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6 c®4»ja srare gowe® maarF 1 EPITLD 4r VZ, S FARNSWORTH MEETS AL PALZER FOR WHITE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOMORROW W mKSbSBBeBP* .■ - VW® M ’■ V \V lx- vsy H , ‘Srk*- BBr juk. i \ v Wk Iff .Mfegw 1 i!sr Jw W// iiMlo^^K3®«S22 s ’*^?'Ax#■ * sSsts «^»--' * wHMErF*‘ n i *.O-'-'A V *<■«>< / _«. , -w- | , < 4. a ' • 7/ WIMIx Li - -Z nWw W\ vwfe^h^..... ifr ww \wWL9Im w\ \\BHK ■ .^ai^^^hk' ,# I wIM( 1 111 i,!i - fight* "I " wi.l lie ' t A. Palzer so the “white” heavyweight title on the coast tomorrow is h<r< shown in s. v. ■ii | .<>.«- At th. left he Is shown as he appears in the ring waiting for his opponent to lean anti r. ... tocuiiH: within- left The picture in the center gives a good illustration of the forme’ cow boy's pletidt ' build and muscular development, which has earned him the sobriquet of “Mississippi Adonis." Otto Jordan Is Veteran Player of Southern League +•+ •:•••!• -!-•<- 4-»-h Has Been Playing for Eight Consecutive Years By Percy 11. Whiting. NOT a man who played in the Southern league last season had played in it continuous ly since its organization in 1901. The eleven seasons that have passed since the opening of the Southern league have seen every player of the 1901 season swept from the field. In the league last year was, jt fatrue., one man who had been with it from the start. And this man was Carleton Molesworth, who led the Barons to the pennant. Hut Moley, after eleven consecutive years of play, dropped out as a player last year. With him went that other veteran. "Boe" Wiseman, of Nashville, who played with the league from its organization until the 1912 season had put eleven years of consecutive service to bis credit. • • • AND who did thi passing of Molesworth and Wiseman as players leave the ranking perform er of the Southern league in point of playing service'.’ It is a two-to-one bet that not one fan in a hundred could answer correctly. The answer is: Adolph Otto Jor dan, our esteemed fellow citizen, erstwhile manager and player of the Atlanta team, who will next year begin hjs ninth consecutive | season as a Southern league play er. Three men played in the lea gm last year who saw service tile year before Jordan started. They are Stanley, Rohe and Swann. Hut no one of these men has played con tinuously in the Southern. And as Frank is planning to get rid of Stanley and Swann. the) will not be on hand to contest honors next year with the famous 'Fly Ing Dutchman.' • « • /"'ONSIDER, now the tmuzing case of Jordan This man came to the Southern league tn 1905, as manager of the club. He has served four stormy terms as mogul, he has been field captain every year. And yet. despite his worries and r, - sponsilnllties. Otto hi- managed to: Lead the Southern league second basemen in fielding in 1905, 1906. 1909 and 1911, Rank second among the second basemen in 1907, 1908 and 1910. Only once, and that last year, when everything broke wrong for him, has he fallen as low as fourth in fielding. In eight years he has WTte Cures in 1 to 5 days ■XW/ai fB * Gonorrhoea and Gleet. BstSk 3> R—. M 1 ‘"’tains no p - . i;l ,-| '< Js tnayb.•u«edtt I l!sttength _ absolutely wittuuit fear Guaranteed not to stricture. Prevents contagion. WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF? At llruggiats, or we ship exprt s prepaid upon receipt of .’l. Full particulars mailed on i. quest THE EVANS CHEMICAL CO., Cincinnati. •. 1 IwTOl IX J r CT I<> N .< PF K 6 J M n’FN T < V It I JI of the most obstinate < ■ 1 r 3tot» - '.ays ;nn <•: .>■ ■ u >.• j. • >l. So (1 by ;1 . <|r .. THE6I O R£ijr I-TEl*’''"*''' I men| Here Is Jordan s Record in Southern League Year. Pos. G. H, S.B. B.A. P.O. A. E. F.A. i 1912 2b. 99 68 13 .200 242 254 16 .949 1911 2b. 129 106 13 .228 362 338 17 .976 1910 2b. 142 100 24 .205 452 364 22 .973 1909 2b. 144 120 27 239 481 393 26 .971 1908. 2b. 138 107 25 .217 456 301 24 .969 1907. 2b. 127 116 19 .253 386 359 25 .967 1906 2b. 134 123 27 .257 412 336 26 .963 1905. 2b. 124 116 23 .272 416 455 26 .971 Totals 103 856 171 3,207 2,800 182 .971 met the fielding competition of the Dixie league, facing ex-big leaguers and comers, with an average better than second place. 