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( CHICAGO, April 21.—A1 Bridweli
is back with a thrilling story of
his adventures in the flood.
Hrid” does not think much of the
exploit. At least he is not setting
.self up as a hero. All he did
, a s to float forty miles in the dark
,n the swollen Ohio and wind up by
-. w ing the skiff into the s«cond-story
indow of his brother’s house and
mooring the boat to a brass bed
stead.
The trip from Ashland. Ky.. to
Portsmouth, Ohio, was made in fou-
hours and the distance is forty miles
Bridweli set out alone at 6 o'clock
in the evening and reached the sec
ond-story window a little after 10
o'clock. His* greatest difficulty was
to avoid being crushed in the mass
■ f drifting wreckage in the main cur
rent and at the same time prevent
he back current from carrying the
oat among the inundated forests on
the river bank.
Portsmouth was in darkness when
Bridweli neared his home and he was
in danger of being swept on down
(he river. Luckily »he recognized a
huge coal tipple and started playing
big league stuff on the oars wed
ibove the town. It required pluck and
'kill to manage the little boat, but
A1 was well equipped. On escaping
the swirling currents it was an easy
matter to steer the skiff to the sec
ond-story window and sing out. ‘Ye
ho. me lad, ye ho!’ just like a regu
lar sailor
Bridweli owns three houses at
Portsmouth. In one of them the wa
ter rose six feet, in another four and
a half feet and the dwelling his fam
ily occupied took in thirty-eight
inches of untidy liquids. The loss to
Bridweli is about $500. His home
stands on a knoll and he feared the
family would be surrounded before
taking flight. That was what worried
the athlete. He could neither receive
nor send word and worry drove him
to the risky boat trip. Meanwhile
Mr-\ Bridweli had fired up the auto
mobile and made her escape from the
threatened kholl -to higher ground
three days before the place was
s-wamped. All of which goes to show
that Mrs. Bridweli is a lady with a
bean.
FAMOUS HAWTHORNE TRACK
PURCHASED BY THOMPSON
CHICAGO, April 21. -John R
Thompson, a Republican politician
and business man. has obtained an
option on the Hawthorne Race Track
just outside of Chicago’s city limits.
The property during the racing
days was controlled by Ed Corrigan
and Richard Fitzgerald, but a year
ago it passed into the hands of
Thomas Carey.
The transaction is given added sig
nificance from the fact that simul
taneous with it a bill for a State
Racing Commission was introduced
in the Legislature at Springfield.
Mr. Thompson has shown in the
past greate# interest in harness
horses than in the running end of
the sport, but should the Springfield,
bill pass the chances are said to be
In favor of running races at the his
toric track.
COACH STAGG IS ILL.
CHICAGO, April 21.—Athletic Di
rector Alonzo A. Stagg. of the Uni
versity of Chicago, left yesterday for
Colorado, where he will spend two or
three months building Up his health.
He announced that he could not work
with the university athletes again
until the opening of the football prac
tice season.
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GREATEST FI
J AMES E. SULLIVAN, secretary-
treasurer of the Amateur Ath
letic Union of the United States,
who has had more experience at man
aging world’s fair and exposition
games than any man living, has ac
cepted the athletic directorship of the
Panar^a-Paciflc International Expo
sition.
With # “Jim" Sullivan holding the
reins the success of the great expo
sition games is assured. Already he
has proved his merit as an organ
izer in more than one world’s fair
Outside of world’s fair games he has
shown his master hand as a builder
with the wonderful organization
known a« the Amateur Athletic Un
ion. This union is his work, his
structure from foundation up. his
•hobby, and it has become world fa
mous.
Sullivan l« Prominent.
In 1900 Director Sullivan was as
sistant American director of the
Olympia at Paris. In 1904 he was ap
pointed head of the athletic games* of
the St. Louis Exposition, which were
also the Olympic games of that year.
