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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
UPTON HIPPT:
CHALLENGE HIS
BEEN ACCEPTED
8pecial Cable to Tha Atlanta Georgian.
L ONDON. May 21.—A cablegram
just received here by Sir,
Thomas Lipton from the New
York Yacht Club definitely accepted
his challenge for a yacht race in 1914
for the America’s cup. Lipton was
delighted upon receipt of the accept
ance of his challenge.
The race will be sailed In Septem
ber, 1914. The New Yorkers will dic
tate the rules as to measurements,
time allowances and racing rules.
Upton will at once get into com
munication with tlie beat boat build
ers in England.
Sir Thomas considers that the
conditions of acceptance of his chal
lenge by the New York Yacht Club
are a great victory for him He says
they will enable him to build a good,
seaworthy boat.
It is still a question whether Sir
Thomas will be allowed to tow his
yacht across the Atlantic.
Asked whether he thought the de
fenders would meet him with a trig
ger boat than the challenger, Sir
Thomas replied:
"That does not give m«- the least
worry. They have always treated me
in the most generous and sportsman
like spirit.”
The New York Yacht Club’s ac
ceptance of the challenge says:
“The races are to be sailed as you
suggested, under our present rules of
measurement, time allowance • and
racing rules, it being understood that
the rule requiring a yacht to rate at
the highest limit of her class in cer
tain cases shall not apply to this
match.’’
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
Joe Thomas failed to come hark in
his second fight against Charlie White
at New Orleans Monday night. The
Chicago boy stopped Thomas in two
rounds, flooring him no less Chan six
Times. As in their previous engage
ment. White's hard right-hand upper
cut proved the undoing of the New
Orleans boy.
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After the bout Nate Lewis, manager
of White, sent a challenge to Tom
McCarey asking the coast promoter for
a match against Rivers, Ritchie or
Leach Cross. White is certainly en
titled to a match with one of the Lig
stars, as he has defeated some of the
greatest boys in his division.
Matty MoCue, the Racine sensation,
will make his next fight against Patsy
Brannigan. the tough Pittsburg
featherweight John McCue, father and
manager of the Racine boy, accepted
terms for the match yesterday They
will meet In a. scheduled ten round set-
to at Milwaukee May 26.
Eddie McGoorty, the Oshkosh middle
ty,
weight, started light training at Lewis
. ffi
gymnasium in Chicago for his six-round
affair with Prank Klaus at .Pittsburg
May 24 Rudy Unholz Is helping M
Goorty get in shape for the fray
Timmy Grant, who recently held Kid
Young to a draw here, is taking a rest
on a farm In Jacksonville, Fla. Grant
write** that he is still after n return
match with Young, and will give the
latter a neat side bet if he will agree
to make 118 pounds at 3 o’clock
Eddie Hanlon, the local lightweight,
is artxlous to get on with some boy of
his weight around here Somehow or
other the 183-pounders seem to make
it their business to steer dear of Eddie.
Hanlon is particularly wild to get on
with Mike Saul or Terry Nelson
Buck Crouse* is after a match with
Frank Klaus, and says lit* will not rest
until he drags the Pittsburg bearcat
into the ring with him. Pittsburg fans
are clamoring for the match, hh both
boya hail from the “Smoky City.”
The Jtm Flynn-JIm Savage scrap at
the Auditorium should he a corker.
Flynn always makes his best tights
against a clever fellow, while Savage
is some sharpshooter himself.
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Kid Julian and Joe Goldeberg will
Clash in a ten-round battle at Rochester.
N. Y . Wednesday night The boys are
lightweights
The Frisoo promoters who are after
the Rivers-Ritchie match for July 4
will have to* secure Tom MeCarey's per
mission before they can pull off the
affair McGarey has a Ling string at
tached to the Mexican, ami the latter
has agreed not to fight unless the pro
moters can fix things up with McCarey.
Billy Nolaai, manager of Willie
Ritchie, musi fed certain that his man
can defeat Ptu:key McFarland. In a
statement given out to a Western news
paper, Nolan nays he will gladh give
Packey a chance if the latter will make
185 pounds several hours before the
fight. Can it be some more press agent
bunk?
Freddie Welsh received $3,600 for
trimming Jack Rednu>nd the other
night. Pretty soft for the Englishman.
The (Toss brothers will be on the
same bill Wednesday night. I^each
takes on Johnny Mario, while Phil will
exchange wallops with Kay Hropson.
