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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
TELEPHONE MEN ACTIVE

Tennis is one more sport In which
tho telephone employees OF Seattle
plan to develop team 10 compete
In tournaments. This announce.
ment was made last night at the
meeting OF the Telephone Employees
Athletic association. Attention was
also called TO tho annual interdI.
vision bowling tournament next
Tuesday night between teams OF tel.
ephone men playing simultaneously
ut Seattle, Portland, Sacramento.
San Francisco and Los Angeles. The
first Twilight Commercial league
baseball game In which the tcle.
phone team will participate viii
be playcd May l with the Stewart
& Holmes team.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
Woodland
Net Team
Is Formed
IITooDLAND PARK has orranirod

WOODLAND PARK has organized
w a tennis team and is open to
meet any net team in the city on
Saturday afternoons or Sundays.
Frank Kozlowsla. Melvin Dranga.
c. c. Williams and Earl White make
up the team. and matches can be ar.
ranged by either calling at the park
after 5 p. m. each day or by getting
In touch with one OF the members
OF the club by phone.
The Park club is anxious TO ar.
range a match with the Seattle Ten.
mis- club four-man team. and IL the
Woodland racquet wielders are ell.
gibio TO compete for the starr.Rey.
nolds.starr trophy they viii chal.
lenge the local club. present holders.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
eon
Racing
Popular
Hundreds Of Trained
Homing Pigeons Com
pete in Weekly Events

DIGEoN racing Is fast becoming
ono Of the most popular sports
in the Northwest with homlns pig
con faneierE
Thirty sviaries IN Seattle are
represented IN a racing association
that conducts weekly races
Tho birds are shipped 10 a given
point BY express. are released az the
same time and are clicked By seal
ed watches The bird showing tn
best average flight per yard wins
the weekly competition.
The distances Of the races vary.
Some weeks the starting point is
wenatchee. sometimes LeAYcn-
worth. sometimes from points IN
Idaho and Montana.
Tho homing pigeons, with their
wonderful instinct Ter direction. arr
trained by taking them on trial
journeys every few days. length2n-
ing the distance each time.
Tho average speed Of the honinr
pigeon under good weather condl-
ions runs about 1900 feet per
minute. Wind affects their flight. OF
course.
One OF the largest aviarie5 or
homlng pigeons In the Northwew
v owned by Maj. X. s. Gregory.
Ito has $50 pedigreed birds in Bis
lofts.
Tho trained pigeons are vcry
tame, and they take trial spins
around Gregory's home In the north
end OF the city. sometimes 1yi1
about for hours for exercise.
Hawks bother the pigeons some
In Seattle, according 10 Gregory.
because they come upon the pigeons
sometimes unawarcs.
Gregory owns several famous
birds. Some OF them arc descend
ants OF birds used In the war for
carrying messages Gregory, thru
his connection with the army. has
received many fine birds no longer
used In war work.
The birds vary In ooiorins-grav
a pinkish gray and gray with black
markings predoninating.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
HURLEY MAY
RACE AGAINST
PADDOCK HERE,

VIC HURLEY, for three years tho
star Splinter of the University
OF washington. may be matched
against Charley Paddock. worlds
fastest human. in the lOo.yard dash
at the Washington relay carnival.
May 3.
Hurley who is now In Chicago.
plans to come West In time to com.
pete in the relays.
PADDOCK runs in the Drake events
IN Iowa the coming Saturday.
washington expects to enter Bill
seek In tho century dash. with
Clarke and sladc as altornalcs.
Davis OF Idaho, Gorhart OF O. A,
=" and Mccarthy OF w. S. c., also
are expected TO compete.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
Wonder Outfielder, Lectures on Art of Fly-ChaSing

Proper baseball calls FOR that runner 70 get Dig ead
% az 10 be in a position 10 II the batsman hits
safely In majority Of cases such runner is anie 70
score on a base hit.
TIE outfieder should always remember that fact. so
that nine times out Of ten the wise play Is not 70 Try 70
cut the runner down at home but rather keep the bats
man from reaching second where he would be IN posi-
ton to score the winning run on another mt
Should the runner on second be unusually slow
man and the fielder Is aware of IT, that is sometimes
reason for making play to the plate. Ordinarily 1t is
a dangerous practice, however
Study your baters practice constantly 10 perfect your
nay on v balls and Tounders and keep your head up 10
every situation Is the gs Of my sermon on outfieding
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22

