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Tesreau May Be Man to Win
Another Pennant for Giants
By Damon Runyon.
T x THEN the Tesreau family, of
»y\/ Missouri, welcomed a son
* and heir some twenty-three
years hack, they had an unsophisti
cated notion that he would do right
well unde: the name iff Charles
plain old Charles. Many another
Missourian has been born raised
and sent to the legislature, or
worse, similarly equipped. It is a
monicker that has been worn by
kings, ares, rivers and towns. Why
not a Tesreau? Why not. indeed?
Rut the Tesreau family could not
fnrsee. from Missouri, that their
son and heir would one day attain
an altitude of 6 feet 2 inches,
draped with 225 pounds of meat
and muscle, and that so strayed he
would come to the springtime at
tention Os a large and enthusiasti
cally ennufed crowd of baseball
writers. Charles, or even Chai ley.
might go all right in Missouri, but
anybody can realize that a man «
feet 2 inches high, weighing 225
pounds, needs more than that name
to got a hand in th.- big league
Also, it was the springtime, when
the baseball writer's fancy lightly
turns to thought of love and lan
guage Thus, when the son of the
house of Tesreau arrived at the
training eamp of the New York
Clants one dimpled spring morn
ing In the condition In which he
started out by bls parents
which is to say as Charles brief
mention of the fast was conveyed,
wirewise. to the palpitating base
ball fans of New York, something
' '■Big Jeff Tesreau. a pitching re
cruit from the Texas league. Join
ed today." . _
plain Charles Would” t Do.
No one took the trouble to In
<r;,t the hotel register to learn
that Mr Tesreau had modestly in
,cribed himself as Charles M No
one cared anything about It: a man
of such gMh couldn't by any pos
sibility get away with P laln ‘ dno
Mr Tesreau himself displayed no
emotion over this peremptory ban
tahment of bls chTU-tian handle.
Mr Tesreau being about as emo
tional as a Chinese W”
Wlwn somebody b«de him a
••good morning. Jeff Mr
reau nodded, and smiled It mad
oo difference to him what they call
ed him. aa long as they let him stay
ln the league Ro he is "JefT Tes
reau to this day. and will doubt-
X be 'Jeff" to the end of his
big league career
Tb „ only explanation that ran be
offered for the nickname Is that he
earns In when Hon J J
of I.OS Angeles. was attracting
attention In the public prints and
M , Teaman favored Mr Jeffries as
is ’he largest pitcher in
eaptivttv: he is one of the most
promising youngsters that has
broken Into the big league in years.
and hP fs probably the only man
„ v er signed strictly on his
Hm Many Nick Names.
He is the most nicknamed youth
in all the leagues, for besides "Jeff "
he 1s . ailed "Tez," "Tessie." "Rig
Bov." and "Rear Catcher" but
never by ana chance. Charles.
What the "M" stands for nobody
knows but Tesreau. and he has
never said Rome hold that It is
"Mastodon." others that it means
•'Mountainous "
John .1 McGraw got his first
s’ant at Tesreau pronounced
•■Tese-ro." but more commonly
"Tez-ro" —at Shreveport when that
■Louisiana town was in the old
Texas league, and Tesreau was a
pitcher for the local team. Pure
ly because he was struck by the size
of the man. McGraw bought hint
in. and left him right there Tes
reau had very little as a pitcher,
aside from some speed, but McGraw
Is partial to hie men for pitchers,
and Tesreau was certainly big
That was in 1910. In the fall of
tnat year Tesreau tenoned to Mc-
Graw In Nev, York. He had only
indifferent sip css in the Texas
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league, being with a losing club.
He sat around on the Neu York
bench for a few days, and then the
season closed, so he returned to
his home in Missouri. In the
spring of 1911 he reported to Mc-
Graw at Marlin. He was still big,
but that was about all. Only his
size secured him much attention
from the camp followers, as other re
cruits were figured more promis
ing.
Encouraged to Use “Spitter.
McGraw sized Tesreau up at his
leisure. He worked him in exhibit
tfon games as the Giants went
North in 1911 Jeff did fairly well,
hut he had very little of what the
players call "sluff " He had pick
ed up the rudiments of the spit ball,
somehow, and seemed Io make con
siderable progress with I hat de
livery. McGraw is supposed to be
opposed to the spitter. as a gen
eral proposition, but strangely
enough he encouraged Tesreau to
keep at it. He probably figured he
needed something.
