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HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN—BASEBALL AND OTHER SPORTS—SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1013.
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. TD COP FLAG
By Innis Brown
D OWN on the shores of placid
Mobile Bay happiness now
reigns supreme. Joy has
charged the field and routed every
semblance of a gloom that may have
lurked nearby for any length of time,
Immediately preceding the 10th of
A fu ll. ^
The reason?
Easy as grabbing confections from
the mitts of an infant. The Gulls
* are several parasangs ahead of the
next entry In the Southern League
grand pennant chase, and going like
a forest fire. Where once the cit
izenry of the peace-loving Alabama
city was wont to manifest little in
terest in things pertaining to the
sodded diamond, and to read with lit
tle.concern the daily sport sheet, now
reigns a spirit of perfervid enthu
siasm, affecting alike both old and
' young.
* • *
A ND to that eminent Hibernian.
Michael J. Finn, be the credit
and glory. Something more than a
y ear ago, the genial Mike signed to
pilot the destinies of the Harbor-
ites, said destinies in the past having
hardly shown a mark higher than the
level of the waters of the bay.
Straightway, Mike began to polish
up his acquaintance with big league
powers, or rather to call said ac
quaintance into play, and sat about
corralling a bunch of ball tossers to
put Mobile on the Southern League
map in other ways than provided in
the league constitution and sched
ule.
• • *
A CCORDING to tradition, Mobile
is not a - city to suddenly de
velop a startling burst of enthusiasm
over anything less than the discovery
of gold deposits in the heart of the
city. For this and other reasons, Mike
did not find everything smooth and
easy sailing in establishing for the
burg a real baseball status. Among
other reasons may be mentioned the
fact that the outfit which responded
to Mike’s call to report did not get
away from the scratch like a bunch
of world-beaters.
And .light here is where Sir Mike
called into play his valued acquain
tance 1 with big league powers. Sir
John McGraw, of the New York
Giants, as well as others, contributed
smartly to the fortunes of the Gull
manager, with the result that he
gradually rounded out a winning
combination, and shortly Gull stock
began to rise.
• • •
DELINKING where they left off last
D fall, the Gulls this spring have set
out on their way with the same fight
and dash that characterized their
sprint down the home stretch last
fall. To be sure, the Gull outfit right
now differs considerably from the
bunch that wore a Mobile uniform
last season, but herein lies the ma-
1 neuvering of Finn
It is an acknowledged fact that lit
tle can be foreast concerning the
season’s showing of the Gulls or Pel
icans before the season opens, or, for
that matter, until the first heat has
been run Finn is wise In the work
ings of baseball matters higher up,
nhd when the big fellows begin to
prune out the youngsters who axe
hardly good enough, along with the
" old boys who have slowed down too
much for further service in the ma
jors, Mjke may be counted on to draw
•! fair share of valuable material to
plug up his punctures.
...
M IKE enjoys the distinction of being
the qnly manager in the league
who has ever held the reigns over as
many as three different clubs. That
is, he has managed teams for two
cities now in the league and. in addi
tion to these, he has handled every
team that has represented the city
of Kittle Rock in the Southern league.
For instance, Bill Smith has bean
the pilot for Atlanta and Chattanooga.
Charlie Frank managed Memphis be
fore he cast his lot with the Pelicans.
BUI Bernhard won a pennant for
Nashville before he went to the Bluff
City, while John Dobbs had his first
tryout in a managerial role with the
Volunteers prior to his connection
with the Blllikene
B l
SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT The Telephone Inspector Calls Up the Judge
Copyright, 1913, lnterniitlon«l News Service.
By Tad
CHANGE SURE
JUT to continue the narrative of
Finn, it may be stated that when
A) Powell, Charlie Frank and Newt
Fisher put the Southern League on its
second legs Mike was the man called
* on to handle the Arkansas Travelers,
operating in and around Little Rock.
