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By W. W. Xaughton.
S AX FRANCISCO. April 18.—In
the years to come Harlem Tom
my Murphy will remember the
week beginning Sunday, April 13, as
a momentous period In his existence.
Sunday wa*< Tommy’s birthday and
on the same date a daughter was born
to him la faraway Brooklyn. This
means that In the future April 13
will see a double celebration in the
Murphy family.
•The week opened auspiciously
enough, but how* it wiil close
there Is no telling. Tommy is
to face Ad Wolgast, the Michigan
wildcat, at CofTroth’s Eighth Street
Arena to-morrow' afternoon, and with
the fierceness and evenness of the
former clash between these light
weights fresh in mind, the best judges
of sportdom hesitate about calling the
turn on the coming affair.
Murphy was twi nty-eight years old
Sunday. This will come as a sur
prise to thpye who have heard so
much about "the veteran Tommy
Murphy” and who began to imagine
that Tommy was one of the survivors
of the Battle of the Wilderness, or,
maybe, the Charge of the Light
Brigade.
The truth is that Tommy is old-
mannish in his ways only. And this
soberness of hearing merely attaches
to him In private life. When there is
training or fighting to be done Mur
phy h* as young and vigorous as the
best of them. His achieves more than
the majority of his fellow fighters
both in the ring and in the gymna
sium. being methodical, persistent and
sot given to talking.
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BOY SCOUTS HOLD BIG
FIELD MEET TO-MORROW
The boy scouts of Atlanta and vi
cinity w ill hold a big field day at Pied
mont Park to-morrow at 2:30 o’clock.
As fpere is nothing else on the boards
for Saturday, a big crowd is expected
to enjoy the program.
Every troop will be represented, and
each event will be hotly contested for.
There will be two track trophies. The
troop making the largest score will take
both trophies, one to remain the prop
erty of the troop winning and the other
to be contested for annually.
Bayne Gibson has been chosen starter,
Philip Weltner, timekeeper; Asa W.
Candler. Judge
PLAY FIRST AT
C APTAIN Fox Montague will
probably play first base for Tech
when Helsman's team clashes
with Auburn this afternoon on the
latter's grounds. Amason.the scrub's
first baseman, has not shown enough
ability to fill "Goat" Holliday’s place
at the Initial sack.
Montague has been playing great
ball In left field and should make
good at first. His fighting spirit
should also be a great help to the
other Inflelders.
Pitts Is scheduled to face Auburn
this afternoon. The youngster is con
fident he can trim Donahue's boys and
has asked for the chance to twirl
the opener. The two teams clash
again to-morrow afternoon. Eubanks
will probably face them In the final
combat.
The remainder of the team will re
main unchanged. All the boys are
In good condition and are out to cop
both battles from Auburn. The Jack
ets did not do much hitting against
Mercer, but think that they have now
found their lost batting eye. Hels-
man has been giving his players
some stiff batting drills, as well as
many hours of hard work at base
running and fielding.
Crackers Leave for Nashville
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Paul Musser Looks Real Wonder
By Percy H. Whiting.
T HIS trip to Nashville is being taken by the Cracker team for the
express purpose of improving the club’s standing and for fatten
ing of averages.
If It comes out as It appears likely to, It will amount to nothing at
all—except maybe that it will net the Crackers three out of four games.
The first series In Chattanooga demonstrated that the Crackers were
good In a short series on the road. And the Crackers won three in a
row.
The Birmingham series has shown what we all suspected—that the
Crackers can win on their home soil. And they took three out of four.
The series that begins April 30 at Birmingham and carries the club
all through the Southern section will show what the Crackers can do in
a long road jaunt.
L ET no fan underestimate the importance of yesterday's game. Re
member that the Crackers had gone mad and won five in a row.
In their sixth game, played Wednesday, they were ignomlnlously defeated. ,
Yesterday’s game gave them a chance either to come back or to
stay away. And they came back, 3 to 1, In quite the prettiest game of
the season.