In 1906 he was American commission
er to the Athens Olympiad. In 1908
he was secretary of the American
commissioners at the London Olym
piad at Stockholm. Hp was athletic
director of the Buffalo Exposition ! n
1901 and of the Jamestown Exposi
tion in 1907.
The “big chief’’ is* enthusiastic over
the prospects for the holding of a se
ries of great sports events in San
Francisco and is of the opinion that
the nations of the world at large will
send their best athletes to compete
in a series of international games.
Sullivan announced upon his ap
pointment that he was in favor of
scheduling every form of athletics and
would include everything on the pro
gram from school children’s games to
aeroplanes. Anything and everything
between earth and sky will find ( a
place on the sporting calendar of the
1915 exposition games.
! The modern pentathlon for which
j the Olympic games committee has do-
I nated a special medal. Sullivan thinks
will be the big drawing card for the
international athletes. This is a “med
ley” affair, taking in horseback rid
ing. revolver shooting, swimming and
running, and appeals particularly to
the army athletes of Europe. Though
the majority of the United Slates
army men are not exactly proficient
in the event. Sullivan expects to see
a large entry from our army, as
there is plenty of time to prepart
for it.
Prep League
News and Notes.
Southern League After Fast Men
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Crackers—Barons Lead on Path
Bv Jack Law.
N OW that the Southern League
season ha» started, the question
again arises as to which city
has the fastest team. Every manager
in the country, be it in the large -r
small organizations, is striving to
collect players who are fast on the
bases, and oftentimes a good hitter
is sacrificed to put a man in his
place who can negotiate the bases.
A fast* team generally has all the
advantage over their slower oppo
nents. and unless superior pitching
and heavy hitting goes with a slaw-
team. they cannot expect to cope with
a club that possesses good baserun-
ners.
In the Southern League it is about
a loss-up whether Atlanta or Birm
ingham has the better baserunning
club. One of the new recruits of the
Crackers stole more bases last year
than any player now in the Southern
League. Roy Keating, who is now
covering shortstop for the Atlanta
team, during last season purloined 57
bases in the Virginia League. Of
course, the Virginia League, in which
Keating performed, is not as dst s
the Southern League, but teams in
that organization had some very good
catchers, and therefore his record is
not a fluke one.
McGilvray Is Fast on the Paths.
At first base McGilvray is a better
baserunner than is Agler, although
Agler is above the average as a baso-
runner. At second base, Whitey Al-
perrnan. of the Atlanta team, will
steal over twice as many sacks as
will Marcan. Keating at shortstop
last year stole 57 bases, while Ellam
succeeded in beating the catcher’s
throw to the bag 27 times. Carrol at
third base for Birmingham and Smith
for Atlanta can’t be compared, as
they did not play in anywhere near
the same number of games, although
it would appear from general obser
vation that Carrol was the bett**r
baserunner.
In left field McBride, of the Birm
ingham team, proved himself a better
baserunner than did Bailey, as in the
same number of games the Birming
ham left fielder purloined 25 sacks,
while the Cracker left fielder was
stealing 19. In a comparison of Wel-
chonce, of Atlanta, and Messenger, of
the Barons, the Birmingham outfield
er has the advantage, as in about the
same number of contests Messenger
pulled off 21 thefts, while Welchortce
could garner 16.
A fair comparison could not be
made fetween Long, of the Atlanta
club, and Senno, of the Barons. How
ever. Senno, who played last season
in the Central Association with Ot
tumwa, committed successful larcen
ies 43 times in 320 games. Long in
63 games stole nine bases
About an Even Break.
Taken collectively the Atlanta and
Birmingham teams size up rathe*
evenly in the baserunning department
of the game. It isf very unlikely that
either Keating or Senno will be i?
successful in getting away with thefts
in the Southern League as frequent
ly as they did in the Virginia League
or the Central Association.
The Mobile club has quite a good
baserunning team, and the old nun
from the team of last year ranked
well up in baserunning last season.
