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By Percy H. Whiting.
V'MINQ back on the cars from
ihe cars from the ball park yes-
•* tenlay afternoon there was Jus
one question
they all asked
one another:
What WOULD
we have done to
Birmingham if
it had been a
good day?”
Even as It was
— with the
weather as bad
as weather ever
gets, if not con
siderably worse
—with snow,
rain, sleet and
chunks of ice
falling, with a
wind sweeping
down from Po
lar regions,
with the field muddy, the bleachers
wet and all conditions unfavorable
Atlanta turned out 9,023 howling fa
natics for the opening game: and the
Trackers won the contest, 6 to 2.
The attendance figures not only
surpassed those made at Birming
ham last Friday but broke the
league's record for opening day at
tendance and set a mark that will last
—until Atlanta shoots at it again.
* * *
rtNE thing about Atlanta—whenevr-
er the Gate City sets out to do
anything It does it well—and it docs
not let a few obstacles interfere.
A month ago it looked a two-to-onc-
bet that Atlanta would be worse than
third in the race for the largest at-
tsndunce. Gradually the interest
grew Day before yesterday It ap
peared that Atlanta had a chance—
If the weather was good. But in
stead of being good the weather yes
terday was most unspeakably bad.
And yet, having set out to win the
cup for the largest attendance and to
smear it on blatant, blustering Birm
ingham. the Cracker fans disregard
ed bad weather, cold and a dozen dis
comforts and knocked the spots off
Birmingham’s record.
* * *
WHILE the Atlanta fans were
pinning it on Birmingham in
th* matter of attendance the Atlansa
baspball team was walloping the
Barons and piling up its fourth con
secutive victory.
It was a game without a hero—
or with nine heroes, as you prefer.
Every man did his duty and ais
durndest. James Brady took over
the assignment of hurling a hard
game. The ball was wet, the footi :g
nas slick, the weather was beastly
cold and it was not a day for a
pitcher to shine. And yet Brady was
touched for only four hits.
Agler. Alperman and Smith were
terrors with the willow and the whole
team fielded well.
* * *
yHE Trackers displayed something
yesterday they haven’t shown
Sin ;' e Bill Smith was here before —
an( * that is the winning spirit. Bill
5J ms t0 instill it into his tea ns.
Tney no t only p | ay f or but
Pey PLAY TO WIN.
THp Trackers yesterday were un
beatable. They made enough runs
off Carl Thompson to win the game
Una they went after Sloan, who suc
ceeded him, hard enough to make
enough to tie it up, even if the
rnan’t previously won it off Thomp-
lon.
* * *
T HE Birmingham team as it looked
I*. >’ e5 terdav, was not impressive.
1 1 ne old “college club” spirit, that
Have the Barons the pennant last
I ear was absent. They played me-
lyjanically and without enthusiasm.
I a.*o the team has some tremendously
peak spots.
But don’t get the notion that be
cause the Birmingham club does not
I iook like a pennant winner now that
I wii! not be in the fight.
Considering the Barons as an in
I! ii ! 0n th ®y consist of 50 per cert
all club and 50 per cent Rick Wood-
I ward.
|,i^!A en Mr. Woodward sees that his
I w* u . ,s n °t strong he goes out and
I, - 8 m en who will strengthen it.
Hast year at this time the Barons
Ijj not look any stronger than they
?° to-day. Yet they won the pennant,
ba they did it moderately easy.
Iii u now H is a cinch that Moles-
I ort “ Is casting around fdr a couple
Ijore players, notably one outfielder.
|And when he gels the team to suit
lh J 0 !f an( * *° 8t *H Woodward It will
I J dangerous and a contender. And
r n ®>; will never quit strengthening
[until they get it tuere.
|t h lnc l^ en ta.lly it might be added that
l t ne Baron club has a most compe-
|; er V L and efficient club president in
I °” Baugh, and a corkinflf good man-
| h * e J ln Uarleton Afolesworth. It’s a
| car u combination to beat.
