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12 <®3MAN SICTB TOTEMS’ EDITED W. S FARNSWORTH Crackers Return Home and Mix With Lookouts 4***?* +•+ 4<*+ +* + New Men Expected Here Before the Series Is Over By Perry H. Whiting. THE home-coming of the Crackers and the debut of the rejuvenated team at Ponce DeLeon park today is really something of an event The Crack er fans are more than keen to see Douglas Harbison, the new Infield er. to get a squint at .Toe Agler. the famous first baseman; to lamp the classic countenance of ‘Ruck" Becker They are also wild to get a look at the new team, as a team, and to form their own estimates as to whether this club has nr has not a chance tn make a big noise in the Poitthern league this season. If this new Atlanta team is good enough to pull up in the race there is going to be the grandest three cornered, two-fisted, knock-down and-kick-out fight that the South has had tn rears. If the Cracker 1 could once get up In the battle with Birmingham and New Or leans, there would be high old times in the Sunny Southland. Whether nr not the fnu kers have a chance to make this rise in the world whether nr not their fortunes ran be improved will soon be told. And the coming series at Ponce DeLeon will hare a lot to do with the telling If the Crackers are going to edge up into the thick of the fight, they must soon be about it. The season is getting decidedly close to half way over. The Crackers are sched uled to play 140 games. As a mat ter of fact, considering all the post ponements that have already been piled up. the locals will be lucky to get away with 136 games this year. Already they have played 60. which is 44 per cent of that num ber. and decidedly close to one-half. And right now the Crackers are next to last. a • a qnHIS has been a great year for * a lot of things but particular ly for records What with the fa mous Marnuard out for a new mark, the Washington Senators just through with the greatest con secutiva road run that ever a team made, with the Giants off for a new mark for games won and a few minor records going down every few days, ft is verily a great ses sion. Colonel Richard W. Marquard's record Is probably the most re markable of the bunch. And one odd feature of it is that no two writers can seem tn agree on what the dickens the real record is, any how The dopeaters started off with the Chesbrn-Reulhae,h mark of 14 straight games and boosted that for a while. Then somebody alleged to discover that .Tack Luby once ran 20 straight before they got him Then somebody bobbed up with 34 straight for McCormack. And now comes a man who alleges that Thomas Lovett. pitching for Bridgeport in the Eastern league in 1687, ran 24 tn a row al! full length contests And no sooner does somebody set up one mark as the real record be fore somebody comes along and bowls it over. Colonel Marquard collared the Chesbro Reulbach mark, and is still going, with 17 to hi» credit. Then somebody discred ited the Luby performance, with the proof that Jaick only ran 17, anyhow. Shortly after that the d©pesters took a fall out of Mc- Cormack's mark, showing that the former Chicago man never heat 15 eoneerntlve victories Lovett’s mark of 24 In a row seems to be all to the good, but be started his winning streak in the exhibition season, which rather spoils the mark ns a real record. It was a grand performance, though, for Lovett won all his ex- Bt’me you buy your usual cigar, risk a nickel John buskin If yours is a 10c cigar we want onipare the John Ruskin” with it. If it isn’t don't bin another "John Ruskin ” Don’t he guided by what we say about the "John Ruskin” ie; it will save you many nickles and not cost sacrifice in mgar quality The "John Ruskin" and bigger than any cigar sold at its price It iteed the equal of any 10c cigar in quality of to orkmanship and every other detail Yes that is lelieve. and that is the very reason we ask you to prove it by buying your first “John Ruskin ”• t have to ask yon to buy the second. Your cigar ]|s “John Ruskins” and lots of them. LEWIS CIGAR MFC CO . NEWARK, N. J Independent cigar Factory in the World HF 4- Hirsch, E, L Adams A Co,, Distributors. Atlanta Q J » hihitlon against teams of stronger leagues than th* Eastern and every game of the 24 aa ft a full-length affair. Timothy J. Kenfe. who flourished back in the dark and days of 1888, perhaps has a better claim to th*= real major league record than any other man Tim ran 19 In a row. There just one flaw In his title * hire he was taken out in the flfth inning of a game that was won ip order tn save him for work the next day. The whole thing l« so «hrouded by the haze of antiquity that It is hard to tell