Both bouts are scheduled to go ten
rounds at New York
Jack Dillon yesterday began training
ior his bout with Frank Klaus at Indian
apolis on May 29. He will continue the
work until two d*&>s before the tight
Since his victory over Bob Moha. Dillon
has been taking a rest Jeff Clark will
be Dillon's sparring partner
Luther McCarty and Arthur Pelky ate
putting the finishing touches t-* their
training for their 10-round scrap at Cal
gary, Alberta, Saturday night
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ortn Broad 8t„ Atlanta. Ga.
itta Third National Bank
SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT The Judge Gets an Earful of Suffragette Doings
Copyright, 1913, International New* Serrlc*.
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By Tad
‘Chief’ Tells Secrets of Hitters
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“Step Out in Front and Swing”
Sporting Food
'By QEORQI B. PHAI
By “Chief” Meyers
(Star catcher of the Giants and one
of the greatest hitters in the
National League.)
B ATTING ability Is the high art j
of baseball. True skill with the j
stick hides many a minor fault. |
Brilliancy In all other lines pales into
nothingness if not backed by at leant
average hitting power.
“(’an he hit?” is the universal ques
tion which greets the announcement;
of every new arrival to the game. The ;
three magic words embody the chief j
concern of scout, manager and pub
lic.
There is a so-called axiom in our
profession that “hatters are born, not
made.” I disagree with such logic.
There is the same opportunity for im
provement in batting as in fielding
or base running. The sphere may bo
just a trifle more limited because phy
sical equipment enters more strongly
into the calculations.
Not every one, of course, no mat
ter how studious, may become a Ty
Cobb or a Honus Wagner. And it is
a mighty good thing for the pitch
er* and catchers that this is ho. Few
athletes have the lightning speed of
Cobh, which enables him to beat ;
plenty of Infield raps which would
he easy outs against average runners. J
Few again have the muscular power
of Wagner, which enables him lo
drive the ball with rifle-like velocity
Nevertheless, serious study and
painstaking practice will go u long
way toward overcoming the majority !
of physical handicaps.
.300 Notch Real Feat.
When one stops to consider condi- [
tions, a .300 batting average strikes!
home as real achievement. It moans
hitting safely three times in every
ten chances. The botemen. single- j
handed, must fight an army of obsta
cles. In the first place he has a per
fectly round stick with which to pro
pel a perfectly round ball thrown
from a distance of Gf> feet with all
the force of human power.
He has approximately half a second
from the time the ball leaves the
pitcher's lingers until It is up to him.
in that half second he must sw ing his
bat eo that the curved surfaces of
the two objects (bat and ball) meet
fairly in the middle of their respec
tive lines of flight. If he lilts the least
fraction of an inch under the V»11 it
means a fly of som <j sort -either foul
or fair
Now there are nine agile and active
opponents so distributed throughout
the playing field that any sort of
high fly means certain retirement.
If the batter hits a fractional inch
over the ball he sends It down to
the ground, where the speed is
checked, and where it is generally
quite easy for one of the infielders
to Intercept it.
Add to these complications a skilled
pitcher who can make the ball vary
many ways in its flight to the plate,
and that little half second of grace
dwindles almost Into nothingness. The
wonder then is that so many reach
the select class.
Swing of Natural Hitter.
Still there are certain principles
of batting science that will help to
overcome Gu-t* obstacles. Tbs most
important, to my mind, is that of
meeting the ball in front of the body.
This is no more than the swing of
the player who is termed the natural
hitter. Zimmerman, Wagner. Lajoie,
Doyle and Gobb all employ the style.
Some of them may do it all un
consciously. I know I did for sev
eral year*' before J joined the Giants.
I always hit the ball very hard. Mc-
(5raw pointed out to me the reason.
He drills and drills this Idea into iiis
men morning, noon and night. Me-
Graw has developed a number of
high-class hitters from average ma
in reaching forward to meet the ball.
It is naturally the very steadiest pos»
sible attitude, for it does not handi
cap the eye. The line of vision does
not change, as would be the case if
one let the ball come up even to the
plate. It will be readily appreciated
that a style which permits the most
advantageous use of such an Impor
tant factor as eyesight is one of un-
usuul merit. *
THEM PELICANS.
The little new team in (Joint in the
dust,
And hardln a chance to rise.
The wrecked machinery iff red with
runt
And broken and bent it lies.
'Time teas when the little machine
teas new;
It went like a streak in spring.
| Hut it struck a slump and it broke
in two—
Note look at the goldarned thing!
