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/ I 2 G HEAltST S SUNDAY AMERICAN— UASUALL A»D O'lHtlt SPOk'iS —SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1313. ALFRED REICH, WHO WOULD RATHER BE CLERK THAN CHAMPION—By Leo CopfOght, 10La• International Nmhi Banflce. Rv J. W. Heisman. M OST everyone knows that no base runner can acore a run ahead of a player who la already ahead of him on the bases, that la one who la nearer home than fho former. They have to follow each other In sequence when It cornea to scoring, as in the batting order. But 1 retail the time when there was no rule whatever upon the Bubject. and this or the simple reason that the need for one had never arisen and had never been foreseen It was in a league game between <'hicago and Boston very 1b'* in the summer of 1893 that an incident oc curred which gave rise to the adoption of the present rule covering the case. The game was played in Chicago, and in no other respect did it offer anything in the least unusual in the way of play. Bostoh had a man on third, and an- her—the ^reat Duffy, if 1 remrni- 1>< r rightly—on second. with two hands* down. The runner on third went sound asleep, and when he awoke he found himself very cleverly I < aught off the bag. Realizing that he j couldn’t get back he made for home, but there also they had him headed off I cannot recall his name, but I 1 do know that after his nap he was the livest and most wide-awake base runner caught between stations that 1 have ever seen cafort back and forth: he certainly led that Chicago infield one grand chase. Duffy Worked Back and Vorth. Hut it is not with film that we are mainly concerned, but with the run ner on second. Duffy, of course, real- l r/ed that if they caught his pal the | entire side was down and he would j die at second like a hobbled lamb. He i kept fidgetfng back and forth, up to | third when it looked as though his advance might make a break of it for home, then retreating again to ward second when it appeared that he might get safely back on the thir l sack. Finally, Duffy, tired of the tense •situation, conceived the Idea that an instant later made baseball history. Now they had the other fellow almost midway between third and home again, and the Boston coacher on that side was running up and down with the piny like mad, yeljing advice and encouragement to hi» drowning team mate. From my seat along the sume side of tin field 1 suddenly caught side of a j flying meteor rounding third base, I and whizzing in a big circle out to- Avard the grand stand. At .first 1 j thought it was the coacher on this! side of the field, but directly I roal- | iz< d that It was Duffy coming in from second tinder full steam and quite uu- | announced. So intent were all the other players on the play centering around the other man that none of them noticed DufTy at all until he had touched the plate, which he did Just ;*n insta+it before the other runner v\<is put out. The question naturally was whether Duffy’s run counted or nH. The umpire promptly said it dftki't, and declared DufTy himself out, thus retiring the side before the ad vance runner was put out. Never will I forget what u squabble ■ nsued. In the end, on appeal to the league president, xtie umpire was sus tained in his decision, but that very next winter the rule-makers decided St w&; best to have it down in the hook in blaek and white. * • • \ T < »T long ago 1 heard of an inci- ^ dent, while it did not come with in my own experience or observation, is too unique to be held hack. It was told me by Edgar Montague, of the T. ch team, who formerly lived in Richmond, Va.. where the play trans pired. It appears that a certain player -tail him Jones—playing on a certain team in the Virginia Deague, one day undertook to steal second. The catch er threw neatly, and the runner slid dexterously. The runner and the ball met each other; but in a most pe culiar manner. When the runner came up <>n his feet he promptly made bee line for third, leaving the sec ond ba&emuu looking madly for the ball. The rh rtslop ran over and pod look, and then the pitcher, but all to no avail. Meantime, Jones had rounded third ind was lieading for home. Every body realized that the secret of the ball’s magic disappearance reposed in the breast of B’rer Jones alone, but it was equally clear that no one was