* * *
^BL SMITH is going after the
ip.. Barons to-morrow with Gilbert
h*,’ isnt re aHy Price’s turn but
. , 'eft-hander is ready and right
IBill Smith is an awful bug about
iti >2 • a v, l nn lng streak. He might
1 . ., in one of two or three men and
>aybe get by but he feels sure he
, ® with Price and he is going to
jL* h m * Price is more than willing
-cause he wants to ride along on
^ winning tide too.
•lolesworth does not care to talk
L? ut his probable pitcher. He rather
linrtu" t0 ^ any ata ge of the game
L® “c says that right now he has
L me >'oung pitchers he may stick
T an\ old time. He planned to work
L / oxen yesterday but the weather
Lj , SlJ bad he decided to save liis
celess antique and take a chance
n younger men instead.
FAMOUS HORSE DEAD.
Lexington, ky„ April 15.—Bin -
2, - worlds champion trotter.
,as t night at the Castleton Farm
r here. He was valued at $50,000
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Bv W. W. Naughton.
S AN FRANCISCO, April 15,—
"Show me what you eat and I’ll
tell you what you are,” said a
modern savant not very many years
ago.
He did not mean tha: he could dis
tinguish the nationality of the sub
ject by the nature of his dinner order.
It doesn't always require a savant to
make correct deductions in a case of
that kind. If you happen to be on a
trans-Atlantic steamer and hear a
young man order tea, toast and mar
malade, for breakfast, it’s safe to bet
he's an Englishman. If it's lunch
time and another yells foi sauer-
braten and potato pancake, together
with a stein of tne stuff that set the
name of Milwaukee ringing down the
corridors, the chances arc he's Ger
man.
What the sayani meant, is that
some idea of a man's temperament
and intelligence can be gathered from
the way he selects from the menu,
and I guess that’s right.
Ritchier Likes Ice Cream.
All of which is preliminary to thj>
announcement that a St. Paul writer
has discovered that Willie Ritchie is
an ice cream fiend and a chocolate
sundae jagster.
It lifts the veil in a way. The
critics have been hard on Willie
lately for refusing to talk of his ring
plans, and it's just possible that the
frozen confections he has become ad
dicted to have chilled His* fighting
spirit.
In the interest of science, it might
be as well to inaugurate tests to de
termine whether, in the case of cham
pions—ice cream is not as baleful as
whisky. The latter is a provocation
of too much talk and too much fight
ing. Ice cream, it would seem, goes
to the other extreme.
Manager Billy Nolan, by the way.
is beginning to prate of bouts in
prospect, and it is a relief In bear
fight talk of any character emanat
ing from the Ritchie camp. Nolan
says Rivers and Ritchie are likely to
meet at the Polo Grounds, New York,
and that the contest will draw $ I <>•>. -
000. Ice cream never had to do with
a dream of that kind.
Beer Better Than Coffee.
Talking of "foodstuffs" and their
effects one Robert Bogardus. who
manages a hall team at Dunellen. N.
J and who is in addition a total ab
stainer and a leading light in Sunday
school circles, declares that lager bee_r
is a better beverage for ball players'
than coffee. Here are his very words:
“There is poison in coffee. It makes
a person dopy, while beer has a ten
dency to inject ginger and clear tne
h£ While Bogardus does not say so. he
of course counsels a moderate con
sumption of heer. Otherwise his
claim that it dears the head would
provoke argument, although a few
might fo'' found to Combat Ills asser
tion that it injects ginger even when
taken in larger quantities.
If Bogardus’ contention goes un-
answered the brewers will probably
take advantage of It. It would be
easy to picture huge signs overtop-
nln- the scoreboard and reading.
"Drink Muff Brau and get a home
run.”
sox RELEASE ROY KERNAN
TO INDIANAPOLIS TEAM
CHICAGO, ILL, April 15.—Roy Ker-
nan who made the spring training
frin'to California with tile White box
and was highly touted as a com-r
among the infieiders. was released
bv president Comiskey here yester
day to the Indianapolis team of tr.e
American Association.
Kernan was asked about hi. j
erencew in ihe matter, and deemed
that if he couldn't make a place lor
himself in ihe big show that he would
prefer lo play with tin A. \.
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BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
If something like 9,000 fans slosh
through the rain, mud and sleet to sit
three shivering hours through the open
ing game, what will be the attendance
July 4 and Labor Day?
