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It is no ordinary “drink-it-just* to-be-drinking-something” bev erage. Coca-Cola has distinctive, individual qualities that you will recognize. Just to look at a glass of it tells the story — bright, sparkling, clear. Delicious—Refreshing ^ Thirst-Quenching ’ A Demand the genuine— Refuse Substitutes. IIKARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN— BASEBALL AND OTHER SPORTS SUNDAY, MAY II. 1013 British Reporter On Baseball O O O O O O o Says Game Is Extremely Comic At Inst the Britisher's Idea of base- al has been put into cold type Mr. ’harl-s Spoke*, a well-known sport- ng authority in England, wrote the ullowtnff story on baseball an he saw 1 for in Engllvh pap**r, and It la re- rlnted on their favorite sports: Englishman who tares to the other side of the Atlantic—whether to Canada or the State*, for In this matter the two nation* are as one— i.« Mt th< first loftily contemptuou* :ov rds the national gamr of base- hall. C -mplete ignorance of the game (, \ . pt that it is a kind of grown-up rounders”) la largely the cause of iis attitude, for, notwithstanding the Inc- number of exoteric pastimes ,vi i.•! have become acclimatized In !-'in; la nr! itch, for instance, as base- b or din bole—baseball I* never seen her*- and the Englishman is apt to iseball as being childish with the same readiness that Amcrl- . is laugh at cricket as being a thing of -bite flannels and afternoon tea. ’* What especially amuse* the Ameri- the dignified showness of <ruket. The three day*’ match, the • -<iay batting session, the intervals for lunch and tea, tickle his imagina tion when compared with his own beloved “ball game.” For baseball Is , t thing of frenzied excitement: when <1 h side hr* nine innings and the whole business is over in two or three hours, it follows there are no pro tracted or flat periods. Baseball Is realy rounders. Who expanded and codified the children’s game Is a mys tery. but for all his ingenuity he did not hide the original. Hit and run— that is the principle. Off a hit which is not n foul ball or within foul ter ritory, the batter drops his bat and Mins ;is fast as he can to the first base, or beyond that to other bases if be can do safely Never Called Batsman. a little for the encouragement of players, but mainly for the delect* tlon of not only the audience but the players too. Baseball has given birth to a whole dictionary of slang “boob,” ‘“mutt,” “bonehead,” “fan.” “bleacher,’' "guy” and ”dub” are onl\ a few with which the novice has to become familiar; but the greatest of them Is "root.” To "root” is to "rat tle,” otherwlN* to anoy by abusive or ironical remarks. To the British mind thl* Is bad sport and undigni fied; to the baseball '‘fan" it Is hr much a part of the game as the ac tual play. Everybody Roots It is carried on. usually, in a small falsetto voice—-Indeed, typical music- hall ‘back-chat.." The spectators root at the player*, the players who are awaiting their turns to hat root Three Sensational Hailed as the Young Players Who Are Already ‘Finds ’ of the Big Leagues This Year Ai Demjr** the "Shutout Kino.” who was with Mo bile feet season, hae earned a regu lar turn In the bos with the champion Oiante. Demaree ia one of the moat promieing pitchers that have ever come to McGraw’a notice, and the manager of the . Four bases make the round w’hlch s'vurcs a run. each runner halted at . h.cc resuming his running directly the succeeding hatters (they are never caled “batsmen’’) strike, and often stealing bases whilst the ball is in play elsew here. The only change of consequences that has been made Is that the ball Is not thrown at. to hit. a runner, to put him out of play, which Is necessary (if my recollec tions are correctly) in rounders, at the first base a holder from the op posing team has only to have the ball in his hands and his foot on the base plate before the runner reaches it; at :he other bases the fielder can either have the hall In his hands and his foot on the plate, or, with the ball In his hands, touch the runner with it. A ball delivered; by the . “pitcher” directly over the batting plate Is a strike”; not over the plate, a "ball”; and four ‘balls,' a body hit from a hall, a “wild pitch.” entitle the batter m a base without further ado. On the other hand, to miss three “strike*,” to he run out at a base in either of the ways described above, ^ to be naught off a fair ball, to run outside ihe