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8 i Dearth of Star Middleweights; Gass in State of Dissolution By Ed Curley. NEW YORK. May 9 "There ain’t sich a thing as a middleweight fighter i any more." mumbled Battling Keefe last evening, ‘and the feller? that’s maskeradin' a? ciaimers for the title would be arrested and sent to jail if thev wus any law in this state. "Ever since Stanley Ketchel took the long and final count, tiie poor middleweight division has been an orphan It ain’t got no mother; it Ain’t got no father, and. to be on the level, it ain’t got nobody to give it a care. Pretty sad case, ain’t it? "Now. jest think. Here comes Frank Klaus and Jack Dillon from the coast, where they wus gnin’ to put the boots to them, and they poses as champions. They fights at Madison Square Garden. Most of the patrons who spent money to tee that show are going to sue for the return of th* coin. They're middle-weights, all right, but not middleweight fighters "Then Billy Papke com*s here after graduating into the 'has been’ class and tells us that he'; now right and fit to defend the crown. All I has to say to th A bunch is to keep mum or some lightweights will give them a beating." It certainly looks as if the Bat tler’s dope is correct Middle weights are now a drug on the market. They have been tried for •everal years, and, with the excep tion of one or two, have been found wanting There is more action and excitement in two lightweights or two featherweights boxing than in all the middleweight division thrown together Some day a real good middleweight may loom up. Let's hope so. It's too bad Mike Gibbons doesn't weigh eight pounds more and save the middleweight division from ,|is •olutlon. • * • “Norman Selby, Lecturer on Physical Science." If such a card is thrust into your mitt, do not ponder as to the own- j THE BASEBALL CARD! SOUTHERN LEAGUE. G«m«i Today. Atlanta in Now Orleans Birmingham in Chattanooga. Memphis in Montgomery Nashville in Mobile Standing of the Clubs. W. L P C W L PC C'nooga .13 8 .619 Atlanta 11 m .524 Mobile .15 10 600 x OrPns 914 331 Mmp is .12 0 st] Mont ..9 15 375 B ham 15 12 .556 N'ville . 7 1.3 350 Yeaterday's Results. Memphis 5. Birmingham .3 Chattanooga 3. Montgomery 3 New Orleans 6. Nashville 4 Atlanta 3. Mobile 2 SOUTH ATLANTIC. Games Today. Jacksonville in Columbia Macon In Albany Columbus in Savannah Standing of the Clubs. w l pc w. l. p c Albany. .11 4 .733 Macon .7 in 412 Fvan h. 11 4 .733 Clumbla 412 .250 J'vtlle .11 6 .647 C’lumbus 412 250 Yesterday’s Results. Macon 4. Albany 2 Columbus 7. Columbia 1. Jacksonville 8. Savannah 6 (first game ) Savannah 5. Jacksonville 1 (second punei AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Today. Chicago in Washington Detroit in Boston. Cleveland in Philadelphia St Louis in New York Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C TV L. P C Chicago .15 6 .714 Phils. ..9 8 529 Borton . 11 7 .611 Detroit 912 429 Wash .10 8 .555 St. Louis .6 12 .333 C land ..9 8 .529 N York 412 .250 Yesterday's Results. Chicago 7. Washington 6. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Boston In Chliago. Brooklyn in Pittsburg New York in St Louis Philadelphia in Cincinnati. Standing of the Clubs W L PC wl PC C’nati. .14 4 7S > T burg 710 412 N York .14 4 778 B'klyn. 6 9 40n Chicago 11 9 550 Phila 610 375 Boston 811 ,4*l St Louis 515 2.10 Yesterday's Results. Cincinnati 5. Philadelphia 4 Chicago 10. Boston 8 New York 11. St. Louis 8 Pittsburg-Brooklyn, no game rain AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Games Today. Columbus in St Paul Toledo in Minneapolis Indianapolis In Milwaukee Louisville in Kansa.