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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1913.
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Jeff Had a Peculiar Way of Figuring Profit
By “Bud” Fisher
II GIT 'HOPE
By VV. W. Naughtnu.
S AX FRANCISCO. April \j.—
’’Snowy” Baker, the man who
has succeeded Hugh D. Mcln-
losh, as Australia's leading light pro
moter. is possessed of the ambition
to discover an Australian born husky,
who can be developed into the grea*-
#»st world beating; heavyweight of all
times.
In pursuance of his quest. Baker
has departed from the methods us
ually followed by sporting managers in
search of ring talent. He has appoint
ed agents throughout the land and
lias advertised over the whole of Aus
tralia's three million square miles of
arrltory.
He has set forth that when choice
its been finally made for all the
would-be champions who have made
application and undergone Inspect ion,
the fqllow r chosen will live in clover
for two years.
He will be clothed, fed and paid ■
good wages and all that will be r *-
qtiired of him will be to pay strict j
attention to the men employed 10
f«ach him the science of rlngman-
»hlp and adhere strictly to the rules
<»f correct living.
Task No Easy One.
Baker recognises that the hunt for
iiis idol will call for all the patience
he is endowed with. He expects set
backs and■ disappointments and has
made up hie mind not to be dis- '
-ouraged or turned aside from his
purpose.
He believes that even if he has
arried a recruit along to a certain
point some flaw will develop that will
>uggest the advisability of (ailing a
halt and sending the novice back to
?he mines or the shearing sheds or
wherever he came from.
in which case "Hnowy" will grab
mother package of raw material and
!>eg!n all over again. He is deter
mined to tind the man he is after or
know the reason why.
According to news brought by a j
recent mail there were a couple of
hundred applications for the Job after j
• »nc month of publicity.
The would-be champions ranged in j
uge from 18 to 23 years and weighed
all the way from 180 to 230 pounds, i
It may be that Baker will become
alarmed at the dimensions his scheme
has assumed, but he appears to think
that he hus a thorough grasp of
tlie situation and that he will be able
to sift a whole regiment of stalwar.s, I
f necessary, and locate the most :
promising man in the bunclv.
Champions Are Born.
Needles* to say. it is a dearth of
good heavyweight material in Aus-
ralla that 1ms impelled Baker to this
- ourse. It remains to be seen what
will come of the scheme. Some old j
time trainers will tell you that cham
pions arc born, not made, but whether
they are born or made, Baker feels ,
hnt they must be advertised for.
A par; from what the scouring of
ihe highways and byways of Auk- 1
iralia may bring forth, Baker has;
three ' ex-amateur heavyweights in
process of development Just now.
These are Gordon Coghill. forinei
amateur heavyweight champion of
Yustralia; Albert Pooley and Harold
H>ers. The last named is a West
\ustrallan who was unearthed by the
Vmerlean colored pugilist Sum ' Me*
Vea during a tour of the Western
• ouniry. McVea made a pupil of
Evers and coached him along. Evers
stands six loot thi- and Is spoken
><t as a fellow of infinite promise.
Ooghtll won his spurs recently by ‘
rfesting Syd Fitzsimmons of New 1
/•.aland, a nephew <»f the veteran
Fitzsimmons. The two heavies nut
In the first of a series <>f ellmina-
'ion bouts at the Rushcutters Bay
Stadium in Sydney and Fitzsimmons
was knocked out In the fourth roun 1
Fitzsimmons was put down twice in !
he third round and although he bat
tled pluckily was so palpably marked
f or defeat in the following round that
his seconds threw up the sponge.
Lang vs. Curran.
The scarcity of heavyweights in
Vuvtralia has fired some of the old j
imers with the ambition to get back
into harness Rill Rang, wno has
been out of the game for quite a i
while, is to box Petty Officer Curran j
of England some time thin month in
Melbourne. The pair met once before |
In London and l*ang lost on a foul In
he opening round
Even Rill Squires boshters" Bill
hRS heard the trumpet call, and is
iiastening ringward. A great light j
seems to have daw ned on Bill. He '
says hr sees now that what ailed
him in the past was conceding too
much weight to his opponents. If-
s after the light heavyweight title
of Australia now and will never go
<>ut of his class again.