Indians will have a better
chance Of showing what they
can do on the home field in
the coming three weeks. Sac
ramento, Salt Lake and Port
land play here in turn.
A. the end Of those three weeks
II the Indians don't show improve.
mSIr vn--r----..-ha- made and
made quickly. because RED XIII.
fer l. tho type OF manager who
won't have bali players around who
can't deliver.
But no team should be judged
by a twoweek showing. Ana that
sal; Lake park IL apt TO make
Joke out OF the world champion
New York Yankees. Any time a
game goes thru with less than 10
runs scored In Sal, Lake they must
be putting the Eround.keeper. the
score card boys and tho ticket
takers in the lineup.
Seattle fans arc anxious 20 see
some Of the newcomers that they
have heard 10 much abou,--ciiff
Brady and Elmar Bowman. the new
infielders. In particular
The local club IL playing good
hall outside % the pitchers. and the
latter have been having a terrible
time. Win tho coming OF warmer
weather the veterans on the staff
are expected TO show better.
Sacramento Is bringing about the
samo club that represented The
Capital City las, year. Art Smith.
a new ouifioldcr. and Charley Hall.
veteran pitcher. arc tho only new.
comerB Of note.
Wednesday there win h. the
usual downtown parade and a spo.
olal feature VIII he a large Tacoma
delegation. Mayor Brown viii throw
the first tail. Sheriff Starwich win
miss ii. providing. Of course. that
Batter Wee coyie doesn't conneo,
for hit.
The game IA 10 10 called al $40.
Beans Rsantion and Ed F1nncy
are tho blind men who will umpire.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
FAMED SHOES
FOR PIRATE
ROCK TO FILL

Asst season Glenn Wright, crack
- shortstop OF the Kansas CITY
club, was the sensation OF the Amer.
lean association.
This year Glenn Wright makes his
Dig league debut with the Pittsh,irr
Pirates. The crisis is just ahead for
him.
wright was Purchased year ago
oy Barney preyfus for immediate ae.
livery, He made request that he
be permitted TO play one moro We
IN the minors, that he didn't belioSp
he was quite ready.
That was unusual. Most PLAYERS
jump at the chance to make the big
show.
The request was granted. Wright
helped Kansas City win a pennant.
and the world series OF the minors.
in defeating Baltimore. champions of
the International league.
The learned scouts have pro-
nounced Wright ready for the ma-
jors Ho is regarded as tho most
promising recruit TO como to the bis
show in 1924.
Yct II is questionable II any
youngster ever faced tougher JOB
than docs Wright.
Plttsburg fans in ranking shoiO
stops always draw comparisons wish
the great Hans Wagner. That
hardly fair, but it's a way the fans
have.
Wright has boon so highly toutoa.
80 strongly 'press.agentod, that he
has one big task ahead to come ny
to all the nice things that have been
said about him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
iris Speaker,
By iris SPEAKER
'amous 0uiiieldcr. Cleveland Indians

ITO ATTAIN success as an outfieder the player must
first be a sure catch. II should be the unusual
when good outfielder muffs a fly ball.
Learning TO get quick start the ball and acquiring
the ability 10 catch bali while running at full speed
while coming in going out or taking the ball TO either
side, is most essential.
Handling ground balls is a feature of play that too
many outfieders neglect Make il sure when there is
no possible play. With runners and play ahead the
fielder should be able 10 in fast handle the ball
like nfielder and cut il loose with the same motion
Learning TO properly play ground balls is diff
cult by far than the catching Of ny balls. Il
requires much more practice.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
CARPENTER TO
FIGHT KOERNER

Georges Carpenter viii fight ono
bout in Berlin before sailing for
America TO tako on Gene Tunney
and. possibly. Tommy Gibbons. The
Frcnchman has signed TO meet
sampson Rocrncr. Gcrman.American
stoker on transatlantic liners. early
In May. Carpenter was at the ring.
side the nlght the stoker won the
heavyweight title OF Germany. and
doubtless knows what TO expect.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
HARRY, JONES
Is NEW B. C..
GOLF CHAMP
WANcoUvER. .. G. All =