- City Standing of the Clubs. W L P C W L P C M’apolis 15 7 682 K. City 11 1.3 418 C lumb'B 17 8 680 1, vi]|e 813 381 Toledo .13 10 565 M w kee 8 14 *4 St Paul 13 12 520 I'apolis 816 333 Yesterday’s Results. Toledo 6. Minneapolis 3 Columbus 10. St Paul 6 Kansas City 6 Louisville .3 Indianapolis 1 Milwaukee 0 White City Park Now Open BTmoney to loam ' ON DIAMONDS AND JEWELRY R t r i c t ly confidential. I Jnrß(le*»med pledges in diamonds for sale, 30 par coni less than el sew h era. MARTIN MAY (Formerly of Schaul A May.) II 1-2 PEACH T REE ST. UPSTAIRS Absolutely Private. Opposite Fourth Nat Bank Bldg i Both Phones 15*4 WE BUY OLD GOLD 8 er, for it is none' other than Kid McCoy, who in his time was the. cleverest fighter in the game. Yes, the Kid has announced his permanent retirement from the ring and he Insists that it is not a Patti farewell. McCoy is through with the ring game and henceforth will preach on the benefits of physi cal science. McCoy has quit Parts for London, and will leave from the latter city In a few days bound for America. McCoy says his recent splurge in the boxing game was done purely to show that he could “come back." • • • "Gunboat” Smith. Jim Buckley's heavyweight charge, is going to be put to the test this evening when he fares Jim Stewart at the Na tional Sporting club Smith has won all his battles here since his local debut, but this will be the hardest of his career. ♦ • • Owen Moran, the British light weight star, is going to hop up to Syracuse and tackle Charley White on May 20. After that affair Moran is going right back to his Lake wood camp, for he hears that Wol gast is coming here shortly, and the champion Is the one boy Moran wants to battle to get even fortheir last tussle. \ • • • Tom O'Rourke Is very optimistic over the chances of Jim Flynn with Jack Johnson. Thomas was In Omaha a few days ago when the big fight became the leading topic. There were a number of Flynn rooters. O’Rourke chimed in. ex tolled Flynn, but added: “Just to take a little flyer I will bet SS.PPP on Johnson against $2,000 on Flynn.” O’Rourke was grabbed, and the money posted. O’Rourke figures Flynn's chances so good that he ex pects him to be a 5 to 1 shot • • • It is possible that Johnnv Dun dee and Joe Coster will mingle at one of the local clubs before two weeks have elapsed. These two feathers are about the best in their class around here, and the winner will certainly be entitled to i clash with Champion Johnny Kllbane. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Baltimore In Montreal. Newark in Buffalo Jersey City in Toronto. Providence in Rochester. Standing of the Clubs. , , w L P C WL. P C ■P, ( 11 5 .688 P'denoe . 7 8 .467 B itmore 9 5 ,643 Newark . 7 9 .438 Buffalo 8 7 533 Toronto . 6 9 400 R Chester 8 7 .533 M treal .4 10 .286 Yesterday's Results. Toronto 2. Jersey City 1 Newark 6. Buffalo 3‘. Rochester 6. Providence 3. Montreal 5. Baltimore 0. SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. _ Games Today. Gadsden m Anniston. Bessemer In Huntsville. Selma In Rome Standing of the Clubs „ W. L. P C ‘w. L. P C selma. .11 6 .647 B semer 9 9' 590 1 588 An ton. . 9 9 478 H ville . 8 8 .500 Gadsden 41! .267 Yesterday's Results. Huntsville 3. Anniston 1 Gadsden 9. Selma. 5. Rome 5. Bessemer 1 Anniston 5. Huntsville 4. CAROLINA ASSOCIAT ION. Games Today. 1) ins’on-Salem in Charlotte Spartanburg in Greensboro Anderson in Greenville. Standing of the Clubs. W L F C. W. L. P C Sp'burg . 8 4 .667 W -S'lem 5 7 417 C rlotte 8 4 667 G'nsboro 5 7 "417 A'derson. 6 5 .545 G'nvilie . 