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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, THURSDAY, APRIL 24.1913.
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Crackers Win Whirligiggy Game
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Becker, Weaver and Co. Get Good
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Harbison Pulls Off Quaint Play
By Percy II. Whiting.
A NY afternoon that Bill Smith starts Weaver and Becker ought to be
declared “fan day” at the ball park. For there is always such a lot
of good stuff doing.
Consider now the scores of recent Weaver-Bccker games, to wit, and
thus:
Wednesday, April 1&—Birmingham 11, Atlanta S: 14 nits by Barons.
Saturday, April lit Nashville 0. Atlanta 8: 11 hits by Vols.
Wednesday, April 23- Atlanta 8, Chattanooga 7, 10 hits by Fiber
kids.
Note the gradual improvement of the combination! They scaled the
runs down thus. 11, 9, 7. Also they settled down in the matter of allow
ing hits, to wit: 14, 11. 10.
That pair is getting good.
• « * *
W HAT the mischief the matter is with Weaver nobody seems to know.
If anybody had told Bill Smith a month ago that Weaver would be
knocked out of the box three times between April 10 and 23 inclusive
Smith would have snickered. But it has come to pass.
In yesterday's game Weaver was knocked out in the second inning
with two hits. But both were homers, from the bats of Curt. Klston and
"Gabby” Street.
* ♦ *
T HE knocking out of Weaver was as nothing, however, compared with
what the Crackers handed Chappelle. in the second inning the At
lantans batt e d clear around and three over and with six hits made 8 runs.
With Bailey up for the second time Big Bjll put his glove in his pocket,
turned on his massive heel and left the box. Kid Elberfeld had Forrest
More out in the bull pen, warming up and there was a long "delay before
he could be dug up. But Chappelle was through. He didn't give a cuss if
there weren’t any more pitchers anywhere. H e had finished, after one of
the saddest drubbings a pitcher has taken in the Southern league this
year.
* * *
i T was nice that Atlanta won for we should lie forced to admit otherwise
that it was—oh well, what's the use. We won. I,vt Chattanoogans
grow the wrinkles.
Of course the Atlanta in and outfield pulled a couple of bad ones.
Two fell safe that were within reach of three men. They went as hits
but they should have been errors. Everybody went after them, nobody got
them, nobody seemed to know who was supposed to get them. And there
you are.
But then we won.
* « *
I T fell to Douglas Harbison to celebrate his return to Ponce Delieon
park with quite the most amazing play of the day. It was in the fervid
second. Wally Smith was on third when Weaver tapped one to Harbison.
He sought Wally off third and a run-down was on. The ball was hurled to
Street and he slammed it back to Harbison. “Dug” closed in a bit and
Wally dashed for the plate, with Harbison close after him. They passed
Street, who was waiting to head Wally. They passed the mighty form of
Chappelle, poised in the path for the same purpose. Gradually Smith ap
proached the plate, with Harbison after him. but not gaining much.
There was need for a critical play. It was a crisis.
With a flash of genius Harbison drew back his mighty right and
HERDED THE BALI, FI LL IX THE MIDDLE OF SMITH’S BACK.
The strategy of the thing was lost on the fans. Our personal belief is
that Harbison expected to fell Smith with the blow and that he planned
then to pick up the ball and press it against Smith’s prostrate form.
But Smith, lining tough by nature, didn't mind the wallop and romped
across with a run.
, * * *
I T appears that the Crackers have something on the Lookouts. Yesterday
made the fourth consecutive victory of Atlanta over their hated rivals.
This afternoon Manager Elberfeld will try to reverse the count.
Just what the matter is with the Ellierkids nobody seems to know, ex
cept that they are weak on the slab. The rest of the team stacks up pretty
good, flabby Street is going like a wonder and his playing does a lot to
substantiate his claim that he’s just as good a catcher to-day as he ever
was in his life.
President O. B. Andrews, of the Chattanooga club, who witnessed the
game, says that he is not through strengthening the team.
“We will keep after it until we get a winner, if we have to buy ball
players all summer,” said Mr. Andrews.
And when a man goes out after anything with that spirit he usually
accomplishes something.
GIBSON BREAKS ANKLE;
OUT FOR TWO MONTHS
PITTSBURG, April 24. -There is
gloom in the Pirate camp to-day over
the news that Catcher Gibson's ankle
>s broken and he will be out of the
game, for two months.
Veil defiance
at Blood Disorders
K Remedy That Has Shown
Remarkable Purifying
Effect.
