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llEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN BASEBALL AND OTHER SPORTS —SUNDAY, APRTL 20. 1010.
LIKE BEST BID
HIRLERDFMi
Continued From Page 1,
ly In hitting and a burler ww likely
to pitch a one-hit game and lose It
on errors and weak hitting.
• * *
\ ’OW ccmes a /iimtnt kink In Paul
Mussor’s career. The Pennsylva
nia lari starred as a member ot the
Louisiana Slate University team. He
sure did.
"But did he ever go to Louisiana
state University?” you ask.
Fairly asked, we admit.
"No,*' 1* the answer. “In fact, Paul
never went south of MoSherrystown,
Pa., during his college career."
It happened that the I* B. U. team
was making a Northern trip that
season. They had a game with Sue
fjuelrinn.’i University at Selinsgrove
and Paul Musser worked. He hurled
a mighty game, shut out the Dixie
team and looked mighty good.
That night the 1*. S. U. manager
grabbed Musser, fitted him out with
a uniform and started him out as a
bona fide LoulManon, For the first
week Musser couldn’t for the life of
him remember the names of his
own team mates but nobody was par
tioular about ringers tn those days
and Paul rang us true as most of
'em. The 1,. H. U. team met Penn
sylvania, Brown, Harvard, Cornell.
Yule, ltrown and Lafayette while
Musser was amnmber. Paul worked
In three games and lost them all. H«*
held Lafayette to one hit but lost,
on on error by the shortstop.
• • •
M USSER owes his start in profes
sional hall to b chap named
Spangler, then a student of Susque
hanna University, now in tho O. and
P League. Spangler handled a little
Independent team at Somerset, Pa.,
and In 11)07 Paul went to that team,
at Spangler’s request, and played
through his first professional season.
Musser looked so good with Som
erset that Bill Coughlin, acting for
Harry Wolverton, then the’manager
of the MTlllamsjxirt, Pa. team of the
Tri-State League, grabbed him in the
spring of 1908. Of course ho was
mighty tcung and Inexperienced and
after a month or so on the bench he
was let out and went to Sunbury 1n
the Atlantic (outlaw) League.
In 1909 Musser went back to Wil
liamsport for another month or so.
By arrangement with Coughlin Pfu* 1
whs allowed to s'lde over to Susque
hanna University once a week or so
and pitch n game and this proved
hi* biggest season tn college ball.
Musser spent much of 1909 kick
ing about from team to team". He
worked with W.lllamsport, Altoona.
York and Frederick.
V • • •
I N 1910 Musser gave up col'ege ball
and made his third start with Wil
liamsport. And ns usual he failed
jo ffft 111 enough games tn get ills
name In the guide and was shipped
to Rcrwlvk In the Susquehanna River
; League
* • •
A T length Musser emerged Into the
light of real baseball and ri al
leagues In 1911 lie bloke in with
Canton of the O. and P. League und
won nine straight games. The team
was shy on pitchers,* however, and
what might have been a grand rec
ord was ruined by overwork. Mus-
ser was forced to take part In 39
games of a 140-game schedule. He
won IB, lost IB. tied 1.
Mike Kahoe, the Washington scout,
happened to see the Canton Club
and Paul Musser tn action early in
the season and liked his looks so
well that, despite Ids poor showing
toward the end of the season, he put
in a draft for lilni and landed the
MiWbeim lad.
• • •
M USSER broke Into the big
leagues with a victory—and at
that with a victory over no less an
nuthoritv on pitching that F.d Walsh
of the White Sox. The gamo was
played sn June 7 of laat year and
Washington vyop. 9.1(o l. The White
Sox made but 9 hits
Despite this glowing start Musser
■was not used much. Clark Griffith's
regulars were going mighty good and
a kid. no matter how promising,
could not do much. So Musser Bpent
most of the season on the bench and
it was not until the American League
nice was over that the Pennsylvania
pitcher got his chance lie was then
shipped across the continent to Los
Angeles.