Rill’s most formidable rivals in the
light heavyweight division are Dave
Smith, who lost to Eddie McGoorty
!n New York, and Jerry Jerome, an
Australian aboriginal. Smith is the
light heavyweight champion at pres
ent. Jerome is forty years old but
for all that ia quite a factor in Aus-
rallan pugilism. He boxes with the
right hand forward And reserves his
'eft for knocking out purposes.
AU things considered the outlook
for the development of high class
boxers in Australia is rather gloomy
just now. Hughie Mehegan, their
best man. was defeated by Freddie ’
Welsh in London and Herbert Mc
Coy. who was considered Mehegan *
Host dangerous rival, was recently
knocked out in Sydney by Jean
Poesy, a Frenchman.
SWEDISH ATHLETES ARE
INVITED TO BIG GAME
CHICAGO. April ! *.—Swedish ath
letes who won championships at the
Olympic games in Stockholm last
summer ar** to b-» invited to narticl-
nate in the American Olympic games
o be held here from June 28 io July
If the . -.hietes -mcide to come the>
will be given a free trip by Charles
Person. President of the Swedish
Hub of Chicago, and by Everett C.
JJrown Director-General of th^
mtee A ' - ' G , exp uses .>f :J .
trips over and back would be
r. ’N ttf xm m hile their
fenses from N Yo k Cnicag
return would be taken can* of
■>y the management of the tourna
ment
The announcement via- made at .
meeting of the Board of Dim tors
last night.
Crackers Batting Bit Above Form Boxi “ s Con ™ iss “ n ,
^ -■ ^ ^ Praised For Work
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Can Slump 20 Points—and Cop
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Viw II. Whiting.
W HENEVER an American ath
letic team journeys over to
England, conservative critics
iimi it necessary to discount their
chances of attaining success by allow
ing for the effect- of the English
climate. Most British authorities have
been accustomed to ligure a similar
decrease in chances of winning when
a team from the other side crosses
the Atlantic, but the men managing
the British polo invasion think they
have figured out a way of beating
the American climate, which will
make it an aid rather than an ob
stacle in the problem of regaining
the International trophy.
• When the first plans were made
for the coming polo matche.- it was
announced that the squad of ponies
which would be used bv the English
players In the international competi
tion uouliigbo shipped across the At
lantic months ahead of the games.
11 was planned to have the British
mounts spend the winter on Long
Island. The time for the arrival of
the players wum figured for a date
much in advance of the second week
in May, recently announced as the
time of the arrival of the foreign
poloista and their mounts.
The reason for the change is that
the ntanagement of the British expe
dition figures that It can do better
by attempting i<* catch the American
climate on the wing than by a scien
tific attempt to become accustomed
to it In other words, Captain Miller,
who Is managing the invasion, thinks
that by having players and ponies
arrive hero Juat a fen week* io ad-
van* e of the playing date, the brace
of the American weather will serve
as a stimulus instead of a handicap
to them. t
"The plan wouldn’t be feasible in
any sort where the actual competi
tion was to extend over a lengthy
period of time," said one of the Amer
ican players to-dav. "But. you cee,
the polo matches will be all over, in
the space of a few days. In chunging
from the English to the American
climate an athlete’s condition is sure
to be affected In the long run, and
there must come a time when the
difference in air and water will result
In a temporary lowering of vitality.
The first effect of n trip across the
Atlantic is bracing, however, and the
English think that the improvt ment
will last long enough to vend the men
up against the American team in
better playing form than thev ever
enjoyed in England."
OLD SPANISH GHANDEES
WOULD GASP AT THIS!
