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V 1« TUT; ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1913. BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip By Otto C. Floto. P ACKEY McFART AND Is out again with the 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 I'lasa meet me it will be at practi cally catch weights—by which 1 mean, say 135 pounds at 3 o'clock on the day of battle. That's near enough to the lightweight poundage for me.’’ And still 1 have it from one who knows that if McFarland would real ly agree to train he could make the 133-pound limit, which, after all. is the official weight of the class. Per sonally, l have my doubts and don t believe he can do any such low weight and be "right and fit," and a man who enters a battle unless well prepared for it la h 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 teal truth, and the why and where fore that keeps Packey from agree ing to the 133-pound notch. • , * \lfE have before us the names of *» three victims— three of the most wonderful champions that ever lived .—who were carried away by the great est foe the flesh must combat Mc Farland has 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 lighting brigade that exited out of this old world with the cough, but three will be sufficient to men tion. First and foremost we have Tom Havers, 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. Savers, never much more than a middle weight. fought all the heavies they brought to him. Only Bob Fitzsim mons. in our time, could be compar ed to him. Sayers was only defeat ed once, and that by Nat l.anghant, his battle with Heenan being a draw. Bayers 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 whs not forced to “make weight," but he wan 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. Tt’s only a few years ago that Joe Gans went by the same route. Noth ing: more than his constant reducing to make the required weight brought on the dreaded plague to Gans.' 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 was the same, however, and brought about by the same methods. It is the dread of this occurrence that has struck feat into the heart of McFarland, and that's why he won't tackle the job. • • • A ND yet Packey is determined to battle the men who agree to live tip to the rules and make the pound age the official code calls for. Ho then he cannot be classed as a lightweight. There cannot be made any exceptions 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 135 pounds. What then? Along would come some boy who couldn't make it, but could scale down to 137 pounds. Wouldn’t he have the same right to demand battles against lightweights as McFarland demands now? Of course he would, and the first thing we know the lightweight limit will be soaring somewhere around the 140- pound level. A 140-pound man comes pretty near to knocking for admission to the wel terweight set. and our lightweight patron« 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. You Can Make Pure Lager "Jawn" McGraw, bops of the Giants, is a very, very peeved gentleman these ♦lays "Jawn," who ha* taken to wrii ing pieces for the papers, solemnly.de clared a few days back that the C’ardl- j nais want travMlftf far tJiatd of their I speed, intimated they were flashes in the pan, and emphasized the fact thai | just ns soon as the Cardinals went against a good team they would be so badly beaten that undertakers would ' have a difficult little Job assembling ' their frames for burial. • * • To date, the Giants have dashed twice with the Cardinals—and twice the Car- j dials have won. McGraw sicked j Mathewson and Tenreau. his two star lllngera, on to the St. Louis boys with l the result that the Cardinals knocked Matty out of the box and then turned ; around and trimmed Tesreau in rather J easy fashion The Cardinals are now | within one point of third place. • • • Walter Johnson, the “Mighty Swede,’’ j Isn’t a Swede at all. It has been dls j covered that Johnson, although he did j come from Minnesota, which turns out l nearly as many Swedes ns does Sweden, : Is of Scotch-Irish parentage. • • • Over In Brooklyn they are forming lynching parties to-day for the pur- J pose of stringing Klem. an umpire per son, to a very high tree. Klem gave some decisions yesterday that wen- weird—then some. And all of them ! were against the Dodgers, w r ho eventu ally lost the game • • • The Phillies pounded out twenty hits in eight Innings yesterday. Including j three doubles, a triple and a homo run (Tavath headed the swatters with five! hits out of as many times at the hat. j Incidentally the Phillies garnered twelve I runs while the Reds drew nine goose egg*. ♦ • • The White Sox engineered one of the greatest ninth inning rallies of the sea son yesterday, scoring six runs, hut their rally fell short and the Red Sox won the game 10 to !