Mike gathered unto himself a likely
looking crowd for the company at that
time. Among his club were Ed Lynch,
Jim Delehanty, Pat Wright, now an
umpire in this league, and a gentle
man of Bohemian extraction, Skopte
by name. With these and a corps of
assistants, Finn managed to keep the
rest of the circuit on the hustle. In
fact, so strong was the fleht waged by
the Travelers that nothing short of a
little professional jockeying on the
/ part of Newt Fisher, the Nashville
' Butcher, prevented Finn from landing
the flag. As it was, the result hing-d
the final series played in Little
Rock, in which Herr Fisher’s feat of
,, ruemain won the day.
« • •
T HE following year Finn again pro
duced the runner-up. Nashville
topped, but the Irishman was in the
hunt from the jump. Then followed a
few seasons In which Mike was unable
to make any considerable headway,
and when finally the franchise was
transferred to Mobile he was forcei
to seek other fields.
His quest led him to Toledo in the
American Association, where he as
sumed charge of a Mr. Armour’s col
lection of Mud Hens. The change >f
climate, surroundings and conditions,
v r. did not work well, and Mike
stepped down and out. About this
,\ewt Fisher's aggregation of
m sfits at Nashville was becoming
about as popular as an epidemic of
smallpox.
In order to pul the "hush on the
I, ud squawks emanating from the
Rock City fans. Finn was brought
down and given nominal charge. His
heritage was about as sad a lot,
emitting the ability to tip booze, as
,., fr c ore knickerbockers six days in
the week, and tilting a flagon of beer
b nifriits. The results were what »as
logically expected. The team hit the
. hates and would have no doubt drop-
t ed ou! of the bottom of the league
bad the season extended much fur-
the..
♦ 17 ROM this berth Finn journeyed
r North and assumed charge of Wa-
terburv in the Connecticut League
Report had it that he had gathered
the dough to buy the franchise and
was anchored for keeps. But there is
TOP EIHLL
C HICAGO, May 17.—Frank L.
Chance sincerely believes that
Ray Keating, the boy whom the
Tanks secured from Lawrence, Mass.,
will be as good as Ed Walsh within
a few years. Keating has won three
games for New York this spring, two
shut-out victories, one of them over
Detroit.
“A great pitcher, that boy,” com
mented Chance to-day as he gazed at
the youngster standing at the other
end of the hotel lobby.
“He uses the spit ball almost ex
clusively, but has he the physique for
a spit-ball pitcher?” was suggested.
"I’ll agree with you that he isn't
as tall as Walsh, but he weighs 185
stripped, which Isn't being a light
man by a good many pounds, and
take a look at those shoulders. This
boy Is only 20 years old. He has a
few years to grow.”
Beet With the Spit Ball.
Keating's success Is with the spit
ball. He has a good fast ball, but
relies on the salivated delivery.
“Walsh uses the spltter. That’s
all he has,” went on Chance, “that
and a fast one, but the spitter nearly
all the time.”
“How do American League pitch
ers look to you?”
"Some of those I have seen look
pretty fair, to say the least. There
is Walter Johnson ”
“Would you call him better than
Mathewson?”
“No, I would not say that Johnson
is a better pitcher than Mathewson.
You have to give Matty a lot of
credit. He is a wonderful pitcher.
He has speed, curves, a good slow
ball and a great mind. Johnson has
more speed than Matty, but lacks
several of the other things.
Thinks Johnson Won’t Last.
"I do not believe that Johnson will
last as long as Mathewson. A man
cannot use as much speed as he does
for many seasons. He is developing
a curve ball that will be of great
advantage to him. He showed a
good curve when he pitched against
us. He has no slow ball to speak
of, but with that curve and speed he
will be better equipped than In previ
ous years. As he grows, older he
will pitch more with his brain than
his arm and last longer than if he
depended on that speed and his curve.
"In picking pitchers I think I would
take Mordeeal Brown if I had one
pitcher to choose of all those in the
major leagues. . Brown had every
thing a pitcher needed—a great curve,
good speed, slow ball and control. He
was a wise pitcher, and I do not
think I ever saw a better fielding
pitcher. Besides that, Brown was
always ready to work for you. He
would go in any day at any stage of
the game and always pitch good ball.
1 did see a left-hander this
spring, though, who. If he always
pitches the kind of ball he pitched
against us. is the greatest southpaw
in the country. That’s Plank of
Philadelphia.” ,
Says Plank Best Southpaw.
