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BASEBALL
TO-DAY
MEMPHIS vs. ATLANTA
l^once DeLeon Park • 'Clock
By Percy H. Whiting.
T HIS Is the big day. This after
noon at 3:45 the Atlanta and
Memphis teams will mingle in a
big ball game—which is something of
an event in itself. But what makes
it a red letter, blue tag, follow-the-
arrow, whoop-em-up-loud afternoon
is that it's Ad- Men’s day at the ball
perk.
In order to add a flnaj touch of
interest to the affair Manager Bill
Smith has agreed to work his new
hurler. Dent, the lad from the Wash
ington Club who has never before ap
peared on a Southern League slab.
* » •
'T'HE Ad-Men’s Club has been work
ing hard on this affair. They
rt'ave sold tickets high and low. they
have advertised the thing for keeps
and they expect to make a peck of
money. Also they deserve It.
The Ad-Men will use the money
raised here to paint the name "At
lanta” in large, glowing letters on
the doings of the Ad-Men’s Conven
tion in Baltimore. They will use it
to boost the Gate City. And if ever
a burg owed a duty to boosters it is
Atlanta, for they’re the lads w r ho
made the Atlanta spirit famous.
The Atlanta Baseball Association,
in recognition of the great work that
the Ad-Men’s Club did In drumming
up attendance for the opening game
has sold out Wednesday’s game at
the lowest practicable price. All
the receipts, over a small sum, will
go to the Ad-Men for their Baltimore
boosting.
Here’s a chance for the folks of
the Gate City to show that they ap
preciate a lot of good boosters—and
incidentally to see a good ball game—
all for the usual price of admission.
• * •
| T’S lucky for the Southern League
that the Atlanta pitching staff is
somewhat punk. For if It weren’t
the race would be a fright. With
the pitchers going right the Cracker
Club would look like a Fiat-120 in a
pus’nmobile race.
FTInstance yesterday:
Bill Chappelle—big. old “Bell Cord”
Bill, pitching his first game on At
lanta soil in an Atlanta uniform—
was decidedly right. The old boy
had so much stuff it was brutal.
. Through the fifth inning only five
balls had been knocked out of the
Infield and not a safe hit had been
made. It wasn't until Chappelle had
been rained on a couple of times
and bad gone absolutely cold and al
so not until the Crackers had ac
quired a most overwhelming lead that
thfe Turtles made a hit. Then they
got but tw’o, bo*h scratches.
^Cow naturally, with a hurler go
ing like that most any team could
win a ball game.
But the Crackers didn’t take any
rhances—not they. They hammered
the offerings of the Turtles’ prize
hurler. “Jim” Kroh. for eleven hits
and eleven runs in five innings.
♦ * *
gUPPOSjC the Crackers’ hurlers hid
gone all this season half or even
a quarter as strong as Chappelle did
yesterday? Why the little old
Crackers would be out in front now
w'ith a sickening lead
It is a possible blessing for Papa
Kavanaugn’s organization that the
Cracker pitchers have wabbled vio
lently In most of the games of the
season. It has made the race in
teresting.
* * •
V r ESTERDAY’S game was a fine
1 old lacing match. The (Tracker
hurlers vied with each other in see
ing just how many hits they could
make off the frequently invinc'ble
Kroh.
Somehow it didn’t seem a good day
for Krohs.
After the first inning, when the
Memphis star took a fine lacing he
lost interest in the proceedings and
relied exclusively on his lob ball from
that time on.
Captain Alperman, who had such a
fine day in the field Monday, went
crazy with the ash on Tuesday. Three
timps he faced Kroh. Once he sin
gled. twice he doubled, three times he
scored. Bisland had no punk after
noon himself. In three times up he
walked once, singled once and three-
b^ggered once. Long and Wel-
chonce each made a brace of sin-
• gles.
* * •
T WICE While the game was in
progress wandering show'ers dal
lied above the park for a few min
utes. After the second one, with the
Crackers leading 11 to 0 and dark
ness approaching any umpire with
a bit of decision would have ended
tbe 4 agony. But instead Pfenninger
dallied along for another half hour,
forced the Crackers to play one more
half inning, spoiled Ohappelle’s no
hit game and then called the game
Dn account of darkness.
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Defeats Willard in Slow Battle
B\ r W. W. Naughton.