When the Giants returned to New
York McGraw sent the big pitcher
over to Joe Kelley, at Toronto, for
development, and thereafter he
heard no more from him—at least
not through Kelley. Meantime, Jeff
got away slowly, but as the season
progressed he grew better. To
ward the close he was pronounced
the best pitcher in the then East
ern league. He was striking out
ten and fifteen men Io a game
No hint of this reached McGraw
from the Toronto management, but
the chief of t lie Giants has a. way
of finding out for himself His
friends told him Jeff was ready for
the big show, and Tesreau was or
dered to report at Marlin this
spring. Whether the failure to give
McGraw a line on the man had
anything to do with it or not, ft
is noticeable that Toronto is no
longer the favorite farm of the
Giants.
Tesreau seems to be the man Mc-
Graw needed to win another pen
nant—a sure-fire pitcher. He has
a wonderful spit hall, and of late
has developed a curve. When th'
weather gets good and hot, the
slippery elnt artist will probably
begin to show his real worth.
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rhe problem that nvw occupies ihe mind of the fight community is wheth
er the appendicitis operation submitted to by I,iprhtweight Champion Ad Wol
osfrt will have a deferring effect on his fighting ability. Wolgast had a rough
voyage in his four-ronnd “comeback" bout with Willie Ritchie on the coast.
Ritchie ent the titleholder up a bit. and but for being floored twice would have
gained the decision over Wolgast.
WHITE. EASY WINNER, IS
FOULED TWICE BY MORAN
SYRACI'SE, N Y. May 31 -Owen
Mornn. worsted in six of the round?,
twice fouled (’barley White, of Chi
cago. in the ninth round of their bat-
’•' here The referee then Mopped the
tight.
The Chicago box fought one of the
garnest battles of his » areer and in
the second round a terrific hook to the
law <ent the Englishman spinning to
the floor. At the close of the eighth
round he had given Moran a bad beat
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PERCY H WHITING
SAM CRANE, W J MSELTH,
DAMON RUNYON,
CHARLES DRYDEN *
Has Appendicitis Operation Impaired
Fighting Ability of Champion Wolgast?
First pictures received in South of Wolgast’s “comeback” bout.
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American League Men
Convene to Consider
Strike and Ty*s Case
Philadelphia. May 21. That
fines only would he the sentence im
posed upon the members of the De
troit American league team was the
belief expressed as the magnates went
into session here today with Ban John
son. president of the league. The meet
ing was held to consider the strike of
’ the Tigers and also Ty Cobb's ease.
The baseball directors were also sched
uled to take action for the better pro
tection of players upon the diamond
to save them from insulting remarks
from spectators
* It was indicated that Cobb would be
reinstated after the lapse of ten days
or a so: might. is said to have bcm
strongly upheld Pies;,lend Njvm. of
Hie- Detroit club. The Detroit team
plays in Washington this afternoon.
GORDON DOWNS U. S. B
BARNESVILLE. GA . May 21. The J’.l
,S R of Stem Mountain wat de
ifeaied io Gordon here yesterday to the J
I tune of to 0 The visitors got only two|
men to first anti twelve of them fanned.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEY’S: TUESDAY. MAY 21. 1912
IBO®S
HUNTSVILLE WILL PUT ON
BOOSTER GAME FOR FUNDS
HVNTSVII.LE. ALA.. May 21. -The
Huntsville Baseball association has
suffered severe financial loss during
the protracted rainy season and has
inaugurated a campaign for more funds
which they hope to secure through the
medium of a "booster game" for which
the admission will be one dollar. A
selling campaign will be carried on by
a band of young ladies and it is be
lieved that several hundred tickets can
b» sold in this way.
The rainy weather of the last month
has been a severe strain on the finances
of several of the associations in the
Southeastern league and that they have
weatheted the storm is believed to be.
due to the patriotism of the fans of >
•‘rich town. With giWid weather It is,
believed that every dub. with the pos
sible exception of Bessemer, will make
money
DUFFY LOSES FIGHT~AND
MAYBE AN EYE AS WELL
XI-AV <>RLKAXS. Max 21. Freddy Duf
\t\ <•!' Boston. Inst a decision tn .lop I
• l litHp.is. of this city, after a ten-round
. Jjgh: her? last night at the Xexx Orleans!