"Do you think him superior to
Rucker and Marquard?”
“I think him superior to anyone I
ever saw.”
And Chance should know. He bat
ted against the pick of the National
League hurlers for several years, and
managers were always sure that their
star boxmen were at their best when
the Cubs came to town. He had
to face Walsh at the end of several
seasons in the Chicago city series,
and knows him well, and this spring
he bumped against Johnson and
Plank. If any man In the major
leagues is in a position to know the
relative value of the pitchers in high
baseball society, Chance Is that man.
American League Results
something In the Sunny South that
lures Mike, regardless of the location
of his place of birth, and It was only
a short time until he was down In
Mobile, having taken up where Harry
Swacina left off after assuming the
burden of the Ill-fated Ducky Holmes.
* i*i *
M IKE has never snagged a pen
nant in this league, and It Is no
safe bet that he will break this rec
ord during the present season. How
ever by dint of some heavy slugging,
notably on the part of one Mr. Rob
ertson. together with better than av
erage hurling and good playing spirit,
the Gulls are out in front and are
traveling at a pace that may cause
others trouble to maintain. They ap
parently have pennant Ideas in their
noodles, and they are likely to go
fighting down the stretch at a gait
that, will land tnem In front at the
finish. It is a cinch bet that no
body around the circuit begrudges
Mike bis success, and many there be
outside of Mobile who would like to
I see him graduate out of the maiden
i class as a pennant chaser in Dixie.
WHITE SOX, 6; YANKEES, 3.
CHICAGO, May 17.—After Frank
Chance had been the big guy In base
ball’s biggest auto parade, had re
ceived flowers galore and the plaudits
from 40,000 fans, the White Sox this
afternoon proceeded to trounce
Chance's aggregation at the Soutn
Side Park by a score of 6 to 3, In
cidentally routing the Peerless Lead
er’s star pPcher, Keating, in the proc
ess. To-day was Frank Chance Day,
but only before the afternoon’s pas-
timing began.
Chance was given a.grand ovation
w'hen he appeared on the field and was
presented by Mayor Harrison with a
large floral horseshoe, to which the
>uck had been previously detached.
Governor Dunne then presented a
floral harp to Manager Callahan.
Flowers were as plentiful as hurdy-
gurdies In Gotham.
To add to the excitement, a tempor
ary stand collapsed, but, aside from
the noise and dust, no damage was
done. One fair fan fainted, but flow
ing goblets of water soon restored hd.’
The box score:
Chicago. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Shaller. If. . . 4 1 1 0 0 0
Berger. 2 b. ..4 0 1 0 5 1
Lord. 3b. ... 4 1 l 1 3 0
Fournier, lb. .3 2 0 14 2 0
Collins, rf. . • 3 0 2 1 0 0
Mattick, cf. . . 4 0 2 2 0 1
Weaver, ss. . ■ 4 1 2 1 4 0
Schalk, c. . . 3 0 0 7 0 0
Russell, p. . . 4 1 1 1 0 0
Totals ... .30 fi 10 27 14 2
New York. ab. ri h. po. a. e.
Daniels, rf. . . 4 1 12 10
Wolter. cf, . . 4 0 0 2 0 0
Hartzell, 2b. .4 1 1 4 1 0
Cree, If. ... 4 1 1 0 0 0
Cliance, lb. . . 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chase, lb. ... 3 0 1 9 0 0
Sweeney, c. . . 4 0 I 0 1 0
Mtdkiff, 3b. . . 3 0 0 1 2 -
Derrick, ss. . . 3 0 1 0 3 -
Keating. P. • • ” 0 0 0 1 0
xSterrett ... 1 « " » « "
Klepfer. p. . 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals . . . ^33 3 0 24 9 4
xBatted for Keating In the eighth.
Score by Innings:
New York 200 000 001—3
Chicago 000 203 21 x 6
Summary : Hits—Off Keating, 5 fn
8 innings: off Klepfer. 1 In 1 inning.
Base on balls—Off Klepfer, 1. Struck
out—By Russell, 6; by Keating, 4.
