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Tesreau May Be Man to Win
Another Pennant for Giants
By Damon Runyon.
■r •» -r-HEN th- Ti.-reau family, of
\/\. Missouri, welcomed a son
and heir some twenty-three
years back, they had an unsophisti
cated notion that he would do right
well under the name f <harl<s
plain old t’hatle-. Many anothei
Missourian has been horn, raised
and sent to the legislature, or
worse, similarly equipped. It is a
monicker that has been worn by
king-, aces, rivers and towns. W iiy
not a Tesreau" Why not. indeed'.'
Rut the Tesreau family '-ould not
f-> rFf >p from Missouri, that theii
: -i and heir would one day attain
an altitude of K feet 2 inches
draped with 223 pounds of meat
and musejo, and that so arrayed he
would come to the springtime at
tention of a large and enthusiasti
cally ennuicd crowd of baseball
w riters. Charles, or'even t’harley.
might go all right in Missouri, but
anybody can realize that a man s
feet 2 inches high, weighing 225
pound:-, needs more than that name
to gel a hand In Ihe 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 camp of the New York
Giants one dimpled spring morn
ing. In the condition in which lie
was started out by his pat-mts
which is to say a- Charles - hrb f
mention of the fact was conveyed,
wirewlse. to the palpitating base
ball fans <>f New York, something
like this:
"Rig Jeff Tesreau. a pitching re
cruit from the Texas league. Join
ed today
Plain Charles Wouldn’t Do.
No one took the trouble to In
spect the hotel r-glrte- to learn
-that Mr Tesreau had modestly in
set*ibed himself as < 'barb s M No
one cared anything about it: a man
of such girth couldn't by any pos
sibility get away with plain Charles
Mr. Tesreau himself displayed no
■ emotion over this preemptory ban
ish niont of his i hristlan handle.
Mr. Tesreau being about as emo-
■ t.ional as a t’hlnese joss
When somebody bade him a
"good morning. Jeff.’ Mr Tes
reau nodded, and smiled, it mad' 1
no difference to him w hat they call
ed him. as long as they let him stay
in the league So he is "Jeff Tes
reau to this day. and will doubt
less be "Jeff" to the end of his
big league career.
The only explanation that can bo
Offered for the nickname is that he
Cante In when Hon. J. J Jeffrie.-,
of Eos •Angeles, was attracting
attention in the public prints, and
Mr. Tesreau favored Mr Jeffries as
to size
Tesreau is the largest pitcher in
captivity , he is one of the most
promising youngsters that has
broken into the big league in years,
and he is probably the only man
who ever signed strictly on his
size.
Has Many Nick Names.
He is the most nicknamed youth
in all the leagues, for besides "Jeff."
he is called "Tcz," "Tessie," "Big
Boy ' and "Rear Catcher" -hut
never by any chance, t’ltarles.
What the ' M" stands for nobody
knows but Tesreau. and he has
said. Some hold that it is
"Mastodon." others that it means
"Mountainous "
John .1 McGraw got Ills first
slant nt Tesreau pronounced
•■Tp-s-r,,." but more commonly
"Tez-ro"-—at Shreveport when that
Louisiana town was in the old
Texas league, and Tesreau was a
pitchf ■ for the local team. F*ur<
ly because he was struck by the size
of the man. McGraw bought him
tn, and left him right there. Tes
reau had veil little as a pitcher,
aside from some speed, but McGraw
is partial to big men for pit- hers
and Test- m was certainly big
That was in 191". In the fall of
that year. Tesreau "ported to Mc-
Graw in New Yorl. He had only
indifferent -u< ■• • - n the T-x <
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d of the most obstinate cage* in frorn f
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league, being with a losing < lub.
He sit around on the New York
bench for a few 'lays, and then the
season < losed. so he returned to
hit hom< 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 seeped him much attention
from t he < anip follow c rs, as ot he" re
cruits were figured more promi:-'-
Encouraqed to Use "Spitter.
M<-l aw sized Tesreau Up al hr
leisure He worked him in exhibi
tion games as the Giants went
Not th in 1911 less did faily w ell,
but he had very little of whit the
player:- call "stuff." He had pick
ed up the rudiments of tlie spit ball,
somehow, and seemed to make con
siderable progress with that de
livery. M'Graw'ls supposed to be
opposed to the spitfer. a a gen
eral proposition. hut strangely
enough he encouraged Tesreiu to
keep, at it He probably figu'ed he
needed something.
\\ hen the Giants returned to New
York McGraw sent the big pitcher
over to .Ini' K' lley . at Toronto, fm
development, and thereafter lie
heard no more from hint at least
not through Kelley Meantime. Jeff
got away slowly, hut as the stetson
|e ogressed lv grew bitter To
ward the close he was pronounced
the best pitcher In the then East
ern league. He wa - stiiking out
ten and fifteen no n to a game.
