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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, MONDAY. APRIL 21, 1913.
SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
Then~-A Voice From Downstairs
Copyright, 1913, National N«wh Ass't
By Tad
THIS SEASON
By Monty.
N EW YORK, Aprfi ‘.a.—The*
fighting team is the vogue of
the day. The fighting manager
is the propelling force. Confession
of inferiority against a rival Is un
known even among bands tabbed as
tailenders or near-tailenders for the
season of 1913 just dawning. Wit
ness the first ten days’ performances,
and the outstanding impressive fac*
is the manner in which the underdog
has arisen and grappled with the
loftier clan. Pennant winners have
been swatted like the proverbial fly
and large gobs of glory have perch
ed on banners expected to be devoid
of that most desired thing.
It will be interesting to follow th>. ;
career jf the down-and-outs this yeai
unless early indications get knocked
topsy turvy. A battle royal is on
in both big leagues to keep out of
the cellar, and there should be as
much gore spilled in this tussle as
in the scramble of the upper set for
the flag. The most surprising de
velopment of all is the upward Jump
taken by the cellar troupes of 1912.
the Bostons of the National League
and the New Yorks of tne American
The mighty Giants bow before the
smashing assault of the former and
the great Walter Johnson gets the
scare of his life at the hands of the
latter, with a bevy of nine hard hits
off hie cannon 3hot delivery on the
season’s first day.
The Browns also have arisen with
lionlike disdain for the Tigers that
only four years ago were veritable
man eaters with pennants three to
their credit in a row. The Cardinals
and Brooklyn also have shown an
improvement not only in personnel
but also in spirit.
Players Working Hard.
C ue thing impelling tne players of
thel 5 teams to go out after great
deei Is the fact that a period of ex-
perl| mting is on in their ranks, and
the if n who allows himself to show
just ]fej.rifle worse than his rival will
be shotted to parts unknown in the
bushes. A group of men all fighting
for their big league careers are like
ly to exhibit something genuine in
the way of sincere endeavor.
The list of helmsmen from begin
ning to end bristles with qualities of
real go-to-it-iveness. Every one of
the new arrivals to the managerial
circle is a scrapper. Frank Chance,
the only new leader in his league, has
been noted for his ability to lick any
member of his team and his willing
ness to do so when occasion de
mands. He has his men travelling
with the same gameness. Joe Tin
ker is beginning nis work at the head
of the Reds by showing much of the
same quality, learned while a toiler
under Chance, and whatever may be
said against Johnny Evers, nobody
will accuse him >f being likely to al
low the Cubs to let. up any in the ef
forts to land higner than the base
ball public believes Charley Murphy
deserves.
Stallings On the Job.
George Stallings, who ran the old
Yankees from the foot to within one
of the head a few years ago, has
sent his Bostons away from the mark
with the same dash and fervor
George Stovall lid things at Cleve
land and now has begun to repeat
with the browns. Miller Huggins has
the Cardinals disputing every inch of
ground. Bill Dahlen at last seems
to have had some luck with his
Brooklyns and his young team gives
the early impression of being chock
full of the right spirit. Joe Birming
ham has the Clevelands up or. their
toes and going. Nothing need be
said about the nature of the spines
in Johnny McGraw, Jake Stahl, Con
nie Mack, Hughey Jennings, Fred
Clarke, Clark Griffith, Jimmy Calla
han and Red Dooin.
Fighting Magnate Present,
The fighting magnate is another
^present-day institution. Detroit fans
may have done some howling over
the* failure of the club to meet the
terms of Ty Cobb, but President Na-
vin is right in no: allowing the play
er to dictate to him. If Cobb were
worth tho $15,000 that he has been
demanding, there would be a differ
ent angle to the matter. But he is
not. He does not begin to be as val
uable a man to his club as Hans
Wagner is to the Pirates. If Cobh
should be regarded as the perfect
outfielder, he would not be as valua
ble as the Dutchman, who does not
get nearly that much money.
But with ail uue credK to the fan
fare and bombast about the Geor
gian s great hitting and base-run
ning, he misses being the perfect out
fielder by several city blocks. Cobb’s
greatest fault lies in the fact that he
plays for himself rather than for the
team. His mind is on a big batting
average and a large total of stolen
bases. He doesn’t go out of his way
intentionally to hurt the team, but the
winning of games is of slight con
sideration to him. If he is able to
win the game by some particular
great piece of work of his own, all
very fine. But when it comes to do
ing some little thing that will help
a team mate turn the victory and get
credit for it, the Peach has been
proved 'to be not there.