Two-base hits—Hartzell, Russell,
Derrick Sacrifice hits—Schalk, Col
lins Double plays—Fournier to Wea
ver’ Midkiff to Hartzell. Umpires—
O'Loughlin and Ferguson. Attend
ance—40,000.
naps.TTathletics, 2.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, May 17.—
The Naps trounced the Athletics to
day, winning 7 to 3. Connie Mack
used four of his recruit pitchers in a
vain effort to stay the locals. An un
usual feature of the game was that
Jackson was purposely passed three
times with men on bases. The box
score:
Cleveland. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Johnston, lb. . . 4 3 3 11 0 0
Chapman, ss. . . *3 1
Olsen, 3b. . 5 1 3 0 2 o
Turner. 2b. 4 0 2 3 7 0
Jackson, rf. . . . 2 0 1 2 0 0
Ryan, cf 3 0 0 4 0 1
Graney, If. ... 4 0 2 4 0 0
O’Neil, c 4 1 2 3 0 0
Kahler. p 4 1 0 _0 1 0
Totals ... 33 7 14 27 12 1
Philadelphia ab. r, h. po. a. e.
E. Murphy, rf. . 3 1 0 2 0 0
oidring, If. ... 4 1 l 2 0 0
Collins, 2b. ... 4 t 3 3 2 0
Baker, 3b. . 4 9 1 3 0 0
Mclnnis. lb. ... 4 0 1 5 0 0
Walsh, cf 4 n 1 4 I 0
Barry, ss 3 0 0 l 2 11
Lapp, c 3 u ft 4 2 1
Pennock, p. . . . 0 ft 0 ft ft ft
Brown, p ft ft ft 2 0
Bush, p 1 ft ft '' ft ft
Taff, p. ft ft ft 0 « 0
•Daley 1 ft ft 0 ft ft
**D. Murphy . , 1 0 ft ft ft 0
Totals .... 32 3 ft 24 9 1
•Batted lor Pennock in the second.
••Batted for Bush In the eighth.
Score by innings.
Cleveland 301 20ft Iftx—7
Philadelphia 100 000 002—3
Summary: Two-base hits—O’Nell,
2: Turner, 2 Sacrifice hit—Chap
man. Stolen bases—Graney, Turner.
Olsen. First base on balls—Off Brown,
2; off Bush. 2. Hit by pitcher—E.
Murphy, Chapman, Johnston. Um
pires—Dineen and Hart. Time—1:55.
MERCER MAY NOT COMPETE
!N CHAMPIONSHIP MEET
SENATORS, 5; TIGERS, 2.
DETROIT, MICH., May 17.—Bob
Groom held the Tigers effectively
to-day and Washington won 5 to 2.
Detroit had one chance to win, in the
fifth, when Veach and Gainor opened
with singles. Moriarty was told to
hit it out, but he lifted to McBride.
Hall was easy for the Senators, but
Klawitter held them hitless until the
ninth, when an error and a bonehead
got him in bad. Subsequently he al
lowed two hits, counting two runs.
The box score:
Wash’ton.
Moeller, rf.
Laporte, 3b.
McBride, ss.
Shanks, If. .
Cheney, c, .
Detroit.
Vitt, 2b.
Cobb, cf. .
Rondeau c. .
Hall, p. . .
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Totals ... .30 2 6 2*7 15 1
xBatted for Hall in fifth.
Score by innings:
Washington 000 210 002—5
Detroit . . . . ^ . 000 010 010—2
Summary: Sacrifice hits—Hall,
McBride. Stolen bases—Milan, 3;
Moeller, Cobb, 2; Bush. Base on balls
—Off Groom, 4: off Hall, 2; off
Klawitter, 1. Left on bases—Wash
ington, 5; Detroit, 6. Struck out—By
Groom, 3; by Hall, 4; by Klawitter,
2. Double plays—Vitt to Gainor;
Gainor to Louden. Wild pitch—Hall.
Time—1:56. Umpires—Connolly and
McGreevy. Attendance, 8,896.
BROWNS, 4; RED SOX, 2.
