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1 BAIL TRUST By Lowry Arnold, (Solicitor Criminal Court of Atlanta and Form«r Director of Atlanta Baasbal) A •aociation.) 1 HAVE boon ask#*d to glv** an opln- I loo an to wb**rh#»r or riot orgMi* lerd baseball la a trust Although j 1 am unable to glv* a an awar to thla question 1 will aay that it certainly 1s a truai in #*fTrrt and n fart Whether It !■ a trust tech nically and legally could only b# la- t^rmlnad by Congr*«* Tbr l^gal definition of a truat I* A * orporaUon or combination of individual* under on#* haa/1 and which destroy* competition.” Whether organized baaebal! 1e- xiroya competition or not I '-annot nay. But thla much la certain, all • BJstd baaalftl] • Ittba If, 'his < ^un- try are under an aareeemnt with *he National Com mi ail on which la head ed by one man Garry Herrmann. Thla fact would tend to make K a truat. Although the mogula night be able to stand an Investigation of thla sort they certainly would not welcome one if such a counre wen* taken ('ongreas would at least limit th« reserve clause and put a atop U> the blacklisting of players who did not wish to algn a contract with any one particular club. • • • T BELIEVE that the proposed f*ov 1 emment investigation was ab»»* utely responsible for IVesldent Na- vln of the Detroit club hurrying mat ters 1n the Cobb cas*- and bringing It so readily to a satisfactory close. • • • I N my opinion the one remedy for 1 all this trouble about piaye r « signing would be to limit the reserve < lau»“ to three years and at the end of this period give every' man a. hance to sign with whatever club he desired, providing, of course, that he had some plausible reason mrh as being with a tail end club or among unpleasant surroundings, etc It Is true that the best players on the poorer teams would flock to New Vork and the other big #*kl#a Of - ours* I believe that organisation *s absolutely esw ntial to the life of he game, but I also believe that things ouid be arranged more satisfactori ly to all parties if they would get ogether and fls 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 se - ary had he been free, should be blacklisted by organ!sed baseball for refusing to sign with Detroit. O RG A NIZET» * baseball could not exist without the reserve clans but T WUevc that a limit of thre r years should be placed on K. Nap Rucker, of Br»»oklyn, is an other notable Instance of thla restrl - tfon. H».w much letter off h* would be with a wtnnlng club. Surely he cannot be sntlsfled with his present surroundings, pitching few hit game* and invarlablv losing through the lack of ability of his team mates. The dub owners have a one year reserve clause now. but if a player •efuses to report the next year h*> n suspended, which amounts to the name thing as blacklist. Accordli g to an agreement between all clubs he cannot be htred by any of them, so be is. In fact, an outcast unless he atgn* with his original team. Perhaps the best remedy after ill would be for Congress to Investigate and decide once and for all whether or not organised baseball is a trust. • • • T HERE is Just one thing more 1 should like to arid here, though ?t has no bearing whatever on tin? ques tion I have been discussing. I wish to say that In my opinion the Southern League Is the best organ- zed and controlled of any league lr. the world. This Is due to the gra::d work done by President \V. M. Khva- naught, who has be«*n at the head of the organization almost from the hlart He has run the league with absolute fairness and has played mo politics. He has be«*n impartial :n his dealings with the Atlanta club. The league owe* much of its gre<t success to Judge Kavanaugh. OLDFIELD RESENTS BEING LINKED WITH SLAVE CASE 1,08, ANGELES, April 29. tieorgr H. Btxby. th<* I,ong Bench miillonalrr banker figuring In thr white nluve probe, will tell hie atory to the grand jury to-day. IMek Hollingsworth and tVlillwm Uriue, pnimlnent automo bile men. have been arrested on a charge made by a fifteen-year-old Kiri 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. MU, April 29 Abe At tell, 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 Ch# n* y proved to be one of the toughest featherweights seen around these parts in some time. The first few rounds of thv* 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 SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT A Rumhauser—Life Saver By Tad V v c ^Lc^ c \ \ ( lOx \ j HAkVS mo \- i | \FEAC LMW / I I. i w iIbusH t M r . . Two of Bill Smith’s Hurling Staff Are Reported Not to Be Training