The day Musser ended the exhaust
ing trip he was allowed to rest. The
next day he was worked but of
'Course he was not right. He was
taken out In the IP si inning after
the bases had been Jllled Hit, 1 nobody’
out
The next day Musser was slapped
right In and by this time he had his
"Coast logs" under him and his de
livery working flawlessly This time
he heal the Vernon team. 4 to 1
Mussers career In the Pacific
Coast was brief but brilliant When
the season ended he was shipped back
to Washington ami by Clark Grlttlth
Le was turned ever to tho Atlanta
Club
Musser belongs to the Senators.
He will inevitably go back to them
in the faii if lie continues to show
a* well with Atlanta as he has thus
far. Clark Griffith has a few fading
pitchers —notably Tom Hughes., lie
will need a useful right hander by
next year. He believes that Paul
Musser is the man.
...
I N closing be It remarked that
Musser looks better right now than
any young pitcher yvho has busted
in with Atlanta in very many years.
Jle may go and pitch a bad game
the next time up. just to worry us.
But on what he has shown thus far
there hasn’t been anything better in
the league In very many years.
• * *
P AUL Musser has pitched some
great fRmes in * his --day. Twice
he put ho hit gaxties ft) his credit,
one' agalnet Nercopeek and one
against Blooms burg, both of the Sus
quehanna Valley League.
While these are the best games he
ever pitched his best contest in
speedy company was on the Coast
lWt faU. Work .? for Los Angeles
he defeated Portland with AI Kla-
witter on the slab, 2 to 1. pitching
air-tight . ball and winning the game
yyith his lOwn •..... •. ...
admitted that it was one
gainst Baltimore last sum-
■ Finn t.Oiim '’il'i'1
1
r | >HK Boy Scouts of Atlanta and
jj Decatur held their first annual
track meet at Piedmont Park
yesterday afternoon.
Several good marks were made, es
pecially In the 100-yard dash. Mar
shal] Woodson was the winner in 11
seconds flat.
The meet was in charge of Captain
Asa W. Candler, of Cofhpany B, Fifth
Infantry. W. J. M. Webster and
Hamilton Douglas, scout master, were
his assistants. Philip Weltner was
timekeeper.
The summary: . *
100-Yard Dash Won b> Marshall
Woodson, Troop 3. Time, 11 seconds;
second, Albert Jennings, Troop 11.
One-mile race—Won by Newton
Thomas. Troop 6; time, 6.24^; second,
William Thompson, Troop Decatur!
third. Joseph Thompson, Troop 3.
Running Broad Jump—Won bv Ed
ward Davis, Troop 7, distance. 16 feet
8^. inches; second, Ben Adams, Troop
3; third, David Chambers, Troop 1, De
catur.
220-Yard Dash- Won by Newton
Thomas, Troop 6; time, 27 2-5 seconds;
second, David Chambers, Troop 1, De
catur: third* Albert Jennings, Troop 11.
Running High Jump-Won by Louis
Adams, Troop 3; height, 4 feet 7 inches;
second. Robert Prichard, Troop 1; third,
Edward Davis, Troop 7.
440-Yard Dash—Won by David Cham
bers, Troop 1, Decatur; time, 1 minute
2 6 second; second, William Thompson,
Troon I. Decutur, third, Edward Lit
tle, Troop 7* • .
Three-Legged wace*-Won by George
Brown and Cfgtie Thbrnton. Troop 1;
time, 16 2-6 seconds; second, Lewis
Estes and Murphey Candler. Troop 1,
Decatur,
Shoe Race—Won by Lewis Estes.
Troop 1, Decatur; second, George
Marsh bank. Troop 5. #
Potato Race; Boys Under Fourteen—
Bill Wamble and Joe Davis, Troop 7.
first . .Johnson and Hinton, Troop 1, sec
ond; White and Freeman, Troop 8, third.
Two-Mile Relay Race -Troop 1, first;
Troop Decatur, second; Troop 7, third;
time, 9 minutes It seconds.
Eight Potato Race - Morris Flynn,
Troop 3. first; Will Marshbank, Troop
5, second; Gus Allen. Troop 7. thlVd.
Decatur and Troop 3 tied for tlrst
placo with 27 points each. Troop 1 was-
second, with 19 points.
Many Ball Players Comedians
q o e © o © o
Waddell Pulled “Freak” Stunts
over to Baltimore for an exhibition
contest. Musser was stuck in to
pitch and he went strong for four
innings. In th»* fifth he faltered,
flickered and went out entirely. The
Orioles made 10 hits and 7 runs in
the inning. Jak" Gettman bounced j
two off the center field fence and!
there were other amazing batting
foals.
