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THE ATLANTA (iEOROIAN AND NEWS.TTESI)A V, APRIL 29. 1912.
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By Lowry Arnold.
(Solicitor Criminal Coort of Atlanta
and Formar Director of Atlanta
Baaeball Aaeooiation.)
I HAVE besn naked to (rive an opin
ion as to whether or not orpin-
Ized baseball la a trust Although
3 am unable to fflve a joaltlve an
swer to this question I will say that
It eertalnly 19 a trust In effect and
in fact. Whether it Is a. trust tech
nically and legally could only be de
termined by Congress.
The legal definition of s trust It
"A corporation or combination of
Individuals under one head and
which destroys competition."
Whether organized baseball de
stroys competition or not T cannot
say. But this much 1s certain, all
organized baaeball dubs In this coun
try are under an agreeemnt with 'he
National Commission which is head
ed by one man. Garry Herrmann.
This fact would tend to make 1t a
trust.
Although the moguls night be ab’e
to stand an Investigation of this sort
they certainly would not welcome
one If such a course were taken
Congress would at least limit the
reserve clause and put a stop to the
blacklisting of player* who did not
wish to sign a contract with any one
particular club.
• « «
T BELIEVE that the proposed Gov-
1 ernment Investigation was absi-
lutely responsible for President Ni-
vln of the Detroit club hurrying mat
ters In the Cobb case and bringing it
so readily to a satisfactory close
* * *
IN my opinion the one remedy for
1 all this trouble about players
signing would be to limit the reserve
clause to three years ami at the end
of this period give every man a
chance to sign with whatever clue
he desired, providing, of course, that
he hfcd aome plausible reason su'h
as being with a tallend dub >r
among unpleasant surroundings, etc.
It is true that the best player* on
the poorer teams would flock to New
York and the other big citleB Of
course 1 believe that organization !*
Absolutely essential to the life of the
game, but 1 also believe that things
could be arranged more satisfactori
ly to all parties If they n-oultj gsl
together and fix up matter*.
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 elubs for a 120,000 sal
ary had he been free, should be
blacklisted by organized baseball for
refusing to sign with Detroit
• • •
O RGANIZED baseball ontild not
exist without the reserve clans",
but I believe that a limit of thvec
years should be placed on It.
Nap RuckeT, of Brooklyn, is an
other notable Instance of this restric
tion. Hew much better oft he would
be with a winning club. Surely he
cannot 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 ha
is suspended, which amounts to the
same thing as blacklist. According
to an agreement between all clubs
he cannot hr 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 be for Congress to investlgO'e
and decide once and for all whether
or not organised baseball is a trust.
• * •
T HERE Is Just one thing more I
should like to add hpre, 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 1b the best organ
ized and controlled of any league In
the world. This Is due to the grand
work done by President W. M. Kav i-
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 tn
his dealings with the Atlanta club.
The league owes much of Its great
success to Judge Kavanaugh.
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Staff Are Reported Not to
Be Training Very Faithfully
OLDFIELD RESENTS BEING
LINKED WITH SLAVE CASE
1,08, ANGELES, April 29. —George
H Blxby. the Long Beach millionaire
t.anker figuring tn the white sluve
probe, will tell his story to the grand
Jurv to-day. Dick Hollingsworth and
William Larasse. prominent automo
bile men. have been arrested on a
charge made by 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. MI) , 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
wore 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 ateimhss won a bunch
of game* and then hits a slump
there are always a heap of
fans who start roasting the players,
collectively and Individually. Right
now Billy Smith's pitching staff I* be
ing put over the jumps.
Nevertheless, yours truly received
some reliable Info last night
that two of the Crackers’ hurling
staff are Imbibing liquids stronger
than coffee. ir (his is true the local
manager had better get on the Job
and plaster a good heavy fine on the
guilty ones
• • •
]\/fILT Reed, the former Mai 1st boy,
ivl la sure peppering the old horse-
hide out in the Central Association
and the Rt. Louis team Is almost sure
to haul him hack Into the big league
ranks If he keeps tip the pace. The
following extract Is from a Daven
port paper:
"Milt Reed was the scintillating
star of the afternoon. In four times
up he rapped out three hits to the
outskirts. He demonstrated his Sliced
on the paths by pilfering four basea.
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 hn* unearthed the lanlest man
in the world—and h«*’s a bane ball
operator, too. Snid scribe prints the
following under a Boston date line
“Firm snd last, various individuals
have been exploited as worthy of
places in any 11 Ht of the "Laziest
Men on Earth." I would humbly sug-
gteit that my genial friend nnd fre
quent co-laborer, George Warmunde,
top-notcher of the Western Union's
opera tom at the ball games, be ac
corded h petition up in the list.
He duly qualified at one of last week's
game**, when. In order to save unbut
toning his own coat, he telegraphed
over to New York to ascertain the
time."
• • •
A TINY monkey drove iwo of Frank
**■ Chance’* Pennant Aspiring Yan
kee* to cover the other night in a
Gay Gotham Hotel, where the P. A
Y.’a roost when in the big village
Ray Keating and Jack Lellvelt w»»re
the young men.