'pUERE tire a thousand interest ing facts connected with the record of Otto Jordan. Among them are: That Otto has played in 1,037 games in eight years, or an average of 130 games a season. Only once has he failed to play as many as 124 games a season. One season he did not miss a game. In the eight seasons Otto has made 856 hits, 171 stolen bases and has batted from .205 to .272. In eight years of service Jordan has had 6,189 chances. And out of all those chances he made but 182 errors, an average of less than 24 a season. Jordan's grand fielding average for the eight years is .971, a mark probably not surpassed by a score of second basemen in all baseball's history—certainly not by men who go after such chances as Jordan does. It is a coincidence that in three different seasons Jordan made the uiic number of errors. 26. The least he < ver made in a full season was 17. (Last year he made but lil. but he played in only 99 games.) Last year and the year before he CHAS. MURPHY LOOKS OVER GROUNDS AT TAMPA. FLA. TAMPA ILA.. Dec. 31—Charles W. Murphy, of the Chicago National base ball club. arrived yesterday to look Tampa over, with a view of bringing the ''libs here tor spring training'. He accompanied by Mrs. Murphy and Thomas ,1. Murphy. Mr. Murphy announced the spring schedule of the Cubs as follows: Jacksonville. South Atlantic league. March 19: <'hattanooga. Southern h ague March 2'l-21; Memphis. South ern league. March 22-23; Nashville. Southern league, March 24-25-26; l.oulsvllli Amerieau association. March 27-2x-2:*-3ti-31; Indianapolis, American iation. April 3-4-S-6; Chicago unii.'slty and Northwestern university - ai < Tilcago April * nnd 8. , The season opens for the Cubs at t.i ''hi ago on April 9 with the St. Louis <i I < ■ardinnl- b | ' —. . FRANK FARRELL PLANS TO GO AFTER F. CHANCE ** i N W V"RK. Dee 31. 1 nless in the 1 '■ i'" ' b should hear from Erank L. ■ . Fruni; Carrell, president of the f N V< rk V mem <n league club. probable 5 " :! i !■ ve I'm California early next week > ' ■■ J -nil with the former manager of ) '’hi' Nationals on the subject of > t■ • ...tiling here to take charge of ) 11 gb i talers > CHANCE TO LEAD YANKS IF HIS WIFE IS WILLING I I J'S I.HS, ]*<■»< ,11. \ message has "aft* 1 in from the southern orange * irni i f Frank Chanro that he whs per- I ct|\ wT.'iik •> t<» X’ew York and inan- li' ■ iti 1« mk • >’am. hut that ’’ ir. “is all up to Mrs Chance. If I I-'hi s wiling, so am 1 if she’s against r I- •I ll sat ilttt and quit baseball.” THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS TEESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1912. I stole 13 bases a season—his Worst | mark. Twice he lias stolen 27 I bases, his best mark. * * 41 T"*HE amazing thing about Jor dan ,is that, despite his long service (and he played three years before he Joined the Crackers), he is still growing strong. Last year was his worst in bat ting and fielding. But his friends believe, and with good reason, that his bad showing was due rather to the friction that attended his dis missal by Charley Hemphill and his exile from Atlanta than it was to any slowing up due to advanced age. Jordan will be 33 years old on January 5. Ho was born in Pitts burg, Pa., and played his first baseball with the Binghamton team of the New York State league. ■it « * JORDAN'S long career has been J due to many things. The great Dutchman is possessed of a on dlh-ful physique. He is rather be low the average height and rather above the average weight. His weight Lsi well distributed and stout ankles and sturdy hands have stood him in good stead. But Jordan’s success comes inainl.t because of his temperate habits and because of the most amazing willingness and determi nation. FRANK FARRELL DICKERS FOR LAJOIE'S SERVICES N|..\\ AORK. Dec 31 Erank Earrell, owner of the New York Americans, has opened negotiations to secure Lajofe. the great second sacker of the Cleveland club who, It is rumored, will be let out be cause his legs have gone back on him. JIM BASKETTE HURT BY FIRECRACKER EXPLOSION CLEVELAND. TENN.. Dee 31.—Jim Baskette, the Nap pitcher, severely in jured his right hand when u firecracker which he held exploded without warning It is not known whether the injury will affect his pitching. M’LEAN SAYS M’GRAW WILL LAND HIM A JOB CINCINNATI. Dee 31 Latty McLean, the tall catcher who was set adrift by the local team because he broke the chib rules, claims to have the promise of Manager McGraw, of the Gian's, that bo will "land" with some major league team for next season. KELLEY QUITS TO HOUCK. NEW YORK. Dec 31. —Claiming a foul. Edtiie Kelley, the Hat lent light weight. quit in the fourth round of his bout last night with Tommy Houck, of Philadelphia, after the club pltvsician made an examination and ruled the blow was above the belt. LANGFORD IS COMING HOME. NEW YORK. Dec. 31. A ‘’dark cloud ' hovers over the "white hopes' in the per son of Sam Langford, who is now on his way here from Australia, determined to secure mutches "Uli the pule faced heav ies who are claim ng the heavyweight title. I ? 