Paul admits that it was pretty
tough going.
"It’s nothing to what I went
through one winter, though,” says
Paul. That season I taught school
in a little country school off the rail
road, olT the highroads, oft' the map
and nut of civilization. They were
getting ten . hits an inning oft me
that season,"
• • *
TV 1 I'SSFU is 23 years old. six feet
1 tall and weighs 175 pounds. He
is single, handsome, a fine "catch"
anti promises to be a matinee idol of
distinction.
But this matinee idol stuff doesn't
make a hit with Paul. He is retiring
to the last degree.
Talking about his hotel the other
night he said, "It's a nice place and
I'd like to slay hero all seuaon. But
if they go to talking baseball here
it’s all off. I can't stand It with my
meals. The first guy that pulls that
old stuff on me about how I like
baseball and ain'T it an easy job and
nil that I'm going to see how hard I
can hit him without breaking his
neck. Ard the first time some dame
gives me the one about. *Oh, are you
a ball player? Dear tne, 1 don't set
how anybody so refined can do such
coarse work’—well, there's only one
thing I < an do and that's to get i
j)*»w boarding house where ihe\ never
heard of baseball md play out the
season ’here under an assumed
I
By Innis Brown.
W ITH all the noise going the
rounds about “Inside baseball,”
it is evident there is a lot to
the game now from the player’s
standpoint, besides batting, running
and throwing. There is likewise a
considerable bunch of stuff pulled off
in the various leagues that interest
the spectators outside of the mere
playing of the game.
To thiday there is hardly a bet
ter drawing card in the country than
George Edward Waddell, better
known as Rube. Whenever the an
nouncement is made that the Rube
Is going to pitch, it is a bum ball
town *that won’t turn out to see the
performance. His popularity is large
ly due to the long list of funny stunts
which he has been known to pull off.
A favorite trick in his palmy days
was to call in his outfield for the
final Inning of the game, and retire
the last three men with the assistance
of the inner workB alone.
Rube Joined BurUsque Show.
Further than that George Edward
had a keen appreciation of the value
of publicity. A few years since while
a member of the St. Louis Browns,
he spent the winter in St. Louis
Things were dragging in the way of
press notices, ho the Rube had himself
put on one night as a judge in a
chorus girl contest at a burlesque
show*. A few' days later he led the
Gorman at a firemen’s ball in a small
town just out of the city.
At that time, the marathon game
waa going great. Dorando, the Ital
ian champion, was brought on to
hook up with Al Shrubb, an English
man, who had several creditable per
formances to his credit. Rube prompt
ly made connections with Shrubb in
the capacity of a trainer. He had
Shrubb do three or four miles each
morning at the hippodrome, and then
followed a tour of the wet goods em
porium. where the dispensers of liquid
joy were strong for the Rube. So
far as could be learned this completed
the training. Shrubb did four miles
in the contest, and pulled up with flat
tire.
Latham Rivals Rube.
The Rube, however, never had any
corner on the funny stuff by a mile.
Aril© Latham who at one time had
them all standing on their heads with
hi6 work around the three-quarter
bag is Pome comedian himself. In
fact, he held a contract with the
Giants only a few years since, be
cause of the ginger he was able to
put into the team as well as his abil-
it\ to kid opposing players.
Hughey Jennings, with his famous
"Eyah" coaching veil Rnd grass pull
ing, delighted thousands with his fun
ny antics. At the same time Ger
many Schaefer, then a member of
the Detroit Tigers, was getting away
with some of ih# funniest stunts that
was ever pulled off on the diamond
The Southern League has also
boasted a high average in the "nut”
leagiie. One of the choice perform
ers in this circuit was Tacks Parrott,
who worked with Nashville several
years ago. Parrott got away with
any number of funny stunts, but his
personal appearance was of itself
enough to raise a howl. Tacks was
the only player, who ever played in
this league, with a full bush of wills* .
kers. Not a “soup strainer” or "mut- I
ton chops-',” but a full-fledged beard
that rivalled Paul Krueger when the
old Boer carried his thickest shock. j
Many Freaks In Baseball.