Baseball Summaries.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
Atlantu in Nashville.
New Orleans in Mobile.
Memphis in Montgomery.
Birmingham in Chattanooga.
Standing of the Clubs.
Yesterday's Results.
Atlanta 3. Birmingham 1.
Nashville 3, Chattanooga 2.
Montgomery 6, New Orleans 0.
Mobile 5, Memphis 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
Cleveland at Chicago.
St. Louis at Detroit.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Washington at New York.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C.
3 0 1.000
2 0 1.000
6 2 .714
3 3 .500
W. L. P.C.
St. Louis 3 4 .429
Detroit 2
N. York 1
Boston 1
4 .333
8 .260
4 .200
Yesterday's Results.
Chicago 2, Cleveland 1.
Philadelphia 6, Boston 6.
Washington 9. New York 3.
Detroit 4, St. Louis 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
New York At Boston.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Pittsburg.
Chicago at St. I*ouis.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C.
B’klyn. 2 1 .667
Ch’go. 3 2 .600
P burg. * 3 2 .600
St. Louis 2 2 .600
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Boston 1
Phlla. 1
N. York 1
C'nati. 1
L. P.C
1 .600
1 .600
2 .333
3 .250
Yesterday’s Results.
Chicago 7. St. Louis 1.
New York 3, Boston 2.
Pittsburg 3, Cincinnati 2.
Brooklyn-Phlladelphia, off day.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Standing of the Clubs.
I’apolis. 2
Lville. 2
C’l’buB. 1
Toledo 0
W. Ia P C
.400
.286
.200
.000
Yesterday’s Results.
Louisville 3. Minneapolis 0.
St. Paul 10, Toledo 4.
Milwaukee 6, Columbus 1.
Kansas City 6, Indianapolis 4.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games To-day.
Albany at Charleston.
Macon at Columbus.
Savannah at Jacksonville.
Standing of the Clubs.
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Yesterday's Results.
Charleston 5. Albafiy 4.
Columbus 4, Macon 1.
Jacksonville 6. Savannah 3.
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I F any demonstration were needed that Paul Musser has arrived for a
season's stay It was given yesterday. The Susquehanna University
lad allowed the Barons three hits. Considering that his only other “out”
was a two-hit game against Chattanooga, It can be regarded as probable
that the blonde boy "has something”—and has It In great profusion.
Of course, Musser was wild as the festive Hottentot. He walked
seven men and hit one. However, this does not seem to be chronic with
him. Iu Chattanooga he allowed only four bases on balls and shut out
the Lookouts.
Going back through the record books, It becomes evident that the
Pennsylvanian is not naturally a wild man. On the coast last year he
averaged five bases on balls to a game. The year before. In the O. and P.
League, he passed around an average of almost exactly three bases on
balls to the game.
All of which means that Musser looks like the best of pitching finds
of the season and a man who, with good support, should win nearly
three-fourths of his games.
T HE Riverside Military Academy
track team will probably take
part in two or three track meets
this spring and If they do not win
more than a fair chare of the prizes
Coach Frank Anderson will be one
highly surprised citizen.
Anderson's present plan is to enter
a three-man team at the Washington
and Lee track meet April 26 and 27.
to enter a full team at the Ninth
District meet April 24 and 25 and pos
sibly to send a small team to the
Vanderbilt prep track meet.
That Anderson has one genuine star
Is evident from the marks made at
a recent school meet at Riverside. In
this event Jim Preas, the star ath
lete from Johnson City, Tenn., was
the big winner. This iad took the
100-yard dash In 10 3-4, the 220 In
25 flat, the 440 In 53 flat; threw the
discus 107 feet and the 12-pound shot
42 feet 10 inches.
The other stars on the Riverside
meet were Ray and McNeill. Ray
took the pole vault, with a mark of
8 feet 6 Inches, the high jump with
a leap of 4 feet 10 inches and in the
broad jump he cleared 18 feet 6 Inches.
