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stopped a ball with his head and was
and Agler out of practice.
April—Charles Becker, instead of
rounding into form, sprung an attack
of general debility and was finally
put on ineligible list.
April—Some of the players started
joy-riding and went to pieces in con
sequence.
April 26—Harry 3ai|ey sprained
foot severely and will be out of game
for two weeks or so.
April 27—Wally Smith sprained
b ;k so severely that fielding is diffi-
c .it.
* * •
THERE isn’t time or space to con-
L elder the ill-luck that has hap
pened in the games themselves—the
bad breaks that have made all but
impossible for the Crackers to win.
At least three games the locals los*
to Nashville, t wo there and one here,
were unlucky ones. One lucky break
for the Vols gave then) the game.
* * •
Y\7F talked it over with Bill Smith
vv before he left. “If we can stay
up around the top with the luck
breaking against us what do you
suppose we’ll do when it turns?” he
asked.
We told him.
“Sure we will,” rejoined Bill, “anti
we'll win it easy. But you better
believe that any club that wins a
pennant in this league is going to
need a lot of luck. There was never
one won without it.”
* * *
THE fans mignt as well harden
* themselves for a slump in the
Crackers’ standing during the tough
three weeks that lie ahead. Any time
a team ventures southward for nine
teen games it can count on losing a
dozen or fifteen of them.
This year Mobile and Montgomery
are calculated to furnish trouble for
any ball club. New Orleans looks
weak but it always took a miracle
for one of Bill Smith’s teams to win
in Pelicanville. The only real pie
appears to be Memphis.
The Crackers are lucky in getting
at Birmingham now instead of later.
Bob Baugh. President of the Baron
1 Hub. has gone to Chicago and when
he comes back lie is pretty likely to
bring some ball players with iiim.
Two weeks from now will find the
Barons a vastly more dangerous club
than they are now. At that the
< 'rackers are likely to find Moles-
worth’s men troublesome enough be
fore the series ends.
* * *
THE Crackers’ sally southward
x would be troublesome enough un
der any circumstances but with Har
ry Bailey out of it, and the pitching
staff extremely uncertain and ineffi
cient it looks particularly tough.
The absence of a hitter like Bailey
is likely to cost the club three or four
games in the course of a 19-game
trip.
Then Smith must try out his wab
bling hurlers—Weaver and Bau.se-
wein, in order to arrive at a decision
about them. Soon he must know
whether he will keep them or fire
them. And any time you try out a
sore-armed pitcher you are taking a
chance.
* * *
'THE Crackers can lose 15 out of the
1 next 19 games without doing any
irreparable damage. The season is
young yet. Any team that has Ag
ler. Alperman and Smith in the in-
' eld and Bailey, Welchonce and Long
. . the outfield is going to make con-
fcidt ruble fuss in the Southern League
—especially if Bill Smith manages it.
Billy Smith Shifts Batting Order
o © © o o o ©
Wally Smith May Go to Shortstop
Empire State League
Opens Season To-day
Six Teams to Get Into Action—Great
Interest Centers in Attend
ance Trophy.
Tilt Empire State League, organ
ized at Waycross last Nov*-**iber,
opens its season this afternoon.
Advance dope from the six cities
reports great enthusiasm, and there
will be record-breaking crowds in the
three cities whore games are sched
uled. Clear, warm weather is prom
ised for the opening.
Great interest centers in the race
for the attendance trophy of the
No effort wii! be spared by
any of the cities to land the trophy
for its team.
The three visiting cities in to-day's
opening will be the home towns May
5. The season will close August 12.
The schedule is so arranged that
every city will have a game on the
Fourth of July, the operation of some
special trains making it possible for
the teams to play in one city in the
morning and another in the afternoon.
The schedule for to-day:
Waycross at Brunswick.
Amerlcus at Cordele.
Thomasville at Valdosta.
WHITE . A SELL MOGRIDGE.