\thl» ti< < bib I niffy max also lose the j
■ 's ght of hi< right *»\p. which was hadlx ’
I mjijcrd by <-nr of Thoma* - ' loft I
’•mime bento, ol this »>ix, knocked out i
I K Soxi’iour. of Atlan'a. after 2 4 min-’
utt. of fighting in a preliminary
In the tipper p •■iiii-'' Ritchie is shown assisting Wolgast to hi* lev' alter
the champion had fallen from missing a wild the lower lelt-hflnd pho
tograph Ritchie is seen forcing the champion to seek refuge in a eorner. Ihe
champion was forced Io retreat often during the short bout. In the lower
right-hand picture Wolgast is depicted missing his opponent by a wide mai
gin. This picture shows that Wolgast s vision has been dimmend b\ hi* latofi.
W W NAUGHTON . TAD,
LEFT HOOK, SOL FLEX,
H M WALKLR>
ED. W SMITH . * * *
Crackers* Batting
Averages. Including
Yesterday's Game
Manager Hemphill is the only regular on
the Cracker squad hitting above the .300
mark.
PLATERS I G. IAB-1 R. I H. I AV?
Hemphill, cf v .| 32 1124 18 40 .323
Dessau, p 6 18 0 6 , .333
Sitton, p.... 5 I 10 1 3 ; .300
Alpertnan, 3b 33 118 '2l 33 .270
O’Dell, lb 29 102 12 27 .265
tianlev, rs 24 82 13 21 .256
Bailey. If 33 115 25 27 .235
Graham, c 11 26 4 6 231
Sykes, 1b.23 75 11 16 .213
East. 2b 23 73 5 15 .205
Paige, p 8 25 2 5 200
1 Miller, p 12 25 4 5 .200
O’Brien, ss 27 101 11 19 .188
Atkins, p 5 12 i 1 .083
1 .Johns. _p . 9 3 1_ .059
HOLLAND IS PRESIDENT
OF TECH ASSOCIATION
The following officers have been elected
• by the Georgia Schoo! of Technology Ath-
I letic association:
Harry Holland, president: .Ine Logan,
j vice president; \. Loeb, secretary; C.
I Porter, football manager: H Cook, base
‘ hall manager; Ed Means, track manager;
| It Hall, basket ball manager. S Hodges
j class manager; H Hatthian, tennis man-
• agrr. and J M. Reifsnider, advertising
manager.
Look Out, Johnson! Flynn’s
Manager Is Made a “Copper”
East las vegas. n. m.,
May 21.—Lil Artha Johnson,
king ‘if pugdom. who is ilqe
in Las Vegas the first week in June
to prime himself for his champion
ship encounter with Jim Elynn, the
fighting fireman, on the Fourth of
July, wants to take precious good
care that he treads the narrow
path, refrains from knocking off
Ku miles per hour in his wealthy
wagon and does not start anything
that could go under the head of
hurrah stuff when he takes up his
abode in this city.
To. begin with, the chief of po
lice is a disciplinarian with a large
l>." Before assuming his present
position he fought Indians and
quieted noisy cowpunchers for a
livelihood. Gameness is bis middle
name. The chief has .just been
given a new assistant, and his name
is Jack Curley.
Curley gained the appointment
direct from Major Taupert. His
honor appreciates the fact that the
/ advance doings of the Flynn-John
son scrap July 4 have started to get
under way and that his daredevil
chibf needs assistance. So on the
job as first assistant goes Curley,
and Mayor Taupert. Charley
O'Malley, Herman llfeld. Frank
Springer, Charley Farley. Jack
Laubaeh and all the other first
citizens of Las Vegas ate having a
badge made sot Curley that is
thought ,to bt a perfect jewel of
I he jew elei s art.
Jack anticipates receiving some
thing that will look like a full
hrothei to a tin wash boiler, but
Mayor Taupert and all ate out to
surprise him. and t*c badge will be
an expensive gold one, studded
with diamonds and appropriatel.v
engraved.
"Jack Johnson. I have read, has
caused the police of ail the big
Northern and Eastern cities more
or less trouble through his various
escapades, particularly through his
fast driving," states Assistant Chief
Curley. "WeJl, our laws must he
obeyed. 1 am not counting upon
any trouble from him. but he would
HOWELL. COLLEGE STAR.
SIGNED BY BRESNAHAN
BATON ROI’GE. LA.. May 21.
Pitcher Howell, for the past four sea
sons the mainstay of the Louisiana ;
State university baseball team, has |
signed a contract to pitch for the St. .
Louis National league tefam. It is hr- '
Hewed that Howell will report to Man- ■
ager Bresnahan after the close of]
Louisiana State university next month. I
Howell has been frequently looked I
over by major league scouts, but until |
his recent performance against Tulane .
several weeks ago no offer had been 1
made him. The contract signed by '
Howell was arranged by Physical Di
rector Halligan, who has been trying to
place the Louisiana pitching star with
a big league club.
