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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
MAJOR
TUO Stars
Coming on
ThurstOn
Pitcher and Shortstop
Were Slated to Join
Bees on Player Deal
BY LEO III. LASSEN


WHEN the majors and minors de-
w clared war over tho option a4d
draft rules In January thereby cut.
ting Oft the player market for the
Coast league as FAR as the big
leagues were concerned Il cost the
salt Lake Bees two players who
might have made them pennant win,
ncrs.
The Bees had already turned bis
deal FOR Shortstop Meinic Sands get,
ting Catcher Peters, Pitcher Single.
ton and FIRST sacker Leslie who now
form ono OF the strongest links OF the
Bee club.
They also sold Hollis Thurston,
crack young right handed pitcher. 90
the 81. Louis Browns for SIS 900
cash and two players. Hut those
tossers haven't been delivered yet.
Bin Lane. president 81 the Sal,
Lake club. says that he was 10 gel
a pitcher and Shortstop for hts
club from the Browns. but they
haven't been turned over TO him yet
and won't be until the present fuss
with tho majors is settled.
Walter Pearce has been obtained
since then for short and is Playing
"a creditable game. but the pitcher
due has never been released. An.
other good hurler. preferably a
southpaw. would make the Bees a
mighty dangerous club with their
hitting strength.
II is understood that the Bees had
n chance 10 set Doc" Henry. a
lefthander who worked for the cham
plon Mobile club In the Southern
league last year. from the Browns.
Henry has since been turned over to
Brooklyn, where no shut out the
New York Giants the other day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
NEW PROMOTER
ENTERS FIELD

A new promoter Of big fights en-.
ters the field. His name is Simon
Flaherty. Ho Is the man who is
trying to arrange fight between
Dempsey and Harry Wills In New
York.
He states that the day Dempsey
disposes OF Gibbons he will place in
the hand OF Jack Kearns a check
for $4,000 TO bind the match.
Flaherty meanwhile is busy with
the New York commission. He has
demanded OF that official body that
II show cause why Wills should not
be permitted to fight Dempsey.
And IL the commission can show
me one good reason why the fight
should not be allowed I will gladly
withdraw" states F'laherty. III 1t
can't, / will expect the necessary
permission to go ahead with the
match"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
SHELBY LIQUOR
TO BE SCARCE

SHELBY. Mont, June 2.--Here's
n tip for those who thing shelby Is
wide open. and that liquor can be
had out OF the town pump: II you
are coming TO see Tom Gibbons and
Jack Dempsey whale each other on
July I. and you need something be-
sides Montana air 20 hold your pep.
bring II along, shelby is very well
behaved. once In n while boot
logger is pinched. just like in any
other city in the country. but what
rum running is done is very much
sub rosa.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
Mericans
Razz Rival
of FirpO
Ell Mundo Opens Cam
paign Against Firpo-
Hibbard Scrap in Mex.

MEXICO CITY. June :.-serious
A'i objections TO tho proposed
Luis Firpo.Jim Hubbard fight has
been raiued by the Newspaper II
Mundo. which opened u campaign
against the contest with a thrcc.eol
umn story. pointing out Hibbard az
n ''Het.up"
/, was suggested that Hibbard be
forced 20 fight sam Langford. the
Mexican champion. before he be
permitted TO engage Firpo.
fanRford. u il claimed, has the
right 20 meet Firpo.
Tho city government In TO form n
boxing commission 90 supervise the
sport. and IL is probable the new
commission will take action TO pre-
vent tho Firpo.Hibbard fight
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
CLAIMS JESS
COULD STOP
FLOYD SOONER

DAY ARCHER, the pal and man.
~ ager OF Jess Willard, left Los
Angeles the other day for New York
Before he left, Archer informed the
newspaper men that Willard, had he
wanted TO, could have stopped Floyd
Johnson In the first round.
But" said Archer. had he done
that he would have left a doubt In
the minds OF the people as TO whcth.
or he could fight ~ or 10 rounds
without blowing up.
Every time Willard returned TO
his corner he was smiling. He knew
he could finish his job In any part of
any round.
Then. when he came back TO his
corner at the end OF tho 18th round,
he told mo he had better got II over
with.
II told him to go ahead"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02

were taught a Nsson ard also plead.
cd for a chance to show the kids
how TO behave.
Tho upshot Of II was that the
freshmen got theirs. The varsity
pulled across the finish line three
lengths to thu good. However, the
babes did pretty well at that. They
beat the Portland fellows four
lengths. Tho course WAS nearly two
miles and a quarter and tho time
was 9.56, very fast rowing. they say.
old-time crw followers rtandfn Il
around the finish line proclaimed
tho varsity crew the best ever seen
In action on Lake Washington. That
sounds Ike bad news for tho East.
ern people.
Both varsity and freshman. crews
viii 10 taken East. ON the way hero
they viii stop at Wisconsin and row
against the varsity and freshman
crews OF that uniycrsity.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
MONTANA WILL
HAVE BIG YEAR