3 S ,273 Yesterday's Results. Greensboro 5, Anderson 4 Spartanburg 9. Winston-Salem 3. Charlotte 12, Greenville 1. UNITED STATES LEAGUE. Games Today. Cleveland in Chicago. Cincinnati in Pittsburg New York in Washington. Richmond in Reading Standing of the Clubs. W L P C W L P C Reading 4 1 89>i P ttsb'rg 3 3 500 R'hmond 4 2 66,’ C i eland 2 4 333 Chicago .3 2 .600 W'ngton I 3 C'nnati .4 3 .571 N York 0 3 000 Yesterday's Results. Cincinnati 3. Pittsburg 2. Cleveland 15. Chicago s All other games off; rain. COTTON STATES LEAGUE. Games Today, Hattiesburg in Greenwood. Meridian in Jackson. New Orleans in Vicksburg Standing of the Clubs W. I. P C W L P M’rldian 14 9 .609 ,I'kson .10 12 455 N Ons 14 10 .583 H'sburg 10 12 455 V'k'sb g 12 10 545 G nwood 815 ,348 Yesterday s Results. New Orleans 6. Greenwood 4 Meridian 11. Hattiesburg 3 Vicksburg 4. Jackson 2. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Games Today. Danville in Roanoke Norfolk in Richmond New port New in Petersburg Standing of the Clubs W L PC W L. PC P smo th 7 4 636 F sburg .77 500 Norfolk .7 5 583 Danville 77 509 R.'enoke 8 7 533 R bmond 6 9 499 N News 9 8 529 L liburg .5 9 .357 Yesterday's Results. Norfolk 6. Roanoke 2 Richmond 5. Danville 2 Linehburg 8. Newport News 3 Portsmouth 4. Petersburg 4 OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY. Auburn 4. Clemson 0 Washington and Lee 5, Mercer. Woodland 6, Talbotton 2 CHRIS CATCHEL IS NOW GATE CITY SECRETARY Chris Catche! has been appointed secre ts’-’ of the Ga’e (Tty A c He has had much exi-erem e■: t>-i, pp.* ard should be a big help tv the lub in stag::.* g< 1 bouts. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: THURSDAY. MAY 9,..1912. The Georgian’s Sjport Page b HYDER BARR, THE PELICANS' STAR OUTFIELDER. WHIPPING ONE HOME ((b \\',\ \\ \\ \ \ \ \ \ \*' a*. ‘ \ V leL To the casual observer Barr seems to have everything that goes to make a big leaguer. And the fact is that at various times the Southern lad has be longed both to the Philadel phia Americans and to the Cleveland club. Somehow h e doesn't seem to make a stick of it, and is al ways shunted back to the Southern. Atlanta had him once, but he cou I d n’t seem to make the desired im pression and was turned loose. He has been kicked from club to club, always looking like a winner, but never quite de\ livering until he has brought up at the home of the maverick players. New Orleans. Barr is just Charley Frank’s sort of a play er. He knows the game and can be depend ed upon to go right along and play his best, whether the team has any manager or not. In fact, last year Frank once named him temporary man ager of the club, much to Barr’s fright and dis gust. GISSING NOT LIKELY TO GO TO OLYMPIC GAMES NEW YORK. May f» Harry Gissing. the fast middle distant e runner of the Irish-American A. will not be able to make the trip to Sweden with the Olym pic team even if he should be picked by the selection committee. Gissing. who is a former national cham pion. and who is able to d" 1:55 for the half-mile, and around 4:20 for the mile, will enter the tryouts at Boston, but de clares he can not afford to neglect his i business tor the long trip With .1 P Jones and Gissing out of the ; big games, the chances for America to | clean up in the middle distance races is I considerably lessened, but with Sheppard. I Kiviat, Hanavan and Hedlund for the 800 and 1.500 meter races, the United States | max rest easy YAZOO CITY BREAKS INTO COTTON STATES LEAGUE’ JACKSON. MISS , May 9 President Lewis. of the Cotton States league > innounccd to day that the sale of the 1 franchise of th'' New Orleans teihi f ! 'hat league to Yazoo Cit) has been practically concluded : also, that Catch er Dudley, of New Orleans, has been traded to Greenwood for Warner. TEXAS LEAGUE. Games Today. Austin in Beaumont. Waco in Houston Fort Worth In Galveston. Dallas tn San Antonio Standing of the Clubs W L r C W. L. PC | Waco. .15 9 .•<■> Dallas At 12 475 Austin 14 11 56' S An io 12 14 >'. ■ I Houston it 11 ■ -'> C, ves'wn >n 14 4'7 j '| B utn’nt It 11 5D> F Wth 916 360 I Yesterday’s Results. Houston 2. Dallas 1 Austin 5. 