11 I I k WI I I 1 D Ji 'm? |Ejg« 3 ■ ■ " ■ ""J McCarty in the picturesque costume of a cowboy. He spent many years of his life on th‘e Western plains herding cat tle. IO KT MET HERE TOMORROW Fa RANK WHITNEY is going to meet Tonrtny Lavelle in the main bout at the Dixie A. C. tomorrow night. Whitney was originally carded to mix with Tom my O’Keefe, but Thomas hurt his hand in a work-out on Tuesday and his manager wired this morn ing that he would have to call off the bout. Lavelle end Whitney, however, should put up a swell mill. Lavelle is a slugger who has been coming to ill, front .vith rapid strides of lute, and as he packs a swell right hand punch, there will always be a possibility during the ten rounds that lie will get over a winning wal lop. Promoter Norton has arranged to match the winner of this bout with Knockout Broun, the sensational New York lightweight, on next fuesda.v. Brown has two news paper decisions over Wolgast and he and Whitney, or Lavelle, would make a corking st rap. CROCKER AND BECKER MEET IN FINAL ROUND PINEHURST, N. C. Dec 31.—Paul M. Hunter of the Midlothian club. Chicago, was eliminated from the contest in the semi-final round of the ninth annual Pine hurst holiday week golf tournament yes terdax when he missed a two-yard put on the home green. George H. Crocker, of Brookline, won from Hunter by a four yard put, and will meet C. L. Becker, of Woodland, in the final today. Crocker advanced yesterday, on the de fault nf W alter .1 Travis, of Garden City. Hunter «in in the nurning plui front Robert G uild Shaw, of Brookline. 2 up and I to play Beekcr defeated • W i; I’ntesilule. of Fox Hills, 2 up and 1 to play, in the cirly round, and won from I. B. Robeson. 3 up and J to play. this after noon. | JUAREZ First Idle Talc, 30. first. Rooster, 9-10. Wheeler. I. Csn ran. Bill Finn. Scram ble. Bad Strarrs, \sl, Me. Kamtehilka, Jolly Tar and The Cinder. Second- Rosevale. 8-5, first; Fane*. 1; Ursula I'nmin. 2 \lso ran Ora Royal Nettie 11. \ rginia Lindsey. Har lem Maid. Tile Ila ’.ffs I laughter. Golden Agnes and l.ad> \\ illie. Third closer. 3, first. Ratwa. 8-5; Til tord Thomas. 8-:> Also ran Sherlock Holnu s. W inter Green. Dangerous March. Enfield and Chapultepec Fourth Lord .Marshall. !'5. first: t ested Rights. 11-5: Real Star. 11-7. Also ran Rosaris. Fifth Visible. 12-1. first; Ethel Sam son. 5-1; Parlor Box. 20-1 Hso ran. Edmond Adams. Cosgrove. Anne M-Gee Kyi White. Sir Alvescott ind Shorty Northcutt. Sixtli Swish. I'2. first: Engraver. I-.*; | orpetli. fi -1. Also ran. Black Mate Bob Lynch amt Compton x Tlte view to the left shows the big boxer about to land a right uppercut—a blow he can deliver witli un usual force and cleverness and which has gained him many of the victories that adorn his eai lv record. . Carty has had a varied career, being engaged in many lines of endeavor. He was reared on a ranch, aiu Hi, cowboy life did much to give him the build and strength that have brought him to the front rank- of tlte >o\ tng world. White Hope McCarty Is a “Jack of All Trades” •£•••:• -i-*-:- •!•••:- •!•••: “Mississippi Adonis'* Once Tramped It in Sou-h By Left Hook. LUTHER M’CARTY, the “Mis sissippi Adonis,” who fights Al Palzer for the white heavy weight championship at Los An geles on New Years day, is being touted on the coast as one of the most remarkable athletes of the times. Wonderfully built both for speed and strength, the fighter is seem ingly adding a rapid development of headwork that should give him a look-in with any of the big fighters in the game today. In his early exhibitions McCarty showed that he is game, can hit hard and has some speed, but he has a plentiful lack of experience that was distressing to his admir ers. Since he went to the coast he has, however, shown great im provement and had little trouble in stopping the veteran, Jim Flynn. Now, hooked up with A! Palzer, the lowa bearcat, he will get the test that will show whether he is to continue fighting or must beat it back to the life of a cowboy at $35 per month. McCarty lias had a varied career. He lias been a district messenger boy, cowboy, farm hand, lumber pack, deep sea sailor, bill "sticker,” roustabout, and many and various other things. Os all the fighters now in the ring he has had the most picturesque career. Luther first saw the light of day March 17. 