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TUT. ATLANTA GFORfiTAX AND NEWS. FRIDAY. APRIL 18. 191:’..
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GET HURLERS
,ASHVILLE. TENN, April 18.—
The qualities ot loyalty and
gameness are alien to the pop
ped baseball b’.’ss who Infest the
in Sulphur Dell. Throughout
J. Southern League their proficiency
111, the hammer has become prover-
J, and though in the past President
lirsig haa refused to read the hand-
Iri'ins on the wall, just now he has
I ik. , up to the fact that Nashville
I 'a o will not support a losing club.
Harking bad: to* 1908 when the
cl- snatched a pennant from Cholly
1 .ink's Pelicans m that famous 1 to
game before 1,000 and more luna-
1 a record was set for the South-
League teams to shoot at for
tuny moons to come.
\ of which has to do with the
.Hiding of the major leagues with
...•grams begging for twirlers.
fcuuugh coin is being spent on wires
wreck a young mint, but Bill
.hvvartz is determined to have a de-
| ridable sting of hurlers.
j.rilck Smith, the former Redleg.
already on hand and will probably
■ft a chance to turn the rampant
flackers back when they invade the
I Cincinnati has also offered the
fols a pitcher named McManus.
w;. Brooklyn call do without a ilin-
I r who signs the register as Dal-
■ren. Little Is known of cither of
Tie two latter other than that they
[re right handers and are offered
long with a bunch of verbal bo-
|uets.
• * •
IRSIG is dickering with the Cub
people for Rudy Summers,- alt
hough he has little hopes of getting:
ip former Vol bac k since Kid Eiber-
Id wants the little southpaw mighty
ad and will probably offer more
in than Nashville.
“Bum” Barrett and Johnson, two
omising kid boxmen from the
lushes, have been tucked away in the
t.v League for masoning. Both
v a string tied to them, for th*
air, especially Barrett, look too good
m lose and the club management
isn't forgotten that Orlie Weaver
nd Grover Brandt got away from
hem entirely and both brought fancy
[.rices in the majors.
Ttie release of these two cuts the
tching staff down to the veterans
ise and Fleharty. Miner Hendee,
Ivilliams, Beck and Morrow. The
itter who came to the Vols from
rooklyn will be carried until May
0 when the squad will be cut down
IS men. The acquisition of Smith,
cManus and Dalgren will precipi-
te a livelv scramble in the hurling
t. One thing is certain. It will
ing out the best stuff in every slab-
nan which is the main point in ques-
ion.
Nobody at present is certain of a
iob unless it be Lefty Williams for
his portsider is in grand shape. He
p.elds his position in great shape
jeeps the runners hugging the sac ks
find in the pinches ho Is magnificent.
Mutt Must Have Forgotten the Crackers are in Nashville To-day
• •
By “Bud” Fisher
Pv/fe got a Oob AS An
insurance it 5 the
So^ltAT thing in THE 'WORU)
P5 SELL IN5URANC.E • JUST NAIL
Your maa ano talk past.
1 VtAft-T TODAY
THimc of it AS. *
Business proportion
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BASEBALL
Diamond Mews and Gossip
The Turtles lost a good pitcher when
they sold Ferguson to Vernon—a good
pitcher who couldn't win. He was one
of those lug leaguers who couldn't be
satisfied to work in a (/lass A league—■
and who wasn't good enough.
By the way. hds anybody heard any
wailing lately because Ed Donnelly re
fused to report to Atlanta'' If Edward
has been missed we don't know whefe.
The treatment he received at the hands
of Atlanta must have surprised him.
* * *
Nashville’s verdict is that Dug Harbi-
son learned a lot of baseball from Frank
Chance down in Bermuda—and he al
ways was a batter.
♦ * *
Sam Crane springs it as a news item
that New York City is big enough to
support two major league ball clubs.
Great guns! It ought to be.
* * *
Jack Warhop will not be worked
much until hot weather sets in. .Jack
is no “frost feller" anyhow, and he has
a lame shoulder now.
* * *
Hans Wagner has a floating cartilage
in his knee, and unless the blamed thing
runs aground he is due a had season.
