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Show THE SALT LAKE TKlBtJKE, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 17,. 11 MUT1 AND Who Laughs Last Has the Heartiest Chuckle JEFF-.-H- e Coyotes Tell World j. They Are Out After That Flag This Year By J. C. D. TRAINING CAMP, Sprint. Calif.,'' March 1. At where your (topped on haay afternoon on hi tray to this camp, the populace I an het up over the Coyote. Out at Buffalo park they already have a likely elte choaen for the flagpole from which the 1921 Coast league pennant I to fly. And there Is plenty of warrant for this enthusiasm, too, for Bin Rodgers, chief lobo of the Coyote, ha gathered together a baseball club of no mean caliber. wolves In fact, a glance at the on the field, taking conjointly with a little application of pencil and paper, how the Senator extremely well de signed and constructed. The biggest thing that happened to the . Coyote ovr winter, end the thing which make them a real baseball club, was the acquisition of Charley Pick for third but unbam. There have been rumor authenticated ones that Pick wti to of the Coyotes, but take th management you don't hear that talk In Sacramento. There they are perfectly satisfied with Bill Rodgers, and It look a though Bill I firmly rooted. Anyway, Pick la the last bolt that fasten one side of the Coyote to th other. T1US BEE8 IN long-tail- ed swing In th outfield, but he can start with what he has and not be put to th . necessity of greatly worrying. Here la about what th Coyote have to open with, n) many a manager right In this league wishes he were as well off; Catchers Rowdy Elliott, Lester Cooke, Bobby Schang. . Pitchers Paul Flttery, Tony Fseth, Dick Nlehaus, Bill Prough, Ken Benner, Carroll Jones, Charley Harold Kuns. Blossom, the latter a big young right hander from the northwest; Sidney Ross, an acquisition from the Texas league. Flret base Fred Mollwtti, Bill Second base Marty McGafflgan, Rodgers. Third base Charles Pick, Lester Sheehan. Bhortstop Bill Orr. f Left field Merlin Kopp. Centerfleld Pete Compton. Right field Buddy Ryan. Possibly Roy Orover, lnflelder, may also be In the Coyote lineup, " M'CREDIE SEEKING SLUGGING FIELDER Specie! to The Tribe ae. SANTA BARBARA, Cal., March IS. Manager Walter McCredie of the Portland Hole Plugged. Beaver ha hi wires out for a hardlaud year most of Rodger trouble wee outfielder of the at third Until he put Bobby hitting, Bcheng over there In the last few weeks Buddy Byan type. He I looking to th of the season, third bam on the Sacra- Chicago Cubs to give him th man be mento club we rather a flimsy piece of wanta Th regulars defeated the 'Yannlgans the. set. Half the time Shortstop Billy Orr was over there trying to play It as today, I to 2. Dirk Cox slammed out a well ea hie owe position, with th result home run off Doug Talt. Benedict enthat there was a great deal of. lost mo- snared one from the Tannigan off Pitcher tion. Now, however, Orr ,can devote Connel. himself exclusively to th business of Th Beaver squad 1 rounding Into good shortetopplng, while pick , handles th shape, end by the end of next week will be ready for the opening of the season, corner called difficult. Speaking of Orr; Billy appears to be provided Detroit and Chicago com In better phyeloal condition than he has through with th players promised. In years. He Is about ten pounds lighter than he was last year, and he say he OAKLAND has never felt to well. "I'm ready right now," said Bill. "In DEFEAT WOODTICKS fact, the three week we still have to go might a well be over, o far a I am concerned " Special te The Tribane. The addition of Rowdy Elliott I to be MTRTLBDALE HOT SPRINGS, Cal., accounted e real addition. Is Rowdy II. Del Howard's regulars had chockful of pep, as usual, and talks barn-ba- ll March on the old ball today and looked from the time he borrows an ear their eye In their g good session till the hour for retirement For ginger, pretty with Hack Millers Woodticks, which the non of 'em has It on Rowdy. won regulars by the score of to 2. Cather got a home run. Triples were Good Pitching Staff. hit by Plnelll end Miller. Krause pitched Rodgers has a great pitching staff this (our lnnlnga and but one hit was mad season. At least, hls Ringers figure to off hls dellv ery. White starred at second. make the Coyotes a mighty hard club to J. Cal Ewing and Frank Mtsh were best. The last of the heavers to arrive visitors. Is Carroll Jones, who wasn't of much use Tha score; last year on account of a sore arm. Jones has taken a sveteipatie treatment J M for teeth trouble, which his physician, or KArtttrira .' dentist, or whoever tinkered him up, said Batteries Krsuee, Slebold and Rose would eliminate a source of