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• THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1311.
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THESE ARE FINE, GAY PAYS IN SPORTING WORLD
EDITED BY I
PERCY H. WHITING
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LEMON BUYER?
The grand work that the American athletes did in the in-
lioor meet in New York which oloses Wednesday night encour
ages Americans to believe that the United States will be able
l<> cop off the Olympic gomes next season. . America has usually
been invincible at track and field sports and this year there
seems to be men of exceptional ability ready to defend the
stars and stripes.
The University of Cincinnati will soon inaugurate a scheme
uf requiring every male student to learn to swim.
This is a corking good idea, and one that could be fol
lowed with good results by other colleges.
Ot*course, it is a lamentable fact that many Southern col
leges are not provided with a pool. This is a sad state of af
fairs, but will be gradually overcome ns new gymnasiums are
built.
Every college which has a pool should muke swimming
compulsory. It is a grand exercise and develops muscles to a
surprising extent. More than that, a knowledge of swimming
may help a man to save his own life and that of others.
We look forward to the day when swimming will be one of
the regular courses of the local public schools. There are sev
eral lakes available, and there is plenty of time in the spring
and fall for courses of instruction. It would be possible to take
all the boys of one certain grade and by hiring one instructor
and a few' assistants to teach them all to swim. If each boy
were taught to swim when he reached this grade, it would not
be long before all local lads would be passable swimmers.
Physical culture work in the schools is especially desirable.
But of'all the sorts of exercise available, there is nothing that
equals swimming. It promotes cleanliness, it gives a knowledge
of how to handle oneself in the water, and it develops the body.
Here’s hoping for the day of swimming lessons in schools
and eolleges.
CRICKET AND BASEBALL I
COMPARED BY SPALDING!
By A.- 0. SPALDINO. 1
(In Amtrles’s National Game.)
It seems Impossible to write on thia
branch of the eubjeot—to treat of base-
hgU as our national same—without re
ferring to cricket, the national Held sport
of Great Britain and most of her colonies.
Kvery writer on this theme does so. But,
in Instituting a comparison Iwtween these
games of the two foremost nations on
earth I must not be misunderstood.
Cricket Is a splendid game for Britons.
It la a genteel game, a conventional game
-and our cousins across the AUentlc are
nothing If not conventional.
They play cricket because It accords
with the traditions of their country to do
so; because It la easy and does not over-
isx their energy. They play Jtbeeause
•hey like It and because ft Is the proper
ihlng to do. Their sires, and grandslrea
and great-grandslres played cricket—why
not they? They play cricket because It Is
i heir national game, andlevery -Kii 10 .., 1 *
They play It persistently—and
uoy piay u wwi- . .___«
But cricket would never do for, Ameri-
It Is too tlow. It tMke/i tnro^ana
sometimes three days .to complete a flr»t-
darj* cricket maten; but two hours of
baseball la quite sufficient toJWhauat both
player* and spectator!. Bngllahman la
go constitute*! by nature that he can wait
three day a for the r*«|H
ircRKAWM!
hot blood of Young or Old America.
This genius of our Institutional! demo
oratio; baseball la a democratlc game
The spirit of our national life la com
bative; baseball is a combative game. W e
are a cosmopolitan peopt®. Jtnowlng no
arbitrary class distinction, acknowfedg-
Ing none. The eon of a
i nlted States would a* soon play ball
with Patsy Klannlgan as with t-awrence
i.lonal Livingstone, provided only that
Patsy could put tip the right article The
•tuestlon whether Patsy’s dad wa» « »«>•
ermaker or a hanker would never enter
the mind of the white house led.