No hint of this reached McGraw
from the Toronto management, but
the chief of the Giants has away
of finding out for himself His
friends told him Jeff was ready for
the big show, and Tisiiau was or
dered to repurt at Marlin this
spring. Whether the failure to give
McGraw a line on the man had
anything to do with it or not. it
Is not ice title that Toronto is no
lunge the favorite farm of the
t Hants.
Tesreau seems to be the man Mc-
Graw needed to win another pen
nant—a sur< -flro pltcht He has
a wonderful spit hall, and of late
has developed a curvi When tip
weather gets good and hot, the
slippery elm artist will probably
begin to show his tea) worth.
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Tht> problem th;it now tmi-upies ilio niiml of the fiulo eommnniij is wheth
er the appendicitis operation submitted to b\ IJe-lHvtiiihi Champion Ad XX'oi
gast will have a deterring effect on his fighting ability . W’olyast had a rough
voyage in his four round "comeback" bout with Willie Ritchie mt the coast.
Rilehie cut the titleholder up a bit. ami but for beino floored twice would have
rained the decision over Wolgast.
In the upper picture Ritchie is shown assisting Wolgast to his feet after
WHITE. EASY WINNER. IS
FOULED TWICE RY MORAN
SVRA<TSE, N V. Mm _1 Owen
Moran. woisted tn six of the rounds,
tw Ice fouled Charley \A hlte. of Chi
cago. in the ninth round of their bat
tie here The referee th°n -topped th’
tight
The Chicago box fought one of the
gamest battle- of his career and in
the second round a terrific hook to the
jaw sent tin Englishman spinning ’o
the floor. At the dost of the eighth
pound he had given .'lman a bad bmi
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: TUESDAY. MAY 21.
Has Appendicitis Operation Impaired
Fighting Ability of Champion Wolgast? >
First pictures received in South of Waigast’s "comeback" bout.
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American League Men
Convene to Consider
Strike and Ty’s Case
FHII.ADF I.FHIA. Ma- ;| fha’
fines onh would bo the s’nPni'* tnt
posed upon the niombi '> of the De
troll American league team wa - th<
belief expiry ■ed as tlte maglnUi wont
ini" ,-cssion here t<»dn\ with Han John
son. president of the league. Ti e meet
ing was held to <-onside i th« strike of
the Tigers and also Tv Cobb's case
The baseball directors were also .•<J’..’d
tiled to take action, for the hett.-i pro
tection of platers upon the diamond
to save them from insulting rein irks
f:om spectators.
It was indicated hat t’.tbb would b--
reinstated after the i,.ps< of ten day.-
or a to ’night. He i- said to bnve be’n
strongly upheld by President Navin, of
tin Detroit . üb. The Detroit team I
plays in Washington this afternoon.
GORDON DOWNS U, S. B.
B VttMiSV it I.H <; v Mrv -- The f.
i , R s.-he.a ... sp-me Mountain wa - or I
I featcri by ■ lerdon here yesterday to the |
tune ■. •mn The visitor. eno tw. |
men to first and twelve <«f them fanned.
champion had fallen from missing a wild swin- In the lower 1 -11-hand pho J (
Digraph Ritchie is seen forcing the ehampion'to seek rid'ug ' in a corner. I Ip
ehampimi was loreed to retr-ai often during the short bout. In tnc lower
right-hand picture Wolgast is deiiie|e;| missing his opponent by a wide mar
gin. This picture clearly shows imw Wolgast's vision has been dimmed by his
long layoff.
HUNTSVILLE WILL PUT ON
•POSTON GAME’ FOR FUNDS
H [ XTSVH 1 f:. \E \ . May ’ ’ 1 h '
Huntsville Baseball ar-•«< ■’h» rm h<-
'uffered sovcr.- finam Ul during
the nrot: a*'ted raiiv mi and ha -
inaugurated a campaign for nimc fund
which th®y hop*’ in h'-uv ih’nugh f-'
nv'dium of a "b’mmer gam -” foi w hicn
tb» admission will h p "iv dollar. \
' inc campa’gn w’> bn t.iiiied mi h*
a band t>f > 'unc iadi» " an 1 it i- b
’i’\»'<l that ‘v» a. hund -nl H'Vi.- - <>
l' l in thi.- wa \.
The rainy weather of tlv last month
has been a savtp strain on the fin nv • ■
m several of the associations in the
Southeastern league and that they have
' rathe’ed tin storm is beiie\ » d to
due to the patriotism of the fans ->f
■aeh town. With good weather it is
belie\ ed that every club, w ith the pos
sible exception of Rt ssenv r. will mak«
money.