SAN JUAN. I\ R.. April „* The old
Spanish highway from rtan Juan to
Ponce, Porto Rico, is to-day the setting
for a sight which would make the jplu
Spanish grandees gasp, could their
spirits but return. V* here stage coaches
and carryalls used to bump along from
hacienda to hacienda, autos whiz past,
making record time between the two
points mentioned.
It takes twelve hours by rail to make
the trip, when trains are on schedule,
and before that a couple of days were
needed to drive the distance New the
Atlas line of autos makes it in five
hours
FREDDIE WELSH ISSUES
DEFI TO LEADING BOXERS
CRACKERS have
A crazy. They’ll calm dot
gone
down ni
ter awhile." say the fans of other
Southern League towns. "They just
happened to run amuck. Memphis
did it last year They’ll wake up,
don’t worry. They’ll be lucky to fin
ish bumetoenth.”
And lest there be disappointments
in store for Cracker fans be it said
light now that the locals are un
deniably hitting a good .25 point*?
above their regular form. They are
fielding at almost exactly their regu
lar form or three points under, to be
exact.
Here are the figures;
Bat. Av. Field Av.
Crackers of 1912 255 .948
Crackers of 1913 280 .94 5
A study of the dope books demon
strates that, while Individual averages
will fluctuate. tYie average of a team
will be much the same from year to
year, provided the members of the
team are the game.
Let's compare, therefore, the but
ting and fielding of the Crockers of
tills year, with the batting and field
ing of these same men (most of them
with other teams) last year, for it
will give i
Aglet
Alpeiman
Keating .
Do bard . . .
Smith ....
Bailey ....
Welchonce
Dong
Dunn
McAllister
Graham ..
Reynolds .
Musser . . .
Brady ....
Weaver . . .
Bausewein
Price
Becker ...
Club averages.
gooU !
ne on
what we
t year:
Batting
Fielding
average.
average.
1912
1918
1912
1913
. .258
. 160
.986
.964
. .286
.323
.953
.983
. .252
.227
.902
.82 i
. .209
.500
.925
l.OUU
•> -
.207
.954
965
. .315
.385
.905
.850
. .325
.300
.981
.903
. .200
.323
.978
1.00)
. .280
333
.963
.941
. .253
.907
. .239
.287
.937
1.000
. .259
.333
.951
1.000
. .165
.30!)
.905
1.000
. .250
.250
.864
.800
. .800
.909
. .250
.143
1.000
1.000
. .175
.909
.500
•. 255
.280
.948
.945
T HE CRACKERS are likely to
slump a little rrom their present
exalted batting average. They ere
"busting" the ball a shade too hard
to last. Alperman, Do bard, Dunn,
Graham, Musser and Brady are all
batting above their stride. Tonpnv
Long is showing a lot more with
the bat than he did last year—possi
bly a good bit more than he will b.»
able to show this year.
T HE CRACKERS *of this years
team who played here last year
ought to do better work with ‘he
willow in 1913 than in 191 -. The all
joy stuff of 1912 is gone. And 'he
team is a winner instead of an awful
looser.
Wally Smith, Harry WelehoncL
Lew McAllister, and Buck Weaver
are in more congenial surroundings
than lattt year. So a team average
better than that indicated by last
year’s* records can be counted on.
It is worth noting, too. that ftie
t 'rackers can fall off a lot In batting
and still win tlie pennant. To-day
they average of .875. They h ive
won seven games out eight.
But it doesn’t take j- iy average like
that to win a pennant.
The Crackers can easily fall off
twenty jtointe in team batting—which,
likely enough they will, and still'
win the pennant—which they ire
likely enough to do
• * •
T HE thing about the Crackers that
does not show in the averages i*
their pinch-hitting ability. This year
whenever a run has been needed there
has always been somebody there to
drive it over. A hit in a pinch doesn’t
do any more for your averages than
one in the open. But it makes :CI
the difference in the world in the
effectiveness of a club.
