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LUTHER M’CARTY, WHO MEETS AL PALZER FOR WHITE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOMORROW
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intl l ea f i > 1 • c p« nt ’ wIM» M >< she picture in the cent< r gives a good illustration of the former cow
boy -pmmHd hull.i and muscular development, which has earned him the sobriquet of' Mississippi Adonis.”
Otto Jordan Is Veteran Player of Southern League
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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. It
is true, one man, who had been with
it from the start. And this man
was Carleton Molesworth. who led
the Barons to the pennant. But
Moley,. after eleven consecutive
years of play, dropped out as a
player last year. With him went
that other veteran. “Doc” Wiseman,
of Nashville, who played with the
league from its organization until
the 1912 season had put eleven
years of consecutive service to his
credit.
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AND who did the 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 his ninth consecutive
season as a Southern league play
er.
Three men played in the league
last year who saw service the year
before Jordan started. They arc
Stanley, Rohe and Swann. But no
one of these men lias 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 "Flying
Dutchman.”
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now. tho amazing
ease of Jordan; This man name j
to the Southern league in 1906, as
manager of the club. He has served
four stormy terms as mogul, he
has been Held captain every year.
And yet. despite his worries and re
sponsibilities Otto has 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
>n fielding. In eight years he has
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Here Is Jordan s Record in Southern League
Year. Pos. G. H. S.B. B.A. P.O. A. E FA
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
£' 144 120 27 239 393 26 371
m ”’?u‘ Jo? 107 25 1217 456 301 24 969
lone 127 116 19 - 253 386 389 25 .967
J 998 " 2b ' 134 128 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.
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'piIERE are a thousand interest
ing facts connected with the
record of jjtto 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 cirances 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
same number of errors, 26. The
least he ever made in a full season
was 17. (Last year he made but
16, but he played in only 99 games.)
Last year and the year before he
CHAS. MURPHY LOOKS OVER
GROUNDS AT TAMPA. FLA.
TAMPA. FLA., Dec. 31. Charles W.
Murphy, of the Chicago National lihse
ball chib, arrived yesterday to look
Tampa over, with tv view of bringing
the <’ubs here for spring training He
Is accompanied by Mrs. Murphy and
Thomas J. Murphy .
Mr. Murphy announced the spring
schedule of the Cubs as
Jacksonville, South Atlantic league,
March 19; < 'liattajiooga. Southern
league. March 30-21; Memphis. South
ern league. March 22-23. Nashville.
Southern league. March 24-25-26;
Lmisvilic, \meriean association. March
27-28-29-30-31: Indianapolis, American
association. April 3-4-6-6: Chicago
unit- slty and Northwestern university
tit ' bi,'ago April 7 and 8.
The season opens for the Cubs at
Chicago on April 9 with the St. Louis
< 'ardinals
FRANK FARRELL PLANS
TO GC AFTER F. CHANCE
NEW YORK. Dee 31 Unless in the
euntime he should bear from Frank I,
'Chance. Frank Farrell, president of the
New York American league club, probable
will leave tor California early next week
to consult with the former manager of
the Chicago Nationals on the subject of
Chance coming here to take charge of
the Highlanders.
CHANCE TO LEAD YANKS
IF HIS WIFE IS WILLING
L* >F \ N't ;i: LES. I »e» 31. A message has
| just wafted In from the southern orange
| farm of Frank Cham e that was per
,ie,*tl. willing to go i,> New York and man
iag. tb< Amerfenn league t, am. hut Unit
bis future is all up to Mrs Chance If
.-he's willing, so am I; if she's against
my g"ing. I'll stay here and quit baseball "
xrxx 4fcLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1912.
stole 13 bases a season—his worst
mark. Twice he has stolen 27
bases, his best mark.
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THE amazing thing about Jor
dan is that, despite his long
service (and he played three years
before be 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. He was born in Pitts
burg. Pa., and played his first
baseball with the Binghamton team
of the New York State league.
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JORDAN'S long career has been
-I due to many things. The great
Dutchman is possessed of a won
derful physique. He is rather be
low the average height and rather
above the average weight. His
weight is well distributed and stout
ankles and sturdy hands have stood
him in good stead.
But Jordan s success comes
mainly because of his temperate
habits and because of the most
amazing willingness and determi
nation.
FRANK FARRELL DICKERS
FOR LAJOIE'S SERVICES
NEV YORK. Dec 31.—Frank Farrell,
owner of the New York Americans, has
1 opened negotiations to secure Lajoie, 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
-'LEV ELAND.’TENN.. Dec. Sl.-Jim
Baskette. the Nap pitcher, severely ln
jured in-- right hand when a firecracker
1 which he held exploded without warning
It is not known whether the injure will
atlecl liis pitching.
M'LEAN SAYS M’GRAW
WILL LAND HIM A JOB
< I NCIN N ATI. Dec. 31. Larry McLean,
the tall catcher who was set adrift by
the local team because he broke the
i lub rules, claims to have the promise
of Manager McGraw, of the Giants, that
he will "land" yvith some major league
team for next season.
KELLEY QUITS TO HOUCK.
NEW YORK. Dei. 31. —Claiming a
foul. Eddie Kelley, tjte Harlem light
weight. quit in the fourth round of his
bout last night with Tommy Houck, of
Philadelphia, after the club physician
made an examination and ruled the
. blow was above the belt.
LANGFORD IS COMING HOME.