Cobb Is Selfish.
This selfish desire to bask in the
limelight himself is not Cobb's only
fault. He has a disposition that is
all against the preservation of the
best discipline. The $10,000 offered to
Cobb is largely because of the star's
drawing ability as a star. Beyond
that he i-; of little value to the club.
Mav be as he completes a few more
reasons of play he will steady down
a little in various ways and learn
*hat the game of ball, played proper-
v, is like the game of life, depend
ing largely on personal sacrifices for
the good of the family. Until he
gets this firmly drilled, self-drilled
in*o his head, and until he can learn
to control himseif under stress, he
can not be regarded as the perfect
cutfielder.
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By Jack Law.
J OHNNY DOBBS boasts this
year of one of the quaintest
characters in baseball. Luther
Taylor, the deaf mute pitcher, Dobbs
secured from the International League
is best known to baseball fans as a
member of McGraw’s Giants, and was
for years a reliable twlrler on his
club.
While there have been several
mutes In baseball, there are only two
that gained national prominence In
the major leagues. These two were
Dummy and Dummy Hoy.
Taylor acquired his first experience
as a member of an independent team
at Decatur, Ill. His ability soon at
tracted attention, and he was secure]
by the New York Nationals. In the
soring of 1903 he jumped to the Cleve
land club of the American League.
He was sent to New Orleans a month
ahead of the Cleveland team with
Addle Joss. Gochenauer and Ea-l
Mocrs. Armour was evidently afraid
some National League manager would
kidnap them. Taylor, however,
stayed but a short time with the
Cleveland team, subsequently joining
the New York team, from which he
jumped.
He Was Popular Player.
Taylor, although deprived of speech
and hearing, was one of the best
matured players in the profession, and
possessed a keen sense of humor. His
sign language aroused the risibilities
of players and spectators, but was
not always taken in the same spliL
by the umpires.
One day in a game between New
York and Fittsburg, it started to rain
while the New York club was in the
lead. The rain, while it lasted, was
heavy enough to make the grounds
very wet, but did not last long enough
for the umpire to decide to call the
game. As usual, the New York play
ers entered a vigorous protest, but
without avail, and the game was as
sumed. Taylor had secured a pair
of rubber boots somewhere, and final
ly came out on the field, picking out
the dampest spots he could find, with
the rubber boots on his feet. The
umpire failed to see the humor, and
Dummy was banished from the gam**.
He was later given a short sus
pension by the president of the lea
gue for his comedy stunt.
That times have changed in base
ball Is shown by the fact that Arlie
Latham pulled off a similar stunt
but succeeded in getting away with It.
The team on which Latham was play
ing was in the lead one day and it
commenced to get dark, and requests
were made by the team that the gam*
be caljed? but the judge of the play
couldn’t see it that way. One inning,
when I^atham went to his position
at third base, he carried a lantern
with him and pretended to be looking
for thiwl base. The chances are that
If a player pulled anything like that
now the powers would give him the
limit.
Taylor Will Stick.
Dobbs states that he will keep Tay
lor.
Dummy Hoy, the other mute who
gained fame in the majors, was m
outfielder and played with the Wash
ington, Cincinnati and Louisville
clubs in the National League. Be
ing a mute was about the only thing
that could be held to be detrimen
tal to Hoy’s .Ability as a player, r.s
he could hit, throw, run and field as
well as any of his more fortuna e
brother outfielders.
$15,000 FUTURITY TO BE
STAGED AT KALAMAZOO
Gunboat SmYth is After Jack
Johnson; is After Wife Too;
Would Prefer Suffragette
B} r A. D. Opester.
B OSTON. Apn*. .. -Right off the
mitt, let it be said that these
statements are mathematically
and puglllstlcally accurate;
Edward irenaeus equals Gunboat.
Smyth equals Smith.
These things being admitted, the
way is open to saying that Edward
Irenaeus Smyth—spelled S-m-y-t-h,
remember, is in town as Gunboat
Smith- But tie doesn’t belong to the
Smiths—spelled S-m-i-t-h. Folk of
that ilk can't claim him for their
own.
As a mater of family tree correct
ness, this latest*of the ‘‘hopes’’ who
are yelling for a chance at that “black
despair” Johnson, is Gunboat SmYth.
Edward Irenaeus—or Gunboat,
whichever name you fight fans pre
fer—had some interesting things to
put across in an interview I had with
him. He says there is a dearth of
piano movers and truck drivers in the
land, as all the huskies are quitting
their Jobs to join the “white hope”
brigade.
