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Ihe picture 1n tht t enter gives a good Illustration of the forme- eow- nov« *■ i .fi.U.l hull.! .inf musculo development, w hich has earned hint the sobriquet of “Mississippi Adonis ” Otto Jordan Is Veteran Player of Southern League >•* *•* -I-.-!- Has Been Playing for Eight Consecutive Years By Percy I!. 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 ever) player of the 1901 season swept from the held. In the league hist teat 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 hint went that other veteran. "Doc” Wiseman, of Nashville, who played with the league from its organization until the 1912 season had put eleven ears of consecutive service to his credit \ND who did th. passing of * * Moleeworth and Wiseman as players leave the ranking perform- j < r of the Southern league in point ■ f 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 nst year who saw service the year before Jordan started. They are Stanley, Rohe and Swann. But no one of those men has played i on tinuoualy in the Southern. And as Frank Is planning to get rid of Stanley and Swann, they will not be on hand to contest honors next .ear with the famous Flying I nitchman." z CONSIDER. now. tlie amaziiig case of Jordan: This man came to the Southern league In 1905, as manager of the club. Hi lias solved four stormy terms as mogul, he has been field captain every year. And yet. despite his worries and re sponsibilities. Otto has 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 fiTfe Curc * in Ito 5 days 1 Gonorrbcr.i n I Gleet. HE wr ■fi «, 9k w» ( onta ’ n? no poison and \,h ’’SL fl maybe usedGillstrengtb r, , absolutely without fear, .maranteed not to stricture. Prevents contagion. WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF’ At bruggists, or we ship express prepaid vpon receipt of sl. Full particulars mailed on request. THE EVANS CHEMICAL CO., CiacianaU, ft. *TW»I ■»»«»» «,■■»■■ JIM . ■» OUWWM ' »>'j f.ction a psi; > ; MA%K\T <tlt f 5 < £ f , ,h 'L lr ! rt: <>i | '-hr.ire < )IM . r ß!l i.-. ■ { i Juibibijs: r<> <>’■ < r tr.-atni- nt r-uuin i C all t.- -:>■ __3 IREMEDYfq* men! Here Is Jordan s Record in Southern League Vear. Pos. G H. S.B. B.A. P.O. A. E FA 1912 2b. 99 63 - 13 .200 242 254 16 949 1911 2b. 129 106 13 .228 362 338 17 .976 1910 2b. 142 !00 24 .205 452 364 22 Q7'< ian« ou 120 27 239 481 393 26 - 971 908 2b. 138 107 25 .217 456 301 24 969 mnc oL 127 116 19 253 386 359 25 967 ,906 2b. 134 123 27 .257 412 336 26 963 1"5 2b. 124 116 23 .272 416 455 26 J7I 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. . . . j THERE are a thousand interest ing facts connected with the * record of < >tto Jordan. Among them a re: 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. If 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 hu played In only 99 games.) East year and the year before he CHAS. MURPHY LOOKS OVER GROUNDS AT TAMPA. FLA. TAMPA, I'DA.. Dec. 31 Charles W. Murphy, of the Chicago National base ball Hub. 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 .1. Murphy. Mr. Murphy announced the spring I schedule of the Cubs as follow?*: J o ksonvilh . South Atlantic league, March 19; Chattanooga. Southern league March 20-21; Memphis. South en eague, Mart Nashvilh ' Southern league, March 24-25-26; Louisville. Xmerlcan association. March •27-28-29-30-31. Indianapolis. American iatioii. Xprll 3-4-5 ♦». Chicago univeraltx and Northwestern university at Cl i ago April ; ;m<i x The seaaon opens for th*' Cubs at '[Chicago on April 9 with the St. Louis ! I < ‘nrdlna l« **-- •*-‘ — * - j FRANK FARRELL PLANS TO GO AFTER F. CHANCE \I A\ VoRK. Dec. 31 Unless in the • .••untune he should hoar from Prank L. •Tor’ll. b’nmk Farrell, president of the » v i • • loan league cl ib probably J will lea\*‘ f<>r California early next week to < onsnlt with the former manager of ( the Chicago Nationals on the subj-.et of ( tuo . . coming here to take charge of > He Highlanders. CHANCE TO LEAD YANKS IF HIS WIFE IS WILLING ■■— I * i Ij *s \N< 111.1 :s. !>«•<• 31 a message has just wafted in from the southern orange I farm "t Frank Chance that he was per fectl.x w Hing ( i> g,, i,, New York and man. , I age the Inter" an league team, but that hi> filluu- is all up to Mrs Chance If | | she's willing, so am I ,t' she s against ' tn. go ’tg. I 11 sia\ ,ere ano quit baseball THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1912. stole 13 bases a season—his worst mark. Twice he lias stolen 27 buses, his best mark. 'ptlE amazing thing about Jor dan is that, despite his long service (and he played three years before lie 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 NEB YORK. Dec 31. Prank Farrell, owner of the New York Americans, has 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 CLEVELAND. TENN . Pee. 31.- ,i lni Baskette. the Nap pitcher, severely in jured his right hand when a firecracker , which lie held exploded without warning It is not known whether the iniuri v ill c ■ . hi ng M’LEAN SAYS M'GRAW WILL LAND HIM A JOB CINCINNATI Dec 31 I.arrj .Mclaan, the tall catcher who was set adrift bi the local team because he broke tie i lull rules, claims to have the promise I of .Manager McGraw. of the Giants, that he will ''land” with some major league team for next season. KELLEY QUITS TO HOUCK. NEW VtRK. Dee 31. Claiming a foul. Eddie Kelli x. the Harlem light ight. quit in th. fourth round of his bout last night with Tommi Houck of Philadelphia, after the club phvsiciatt made an examination and ruled the blow was above the belt. LANGFORD IS COMING HOME. NEW YORK I >ec 31 A ".lark cloud' hovers ..ver the white hopes' in the per son of Sam Langford, who Is now on his way here from Xi sltalla. determine.! to s-cure matehe- with the pale raced heat I •••• "h" ar. Uuminx he •nvyweig'c.' r Mcf’arty in the picturesque costume of a cowboy. He spent many years of his life on the Western