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Lowry Arnold. (Solicitor Criminal Court of Atlanta and Formar Director of Atlanta Baaaball Association.! I HAVE been naked to give an opin ion as to whether or not organ ized baseball la a trust AJthough I aju unable to give a positive an swer to this question T ill say that It certainly is a trust In effect and in fact. Whether it la a trust tech nically and legally could only be de termined by Concrete. The legal definition of a truat in *'A corporation or combi nation of individuals under one head and which destroys competition/’ Whether organized baseball de stroys competition or not 1 cannot say. But this much ia certain, nil organized baseball clubs In this coun try are under an agreeemnt with the National Commission which is head ed by one man, Garry Herrmann. This fact would tend to make It a trust. Although the moguls night be able to stand an investigation of this sort they certainly w'ould not welcome one. If such a course were taken •’ongress would at least limit the reserve clause and put a atop to the blacklisting of players who did n«>t wish to sign a contract with any one particular club. • • • I BB1JEVE that the proposed Gov- * eminent investigation was ab*»- Jutely reaponsible for President Na vi n of the Detroit club hurrying mat ters 1n the Cobb case and bringing it so readily to a satisfactory close. • • • TN my opinion the one remedy for * all this trouble about players signing would be to limit the reserve clause to three years and at the end of this period give every man a chance to sign with whatever club be desired, providing, of course, that he had some plausible reason su^h as being with a tallend club or among unpleasant surroundings, etc. It is true that the best players on the poorer teams would flock to New York and the other big cities. Of course I believe that organization 's absolutely essential to the life of :lio game, but I also believe that things could be arranged more satisfactori ly to all parties if they would gel together and fix up matters It does not seem fair that a man like Ty Cobb, who 1s without a doubt at the head of his profession, and who could easily have signed with the New York Giants or a num ber of other clubs for a $20,000 sal ary had he been free, should be blacklisted by organized baseball for refusing to sign with Detroit. • m • O RGANIZED baseball oould not exist without the reserve clause, but 1 believe that a. limit of three years should be placed on It. Nap Rucker, of Brooklyn, Is an other notable Instance of this restric tion. How much better oft ho would be with a winning club. Surely he . annot be satisfied with his present surroundings, pitching few hit games and invariably losing through the lack of ability of his team mates. The club owners have a one year reserve clause now. but If a player refuses to report the next year h» Is suspended, which amounts to the same thing ns blacklist. Accordtr s to an agreement between all clubs he cannot be hired by any of them, so he Is. in fact, an outcast unless he signs with his original team. Perhaps the best remedy after 'ill would he for Congress to Invest Iga'e and decide once and for all whether or not organized baseball Is a trust. . • a T HERE Is just one thing more I should like to add here, though it has no bearing whatever on the ques tion 1 have been discussing. I wish to say that In my opinion the Southern League Is the best organ ixed and controlled of any league in the world. This Is due to the grand work done by President W. M Kava- naugh. who has been at the head of the organization almost from the start. He has run the league with absolute fairness and has played no politics. He has been Impartial In his dealings with the Atlanta club. The league owes much of its great success to Judge Kavanaugh. Two of Bill Smith’s Hurling Staff Are Reported Not to Be Training Very Faithfully OLDFIELD RESENTS BEING LINKED WITH SLAVE CASE LOS. ANGELES. April 2(1 - -George H. Bixby, the Long Beach millionaire banker figuring in the white slave probe, will tell his story to the grand Jury to-day. Dick Hollingsworth ami Wiillam L&c&ue. prominent automo bile men. have been arrested on a charge made l>y a fifteen-year-old girl. Barney Oldfield, the racing driv er, appeared voluntarily before the grand Jury and asked why his name had been connected with the inves tigation. He denied all knowledge of the girl witnesses. ATTELL DEFEATS CHENEY IN 15-ROUND BATTLE BALTIMORE. MD.. April 29.