Then for a knockout to the hopes of
the “hopes,’’ Edward Irenaeus shoved
this one over:
Smith Gives Real Dope.
I am the man who can lick
Johnson. I put the big black
brute through the ropes—yes,
sir, clean through the ropes—
with a haymaker (see note be
low) when I was his sparring
partner several years ago.
You botcher life I did, and 1
can do it again. And having done
it once, is any man better quali
fied to win back the heavy
weight championship to the white
race than yours truly?
(This is the note: Edward Iren
aeus says a “haymaker" is a wide
swing >f his x trusty-busty strong
right arm. Mr. SmYth says farmers
make hay with similar slashing
swings.)
But this isn't all that Edward
Irenaeus said.
He says he IS a woman's suffra
gist—in this he defies Luther Mc
Carty. who ISN’T a suffragist—he
says he is looking for a wife who is
a suffragette, but who must be able
to cook he says he can cook, sew,
wash dishes, scrub floors, launder the
clothes, and fill the housekeeping bill
generally.
What he says he can do is enough
ro make the pub : lc wonder why he
IS>«VN
GUNBOAT’S RULES
ON RIGHT LIVING
Here’s how Gunboat Smyth eats
and sleeps.
Rises at 7:30.
Eats soft-boiled eggs, toast and
tea.
Walk? and jog-trots four miles'.
Eats in a go-as-you-please help-
yourself lunching event at noon.
Belts the medicine ball, punch
ing bag and his sparring partner
every afternoon.
6 p. m.—Eats two or three
pounds of porterhouse steak every
night.
10 p. m.—To bed.
Says he needs eight hours sleep
and tries* to get nine.
didn’t come into the spotlight before
he whaled Bombardier Wells into
laying low while the referee counted
ten over tin Britisher's prostrate
form.
That was hardly a month ago, and
with that Wells wallop Edward
Irenaeus arrived into boxing fame
and a theaterical contract.
He’s Fussy About a Wife.
Says he:
I don’t intend to be knocked
out til! I get in the matrimonial
line. I’m hoping to meet the
right girl. When she heaves in
sight I’m going to buy her a real
ring.
• You see the navy gave me a
great education. On the cruiser
Pennsylvania 1 learned to cook—
horn and egg . coffee, boiled
spuds and not burn them either—
wash clothes, scrub floors and do
Household things' generally. But
I’m n )t saying I will guarantee to
do these things when the right
girl comes along. She’d have to
do all that.
She’s got to be a suffragette,
too. Sure, women should vote.
Haven’t you g«>u any faith in your
mother? But, lemme tel), you
this. I wouldn’t want to come
home and find my wife out
speechmaking if she hadn’t cook
ed me something to eat. Betcher
life I wouldn’t.
There’s one thing Edward Irenaeus
didn’t learn aboardship. Would you
believe that he never heard that Bos
ton is noted for its beans? Well, he
never did.
“But I’ll try ’em now," he said.
ZBYSZCO TRAINS ON MILK
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PHICAGO, ILL., Apr,. —Ste
wards of the Grand Circuit have
decided that the $15,000 horseman
futurity, one of the richest stakes of
harness racing, shall he decided at
the meeting at Kalamazoo. Mich.,
August 4 to 9, inclusive. Word of the
decision was received here to-day by
the guarantors of the stakes.
Among the horses eligible to tho
main division of the race this year
are Magowan, 2:10 3-4 Peter the
Gay, 2:10 3-4, and Lord Allen, 2:11.
the three fastest 2-year-old trotters
of 1912.
In the 2-year-old trotting division,
the record yearlings eligible for the
stake include Airdale, 2:15 3-4, gen
erally considered the world’s cham
pion ’ yearling trotter: Peter Vole,
2:19, and Hester C., 2:21 3-4. the fast
est yearling trotting filly of last year.
The stake closed In 1910 and first
money in the main division will be
$7,500.
Gotch Started as a Boxer
d-s-h +•+ d-s-i- +•+ d-»d*
Knockout Alters Career
d-sd" d-«d- +•+ d-*+ +•+ +•+
He Then Pursues Wrestling
Bv Frank Gotch.
World's Champion Wrestler.
M Y ambition was to be a prize
fighter, along with other boys
who have read the lives of
champion boxers. While I was work
ing hard on a farm in Iowa I was
dreaming of the time when I might
be a renowned fighter, but I didn’t
entertain that desire after a certain
happening up in Alaska
Finally my chance came. There
was a boxer of some note up there
named Frank Siavin. He was really
a good fighter, not a champion, by any
means, but one who had considerable
experience and a punch that would
have done credit to the oest of them.