Infection, Mltse; Kramer, Alton, Dorman and Poole and Jones says hls arm Is apparently ok eh now. Paul Flttery, It Is predicted, will this STROUD DECISION spring take up his winning streak where FAVORS HANFORD he laid it dowa at the close of last sea. son. In th lest fifteen or twenty games Paul pitched In 1920 he showed major .Sprelal to Tb Trlbnoo. letgue stuff. HANFORD, Cal . March 11 Pitcher Buddy Ryan, younger and redder and Ralph Stroud, on th reserve llat of the jollier than ever If possible is capering Salt Lake Pacific Coast league club, will around In th outfield like a colt. He fulfill the contract he to play with and Orr made a special request that they tbs Hanford tram ofsigned ths- Ssn Joaauln be remembered to their old Salt Lake Valley league In California. friends, and this Is th conveyance of It was ruled by President A1 C. Joy of that remembrance. th San league at e meeting last In ell departments Rodgers seems to night In Joaquin that since Stroud notified b pretty well fixed. It la true that he tho Salt Tulare, Lake club of hls Intention to remight do with a right-han- d hitter for a tire from organised baseball, according Third-bas- e be. i , ' REGULARS eeven-lnnln- -- '.it? - ' (CopyrU&t, 1921, by H. Trad Mark Keg. TJ. S. to President H. W. Lane, there remains no doubt as to Strouds eligibility, according to Joy, to play Independent baseball. "Stroud has a binding contract to play the coming season with the Salt Lake club," Secretary John P. Cook of the Bee said last night. "This contract wa entered into before he signed tokplay.wlth retiring and before he signed to play with Hanford In an Independent league. Organised baseball expects players who make agreements prior to the opening of the season to fulfill them. "Stroud may retire from baseball If he wishes, but If he plays In an Independent league he will automatically suspend himself and cannot bd reinstated in organised baaebsH for three years." Bill Rodgers Has Score of Ball Players, Every One a Star, They Inform the Visitor at Sacramento; GORMAN WINS FAVOR Has Excellent Pitching Corps; WITH VERNON OWNER ' Pick Solves Problem. Miller HugVERNON, Cal., March - 1921. FOR SPORTSMEN TOMORROW NIGHT BALTIMORE, Md March 1. Home Run Baker, who recently announced ft would play baseball this year, left here last night to join the New York Yankees at Shreveport, La. He declared that ft wa In good shape. S aowtoswaw OKLAHOMA CITY, March IS. Frank Owens, manager Okla, of th Bt. Joseph Western league baseball team, in training here, said today he had wired Judge K. M. Landis In an effort to nave Jonnny "Red Corridon reinstated In- organised baseball, ao that he can be utility player with the St. Joseph team this year, - !. w !. ' er RAINIERS PLAN BREAK con-greg- en i hard-hittin- re Bv BUD FISHER FUher. Off.l Tt MEETING CALLED March If. Judge K. M. CHICAGO, Lendls, commissioner of baseball, after considering th dispute Involving th 1 franchise of th Akron, Ohio, club of the gins, manager of the N.ew York American International league, ruled today that the league dub, may receive a telegram one controverayi should be settled by the of these days that reads as follows: "You league. can keep your lnflelder. There Is no room on my club for another shortstop CINCINNATI, Ohio, March Tne and the bench Is too full for cqmfort Chamber of Commerce at Cisco, Texas, now. j whera tha Cincinnati National league It will be signed by Ed Maler, owner snd baseball club Is in has refused president of th Vernon club. Maler has to make Its second training, of on $2500 payment been watching young Gorman cavort Its guarantee of $7000 to the Keds to around the shortstop position, and Is train there, according to advices today. trnng for the lad. first payment was made tvhen the He wwa looking at th youngster handle The team arrived. some difficult chances In the high-loi game BOSTON. March The Red Box I think ru telegraph Huggins today holdouts began to run to cover of conw will not need another shortstop," tracts when Elmer today Myers, the grinned Maler. "We might a well welt nntll after th Sltcher who wee obtained from Cleveland Hot reported at Springs headopening of the season, put In the cautious quarters, dispatches said. Eeslck. But at that. Gorman Is traveling fast, snd Esslck believes the player la going to be another Johnny Mitchell. He has dulled, but Manager Graham felt perfectly ths right kind of nerve. Making an error satisfied that the warrior had sufficient does not bother him. He keeps on trvtng practice for the day. Tomorrow the Irish desceadsnta of the for difficult chances even though he does team win meet In a practice game. Eddie boot e couple. Down at the Yankee training camp Burn will captain the Irish