Very Faithfully By W. S. Farnsworth. W HEN ateimhas won a bunch of games 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 stafT is be ing put over the Jump*. Nevertheless, vo-urs truly received some ‘reliable info last night tliat two of the Cracker*’ hurling staff are Imbibing liquids stronger than coffee. If this 1* true the local manager had better get on the Job and plaster a good heavy fine on the guilty ones. • • 0 VTILT Reed, the former Marist boy, *** 1n mire peppering the old horse- tide out In the Central Association and the Ht. Louis team Is almost sure to haul him back Into the big league ranks if he keeps up 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 rap|»ed out three hits to the outskirts. He demonstrated ills speed on the paths by pilfering four bases In the seventh after he had singled bs stole both second and third. Iii the field lie was a demon, too, hand ling six chan css perfectly, and one of them was a miraculous one-hand ed stab of a vicious liner.’* • • • A HT. Imuls scribe believes that ** hw has unearthed the laziest man In the world—and he'g a baseball operator, too. Said scribe prints the foliowdng under a Boston date lino: “First end last, various Individuals have been exploited as worthy of places in any list of the '"Laziest Men on Earth.” 1 would humbly sug gest that my genial friend and fre quent co-laborer, George Warmunde, top-notoher of the W««tem Union’s operators at the ball game*, b* ac corded a position well up In the list. He duly qualified at one of last week’H gam**, when, In order to save unbut toning hlfl own coat, he telegraphed over to New York to ascertain th«> time.” • • • A TINY monkey drove two of Frank ** Chance's IVnnunt Aspiring Yan ke«*s to cover the other night in > Uav Gotham Hotel, where the P A. Y.'s roost when 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 singers, who carried the pet monkey, was assigned to the room o upled by Lellvelt and Keat ing by mistake. Some </f the other players stopping at the same hotel dropper! around to see Ijelivelt and Keating. Neither was In sight, but the visitors started a poker game in their room. Ten minute* aft^r the game had got un der way there was an uproar of screeches and yell.*. A corps of clerks, bellboy and brave gufflts rushed In to help the poker-playing element of the team Keating and I^elivelt 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 • • <<npo grab the white heavyweight * championship of the world and tote It back to that dear Htate of Oklahoma Is the eight-hors*- power task that < ’arl Morris has mapped out for himself.” The above w t - printed in a Chi cago paper Well t'arl could sure tote it Lack to that dear Ok'ahoma if Gunboat Smith, Jess WilDrd and Luther Mc Carty could be induced to fake and lay down for him as did Jack Mc Farland and Jack K*ating. alias Bob! Williams, here 11* Atlanta and in Chattanooga. • • • H ARRY Vardon and Edward Ray. who will be M*nt to this country by Lord Northcliffe, of England, to compete in the open golf champion ships at Brookline, Maas., Septem her 21 next, Is well known to both Stewart *Maiden and Scotty McKen zie, local professionals, say McKen zie: "The two big golfers of Great Brlta’n are towntne n, both Vardon and .‘ddward Ray 1 vlng b»en born at Grouville, In the Isle of Jersey Ray began his workaday life there as a fisher-man and Vardon as a gard ener Ray is the young* r, being thirty-four years old and Vardon is forty-two Both met last November in a $2,000 match at Hunnlngdale, in England, and Vardon won. In their method* these golfers are In sharp contrast. Vardon is the perfection of golfing technique, aud there is a scientific rea on for every thing he does. His driving swing is perfect, and each feature of it is baaed on logical deductions from knowledge* of the resultants of forc es. 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 shots cither a driver or a cleek.” CHRISTY MATHOT'S BIG LEAGUt GOSSIP TEW YORK, April 2ft.