.NANcoUvER, u. c.. Ap-il "a
v Harry Jones. Of Vancouver.
won the amateur golf championship
OF British Columbia here yesterday.
when he defeated Jack Fraser. also
OF this city. In the 3s.bo.c final
match at tho shaughnessy Heights
club. Tho match ended up and 5
10 play.
Mrs. II. G. Hutehines. Of winnI.
peg. won the B. c. womsn's title
when she won from Mrs. g. c.
Sweeney. OF Jericho. up 10 TO
play.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
MITCHELL TO
BOX SIMONICH

PORTLAND. April Pinkcy
Mitchell. OF Milwaukee,. and Joe 81.
monich. OF Butte. meet In tho 70.
round main event here Friday
night They have met before in a
no-deoislon bout. but Mitchell "
said TO have had a shade.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
LEONARD TO
TRY MOVIES

NEW YORK, April ss.-Benny
Leonard. lightweight champion. has
signed a 100000 contract for a
series of motion pictures. He viii
start on the work soon. but he will
be able TO defend his title this sum.
mcE Il was said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
Indians Facing Real Test Before
Home Rooters Next Three Weeks
Bad Start Road Doesn't Mean That Seattle Entry in Coast League Fop

BY LEO II. LASSEN

badly last playing the
opening weeks the road Handicapped by training conditions at San Der
nardno pitching wobh the Redskins viii be making
initial bow Of the before the home folks
o ONE is turnstleA
should Red K and his Indians
and the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
JOHNNY DUNDEE BEATEN

BUFFALO. April 22.--Johnny
Dundee. worlds fcatherweIght and
junior lightweight champion. was de.
feated here last night By Rocky
Kansas. local lightweight. Kansas
shaded the champion all OF the way.
No titles were involved.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
PRO TENNIS is
ON HORIZON NOW

Vincent Richards. one OF Americas
greatest tennis stars, thinks profess
sional tennis would meet with just
as much success and be Just as in.
teresting as professional golf "Tra.
dition il the only handicap II faces"
SAYS Richards.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
RILEY CIGARS WIN

The Riley Cigar store baseball
team made Il two straight Victories
by its defeat OF tho Greenwood
Improvement club by to /
score sunday. Johnny Budnick
scored the winning run.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22

ice. narnes held the Giants 20 ea<
scratch hit ~ seven inninEs. but Jack.
sou tied the scora with a homer ~ the
eighth and Frisco drove Orch aeross
Fith q triple IN the ninth.s The Braves
ioslnk 70 !.
smaehs BY Dugan. hath, Msu.<i and
fipp pushed over three runs in the first
Inning and the ianksss beat TIE sen.
atafs 4 % = Joe Hush pitched All the
way and vas the fires Yankee pitcher
- 50 the limit.
Tive singles and = homer b. blades In
the ssyenth innink scored tir runs and
the Cards beat cut the Pirates ~ 20 3.
Hits By Duncan. HarEraye and rinsIii
In tho 10Th lnntns eountsd the run that
gave the Reds 2 70 victory over
the Cubs,
I'd Rommsll LED the Hsd scr down
with five hits and the Athletics won
70 O.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
Behind the
Home Plate
BY BILLY EVANS
BY BILLY EVANS

A GREAT arm does not necessar-
n ny assure success as a major
league pitcher.
True. a world Of stuff Is a worth
while asset. yet a normal head is
perhaps more essential
) The results who show great
speed and fast breaking curve IN
spring training are ofien missing
when the major league race begins.
on the other hand. rome rookie
pitcher. who didn't have as much
stuff, Is retained for development.
The reason invariably can be traced
hack 70 the Topples.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22

Tho Mercer Athletic club took a
fast pitchers duel from the Rainier
Merchants Sunday at Columbia, 4 10
:. Hunter of the winners and Nc.
Gilvery or Rainier struck out six
and allowed seven hits each Morcly
and Carulli flolded well, while West
starred behind the bat
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
DANDY DILLON
TO BOX GARCIA

VANCOUVER, y. C.. April "a
Dandy Dillon. Minneapolis bantam.
weight. boxes frankie Garcia. OF
Los Angeles. In the i0-roun1 main
event OF tho amokcr here Friday
night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
MICKEY WALKER WINS