FRANKIE WHITNEY BEATS
REDMOND IN 10-ROUND GO
PUEBLO. COLO., April 24.—Frankfo
Whitney, the Cedar Rapids (Iowa)
boy, defeated Jack Redmond, of Mil
waukee, in a fast ten-round boutjiere
iast - night".""Avhitney”had“ihc~best of
nearly every round and put up a great
battle.
The first ‘wo sessions were 'about
the only even periods of the scrap.
After that Whitney solved Redmond’s
defense and had little trouble with the
Milwaukee battler.
Mort FIRST GOLF TOURNEY OF
SEASON AT BROOKHAVEN
The first golf tournament of the sea
son will be played on the Brookhaven
Club course Saturday.
This will be an 18-holc medal play
scratch event. Players can tee ofT from
the first tee at any time during the
day, if they allow themselves sufficient
time to complete the two rounds of nine
holes each.
Prizes, such as golf bags, clubs and
balls, will be awarded to the placers
•caking the low scores.
A L DEMAREE, the New York Giants’ promising pitcher, who was with Mike Finn’s Southern League Gulls
last year, herewith pictures his humorous impressions, both from the player’s and spectator’s point of view.
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THIS IS THE OPEN SEASON FOR RECRUITS
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
Vean Gregg figures that a red shirt,
usually considered lucky In baseball, is
an awful jinx.
■* * *
Ed Walsh is still working on his slow
ball. This is his eleventh season of
attempts with that delivery. Last sea
son he got his courage up to start it
twenty-one times. Nineteen times It
came straight back at him.
* 9 *
Vic Schlitzer seems to have waked up
this season and is doing good work for
tho Kansas City team.
* * •
Bob Fisher says that the ninety feet
between third base and home plate on
Ebbetts Field is his idea of the orig
inal lonesome trail.
* * *
Thank heaven, Retnag Hanaoj. who
has just broken into the sporting pages,
is a wrestler, not a baseball player.
A * *
Of course, It had to be Charley Frank
who made the first protest of the sea
son.
CHRISTY MATHEWSONS
BIG LIAGUI GOSSIP
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
NEW YORK, April 24.—Although tho season is not yet very old, two events have already
dented baseball history which may have a big effect on the results of the race. As if to show
no partiality Dame—or perhaps we should cal her Miss Fortune has planted one in each
league.
Ilonus Wagner is in bad shape, just how bad I do not know, but information has come
to in e from baseball sources that his knee js exceedingly weak, and its condition has so badly
worried Fred Clarke, the manager of the Pirates, that he took Wagner to Youngstown himself! Nate Lewis, manager of White, writes
to consult with the famous bonesetter, Reese. The big Dutchman lias been declared out of the ^ J ® « 8 *i ® u 1* r i 1
game many times before this and has returned stronger than ever. A few years ago, when
Charlie White’s victory over Joe
Thomas in eight rounds at New < »rleans
Monday night has boosted the Chicago
boy to the top of the lightweight divi
sion White also has victories to his
credit over Owen Moran, Young Shu
grue, Johnny Dundee. Pal Moore and
Steve Ketchel, which proves he Is made
of the real stuff.
the Pittsburg elqb was playing at
Sportsman Park before the new
Forbes Field was built, Wagner was
so crippled up with rheumatism from
standing on the dump ground of the
flat lands that it was thought then he
was nearing his finish. At that time,
Wagner wanted to quit the game, hut
Dreyfuss insisted that lie stick with
him.
Understand I am not reading Wag
ner out of baseball now. He may have
Protests
Made.
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Frank's protest standing in the 1 many years left in him. and none
Southern League reads something like more sincerely hopes so than I do.
thls - Won Lost PC i * lns **' en one <4 the greatest play-
3 ' sbs .003 ! ers in the game. His kins' may come
* around in tine shape again, but Wag
As far as any charge goes that Mike ner j s getting along ill veal's, and
Finn "doctored the pitching box—-well. : , . . . , . ■
It doesn't go far. The reason is: What s I S11 ll injuries do not ri pan as qua U
the use? Finn can beat Frank as the j ly when a mail approaches forty,
team stands with ans» old sort of pitch- , jpuius i) !ls already Ihh'ii afraid of
ing box. , , » j his legs. He has thought for a long
IYesident Barney Dreyfuss says that I time that they would cave lirst and
baseball welcomes an Investigation. And j put him out of the game,
it will probably get It. _ | “How are the legs, Bonus?” 1
I asked him one day last season.
