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Brain Is the Essential of
Atlhetic Success—Thompson
By Fred C. Thompson.
World's Champion Athlete.
, * FTER all, the hands are
/A the thing. Without them
"*■ the ideal perfect fighting
figure is as naught. And with them
the head, the power and all the oth
er requisites of. the successful ring
artist can have but secondary con
sideration.”
And the above paragraph ap
peared in a paper of standing in a
conspicuous place without apology.
Room was given for an article in
attempted proof of the above
points.
If that declaration be a true one
the ring is forthwith condemned
summarily. I am not saying that
to disprove the statement that
"Good hands are better than brains
in the ring” would leave the ring
free from condemnation. But I do
say that that is not the condem
nation that is to be fairly brought
against the ring. The ring forfeits
its right to existence through the
fa, t that in all its life it has never
produced a noble man. Men have
lived through a ring career and at
the end been distinguishable from
old battle-scarred bull-gorillas—a
few have. But that isn’t because
the ring hasn't tried its be-t to bat
ter and bruise and coarsen them
out of any semblance of the sons
of God. It's rather because their
hardest fight was won not in the
ring but outside in keeping them
selvi s from the taint of the ring
and its spirit.
An Unfair Accusation.
It is only fair that we clear the
roped arena of this unfair accusa
tion. For in no field in which man
has faced man has the determin
ing factor been the physical ap
paratus employed or every detail
<-,f it. The big men in the world
stand out not because of the size
of their feet or the length of their
nr-ses —such things are mere de
tails and don’t count in the final
calculation; but such men .stand
head and shoulders above the men
around them because of their keen
heads and big souls. You notice
that I say in no "field” on which
man has faced man—in “instances"
In which man has faced man every
romantic posibility under the v sun
has been fulfilled. And so if we
strove to obtain a judgment in
stance by instance the result put
graphically would make a good
representation of a high frequency
spark, shafts and fingers pointing
to every* point of the compass, but
the main line of travel is clear and
unmistakable.
And it points out clearly that
given two men everything in com
mon of ordinary normal grade, the
one having the keener head, the
other the tougher hands. Why, of
course the man with the better
head would win. He’d probably
come out not only the winner, but
with his hands In better shape and
all the rest of him.
Man Subdues Lion.
I've seen lions that with one swipe
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ot their paws could fell a half a
dozen men and which would be
unembarrassed by the most violent
attacks on them with a man's
hands, that were taken, strapped
down, chloroformed and under the
surgeon's puny hands its great
paw slit and slashed at will. Could
the man do that because his hands
weie stronger or more rugged than
the lion’s paw? Why, it was en
tirely, because his head was keener
and his soul great in wanting to
relieve from pain.
But the great danger that I am
fearful of is not that such declara
tions as these will be made un
true, though they are, but that
being made and carrying with them
somewhat of truth, though it be a
small fraction, will be accepted on
face value because of the quasi
guarantee of good character, the
grain of truth will vouchsafe to the
whole, the most of it pernicious
and false.
An English writer gives us “What
England is suffering from the most
at present is not falsehood, but in
cesantly reiterated half-truths.”
But the "tight little isle” is too
small a place to monopolize such a
wide truth. It fits America. It fits
what we're talking about. And in
just this way.
Brain Most Important.
The hand, the immediate instru
ment In any work, is important.
That's undisputed. But what
makes the hands worth a rap is
what's behind them, what directs
them. The only reason any jnan's
hands are ever brought to notice
is the fact that a good head brought
him into the limelight. We notice
that some men are weak because of
weak hands, because of any of a
thousand minor weaknesses. But
why do we notice them in particu
lar? Why! Only because their
head work brought them into
prominence. We could probably
find a thousand strong to excess in
the one given particular whom we
don't care a rap about simply be
cause they had nothing with which
to direct that asset.
It’s not so much the natural as
sets or talents we have. It’s the
head that uses them and the heart
that colors their use that counts.
A group of stupendous assets at
the very best gives but a perfect
machine, hut a body; just a body,
coupled with a keen head and a
great heart, gives us a man, a
noble sentient creature, and that’s
the noblest work of God.
WOLGAST TO FIGHT AGAIN
ON THANKSGIVING DAY
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.—The de
termination of Champion Ad Wolgast
to fight again on Thanksgiving day
has stirred great activity into the ranks
of the lightweights. Wolgast has held
conferences with Promoter James
Coffroth. the result of which he expects
will be a contract to fight in San Fran
cisco on November 28.
Wolgast left for Chicago today.
YESTERDAY’S GAME.
Atlanta. ab. r. b. no. a. e.