ST. LOUIS, May 17.—The Boston
Red Sox dropped the third game of
their series with the Browns this aft
ernoon, 4 to 2 in an unusually fast
game. Both O’Brien and Hamilton
had good control and were touched up
for a like number of hits, but the lo
cals got their hits at more opportune
times. The box score:
Boston. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Hooper, rf. . . 3 2 2 0 0 0
Yerkes, 2b.. . . 3 0 1 1 3 0
Speaker, cf. . . 4 0 1 1 ft 1
Lewis. If. ... 4 0 1 3 ft ft
Gardner, 3b. .2 ft ft l 0 ft
Ball. 3b. . . 2 ft 0 ft 0 ft
Engle, lb. . . 4 ft 1 9 0 ft
Wagner, as. . 3 0 0 4 3 0
Carrigan. c. .3 ft 1 5 3 ft
O'Brien, p. . . 2 0 0 0 4 0
Totals
3ft 2 7 24 13 1
St. Louis. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Shotten, cf. 3 2 1 2 1 1
Johnston, If. . 3 0 l 1 0 0
Williams, rf. . 4 1 2 2 0 0
Pratt, 2b. ... 3 1 2 2 3 ft
Brief, lb. ... 2 ft 1 12 0 ft
Austin, 3b. . . 3 ft 0 2 4 0
Walsh, ss. . . . 3 ft ft 1 ] 1
Agnew, c. . . . 3 ft 0 5 3 ft
Hamilton, p. . 3 0 0 0 4 0
Totals . . .27 44 7 27 16 2
Score by innings:
Boston 100 001 000—2
St. Louis 200 001 01*—4
Summary: Two-ba.se hits—Yerkes,
Pratt, Shotten. Three-base hit—Wil
liams. Sacrifice hits—Johnston.
O’Brien, Yerkes. Bases on balls—Off
O’Brien, 2; off Hamilton, 1. Struck
out—By O’Brien. 4; by Hamilton, 3.
Left on bases—Boston, 4; St. Louis,
2. Time—1:45. Umpires—Hildebrand
and Evans.
t
PHILADELPHIA. May 17.—It is
feared that Roy Mercer, captain of
the University of Pensyivania track
team, may not compete at the Inter
collegiate championship on May 30.
The big jumper is not ye; over the
effects of the illness that kept him
out of the Penn relays The Penn
track team is very weak in the jump
ing department and Mercer had been
counted upon to hold up the Red and
Blue in the broad Jump.
STAGG COACHING HIS
TRACK TEAM BY MAIL
CHICAGO, May 17.—Athletic hin*a
from Coach A. Alonzo Stagg, who is
seeking health in Colorado, featured
the Maroon track practice yesterday
at Marshall Field when the Midway-
ites staged their first session in prep
aration for next week s Chicago-Illi-
nois dual clash. The session was one
of the best of the year, despite the
weather, as the Maroons responded to
the director’s tips with spectacular
performances.
Stagg dropped postcards to all of
the Maroon stars with advice on
training methods and practice for Il
linois. He declared in his message il»
Captain Kuh that the team would he
able to give the state squad a figni.
if the members lived up to their best
standards and promised to send more
hints before the m-eting of May 14.
•Plenty of work” was the burden cf
Stagg s advice.
IS A FIGHTER
By E. V. Weller.
L OS ANGELES, May 17.—Frank P. 1
L. Chance may nat land a front-
rank team in the much-battered
Higrhlanders this season, but It’s a
safe bet that his string will keep
climbing with his pugnacious spirit to
boost them along. Way back In the
nineties the Peerless Leader thought
his calling In this world was to be
under the jurisdiction of the old Mar
quis de Queensherry rather than a fie! 11
under the eye of Ban Johnson, and he
didn’t make such a bad showing,
either. He succeeded In presenting i
his case so strongly that nobody in 1
Fresno had any desire to stand up
opposite him In the squared circle.
Frank weighed about 180 pounds
then, was’as active as a kitten and
possessed plenty of skill In handling
the mitts. In fact, he still-feels un
comfortable unless he has at least one
mitt on. but that’s another story. He
used to add suits of clothes and ath;
letlc goods as well as an occasional
puTse to his collection by taking on
all comers at Fresno Hall.