whether or not he wae really enti tled to the credit of that game At any rate, he has 18 in a row to his ■' redlt. The two most marvelous pitching marks of all recorded baseball his tory were these: Radbourne's winning of 18 games In 18 days. Ed t'ushman’s run of 26 victories, with nnlx one defeat against him In an entire season. Radbourne’s mark will stand for all time No pitcher In these days of pampering is ever asked to pitch two daxs In sniccessipn. much less eighteen, and never will Rad bourne’s mark be touched Never, the old-timers will tell vou. will . /1 W WBL JMI V? r >• I ila AMb Jr # ‘ \jEwKaßSmih. there be such n great pitcher, either - though this can't be proved. Cushman ought to have had 2R Straight. One little 2 to 1 defeat, and this one a ten-inning affair, put him to the had. He won 12 In a row before it 'cropped out He won 13 more In a row after ward. Cushman was with Milwau kee when the record was made, and the present American association town was then in the Northwest league. It happened In IRS 4, some years hack. It will be noted, As a season’s work It lias never been eq naled. ly.f ARQI' A RD'S record j. all things considered, as great as any of the past. He went the full distance in all bls games ex cept three He haw had a grand team behind him, but the sort of ball he has been pitching would win games for Brooklyn. Marquard was born at Cleveland in 1889. He began, as usual, on the wand lots His first regular en gagement was with the canton club of the Central league the chib, by the way. with which Cy Voting started. Indianapolis got Marquard from Canton and from the Indians the Giants bought him for the then unheard of price of sll.non all real money, Marquard didn’t break into real big league ball with any loud noise. Hfs first attempt was an awful drubbing, a defeat so terrific in Its ■onsequences that the Rube wasn't worth a hang for the next two years. Tn the spring of last year IVII hert Robinson took Marquard -Jn 1 HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 26. 1912. hand and managed to give him back his nerve and his curves to such an extent that he was able to win 24 and lost but 7 last year. He was an awful disappointment in the world’s series, but so was everything that bore the Giant ti tle. What Marquard is doing this •LX IV//i j/ / //<ZZZrr i . / // -ago. jSjp '’dggSKß’k* VigSm ■> <Xw^ ; . » jffiT <'■* \ . f bill ohappelle. year 1= baseball history. Here is a list of the pitchers who have won twelve or more games in a row (no game of less than fire innings) tn the maior leagues Ince 1882: Games Pitcher. Year. Won. Keefe .. 18RS 19 M-Cormack ..... 1886 1“3 McCormack 1885 14 t'hesbro 1904 14 Meekin 1894 12 Gastright 1890 13 Radhoutne 1884 18 Luby 1891 17 Young 1902 13 Reulbarh 1909 14 Kerguson 1886 12 Killen 1893 12 Welsh 1885 18 Rusie 1894 15 Young 1903 13 McCormack 1884 15 Waddell 1903 13 Hecker 1884 12 J, MALONEY. 45 YEARS OLD. IS STILL PITCHING F'»RT WORTH, TEXA.S. .Tune 26 Cy Votings retirpmpnt leaves vacant the place «»f the oldest active pitcher in the world. Texas has a candidate for the honor in Jimmy Malonev. manager of the Galves ton Sand Crabs, who are making a great race for thp Texas league flag this year Maloney has been for years nne of the remarkable figures in Texas league base hall .Malonex, though 45 years nid. pitches classy ball now and uses speed ehJeflx In addition he can p>a\ am position on the diamond except catcher, and is util ity man for hip team when one is needed Malon?> is a product of Kerry Patch. St Loti’s. Mo He is a tvplcai Irishman, open hearted and a fighter from the drop of a hat He Is a Httle weather-beaten <»ld man. with a fa- ® cooked red b\ the sun He is everybody's friend, and it is freely predicted that he will make a great success at Galveston, where baseball has been nn a pre arious footing for many yea rs JENNINGS SEEMS TO BE IN RAD WITH OWNERS DETROIT. June 26 Is "V Yah ' Jennings slated for the minors? Is the three.time leader of tbe American league pennant winners ahmit tn be thrown into the discard'’ Reports say b» Is. and that Owners Navin and Yaw key are vastly dissatisfied with the way thing' are going True the Tigers have Cobb and Crawford and Rush and other stars, but they keep losing The brunt of the blame falls upon the red headed manager “I am not at al! satisfied with the way things are going on tbe team." de clared Navin "Jennings appears to have lost his hold on tbe men Thex seem to have no confidence In bis judgment. Our pitchers have been handled poorly and the team has shown little science. What we do next season depends on the showing of the Tigers between now and October." FIGHT ARENA FINISHED. EAST I.AS VEGAS N M . June 3«. The arena in which the Ely nn-John - son batth for the heavyweight cham pionship of the world will be fought here on July Fourth is completed, and everything is ready for the bout. A Pair of Lookouts Who Play Here Today / / r T -*». J / VA- '*!