limits between bases, and certain other contingencies, concludes his innings, and directly three men are out the side is out. Extremely Fast Game. From this cursory explanation the uninitiated may probably derive the impression that the game is childish. On that opinions differ, hut this can be iid that baseball, properly pi;t#ed, b in exceedingly fast game, . nd. because of its fastness and fre quency of incident, a more interest ing game to watch than cricket or football. Rugby football is the only parallel a regards rapidity. Of the baiting 1 will not speak, except to point out that with a round bat, only inches wide, greater accuracy of • nip nent Is needed to hit a bal de- i. < i about waist high than' with lieket bat; nor of the running. It is 'he fielding and the throwing which a truly amazing. The ball is 1 brown from player to player with the speed and precision of rifle prac tise. Watch the fielders in cricket, see • how they fumble the ball and make faulty returns, then consider that in baseball a fielder in the out- tie'll win send a ball to the pitcher at lightning speed and with so true an aim that neither have moved from their original positions to catch it. Similarly, the quickness with which a man fields the ball and then decides what to do with it is remarkable. True, this is achieved oaly with con stant practice—practice In the streets, I iodise everywhere—and also witn the aid of a catching glove worn on the left hand: however, this does not alter the fact that in catching the ball, and especially in returning it to Hiiy part of the field immediately they work like highly organized auto matons. Giant* believes the youngster will be come one of the best pitchers In the major leagues. at thd fielding team; the batter, as he swings his bat, roots at the pitch er, the “catcher” (I. e., the equiva lent of a wicket-keerper) roots at the batter, the fielders root at the base runners, the coach roots at the um pire, and even the umpire roots at the spectators. “Now you’ve got him, kid!” “Want another pitcher, fellers?” “Chuck that ump off!” “Com© and do that yourself, then, fou guys!” and so on -a tremendous noise, generally, and all with the idea of baulking the pitcher or throwing the batter off his guard* but generally extremely comic, and, as the London hawker cries, causing great fun and amusement and roars of laughter.” It is high comedy, pure and simple. The big teams, I am informed, -carry round with them In addition to the team, manager, and coach, a man whose only Job it is to root, and this is the man who gets the cheers and the applause. And all the time the players chew gum—chew when they hat, run or catch! Probably Had Lead in Shoes. For instance, 1 saw this following— and not in a professional National League match, but in a match be tween two spare-time office teams in a remote part of Canada. The batter struck the ball to the outfield, and immediately ran to the first base— about twenty yards; the ball was fielded, thrown to the fielder at first base, and caught by him so quickly that when the runner, covering the short distance as quickly as he could, reached the base he was out by fully a second. In the same match a run ner left a bade for the next, but, see ing he could not reach it in' time, turned back when half way to his old position. The fielder with the ball threw It to the fielder at the old base .so that it reached him before the runner did, and then that runner doubled backwards and forwards for five times while this jugglery' was going on over his head, till at last he was touched. But this is the serious side to base ball. and no one follows it for that. In saying that it is exceedingly fast, I must add that it is exceedingly amusing. Some Do Look Like Tramps. The players themselves are amus ing in their quaint costumes—baggy knickers that come half-way between the knee and ankle, reminding one somew hat of a Frenchman's idea of a cycling costume, socks wMh broad, ‘•rude-colored rings* flannel shirts ith turn-up collars very much like a Gladstone flaw ay, and, above all. a most rediculous hat. something of a cross between a Jockey’s and a rail- ay porter's. There Is not the grace ful lissomness of the cricketer, nor ’ Vf - brawny muscularity of the foot le r r, but a kind of clumsy, misfit, tyi;. tramp appearance. Add to this ' h&t .11 baseball chaff and “back chat” i only allowed but encouraged. FLYNN TO tlOX COFFEY. v YORK. May 10 —Jim Coffey, n ’ 'in giant” has