S AN FRANCISCO. May 21.—Gun-
boat Smith won a questionable
decision over Jess Willard in
the white hope elimination contest
here in a battle that was anything
but interesting. The fight went the
full twenty rounds.
It proved Willard is a game fellow
and can stand a hard punch. For that
matter, there is a good deal of Tom
Sharkey about him. He livens up
and fights w r ith more readiness after
taking a punishing swing on the ear
or Jaw. Willard's range saved him
from Gunboat’s best smashes. Smith
had to jump to reach the target and
as a rule his blows did not land sol
idly.
Once, at least, however—it was in
the thirteenth round—Gunboat caught
the Kansan with full force right on the
chin. The punch did not seem to
feaze Willard in the slightest. He
tore after Smith and tried his best
to land a right uppercut, but failed.
Fourteenth Best Round.
The fourteenth was probably the
best round of the fight and was very
much in Willard’s favor. He used a
straight left to good purpose and had
Smith slightly dazed and holding
tightly from the effects of a right up
percut.
Smith fought in the same style
man was dazed a trifle was when Wil
lard caught Smith with that uppercut
in the fourteenth.
Kansan’s Attack Weak.
The Kansan displayed no knowl
edge- of the art of attack and that is
what cost him a chance to smash
Smith down with his greater weight.
More than once he staggered the Gun
ner with lefts and sent him up against
the ropes, but that was where the
novice w'ould stop, look around the
ring as if inviting assistance and then
allow* Smith come to a protecting
clinch.
Handicapped by the size of Wil
lard, who towered over the ‘ smaller
man and held him off at long range,
Smith had fairly to leap from the
canvas in order to score. His jump
ing rushes and the punches that he
landed brought results, and on several
occasions Willard looked a mighty
tired man.
Manager Disputes Decision.
Tom Jones, in the bitterness of los
ing whaf"he thinks should have been
no worse than a draw decision, made
many unkind remarks about the w r ay
he has been treated in the San Fran
cisco pugilistic game. “It is only on
a par w r ith other decisions which
have been given against my fighters,”
he said as Willard was being given
treatment in his dressing room. "It f
was downright robbery, that’s what it
was."
But Jones, when he cools down and
has a chance to review the situation.
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throughout, keeping his head low and may be inclined to look at things dif-
prodding at the body with the left
Just as soon as Willard's guard was
diverted to the stomach region, Smith
swung either right or left for the
face. Willard’s best punch was his
straight left.
The contest was devoid of krfock-
downs, and the only time that either
ferently.
While it is true that Willard made
a surprisingly good showing to the
ring followers, who had not expected
much of him. it is also true that had
the Gunner followed the same course
of failing to lead there never would
have been much fighting.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
Memphis at Atlanta at Ponce DeLeon.
Game called at 3:45 o'clock.
Mobile at Birmingham.
New Orleans at Nashville.
Montgomery at Chattanooga.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L.
Mobile 27 12
Atlanta 20 17
Mont. 19 18
N’ville. 18 18
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Chatt. 17 19
B’ham 14 19
N. Or. 12 22
Pc.
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424
.353
i/OLS PURCHASE GIBSON
FROM DETROIT BALL CLUB
NASHVILLE, TENN.. May 21—The
purchase of Catcher Gibson from the
Detroit American League club has been
mnounced at the local baseball head-
juarterB. Gibson comes under an op-
ona! agreement and will probably re-
dace Ludwig Outfielder Nicholson,
vho stole 111 bases in the Blue Grass
vsague last season, reported yesterday.
Tuesday's Results.
Atlanta 11, Memphis 0.
Chattanooga 2, Montgomery 0.
Nashville 8. New Orleans 8.
Birmingham-Mobile, rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Boston at Chicago.
New York at St. Louis.
Washington at Cleveland
Philadelphia at Detroit.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. 1 i.
Phil a 19 9
C’land 21 11
W’gton 17 11
Ch'go. 20 13
Pc.
.679
.656
.607
.606
W L.
Boston 13 18
St. L. 14 21
Detroit 12 21
N. York 9 21
Pc.
.419
.400
.364
.300
Tuesday's Results.
Detroit 8. Philadelphia 7.
New York 6, St. Louis 3.
Cleveland 10. Washington 9.