♦. ♦ • * The two straight 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 league won’t come true for a week or so, at least. • * * Those who believe In the spring showing of hall teams as a basis for •‘doping’' out the outcome of the pen nant races, may witness 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 the heartfelt sympathy of the sporting fraternity, liave won nineteen out of twenty-six combats • • • The alibi architects (some times known as New York sport writers) have resumed operations to-day. They blame the "In’’ and “out" work of the (Hants to lack of hitting, poor base running, fielding errors and tne poor condition of the pitchers. They assert, however, that except for these few minor dereats, the Giants are playing a tine game of base ball. • • • Outfielder Oree was the only Yankee to secure n hit off Pitcher Earl Hamil ton. of the Browns, yesterday. • • • The Braves made five runs In 1he eighth inning yesterday, but fell one short of the total amassed by the Pubs CHRISTY MATHLWSON'S BIG LtAGOI GOSSIP iV: N 1 MW YORK. May 21!. The Athletic* Mill steadily maintain their winning pace lu the American league with a persistence which looks as If they would surely take the pen- mint. Washington has encountered considerable hard luck, and the club of Griffith lid fallen off the monstrous pace at which It started the season, largely because the two ends of the Washington infield have lieeti in the game only Irregularly. Cleveland Is the surprise of the rate. The Washington club has two weaknesses at present. One Is the pitching staff, outside i mid the other is the torn up infield, which takes away the normal speed of the team. If ,. v p| V day there would not tie any question raised In the American league about which pennant. That would lie settled now. But Johnson cannot pitch every day, and an argument in the league. Besides Johnson, no other Washington pitcher has shown exceptional form this ssible exception of Washington boys. His strength lies In Ills pitchers and Imjoie and Jack- son. The rest of the team has not the ruggedness to make a tough fight of it for the pennant. of Walter Johnsoi Johnson could pit club will win the therefore remains year, with the po Groomo, who is an in-nnd-outer at best. ‘•fiive me one airtight pitcher.” Griffith used to wall constantly when hi- was managing the Cincinnati club, "and 1 will win a pennant.” * • • rpHKy gave him about the airttght- I est one in the business when he joined out with Washington, and! !,'L sa - vs , now . . , darned if he didn’t almost grab the , “There is no such animal at large flag. Then this year, when It looked itn if he had hh the championship. Foster, flu* young I club is the third-baseman * whom Griffith ha raised and carved out into a big nanu, as me orniors siiy, me rucum i pegt the club last year Is appa leaguer, was taken ill with typhoid team Is the big surprise of the race ■ this season. I do not see who can fever and will 1«> out of the game for to date. The Cleveland boys are I s top them. Mock has two veteran several weeks, (iandil. the first-base ; startling because of their unexpected j pitchers who are reliable, Plank and mini who has done so well for the | good showing, and the Boston Red j Bonder, and he can piece out his have hurt the Washington team’s chances for the pennant, although I believe it still has 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 Plank. And Griffith Is still asking for a pitcher. T HE Athletics, of course, are the class of the American League to date, and are liable to remain the i.ive me one airtight left-hander, i class of it indefinitely, from all indl- And In the next breath iN the one hand, the Cleveland cations. I do not see any club that can beat them out of the pennant. The team is moving at Its old time speed, and the players are awake to Sporting Food By GEORQI E. PHAIR JOYFUL GLOOM. John Ever8 said to Frank Leroy: "It given me bitter pain, old boy, To nee your athletes in the, rut; / hate to see you losing, but— / told you so!” Said Frank Leroy to Keystone John: “You're looking worn and weak and tcan. II fills my bosom with regret To see you on the slide, and yet— I told you so r They had a feeling of relief To sec each other deep in grief. They gloried in each other's pain. And so they sang this sweet refrain: "I told you so!” Looking over Mr. Chance’* alleged baseball team, we find that all he needs to strengthen 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 tiding to keep it a secret. Player* In the American Aseociation have taken up the practice of clouting each other with bats. Up to date, none of the umpire* ha* taken It upon him self to Interfere. 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 Climb 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 Recond 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 Is 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 be lowered in several of the events. a bent chance to take (j T ^ w ip. Foster, the y01111:2 dub is the sensation of the the fact that they must keep hustling..... . . T . - . e •" Amcrleuu I-eague. and, on tho other None 0 f the old listlessness which I'mVlVout'witheutTJTleeidSM? >iK hand, ns the orators say, the Boston j peat the club last year Is apparent Watching a motorcycle race I* much SOFT and SILKY GRADY-ANDERSON DRAW. CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 22.