• / ABEL’S MANAGER COMES ACROSS WITH ABETTER This letter explains itself Sporting Editor Tbe Georgian: Dear Sir T notice in a recent issue of a local morning paper a criticism of Jake Abel's fighting ability, written presume bly by some one strange to ring methods The criticism mentions the fact that Abel ('an not be considered a first-class light weight until he disposes of such dubs as Terry Nelson and the like, claiming that the recent fight between Abel and Nel son in Nashville, although called a draw, was really a victory for the Greek Fur ther stating that Abel is always talking about meeting Whitney, declaring that if not able to dispose of Nelson and such, he had better steer clear of Frank Whit ney if he does want to go to the hos pital. In answer, wish to state that Abel is really a first class lightweight, as h’s record shows He has had 26 fights, lost only two of them, one of them a question able decision He is open to meet the best in the business in the lightweight divl sion. Abel has really disposed of Nelson in a finish contest, held only recently Nelson was stopped ’n 4’ rounds In reference to talking about meeting Whitney. Abel is willing to meet. Whitney any time before a club that will offer a sufficient guarantee, or whose patronage Is such as will permit him fighting on a percentage basis Would also like tn make a wager that Whitney could not dispose of Nelson in side of one to 20 rounds, as I consider Nelson the toughest lightweight m the South Thanking vou for this favor. I remain. Respectfully. M J ABELSON CREW CAUGHT IN SQUALL. POUGHKEEPSIE. N. V . June 26 A squall swept over the river last ex on ing Just at the close of practice and tbe Cornell crews were caught in it They had a hard row ahead of the blnw. The shells were nearly swamped when they reached the boat house. ■ | ALL the new features of latest styles M H II nc flAlE* —rough, split and sennit weave, IHNII lllMr block or saw edges, wide or narrow I IHIILMLII IL brim, curl, roll or flat. . jg x s. Sennit Braids . $2 to $4 j* (TH \ Smooth Braid, yacht shape $2.50 to $5 f / //bK/a JSD I Rough Straw effects $2 tn $4 Z r / Panamas and Bangkoks . . sfi tn $7.50 / / Auto and silk Caps 50c fn $2 English and Golf or Tenni $1 to $2 Silk Stitched Hats ■ $1.50 Parks = Chambers=Hardwjck 37-39 Peachtree St. COMPANY Atlanta, Georgia I Packey McFarland Makes Some Rules for Boxers 4*®4 4* >4* 4 , ®4* 4*® 4* 4*®4* 4*®4* Fighter Defends His Career as a Real Profession P ACKET M’FARLAND is acknowl edged to be the greatest boxer in . the world and the real gentleman of the ring. For the past eight years his marvelous skill and wonderful defense have been simply phenomena! During that time he has engaged in over 250 battles, and has yet to be known as a lover. Packey has written the following nar rative for the readers of The Georgian, in which he tries to explain his successful career Also be gives the boys of the country a few words of advice McFar land has amassed a fortune and intends to give up boxing and study law. By Packey McFarland. WRITING a history of yourself is not the nicest task in the world If you try to give yourself a littl° boost the knockers become active If you hide a few good deeds you play false to yourself. Therefore, I will try to do my best. •■'Z ROY MORAN. which is all that can be asked of a man. It goes without contradiction that I have been more than fortunate In my ring career The fact that I never lost a decision and also that I managed to accumulate enough money to make my folks and myself com fortable Is something to be proud of. Many times T have been asked "Packey. what accounts for your suc cess ?" That's a very hard question, and really I could not give a sensible an swer. When I started off to box there were four rules that I made up my mind to pay strict attention tn: Don't drink' Don't smoke! Live a clean life! Avoid bad companionship! Now. because I puli these rules, don't imagine that I'm a killjoy Far from that. I only want tn tel! you what I think helped me in the world Don't Violate Agreements. Another point tha* I made an iron clad rule is: Never break your word. As long as I have been in the boxing business there is not a single manager, promoter or anybody that had any deanngs with me who can say that 1 have violated an agreement. Recently there have been a quite a few complaints over agreements being treated contemptuously by some of the budding