going to pump it out of him until he had scored. \nd here was the cert ter fielder in by this time, and the first baseman, both straining their eyes from their sockets. And by the time Jones had tallied with a merry .Ha! Ha! the whole of the opposing team and the umpire were on their way to the key stone sack or already there to Sher lock Holmes this wonderful sphere but of the ground. • They swore Jomes himself had the ball and had carried it around the bases with him. “He laughed and swore positively that he had done no such thing, and that he didn’t have the ball. They searched him and couldn’t find it. They knew he hadn’t knocked or throw n it away, else would they have seen it. Finally he told them if they would go and look under the second sack they would find It, and they did. And tht rurf was. of course, allowed, •or everyone supposed the catcher had *d'.iply thrown it under the bag. But after the game was all over and the result had gone on record Jones privately admitted that when he slid the catcher’s throw landed the ball squarely between his knees, and ao he doubled up in a cloud of dust, with the second baseman tunr ing his- ba k for an instant to Iqok for the ball, he quickly took it out from ist first resting place and him- elf shoved it under the sack, then sprang to his feet and made off again like a wild man. That must have been funny enough. Hr WON TtiE JUNIOR. championship fop. PUTTINGr THE SHOP He won his first BOOT IN FIFTEEN SECONDS- SO. ATLANTIC LEAGUE Charleston, 8; Albany, 7. ALBANY, GA„ May S.—Albany lost to-day in a hitting match with Charleston, by a score of 8 to 7. T T n- til the eighth Inning, O’Hearn had Albany tied up. but after a streak of bHd luck and bud fielding he was re lieved by Hamilton. Both teams play ed a very bad game of ball. Box score: Charleston. ab. r. h. po. a. e. Kipp, ss. . . . . r» 2 1 i <; 2 Needham. 2b. .6 2 3 2 7 0 Hoey, lb. ... 5 1 1 16 0 1 Witter, If. ... 5 1 2 4 0 I Winston, cf. . . 6 0 2 0 0 0 Mena fee. c. . . 4 2 2 2 1 0 Smith. 3b... 6 0 2 0 3 1 Hurley, rf. . . 4 0 2 2 0 0 O’Hearn, p. . . 3 0 o o 0 0 Hamilton, p. .0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals ... .41 X 16 27 17 5 Albany. ab. r. h. po. a. e. McClesky. If. . 4 1 o 2 1 0 Colby, rf. . . . 4 1 1 1 0 0 Kuhlman, 3b. . . 5 1 i 2 2 1 Holden, cf . . . 5 1 3 5 0 1 Brooks, lb. ... 5 1 311 1 0 Wells, o. ... 6 1 2 4 2 0 H. Wolfe, ss. . . i 1 1 2 3 1 Morton, 2b. 4 ft I 0 4 1 J. Wolfe, p. . 4 ft 1 ft 1 ft Total r . . .40 7 13 27 14 4 Score bv innings: Albany 000 000 070—? Charleston 411 000 002—8 Summary: Two-base hits—Men&fee, Bmith. Three-base hits—Needham. Witter. Base on balls—OfT Wolfe 1, O’Hearn 1, Hamilton 0. Struck out — By Wolfe 1. O’Hearn 1, Hamilton 1. Hit by pitcher—McClesky. Left on bases -Albany 8,‘Charleston 6. Dou ble plays—Kipp to Needham tofloey, Kuhlman unassisted. Stolen bases — Witter, Needham and Holden COLUMBUS, 4; SAVANNAH 4. COLUMBUS, QA., May 3.—Colum bus and Savannah battled to a 12- inning tie here this afternoon, 4 to 4. Handiboe’s home run drive was the feature of the game. Umpire Moran was Jeered when he called McCor mack out on a home run hit for not touching third, Columbus ab. r. h. po. a e. Moore, ss. . . 3 2 2 1 4 2 Me Duff, 3b. . 4 ft 2 ft 3 0 Keating, 2b. . . 3 ft ft 4 2 0 Folmar, If . . 4 ft' l 2 0 0 Thompson, c... 6 1 3 7 3 1 Fox. lb. ... 6 ft 1 15 2 0 McCormack, rf. 6 1 2 2 0 0 Morrow, cf. .4 0 0 2 6 0 xKrebs ... 1 0 ft ft 0 0 Totals . . ..38 4 11 36 20 3 x—Batted for Morrow. Savannah ab r. h. po. a. e. Handihoe, cf. . 5 2 2 1 ft 0 Li pc, 3b. ... 3 ft ft 1 ft 0 May re. rf. ... 4 ft ft 3 1 ft Gust, 1b. . 4 0 2 12 2 ft Dowell, If. . . 5 ft ft 2 ft ft Wietman, ss. , 6 0 0 I 1 ft Zimm’man, 2b.. 5 1 2 5 5 1 Glebel, c. . 4 o 0 11 3 ft Adams, p. . . . 3 I ft ft 6 ft Armstrong, p.. 2 0 ft ft ft 0 Totals . 40 4 6 36 18 1 Score by innings Savannah 001 000 30ft 000—4 Columbus 011 000 200 000—4 Summary : Two-base hits—Folmar Fox. Three-base hits—MeConnaok Moore. Home run - Handiboe. Stolen bases—Handiboe. McDuff, Thompsor 2. Double plays—Adam* to Gust; Gust to Zimmerman Left on bases— Savannah, 7; Columbus, 7. Bases on halls—Off Adams, 4; off Armstrong. 2; off Morrow, 2. Hit by pitcher— Lipe. Gust. Struck out—By Morrow, 5; by Adams, 2; by Armstrong. 4. Balk—Armstrong. Umpire—Moran. THIS BALL FAN BOUND TO SEE WORLD’S SERIES WASHINGTON, May 3.