CHICAGO, May 1 -“Lefty” Mug-
ridge yesterday was sold to the Min
neapolis club of the American Asso-
. t jon by th.- White Sox. President
ctnvskev announced the sale just
1(e f,, re game time and Mogridge w : »;
„. lV p for Indianapolis to-night to jor.i
Millers. The good showing »t
G Russel!, southpaw, was r»-
. v he departure of Mog-
By Joe Agler.
M anager smith will choose
Bauswein or Weaver to hurl
to-day’s game. Granam will
catch. For the Barons I look
for "Big Bill" Prougli on the mound
and Dilger behind the bat.
We expect to have Bisland in the
game to-day. Bill Smith will use him
at short or third. He hasn't decided
which. There is a chance that he will
shift Wally Smith over to short and use
Bisland at third. It seems likely that
Williams will be benched.
Smith Makes Switch.
Bill Smith has resorted to his old
tactics and. as usual when the club is
losing, he has changed the batting or
der. He will lead off now with Tommy
Long. I'll hit second. Alperman third,
Smith fourth and Welchonce fifth. The
rest of the line-up will be unchanged
until Bailey gets back In the game.
We certainly miss Bailey. We need
his hitting and we are all pulling for
him to get back in the line-up
The team Isn’t a bit discouraged. We
all figure that luck will begin breaking
for us instead of against us pretty soon.
It Is sure tough for the team* to go
bad on hitting the same time the pitch
ers take A slump. By and by the luck
will break for us. Then watch us grow.
Muster Has Bad Inning.
Musser hurled a great game of ball
yesterday, except in one inning. In the
fourth he was hit hard, and this, com
bined with his error, put us.to the bad.
Foxen twirled a great game against
us and we couldn’t begin to solve his
delivery.
Watch out for us to-day. We are go
ing to try to get the jinx on the run.
CHRISTY MATHEWSOYS!
BIG llj
LEAGUE GOSSIP
N EW YORK, Wednesday, May 1.—“There's one club we’ll beat out anyway—the Cubs.”
So "Joe” Tinker declared himself before the season opened, when he assumed
charge of the Cincinnati team. The Intense rivalry existing between Messrs. Evers
and Tinker, now National Eeague managers, is not altogether unknown to the public. When
“Joe” jumped into the chair at Cincinnati recently, he had just one thing in mind, and that
was to beat out Evers.
So far in the race, the Cubs have been the big surprise to both the players and the fans
j of the country. It was generally figured the Chicago <'1111) would be much weaker than it was last year, tie-
cause most observers did not believe Evers, with his excitable temperament, would hold up as a manager and
; because it was not thought lie had any pitching staff.
“Johnny” 1ms done a lot to correct these impressions since the National league race opened. The Cubs
DIXIE CLEAN-UP MEN
MOSTLY OUTFIELDERS
U PSETTING precedent and stand
ing the alleged logic of the
situation on its bally head the
Southern League clubs of 1913 boast
six lead-off men who are infielders
and only two who are outfielders.
In the major leagues what is re
garded as the normal situation ex
ists. Thirteen out of sixteen lead-off
men are outfielders. But not so wli.li
the Southern. It’s all infielders In
the Dixie circuit. Three of the South
ern lead-off men are second base
men, two are first basemen.
The two exceptions to the rule in
t’ne Southern are Daley, of the Vois,
and Bagby, of Montgomery.
Here is the list in the Southern.
Club. Lead-off Man. Position
Atlanta Agler first base
Nashville Daley left field
Montgomery . . . .Bagby. . center fiRd
New' Orleans ...Clancy., second base
Mobile Stock shortstop
Memphis .. . . Shanley. . second base
Birmingham . .Marcan.. second base
Chattanooga ...Coyle.... first base
The clean-up men of the Southern
include three infielders and five out
fielders. Here is the list: Atlanta.
Bailey; Nashville, Perry; Montgom
ery, Elwert; New Orleans, Green;
Mobile. Jacobson: Memphis. Schweit
zer; Chattanooga. Elberfeld; Birm
ingham, McBride.