stars. That is a terrible error, for it should be realized by successful fighters that promoters are entitled to big consideration for the chances they take in staging bouts. One tip worth taking is. never get a swelled head. For as soon as you do then you are gone. The history of the ring will prove this. Now. that I have told all that I think is interesting from a personal standpoint. I will touch on the profes sion of boxing. I use the word profes sion in its fullest sense. Boxing is so different from fighting that there is no possible comparison. Boxing is the science of attack and defense. It does not mean rushing in with head lowered, striking away in a wild fashion and doing your best to render your rival helpless Boxing Exhibition of Skill. On the contrary, it is an exhibition of skill. You can not pick up boxing. Without the aid of a competent in structor nobody can become a real finished boxer. That boxing is con- sidered a decent following is my firmest belief. In the present era it is taught in nearly all colleges, academies and schools. Boxing tn me should be taught to every youngster. In the first place it teaches them self reliance and again makes them apt in the art of self de fense. Take any big man in life, he is always boxing, as you may say, and though he may get the worst of it now and then, he always comes back. That is drilled into you through boxing. As an instance. I was going Into the Fairmount A. C. in New York one aft emoon. There were a few youngsters' playing around the door. I invited them in to spar. One little fellow re-, fused to put on the gloves, and was almost ready to cry at the suggestion. That convinced me that the little fel low lacked spirit Without that nec essary requirement what chance will he have when he is thrown on his own resources? If he had boxed a little and received a few stinging wallops it would make him brace up and also teach the lesson that a.s we travel through life everything 1s not a sweet song. First Lessons Important. In many cases a good boxer is ruined I in his first lesson. He puts on the I gloves with a finished teacher, and I naturally, has no chance. Time and again the pupil Is discouraged. He j quits or enters the ranks of the slug I gers and goes just so far. For anv ! strong man can slug, but only a few tan box. For a youth who studies boxing, his first thought must to be to act nat urally. This artificial posing nr cruch ing is a big handicap, especially if he meets a dangerous rival. Common sense will show you that when moving about one must b- natural to retain a firm balance. Another Important point is to un - derstand that boxing is a science. You don’t have, to strike your hardest, for r 1 points are what you are after. That brings me to something that I hear often “Packey can not knock out his men.” Before I go further I wish to say that Packey can knock out bis men. but Packey doesn't believe in that sort of boxing. If any man can show me the advantage of rendering insensible an opponent that is practi cally at your mercy, I would like to know it. Boxing Better Than Fighting, I firmly believe that the public ap preciates a boxing exhibition more than it does a fight. This is not the > day of London prize ring rules. It is the era of boxing. The states where boxing is permitted strictly rule against fighting, but favor boxing. That is quite an argument to over come. I believe strictly in elevating the sport. When two men enter the ring it is not to slaughter each other, but to box. Take the life of a prize fight-r and that of a boxer. The latter perform. f for years, while the former disappears from the scene very quickly. Again carrying around a broken nose or cauliflow’er ears is not the nicest thing when you quit the ring. And very few fighters escape those disfigurements. I have knocked out men in my career but believe me I didn’t feel proud over the stunts. I never have had any crowd yelling » “Take them off" while I have been , fighting. MTien I had a ma.n so help less that he didn’t have a possible chance I always appealed to the ref eree to stop the affair. In my many bouts I always made it a point to study my man and then try to beat him to the blow. This qtrtckeris the brain and w ill be of benefit in latter years. SOUTH ATLANTIC FIRST SEASON_CLOSES TODAY The first half of the South Atlantic baseball season will come to a close with the games played this afternoon. The Jacksonville Scouts are the win ners of the flr«t season grabbing the lead about three weeks ago, and by consistent winning hanging on to the top and during the past w-ek cinching the first half wit.lt a margin to spare. 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