'tabes’'-’' 2 . Austin 3. Gabeston 1 ’’ aco >. San Anton-' -i ■' a< 4 San Ar.’ -nie 0. Fort Worth 3. Beautn ’nt 2 // - ~T ) J zx ///V v i ) / / ~ \ • w Cui / // \ Vx vX' , A wv. ' ' "ilB 7 IWBliju 7/ \ \ ’' * I </ Hydsr Barr is / thssta’-ofthe k / somewhat de- , mo-a I'zed New \\ * * ' / Orhans team *\ \ X $ ql||'' / this year. H's \ f 1 w U f £ *< IHmR / h'ttmg has been \ fLI U i I stout and his Wsl\ W’l"®-- * tt * 1 fielding, as a 1 - JUy \ JL’I g ffilßMMja. ways, spectaeu- J|| \\ *1 HL I fIK ■ll - ar ' *"* e seems \ 1 jf , < H set for his big- I I N aRe # y .iwlr S get* y ear since X. \W’;. k| * t> r °'<e into 'if * ® Mml jKsSaMS baseball. Barr's ath ■T.A'.jj A j letic career has **** MWf been a weird -gMMlijilMl one. Rr O m the time he began < breaking into snort pages, i I back when he Ist was playing < P r ep football in i Nashville until ' tbe oresent, he * las jumped l ' from team to \\ team. always doing well, but T never tarrying i < long. ft * i I / v kiSlL' «*%* / AaJ Bl 7 (( t w' l Jv LEE TANNEHILL’S WRIST BROKEN BY THROWN BALL WASHINGTON, May 9 A ball thrown by Walter Johnson put Lee Tannehill, utility Infielder of the Chi cago White Sox, out of the game indef initely yesterday Tannehill's wrist was broken, by. a pitched ball. The crowd jeered the White Sox infielder is he trotted to first base rubbing his arm. The ball seemed to have struck ! the bat. ; Tannehill tried to field his position at shortstop in the next, inning, but his I first attempt to throw to first resulted in a wild throw. An X- . examination of the arm made later show > d a clean break. Tannehill will return to Chi- | I go tomor’-od- and Blai kburne will I take his place. POPE-WASSING STABLE SHIPPED TO TORONTO VALDOSTA GA Mac 9—Mr-ssis. Henrv Pope and J. F Wassing. who have spent the winter here training a string of hotses nt the Pine nark track, have shipped their stables to Toronto, Canada, where they will enter their horses in the spring meets. During their stay in Valdosta Mr 'Wassing bought the fast pacer. Doctor Young, from Chief of Police Dampier and Sheriff Gornto. IL- also purchased Sli ter Queen, on» of the fastest mares in i this part, of Georgia. BIG FIELD OF GOLFERS PL AYING IN BIRMINGHAM • BIRMINGHAM. ALA. May 9.—With the weather fair, the course of the Bir mingham Athletic Cub in ■ nrking con dition and th’ pf -r ■■f Southern golfers here the invitation tournament of the Birmingham Country club began this morn i n FRESHMEN ARE STARS IN TECH TRACK MEET In the annual Tech class track meet held yesterday the freshmen came out the winners. The meet was by far the best and most interesting ever pulled off lately at the flats. , First one class then the other would have the lead. The freshmen rolled up a total of 50 points, the juniors 41. sophs 40.5, subs 31.5 and the seniors 28. The star of the meet was Youmans, the freshman sprinter. This man won first in the lf>o. 220 and 441-yard dashes. Dußnse. for the juniors; Eubanks and Conklin, for the sophs; Goree, for the subs, and Guinn, for the seniors, did the best work of their classes. The best event of th® whole day was the 220-yard low hurdles. McDonald and Eubanks ran a dead heat and were nose and nose right from the start to the finish. TECH TRACK TEAM WILL COMPETE IN BIRMINGHAM The Tech track team will leave At lanta Friday afternoon for Birmingham to enter the big meet given by the Bir mingham Athletic club. Coach Thomas f-id today that he expects Tech to be a strong contender for the cup offered the best college team It is generally conceded that Hill will take first place in the dashes. Goree first in the high hurdles and Patterson first in the hammer throw The out come as far as the Tech team is con t erned will depend on how many second and third places the other men van pull dow n. COULON HAS EASY TIME PULLING DOWN $1,250 NEW YORK. May 9.