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MUMU,
Mel Sheppard, Sheridan and
Cloughen Form 1912 Nucleus
N-EW YORK, May 28—Of the
wonderful Irish-American
Athletic club team which
scored 55 1-2 points at the Olympic
games of 19ns at London there re
mains a strong nucleus for an
other winning combination at
Stockholm. Sweden, this summer.
The point score of 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.
Os the team which won nine
firsts of the fourteen captured by
k. the United States there remain
Melvin Sheppard, winner of the
800 and 1,500-meter runs; Martin
Sheridan, who took first prizes in
the two discus events and third in
the standing broad .jump, ami Bob
Cloughen, who was second in the
200-meter run.
To aid these men the Winged
Fist club has gathered a collection
of athletes who have won cham
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 Ryan,
the winner of the Boston A. A.
Marathon, which was the crffieial
Eastern tryemt 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 to John Hayes,
winner of the London Marathon.
Another man wearing the Irish
emblem who has more chance of
bi ng 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 London. Since that
time McGrath has made a new
world’s record and 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") MacDonald, a six-foot
four policeman, who has been
breaking records in his trial work
at putting the sixteen-pound shot
with both hands. "Babe” has ac
quired the knack of hurling the
shot with the left hand, and ar this
style he can heat the b'-t efforts
of most of the shot putters who
u.-e their right. MacDonald’s only
rival for'first place at the Olym
piad is Ralph Rose, winner of the
la.-t Olympic weight event. At.
( resent both men are doing about
the same distance, but the Irish-
American A. C. weight thrower has
improved so rapidly that Rose will
b> forced to make new figures to
win from MacDonald. The New
Yorker, in a practice throw several
days ago, beat the record made
by Rose for putting the shot with
both hands, doing 48 feet 9 inches,
1 5-8 inches hettfir 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 London.
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,
and Robertson predicts that his
protege will do 9 4-5 seconds by the
time the American tryouts are held.
Bob < Roughen, second to Kerr, of
Panada, at the London 200-meter
run, is fast rounding Into form,
and with his added experience will
be a 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 In 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 (Hynipic teams, Is mak
ing a bid for the 5,000 and 10,000-
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 wearing 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, and with the advantage of
training with Sheppard. Jim Rogen
b< rger, Frank Riley and Abel Ki
viat. is showing better form and
more speed than at any time in his
s> n national career. Gissing w ill be
entered for the 400 and 800-meter
races, and it would be no surprise
if he snaps the tape in new record
t ime.
Shepnard Needs No Introduction.
Os Sheppard there is no need to
say tore 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.
Jim Rosenberger, the lanky quar
ter-miler, should win a place on the
team, and with such a goal will be ■
more than likely to spring one of
his game finishes and prove his
ability. *
Among the milers there is none
who has a hotter chance than lit-'
tie Abel Kiviat. 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.
Although the Irish-American A.
C. has lost many point winners and
the men from other parts of the
country will win many prizes in
events in which the real strength
is not represented, there is an ex
cellent chance that the New York
Irishmen will be able to celebrate
once more the honor of being the
mainstay of the American team.
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
prietor 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 ami there typing
few spectators the club finally left the
field. According to other persons, the
New York players were on hand, but
the Chicago men were so disappointed
with the meager gate receipts that they
refused to play, and went back to Mi.
Niesen's hotel demanding funds. ,
THIS WILL BE HOT BOUT.
BALTIMORE, MD„ May 28.—Gus
Schoenlin. Americus, champion light
heavyweight wrestler, announced to
night that Frank Gotch had signed a
ion tract to wrestle with him for the
championship on June 14 in this city.
The match was originally made for
May 30, but Gotch asked for more time
to train.
MOHA PICK OVER M'GOORTY.
NEW YORK, Mav 28. Bob Mohn
w ill enter the ring a slight favorite ov< r
Eddie M< Goortj when these two clai
mants to (he middleweight title clash
at St Nicholas rink in a ten-round
bout tonight. Each agreed to weigh 1:.
.it 158 pounds at 3 o'clock this after-
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Lame Arm Cause of Cy Young Quitting Diamond
“Grand Old Man” Rich and Best Farmer in Ohio
By W, J. Mcßeth.
DENTi >N TECUMSEH YOUNG
has passed from baseball’s
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.
Uy Young passes nut of the na
tional pastime, but his name will
live as long as the great summer
sport flourishes.
This honored vetejjjm, who has
passed the forty-eighth milestone
of life’s journey, decided during the
past week that he had outlived his
days of major league usefulness.
He notified the Boston Nationals
that it was impossible for him tn
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 the most
wonderful pitching record of all
history, C'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-
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Birmingham in Atlanta; Ponce DeLeon
park, two games; first game called at 2:39
o'clock.
Mobile in Chattanooga.
Montgomery in Memphis.