Christy Mathewson will get three
years’ salary when his playing days
are over. Mordecai Brown got three
swift kicks.
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
Marty O'Toole is bumping the bumps
again, indicating that he has returned
to hie old-time form,
Aside from an unquenchable desire to
lift Cincinnati out of last place, the Pi
rates seem to be totally devoid of am-
I bltion.
Cincinnati would like to trade Suggs
and Egan for Sweeney, says a Cincin
nati paper.
Of course. So would anybody.
Baseball may be a monopoly, but
Walter Johnson appears to have a toe
hold on the whitewash market.
Derrill Pratt has started hitting but
D. Walsh still lingers around the .182
mark.
Jack Johnson, ex-Billlken with
Browns, had a run of 27 trips to
plate recently without getting a hit.
Art Shafer’s case demonstrates that It
Is impossible to play baseball while af
flicted with an artistic temperament and
a swollen bank roll at one and the same
time.
Rochester is going to release Roland
Burrows, the player injured in a prac
tice game nt Anniston. They have re
ferred the matter *»f paying him to the
National Commission. Ganzel sont Bar-
rows a check but it wasn't enough and
Roland turned it hack.
DISTURBANCE.
It is fun to watch the boxing
Of two strong and husky boys,
Hut a champion annoys us.
With the accent on the noise.
Technically Bill Chappelle was “work
ing against his old team mates" Tues
day Ah a matter of fact, however,
there isn't a man on the Turtle club
to-day who was there when Bill worked
at. the Bluff City.
Two fighters argufying over a referee
are in the same class as the ten-twenty-
thicty actor lady who has been robbed
of $1,000,000 worth of jewels.
Up to date the Brooklyn baseball club
has raked in more than 100,000 silver
shekels. Charlie Ebbetts will not enter
the poorhouse tor at least a week.
John Ganzel. Rochester manager, may
bo popular with some Of his players.
But you ought to hear what the three
Rochester discards with the Crackers
now -Graham, Alperman and Chap
pelle—say about them Their testimony
is corroborated by Third Baseman Ward
of the Memphis club, also a Broncho
cast -off
Both Kroh and Chappelle, who work
ed Tuesday, hurled spitters with con
siderable - regularity— the only differ
ence being that Bill was getting away
with it.
eri
til
A1 Bridwell is a player that 1 would
term a “made” hitter. In a pinch he
was one of our most trusty batsmen,
for he was sure to play every *s*hade
in his own favor. Brid well became
proficient by learning to meet the
ball in front of himself,
j Hire are some of the advantages
of this style of swing. More power
is behind the thrust, for the entire
weight of the body is called into play
Make State and Coun
ty tax returns now. Office
corner Pryor and Hunter
Streets. T. M. Armis-
tead, Tax Receiver.
Bisland. playing marvellously at short
for the Crackers, never played that po
sition before in his life until he came
to Atlanta. You’d never guess it,
though, to see him.
Tinker has ordered his battery men
never purposely to walk a dangerous
batter in a pinch. Joe believes it pays
to take a chance, even with the best
of 'em.
It would probably he chastening to
Rube Marquard to get 19 straight de
feats this year—and it might easily
happen.
Pitcher Rohmer, of the St. Louis club,
of the Federal League, recently pitched
~ “ '~ J ‘ no-run game.
no-hit,
New York baseball writers say that
the Giants are playing bad ball right
>ng these days but that they aren't
ilways caught at it
Milt Reed continues to lead off for
the Davenport team and is murdering
the hall with satisfying regularity.
Frank Allen, the ex-Southern Leaguer
with the Dodgers, isn’t showing much
improvement as the season advances
and may prove practically useless to
Dahlen
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THE SILVER LINING.
As a rule, when rain comes tumbling
down it causes me to grieve,
But I often find my laughter hard
to check,
And I gaze upon the moisture and 1
chortle in my sleeve
As the ticket scalpers get it in the
neck.
Ty Cobb Has Another Big Day
G O © © O © ©
Pulls Everything on Calendar
COBB had another one of his
j “bad” days yesterday. He didn’t
do a blooming thing against
the Athletics—outside of getting two
doubles and a triple in three trips to
the plate, stealing second and home
in the pinch, scoring three runs, in
cluding the winning tally, in the tenth
inning. And, besides, ne made four
sensational catches in center field.
A great ninth inning rally won for
the Naps over the Senators yesterday,
after they seemed hopelessly beaten.
