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10 GIOKM ®o® COT» * EX?Em —-—L LPITLD fy S FARNgWOFTH X> \ LUTHER M’CARTY, WHO MEETS AL PALZER FOR WHITE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOMORROW f; FWw Im )■!*■ J loOMPdi m J :JCL ... - s \’ W IW-;?* 5 ""JRi ■ x ofeu>. ..4tfe,. ...... Yj < UHL 4 // T>£®‘v ??■ F* .....jMe ®h WwWWWp jMKX' * _ -I -- > v ■temHßßPfi i_ k - ■ zL _H - jjf" f j£_ ?" * B a \ ■ ' Ww? ■ fi.~ \i“‘r A th ‘ ? b ”’ ” il,,av y\v< ight title on th- coast tomorrow ‘ ‘ . \> Ip .rft is shown as heappears in the ring waiting for his opponent to •an. .u ’.a. ' r <a>un er with ms o-it Ihe picture in the center gives a good illustration of the forme-- cow 'v, , ■ „ nfl muscular development, which has earned him the sobriquet of "Mississippi Adonis." Otto Jordan Is Veteran Player of Southern League + ..j. 4.,.-. Has Been Playing for Eight Consecutive Years By Percy 11. Whiting. NOT a man who played in the Southern h-aguo last season had played in it continuous ly since its organization in 1901. The eleven seasons tlint have passed since the opening of the Southern league have seen every player of the 1901 season swept from the held. 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 • • • \ND who aid th< passing of z * Molesworth and WisSman as I'layers leave the ranking perform- j 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 are Stanley. Rohe and Swantf. But no one of these men itas played con tinuously in the Southern. And as Prank is planning to got rid of Stanley and Swann, they will not bo on hand to contest honors next year with the famous "Flying Dutchman." /•■CONSIDER, now the amazing case of Jordan:This man came to the Southern league in 1905, as manager of the club. He has served four stormy terms as mogul, he 'as been field captain every year. And y et, despite his worries and re sponsibilities, Otto ha> managed io: 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 fITW Cure® in 1 to 5 days ■gJF If fS 1 <H»norrhoca and Gleet. ■ ■Bner? W <' cnl *' n ’ no peison and &U .M -5 15 msybt used full strength o absolutely without fear, guaranteed not to stricture. Prevent* contagion. WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF? At Pruggiftts, or we ship express prepaid upon receipt of sl. Full particulars mailed on request THE EVANS CHEMICAL CO., CuKiiinaU, r OATS < S IIJWF jfclF O'JFM’TIgW A PFK- > < W<XFX T<r K F ' < obstinate ca.-rs riiajuHtrr-i in fr { < .» lo da vs :no other treatment require'. \ Hohl by a’] <!rn-rr>! * C L. - ’‘.l r■s LQ L^ r ‘" ’ ? ? (3S' [rEMEDYfor men| I l 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 7 976 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 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 $1 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. * ♦ • -pHERE arc 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 ohances as Jordan doos. 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 play-est in only 99 games.) Taist year and the year before he CHAS. MURPHY LOOKS OVER GROUNDS AT TAMPA. FLA. TAMPA, FUA.. Dec. 31—Charles W. Murphy, of the Chicago National base ball club, arrived yesterday to look Tampa over, with a. view of bringing the Cubs here for spring training. He is accompanied by Mrs Murphy and Thomas J. Murphy. Mr. Murphy announced the spring schedule of the Cubs as follows: Jacksonville, South Atlantic league, Mureh pi. Chattanooga. Southern league. March 20-21; Memphis, South ern league. March 22-23: Nashville, Southern league, March 24-25-26; Louisville, \merlcan association. March 127-28-29-30-31; Indianapolis, American association. April 3-4-5-6 Chicago university and Northwestern university at Chicago Ap.’l 7 and 8. The season opens for the Cubs at Chicago on April 9 with the St. Louis j Cardinals FRANK FARRELL PLANS TO GO AFTER F. CHANCE \EW Y<»RK, Dec. 31 Euless In the meantime he should hoar from Erank I, .Chance, Frank Farrell. president of the . York \merlcan league dub. probably * will leave for C&liforni* early next week to consult with the former manager of ,|tbe Chicago Nationals on the subject of , Chance e.itiling here to take charge of i the Highlanders CHANCE TO LEAD YANKS IF HIS WIFE IS WILLING I I.< )S ANGIdI.I 'S. Pec. 31. A message has just wafted in from the southern orange I farm <»l Frank Chance (hat lie wus per ; 1 fectly willing t • go t . XW York and man- I j age the Am* r .-an league team, but that I | his future ‘ls all up to Mrs. Chance If i she s willing. m ( i am I . f she - against •no going I'll s>gi here and quit baseball // THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1912. stole 13 bases* a season—his worst mark. Twice he has stolen 27 bases, his best mark. A « * THE amazing thing about Jor- dan is that, despite his long service (and he played ihree 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 ills 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 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 ami 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' YORK. Dec 31.—Frank Farrell, owner of the New York Americans, lias ‘ opened negotiations to secure Lajoie. the t great second sacker of the Cleveland dub .' 