DUFFY LOSES FIGHTAND
MAYBE AN EYE AS WELL
NEW ORLEANS. Mat 2 , Ereddv I mf
fy. of Boston, lost a dc< sion to .Pie
i l.'vnpson. *’f ihi> ei(>. after a ien-i*r»und
fight here las’ night at the X’ew Orleans
\’hlet»< <lub Ouffv nm also lose the
I kighi of his ;g 1 : pm . which j • hadl\ :
I Tiered h\ < it « i left '
\ :i>K T’enn.', ■«! thi. • knocked out |
Il\ l ' j \ ci r. of A;lant a. after 2 ’ min
ute. of tightmj: m a
! Crackers* Batting
Averages. Including
Yesterday’s Game
Manager Fiemph’ll • th* '■mJc regular en
the f ta» ker squad hitting above the »
mark.
TLA YERS. “ «; AB R H \V
Hemphill. <f ?.2 1:4 18 in ,R2’.
Dessau, r •' 18 o k
Sitton, p . lu j . ;» xr.o
Alpernian. ■•b hr ;; n?, _7 ;
< v Dell. lb 29X102 27' .LB*.
(«a nlej. rs 24 'B2 1:'. m 258
Railey. If 23 113 23 27 _33
Graham. < 11 28 t > G .231
Svkes. th 23 73 11 18 :i ’
East. 2b 23 73 .3 13 .205
Paige, p S 2 2 5 .200
M iiler. p 11 23 » 3
(’’Brien, ss 27 101 >1 :'• . . ISs
Atkins, p 2 12 l ’ .<’>
Johns, p '• 17
HOLLAND IS PRESIDENT
OF TECH ASSOCIATION
The following officers have been elected
hv the Georgia School of Technology Ath
letic asso<-ation:
Harr> I 1 llan<’. p* esident: Joe I
vep president I oeb se< retar> . <"
I'mrter. P-cbali manager: 11. Cook, basr
' ball manager* Ed M<an . i r ack manager
H Hall. bask, t hall Tanager; S ll -dge . j
ila Tanager H Hallman, term’s man- j
’ ag<T. and J. M Rci(snider, adverti. ’ngl
manager.
Look Out, Johnson! Flynn's
Manager Is Made a “Copper 0
East las vegas. n. m..
May 21.—Lil Altha Johnson,
king of pugdotn, who is due
in Las Vegas the first week in June
to prime himself for his champion
ship encounter with Jim Flynn, the
fighting fireman, on Hie Fourth of
July, wants to take precious good
care that lie treads the narrow
path, refrains from knocking off
fio 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
"D.” Before assuming his present
position he fought Indians and
quieted . noisy cowpunchers for a
livelihood. Gameness Is his middle
name. The ( hies has just been
given a new assistant, and his name
i Jack < 'urley.
<'urley gained the appointment
direct from Mayor Taupert. His
honor applet dates the fact that the
advance doings of the Flynn-John
son scr iji July 1 have stalled to get
under way and that his daredevil
chief needs assistance. So on the
job as first as.-istant goes t'urley.
and May c>i Taupbrt, t ’harley
O'Malley. Herman llfeld. Frank
Springer, t’harley Fat ley. Jack
Liubaih and all the other first
citizens of Las Vegas are having a
badge made for t'urley that is
thought to be a perfect jewel of
the jeweler's art.
Jack anticipates receiving some
thing that will look like a full
brother to a tin wish boiler, but
Mayor Taupert and all are out to
surprise him. ami the badge w ill be
an expensive gold one, studded
with diamonds and appropriately
engraved.
"Jack Johnson. 1 have read, has
ciused the police of all the big >
Northern and Eastern cities more ’
or less tmultle-through his various j
escapades, particularly through his ,
fa-t driving." states Assistant t'hief I
t'urlev. "Well, our laws must he
t
obeyed. I am t>|,t counting upon
any trouble 1 ftom him. but he would j
t
HOWELL. COLLEGE STAR.
SIGNED RY RRESNAHAN
RXT'iN Rd'GE. 1.A.. Ma. 'I.
Fit< her H"W’C|l, f’.r the pi-j foul SOU-.
Pou lb- Inainviav of th? T.ouisiaiiu
State univer-i:.' baprball Irani. »x !
signed a contract to pilch for tiir St. 1
I. ”ui- National league train. It i be- !
lioved that Howell will report to Mm '
agri Err malum oftrr th“ close of |
l.ouisiana Sta'e univcrs'iv next month 1
Howell has been frenurntly looked I
over by major league otr. s. but until!
his recent pc rformaneo against Tulane
e; veral 'week? ago no offer bad be 11 !
m-i’b him. The contract eigneil by !