Here is the list of clean-up men in
the big leagues:
Pittsburg, Wagner; Cincinnati,
Hoblitzell; Chicago. Zimmerman; S f
Louis, Konetchy; Brooklyn, Wheat;
New York, Doyle; Philadelphia, Lud-
erus; Boston. Sweeney. American
League. Cleveland, Jackson; Chicago,
Collins; Boston. Lewis; Athletics.
Baker; Washington, Gandil; New
York, Chance or Cree; St. Louit,
Pratt; Detroit, Crawford.
have been playing tough teams—the
| Pirates being one of the best clubs
in the league—yet “Johnny” has
crowded his team right up to the top
in the standing.
It is my opinion that the Cubs are
going to l>e strong contenders for the
National League pennant this season,
and, if Wagner fails to come around
into form so that he is fit for action,
the Chicago club will be the one for
the Giants to beat instead of Pitts
burg.
This prediction may Ix» rather pre
mature, because of the extreme youth
of the season, but, from looking at
the box scores, it is evident Evers is
having better luck with his pitchers
than was expected.
Cheney has been whirling along,
and has dropped indications he will
enjoy a good year.
Lavender will not be a top-notclier,
but he should win a whole lot of
games for the club. Evers also seems
to have a pretty good man in Humph
ries, who set the Pirates down the
other day, working against Camnitz,.
rated as one of the best among the
Pittsburg pitchers.
• * *
O N the other hand. Tinker lias
failed to spurt ns he intended.
On paper, his pitching staff looks to
lie stronger than Evers’, with two
headliners like Benton and Suggs, but
they have failed to get away. Tinker
does not appear to have his team
working smoothly, while Evers, who
WHITE AND MURPHY MAY
CLASH IN GOTHAM RING
CHICAGO, May 1.—Charlie White,
the local whirlwind, who recently
stopped Joe Thomas at New Orleans
in eight rounds, will probably meet
Harlem Tommy Murphy in a 10-
round bout at New York.
Bill Gibson, matchmaker of th 1 ;
Garden Athletic Club, New York, yes
terday wired Nate Lewis, manager of
White, offering him the match and
Lewis lost no time in Accepting. It
is likely that the match will be closed
to-morrow.
VANDY VS. MERCER.
MACON, GA.. May 1.—Vand^bitt
and Mercer clas'h here to-day v; the
first of a two-game series. The two
teams meet again to-morrow. This
is the first time the Vanderbilt team
has been seen here in several seasons.
SMITH HANDS KERNAN
UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., May 1.—With
the arrival of Bisland, Jack Kernan.
the Chicago youngster, was given his
unconditional release by Bill Smith yes
terday and sent back to Atlanta, This
cuts the Atlanta Club down to fourteen
men. Harry Bailey, who is injured, be
ing left in Atlanta.
WELLS AND CARPENTER
SIGN FOR 20-ROUND BOUT
PARIS. May 1.—Bombardier
Wells, the English heavyweight, and
George Carpentier, the French cham
pion. yesterday signed articles fo;
a 20-round contest in this city on
June 28. The contest takes place on
the eve of the Grand Prlx races, and
is substituted for the Al Palzer-Jack
Johnson match, which was called off
a few weeks ago because Johnson
failed to post a forfeit.
No Hit Games In The Major Leagues
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
1876.
July 15—Bradley: St. Louis vs. Hartford.
1*80.
July 12 ‘Richmond; Worcester vs. Cleveland.
July 17 ‘Ward: Providence vs. Buffalo.
August 19—Corcoran: Chicago vs. Buffalo.
August 20--Galvin; Buffalo va. Worcester.
1882.
September 20—Corcoran: Chicago vs. Worcester
1SH3.
July 25—Radboume: Providence vs Cleveland.
September 13 Dailey; Cleveland vs. Phila
delphia.
1884.
June 27—Corcoran; Chicago va. Providence.
August 4—Galvin; Buffalo V9. Detroit.
1885.
July 27—Clarkson; Chicago vs. Providence.
August 29—Ferguson; Philadelphia vs. Provi
dence.
1891.
June 22- Lovett; Brooklyn vs. New York.