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 i jured hie right hand when a firecracker which he hold exploded without warning , It is not known whether the injure yy-fli 1 aftecl his pitching. M'LEAN SAYS M'GRAW WILL LAND HIM A JOB CINCINNATI. Dec. 31. Larrj McLean, the tall catcher who was set adrift by th, local team because he broke the < dub rules, claims to have the promise i ■ of Manager McGraw, of the Giants, that ' he will -'land'' with some major letfgue team for next season. j KELLEY QUITS TO HOUCK. NEU YORK. Dec. 31 Claiming a foul, Eddie Kelley, the Harlem light weight. quit in the fourth round of hie J bout E,-t night with Tommy Houck of , Philadelphia, after the dub physician made an examination and ruled the blow was above the belt LANGFORD IS COMING HOME. 51." HIUK Dec 31 A -'dark doud" hovers over the “while hopes' in the per- < son Sam Langford, who is now on his ■ way here from Australia, determined to secure matches with the pale faced heav- ' j ics yvl > ar Calming he Petty■■ weight title. ] 1 hbKhmEs / 1 JI Met'arty in the picturesque costume of a cowboy. He spent many years of his life on the Western plains herding cat ilffl MEET WHITNEY HERE TOMORROW Frank whitney ingoing to meet Tommy 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 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 HumVr was eliminated from the contest in the semi-final round of the ninth annual Pine hurst holiday week golf tournament yes terday when he missed a two-ya rd put on 1, V.u ne sreen. George H. Crocker, of Brookline, won from Hunter bv a four yard put and will meet c L. Becker, of W oodiand, in the final today. <"rocker advanceti yesterday, on the de fault of Walter J. Travis, of Garden Citv. Hunter won in the morning pla\ from Robert Gould Shaw, of Brookline. 2 up and 1 to play. Becker <1 Pleated W E Iruesdale of Fox Hills. 2 up and 1 to play, in the early round, and won from 1. B. Robeson. 3 tsp and 1 to play, this after noon. GROUNDKEEPER WILL SOON GET BUSY AT PONCEY PARK \\ nk will be started as soon as the <,i:,nion<l at Ponce DeLeon dries out on smoothing up the field for next season I he ground is pretty well cut up bv the plowing toet of the Tech. Georgia. Clem son and other footbaH plants an,! 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 out. -' new drain pipe will be laid io tak« care of the water that sometimes accu mulates in right field Improvements ate planned also in the players' club house. THE NEW SPORTING ANNUAL. The best little sporting reference book of toe year is The Police Gazette Sport ing Annual for 1913. published bv the Richard K. Fox Publishing Company It is a compendium of best performances in all branches of sports, al,lx e.implied and edited by Sam <'. Austin. the well known sporting writer and critic. Th< main feature of tile book is Ute pugilistic re, ■ ords, an,l includes tn,- historx <>f e'’v"‘v boxer vl prominente in the world. The view' to the left shows the big boxer about to land a rignt uppercut—a blow he cun deliver with I usual fotce and cleverness and which has gained him many of the victories that adorn his earlvrecord Me" Cartw has had a varied career, being engaged in many lines of endeavor. He was reared on a rakch and fng world t 0 SiVe hlm the bUild and S,rens,h that have bioughl him to the front ranks of’the box- White Hope McCarty Is a **Jack of All Trades’ *•* 4-*-h *.4. 4.. 4. 4-,4- , e , ’‘Mississippi Adonis” Once Tramped It in Soutl By Left Hook. LUTHER M’CARTY, the "Mis sissippi Adonis,” who fights Al Palzer for the white heavy weight championship at An gelos on New Years day, is being ! touted on the coast as one of the most remarkable athletes of the 1 times. Wonderfully built both for speed and strength, the fighter is seem ingly adding a rapid development of headwmrk 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 in the coast Im lias, however, shoxwn 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 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, 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 sas. Passed Out Handbills. Willi tile 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 to, k hold of the big boy, and he made the long jump to Los Angeles. Stopping, necessarilj. many times along the route, he gathered eat ing money by all manner and kind of work. In southern California McCarty 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. Once In the city of beans and cul ture. McCarty hiked to tin* wharves and shipped as "an able-bodied sea- 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 South American city he shipped twice around Cape Horn, then oh 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 stay at each pla, e 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, 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. 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Interfering at a time whei* the ranch owner, Dick Collins, wa in trouble won for McCarty th ownership of a fine saddle hors With his gift, horse he started di to do “some” riding. He lanft'l in the Sioux reservation, and sp& about a month among the redskin, then drifted to Montana. Gets Short of Funds. Lack of funds caused McCartyo sell the horse, and he took up wii an advertising concern, doing te country-wide advertising for a wi known tobacco. When arriving t Culbertson, Mont., he learned the was to be a battle in the town, decided to stick around and see t; fuss. He tied in with one oft: principals as sparring partner. F had, from his earliest yuoth, lik, boxing, and whether aboard ship., land never let pa-s ar. dpportunit to spar, with the gloves. January 7, 1911, he went in as substitute for a tighter who h» "run out” of a match against Wai Adams, heavyweight champion o Canada. McCarty put out th champ in the second round. He and Adams afterward went on an exhibition tour, and McCarty at tracted the attention of Tomin.'’ Burns by beating Joe Grimm —the "iron man”—of Philadelphia. Tom my looked the big cowboy over and told him he was liable to be chain pion of the world some day. Mc- Carty, with this encouragement, >j plunged into the game in good ear- / nest. He first attracted nation-wide ' fame by knocking Carl Morris cold