What with a few steady hitters, a
couple of sluggers and only a few
weak hitters the Crackers seem to
have the most useful hitting club
of Atlanta's baseball career.
British Athletes to
Study Field Events
Cobb Issues Final
Baseball Statement
NEW YORK. April IV -Freddie
Welsh, lightweight champion of Eng
land, is out with a defl for fights with
Leach Cross, Jack Britton. Ed Wol-
past. Willie Ritchie and Packe> Mc
Farland in the order named. Welsh
says he will sign tor any of these
bouts at Once.
Special Cable to The American.
LONlK)N. April V. A widespread
campaign to popularize field event*
among the schools and clubs of the
United Kingdom has been started by
F A. M Webster, who declared that
all he know s about these events was s«-
i-ured from Ktnerican sources and who
is emphatic in the belief that the only
way for the British to become proficient
in them is to adopt, instead of criti
cising. American methods He has se
cured the consent of the athletic author
ities to include several events in the
championships which have not been rec
ognized l^ef ore.
Backed by the Field Events \ssocia-
tion, which is given weight by being
presided over by Sir A. Conan Doyle,
Webster has started an educational
campaign which he hopes will provide
so many contestants for the added
events that there will never be any
question as to the wisdom of Including
them.
Berlin in 1916 is the shining objective
(»f these students of the art of jumping
and heaving, and strenuous efforts will
he msde to wipe out there the humiliat
ing record which Great Britain made in
these events at Stockholm.
AUGUSTA, GA., April 19 —Here is
the "farewell” statement just issued
by Ty Cobb, the hold-out Detroit
outfielder:
"It seems I am a burden to the
Detroit Club as a trespasser of its
rules. If that be the case let Presi
dent Navin put a price on me and
I’ll take a chance on being able to
negotiate my own release.
I don't think 1 shall ever play with
Detroit again. I would much rather
join some other club. This Is pos
itively my last statement in
matter."
this
KILBANE AND DUNDEE AT
WORK FOR TITLE MATCH
LOB ANGELES. April 19.—Johnny
Kilbane. featherweight champion, and
Jolinnv Dundee. New York aspirant,
got down to real training yesterday
ter their twenty-round bout which
will be si aged at Vernon, Cal., April
29 Betting odds slightly favored Kil
bane.
MERCER AND EMORY TO
CLASH IN FIELD MEET
MACON, OA.. April 19.—Mercer
University and Emory College will
( lash in their first annual field meet
May 10. This will be Emory's first
participation in inter-collegiate ath
letics, and the initial venture of each
institution in field day affairs
BIG STAKES WILL BE ! M’CARTY
RUN AT BELMONT PARK WITH LUTHER M CARTY
BOYKIN ACCEPTS 17 CHANCES.
ANNISTON. ALA.. April 19.—La-
mt( Boykin, shortstop of the Ala
bama Presbyterian College, made a
record yesterday In a game against
the State Normal School, of Jackson
ville. which the Prebs won 23 to 4.
Boykin accepted seventeen chances
and made only one error. He is a
won of President Boykin, of the Geor-
gia-Alabama league.
Governors Sulzer and Cox Thank
Gotham Fighters For Aiding
Flood Sufferers.
NEW YORK. April ft.—At the
weekly meeting of the State Boxing j
Commission yesterday two letters!
were read, one from Governor Sul
zer and the second from Governor
Cox. of Ohio, praising the work of
the commission in connection with
the benefits held for the flood suffer
ers.
Governor Sulzer’s letter follows;
Charles J. Harvey. Esq., Secretary
and Treasurer. 41 Park Row, New
York City.
My Dear Sir:
Many thanks for. your very kind
letter. I certainly appreciate the
good work you have ddne for the
flood sufferers of Ohio and have sent
a copy of your letter to Governor
Cox. %
With best wishes, believe me ever
very sincerely your friend,
(Signed) WILLIAM SULZER.