nine, while Sam Agnew la looking after the others. there ere three youngsters, McMillan. McNally and French, who are battling for It has been designated Chamber of Comthe utility berth. K Johnny Mitchell does merce day at Monterey, and .the whole not grab off th regular shortstop posi- town promises to be In attendance, Sunwill be played, tion, he Is sure of being the utility man. day another double-headOn of the other three will be kept, but one team going to San Joes and th other Esslck will get hi pick of the remaining to Salinas. two. "I can get any help I need from the AND CUBS Yankees," said Maler. "Colonel Ruppert told me that if I needed any players just to send him a wire and ha would step out I WILL CLASH TODAY and get them for me. I am going to treat th Yankees the same way. I POMONA, CaL, March It. Baseball fane from all over the country will ANGELS TO hero tomorrow afternoon for the of the four games between the SeatCAMP TODAY first tle Rainier and th Chicago Cub. the two clubs there Is an intense ELSINORE, Cal, March 1. Wade KIU rivalry. In spite of the feet that they are In lerfer and hls Angels are gettlngereedy different circuits The Cubs have not to break up training camp tomorrow eveforgotten the defeat which the Rainier ning. A number of th players who mo- handed to them last year at Hanford, tored to Elsinore ere pfenning to leave after a bitter battle which lasted ten Intomorrow Immediately after the benefit nings Manager Kenworthy wee reluctant to give out any details of hie lineup. . , game. Ken worthys Colts 12; Texs Tiger, . Th game tomorrow will b held to rale money to pay the Insurance on one of th Which indicates that the Tigers were local churchea Klllefer will supply both treated rather roughly this afternoon. This ' Is the result of the second of the games clu ha Vic Aldridge atlU is In th land of the which th two sections of th Seattle missing and so Is Kari CrendalL Ths squad are playing dally. Kenworthy and g former la at home because of the illness hie crowd of players utterly of hls father and th latter ts waiting for reined the hopes of th Tigers copping hls pay check from th Standard Oil the second game of the series company. Yesterday's game ended In a tie. but today there was no question about the decision. Kenworthy started th fireSEALS works when he slammed out s hit clear the left field fence when the SEASICK over wars loaded. Lane, Elliott, Strand bags end Kenworthy scored on this hit. end Davidson SEALS ' TRAINING CAMP, Monterey, Spencer, Cunningham each got on end were brought In before Cal, March It. The curses of sn ach- th frame ended. Dailey, In the third ining stomach struck twelve members of th Seals here today who formed a fish- ning, plastered one over the fence, making the In only tally the Tigers collected during ing party Monterey bay. With cheeks that inning. The Colts did not succeed white end eye glassy, an Italian fishermanIn -safely landed th pie ye re back-o- n scoring In the second, third or fourth, dry land shortly before noon, after having but In the fifth Cunningham distinguished pent five hours on ths cradling waters of himself by knocking a home run, and ope more tally was added to their credit In the bay. "Oh, what a feeling," "Gee, my throat the sixth Oldrlng put on over the fence, Is sore," and "Never again," were some making the total score for th Tigers t. of the expressions passed around tho hotel In th seme Inning the Colts having th lest turn at bet collected four more runa lobby last night. 8sm Agnew. who waa In large mea-eu- one of these being th homer over the responsible for th party, led off the right field fence lifted eut by Schorr. seasickness tirade with a run to tho aft end of the launch about fifteen minutes SEATTLE, Wash., March IS. President out from the dock. Coast Klepper of th Seattle Pacific "Turn back: I think m die," begged league baseball dub announced today ne, Agnew of the remaining brave Seale, who notified Oarry Herrmann of th Cincinrefused to be bothered by the bouncing nati Nationals that he had been uneoie waters. to sign Shortstop Jimmy Smith and had Youll be ell right In a few minutes. turned th lnflelder back to th Rede, explained Maury Schick, who proved to Smith played with the Indlenapolle club be the Isaak Walton or tha partv, but of the American association last year. He till Agnew begged and pleaded In vain. was turned over to Seattle by Cincinnati Tha afternoon workout waa somewhat recently, FISHING PARTY CL A meeting will be held tomorrow of the Salt Lake Fish and Game Protective association at the Elks club. All of the present 10O0 member are urgently requested to ha present. The time has been eet for SERIES I0SSE night Irish Middleweight to Meet Wilson, Former Opponent, i in New York on March 17. By THOMAS L CUMMISKEY. 