1892. on a ranch owned and opeiated by his father, 30 miles outside of Lincoln, Nebr. Lutiier was always outdoors and most of the time astride a horse. His mother died when he was less than two years of age, but it was not until his father sold the ranch, in 1901, that Luther struck out for himself, making his first stop at the home of a relative in Colorado Springs. Colo. Here he stayed for nearly two years, at tending school, inucli against his wishes, as he longed for the open air life. He had no liking for thf class room, and to avoid it took "French leave” in the night and started on life's journey alone —and penniless. He had not yet reached liis twelfth year. Having been raised on a ranch, he naturally drifted Into the corn fields of Kan sas. Passed Out Handbills. With the corn-shucking season over McCarty ambled into Omaha and landed a position as bill dis tributor for an advertising concern. He held this down for a few months, then landed a “berth” with the Western Union Telegraph Com pany. He delivered messages, ami the number on his cap was "1323.” Strange coincidence, but it was in the thirteenth ring engagement that McCarty hung tlte “23“ sign on Carl Morris and made a leap into tile limelight. Tile olu wanderlust again took hold of the big boy. and he made the long jump to Los Angeles. Stopping, necessarily, many times along the route, lie gathered eat ing money by all manner and kind of work. In southern Caiiftnnia Met'arty spent several months, then journeyed back to St. Louis, but did not tarry long, making tracks for Boston, Mass. He longed to see some of the life on the high seas. <>nee in the city of beans and eul tui McCarty hiked to the wharves and shipped as "an able-bodied sv-a- man.” He was able-bodied all right, but not a seaman, so on his first day out was reduced to the position of apprentice. The boat he was on was an old-fashioned "wind jammer,” and it took four months to make the trip to Buenos Ayres. From this leading Soutli American city he shipped twice around Cape Horn, then on a Norwegian bark he sailed for China and Japan. It was off one boat and onto another for three years with him, finally landing back in Buenos Ayres and then making his last trip on the water, "jumping" the boat on which lie had shipped from the Argentine capital to Boston when it was out side of Mobile. Goes to Lumber Camps. From Mobile, McCarty roamed into the lumber camps of Pine Hill and later into the coal mines of Blue Creek. His stay at each place ' was short, the work not being to his liking. His next stopping place was at Nashville, Tenn., where he took a try at. work in a dairy., but left it to go to work in a construc tion gang of bridge builders. After one week of hard work, be informed the foreman he had de cided to quit, but a swinging girder toppled him, breaking his leg. and he was kept on the payroll for an other six weeks. When able to make h\s getaway, he hiked back to the open country of North Dakota. Having seen the greater part of the world. McCarty went back to ills first love, looking after the cat- Your Own Name 1 f On This Knife j JOHN SMITH Atlanta. Ga. A < NO COST TO YOU < This handsome knife is 3 1-2 inches long when closed, with two razor-steel blades ol I finest quality. < The transparent handle shows your name and address plainly, just as shown in the above cut. 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When arriving Culbertson, Mont., he learned the e was to be a battle in the town. n< decided to stick around and si e I in fuss. He tied in with one of th'' principals as sparling partner. Ik had. from his earliest yuoth. lik. boxing, and whether aboard ship ■>!■ land never let pass an opportuni’v to spar witli the gloves. January 7, 1911. he went in as a substitute for a fighter who l> al “run out” of a match against Wall Adams, heavyweight champion of Canada. McCarty put out tl champ in tin second round. He anil Adams afterward went .-n an exhibition lour, anti McCarty at tracted the attention of Tomin. Burns by beating Joe Grimm “iron man"—of Philadelphia. Ton> my looked the big cowboy over ; told him he was liable to be cham pion of the world some day. M Carty, with this encourageiie i . plunged into the game in good e tr nest. He first attracted nation-v .e fame by knocking Carl Morris col..