■> * *
The actual contest yesterday took two
hours and seven minutes—which was
too long. The umpires, competent
enough in other ways, did nothing to
keep things moving.
* * *
Judge Kavanaugh ought to order his
umpires to keep the games going.
There’s a lot of lost motion to every
Southern League contest.
* * *
This lad Sloan was especially slow.
He took longer to wind up than the
village clock.
* * *
Carl Thompson, last year of the Uni
versity of Georgia, New York American
and Brockton teams, seemed to be the
worst victim yesteiday of the wet ball.
He could do nothing with it, and before
Moleswerth found it out, five Crackers
had tallied.
* * *
If yesterday’s work was a sample of
what Brady is going to do this season,
he will win three-fourths of his games.
He worked with as little friction as
money sliding out of your purse, and he
was never in a tight place.
* * *
Senno had a great batting career—
two strike-outs and a two-bagger.
* * *
This Senno lad is an Italian, and a
famous performer with the pen. He
isn’t a bad baseball player either.
* ♦ *
Senno hit one wallop that had Bailey
guessing It was a clean two-bagger,
but if Harry hadn’t fought It down it
would have gone for a home run.
* * *
The “bull” sign at Poncey Park has
been moved further over into right
field and much closer to home plate.
It ought to be hit many times this
season. Yesterday McGilvray walloped
one that missed it only a few inches.
* * *
W'elehonoe was another Atlantan who
had a great fielding day. They hit a lot
of bad ones to Harry, but he handled
all of them well.
* * *
Agler and Welchonce worked the dou
ble steal neatly. Agler scored on it.
They tried the short throw, but Marcan
did not get in far enough on it, and
Agler had oceans of room.
* # *
Pitcher Bausewein was limping around
the field in early practice, and his game
leg is improving. Bill Smith says he
will probably take him to Nashville
Thursday, though he doubts if he will
use him until he returns home again.
* * *
Graham caught a nice game. Never
in all Pat's career has he looked any
better than he deos right now.
* * *
The Crackers batted yesterday at a
team clip of .333, which wins ball games.
* * *
“1'vc got youth, speed and brains.”
says Clark Griffith—meaning his ball
club. .
* * * *
For an all-freak-name line-up, how's
this from the Grand* Rapids club:
Borleski, Pfefler. p.; Schmick. lb.; Koeh
ler, 2b.; Barkwell, 3b.; Moha. as.;
Grimes, If.; Kroy, cf.: Tydeman, rf.
* # *
Larry McLean has reported io the
Cincinnati team, with his arm mended
and his thirst under control, though
not utterly extinguished.
« * *
Hans Wagner batted .349 in 1904, .324
in 1912. At thar. rate of slumping, the
old boy has something like eight years
more to linger in the .300 division.
* * *
President Ban Johnson has served no
tice on the players’ fraternity that his
old rule of suspending a man first and
Investigating afterward will continue.
He figures that it is the only way to
make discipline stick.
STONE MOUNTAIN BEATS
G, M, C. IN PITCHERS’ BATTLE
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.. April 15.—
Stone Mountain shut out G. M. C. yes
terday. 1 to 0. Bondurant, twirling for
th" winners, fanned ten and allowed but
three hits. Harrell, of G. M. C., struck
out fifteen and allowed but two hits.
David, G. M. C. fielder, made a beauti
ful one-handed running catch.
SHRUGRUE-LORE BOUT OFF.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.. April 16.—The
scheduled fight between Young Shrugrue
and Johnny Lore, New York light
weights. was called off last night at. the
ringside. The reason announced was
that the crowd was too small to justify
a bout.
TIGERS APPOINT COACHES.
PRINCETON, N. J.. April 15. Walter
G. Andrews and Arthur Bluthenthal.
Both members of the senior class, were
vesterda appointed field coaches of the
Princeton football football team for
next year by the board of athletic con
trol. Bluthenthal ban played center on
1b TipAr eleven for the last three years.
\ndrewT played end last fall.
CHRISTY
BIG LL
MATHEWS
BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP
N EW YOKK, April 15.—They are off! But it is difficult for anybody to try
to say now how the teams are going to string out to make the race for
the season after only these few days of actual playing. Several cham
pionship hopes are bound to be born and die within the next month or two.
