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Mel Sheppard, Sheridan and
Cloughen Form 1912 Nucleus
NEW YORK. May 28.—0 f the
wonderful Irish-American
Athletic club team which
scored 55 1-2 points at the Olympic
games of 1998 at London there re
mains a strong nucleus for an
other winning combination at
Stockholm. Sweden, this summer.
The point score Os the Irish ath
letes at London was bigger than
the aggregate of all the rest of
America’s point winners, and the
men who made this record are now
in condition to repeat.
rtf the team which won nine
firsts of the fourteen captured by
the United States there remain
Melvin Sheppard, winner of the
son and 1,500-meter runs; Martin
Sheridan, who took first prizes in
the two discus events and third in
the standing broad lump, and Hob
Cloughen, who was setond in the
200-meter run.
To aid these men the Winged
Fist club has gathered a collection
of athletes who have won charn
* pionships in this country and have
proved to be among the fastest and
best in the world.
First among these as being a
possible winner of the great Mara
thon race, the classic race of all
Olympic revivals, is Michael Rvan,
the winner of the Boston A. A.
Marathon, which was the official
Eastern tryout of the American
distance runners.' Ryan is con
ceded to have the best chance of
winning the great race of any man
who ever essayed the distance for
the United States. He is able to
go the distance under any condi
tions and has speed enough to
withstand the sprints of the fast
foreigners whom he will meet in
Sweden. He is in every way a. fit
ting successor tn John Hayes,
winner of the London Marathon.
Another man wearing the Irish
emblem who has more chance of
being returned a victor than any
of the others is big Matt McGrath,
who, as a member of the New-
York A C.. was second to John •
Flanagan at l.ondon. Sim e that
time McGrath has made a new
world’s t ecord anil is» capable of
beating any hammer thrower in the
world.
MacDonald Star at Weights.
Another weight thrower to help
Sheridan and McGrath is Patrick
("Babe‘"i MacDonald, a six-foot
four policeman, who has been
breaking records in his trial work
at putting the sixteen-pound shot
with both hands. ''Rabe" has ac
quired the knack of hurling the
shot with the left hand, and at this
style he can beat the best efforts
of most of the shot putters who
use their right. MacDonald’s only
rival for first place at the Olym
piad is Ralph Rose, winner of the
last Olympic weight event. At
present both men are doing about
the same distance, but the Irish-
American A. C. weight thrower has
improved so rapidly that Rose will
be forced to make new figures to
win from MacDonald. The New
Yorker, in a practice throw several
days ago. heat the record made
by Rose for putting the shot with
both hands, doing 48 feet 9 inches,
1 5-8 inches better than the record.
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There are no good jumpers or
pole vaulters in the Irish club this
year to take the place of Harry
Porter, winner of the high jump,
and E. C. Cooke, who shared first
place in the pole vault with Gil
bert, of Yale, at Londtin.
Meyer May Capture Sprints.
Lawson Robertson has developed
a sprinter who has a good chance
to make the other nations take his
dust in the 100-meter run. an
event in which America could do
no better than third four years
ago. Alvah Meyer, the youngster
who last year made it a habit to
win championships in even time—
ten seconds—has been training for
the past two months at Celtic Park
and has been doing ten seconds for
the hundred in practice whenever
called on for-a time trial. All that
Meyer needs now is a few hard
races to bring him to his best form,
fittd Robertson predicts that his
protege will do 9 4-5 seconds by the
time the American tryouts are held.
Bob Cloughen, second to KOrr, of
Canada, at the London 200-meter
run. is fast rounding into form,
and with his added experience will
boa strong factor in the sprints in
Sweden.
Jack Eller, another policeman,
has shown the best and most con
sistent work ‘over the hurdles of
all the Americans, and is figured
as the best timber-topper America
has to offer. He is good for 15 2-5
seconds for the 110-yard high hur
dles and has a record of 24 4-5 sec
onds for the 220-yard low hurdles.
His victories in both events at the
national championships last sum
mer make him a favorite for the
hurdle race in Sweden.
George Bonhag. always a point
winner on Olympic teams, is mak
ing a bid for the 5,000 and 19,000-
meter races, and as he has been
smashing American records at dis
tances from three to ten miles, his
work in Sweden should crown all
his previous efforts and give the
United States the best chance that
it has ever had of scoring in these
events.