* * »
Bobby Byrne isn’t even a shade plate-
shv as a result of his bump on the
bean by .Joe Wood. He is bitting as
well as ever and crowding the plate
like a ‘hur.gr>' tramp.
pitch
’s se-
be the hero of the iegu-
bnd
O far in every battle the foe has
garnered more hits than the Vols
Schwartz’s crew seem out to
(emulate the famous hitless White
Sox. They are coining tallies out of
few bunched hits and arc taking
Advantage of every weakness of the
■neray.
Schwartz has succeeded in having
h ^ players master the squeeze play
fi'd the hit-and-run play something
he Vols could never before learn.
Daley, Goalby, Callahan and James
lightning fast and their daring
S' running has set the fans wild.
Not for a minute should the Vols
[1 classed as “hopeless” for they are
P hiving a high grade of inside stuff.
• pitching staff will be strengthen
ed and if they continue to manufac-
; re runs without a flock of hits no
body will have any kick to register.
[MURPHY’S PARK ORDERED
INSPECTED BY COUNCIL
•'HICAGO, April 18.—The City
'»uncll last night passed an ordinance
|for the inspection of the stands -.f
l 1 “ Chicago (National League) ba- -
| h 'El park to find whether they com-
\ ith the requirements of.the fire
'id i nance.
B the same order the Bureau • ”
:< Prevention and Public Safetv
ls _ directed to investigate and report
• 1 b to the Council whether the pro*
sions of the ordinance requiring
aisles he kept unobstructed was
" ated in the game Sunday betwe-n*
ne Chicago and Pittsburg teams.
Width of aisles, number of seats in
""8 between aisles, width of seats
rd space to be allotted each chair
the boxes and the number and
' idth of exits are some of the provi-
ior;s made in the fire ordinance.
■ If you have anything to sell adver-
|*'Se in The Sunday American. Lar-
I cst circulation of any Sunday new*-
■paper in the South.
Babe Adams -eems a champion pitch
er again. The hero of one world s se-
' ries promise;
lar 1913 season.
* • *
The Indianapolis ball park is back in
good trim, which is more than can be
said of the ball club.
* * *
Rudy Hulswitt has been off the Louis-
, ville line-up for several days He has a
I bum finger. This adds murk to the al-
! ready gtoomy situation in the Ky. me-
! tiop.
* * *
I* With the Milwaukee team loading the
1 American Association race, less than
I t;00 turned out to see a recent game.
I That’s regular Montgomery enthusiasm.
i Harry MoGUlicuddy. younger brother
of Ilarl, ano son of Cornelius, Is star-
| ring on Karl Mack's Raleigh club. Con
nie will soon have the whole Mack fami-
I ly in baseball.
♦ * 0
Hans Wagner always goes fishing
every day it rains. for one thirg.
savs Harr “1 can’t play ball then. For
another, the fish bite better.
• c •
lack Dunn is trying to get Outfielder
! George Maisel from the Browns tor the
‘ Baltimore club. ^ ^
Denver has sold Ed Kinsella, former
big leaguer, to Sacramento.
¥ * *
v n office fixture manufacturer is suing
Lhnrv Evers for the stuff he put into
In wit's shoe store in Chicago-the one
that blew up. Johnny replies that the
f f i.p «hoe store was a ooipora-
CoS snd that he is not personally re
sponsible. . 4 .
mun^narne. ^ear^
any common Strut^
The Cincinnati club a"strip
,|. e foot, ^ r dav. each calling
of coupons the ot . Thpv W ere
for a nickel on*-ime.' so each
man had =S9 inehes^of >e au
•Speaking of the IVhRe s ‘ 1 ' s
Louis Arms.
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At It
I for
NEILL TO PILOT OUTLAWS.
IILADELPHIA. Ap.il 18.—The
ng of Joseph P. O'Neill as men-
" of the Philadelphia Club of the
:ed States Baseball League, was
■>miced last night by the.owners.
• ill was formerly manager of the
{•sonville (Fla.) team of the South
'ntic League and he has pitched
several minor league teams.
he is a tfrea’ team.
