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10 ®OKM 80® * EIPEEim EDITED fy W, S FARNSWORTH LUTHER M’CARTY, WHO MEETS AL PALZER FOR WHITE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOMORROW 'Zr Ji 1 imm l S W 1 j 1/ 1. > X' .W' JM& mMo ■kW. s- ... v> ■ /. —»—;»■— =» ;' - ■■— . ' ".-1 ~~~— llt f light. Win, w,.. . t ... Palzer for the "whit. ' heavyvlght title mi the coast tomorrow i« ' l"" - Al th< left he is shown as he appears In the ring waiting for his opponent to 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 ....... 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. • • 4 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.” • * • 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 W*A ( ' Ul ' e » in 1 to 5 days ® ■ Gonorrhoea and Gleet. ■ B ■ ' "niiuo no pnwn unJ maybe uredti’llst’engtn absolutely without fear. Guaranteed not to stricture. Prerents contagion. WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF? At Druggists, or we shfo express prepaid upon receipt of sl. Full particulars mailed on request. THE EVANS CHEMICAL CO., Cincinnati. •. D’s ] ' it™l 1 N •> t'< T i<> v a i’ i >■■ ■* MANF-bT <■ IK I I 1 ' obstinate casragiuirr.nteed in from ' < 3 to 6 days ; no other treatment require!. 1 _ Sold by nil dru£jrißH>. f” ” THEdLD~RE. ! .IAB L&” i IrEMEDYfo* MEN) 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. ♦ » '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. • * • 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. * • • 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 ' 111 If Jll / 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- Your Own Name On This Knife F JOHN SMITH Atlanta. Ga. k -VO COST TO YOU This handsome knife is 3 1-2 inches long ' when closed, with two razor-steel blade® of I finest quality. ' I he transparent handle shows your name and address plainly, just as shown in the above cut. Any one can earn one of these p> handsome knives with very little effort. <; Just send us your name and address on the coupon below. We will send you full de- < tails of our plan by return mail. > MAIL THE COUPON TODAY S k Ihe Atlanta Georgian Circulation Department, 20 E. J f Alabama St.. Atlanta. Ga. : < Please tell me about your Knife Offer. A Name . Address f R. F. D. No Ol R OFFER WILL SURPRISE YOU ' C V~~A A"' 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 nest. » He first attracted nation-wide fame by knocking Carl Morris cold.