Appended is the message of Gover
nor (’ox, of Ohio:
My Dear Friends:
For the stricken people of Ohio
I want to thank you for your
•ffering. We are touched not more
by these substantial generosities
than by the largeness of the hearts
of those from whom they flow.
Sincerely yours.
(Signed) JAMES M. COX.
The commission then sent William
Gibson, President of the Fairmount
A. C„ a letter extending him a vote
of thanks for his part in the benefits
CHICAGO AFTER BIGGEST
POLO MEET IN YEARS
CHICAGO, April The consent
of Major General 1 2 .eonard Wood, chief
of staff, is all that is needed to bring
together this summer the greatest as
semblage of polo players ever Been in
the history of the game.
It is the intention of the committee
In charge of the Olympic games
schedule,] for Chicago in July to bring
the famous army polo team here, and
to that end Harry M. Higginbotham,
chairman of the polo committee, has
written Major General Wood asking
his permission for them to come.
Invitations have been extended to
the Meadowbrook team of New York
City and to the Villa Nova and Bryn
Mawr teams of Philadelphia. Teams
from Virginia als > have been invited
Devereaux Millburn, Harry Payne
Whitney. J. M. Waterbury. Jr., Law
rence Waterbury and other well-
known players are expected to be
present.
WALLACE OUT OF OPENER
FIRST TIME IN 17 YEARS
ST. LOUIS. April '‘‘—Bobby Wal-
lace, who played in the major leagues
longer than any player of to-day, was
not in the line-up of the opening game
of the season for the first time in his
career.
The veteran’s name did not appear
In the Browns’ batting order. In the
place of Wallace was Dee Walsh, a
St. Louis boy. whose performance at
short during the training season and
in the city series is the talk of the
town.
Wallace expected to start his eight
eenth season at the "opening game.
Seventeen years in the major leagues
is a good record, better than any
other man claims, and if age is now
demanding her toll Wallace should
not complain.
But it is by no means a settled fact
that Wallace will not play in the
major leagues this year.
Hal Chase May Shine at Second
© © e © O © 0 BIGGEST IN YEARS
Yankee Star Gets Real Try-Out
By A. 11. <’. Mitchell.
N EW YORK. April — Hal Ohasr,
a left-handed baseball player,
will have his first real chanre
to demonstrate his ability to play
second base thi.* season.
Baseball men all over the country
are interested in the question wheth
er lie can make good In that posi
tion or not. The professional ele
ment of baseball is particularly in
terested in the question.
When it was first announced that
Chase would have a try at the bag.
wise old baseball owls gravely shook
their heads and predicted dire fail
ure. As a first baseman Chase had
demonstrated his worth. He has been
pronounced the best In the business.
Being left-handed helps rather than
hinders a fir-t baseman. He i.s in
position to make many infield plays
that a right-hander would find al
most impossible. But a left-handed
second baseman—that is something
else already.
Plays Hal Made.
For instance here are some of the
plays he made in a recent game
against Boston.
The first grounder that went in his
direction was in the very first in
ning. He was hardly set in his pos
ition when Hooper, the first man up
for the Red Sox. drove a hard grass
cutter, which if it had gone through
the diamond would have gone
through about five feet to the right
of second base. < ’hase came running
in and got his hands down on the
ball, but it glanced from his fingers
and before it could be recovered,
Hooper was saf3 on first. The ball
was hit with such force and Chase
had come from such a distance to
take it that the scorers gave Hooper
credit for a safe hit which, of course,
saved Chase an error.
Prince Hal had nothing more to
do in the field except to look pretty
(and he Is a pretty good looking fel
low' at that) until the last of the
sixth. Then off Lewis, the first man
up, he raced out into right field and
took a Texas leaguer that looked
safe from the-stand. Gardner was up
next and Larry drove a screeching
grounder that was headed for center
field and was ticketed for a single.