Among other freaks who have
played in the league are Eddie Lau-
zon. Dom Mullaney. Eddie Beecher.
Bob Wallace. Hub Perdue, and our
recent fellow townsman, George Tre
ble. Either of these fellow’s could
put on a sketch that would start a
howl of laughter.
Taller King tells one on Perry Wer-
den, the gigantic first baseman of the
Memphis Turtles, several years ago.
which entitles him to a place among
tho league’s humorists. This one to^k
place at the expense of the Track
ers and proved rather costly.
The game was being played a;
Pc 1 ...4-nt Park and the Trackers were
working a. young pitcher. Things’
went along very smoothly until the
ia<t in tv
the fans were about to label the new
comer O. K. However, the loss of
control for a minute, a walk, a hit
batsman, and an infield tap filled the
bases and jarred the rookie aloose
from his moorings. At this time Wer-
dren was occupying the third base
coaching line. The twirler was plain
ly worried, and was figuring what
to do next. Taking advantage of
the situation, Werden yelled out
quickly: "Here, let me see that ball."
The trick got by in great shape, when
the kid fired the ball at,, the, <?oacJiej\
Werden ducked and the ball rolled
to the stands By the time it had
been recovered all ^runners scored,
and the stunt won the game for Mem
phis.
Another local enthusiast is author
ity for a funny one put over by an
umpire in a small league in Massa
chusetts. Things were getting pret
ty tough in the way of finance, and
in one town, the owner of the club
also operated a hotel and restaurant.
Money was tight, and the players
sometimes drew meal tickets instead
of real coin. When the umps plaster
ed a fine on some belligerent member
of the team, said member showed lit
tle concern, since he had no money
to pay, and entertained slight pros
pects of getting any. All were. how
ever, bountifully supplied with meal
tickets and even went to the extent
of packing them around in their uni
form pockets.
Ump Punched Meal Ticket.
The umpire got a hunch of how
to handle the situation and obtained
from a local hardware store a ticket
punch. The following day he had
occasion to stick a fine to one mem
ber of the team, and instead of an
nouncing that the offense would cost
said member five bones, he quietly
went over and extracted a meal ticket
from the player’s pocket and proceed
ed to punch five dollars worth of
credit from the ticket.
All in all, it is probable that there
are as manv comedians on the ball
field as there are in vaudeville, and
if ball players fail to make good on
the stage It is due rather to the fact
that they can’t get their stuff over,
rather than to the fact that they don't
have the goods.
CROSS GETS OFFERS TO
BOX THOMAS AND WHITE
NEW YORK. April 19.—Leach
Cross, the New York Fighting Dentist
on the strength ot his splendid show
ing against Joe Rivers, the' Mexican
whirlwind, is receiving offers to box
local stars in all parts of the coun
try.
D. J. Tortorich, the fight promoter
of New Orleans, has wired Cross a
flattening offer to meet Joe Thomas
the crack lightweight of that city, in
a ten-round bout at the Orleans A.
C.. early in May.
A wire from Kenosha offers him a
82,000 purse to fight Charley White
the Chicago lightweight, a ten-round
exhibition.
He has also received offers, from
Indianapolis, and St. Joseph, Mo. The
St. Joseph promoter wants him to
meet Pa! Brown, the promising Wes
tern lightweight.
HARVARD OFFERS STADIUM
FOR BIG COLLEGE MEET
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.. April 19.—
The Harvard stadium bids fair to
stage another big college meet this
spring. The New England I. A. A.
can hold its annual track games on
May 23 and 24 in the big college en
closure if its officials desire to do 30,
according to an announcement made
by W. F. Garcelon, Harvard's grad
uate manager of athletics.
Mr. Garcelon, after a conference
with Mayor Fitzgerald, of Boston, ex
tended the invitation to the inter
collegiate officials to bring their meet
LEAGUE TITLE
By Jim Glover.
T HE local Prep. League base
ball season is now well under
way and the race nas narrowed
down to three teams. Marisrt, Boys
High and Tech High are the contend
ers for championship honors and
there is as yet little to choose be
tween them. Boys High is leading
in the percentage column with two
won and none lost. Tech High is
second, having won three games and
been beaten once. Marist has both
won and lost a game.