Ho . .11 was ar' anged b\ Phy si<«: Di
rector Halligan, who has been try ing to ,
place the I.on i.in.i pit’hing slur with!
a big league club.
RAY TEMPLE HAS EASY
TIME BEATING MANDOT
.MEMPHIS, TENN. May 2) Tin
j ’ ’lamptonship hopes of Joe .Mandot. the
Southern scrapper, are sadly crumpled I
today following his defeat her. at the
hand- .>f Ray Tempi. . of Milwaukee
The Wisconsin lad outboxed. out
generaled -nd outslugcej the South
erne, and had the be r of the bailie
Hhioughont the entire . ight .utind
j Mam'..- a . >. n f-nnii’. i n
Ibcttins, the odd: being as high a t”ti
to four.
better beware. It is in my power
to arrest Johnson if he gets gay
anti I will treat him like a bank
robhff or horse thief if he forgets
him -if and starts anything during
his stay in <»ur city."
Tin offit ial colors for Hie con
test Independence Day. so far as
the display of pennants and em
blems ate concerned, have been se
lected ami. figuting that it is a
w hite .man against a the se
lection was not a particularly pain
ful ta. k. The Flynn flags will be
a- solid white color: the Johnson
will be a solid black.
Nov. that Las Vega- is enjoying
the brand of weather that made it
famous, following 72 hours of a
i ombinatjon of snow. hail, rain and
drizzle, the highway out to Monte
zuma Springs, when Flynn is in
training, is rideable and Jack Cur
ley never misses an afternoon call
at tile camp. His car is always
crowded, as the fighting fireman
has made a host of friends among
the tow it’s people, and they are .al
ways glad of the chance to visit
the big fellow.
Jim's camp is the ideal one. and.
as ho 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 Tommy Ryan comes to town
on Saturday w ill Flynn start to pre
pare himself I'll" his big contest
with Johnson, a contest that will
make him a millionaire, if he is the .
w inner, and Sunny Jim continues to
declare that he will knock Lil Ar
tha stiff semowh-te between the
fifth and fifteenth rounds.
3 LOS ANGELES FIGHTS
WILL COST OVER 542.00 C
U'S ANdLLKS. CAL.. May 21. -Th.-
summer slate for the Pacific AthlPtb
club has betn <'»m|iletcd. The thre»
matches offered by Promoter Tom M<-
Carex will bring together six of th«
best known men in the boxing gam»\
Incidenta ll\. it may be mentioned that
the Vernon ventures will cost the Lo?
Angeles magnate something over $42.-
000.
"Nothing ventureil, nothing gaiiied."
is 'Corn's motto, and Ihe result of his
figuring me,«ns thai at least two of the
battles bagged will attract world - wide
interest.
<»n tie afternoon of Saturdax. June
R. w ill come the e’hediiied t wenty-round
meeting brlxveen ewen Moran and Jack
White. The latter, by his decisive win
over Prankie Conley, ha- won a Cali
fornia follox mg. If Ja<k proves
pable of toppling the Birmingham boy
o\' r, he w ill b> in line for a match with f
.!<»*■ Man-lot.
\d Wolg.i-- and .ine Rivers come to
gether on ih r * afternoon of Thursday,
Jul}' t. !•> orx marl- of heavy coast at
tendance i.- e.\pe( ted t<» go on the locks
• m this <n <a. imi. The arena building
is to be enlarged and the receipts are
exported to reach non and JGo.oon.
Satur<l.i' . Julx 27. will bring together
the two I’ftwi-iful blacks. Sam Lang
ford ;i«nd Joo Jeanette. Thc-e princi
pals win iia\r to (|o some tall travel
ing in or<h r t<» keep the California en
uagement. as Langfmd is now in Aus
tralia. whih Jeanette is located in
Pari-.
LIVELY. EX-TIGER. WILL
TAKE JOR WITH BILLIES
.lohnnx’ Pohbs. manager of the Mont
gomery team, has Hosed a deal for the
‘■r\i''fs "f .lack Lixely, who pitched for
Montgomcrx a foxx 'easons ago.
Lively will leave the l»etroit team t<
join the Hillikens in a couple of (Jays.
KING DOWNS MOORE AND
CAPTURES DUNN TROPHY
f'barlps I". King defeated H. <’lay Moon
in the holes final round for the Albert
L. Hmm golf trophy over the East Lake
lourso on the Atlanta Athletic iluh links
yr sterdny. up and I m play.
In the sei-oml flight ||. i'- penw de
feated I'. IL Henry. I up and 2 to plav.
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DIAMmS AND JEWELRY
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Enredeerned pledges in
diamonds for sale. 30 per
cent less than elsewhere.
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