One day there came, to Fresno Hall
a young giant from the middle West
who tipped the scalps at 220 pounds
and who was heralded as one of the
coming heavies. Oii the strength of
the records he brought to town he
was duly installed as a constable.
' The new constable had not become
well accustomed to hts star before
Frank's friends got busy with a chal
lenge, which was promptly accepted.
A purse was hung up, an evening's
bout arranged and tickets for the ex
hibition were at a premium at $1 a
throw.
The evening arrived, the hall was
jammed and when the two strlpp d
some of Chanee's followers got up and
left, as they didn't want to see their
champion licked. The big constable
.made Frank look like an infant, and
there were few in the room that ex
pected the future P. L. to last a round.
The two went after It hammers
and tongs for four rounds without
either one havin# much of an advan
tage. In the fifth round the big fel
low swung a vicious haymaker that
went wild anrf Frank swung one that
took the constable on the point of
the jaw. Nobody counted. Some
body yelled for a doctor, and seconds
and referee worked over him for two
hours before they could bring him
around, while Frank sat over In his
corner, frightened into believing he
had laid out his man for keeps.
That’s about the last time the P. L.
ever handled a pair of mitts. One s
enough for him now, and he doesn’t
even use- that on the ump.
» • • •
T HE game of straights and flushes.
jackpots and bobtails is one al
ways dear to a ball player's heart,
and Frank Chance was no exception.
Frank, however, was always blessed
with such an amount of luck that
opponents were scarce Now, it hap
pened that Fresno, at this time, al
though a town of no large dimen
sions. nevertheless possessed a Chi
natown. Here often, with a crony on
two, did Frank try his skill. But the
“ways that are dark and tricks that
are vain” succeeded in taking nearly
every pot.
One evening Frank's companion
scented a little ''fixing" in the air
and promptly smashed one of the
Orientals in the eye. It was a long
wav home, but Chance never made a
better run around the sacks than the
way he stepped it out in front of that
mob of howling Chinese.
• • •
A LL-ROUND athletes are not only
to be found In the ranks of the
rah-rahs. Ball players furnish more
ali-round men to the athletic world
than anv other class. Frank Chance,
if he did not have to give up all his
time to the national pastime, might
be handling a tennis racquet in the
Davis cup matches. He was one of
the leading players in California dur
ing his early Fresno career, and dur
ing the fall season put in his time as
halfback on the Fresno eleven.
As a football hero Chance made a
great record, but he was on the in
jured list most of the time, as he
took little care of himself in the
scrimmages. A baseball knockout is
not much worse tnan a gridiron quie
tus anyhow, and Chance seems to be
used to both.
WHITE MAY MEET SCHULTZ.
BUTTE. MONT., May 17.- There is
talk of Johnny Schultz meeting
Charley White here July 18, a day
know n as “miners’ day.” which is set
aside as a general holiday. In two
previous bouts between White and
Schultz the honor? were even,
SAVANNAH, 2; JAX, 3.
SAVANNAH, GA., May 17.—Savan
nah made it two out of three when
they copped the final game of the
series here with Jacksonville this aft
ernoon The game was a pitchers'
battle between Robertson and Glover.
The latter was forced to taste defeat
through his own wildness. Two bases
on balls, one in the third, the other in
the fourth, paved the way for the only
tallies of the game. The box score:
Jacksonville, ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Beggans, rf. . . 4 ft 0 ft ft ft
Klump, 3b. . . 2 ft 1 ft 5 ft
Melchoir, lb.. . 4 u 1 9 1 0
Cueto, 2b. ... 4 0 0 1 1 ft
Hoffman, If. . . 3 ft I 4 4 1
Horten, rf. . . 3 ft 1 4 ft ft
Maurer, ss.. . . 3 ft 0 4 4 1
Smith, c. . . . 3 ft 0 4 2 ft
Glover, p. . . . 3 0 ft ^.ft 1 0
Totals ... .29 ft 4 24 18 2
Savannah. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Handiboe, cf.. . 3 0 ft 1 1 ft
Lipe, 3b 2 1 0 1 ft ft
Mayer, rf. . . 3 ft 1 2 ft ft
Gust, lb 2 0 ft 6 ft 0
Dowell, If.. . . 3 0 ft 2 ft ft
Worgman, ss. .3 ft ft 2 1 ft
Zimmerman: 2b. 2 1 ft 2 1 ft
Giebel, c. . . . 3 ft 1 11 2 0
Robertson, p. . 3 ft ft 0 4 0
Totals ... .24 2 2 27 9 0
Score by innings:
Savannah ftftl 100 Oft* 2
Jacksonville 000 00ft 00ft—0
Summary: Sacrifice hit—Robertson.
