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GREAT BREAD OF BASEBALL l. Diamond News and Gossip By Otto C. Floto. P ACKEY MrFARLAND 1* out a*aln with tho statement that he will not make weight for any man living. "I think I am a light weight. and if any of the men of that elasa meet me it will he at practi cally catch weightB—by which I mean, nay 135 pound! at 3 o’clock on the day of battle That's near enough to the lightweight poundage for me." And still I have it from one who knows that if McFarland would real ly agree to train he couid make the 133-pound limit, which, after all. is the official weight of the class. Per sonally. I have my doubts and don't believe he can do any such low weight and he "right and fit," and a man who enterH a battle unlesH well prepared for it* is a fool. No one has ever yet accused Packey of being in any way weak In his business train ing The real truth of the matter is that Packey has a dread fear way down deep in his heart. It haunts him every time he. thinks of It, and for that rea son refuses to "make weight." McFar land fears the awful "white plague." He is under the impression that a pugilist who continually trains and battles Is heir to It, and all the argu ment In the world can't shake this conviction from his mind. That's the real truth, and the why and where fore that keeps Packey from agree ing to the 133-pound notch. • • • \1TE have before us the names of ** three victim*---three of the most wonderful champion* that ever lived •—who were carried away by the great est foe the flesh must combat. Mc Farland ha* probably read the old volumes of Flstlana and learned these things for himself--else why this hor rible dread of reducing whenever ask ed to do so? There are many more of the fighting brigade that exited out of this old world with the cough, but three will he sufficient to men tion. First and foremost we have Tom Savers, the greatest man of his weight and inches that England ever pro duced. And at the time of his hold ing the championship Britannia rul ed the world in pugilism. Sayers, never much more than a middle weight. fought all the heavies they brought to him. Only Bob Fitzsim mons. in our time, could be com par ed to him. Sayers was only defeat ed once, and that by Nat Langham, his battle with Heenan being a draw, Sayers died from tuberculosis before he had reached his fortieth year. Con stant training preparing for battle hastened his death. • • • T HEN there was Peter Jackson, the wonderful Australian and without any doubt whatever the greatest heavyweight that ever lived. True, Peter was not forced to "make weight," hut he was required to train, and in doing so trained away a lot of vitality which brought about his sick ness. and add to this the fact that he continually exposed himself to the weather. It’s only a few years ago that Joe Gan* went by the same route. Noth ing more than his constant reducing to make the required weight brought on the dreaded plague to Cans. He drew upon Nature to so great an ex tent in reducing away the flesh that should have remained on his frame, that the old machine of flesh and bones cracked under the strain, and he passed away, barely having gone over the 30-year line. So with Sayers and Jackson it was the constant grind of getting into shape, while with Gans it was ridding himself of muscle and strength. The end of all these three great cham pions v as the same, however, and brought about by the same methods. It is the dread of this occurrence that ha* struck fear Into the heart of McFarland, and that's why he won't tackle the job. • • • AND yet Packey is determined to ** battle the men who agree to live op to the rules and make the pound age the official code calls for. So then he cannot be classed as a lightweight. There cannot be made any exception* for one man without making the same concession to all. If 133 pounds is too light for that division—and Wolgast, • Nelson. Rivers and other champions declare it is NOT—then we will have to establish a new weight. But suppose we make' the mark 185 pounds. What then? Along would come some hoy who couldn't make it, but could scale down to 137 pounds. Wouldn’t he have the same right to demand battles against lightweight* as McFarland demands now? Of course he would, and the first thing we know the lightweight limit will he soaring somewhere around the 140- pound level. A 140-pound man conies pretty near to knocking for admission to the wel terweight set. and our lightweight patronv would be eliminated from any standing at all. They'd be like a man without a country—too light for the 140-pound men and too heavy for the featherweights. “Jawn" McOraw, boss of the Giants, is a very, very peeved gentleman these days "Jawn.'' who has taken to writ ing pieces for the papers, solemnly de- Dtek that the I nals wer* traveling far ahead of their speed, intimated they were flashes in the pan, and emphasized the fact that I Just as soon as the Cardinals went