—Abe Attell, former featherweight cham pion, defeated George Cheney, of Bal timore, in a fifteen-round bout here last night. Abe needed all his clever ness to beat the local boy. as Cheney proved to be one of the toughest featherweights seen around these parts in some time. The first few rounds of the contest were rather tame, but Attell started to force matters in the fifth and start ed piling up a lead. The boys weigh ed in at 124 pounds. By W. S. Farnsworth. W HEN ateimhas won a bunch of games and then hits a slump there are alwaye a heap of fans who start roaatlng the player*, collectively and individually. Hight now Billy Smith’s pitching staff 1s be ing put over the jump*. Nevertheless, your* truly received some reliable Info last night that two of the Crackers’ hurling staff are imbibing liquids stronger than coffee. If this is true the local manager had better get on the Job and plaater a good heavy fine on the guilty one*. • • • Tl/fILT Reed, the former Marist boy, Is sure peppering the old horae- blde out in the Central Association and tho St. Louis team Is almost sure to haul him back into the big league ranks if he keep# up the pace. The followlnj extract is from a Daven port paper: "Milt Reed was the scintillating star of the afternoon. In four times up he rapped out throe hits to the outskirts. He demonstrated his speed on the paths by pilfering four base*. In the seventh after he had singled he stole both second and third In the field he was a demon, too. hand ling six chances perfectly, and one of them was a miraculous one-hand ed stab of a vicious liner.” • ♦ • A ST. Louis scribe believe* that he has unearthed the laziest man In the world—and he’s a baseball operator, too. Said scribe prints the following under a Boston date line: "First and last, various individuals have been exploited as worthy of places in any Hat of the "Laziest Men on Earth.” I would humbly sug gest'that my genial friend and fre quent co-laborer, George Warmunde, top-notoher of the Western Union’* operators at the ball games, be ac corded a position well up in the list. He duly qualified at one of last week’* games, when, in order to save unbut toning his own ooat. he telegraphed over to New York to ascertain the time." • • • A TINY monkey drove two of Prank Chance’s Pennant Aspiring Yan kees to cover the other night in a Gay Gotham Hotel, where the P A. Y.’s roost w’hen in the big village. Hay Keating and Jack Lellvelt were the young men. An Italian opera company regis tered at the hotel last Friday night, and one of the singer*, who carried the pet monkey, was assigned to the room occupied by Lellvelt and Keat ing by mistake. Some of the other players stopping at the same hotel dropped around to see I*elivelt and Keating. Neither wai In eight, but the visitors started a poker game in their room. Ten minutes after the game had got un der way there was an uproar of screeches and yell?. A corps of clerks, bellboys and brave guests rushed in to help the poker-playing element of the team. Keating and Lellvelt were located in a closet, w'hlle the monkey was spied perched on the uansom. Oh, what a Joshing these two young persons are In for all around the cir cuit! » • * • G'T'O grab the white heavyweight * championship of the world and tote it Lack to that dear State of Oklahoma Ms the eight-horse power task that Carl Morris has mapped out for himself.” The above was printed in a Chi cago paper. Well Oarl could sure tote U back to that dear Oklahoma If Gunboat Smith, Jess Willard and Luther Mc Carty could he Induced to fake and lay down for him as did Jack Mr. Farland and Jack Keating, alias Bob Williams, here in Atlanta and In Chattanooga. • • • H ARRY Vardon and Edward Ray, who will be .sent to this country by Lord Northcliffe, of England, to compete in the open golf champion ships at Brookline, Maas., Septem ber 21 next. Is well known to both Stewart Maiden and Scotty McKen zie, local professionals, says McKen zie: "The two big golfers of Great Britain are townsmen, both Vardon and Edward Ray having been born at Grouville. in the Isle of Jersey Ray began his workaday life there as a fisherman and Vardon as a gard ener. Ray is the younger, being thirty-four years old, and Vardon is forty-two Both met last November in n $2,000 match at Sunnlngdale, in England, and Vardon won. In their methods these golfers are In sharp contrast. Vardon is the perfection of golfing technique, and there is a scientific reason for every thing he does. His driving swing is perfect, and each feature of it Is based on logical deductions from a knowledge of the resultants of forces. Ray, on the other hand, has a swing that is essentially a lunge at the ball, something on the order of that of Hilton, who seems to be "pressing" on the teeing ground. Vardon has a fondness for a brassie, but Ray uses for brassle shot* either a driver or a cleek.” FODDER FOR FANS MATT BROCK KNOCKS OUT O’KEEFE IN FOUR ROUNDS AKRON. OHIO, April 29.