Harry Gissing. now "eating the
Winged First emblem, is an ath
lete of whom great things may be
expected. Gissing. always a great
runner, has settled down to serious
work, an<l with the advantage of
training with Sheppard, Jim Rosen
berger. Frank Riley And AbAl Kl
viat. Is showing, better form and
more speed than at any time in his
sensational career. Gissing will be
entered for the 400 and 800-meter
races, and it would be no surprise
if he snaps the tape in new record
time.
Sheppard Needs No Introduction.
Os Sheppard there is no need to
say more than that the "Peerless
One” is training harder than ever
with the intention of repeating his
great victories at London and that
he is confident of beating all of the
record breakers when he gets them
in a real race.
Among the milers there is none
who has a better chance than lit
tle Abel Kivlat. This boy has made
time for the mile which has been
bettered by few men in this coun
try, and with another year's
strength and experience will be
many seconds better.
THE BASEBALL CARD.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Rirmihgham in Atlanta. Ponce DeLeon
park: tvfo games: first game called at 2:30
o’clock.
Mobile In Chattanooga
Montgomery in Memphis.
New Orleans in Nashville
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. P C W L F.C
B ham . .24 17 585 Atlanta .19 1.8 .514
C’nooga. 29 16 .556 Mont . .20 21 .488
M’chis. .20 18 .526 N Or . .15 22 405
Mobile .22 20 .524 N’ville. .14 22 .389
Yesterday's Results.
Birmingham-Atlanta, rain
Mobile-Chattanooga; rain
New Orleans-Nashville; postponed.
Montgomery 9,. Memphis 3.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Jacksonville In Albany.
Macon in Columbia
Columbus in Savannah.
Standing of the Clubs.
TV I, P C W. L P C
T'ville 22 11 667 C’lhus .13 13 .419
Alban' - . 20 12 .625 Macon 12 20 .375
S’nah. .18 13 .581 C'lmbia. 10 21 .323
Yesterday's Results.
Albany 8. Jacksonville 7.
Columbia 6, Macon 5
Savannah-Columbia, rain
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today,
Cnicago in Cleveland.
Detroit In St Louis
Washington in New York.
Philadelphia in Boston.
Standing of the Clubs.
W 1. P C W. L P C
Chicago 26 9 .743 Detroit 16 18 471
Boston 21 12 636 C land 14 17 .453
I’hila 15 15 500 N York 12 19 38’
Wash. 18 18 471 S. Louis 10 22 313
Yesterday’s Results.
Philadelphia 12. Boston 6.
Cleveland S’, Louis, rain
New York 10. Washington 5.
Detroit-Chicago; off day.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Today.
Ne’= York in Brooklyn
Boston in Philadelphia.
S' Louis in Pittsburg
Cincinnati in Chicago
Standing of the Clubs
W L. P C IV L P r
N York 26 6 896 S Louis 17 21 447
C nati 23 13 639 I’hila !3 17 433
P bure. 16 U 516 Ros-lon I." 371
Chicago 16 17 485 Brooklyn ' 30?
Yesterday’s Result*.
Th lad-lnhia 5 Boston 1
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: TUESDAY. MAY 28, 1912.
“Grand Old Man” Rich and Best Farmer in Ohio
LAME ARM CAUSE OF CY YOUNG QUITTING GAME
By W. J. Ab-Beth.
Denton tecumseh young
has passed from baseballs
activities The grand old
man of the game, after 23 years in
harness, has decided to capitulate
to the inevitable. The grip of Time
has manacled an arm of iron that
for almost a quarter of a century
proved the greatest stumbling
block ever thrown Into the middle
of a diamond.
Cy Young passes out of the na
tional pastime, but his name will
live as long as the great summer
sport flourishes.
This honored veteran. who has
passed thA forty-eighth milestone
of life's journey, decided during the
past week that he had outlived his
days of. major league usefulness.
H° notified the Boston Nationals
that it was impossible for him to
round into winning form. A sore
arm. which afflicted him this spring
for the first time In his brilliant
career, failed to respond.