—The most forehanded baseball fan in the United States is believed to have been found in Paul G. Brock, of this city, who yesterday mailed a certified cheek to Garry Herrmann, chairman of the National Baseball Commission, for two grand stand seats at the coming world’s series games. Brock s early application for place# at the diamond side is prompted by past difficulty in securing suitah’*.* accommodation and a firm belief that the Senators will be one of the teaVis contending for the pennant. BRING YOUR FILMS TO US and we will develop them free. We are film specialists and give you perfect results and quick delivery. Mai! is negative (or free sample print. Enlargements made and colored. Pictures framed. Chemicals. Cameras, $3.00 to $85.00. Fresh films to fit any camera—guaranteed not to stick 'vj ue f r«r catalogue. Quick m ail order service. H. CONE. Inc., "A Gcod Drug Store"—(Two Stores)*—Atlanta. JACKSONVILLE, 2; MACON, 1 JACKSONVILLE, FLA.. May 3.— Jacksonville won from Macon by o score of 2 to 1 here to-day in a 14- inning game. Each team made one run In the fourth inning. In the ninth Martin was hit by a batted ball and O’Brien went in. In the four teenth inning Mathews dropped the ball in center field, permitting Jack sonville to get the winning run. The score: Macon. ab. r. h. po. a. e. Mathews, cf. . 6 ft ft 3 ft 1 Herokl. 3b. . . 6 ft 2 ft ft 0 Voss, rf ft ft ft 2 (I 1 Munn, lb. . . . 5 ft ft 15 1 0 Pry sock. 2 b. . . 5 1 J ft 9 0 Moran, If. ... 5 ft 2 1 ft 2 Baumgard’r. ss. 5 ft 2 5 4 1 Burns, c. . . . 4 ft 1 x ft ft Martin, p. . . . 2 ft ft ft 3 ft O'Brien, p. ... 2 ft ft 0 2 ft Totals ... .4ft 1 X 4ft 2ft 3 *T\vo out when winning run made. Jacksonville, ab. r. h. po. a. e. Klump. 3b. . . 5 ft 1 2 3 3 Mete hoi r, lb. . 6 1 1 19 l ft Hoffman, If. . . ft ft 2 3 1 0 Cueto, ,2b. 4 ft 1 7 X ft Hartman, cf. .ft 1 2 2 ft ft Maurer, ss, . . ft ft 2 3 6 ft Ho watt, rf. . . 3 ft I ft ft ft Grover, rf. . . 3 ft 2 I ft ft Smith, e. ... ft ft 1 4 3 i Horten, p. . . . 5 ft 0 12 0 Totals ... .49 2 13 42 24 3 Score by innings: Macon .. . ..ftftO 100 ftftft 000 0ft- 1 Jacksonville. ..000 100 000 000 01 .1 Surrtmury: Sacrifice hits—Burns. Martin, Melchoir, Cueto. Stolen bases -Maurer, Grover. Double plays —Baumgardner to Prysock to Munn; Cueto to Melchoir; Baumgardner to Munn to Prysock to Burns;, O'Brien to Baumgardner to Munn; Cueto to Maurer. Left on mses—Macon, 5; Jacksonville. 7. Bose on balls—Olf Martin, 1. Struck out—By Martin, 3; by O’Brien, 2; by Horton, 3. Time— 2:05. SAVANNAH WILL HAVE BIG BREEDING FARM SAVANNAH. GA., May 3.—That Savannah is to have a stock farm where race horses will oe bred, is the announcement of A. P. Doyle and Charles J. Odell, who are interested in the “sport of kings.” The Doyle Purk at Thunderbolt, where the late Captain M. J. Doyle always k« pt a string of trotters, and where he bred numbers of classy horses, will house the plant. Odell has commissioned Tom Buck- ley, who is now at the Havre do Grace track, in Maryland, to pur chase several thoroughbred marts for him. In this connection it is interesting to note that a rare track Is about to be built in South Carolina within easy reach of the Savannah-Beau fort Ferry, it is understood that the money for this venture has already been put up. The Idea will be to have the horses .-hipped through Sav annah and taken by ferqfcto the pro posed track. ^ Although Doyle. Odell and Charles H. Levin are interested In the plan for the new racing plant In South Carolina, the proposed breeding farm for thor )ughbred.< at Thunderbolt will not be dependent upon the establish ment of the race track on the Caro lina side of the river. He won HIS SECONb BOUT IN irtREE ROUNDS His OPPONENT WAS DOWN ipJ EVERY ROUND- He STOPPED His MRU in the first round of HIS LAST QUARREL REAL WHITE HOPE BUT SPURNS TITLE BRITTON TO START FOR COAST; AFTER JOE RIVERS NK\Y YORK. May 3.---In response to a telegram from Manager “Dumb Dan” Morgan. Jack Britton, the Chi cago lightweight who has been cU fil ing up around these jiarts of late, will soon start for the coast to meet his talkative business man in Los Angeles. Britton declares that, he is unable to get a match with any more of the Eastern lightweights. because, he says, the> are afraid to get in a ring with him. Such being the case, his manager ha.s decided to bring him across the Continent in the hope of matching him up with the best of the Western crop of lightweight championship aspirants. Britton declares that Morgan expects to eith er coax or force Joe Rivers into a match with him. INDIANA RACING DATES. NOBLEV1LLE. IND.. May 3.