”i have declared that cricket 1* a l*n-
teel •Janie. It 1p. Our # British cricketer,
having finished hi* day s duties at noon,
may don his negligee »htrt,tals white
trouter*, hit lornoua ho*ler> nna nit
canvas shoes. and sally forth to ***• Jrm
of sport*, with hi* sweetheart on one arm
an«l his cricket bat under the other, know
njf that he may engage hi hls national
I'SNtlme without soiling hla linen or neg
lecting hla lady. He may pl*> STmokc’
•itInk afternoon tea. flirt, goealp, imolWi
take a whisky and soda at
i -ur. and have a Jolly, conventional good
iLn#-—don’t you know. . % .i r
Not so the American hull hjnjer.* lie
may he a veritable Benu Brummel in
■•• • ini lift. Ho may he the swellest «f
t set In swelldom: hut when nj
baseball suit he says «cod-b>e
first of all he Is expected to'attend to
business. It may happen to be his busi
ness to slide; hence, forgetting his beau
tiful new flannel uniform, he cares not If
the mud Is. four Inches deep at the base
he hopes to reach. His sweetheart may
Is war! Cricket
played and applauded in a conventional,
decorous and English manner. Baseball
Is an athletic turmoil, played and ap
plauded in an unconventional, enthusiastic
and American manner.
Baseball. I repeat, la war! and tho
playing of the game Is a battle In which
muscle. But It la a bloodless battle; ami
when the struggle ends the foes of the
minute past are friends of the minute
present, victims congratulating victors.
—out the brilliant in-
ONE RECORD
SHATTERED
More Grand Work Is Done in
the Final Night’s Competi
tion at New York.
New York, Dec. 28.—'Officials of the
Amateur Athletic union, under whose
auspices was held the two New York
ciiamplonshlp meets which ended .In
Madison Square Garden last night, de
clared today that the events showed
this country would have strong rep re-
BARONS GET
MESSENGER
Great Outfielder of 1910 Team
Has Been Gathered Into
Baron Fold.
Friday's Bout Is Big Chance
For Both Main Bout Performers
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 28.—Bob Mes
senger, star outfldldsr of the Birming
ham team two years ago. has been se-
ured for next year’s team by Manager
Molesworth.
With Messenger as good as signed,
the Barons will have an outfield the
members of which can not be excelled
JAMES E. GAFFNEY,
Millionaire New York cotractor, who
has purchased a controlling interest In
the Boston National league tlub, an
nounces that he would make John
Montgomery Ward president of the
club and Ned Hanlon, former leader
of the old Brooklyn Superbns. Its man
ager.
J. FLYNN NOW
AFTER CHAMP
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Fireman Knocks Out Caponi So
Easily That He Aspires to
Bout With Johnson.
Salt Lake, Utah, D.c. 28. —Fireman
Jim Flynn, with a K. O. tag on his
bout with Barney Caponi, Is out after
Johnson good and hard today. He
says he intends lo push his claim for a
go with the. champion. The victory over
Caponi was won easily and came at
the end of two and a half rounds of un
interesting milling. Two punches
whipped across shortly after round
three was rung up put the Chicago lad
down for the count.
Caponi was outclassed from the mo-
,n the ffout,iern league as far as speed
nian In Stockholm In 19 f- Tim meet j s CO noerned. There has never been a
greater whirlwind In Dixie than Mes
senger. It Is generally admitted that
Mowrey can outstrip a deer. And Jim
my Johnston, as is known, Is pretty
fast himself. Each of the three Is a
good outfielder, too, Mowrey excelling
In this regard. Two of the trio. Mes
senger and Johnston, are good hitters,
each being able to clout in the South
ern league very close to the .300 mark.
Other outfielders who will be on the
scene in the spring are McBride and
Coveleskie.. McBride writes that he Is
married, and that he is anxious to re
deem himself. When he Is playing good
ball, and Is In good condition, no one
can And fttult with McBride. He failed
to take care of himself last year. Should
.McBride show up Jn the spring In old-
time form he will seriously "ball up"
the situation. Coveleskie Is another
first-rate man. He is a good fielder and
can smack tfoe ball at a right merry
gait himself. *
Tho Baron Infield next season. It Is
very probable, will be Identical with
that of last year, except for Phelan. A
youngster named Walls, n man of
promise, is*slated for-the Job of third
baseman.
There are three catchers on the string
at the present time, Elliott, Lemon and
Yantz. There Is doubt as to whether or
not Elliott will be retained or sold for a
good price to Nashville.