Remember how the Cincinnati Club jumped to the front in the National
League race last spring and the shouts of joy from Cincinnati which were fol
lowed only by sobs and knocks later along? Recall how the Chicago White Sox
leaded away In the American League
in the early part of the race only to
retreat, nfter a short sprint, before
the battling Red Sox, Athletics ana
Senators*? Many a pennant is won in
the spring that is never hoist.
Therefore It is useless for me to
risk any forecast on this meager sup
ply of dope at hand. I expect some
team that has not been reckoned as
having much chance for the cham
pionship will jump away in the lead
for a time. That is usually the efte-e.
It is hard to say what club will as
sume the position of early pacemaker
now because such a thing is generally
due to the breaks in the luck and the
condition of the team. Luck, of
course, plays more or less of a part
in baseball, and one team, as a rule,
flips away in the lead because it is J
getting the breaks. But in
run class shows, and it
which can hold up through one hun
dred and flfty-four games, hold up
through the strain of July and
August, when the heat seeps into
your system and your muscle? begin
to drag, that finally wins. Then is
the time you will find the early sea
son starter lagging.
While McGraw desires to get away
in good shape this spring, he has no
desire to go out in front and set the
pace for a week or twm. He merely
wants to stay there or thereabouts
until the clubs acquire something like
their normal positions in the stand
ing.
“The jump is the great thing,” Mac
told some of the boys the other day,
“and we want it again this year, but
there is no need in getting right out
in front much before May.”
The club must hammer into its
stride first. It was far advanced in
condition when the season opened, too
far advanced for the time of year, if
anything McGraw declared, just a
few days before the first game, that
he must apply the brakes now. He
hopes* to shoot out ahead by the first
of May. however, and open up such
a gap by July that he can afford to
slump slightly.
* * •
T HE postal revenues last week must
have been great, judging from tha
number of correspondents who de
sired to know what I thought of Wal
ler Johnson as a pitcher after seeing
him work against the Giants in
Washington a week ago Monday.
Walter Johnson is one of the best
pitchers I have ever seen. I have
not had a look at Walsh since he
put on big league "spangles." John
son was iitle short of wonderful for
the spring. He stacked up against
the Giants, a club which had thun
dered through the South, smearing
the pitching we had encountered on
our trip all over the parks, a club
highly rated for its batting strength,
and he held the Giants to two hits
in live innings. It is like looking at
a wonderful picture or admiring some
other work of art to watch him work
—that is, if he is not ■working against
you.
The Washington players cross
themselves every time they mention
Johnson's name, and Griffith treats
his great pitcher as a stepfather does
a daughter who has Just inherited
three or four millions. If Johnson
was with either the Giants or the
Pirates in the National League this
season, the race would be over now.
Besides being a great pitcher, he is
a good fellow, modest and unassum
ing.
practically nut Clarke out of the race
for the pennant.
The Pittsburg chances for cham
pionship lie in Wagner as I see them.
Besides Wagner. Clarke possesses a
great pitching staff, although 1 do
not consider it an) stronger then
the Giants'. Wagner holds the Pitts
burg infield together, and he must last
through this season if Clarke is to
have even a look-in for the pennant.
Even though the Pirates will give us
a good battle with Wagner in the
game, i don't want to see him fore ■ 1
to quit. Hr is too much of a credit
to the pastime.
Already McGraw'* advantage is
showing over Clarke. The Giants
have the substitutes to fill in for any
the long I player who is injured. McGraw can
is the flub 1 have a regular inflelder and an out-
but now, after many years, he is,
himself, traveling around with Wag
ner, endeavoring to hold him in shape
so he will have a ball club this sea
son. *
fOR the sake of alliteration.
it
w,
E had quite a spicy time in Wash
ington There was a dispute over
a triple play the Washington club
claimed in the game when Morgan,
the National';: second baseman, in
sisted that "Chief Meyers had cut
first base Morgan and McGraw got
personal, and the Giant boss Anally
came through with this reply to a
sally from Morgan:
“I wouldn’t make so much noise
if I were you when 'Griff' is carry*
ing Laporte Just to hit for you.”