Stolen bases—Lipe. Mayer, Hoffman,
i Bases on balls—Off Robertson. 3;
off Glover, 3. Struck out—By Robert
son, 10; by Glover, 4. Left on bases—
Savannah, 2; Jacksonville, 4
CHARLESTON, 4; MACON, 2.
CHARLESTON, S. C„ May 17.—
Charleston won from Macon, 4 to 2,
this afternoon in a fast game. With
the score tied, 1 to 1, in the seventh,
the Gulls landed on Moses for four
hits, netting three runs. Eldrldge had
the game in hand at all stages. The
only squeeze play of tlie season got
Macon a run in the fifth. The box
score:
Chas'ton. ab. r. h. po. a. e-
Kipp, ss. .411342
Winston, cf. . . 3 ft 2 ft 1
Hoey. lb. ... 4 ft 1 14 ft ft
Needham, 2b. . 4 ft 1 2 4 0
Menefee, r. . . 4 1 2 4 ft ft
O’Brien, 3b. . . 3 1 2 ft 2 ft
Foxen, If 2 1 ft 2 ft ft
Foster, rf. . . . 3 ft ft ft ft ft
Eldrldge. p. .. 2 0 1 ft 5 ft
COLUMBUS, 9; ALBANY, 0.
COLUMBUS, GA, May 17.—Co
lumbus took the final game of the se-
ries from Albany here this afternoon
by the score of 9 to 0. Ward let A1
bany down with two hits, w’hile Co
lumbus batted Vickery at will.
The score:
ab. r. h. po. a.
4 12 3 5
3 1115
4 2 3 1 0
4
Totals
. .29
8 27 15 3
Macon. ab. r. H. po. a. e.
Matthews, cf. .4 ft 2 3 ft ft
Herold, 3b. . . 3 ft 1 ft " ft
Prysock, 2b. . . 4 ft ft 4 2 »»
Munn, lb. .4 ft ft 7 I I
Morrison, rf. . 4 1 2 ft ft ft
Baum’gdnr ss.. 3 1 1 4 3 ft
Nixon, If. ..4ft 1 1 ft ft
Kunkel. c. . . . 3 ft 1 4 3 0
Moses, p. . . . 3 ft ft 1 4 l
xVoss .... 1 0 0 ft ft ft
Totals ... .33 2 8 24 13 2
xBatted for M<f»es in ninth.
Score by innings:
Charleston 10ft 000 30x—4
Macon 000 010 001—2
Summary: Two-base hits—Menu-
fee, Nixon. First base on balls—Off
Moses, 2. Left on bases—Charleston,
4; Macon, 8. Struck out—By Eld-
rldge, 2; by Moses, 4. Sacrifice hits--
Winston, Herold. Baumgardner. Kun
kel. Stolen bases—O’Brien, Matthews.
Baumgardner. Double plays—Kipp to
Needham to Hoey; Prysock to Munn.
Time of game—1:30. Umpires—Glfitts
and Moran.
H0RGAN AND DE 0R0 WILL
MEET FOR CAROM TITLE
NEW YORK. May V —John G. Hor-
gan. of St. Louis, and Alfred DeOro, of
New York, will compete for the three-
cushion carom billiard championship
and the Jordan W. Lambert trophy at
San Francisco on May 27, 28 and 29.
Horgan, who won the championship
from James Carney on March 24, 1912,
refused to recognize a challenge issued
by DeOro on March 10 of the present
year, and claimed the trophy as his per
sonal property on the ground that he
had held It one year, the time he was
required to defend It under the rules.
The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Com
pany, as custodian of the trophy, de
cided that Horgan had forfeited, de
clared DeOro champion and began legal
action to Compel the surrender of the
emblem of which Horgan had posses
sion.
