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6 EPITLD W 9 FAFNSTORTH .. Crackers Return Home and Mix With Lookouts +•+ +•+ +• + -r«-i- New Men Expected Here Before the Series Is Over By Percy 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 t rank er fans are more than keen to see Douglas Habison. the new infleld er. to sret a squint at Joe Agler, the famous first baseman: to lamp the classic countenance of Buck" Becker They ate 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 or has not a chance tq make a big noise in the Southern league this season. If this new Atlanta team is good enough to pull up In the race there is going to he the grandest three cornered two-fisted, knock-down gnd-’kick-out fight that the South has had in years. If the Crackers could once get up in the battle with Birmingham and New Or leans. there would be high old times in the Sunny Southland. Whether or not the Cracker* have a chance to make this rise in the world whether or not their fortunes ran be Improved will soon be told. And the coming series at Ponce DeLeon will have 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 sehed 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 sret awav with 186 games this year. Already' they have played 60, which is 44 per cent of that num ber. and decidedly close to one-half. Arid right now the Crackers ate next to last. • • • epHIS has been a great year for * a lot of things but particular ly for records What with the fa mous Marquard out for a new mark, the Washington Senators just through with the greatest con secutive 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, it is verily a great ses sion. Colonel Richard W. Marqtiard's record is probably' the most re markable of the hunch. And one odd feature of ft is that no two writers can seem to agree on w hat the dickens the real record is, any how The dopesters started off with the Chesbro-Reulbach mark of 14 straight games and boosted that for a while Then somebody alleged to discover that Jack Lqhy once ran 20 straight before they got him. Then somebody bobbed up with 24 straight for McCormack And now comes a man who alleges that Thomas Lovett. pitching for Bridgeport in the Eastern league in 1887, ran 24 in a row—all 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 hie credit. Then somebody’ discred ited the Luby performance, with the proof that Jack only ran 17; anyhow -Shortly after that the dopesters took- a fall out of Mc- Cormack's mark, showing that the former Chicago man never beat 15 consecutive victories Lovett s mark of 24 in a row seems to be all to the good, but he started hi* winning streak in the exhibition season, which rather spoils the mark as a real record. It was a gtand performance, though, for Lovett won all his ex- ■mmm— aaaM^ata—m ir~ n - • ■■»" ■■- , ■>->—■ Hou buy your usual cigar, risk a nickel uskin.” If yours is a 10c cigar we want I ‘ the ".John Ruskin” with it If it isn't buy another “John Ruskin.” Don’t be by what we say about the "John Ruskin” will save you many nickles and not cost ?e in cigar quality. The "John Ruskin" igger than any cigar sold at its price. It he equal of any 10c cigar in quality of to iship and every other detail. Yes—that is and that is the very reason we ask you to it—by buying your first "John Ruskin " to ask you to buy the second. Your cigar ihn Raskins” and lots of them. IS CIGAR MFG CO , EWARK, N. J ndent Cigar Eactorv in the E A J. N Hirsch, E L Adams & Co., jk Distributors. Atlanta •Jr • 1 hlbition games against teams of stronger leagues than the Eastern and every game of the 24 was a full-length affair. Timothy J. Keefe, who flourished back In the dark and devious days of 1888, perhaps has a better claim to the real major league record than any other man Tim ran 19 in amu There is just one flaw in his title Orrte he was taken out in the fifth inning of a game that was won in order to save him for work the next day. The whole thing is so shrouded by the haze of antiquity that it is hard to tell whether or not he was really enti tled to the credit of that game. At any rate, he has 18 in a row to his credit. The two most marvelous pitching marks of all recorded baseball his tory were these: Radbourne's winning of 18 games in 18 days. Ed Cushman’s run of 26 victories, with only one defeat against him in an entile season. Radbourne’s mark will stand for all time. No pitcher in these days of pampering is ever asked to pitch two days in succession, much less eighteen, and never will Rad bourne’s mark be touched. Neyer, the old-timers will tell you. will al < ■ there be such a great pitcher, either -though this can't be proved. Cushman ought to have had 26 straight. One little 2 to 1 defeat, and this one a ten-inning affair, put hint to the bad. 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 tn 1884. some years back, it will be noted As a season's work It has never been equaled. MARQfARD'S record Is. all things considered, as great as any of the past. He went the full distance In all hts games ex cept three. He has had a grand team behind him, hut 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 sand lots His first regular en gagement was with the Canton club of the Central league the club, by the way. with which Cy Young started. Indianapolis got Marquard from Canton and from the Indians the Giants bought him for the then unheard of price of 811,001' -all real money. Marquard didn't break into real big league ball with any loud noise. His first attempt Atas an awful drubbing, a defeat so terrific in its consequences that the Rube wasn't worth a hang for the next two years. In the spring of last year Wil bert Robinson took Marquard In THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. .TTNE 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 aw ful disappointment in the world’s series, but so was everything that bore the Giant ti tle. What Marquard is doing this t 1 / dtr , -wiz //■ 7 . / : Ka/ 111 mF //' - 77 MWwAv Kil Hk. -2k "--FywM BILL CHAPPELLE. year is baseball history. Here is a list of the pitchers who have won twelve or more games In a row (no game of less than five innings' in the major leagues since 1882: Games Pitcher. Year. Won. Keefe 1888 19 McCormack 1886 13 McCormack .. . . 1885 14 Chesbro 1904 14 Meekin 1894 12 Gastright 1890 13 Radbourne 1884 18 lathy 1891 17 Young 1902 13 Reulba-ch 1909 14 Ferguson 1886 12 Killen 1893 12 Welsh 1885 IS Rusie 1894 15 Young . . . 