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next issue will sell
| floods. Try it!
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Pete Lister. ex-Crucker. is io play
with Peoria this Reason.
. cM.aso guv sa vs that when you are
a, S at,end.n. p these cays
your seat. ? # M
r r* Bavs that while the Tigers
are Cobblealb th^famous Peach Is job
less. , , .
ra^^are verfbu.rn:£^^-%.-nf= a to
Tinker, to Evers ; UM nance
Tirk v r; r ‘ r | i 1 v J but’chawle?wouWn'<
ard from Murphy. , Ioe domn’t
SSd'^rdSScVtlSh a. Cub head
quarters. * * *
, -hief Meyers claims to »^'e noticed
l^.hVSinttopfihevwan, io eat.
i „ '1™?r£ To our
freSSSntL experience the same desire
I,liile the train is movjng
EVERS SUED FOR $300.
CHICAGO, April lS.-Johnny Ever-
manager of the Cubs was sued for
1300 bv a manufacturer of store an
rfflee fixtures v.'Ik, alleged that fi x -
Cen Installed In a shoe, store wh. h
Pve-s and Charles Wfllmms. ••seer -
?,.f of the Chicago Nationals, tn-d
unsm.cvs.'ully to run here, had nev .
been paid for.
HAVE heard learned discus
sions full of high-sounding
phraseology,’’ says Frank
Houseman, the retired ball player,
‘and I must say that in my time
T have encountered many men who
could throw the English language
around most delightfully, but I wish
to say that there was once a time in
my life when I realize the possibili
ties of English, the glories of our
native tongue and the flexibility of
♦ he unwritten dictionary. This oc
casion was in Florida many years
ago. I was wintering down there with
a lot of other players, among them
being Johnny McGraw, now manager
of the New York aggregation. \Y
were playing a game one afternoan
and I was on third base. McGraw
had reached second ami thought he
saw a chance to get clean home when
a safe dilve went whizzing out in
the field. I saw he could do it. also
that the umpire was looking after th?
ball, and as Mac drew nigh I gave
him the hiplock and double tackle.
He whirled round and out and shot
far away into the suburbs. Over and
oyer he rolled, bringing up with ids
face in a clump of weeds and h:^
mouth full of sauid.
"McGraw scrambled back to ’he
base before the ball could reach hi ti
and 1 judged it best to move up tlie
line a bit out of his each. And there
he stuck with his foot on the big
and delivered an-oration. And what
a speech it was!
".Sometimes I Wake up in the night,
and think I hear once more the
words Johnny used. Eloquence, fire
and forcefulness, complaint and de
nunciation. classified references to
my family tree, my personal hab ; ts
and appearance. m.v destination
after death—all these were features
of McGraw’s oration. I listened spell
bound. but l did not move. Not
even when he added peruasiveness to
his elocution and offered me at mo
tive inducements to come within his
reach did I change my position.
"I have heard Botirke, Cochran;
1 have heard William Jennings
Bryan—I have heard them all—but
never in all my 1 if* . before or since,
Lave I heard Anything to equal the
speech McGraw delivered there upon
the coral sands of Florida.”
* * *
B UT list to William Atherton Du
Puy. not a writer but a journalist,
if you please, who jumps on Father
(’hadwick's favorite pastime as fol
lows. to-wit, viz., etc.:
"As a wrecker of careers and
chloroformer of intellects the world
has never known the equal of the
so-called national game—baseball. In
realty, it is the ‘national curse.’ breed
ing indolence and fosteiing folly. 1
assert that there are as many boys
who lose their jobs, business men
who fail and professional men who
fizzle out on account of baseball. :s
from any of the drugging vices
“The game is drugging the national
intellect. Nine men out of ever} ten
have but 20 minutes a day that they
devote to reading, and they give it
all to the sporting page. They know-
nothing whatever of what is going
on outside this sporting page, and
they can talk intelligently on but one
subject—batting averages.
"Yet this Information is of no pos
sible worth, and their careers depend
on keeping abreast of the times. There
you have it! Baseball is a curse,
i violent and virulent disease.
