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If) Tin \ 11. XT.\ GEORGIAN VXD XKWS; THITRHDA Y, MAX 22, 1013. ri( F 'JP&JLa Sv ity* BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip By Otto 0. Kioto. P ACKET MoFARLAND 1* out a^ain with the statement that he will not make weight for any man living. “1 think I am a light weight. and if any of the men of that class meet me it will be at practi cally catch weights by which I mean, say 13.'* pounds 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 could make the lS3-pound limit, which, i the official weight of the < aonally, I have my doubt! believe lie can do any weight and be “right and . nals werr* speed, int I the pan, a Just as soon ngainst a good | badly beaten have a diffic m; pr< any ing. fter all, is •lass. Per- ; and don’t such low fit,’’ and a battle unless well fool. No One h t accused Packey of being way weak in his buslne their frai 3raw, boss of the (Hants, y peeved gentleman thew ” who has taken t«> wtit- the papers, solemnly de lays back that the t’ardl- veilng far ahead of their ted they were flashes in emphasized the fact thin as the Cardinals went they would be so undertakers would ob assembling for burial. ■' X*. JU M. M " ^ ML Ak MLM. ^ i*. jr.ur • • ^ ^ * ’ BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP N ;\V YORK. A inerica ii unlit. Wi the twl vkt ho enters •pared for it i r i'»> date, the (Hants have cla with ti»e Cardinal*— and twlci dials have won. McGraw i Mathewson and 'lesreau, his two star tlingers, on to the St. I.ouls boys with the result tha* the Cardinals knocked Matty out of the box and then turned around and trimmed Tesreau in rather easy fashion. The Cardinals are now within one point of third place. <»1 Walt" Johnson club will therefore Johnson •otild pitc win the pe: remains in May 'I'l. The Athletics still steadily maintain their winning pace in the League with a persistence which looks ns if they would surely take the pen- shirrgton has encountered considerable hard luck, and the club of Griffith - fallen off the monstrous pace at which it started the season, largely l>ecause the two ends tlie Washington infield have lieen in the game only irregularly. Cleveland is the surprise the race. - Tiie Washington club has two weaknesses at present. One is the pitching staff, outside ml the nth: i is the tom up infield, which takes away the normal speed of the team. If c\erv dav there would not. lx* any question raised in the American League about which nnant. That would In* settled now. Put Johnson cannot pitch every day, and an argument league. Resides Johnson, no other Washington pitcher lias shown exceptional d | Sporting Food l By GEORGE E. PHAIR JOYFUL GLOOM. John Fivers said to Frank Leroy: “// gives me bitter pain, old boy, To see your athletes in the rut: 1 hate to see you losing, but— / told you so.”* Said Frank Iwroy to Keystone John : "You're looking worn and weak and wan. It fills my boston with regret To set you on the slide, and yet— I told you so!” Walter Johnson, the Isn’t a Swede Ht all. covered that Johnson, come from Minnesota, arly as many Sweden of Scotch-Irish pare ‘Mighty Swede,” It has been dis although he did which turns out ah does Sweden, ntage. year, with tin* p< (Iroome, who is l lest. “Give me one exception -mid-outer The real truth of the matter is that l ackey has a dread fear way down deep in his heart. It haunts him every time ho 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. !«w‘ n r . . . train- | I over In Brooklyn they are forming lynching parties to-day for the pur pose of stringing Klein, an umpire per son. to a very high tree. Klein gave some decisions yesterday that were weird—then Home. And all of them were against the Dodgers, who eventu ally lost the game. The Phillies pounded out twenty hits in eight innings yesterday, including three doubles, a triple and a home run Cr&vath headed the swatters with live hits out of as many times at the hat. Incidentally runs while •ggs. Phtllic! Reds garnerc Jrew nine two W 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 lias probably read the old volumes of Fistiana 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 righting 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 Sayers, 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 he compar ed to him. Sayers was only defeat ed once, and that by Nat Langham, hiA battle with Heenan being a draw. Sayers died from tuberculosis before he had reached his fortieth year. (in 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.” but 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 (Jans went by the same route. Noth ing more than his constant reducing to make the required weight brought on the dreaded plague to (Ians. 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 (jnd bones cracked under the strain, and he passed away, barely having gone over the 30-year line. So with Sayers and Jacksoi^ it was flie constant grind of getting into shape, while with (Jans it was ridding himself of muscle and strength. The end «*f all these three great cham pions was the same, however, and bfought about by the same methods. P is the dread of tills occurrence that has struck fear into the heart of McFarland, and that's why he won’t tackle the job. The White Sox engineered one of the greatest ninth inning rallies of the me son yesterday, scoring six runs, but their rally foil short and the Red Sox won the game 10 to !