McNeill, who is to go to Auburn next
year, where he Is sure to be a star,
won the mile In 4 minutes 51 seconds.
These three men—Preas, McNeill
and Ray'—could probably hold their
own with any three-man prep team
in Dixie.
PREP LEAGUE NOTES
From all appearances, the track meet
at Tech Flats this afternoon be
tween Tech High and Boys High will
eclipse all similar meets ever held in
this city. More than a thousand tickets
have already been sold. There will be
more athletes entered this year than
ever before, and no doubt some new
records will be hung up.
Following are the events in the order
in which they will be run at the Boys-
Tech High track meet at Tech Flats
this afternoon:
1— 100-yard dash.
2— High jump.
3— 220-yard low hurdles.
4— Pole vault.
6—Half-mile run.
6— Running broad jump.
7— Hammer throw (12-pound).
8— 440-yard dash.
9— Standing broad jump.
10— Shot put (12-pound).
11— Mile run.
A cup will be awarded to the school
making the highest number of points,
and a medal will be given to the indi
vidual point winner. To the athlete on
the Boys High team making the highest
number of points will be given a cup
to be kept for one year.
Two teams, the Seniors and Sopho
mores, are tied for first place in the
inter-class baseball race at Emory Col
lege. These two leaders will meet to
morrow to play the deciding game.
Perryman, the elongated divinity stu
dent who joins the New York Giants
in June, will do the twirling for the
Seniors, and judging from his past rec
ord, he will make trouble for the Sophs.
Mercer and Emory will hold a track
meet at Macon on May 10. It has been
customary at Emory for years past to
hold no athletic matches with any other
schools, and this meet will break the
old rule, much to the satisfaction and
joy of the student body.
Riverside gave Gordon an awful trim
ming Wednesday at Barnesville when
Gordon went up in the air in the last
three innings and their opponents made
11 runs. The final score was Riverside
16, Gordon 4.
The Locust Grove team Is not a mem
ber of the G. I. A. A. this year. The
team has been playing great ball so
far, and would give the best of the
G. I. A. A. nines a stiff race. Wednes
day the team heat Hearn Academy 5
to 1. The pitching of Dozier and the
heavy hitting of the whole team mads
the victory possible.
The Twelfth District High School
track meet held yesterday at Cochran
resulted in a victory for south Georgia
College. McRae, of S. G. C., won 24
points. The next highest" number of
points went to the Dublin Hlch School.
The work of McRae was sensational, to
say the least. He won the 220-yard
dash and both hurdle events, besides
being on the relay team.
The track meet this afternoon
at Tech Flats between the two high
schools will start at 1:30 in order to
have everything over with by 4 o’clock.
The admission will be 25 cents.
Boys High had no trouble beating
Peacock Wednesday afternoon on the
Marist diamond. Boys High tried out
two new pitchers, who did pretty well.
They lack experience, however, and
would not do to try out against i
stronger nines in the Prep Lm
Robinson pitched four innings
Smith four. Spurlock finished the s
The final score was 17 to 4.
Here is the present standing in t
Atlanta Prep League:
Won. Lost. PI
Boys High 2 0 1
Tech High 3 l
Marist l i
G. M. A l §
Peacock o 3
* * *
The athletes at Boys High do not e
pect to have much trouble in winnlk
the meet to-morrow against Tech Hi
They are sure of winning the high ^
broad jumps and the mile run, and fj
pretty confident of getting first hone
in the pole vault and 100-yard dai
They admit that the Tech High la
have it on them in the weight events]
* * * n
There will be no game on SaturdJ
for the Boys High team. They ha]
been working hard this week, and {
Saturday will enjoy a much needed r
The team plays G. M. A. again
Tuesday.
* * *
Chris Holtzendorf, of Boys H:el
wishes to announce that he will a
the challenge of either Fowh ; Hi
bert, of Marist, for a wrestling matcl
This match will be for the prep chad
pionship and will be decided best ^
falls in three.