• • •
A LREADY big league stars have
^ been injured. Chance was slowed
up in the exhibition games with the
Brooklyn club before the season ever
opened and Wagner is trying to have
a weak knee repaired. When old
veterans like Chance and Wagner
ge: injured, it takes a long time for
them to get Into shape again. It
would tear the Pittsburg club apart
if the Pirates should lose the serv
ices of Wagner this year and would
fielder out of the game, and cite
strength of the club will not be ap
preciably reduced. Clarke has Wag
ner out, and his club is gone. Of
course, it could not be expected ne
would have another Wagner on tap,
but he has not any very capable
substitutes.
B
ARNEY DREYFUS made
the
journey of the great Dutchman
to Youngstown to see Bonesett»r
Reese in regard to Wagner’s injured
knee a personally conducted trip.
This story reached me the other day.
While Dreyfus and Wagner were In
Chicago, they went out to the bail
park to see the Cubs play. A news
paper man recognized them.
"I see the Pittsburg club is in
town," he remarked to Dreyfus,
pointing to Wagner. "I didn’t know it
was scheduled to play here yet.”
"Yep," said Dreyfus. “Too had you
fellows haven’t a ball club out liev”>.
I've just been watching those fellows
In Chicago uniforms."
* * *
IT IS not much like the first time
* Dreyfus met Wagner, according : >
the story of that event. Wagner was
discovered in Paterson, lx*. J., by the
late Harry Pulliam, formerly the
president of the National League.
Pulliam, anxious to ameliorate his
star find and ease his journey back
to Louisville, asked him whether he
would like anything
"Some bananas,” bluntly replied
Wagner.
Honus ate bananas all tho way to
Louisville, where Mr. Dreyfus then
owned the team. He was at the train
to meet Mr. Pulliam, who was at that
time the secretary of the Louisville
club, to get a look at the find which
the discoverer had boosted so high
ly.
"Where is the ball player?" in
quired Mr. Dreyfus.
"There he is,” replied Mr. Pulliam,
pointing to Wagner.
Dreyfus was extremely skeptical,
rife about a trade, and the same ru
mors have worried Joshua Devore, »?
the Giants, worse than the triumph
of a rival frets a youth in love and
the senior year of high school at the
same time. The rumor is that Jo»h
will be slipped to Boston for a con
sideration of some players. And Josh
la much set against Boston. So far
he lias escaped it., Joah says he
wants to stay in ihe big league. This
same bugaboo crops up every once in
a while and disturbs the Devore
peace of mind. Josh finally became
so worried over the persistent repo"ts
he asked McGraw about them.
"I’ll tell you when you are going
to be traded,” replied the New York
boss. "Don't let them trade you In
the newspapers.”
This was small comfort for Devore.
He does not know any more than he
did before. I do not think McGraw
would let DeVore go. but he might
have it hinted with the idea of spic
ing him up in his work. That is an
old trick of managers.
• * *
Tt COBB, according to the newspa
pers has had another debate with
his firsts. You might call him tho
"Battling Nelson of Baseball.” The
Detroit club would call him that, too,
I guess, from the way in which he
has fought it all winter.
pERHAPS it might
and would interest
not
be amiss
American
League fans for me superficially to
observe that the Washington ball club
is a good one this season, and one
which will bear close watching. It
struck me as being a big improve
ment over tile team we faced last
year in the exhibition game on our
spring trip. The players have lots of
"pep” and are shot full of ambition.
You cannot keep them beaten, which
is a good sign in a team. They be
lieve they have a chance for the
world's championship, and everyone
of them knows just how much that
means in cold figures. It is my per
sonal opinion, after playing against
the club, it will have a grand little
chance of copping the honors. It
would have a much better chance,
however, if the Athletics were not
working in the same league. The
Nationals looked better in the first
game that they won from us than in
the second, which they lost.
(Copyright, 1913. by the McClure News
paper Syndicate )
M'CAREY NOT AFTER
CROSS-RIVERS FIGHT
By Left Hook.
N OT weighing his words slowly
and carefully, not considering
the feelings of the battlers, not
even giving a passing thought to the
families that might possibly get a
Jug of milk out of the match, Thomas
McCarey, of Los Angeles, Cal., U. H.