Boston-Chicago, rain
TECH HIGH TRIMS MARIST
IN 12-INNING CONTEST
Tech High triumphed over Marist in
i 12-inning game yesterday afternoon
it Marist by the score of 2 to 1.
McGrath weakened In the twelfth in-
ling and Tech High sent over the win
ting tally on J. Park’s single, a stolen
»ase and a fielder s choice.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Chicago at Boston.
Pittsburg at Brooklyn
St. Louis at New York
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L.
Phila. 18 7
B’klyn 19 10
N. York 15 13
Ch'go 16 16
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.655
.536
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Boston 10 16 .385
P’burg 13 18 .419
C’nati 9 20 .310
VtATTY BALDWIN WINNER
OVER GILBERT GALLANT
BOSTON, Mi" 21.—Matty Baldwin
iecured the decision over Gilbert Gal-
ant in a twelve-round bout last night.
Tuesday’s Results.
Philadelphia 5. Cincinnati 1.
Pittsburg 4. Brooklyn 1
St. Louis 8. New York 0.
Chicago 7, Boston 3.
CUBS AFTER YOUNG STAR.
SUPERIOR. WIS.. May 21.—A major
league club, said to be the Chicago Na
tionals, Is negotiating for the purchase
of “Rube” Scn&uer, the Superior North
ern League pitcher He has twirled two
one-hit games this season. Sch&uer is
a young giant and iaplaying his first
year in professional hall.
GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Talladega at Opelika.
Anniston at Newnan.
Gadsden at LaGrange.
By H. M. Walker
OS ANGELES, May 21.—Upon
Promoter McCarey’s willingness
to release Joe Rivers from a
verbal agreement to box here on July
4 reste the fate of Eddie Graney’s
proposed Rivers-Rltchie battle.
Graney has arrived from San Fran
cisco with a telegram from “Billy”
Nolan accepting terms for a July 4
meeting with Rivers. Manager .Joe
Levy, representing Rivers, listened to
a proposition from Graney and an
nounced that he would fill the North
ern date if McCarey would release
them from the agreement made to
box here.
“I will give my answer on Thurs
day,” said McCarey. “It is asking me
to give up a rich card but I don't want
to stand between Rivera and a chande
at the lightweight championship. I
want a couple of days to revise my
plans before making a definite state
ment.”
McCarey had planned to match
Rivers against Ritchie or the winner
of the Mandot-Anderson fight for
July 4 at Vernon.
“BUI” Aldridge is on his way to San
Francisco for the purpose of signing
the winner of the Jess VVillard-Gun-
boat Smith fight to meet Luther Mc
Carty at Venice on July 4.
Promoter J. W. Coffroth nursed the
Willard-Smith thing along for the one
purpose of pitting the winner against
McCarty on July 4. figuring that San
Francisco would pay close to $40,000
for such a match.
If Aldridge can go to Coffroth’s
own town and match Jim for this card
we will have to admit that “Bill”
has been wasting his talent on the
four-round game.
“It’s an even bet that Aldridge lands
the match,” said Harry Gilmore of
the Venice club. “He’s taking along
the bank roll and that’s the stuff that
talks.
“In a few days we will announce
the name of the financier who is back
ing us in the Venice venture. We
have our twenty-round permit for
July 4. and will start building our pa
vilion inside the next two weeks.”
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. Pc. W. L.
Gadsd’n 10 4 .714 Ann'ton 7 7
T'dega 7 6 .538 Opelika 6 7
Newnan 7 7 .500 LaGr'ge 4 10
Tuesday's Results.
Opelika 5, Talladega 3.
Anniston 3, Newnan 1.
LaGrange 5, Gadsden 3.
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Thomaavllle at Americus.
Cordele at Waycross.
Valdosta at Brunswick.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pc. ; W a—.
V'dosta 10 7 .588 j Cordele 9 8
T'sville 10 7 .588 R'wick 6 11
Wcross 10 7 .588 * Am’cus 6 11
Tuesday's Results.
Brunswick 4, Valdosta 1.
Waycross 9, Cordele 4.
Americus 15. Thomaavllle 1.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Savannah at. Albany.
Jacksonville at Charleston.
Columbus at Macon.
Standinq of the Clubs.
\V L. Pc W. U
Sava'h 22 6 .786 Macon 13 15
J’ville 15 13 .536i Ch'ston 12 16
C’l’hus 14 14 .500) Albany 8 20
Tuesday’s Results.