SOX RELEASE WOLFGANG.
CHICAGO, April 18.—Mel W'oli
gang, a righthanded pitcher who canf
to the Chicago Americans by IrJ
last fall from the Lowell (Mass]
team, of the New England I 1
was released yesterday to the Denv|
Club, of the Western League,
terms were not announced.
T HE Crackers played ball yesterday that raised them many notches in
the estimation of fandom. It was impossible to forget the game
of the previous day, and it would not have been surprising if the Crack
ers had let it affect their playing. But they didn’t.
The locals got away for the first run in the second, on Long’s double
and Smith’s single.
The game was tied up in the fourth when McBride hit a three-bagger
and tallied on Carroll’s sacrifice fly.
Then the Crackers pulled themselves up short and played ball. From
that time on Musser did not give up a hit, and only in the fifth, when
Marcan walked, took second on a sacrifice and third on Senno’s grounder
to Alperman, was a Baron even near home plate.
It will be observed, therefore, that after the score was tied Musser
became progressively better, whilfe Hardgrove, the Baron twirler, weak
ened steadily.
In the fifth he retired the locals one, two, three.
In the sixth he hit a batter.
In the seventh he walked Long and allowed Dobard a hit.
In the eighth lie got what was coming to him.
^lusser, who has a habit of winning his own games, opened the
eighth by driving one that plowed through Hardgrove and got to Marcan
too late to do that worthy any good. Agler fiied out. But then came
the old Special Delivery Kid—C. Alperman. And Whitey delivered with
a raking double to center field that sent Musser tearing across the plat
ter. Welchonce grounded to Hardgrove then, and this worthy, in attempt
ing to head Alperman, threw wild toward Carroll, and Alperman scored.
In the first of the ninth Musser showed his worth by holding Carroll
to a gentle fly and by fanning Ellam (reputed a pinch hitter) and Mayer
(known to be a good batter) with all the ease in the world.
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JACK COOMBS SENT HOME;
PITCHER HAS BAD COLD
PHLLADELPHIA, April 18.—
Jack Coombs, the "iron man” twirler
of the Athletics, was sent home from
Washington yesterday a very sick
man. He is suffering from an attack
of grippe and a severe cold, due, no
doubt, to the exposure he underwent
when he pitched two games in Bos
ton.
The weather conditions on those
days were enough to harm any onl\
and Coombs, en route home from the
Hub, complained, but insisted on mak
ing the trip with his teammates.
KILBANE AND DUNDEE
SIGN FIGHT ARTICLES
K EATING made a brave, useful play in the second. McBride had walk
ed, and McGiivrn.v hunted toward Smith. This drew Wally in and
left third unco'vered, so McBride lit out for the hag. Keating dashed over
to cover—a hit late. It Is true, hut In time to jump high In the air and
catch Agler’s timber-topping heave. He pinched the ball and fell In front
of the dashing McBride. The lnpact spun the tlnv Cracker shortstop a
couple of rods across the field, but he held the ball and completed a
double play. So badly jarred was he by the play that he retired a hit
later and Dobard finished out the contest at short, performing creditably.
LOS ANGELES, April 18.—Articles
of agreement for the featherweight
championship battle between Kilbane
and Dundee, at Vernon, April 20,
were signed yesterday by the fight
ers' managers. It was Agreed the
men should weigh 122 pounds at 9:15
o’clock, the night of the contest, and
he in the ring fifteen minutes later.
The champion’s manager said a
fight with Jem Driscoll, the feather
weight champion of England, was in
prospect If Kilbane won from Dundee.
L IKE the other games of the home series, the contest dragged along
over two hours. This meant wasted time, late suppers—and was
unnecessary and Irritating.
When, oh when, will President Kavanaugh issue orders to his um
pires to hustle the games along?
We ask, but expect no answer.