“Besides, only a dronp will hire
someone ols*- to do his athletics for
him, while he sits stupidly in the sun
and looks on. Fans are not lovers
of athletics, but fat loafers to whom
the mounting of a street car step is
almost an impossible exertion. 1 wil’
take my chance** with a nice. ri;><:
habitual drunkard, but spare me from
the baseball fan!”
Wow!
• * *
B ILL PHELON kicks in with ;h»
following: yarn:
Tlic biggest curve hall of recent
years was thrown by Wingo Ander
son. who was with the \ ol» a few
seasons back. It actually described
ihe siiape of a half moon as it curled
into the plale. hut the youngster was
so v. ild I hat he had to go Ask Ed
Konetchy about that enormous cufv.
one of ihem started so far outside til-
plate that the Big Train stood and
iaugneri—then ll darted round on the
half-moon track and nearlv kil’-ri
Konetchy, who was laid up for weeks
He will swear, if you ask him. that no
mortal man ever threw such a curve,
j ind that no law of nature or physics
JcouM account for that huif-mo m
I call.
' rilrango curves, a io; of them—but
MUTWJHT
COLUMN*
all you hear of now is "the slow one,’’
“the straight fast one.” and “ball
w ith a hop.” As that hop appears’ < n
route, so the different pitchers ire
distinguished, and the critics talk
about "the sharp break to the curves.”
If ever a pitcher can throw with the
outdoor ball the mysterious, giganti '
upward leap that can be thrown vvitii
the big indoor ball, that pitcher will
make Marquard’s record fade. It’s a
cinch to do it, too—1 can take a
Spalding, grip it as the indoor ball
is gripped, and make it curve upward
in the same identical fashion—BUT—
there will be no force, no speed, and
the blamed ball will not go 30 fe , t
ere falling dead. But what a snap for
a strong arm pitcher who will prac
tice it some winter!
* * *
J UST to show how he loves the Cubs
ami anything connected with them
— from Murphy to the new bat boy—
Farrium. in The Chicago Evening
Post, prints this answer in rhyme to
r quer> as to the identity of the new
Cub team trainer. Casey, who suc
ceeds Semmens. who resigned after
hitting Johnny Evers in the jaw a
couple of evvats:
"Who is Harold Casey? is the prob
lem of the age.
Who Is Harold Casey?” try the
scribes in helpless rage.
Well, we've got the answer; we have
landed one big scoop;
And the bare announcement of it
will stop traffic in the loop.
Harold Casey is the spy who helped
Frank Chance to get the can;
He’s the guy who bid the well-known
earth for Roger Bres-nahan;
Harold Ua^ey is tl»e man w ho once
shut both his eyes and wrote
The well-remembered letter that got
Horace Fogel’s goat;
He’s the man who amputated all the
stuff from Brown’s good wing;
He’s the guy who bought the chest
of gifts for Murphy’s Keystone
King:
He’s the kid who coined the famous
phrase: “None of the public’s
bizz,”
He’s the man who writes Cobb’s
stories: that’s who Harold
Casey Is!
* • *
TRYING HIGGINBOTHAM, the lanky
‘ t wirier once connected with the
Cubs, was with the Portland squad
of the Pacific Coaet League last sea
son. Los Angeles was playing on the
Portland grounds one day. It was the
eighth Inning and the score was tied.
3 to 3. The Angel centerfielder. Heif.
mueller—who died last year—svalked
to the plate and hollered out at Hig:
"Hey. you! Put + hat ball anywhere
near me and I’ll shoot it up against
the right field fence."
Higginbotham threw the hall down
in the box and walked off the dia
mond.
“Not off me you won’t!” he ex
claimed.
The Portland manager couldn't get
Hig back in the box so had to send
Koestner to the mound And the firs
ball he threw to He!fmueller was hit
against the right field fence.
* <* *
uTS Clyde Milan a better ba>v rur.-
^ ner than Ty Cobb?”
This was a question asked of
George Moriarily.
"No,” instantly replied George.