July 31 Rusle: New York vs. Brooklyn.
1892.
Aug.ist 8- Htivctts; Boston v*. Brooklyn.
August 22 Sanders; IiouisvUle vs. Baltimore.
V'jgust 15—Jones; Cincinnati vs. Pittsburg.
1893.
August 16 Hawke: Baltimore vs. Washington.
1897
September 18 Young; Cleveland vs. Cincinnati.
1893.
April 22- -Hughes; Baltimore Vs. Boston.
April 22- Breitenstein; Cincinnati vs. Pittsburg
-lulj 8—Donahue: Philadelphia Vs. Boston.
\ugust 21 Thornton: Chicago vs. Brooklyn.
1899.
Ala -5 Pbllltpe: Louisville vs. New Toih.
Xuzust 6—Willis; Boston vk. Washington.
190u.
July 12 Hahn; Cincinnati rs. 1‘ldladelphla.
** N' j man reached first base.
I9vl
July 15— Mathewson; New York vs. St. Louis.
1903.
September 18—Frazer; Philadelphia va. Chicago.
190G.
May 1—Luah: Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn
.Toly 20- Eason; Brooklyn vs. St. I-ouls.
May 8—Pfeffer; Boston vs. Cincinnati.
1907.
September 20 Maddox; Pittsburg vs. Brooklyn.
1908.
July 4 (A. M.) -Wilts*; New York vs. Phila
delphia (10 Innings).
September 5—Rucker; Brooklyn vs. Boston.
1912.
September 6—Tesreau; New York vs. Philadel
phia.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
1902.
September 20—Callahan; Chicago vs. Detroit.
1904.
May -*Young; Boston vs. Philadelphia.
August 17 TannehlH: Boston vs. Chicago.
1905.
July 22 Henley; Athletics vs. St. I.ouia
September 6—K. Smith; Chicago vs. Detroit.
September 27- Dlnten: Boston vs. Chicago.
1908.
June 30 Young; Boston vs. New York.
September 18 Hlmadt*; Cleveland vs. Boston.
September 20 F. Smith; Chicago vs. Athletics.
October 2- *Joas; Cleveland vs. Chicago.
1910.
April 2d- Joss; Cleveland vs. Chicago.
Ala - , 12— Bender: Philadelphia v*. Cleveland.
1911.
July 29—Wood: Boston v«. S'. L- al?.
August 27—Walsh: Chicago vs. Bo’.t'.i
1912.
Ju'.j 7 Mullen; Dtlroi? vs. S'. Louis.
August Sit-—Hamilton; Louis v. : . Detroit.
xvas supposed to encounter consider
able irritation, lias ills club going
along very nicely.
The secret of this Chicago success
came to me from a player iu the Na
tional League the other day.
All the Cubs honestly believe they
can grab the world’s series money
ibis year, and every man on the team
is pulling hard and doing his best.
There is also a report that bonuses
were plentifully attached to the con
tracts on file Chicago club last win
ter, because Charles W. Murphy real
ized lie was fighting for Ids baseball
life in Chicago after encountering all
adverse criticism he met when lie let
Chance go.
Bonus clauses are great inspirers.
Bresnahnn is helping Evers in
handling the twirlers. and it is to
his coaching that many attribute the
good showing of the pitching staff
to date. The infield is naturally
strong, with ltridwell plugging up
comfortably the hole that it was
thought Tinker would leave at short
stop. .Safer is a little better this
season than he was last, although
he was a very good fielding first
basemuu then. Ilis hitting has im
proved.
So far, the duties of managing
have not hurt Evers’ individual play.
He is booming along in grand style
at second. Zimmerman is bound to
is- a hard-hitter, but the chances are
lie will not bat as freely tills year
as lie did last, because he went
through an unusually good season
and a lucky one, when his hitting is
considered.
* • •
T HE outfield bus developed a
world of strength. Mitchell,
who acted last year in Cincinnati as
if lie had begun to fade, seems to
have improved with the change of
atmosphere, as players frequently do,
and is pounding the pill up with the
best of them.