An Italian opera company regis
tered at the hotel last Friday night,
and one of the singers, who carried
the pet monkey, whs assigned to the
room occupied by LelivHt and Keat
ing by mistake.
Some of the other players stopping
at the same hotel dropped around
to see Lellvelt and Keating. Neither
was In sight, hut the visitors started
a poker game in their room. Ten
minute* after the game had got un
der way therp was an uproar of
screeches and yell*?.
A corps of clerks, bellboys and
brave guests rushed In to hplp the
poker-playing element of the team
Keating nnd Lellvelt were located in
a closet, while the monkey was spied
perched on the transom.
Oh. what a joshing these two young
persons are in for all around the cir
cuit!
• • •
«T() grab the white heavyweight
* championship of the world nnd
tote it hack to that dear State of
Oklahoma is the eight-horse power
task that Carl Morris hns mapped out
for himself."
The above wa- printed in a Chi
cago pat er.
Well Carl could sure tote it back
to that dear Oklahoma if Gunboat
Smith. Jess Willard and Luther Mc
Carty could be induced to fake and
lay down for him as did Jack Mc
Farland and Jack Keating, alias Bob
Williams, here In Atlanta and in
Chattanooga.
• • •
H ARRY yardon and Edward Ray.
who will be ; ent to this country
by Lord Northcliffe, of England, to
compete In the open golf champion-
ships at Brookline, Mass.. Septem
ber 21 next, is well known to both
Stewart Malden and Scotty McKen
zie, local professionals, says McKen
zie:
"The two big golfers of Groat
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 a 12.00ft match at Sunnlngdale, in
England, and Vardon won.
In their methods these golfers ar
In sharp contrast. Vardon Is the
perfection of golfing technique, and
there is a scientific reason for every
thing he does. Mis 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 W 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 brasjue. but Ray
uses for brassle shots either a driver
or a cleek."
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CHRISTY MTHEWWS
BIG LIAGUl GOSSIP
PREP LEAGUE NOTES
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KW YORK. April 2b.—So far In the race this year, the elubs have got away more in a
bunch than they <11(1 last, season. There hns been no early starter as Cincinnati was
last year, only to crumble and fall back when the going became hardest. After a
poor beginning in the first few games, ttie 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 tlie only Eastern team
we have faced which appears to be very much stronger than it was last year, and tills is simply beeeause the
club is more on its balance than it was in the raee of 1912. The team was handicapped by injuries and Horace
Fogel, nnd Dooin could not get results out of the playing strnegth of his men. 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 |>eiiple, both in-anil out of the big
leagues, before they have finished
the race.
* *• *
r T'f) my mind, the Philadelphia
pitching staff is as strong as
any in the league, not barring those
of the Pirates and the Giants. Sea
ton has started out as if he intended
to blow himself to a good year, atid
Alexander and Chalmers have already
proved their worth. The Quakers
also have more real strength in the
field at this writing, with Magee and
Iaibert both in the game, two men
who have suffered from injuries and
umpires In the last couple of years.
Lobert Is n good hall player—don’t
make any mistake nlxmt that—and
he will bolster up the iufleld and
make it work together. Lobert puts
a* lot of pointer gad dash into the
game, nnd it is his fearless playing
which makes him the victim of so
many accidents. He does not avoid
anything that comes Ills way.
The ease of Pittsburg is the case
of Wagner. The club is making great
efforts to keep the real condition of
the big Dutchman a secret, but it is
no news around the circuit, that
grave fears have t>een expressed by
men on the Pirates as to whether
Wagner will ever play regularly
again. Without Wagner, the Pirate
infield looks very laid. It is as easy
to build an Infield around Wagner as
it Is to put up a fortress with Gibral
tar as a nucleus. Tear down Gibral
tar and where is your fortress? Elim
inate Wagner, and what has become
of your intleld?
whole lot with a mediocre set lie
managed in St. Louis.
• * *
r T'INKER has made a poor start
A with Cincinnati, but, if 1 was
“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 lie comes through strong, they
will have a great chance to fall into
line later. The Reds are a strong
club, with good ball players. They
are bound to come through and make
a tight, t>erhaps, for the pennant, but
they are sure to Is’ up there. Tinker
has too ranch 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 better line on con
ditions there nnd can say something
about it.
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A Remedy That Has Shown
Most Remarkable Purifying;
Effect.
N concluding, I want, to get back
to the so-called baseball trust for
a minute. As 1 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, 1913, by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
Athletes at G. M. A. are showing a
great amount of interest in preparing
for the prep meet May 9. Snedeeker
and Babb arc practicing with the ham
mer, while Griffin. Maret and Brown
are showing to good advantage with
the shot.
Sifford, of G. M. A . should prove a
star in the 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
Jump, 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 he
Charlie Allen, of Marist. Parks is train
ing every day for this event.
* * *
The annual prep meet scheduled to
take place at Tech Flats may be held
on the Marist College field. 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 be 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 Tech 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 has one
victory over Tech High, who in turn
defeated Marist. This makes tire high
school boys favorites In the pennant
race.