Manager Molesworth has landed a
long string of pitchers, but It Is a safe
prediction that the backbone of the
staff will be Prough, Foxen and Kent.
plan in Stockholm in 191:.'. The meet
|Ju«t ended was an indoor affair and
i the Olympic games will be held in the
| open, nevertheless the events In Madi
son Square Garden gave excellent op-
i portunlty tp the American Olympic
j committee to get a line on the men.
| Only one record was made as a re
sult of last, night's finals, altho two
records were equaled. William J.
! Kramer, of Long Island, lowered the old
J Indoor record of 25 minutes 19 2-5 sec
|onds for the five-mile fun nearly seven
seconds, doing It In 25 minutes 12 4-5
j seconds.
* Alvah Meyer, of the Irtsh-American
I Athletic club, equaled the old mark In
the 150-yard dash, and Abel KlV|at
equaled Harry Glrslng’s old figure In
the 600-yard run. Meyer won his event
In 15 4-5' seconds, and Klvlat traveled
600 yards In 1 minute and 14 sec
onds.
The American Athletic club won the
championship In the senior events on
points, altho the Irish-Amerlcan Ath
letic club put up a hard fight. The
New York Athletic club won the prin
cipal championship In the Juniors.
The summaries:
One hundred and fifty-yard run (se
nior). final heat: Won by A. T. Meyer,
Irish-American A. C.; J. M. RoSenberger,
Irish-Amerlcan A. C., second; J. J. Ar
cher. Irish-Amerlcan A. C.. third. Time,
15 4-5 seconds.
Ope mile run (Junior), won by O. P.
Kimball, Boston A. A.: E. R. Moran, New
York A. C.. second; J. F. McCabe. Do
minican lyceum. third. Time. 4 minutes
29 3-5 seconds.
Throwing 56-pound weight for height
. (Junior), T. Cabeles, Harvard A. A., won.
j 14 feet 6 inches: J. Cahill. Irish-Amerl
if— 4 ~ ° *—’ *" v
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Standing „ ^ .
Adams. New York A. O., 5 feet 1*4
inches: P. W. Adams. New York A. C„
second. 5 feet K Inch: L. Ooehrlng, Mo
hawk A. C.. third. 4 feet 11 Inches.
Three-mile walk (senior), won by K. M.
Kaiser. Now York A. O.: R. Penas. Mo
hawk A. C., second; S. Schwarts. Pastime
A. C\, third. Time, 22 minutes 55 3-5 sec
onds.
Seventy-yard hurdles (junior), final
heat won by O. B. Clarke. Xavier A. A.;
H. Hr Hand. Xavier A. A., second: 1.
(Putsch, Pastime A. C., third. Time, 8
seconds.
Seventy-yard hurdles (junior). Anal
heat, won by J. B. Haydeck, Pennsylva-
ment he entered the ring. Flynn had
the better of It In his style of boxing.
Not until close to the end of the sec
ond round/ however, was an effective
blow struck. Then Flynn sent a left
to Caponl’s jaw that sent him In his
'•orner worried. In the next round the
knockout occurred.
Winner Will Get Show With
Walter Little and May Get
Chance at Bat Nelson.
nla university; I. J. Lovell, Irish-Ameri
can A. C.. second; W. F. Potter, unat
tached, third. Time. » 4-5 seconds.
Hop, step and Jump (Junior), won by
A. Alin leaf, Swedlah-American A. C., 44
feet 3** inches; T. L. Rooney. Domini
can lyceum. second, 43 feet 6*4 Inches:
G. E. Blickley, Harvard A. A., third, 43
feet 2 Inches.
Four hundred and forty-yard hurdle
race (senior), won by L. B. Borland, un
attached; D. Valentine. Irish-Amerlcan
A. C., second: I. J. Lovell, Irlsh-Amerl-
can A. C., third. Time, 59 seconds.
Running high Jump (junior), won by
W. Oler, Jr., New York A. C\, 6 feet *4
inch; F. Koeehleln, Bt. George A. C., sec
ond, 5 feet 11*4 inches; A. W. Moffatt,
Harvard A. A., third. 5 feet 10% inches.