gainst h good team they would he so badly beaten that undertakers would have u difficult llttlo Job assembling ! their frames for burial * • • To date, the Giants have clashed twice with the Cardinals—and twice the Car- lials have won. Mcdraw sicked Msthswson and Tesreau, his two star dingers, on to the St. Louis boys with the result that the (Cardinals knocked Matty out of the box ami then turned around and trimmed Tesreau in rather asy fashion. The Cardinals are now within one point of third place. • * • Walter Johnson, the "Mighty Swede,” isn’t a Swede at all. It has been dls overed that Johnson, although he did ome from Minnesota, which turns out nearly ns many Swedes as does Sweden, Is of Hcotch-Irlsh parentage. * • • Over In Brooklyn they are forming | lynching parties to-day for the pur pose of stringing Klein, art umpire per son, to a very high tree. Klein gave some decisions yesterday that were weird—then some. And all of them J were against the Dodgers, who eventu- ally lost the game u CHRISTY MATHEWSTO BIG LL LEAGUE GOSSIP Sporting Food N' I,VV YORK, May U2. - The Athletic* utill steadily maintain their winning par** la the American I-euptue with a i>er»lHtence which looks as if they would surely take the pen- nant. Washington has encountered considerable hard luck, and the club of Griffith lias fallen off the monstrous pace at which it started the season, largely because the two ends of the Washington infield have been In the game only Irregularly. Cleveland Is the surprise of the race. The Washington club has two weaknesses at present. One is the pitching staff, outside of Walter Johnson, and the other is the torn up infield, which takes away the normal speed of the team. If Johnson could pitch every day there would not be any <|uestlon raised in the American League about which club will win the pennant. That would Is- settled now. But Johnson cannot pitch every day, and an argument therefore remains in the league. Besides Johnson, no other Washington pitcher lias shown exceptional form this dble exception of year, with the p< Groorae, who is an in-and outer at best. "Give me one airtight pitcher," Griffith used to wall constantly when he wits managing the Cincinnati club, "and I will win a pennant.” have hurt the Washington team’s chances for the pennant, although 1 believe it still lias a look-in. The sea son is young, and the Athletics may have an attack of injuries. “Connie” Mack’s pitchers don’t look any too good anyway, outside of Bender and Blank. And Griffith Is still asking for a pitcher. “Give me one airtight left-hander,” Washington boys. His strength lies In his pitchers and Cajole and Jack- son. The rest of the team has not the ruggedness to make a tough tight of it for the pennant. The Phillies pounded out twenty hits In eight Innings yesterday, Including three doubles, a. triple and a homo run Cravath headed the swatters with five Mts out of ss many times at the bat Incidentally the Phillies garnered twelve runs while the Beds drew nine goose egg" • • • The White Sox engineered one of the greatest ninth Inning rallies of the sea son yesterday, scoring six runs, but their rally fell short tint! the Red Sox won tho game 10 to 1*. • * * Ths two atralghf defeats of the Dodg ers and the two victories of the Phillies have widened the gap between the teams to nearly 100 points, and it looks as if the dream of the Brooklyn fans of first place honors from the old leanue won't come true for a week or so, at least. • • • Those who believe in the spring showing of ball tenms as a basis for •’doping" out the outcome of the pen nant races, may witnewH the following: The Giants took the measure of prac tically every team they played during the training series, yet they have had a mighty task in winning fifteen out of twenty-nine league games. The Phillies, who were the easiest propositions struck bv any team during the soring games and who were extended tne heartfelt sympathy of the sporting fraternity, have won nineteen out of twenty-six combats. • • * The alibi architects <somc times known as New York sport writers) have resumed operations to-day. They blame the "In" and 'out” work of the Giants to lack of hitting, poor base running, fielding errors and the poor condition of the pitchers They assert, however, that except, for these few minor dereats. the Giants are playing a fine game of base ball. • • • Outfielder Free was the only Yankee to secure a hit ofT Pitcher Earl Hamil ton, of the Browns, yesterday. • • • The Braves made five rune in the eighth inning yesterday, but fell one short of the total amassed by the Cuds. * • • Williams, a pinch hitter for the Sena tors. tied up the score with a home run in the ninth inning yesterday and his team beat out the Nape in the tenth frame. * * * O'Rourke, the Buffalo third baseman, is batting .108 this season. Ty Cobb, please write. * * • It seems that Paul Sentell can t stay out of the Southern League. As utility man lie ought to help