-rThe Northern Indiana and Southern Mieh- ! igan Fair and Racing Association has ' announced the following dates: Crown Point. August 19-22; Laporte. August ; 26-29; Cassopolis. September 2-5; | Goshen. September 9-12: Fort Wayne, ! September 16-19: Kendallville. Sept'em- ■ j l>er ::S-26; Bremen. September 23-26; I ' Bourbon, September N EW YORK, May 3.—It may seem an Impossibility, but it is a fact that a fighter has been dis Covered who Is somewhat bashful and a trilie too modest for the profession. When a man. and a big fellow at that, who has knocked out almost every one he has met in amateur heavyweight tournaments, says that he hates fighting and would much rather make a modest amount weekly as a shipping clerk* than entertain any ideas of getting into the profes sional ranks a a “white hope,” it seems about tim. tu call, and call loudly, “POLICE. ’ After which long paragraph it; is necessary to say that such a man has been discovered and even to give his name. He is Alfred J. Reich, and a member of tli£ Irish-American Ath letic Club. Reich seems to be a natural fighter Ho has size, speed and a punch that lands but once to send his opponent off into a dreamless sleep that is guaranteed to be all wooi and at least ten seconds long. One would think a big fellow like Reich, who is twenty-three years of age. stands 6:00 2-3 in his stockings, weighs 204 pounds, with a reach of 81 inches, and can hit like a trip hammer, w'ould not hesitate for a moment in going after the scalps of all the big fellows. In hi- shdrt career as a boxer he lias put his opponents away so easily that all amateur tournaments he en tered lacked interest. This was main ly due to the fact that his entry blank was always the signal for other heavyweights to take to the woods. The latest victim of the new won der was a young giant by the name of Benz, with some reputation as a boxer Benz hails from the Hartley House and was selected to put a stop to the winning streak of Reich. It took Reich one minute and five sec onds to put Benz to sleep. Started Boxing Last Year. Reich started boxing in the winter of 1912. His first appearance was in the novice tournament held under the ni’. pices of the Irish-American A. C. Ho fought three bouts, a preliminary, semi-final and final. In the first go h« knocked his man out in fifteen seconds. Three rounds did for the next man, and the last bout was stopped to prevent a knockout. I Lis next appearance was at the State Championships, also under the auspices of the Irish-American A. His opponent then was Big Sorenson, ami he was knocked out in three rounds. Garretson, who fought Warren Bar bour to a standstill in Cooper's Gym nasium. was the next victim to buck up against Reich. He was stopped in three rounds. After this fight. Reich took a rest for a short while, but never remain- ■A entirely idle, athletics being hi9 favorite pastime. Reich is :i real athlete. In 1911 he ropr -ented the Irish-American A. C. in the Junior National champion- ships in Pittsburg, and won the 16- round shot put with a throw of 42 feet X inches. He beat such crack ajacks as I.arn Whitney and John Muehs. • “I don’t want to be a ‘white hope,’ ” said Reich to-day. "My home is be ing overrun with managers, trainers and everyone interested in the fight game. Only yesterday I was made a rt> flattering inducement, not to fight, but only to go into training. A prominent fight promoter made this offer. i have no desire to be a champion fighter. 