Schulte has already established
himself among National league
pitchers ns a hitter, and Clymer, who
is no spring chicken so far as age
goes, is smashing the hall hard.
The apparent weak department of
the Cub team was the pitching staff,
and that has developed unexpected
strength. How long these twirlers
will continue in top form is proble
matical, of course; but I look on the
Cubs as a strong pennant possibility
in the National League.
If Evers can keep the team going
along in pretty good shape, the play
ers will stick together and the fans
stick by it. If the club cracks wide
open and the players will get fighting
and bickering among themselves
the team will Ik- gone as a champion
ship contender.
Base ball followers love a winner,
and, in spite of the feeling in Chicago
over the Chance incident, they will
stick as long as Evers keeps winning.
And there is no reason why he should
not make a good showing.
(Copyright, -ISIS, by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
The Memphis papers are telling Presi
dent Coleman to get a ball club or close
the park. To date he has done neither.
• • *
Jacksonville recently made 18 hits
in one game, eight of them for extra
bases, and yet lost.
* • *
In this famous contest, Melchoir, the
Jacksonville first baseman, made six
hits for seven bases and scored three
runs.
• • •
Phil Wells succeeded Harry Kunkle
as manager at Albany.
* • •
In answer to the Boston Globe’s
pertinent question, “Where does a noise
go?’’ we submit that Buck Weaver, who
was a Very Loud Noise a month ago
has gone on the blink—which accounts
lor one at least.
* * *
Everybody is falling over each other
to deny that any money has been raised
to finance a St. Louis club in the Federal
League. They have a franchise and an
option on a park. They are now await
ing the organization of a league.
* • •
Ed Koney has made one error out of
135 chances since the season started.
That gives him an average of .993.
• * *
Koney’s mark is pretty good. But
Harry Bussey in 1902 went a whole sea
son as first baseman of the Nashville
club with a higher average and only
16 errors for the season.
* * •
Jimmy Lavender is still suffering with
a hard’ cold, and can’t seem to get
right. . . .
Cincinnati folks sav that next year
the box scores will be reading. "Um
pires. O’Day and Tinker."
• * •
If all ball clubs are losing money, as
Locke says, why the dickens do they
keep sticking at it?
• * *
Howard Shanks was nearly turned
loose by the Senators in the spring,
i Now he Is hitting like a lunatic.
• • .
Walter Johnson got through a recent
ball game with 88 thrown balls.
• * *
The American League pitchers face
j the worst two-gun combinations that
i baseball ever saw Jackson L&joie,
| Cobb-Crawfurd and Collins-Baker.
* * *
i If they only played ball twice a week
j in the American League. «’Iark Grif-
Jliih ami Walter Johnson would win
1 c t’ery pennant.
RINGSIDE NEWS
Scotty Montieth, manager of Dundee,
has already started after a return
match for his protege. Montieth says
Dundee Is sure to heat Kilbane if they
ever meet again, as the added experl
ence his boy gained by fighting the
champion a draw is bound to help him
in a return contest.
• • •
In the meantime, Montieth will beat
it back to New York to gather some
of the easy dough for ten-round fights.
* • •
Leo Houck's first battle under Jack
McGulgan's management will be against
George "Knockout" Brown or Frank
Klaus. Houck is confident he can beat
Engle’s champion or the Greek demon.
* • •
We have discovered the reason for
Knockout Brown’s defeat at the hands
of Bud Anderson on the coast. It was
due to the climate, and it must be, for
Dumb Dan, his manager, says so.
• # «
Eddie McGoorty and Jimmy Clabby
have completed training for their ten
round scrap at Denver to-morrow night.
Denver promoters are billing the bout
as a championship affair. How about
Frank Klaus and Jack Dillon?
• * •
Gus Christie, the Milwaukee middle
weight, will take on Walter Monahan
in a six-round bout at Pittsburg on
May 8. Christie was to have met George
Chip, but Monahan was substituted
The winner of this bout will meet Chip
at some later date.