New i irleans in Nashville.
Standing of the Ctyba.
W L P C W L P.C
B'hatn.. .24 17 .585 Atlanta ,19 18 .514
C'nooga. 20 16 .556 Mont. . .20 21 4*i
M phis. .20 18 .526 N” i>r 15 22 405
Mobile .22 20 .524 N'vijle. .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.
W. L P C W L. P.U
T'ville . .22 11 .667 C'lbus 13 18 419
Albany. .20 1.2 .625 Macon . 12 20 375
S' nah. . 1.8 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,
Chicago in Cleveland.
Detroit in St Louis.
Washington in New York.
Philadelphia in Boston.
Standing of the Clubs,
W. L P C W. L. P C.
Chicago 26 9 .743 Detroit. .16 18 .471
Boston .31 12 .636 C'land . .14 17 .453
Pbila. . 15 15 .500 N York 12 19 .387
Wash. . .16 18 .471 S Louis 10 22 .313
Yesterday’s Results.
Philadelphia 12. Breton 6.
Cleveland-St Loui?. rain
New York 10, Washington 5
Detroit-Chicago; off day.
NATIONAL league.
Games Today.
New York in Brooklyn,
Boston tn Philadelphia.
St Louis in Pittsburg.
Cincinnati in Chicago.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L P C I W L P C
N. York 26 6 .806 IS. Louis 17 21 .447
CT.ati. ..23 13 .639 I Phila. .13 17 .433
P’burg. .16 15 .516 I Boston 13 22 ' 371
Chicago 16 17 .485 I Brooklyn 9 21 .300 1
Yesterday’s Results.
Philadelphia 5. Boston 4.
Boston 3. Philadelphia 0.
Chicago 4. Cincinnati 1.
New York 6, Brooklyn 2.
St. Louis 6, Pittsburg 3.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Toledo in Louisville
Indianapolis in Columbus.
Milwaukee in Minneapolis.
Kansas City in St. Paul. .
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L P C W L. P.C
M'apolis 25 14 .641 S Paul .18 24 429
C’bus. . .25 16 .610 L ville. .16 25 .390
Toledo .24 16 .600 I'apolis. 14 23 .378
K. City .21 19 .525 M kee. . 15 26 .366
Yesterday’s Results.
Kansas City 5. St. Paul 3.
Minneapolis 5. Milwaukee 4.
Indianapolis 6. Columbus 5.
Toledo 5. Louisville 2.
APPALACHIAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Asheville in Morristown.
Bristol in Johnson City.
Cleveland in Knoxville
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. P.<’ W L P <’
Bristol 7 4 .636 C veland 4 5 444
j A heville 6 4 .60» j < |t\ r. 4 non ;
I K'xville 6 6 .700 M'rown 6 4 .600
Yesterday s Results.
I All games p<»stpone<l.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1912.
most 23 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 "f 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 .'f the retired star.
May Never Be Approached.
In point of effectiveness and term
of usefulness it is doubtful if
Yeung's remarkable record will
txer be approached. In the 22 sea
sons of his experience—he did not
aj'pear in the box this year for the
Hub team—Cy Young undoubtedly
worked in more than 1.000 games.
He is officially credited with 822. of
w hich he won 509 and lost 313. Two
hundred games is a very conserva
tive effort for 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 50oth victory. He was a mem
ber of the Cleveland club at the
COTTON STATES LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Greenwood in Ja<. kson
Hattiesburg in Yazoo City.
Meridian in Vicksburg.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. P W. L. P C
M'ridi'n 24 16 .600 J'ckson 19 20 .487
' 'ksb'g 24 16 .600 H'sburg 19 21 475
Y. City 21 18 .538 G'wood 13 28 .317
Yesterday's Results.
Yazoo City 7. Greenwood 6.
Meridian 3. Jackson 2.
Vicksburg 17, Hattiesburg 15.
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Greensboro in Winston-Salem.
Spartanburg in Greenville.
Anderson in Charlotte
Standing of the Clubs.
5V I. F-.C I W. L PC.
A'ders'n is 9 .667 I G'sboro 11 15 .423
Sp'b'rg 11 13 .519 G’ntille in 15 ton
C rlotte 17 18 .486 | W. S'l m 8 21 .276
Yesterday's Results.
Greensboro 6, Winston-Salem 4.
Greenville 4. Spartanburg 1.
Charlotte 4. Anderson 4.
SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Huntsville in Anniston.
Bessemer in Rome
Selma in Gadsden.
Standing of the Clubs
W L P C I W L. P C.
Aniston 19 10 .655 1 Rome 14 16 .467
B’semer 15 17 .46 H'sville 14 18 .438
Selma 14 16 .467 1 G'dsden 12 18 .409'
Yesterday's Results.
Gadsden 5. Selma 2.