—So far in the rare this year, the elubs have pot away more in a U band than they <li<l last season. There hM beet ea y ^tarter as Cbtcfauwtl was ’ last year, only to crumble and fall track when the poing became hardest. After a poor beginning in the first few games, the Giants have struck their stride now and are walk ing along at a good pace. From my i>oint of view, it is necessary for the Giants to get a pood lead before the Western clubs come East on the first swing around the circuit, because it is from the West ern fellows that the <Hants will get the heavy competition, as usual. Philadelphia is the only Eastern team we have faced which appears to be very much stronger than it was last year, and this is simply beceause the club is more on its balance than it was in the race of 1312. The team was handicapped by injuries and Horace Fogei, and Oooin could not get results out of the playing stmepth of his men. But this season “fharley” 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, lioth in and out of the big leagues, before they have finished the race. * * * 'T'O my mind, the Philadelphia * pitching staff is as strong as any in the league, not barring those rf ttic Pirates and the Giants. Sea ton has started out as if he intended to blow himself to a good year, and Alexander anfl Chalmers have already proved their worth. The Quakers also have more real strength In the whole lot with a mediocre managed in St. Louis. set he T’ I.VKEK has made a poor start with Cincinnati, but, if I was “Joe,’’ I would consider this a gijod omen, because “Hank” O’Day got away like a sprinter last year, and then the club fell down badly, while the newspaiiers fell on him and roasted him to a frazzle. “Joe” has 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 ball players. They field at this writing, with Magee and j are tj °»nd to come through and make D>ls*rt both in the gain.-, two men a ftKht ’ Perhaps, for the pennant, hut who have suffered from injuries and G'ey are sure to be up there. Tinker T N concluding, I want to get liack * to the so-calleri handball trust for a minute. A* 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, 1913, by the McClure News paper Syndicate.) preparing Sneaeeker Athletes st G. M great amount of interest in pre for the prep meet May and Babb arc practicing with the ham- :r^r. w Gr bin Maret and Brown are >: .\ r.g to good advantage with the shot • • * Sifford. of G M A . should prove a star in the prep meet this year. This boy :> a wonder in the hurdles and short dashes Smith has equaled the best re orda 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 Teel. 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 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 A are showing a confidence. They certainly have as good ring - - - 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 t«o 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 the high school boys favorites in the pennant race. Although Tech High won the gam* # - agalnst Marist last week, some of th«*' men came 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 hard in the high school track meei April 18. and has not been well since. + * * .lean 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 wid be used in the next game against Euvs High. * * * Athletics are receiving a lot of sup port at Boys High this year The base- nail and track teams are the best the school has had in years, and more en thusiasm is being shown by the stu-1 dents than ever before V 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 l>hia, in the fourth round of a sched uled twelve-round battle here last night. O Keefe was badly battered at Hie 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 rORDELE. GA , April 29. PordeSe walked away with tb^ Columbus Y. M. C. A team this afternoon by ’n score of ls» to 1. Luttrell. ft*: Go- Jumbu*. waa batted freely, and nu merous error* were made b\ th< v >. iting team. Gillespie, for Cord« !*, plunc^a aplendid game. Kid Klberfeld has released Outfield er "R**d” Massey to the Galveston club of the Texas League. * • • Pittsburg fans are tickled to death because all games begin at S I* M. The late gain ah must go It in only a ques tion of how long it will tuke the bane ball magnates to wake up to them selves. When Pittsburg and Phlcago leant* meet, Artie Hof man and Tommy Lea* h sprain themselves trying to outdo each other In order to *h*»w up the men who traded them ("oinlskey is planning to entertain 40,®b0 fans on Frank Chance Hay. • • * It would be quaint indeed If it proved that the Naps are to be pennant con- terulers after uncounted years of rot tenness. • • • Umpire#* have the hardest Job in the world -but none of them ever quit. » • * "It’s a bum pitcher,” says Davenport, “who can't show smoke In Pittsburg.” • • ♦ The Reds are trying out Martin Berg- hainmer, formerly a Birmingham rookie Ho seems over small for big leugue do ing* If Berg h Am me r sticks. Rafael Almeida will be released But he will not get out of the big league*. Both the Ron ton Nationals ami St. I^ouis Americans want Mm. • • • Price Gaskill is still pitching poorly In the International League. He has never quite recovered from the awful grind that Joe McGlnnity put him through. $20,000 has been subscribed to the Ht. I^ouls club. finance Angermeler and At* are said to be slated for release by Charley Frank. * nd now * omen Chattanooga w ith the i iatm that their club is the best tail ender mi the league’ which claim is admitted. • • • Rjgh wos* springs a new play, aa follows ' Navin out, $12,600 to Cobb unassisted.” • • » Beams to us that Be r it or Hoke Smith ought to have an aHsis: on that play. • • • Ra.v Keating and Al Schultz, the lat ter late of Savannah, .ire about the best hurlers the Yankee. 