Has Visions of Fame.
One fine day—how well I remember
it—they were looking for an opponent
to face Siavin. The news reached me
and I jiimped at the chance. At las*t I
had an opportunity of engaging in a
real bout. My dreams of a brilliant
pugilistic career crystallized into con
crete form. Already I saw myself
known to fame as a rising young belt
wearer. I lander the battle all right
and we met.
Although I'm a pretty big fellow
myself, J really believe 1 never saw ft
man who looked ?o husky as Siavin
did that night. I’ve heard the story
of the second time Jim Jeffries fought
Monroe out on the coavt. Monroe had
held Jeff to a standstill in a four-
round exhibition pome time before up
In a Montana town and the miner
really thought he h.*d a chance *.o
beat Jeffries, especially after Jeff had
held off fighting him. The truth was
that Jeffrie^ wife objected to his
boxing any more, but the report
spread around that Jeffries was afraid
of Monroe.
Well, when they finally met they
had to hold a towel in front of Mon
roe’s face when Jeff climbed into the
ring, he looked so big and powerful.
Jeff, you may remember, stalked over,
Jerked the towel away and yanked
Monroe to his feet to shake,his hand.
I’ve been told that Monroe was beat
en before the scrap really started.
His Guess Goes Amiss.
It wasn’t that bad with me when I
foujht—if I can use that word—with
Siavin. For I really thought I could
beat him, and was in fine training. I
had another guess coming.
Two blows were struck during that
memorable fight—once when he hit
me and once when 1 hit the floor.
Never afterward did I have any over
whelming desire to be a fighter.
Ail t remember is that I got up
when the bell rang, and, I believe, I
squared off at him. He sort of smiled
and then cut loose a ripping Jolt that
caught me flush on the Jaw. I think
I hit the mat almost a? hard as he
hit me. Well, anyway, I took to the
wrestling game after that
As far as wrestling goes. I had the
good fortune to have Farmer Burns
as a teacher. If there’s ever been as
craftly a wrestler as Burns on this
earth I’ve not been informed. He
has taught me many of the best
things I know about the game. Of
course, a fellow had to have strength
and an average amount of brain work
to go along with it.
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10 GET RIGHTS
T HE fact that both Presidents
Johnson and Lynch, of the two
big leagues, recently turned
down the suggestions of President
David Fultz, of the Federation of
Baseball Players that players be giv
en a chance to state their side of the
case before fines are Imposed, the
movement for more justice for the
players is growing.
There is little chance that this
suggestion will be acted on for the
present at least but the resentment
of the players against the method
which has been in practice for so
long is becoming deep seated, and it
is quite probable that this matter
will cause a disturbance in the na
tional pastime unless it is adjus v-d.
President Fultz spent considerate
time during the past few months
bringing the matter to the attention
of the major league presidents.
President Ban Johnson, of the Amer
ican League, turned the suggestion
down with scant ceremony, while
President Lynch pigeon-holed it.
President Fultz is, however, still
hopeful that the demands of the play
ers for a right that is given men In
other lines of work will be granted.
Commenting on the issue Mr. Fultz
said:
Of course I realize that the umpire
should be supreme on the field, and
when he thinks a player should be
sent to the bench, why, he should be
sent, and no argument.
"But,” he went, on, “the point 1
wish to emphasize is the fact that
when the umpire sends in his report
the player Is fined on the facts as
stated. The umpire’s stand in the
case is bound to be prejudiced.
“As a matter of fact, I expected
just the sort of reply from Johnson
that he made to my suggestion, and
believed that I was wasting time in
writing to him. President Lynch
pigeon-holed* my letter, said It. had
been received and all that; that’*
his way.
“I wrote to President Johnson last
winter and asked that the players
be given better protection during the
games and that something be done
regarding tho language used by some
of the spectators. Same results as
in this case.”
Blanding Thought He
Could Fool Ty Cobb
Pitchers Often Think They Have
Discovered Weakness In Batter;
Then Guess Again.
Shortly after Joe Jackson combed out
a lofty average and finished the season
of 1910 as leader of American league
baiters, George Muhin declared that Joe
had a glaring weakness, and that the
South Carolina genius was only an or
dinary batsman.