At La'it You Can Get Rid of Blood
Troubles—S. S. S.
Tho word medicine is one of the
must abused in our language. There
are certain medicinal properties just
as necessary to health as the food we
eat. Take, for example, the well- ;
known tonic medicine S. S. S. This
famous blood purifier contains metric- j
Inal components just as vital and
essential to healthy blood as the ele- •
ments of wheat, roast beef, the fats
and the sugars that make up our daily
ration.
As a matter of fact, there is one
Ingredient in S.'S. S. which serves the
active purpose of stimulating each
cellular part of the body to the healthy«j
and judicious selection of its own ,
essential nutriment. That is why it ;
regenerates the blood supply; why it
has such a tremendous influence in
overcoming eczema, rash, pimples, and
all skin afflictions.
And in regenerating the tissues
5. S. S. has a rapid and positive anti
dotal effect upon all those irritating
Influences that cause rheumatism, sore
throat, weak eyes, falling hair, loss of
weight, thin, pale cheeks, and that
weariness of muscle and nerve that is
generally experienced as spring fever.
Get a bottle of S. S. S. at any drug
fctore, and in a few days you will not
only feel bright and energetic, but'
you will be the picture of new life.
6. 8. S. is prepared only in the labora
tory of The Swift Specific Co.. 137
Swift Bldg.. Atlanta. Ga.. who main
tain a very efficient Medical Depart
ment where all who have any blood
disorder ’of a stubborn nature may
freely for advice and a special
}k of instruction. S. S. S. is sold
everywhere by drug stores, department
>nd E-cTieraJ. stores.
L. G. I. WINS.
LOCI’ST GROVE. GA.. April 24. L.
CL L annexed another victory to its
redit by defeating the Mercer sub-var-
iy by the score of 6 to 5. The L. G. I.
oy>- hit Forrester for a total of 16 hits,
\hile Mercer secured 8. Bowden, of 1 .
,. I , secured four hits in four times tip.
OTHER RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Cotton States League.
Pensacola 6. Jackson 1.
Selina 1, Columbus 0.
Clarksdale 21, Meridian 0
Harry McIntyre's release has been re
called, and he may stick with the Reds
through the season.
!» * *
A1 Bridwell is Saying as good ball
this year as ever he has since he has
been in the big leagues.
* i? *
Hans Wagner is to be operated on.
and it is unlikely that Honus will ever
be himself again. If the operation is
successful, the Dutch slugger will be out
of the game for months.
* • *
Wallv Smith only missed getting $50
for hitting the hull on the Nashville
grounds bv a few inches. But what s
the odds; It’s nearly payday, anyhow.
* * *
The champion hard luck guy. however,
is Curt Ells ton. In yesterday s game
this lad knocked the ball not only to
the bull, but CLEAR OVER IT. Can
vou beat that for being jinxed? if the
ball had been hit a few ounces easier
it would have nested Ellston fifty bucks
sure.
...
4Bler and Weiohunoe were given twr,
bases on bulls apiece. Agler made one
of his count for a run. Welchonce
scored Ids run after Mr two-bagger.
n • *
Keating had little chance in yester
day’s game. He was not in but a coll
ide of minutes, and then only to run
for Weaver. However, he managed to
steal a base and to score a run.
* * *
The crowd* at Por.ce DeLeon Park
continue large.
* * *
Tommy Long is still lacing the ball.
Yesterday ho made three, one a triple,
and should have had four in succession
except for a freak plf / by Flick. Tom
my is "lily tatting .412 now.
This Flick looks promising. He
sin wed a lot of stuff yesterday.
« • *
The Crackers continue to hurt poorly.
It seems their only willow weakness.
They feel better this summer than
in two years,” he told me.
His underpinning did give him very
little trouble last season, and lie had
a good year. Everybody ln-gnu to lie
lievo the legs were as good as ever,
and, in examining the outlook for
tills summer, the prognosticators took
it for granted Wagner would have
another good year. Then Honus
twisted one of his valuable legs in a
practice game at Hot Springs during
the spring training period. Little was
thought of the injury at first, but It
continued to grow worse instead of
better and, when the club returned to
I’ittsburg, Wagner was limping badly.
Baseball players were surprised to
see him attempt to play in the open
ing games, and tills reckless treat
ment of the twisted knee made it
much worse. He soon had to quit
and now it will not respond to treat
ment. Dreyfuss is worried. Clarke is
worried, and the I’ittsburg fans are
worried. Apparently least worried of
all is Hans Wagner they tell me.