A., stood on the brink of the Pacific
Ocean yesterday and enunciated.
"They ain’t no chance of me hiring
Joe Rivers and Leach Cross to box
twenty rounds in this sweet village.
I made me mind up, and if it’s the
last act of me innocent life—it can’t
be did."
Great was the confusion. The
waves shrunk right out Into the mid
dle of the big pond, scared deathless.
Brave men wiped their brave bro.vs,
and the kids all ran home to bear
the doleful tidings.
"Friends, visitors and Los Angele-
sians," continued Thomas. In persua
sive tones, "how can it be did? Those
two fellows got $13,000 for battling
ten rounds in Ihe turkey trotless
town of New York. Twenty rounds
is twice ten. Tweplty-six thousand
dollars is twice $13,LOO. Now I'm not
a very strong man, and if I were to
give those boys $26,000 all I'd get out
of it would be a silent ride In one
of those things that has glass on all
sides and plumes waving in the air.”
Furnishing this exciting piece of
nows to the world, we feel that our
duty is done. Sic semper ausgespieldt.
* * *
\I70RD reaches us that Ad Wolgast
is training hard for his coming
battle with Tommy Murphy, which is
scheduled for next Saturday in Sat
Francisco. All we say is that Adolph
will have to If he wants to beat
Tom.
* * *
TOE JEANNETTE, the "culturf"
J battler. Is one of the performers
in the big clash of heavyweights in
Philadelphia to-morrow evening.
Among the bunch are Luther McCar
ty, Jim Flynn, Jim Savage and oth
ers. Would any of the peach blondes
prefer lo meet Joseph instead of the.r
regularly allotted opponent? Would
anybody love to get hydrophobia'.’
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next issue will sell
goods. Try it!
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
A<1 Wolga*t, ex-light weight champion,
is working like a troJan for his twenty-
round fight with Tommy Murphy at
Frisco Saturday night. Ad realises he
must beat Murphy this time, or step
down and out as a contender for Wil
lie Ritchie's title.
* * *
Jess Willard, tallest of ail heavy
weights, is helping Wolgast get Into
shape. Coast fans are turning out
strong to see the two work. Willard
is a strong booster for Ad and looks
for him to regain his lost title.
♦ * *
Frankie Burns, who has not donned
a glove since he lost to Tommy Murphy,
will meet Joe Azevedo in & ten-round
bout at Oakland, Cal., to-morrow night.
* * *
If Frankie Whitney succeeds in de
feating Eddie Johnson at Denver, Col.,
FViday night he Is to get on with Jack
Re<Jn;ond April 26. Whitney and John
son are scheduled to go ten rounds
* * *
Joe Rivers, the Mexican speed marvel,
will make his next fighi in New York
against Young Shugrue. The date is
April 2F
* * *
Pal Moore, the Eastern lightweight,
and Johnny Griffiths are to don the
gloves for a ten-round session April 22.
They will weigh in at 130 pounds a 3
o'clock.
* * *
Digger Stanley, the bantam weight
champion of England, still hold# Ills
title. He was to meet. Eddie Morgan in
London the other night, hut a few days
before the contest Morgan found he
could not make the weight, so the bout
was called off.
* * •
Johnny Kilbane atill insieis that he
wants to turn lightweight, and the first
man he wants to meet is none other
than his old rival, Joe Elvers. Kilbane
lost to Rivers the first time the pair
ever met. but later more than evened
matters by stopping the Mexican in six
teen rounds.
* * •
George “Knockout” Brown, of Chi
cago, meets Jack McCarron to-morrow
night at New York. Jack Britton and
Matty Baldwin clash in the same ring
* * *
Spike Kelly proved too tough a propo
sition for Billy Walters at Kenosha
last week. Kelly was given the news
paper verdict over the Sailor after ten
rounds of furious fighting. Both bovs
hold draws to their credit over “Wild
cat” Ferns.
* * •
Mike Gibbons, I*each Cross or Freddie
Welsh will be the next star at Kenosha,
Wls., according to a letter received here
from matchmaker Nate Lewis. Some
good man will be secured to meet, which
ever of the above mentioned the club
secures.