Rather than besmirch th.e most
wonderful pitching record of all
history. I'y Young decided to retire
to his Ohio farm to spend the rest
of his days tilling the soil. No
minor league ball could satisfy a
spirit that had triumphed for al
most 28 years in the fastest com
pany
There is nothing tragic in the
passing of Cy He lived, both on
and off the field, a life of which the
best might be proud. One of the
most unassuming characters that
ever graced the diamond, he al
ways set a perfect example to both
teammates and associates. As a
veteran he was always free with
good advice to the youngsters, and
many a star pitcher of recent years
owes much of his success to the
wisdom of the retired star.
May Never Be Approached,
In point of effectiveness and term
of usefulness it is doubtful if
Young’s remarkable record will
ever be approached. In the 22 sea
sons of his experience—he did not
appear in the box this year for the
Hub team—Cy Young undoubtedly
worked in mote than I,nno games.
He is officially credited with 822. of
which he won 599 and lost 313. Two
PITCHER KELLOGG LET
OUT BY MONTGOMERY
MONTGOMERY, ALA... May 28.-
Presldent Jones, of the Montgomery
Baseball association, today announced
the release of Pitcher Kellogg, who
jumped the team. Waivers were asked
on Kellogg, but no club wanting him,
he was turned back to the Lexington
(Ky.i team.
President Jones is figuring on two
new players, on» of them being Out
fielder Swaim, just released by Mem
phis. The other is a pitcher.
Larry Sutton, scout of the Brooklyn
Nationals, showed up In Montgomery
today. He is said tn be after two
Montgomery players.
COURT ALLOWS VOLS TO
PLAY UNDER NEW OWNERS
NASHVILLE, TENN. May 28.
From the bench this morning Chancel
lor Allison instructed Dan McGugin to
proceed with ball playing at Sulphur
Dell, and he won't b® Interrupted by
the court pending good behavior A
new organization, with former Presi
dent Hirsig. barred, will be formed to
take over the Nashville duh property.
Dutfielder Jesse James, who was se
cured from Brooklyn. signed a Nash
ville contract todaj and will bo In the
game against N-w Orleans. He Is to
plaj- left field. Storch being put on the
bench. James hit over .390 in the Toxas
league las-t year and is a Tennessee
boy. living near Nashville.
H, 0. TOWSON WINS TENNIS
TITLE AT EMORY COLLEGE
EMORY COLLEGE, OXFORD. GA,
May 28.—H. D Towson. 'l2. of Ash
burn, Ga . won th< tennis championship
in singles this morning when lie de
feated Lewis King, of Griffin. Ga.. hv a
score of 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 Towson will
carry off the cup for singles, which he
will have won by lefeating all comers
of the past thr»e years. He adminis
tered defeats to Peeples in 1919, Walter
Burt, in 1911 and King this morning
CRIMSON'S SHELL DELAYED.
CAMBRIDGE. MASS. May 28. - Ow.
ing tn the strikes in England, Har
vard's varsity four-oared crew will not
have the use of its new Simms shell,
which was beigg built for the Yale
race. The shell was to have arrived at
New London next week.
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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO,, ATLANTA, GA,
• •
Z Remarkable Record of •
• Game’s Oldest Pitcher •
• •
• Year, Team. Won, Lost. •
• 1890 ....Cleveland .... 19 7 •
» 1891 ....Cleveland .... 27 22 •
• 1892 ....Cleveland .... 36 19 •
• 1893 ....Cleveland ...34 17 •
• 1894 ....Cleveland .... 25 22 •
• 1895 ....Cleveland .... 85 19 •
• 1896 ....Cleveland ... 29 26 •
• 1897 ....Cleveland .... 21 18 •
• 1898 . ..Cleveland . 24 14 •
• 1899. .Cleveland-St. L... 26 15 •
« 1999 St Louis .... 29 18 •
• 1991 Boston 31 10 •
• 1902 • Boston 32 12 •
O 190.3 Boston 28 9 •
• 1994 Boston 26 16 •
• 1905 . ..Boston 18 19 •
• 1906 Boston 13 21 •
• 1907 Boston 22 15 •
• 1998 Boston ...... 21 11 •
o 1909 ....Cleveland .... 19 15 •
• 1910 . ..Cleveland .... 7 10 •
• 1911. Cleveland-Boston .3 4 •
• Totals 50" 321 •
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hundred games is a very conserva
tive effort so» those pastimes in
which he helped, without being
credited either with victory or de
feat. in the 22 years of his activi
ties.