Six hundred-yard run (senior), won by
A. R. Klvlat. Irt*h-American A. C.; (I 1\.
PeGrouchy, New York A. C., second; H.
II. Irishman, Irish-Amerlcan A. O., third.
Time. I minute 14 seconds.
Hlxty-yard dash (senior), won by A. T.
Meyer. Irish-Amerlcan A. C.; - C. B.
Clarke. Xavier A. C\, second; F. P,
O’Hara, Boston A. A., third. Tlipe, 6 3-o
seconds.
Three standing Jumps (senior), won by
Now that the thermometer has sunk
shyly toward the bottom of the tube
and the coal dealers are beginning to
reap their just reward, Harry Btaten
hits prepared for cold nights by putting
In the largest and hottest stove that
Atlanta affords, and will have the
temperature of his club rooms up to
the comfort point Friday night, If It
tgkrs a ton of coal. He has, moreover,
finally arranged the reserved seat ac
commodations to suit his patrons, and
will hereafter Issue numbered tickets.
Just as is done In a theater. He will
have Beats for an advance sale on hand
In his cafe, and will guarantee all pat
rons that they will get the seats they
buy.
Staten was determined to have
everything right for the coming stag,
for he expects the biggest crowd ever
for what he Is confident will be the
best series of scrape ever put on In
Atlanta.
Pertain It Is that never before have
any six scrappers worked harder In
preparation for any bouts of short du
ration than the six men who are sched
uled to appear Friday night in the
Stelner-Emcry building. They are not
only sparring vigorously and regularly,
but they are doing road work and fol
lowing all the most Improved ideas on
training. Two or three of the lads
have been suspected of being escaped
lunatics while they were out for ong
running jaunts over country roads, but
by good leg work all have escaped the
Mllledguvllle Joy place, and are still
at large and ready for Friday’s doings.
Young Joe Grim and Terry Nelson
are both keen for tho chance to get at
each other. These lads are suffering
from the chronic complaint of the pro
fessional boxer—ambition, and the need
for coin. They know that the wlnnei
of this affair can get a go with Walter
Little, and they suspect that the man
who can get on with this chap,and gain
a (decision will have a shot at Battling
Nelson. Consequently, they are work
ing even harder than usual, and they
will go to the milling on Friday a little
stronger than even their strenuous
Queensberry methods usually call for.
What that means the local fans sus
pect.
BIG TENNIS
ON FRIDAY
Matches Start in Australia for
Davis Cup and International
Championship.-
P. W. Adams, New York A. C., 33 feet 1
Inch; L. G. Goehring, Mohawk A. C., sec
ond, 33 feet; Platt Adams, New York
A. C., third, 32 feet 9 Inches.
Putting 24-pound shot (senior),
P. McDonald, Irish-Amerlcan A. cl, as
feet I Inch; J. R. Kilpatrick, New York
A. C., second. 32 feet % inch; H. C.
Klngns, New York A. <’., third, 30 feet 6%
Inches.
Five-mile run (senior), won by W. J.
Kramer, Ixmg Island A. C.; T. .1. Collins,
Irish-Amerlcan A. C.. second; Isouls
Tewanlna, Carlisle Indian school, third.
Time, 25 minutes 12 4-5 seconds. (New
A. U. championship record.) (Old
Pole vault for height (senior), won by
G. B. Dukes, New York A. C., 11 feet 4
Inches; W. Hapenny. Montreal A. A., sec
ond, 11 feet; J. Bredemus, .unuttachedr
third, 10 feet 6 Inches. ***
ONE OF THESE LADS IS NOW THE “ACTING” LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION
f.. society. doffs his scntmiy sm*
■ ■’111,11—Just a ball player! [{!!}
!:;* business now Is to play ball, and that
FOURTH ROUND
ON THURSDAY
Local Basket Ball Leagues Will
Play Their Usual Games on
Three Floors.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Atlanta League.
' I.LBS— Won. l.o,. P I .
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■ ifth Regiment .. ..