George has had ample reason for re
gretting that statement since then. 11
the figures were available It probably
would be discovered that Jackson s bat
ting average against Muhin in 1911 and
Wnich brings to mind a secret which
Fred Blanding thought he had discov
ered last season while Birmingham was
in charge of the Cleveland Club.
"I can fool that fellow on a curve,’’
said Fred to Joe,, referring to Ty Cobb.
“Never mind trying to fool him, Fred,"
answered Joe. “Just shove one over
the plate and pray. That’s the best
way. But it on the outside and make
him hit to left field.”
Fred did Twice Tyrus filed to left
field On Ty’s third trip up Fred de
cided to take a chance. He decided to
try that curve on the inside, which he
thought would fool the Georgian.
Ty was fooled—fooled so badly, in
fact, that he only secured a triple in
stead of a home run The ball ianded
high on the right field screen at League
Park.
“You certainly did fool him,’’ said the
manager after the inning was over.
MICHIGAN IS PICKED TO
WIN PENN RELAY RACES
PHILADELPHIA, April > Athletes
representing the University of Michigan
are being picked as the victors in the
Penn relay races booked for this city
on April 26. Fast Western material
will compete against Eastern stars, and
some speed and records are looked for.
but when the entire situation is sized
ui) the Wolverines stand out best as
point winners.
Michigan. Illinois, Chicago. North
western Missouri. Notre Dame, Ohio
State I tab ami Brigham Young have
all entered men in the different events.
Drinks 2 Gallons of Liquids a Day
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By Ed W. Smith.
C HICAGO, April > i.— Most umazing to lighters and fight fans Is the
training work being done by the big wrestlers who are to meet In
the Coliseum next week In what Is termed a match for the world's
title, a little conceit on the part of the management to which nobody
appears to object seriously.
Perhaps the average layman knows only iu a general way about,
the training methods of fighters, but there Isn’t one man In 100 who
wouldn’t gasp in astonishment to learn that one of these wrestlers be
lieves In plenty of fluids as a diet and drinks somewhere around two
gallons of liquids a day!
That Is exactly the ease with Zbyszco. the imghty Polish athlete,
who Is regarded as one of the greatest of the foreign stars and who
doubtless Is capable of giving any man living a beating on the mat—
nearly.
...
T HE average trainer of a fighter would be horrified to have his man
dispose of anywhere near l hat amount of stuff daring the course
of twenty-four hours.
But the training method of the fighter and the routine and detail
adopted by the wrestler of the day are at vast variance, one system
making the other smile with Ill-concealed ridicule.
Not only, does Zbyszco believe that his method is entirely correct
in his own particular case, but he sees in It much virtue for others.
And others are following out his idea, too, so that the wrestling method
of training during these strenuous days may be set down as strictly
"wet.”
Mind you, this word is not used in the ordinary sense and made
to cover beer and other alcoholic drinks.
The Pole eschews them strictly.
Milk and vlchv form hiR entire liquid diet—and, believe me, he
can majie a milk ciin look mighty tired after he gets a good shot at it.
The can stands no more chance with him than would Humid Kalla
Pasha.
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O NE gallon of Vichy and a gallon or more of milk dally puts the Pole
In his best condition, to hear him tell It, and is one of the real
reasons why Zbyszco. In common with other wrestlers who follow his
system, can wrestle every night In the week, with long railroad jumps
in hptween, and not only live, but actually thrive under It.
Fighters miiBt go through that harrowing process of drying out on
the day of a fight in order to get most of the liquid out of their systems
and reach the weight required.
Wrestlers of the heavyweight variety never have any worries of
this sort. This is the main reason, according to the studious Pole, why
wrestlers last for years after a fighter has completely outlived hts ring
usefulness.
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I T IS not at all uncommon for Zbyszco to lose from ten to fifteen pounds
of weight during the course of a heavy bout lasting perhaps an hour.
Yet he does this without weakening himself and usually Is just as strong
and active at the finish of the bout as he was when time was first
called.
Fighters have marveled at this wonderful display of endurance and
stamina, especially when it Is done night in and night out, week after
week. Now they have the solution of the whole thing from one of the
greatest living exponents of the catch-as-cateh-can game.
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F URTHER, the Pole believes this vast amount of liquid keeps his blood
In the best of condition, nourishes him thoroughly, and while he
eats with tremendous heartiness, he asserts freely that he couldn’t
do what he does during a wrestling season unless he fairly flooded his
system with fluids.
But. remember that the Pole doesn't ever look upon the amber when
it is bright and foamy and cannot see liquor or wines at all as a neces
sary part of an athlete's regime. Which should get the Prohibition vote
for the big fellow, if nothing more.