"I can still work the dutch in my
automobile, and 1 guess I'll tic able
to limp around a little after the birds
next fall.” be said to somebody the
other day.
if that were possible. His appearance
of indifference to his injury is doubt
less assumed when lie says his leg
is strong enough to work the clutch
of his automobile.
It is remarkable how many veter
ans quit tile game because their legs
give way first. There was Arthur
Devlin, formerly of tile (Hants, and
one of the best third basemen ever to
play in the big leagues. His arm was
good, bis eye was good, and lie was a
young man when Met!raw let him go
to Boston because he was getting
slow in the legs. That was one of
the hardest moves Mctiraw made be
cause Devlin was a particular friend
of liis. It was the creaky condition
of Bridwell's legs that picked him
off the New York cluli although “Al”
seems to have regained Ills strength
through a rest. Aside from bis
trouble with his head, Frank Chance
has suffered most from his legs, and
his underpinning has kept him out of
White to Atlanta to box Freddie Welsh.
I^each Cross or Joe Rivers. A tight be
tween White and either of these boys
would prove a banner attraction.
Johnny Coulon, bantam champ, turn
ed down his St. Louis match with
Frankie Hennessey fur April 29 to take
on Tommy Hudson at Windsor on April
30. It will be an eight-round affair
and will test John's old-time hitting
power and stamina
• * *
“Peanuts'' Schieberl, of Rock Island,
tut .v ,-ii*xnr> i ttn( l Chick Hayes have Been matched
,, , , ... I to box ten rounds tit Indianapolis April
»n the leg* are sudden 123
Base running, with its
“Battling” Nelson and Bay Wood bat
tled to a hot twelve-round draw at New
Bedford, Mass., the other night.
Jim Flynn Is still gathering in the
dough. Not content with meeting Lu
ther McCarty in a six-found fiasco last
week, Flynn Is now in New York trying
hard to get on with Gunboart Smith.
tho game this year. Many doubt
whether Chance’s legs will l>e strong
enough ever again for him to play
regularly, in spite of predictions to
the contrary.
The reason for the weakening of a
ball player’s legs first is apparent.
The greatest strain comes on this
part of the anatomy. All ball play
ers are forced to make quick, starts.
The strains
and severe,
quick starts and sudden stops, wears
on the legs. In sizing up a hall play
er, the smart manager nowadays with
the increased desire for speed notices
the legs first. If he sees the recruit
favors these, he is generally passed
back to the minors even if he has
other ability. Look at Lelivelt, of
the Yankees, who butted .J»00 last
year, but still is sitting on the bench
because lie lacks speed.
'Copyright, 1913, by McClure News
•>aper .Syndicate Comuanv.i
NAP LEADER IS SORE AT
SCHAEFER AND ALTROCK
CHICAGO, April 24.—The
opera coaching of “Dutch’* S<
'Che Klberkids made a brave uph
j ^gVit yesterday and deserved a bette
fat'*.
Wugne” is a peculiar player. Base
ball is his life, and he has always
taken flu* game seriously. Still he
has pretended to do this and shuffles
about the field almost carelessly.
When he makes an error that affect I JACK BRITTON AND MOORE
TAKE PART IN FAKE BOUT
comic
haefor
and Nick Altroek is already meeting
with opposition from managers
around the circuit, and the Climbers’
funmakere may be summarily ordered
to desist by Ban Johnson in the n< ar
future.
“I hope that Ban Johnson puts the
screws on that pair so tight tne>
won’t be able to wiggle,” says Joe
Birmingham. Cleveland’s manager
“That pair of clowns try to make the
opposing players look like a lot of
dummies. They won’t get away with
it when they play the Naps this
season.”
ZBYSZKO DOWNS LE MARIN
IN TWO STRAIGHT FALLS
CHICAGO, April 24. Stanilaus Zbysz-
ko, of Poland, is to-day conceded to be
the greatest wrestler in America, with
the exception of Champion Prank Gotch,
and many wrestling fans were predict
ing he would defeat the Iowa giant.
The Pole lust night defeated Constant
LeMarin. of Germany. European cham
pion In Ore co-Roman wrestling, in two
tralght falls, using the toehold to gain
each f^ll. Nearly 600 women attended
the match which attracted a crowd of
00.