■i Nl.\\ YORK Dec 31 A "dark cloud"
I hovers oyer the white hopes' tn the per
. -”ii ~t Sam Langford, who is now on his
Way heir trom tnstraliu. determined to
secure matelie, with the pale faced heav
es wi , nihig the lie ivcweight
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McCarty iu.the picturesque costume of
a cowboy. He spent many years of his
life on the Western plains herding cat-
LAVELLE TO MEET
WHITNEY HERE
TOMORROW
Frank whitney is going to
meet Tommy Lavelle in the
main bout at the Dixie A. C.
tomorrow night. Whitney was
originally carded to mix yvith 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 and Whitney, however,
should put up a swell mill. Lavelle
is a slugger who has been coming
to the front with rapid strides of
late, and as he packs a swell right
hand punch, there will always be a
possibility during the ten rounds
that he will get over a winning wal
lop.
Promoter Norton has arranged to
match the winner of this bout with
Knockout Brown, the sensational
New York lightweight, on next
Tuesday. Brown has two news
paper decisions over Wolgast and
he and Whitney, or Lavelle, would
make a corking scrap.
CROCKER AND BECKER
MEET IN FINAL ROUND
PINEHURST, N. Dee. 31 Paul M
Hunter of the Midlothian club, Chicago’
was eliminated front the contest in the
semi-final round of the ninth annual Plne
burst holiday week golf tournament yes
terday when he missed a two-vard put on
the home green. George H. Crocker, of
Brookline, won from Hunter bv a four
yard put. and will meet C. L. Becker of
Woodland, in the final today
Crocker advanced yesterday, on the de
fault of Walter J. Travis, of Garden Citx.
Hunter won in the morning iilav from
Robert Gould Shaw. of Brookline’, 2 up
and 1 tb play. Becker defeated AV F
H'uesdale of Fox Hills. 2 up and 1 to
play in the early round, and won tTont 1
B. Robeson, 3 up and 1 to plav. this after
noon.
GROUNDKEEPER WILL SOON
GET BUSY AT PONCEY PARK
A\ ork will be started as soon as the
diamond at Ponce Del-eon dries-uut on
smoothing up the field for next season
she ground is pretty well cut up by the
plowing feet of the Tech. Georgia Clem
son and other football players and by the
automobiles that went on the field dur
ing the games, and It will take consid
erable ironing and working to get the
kinks ouL
-\ new drain pipe will be laid to take
care of the water that sometimes accu
mulates in right field Improvements are
planned also in the players' club house.
THE NEW SPORTING ANNUAL
The best little sporting reference book
of the yeah Is The Police Gazette Snort
ing Annual for 1913. published bv Hie
Richard K. Fox Publishing Company it
is a compendium of best performances in
all branches of sports, ably compiled and
edited by Fam < Austin, ih. well known
sporting writer ami < title. The main
feature of the book is the pugilistic rec
ords. ami Includes tin lustorx of every
boxer of prominence in the world.
The view to the ieft shows the big boxer about to land a right uppercut—a blow he can deliver with
usual force and cleverness and which has gained him many of the victories that adorn his early record Me’
t arty has had varied career, being engaged in many lines of endeavor. Ho was reared on a ranch anrftho
cowboy lite did much to give him the build and strength that have brought him to the front ranks of’the box
White Hope McCarty Is a “Jack of All Trades*'
“Mississippi Adonis** Once Tramped It in South
By Left Hook.
LUTHER M'CARTY. the “Mis
sissippi Adonis,” w T ho 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 bis 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 Al 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 has had a varied career.
He has 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 operated by his father, 30 miles
outside of Lincoln. Nebr. Luther
yvas 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, much against his
wishes, as he longed for the open
air life. He had no liking for the
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
his twelfth year. Having been
raised on a ranch, he naturally
drifted into the corn fields of Kan-
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, and
the number on his cap was “1323."
Strange coincidence, but it was in
the thirteenth ring engagement that
McCarty hung the "23” sign on Carl
Morris and made a leap into the
limelight.
The old wanderlust again took
hold of the big boy, and he made
the lung jump to Los Angeles.
Stopping, necessarily, many times
along tile route, lie gathered eat
ing money by all manner and kind
of work. In southern California
-Mi Carty 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 tlie high seas.
Once in the city of bean.-, and cul
'iii '. Mct’arti hiked to the ivliarti
ind shipiietl as 'an abJ6-bodied ■••a.
man.” He was able-bodied al!
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 South 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
he 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 s{ay at each place
was short, the work not being to
bls 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, he
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 his getaway, he hiked back to
the open country of North Dakota.
Having seen the greater part of
tlie world, McCarty went back to
his first love, looking after the cat-
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tie on the wide range of the North
west. Interfering at a time when
the ranch owner, Dick Collins, was
in trouble won for McCarty tlie
ownership of a fine saddle horse.
With his gift horse he started out
to do "some” riding. He landed
in the Sioux reservation, and spent
about a month among the redskins,
then drifted to Montana.
Gets Short of Funds.
Lack of funds caused McCarty to
sell the horse, and he took up with
an advertising concern, doing tlie
country-wide advertising for a well
known tobacco. When arriving at
Culbertson, Mont., he learned there
was to be a battle in the town, he
decided to stick around and see the
fuss. He tied in with one of the
principals as sparring partner. He
had. from his earliest yuoth, liked
boxing, and whether aboard ship or
land never let pass an opportunity
to spar with the gloves.
January 7, 1911, he went in as a
substitute for a fighter who had
"run out” of a match against Walt
Adams, heavyweight champion of
Canada. McCarty put out the
champ in the second round.
He and Adams afterward went on
an exhibition tour, and McCarty at
tracted the attention of Tommy
Bums by beating Joe Grimm—th>
“iron man”—of Philadelphia. Tom
my looked the big cowboy’ over and
told him he was liable to be cham
pion of the world some day. Me
('arty, with this encouragement
plunged into the game in good ear
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He first attracted nation-wide
fame by knocking Carl Morris cold.