Here are the baserunning figures . f
the four regular men of last year's
team: Paulette 22, Odell 31, Starr 29
and Jacobson 16.
Milton Stock, of Mobile, secured
from the Buffalo club of the Interna
tional Leagu6 by way of New York,
showed that he was no snail on the
bases by copping 27 bases in that
fast organization. Clarke, who cov
ers left field for Mobile, lias always
been considered a superior baserun
ner, and it is hardly probable that he
has sloyed up to such an extent that
he will be able to steal about 20 or
more bases this season.
.Dave Robertson, m right field, is
aimost an unknown quantity as re
gards baserunning, as he never
played enough with McGraw’s club
last reason to get a line on his ca
pabilities in this department, Lea
while playing at college and later
with the outlaw Tidewater League he
was recognized as the fastest man in
the league.
In Breen. Montgomery secured a
man who can get around the bases
as fast and successfully as any man
in the league. Wares, the little se-
ond baseman of the Montgomery
team, was the best baserunner in the
Southern League last year, with tin-
exception of Jimmy Johnston. .Tam-
zen, who covers left field for Mont
gomery, is exceedingly fast on his
feet and should develop into a fin.
baserunner.
If baserunning could decide a pen
nant race the race this season in the
Southern League would be between
Atlanta, Birmingham and Mobile,
with Montgomery right there should
her young outfield show speed.
Baseball Summaries.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
Atlanta at Nashville.
New Orleans at Mobile
Memphis at Montgomery.
Birmingham at Chattanooga.
Standing of the Clubs
BLUE
GEM
$4.75
Best Jellico $4.50
PIEDMONT COAL CO.
Both Phones M. 3648
All records for shortstops In Southern
colleges were smashed when Lamar
Bovkln, of Alabama Preshyierian <.ol-
lege. accepted seventeen chances with
out an error in a game with the Ala
bama State Normal School the other
day. His father is president of the
Georgia Alabama League.
* * *
Boys High team will play <1. M A
tomorrow afternoon at (.ol.ege 1 arte
They had little trouble in disposing of
the 'Cadets last Thursday, and are not
worrying about the result to-morrow.
Marist will meet Peacock Wednesday.
Following is the, present standing of
the Atlanta Prep League:
\Y on
Boys High j*
Tech High ... J
Marist J
G. M. A J
Peacock u
Lost. P C.
0 1.000
1 .750
.500
.250
.000
1
3
Sam Armistead, of Boys High, has
hit his regular batting stride. In the
game last week with G. M. -V. Sam
knocked a homer and two doubles.
I Armistead was the leading slugger in
ihe Prep League last season.
* * *
The Atlanta Boy Scouts. Troop 3.
have one of the best baseball teams
ihis vear that has ever been seen among
amateur nines here. The Boy Scouts
are anxious to get games with any
team in the city composed of players
under 15 jears of age.
* * *
Coombs and Dozier, pitchers on the
l, G I nine this year, are making it
hot for the teams In ihe prep schools
of the South. Neither of these men have
given up more than five hits in any
game played this season.
The Locust Grove Institute baseball
team has won six straight games this
vear It is a pity this school is not
entered in the G I. A. A., as their ath
letic teams could give a good account
of themselves with any prep school in
the State.
W. L. P.C.
Atlanta 7 2 .778
Mobile 7 4 .636
N'vllle. 5 3 .625
Mont. 6 4 600
W. L P C.
M’mphis 4 6 .400
H’ham. 3 5 .375
N. Or. 4 7 .364
Chatt. 2 7 .222
Yesterday s Results.
Memphis 9. Montgomery 4.
New Orleans 2. Mobile 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
Detroit at Chicago.
St. Louis at Cleveland.
I'uston t Philadelphia. .
Washington at New York.
Standing of the Clubs.