the Finns. But suppose he and Mike start quarreling! • * * Well, anyhow, if the Giant-Sox tour goes through it will keep a lot of ham actors off the stage next fall. Joe Tinker says that one of the chief reasons why he wouldn't give Rube Renton and *5 for Pttbher Beck, of Nashville, is that he never heard either of Beck or Nashville. • • * Fred Bender, brother of Chief," may get a try-out with the Ntn^s. Is he a pitcher? No, he's an Indian. * • • The police in Newark have to pro tect the umpires these days. If New Orleans newspapers don’t show a little sense the same thing will be true in the CreScent City. • * • Roy Mitchell, of the Browns, got by a nine-Inning game with 87 thrown balls Sunday. Economical Roy. * * * What do you know about Baron Kent- zer. of the Dodgers. He’s still holding out. • • * George Stallings hasn't yet been thrown out of a National League park. They say it was not always thus when the Georgian was in the International League. • e • Doc Adkins, the pitcher released by Baltimore, will take up the practice of law at Durham. N. C • » • A fan in Boston recently collected ?100 on a $5 bet that Boston would win four straight from Pittsburg. The thing hadn't happened before in 11 years. joined out with Washington, and j 1>« says now. And In the next breath, dai nod If he didn’t almost grab the “There is no such animal at large.” flat.'. Then tills year, when It looked *.*,*,. , .1 as if he is heal chance to take Q* ‘he one hand, the Cleveland! Hu* Hiumplouship, leister, the young Hub is IIE Athletics, of course, are the Hass of the American League T III^ gave him about the airtight- for n pitcher. „ to date, and are liable to remain the osf one In the business when he i Live me one airtight left-hander, j class of it Indefinitely, from all indi cations. I do not see any Hub that can beat them out of the pennant, i i *i r\i The team is moving at Its old time ° M< ’ ian ’ 10 v ( speed, and the players are awake to mplonsiup, tosier, tne young; min is the sensation of the the fact that they must keep hustling, third-baseman whom Griffith lmd American l«eague, and, on the other j None of the old listlessness which raised and carved out into a big hand, as the orators say, the Boston beat the Hub last year is apparent leaguer, was taken ill with typhoid team is the big surprise of the race j this season. I do not see who can fever and will in* out of ihe game for to date. The Cleveland boys are j stop them. Mack has two veteran several weeks. Gandll, tin* first base startling because of their unexpected pitchers who are reliable, Plank and man who has done so well for the good showing, and the Boston Red j Bender, and lie can piece out his Washington club, was injured some Sox. champions of the world, because' pitching from the rest of the staff time ago, and is out of the game. j of their surprisingly poor display. i for the remainder of the games. Clark Griffith asserts that it was Birmingham seems to be a natural- That club will absorb a lot of bad Gandll who put the team on a win horn manager, one of the few any- pitching and still win ball games, ning basis last summer. One good i where in the world. As a makeshift.! localise it hits so hard, plnver, filling up a weak spot, will he took hold of the team last year ♦ * • often do this for a Hub. The Wash after it had all the heart beaten out npHK condition of the Red Sox. lugton team had lx*en badly beaten by of it by nearly every duly In the i X which deserves some expert at tire Yankees In a series last spring. American League, and he ga\e f leve- Bsntion, is not t'o he explained easily. There are the same men who won - GEORG* PH AIR * JOYFUL GLOOM. John Evers said to Frank Leroy: "It gives me hitter pain, old hop. To see pour athletes in the rut; J hate to see you losing. but— 1 told pou so!** Said Frank Leroy to Krpstone John : “you’re looking worn and weak and tcan. It fills mg bosom icith regret To see pou on the slide, and pet— I told pou sol** Thep had a feeling of relief To see each other deep in grief. They gloried in each other's pain, And so thep sang this sweet refrain : *7 told pou so !** Looking over Mr. Chance’s alleged baseball team, we find that all he needs to strengtnen his infield is a net. Those Red Sox may be champions of the world, but an innocent bystander is led to believe that they are trying to keep it *a secret. Players In the American Association have taken up the practice of clouting each other with bats. Up to date, none of the umpires has taken It upon him self to interfere. Watching a motorcycle race Is much i like watching an aviation meet. Some 1 times It fizzles out without an accident. CONCERNING A B. B. MAGNATE. And still thep gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small man could throw the bull he threw. I ENTRY LIST IS REOPENED FOR HILLCLIMB SATURDAY E. H. Elleby, secretary of the Atlanta Automobile and Accessories Association, received word Wednesday that the en try list