DeOro offered to waive claim to the
championship and emblem providing
Horgan would agree to defend. After
much bickering Horgan accepted Pe-
Oro’s proposition.
Columbus.
Moore, ss. • •
McDuff, 3b. .
Foltnar, If. .
Thompson, rf.
Keating. 2b. .
Fox. lb..
,r *sn. cf. .
Krebs, c. . .
Ward, p. . .
3 1
3 ft
4 ft
3 1
3 1
ft 1
1 ft
6
ft
2 ft
1 ft
ft 2
Totals ... .31 9 12 27 18
Albany.
ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Kuhlmnn, 3b. . 3 ft 1 3 3 t
< ’olby, c. . . . 3 ft ft 1 3 ft
McCleskey. If. . 3 ft 0 ft 0 0
Holden, cf. .301510
Brooks, lb. . . 3 ft 0 4 1 ft
Rremm’hoff, rf. 3 0 0 3 ft ft
Wolf, ss . . . 3 ft ft 1 ft ft
Morton. 2b. ..3ft 0 3 2 0
Vickery, p. . . 2 ft ft 1 1 1
xDouglesby . . 1 ft ft ft ft 0
Totals . 27 0 2 24 11 2
xBatted for Vickery In the ninth.
Score by innings
Albany' 000 00ft 000—0
Columbus 300 OftO 60x—9
Summary: Two-ba6e hits—Keat
ing, Jackson. Thompson. Sacrifice
hits—Colby. McDuff. Fox. Stolen
bases — Moore, Keating, 2. Double
play—McDuff to Keating to Fox. Left
on bases—Albany. 1; Columbus, 3.
Bases on balls—Off Ward, 1; off Vick
ery, 3. Struck out—By Vickery, 2.
Time—1:25. Umpire—Pender.
NEW YORK FANS CALL
HEAVYWEIGHT GO A JOKE
NEW YORK, May 17.—New York
fight fans do not look very seriously
on the coming bout between White
Heavyweight Champion Luther Mc
Carty and Arthur Pelky, that is to
be staged at Calgary, Canada, next
Saturday. May 24. Local fight ex
perts look upon Pelky as the worst
kind of a frost. The fact that Mc
Carty is picking such opponents when
there are such men as Gunboat Smith
and Jesse Willard longing to get him
iti the ring gives rise to the belief
that "Loot” Is a poor sample of
champion.
1ST DIFFICULT
SHUT III DOFF
By Charles “Chick” Evans
T HE judgment of water distance
is a very difficult thing because
the carry over water always ap*
pears so much shorter than it act*
ually is. It requires a good deal
of practice to enable one to judge
land distance fairlv well, but that
skill once acquired, there is a sort
of uniformity about It. On water,
however, the wider the body the more
difficult it seems to gauge the dis
tance.
At various times I have endeavor
ed. with most astonishing results, to
drive balls across a-treems situated
near golf courses. Particularly I
remember an occasion at Rockford,
Ill. The locker room of the club
house Is located directly on the banks
of the Rock River, which at this
point is, as I afterwards learned,
pretty wide. As I stood on the bank
of the stream, golf clubs in hand, ad
miring the scenery, some one asked
me if r thought I could drive a ball
across the water to the opposite shore
I innocently told the inquirer that it
looked a midiron distance to me. He
smiled and I confldentlj' tried the
mldiron. and m.v solidly hit ball madn
a splash just beyond the middle of
the stream.
A cleek shot went a little farther
and a long brassie splashed nearly
across. With determination I teed
my driver shot high and played it
well into the air. and—surprising
sight—the ball dropped in the water
about a yard from the other side.
Since then I have learned to distrust
my ability to judge the width of
streams.
I have noticed that small bodies of
u'ater. such as average water haz
ards on golf courses, also cause con
siderable trouble, end l have no doubt
that even in those cases the shining
water makes one underestimate the
distance. For that is what water
seems to do—it casts a certain glam
our over our senses and the distant
banks appear very near and very in
viting Then when we have chosen
a nice resting place on the other side
our carefully hit ball dumfounds us
by dropping plump a midst ream.
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