CHICAGO BALL FANS PLAN
BLOWOUT FOR JOE TINKER
CHICAGO, April 21.—Joe Tinker,
leader of the Cincinnati Reds, and
President Garry Herrmann will bo
feted by Chicago friends of Tinker
on the eve of April 29, when the Reds
make their first invasion of Chicago.
Bad weather prevented the Chicago
TinkVr looters f: >m making the trip
to Cincinnati for the opener.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
T IE first nail and board will be
laid to-day for the big new five-
lap track on the old Circus
Grounds. .Jack Prince has been in
the city for one week, very busy
gathering together the necessary ma
terial. Prince nas built tracks in
Chicago and other large cities. He
says he nas seveial new ideas to put
In use on the track being built
here.
This track will hold a speed of 90
miles per l\our and on short rides
like five and ten miles the riders
should be able to go at the rate of
40 seconds to tho mile. Motorcycle
racing has proven to be a big suc
cess in Chicago and the West for the
last several years.
The demand for these motordromes
is growing and shortly after the At
lanta track is finished Prince has
calls from Washington, D. C\. De
troit. Milwaukee. WIs., and several
cities out in the Far West.
In addition to having under con
tract all of the fast motorcycle
racing men, Prince also has several
of the best auto racers, such men as
Barney Oldfield, Teddy Teslaff. Ralph
De Palma and others. If arrange
ments can be made Prince will build
lone of his big Triple Radius* tracks
J in Atlanta and give races here with
ill of the crack automobile drivers
in the world.
But for the present he will confine
himself to the motordrome and show
Atlanta people* some real speed and
dose races. He expects to hav'e the
track finished by May 10th. and to
hold the opening meet around that
date. These rac-s will be run week
ly until September.
\
DE PALMA TO COMPETE IN
500-MILE SWEEPSTAKES
INDIANAPOLIS. IND. f April 21.—
That Ralph De Palma will compete
In the third annual 500-mile Interna
tional Sweepstakes Race at the In
dianapolis Motor Speedway, May 80.
is now* an assured fact. Formal en
try of three Mercer cars, with De
Palma heading the team, has been
received by the Speedway manage
ment.
De Palma will have as team mates
Caleb Bragg who last year divided
the road-racing hampionship of the
United States with De Palma, and
Spencer Wishart. All of the Mercer
cars will be four cylinders.
Kilbane Wants to Battle Ritchie
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Feather Champ After Light Title
I. 0. O. F. SPECIAL
SAVANNAH, GA.,
MAY 27TH.
By H. M. Walker.
L OS ANGELES, CAL, April 21.
“Get out of the way and let
somebody fight that C* A N
FIGHT.’*—Johnny Kilbanes message
to the lightweight champion of the
ring
This clever boxer, holder of the
world's featherweight title, is willing
to go out of his class and battle for
the lightweight championship.
Meets Dundee Next Week.
One week from to-morrow night
Kilbane defends the 122 pound hon
ors against Johnnie Dundee, the New
York feather, the boys meeting be
fore the Pacific'Athletic Club at Vei
non in a scheduled twenty-round con
test.
Should he win. Kilbane will on the
following morning, go through the
formality of issuing a challenge to
the lightweight champion. Willie
Ritchie, posting $2,500 with the writer
as evidence of good faith.
“It’s just like this.” said the cham
pion’s manager, Jimmy Dunn, in ex
planation to-day. ’ After winning
over Dundee, we will have cleaned up
the featherweight division. Our
natural move is to go after the light
weights. Ritchie is a poor excuse
for a champion. Johnny and I have
talked the situation over for months
past and we feel confident that he
ran whip Ritchie if the latter will
make the lightweight limit, 123
pounds, ringside.
Tom McCarey Fav%,-s Match.
“Promoter Tom McCarey likes the
idea and w e have assured him that our
terms will be so easy to meet that
he will feel free to open negotia
tions with Ritchie.”
In Los Angeles, Johnny probably
would go to the post an even money
risk against Ritchie, as this is the
one city in America that does not
regard Ritchie as a real champion.