Last June Young made his 1911
debut at Washington, and clinched
his 500th victory. He was a mem
ber of the Cleveland club a' the
time, but later in the year was un
conditionally released, and the Bos
ton Nationals picked him up The
night that Young won hts 500th
victory a year ago, Christy Math
ewson exclaimed in admiration:
"Young is the greatest pitcher
that ever lived. If only I can ever
last to win 500 games I’ll be w illing
to lie right down after the battle
and die happy.”
George Moreland, then manager
of Canton, in the O. X- P. league,
discovered Cy in 1890. Young
pitched against his club and show
ed a lot of class.
'That boy of yours should be
playing ball.” said George to the
elder Young after the game. "He
ought to be getting S3O a month.”
This information almost knocked
the old man dead. "M ill you give
UNITED STATES LEAGUE,
WE BID YOU GOOD-NIGHT
NEW YORK. May 28.—The scheduled
game between New York and Chicago
in the new United States league was
not played yesterday, and it appeared
today as though the local club would
drop out of the league.
According to William Nlesen. pro
' prletor of the Chicago club, sixteen of
his players were on the Bronx oval at
the scheduled hour, but few of the New
York players appeared and there being
few spectators the club finally left the
1 field. According to other persons, the
New York players were on hand, but
the Chicago mon were so disappointed
with the meager gate receipts that they
‘ refused to play, and went back to Mr.
Niesen’s hotel demanding funds.
YALE FOOTBALL COACHES
PLANNING FALL CAMPAIGN
NEW HAVEN. CONN.. May 28
The Yale football coaches have begun
' planning for next fall's campaign, and
a preliminary squad of 75 men is being
watched and given occasional coaching.
■ September 12 has been selected as the
' date for the squad to report, and there
will be two weeks preliminary drill on
Yale field before the season opens Head
Coach Howe and his lieutenants. El
mer McDavitt and Jim Scully, of the
■ resident squad, will be present during
the entire season.
THIS WILL BE HOT BOUT.
BALTIMORE. MD.. May 28.—Gus
Schoenlln, Americus, champion light
heavy weigh - wrestle-, announced to
night that Frank Gotch bad signed a
contract to wrestle with him for the
championship on June 14 in this city.
The match was originally marie for
May 39, but Gotch asked for more time
to train.
PALMER NAVY CREW CAPTAIN.
ANNA POLI'S, MD. May 28—Mid
shipman John R Palmer, of Missouri,
has been elected captain of th» navy
rowing crew s for next season. He will
succeed Midshipman Greenman. who
will graduate next month.
him that?" he flnallj- managed to
ask. Denton T. was engaged on
the spot. That day marked the end
of the rail-splitting, career of the
Tuscawaras county youth.
Grotesque in Appearance.
When Young was uniformed he
presented a grotesque appearance.
His shirt was much too small for
his barrel-like chest and his collar
wouldn’t button by an inch and a
half The White Stockings, led by
Captain Anson, were Cleveland’s
guests and the laugh that greeted
Denton T that day was loud and
derisive Rut when Young breezed
home on the chin strap an easy
victor there were 10,999 cheers for
every previous jeer He held the
hard-hitting Sox to widely scat
tered hits, had fanned three of
their best batters in a row. Includ
ing the redoubtable Anson. That
game marie Cy Young He- prizes It
today far beyond any other per
formance of his life
Cy Young can afford to taka his
ess* He fs well provided with
worldly goods He owns a 329-acre
farm at Paoli. Ohio, where he has
always lived during the off season.
H» is the pride of his county and
community. They say out there
that hr fs th® best farmer in Ohio.
So no one need worry about his
future.
Ynun? is a living monument of
the benefit of a clean life combined
■with physical development. •
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J Greatest Moments !