plains herdins; cat tle. LAVELLE TD MEET MEI HERE TDMORROW 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 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 ptit 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 No: ton 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 VVoigast and he and VV hitney, or Lavelle, would , make a corking scrap. CROCKER AND BECKER MEET IN FINAL ROUND PINEHURST. N. C . Dec 31. Paul M Hunter of the Midlothian club. Chicaro. as eliminated from the contest in the semi-final round of the ninth annual Pine hurst holiday week golf tournament yes terday when hu missed a two-yard put on the home greets George H. (’rocker, of Bt.w>kline, won from Hunter bv a four \vn > a - Hl ,n eer <’. I. Becker, of Woodland, in the final todav Crocker advanced yesterday, on the de fault of Walter J. Travis, of Garden Citv. . Hunter won in the morning pla\ from kooert Gould Shaw, of Brookline, 2 up an<i 1 t<» play. Becker defeated W r Iruesdale. of Fox Hills. 2 up and 1 to play. 11l the early round, and won from 1. H. Robeson, 3 up and I to plav, this after- I noon. iGROUNDKEEPER WILL SOON GET BUSY AT PONCEY PARK \\ orl. will i.c started as soon as tlte ' iH.tnum.l at Ponce DeLeon dries mil on smoothing up the Held for next season. Ihe ground is pretty well cut up hi the plowing feet of the Tech. Georgia. Clem son and other football players and bi tlte automobiles that went on the field dur ing the games, and it will take consid erable ironing and working get the I kinks out. i A new .min pipe will be laid to takt '■are of tiie water that sometimes accu mulates in tight field. Improvements are Planned also in the players' dub house. THE NEW SPORTING ANNUAL. The best littl, Sporting reference book <»i the year i« The Police Gazette Sport ing Xnnual for 1913, published bi the Richard K Fox ritl’llshing Company. It is a eoinpendium of lies! performances in all branches of sports, adv compiled and edited bi Sam <". Austin, the wdl known ' sporting writer and critic. The main feature of the book is tite pugilist!, rec ords, atm includes the hist, n ot everx boxci ot prominenei ut the w.»rM. Ihe view- to the test shows the big onxer about to land a right uppercut—a blow he can deliver with t i ?' ee h an 1 d cleverness atl <3 which has gained him many of the victories that adorn his early record Mi atty has had a varied career, being engaged in many lines of endeavor. He was reared on a ranch m.l th fne world fe d ‘ d mUCh tO ffiVe hSm the bUild and strength that have hI ought him to the front ranks of'the box'- tug worm. - - White Hope McCarty Is a “Jack of AH Trades” +•* .j.. + “Mississippi Adonis” Once Tramped It in South By Left Hook. IUTHER M’CARTY. the ”Mis sissippi Adonis,” who fights Al Balzer 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 1 and strength, the fighter is seem ingly ridding 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 Al Balzer, 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 be longed for the open I air life. He had no liking for the i kiss room, and to avoid it took "French leave” in the night and started on life's journey alone—ami penniless. He hail 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. With the corn-shucking season over McCarty ambled into Omaha and landed a position as bill dls i tributor for an advertising concern, j 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 Mortis and made a leap into the limelight. The old wanderlust again took hold of tile big boy. and he made the long jump to Los Angeles. Stopping, necessarily, 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 ’he life on the high seas. < 'net in Hie eiti of beans ami cul 'm ■. M. t'atty hiked t'> the wharve.- and siiippej a- " th übh -botite'l sett 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 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 stay at each place was short, the work not being to his liking. His next stopping place was aj 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 the world, McCartj' went back to his first love, looking after the eat- Your Own Name On This Knife < JOHN SMITH Atlanta. Ga. I A O COST TO YOU [ This handsome knife is 3 1-2 inches long when closed, with two razor-steel blades of I finest quality. The transparent handle shows your name and address plainly, just as shown in the above cm. Any one can earn one of these > handsome knives with verv little effort. < Just send us your name and address on the coupon below. We will send vou full de- < tails of our plan by return mail. > MAIL THE COUPON TODAY > Th * Atlant » G A e ° r . 9 ' an C ’ r cu , »‘ion Department. 20 E. > / nt A| St., Atlanta. Ga.; Please tell me about your Knife Of'er. A Name >Add"-e»s R. F. D. No, </ Os R OFFER WILL SURPRISE YOU A a A —7TJ 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 the ownership of a. fine saddle hors, . With his gift horse be 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 Fund*. Lack of funds caused McCarty to sell the horse, and he took up with an advertising concern, doing the country-wide advertising for a well known tobacco. When arriving . Culbertson, Mout., he learned the: was to be a battle in the town, he decided to stick around anil see th< fuss. He tied in with one of th' principals as sparring partner. He had, from his earliest yuoth. like boxing, and whether aboard ship '• land never let pa-s an opportunity to spar with the gloves. January 7. 1911. he went in as t substitute for a tighter 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 tin exhibition tour, and McCarty at tracted the attention of Tommy Burns by beating Joe Grimm—the “iron man"—of Philadelphia. Tom my looked the big cowboy over anti, told him he was liable to be chant-: pion of the world some day. M, 1 Carty, with this encouragement, t plunged into the game fn good < it- ' nest. He first attracted nation-wiile fame by knocking Curl Morris cold