—Tommy Grady fought a six-round draw at Lud. low, Ky., with Billy Anderson. EXELENTO never fair* to do whet It claims. It stops falling HAIR, cleans DANDRUFF at once, and just feeds the SCALP and ROOTS of the HAIR, and mokes HAIR grow so faet that it le a wonder. Every package Is guaranteed. Plain talk: Don’t fool youreelf by neing some preparation which clalme to etralghten your HAIR. Kinky HAIR can not be made straight. YOU have to have HAIR before you can straighten It. When you use KXEL- I ENTO QUININE POMADE, it will promote the growth of the BAIR very fast, and you will fopn harejUce. long HAIR, which win b* ro«K3 straight, eoft and silky. PRICE—26 CENTS, by •ttdnwsfcta or by mall on receipt of stamp* os EXELENTO MEDICINE COMWWNVj ATLANTA. OA. AGENTS wanted everywhere, MMta for particulars to-day. / Washington club, was injured some time ago, and is out of the game. Clark Griffith asserts that it was Gandil who put the team on a win ning basis last summer. One good player, filling up a weak spot, will often do this' for a club. The Wash ington team had been badly beaten by the Yankees in a series liiHt spring, and the Hub seemed to be going to pieces "rapidly. Griffith got on a train on Saturday night with Mon treal as his destination. ^ “I made up tny mind," said Grlf Sox, champions of the world, because piling f rom the rest of the staff of their surprisingly poor display, Birmingham seems to be a natural- born manager, one of the few any where In the world. As a makeshift, he took hold of the team last year after i.t had all the heart tieaten out of It by nearly every club in the American league, and he gave Cleve land the first good baseball that It has watched In several years. With practically the same men that worked for the club Inst year, Birmingham has set bis team up In the fight for for the remainder of the games. That club will absorb a lot of bad pitching and still win ball games, because It hits so hard. T flth. Ill telling about the purchase j the pennant this time. Even with the later, "lhal something had to bo done mighty Frenchman, Lajolc, out of the and done quickly to plug that hole at i lineup, they gave the Athletics a very first base if the team was to lie kepi from falling out of the league. I paid $12.1 kiii to the Montreal club for Uan- dil at a time when I he Washington management could 111 afford to spend that amount of money. It was just, after Gandil joined the team we start ed our winning streak which ran up to seventeen games, and we got the purchase price buck many times dur- stifT argument in the series last week. pi tors, tied up the score with a homo run in the ninth Inning yesterday and his team beat out the Naps In the tenth frame * * * O’Rourke. tho RuIThIo third hasomaq. 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 he ought to help tne 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 Bubo Benton ami $f*,000 for riteher Beck, of Nashville, is that he never heard eithfer of Beck or Nashville. • • * Fred Bender, brother of •Chief,’’ may get a try-out with the Naps. 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 Dodgera. 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. • # • Doe Adkins, the pitcher released by Baltimore, will take up the practice of law- at Durham, N. C. 9 * • 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. HE condition of the Red Sox, which deserves some expert nt- tentlon, Is not to lie explsineil easily. There are the same men who won the ehampionship of the world, hut the team Is nil off Us balance. The pitchers who did such remarkable work last year are not pitching any ball at all this season. Of course, some of my readers may advance the argument that I think the Giants and Pittsburg still have a chance for the pennant in the National league, yet they both get away to bad 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 tn the first division, where 1t normally belongs, but I do not believe It has better than a very outside chance for the championship, ft Is below its regular residence in , . . , . , the standing of the clubs now as it G RIFFITH'S game has been speed pin feet. These two missing players j waH a p 0V e It last season. It was the speed that won the Alliletics. and it would surprise me (Copyright, 1913. by the McClure News- games for the Washington club last | greatly to see him finish above thej paper Syndicate.) V ET the Yankees, considered to he the easiest team tn the league and as welcome anywhere as an in heritance, upset the Naps badly. By a study of the Cleveland club, it strikes me that Birmingham has a very small chance of beating out the vear. Without Foster and Gandil CONCERNING A B. B. MAGNATE. And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small man could throw the bull he threw. Some men spend their time shooting at clay birds, demonstrating how tittle some men think of time. Umpiring an amateur ball game In our fair city affords a pleasant pastime—to the bystanders. OTTO JORDAN DRAWS INDEFINITE SUSPENSION WAYCROSS, GA., May 22.—Ottor Jor- dan, former manager of Atlanta's South ern League team, was to-day lndefi- nately suspended because of his conduct in Brunswick yesterday, when he was put out of the game by Umpire Bennett. Jordan is manager of the Valdosta Em pire League team and feels that the suspension Is unwarranted. Ing lliis victorious spoil. Gandil had the Washington infield is badly slow- rounded out the Infield.” | ed up. Laporte, who is taking Fos ter’s place, is exceptionally slow on Olympic Champions May Compete Here Kohlemainen and McDonald are Pleased at Invitation of Portola Committee. NEW YORK, May* 22.-In a letter to tho athletic committee of the Tor tola Festival received yesterday. Jas. E. 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