Although Tech High won the game
against Marist last week, some of the
men came out of the game badly crip
pled. Weston, the pitcher, sprained an
ankle; BUI 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 hard 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 pitched a
great game against Marist, and will be
used in the next game against Boys
High.
4 * * *
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.
c
LAKKE has a great pitching
FODDER FOR FANS
Kid Elberfeld has released Outfield
er "Rad" Massey to the Galveston club
of tba Texaa League.
Pittsburg fans are
nil i
tickled to daath
because nlT games begin at 8 P M. The
late game* must go It is only a ques
tion of how long It will take the base
ball magnates to wake up to them
selves
# • *
When Pittsburg and Chicago teams
meet, Artie Herman and Tommy Izeach
sprain themselves trying to outdo each
other In order to show up the men
who traded them.
Comiskey Is planning to entertain
40,4)00 fan# on Frank Chance Day.
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
GORDELE, GA . April 29.—Oordole
walked away with the Columbus Y*
M. C. A. team this afternoon by th#
ore of 15 to 1. Luttrell, for Co-
nbus. was batted freely, and nu-
rous errors were made by the vis
ing team. Gillespie, for Cordele.
itened a splendid game.
It would be quaint indeed if it proved
that the Naps ara to be pennant con
tenders—after uncounted years of rot
tenness
• • •
Umpires have ths hardest job in the
world—but none of them ever quit
* » 9
'It’s a bum pitcher,” says Davenport,
"who can t shea' smoke In Pittsburg ”
• * •
The Reds are trying out Martin Berg-
hammer, formerly a Birmingham rookie.
He seems over small for big league do
Ings
• • •
If Rerghammer sticks. Rafael Almeida
■will be released But he will not get
out of the big leagues. Both the Bos
ton Nationals and St. Louis Americans
want him
Prloe Oaskill is still pitching poorly
In the International League He has
never quite recovered from the awful
gTlnd that Joe McGinnity put him
through
• • ♦
826,000 has been subscribed to finance
the St. Lout* club
• • *
Angermeler and Ate ara said to be
slated Tor release by Charley Frank
• • *
And now pomes Chattanooga with the
claim that fhelr club is the "best tall-
endcr In the league'*—which claim Is
admitted.
follows. "Navin out. $12,500 to Cobb,
unassisted "
• • *
Seems to u» that Senator Hoke Smith
ought to have an assist on that plav
* * -
Ray Keating and A1 Schultz, the lat
ter late of Savannah, are about ihd
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 naid $100 out of his own
pocket toward his transportation from
Alaska when he Joined the Browns
* » 4
Frank Chance says he would give
$10 000 to-day for Tinker But Joe isn't
on the market.
♦ * *
Leon Ames has bet tied down a lot
this year It is believed that he will
become a fairly dependable pitcher bv
the time he is 98
• * •
Donnie Bush swears that every time
he gets on bases this year he is* going
to keep running till he scores or they
put him out. He wants to measure
speed with Cobb and Milan.
his release 'from the Scran ton club
rather than sign for 1175 a month
• • *
Time was when opposing clubs wel
comed Detroit's pitchers, feared t'.eir
hatters Now conditions are reversed
The batters are weak. the pitchers
strong
er nmi faster than Inst .vent-, with the
addition of llofmnn in playing form.
He Is a fast man. covers much ground
and is a vicious hitter. AVItli Wag
ner. the Pirates would have a great
chains* at tlic jiennant. Without him,
I fail to see them; although, of
course. I may lie wrong. Seldom have
1 lieen able to casti a liet on a hall
game. Infrequently do I lose n po
litical wager, although I know noth
ing of politics and Its ins and outs.
• • *
E VERS seems to lie going pretty
well with his Cubs, better than
most of us expected he would. His
pitching staff Is moving smoothly and
Ills Infield appears to Ik* very evenly
balanced. Britlwell bus returned to
form and solved t)ie question of
shortstop fur Evers. Saler is a
growing first baseman, improving
wit it tlie passing of each season.
Zimmerman Is a hitter that would
add to any club, and is a reliable
fielder. If Evers can maintain his
pitchers in some kind of shape and
hold the club together so that it is
working all the time. I expect he will
Ik* up in the fight for the pennant,
in tills keeping the team together.
Rrestiahan Is bound to be a big aide,
because he is a close friend of Evers
nnd because, like many another Util
player, tic wants to cut in on the
world series coin this fall. I under
stand that Roger is adviser extraordi
nary to "Johnny,” and that the pitch
ing department hns been practically
passed over to him. Offhand, no-
bod> dunes to my mind who Is more
competent to whip a string of pitch
ers into good slui[>e. Roger did a
Righ Ore#, springs a as
play, as
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 deei?*
given. At tne close both 1
fighting fast, with no
vantage either way.
At Last You Can Get Rid of
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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
we 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 n matter of fact, there Is one
ingredient in S. S. which serves
the active purpose of stimulating
each cellular part of the body to the
healthy and judicious selection of its
own essential nutriment. That is
why It regenerates the blood sup-
f )ly; why it has such a tremendous
nfiuence 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
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loss of weight, thin pale cheeks,
and that weariness oi muscle and
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as spring fever. Get a bottle of S.
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and energetic, but you will be the
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