—Bantam Cham pion Johnny Coulon is $1,250 richer to day for having handed a terrific lacing to Young Solsberg. of Brooklyn, at the Royal Athletic club last night. Coulon sh’”'. ed superior strength and skill and had the lead in every round. The little .hampion weighed in at 113 1-2. while Solsberg weighed 112 1-2. Array of Old Stars Preferred To Collection of Young Cracks By W. J. Mcßeth. HASBEENVILLE is gaining very little in its pitching population, judging from the spring census returns. The strength of several teams in both leagues is in the box work of their veterans, and,a number of men supposed to hold tickets for that station in life described as Gone-Back are as sprightly as chickens of current date and apparently have no in tention of departing. If a big league manager had his pick today between a squad of vet eran pitchers and a squad of youngsters, which would he select? Would he take Marquard. Alexan der, Gregg. Johnson. Ford and Joe Wood in preference to Mathew son. Bender. Plank, Rucker, Coombs and Walsh? The problem would about drive him to the home for the men tally infirm. He would want them all. He couldn’t work them all. of course—in fact, if he had either squad he would suffer an embar rassment of riches —but he would most earnestly desire having the entire bunch sit on his bench, if only for the purpose of looking pleasant. Either crowd, with good support, would be capable of winning a pen nant, if they were all in condition at the same time, but some man agers are inclined to the belief that six star pitchers can not be worked in turn and kept in good condi tion. True, the average club has more boxmen than that, but none of them have more than half that number of heavers who can be tru ly called stars, and they figure themselves lucky. Matty the Greatest Pitcher. Baseball men, as a rule, accept without argument the proposition that Mathewson is the greatest pitcher in the world, and they base it upon the fact that he has been great for a decade. It seems that the old followers of the game, while always willing to admit a young pitcher’s capabilities whenever he displays them, do not place a man in the category of the truly great until he has established himself by more than one or two years serv ice. Marquard, Alexander and Gregg are counted wonderful young pitchers, but they are first year men. The indications are that they are truly great, but that stamp will not be placed upon them by the baseball world until they have dem onstrated their fitness for a place in the hall of fame by longer serv ice. Ed Walsh is certainly a great pitcher. Year after year the big spltballer has gone along, and stood all tests. Napoleon Rucker is count ed a truly great. McGraw, of the Giants, claims that he is one of the best left handers of all times, and he bases it largely upon the fact that the Southerner has been great during all the years of his service. Bender and Plank will have ever lasting place in the hall of fame. These, too, established their class— not one year, but year in and year out —and there is no indication that they have commenced to decline. One of the new generation of pitchmen who are still regarded in the light of youngsters, but who cah not be denied recognition as among the greatest of his time, is Walter Johnson, the Washington speed marvel. There are manj’ people who believe that Johnson is the best pitcher in the country to day—but that sort of proposition would always provide a long argu ment. Jack Coombs is not so much of a veteran as some of the others named with him. but he is no youngster, from the standpoint of service, and what he has done for the world’s champion Athletics A tireless car —almost. Prisoners of “here” find free dom in the Ford. It’s the always-at-your-service car— and a real tire trouble eman cipator—for it puts more tire surface on the ground per pound of car than any other. And we’re making seventy five thousand this year. Al] Folds Bro Model T s—all alike except the bodies. The two-passenger runabout costs s.