—Matt Brock, the Cleveland lightweight, stopped Eddie O’Keefe, of Philadel phia, in the fourth round of a sched uled twelve-round battle here last night. O’Keefe was badly battered at the end. and never had a chance. A right uppercut to the Jaw* put the Philadelphia boy down and out. A large crowd witnessed the fray. CORDELE TRIUMPHS OVER COLUMBUS Y. M. C. A. TEAM * CORDELE, GA.. April 29.—Cordole walked away with the Columbus Y. M. C. A leant this afternoon by the score of 15 to 1. Luttrell, for Co lumbus. was batted freely, and nu merous errors were made by the vis aing team. Gillespie, for Cordele, pitched a splendid game. Kid Elberfeld has released Outfield er "Red” Massey to the Galveston club of the Texas League. irf because all game* begin at 8 P. M. The late games must go. It is only a ques tion of how long it will take the base ball magnates to wake up to them selves. • t • When Pittsburg and Chicago mams meet. Artie Hofman and Tommy Leach sprain themselves trying to outdo each other -In order to show up the men who traded them. Comiskey i* planning to entertain 40,000 fans on Frank Chance Day. • * • It would be qu*1nt indeed if it proved that tho Naps are to be pennant con tenders—after uncounted years of rot tenness • • • Empires have the hardest job tn the world—but none of them ever quit. • • t "It's a hum pitoher," say* Davenport, "who can’t show smoke In Pittsburg.” * * • Tho Rods are trying out Martin Berg- hammer. formerly a Birmingham rookie He Neeme over small for big league do ings If Berghammer sticks. Rafael Almeida will bo released. But he will not get out of the big leagues. Both the Bos ton Nationals and St. Louis Americans want him. * • • Price Gaskill is still pitching poorly in the International League He has never quite recovered from the awful grind that Joe McGinnlty put him through • • « $25,000 has beer; subscribed to finance the St. Louis club. • • • Angermeier and Atz are said to be slated for release by Charley Frank. • • • And now comes Chattanooga with the claim that their club is the ‘‘be6i tail- ender in the league”—which claim is admitted. • • • Kign Cross springs a new play, as follows: "Navtn out. $12,600 to Cobb. unassisted ” Beams to us that Senator Hoke Smith ought to have an assist on that play. * • * Ray Keating and A1 Schultz, the lat ter late of Savannah, are about the best hurlers the Yankees have now. • * * It's marvelous the way Long Tom Hughes, of the Senators. hangs on. This old lad ought to be on the down slant by now. but he doesn’t seem to be. • * • Mike Ralenti paid $100 out of his own pocket toward his transportation from Alaska when he joined the Browns. * * * Frank Chance says he would give $10,0u0 to-day for Tinker. But .Joe isn't on the market. • * * Leon Ames hns settled down a lot this year. It is believed that tie will become a fairly dependable pitoher bv the time he is 9S, Donnie Hush swears that ever, time he gets on bases this year he is auina t» keep running till lie scores or they put him out. He wants to measure speed with Cobb and Milan ... Keatus Higghins recently paid 1400 for hts release from the Scranton club rather than sign for $176 a month • * * Time was when oppoeing clubs wel comed Detroit's pitchers, feared their batters Now conditions are reversed The batters are weak, the pitchers •troll g. PHIL BROCK AND SAYLOR FIGHT 10-ROUND DRAW CINCINNATI. April 29— Phil Brock, of Cleveland, and Young Say lor, of Indianapolis, fought ten rounds here last night No decision was given. At tne close both boys were fighting fast, with no apparent ad vantage either way. CHRISTY MATHDSOTS BIG LIAGUI GOSSIP N EW YORK, April 29.