for the Stewart Avenue Hill (’limb could be re-opened owing to the postponement. This permission was granted by the American Automobile Association under whose sanction the event is going to be run. A Buick, another Ford and others will enter in the fully equipped cars, ama teur event, and there will probably be several other entries in the other events. The climb was scheduled for last Sat urday, but owing to the downpour was postponed a week. The auto classic, which is the second under the auspices of the Atlanta Au tomobile and Accessories Association, is attracting wide attention. Fully 3,000 persons lined the course last week to witness the event, and it la expected that that many more will be on hand this Saturday. Fast time has been made in the trials this week, and it is confidently expected that the time will he lowered in several of the events. SOFT and SILKY GRADY-ANDERSON DRAW. CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 22 - Trtmmy Grady fought a six-round draw at Lud low, Ky., with Billy Anderson. EXELBNTO never fairs to do what It claims. It stops falling HAIR, cleans DANDRUFF At once, and Just feeds the SCALP and ROOTS of the HAIR, and makes HAIR grow so fast that it Is a wonder. 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Even with the later, "that something had to be done 1 mighty Frenchman, Lajoie, out of the and done quickly to plug that hole at lineup, they gave the Athletics a very first base if the team was to he kept; stiff argument in the series last week, from falling out of the league. I paid * * * mm mi to the Montreal club for Gan-! VTKT the Yankees, considered to lx* (lit at a time when the Washington I the easiest team in the league management could ill afford to spend and as welcome anywhere as an in- that amount of money. It was just, hei’itance, upset the Naps badly. By after Gandll joined the team we start a study of the Cleveland club, it ed our winning streak which ran up, strikes me that Birmingham has a to seventeen games, and we got the very small chance of heating out the purchase price back many times dur- j year. Without Foster and Gandil lng this victorious spell. Gandil had j the Washington infield Is badly slow- rounded out the Infield.” j ed up. *Laporte, who is taking Fob- * • * tor’s place. Is exceptionally slow on C ' RIFFITH’S game has been speed. t,u feet. These two missing players J It was the speed that won the Athletics, and It would surprise me games for the Washington club last | greatly to see him finish above the the championship of the world, hut the team is all off its balance. The pitchers who did such remarkable work last year are not pitching any ball at all this season. Of course, some of m.v readers may advance the argument that I think the Giants and I’tttsburg still have a chance for the pennant in the National J-eague, yet they both get away to had starts. That is true. But the Giants and Pirates have not such clubs as the Athletics and Washington to overtake, as have the Red Sox. The Boston team will finish In the first division, where It normally belongs, but I do not believe It has better than a very outside chance for the championship. It Is below Its regular residence in the standing of the clubs'now as it was above it last season. (Copyright, 1913, by the McClure News paper Syndicate.) Olympic Champions May Compete Here Kohlemalnen and McDonald arc Pleased at Invitation of Portola Committee. NEW YORK, May 22.—In a letter to tHo athletic committee of thp Por tola Festival received yesterday, Jap. K. Sullivan, secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union, conveys the informa tion that he has delivered the invita tion of the Portola Committee to Pat McDonald and Hannes Kohlemainen. the athletes whose presence is desir ed at the athletic games to be held in connection with the celebration. Although the athletes will not be able to answer the invitation defi nitely. Sullivan writes that they will do the best they can to make the trip, and states that both men were greatly pleased to bo asked. McDon ald Is the shot putter who won the 16-pound event at the Olympic games in Stockholm, defeating Ralph Rose, and was in turn defeated by Rose in the two-handed shot-put contest. Should he visit San Francisco in Octo ber. local followers of athletics will have an opportunity to see the two greatest weight putters in the world in competition. Kohlemainen proved himself to be the greatest amateur distance runner in the world at the Stockholm games, aViti it Is proposed to arrange a spe cial two-mile invitational race if he Is able to be present at the Portola sport 8. The plans for a land and water re lay race from Sacramento to San Francisco on the opening day of the festival have met with an enthusias tic reception from the athletes of the Young Men's Christian Associations and the high schools, and the event promises to be an interesting one. 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