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HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN—BASEBALL AND OTHER SPORTS—SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1013. 5 D . 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. . . ab. r. h. po. a* e. 4 ft 1 2 ft ft 3 2 1 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 5 ft 4 l 1 11 ft ft 4 1 2 ft ft ft 3 ft ft 5 3 ft 4 ft 1 2 0 0 4 ft 1 4 s 0 4 ft 1 ft o 1 33 5 9 27 13 1 ab. r. h. po. a. e. 0 1 1 3 3 1 2 ft ft 2 1 ft 4 ft ft 0 0 ft 3 0 O 2 1 ft 4 1 1 2 ft ft 4 ft 1 9 2 ft 4 ft ft 2 o ft 2 ft 1 6 u ft 1 0 ft ft 2 ft 1 ft ft ft 0 0 2 ft ft 1 •) 0 1 0 ft ft ft ft 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. Personally conducted tour July 19. August 16. Canada, Great Lakes, Atlantic ocean, Eastern cltiea. Intensely Interesting Features. Low rates. Write for book let, maps, etc. J. F. McFarland, Box !S£4. AUSJU?, Qj, Whenever you see an Arrow think of Coca - Cola. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga,1 ✓