>90 —the five-passenger touring car i s69o—the delivery ear s7oo—the town car s9oo—f. o. b. Detroit, completely equipped. Get latest catalogue from Ford Motor Company, 311 Peachtree St., Atlanta, or direct from Detroit factory. gives him the right to be men tioned with the greatest of the great. Marquard and Gregg, left hand ers, have had two great first years, and both have started with every indication of repeating. There is no question as to their class. The same is true of Alexander, although he is off to a poor start this season. But will they be still regarded as great five years from now? The chances are in favor of the affirma tive. They are young: they have the natural ability. The rest is up to them. Baseball men will tell you that no matter how much ‘stuff" a young pitcher may have he can not be truly great until he has had the experience that makes him wise. "Bugs” Raymond was a man who “had everything.” in his particu lar line, but will the eccentric heaver ever be named in the fu ture as among the great pitchers of this decade? Will he ever be mentioned in the same breath with Mathewson, Bender. Plank and Walsh? Ford and Wood Rank High. Russell Ford, of the Yankees, and Joe Wood, of the Boston Red Sox, are acknowledged great yoftng pitchers. Ford has had one splen did year, and has pitched con sistently good ball, even when los ing. In picking out a list of the best heavers in the game today, many would hesitate before leav ing off the name of Wood. The promise of the present holds a future of greatness for such com parative unknowns as "Bucky” O’Brien, Marty O'Toole. George Ty ler, Hugh Bedient, Claude Hendrix. Joe Steen. George Beaumgardner. Elmer Brown, Rube Benton, Jeff Tbsreau, "Lefty” Allen. Casey Ha german and half a dozen others. They may be the Mathewsons. Benders, Planks. Coombs and Walshes of another era, but the old baseball man who was trying to win a pennant would probablj just as soon have a Mordecai Brown, or. a Bill Donovan, or a George Mullin around as several of these fellows of future promise. | YESTERDAY'S GAME ~ Mobile— ab r. h po. a. e" Maloney, es 3 o o 5 0 0 Starr. 2b 5 0 0 3 0 0 B alsh. ss 3 11 2 4 0 Jacobson. If 3 11 4 o o Rohe, lb 5 o 1 12 0 0 Paulette, rs 5 0 0 3 0 0 Gardella, 3b 4 o o 11 A Dunn, c 5 n 2 6 3 0 Berger, p 4 0 0 0 4 0 xCamphell 1 p p p p p Totals 38 2 5 36 12 G Atlanta— ab. r h. po. a e Bailey. If 5 1 n 5 p’ p Ganiev, rs 5 0 0 p 0 0 Hemphill, cf 5 p 1 2 0 P O’Dell. 2b 4 1 n 4 2 P Alperman. 3b 4 1 2 1 4 1 O’Brien, ss 4 P P 1 i p Sykes, lb., 4 0 p 14 6 p Kerr, c 5 0 0 8 3 p Paige, p 4 P p 1 3 P Totals 40 3 3 36 16' 1 x—Ratted for Berger in 12th. Score bj innings: R Mobile COP opo opp npp—2 Atlanta 010 npp ppi ppi—3 Summary—Two-base hits, Walsh, Al perman. Sacrifice hits. O’Brien. Kerr. Page. Jacobson Sacrifice fly, Sykes. Double nla? . O'Dell to Sykes Stolen base. Jacobson. Struck out. by Paige 7, by Berger 4. Bases on balls, off Berger 4, off Paige 5. Hit by pitched ball. Gar dens. Left on bases. Mobile 6. Atlanta 6. Time of game, 2:25. Umpires, O'Toole i and Fitzsimmons. MERCER'S BAD FIELDING GIVES W. AND L. GAME MACON. GA., May 9.—Washington and Lee defeated Mercer here yester day. 5 to 1. The Mercer players fielded miserably. Washington and Lee played a good, jam-up game and hit well. Mer cer was unable to connect at critical times.