* • ,•
Martin Burns and Ted Carpenter will
swing the padded mitts in a scheduled
ten-round fray at Burlington, Wis., to
night. Both are burly white hopes.
• • *
Butte. Mont., is after Art Stewart,
the tough Hammond. Ind . lightweight,
to meet either Ray Temple or Jimmy
Duffy. Larney Lichtenstein, manager
of Stewart, expects to close the match
any day.
* • •
Jimmy Grant, Meyer Pries. Kid Young.
Spider Britt and George Mason are
simply crying for a chance to get into
action. Grant is the Chicago boy. who
recently stopped Britt and held Young
to a draw. He is one of the most
promising bantams seen around here in
some time. George Gaelelies is backing
Grant.
* * *
Several good bouts are billed for to
night: Kid Williams vs. Charley Ledoux.
ten rounds, New York; Arthur Pelky
vs Carl Morris, fifteen rounds. Calgary,
Albert.t: Patsy Drouillard vs. .lark
White, fifteen rounds, Calgary, Alberta.
Mike Gibbons vs. Lave Kafro, ter.
rounds. Eau Claire, Wis.
* * *
Matty McCuc, the Racine sensation.
Is being called a second Terry McGov
ern by Chicago fight critics. Ten
straight knockouts look pretty good for
the Racine boy.
• * •
Phil Brock and Milburn Saylor are
down to hard work for their ten-round
tussle at Cincinnati Monday.
• * *
Charlie White is a much sought aftef
boxer these days. New York wants
White to box Murphy; Milwaukee is
after a McCue-White bout, while New
Orleans wants Charlie to meet Freddie
Welsh.
• * *
Tom Carey has simply eliminated Ad
Wolgast from a title match. McOarey
is now looking forward t<> a Ritchie-
Rlvers go July 4. with a chance of
Leach Cross or Tommy Murphy slipping
in at the last minute.
* • •
Nothing has been heard of lately from
Packey McFarland. The Chicago boy
is probably enjoying the big purses he
received for boxing Jack Britton, Matt
Wells and Eddie Murphy.
* * *
Coast fans are now looking forward
to the Mandot-Anderson tilt May 30.
This will be Mandot’s last chance to
prove whether he is still there or has
gone back.
• • •
Abe Attell is still traveling over the
country nicking up purses here and
there. The former featherweight king
won a decision at Baltimore Tuesday
night over a youngster named Cheney.
Baseball Catches On In Paris
AUSTRALIAN NET STARS
LEAVE FOR NEW YORK
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2. -Hora.-e
Rice and A. B. Jones, members of th *
Australian Davis cup tennis team
left for New York yesterday.
Whateevr the outcome of the Da
vis cup contests in New York, th
men w’ill go on to England to com
pete in the British championship
tourneys at Wimbledon. They will
return home by way of the Suez Ca
nal.
In practice play here the Austra
lians have won the admiration of lo
cal experts by their accurate placing.
They have not taken kindly, however,
to asphalt courts.
Opium. Whiskey and Drug Habit* treated
at Home or at Sanitarium. Book on subject
Free. DR B. M. WOOLLEY, 24*N, Vlctoa
Sanitarium, Atlanta, Georgia.
© © Q © @ 0 O
Tod Sloan Is Coaching a Team
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
P ARIS. FRANCE, May 1.—Paris
has a half dozne baseball team 1 ?
now playing the American na
tional game and a league will be or
ganized this summer. The game is
spreading like wildfire through
Fra nee.
A couple of Americans, T. E
Roosevelt and VV. H. Burgess really
started the game, translating simple
rules Into French and coaching the
boys. Then other Americans volun
teered their services as coaches. Tod
Sloan, the famous jockey, organized
a team at the Malson-Lafitte training
stables, the members of his team be
ing a mixture of French, English and
American stable boys. Valentine
Flood, formerly a Princeton Univer
sity coach, has staked off a ball
ground on the racing club’s grounds
at Colombes and is giving his ser
vices to teams playing there. The
aristocratic Polo Club in the Bois has
permitted another ball park to be laid
out on the polo field, and it looks ms
if Paris is to have a "polo grounds’’
as well as New York. American ar
tists are mixing in and the Latin
Quarter Is wearing a deserted look
these spring days. Cafe proprietors
are beginning to be alarmed lest the
sport of sitting on their terraces and
drinking queer drinks be forsaken for
impromptu baseball parties.