"But Milan set a new record for
base stealing last year.” persisted the
questioner.
“Admitting thst. but Milan is not
as good or as dangerous a man ori
the base paths' as Cobb.” returned the
Tigers’ assistant manager "Milan is
unquestionably one of the fastest men
in the major league* and he earned
all of the bases he s;o!e last season
but Milan gets on first oftener and
has more chances to steal second -
the popular stealing point than Cobb.
“Cobb stretches « To' of hits that
to Milgn Would be singles*. Cobb
therefore, is on second base and it
is the general opinion that it i« hard
er to steal third than it L* second,
for the reason that the catcher has
a shorter and a better throw.
“The records will show that ("nbb
{r<ats msnv more doubles than Milan
and each ore of the«o double? cM*»fits
agadhst hi« chare** of stealing Ttt.en.
again, it isn’t a’wavs good nolicv to
D-'rd. ' single will score a fast
man like Cobb or Mila* and onr^
• a plavcr is or ps n nr'' ’* !c tempt
ing fate to to s*eqi third
“But yo to- fit h hoer runner is
concerned. Cobb is vIIrp’k superior
(b'ynjie the Washington star's mark
of 14**1 year.'
By Ed. W. Smith.
I S Wisconsin producing another Ad
Wolgast in this latest fighting
sensation—Matty McCue of Ra
cine? Everybody is wondering. Mat-,
ty has all the earmarks of the real
thing, and if he doesn’t live right up
to the expectations of the Chicago
fight fans there will be many who
will revise their opinions of them
selves and come to the conclusion
that they do not know the real goods
when said R. G. arc placed before
them.
No fighting machine of such a
sensational character has been seen
in this neighborhood in many a long
day. McCue is nothing if not sensa
tional. for he has the kick in either
his port or his starboard mitt, daz
ing and straightening an opponent up
with a sizzling, left and leaving things
nicely placed for the deadly right
cross that he whips over in such con
vincing style.
When ir is considered that this lad
is only eighteen years old one may
judge that with careful handling and
a little bit of luck he cannot help
developing into something of a real
wonder. .lust now he is in the hands
of John McCue of Racine, a grizzled
old veteran of the game, who has
been in athletics off and on for these
many years now. It is from* John
that Matty takes his fighting mon
iker. for his right name is Matthew
Paulson He is a native of Racine,
and is ««f Danish and German ex
traction, a pretty fair blood combi
nation when one considers the good
Danish fighters and some of the top-
notch Germans that infest the arenas
of the present day. Only eighteen
years old a couple of months ago!
And during his brief career he has
had forty-one battles and without a
single defeat of anv kind to mar his
record. His last seven fights have
been the cleanest kind of knockouts.
MoCue Has Wolgast’s Crouch.
Don’t overlook the fact that this
boy has got a good left hand a.s well
as a smashing right. He steadies
them with the left and then it is all
over but the counting—and some
times that is entirely superfluous.
When w*> liken Matty to the Wol-
gast we knew in the early Wolgast
days we are mindful of the Wolgast
crouch and shell into which Matty
goes carefully when attacked only to
come out of it. whaling and shim
ming mightily, in just exactly the old
Wolgast style. Yes, he's a great kid.
a real wonder, and if they don’t rush
him too fast right now—well, there's
no telling.
Smith Beat Rodel.
Gunboat Smith didn’t knock out
George Rodel in their second meeting
la«t week, but gave the Boer a
trouncing that he won’t forget. We
glean from some of the stories of
the contest that though Smith knock
ed Rodel down fiv<- times, he merely
"shaded” him. For the love of Mike
whatever could Rode! have done to
stand off those five Brodies, that he
did to the canvas? And what do
New York fight critics expect a man
to do to actually win by a safe mar
gin instead of merely “shading” an
opponent 7
Dan McKetrick, now handling
Frank Moran, the Pittsburg heavy
weight is campaigning wildly for a
match for his man with G. Smith.
The latter bested Moran In a twen
ty-round battle on the colit when
Moran, they claim, was 111 and far,
from being at his best. Dan is some
oandy little booster for his man. and
if he doesn't force Smith into a re
turn match he < an at least credit
himself with making a superlative ef
fort.