Chase sprinted at full speed toward
second base, caught the ball on the
bound in his gloved (right) hand,
passed it quickly to his left hand,
whirled around to the right and whip
ped the ball to first with almost one
motion.
The throw Was straight and true,
right into the first baseman’s hands,
and Larry was an easy out. Chase
had executed a hard play in a way
that made it look easy.
On that play alone the question as
to whether Chase can make good at 1
second ought to be settled once and
for all. It. was a good play for even
a right-hander to make.
The Sunday American goes every
where all over the South. If you have
anything to scli The Sunday Amer-
j'ican is "The Market Place of the
J South.” The Sunday American is the
‘best advertising medium.
Jimmy Clabby, through his manager,
Frank Mulkern. has decided to accept
Kddie McGoorty’s weight proposition,
158 pounds at 6 o’clock, to fight ten
rounds at Denver May 2. Clabby has
been holding out for ringside weight,
bui McGoorty refused to make it.
* * *
Pal Brow’n. who battled Ray Temple
to a draw at Milwaukee Wednesday-
night, will cancel all bouts until ’July 4.
Brown must, undergo an operation on
his right e.ar. His ear was damaged
by Jerry Murphy in a recent bout at
St. Joseph, Mo.
m * •
Johnny Coulon writes from his home
in Chicago that he is getting into great
shape for his fight with Tommy Hud
son, the Detroiter, at Windsor, Canada,
April 30. This will be Coition’s first
fight since he met Kid Williams, the
Baltimore sensation, at New Y’ork, Oc
tober 18, 1912.
* * •
Johnny says he will beat Hudson
easily, fake on a few more short bouts
and then go to the coast for a long fight
with either Williams or Campi.
* * *
It looks as though it would be a safe
bet for some of these wise ginks to
look inside of Matty McCue’s glove in
the fuxure. From the way he clouts
them he must have a ton of lead hid
somew-here
A Chicago critic writes that Charlie
White is sure to beat Joe Thomas at
New Orleans Monday. It is a safe bet
that this same critic never saw’ Mr.
Thomas in action. Joe can certainly
swing the padded mitts with the best
of them.
NEW YORK. April * *. The Suburban
Handicap, the Lawrence Realization and
other historic stakes will be revived this
year at Belmont Park, where the racing
reason will open on Decoration Day,
to continue until July 5
T.iere will be racing on Tuesdays.
Thursdays and Saturdr ye.
WASHINGTON AFTER NEFF.
WASHINGTON. April . Johnny
N. ff. the University of Virginia short-
stop, is wanted b> the Washington
Senators, but h< say** he will mu
leave college uu'.css a plutocrat’s
NEW YORK. April 19.—Luther Mc
Carty, white champion, and 1-Yank
Moran, the Pittsburg fighter, were
yesterday matched to box ten rounds
here on April 30. Moran will receive
a percentage.
KEEP DIRT OUT OF TANK.
In measuring the amount of gasoline
in the tank by means of a stick, be
sure that the stick is clean, not onl>
of dirt, hut of any matter which might
be loosened by being partially dissolved
b> the gasoline. The object is. of
course, to prevent the introduction of
! r* igr. particles into the gasoline, to
clog up the feed pipe
FIRST WOMAN DRIVER.
Mrs. J. H. Phillips, who was the first
woman to drive an automobile In the
streets of Chicago and who is proud of
tho fact, now lives in St. Louis and
drives a Hudson Six." Mrs Phillips
started driving in 1899. and at the Hud
son booth at the Chicago show for sev
eral days was called upon again and
ugain to relate tiie stories of her early
experiences in the city streets.
BREWERS CUT SQUAD.
MILWAUKEE. April 19.—Manager
Clark, of the Brewers, lias cut down
his squad by releasing outfielder
Powell. Inflelders Recl> and Eus and
Catcher Stuart to the Milwaukee Club
til the Wlsconsi \-Illinois League
Charlie White is a wonderful ring-
man. and w-ould give any bof weigh
ing from L$5 pounds to 130 pounds a
neat trimming. However. Joe Thomas,
weighing 133 at 3 o’clock, appears to
be a trifle too good for the Chicago
whirlwind.
