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6 R A pooJM Mifa ™?w 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 < WJfIjF'BROU’SI URL jfcjy INJECTION A rF R > * MAN ES T CURE t S d of the most obstinate cage* in frorn f i 1 3'6 dlj s . nn oth*r tmutrner’t r < qiured C _2° • ** v ** ••d r ’•■ *■ ’ ‘ i M eU p Hewsheim Cigar ' i ./lllwayis R— pfl Good j. Snqoke ~ Porto Rjcviq bl I 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. , \ , . . , - ... , ' I ■■■ - a==== : (L *’■ / j /ti i d JSk * n * Z ->T Aeigt— MWBSiil x ~ ” jK, Ww m rhmbv thhr: wmbuhef j « h m" - bßwmU ft = V 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 'PC 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. V ■ “ ‘SA A I '’ y < ...........K A / jp - /Wk w y Ji/w iSIM Fte r 1v > i j» ar x 11 ■ Hl nk UH I w «W M I y 4" IKH % 1 , mßmSf. ah WK _ I 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. FfW.iWjWti • iru» w> >"WWIW jajmiii *rwn~TOrnM»TMimiWUUJj liw ChewORUMMOND i \ I MOREY TO LOAM ON DIAMmS AND JEWELRY S t r i c t ly confidential. Enredeerned pledges in diamonds for sale. 30 per cent less than elsewhere. MARTIN MAY (Formerly of Schau! A May.) 11 1-2 PEA7H REE ST. UPSTAIRS Absolutely Private. Opposite Fourth Nat Bank Bldg Both Phones 1584 WE BUY OLD GOLD