KLING TO JOIN REDS
WITHIN A SHORT TIME
CHICAGO. April 18.—Catcher
Johnny Kling already has start wi
practice and is getting ready to join
the Cincinnati Reds, according to Al
derman Lewis Stitts, a close friend of
Kling. who returned from Kansu
City yesterday.
Kling told Stitts, a ording to the
Alderman, that he will sign a con
tract within a few days.
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A Few Funny Things in Baseball
© o o © © o ©
Coach Heisman Tells About ’Em
S OMETHING like a score of years
ago I was a spectator at a game
in which a very funny thing
transpired. This game was between
the first teams of the towns of War
ren and Sharon. O. Neither team
was in any league, but these are good
sized towns and they turn out some
pretty nice ball clubs to this day.
It was about the eighth inning and
Warren was one run behind; but
they had a runner on thir base, albeit
two men were down. There had been
considerable money wagered on the
outcome the game, and the feeling
belween the two teams was far from
being the most cordial ever. Luckily
for the Sharon club the game was
being palyed in their h< •me town, else
it is doubtful whether any of them
would ever have escaped with their
lives after the stunt that their thik'd
baseman pulled off at this juncture.
The Sharon pitcher had thrown one
to the hatter, and then he derided he
had a chance to nail Warren’s ruh-
ner on third, so he slammed the hall
over to that corner next. The third
baseman tagged at the runner after
catching the throw, and then bluffed
to toss it back to the catcher. in
stead of letting it go justthen. how
ever. he put it up under his left arm
pit. a very common thing in those
days, no matter how silly it would
strike a modern hall player.
An instant later he appeared to
take the hall out from under his
arm and throw it back to the pitch
er; whereupon the runner once more
stepped off the bag. No sooner had
he done so. however, than the Charon
third baseman once more reached up
in the region of his left armpit, pulled
out another ball and promptly
touched the runner out before he had
discovered what was happening. The
umpire called him out. and forthwith
the “declapendence of indignation”
was on.
The whole Warren team desired to
know at one and the; same time how*
the tiharon team could use two balls
at* the same time and get away with
it, w'hile even the Bharonians had
their doubts about the legality of this
king of strategy. But the umpire
and the Charon pitcher showed them
that it wasn’t a ball at all that the
third baseman had tossed back, but
a very round potato.
As there was nothing in the rule-
book entitling a funner to step off
h base because the other team chose
to throw' potatoes around. “I’mps"
stated that he had no choice but to
call the runner out w’hen the really,
truly ball was put on hint while
standing off a base.
And then came the Ight. and the
police force. I think they got out
the Ire department before it was over.
But the game was never finished;
not that day at all events.
p JEW of the younger generation -f
f boll players ever- saw the gre it
Tony Mullane in action, and plenty of
them have doubtless never beard of
him. Suffice it to say that Tony was
one of the game's greatest twirlers 80
years ago when performing with ihe
Cincinnati Reds, and the Reds of those
days were "some” ball player*.
Well, Tony was born and raised in
Oil City, Pa., and it was up there that
the game took place in which the in
cident I am about to relate occurred.
There was nothin* n the shape oi a
backstop but a very high fence or bill
board, as it were, erected behind ihe
plate. The top of this w f as invaria
bly lined with all who were early and
agile enough to get up there. While
the game was still young, I observed
a man trying to scale the heights by
wedging his fingers and toe* between
the boards. He was very much the
fattest man I have ever seen try o
climb a backstop of this character,
or, indeed, a high fence of any kind.
But he hail heard so much of Mul-
lane's wonderful curved ball (curves
were quite a new thing at that time
yet) that he was determined to get
somewhere where lie could see them
with his owne yes.