On general appearances Marist has
it on both of the other nines. The
team is the best proportioned of any
in the league and the men are all
old heads at the game. Besides this
the fact that Joe Bean is coaching
the Catholics is a strong point in
their favor. Joe is conceded to he
the best prep coach in the State.
Tech High Has Not Hit Stride.
Tech High has not been playing
up to Its real ability this seasan.
The boys on the team are a bit
younger than those on the other
nines and were nervous in the game
with Boys High. On account of their
lack of experience they are more lia
ble to go up in the air. If the team
can keep steady for the rest of the
season there is no reason why it
should not annex this year’s Prep
League pennant.
The other two teams in the league
appear to be hopelessly outclassed.
Peacock is decidedly at a disadvan
tage in an athletic way. There is a
limited number of students at the
school to draw’ from and the boys are,
on the average, younger than tho3e
attending the other institutions of
the city. Taking these things into
consideration Peacock has a mighty
good little baseball team but it is no
match for the other Prep nines.
G. M. A. is the team that is push
ing Peacock closely for the cellar
championship. In former years G.
M. A. has always been in the running
and has w r on the pennant more than
once, but this year the playing of
the team has been ragged, the pitc hers
weak, and the batters still weaker.
Hurlong and Hardeman were two
stars who left the school a short time
ago and the loss of these to men
practically spoiled the chances of G.
M. A. this year.
Many Good Shortstops.
Judging by the way they are going
now it will be a tough job when the
time comes to name a shortstop for
the all-prep team this year. Right
now there are four men who would
fill the position beautifully. If a
choice could be made at all, It would
in my opinion go to Spurlock of
Boys High. He is an old head at the
game and bats wdth the best of them.
He is always there is a pinch. Solano,
of G. M. A., is also a .classy short
stop. He is a brilliant little fielder
and know's the game, but on account
of his short stature cannot bat as
well as Spurlock
Wells, of Peacock, and Bill Parks,
of Tech High, are two more stars
at short. Wells is playing a good,
consistent game wdth a losing team
and Parks is helping Tech High win
the pennant.
It is doubtful if this league has ever
before had as many good shortstops
playing at the same time as it has
now’.
FRAN* CHANCE WILL WEAR
ARMOR AT BAT THIS YEAR
NEW YORK, April 19.—Manager
Chance has hit on the idea of using
a headgear when he goes to the bat
this year up at the Polo grounds and
on American League baseball fields
The Yankee manager is confident
that with the use of the dress he
will regain Ins »ld confidence and be
as good as he ever was with the
F0)D for Sport Fans
PIKER.
Croesus gazed upon his treasure
Piled around in many a heap.
Yet it gave him little pleasure
And he sat him down to weep.
“I have labored night and daytime,”
Was the burden of his wail:
"I have sacrificed my playtime
To increase my pile of kale.
"I have skinned my next door neighbor,
I have flimflammed friend and foe,
I have spent my life in labor
t For this little chunk of dough.
•"Enters now a baseball geezer,
Walks upon his fejlow men
Jumps on them like .Julius Caesar.
And they hand him all their yen. •
"He pulls down the milk and honey
And he doesn't even try;
When It comes to making money
I’m a common bush league guy/’
Mr. Cobb arises to inform the world
that he can make $1,000 a month with
his barnstorming athletes. If he can
only play fifteen months a year he can
afford to leave Detroit flat on its back.
race. Ban Johnson says: "The weaker
clubs are stronger." Important, If true.
Mike Donlin refuses to join Joe Can-
tillon’s team, possibly on the theory
that he has not arrived at the proper
age.
"We don’t want to get out in front
arid set the pace," quoth J. McGraw.
All of which is as good an alibi as any
other.
Al Palzer burst in with the Informa
tion that he is scheduled to do battle
with one Jack Johnson. Looking through
the files, we learn that Johnson once
was a pugilist.
THE B. B. HERO.
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of
pow’r.
And all that goes to make an ath
lete’s fame,
Are gone and all forgotten in an
hour.
If he should pull a bone and lose
a game.
Rudy Unholz asks us to refrain from
mentioning his name in connection with
free lunch. We hereby refrain. Rudy
Is a straight little guy except for his
legs.