SHELBY. Mont, June 2. ~ II
looks like big year in this section
OF Montana. Tho weather has been
against tho farmers for several
years, but prospects OF good crops
this year are excellent. Tho heavy
rainfails the last week In May
brought cheer TO the grain raiser. II
isn't often that this section gets
moisture at this time OF year. and
Il has done the freshly planted seed
n lot OF good. II also helps the cat
tie men TO the north.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
THEY'RE STICKING
TOGETHER

The "little three" Of the Coast
league. Vernon. Sacramento and San
Francisco. are sticking together. The
other day san Francisco turned over
Ernie Alien, southpaw pitcher. and
Ray F1ashknmper. rookie inficlder.
to the Tigers. These men weren't
doing the Seals any particular good.
but they figure 10 help the Tigers
who need men to replace Ray French
and Jesse Doyle. set free by Judge
lands. Don RAIDER was playing
shortstop for the Vernon outfit. but
he was too erractic to do BIN Es.
sick any good.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
MISS RYAN IN
FINALS PLAY

BRISToW, Eng. June 2.--Miss
Elizabeth Ryan Of California defeat.
ed Mrs. craddock OF England, S.6,
6.2, in the finals Of the Women's
West Of England championships this
afternoon.
j. y. r. Wheatlcy and Miss Ryan
won the mixed doubles finals. defeat.
ing l.. l.. Rlsclcy and Mrs. Grad.
dock. C.5. rs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
ANNUAL PREP
TRACK MEET
HERE TO-DAY

E'TGHT Seattle high school track
IL teams were to compete In the
annual All.city meet OF the Stadium
starting at . o'clock this afternoon.
A great crowd Is expected to see
the rival athletes In the annual
competition.
Ballard enters the meet strong
favorite to take tho honors. Keen
interest has been shown In the in.
dlviduai competition between Brice
Taylor OF Franklin and Ed Jenkins
Of Ballard, two great colorcd ath.
lctes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
)R MINOR WAR COST SALT LAKE BEES TWO CRACK TOSSERS
BETWEEN INNINGGl
OBSERVATIONS ORR BASEB7
BY DE DUGDALE

MANY Of the present day Seattle
4'l fans don't remember much Of
Paul Strand as a pitcher. but the
slugEing Salt Lake outflelder. WIS
a pretty nobby lefthander when he
was good. lie went up 10 the Bos.
ton Braves In 1912 when he was
~ years old and stayed there for
some time. But the old wing could.
nj stand the strain OF pitching and
now, because Of his great hitting
ability he has won more fame for
himself than by his hurting.
Just five years ago Strand quit
pitching. lie was hurting for Seattle
IN the Northwestern league In 1918
and In the closing days Of his career
IS a hurlcr he pitched his greatest
game. a no.hit. no.run contest.
remember Pete Richie was catch.
Ing him that day. ESchic II now
first string catcher for the locals and
II doing very well.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
COAST MEET
is SLATED
AT PULLMAN

pullman, June 2.-Everything ii
Il in readiness for the Pacific
Coast conference track meet which
is to be staged on Rogers field here
this afternoon.
The Golden Bears of California,
competing in the first conferences
meet for three years, are strongly
favored TO win today, altho the Uni
versity of Washington representa-
tives should make a good showing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
INDIANS GO
ON ROAD AGAIN

The Indians wind up their present
home stay with the games scheduled
for Sunday and then they go on the
road again for two weeks trip be.
fore returning to the home heath
for another series OF games here.
They will play Vernon Mt Los An.
geIes and Oakland at Oakland before
coming home again.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
PETERS BOOSTS
PAUL STRAND