* * •
Ueorge Chip is not the only fighter
In the Chip family. Joe. his youngest
brother, is now' seeking fame In the
roped arena
* * *
Eddie McGoorty, the Osljkosh middle
weight, is to be a busy boy for the
next few weeks He is battling Freddie
Hicks, the Detroit favorite. Wednesday
night, and on May 2 will travel to
Denver, Col., where he takes on Jimmy
Clabby in a ten-round affair.
* * *
Rudy Unholz. who is now managing
McGoorty, is apparently making good
in the capacity as manager. Rudy al
ways was an ambitious boxer For ref
erence, see Battling Nelson
* * *
Reports from Chicago state that
Johnny Coulon, bantamweight cham
pion, haa already started training for
his ten-round match with Francis Hen-
nessy at St. Louis April 29 This will
be Johnny’s first fight since he met Kid
Williams at Baltimore nearly a year
ago
* * *
George Dugdale, manager of Billy
Waller*, has received word from St
Joeeph, Mo., that the proposed match
between Walters and Ferns scheduled
to take place May 2 has been post
poned Dugdale fears that the fight
may be called off all together on ac
count of Walters' defeat at the hands
of Spike Kelly.
• * •
K. O. Brown and Bud Anderson are
on edge for their twenty-round battle
on the coast to-morrow night Fans on
the coast are going wold over the fray,
as they etui remember the wonderful
draw the seme boys put up after twenty
rounds of real fighting about one month
ago.
• • •
George Mason, the Baltimore 129-
pound boxer, who is here at the present
time, is anxious to close a match with
Benny Kaufman.
FOREIGN GOLF i
STARS TO PLAY
ON THIS SIDE
N EW YORK, April 15.—Harry
Vardon and Edward Ray, two
of the leading golfers in Eng
land, will be sent to this country by
Lord Northcliffe, of England, to com
pete in the open golf championship
in September, according to word re
ceived here yesterday.
Vardon has won the coveted title
in England five times, and Ray Is
now the champion. But there is a
possibility of neither repeating; in
fact, It may he considered probable,
the reason being that practically the
cream of American ard French pro
fessionals also will be in competition
this year. Then there is George Dun
can, the Hanger Hill “pro,” who is
regarded by many followers of the
British game as about due to win
the title. Duncan, however, is so
busy with exhibitions, which will be,
Increased by the absence of Vardon
and Ray, that he has called off his
prospective American trip in the fall.
Expenses To Be Paid.
It may be, nevertheless, that Dun
can can be induced to further change
his plans in view of. the fact that
Vardon and Ray are, not only having
their expenses paid by Lord North-
cilffe, but are also to be well re
warded for their services in quest of
the American championship. It is
said that when the generous peer
first suggested to Vardon another
American trip, the famous Briton ex
pressed no particular enthusiasm and
asked a price for his services whicn
he considered prohibitive. However,
the wealthy journalist promptly ac
cepted the terms and Vardon set to
work to have the American dates
changed so as to be convenient.
Duncsn May Make Trip.
Under these conditions it was no
difficult task to convince Ray of the
desirability of the American trip.
Moreover, Ray had never been in this
country and was desirous of coming
over, and it may be that under such
terms Duncan could be induced to
change his plans in the event of his
becoming the champion. Vardon and
Ray are coming here with the stipu
lation that they use only clubs and
balls of British manufacture, so that.
If their efforts are attended by suc
cess it will be an all-British triumph.
There is also the requirement that
the two famous golfers must play for
three weeks in America prior to the
open championship, which probably
means that they will be seen in
matches or tournaments before they
appear ir. the open. Several clubs
are raising purses for either matches
with the best local “pros" or for open
tournaments to which the cream of
the talent will be attracted.
PALZER RETURNS FROM
PARIS; JOHNSON BOUT ON
NEW YORK, April 15.—A1 Palzer,
who used to be a very hopeful "white
hope" until Luther McCarty walloped
him lasd fall, returned from Paris
yesterday on the liner George Wash
ington.
Falser said that his scheduled fight
with Champion Jack Johnson at Paris
in Uune was not ‘doff". However
he admitted that the high feeling
against Johnson In the French oapl-
ltai at this time might necessitate
a postponement of the battle until
October.
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