1 - have now. • • * It's marvelous the wa l*otig Tom Hughes, of the Senators. hangs on This old lad ought to b* on the down slant by now, but he doesn't seem t- be naid 1 pock«st toward his transportation from Alaska when he. joint**! the Browns. * * • Frank Chance says be would givf $10,000 to-day for Tinker B it Joe isn't on the market t t • I^eon Ames has settled d-w n a lot this year It is twlleved th. t he will become a fairly dependable i Itoher by the time he is 98 • Donnie Bush swears that every time he geis on bases this year he is going to keep running till he score* or the\ put him out. He wants to neasure speed with Cobb and Milan • • * *•>■<u* HiRKhlns rc i entl. paid M00 for tila rrleasn fr..m the Si-ranto: .hit rather than sign for *175 a ram jh ... Time was when opposing rluh wel comed Detroit's pitchers, feared their hatters. Now conditions art, re The batters are weak the strong. umpires in the last couple of years. Lotart is a (food ball player—don’t make any mistake atsmt that—and he will bolster up the Infield and make It work together. Ixtbert puts a Jot of jtepper and dash Into the Kamo, and it is his fearless playing which makes him the victim of so many accidents. He does not avoid anything that comes his way. The case of 1’ittsburg is the cane of Wagner. The club is making great efforts to keep the real condition of the big 1 nitcliman a secret, but It is no news around the circuit that grave fears have been expressed by men on the Pirates as to whether Wagner will ever play regularly again Without Wagner, the Pirate infield looks very bad. It is ns 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 infield? • * * C LARKE has a great pitching staff, and his outfield is strong er and faster than Inst year, with the addition of Hofrnan in playing form, lie is a fast man, covers much ground and is a vicious hitter. With Wag* tier, the Pirates would have a great chance at the pennant. Without him. I fall to sts* them; although, of course, I may he wrong. Seldom have I lieen able to cash a bet on a ball game. Infrequently do 1 lose a po litical wager, although I know noth ing of politics and its Ins and outs. * * * T^VERS seems to lie going pretty ‘ well with his ('nhs, better than most of us expected he would. His pitching staff is moving smoothly and his Infield appears to be very evenly balanced. Rrldwell lias returned to form and solved the question of shortstop for Evers. Saier is growing first baseman, improving with the passing of each season. Zimmerman is a hitter that would add to anj club, and Is a reliable fielder. If Evers can maintain ltis pit' ll,ts in some kind of shape and hold tlie dub together so that It is working all the time, J expect he will It* up in the tight for the pennant, in tins keeping the team together, Rresnalmn is bound to Is* a big aide, he, nust* he is a close friend of Evers and because, like many another ball player, he wants to cut in on the world series coin this fall. I under stand that Roger Is adviser extraordt nary to “Johnny," and that the pitch ing department lias been practically passed over to him. Offhand, no body comes to my mind who is more oinjM'teld to whip a string of pitch ers into good shiqie. Roger did u has too much of a kick in him to stand for anything else. The American League has not straighteneil itself out. in my mind, at all so far, but by next Thursday I think I’ll have n better line on con ditions there and can say something about It. Yell Defiance at Blood Disorders A Remedy That Has Shown a Most Remarkable Purifying Effect. 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 we eat. Take, for example, the well- known tonic medicine S. S. S. 'Phis 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 arid the sugars that make up our dally 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 and judicious selection of its own essential nutrirrtent. 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