Puls Liver and Bowels In
Condition
A BALL GAME AND
A MORAL
B ILL SMITH and Billy Sands get out a bully score card this season,
but they might wise up the proof reader who handles the line-up
and batting order a bit. For instance, in the Birmingham-Atlanta line-up
they had: “McBridge” for McBride, “Corrale” for Carroll, "Bodis” for
Bodus and "Alger” for Agler.
Everybody Say* They Are Fine;
Nothing so Good for Consti
pation Ever before Of
fered in Atlanta.
Virginia League.
‘ “ re
Richmond 3. Petersburg 0.
Norfolk 6. Portsmouth 2.
Roanoke 7, Newi>ort News 1.
International League.
Newark 3, Toronto 1.
Montreal 6. Providence 2.
Jersey City 3. Buffalo 1.
Rochester 8. Baltimore 2.
Cotton States League.
Jackson 11, Columbus 4.
Selma 6, Meridian 2.
Pensacola-Clarksdale, not scheduled.
Texas League.
Fort Worth 8. Dallas 6.
Galveston 8, Houston 7.
Waco 2. Austin 0.
Beaumont 13, San Antonio 3.
College Games.
Harvard 4, Georgetown 4.
Catholic University 7, Villa Nova 4.
Tufts 2. Cornell 0.
Yale 14, Fordham 3.
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JOE THOMAS TO MEET
CHARLIE WHITE MONDAY
NEW ORLEANS, LA., April 18.—
Joe Thomas, the local sensation,
signed articles yesterday to box
Charlie White, the Chicago whirl,
wind. In a scheduled 10-round bout
here Monday night,
M hite is the boy who has fought
such stars as Johnny Kilbane, Pjl
Moore, Joe Mandot and Owen Moran.
He handed both Moore and Moran an
awful lacing and Chicago fans are
picking him to defeat Thomas.
However, Thomas is the best seen
around here in years. Local fun*
claim he is a better boy than Joe
Mandot ever was and will be sur
prised if Joe doesn't hand White a
neat lacing Monday.
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A trophy was offered to the city in the Southern League having
the largest attendance at its initial game.
Atlanta’s season opened last Monday. A few days before
Birmingham had set the high mark with a grand total of 8,800.
With pretty weather, folks said Atlanta had a bare chance to
beat it. We didn’t have pretty weather.
Birmingham fans read the weather conditions and said: "It’s a cinch.”
They didn’t reckon on the spirit that says and proves "Atlanta always
ahead.”
Atlanta citizens looked on this contest as something a little bigger than
baseball. It was a test of civic loyalty, and here’s how Atlanta answered:
Hundreds of the biggest business houses in the city closed their doors
on Monday afternoon and told their employees, “Let’s show ’em what
a real crowd looks like.”
In a cold, chilly drizzle over nine thousand went through the gates ai
Ponce de Leon and voted Atlanta "the most loyal city in the league.
We get the cup.
Now, that s the game,—Here’s the moral:
The most vital competition in manufacturing today is not between
individual firms, bu^ between cities and sections.
Atlanta has entered the "league" of shoe-manufacturing cities.
What standing will she take?
1 hat question must be answered in a large part by Atlanta citi
zens and their attitude towards Atlanta-made shoes.
The growth of this industry will mean much to Atlanta. It has
made Lynchburg from a village to a prosperous city; it hats given St.
Louis her place as one of the largest and richest cities of the middle
west.
Now, nobody would expect Atlanta folks to break their necks to
support a bum ball team, nor would we expect them to give preference
to Atlanta-made shoes if they weren t as good in every respect as
those made anywhere. You’ll find them so.
They are sold in many places. If your dealer hasn’t them you 11
find all the new spring styles on display at the RED SEAL SHOE
SHOP, 93 Peachtree. Look them over; if you find just the style
you like, try them on; if they fit perfectly, try them out. That’s all.
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RED SEAL SHOE FACTORY
ATLANTA
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