I assured myself that Kilbane was
sincere before I consented to have
go to the newspaper
the
said Promoter
with
M c( 'urey
his
him
plane.”
day.
"Billy Nolan, being a smart man.
knows that such a match would pack
the arena her-' and it would l»e just
like him to 'call' Kllbane’s hand.’’
THOMAS MEETS WHITE AT
NEW ORLEANS TO-NIGHT
NEW ORLEANS. LA.. April 21. -
Joe Thomas, the local 'lightweight,
and Charlie White, of Chicago, are
on edge for their scheduled 10-round
bout here to-night. Both boys are
coming l< the front rapidly and th*
tight should be one of the best stag
ed here in some time.
Thomas recently defeated Yankee
Schwartz. Eddie O'Keefe and Frarikh
Whitney at Atlanta and is being
boosted as the - oming lightweight
champion. Charlie White has bested
such boys as Young Shugiue, Qwef
Moran. Johnny Dundee and Pal
Moore.
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
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Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. I
M w kee 6
K. City 7
M’apolis f>
St. Paul 5
C
50
3 .700
4 .556
4 .556
W.
I’apohs. 4
L’ville. 4
("Thus. 3
Toledo 1
L. P C
4 .500
6 .400
5 375
7 .123
Yesterday’s Results.
Toledo 8. Minneapolis f>.
Milwaukee 9. Indianapolis 2.
Louisville 13, St. Paul 8.
Columbus 12. Kansas City 9
Wash.
Phlla
C’iand
Chicago
W. L. P C.
4 0 1.000
6 3 ,80ft
H 3 .66 7
5 5 .500
W.
Detroit 4
S. Louis 4
Boston 2
N. York 1
PC.
444
.400
.286
.167
Yesterday’* Results.
Detroit 3. St. Louis 2.
Cleveland 2. Chicago 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
New York at Boston.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
Chicago at Cincinnati.
Pittsburg at Chicago.
Standlr*g of the Clubs.
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! In order to properly take care of I.
O. O F delegates bnd their friends
who will attend the Convention at Sa-
; vannah. May 28th-29th, the Central of
I Georgia Railway will operate special
] train, to leave Atlanta 8:40 a. nr. May
27th. stopping only at Griffin and Macon,
i and scheduled to arrive in Savannah 6:00
j p. m. This train will be composed of first
class coaches and parlor car. A paasen
ger representative will accompany this
I train to render the delegates every nec
essary attention In addition to this
i special train, there are two other daily
j trains each way through without change,
j leaving Atlanta 8:00 a m. and 9:36 p. ni
Returning, trains leave Savannah 6:45
a m and 8:00 i> m. Those leaving on
night trains, and desiring sleeping car
r servations, can make same now by ap
plying to
W. H. FOGG.
Distr.ct Passenger Agent.
Marietta and Peachtree Streets., At-
larftu. advt
Old Hats repaired at
Bussey’s, 281-2 White
hall street.
Phiki.
P’burg.
N. York
Chicago
V. L. P C.
3 1 .750
5 2 .714
4 2 .667
5 3 .625
W.
S. Louis 3
Br’klyn. 2
Boston 1
C’nati. 1
Yesterday's Results.
Pittsburg 5, St. Louis 4.
Chicago 3. Cincinnati 2.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games To-day.
Columbus at Albany.
Savannah at Charleston.
Jacksonville at Macon.
Standing of the Clubs.
jplum, WhlDkrr I>ru* Habit* treated
t Home or at Sanitarium. Book on tubjo.-t
E Free. DK_ B. M. WOOLLEY, 24-N. Victor
I Sanitarium. Atlanta, f^orc'a.
W. ... PC.
J .Tville. 2 1 .667
' ('has ton 2 1 .667
Macon 2 1 .667
W
C’l’bus. 1
Albany 1
Sav’nah 1
L. P.C.
2 .333
2 .333
2 .333 1
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