been matched r ' ;t ,i:n Flynn, the Pueblo flre- ! iu a ten-round bout here on THOMAS AND WHITE MEET IN RETURN BOUT MAY 19 BOXING News of the Ring Game Billy Gibson, of the Garden A. C., New York, is trying to arrange a ten-round bout between Eddie Campl and Kid Wil liams. They met on the coast recently, and Williams was awarded the decision in twenty rounds. Leo Houck and Mike Gibbons will probably meet at New York May 21. The McMahon brothers have already secured Houck’s signature, and are now alter the St. Paul boy. NEW ORLEANS. La., May 10— Joe Thomas is down to hard training for his ten-round bout with Charlie White the Chicago speed marvel, here May 19 Joe Golden ia putting his protege through some stiff work-outs in an effort to get Thomas into the best of shape when he -stacks up against the Chicago boy. White is at pre^en* doing his work in Chicago, b’it he is ex pected here some time tills week. MOORE AND GRIFFI1H TO CLASH IN 12-RCUND GO AKRON, O.. May 10.—Pal Moore of Philadelphia, and Johnny Griffith local boy, have completed training for their 12-round scrap here Monday night. Griffith has fought some of the toughest lightweights in the game having recently bested Jack White the bey who holds victories over Har ry Thomas. Frankie Conley and Owen Moran. JOE MANDOT TO BECOME MERCHANT IN HOME CITY NEW ORLEANS. May 10.—Joe Mandot is one boxer who has saved his ring earnings and will probably never need a benefit. The French Market crack has never been a roun der or a spender. But Joe realizes that the ring life of a boxer is lim ited at the best, and that the wise men are those who save their money. He has been a regular depositor at a bank near the French Market, but will soon withdraw a good portion of his savings and enter the men’s furnishing business. KEARNS STOPS DAVIS. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 10.—Soldier Kearns, the Brooklyn heavyweight, knocked out George (“One-Round”) Davis, of Buffalo, in the fifth round of the scheduled ten-round bout here last night. When Danny Morgan was asked what he Intended to do with his pet fighter, Knockout Brown. Danny thought a mo ment and replied: “I am going to let K. O. rest ror at least two months. Brown took part in three hard fights on the coast, and Is entitled to a la off.” Charlie White, weighing 128 pounds, will probably meet Jack Britton at New York. The Chicago boy is certainly showing some courage in matting Danny Morgan's pupil, especially when such stars as Willie Ritchie, Leach Cross ami Joe Rivers have time and a*raln refused to don the glove* with Britton. a> Ray ScHalk, who is making the White §ox. By Jim Glover. • F OR a number of years part the annual Atlanta Prep track meet has developed at last one dark horse and the meet on Friday was no exception to this custom. Bob Lewis was the boy this time. Although it was generally understood before the mee't that Lewis would make a cred itable showing, hia performances sur prised even his most ardent admirers. He won the 440-yard dash, the 220-yard low hurdles and was second in the 100-yard dash and the broad jump. This gave him a total of 16 points and the special prize offered fer the highest individual point win ner. The 440-yard dash was the last event of the day and Lewis had to win it in order to beat Fowler, of Marist, for the high honors. Lewis and Allen were leading the field in this run with Allen slightly in front. Just before tne finish Allen slowed up and allowed Lewis to pass him and win the race. This put the blonde boy’s total to 16 points, which was one more than that of Fowler. His wins in the other events, how ever, were well earned. Fowler Shows Class. Fowler, of Marist, was another en try’ whose feats were far beyond ex pectations. He is a slim lad, possess ing none of the bulk and powder usu ally shown by men who are good at the weight events. And yet Fowler threw the 12-pound hammer 109 feet 4 inches, which is quite a remark able performance for a lad of his build. To win both the half and mile runs was easy for Fowler and he did not even extend himself in the lat ter event. G. M. A. fell away below expecta tions in the meet. This school was regarded as the most likely winner, but they failed to make any kind of a showing. The athletes were out classed In the dashes and distance runs, the only entry to get a place in any of these events was Selig, who came third in the half-mile run. G. M. A. has plenty of material but they lack training. Nine