V. M. A 1
"••ley Memorial 1
N of c I
W H. A. C. .. .... .#
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}' csley Memorial
Hoys Club ..
' • M. C. A.
'ffogas .. .
Rich .. .
■nmpany C
Fulton League.
won. Lott. P. C.
1.000
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THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE.
Atlanta League.
At Weeley—Wesley Memorial vs.
" fstey Athletic club.
At K. of C.—Knights of Columbus ve.
■mnt Athletic club.
At Y. m. C. A.—Fifth Regiment ve.
' ung Men’e Christian association.
Fulton Laagua.
At Wealey—Wesley Memorial vi.
At K. of C.—Boy* Club va. M. Rich.
Ar Y M. (' A.—Company C. vs. the
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Liahtwaiohta who ara thrown much into the limelight by the incapacity
Of Ad WoTgait. From loft to right. Battling Nolton, former champion!
Packey McFarland, •“Ono-round” Hogan and Knockout Brown.
Young Men’* ChriaUan association.
They are off Thursday night on the
fourth round In the City and Fulton
County Basket Ball leagues.
The leader* In the City league have
eaay picking*, or at least should have,
tho game* are likely to be good
° n *n the Fulton league the Wesley Me
morial lad*, present leader*, should Mill
tetaln their l.uoo per cent. Double-
headers are scheduled on each of Hie
three courts. The first games will start
at * o'clock.
+ ONLY EIGHT—^THAT’S ALL.
+ A careful canvass of the South
■f- ern league prospects for next ecu
•t* son demonstrates that the follow-
+ Ing teams have already been de- d-
+ elated by their managers as first v
•h division certain:lc*l -r
4* Atlanta. Birmingham. Nashville. -I'
Memphis. Chattanooga, New Or- '!•
•(• leans. Mobile. Montgomery.
■tH W-H I'H-H'W-'-!'
W4
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Mississippi Team
To Play in Havana
By WALTER E. MURPHY.
America's supreme effort to regain
the greatest trophy in lawn tennis, tho
Pnvls International cup. start* on Fri
day of till* week In Auatralla, when the
first of the challenge matches between
Auatralla and the United State* Is
scheduled to bo played. On several oc
casions this country hua sent a team to
tho far country, but never before lia*
National Champion William A. Larn. d,
tlio greatest figure In the game hero or
In any other country, been a member
of them. It appears to followers of the
gome that If success does not come to
the Invading players this year, hope for
the return of the celebrated trophy from
whence It started will be practlcalh-
abandoned.
Judging from advices received from
Australia, tho Americans, I.ariUd,
Wright and McLoughlln. arc In Aim
playing form. It Is not certain Just how
they will start against .the Australians.
Norman E. Brookes, Rodney W. Heath
Dunlop und possibly the English cham
pion, A. T. Wilding.
Larned will In all probability not an
nounce whether McLoughlln or Wright
wl ! l „Play In the other singles match.,
un i*J,* hortly bcforo <hc first day’s play.
This much Is apparent, however, that
Larned will play only In the slngh s
!T^i chc mL and he *• e *pected to win
both. The national champion Is tho
oldest player of rank In America, and
hls record In lawn tennis Is a succes
sion of triumphs, as brilliant as It u
long. He was born at Summit, N. J..
December SO. 1872, and he Is therefor^
Hls occupation Is stock
broker. Hls height In tennis ^hoes Is &
feet 10 1-2 Inches, and ho weighs 170
pounds, lo give hls complete record
since he became conspicuous In na
tional tennis In 1892 would be super
erogatory.
Seven times he has been the ranking
Player In America and. he has been sec
ond and third flvo years euch.
Ho w*J> "Ingles chnmplon In 1901,
1902. 1907. 1908. 1009, 1910, and 1911’s
victory was the llf(n successive, one.
This record has only been surpassed by
R. D. Sears, who won seven consecu
tive championships.
Larned has been a member of nq less
than five teams that have contert. d for
America In International matches for
the Davis cup. In 1902 he defeated Dr.