1 would much rather be an amateur track or field ithlete—like Sheppard. Kiviat. Sher idan and others. To my mind there is more glory in that. Taught by Veteran Trainer. ' Eddie Gorman, of the St. Barth olomew Club, is responsible for me having entered the amateur boxing ranks. Eddie is the man who train ed John L. Sullivan in his 'fighting days. Gorman thought that I was so well developed physically that I ought to try my hand at boxing. Be lieving :t would be well to know Measurements of Amateur White Hope Age 23 years Height 6 feet 2-3 inches Weight 204 pounds Chest, normal 40 , /2 inches Chest, expanded 44|/2 inches Waist ». .34 inches Thighs 24 i /2 inches Calf 16'/2 inches Biceps 15 inches Reach Neck 17 inches Forearm 13 inches Wrist 8 inches something about the manly art I took lessons for six months. Gorman teaching me how to block and punch. “It was Gorman's idea to make a ‘white hope’ out of me, but I balked, and was on the point of giving box ing up entirely when friends induc ed me io enter the amateur tourna ments." Reich usually relies on a straight left to v/in his contests. He also has a terrific body blow. He was born on the East Side, in Thirty-fourth Street, where he still resides. He is employed in one of the big department stores as a shipping clerk. All-Filipino Team On Way to America Foreigners Will Arrive in San Fran cisco About June 25—To Tour Country. MANILA, P. I., May 3.—A crack ali- Filipino basebal, i.eam composed of fourteen of the fastest players in the Philippines, have left Manila for a tour of Japan and the TInited States. The team expects to arrive at San Francisco about June 25. The aggre gation of athletes is under the man agement of Director Alejandro Al bert, Manager E. F. Willets arid Ad vance Agent Arthur E. McCann. The program calls for about twelve games in Japan with the leading col leges. One game in Hawaii, en route, and about fifty games in the United States with class “C” and “D” league teams, the fastest semi-pros and col lege teams. The natives here have made won derful strides in the progress of the national game and the managers of this team are confident that their boys will make a creditable showing. Although the members of this team are all Filipinos no two of them speak the same language, so they are obliged to speak in a tongue other than their own in order to carry on a conversa tion among themselves. WILLARD TO BE IN GREAT CONDITION FOR SMITH HARBIN SPRINGS, CAL, May 3. —Tom Jones, the veteran fight-man ager. is working hard over his new charge, Jess Willard, in the expec tation of putting Willard in such shape that he will score a decisive win over “Gunboat” Smith, when they meet on May 17, In Goffroth’s arena, San Francisco. Wolgast. the former lightweight champion, is with Wil lard and Jones, and occasionally puts on the gloves with the big fellow. Jones declares Willard is the only white man in the world at the pres ent time, possessing world’s cham pionship calibre, and as he has al ready handled two world’s champions, Wolgast and Billy Pa.pke, he ought to know. BALL TEAM OF BROTHERS. BOYNE CITY, MICH., May 3.— Milton Porkorney, third sacker with the Boyne City Michigan State League club last season and formerly with Kalamazoo in the Southern Michigan League,‘has organized a team among his brothers at Lawton, Okla. The club bears the family name. Several of the Porkorne? brothers played professional ball last season, while the others are semi-pro stars of the little Oklahoma city. HAS A HEART OF PURE COLD C INCINNATI, May 3.—Hans Wagner, the wonderful star, of him Is this story told—a tale that shows how the German had a heart that was purest gold: Four years ago Hans Wagner, rich in this world's goods, and, even then, weary of the game, announced his retirement. No holdout, no demand for money or privilege—Just deter mined to quit and take things easy, that was all. Panic prevailed in Pitts burg—and Harry Pulliam, now dead, came up to see the German. He found Wagner obdurate, immutable, immov able. “I'm through, that’s all," growl ed Hans. “I’ve got money—and sore muscles. I need no more money—I can’t stand much more ball playing. I’m done." “Hans," said Pulliam, “this old smoky town is full of hard-working, honest toilers, men of the mills. Ldt- tle pleasure is theirs in life—mighty little. A Saturday afternoon—a few hours under the blue sky—and the chance to see Hans Wagner play ball. They go out there to that field by thousands, Just to see you. That’s a joy and a real delight to those poor feilows—and you don’t want to take that pleasure away from them?" “Give me that pen,” growled Wag ner—"I’ll sign it, Harry, and I’ll stay as long as they want me to!" No holdup, no holdout—only a sac rifice of the strained body that yearn ed for rest and ease—only a sacrifice to please a gentleman and to please the smoke-grimed thousands that made Wagner the idol of their leisure hours! 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