The Naps used eighteen players, in
cluding five pitchers.
* * *
The Cardinals practically bunted
Christy MatHewson out of the box
yesterday and won from the Giants
8 to 0. The St. Louts boys made seven
bunts in two innings, throwing the
Giant infield up in the air and scor
ing four runs.
Hans Wagner played against the
Dodgers yesterday. Of course he won.
Hans walked to the plate with the
bases full and delivered a swat that
cleared them.
do it; it’s bad luck.” Connie always
has blamed automobiles for the long
losing streak encountered by the
Athletics at the beginning of last
season.
With the money won in the world’s
series in 1911, the Quakertown boys
bought autos, and Connie has often
declared that the boys were so anx
ious to buzz around in the benzine
buggies that they forgot all about
baseball.
The Phillies hammered Fromme
from the box in the third inning of
the game against the Reds yesterday.
Packard, who took up the pitching
chores, held the Quakertown boys in
check, but they already had amassed
enough runs to insure victory.
The Red Sox are slowly but surely
creeping along. They have jumped
into fifth place and are now only 26
points behind the Athletics. A week
ago the difference was nearly 45
points.
The Tech athletes who returned from
the S. 1. A. A. meet at New Orleans
say that if Joe Logan had not fallen on
the last hurdle in the 1 20-yard race
he would easily have established a new
Southern record for that event. The
man who passed Joe when he fell beat
the old mark by 4-5 of a second, and
Logan was six feet ahead of him when
he hit the last hurdle.
Although the bases were full with no*
outs in the ninth inning of a game
Monday, G. M. C. could not score, and
the game was won by Riverside 3 to 0.
Williamson, Riverside's all-prep pitch
er, gave up only three hits and fanned
19 batters.
The Southern prep sc4ason is fast
nearing a close, and Riverside has yet
to meet its first defeat this year. The
team has the remarkable record of
winning nineteen straight games.
The University of Florida had a hard
time defeating Gordon Institute in a
game played Monday afternoon at
Barnesville. The final score was 2 to 1.
Pitcher Maxey, of the Gordonites, pitch
ed splendid ball. Errors on the part of
his teammates robbed him of a well
deserved victory. Gordon pulled a
beautiful triple play in the seventh in
ning.
Wednesday afternoon, on the Marist
diamond, the local public grammar
school championship will be decided
when Formwalt and Edge wood schools
meet. These two teams have played
two games already and the count stands
one each.
The Sophomores easily trimmed the
Freshmen at Emory College Monday
afternoon in one of the decisive games
of the interclass tournament now be
ing played at the school. The Sopho
mores are ahead in the race, and prac
tically cinched the championship by de
feating the Freshmen, who are second.
* * *
The Boys’ High-Peacock tennis
tournament may be played next week
on the courts at East Lake. Starr and
Harris will represent Boys’ High. Sims.
Sams and Black will be the entries for
Peacock. These lads are all stars at
the game, and the tournament should
prove a mighty interesting affair.
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The defeat of the Dodgers yester
day and the victory of the l’hillies
widened the gap between first and
second place in the old league. i
m * m
Claiming that the Senators violated
the league rule of having 26 players
on its roster. President Johnson yes
terday ordered that one of the play
ers he chased off the bench and out
of his uniform. "Nick" Altrock, the
veteran pitcher and club comedian, |
was the chased person.
Brooklyn fans are so delighted with
the showing of the Dodgers that they
have started a popular subscription
to buy Jack Daubert, captain and first
baseman, an automobile.
When Connie Mack, manager of the
Athletics, heard about the Daubert
auto fund, he at once wired President |
Ebbetts, of the club: "Don't let them
Confederate Veterans’ Reunion
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
For the accommodation of the Veterans and their friends, the
Western and Atlantic Railroad will operate train* Atlanta to Chat
tanooga on May 26, to leave Atlanta as follows;
8:00
8:35
2:00
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3:00
4:50
8:50
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at rate of $3.00. Tickets will be on sale May 24 to 28, inclusive, and
for trains scheduled to arrive Chattanooga before noon of May 29,
with return limit June 5, with an extension by deposit at Chatta
nooga to June 25.
C. E. HARMAN,
General Passenger Agent.
ISN’T THIS AWFUL?
IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE
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Another remarkable case was
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When we got the Quaker Extract
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the girl expelled nearly a handful
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The Health Teacher says any
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Investigate any or all of the
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