—So far In the race this year, the dubs have got away more In a bunch than they <11(1 last season. There has been no early starter as Cincinnati was last year, only to crumble anti fall back when the going became hardest After a poor beginning in the first few games, tne Giants have struck their stride now and are walk ing along at a good pace. From my point of view, it is necessary for the Giants to get a good lead before the Western clubs come East on the first swing around the circuit, because it is from the West ern fellows that the Giants will get the heavy competition, as usual. Philadelphia is the only Eastern team we have faced which appears to he very mVh stronger than it was last year, and this is simply becean.se the club is more on Its balance than it was in the race of 1912. The team was handicapped by injuries and Horace Fogel, and Dooin could not get results out of the playing strnegth of his uien. But this season “Charley” has obtained a new owner, who acts like a regular fellow, and the Phillies struck me as being a strong club. I believe that they will surprise a lot of people, both in and out of the big leagues, before they have finished tile race. * * * r T'U my mind, the Philadelphia pitching staff is as strong as any In tiie league, not barring those of tiie Pirates and the Giants. Sea ton lias started out as If he intended to blow himself to a good year, and Alexander and Chalmers have already proved their worth. The Quakers also have more real strength in the field at this writing, with Magee and Lobert both in the game, two men who have suffered from injuries and umpires in the last couple of years. Lotart is a good ball player—don’t make any mistake about that—and he will bolster up the infield and make it work together, Lotart puts a lot of pepper and dash into the game, ami it Is his fearless playing which makes him the victim of so many accidents. He does not avoid anything that comes his way. The ease of Pittsburg is the case of Wagner. The club is making great efforts to keep the real condition of tiie big Dutchman a secret, but it Is no news around the circuit that grave fears have been expressed by men on tiie Pirates as to whether Wagner will ever play regularly again. Without Wagner, the Pirate infield looks very bad. It is as easy to build an infield around Wagner as it is to put up a fortress witli Gibral tar as a nucleus. Tear down Gibral tar and where In your fortress? Elim inate Wagner, and what lias become of your infield? * • # C LARKE has a great pitching staff, and his outfield is strong er and faster than last year, with the addition of Hofman in playing form. He is a fast man, covers much ground and is a vicious hitter. With Wag ner, the Pirates would have a great chance at the pennant. Without him. I fail to sts* them; although, of course, I may Is* wrong. Seldom have I lieen able to cash a bet on a hall game. Infrequently do I lose a po litical wager, although r know noth ing of politics and its ins and outs. * * * E VERS seems to lx* going pretty well with his Cubs, better than most of us expected he would. His pitching staff is moving smoothly and his infield appears to be very evenly balanced. Bridwell has returned to form and solved tiie question of shortstop for Evers. Saler Is a growing first baseman, improving witli tin* passing of each season. Zimmerman is a hitter that would add to any club, and ts a reliable fielder. If Evers can maintain his pitchers in some kind of shape and bold the club together so that it ts working all the time. I expect he will l>e up in the fight for the pennant, in this keeping the team together. Bresnahan is hound to lx* a big aide, because lie is a close friend of Evers and because, like many another tall player, he wants to out in on Un worn series coin this fall. 1 under stand that Roger is adviser extraordi nary to "Johnny,” and that tin* pitch ing department has lx*en practically passeii over to him. Offhand, no body comes to my mind who is more competent. to whip a string of pitch ers into good shape. Roger did a whole lot with a mediocre set he managed in St. Louis. T INKER lias made a poor start “Joe,” I would consider this a good omen, because “Hank” O’Day got away like a sprinter last year, and then the club fell down badly, while the newspapers fell on him and roasted him to a frazzle. “Joe” lias not aroused the anticipations of his rooters by any great showing so far, and, if he comes through strong, they will have a great chance to fall into line later. The Reds are a strong club, with good tall players. They are bound to i-omc through and make a fight, jierliaps. for the pennant, hut they are sure to lie up there. Tinker has too much of a kick in him to stand for anything else. The American league has not straightened itself out. in my mind, at all so far, but by next Thursday I think I’ll have a tatter line on con ditions there and can say something about It. Yell Defiance at Blood Disorders A Remedy That Has Shown Most Remarkable Purifying Effect. I N concluding. 