John Peters. the big Salt Lake
catcher. says there are dozen or
more outfielders playing regularly in
the National league who couldn't DO
a bat boy for Paul Strand. the Salt
Lake slugger.
Strand has showed me plenty OF
hitting ability" says Peters. ''and he
would get by in tho National league.
He may not be any Iris Speaker in
the outfield. but he would get by on
his hitting. They told me he could
Mt throw. but I can't see anything
wrong with his wing"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
EJECT BOXERS
IN S. F. RING

SAN FRANCISCO. June g.
Young McGovern and Red Cole.
both Of Los Angeles, were elected
from the Dreamland ring last night
when Referee Toby Irwin became
convinced the men were stalllng.
The bout was declared a mo con.
test" affair. Irwin allowed the
flight to 80 four rounds and then
stopped IL.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
HAWAIIAN STAR
WITH GLEASON

Neil Blaisdell. southpaw pitcher
from Honolulu and graduate OF
the University OF Hawaii, has re.
ported to Manager Gleason OF the
Chicago White Sox.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
STAR GIVEN HONOR

c. N. Workman. former quarter.
back star on the Ohio state unlver.
sity football team. and member of
the baseball team. has been awarded
a Big Ten scholarship medal for com.
bined excellence in athletics and
aeholarahIp.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02

4 saw tho NORTHWEST teams plays
but I'm not prepared to say whether
or not those teams would be able
to hold California or Stanford even
in a series OF gamea. Washington
thinks she has one OF the best
teams in her history. Hence the
trip East. Washington and the Ore.
gon Aggies are about a Standoff
in the Northwest baseball circuit.
Washington State beat Oregon two
games. so did the Agsies. Then
the Aggiea beat Washington State
two games. Washington holds a
two game decision over Washing.
ton State. The Huskies will play
colleges all thru the East. the
trip consuming about two months.
CREW HAS
GOOD CHANCE
As far as the Washington crew
Is concerned the Huskies have q
very excellent chance OF cleaning
up back there and thus bringing
glory and honor to the Pacific
coast. The Navy crew will not be
In the Poughkeepsie affair this year.
so that makes II exclusively col.
lege affair. never did believe
that the Navy crew should be al.
lowed In the intercollegiate regatta,
Tho Annapolis fellows are training
for the water IL Is TO be their
life. In n certain sense they arc
professionals. Among the crews
with regulations which Washington
will have TO face are Columbia.
Cornell. Syracuse and Pennsylvania.
It's six Of one and half n dozen OF
the other. Any crew might win.
so It might az well be the Huskles.
SAW TRIANGULAR
RACE HERE
Those Washington fellows certain.
ly look the goods, IL am any Judge
OF rowing. which / am not. / saw
them I'm n triangular race with the
Washington freshmen and the Port.
land Rowing club on May 10. The
course was two miles. across Lake
Washington and up a narrow canal
on the edge Of the campus. where
the spectators on both banks could
get closeup of the crews as they
worked.
It Is contrary to good form for
the varsity to compete against the
freshmen, but an exception was
made in this case. The freshmen
had beaten the varsity over the two.
mile course in practice spins and
waxed exceedingly coclty. They
pleaded with Coach caliow to be al.
lowed TO show the varsity up in the
presence OF big crowd. The var.
sity thought 1t was time the babes
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
BY BRICK MORSE

NEW YORK, June 2-The University of Washington has
the Eastern bee in her bonnet 1t is well. Hitherto
California has had to bear the brnt of the task of show
ing the Fasteners up and the Bears will welcome the
assistance of the Huskies Washington will send both her
crew and her baseball team East this summer.
As far baseball is concerned Washington will probably
not do much showing up but she has good team and
should win good percentage of the games.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
STANFORD PAIR
WILL GO EAST

Jim Davies and Phil Neer. Stan
ford University tennis stars and
holders of the intercollegiate doubles
championship. have been granted
permission to defend their title at
the intercollegiate Law Tennis as
ISOLATION tournament at Haverford,
Pa, June %.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
San Francisco Scribe
Likes WASHINGTON CrelU

Editors NoBrlek Morse prominent SaH Francisco college
sport nT cho Is W. Ne5 York riser
baseball spring
published "a The Francisco Can he his
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
BILL TATE WINS

NEW YORK, June Bill Tate,
negro heavyweight, stopped Tom
Cowler, Englishmnn. in the fifth
round here last night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02

