.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
Future Washington Stars
CHRISTIE IS A GOOD TACKLE

Nc team is stronger than its substitutes and aho WASH
Nngon has great forward line this year wouldn't
be strong If the second string weren't up to the
stadard they are
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21

I Unless William Mccarthy has
~ direct evidence that the William
Wrlgley interests are behind the
Seattle bali club he won't get much
sympathy from Judge lands and
the big leagues because OF his stand
on the draft and his war on the
majors. Not that the authorities
would be preJudIced In judging EVIL.
decce. but II the said evidence isn't
foshoomlng he can't expect any
help as he lsn't very popular with
the big league boys.
The majors, the parent organlza.
lions Of the game. viii support the
minors az long as the latter leagues
stay In their proper place. But when
they demand big league recognition
they win get turned down with a
heavy jolt each time.
The majors have had all the best
OF the draft fight as the lack OF
a good player market wrecked sew.
eral minor league races this year
and most OF the minors are ready TO
call IL quits.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
NASTY REMARK

Casey s,engel ought 20 be big
star in Boston. Casey was
always a big star In the minors.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
MUCH EASIER

MoGrsw and jennings. crossing
the sea. will find II easier than cross.
ing Ruth.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
JUST A Pun

II goes without saying that tho
Shade brothers are great shadow
boxers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
IN A HURRY

Marathon runner fed soup from
bicycle. He took IL on the
run, as you might say.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21
FOOTBALL
FACTS
BIZ GTLLY EVANS
THE QUESTION
BIZ niLLY EVANS

THE QUESTION
on an exchange OF punts, play.
er on "A" team receives q punt
and starts down the field with
the ball. Tackled near the side
lines. he fumbles the ball. A
player on the opposing team in
an effort TO recover the tumble
gets the BAH sQuarely into his
hands. Instead OF retaining IL
he also fumbles tho ball. Jug
Cling II several times. The ball
finally gets away from the
player. and the momentum given
u because he had juggied the ball
while running at full speed.
causes II to pass over a side
line fence. out OF play. What Is
the proper ruling on such a hap
pening7
THE ANSWER
This play Is not az all unusual. /,
happens scores OF times during III,
football season. The rules state tina
nail 10 fumbled and then passe,
over side line fence shall be consid
sred the property Of the side who's.
player last touched II in the field O.
play. The ball shall go to such team
y the poin, where the ball crossed
ne side line. This rule OF cours,
ioes not apply TO fumbled forwart
1ass.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21

debut tho Browns of Tho
American shotton seldom more than act as
pinch hitter these played the ood mighty good
He fast
the close OF his American
ngton where he remained until Hickey charge Of the
Cardinals shottUn Hickey managed the Browns
naturally Hickey advantage
-senlhcr zr--1.eardlnaIs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21

THERE'S no doubt but what Salt
IaiS Is the weak sister OF the
Coast league. Every league has It's
weak sister. The American assocla.
ton has kept a couple Of them In
It's organization for years because
OF the short jumps they made pos.
slble, and the International circuit
has had TO shift about It's franchises
several times in order TO build up
new Interest at the gate.
IL Lane continues 10 refuse 20
sell out, the league one OF these
days may move his franchise for
him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-21

THE balance OF power In the
= Coast league Is now vested In
California with five teams In that
state. and ! doub, II the Northwest
VIII ever SGT any more OF the
franchises because OF purely political
reasons. Tacoma and Vancouver,
ID. G., have been after franchise
at various times. One city might
land one. but not both. II i know
baseball politics at all.