Agler. Ib4 1 3 1? 0 1
Bailey, cf 4 1 fl 2 0 1
Alperman. 2b. ... 5 0 fl 3 5 0
McElveen. 3b. ... 4 0 2 2 2 0
Harbison, ss. . . . 4 fl fl 1 2 fl
Callahan. If 4 0 2 1 0 fl
Graham, rf3 0 11 0 fl
Donahue, c. .... 4 fl fl 2 1 0
Sitton, p 4 0 0 0 5 0
Totals 36 2 8 24 15 2
Birmingham. ab. r. h. po, a. e.
Marcan. 2bl 0 1 3 4 fl
- Messenger, rs. . . . 4 1 0 1 0 0
Xlrncida. 3b. ... 4 fl 1 fl 2 1
Mcßride. If 4 11 4 0 0
McGilvray, Ib. ...3 2 1 4 1 0
Johnston, cf 3 2 2 4 fl 0
Carroll. ss3 fl 2 3 1 2
i Bilger, e. 3 0 1 8 0 0
Foxen, p 2 0 0 0 2 0
Totals3o 6 9 27 10 3
Seme by innings: R
Birmingham 402 000 OOx -6
Atlanta 200 OflO 000—2
Snmmarv: Two-base hit—McGilvray.
Sacrifice hit—Foxen. Stolen bases—
Johnston 2. Carroll. Mcßride. Rouble
plavs '.lmeida to Marcan to McGilvray,
Mperman to Agler. Struck out -Bv Fox
en 6 bv Sitton 2. Bases on balls—Off
Foxen I. off Sitton 1. Time of game—
-2:15. I'mpire Rudderham.
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The Big Race
Here is how the "Big Five” in the Amer
ican league are hitting right up to date:
Player—A. B. H. Aver.
Cobb ! 347 1 146 . 421~
Speaker 361 141 .391
Jackson 354 128 .362
Collins 1 325 109 .335
Lajole _. 216 I 72 I .333
Cobb boosted his batting average 2
points yesterday by securing four hits in
eight times up. Speaker also gained as
much by securing two safe clouts in four
trips to the plate. Jackson failed to con
nect In four times at bat and fell off 3
notches. Collins lost 4 points by securing
only one hit in six attempts. Laioie is
still out of the game.
Crackers* Batting
Averages, Including
Yesterday*s Game
These averages include yesterday’s game
with the Bold Barons.
Flayers— ]~G~ABTI< ThTTav.
Becker, p 4 I 12 I 11 .417
Hemphill, cf| 78 296 | 35 ; 93 |.314
Harbison, ssl 33 1110 | 12 • 31 |.282
Alperman, 2bj 87 1333 j 47 ! 93 1.279
Bailey, rs 87 311 I 54 | 84 .270
Donahue, c! 56 1112 |ll 27 .241
Graham, c: 35 |lO5 | It ! 25 .210
Callahan. If’ 45 188 : 21 i 45 1.240
McElveen. 3b| 98 ,342 | 41 j 79 .231
Agler, lbl 24 79 : 10 I 18 .228
Atkins, pi 16 43 3 ! 8 1.186
Brady, p| 13 I 40 2 7 .175
Sitton, p| 18 I 47 I 8 ; 7 1.149
Waldorf, p; 3 7 I fl 9 j.OOO
GEORGE STALLINGS WON’T
LEAD DODGERS NEXT YEAR
Bl FFALO, N. Y., July 26.—Manager
George Stallings, of the Buffalo Interna
tional league club, set at rest all rumors
stating that he is to manage the Brook
lyn club of the National league next sea
son. The big chief says there Is abso
lutely nothing doing.
"So far as I know I will be with Buf
falo next season.” said Stallings.
The rumor referred to by George T.
probably originated with an article pub
lished by a Buffalo paper, which stated:
THE BASEBALL CARD
SOUTHERN LEAGUB,
Games Today.
Atlanta in Birmingham.
Memphis in Mobile.
Chattanooga in Montgomery.
Nashville in New Orleans.
Standing of the Club*.
W L. PC W. L. PC
B'ham. . 58 35 .624 C'nooga. 41 46 .471
Mobile . 52 43 .547 N’ville .40 47 .460
N. Or. . 42 41 .512 Mont. . .40 51 .440
M mphis 44 43 .512 Atlanta .37 48 .435
Yesterday's Results.
Birmingham 6. Atlanta 2.
Nashville 1, New Orleans 0.
Only two games played.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Albany in Macon.
Columbus in Columbia.
Jacksonville in Savannah.
Standing or tne Club*.
\V. l I’ W L. PC
C'bus. . .15 9 .625 J'ville. . 15 11 .577
Sav. . . .15 9 .625 Albany. . 9 17 .346
Macon . .15 19 .600 Col'a. . .6 19 .240
yesterday s Results.