1 By Universal Service. NEW YORK. March W. Will Johnny Wilson, generally termed .a drab chkrn-ploprove himself s fighting men, partly worthy at least to hold a title of rich traditions? Will Mike O'Dowd, known as fighter of partn from whom Wilson won the middleweight championship last May in Boston, retrieve hls lost crown and substantiate hie claim of being robbed? On St. Patrick In historic day Madison Square Garden, night. for many setting famous fight, these questions should be Jecided when th two men battle for the middleweight championship of the world. Tex Rickard, promoter, has th men together, knowing it shouldbrought be good card. O'Dowd claims he wa robbed when Wilson got the title, though Hector Moines a good friend of Mlkea awarded the decision to Wilson as referee, Wilson has countered with th assertion that O'Dowd was beaten. The public III desirous of being shown. o'clock. i The confab Is expected to prove a Very Important ont for two reasons. Devs Madsen, newly appointed flan end game commissioner, has promised to be In attendance, and will lay before the sportsmen plane for hls next four years campaign. Also, the association will ley plans for a new 5000 membership drive, which quota It Is hoped win be reached by or before June 15. -- n, Gets $40,000 for Risk. For risking th title Wjleon Will get Rickard, It la announced. He was offered the big purse to meet ODowd, Bob McCormick, Jeff Smith or the Mexican, Ortega, and finally ODowd, the SC Paul Harp," was selected for what promises to be battle reminiscent somewhat of bouts ef other e days In this popular, but lately decedent, division. Ths division nseds such a fight to take It out of tho ruck of little Interest Into e popularity. A1 McCoy, who dropped George Chip, a worthy wa a "joke champion, who won with a lucky blow, end then proceeded to dodge risks of hls title until he got fat and flabby and ran afoul of young Mlk O Dowd. Mike, with a fine war record, fought well and often and waa popular. $40,000 from PromotA- - one-tim- Using Corbett, whom other boys could beat, so does Wilson claim to have it on O Dowd. not be able to beat other fightI the middleweight class," he says, ers Inmay "but I can whip ODowd any old time. It Is said Wilson was a spectator one night at a bout ODowd was engaged In when he up and said that If he ever got into the ring with tha St Paul boy hed . whip him. . , j. Termed a Fluke. ' The chance oame. Wilson, not much known, though hed been fighting for ten years, was named the winner in twelve rounds. The general public hailed the verdict as a "fluke, as In the case of A1 McCoy, also a boxer, but up Boston way, where WUson went to live from New York, where he was born, there are many who think no can fight against O'Dowd, anyway and are betting on him as tho favorite at odds of 7 to 5. St. Paul Is said to bo backing Mika at evens. It should bo a great fight. ODowd surely will carry the fight at the atari. If not all the way, for heU be full of anxiety to get back hls title snd wlU be fighting before a great crowd of Irishmen on a day dear to the nearis of all Irelands sons. This may work against him. A champion, too, likes to nave tho fight brought to him, and WUson may bo no exception. left-hand- Crowd Favors ODowd. Of course, outside of a contingent of Boston rooter, who have bought 500 tick-t- s from Rickard, ODowd will havo the crowd with him. Most of them will come to see If Miko can win back th title, though there will be a big number- desirous of seeing U ell the bpd things said about Wilton are true. Wilson has a knockout punch, but O'Dowd, as a general thing, hasnt, though Lacked Strong Blow. a fierce fighter. If WUson fights hes But though O'Dowd is a rugged, ag- back in the real sense. It should be gressive fighter who hits often, he has worthy of th big crowd expected and of no particular strong blow, getting hie th purs Rickard la giving to Battle quesknockout, If at all, after weakening hls tion long asked. ( opponent to th point of exhaustion. And th middleweight class, which produced such men ae Hob Fltsslmmona, the orig. inal Jack Dempsey, Tommy Ryan, Jo Thomas Stanley Ketchel, Billy Papke, Six-ma- n Frank Klaus and Georg Chip, did not rise to any greet heights while O'Dowd held the title, because the executive BOSTON, March II Th wanted a knockout king like those public committee of the United States Amateur of tha And then came John Panics, of pest. association tonight decided to In I. Italian Hockey deeent, who fights under th name of tlat an arrangement by which, beginning Johnny Wilson, who bobbed up from no- next season, the championship hockey where In .particular from a