In Young’s Career •
• 1892—Held Browns to 16-lnning •
• tie. 3-3. allowing five hits. •
• 1897—Shut out Cincinnati with- •
• out a hit. •
• 1905 —Lost to Athletics. 4 to 2, In •
• 29 Innings, against Waddell. •
• 1904—Beat Ed Killian, of De- •
• troft, 1-0, in 15 Innings. •
• 1994—Shut out Philadelphia •
• without a hit, not a man
• first •
• 1908—Shut out N®w York with- •
• out a hit. •
• •
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No. It isn’t a
squirrel food.
It’s a drink—and a
mighty good one.
AT THE BALL GAME
And All Stands”=ln Bottles 5c
i Red Rock Co.
Atlanta.
Spanish Musician Latest to
Enter Ranks as White Hope
FIGHT promoters are looking
over a new giant that has
arrived in the United States,
in the hope that they might find a
"white hope.” The giant is Fermin
Arrudi.
Senor Arrudi is a Span
ish musictan. who is 7 feet 10
inches in height and weighs 425
pounds. Senor Arrudi modestly
admits that. h» might be induced
to take a "crack” at Jack Johnson.
He is said by his friends to be one
of the strongest of men.
When it comes to feet, Senor
Arrudi can probably exhibit the
largest on record From heel to
toe his foot measures 17 inches, so
that a man wearing a No. 12 shoe
would appear rather small. Hts
hands are enormous. He wears a
tight fitting gold ring, through
which a 50-cent piece can pass
with ease. His wrist measures 9
inches and his hands from the
wrist line to the tip of the middle
finger measure 11 Inches.
The biceps of Senor Arrudi are
16 inches in circumference when
relaxed and 29 inches when he
doubles his fists. His chest meas
ures 4 feet 5 inches, with an addi
tional 6 inches of expansion. His
fist measures a little more than 16
inches when clinched, and he can
drive It through a board fence
without difficulty.
Capable of lifting 1.999 pounds
from the floor without straining.
Senor Arrudi easily lifts a man of
179 pounds off the floor by placing
the fore and middle finger of each
hand under the man’s arms. A boy
he picks up with the thumb and
forefinger and holds him at arm's
length Two double beds are re
quired when he sleeps with com
fort. and h® lies across both at an
angle. Even then he must double
himself up or suffer his feet to go
uncovered, as no double blanket
covers him when he is stretched
at full length.
Senor Arrudi was of normal size
in his early youth, but at the age of
fourteen years h® began to grow.
His growth was six inches a year
for several years. He worked on
his father’s farm until his great
size began to attract attention, and
then he went tn South America,
where he made his living by sing
ing and by playing a zither
The giant eats three times aS
much as the normal man. When
he is real hungry he makes a meal
of a leg of mutton, with five or six
dozen eggs, not to speak of various
vegetables of which he is fond. He
drinks about a gallon of wine with
out feeling it in the slightest. One
day, in Argentina, he spent a ffiw
hours on a ranch where there was
nothing to eat except eggs. He ate
eleven dozen and regretted there
were no more, for he was still hun
gry
Senor Arrudi is married and has
a daughter nine years old.
BRITT AND GLEASON WILL
SPEND VACATION WALKING
NW YORK, May 28.—Jimmy Britt.
Tack Gleason and several other melt
well known to boxing fans will spent!
their summer vacation in a walking trip
from New York to Montreal. Thalf
hike will take them through the most
attractive district of the East.
There will ho no attempt to produce
records nor perform any prodigtong
things tn the dally tramps. The route
planned will take the pedestrians up
through the Connecticut valley into the
Berkshfres, through Massachusetts to
Bennington. Vt. nnri then over to Glens
Falls, N. Y„ through the Lake George
region to Lake Champlain, then straight
on to Montreal. The trip will taka
nbout thirty days.
TALBOT. HAMMER THROW
SHARP, OUT OF OLYMPICS
KANSAS CITY. MO.. May 28— Lee
Talbot, who participated in the Olym
pic games at London, and who was ex
pected to win the hammer throw for the
American team at Stockholm, has tele
graphed New York officials that he will
be unable to take part 1n the games.
Talbot’s business requires his entire At
tention, he wired.
GIBSON NEW MATCH-MAKER.
NEW YORK. May 28 —William Gib
son has been appointed manager and
official match-maker of the Garden
Athletic club, one of the biggest and
most important in this city. He took
charge today. The Garden Athletic
club holds its bouts at Madison Square
Garden.
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