Several hundred thousand enterpris
ing automobile firms will now burst into
print by offering Ty Cobb a $15,000 job.
THE MAGNATE'S PLEA.
"Knock, if you will, my haughty head,
But spare my gate receipts,’’ he said.
Tom Sharkey, the well-known philan
thropist. has opened a boxing school.
There is reason to believe that he never
will teach his pupils to be spendthrifts.
One might say that the National
League heavers have the Indian sign on
Jim Thorpe, might one not?
HE BEITS
The press a^ent informs us that Mr.
Lc Marin is like a bull, hut throwing
that animal is the best little thing Mr.
Zbyszko does.
Al Palzer. pugilist, has returned to
our hospitable shores. He was not
bothered by interviewers.
Far be it from us to disturb the de
funct, but what has become of Oscar
Matthew Battling Nelson?
THERE’S A DIFFERENCE.
The home team wins. "Grealc w’ork!”
the rooter cries.
It loses. "Bonehead luck!” he sadly
sighs.
There are several classy shortstops in
the ITep League this season. Tull, of
Marist; Parks, of Tech; Solano, of G.
M A.; Wells, of Peacock, and Spurlock,
of Boys High, are stars at playing the
short field.
* * *
Never before, since the league has
been organized, has there appeared so
many great shortstops. It will certainly
be a difficult matter to select a mon
for this position on the All-Prep base
ball team.
* * *
If there can be a choice at all it lies
between Spurlock and Solano. Solano is
playing grand ball with a losing team,
but he can not bat quite so well as
Spurlock. He fields his position as neat
ly as any shortstop in the league.
Spurlock has a good head and pos
sesses the ability to hit the ball in a
pinch. *
* * *
The three leading pitchers are Calla
han. of Marist; Fox. of Boys High, and
Parks, of Tech High. They are a trio
that is hard to beat. All of the boys
are whirlwinds at the art of twirling
and are as steady as a clock.
* * *
Parks is the best hitter on his team
and one of the best in the league. It
looks as if there will be three pitchers
named for the All-Atlanta Prep selec
tion thlh year.
• * *
The Peacock School is placed at a dis
advantage in an athletic way. There
are a small number of students to draw
from. They are also considerably
younger than the majority of students
attending the other schools.
* * *
A few weeks more will witness the
annual prep athletic meet at Tech flats
between the prep schools of Atlanta.
The schools entering this meet will he
Marist. Tech, Boys High, G. M. A. and
Peacock.
* * *
At this stage it looks as if the main
point winners in the meet will be G.
M A. and Boys High. Marist and Tech
High, however, may come to the front
rapidly in the next few weeks and be
able to give a good account of them
selves when the final day arrives.
• * *
There seems to be a lack of good
jumpers an<1 pole vaulters among the
athletes in the prep schools this year,
while on the other hand there are more
sprinters, weight throwers and distance
runners.
* * *
Numerous prizes will be offered and
a c.up will be presented to the team
making the largest total number of
points as well as to the highest indi
vidual point winner.
* * *
The prep schools outside of Atlanta
teams this year. Riverside, G. M. C.,
Gordon, Locust Grove and Stone Moun
tain are all evenly matched.
•e w *
Riverside, perhaps, nas the shade over
the others on account of having the
services of Hicknian. He is playing the
best article of ball that has been seen
in prep circles in many seasons. He has
been signed to play with Washington
and will join them in June.
* # *
Armisiead, of Boys High, who has not
been showing up well thLs year, has at
last hit his stride. He is catching for
the team, and last year was an a11-
torep selection. He was' In j tiffed In a
football game last fall and did not
thipk he could play this year.
Bedell and Meyers are making good
headway with the track team at Tech
High. Both of these men are good ath
letes and are members of the baseball
team. Bedell has been tossing the 12-
pound shot 40 feet in practice.
PHILADELPHIA AND NEW
YORK FIGHT FOR DATES
NEW YORK, April 19.—To settle a
controversy over the dates fixed for
the American Henley, at Philadelphia
May 31, and the .Harlem regalia, in
May 30, the Harlem Regatta Associa
tion has filed protest with the* execu
tive committee of the National Associa
tion of Amateur Oarsmen urging the
refusal of sanction for the Henley date.