JOHNNY KILBANE INSURES
Brown has taken
manager, Dick
George “Knockout"
unto himself a new
Curie;' will look after Brown's business
from now on. Curley is trying to get
Brown on with Mike Gibbons or Frank
Klaus at New York.
By Homer C. George.
(Winner First Prize The Georgian's
Contest.)
I T was a slam-bang; hard-hitting,
mussy-played game yesterday.
But Atlanta won and that makes
it possible to forgive all sins com
mitted. Even the bonehead exhibi
tions were forgotten w;ien ;t was
over and the tallies showed 8 to 7 for
the Home Talent;
With all the slowness and dullness
eliminated, however, there were mo
ments when the crowd stood up and
even turkey trotted. For part of that
second inning was of the spine chill
ing variety. Even the Chattanooga
fans had an opportunity to shake
their feet ih glee. But Atlantans got
the most excitement out of the is
sue F'or a time the enthusiasm
merged into mad rivers of joyous
ness. Then the cup overflowed and
the home crowd settled down to easy
feelkig of nonchalance. Some even
went home, suffering from ennui.
Plenty of Action in Second.
That second inning teemed with
action. First the hearts of the visi
tors were set jiggling with joy. Then
the blow-off came and the Atlantans
were galvanized into an enthusiasm
that swept over the stands like wa
ter shot over Dayton. It got too good
for most of us. For in that second
Chattanooga made the first score of
three tallica. Atlanta followed with
eight, sending Pitcher Chappelle to
the bench when every man in the
game had faced him one time and
ho had managed to submerge only
one.
Following this eventful round tho
visitors made desperate efforts to
land on the big end of the book
keeping, but they could not quite
make It a go. though in what is al
ways termed by the losing team—the
fatal seventh inning—»they cam -
within an ace of tying. A good
throw, a close decision and the final
rally ended with a shy run. Therj
was nothing more doing.
Weaver started out to twirl for
Atlanta, but his pitching didn’t suit
Hilly Smith Elberfeld kinder smiled
up to it. as it were. Smith, however,
substituted Becker after the second,
though having a lend of five runs.
More was substituted for Chappell©
in the midst of a bombardment that
must have made Mudero’s defense
look ragged. Chappelle’s pitching
was not much worse than Chatta
nooga’s fielding, though goodness
knows It was bad enough. Becker
was lucky to hold the game in the
seventh and eighth when Chattanoo
ga started a belated snurt.
Visitors Got Two Homers.
Two home runs and a base on
balls gave the visitors their three „
in the second. Atlanta got her eight
tallies on two bases on balls, four
singles, a double and a three packer,
with a sacrifice and some grand old
stone work thrown in. Chattanooga,
scored two in the fourth on a tw *
bagger and two singles and in the
seventh added two more on a double
and two singles. Some of the safe
ties were due to nigged fielding of
the bonehead variety, notably 1
two bagger and a single which eitner
Dobard or Bailey should have had.
Altogether I could not got suffi
ciently enthused over the game to
write another prize winner, which
this is certainly not. It was too eas
Milwaukee is to have another mid
dleweight battle soon. Bob Moha, pride
of the beer town, and Jack Dillon have
HIS HANDS FOR $25,000 ^ S a,ched f,,r u ten ‘ rourHi !,rra "
LOS ANGELES, April 24. -Johnny
Kilbane. featherweight champion, who
will meet John Dundee, <<f New York,
in a scheduled 20-round contest here
April 29, applied yesterday for a policy
insuring his hands for $25,000 for a term
of three years, according to announce- j Johnny Kilbane
ment at his camp. It was said Kilbane p| on ,,f the world
hoped to retire from the ring at the
end nf that period. <u*1v the prelimin
ary documents w'ere signed yesterday.
Malty McCue, the Racine feather
weight, has two matches on his hands
at the present time. On April 28 Matty
will clash with Posey Williams, and on
May 15 he will meet Jeff O’Connell in a
ten-round go. Both matches are billed
for Racine.
AMERICUS CLUB TAKES TRIP.
AMKRICUS. GA.. April 24.—The
Americus club of the Empire State
League left last night for Opelika to
play seven exhibition games. While
the local team Is not entirely com
pleted, many of the men are signed
up and numerous others here are
available. This will" be the team’s
first trip abroad, and good results are
expected by local fans.
SHEPPARD TO REST.