1 want to get back to the so-called baseball trust for a minute. As I said at the beginning of this article, no one, especially the players, wants baseball as it is now organized, altered, because It has meant a lot to the players, owners and the public. The only improve ment would be to have the players represented on the ultimate body which is at present the National Commission. (Copyright, 191.1, by the McClure News paper Syndicate.) PREP LEAGUE NOTES Athletes at G. M. A. are snowing a great amount of interest in preparing for the prep meet May 9. Sn(‘decker and Babb arc practicing with the ham mer, while Griffin, Maret and Brown are showing to good advantage with the shot. • * * SifTord, of G M. A., should prove a star in thf> prep meet this year. This boy Is a wonder in the hurdles and short dashes. Smith has equaled the best records made at G. M. A. for the broad •lump, and is doing over 5 feet daily in the high jump * * * Jim Parks, the crack sprinter on the Tech High track team, is going after the record for the 100-yard dash in the annual prep meet this year. Parks thinks his toughest competitor will be Charlie Allen, of Marlst. Darks is train ing every day for this event. * * * The annual nrep meet scheduled to take place at Tech Flats may be held on the Marist College held. The latter place would be by far the better place of the two, as it is much larger than the Tech campus. * * * This afternoon Marist and G. M. A. will meet for the second time this sea son. The game will ne played at Col lege Park. The first meeting between the two nines was an easy victory for the Marist boys, and they expect to* repeat again to-day. * * * The TeFh High players seem confident of winning the local Prep League pen nant this year. Their victory over Marist has given them a great deal of confidence. They certainly have as good a chance as any of the other teams. * * * The baseball team of Boys High will practice steadily for the return game with Marist May 7. The high school lads are determined to win this contest, as it practically means the Prep League pennant for them. Boys High haa one victory over Tech High, who In turn defeated Marist. This makes the high school -boys favorites in the pennant race. • * * Although Tech High won the game against Marist last week, some of the men cam*- out of the game badly crip pled Weston, the pitcher, sprained an ankle; Bill Parks, shortstop, also sprain ed an ankle, while Hare and Hancock, catchers, have smashed fingers. * * * Bill Bedell, the star track man and baseball player of Tech High, is out of school for a few days on account of sickness. Bill worked a bit too bard in the high school track meet April 18, and has not been, well since. • * * Jean Weston, of Tech High, is the speediest pitcher in the local Prep League this season, and looke good for a berth on the all-prep. He pitohed a great game against Marist, and will be used in the next game against Bovs High. * * * Athletics are receiving a lot of sup port at Boys High this year. The base ball and track teams are the best the school has had in years, and more en thusiasm is being shown by the stu- / dents than ever before. I At Last You Can Get Rid of Blood'Troubles—S. S S. The word medicine is one of the most abused in our language. There are certain medicinal properties just as necessary to health as the food w’e eat. Take, for example, the well- known tonic medicine S. S. S. This famous blood purifier contains medic 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 j>art of the body to the healthy and judicious selection of its own essential nutriment. That is why it regenerates the blood sup ply: why it has such a tremendous influence in overcoming eczema, rash, pimples, and all skin afflictions* And In regenerating the tissues S. S. S. has a rapid and positive antidotal effect upon all those irritat ing influences that cause rhematism, sore throat, weak eyes, falling hair, loss of weight, thin pale cheeks, anti that weariness oi muscle and nerve that is generally experienced as spring fever. Get a bottle of S. S. 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