MOTWJirr
^COLUMN-
W ITH Jack Prince getting ready to give Atlanta saucer-
track racing, and with local gun clubs booming again
Atlanta is threatened with a slightly greater variety of sport
this summer than ever before.
Jack Prince ought to get away with some good meets. Rac
ing on sharply banked tracks is bound to be exciting and At
lantans will pay well for anything thrilling.
Trap shooting has had an up-and-
down carper in Atlanta, chiefly down.
Yet It is undeniably a great sport and
with the proper boosting should go
big with tho?*e enthusiastic over the
shooting game.
Atlanta overlook? a lot of grand
sports, especially winter sports.
The city should have more soccer
football, some cross country running,
more track meets, more distance
runs, and all sorts of contents w hich
have for their purpose the improv
ing of the health of the boys and
young men of the city.
* • •
T F a baseball player receives as
* much as $4,000 or more for this
sen son’s work, would he be exempt
from the income tax now being en
tertained by Congress in case he plead
the amount was* received for vlx
months’ work and that lie did not
earn that much as u year’s salary?
To the fans who tackle statistics,
figures and all sport dope this will
prove rather an interesting query. Ac
cording to the income tax bill now
being given consideration, one must
pay 1 per cent on a yearly salary of
$4,000, the tax increasing in ratio with
the increase In yearly wage.
At present there are quite a num
ber of big league players who receive
much more than that amount. Now
the question is, will thepe ball players
admit that such is a yearly wage or
a half-yearly one, should the tax be
passed.
Should they declare that the amount
implies a full year’s wages, then they
will not be exempt, but should they
explain they receive that amount for
but six month** and that they do not
receive an annual salary, would legal
complications, as to what construe
tion must be placed on the law, fol
By Chick Evans.
I N all my wanderings about the
British Isles and at all tne tourna
ments I attended wnen abroad, I
cannot remember ever to have seen
a solitary player at practice.
Of course, I have seen a man awing
his clubs time and again, without hit
ting the ball, before starting out, but
when I speak of practice I mean
taking a number of balls and one
club and trying that and then an
other club and so on; or going out
to some difficult hole and trying to
play it in a certain way. This sort
of practice has a very definite aim
and has meant unlimited good to me
and I do not well see how I could
have developed my game without it.
Britons Surpass Americans.
To he sure, of late years I have not
been able to keep up the regular
practice of my school days, but that
is always a matter of regret. But
the Briton does not practice, to my
knowledge, In this sense of the word,
and yet the average British player
is very much better than the aver
age American.
Whether the fine British players
had graduated from the practice
class at the time I met them I do
not know. Certainly there was
very fine playing and an apparently
total lack of practice.
Not only is this true, but I have
discovered that the British player
really looks down on any one who
get? out and practices with the sole
Intent of winning.
I have heard they disliked a cer
tain famous American from the start
because he did not play much, but
went out and practiced silently and
constantly before the big competi
tion.
Perhaps they thought It looted too
much like business, and It is Just
here that national characteristics
•show most strongly.
Englishman Solemn Player.
The Englishman seems never to
think of his business when bent on
recreation, but he takes the game it
self with astounding solemnity. The
American finds It difficult to get his
mind away from his business but
he plays his game with cheerfulness,
not to say frivolity.
When I think of golf abroad I al
ways carry a picture in my ruJnd of
two silent, serious Britons going
around the links and giving a whole
hearted thought and care to the game
'hat seems absolutely impossible to
the average lighter natured Ameri-
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CRACKERS TO INVITE
OPERA FOLKS TO GAM
Nexi Wednesday will be grand
opera day at the ball park.
There is no grand opera mutlneu
that day and in consequence all of
the members of the Metropolitan
Grand Opera Company who are in
terested in baseball, or even curious
about it. will attend the contest as
guests of the baseball association
Last year when the opera folks
were here a number of them. Includ
ing many stars, attended the game.
Some of them witnessed a diamond
contest for the first time and thee
displayed great curiosity in the game
and how- it was played.
NEWARK BALL PLAYERS
HAD TO SIGN AFFIDAVITS
NEWARK. April j'—That ‘he
new salary list of $300 governing the
Class AA leagues is to be strictly ad
hered to was evinced when every
member of the Newark team of the
International League had to sign af
fidavits yesterday certifying to the
amount of his salary.
The $6,000 salary limit applies in
the International League, the Amer
ican Association and the Pacflc Coast
League.
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