Columbus 3. Macon 2.
Charleston 1, Jacksonville 0.
Savannah 4. Albany 1.
Pc.
.500
.462
.286
F0RMWALT AND EDGEW00D
TO CLASH IN TITLE GAME
The public school baseball fans of
! the city are on edge in anticipation
I of the outcome of the game at Mar
ist College Wednesday afternoon be
tween the Form wait and Edgewoou
Schools.
This game will settle the public
school championship of the city,
Formwalt having won the pennant
on the South Side and Edgewood on
the North Side. They have broken
even in the two post-season games
played to date.
Pc
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.353
.353
Pc.
.464
.429
.286
$15,000 FOR SMITH - McCARTY GO.
CHRISTIE AND SANDERS
GO TEN ROUNDS TO DRAW
MADISON. WIS.. May 21—Gus
Christie, of Milwaukee, and Ernie
Sanders, of Chicago, fought ten fast
rounds to a draw before 4he Madison
Athletic Club.
LUCAS DEFEATS SMITH.
PHILADELPHIA, May 21.—After
a hard fight, Willie Lucas, the Fair-
mount welterweight, earned a deci
sion over Cyclone Smith, of Hoboken,
who proved a tough proposition at the
Fairmount Athletic Club last night.
DUNDEE STARTS TRAINING.
LOS ANGELES, May 21.—Johnny
Dundee, the New York featherw-elght.
to-dav began training for his bout
on June 10 with Ad Wolgast, former
lightweight champion.
SHEEHAN BEATS COQUIT.
BILLINGS, MONT., May 21.—Tom -
CALGARY. ALBERTA. May 21. Bill? my Sheehan, of Chicago, won a de-
Of all bright words from ('home's
(‘ripples
The brightest are surelg these:
"Chase triples."
* * *
MR. THOMAS LYNCH. WHO
has recently been convincing him
self that he is president of the
National League of Professional
Baseball Clubs, went publicly or.
record as giving a pair of umpires
the black spot because they did
not conduct themselves with suffi
cient dignity when apart from th-
scene of their daily afternbon dis
turbances.
Seemingly there is no stand
ard in operation when the official
uniform Is on. It is undoubtedly
well that the office of umpire
should be respected on tbe field and
that he is entitled to protection in
the plying of his unpopular trade,
but he would certainly get a lot
more of both if he acquired some
of the dignity that Mr. Lynch con
siders so necessary when he is
resting.
He has been protected and up
held to the point where he has
about as much dignity as the four-
year-old habitual cry-baby that
screws up its face and bellows for
its parent if you happen to look at
it in a manner that doesn’t meet
w ith its entire approval , -
* * *
THE UMPIRE HAS THE SAME
refuge. If a ball player looks
cross-eyed or makes jiome perfectly
parliamentary remark in a. tone,
in which the umpire fancies-’die*de*
tects a sneer, the umpire immedi
ately orders him off the field and
writes a three-page letter to the
president of the league, giving hi in
all the horrible details of the case.
There is no doubt that frequently,
smarting under a bad decision, a
ball player cuts loose with a lot
of talk that merits punishment. They
are a lot of children In most ways.
But the trouble is that we* have
babies bossing children, and the
fan is, as usual, the goat.
Rows between umpires and play
ers burlesqued the Giants-Cubs se
ries’. for which a number of the
loyal public gave up earned money.
Our notion of nothing to travel ten
miles for is to have an umpire —
say. Klern. whose vocal exit is lib
erally designed—stop the game at
an exciting moment, pull off his
mask, open a foot or so of one side
of his face and snail toward the
players’ bench:
“Hey! Ten dollars for you over
there!“
Dignity—that is •ximething else
again, Mawruss.
• • •
IT IS TIMELY that Walter
Johnson’s record of fifty-six innings
of shut-out hall will stand as long
as that world’s record for the po
tato race which was established
at the "Olympic” games in St. Louie
in 1904.
• * •
“THE NAVY MADE ME," says
“Gunboat” Smith.
If this charge is true, here is a
fine chance for a board of inquiry
to do some work.
SPRING BOOKS— The Winning
of the West,” by Frank Chance.
JAP IN GOLF TOURNEY.