191'3 13 McCormack 1884 15 Waddell 1903 13 Hecker 1884 12 DAVID BRUCE-BROWN WINS GRAND PRIZE RACE DIEPPE, FRANCE. June 26—David Bruce-Brown, of New York, won the first half of the automobile grand prize race, which started here at dawn yesterday. He was, however. not representing the I’nited States. but was driving an Italian Fiat machine He completed the ten laps (a dis tance of 770 kilometers, or about 452 miles 5 1-2 furlongs), composing the first day’s progress. In 6 hours 36 min utes 3S seconds. Bollot. driving a French Feon Pou guet machine, was second, only about two minutes behind, his time being 6 hours 38 minutes 40 seconds. The start was marred by an accident in the morning. Colinet, who was pi loting a Cregoire machine, when try ing to pass a competitor on the course, shot into the air and capsized. His mechanician. Bessagnana. was instant ly killed and Colinet himself seriously injured. JENNINGS SEEMS TO BE IN BAD WITH OWNERS DETROIT, June 26. -Is "F.-Yafi" Jennings slated for the minors" Is the three-time lender of the American league pennant winners about to be thrown into the discard? Reports say he is, and that Owners Navin and Yaw key are vastly dissatisfied with the way things are going True the Tigers have Cqbb and Crawford and Rush and other stats, but they keep losing Th brunt of,the blame fails upon the red headed manager. "I am not at all satisfied with the way things are going <>n the team," de clared Navin. "Jennings appears tn have lost his hold on the njen. They seem to have no confidence in his judgment. Ou: pitchers have been handled poorly and the team has shown little science. What we do next season depends on the showing of the Tigris between now and October." FIGHT ARENA FINISHED. EAST LAS VEGAS N M , June 26. The arena in which the Flynn-John son battle for the heavyweight cham pionship of the world will be fought here on July Fourth is < ompleted. and A Pair of Lookouts Who Play Here Today k _ \ TTMMWrr*-.: ABEL'S MANAGER COMES ACROSS WITH A LETTER This letter explains itself. Sporting Editor The Georgian Dear Sir- I notice in a recent issue of a local morning paper a criticism of Jake Abel's fighting ability, written presuma bly by some one strange to ring methods. The criticism mentions the fact that Abel can not he considered a first-class light weight until be disposes of such dubs as Terry Nelson and the like, claiming that the recent fight between Abel and Nel son tn Nashville, although Tailed a draw, was really a victory for the Grepk. •■Fur ther stating that Abel is always talking about meeting Whitney. decla.ring that if not able to dispose of Nelson and such, he had better steer clear of Frank Whit ney if he does not want to go to the hos pital. In answer, wish to state that Abel is really a first-class lightweight, as his 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 divi sion. Abel lias really disposed of Nelson in a finish contest, held only recently. Nelson was stopped in 41 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. Mould also like to make a wager that Whitney could not dispose of Nelson in side of one tn 20 rounds, as I consider Nelson the toughest lightweight In the South. Thanking you for this favor. I remain. Respectfully-. M J. ABELSON. CREW CAUGHT IN SQUALL, POI’GHKERPSIE. N. Y. June 26. A squall swept over the river last even, ing just at the close of practice and the Cornell crews were caught in it. They had a hard row ahead of the blow. The shells were nearly swamped yvhen they tea hed the boat house. 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Packey has written fche following nar rative fnr the readers of'The Georgian, in which he tries to explain his successful career Also he 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 tq give yourself a little boost the knockers become active If you hide a few good deeds you play false tn yourself. Therefore. I will try to do my best. / • -IjMa -fa .. ' -'.yjy ROY MORAN. which is all that can be asked of a man. It goes without contradiction that ,1 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 I have been asked: "Packey. yvhat accounts for your suc cess?" That’s a very hard question, and really I could not give a sensible an syy er. 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 pull these rules, don't Imagine that I'm a killjoy. Far from that. I only want to tell you what I think helped me in the world. Don’t Violate Agreements, Another point that 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 any body that had any dealings with me who can say that I 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 he 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 folloyving is my firmest belief. In the present era it is taught in nearly all colleges, academies and schools. Boxing to 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 lie 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. <'. in New York one aft- ■ ernqpn. There were a few y oungsters i playing around the door. I invited i them in to spar. One little fellow re j fused to put on the gloves, and was 1 almost ready to cry at the suggestion. ! That convinced me that the little fel- ■ low lacked spirit. Without that nec- , essary requirement yvhat 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 as we travel through life j everything Is not a sweet song First Lessons Important. In many cases a good boxer is ruined ; in his first lesson. He puts on the , gloves with a finished teacher, and ’ naturally, has no chartce. Time and again the pupil is discouraged. He ! quits or enters the ranks of the slug- I gers and goes just so far. For any 1 strong man can slug, but only a few can box. For a youth who studies boxing, his first thought must to be to act nat urally. This artificial posing or cruch ing is a big handicap, especially if he meets a dangerous rival. Common sense will show you that when moving about one must bo 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 points are what you are after. That brings me to something that I hear often—"Packey can not knock out hi« men." Before 1 go farther I wish to say that Packey can knock out his 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 tc 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 ths 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 fighter and that of a boxer. The latter perform for years, while the former disappears from the scene very quickly. Again carrying around a broken nose or cauliflower 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 beer! fighting When I had a. man 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 quickens the brain and will be of benefit in latter years. SOUTH ATLANTIC FIRST SEASON CLOSES TODAY The first haif 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 week cinching the first half with a margin to spare. The second half of the season will begin tomorrow. The winner of the second season, if it is any other club but Jacksonville, will play off the tie for the pennant with the Scouts in a post-season series after the second half of the season efids. V I kEr - " / A mother's anxious experience. “My little daughter suffered over 2 year with a very bad form of skin trouble, and recently from kidney or bladder trouble.” writes Mrs. M . 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