Macon 9, Albany 2.
Savannah 2, Jacksonville 1.
Columbia-Columbus, off day.
_____ *
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
No games scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. 1., f <• W. L. P.C.
Boston . 63 29 .685 Detroit . 45 48 .484
Wash. . 56 36 .609 C'land. . 45 48 .484
i’hila. . 53 39 .576 N. York 27 58 .318
Chicago .47 42 .528 S. Louis 26 62 .295
Yesterday’s Results.
Chicago 6, New York 4.
Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 2 i first game.)
St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 3 (second
game.)
Detroit 5, Washington 4 (first game.)
Washington 7, Detroit 5 (second game.)
Cleveland 1, Boston 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today,
St. Louis in Boston.
Cincinnati in Brooklyn.
Chicago in New York.
Pittsburg in Philadelphia.
Standing of the Clubs.
W 1.. P C I W. L. PC.
N. York 65 21 .756 | C'nati. . 44 15 494
Chicago .53 33 .616 I S. Louis 39 52 .429
Pburg. .50 34 .595 Hr'klyn .32 57 .360
Phila. . .41 41 .500 I Boston . 23 64 .264
Yesterday’s Results.
Pittsburg 8, Brooklyn 7.
Only one game played
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Sporting Writers Nearly Always
Differ on Result of Big Bouts
By AV. AV. Naughton.
IT is very evident that sporting
critics, unlike doctors, do not
hold consultations in refer
ence to the "cases” that come un
der their obse: vation. If they did,
no doubt there would be more
unanimity of opinion in respect to
the merits of contests and com
petitions of various characters.
That sporting writers should
view boxing matches and other
events from different standpoints
is as it should be. A wise head
once said "it’s difference of opinion
that makes horse races,” and what
is true of the sport of the turf is
true of everything else in the sport
ing line. Without difference of
opinion there would be no occasion
to arrange tests of skill, speed or
endurance. There would be a total
lack of interest in everything re
lating to competition. There would
be no "sporting situation," in fact.
There is one thing, however, that
a sport critic should beware of. and
that is insisting his view of a con
test is the only possible and cor
rect one. He should qualify what
ever opinions he writes with the
remark, “This may not be the right
analysis, but it's the way it looked
to me.” For no matter what re
spect his opinion commands, he can
only exercise individual judgment.
Critics Differed on Big Fight.
It is doubtful if there were ever
a brace of pugilistic happenings
that caused more difference of
opinion among the workmen of
the press than the world's cham
pionships on the Fourth of July.
Those who held that Jack Johnson
had showed no decline in fighting
ability were fairly well paired with
the critics who noted —or thought
they noted—a vast difference in the
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Toledo in Columbus.
Louisville in Indianapolis.
Kansas City in Milwaukee.
Minneapolis in St. Paul.
Standing of the Clubs.
W 1.. PC W. L PC
M'apolis 66 37 .641 M'w'kee 45 57 .441
C’bus. . 65 37 .637 S. Paul .46 59 .438
Toledo . 62 38 .629 L ville . .37 62 374
K. City .51 50 .505 I'apolis. .36 68 .346
Yesterday’s Results,
Indianapolis 2. Louisville 1.
Minneapolis 8, St. Daul 1.
Only two games scheduled.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Baltimore in Rochester.
Providence in Montreal.
Newark in Buffalo.
Jersey City in Toronto.
Standing of the Clube
W.Ll'..: W. L. r.c
Roch. , .53 11 .564 J. City . 48 46 .511
B'mor’e. .Iti .T.i : .557 P’dence 40 51 .440
Toronto .50 41 .549 Buffalo .40 48 .455
Newark. 47 43 .522 M'treal . 37 55 .402
Yesterday’s Results.
Montreal 10, Baltimore 5.
Newark 3, Rochester 2.
Buffalo 6, Jersey City 4 (first game.)
Jersey City 11. Buffalo 9 (second game.)
Other clubs not scheduled.
COTTON STATES LEAGUE.
Games Today,
Yazoo City in Greenwood.
Meridian in Columbus.
Vicksburg in Jackson.
Standing of the Clube.
W. L. PC | W 1,. FT
M’idian 18 11 .62! J’ckson 15 13 .536
V’ksb’g 17 11 .607 I G’wood 1.5 14 .517
Col’bus 16 13 .552 |Y. (Tty 524 .179
Yesterday's Results.
Vicksburg 7, Jackson 5.
Columbus 7. Meridian 4.
Greenwood 7. Yazoo City 0 (first game).
Greenwood 7. Yazoo City 5 < second
game).
APPALACHIAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Asheville in Johnson City.
Knoxville in Morristown.
Cleveland in Bristol.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. I’.<’ W. L. P C.