He had reached a height of about 8
feet from the ground, and here he
tteeined to be stuck, us he couldn't ,
seemingly wedge the toe of one shoe'
in anywhere else for a higher
Of course, his back was turned to the
diamond and he was puffing and per
spiring like a hippopotamus. At this
juncture the batter struck up a foui
and promptly the catcher started aft.
r-r it. High up ir soared and back
ward toward where the fat man was!
doing his Alpine act. Directly it b*-
came apparent that the ball was cop
ing down right over "Fatty's” head,
md right under him romes the catch
er, laving for the ball.
It was a question w hether it would |
top in front of t ie backstop ot oe-
■ynd it. Every bod> began to yell, bu;.
of course, the climber couldn't ted
what they were hollering about—he
was having troubles of his own.
Presently something took place.
That blamed ball landed "kerplunk”
on top of the fat man's head. It dazed
him and knocked his hat off. In
stinctively he let go his handhold and
reached up either to catch his hat
>r to rub his poor fat head, and that
instant wrought his literal downfall.
Down he comes, but. for a scant 3
feet only, for he lgnds right on top oi
the catcher, who has come up under
him after the foul. “This is too
much,” gurgles the slight catcher us
the man-mountain Hops over his head
and shoulders like ; a mat less. He
staggers and sits gracefully in a tub
>f lemonade that some vender had
made up and was keeping in the shade
of the tall backstop. Talk about
your Yellow stone geysers! I don’t be
lieve one ever spouted that could
sp’ash It up the way those two chaps
baled out that tub.
There were no more lemonade saLs
that day. and for two reasons—first,
there wasn’t any more left to sell, and,
second—well, no one else was thirsty.
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
CLEMS0N HAS HOPES OF
WINNING CHAMPIONSHIP
CLEMSON COLLEGE, April IS.—
Coach Dobson Is highly elated over
the tine dxhibttion of hall playin*
shown by hla team against I'rskine
lust Tuesday, when tliewTIgers played
an errorless game ,e-jnlnst a g ird
team. The work of Ezell was the
finest seen in the pitcher's box here
tn many a day; and his team mate»
w ere right behind at every stage of
the game. Hopes for the winning if
the state championship are now run
ning pretty high. Clemson has not
lost a game in the State league so
far.
There will he two games on the
■ampua this week—one with the Pres
byterian College of Clinton on this
afternoon, and one with Wofford c
tege to-morrow afternoon. Both of
these are regarded as unusually ha 1
games, and they will probably decile
Clemeon's chances for the Stac
championship.
Ezell will certainly pitch one of
the games, and Anderson will prob
ably pitch the other. The team work
of the varsity has Improved sonstd-
ersblv. Brown, who was selected is
the regular catcher after his first
try-out late In the season. Is con
tinuing his good work behind the hat.
Webb Is making a splendid first base-
man. The buttirg of the team, though
still weak, shows considerable im
provement.
SEA GULLS BEAT ALBANY
IN OPENING GAME, 5 TO 4
CHARLESTON. S. April 18.—
Nearly 2.500 fan« attended thf* game
yesterday between Charleston and Al
bany. opening the .South Atlantic
League xeaaon here. Charleston beat
Albany, r. to 4 The heavy hitting of
the winners \\(i* a feature. The Sea
Gull* secured fourteen hit* off Dug-
gleby. Mayor Grate pitched the first
ball, with President Corish. of the
South Atlantic League, behind the
bat.
PELTY IS SUSPENDED;
WADDELL SIGNS CONTRACT
MINNEAPOLIS. April 18. Barney
Pelty. pitcher for the Brown* until
the middle of the 1912 season, when
he wa* turned over to Washington, has
been suspended by Manager Joe
Cantfllon of the Minneapolis (Amer
lean Association) Club. Pelty wgi s?« -
cured by the Millets from Baltimore,
where he was sent by the Nationals.
George Edward Waddell has signed
his contract and will again hurl for
Cantiljon’8 club this season.
COTTON DEFEATS PRATER.
King Cotton defeated Ed Prater at
the Capital Citv Pool Parlor last
night, 100 to 01. The two. will play
*' ocond match to-night at 8
o’clock.
Johnny Coulon, bantamweight cham
pion of the world, ha* called off his bout
with Francis Hennossy. which wus
scheduled for April 29 before the Fu
ture City A. C. at St. Louis.