•. * * • The two straight defeats of the Lodg ers and tiie two viriories 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 hull teams as a basis for “doping'' out .he 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 hud a mighty task in winning fifteen out of twenty-nine league games. The Phillies, who were the easiest propositions struck by any team during the spring games and who were extended the heartfelt sympathy of the sporting fraternity, have won nineteen out of twenty-six combats. The known a resumed the “in” to lack Melding alibi architects tsorne times s New York sport writerr' have operations to-day. The: elame and “out” work of the Giants of hitting, poor base running, terrors and the poor condition of the pitchers. They assert, however, that except for these few minor dcreats. the Giants are playing a tine game of base ball. * * # Oifltielcler Free was the only Yankee to secure n hit off Pitcher Earl Hamil ton, of tiie Browne, yesterday. tirtipht pitcher.” Griffith used to wall constantly when he was managing the (’hicliitiati club, I “and I will win :t pennant.” 'TMIEY gave him about the airtight- 1 est one in the business when he i joined out wijii Washington, and* darned If he didn’t almost grab the flag. Then this year, when it looked , as if he had his i>est chance to take the championship. Foster, the young Ihird-baseman whom Griffith had raised and carved out into a big leaguer, was taken ill with typhoid I fever and will Ik* out of tlx* game fori • several weeks. Gaud!!, the first-bast*-1 [ man who has done* so well for the j ! Washington club, was injured some | time ago, and is out of tiie game, j (’lark Griffith rsserts t^nt it was I Gandil who put the team on a win-j ning basis last summer. One good j player, filling tip a weak spot, will often do this for a club. The Wash ington team had been badly beaten by the Yankees in a series last spring, and tlx* club scented to lx* going to pieces rapidly. Griffith got on a train on Saturday night with Mon treal as Ids destination. “1 made up my mind,” said Grif fith. in telling about the purchase later, “that something had to he done and done* quickly to plug that hole at first base if the team was to 1m* kept from falling out of tlx* league. I paid $1:!,(MK) to tlx* Montreal dub for Gan dil at a time when tlx* Washington management could ill 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 tlx* purchase price back many times (hir ing this victorious spell. Gandil had rounded out tlx* infield.” have hurt tlx* 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 Blank. And Griffith is still asking for a pitcher. ‘‘(Jive mo one airtight left-hander,” he says now. And in the next breath, “There is no such animal at large.” Washington hoys. 11 is strength lies in his pitchers and Lajoie and Jack- son. The rest of the team has not the ruggedness to make a tough tight of it for the pennant. They had a feeling of relief To see each other deep *n grief. form this! Thnioloncd in ct/rh other'x puin Anti *<> then HUtiy tinx 'trirl icfunn. “1 told unit so!" T IIE Athletics, of course, are tlx* O N the one hand, the Cleveland club is the sensation of the; American League, and, on the other hand, as tlx* orators say, tlx* Boston team is tlx* big surprise of the race! to date. The Cleveland Ixiys are startling ! wen use of their unexpected- good showing, and tlx* Boston Red Sox, champions of tlx* world, because of tlieir surprisingly poor display. Birmingham seems to In* a natural- born manager, one of tlx* few any where in the world. As a makeshift, he took hold of the team last year after it had all the heart beaten out of it by nearly every club in the American League, .and he gave Cleve land tlx* first good baseball that it has watched in several years. With practically tlx* same men that worked for the club last year, Birmingham has set his train up in tlx* fight for the pennant this time. Even with tlx* mighty Frenchman, Lajoie, out of the lineup, they gave tiie stiff argument in the * Athletics a very series last week. \ G RIFFITII’S game has lieen speed. -J* It was tlx* speed that won the 7T:T the Yankees, considered to be tlx* easiest team in the league and as welcome anywhere* as an in heritance. upset tlx* Naps badly. By a study of the Cleveland club, fit strikes me that Birmingham has a very small chaixt* of boating out tlx* year. Without Foster and Gandil the Washington infield is badly slow ed up. Laporte, who is taking Fos ter's place, is exceptionally slow on his feet. These two missing players j Athletics, and it would surprise me games for the Washington dub last [greatly to see him finish above the to date, and arc* liable to remain the I class of it indefinitely, from all indi- i cations. I do not see any club that jean beat them out of the pennant. | j Tlx* team is moving at its old time i speed, and the players are awake to the fact that they must keep hustling.' None of the old listlessness which ; best tlx* club last year is apparent lids season. I do not see who’ can stop them. Mack has two veteran • pitchers who are reliable. Blank and Bender, and lx* can piece out his pitching from the rest of the staff for the remainder of the games. That club will absorb a lot of had pitching and still win ball games, because it hits so hard. ♦ * * HF, condition of tlx* Red Sox. which deserves