Bristol 37 23 .617 C’vT'd 27 32 .458
K'xville 37 26 .587 A'eville 28 34 .452
J. City 30 32 .481 M'town 26 38 .406
Yesterday’s Results.
Cleveland 2, Bristol 0.
Asheville 2. Johnson City 0 (first game).
Johnson City 7, Asheville 1 (second
game).
Knoxville 2. Morristown 1.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Beaumon’ in Galveston.
San Antonio in Houston.
M aco in Austin
Fort Worth In Dallas.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C W L. P C.
H'ust'n 66 35 .653 B'mont 43 55 .439
S. An'io 63 41 .606 Austin 45 58 .437
Waco 55 43 .578 F. W'th 40 60 .404
Dallas 50 54 .181 G'V’st’n 40 60 .404
Yesterday’s Results.
Houston 8. San Antonio 0.
Waco 2, Austin 0.
Fort Worth 5. Dallas 2.
Galveston 7, Beaumont 6.
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Charlotte in Spartanburg.
Winston-Salem in Anderson.
Greenville in Greensboro.
Standing of the Clubs
W I. PC W. T,. PC
A'dcrs'n 48 28 .632 Sp’b'rg 35 41 461
C'rlotte '4 32 .587 G'sboro 34 42 .447
W.-S'm 4! .38 .51? G'nvllle 28 49 .368
Yesterday s Results.
Greensboro 6. Greenville .3.
Spartanburg 5. Charlotte 4
Anderson 14. Winston-Salem 7.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clube.
W !.. P C W T, Pi •
P’sb'rg 52 36 .591 R'anoke 39 36 .520
I’ sm’th 47 43 .522 R’hm'd 38 56 132
Norfolk 45 11 .522 N. N'ws 35 50 .412
Yesterday's Results.
Norfolk 8. Newport News 0.
Richmond 3 Roanoke 2.
Petersburg 6, Portsmouth 2,
OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY.
Americus 4. Atlanta 2.
Brunswick 2, Athletics 1.
Johnson of Refio and the Johnson
of Ims Vegas.
The wiiter takes his stand with
those who believe that Johnson
tires more readily and is a less
formidable puncher than he used
to be. 1 have seen Johnson in
every contest of note he' has figured
in, in this country, since he de
feated Frank Childs at Los An
geles, nearly eleven years ago, and
am therefore in a fairly good posi
tion to judge of his present fight
ing prowess.
Incidentally, Johnson is one of
the hardest men in the fighting
world to get a line on. He is such
a consummate ring genera! and
everything he does within the
ropes is done so artistically, that
it is anything but easy to tell when
he is in trouble.
In tile affair with Flynn he held
on and stalled around with a grin
on his face and with no particular
appearance of being flurried, but he
was an exceedingly tired champion
of tile world just the same. If he
had been the Johnson of other
fights, instead of looking hungry
eyed at Referee Smith when Flynn
began butting, he would have
broken his hold and punched Flynn
clear across the ropes.
Different Views on Los Angeles.
The different views held in re
gard to the Johnson-Flynn match
were not a circumstance, however,
to the confusion of opinions that
existed at the Wolgast-Rivers
ringside It used to be said h that a
man interested in boxing did not
have to attend a fight to gain an
idea of what happened—that he
could read all the accounts of the
affair and strike an average. Any
one who could follow this course
in the Los Angeles mill would have
to be possessed of highly analytical
mentality.
Whether Wolgast struck his op
ponent foul or fair, whether Rivers
downed Wolgast with a chin crack
or a smash in the pit, whether
Wolgast fell athwart Rivers' knee
and whether Rivers was short
counted, are points that will be
argued for many a day to come.
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CHATTANOOGA. TENN., July 26.
Roy Moran, Chattanooga’s Hat out
fielder, has been sold to the Washing
ton Americans. Part of the considera
tion is that the local club gels the first
Southern league call on Washington's
discards next year. The financial de
tails are not staled. Moran reports to
Washington in September.
Outfielder Hamilton, a Notte Dame
college star, was signed by Chattanooga
today. Outfielder xVarem and Pitcher
Ware probably will be released.
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JOHNSON WANTS $30,000
TO BOX JEANNETTE IN N.Y.
NEW YORK, July 26. —jack Johnson,
the negro heavyweight champion, an
nouneed over the long-distance tele
phone from Chicago that he was ready
to sign for a match with Joe Jeannette
on Labor dav at Madison Square Gar
den in New York if he could get his
pi tee. The latter, Johnson dictated,
was $30,000. The champion refused a
$20,000 offer.
Johnson's statement was made to
Blllv Gibson, manager of the Garden
Athletic club, who is trying to get the
big negro here as a Labor day attrac
tion.
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