The local oarsmen assert that for the
past 40 years they have held their races
on Memorial Day and that the naming
of May 31 as the date for the Henley
is an unwarranted conflict with condi
tions here which would exclude local
oarsmen from the race on the Schuyl
kill. Telegrams were forwarded early
yesterday to western members of the
executive committee of the N. A. A.
O.. urging them to refuse sanction to the
American Rowing Association for the
Philadelphia races.
T IE Georgia scrubs defeated the
Tech scrubs on the flats yester
day afternoon. The sco>* was 2
to 1. The game was the best that has
been played at Tech this year, and
was a pitchers’ battle between Jordan,
of Tech, and Dur%ien, of Georgia.
After twirling great ball for his
teAm, Jordan had the misfortune to
make the only error of the game,
which spelled defeat for Tech.
In the seventh inning Jordan made
a wild throw and on this heave G-eor-
giai scored the winning run of the
contest. Wooten, Tech outfielder,
] made two swell stops. It was Ms
t spectacular work that kept the Geor-
’ gia boys from making at least three
more scores. The work of the Geor
gia infield was the outstanding fea
ture of the game.
Tech scrubs got 4 hits' and Georgia
••scrubs 5 hits. -
Pink Beat a Train
in Daredevil Ride;
He’s Immortal Now
Motion Picture Film Tells Tale of
Auto Dash Through Giant
Redwoods.
TROPICO, CAE., April 19,—A big Cole
motor car piloted by H. J. Pink tea
tured to-day In the making of a thrilling
film of a wild 14-mile race with one of
the fast Southern Pacific trains between
San Fernando and Tropico.
The story of the motion picture play
entitled "Bedford's Hope," hinges on
the necessity of the hero and heroine
beating a fast train by machine in order
to foil the cunning villian of the play
Barney Furey and Miss Alice Skinner
were the hero and heroine who took
part in the dangerous ride.
The setting for the play was ideal
i or miles the San Fernando Boulevard
parallels the Southern Pacific tracks A
speed of 65 miles an hour was neces
sary to outstrip the train, but, never
theless, the car won.
Pink has the highest praise for the
nerve of Miss Skinner, the plucky little
woman who rode in the car. "\Ve took
a chance at the crossing just above
Tropico that I would never have taken
m the world if she had not urged me
to try it,” said Pink afterward "We
had only the barest lead on the train
and of course it was necessary for me
to slow a little on the curve. We went
across the track on two wheels, and I
honestly believe the engine brushed our
rear fenders.
STUDEBAKER COAL RESERVE.
Several months ago the Studebaker
Corporation bought 30.(K>0 tons of steam
coal and stacked it in a corner of 1 the
main yard as insurance against fuel
famine. Employees have dubbed the
mountainous pile "The State of West
Virginia."
MORPHINE
III by new pair
WHISKY AND TO
BACCO H ib'ts Cured
v painless method. NO DE
POSIT OR FEE required ifntil cure
is effected. Endorsed by Governor and
other State ifficials. Home or sani
tarium treatment. Booklet free
DR. POWER GRIBBLE. Supt
Box £ft5. Lebanon. Tenn.
WOOD AND NUNAMAKER
BORN ON THE SAME DA'
BOSTON, April 19.—Curious bit fror
T, he Red Sox arc
onIy team in profession
Pfs^ali tbat can present a battery o
NSnamak J er the S&me '*—'*"*
Both of these athletes were born
tober 25, 1889. Can you Wt that ft
se^ef w»r!
SHORTSTOP BREAKS LEG
ROANOKE, VA., April 19.—Short
stop W. H. McComas, of Baltimore
who plays under the name of “Baker ■
of the Roanoke team, broke hot)
small bones of his right leg yester
day in the game here again*/New
port News He was attempting tc
steal second and the accident oc
curred as he was Sliding to the base
He will he disabled for the season
according^ attending physicians
TAKES McKECHNIE
NEW YORK Anril 19 tl. ,
of Tnflelder W. B Mckechnie wa“s
purchased yesterday from the Bos
Chance “e Newark® A Frank
League club. McKecknt e wiltbTtised
Pitts burg‘in l™Und pmS 2 T
mg^ to at. Paul, of the American