Mm und lost to R. K Doherty. America
retaining the cup that year. liiMona,
when England won, he defeated It, p
Doherty and lost to the Inltqr'n bMther
H. L. Doherty. In 1906. in games con
tested In England, Larned defeated both
Brooks and Wilding, representing;Aus
tralasia, In the final round, and Jest t<.
8. H. Smith and H. L. Doherty of Eng
land In the championship round. In ions
and 1909 Larned rrpfeacntea America
In the preliminary round* against Kmr-
land, winning fcoth hls matches on both
occasion*.
In 1892 he was runner-up nt the
championship of the United States nt
Newport, but was defeated in the final
round by F. H. Hovey. who in turn «■■■ *
beaten by O. S. Campbell In the cham
pionship ronnd. Lamed won the all
comers at Newport In 1900. losing the
challenge round to'M. D. Whitman.
He reached the 'semi-final.* In the
Newport tournament In both 1904 and
1903, and has won niuny Longwond
I tournaments
I Hl#remarkable game has never been
seen to better advantage than tn the
ichallenge match at Newport this year
I for the national title against McLaugh
lin. If ho I* playing in anything III a
j that form at present, he will have no
I difficulty In winning two of the three
matches necessary for. the wjn of the
cup. Maurice E. McLoughlln. winner of
I the nil-comers tournament at Newport
i and conqueror of Beal* Wright Irt that
meeting. Is the youngest’man.on the
team. He was born January 7. 1*30. at
• ’arson City, Nev.. and bus lived for
the.last seven year* In Sun FTapoisco.
Ills rle6 Ip luwn tennis has been
meteoric,.and lie 1s the most promising
of the younger generation- of playi r* in
America. He began playing In 1903. but
won Ills first championship, that of San
Francisco. In 1907. In 1909 herun
ner-up to Clothier at Newport, tre
mendous hitter, with a great, service,
he Is physically ns strong ns a young
lion. Close’Students of the gain, pre
dict that he will some day wear the
laurel that has so long rested on the
brow of Larned.
Former Amcrlcun champion and In
ternationalist, the career of Bools c
Wright la nearly us great as that Of
Larned. He Is regarded us one of tin
, best tacticians In a generation. In 19.is
Wright, with Fred Alexander, made up
the challenging team, and the result
was a great personal triumph for tl>-
Bostonians, hr having defeated both
Brookes and Wlldlngand having dem-
; unstrated that he was the stipe. ■
■ of both great players, In craft and r
: soureefulness.
Brookes and Wilding are great play
ers beyond question when at the top of
I their game. Heath and Dunlop have
'• played In the British championship,
!which was won last year by Wilding,
and those who have seen them In action
declare thut they are capable of Im
pressive tennis, particularly their
ground strokes and back ourt work.
MERIDIAN WILL BE IN | Montgomery, Ale* Dec. 28.—The foot-
COTTON STATES IN 1912 hall team of the Mississippi Agrteul-
. . I tural and Mechanical college, located at
Meridian, Miee., Dec. 28.—A meeting | Ktarksville, Miss., passed thru Mont-
of the baseball fans of Meridian will be i gomery yesterday en route to Havana,
culled this week for the purpose of I Cuba, where they play the Havana
raising funda and a forfeit with which Athletic club on New Year’s day. In
to Insure a berth for Meridian In the the squad were sixteen players and the
Tbs Xsw York American league
hits Just announced that llarry Abies. ■
pitcher, and Eddie Wilkinson, an mtt-
tlelder. have 1 -■■■n released to the Oak
land. Cal . »lub. of the Pacific Coast
league. Abies clayed with the Oakland*
last season, but was to havu reported t»,
the Highlanders next year. Wilkinson
formerly played with the San Jose, Cal.,
'"I 1 *'
manager. They left here for Tampu,
l Fla., where they will Cake a Steamer for
lu^ithe Cuban metropolis.
The MisMPftlppi A. A M. team has
rule n go<»d record this y**ar.
rre*Ment Johnson has announced that
the world’s champion Athletics 'would
have the privilege of n|>evtinir the new ball
park of th« Boston American* next sea-
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