pork and teem of the colleges will play the chambeen fighter to wear a famous crown. pion of the several group of tho assoODowd's claims of being robbed, Wil- ciation for th national title, As n means son's unpretentious pest and hie disposi- of making uniform the system of play, tion since winning the title to cull It wee voted that the association should on the lush trail have so jaundicedmoney of the Unitthe recommend that the colleges n eyes of most of the fans that the class ed State accept hockey. bee fallen Into the ruck of little InterIt was also voted that, effective next est, helped out by a very mediocre bunch rear, members of college teams should be of fighters as a whole, eligible to play with clubs of their choice Here's Wilson's chance, however, after the oolleg season ends. against ODowd to get back Into favor, a thing which can be don quickly with Chess fight (ana old-tim- title-bear- Hockey Association Will Recommend Teams six-ma- Has Left-han- d Kick. He Is a southpaw hitter fighting with hls right hand extended and Is said to be baffling to O'Dowd. Ho ha a "kick In hls punches, too, end knocked husky MIko down In their bout In Boston. He Is also poeeeeeed of grit, speed, endurance and some akllL te have th "Indian Also, he claim sign" On O'Poe d. A young Corbett had "It on tho greet little Terry McGovern, who went hie teerlng-t- n and smashing way until he met the smirking, tents left-ha- Initial Game in Match Results in Draw HAVANA, March II. The first game for the chess championship of the world between Joee R. Capablenca of Cuba and Dr. Emanuel Lasker of Germany, resulted in a draw tonight, after fifty moves. The gams was played on two successive nights, covering a period of (out minhours and two hours and forty-fiv- e utes, respectively. Play wlU be resumed tomorrow night. Comiskey 'Sever All Rela tions With Participant in the Gambling Affair. CHICAGO, March 18. Charles Comiskey, president of the Chicago American league baseball club, today severed aU relations with seven Whits Sox players connected with the 1919 world series scandaL In communication addressed to the players, Comiskey notified them that, as a result of the gambling probe, all contracts between them and ths club are to be, considered null and void. The players, formerly under suspension, have now had their connections with the club permanently eliminated. Those to whom the notice was directed re Charles Risberg, Fred McMuliln, Joe Jackson, Oscar Felsch, George Weaver, C. P. William and E. V. Cicotte. Th communication from Mr. Comiskey said: Investigation of conditions surrounding your connection with organised baseball has Induced the conclusion that th undersigned does not desire any further contractual or other business relatione with you, or either of you, and consequently hereby notifies you and each of you of th undersigned election to terminate any and all existing contracts between you and each of you and the undersigned, snd the undersigned hereby notifies you of your discharge from any and all employment and of the undersigned election to terminate all Its liabilities end obligations under any and all contracts now or heretofore existing between you and each of you and the undersigned. , ' EXHIBITION GAMES HEAUMONT, Texas, f j a March II. it. H. M. I 1 Philadelphia Americana Beaumont, Texas league..,,. .....I I I Batteries Hasty, Naylor and Myatt; Bailey, Melne and Basil, Rusche. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March II. ; New York Giants... ,1 10 S 1 I g Ban Antonio, Texas league Batteries Rhea, Sallee, Perrltt and Smith: Snyder, Zlmmatore, Davis, Seapian sad White, Whitney. It QAINSVTLLE, Fla--, March R. H. m 8 Washington Americans 2 I I Philadelphia Nationals so Batteries Zachary, Erick a Acosta, and Plclnirh: Baumgartner, Saith and Peters, Wltberow. 12 BOGATUSA, La., March It R. H. H. 14 Brooklyn Nationals St. Louis Americans .....? I 1 Batteries Mammsux. Mitchell, Mohart end Miller, Krueger, Taylor; Davis, Cui-lo- p and Billings, Collins. ORANGE, Texas, March It St. Louis Cards, second team, Score R. ....I HR $ - ) I 9 1 Houston, Texas league...., Batteries Schults, Sells and Greleen-hecBusha, Whitworth and Oriffltb, k; Wright Lincolnshire Handicap Won by Outside Choice IJNCOLN, England, March II. Th Lincolnshire handicap at on the event which annually marks th mile, opening of th English flat racing season, was won her today by Romnua, owned by the noted English turfman, B. Joel. Thirty hnraea mad up the field of starters and th winner wa quoted at 22 to 1 In the betting. Two olher outside choices, Renhora, St 20 to 1, snd Queen's Guild, at 100 to L finished second and third, respectively. The puhllo favorite. Ugly Duckling, ran unplaced. |