RAY TEMPLE HAS EASY
TIME BEATING MANDOT
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MEMPHIS. TENN May 21.—The
championship hopes of .Joe Mandot. the
Southern scrapper, are sadly crumpled
today following his defeat here at the
hands of Ray Temple, of Milwaukee.
The Wisconsin lad outboxed, out
generaled and outslugged the South
erner and had the best of the battle
throughout the entire eight rounds.
Maildot was a heavy favorite in the
betting, the odds being as high as ten I
to four.
@©iLir a
better beware. It is in my power
to arrest Johnson if he gets gay
and I will treat him like a bank
robber or horse thief if he forgets
himself and starts anything during
his stay in our city.”
The official colors for the con
test Independence Day, so far as
the display of pennants and em
blems ate concerned, have been se
lected. and. figuring that it is a
white man against a negro, the se
lection was not a particularly pain
ful task. The Flynn flags will be
a solid while color; the Johnson
will he a solid black.
Now that Las Vegas is enjoying
the brand of weather that made it
famous, following 72 hours of a
combination of snow. hail, rain and
drizzle, the highway out to Monte
zuma Springs, where Flynn is in
training, is rideable and Jack Cur
ley never misses an afternoon eall
at the camp. His car is always
crowded, as the fighting fireman
lias made a host of friends among
the town's people, and the.v are al
ways glad of the chance to visit
the big fellow.
Jim's camp is the ideal one and.
as he has his own cook, he is in
the best of spirits and is content
ing himself taking two walks daily
and fixing up the gymnasium. Not
until 'l'ommj Ryan conies to town
■>n Satmda.v will Flynn start to pre
pare himself for his big contest
witli Julmson. a contest that will
make him a millionaire if he is the
winner, and Sunny Jim continues to
declare that he will knock Lil Ar
tha stiff somewhere between the
fifth and fifteenth rounds.
3 LOS ANGELES FIGHTS
WILL COST OVER $42,000
L<»S ANGELES, c.\L. May 21. The
summer slate for the Pacific Athletic
club has been completed. The three
matches offered b.v Promoter Tom Mc-
Cgrej will bring together six of the
best known men in the boxing game.
Incidentally, it ma.v be mentioned that
the Vernon venture* wit’ cost the Los
Angeles magnate something over $42,-
Otin.
“Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”
is Tom's motto, and the result of his
figuring means that at least two of the
battles bagged will attract world-wide
interest.
<>tt the afternotm of Saturday. June
8. will come the scheduled twenty-round
meeting between tlwen Moran and Jack
White. The latter, by his decisive win
over Frankie <‘onley. has won a Cali
fornia following. If Jiv k proves ca
pable of toppling the Birmingham boy’
o'er, he will be m line for a match with
Joe Mandot.
Ad Wolgast and Joe Rivers come to
gether on the afternoon of Thursday,
July 4. Every marl' of heavy coast at
tendance is expected to g ' on the locks
• m this occasion The arena building
i~ to be enlarged and the receipts are
expected to reai h s’>n.ooo and $60,090.
Saturda', Jul'- 27. will bring together
the two iiowe'-fuT blacks. Sam Ling
ford and Joe Jeanette. These princi
| pale "’ll have to do some tall travel
ing In order io keen the t'alifornia en
g.'gcment. as Langford is now in Aus
tralia, while Jeanott" is located in
Paris.
LIVELY. EX-TIGER, WILL
TAKE JOB WITH BILLIES
D»hnn; Pfihbs. manager of the Mont
comer? team, has closed a deal for the
:-ervi<‘es nf Jack 1 ivel.v. who pitched for
Montgomery 3 few ago.
L'\el? will leave the Detroit team to
join the Billikens in a couple of dayr.
KING DOWNS MOORE AND
CAPTURES DUNN TROPHY
Charles I'. King defealed H. Clay Moore
in the 36 holes final round for the Albert
L. Dunn golf trophy over the East. Lake
course on ih P Atlanta Athletic club links
1 'esterday, 2 up and I to play.
i In the second flight 11. c Perry de
feated r>. R. Henry. 3 up and 2 to plav.
Chew Drummond
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f fliaL doubles
| pleasure and goes I
iwice as far.
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DIAMONDS ANO JEWELRY
Strictly confidential.
Unredeemed pledges in
diamonds for sale, 30 per
cent less than elsewhere.
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