HAWARTH. N. J.. May 21.—Shin
Inogue, a Japanese, to-day entered
his name as a competitor in the Met
ropolitan golf tournament that will
be fought out the end of this week in
Staten Island. pH is the first Ori
ental who has ever competed in the
Scot game in this country.
KANKAKEE BOUTS OFF.
KANKAKEE. ILL., May 21 *Fnl-
llow'ing a complaint from a clergyman
land a warning from the Sheriff, the
| boxing bouts scheduled for Wednes
day night between Jimmy Burns, of
Kankakee, and Kid Atwood, of St.
Louis, w'pre called off.
Bud Anderson Knocks Out Mandot
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Right to jaw in Twelfth Stops Joe
C HICAGO, May 21.— Eddie Mur
phy redeemed himself last
night at Konosha. He held the
hard-hitting Jack Britton, of Chi
cago, to an even break In a slashing
ten-round scrap.
The Boston boy had not been any
too well thought of in these parts
since Packey McFarland trimmed
him for the second time last winter.
But Chicago enthusiasts, who dashed
through a driving rain storm to the
Badger ringside, were loud in their
praise of the Hub star. He fought
the fight of his life and came home
with colors flying.
Murphy wore the proverbial yard-
wide smile when he left the arena
amid the cheers of the handful of
bugs present.
Murphy and Britton dished up a
$5,000 windup for about a $900 gate.
They fought as if they were sore
about it, top. .Britton and Manager
Dan Morgan were for postponing the
affair just before gong time, but the
promoters made them go through
with it.
Though there was no great damage
done, it was a wonderful fight. Brit
ton tried with his haymaker half a
hp rid red times and Murphy started
the fight when he saw an opening
But in the main it was a battle of
left hands, and Eddie showed that
his southpaw is about as good a pis
ton rod as Jack’s. Time after time
they stood the ground and traded
lefts to the face, each with rights
poised that never got home. The
rounds w'ere much alike.
AMERICAN GOLF PLAYERS
TAKE FINAL WORKOUT
WKSt NEWTON, MASS.. May 21.
Three aspirants for the.British open golf
championship—Mike Brady, of Wollas
ton; Tom McNamara, of Boston, and
Alec Campbell, of the Brookline Coun
try Club—had their last public workout
in the nipth Massachusetts open cham
pionship, which began yesterday. The
three “pros” will leave for England later
in the week, and hope to he at Hoylake
early in June in order to obtain suf
ficient practice for the British cham
pionship, which begins June. 19.
LOUIS DEP0NTHIEU SHADES
0LLIE KIRKE IN 10 ROUNDS
BINGHAMTON, N. Y. May 21.-
Louis Deponthieu, champion of
France, shaded Ollie Kirke, of St.
Louis, in a ten-round boxing bout
here last night.
By H. M. Walker.
i os A NOBLE ,, May 21.—Joe
^ Mandot may still be the idol
of New Orleans to-day. but h*
is far from enjoying that title among
the fight fans who saw Bud Ander
son knock him out here. A shjr;
right to the jaw was the sleep-pr •-
ducer. It cam® in the twelfth round.
The finish was remarkable, in is-
much as the New Orleans boy. af < r
being knocked out, remained on his
feet in an upright position. Mandot
had taken such terrific punishment
for several rounds that Referee Eyton,
fearful of Joe’s condition, made no
attempt to count, but held up Ander
son’s hand and motioned for Man-
dot’s handlers.
Mandot was "out” for five or six
minute?.
In the twelfth, with Mandot paw
ing, the air in helpless and aimbst
fashion. Anderson drove the right,
with an upward twist, to the jaw and
Joe staggered back, with his chin
resting on his chest and both arms
hanging limp.
Toward the ropes he tottered, and
as Anderson sprang in to drop his
man. Eyton interfered. Mandot tried
to stagger in the direction of his
corner, but his legs would not support
him and his seconds quickly assisted
him to the chair.
From the start Anderson fought
only for the body. Mandot’s left side,
stomach and heart were the target:*
for Anderson's smashing rights, and
after the first furious body attack in
the opening round. Mandot fought like
one in a stupor.
Either the Mandot of to-day has
“gone back” 59 per cent from the
form shown when he boxed Joe
Rivers, or Anderson is an even, bet
ter boy t ian his followers have given
him credit for.
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