some expert at tention, is not to Ik* explained easily. There are the same men who won the championship of the world, but 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 my readers may advance tlx* argument that I think the Giants and Bittsburg still have* a chance for the pennant in tlx* National league, yet they both get away to bad starts. That is true. But the Giants and Birates have not such clubs as the Athletics and Washington to overtake, ns 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. Tt is below its regular residence in the standing of tlx* clubs now as it was above it last season. (Copyright, 1913, hy the McClure News paper Syndicate.) Looking over Mr. Chance’s 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, bu-t 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 like watching an aviation meet. Some times it fizzles out without an accident. CONCERNING A B. B. MAGNATE. And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small man could throw the hull he threw. Seme men spend*their time snooting at clay birds, demonstrating how little some men think of time. Umpiring an amateur ball game in our fair city affords a pleasant pastime—to tiie bystanders. 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 j be run. A Buick, another Ford and others will j enter in the fully equipped cars, ama teur event, and there will probably be several other entries in the other events. 'J he climb was scheduled for last Sat urday, but owing to the downpour was postponed a week. The auto classic, which is the second im *ier 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 t!iat the time will be lowered in several of the events. GRADY-ANDERSON DRAW. CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 22.—Tommy Grady fought a six-round draw at Lud low. Ky., with Billy Anderson. EXELENTO never fairs to do what It claims. It stops falling HAIR, cleans DANDRUFF at once, and Jus* feeds the SCALP and ROOTS of the HAIR, and makes HAIR grow so fast that it is a wonder. 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The eighth short < Braves made five runs in the inning yesterday, but fell one >f tiie total amassed by the Cubs. Williams, a i inch hitter for the Sena tor^. tied up the score with a home run in the ninth inning yesterday and his team beat out the Naps in tiie 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 he ought to help the Finns. But suppose he and Mike start quarreling! I Well, any how- goes through it actors AND yet P; *■ ^ battle the okey is determined to men who agree to live up to the.rules and make tin* pound age the official code call:’for. So then he cannot he 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. Bui suppose we make the mark 13a •unds. What then? Along would ome some boy who couldn’t make but couht scale down to 137 pounds, uildn't he have the same right to pot it. W( 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 patrons* would 1»« 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. if the Giant-Sox tour will keep a lot of hum •IT the stage next fall. Joe Tinker says that one of the chief reasons why he wouldn't give Rube Benton and $5,000 for Pitcher Beck, of Nashville, is that be never heard either of Beck or Nashville. may Fred Bender, brother of “Chief,’ get a try-out with the Naps, Is he a pitcher? No, lie’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 b\ a nine-inning game with 87 thrown balls Sunday. Economical Roy. Wbat do you know about Baron Rent ier. 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 tlie International l eague. • * • Doc Adkins, the pitcher released by Baltimore, will take up the practice of law at Durham, N. C. w * • 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. Olympic Champions May Compete Here Kohlemainen and McDonald are Pleased at Invitation of Portola Committee. NKNV YORK, May 22.—In a letter to the athletic, committee of tho Por tola Festival received yesterday, Jas. :;. 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 tlx* athletic games to he held In connection with the celebration. Although the athletes will not be able to answer the invitation d*fi nitely. Sullivan writes that they will do the best they can to make the trip, and states that both men were greatly pleased to be 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 tiie two-handed shot-put contest. Should he visit San Francisco in Octo- i her, 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 tlie Stockholm games, atna it is proposed to arrange a spe cial two-mile invitational race if he is able to be present at the Portola sports. The plans for a land and water re lay race from Sacramento to San Francisco on tlie opening day of the festival have met with an enthusias tic reception from the athletes of the Young Men’s Christian Associations and tb" high schools, and tha went promises to be an interesting one. AUSTRALIAN NET PLAYERS PRACTICING IN BOSTON BOSTON, May 22—The Australian tennis players, Captain Stanley M. Doust. Horace Bice, Aubrey B. Jones and Manager E. \Y. Hicks, arrived here for ten days’ practice on the courts of the Longwood Cricket club. Later in the week the American ten nis team, Maurice E. McLoughlin, of San Francisco; Norris William, of Phil adelphia, and* H. H. Hackett and R. D. Little, of New York, will appear at Longwood. 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