Freddie Welsh, lightweight champion
of England, has received an offer of
83.5(H) to meet Ray Temple or Kid
Scaler at Calgary. Alberta, in a fifteen-
round affair May 24 Harry Pollock,
manager of Welsh, Is considering the
proposition.
New York boxing critics are referring
to Luther McCarty as the "Cheese
Champion.’’ Not a very good moniker
for a title holder to be carrying around.
Danny Morgan is trying to get Jack
Britton matched with either Joe Rivers
or Willie Ritchie on the coast. Tom
McCarey, however, refuses to make any
match until he receives some definite
facts from the Ritchie-Nolan combina
tion.
Young Jack O’Brien find Phil Cross
will exchange wallops in a ten-round
bout at New York Wednesday night.
The boys are fighting for the welter
weight championship of the East.
George "Knockout” Brown, the Chi
cago middleweight, is now fighting in
Nek Y’ork. George recently handed
Bill Grupp a neat trimming in the
Eastern City, and is now after a scrap
wtitli Mike Gibbons.
Penn’s Annual Meeting to Bring
Together Greatest Athletes
In Colleges.
P hiladelphia, April ft.—The
University of Pennsylvania’s
nineteenth annual relay races,
generally considered the most impor
tant intercollegiate and interscholas
tic games of the year, promise to be
bigger and better than ever. Though
the meet is five weeks away, namely,
on April 25, there are at present over
fifty colleges entered and over one
hundred preparatory schools and high
schools on the list, without counting
the Philadelphia grammar schools.
The latter races are restricted to
Philadelphia grammar schools only,
as it w’ould be impossible to run off
the numerous grammar school groups
that desire to be included in this big
meet.
Practically all the big colleges of
both the East anl West have already
sent wo*d that they will be on hand
either with relay teams or. if they
have not material fast enough foe the
championship relay events, with their
best athletes for the special events.
The latter events have come to be re
garded as the real college champion
ships of the country.
Olympic Athletes Entered.
Several .Olympic athletes are al
ready entered. Pennsylvania’s great
Olympic Champion, Meredith, will run
on Pennsylvania’s freshman one mile
relay team. Lippinc ott, Penn’s famous
sprinter, w r ho scored in both sprints
at Stockholm, and in his heats made
new world’s records for the 100
meters and the 200 meters, will run
in the 100 yards. Nicholson, of Mis
souri, who was leading in the final of
the hurdle at the Olympics, but fell,
will compete in that event.
Many other fa-nous athletes from
Cornell, Yale, Harvard, Princeton,
Michigan, Chicago, Syracuse, Notre
Dame, Illinois and other colleges will
make these special events up to the
highest class as they have been for
several years now. Bartlett, of
Brown, now generally accredited with
being the greatest all-round college
athlete in the colleges, will compete,
not only in the shot-put, in which
he is a star, but in three or four
other events.
Relay Event Is Feature.
As usual, however, the relay cham
pionships for the colleges and the
schools v ill be 'he star events of the
cay. They promise to furnish mag
nificent races, with the very best
teams in America entered. It can be
truthfully stated that for several
years all the teams having a chance
in this very high-class competition
have been on hand. Several colleges
expect to have record-breaking teams,
and they will have a chance to show
their real merit, for it will be neces
sary to go close to a record to win
any of these championship events.
The scholastic championships are
filling just as well as the college
laces. Already Meroersburg, Hili,
Exeter and Lawrerceville have enter
ed for the Preparatory School cham
pionship to represent the East, with
Evanston, the Western champion, to
represent the West.