* * •
Coulon made a very stiff demand on
Maichmuker Sullivan in the way of a
guarantee, and the latter was forced to
call off the mill. Coulon may go over
to Kansas City to meet Hennessy tl . re.
* * M
Another heavyweight, from the Y.'eai
is in New York. He is Marty Farrell,
of St. Paul, who was brought East by
Tom Gibbons, a brother of Mike Gib
bons. Farrell has been matched to box
Antoine Pollet. the heavyweight of
Canada, in a main bout before the I*olo
A. C in New York to-night.
* * *
Jack Britton and Pal Moore c ?n-
pleted training yesterday for their six-
ound set-to before the Olympia A
• I Philadelphia, Monday evening. 'The.
two clashed in a twenty-round bout on
the coast about • two years ago. • >n
that occasion Britton was awarded the
verdict after a fierce fight.
• * *
Louis Smith, who has been appolr ted
matchmaker of the National Spor irig
Club of Winnipeg, would like to 1 ear
from all boxers who are anxious to
box before his club. A letter can r* ach
him care of the National Sporting C ub,
Winnipeg. Man.
* * *
Imp lioldcn, manager of Joe Thorn a v
writes that he haa his proteKe in g tat
Shape for his fight with Charlie Write
ir the Pelican City Monday night. .I.ie
says the winner .will he matched v ith
either Jue Rivers. Joe Mandot or Lt ich
Cross.
...
rp around Chicago the fight followers
still .nsfst that Toni Caponl, the vete an
middleweight. Is a fighter. Thev n.usf
be badly In need of a real mid. Ir-
w eight.
...
loe Rivers may fill a short theatr a!
engagement while in the East. He has
had several offers.
. «...
Mike (ilbbons, who has not fought
since he met Eddie McGoorty in a tame
ten-round contest in New York sevi ral
months agd. has signed articles to box
Labe Safro at Eau Claire, Wle., \la- I
...
Kid Williams, the Baltimore flash. < e-
feated Erankle Bradley In a fast six
round bout at Philadelphia last nig it.
Both boys are bantamweights.
. * *
Dan McKetrick gays he is going to
ask the New York Boxing Commlss on
Just why they will not let Joe Jeanmrte
box some white heavyweight. The an
swer Is ready for him.
• • •
Billy Papke and Eddie McGoortv will
probably meet tn a ten-round bout ut
Kenosha or .Milwaukee, Wts. Frank
Mill kern and Nate Lewis are bidding
for the match.
• * *
Ad Wolgast and Tommy Murphv are
on edge for their twenty-round fight at
Frisco to-morrow night. Tom Joi »s
says Ad Is tn great shape and will surdy
beat the New York boy.
• * V
Rudy t'nholx wishes to announce that
he Is still In the ring Rudolph woi M
dearly love to come here and exchange
wallops with Battling Nelson. Rudy is
also managing Eddie McGoorty.
• * •
Local fans are still talking about lit
tle Jimmy Grant, the boy who held KId
Young to a draw at the Orpheum flair,.
Tuesday. These boys put up the orb
fighi of the night, and should be rr-
matched.
* • *
Abe Attell apparently has enougrh of
Henry Norton. Other people are of the
same opinion as the former feather-
weie-bt c’rmplon.
CHICAGO GOLFERS PLAN
INVASION OF THE COAST
CHICAGO, April 18.—At a meeting
of the executive committee of th ?
Western Golf Association last nlfrh
matters In connection with the ama
teur and open championships were ar
ranged. and plans for the trip of tl-•
western team to the Pacific coa :
were discussed.
In spite of the early and urgent ap
peal ae.nt out by the handicap corr-
mittee. seventy-four clubs are deliy. -
quent in reporting. For several yeai a
the officials have been hampered b *
the tardiness of some of the club <
and the suggestion ha* been mad< .
that the handicap list be dropped at
least for this year.
The Tenaka Golf Club of Dawso: .
X. W , ami the Santa Cruz Golf an i
Country club of Santa Cruz, Cal., hav-
been admitted to membership in the
Western Association.
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