NEW YORK. Apr;. Zi.—Melvin W.
h eppard, the champion runner of the
Irish-An ericun A. C.. declares himself
to he in sucli a nervous state since he
was Injured in u railroad wreck on ids
way hack from the West about two
months ago, that l»e is likely to try no
running until late in the season.
featherweight cham
pion of the world, has asked Promoter
Tom MeCarey to stage an internalional
featherweight bout between himself and
Jem Driscoll. MeCarey has the matter
under consideration, and will probably
stage the battle if Driscoll decides to
come over to these shores.
In the meantime. Kilbane is hard at
work for his affair with Johnny Dundee
April 29. Jimmy Dunn, manager of
Kilbane, writes that his protege Ts feel
ing better than he ever did in his life.
the result of :i game, it hurts him
jj, | but to talk with him, you would never
No
American Association.
games scheduled.
wet
International League.
Baltimore 11, Montreal 2.
Buffalo 3, Newark 2.
Rochester 11. Providence 4.
Toronto 4. Jersey City 0.
Virginia League.
Portsmouth 1, Newport News 0.
Richmond 13, Norfolk 2.
Petersburg 5, Roanoke 1.
Texas League.
Beaumont 4, Galveston 0.
Fort Worth 2. Waco 0.
Dallas - Austin, postponed,
grounds.
Houston-San Antonio, postponed: wet
grounds.
College Games.
Yale H. Columbia 4
Princeton 8, Penn sylvan:'a 3
Dartmouth 11, Colby 1,
Army 10. Swarthmore 9.
Navy 5. Dickinson 4.
Eniversity of Michigan 4. I'nlversity
f Georgia Z.
Davidson College 6, Charlotte (Caro-
l eague) 2.
I Adversity of Virginia 3, Eniversity of
O’• *h Carolina 1.
Washington y.U ^ee «. Trinity (N.
Georgetown
A. and M. of N. C. 2.
believe this. He conceals it under
his apparently placid temperament.
It was he who insisted he appear in
the lirst games of the season, accord
ing to my information.
“You’d Ixjttor take it easy for a
while,” Clarke suggested to Wagner
before the race started.
“All my leg needs is a little work
I guess,” Honus answered. ‘‘Let me
try it out.”
Wagner must have feared his knee
might l>othei’ him and wanted to r<
assure himself. II<* was unusually
eager to last this season out because
ho felt the Pirates had a good chains
to take flu* pennant. The tragedy in
his career occurred in in the
world’s series lietween Boston and
I’ittsburg when an unfortunate slip
and one likely to lx* made by any play
er, gave*Boston the chance t*> win
the title. Wagner made that slip.
He brooded over the error until he
had a chance to vindicate himself in
the world’s series of 11NK) against%I)<*
troit. How he took advantage of op
portunity's knock is now baseball his
tory. He told a friend last winter
he wanted to put in one more good
Thf Chicago-Cincinnati game ended in j year for I’ittsburg before he quit, and
a 5-5 tie yesterday, the game took excellent care of himself during
•elled mi the ninth to permit the play
ers to catch a train.
Gabhv street annears a long way from
being “all in." He hit well and threw
well
* * *
Nap Lajoie. the Cleveland second
-'■cker, counted an “all in’ when the
season started, is batting over .400 and
playing a marvelous fielding game. This
is his sixteenth season in the big
leagues.
* * ♦
The lowly Yankees whitewashed the
Athletics yesterday and shoved the
«I’prtown team 0’’t of first place in
he American League.
• * s
Nap Barker pitched for Brooklyn
1 ga’nst Boston yesterday. The Brook
lynites played an errorless game, so
;ucker won.
* * *
The Giants now l^sd the National
league.
* * *
•on the recruit first sacker of the
White Sox. grabbed three hits, includ-
rg two doubles, yesterday.
* * *
Konetchy. first baseman of the Cardi
nals. made the only two hits his team
got off Hendrix, the Pirate pitcher, yes
terday Aided by error, they were
enough to return his club a 3 to 1 win
ner.
PHILADELPHIA. April 24.—Dirc-e
tor Porter, of the department of pub
lic safety, yesterday issued an order
that “Jack” Britton, the Chicago light
weight pugilist, and “Pal" More,
local boxer, will be barred from ap
pearing in boxing matches here in tm
future.
The order was Issued after receipt
of a report from a pohco official that
a bout In which these two boxers en
gaged on Monday night wav a fake.
AMERICUS THROWS LUNDIN.
NEW YORK, April 24 Americus, tin
j wrestler, defeated Lundln, champion of
Sweden, in straight falls last night, tak
ing a trifle over 12 minutes to secure
each fall.
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