WILSON COLLINS ACCEPTS
TERMS TO JOIN BRAVES
NASHVILLE, TENN., April it/.—
Wilson Collins. Vanderbilt Univer
sity’s star pitcher, football player and
all-round athlete, has accepted the
terms the Be^ston National base
ball efub. and will leave to-morrow
night to report te> Manager Stallings
at Boston. It is stated that he has
been guaranteed $2,500 for the sea
son. but the terms have been kept
secret. Collins pitched against the
University of Tennessee yesterday
and won without trouble.
TINKER HAS W PITCHERS.
CINCINNATI. OHIO.. April \ Man
ager Tinker, of Cincinnati, will have to
weed out six pitchers from his staff of
hurlers when he gets ready to cut down.
He has fifteen heavers <»n the staff and
he pis ns to use nine during the season
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
BULLETIN ANNOUNCED
CHICAGO, ILL.. April 1J.—The
American Association clubs to-day
gave out the following list and con
tracts and releases since April 9:
Contracts—Columbus—J. T. Jones’,
Leonard Cole. James F. Moroney.
Sidney Smith, A. K Shelton, William
Johns, Fred R Cook, John Kimball,
George McQuillan, Frank Davis, Ray
P. Miller. Walter Gerber, Elmer Ben
son, Ernest Robertson. Leo J. Mur
phy, Fred Bruck, Ona Dodd, Joe
Vance, George Perring, William Cra
mer, William Hinchman. Frank Ed-
lngton.
Indianapolis—(’has. Stewart.
Kansas City—Leo F. Murphy, V.
Schlitzer, L. H. Fiene.
Milwaukee—Thomas* Jones, Harold
Juul.
Minneapolis—Wilbur Smith. Glenn
Liebhardt. Wade Killifer. Frank
Owens. George K Waddell. Irving
Young. Jas. T. Williams. Claud Ross-
man. Horace Leverett. Roy Patter
son, Fred Olmstead, William Lelivelt,
David Altizer, Geo K. Brown, A. S.
Ferris. N Allen. William Burns.
Frank Delahanty.
Toledo—James H. Dygert, John F
EPPA RIXEY SIGNS 1913
CONTRACT WITH PHILLIES
PHILADELPHIA, April iO.—Eppa
Rixey, the left-handed pitcher of the
Philadelphia National League base
ball club, yesterday signed his 1912
contract and left with the team for
Brooklyn Rixey’s failure to sign
sooner, it is said, was due to his de
sire to continue his studies at the
University of Virginia until June.
Warren. Lester F. Stevenson.
Releases:
Kansas City to York, Neb.—B. Ev-
erdon.
Unconditionally—Brandon, Palmer,
Henry. Jos. H. Clarke, to Grand Rap
ids; R. Roth, to Missoula Mont.. K.
H. Mears; to Evansville, Ind., L. H.
Cann.
Milwaukee to Fond Du Lac Club
Mutz Ens.
Toledt) to Cleveland—Fred Falken-
berg; to Pensacola, Omer Benn and
Jack Tobin.
Suspensions—Indianapolis, T’red
Hunter; Minneapolis, Barney Pelty
Reinstatements—Indianapolis. Fred
Hunter: Milwaukee. Grant McGlynn,
S. E. Breen.
WELSH AND KETCHELL TO
CLASH IN TEN-ROUND GO
NEW YORK, April Vj.—Freddie
Welsh, the lightweight champion of
England, has finally succeeded in ar
ranging a match. Since his arrival
here two weeks ago his manager,
Harry Pollock, has been looking
about for a fit opponent for the clev
er Briton to try his wares on. A1
Ketchell the game and hard-hitting
lightweight of Bridgeport, Conn., has
agreed to take on the Englishman on
the night of April 28, In a ten-round
bout at Bridgeport,
DILLON MATCHED TO BOX
BOB M0HA ON APRIL 28
MILWAUKEE. WIS., April 13— Bob
Moha, Milwaukee, and Jack Dillon, In
dianapolis, have signed articles for a
10-round boxing contest before the
South Side Athletic Club, on April 28
They will weigh in at 160 pounds.
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