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14 BASFJKLAKLJAFJKLKLJKJLKFJLJKLASFJKL;ASF 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 I«WL yir i v ■>>' f T i » rt k > i J * M4>fxT <fft t ( ( I of the moet obstinate cares in f v ■>. c J 3to 6 days: no other treatment ren-iir**: ? Sold by al) Semedyw» I HeßWeim Ogaf? Good ? Srqoke /Porto - - i 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. _ I - n] E K ‘ Taw - ~ . MBH Ml ’SF' SSc T;: ' ■- • | - GCMtenfr Il , ■“■* "• y "‘■■ ii,r — T-——2, 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 ing I ML* 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. Y- c ; ... ■. i M «< ' '' '-c&. Stas’? ififfM M fIE .JT jy iB.MiH-UMWailli 1, ■■ - jjg ill* llllll was rift W? "5 i . --g - J . Iftft I fill ft JHla ft SSI' fcrftHW't BMW:? 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 •_ 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 gfrTZe CHEW J f fliaL doubles | pleasure and goes I iwice as far. I DRUMMOND | NATURAL LEAF I CHEWING TOBACCO I MONEY TO LOU ON DIAMONDS ANO JEWELRY Strictly confidential. Unredeemed pledges in diamonds for sale, 30 per cent less than elsewhere. MARTIN MAY (Formerly of Schaul A May » 1J 1-2 PEACHTREE ST. UPSTAIRS Absolutely Private. Opposite Fourth Nat Bank Bldg Both Phones 1384 WE BUY OLD GOLD | ■