First Attempts Are Funny.
It is amusing to watch the French
boys throw from the outfield anl
pitch. They can bat astonishingly
well, but they throw 1 like girls. Tt
requires the center fielder, shortstop,
second baseman and pitcher to get :\
long drive to center back home. And
when a pitches hits a batter, thv
game stops for a time while apolo
gies are made.
Then, too, a Frenchman does so
hate and i>erfectly loathe to soil h's
clothing or even to disarrange it.
A iso, the average Frenchman, though
famous for his bravery when facing-
cannon or musketry fire, is—well, he
shrinks from taking a chance on
barking his shin, scratching his hand
or turning a Charley horse, and it
can be imagined how ludicrous would
be a game of baseball in which
thought of these minor matters was
put ahead of thoughts of the long
end of a score.
Such conditions do not make well
for speed, and in several games
played about Paris the ball had to be
knocked a mile for a man to beat
even the frenzied throw of the Par
isian infielder or short fielder to the
bag.
Are Afraid to Slide.
And it Is totally impossible to get
it into their heads that sliding to
bases is an important adjunct of tha
game. A few days ago when Tod
Sloan was drilling his team, he was
impressing on the Frenchmen the im
portance of getting to first and of
stealing bases. Tod then went to
bat, and with a final admonition t.»
his pupils to learn speed in reaching
bases by watching him closely he
swatted the ball out and made for
first. As luck would have it, the bail
was quickly fielded and Tod slid into
first. Instantly the tame broke ul.
every player abandoning his post anl
running to the prostrate former jock
ey to pick him up and excitedly asked
how he came to fall, and if he was
much injured.
j
GIANTS' TOUR ROUND
WORLD ALLARRANGED
By Allen Sangree.
N EW YORK, May 1.—The big stuff
to-day is as follows: McGraw
will play at Athens.
No, friend fan. It will not be Ath
ens, Ga., but Athens, Greece. And
this* Giant-Athens game transpires on
Christmas Day, according to the pub
licity friend, who is arranging the big
round-the-world tour for the Giants
and White Sox after this season is
over.
They’re ail fanning about this
round-the-world trip that has ju^t
been arranged between McGraw and
Comiskey.
It is a grand thought.
Doc Sargent, of Harvard, says that
baseball will die a sudden death, be
cause it jabs the soul of us mortal
folks, and after a thrilling game no
body knows what they are doing.
More of this round-the-world trip,
anon.
If not, just fancy how the simple
Hindoos and Greeks are going to be
surprised. Yes. they will be surprised.
Those guys were wise to baseball long
before Toto, the champion monkey
toseer in the Simian League, made
trouble with One Eye Connolly.
Now, while McGraw is busy fix
ing up this orb circuit, let us get down
to the facts directly ahead and see
what Frank Chance can do this af
ternoon by way of erecting a—and
you want to pipe this term—chevaux
de frise.
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WALSH HAS THE GRIPPE;
MAY BE OUT UNTIL JUNE
CHICAGO, May 1.—Bix Ed Walsh,
prize twirler of the White Sox, whose
condition thus far this season has
been far from satisfactory to Mana
ger Callahan, is ill of grippe.
There is a possibility that the big
fellow may be unable to get into the
game before the first of June.
MATHEWS GETS BIG OFFER
FROM LYNCHBURG CLUB
NEW ORLEANS. May 1.—Harry
Matthews, former Pelican backstop,
sent to the Beaumont Texas League
• •lub several weeks ago by Manager
Frank, but turned back because of a
hitch in the optional agreement
clause, has a splendid offer from the
Lynchburg Federal League club, and
in all probability will accept. The
Lynchburg club offers "Matty” a
larger salary than he could draw lr.
any Class AA league in organized
baseball.
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