Rome 9. Bessemer 3.
Anderson 1. Huntsville 0.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Galveston in Austin.
Beaumont in Dallas
Houston in Fort Worth.
San Antonio in Waco.
Standing of the Clubs.
W 1, PG W. L. PC
H'ustnn 26 16 .61? Austin 21. 21 .500
B'umont 22 P‘ 'l7 G vest n 19 22 .463
Dallas 22 29 524 S An'to 20 25 444
Waco 22 21 .512 F. W th 18 24 .429
Yesterday's Results.
Dallas 13, Beaumont 1
Galveston 6, Austin 3
San Antonio 6, Waco 1.
Fort Worth 3. Houston 3 (13 Innings,
called; darkness!.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Roanoke in Newport News.
Danville in Portsmouth.
Norfolk in Petersburg.
Richmond in Lynchburg.
Standing of the Clubs,
W. L P C W. L. P C
Norfolk 18 9 66? P'sm'th 11 12 478
T'sb rg 18 12 600 R'hm'nd 13 15 .464
Roanoke 16 13 .552 D'nvllie 10 17 .370
N. News 16 14 533 L'hb’rg 920 .310
Yesterday's Results.
Roanoke 9, Lynchburg 3.
Norfolk 5. Petersburg 2.
Newport News 10, Richmond 5.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Baltimore in Providence.
Jersey City in Newark.
Toronto in Montreal.
Rochester in Buffalo.
Standing of the Clubs
W I, P<’ W L P.C
Roch .19 11 633 Toronto 13 16 .448;
J <"itv .19 11 633 H'more 12 15 444 I
Buffalo .14 13 519 Newark 12 17 414 '
M'treai. 14 15 .483 P'dence. 10 17 .370 1
Yesterday's Results.
Koch* .kt 7. Buffalo 2.
Jersey City 7. Baltimore 3.
Montreal 5, Toronto 3.
Newark 8. Providence 3.
time, but later in the year was un
conditionally released, and the Bos
ton Nationals picked him up. The
night that Young won his 500th
victory a year ago', Christy Math
ewson exclaimed in admiration:
“Young is the greatest pitcher
that ever lived. If only 1 can ever
last to win 500 games I'll be willing
to lie right down after the battle
and die happy."
George Moreland, then manager
of ('anion, in the O. & P. league,
discovered Cy' in 1890. Young
pitched against his club and show
ed a lot of class.
"That boy of yours should he
playing hall," said George to the
elder Young after the game. “He
ought to he getting S3O a month."
This information almost knocked
the old man dead. “Will you give
him that?" he finally managed to
ask D-nton 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 whs loud and
derisive. But when Young breezed
home on the chin strap an easy
victor there were 10.009 cheers for
every previous jeer. H* held the
hard-hitting Sox tn widely scat
tered hits, had fanned three of
their best hatters in a row, includ
ing the redoubtable Anson. That
game made Cy Young He prizes it
today far beyond any other per
formance of his life.
Cy Young can afford to take his
ease. He is well provided with
worldly goods. He owns a 320-acre
farm at Paoli. Ohio, where he has
always lived during the off season.
He is the pride of his county and
community. They say out there
that he is the best farmer In Ohio.
So no one need worn* about his
futui e.
Young is a living monument of
the benefit of a clean life combined
with physical development.
Huh?
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No. It isn’t a
squirrel food.
It’s a drink—and a
mighty good one.
AT THE BALL GAME
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Atlanta.
Spanish Musician Latest to
Enter Ranks as White Hope
Fa IGHT 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 musician, who is 7 feet 10
inches in height and weighs 425
pounds. Senor Arrudi modestly
admits that he 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 rathe” small. His
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 20 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 1,099 pounds
fmm 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
and holds him at arm's
length. Two double beds are re
quired when he sleeps with com
fort. and he 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 he 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 to 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 few
hours on a ranch where there was
nothing to eat except eggs. He ate
eleven dozen and regretted there
w ere 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
NEW YORK May 28.—Jimmy Britt.
JacK Gleason and several other men
well known to boxing fans will spend
their summer vacation in a walking trip
from New York to Montreal Their
hike will take them through the most
attractive district of the East.
There will no attempt to produce
records nor perform any prodigious
things In the daily tramps. The route
planned will take the pedestrians up
through the Conencticut valley into the
Berkshire*, through Massachusetts to
Bennington. Vt„ and then over to Giens
Falls. N. Y.. through the Lake George
region to Lake Champlain, then -traight
on to Montreal. The trip will take
about thirty days.
TALBOT. HAMMER THROW
SHARP. OUT OF OLYMPICS
KANSAS CITY. MO.. May 28.— Lee
Talbot, who participated in the Olym
pic games at Ixindon. 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 in 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
change today. The Garden Athletic
club holds its bouts at Madison Square
Garden.
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