Games Left. There are about nine games still to be played in the local Prep league before the season is brought to a close. Boys’ High and Tech High will meet on the Marist diamond Wednesday to settle an old grudge. The last time the two met Boys’ High was declared the winner. Both teams have defeated Marist in the meantime and are eager to hook up once more. If Tech High can win they have a fair chance to cop the pennant; if they lose they will be out of the race and Boys’ High wll have the pennant practically hung up. The overwhelming, defeat of Marist by Boys* High last Wednesday threw the Catholics out of the running and gave the high school lads a clean slate with five games won and no defeats. MURPHY AND HERRMANN ROW OVER RELEASED PLAYER CHICAGO, May 10.—A little row between Prexies Murphy, of the Cubs, and Garry Herrmann, of the Reds, is enlivening the diamond atmosphere. Manager John Evers Is cutting his team down to the limit recently sent Knisley v and McDonald to the Bir mingham club in the Southern As sociation. When the Cubs traded Joe Tinker to Cincinnati, Knisley was Included in the deal and Herr mann claims to have made a verbal agreement with Murphy, whereby Knisley was to be returned ta the Reds if the Cubs could not use him. GK DECIDED IET B OSTON, May 10.—Talking with John McGraw one evening last week, the Giants' manager re marked: "We are going to be out af ter that one run this season as never before. The games in which you are beaten by a run are the ones that cost the pennant. Let any club win ev ery game that It lost during a Cham pionship season by a single run, and that club would be a sure pennant winner. The 1 to 0, the 3 to 2, and the other games like them are what puts a club out of the pennant race. I.ack\ ing the one run was what cost us the world's series, right here last fall. If the Giants can win this season, all those games that otherwise the other fellows would get by a run, there will be not the slightest question as to where the pennant will go. It's a cinch that a third of the games in either the National or the American League are won—and lost—by a run. Just watch it and see if I am not right.” McGraw Dead Right. ‘‘Far be it from me to question a man like McGraw in anything per taining to baseball.” said a well- known fan. "but down deep I felt that the Giants’ manager was just a bit extravagant in his assertion about one-third of the games going that way. So, for the fun of the thing, I hare carefully followed the scores in both vnajor leagues from the opening day down to May 1. And I bek to re port that McGraw was dead right so far. at least, as the first three weeks of the championship season is con cerned. During that time no less than 22 of the 63 games in the Amer ican League, a percentage of better than .400, were won and lost by a single run. In the National League the figures were 20 out of 58, giving there a percentage of better than .333. Reds Lose Many. "Delving deeper Into this one-run dope a lot of other interesting things are uncovered, all of which bear out McGraw's assertions as to the value of the one run. In the National League, for example, there is the Cin cinnati club trailing at the bottom of the race. Near the other end are the Cubs. The records show that the Cincinnati team has lost eight games by a Bingle run. Give the Reds those eight games and their record as of May 1 would have read 10 won. 4 lost. The Cubs, on the other hand, have won 4 by a run. Had those four, gone the other way the best the Cubs could have shown would be an even break of 8 won and 8 lost. The case of the Brooklyn club is quite as strik ing. The Dodgers have lost 5 one- run games thus far. Supposing those 6 games, instead of being defeats, hail gone down as victories, then the Brooklyn standing on May 1 would have been 11 games won and only 1 lost, as against 6 won and 8 lost. And the Phillies, for the same period, wel-e they to lose the 4 games they won by a run could only show one victory out of nine.” EVERS PLANS TO CONVERT ARCHER INTO FIRST SACKER NEW YORK, May 10—Johnny Evers, manager of the Cubs, who are playing a series with Brooklyn, to day was quoted as saying that he would try to convert Jimmy Archer, one of the best catchers in the game. Into a first baseman. Saier has not been entirely satisfactory to Evers as a first baseman, while Archer has shone as a fielding star at that point. The Garden Club of New York will reopen May 23. The star