PHILADELPHIA, April 2a-
Mickey Walker, worlds welterwcleht
champion. won tho decision over
Johnny GIN OF York, Pa, in n fast
lO'round bout here last night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
Es'fEi&@
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

No games scheduled; teams travelling
Games This Week
Sacramento at Seattle.
Salt Lake at Portland.
Los Angeles at Oakland.
San Francisco at Vernon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
INTERBAy WINS

INTERPLAY hung a Is TO defeat
ON the Pacific Telephone and Tclc
graph Co. nine ut walla walla
Sunday
me score; r.. II. T.
Ieiephohc Co. ....,...f s .
mummy '''.''',,....,,..1 II .
batteries; Martini ana Carvoll
Burnett and Weeks.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
Diamond Dust

he.isrda1' hero-Iisnk he nsrry. The
hfpaAifu catcher. ulth two on hasrs In
the tsnth inniHE, took hold % one and
dropped q lotto the hisarhsfs. bsating
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22

reputation Us q Datsman.
The outfeder who plays short is in position 70 grab
many fly ball and line drive that would 80 safe II he
made practice OF playing all batters deep.
In the course Of season three times many balls
fall safe in front Of fielder than driven his
head
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
A MLLIoN-DoLLAR arm ond .

A MuLLIoN-DoLLAR arm end o
n io-cent head.
That is a baseball hdage that
dates back almost 20 the inception OF
the game.
II terscly tells why some pitchers
who look great in spring training
fail 10 deliver In actual competition.
Many a recruit looks good when
warming up. with no runners on tho
bases or no batsmeu 10 take liberties
with his offerings.
Put TO the test in n game. the
speed and curves OF spring trimming
avail him nothing. II &C Is unable 20
get the ball over. fails 10 watch his
base runners and faliers in tho
pinch.
Never was good pitching more
essential TO put over winner than
with the present lively ball In
Use.
THIS fact was made evident 70
l. Manager JOHN MeGraw Of the
Giants after the 1898 world series.
His pitching failed him.
II he was 10 win his fourth con.
secutive pennant he realized that he
must bolster up his pitching staff.
Hardly had the series closed be-
fore he began 70 make purchases
right and left OF every minor league
pitching star who seemed TO have "a
chance to make the grade in the
big show.
The manager Of the Giants spent
close TO 100000 for four rookie
pitchers. Ernest Maun, Howard
Baldwin. wayland Dean and Joe
Bradshaw.
What will the harvest be7
Reports from the South show
they have the stuff to make
good. II win take the acid test
OF the big league games to de-
termine whether or not they
have the heads.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL IEAGrE
Results

New York 2. Boston l..
Cincinnati 2, Chicago /.
Brooklyn I. Philadelphia 4.
st. Louis II, Pittsburg 0.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22

Many n great pitching I'M
fails To deliver because there i
no brain 10 guide u,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22

ONE bit Of advice that want 10 give on playing the
" oufield has 10 do with the throwing Of the ball with
the winning tying run the bases. Throwing the
ball 10 the wrong base is mistake that major eaguers
constantly pull thruout the season.
To illustrate, will that II is the last half Of
the ninth inning, two out, the TO In favor Of
the home team and there is a runner on seeond-the
tying run.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22

Never was good pitching more
essential TO put over n winner than
with the present lively ball In
Use.
Evening star., 1924-01-02
False Fire Alarms.

Twenty-four false alarms of fire in
one night make record in Washing
ton. Between IL o'clock on New Year
eve and $50 New Year morning that
unprecedented number of false alarms
were sounded. 1t is reported that SO
fast did these alarms come into the
fire headquarters that the authorities,
understanding what was being done,
cut in half the usual assignment of ap-
paratus answering a call, and engines
went from one box to another with
out returning to the firehouses. Seven
calls were sent out from fire boxes
and seventeen were local calls sent in
by telephone. During this riot of false
alarms there We're two fires, but they
proved to be small ones, and, fortu-
nately, they We're quickly extinguished.
1t is a strange sense of humor which
prompts a man to turn in false alarms
of fire. The mind that conceives that
this is fun is warped and perverted.
Stiff punishment is provided by law
for miscreants of that kind. The rea-
son the penalty is not harsher is that
the deliberate turning in of a false
alarm is not very common offense,
but should a considerable number of
persons conclude that calling out the
engines on a false alarm is really a
good joke the penalty will have to be
made severer. The number Of false
fire calls on New Year eve and
morning was one of the curious
phasls of license in which so many
persons of undeveloped or vicious
minds seem to take delight on great
holidays, but on previous New Year
days the naHlper Of false alarms had
never exceeded seven. The public
safety suggests that no lenity be
shown criminals or fools who turn in
false alarms of fire.
Evening star., 1924-01-02