Kenny Burroughs, first bascman
on the Franklin high school baseball
team, was elected captain OF the
Quaker nine for next year, yesterday
afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02

John Peters, the big Salt Lake
catcher. reminds me a lot Of Larry
Mclean, the old Cincinnati star. be-
hind the plate. Mclean was great
catcher and a good hitter. Peters
is a moose Of man behind that
log and is a big target. He looks
IKE he win be one Of the best catch.
ors in the league after he learns
more about the hitters and the style
Of play in this circuit.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02

GETTING behind the home club in
VI city like Seattle viii do more
good for the Indians than anything
that the fans could do. Everybody
makes mistakes and II the average
fan wns as ready with boost as
lie is with the knock the boys would
play lot harder. We have n good
hall club out there. IL needs fixing
in few places, admittedly. but as
long as they are hustling give them
credit. II takes n real sport to stick
with a loser. Anybody can kick a
man when he's down. but 1t takes a
real guy TO help him back up again.
Take the city OF Washington. d.
C. II Is full OF transient people.
The fans in that city never get be.
hind their ball club. and second
place Is the highest they have ever
reached.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02

THEY tell me that all but one or
l. TWO members Of the Seattle Coast
league club are married men and
most OF the fellows have families.
This works for good baseball.
think. because a fellow tends 10 bust
ness more when he knows that he
has 10 bring home the pork chops
for the Missus and the youngsters.
Home life keeps a man in condition
for real baseball. because the boys
who hit 300 in the caberet leagues
don't get very far on the diamond.
The morals Of the Seattle club this
year Is almost perfect and the ef-
feet OF this will be seen In the play
OF the team turnout the season.
7 THINK the biggest single factor
l. in the return to form OF the In
dams was the injection OF Ted Bald
win into the infield This young
fellow has world OF pepper and he
plays a mean game around that hot
corner. 1t gives the Tribe good
man at second base is Sam Crane
and tightens up the whole infieid.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02

TWE Seattle team Is back in It's
l. stride and is playing the ball
that the Indians are capable OF play.
Ing. They looked good at home be.
fore they took that disastrous trip.
And your tickle fans! What an odd
lot they are. heard more than
one fellow say during the Indians
slump that they would never go near
the ball park again, and noticed
most OF them are back in their &c
customed seats since the boys have
started to win again.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02

TNHE orthodox slide today In steal.
Il ing bases is 10 hit the dirt feet
first and TO bee a fellow slide head
first Is something Of IA novelty and
your average presentday fans think
such player X baseball freak.
They got quite a laugh out OF
Everett Yaryan coasting on his hos
ON the other day when he swiped
second in one Of the games. They
tell me that he slid into third on
Oscar Witt the same way in the open.
ing game with Salt Lake at Fresno.
and Witt was 80 astonished that he
forgot 10 tag him.
but one OF the greatest baserun.
nera In the game today slides head
first. Frankie Frisch. the Fordham
flash. slides that way. In the old
days most OF the baserunncrs did
slide headfirst. Mike Kelly. the
greatest baserunner Of early base.
ball. slid headfirst.
And speaking OF fat men stealing
bases reminds mo OF Dave Orr. the
great American association star who
was so fat that when he hit the
ground he would half spin from the
impact OF hitting the dirt.
Evening star., 1923-08-02
SHOOTING STARS.
Days and Nights.

When nights grow abundant in music,
Then the "cares that infested the
day
Come rambling around and bark to
the sound
or the jazz that the orchestras play.
AS parties hilarious gather
In hope of a joyous release
From worry and work, new bother.
ments lurk
Till we have to call in the police.
The bootlegger honks in the highway
A whistle the copper doth blow
Till the din that we hear is a discord
severe,
Worse than all forms of jazz that
we know.
When nights are o'erfowing with
music
We wait for the sun overhead
Once more to disclose the beiated re-
pose
OF a daytime whence cares now
have fed
Evening star., 1923-08-02
OF an extended fight. for they can be
droppod ox,arhoo ~ ", ,y>araobvtae