bout will be between Jim Flynn and Jim Coffey, the Dublin giant. George Gaelelis, Jimmy Grant's back er, Is a sad party these days. George says he has been trying to get some boy to meet Grant. b»it they all seem to fear the boy with tne healthy wallop. George says he has a standing side bet of $200 to back Grant against any boy of his weight. I^each Cross was handed a neat pack age in St. Louis the other night. After handing Harry Trendall a real lacing. Referee Sharpe surprised a large crowd of spectators by giving Trendall the ver dict. According to reports from the Missouri city. Leach won a mile Tex Russell. White Sox, young left-hander, who is proving to be a real “find.” GIANTS-WHITE SOX WORLD TOUR IS NOW A CERTAINTY The Great Northern Club, of Bitts- burg has matched Jimmy Perry and Mike Gibbons for a six-round affair May 29 The bout will probably be staged in Exposition Park Kid York, of Oklahoma Pity, arrived in Atlanta yesterday and at once called us up over the phone. “I hear that there are a couple of good bantams in Atlanta.” said York, “and I would like to meet one of them in private or in public.’’ Johnny Ray, of Pittsburg, claims he holds the record for the most bouts fought in the last four weeks. Hay says he has met eight different fighters in that time. Jimmy Dime, the Pittsburg fight pro moter and manager, has matched George Chip and Dick Gilbert for a 10 CHICAGO, May 10.—John J. Mc Graw, of the New York Giants, clinched the round-the-world baseball tour which two big league teams, made up wholly or partly of Giants i and White Sox, are to make next fall and winter by signing the contract in New York last night. It had pre viously been signed by President Comiskey, of the White Sox. The trip will be on a bigger scale thnn the famous baseball tour of 1S88, and may carry 76 or 100 per sons. Tentative plans have it that the teams will leave Chicago about October 15 and play games in the South and West until they reach Van couver. They will sail from Vancouver on November 6. Japan will be reached on November 16. and & stay made In the Nippon Realm of six or eight days. Then Manila, Australia, Italy, Egypt and all European countries will be visited. battle at New Castle May 14 Phil Brock, who is one of Cleveland’s best fighters, writes from the Ohio city that he would like to get on with Mickey Rodgers, the Pittsburg sensa* tion. The St. Nicholas A. C.. of New York, is to hold an elimination welterweight tourney next month. Phil Cross and Ray Bronson will probably meet in the first bout. BRANDT OUTPOINTS HUFNAGLE. NEW YORK. May 10.—“Dutch” Brandt, the Brooklyn bantamweight, outpointed Frankie Hufnagle, former amateur champion, in their ten-round bout last night. CALLAHAN REINSTATED. NEW YORK. May 10.—The State Boxing Commission has reinstated Paddy Callahan, who was suspended March 19 for foulii^ Joe Coster. JACK BRITTON’S MANAGER SAYS ALL ARE DODGING NKvV YORK, May 10.—".Tack Brit ton” 1» fighting himself out of a Job,” says bis manager, who goes on to skate that Leach Cross. Joe Rivers, Tommy Murphy, Freddy Welsh, and Willie Rttchie have all turned down offers for a fight with the Morgan entry. "Freddy Welsh," he continues, "was matched to blx with Britton last year, and Britton says he ran out of the match three days before the contest, with a very poor excuse. "Jack Britton will be champion of the lightweights before the year is half through, if Willie Ritchie will give him a chance. Jack has so far beaten every lightweight and welter weight pitted against him and the task of securing further opponents l* ver\ hard.” JOE RIVERS TURNS DOWN OFFER TO MEET BRITTON NEW YORK. May 10.—Rivera the Mexican lightweight, who gained re nown by stopping Knockout Brown and outpointing Leach Cross, doesn't appear to be anxious to try' conclu sions with Britton in the Garden. Rivers so far has refused to box Britton at 133 ringside and 271-2 per cent, of the gate terms named by Dan Morgnn, manager of Brit ton. Rivers is willing to tackle Welsh or Murphy at 133 ringside but neither Freddie nor Tommy will con cede this point. ATHLETICS PRAISE CALVO. PHILADELPHIA. PA., May 10 — Frank Biker, Ira Thomas and other members of the Athletics state that Calvo, the young Cuban with Clark Griffith's squad, looks like a mighty sweet hitter and a promising yonng player to them. Send for our free Booklet Whenever you tee an Arrow think of Coca-Cola. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, ATLANTA, ga.