roads which will be read with great
index Of the country's welfare or dis
tress. The committee on public rela-
tions of the eastern railroads gives a
summary of the growth Of their busi-
ness in 1928, indicative Of what may
be expected in 1924.
The year just closed, the summary
says, was marked by the greatest traf-
fic yet known; by the highest degree
Of operating efficiency yet achieved
the greatest increase in new facilities
stantial new construction after a lapse
of almost eight years; improved Co
operation with shippers, and by sub
stantial Improvement in earnings and
in labor and public relations.
After quoting figures Of the earn
ings, traffic, improvement outlay and
other statistics, the summary makes
this very significant statement: "The
treatment accorded the railroads by
Congress. regulating authorities and
the public will largely determine not
only railroad results during 1924 but
the larger question of the economic
activity and prosperity of the coun-
try
That is a hint to the element in
Congress which may be intent upon
legislation hostile to the railroads.
For, as the report points out, UNLESS
the railroads as whole are prosper
Gus. the people generally cannot be
prosperous, as efficient transportation
is the largest element Of real pros
perity in this country
Evening star., 1924-01-02

scientific endeavor in the investiga-
tion OF space, and that there Is but one
more step to be made before he could
prepare a model for flight from the
earth to the moon, and he said that
this step does not involve any un.
known factors. The rocket that would
go to the limit of the atmosphere and
then fall to earth could bring down a
meteorological record of value to
science, but II. the rocket continued to
the moon the thought Of common men
is that 1t would stick there. and that
we should have no reply by return
rocket. We might not even know that
our message to the moon had been
delivered. The thought would disturb
us that the rocket had taken up the
habit Of comet or an asteroid and
had begun eternal wandering in space.
But these are questions in which nom
scientific men have no right to med
ole.
Evening star., 1924-01-02
Fire Lssses.

Fire-prevention lessons, lectures and
sermons may be exercising influence
in keeping down loss Of life and prop
erty by fire, but the figures for such
losses are still staggering. In 1922,
the latest year for which statistics
are available, there were $4,000 deaths
by fire in the United States and a
property loss of half a billion dollars.
Taking the average, five schoolhouses
were burned down daily, one farm
building went up in smoke every seven
minutes, one dwelling was destroyed
or badly damaged every four minutes
and five churches were reduced to
cinders every twentyfour hours. All
other kinds Of buildings were licked
up by flames at an amazing rate.
When the figures are compiled it
seems surprising that the country can
be built up faster than it burns down.
The statistics are eloquent, and
should give us pause. But will they?
One, or many, point out the obvious
deficiencies of our local fire depart
ment, and repeatedly point out fire
hazard in certain public buildings.
Not much is done here and not much
is done elsewhere. People inveigh
against the danger Of tossing away
lighted cigarette and cigar butts and
dumping out glowing, pipe ashes, but
millions Of people are doing these
things hourly.
Yet there must come a time when
our fire losses will decline. Wood con-
struction is passing because the for
ests are passing and lumber has be-
come costly. Brick, cement, tile, steel
and other non-infiammable things will
become the chief or only building ma
terials. Cities are tightening up their
restrictions on building with view to
fire prevention. The coal-oil lamp
which used to overturn and set fire to
the house Is passing and the electric
light takes its place. There is still
trouble with defective insulation"
but a way can be found to deal with
that. The lace curtain blowing against
the lighted gas jet is still with US, but
gas jets are not increasing in the
ratio Of people, windows and lace cur
tains. Whether the butt-flickers can
be educated is question, but perhaps
some genius will invent a non-glow
tobacco which will be extinguished the
instant the smoker lets it go.