OF an extended flight. for they can be
dropped overheard in parachutes.
1t is not to be questioned that this
will be accomplished successfully. or
that this facility will be extended 10
airplanes as well as dirigibles. Indeed
the airplane has now grown to such
a size that all sorts of activities are
possible upon them. They are capable
of carrying many passengers, with
comfortable accommodations They
are in constant service between Lon
don and Paris. for example. with COM
mercial success. 1t Is only question
Of a short time when regular air
service will be established in this
country between cities such as Chi
cago and New York, for example.
Air photography is an important
advance in itself, affording facility in
map-making and in surveys. In this
present matter, however, the photo
graphic developing and printing IA
cilities on the Fri are of importance
mainly in the matter of transportation.
II this can be extended to the faster
and more dependable airplanes it will
be possible to bring news pictures, for
instance, from San. Francisco to
Washington. ready for use here within
twenty-foyr hours If the ,cross-conti-
nent flight progress continues at the
present rate.
Evening star., 1923-08-02
EDITORIAL DIGEST

American refusal to recognize on a
sound basis; and gives convincing
reasons for such refusal. That basis
Is found in the fact that the soviet
regime is, almost by its very nature.
at war, not simply with other govern
ments, but with the social order of
as the Boston Post analyses ii. lis
inescapable and unbreakable, although
MOSCOW does not seem to care for
logic. The avenues of information OF
the State Department are the best
in the world" the indianapolis Star
points out. while no tourist can
spend a few days or weeks in Russia
ana be IN position to judge of
conditions" This same fact con-
vinces the Scranton Times that "the
country will completely indorse" the
administration position.
Secretary Hughes expresses not
the republican. but the American
policy" the Youngstown Vindicator
insists, recalling that President viii
son wrote to the same effect in the
last months of his administration. "
Both administrations were agreed, as
the Charleston Mail sees it, that "the
moment there is Russian govern
ment that inspires faith and conf
dence and acquires that thing called
ofiahtcst ohafacter' there ,n Will not be the
recognized. even if We do not exactly
approve its form of government or in
all things think that its economic
system is 5, the correct one" Or, to
Vile Courier-Journal suggests. 1--WE
do not extend our hand to the
bolshevist and invite him into our
house, since we know he has pro-
throat If we admit him into our
house" Summing up the various
arguments in behalf of recognition,
the South Bend Tribune suggests
"Brookhart's dash reminds us Of the
time a famous American woman nov
elist went to Europe for six weeks
during the war and then came back
and wrote articles in grave judgment
on the European situation and the
outcome of the conflict"
The American Secretary Of State
makes out an unanswerable case, one
which viii appeal to the sound judg-
the Kansas City Journal, while the
Minneapolis Tribune asserts lit Is
largely because of it's kindly con-
Germ for the Russian people that the
administration makes no move and
accepts none in favor of recognition"
The policy of treating IAN objection
able neighbor politely. but distantly-
the more distantly the better in
dorsement of the St. Louis Globe
domestic problems. Moscow eccentric
tiles are Of small concern" The
Hughes statement, the Chicago Trib-
une insists. SIS timely and highly
desirable. The strength of red radi-
calism in the American labor move
ment ought not to be underestimated.
Mr.. Gompers deserves the active sup
port of all Americans in and out of
the labor movement. The strength
of the European revolutionary move
ment is founded on ignorance of
facts and the perversion of facts. 1t
must be combated by the dissent
nation of the truth. and by cour-
Hughes statement of the principles
on which our government and all
! true Americans stand"
Evening star., 1923-08-02

by actors that this institution might
carry on its loving work and that
aged and inflrm actors, who thrilled
us, perhaps irked us, in other days,
may live in happiness while the rays
of setting sun fall on them. How
many Of those people who made farce
and comedy or tragedy for us in a by.
gone time are there one does not
know. But it is likely that directory
Of the home would show many names
that were once familiar and which some
still hold in dear regard. The new home
may rise on an estate called Pine
Acres. at East Islip, Long Island. 1t
was the home of Percy G. Williams,
theater owner, who died there July 81,
and the current news carries the
item that 1.-The bulk of his estate of
s5,000,o00 will eventually go to an
actors home, to be known as the
Percy G. Williams Home, for aged,
INDECENT and infirm members of the
dramatic profession One of the pro-
visions of this testament is that the
people who come to live at this home
shall be deemed and referred to as
guests" Public favor is a tickle jade,
and often when an actor grows old
and feeble it turns from him for a
fresher face. Many actors never be-
come public favorites. but go their
way helping to make the play a sue
cess and then pass from the scene.
1t has often been said that the actor
has a big heart. and the world pays
a bow of deep respect to the theatrical
profession for the love it shows to
played their parts.